[CV088] In a Hole

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In a Hole
Game	Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Number	088
Type	Write Answer
Location	Shack Path
Given by	Sylvain
Solved by	Professor Layton
Picarats	30
Mandatory	No
Reward	Furniture (Violin)
In other languages
日本語	穴の中 ana no naka

In a Hole is a puzzle in the American version of Professor Layton and the Curious Village. For the puzzle in the European version of the game, go here.

Puzzle

A tennis ball has rolled its way down into a hole. This particular hole is extremely deep and has a sharp bend in the middle, making the ball impossible to retrieve by hand. To make matters worse, the ground around the hole is made of hard clay, so digging the ball out isn't an option.

However, you have something incredibly commonplace on hand that you can use to get the ball out. What do you use to get the ball out? Answer in five letters.

Hints

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• Hint 1
• Hint 2
• Hint 3

Click a Tab to reveal the Hint.

"You can't reach the bottom of the hole, so how about trying to find some tool that can," you say?

No, no, that's not the way. Is there some way you can get the ball to come to the mouth of the hole?

Think about the particular characteristics of a tennis ball. It bounces, it's light... Well, it has many interesting properties, but what happens when you throw a tennis ball into a lake?

If a great rainstorm were to come along right now, you could probably retrieve your ball without doing anything at all.

Think about why that is.

And just what is "rain" anyway?

Solution

Incorrect

Too bad!

If you can't reach in and grab the ball, you're going to have to get the ball to come to you.

Correct

That's correct!

Theoretically, you could use any liquid in which tennis balls can float, but water is the liquid you would most likely have handy.

Since the ground is hard clay, there's little chance of the water getting absorbed into the surrounding earth.

The ball should come up with little difficulty.