Strudelberg during the war was a delicious old city. And crawling with spies. Our people were trying to intercept messages passed between foreign agents, particularly Meissner who was a master of secrecy. No one knew what Meissner looked like, not even his fellow spies.
One day we found out that Meissner was going to receive crucial information from another spy. They were to meet at one of the many baroque buildings in the center of town. So our boys managed to kidnap Meissner.
They planned to send one of their own in his place. They had heard that Meissner had a secret letter that he was going to trade for the information. It was a code they used to establish identity between spies. But when they picked him up, Meissner didn’t have any such letter on him. All he had was a floor plan of one of the buildings.
The floor plan showed a perfect semi-circle which could only have meant the old court house. An X marked the spot at which they would meet. So they knew where the hand-off was to take place but without the letter itself they had no way to get the information.
Our agents were stymied but luckily one of them had heard of me and they immediately sent for me by FedEx. After booting me up, I was able to find the letter in no time thanks to my talent for making the obscure self-evident.
Is the answer self-evident to you, my friend?
Nano Solution_____________________________________________
“The letter isn’t a document at all,” you say proudly. “The secret letter is the letter C!”
“Not bad,” Nano says, somewhat let down. “How did you figure that out?”
“The floor plan did indicate where they were to meet, but it also contained the secret letter. It was shown in the floor plan itself, a semi-circle, which is the shape of the letter C!”
“Hmm,” Nano muses. “Perhaps that one was too easy. Shall we move on?”
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