From the deepest darkest forests of the French Alps, our next onnicle is from Wendy Hollands, who spends most of her time swishing down the white stuff in winters and writing fiction in summers. Is she Wendy or April? She’s both! Her mum preferred to call her by her middle name, which has stuck. It makes paperwork confusing, but where’s the fun in words if they’re not a challenge?
The level of difficulty and the overall flavour is a little different this time. Hope to see many more folks joining in.
OnniClue: How many animals from around the world can you find in there?
(10 is not the magic number this time)
If you can identify all of them, submit your answer as a comment to this post. Alternatively, send an email with the list of names to: onnicles [at] gmail [dot] com.
Onnicle:
The light on Leo’s badge reflected into Zoe’s eyes. She shuffled left to escape the glare, and her dad growled at her to keep still. He knew that she was feeling tired: they had been queuing all morning to meet Elvira, the famous entertainer and magician, who was an hour late for her book signing. She arrived when he was thinking about removing his Elvira badge. Her rings sparkled as she entered the room waving and gliding over the red carpet. The queue passed Elvira quickly, and Leo was soon saying: “Elvira, I’m Leo and this is Zoe. She’s catching up on magic tricks to become magician like you.”
Elvira smiled with her sunglasses on. “Hello Zoe and Leo. Pardon me for my tardiness. I hope you love my book,” she said while signing their book. Before they could thank her, the highflying Elvira was already signing another fan’s book. As they walked away, Zoe said: “Dad, she bugged me. She came late and didn’t seem to care that I love magic. I’ve been thinking. I want to replace my magic books with a trampoline so I can be an acrobat instead.”
This is not the full list, started out with trying to find all the 3 lettered animal species first. Will be back with a more exhaustive list later tonight or tomorrow. Here are the first 10 I found
The light on Leo’s BADGE Reflected into Zoe’s eyes. She shuffled left to escape the glare, and her dad growled at her to keep still. He kNEW That she was feeling tired: they had been queuing all morning to meet ElviRA, The faMOUS Entertainer and magician, who was an hour late for her book signing. She arrived wHEN he was thinking about removing his Elvira badge. HER RINGs sparkled as she entered the room waving and gliding over the red carpet. The queue passed Elvira quickly, and Leo was soon saying: “Elvira, I’m Leo and this is Zoe. She’s catching up on magic tricks to become magician like you.”
Elvira smiled with her sunglASSes on. “Hello Zoe and LEO. PARDon me for my tardiness. I hope you love my book,” she said while signing their book. Before they could thank her, the highflying Elvira was already signing another fan’s book. As they walked away, Zoe said: “Dad, she bugged me. She came late and didn’t seem to care that I love magic. I’ve been thinking. I wANT to replace my magic books with a tRAMpoline so I can be an acrobat instead.”
1.Badger
2. Rat
3. Leopard
4. Ant
5. Newt
6. Mouse
7. Ass
8. Hen
9. Herring
10. Ram
That's it.. This one really caught my patience.. Phew! Done I think!
Hey Found 20 Animals:
The light on Leo’s BADGE Reflected into Zoe’s eyes. She shuffled left to escAPE the glare, and her dad grOWLed at her to keep still. He KNEW That she was fEELing tired: they had BEEn queuing all morning to meet ElviRA, The faMOUSE Entertainer and magician, who was an hour late for her book signing. She arrived wHEN he was thinking about removing his Elvira badge. HER RINGs sparkled AS She entered the room waving and gliDING Over the red carpet. The queue passed Elvira quickly, and Leo was soon saying: “Elvira, I’m Leo and this is Zoe. She’s CATching up on magic tricks to become magician like you.”
Elvira smiled with her sunglasses on. “Hello Zoe and LEO. PARDon me for my tardiness. I hope you love my book,” she said while signing their book. Before they could thank her, the highFLYing Elvira was already signing another fan’s book. As they walked away, Zoe said: “Dad, she BUGged me. She CAME Late and didn’t seem to care that I love magic. I’ve been thinking. I wANT to replace my magic books with a tRAMpoline so I can be an acroBAT instead.”
1. Bat
2. Badger
3. Herring
4. Owl
5. Newt
6. Eel
7. Ape
8. Rat
9. Mouse
10. Hen
11. Ass
12. Dingo
13. Cat
14. Bee
15. Fly
16. Bug?
17. Ant
18. Ram
19. Leopard
20. Camel
Another update :
The light on Leo’s BADGE Reflected into Zoe’s eyes. She shuffled left to escape the glare, and her dad grOWLed at her to keep still. He kNEW That she was fEELing tired: they had BEEn queuing all morning to meet ElviRA, The faMOUS Entertainer and magician, who was an hour late for her book signing. She arrived wHEN he was thinking about removing his Elvira badge. HER RINGs sparkled as she entered the room waving and gliDING Over the red CARPet. The queue passed Elvira quickly, and Leo was soon saying: “Elvira, I’m Leo and this is Zoe. She’s CATching up on magic tricks to become magician like you.”
Elvira smiled with her sunglASSes on. “Hello Zoe and LEO. PARDon me for my tardiness. I hope you love my book,” she said while signing their book. Before they could thank her, the highflying Elvira was already signing another fan’s book. As they walked away, Zoe said: “Dad, she BUGged me. She CAME Late and didn’t seem to care that I love magic. I’ve BEEn thinking. I wANT to replace my magic books with a tRAMpoline so I can be an acroBAT instead.”
1. Badger
2. Rat
3. Leopard
4. Ant
5. Newt
6. Mouse
7. Ass
8. Hen
9. Herring
10. Ram
11. Carp
12. Dingo
13. Eel
14. Owl
15. Bee
16. Bug
17. Camel
18. Bat
19. Cat
My Attempt:
The light on Leo’s 1|badge r|eflected into Zoe’s eyes. She shuffled left to escape the glare, and her dad growled at her to keep still. He knew that she was feeling tired: they had been queuing all morning to meet Elvira, the famous entertainer and magician, who was an hour late for her book signing. She arrived when he was thinking about removing his Elvira badge. 2|Her ring|s sparkled as she entered the room waving and gliding over the red carpet. The queue p3|ass|ed Elvira quickly, and Leo was soon saying: “Elvira, I’m Leo and this is Zoe. She’s catching up on magic tricks to become magician like you.”
Elvira smiled with her sungl4|ass|es on. “Hello Zoe and Leo. Pardon me for my tardiness. I hope you love my book,” she said while signing their book. Before they could thank her, the high5|fly|ing Elvira was already signing another fan’s book. As they walked away, Zoe said: “Dad, she 6|bug|ged me. She came late and didn’t seem to care that I love magic. I’ve been thinking. I w7|ant| to replace my magic books with a trampoline so I can be an acro8|bat| instead.”
OK, here goes my first attempt at onnicles. Not sure I completely understand the rules and I may have stretched the definition of 'animal' a bit, but here goes:
1. badger
2. eft
3. ape
4. owl
5. newt
6. eel
7. rat
8. mouse
9. hen
10. herring(s)
11. dingo
12. ass
13. cat
14. leopard
15. fly
16. bug
17. camel
18. ant
19. bat
I really wanted to find 20 but my eyes were crossing. And I really wanted an animal that used 'zoe' somehow!
Curious to know what I missed (probably something really easy, too!)
Monica
1. bat
2. leopard
3. bug
4. cat
5. ram
6. owl
7. mouse
8. fly
9. eel
10. ass
11. camel
12. bee
13. ape
14. ant
15. rat
16. leo (means Loin)