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While wandering through the forest

Taking lots of snaps

I found a mossy clearing

Where my pup could take a nap


I glanced around the bushes

I heard a rustling sound

And there I spied a crumpled note

Lying on the ground:

T IXY BS T ZXWI ZKX SUFQS IWXZUPS

I’m not sure what to make of it, can you find the answer?

(I’m a long time lurker on this forum and this is my first puzzle; it is written by myself. I had a look for a ‘first time poster’ guide but couldn’t find one, please let me know if there are any issues with how I’ve composed this post.)

HINT: congratulations to Supersonic for the solve, but why did I pick that cipher?

How does the story in the poem link to the cipher rather than the answer?

cipher cryptography

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  I tried it as a cryptogram and here is what I got: U FOG IS U WOLF WHO SEAMS FLOWERS
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  @Duck rot13(Nu, lbh’er fb pybfr!) I think you’re supposed to comment out your answer as a spoiler though?
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  Oops! I was so close :) I don't know a wolf who seams flowers, though.
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While wandering through the forest

Taking lots of snaps

I found a mossy clearing

Where my pup could take a nap


I glanced around the bushes

I heard a rustling sound

And there I spied a crumpled note

Lying on the ground:

T IXY BS T ZXWI ZKX SUFQS IWXZUPS

I’m not sure what to make of it, can you find the answer?

(I’m a long time lurker on this forum and this is my first puzzle; it is written by myself. I had a look for a ‘first time poster’ guide but couldn’t find one, please let me know if there are any issues with how I’ve composed this post.)

HINT: congratulations to Supersonic for the solve, but why did I pick that cipher?

How does the story in the poem link to the cipher rather than the answer?

cipher cryptography

share|improve this question

edited 6 hours ago

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asked 8 hours ago

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  I tried it as a cryptogram and here is what I got: U FOG IS U WOLF WHO SEAMS FLOWERS
  $endgroup$
  – Duck
  8 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Duck rot13(Nu, lbh’er fb pybfr!) I think you’re supposed to comment out your answer as a spoiler though?
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  Oops! I was so close :) I don't know a wolf who seams flowers, though.
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While wandering through the forest

Taking lots of snaps

I found a mossy clearing

Where my pup could take a nap


I glanced around the bushes

I heard a rustling sound

And there I spied a crumpled note

Lying on the ground:

T IXY BS T ZXWI ZKX SUFQS IWXZUPS

I’m not sure what to make of it, can you find the answer?

(I’m a long time lurker on this forum and this is my first puzzle; it is written by myself. I had a look for a ‘first time poster’ guide but couldn’t find one, please let me know if there are any issues with how I’ve composed this post.)

HINT: congratulations to Supersonic for the solve, but why did I pick that cipher?

How does the story in the poem link to the cipher rather than the answer?

cipher cryptography

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This is a

Cryptogram

which stands for

"A FOX IS A WOLF WHO SENDS FLOWERS" which is a quote of Ruth Brown.

Method:

This looked like a cryptogram because of the two Ts which could correspond to As. So I mapped them as such and looked at BS, which could correspond to AS or IS. I chose to work IS first because it looked more plausible and I got lucky there :)

ZKX looked like it would correspond to WHO which would work with IS A, so I tried it as I couldn't think any others that would work off the top of my head, and got lucky again :)

Now with all the substitutions we have:
A _O_ IS A WO__ WHO S___S __OW__S

I know and like that quote, so this were enough to see that it could work, and trying it out I found out that it does work! The reason I solved this quickly is that I got lucky twice :)

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  @Tonks I will update the answer with my method, thank you for confirming! :)
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  Your method is great, but there’s a bonus thing to solve regarding the cipher I used... I’ll add a hint to the question!
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This is a

Cryptogram

which stands for

"A FOX IS A WOLF WHO SENDS FLOWERS" which is a quote of Ruth Brown.

Method:

This looked like a cryptogram because of the two Ts which could correspond to As. So I mapped them as such and looked at BS, which could correspond to AS or IS. I chose to work IS first because it looked more plausible and I got lucky there :)

ZKX looked like it would correspond to WHO which would work with IS A, so I tried it as I couldn't think any others that would work off the top of my head, and got lucky again :)

Now with all the substitutions we have:
A _O_ IS A WO__ WHO S___S __OW__S

I know and like that quote, so this were enough to see that it could work, and trying it out I found out that it does work! The reason I solved this quickly is that I got lucky twice :)

share|improve this answer

edited 7 hours ago

answered 7 hours ago

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  So quick! How did you find the answer?
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  @Tonks I will update the answer with my method, thank you for confirming! :)
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  Your method is great, but there’s a bonus thing to solve regarding the cipher I used... I’ll add a hint to the question!
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This is a

Cryptogram

which stands for

"A FOX IS A WOLF WHO SENDS FLOWERS" which is a quote of Ruth Brown.

Method:

This looked like a cryptogram because of the two Ts which could correspond to As. So I mapped them as such and looked at BS, which could correspond to AS or IS. I chose to work IS first because it looked more plausible and I got lucky there :)

ZKX looked like it would correspond to WHO which would work with IS A, so I tried it as I couldn't think any others that would work off the top of my head, and got lucky again :)

Now with all the substitutions we have:
A _O_ IS A WO__ WHO S___S __OW__S

I know and like that quote, so this were enough to see that it could work, and trying it out I found out that it does work! The reason I solved this quickly is that I got lucky twice :)

share|improve this answer

edited 7 hours ago

answered 7 hours ago

SupersonicSupersonic

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  So quick! How did you find the answer?
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  @Tonks I will update the answer with my method, thank you for confirming! :)
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  – Supersonic
  7 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Your method is great, but there’s a bonus thing to solve regarding the cipher I used... I’ll add a hint to the question!
  $endgroup$
  – Tonks
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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This is a

Cryptogram

which stands for

"A FOX IS A WOLF WHO SENDS FLOWERS" which is a quote of Ruth Brown.

Method:

This looked like a cryptogram because of the two Ts which could correspond to As. So I mapped them as such and looked at BS, which could correspond to AS or IS. I chose to work IS first because it looked more plausible and I got lucky there :)

ZKX looked like it would correspond to WHO which would work with IS A, so I tried it as I couldn't think any others that would work off the top of my head, and got lucky again :)

Now with all the substitutions we have:
A _O_ IS A WO__ WHO S___S __OW__S

I know and like that quote, so this were enough to see that it could work, and trying it out I found out that it does work! The reason I solved this quickly is that I got lucky twice :)

share|improve this answer

edited 7 hours ago

answered 7 hours ago

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