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Jiminy Cricket topological puzzle
Inventor/Creator: Gianni A. Sarcone
(Follow the 4 steps shown below)
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c) trap both loops between your thumb and your forefinger

 

 

 

 

d) Make Jiminy Cricket jump to the other side of the paper strip!


© Gianni A. Sarcone
Source: Dazzling Optical Illusions, ISBN 0806983930

Aim of the puzzle
Is it possible to make Jiminy Cricket jump from one loop
to the other keeping your forefinger and thumb closed?

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