Books, dogs & nerdy things
EACH SENTENCE IS IN A DIFFERENT CODE. THERE ARE 6 SENTANCES.
YOU CAN SOLVE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT, BUT THIS CLUE MAY HELP YOU.
ANSWER ONE SENTANCE AND GET A CLUE TO ANOTHER.
I HAVE MADE ADJACENT WORDS DIFFERENT COLOURS TO HELP YOU TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE, AND ONE IN EACH PAIR OF SIMILAR SYMBOLS BLUE.
After 5 people have shared in the comments that they’ve solved it, I’ll give an extra clue.
Got a new puppy. 8 weeks. One eighth bluetick, rest foxhound, looks like a bluetick. Male, called Marshall. See Project Marshall.
And this is me from a two years later: he is strong. And huge. And super fast
And not necessarily very polite. But he is quick to respond to a lot of commands. Just not, ‘shut up.’ He is at the upper limit of height for both of his breeds. He is still cute, when he wants food or is sulking, or both. He is (don’t tell him) quite a pretty dog. He has such a delicate (that’s the best word I can think of) posture and run.
Author: Kate Milford
ages: 9-14ish
I liked this book because it made sense the whole way through. All the puzzles were solved, no mysteries where left unexplained. There are some occurrences and coincidences that seem unlikely, but not extremely so and it isn’t irritating. There are
Author: Terry Pratchett
Ages: 10/11+ (adults included)
This book is the sequel to A Hat Full of Sky. As with all books in this series, I recommend listening to this on Audible first. This book is a little
Author: Terry Pratchett
Ages: 10/11+
I suggest listening to A Hat Full of Sky on Audible (Narrated by Stephen Briggs), as some of the vocabulary can be difficult to understand, and it makes it much funnier. This book is the sequel to The Wee Free Men in the Tiffany Aching collection, although of course
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How many solutions can you find?
Arrange the letters to make the name of a planet. Find the solution which gives the planet’s name the highest value.
Leave the answers in the comments.
By the way, this should really be called Weekly Snippet, but Daily Snippet sounds better.
‘THE CANINER’ found Chloë first. Well done!
Author: Terry Pratchett (my favorite)
Ages: 9/10+ (plus as in till you’re so blind you can’t read, my entire family reads it)
I recommend first listening to this on Audible (narrated by Stephen Briggs), as some of the some of the vocabulary is had to understand/pronounce in its written form. I first listened to this when I was nine, and even then I loved it
