Puzzles & Diversions
The Crossword
Fill the grid using the clues. Numbers run Across and Down.
Across
- 1. The mermaid who saves the captain
- 4. The sheriff who rounds them up
- 5. Miss Marscals ___, the woods witch
- 8. Miss ___ Maypum's first name
- 9. The shipwrecked captain's surname
- 12. Pa's pet name for Ma: my little ___
- 14. The pig who gets out of her pen
- 16. Matta's goose
- 17. ___ Rover, the schoolyard game
Down
- 2. Another of the three drunkards
- 3. The town where the tales take place
- 5. Miles's tag-along brother
- 6. The kind cousin, and Matta's sweetheart
- 7. Captain ___ Perrault
- 10. The woods outside town
- 11. The colour of the smoke over the trees
- 13. The bully cousin
- 15. One of the three so-called blind mice
Answer Key
- Across
- 1. Malia
- 4. Fuse
- 5. Maypum
- 8. Marscals
- 9. Perrault
- 12. Pink
- 14. Frannie
- 16. Petra
- 17. Dover
- Down
- 2. Aussy
- 3. Westler
- 5. Michael
- 6. Miles
- 7. Davies
- 10. Asper
- 11. Crimson
- 13. Niles
- 15. Nickel
The Word Search
Find every name in the list. Words hide across, down, and slantwise — forwards or back.
- Asper
- Aussy
- Crimson
- Davies
- Dover
- Frannie
- Fuse
- Malia
- Matta
- Maypum
- Mermaid
- Michael
- Miles
- Nickel
- Niles
- Petra
- Pirate
- Westler
The Goose's Maze
Trace a path from the gate to the nest without crossing a wall.
Spot the Difference
Five small things changed between the two pictures of the cottage in the woods. Can you find them all?
Found 0 of 5
Answer Key
- 1. The cottage lost a window.
- 2. The crimson smoke stopped.
- 3. The moon filled out to full.
- 4. A toadstool disappeared.
- 5. The path gained an extra stone.
Riddles & Trivia
Puzzle out each riddle, then test what you remember from the tales.
i. Three of us went out in the dark to tip a cow, and we all woke up with no hair at all. Who are we?
Answer
The three so-called blind mice — Nickel, Aussy and Max.
ii. I curled crimson over the treetops every single day, and the whole town only noticed me the day I stopped. What am I?
Answer
The smoke from Miss Maypum's chimney.
iii. From the road I am small and plain. Step through my door and I am a grand hall. What am I?
Answer
Miss Maypum's cottage.
By the Book
- What did Pa call Ma?
Answer
His little pink.
- Who really let the pig out of her pen?
Answer
Nobody — the hinge was broken all along.
- Who saved Captain Davies Perrault from the shipwreck?
Answer
Malia, the mermaid.
Finish the Rhyme
Fill each blank with a word from the bank below.
Three blind , three blind mice,
See how they , see how they run;
They all ran after the farmer's ,
Who cut off their tails with a carving .
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Answer Key
mice · run · wife · knife
The Fill-In Story
Fill every blank without peeking at the story, then press the button to read your tale.
