Turtles or Hurdles?In each sentence, guess whether the blank traverses a "turtle" or a "hurdle."1. "What a sight [those slow, lumbering snails] had been! Something like a slow ___."
—
Patricia Highsmith, Eleven, 1989, p. 772.
2. "Interestingly, the animals would occasionally leap over the ___."
—Christopher Peterson, et al.,
Learned Helplessness, 1995, p. 193.
3. "He jumped over the ___. Then he turned and ran across the roof as fast as he could."
—Paul Andrew Witty,
Reading for Interest, 1955, p .114
Answer: 1. hurdle, 2. hurdle, 3. turtle (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
(This puzzle is inspired by and dedicated to
Jonathan-Caws Elwitt.)
