An invisible message
Anitha Bennett
Have friends who love solving puzzles? Then here is something that they would love to receive from you! A puzzle in a puzzle!
You will need:
A sheet of white paper (A4 size), thin cardboard sheet of the same size, a pair of scissors, markers, glitter pens/glue, juice of an orange/lemon, thin paint brush.
Method
1. Stick the paper on the piece of cardboard.
2. Write your message first on another sheet of paper.
3. Count the number of words in your message and cut the sheet into the same number of pieces asymmetrically to make a jigsaw.
4. Now dip your paintbrush in the orange/lemon juice and paint one word on each piece of paper.
5. Decorate each piece individually (or decorate as a whole before cutting).
6. Add a note that says, ‘To view message, iron every piece with a mildly warm iron or place under a lamplight. Assemble the puzzle pieces after the words appear to read your message!”
7. String the puzzle pieces into a necklace and surprise your friend with a puzzle garland. Or put all the puzzle pieces in a gift-wrapped box and gift it to them!
Your message could be a simple greeting, a top secret in code, a riddle or a letter — whatever you think is most suitable for your friend.
Keep a copy of the original message somewhere, so that in case your friend is flummoxed, you can always offer to help out!
Day for others
Ever heard of a triangle that puzzled the world? A region of the Atlantic ocean triangulated from three points —
Bermuda, Miami, and Puerto Rico — known as Bermuda Triangle baffles logic.
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, this oceanic region is infamous for its strange disappearances. Since the early 18th century to date, more than 1,000 ships and boats have gone missing here. Not just boats, even airplanes and torpedo bombers. To deepen the mystery, no traces of their crew have ever been found either!
“It’s the most durable of the world’s mysteries,” says Gian Quasar, author of Into the Bermuda Triangle (2003).
Scientists speculate that there could be some sort of movement in the earth’s core that makes the area prone to electromagnetic vortices that disrupt navigation compasses. A pilot on a flight from Bermuda to Jacksonville,
Florida, said that an “electronic fog” had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stuck to the sides of his plane. He claimed that the fog stayed there for four hours, while his digital instru-ments read 8888888. Strange, and no one has any answers yet!
