Japanese crossword «The first bird»
Size: 20x20 | Picture: | Difficulty: | Added: | 27.05.18 | Author: Tverianka |
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I love how Tverianka can make puzzles so challenging and so beautiful in such a small space! Thank you! Спасибо! Is this the early bird that gets the worm? Or a Bird of Paradise (that's a pun, oh ye literally-minded!)?
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Ha! I hear fake news travels fast on Twitter. You might try there?
replyExceptional, quite hard, but very worth the while, spasibo
replyIf this is the first bird - where did the egg that it hatched from - come from???
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haha! Actually, it would be a mutant dinosaur, wouldn't it?
replyI think the translation should be "The Early Bird" as in "The Early Bird Gets the Worm". Very nice picture.
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Ah, BC11. I forgot that humor doesn't travel well from culture to culture. Or did you read my spoiler?
replyGreat puzzle and picture.
And it illustrates that, as James Thurber wrote, "Early to bed and early to rise - Makes a worm healthy, wealthy and wise."
replyAnd it illustrates that, as James Thurber wrote, "Early to bed and early to rise - Makes a worm healthy, wealthy and wise."
The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :-)
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