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Lateral thinking
Se
ee if you can solve these riddles with a dash
o
of imagination and a lot of lateral thinking.
Riddl le A: Romeo and Juliet Riddle B: How do you throw
are ly ying dead on the floor. a ball and make it come back
The without throwing the ball
ere are no marks on
either r of them, but they are against a wall, the ball being
ed with water, and near
soake attached to string or elastic,
them is a broken glass bowl. or the ball being caught and
H
How did they die? thrown back by someone?

Riddle C: A man rode into town on
Wednesday. He stayed for three When presented with
nights and then left on Wednesday. riddles, we may try to find the answer
How is this possible? based on a straightforward reading of
the question. By trying to think what
else the riddle might mean, you will
learn to think laterally.

Something from nothing
There is great creative potential in the
bits and pieces lying around your home.
Try to find new ways to use everyday
objects such as tissue boxes, cardboard
tubes, and straws. Or maybe make
a sculpture, starting with an empty egg
carton and adding anything else that
sparks
sparks your imagination.
imagination

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our

You may come up with a
fantastic creation, but even if your
ideas turn out to be more silly thanthan
ideas turn out to be mor e sill y
splendid, you will have learned
n
a great deal about using your own
n
creative spark.

ce to the test
Put your potential for brilliancc s
Some of thme of the games
with these six challenges. So a
ng, while otherss leave
require lateral thinking, w v
the creativity entirely i in your hands. JuJust
e in each cloud and seee
ee
check the challenge se
r you qualify as a creative spark!
whether y ou quali
You’ll fin
find the answers on page 189.
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