Out of This World by Richards Douglas E

Author:Richards, Douglas E. [Richards, Douglas E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Childrens, thriller
ISBN: 9780985350338
Amazon: B008679N52
Goodreads: 14740176
Publisher: Paragon Press
Published: 2012-05-24T07:00:00+00:00

TEN ANIMALS I SLAM IN A NET

WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW?

NOW, SIR, A WAR IS WON

CAN I ATTAIN A ‘C’

A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL, PANAMA.”

What in the world? thought Zachary, deeply worried for the first time. The clues didn't seem to have anything to do with the statement he had to finish. He scratched his head and focused all of his concentration on finding some hidden connection.

As he struggled to find the answer a bead of sweat formed on his forehead and slowly rolled down his face. He thought his brain would explode he was thinking so hard. But he was stumped.

“Your time is up,” announced the Chief Justice, sounding disappointed. They were not infallible after all.

The spectators all gasped in unison. The boy had missed one. He had tripped and fallen just a single step from the finish line.

“Jenna,” continued the Chief Justice. “You now have two minutes to come up with the correct answer. If you don't the contest is over.”

Jenna gulped. The contest was as good as over, then. They were as good as dead. She had studied the puzzle the entire time Zachary was working on it and had come up with nothing. Two additional minutes wouldn’t help any. Her brother was the king of riddles. If he couldn't solve it there was no way in the world that she could.

She glanced over at Zachary hopelessly. She had expected his expression to be vacant. She expected a look of defeat. A look that said, it's all over now, my moronic sister will never solve it. But instead, his eyes met hers and he made a determined fist and shook it in front of him. He nodded his head slightly as if to say, go ahead, Jen, show them how it's done.

Maybe she could. Zachary certainly had faith in her. And she did feel remarkably sharp. She reached in her pocket and clutched the generator nervously. It was time for her to step up to the plate. It was now or never.

She hastily reread the clues from the easel on which the Chief Justice had placed the riddle in writing. The meaning of the phrases wasn't helpful. She had determined that herself. And Zachary's failure had only made her more certain.

Wait a minute, she thought. The Chief Justice had said that the statements could each lead them to the answer. Not all the statements, taken together. But each one by themselves. Any one of them alone would do it.

But how? It wasn't their meaning. It must be something about how they were written. Just like in the riddle Zachary had solved. The answer had been EYE. The fact that you could read it the same way backwards and forwards had nothing to do with the meaning of the word. It related to how it was written.

Wait a second. It couldn't be that easy. She looked at the first line and almost screamed from excitement. It was.

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