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    Match Puzzle
    Match Puzzle
    Match Puzzle
    Ebook44 pages19 minutes

    Match Puzzle

    By Robert Bean

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    This book does not know what it is, not that it cares. Poems, flash fictions, vignettes and dreamscapes all lurk within Robert Bean's first collection, gleaned from a life of border crossings and cultural drift. Prepare for a diverse and diverting experience.  

     

     

    Match Puzzle: Moving only two matches,

    Change this diagram into one of the following;

    a) Two bicycles playing chess in an apricot tree

    b) A sunny day

    c) Elation

    d) Other. Please specify.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Bean
    Release dateMay 7, 2020
    ISBN9781393505792
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