A Never Ending Day of Problems.

     This week, my class is writing a creative story we made up by ourselves using our own imagination.

     Chris, Tom, Elaine, and Renee are very close friends. The four go to the same school, are in the same class, and all of them live next to each other.
     On one typical school day, a voice was broadcasted to the whole school.
"Chris Pendragon, please come to the Principal's office right now." Elaine, Tom, and Renee-who were Chris' friends- exchanged surprised looks. Just then, Chris came back, looking depressed.
     "What happened?" Tom asked.
     "My grandfather is lost," Chris replied.
     "Is your grandfather the famous professor? The one that is always on a science program?"
     "Yes, but it looks like no one knows where he is right now. The principal asked me if I know where my grandfather is, but I don't know either."

     After school, Chris ran to his house where only his grandfather and he lives. Chris' parents both died in a plane crash. Renee, Elaine, and Tom always dreaded to go to Chris' house because it is humongous and full of servants, but always feels empty. However, today, they all hurriedly followed Chris to his house. When they arrived, there was a short note on his desk.

                           'Dear my loving grandson Chris,
You might have been surprised that I am not in the house. But I hope to go on a world trip for a few weeks, so don't be so frightened. I will come back few weeks later with many pictures of my trip!
                                                                                         June 4th, 20OO
                                                                                         From,
                                                                                         Your Grandpa'
     A huge sigh of relief came out of Chris.
     "It's no big deal. He just went on a trip," exclaimed Tom.
     "Wait... That's not the only note I see. Here's another one," Elaine replied.

                  'Chris, I need your help. I am kidnapped! I can't tell you where I am, but you can find out. Please solve the code that will be given to you carefully. If your answer is correct, you will eventually be able to find out where I am. Hurry!
                                                  From, your grandpa....'

   As Chris read the note, his voice trailed off, being replaced by tears. No one spoke for a long time and huge silence hung in the air.

     "But where's the code?" Elaine whispered.
     Just then, words appeared on the screen of the computer on the desk.
Tom started to read,

'There is an old woman living on the 15th floor. No matter the weather, she always takes a walk in the morning, even if it is raining or snowing. When she comes back, she always takes the elevator to the 11th floor and arrive at the 15th floor by stairs. However, on a rainy day, she took the elevator all the way up to the 15th floor. How?
Wait, they call this not a code, it is a word problem!"

     "Stay calm, Tom," Elaine shouted. While they were fighting over why they should solve the problem, Renee seemed to be concentrated on something. Her eyes were focused on the side of the table and she seemed like she couldn't hear any of the chaos Elaine and Tom were making.
     Suddenly, Renee whispered,
     "I think I got the answer. The major hint of this problem is that it was on a rainy day. You carry an umbrella with you on a rainy day, don't you? So, she could reach the 15th button in the elevator. Do you get it?"
     On that instant, the floor opened up below them and they fell into a dark, frightening hole. Then, they arrived at a yellow room so yellow that their eyes hurt.

     "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. I am the Kidnapper that kidnapped Chris' grandfather. You just fell into Shanghai, China. Now, I will give you the second code," a voice rang out in the room. All of a sudden, words appeared on the wall of the room.

'There is a horse and a car completely dark. The room's walls and the floor are completely dark, too. However, when they entered the room, the car just stopped right in front of the horse. The car was fine and there were no lights in the car. How did the car know the horse was approaching?'

     "That's harder than the first one," whispered Chris. With everyone so quiet trying to find out the answer, nervous breaths of the four were able to be heard.
     "Oh, so that's how you solve it! Elaine, Chris, Renee, listen! The answer is simple. If you read the problem again, you can see that there are no mention about the ceiling, so the answer is that it was daytime. The ceiling must be open, which allows the Sun's rays to reach into the room. Do you get it?" Tom shouted.
     "I didn't think that you four were going to be able to solve this one, maybe I was mistaken," the Kidnapper's voice rang out. Just then, a door appeared on the left wall and the four astonished children walked out. They arrived at another place they have never been before.
     "Now, this is New York," the voice rang out again. "Which is the place where I will give you the last problem. Depending on whether you solve it or not, you will be able to save your grandfather, or not."
    "How I hate him!" Chris shouted. Just then, they were trapped in a green room with 100 doors and huge crowd of numbers on one wall.

'You can only open one door. If your answer is correct, there will be Chris' grandfather on behind it.
1~26
24-15-21-18/ 7-18-1-14-4-6-1-20-8-5-18/ 9-19/ 2-5-8-9-14-4/ 20-8-5/ 27th/ 4-15-15-18.'

     "That's just a group of numbers," said Tom. "And random ones that is." Elaine replied as if she doesn't want to see the numbers ever again in her life.
     "Think for a moment, I think I know something. Doesn't the number 26 remind you of something?" Elaine asked.
     "Isn't it the number of alphabets there are?" answered Chris. "Wait, that is the answer! If you change the number into the alphabet that the number represents, you will be able to solve this code! For example, number 1 represents alphabet 'a'. Therefore, the code changes to Y-O-U-R/ G-R-A-N-D-F-A-T-H-E-R/ I-S/ B-E-H-I-N-D/ T-H-E/ 27th/ D-O-O-R! We solved it!" They all hurriedly ran to the 27th door and opened it.

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