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Dulverton Riddlers Ruby

Welcome to the Dulverton Riddlers.
Start at the yew tree overlooking the school field just above the long jump pit.
 
Chapter one

The Riddlers Tale

Welcome one and welcome all
To my broad and brightest hall
A hall with neither roof nor floor
A hall without walls nor doors
A hall where all seasons meet
A hall where grass grows beneath your feet
A hall where daily weather unfolds
A hall where the nights are sharp and cold
A hall where the sky tops the ceiling
A hall with edges marked by railings

This is where I come to play
This is where the innocent stray
This is where I set the test
And I am the Wind and I come from the west.
But before we begin and make our introductions
I think it best you follow these instructions

Make a camera with your hands
And turn it up towards the sky
Find an animal in the clouds
It might be worm, walrus, fish or fly
And if the clouds have run away
Then frame tree bark or a crack in a wall
And spot your creatures shape today

Now in a moment of quiet reflection
Consider your creature with deep inspection
And imagine it sitting upon your palm
Quite content and very calm
Purring if pur it can
And happy to either sit or stand

(When all have an animal then we will progress)
Chapter two

The Wind is fickle the Wind is shrill
The Wind blows warm and the Wind blows chill
And on his path around the world
He stings the cheeks of all boys and girls
And he's stolen six innocent folk
Whose shapes were spotted in his cloak
These kidnapped creatures are now in cages
It's up to you to rescue in stages
He's snatched them from the world around
And sets you six riddles to confound

With a click and a flick of his glassy fist
Bolts of ice skewer the earth
Setting six cages strong
And trapping his prisoners inside the turf

Now cross quickly to your first container
Will the riddle be a no brainer?
But if this riddle be too complex
Then these prisoners will be lost to the test
And set to wander over icy plains
Where cockerels spin on weather veins
And the Wild West Wind chases about
And he whips up storms and delivers drought

So thinking caps on and smarts required
For the Wild West Wind wants you fired
And if you can't solve the riddles below
Then perhaps it's the cages that you'll go
And there you'll be trapped for a year and a day
Until that is the next come to play
And run the riddles set in this test
And try and save prisoners from the Wild West
Walk towards the long jump pit.
 
Chapter three

Sammy the snake

Sammy was a slimy,green,red and yellow snake and he loved to slither through all of the grass and flatten all of it. One day he was caught by the wild west because he crashed into them in his black Lamborghini.When he was in the cage he tried to brake with his metal bar then tried with a drill but he failed.Then the wild west blew him back and he hurt himself every time he tried.In cage number one we have Sammy the snake

This is his riddle

what goes up
but nether comes
down?
If you know the answer then say it now.

The real answer is

balloon
Were you right?
Continue down the field.
 
Chapter four

chickeny the chicken

As you approach the new cage you look Inside.There chicken perches; she has a bag that says "Best Baker". Inside the bag is some bread she had baked just before she was caught . The fowl has brown and white feathers with a big bob on her head. Her cage has been blown over by the wild west wind so she cant get up without hitting her head. As you go closer you see she is sad and lonely but when she sees you and hope sparkles in her eyes. the chicken then says here is my riddle I cant work it out maybe you can help me.it bites without a mouth, flutters without wings, pulls without hands, capsizes ships without a sound, tangled up in the sails of the yacht.Now go on to the next cage.
Continue down the field.
 
Chapter five

Bob the owl

As your approach the cage you would see Bob the owl trying to get looking and trying to find little holes so he can escape from the cage but once you find the hole the Wild West wind always puts extra bars on the cage but when Bob see's you his eyes lighten up so he tells you his rhyme because he can't get out of the cage if he doesn't find out the rhyme, so here is my rhyme!

I'm up when you are down,
My sleet coat drops feathers,
I hunt as everyone can't see me,
I camouflage in big trees and sleep,
People think in the day I am asleep but I portended so I can hunt tea.

I know I got confused on it, see if you can solve it.
Continue down the field.
 
Chapter six

Wally Woodloce

you came to Wally next hello he said Can you help me? I've Been trying to cook the bars but they just re-cook like magic you agreed to help hears the riddle to escape
You cant see it on the ground but you can with a white coating, what is white and yellow all over? That is a hard one he said.
solve the riddle to help Wally escape the West Wind
Now on to the next cage.
Continue down the field.
 
Chapter seven

Wally the woodpecker

Wally the woodpecker was a young beautiful woodpecker with a lovely long beek. He had a lovely lime green body with bits of purple and red under the wings. He had very short legs and tiny feet he wore little trainers and a wholly hat on his head. He was sat on his hot water bottle and a cup of tea in his hand. The Westwind had taken him and shut him in the cage. It was dark and misty there were loads of animals but they were to tired to talk. Only a riddle could free him he had been in there for a long long time and was trying to think of the answere to the riddle but he just couldn't work it out he told the riddle to the boy.


I have different colours all over
I have quite a small beek
You see me often
I'm camouflaged
I have a very long tail I make a wired sound
Don't beat me with your flags
I'm very beautiful
People pay money to hit me with led.

Continue down the field.
 
Chapter eight

Martha the Mayfly

Martha the Mayfly is scooting about inside her cage, she has only hours to live as Mayflies don't live for very long. The sooner she solves her riddle the better, lets see if we can help her.

She spots you coming over in an instant, 'here' she says, 'this is my riddle' and she reads it out to you.

See through me and see the day
Beyond my glaze the weather does play
And when the day is warm and fine
Open me up and let the day inside

Do you know the answer?

If you know it then remember it as you will need it at the end, where you'll get a chance to release your friends.

Now on to the next cage.
Continue down the field.
 
Chapter nine

The Finale

The Wind whips East then the Wind whips West
Ready for the riddlers to step up to his test
He steels through the tree tops
And slices through the town
Now the West Wind wants
the answers you have found.

Solve the riddles and your friends will go free.
Chapter ten

Riddle A Owen

In cage number one we have Sammy the snake

This is his riddle

what goes up
but nether comes
down?
If you know the answer then say it now.

The real answer is

balloon
Were you right?
Chapter eleven

Riddle B Noah

In cage number two, we have chickeny the chicken

it bites without a mouth, flutters without wings, pulls without hands, capsizes ships without a sound, tangled up in the sails of the yacht.
the real answer is
wind
Chapter twelve

Riddle C Evie

In cage number three, we have Bob the Owl

If you answer his riddle right then he is free.

This is his riddle

I'm up when your down,
My sleet coat drops feathers,
I hunt as everyone can't see me,
I camouflage in big trees and sleep,
People think in the day I'm asleep but I protened so that I can hunt tea.

If you know the answer then say it now.

The real answer is

An Tawny owl

Were you right?
Chapter thirteen

Riddle D Chloe

In cage number four, we have the
If you answer her riddle right then she is free.

This is her riddle
You cant see it on the ground but you can with a white coating , what is white and yellow all over?







Chapter fourteen

Riddle E Emily

wally the woodpecker

This is the riddle

I have different colours all over
I have quite a small beek
You can see me
I'm camouflaged
I have a very long tail
I make a weird sound
Don't beat me with your flag
I am very beautiful
People pay money to hit me with led

Chapter fifteen

Riddle F

In cage number six, we have Martha the Mayfly

If you answer her riddle right then she is free.

This is her riddle

See through me and see the day
Beyond my glaze the weather does play
And when the day is warm and fine
Open me up and let the day inside

If you know the answer then say it now.

The real answer is

A window

Were you right?
Chapter sixteen

The end

For every correct answer you give, the ice of their cage melts and the animal is set free.

How many were you able to free?

But the Wind is Wild
And he comes from the west
And he asks one last thing
for the end of his test
What were the beasts you saw in the sky
Was it Worm or Walrus or Fish or Fly?

Speak your animals out loud so the Wild West Wind can catch your breath.

And then Wild Wind is gone again to search for your folk
And snatch the ones you spotted in his cloak.
And gather them here for the next round of his test
To see if the new riddlers are as good as the last.