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mrspunkysmom
05-16-2011, 08:16 PM
New players! Read the rules before you join, please, and be prepared to host the next if you win!

These are the rules:

* 1. You may only guess one letter at a time.

* 2. After you have guessed a letter, you must wait for another player to guess a letter before you can go again. (see also rule #9)

* 3. The host of the game responding to a guess does not count as a turn. Should you choose a letter, then receive a response from the member host, you must wait for the next member to guess a letter.

* 4. One point will be awarded for each correct letter, 2 points for vowels.

* 5. Only six misses are allowed in the game.

* 6. If you wish to guess the phrase, send it to me via Pet Talk Private message. (This is accessible via the 'PM' or 'Profile' buttons on any of my posts). DO NOT post it on the forum. If you wish to guess a letter, post it on the forum.

* 7. You must have submitted a correct letter to submit your solution. Unlike letters, if you submit a wrong solution, you are disqualified from continuing in that puzzle.

* 8. The player who correctly guesses the phrase wins the game. If no one has guessed it correctly after six misses, then the player with the most points wins the game.

* 9. Only 5 guesses allowed in total until the host updates the puzzle. Any guess after 5, before the next update, won't be counted as a guess. And as always, someone else has to guess a letter before you can guess another letter.

And here is what you win ... you get to create the next puzzle.

(Should you win the game and are unable to host the next puzzle, you may pass it to the member with the next highest points)

Here’s the puzzle!

This is from one of my favorite books. It was not a book I would have picked up, but was suggested to me and I have read it several times.

−−−−−−−−− −−−−. −−− −−−−− −−−− −−−−− −− −−− −−−−−−. −−− −−−− −−− −−−−−− −−−−−− −−− −−−−−−−−−. . . −−−− −−−−−− −− −−−− −−−−, −−−− −−−−−− −− − −−−−−, − −−−− −−−−− −− −−−−−−, −−− −−−−−−−− −−−−−−−− −−− −−− −−−−−−−−; −−−−− −−− −−−−−− −− −−−− −−−−− −− −−−−−−− −−−−− −− −−− −−− −−−−−−−− −−−−−− −−.

−−− −−−−−−−− (−−−−−−−−− −−−−)


Letters to guess:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

kokopup
05-17-2011, 12:00 AM
E Please

wombat2u2004
05-17-2011, 06:33 AM
A please

Felicia's Mom
05-17-2011, 06:38 AM
R, please.

mrspunkysmom
05-17-2011, 06:37 PM
−a−−e−−−− −−−e. −−e −−r−− −ere −−−er −− −−e −−−−−e. −−e −−−e −a− −−−−er −a−−−− a−− −−−−−ere−. . . −−−− −−−−er −− −−−r −a−−, −−−r −−−−er −− a −−a−−, a −−−− −−a−− −− −−−r−e, −−e −−a−−e−− −−−−−−−− −−− −−− −−−−−re−; −−a−−e −−e −ea−−− −− −−−r −e−−− −− ra−−−−− −−a−− −− −−− a−− −−−−−−− −−−−er −−.

Ra− −ra−−−r− (−a−−e−−−− −−−e)

Letters to guess:

BCD FGHIJKLMNOPQ STUVWXYZ

Kokopup = 26 E = 52
Wombat = 18 A = 36
Felicia’s mom = 17 R = 17

kokopup
05-17-2011, 07:48 PM
T please

wombat2u2004
05-17-2011, 08:14 PM
PM sent :D

mrspunkysmom
05-17-2011, 08:53 PM
Dandelion Wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered...Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip for children; change the season in your veins by raising glass to lip and tilting summer in.

Ray Bradbury (Dandelion Wine)

I knew that "r" would be the clue.


In my opinion, Ray Bradbury is underrated by the genres outside of Science fiction. In a bookstore, all of his works are located in the Sci-Fi section.

Rather than use words to convey an idea, he uses words to bring the story to life and place you there. No one writes likes this anymore.

If you haven't read Dandelion Wine, you should.

Congrats Wombat