Several democracies celebrate their National Holidays in July. Among these countries are Canada (July1), The United States (July 4) and France (July 14). In honor of these countries, Felix is sending you proverbs about Freedom this month. Freedom doesn’t mean doing anything you want. Felix is going to help you understand what freedom really means.
This week’s code is a transposition cipher. All the letters are there, but not in the order you expect. Look around and see what you can learn.
Let freedom ring and solve this puzzle.
I | R | E | A | H | I |
T | T | M | L | A | N |
I | O | A | L | N | A |
S | B | N | H | A | B |
B | E | I | O | S | I |
E | A | N | U | L | G |
T | F | A | S | A | O |
T | R | S | E | V | N |
E | E | M | T | E | E |
In this transposition cipher, the letters are written vertically instead of horizontally. To solve the cipher, write the letters horizontally.
ITISBETTERTOBEAFREEMANINASMALLHOUSETHANASLAVEINABIGONE
Then try to break the letters into words. You may see some words that aren’t in the cipher, for example, all, vein, or gone.
This week’s message is:
It is better to be a free man in a small house than a slave in a big one. ~ Norwegian Proverbs