Mad Ade rides the bus to the local Hardware Store. While there he buys a fishing pole that’s 5 feet long. As Mad Ade goes to get on the bus to go home, he is stopped by the bus driver. The bus driver tells him he can’t board the bus with anything over 4 feet long.
Mad Ade goes back to the Hardware Store and buys one thing Then, he returns and boards the bus.
The pole can not be cut, bent, broken, or taken apart. What did the Mad Ade buy to allow him to board the bus with the fishing pole?

Answer
A box 4′ X 3′. He then puts the pole in diagonally.