The answer is few of them survived the branding. I don't think it's that funny, but if you want a good riddle: What lies on it's back 100 feet in the air? A centipede ;)
Few of them survived the branding
Few of them survived the branding.
I hate this worksheet
few of them survived the branding
the answer to this riddle few of them survived the branding took me a while to figure it out too