Well after winning Driftmoon and then To The Moon in the last couple of days, I was 'over the moon' with happiness, but I thought I better do an extra special giveaway or four to balance things back out a bit :)

So, first up, I have a 'puzzle with guide' giveaway to help out those (like me) who are still quite new to trying to solve puzzles. I hope the prize is worth the rather amusing read. It is in a type of English known as Dunglish, which is what happens when the many Dutch sayings and phrases try to be translated into English!

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Klein Duimpje / Tom Thumb in Dutch-English (Dunglish)

There was once a poor woodchopper. "Goes this woodchopping", he said one day to his woman, "there sits no dry bread in it. I work myself an accident the whole day, but you and our twelve children have not to eat".
"Yes, I see the future dark in", his woman agreed.

"We must try to fit a sleeve on it", the woodchopper resumed; "I have a plan: tomorrow we shall go on step with the children, and then, in the middle of the wood, we'll leave them to their fate over".
His woman almost went off her little stick when she heard this. "What is there with you on the hand?" she cried, "aren't you good" she sobbed?"
But the woodchopper was not brought off his piece by her wailing, he gave no shrink. "It cannot differ to me what you think", he said. "There sits nothing else on, tomorrow we leave them in the wood".

Little Thumbie, the youngest son, had listened off his parents' conversation. The next morning before day and dew he went out and filled his pockets with pebbles. Later, during the walk into the wood he knew unmarked-up to drop them one by one. The parents told the children to sprockle some wood, and shined the plate.
When the parents didn't come for the day anymore, the children understood that they had been left in the stitch. Soon the waterlanders appeared. But Thumbie said: "Don't sit down by your packages, I will sorrow for it that we all get home wholeskins". Thank be the pebbles, he was able to find his way back.

"By God", the parents said as they turned up, "How have you ragged him that?". "No art on", Thumbie said and explained what he had done. "If you want to be rid of us you have to stand up a bit earlier".
That is just what the parents did. This time there came no pebbles on the pass, all Thumbie had was a piece of dry bread. He decided that his bread there then but must believe to it. He left a trail of breadcrumbs but he didn't have it in the holes that they were being made into soldiers by the birds.

His parents departed with the northern sun, as on the day before, but this time Thumbie soon touched rid of the trail. What now? Good counsel was expensive. The sun was already under, it was raining pipestems and the crying stood Little Thumbie nearer than the laughing. At last he saw a tiny light through the trees; it turned out to be a house.

The lady who stood them to word was a giantess. She gave them what to eat but Little Thumbie received the feeling that something wasn't fluff. He had understood that the giantess' man, the giant, was a people-eater who would see no bone in devouring them. "If we do not pass up", he thought, "we shall be the cigar." As soon as they saw there chance clean they took the legs and smeared him.

When the giant came home, he sniffed the air and bellowed: "I smell people flesh! Woman, why have you let them go there from through? Bring me my seven-league boots, I go them behind after!" He was about to haul the children in, but, wonder above wonder, just then he decided to lie down in order to snap a little owl.

"Shoot up, help me!" Thumbie said to his brothers as soon as the giant lay there pipping, "we must see to make him his seven-league boots off-handy." He squeezed him like an old thief but they went ahead and knew him to draw his boots out. "Now we must make that we come away!", Little Thumbie said. He put on the boots and quickly made himself out of the feet, carrying his brothers along. Also he had seen a chance to roll the giant's pockets and pick in all his gold pieces.

"How have you boxed that before each other?" cried Thumbie's parents in amazement when he showed up. "It was a pod-skin", said Little Thumbie modestly "I may be small but I stand my little man. And look, I have also brought a lot of poon. We used not to be able to allow ourselves billy-goat's leaps, but now we have our sheep on the dry. We will never come anything too short again! I shall be able to buy myself a nail-suit at last! And woody- stringy."

"And I a soup-dress", cried his mother, "they are you of it these days." "Great", his father exulted, "I shall buy us a motor-car." That afternoon he came riding to the fore in a sled of a wagon. "I seem to be having trouble riding straight out", Thumbie's father complained. "Thank you the cuckoo", his woman said, "you have a piece in your collar. You have him around again. I shall stop you in bed."

The next day the children were stuck in the clothes as well. In her new soup-dress, mother looked a cleanliness. After that they moved to the Hague, where they bought a chest of a house on the New Explanation, and lived happily ever after.

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Hint 1) Read the story. Look for characters that appear different to others, maybe capitals in the wrong place, bold or italic.
Hint 2) If you are successful you will find eight characters in total, spelling out two key words.
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XXXXX Encrypted: decrypt with http://www.exciting-stories.co.uk/code_generator.htm

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XXXXX Encrypted: decrypt with http://www.exciting-stories.co.uk/code_generator.htm

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Hint 1) The above two paragraphs need decrypting. You will need a key word, one for each paragraph.
Hint 2) Once decrypted, again look for characters or numbers that may be unusual, or emphasised differently.
Hint 3) If successful, you should have now five characters in total to use.
Hint 4) Look at a giveaway, any giveaway, in the address bar of your browser.
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Ok, now the other giveaways:
1) Whitelist GA
2) Level 6+ GA
3) Level 2+ Unusual GA!
4) And another Level 2+ GA

Thanks for reading :)

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I see what you did there

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Bump :)

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His woman almost went off her little stick when she heard this

( ͡° ... NO! Bad brain! Stop it right n...
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"But the woodchopper was not brought off his piece by her wailing" :D

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Bump for pony.

9 years ago
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Bump for Thumbed.

9 years ago
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Thumbies up!

9 years ago
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I have to go for awhile so I'll solve the puzzles when I get back. For now, thanks for the giveaways and bump.
Have a Happy Deer!

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9 years ago
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Oh deer!

In fact, what do you call a blind stag?

No eye deer.

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Bump

9 years ago
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The Dunglish ... so ... what the hell were they even saying xD

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Bump for good story! :-P

9 years ago
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That is English that I don't have to learn, it can corrupt my mind :_( And then I will start speaking strange English and nobody could understand me, and I will end alone, in the middle of an infinite universe with nobody to talk :_(

Also congrats for your winnings

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Yes, I wouldn't want to be accused of corrupting your mind.. but that other thing.. "nobody could understand me", isn't that always with your puzzles? :D Lol
And thanks :)

9 years ago
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Hey!! All my puzzles have had at least 5 solvers (for now)

9 years ago
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bump ^^

9 years ago
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Bump for solved!

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^__^

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Bump for guided :)

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Bump for solved :)

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Bump for solved!

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Level restriction ^^ thanks for the GA anyways :)

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Bump for solved :) Thx for puzzle :)

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Bump for amusement.

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