[12:50]John:lol
[12:51]John:...you don’t really think Wordle answers are connected to your life, do you?
[12:51]: You’ll never know for sure until you read my autobiography
The museum door swings open again and a slightly flustered woman comes in with a young boy.
“Hi, there,” I say.
“Hi,” she says. “Do you have a bathroom we could use?”
“Er—of course.” I point. “Right through there.”
“Thanks.”
Darn it. I swear, more people come in here to use the restroom than to see the barrels. What is wrong with people?
Then I have an idea. I grab the Barrel Into Summer flyer from my purse and quickly make ten copies on the museum’s ancient copy machine. I get back to the desk just as the woman and her child are stepping out of the restroom.
“Thank you,” she says.
“Of course.” I smile. “Are you visiting Waldon on vacation or—?”
“Oh no, I’m from here. We were just at the park up the street.”
The park up the street? I wonder if there’s a bulletin board there.
“Well, if you’re around next weekend, we’re having an event here,” I say brightly, handing her a flyer. “There’s going to be music and a barbecue, and er—fun stuff for kids.”
I can’t be more specific than that, mostly because I haven’tplanned any stuff for kids. What would kids enjoy that costs zero dollars?
“Like a scavenger hunt?” asks the boy.
I beam at him. “Exactlylike a scavenger hunt. How did you know?”
The kid grins at me proudly and his mother thanks me again. As the door swings closed behind them, I add “Plan scavenger hunt” to the to-do list on my phone. What a perfect idea! I can make a treasure map and hide clues around the museum. I’ll have to get prizes, but maybe I can find something cheap at the dollar store. I wonder if they have barrel-themed toys.
(Probably not.)
My phone dings on the desk.
[12:57]John:is there a double letter?
[12:58]: Hang on, just starting now
I open Wordle and type in EVENT, which gets me nothing. Shoot. I look around the room, drumming my fingers on the desk. From inside the museum, I can hear the clanking of Trey’s tools.
CLANK.
The C is green; the rest is gray. Hmm.
TOUGH. This puzzle is tough.
Ooh, that’s more helpful. The U and H are both green.
C_U_H
I scan the unused letters. CQ, CW, CR...
