| Hints for the last River word puzzle - From this level
and on, some gates can have multiple answers. So if you're asked for a
flower, you may answer with "rose", but an other flower would also do.
If you have a program with a thesaurus, you can also try
to get similar words like the one in the question sentence.
Hints for the first Swamp word puzzle - The answers are at the end of these hints. But please first
take a look at the hints!
If you have a program with a thesaurus, you can also try
to get similar words like the one in the question sentence.
1 The swamp-water is still and tangled, dead branches
jut out. A flicker of dark motion attracts your attention -- a black
beaver, chewing on a twisted branch. The answer is a verb.
2 Feeble fish move slowly through the dark water. They
are near-white with hunger and illness. The answer is a colour.
3 The rivulet you are following with such hope divides
here. Then it divides again, and again. You cannot keep the whole in
sight, but perhaps... The answer is a section.
4 A bird poke morosely at the few sticks it has
gathered. "I need more!" it croaks. "A nest requires an entire heap of
twigs!" The answer is a twig.
5 A wide expanse of swirling mud stretches before you.
You dare not swim. If only you had some means to fly. The answer can fly.
Don't use the obvious word you can form from #1, you need that one later.
6 A stepping stone shifts slightly; you hit your foot
and stumble, nearly falling into the swamp. The answer makes a false step.
7 This area is curiously empty, as if what you are
seeking has not arrived. Perhaps you are early, or perhaps ... The answer
is the opposite of early.
8 You trip and fall into the swamp. You surface,
spitting, but the water is not brackish. It has a sharp, mouth-puckering
taste you cannot quite name. The answer is a taste.
9 You are wading against the current, and you are
getting tired. The effort is a deep, dull pain in your muscles. The answer
is a pain.
10 A story if you please , begs an empty-eyed child
curled in a corner. The answer is a story.
11 A snoring hulk blocks the path here. You have no hope
of passing if you cannot stir it from slumber. The answer wakes from
sleep.
12 The trees stand at an odd angle here, and the water
flows briskly past as if down a slope; everything seems askew. The answer
is a slope.
13 A tall, peculiar-looking figure in a blue cloak
challenges you to a game. The pieces are vague, and the rules seem to
shift as you play; but you feel that you cannot pass unless you defeat
him. The answer lets you victory.
14 A gnarled dwarf is laboriously dragging heavy sacks
across the mud. Help me carry these things, he says, "and I'll show you
the way through here." The answer is transported.
15 A vast spider web, with strands thick as your tongue,
blocks your way. You search frantically for a gap or tear, hoping the
owner does not return before you do. The answer is split.
16 Somewhat catches your eye; a flash of brightness
beneath the mud. You stoop, and pick up a trinket -- worth little in
itself, but the only thing the swamp has freely offered so far. The answer
is a present.
17 The shadowy branches and mists of the Swamp seem to
part for a moment; ahead, you can see a familiar expanse of clear water.
The answer is a stream. |
