Let a1,a2,,ana_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n be distinct positive integers and let MM be a set of n1n - 1 positive integers not containing s=a1+a2++ans = a_1 + a_2 + \cdots + a_n. A grasshopper is to jump along the real axis, starting at the point 00 and making nn jumps to the right with lengths a1,a2,,ana_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n in some order. Prove that the order can be chosen in such a way that the grasshopper never lands on any point in MM.