Brain Find Level 40
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 40, subtitled "The wolf is coming," plays on the fable of the wolf in sheep's clothing. On a sunny pasture there are six fluffy white sheep scattered across the grass, with a few rocks, tufts of grass, and two clouds in the sky. The circular goal icon shows a grey wolf, yet no wolf is visible anywhere on screen — only sheep. The core mechanic is spotting an imposter: the wolf is disguised among the flock, so you cannot solve this by searching an empty corner. The overall approach is to inspect the sheep one by one and pick out the one that is actually the wolf in disguise, then catch it.
- Difficulty: Regular
- Estimated moves: 1
Step-by-Step Solution
- Look at the pasture. The title "The wolf is coming" is at the top, and six sheep are grazing. The goal icon at the bottom shows a grey wolf, but scanning the field you see only sheep — no wolf standing out in the open.
- Rule out the obvious hiding spots first. There are no bushes, sheds, or dark corners where a wolf could lurk; the rocks and grass tufts are too small to conceal it, and the sky above is empty. This tells you the wolf is not off hiding somewhere.
- Realize that the wolf has come in disguise. The phrase "the wolf is coming" means the wolf is already among you, dressed up as one of the flock — this is the classic wolf-in-sheep's-people riddle. Every "sheep" on screen is a suspect.
- Examine the sheep closely and tap the one that is the imposter. As you look from sheep to sheep, one of them is not actually a sheep at all but the wolf wearing a sheep's wool. Tap that disguised sheep to unmask and catch it.
- Once the imposter is caught, the wolf is revealed. A yellow success screen appears with a large "Good" ribbon and the message "Finally caught this wolf!", showing the grey wolf inside the circular frame. The level is complete.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level is built on the fable's twist. The question "the wolf is coming" makes you expect a wolf to arrive from outside the pasture, so your eyes scan the edges of the screen and the sky for an approaching animal. But the designers leave every external area empty, which rules out that reading and forces you to reconsider what is already in front of you.
The six sheep are therefore not six innocent animals — one of them is the disguised wolf. This is why the goal icon is a wolf while the screen shows only sheep: the wolf is present, just hidden by a costume. The solution is not to search the background but to inspect the flock itself and single out the imposter. The success line "Finally caught this wolf!" fits the fable's payoff: after the wolf had been hiding among the sheep, you finally unmask it.
Alternative approaches fail for concrete reasons. Tapping the sun, the clouds, the rocks, or the grass does nothing, because none of those hides a wolf. Waiting for a wolf to walk in from off-screen never happens, since the wolf is already disguised in the middle of the flock. Randomly tapping sheep without looking for a tell usually hits a real sheep and does not complete the level. The intended move is to identify the one disguised sheep and tap it, which is what the demonstrated solution does.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Common mistake: scanning the sky and screen edges for a wolf walking in. The wolf is already on screen, disguised among the sheep.
- Common mistake: tapping the rocks, grass, or clouds looking for a hidden wolf. Those are scenery; the imposter is standing in the flock itself.
- Common mistake: treating all six sheep as real. One of them is the wolf in sheep's clothing — inspect each sheep and tap the imposter to catch it.