MyGirl came up to me earlier and said that something in the Snoopy blogpost struck her. She looked back at the post and told me which part got her thinking. The blogpost read:
It was only after I had completed the puzzle and disassembled it, that I discovered instructions inside the box that would have enabled me to finish the puzzle in less than than five minutes.
(Personally, I enjoyed the challenge and would not use the cheat sheet if I had to do the puzzle over again.)
She said, "Mom, of course there would be instructions."
"But it is a puzzle!" I argued and pulled out the box to show her CRYSTAL PUZZLE in big bold letters.
"Mom," she calmly continued, "why would you think there wouldn't be instructions?"
I was still thinking jigsaw puzzles. They don't come with instructions. They come with a picture of the completed puzzle in the cover of the box. And that is what the crystal puzzle had -- a picture of Snoopy and Woodstock standing on a green platform. In my mind, here is what the completed puzzle is meant to look like. Go forth and solve the puzzle.
In a matter-of-factly, yet loving tone, she drove the nail home by saying, "Would they sell Lego without instructions?"
I started to laugh. (Lightbulb moment!)
Of course she was right! It would be like selling IKEA furniture without assembly instructions.
It made perfect sense now. Clearly, instructions would come with this puzzle.
Can I just use the "Instructions were in Japanese" card?
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