Brain Puzzle 3 Level 73

Overview

Level 73 is a hide-and-seek puzzle. The banner reads "Help the kid hide from Mom." A fuming mom in pink pajamas is ordering her reluctant son off to school — "You must going to school today" — while the boy in a white shirt and black shorts defiantly puts his hands on his hips and refuses. The living room offers lots of possible hiding spots: a tall wardrobe, a full-length mirror, a framed print of "The Scream," a spider web in the corner, a hanging lamp, a window with curtains, a TV playing a wedding, a box of crayons on the stand, and a couch. The goal is to tuck the boy somewhere mom cannot find him.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 4

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the setup. Mom is hunting the boy to drag him to school. Look around the room for places he can squeeze into or disguise himself.

1. Draw himself into the painting with crayons. Grab the crayons from the TV stand and scribble the boy's own face onto "The Scream" on the wall. In the next frame the painting now shows his peeking face, blending him into the wall.

1. Hide inside the mirror. Have him step into the full-length mirror so he appears to be just a reflection. Mom's head actually detaches and floats through the room with a red searching beam, scanning for him.

1. Roll the couch into the rug / hide under it. Push the couch away so the red rug covers the floor; a little bulge shows him hiding underneath it. Mom tries to lure him out, saying "I bought tons of ice cream."

1. Let mom give up. Eventually mom checks her watch (a clock speech bubble appears) and realizes the moment has passed. She stops searching.

1. Hide behind her. With mom distracted, the boy slips out and peeks from behind her legs. She never spots him, and the "Completed" banner drops.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle is a hide-and-seek chain. The boy cannot just stand in the open; he has to use the room's surfaces as disguises. The crayons let him become part of the wall painting, the mirror lets him look like a reflection, and the rolled rug lets him flatten himself on the floor. Mom's floating searching head (with the red beam) shows she is actively combing the room, so a single obvious spot is not enough — he keeps shifting spots until she loses patience and checks the time.

The ice-cream line is her bait, not a solution: she hopes he will run out for it. The winning condition is that she gives up because the clock has run down, not because he is perfectly concealed. The TV wedding, the spider web and the lamp are distractions; the working spots are the painting, the mirror and the rug.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: shoving him in one spot and waiting. Mom actively searches (her head floats off with a laser); you have to cycle through disguises.
• Mistake: forgetting the crayons. Drawing his face into The Scream is a key camouflage, not just decoration.
• Mistake: falling for the ice cream. When mom says she bought ice cream, that is a lure to make him come out — stay hidden until she checks her watch and gives up.

Note: solution steps are based on visible frames only.