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Hi everybody!

Congratulations to Naomi who got the answer right for riddle no. 13. The answer was that you put the fishing rod diagonally. Here comes the next riddle:

This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

Hope it’s not too hard or not too easy!

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Hi everybody!

I am so so so sorry that I haven’t written a post for so long

I was so busy I forgot about my blog.

Congratulations to Sharon and Naomi who got the riddle no. 12 right! The answer was fake money! Here comes the next riddle!

James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!

I hope it’s not too hard or not too easy!

Good luck!

Hi everybody! 

We have been reading a book called ‘The Shaggy Gully Times’. The book is a newspaper with animals writing it. It also has a lot of puns. Puns are when you play around with words. We have also been learning about the human body and we have been looking at Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games on Wii. Below I have written a story about the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games with the characters. Enjoy! 

P.S It has a couple of puns 

The Mario and Sonic Times 

TABLE TENNIS MATCH OF THE EAR! 

Just yesterday was the table tennis match of the ear! The one and only VECTOR, and the very muscular OWSER, played in the Olympics table tennis finals. Vector and Bowser both were going for their 10^th OLD MEDAL this Olympics. 

‘WOW’, ‘GOSH’, ‘OH MY GOD’! That’s what spectators all over the orld were shouting.  No one blinked, no one moved, no one went to the toilet in case they missed some of the match, (with the result of a lot of people with wet ants!). Everyone was held in suspense, but then, everyone’s TV’s, the table tennis arena’s lights, the arena’s big screen, all black. All the electricity gone! BUT Vector and Bowser kept laying.  

How did the people in the arena know? The sound of the table tennis ball rebounding off Vector’s and Bowser’s bats could be heard all over the arena. Did we know hat was happening in the match? No, no one knew, but Vector and Bowser kept playing. How did they see the ball? We don’t think they did see it. Everyone thinks that Ector and Bowser sensed the ball. I don’t think anyone could have done THAT. 

Want to know who won the match? Sorry, we don’t know, I don’t think anyone does but unless Bowser or Vector tells us, we might never know

Written by: Natalie B

Hi everybody!

Congratulations to Naomi, Momtahina, and Katherine who all got the last riddle right. The answer was that the wife shot a photo of her husband, the developed the photo, and then hanged it on the wall. Now, here comes the next riddle:

He who has it doesn’t tell it, he who takes it doesn’t know it, he who knows it doesn’t want it. What is it?

Hope it’s not too hard or not too easy.

Good luck!

Hi everybody!

 Congartulations to Naomi who solved the riddle and thanks to everyone who tried! Here is the answer: He said his hat was blue! This happened because it already says there were 2 blues so it was still possible for him to have either. But it was made clear he was wearing blue because if there were 2 blues and 1 white hat, 2 men would see 1 white and 1 blue, while another would see 2 blues. Then these 2 that see 1 white 1 blue would say blue because of the other one’s silence they would think that the other could see more than one blue therefore the other would take his time to wonder if there are 3 blues or 2 blues and a white. This would happen quickly. But because in this case it took long, it was clearly seen to be 3 blues. Hope it wasn’t too hard or too easy. Here comes the next riddle:

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Hope it’s not too hard or too easy!

Hi everybody!

I am writing chapters 6 and 7 of the book, Where The Whales Sing by Victor Kelleher. Here they are!

Chapter 6 - Journeys End

Claire suddenly saw a ……………. WHALING SHIP!!!! Thinking about nothing else but the whales, she dived into the water to warn the whales. She jumped onto the calf. The calf, thinking she was playing, surfaced. When they reached the surface, she stood on the calf as soon as the whaler shot the harpoon. And then, everything went black.

Chapter 7 - Saved

Claire awoke suddenly and wondered where she was. She saw her mother and father around her. She realized she was in the hospital. Her dad started attacking with her questions. Claire told them everything. When she had finished, her parents had disapproving looks on their faces. Finally, she went along with her parents version of the truth. But, in her heart, she knew what the truth was.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Hi everybody!

Thanks to everybody who tried to solve the previous riddle. They were Sokeina, Anand, Naomi and Nadine. But in the end, Kesaia and Lilly got the right answer! The answer was that when Carol thought she was near the equator, she filled the sink and allowed the water to drain away. When the ship had crossed the equator, the water reversed direction! Here’s the next ridddle!

The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see which of them were worthy to become the king’s advisor. After passing many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each other in a final battle of the wits.

Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a small wooden table as the king described the test for them.

 “Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats.”

“I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin. The first to correctly announce the colour of his hat shall be my advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded. If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I will seek elsewhere for wisdom.”

With that, the king uncovered the sages’ eyes and sat in the corner and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his, “What is the colour of my hat?”

 For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and said, “The colour of the hat I am wearing is . . .”

Hope it’s not too easy or not too hard!

Hi everybody!

Congratulations to Anand and Naomi who both got it right! The answer was that you put your lock on the package and send it. Then your friend puts their own lock on the package ans sends it back. After that, you remove your lock and send the package back to your friend and then they can remove their lock and open the package! Her coomes the next riddle!

Carol is travelling by ship from south of the equator to the north.
She has a nice little second class cabin which has a bathroom, but no window.

Carol has neither compass nor other instruments.

 Yet, without leaving her room or talking with anyone, Carol knew exactly when the ship crossed the equator.

 How did she know? Hope it’s not too hard or not too easy!

 Good luck!

Hi everybody!

Our class has been reading a book called “Where The Whales Sing”. We have also been writing a small summary on each chapter of the book. Below is what I have written about the book.

Chapter 1:- Adrift

Claire had been thinking for days that she wanted whale-watching for humpback whales with her father on a boat. Finally, she got her wish. About 10 minutes on the boat, a fierce storm broke out. The boat twisted and turned and finally capsized. Her father fell overboard. Claire kept calling but the boat drifted on.

 Chapter 2:- Up from the Deep

Claire had had a lot of dreams but this one was unusual. In the dream, Claire had jumped overboard in order to go swimming. Claire had gone swimming with the dolphins. She woke up from the pain in her leg. Carelessly, she really did jump overboard. For a while, it was calm and peaceful. Then suddenly, she was confronted by a shark. Just as suddenly as the shark had come, a whale arrived and drove the shark away and pushed Claire to the surface.

Chapter 3:- Riding the whale

Claire felt the whales swimming underneath the boat. She kept on thinking about the whales until she couldn’t't stand it any longer. Claire jumped off but then suddenly she was confronted by an orca while she was with the humpbacks. They kept pushing her to towards the boat, the current and the whales.

Chapter 4:- A debt repaid

Claire jumped overboard for she had heard the humpbacks singing. She found the baby whale that she had met on her first underwater adventure. Suddenly, they ran into a pod of orca’s. The male orca recognised Claire. The orca’s saved her and put her in the boat. Somehow, she knew that she had to go where she was going.

Chapter 5:- Intruder

Claire had become very sick on her journey on the boat but had been supported by her cheery whale friends. After a while, she realized that she had been heading south and that she was way to far out to the south. She had seen ice flows and seals to confirm this. Suddenly she saw a . . . . . . . . . . . .

WHALING SHIP!

Well, there you go that’s five chapters of the book. There is two more chapters in “Where The Whales Sing”.  I won’t tell you the title or it will spoil the surprise. We haven’t read the last chapter yet but when we do I’ll put up a post on what happened in that chapter   :) 

 Bye!!!

 Hi everybody!

Congratulations to Momtahina, Nadine and Norma who all got it right! The answer was that it was the maid because there is no post on Sundays. Although there is post on Sunday’s in Australia. Here comes the next riddle: 

Suppose you want to send in the mail a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is big enough to hold the object. The box has a locking ring which is large enough to have a lock attached and you have several locks with keys. However, your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. You cannot send the key in an unlocked box since it may be stolen or copied. How do you send the valuable object, locked, to your friend - so it may be opened by your friend?

Hope it’s not too hard or not too easy! Good luck

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