puzzle 484

[Karen]

T, please, still too many possibilities at this point to guess, though it is tempting!

[kokopup]

puzzle to date


I do not -no- i- t-e-e is a -i-e a-te- t-is one; --t i- t-e-e is, t-e one t-in- I -ant a-o-e a-- e-se is an oppo-t-nit- to apo-o-i-e to P-in-ess and t-e ot-er p-pp-. I -ant to
te-- t-e- t-at I a- so--- -o- --at I did, and as- -o- t-ei- -o--i-eness. I i-a-ine in -- -ind t-at i- t-at oppo-t-nit-
p-esents itse--, and t-at i- I e-e- do -ind ---e-- apo-o-i-in- to t-e- t-at I --a-- -ea- so-et-in- -i-e,“-ee, I don’t -e-e--e-.” And i- and --en t-at -appens, t-en a-on- -od’s --eat--es, t-ose t-o p-e-io-s ones -i-- -a-e p-o-ed t-e-se--es to -e -i--er and -etter t-an I.

--o- t-e Epi-o-: t-e -east o- t-ese
--itte- ---oni--es, -- Danie- Ta--o-

Karen 63 e's + 38 o's + 52 T's = 52+76+126=254
Pinot's Mom 35 a's 26 s's 33 n's 33+ 26 + 70 =126
Wom 45 i's = 90
Ivpets2002 15 d's + 16 p's = 15 + 16 31

b c fgh jklm qr uvwxyz letters remaining

[wombat2u2004]

PM sent

[kokopup]

Wom guess the right answer. I am waiting for his response to see if he will host the next puzzle.

The answer is:

I do not know if there is a life after this one; but if there is, the one thing I want above all else is an opportunity to apologize to Princess and the other puppy. I want to tell them that I am sorry for what I did, and ask for their forgiveness. I imagine in my mind that if that opportunity presents itself, and that if I ever do find myself apologizing to them that I shall hear something like,“Gee, I don’t remember.” And if and when that happens, then among God’s creatures, those two precious ones will have proved themselves to be bigger and better than I.

From the Epilog: The Least Of These
Critter Chronicles, by Daniel Taylor