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How can I dispose of the deadly piranha poodles?28 hints left

Hint 1

You need to either drug or distract the poodles long enough for you to get by.

Hint 2

Try throwing them some food.

Hint 3

You can pick up a hunk of meat in the kitchen of the SCUMM Bar.

Hint 4

But that doesn't distract them long enough.

Hint 5

I guess you need to drug the meat somehow.

Hint 6

Who would know more about illegal activities than any pirate or sheriff?

Hint 7

A prisoner would.

Hint 8

Visit the prison on the far side of town.

Hint 9

You'll need to talk to Otis, the prisoner.

Hint 10

Has he mentioned what he got arrested for?

Hint 11

Sheriff Shinetop incarcerated him for picking the Caniche Endormi, a yellow flower.

Hint 12

What does Endormi mean in Italian?

Hint 13

Dormi is the root for such words as "dormitory" and "dormant."

Hint 14

It means "sleep."

Hint 15

So the Caniche Endormi must cause sleep.

Hint 16

Have you seen any yellow flowers?

Hint 17

Where is the logical place for them to grow?

Hint 18

Where do most shrubs grow?

Hint 19

In the woods.

Hint 20

Pay a visit to the "Fork," above the "Lookout," on the general map of Melee Island.

Hint 21

Explore the woods a little bit.

Hint 22

The screen above the entrance to the forest has some yellow flowers on it.

Hint 23

Pick them.

Hint 24

You need to get the dogs to eat them.

Hint 25

But the dogs won't just eat the flowers by themselves.

Hint 26

You need to stick it into something they like.

Hint 27

Like meat. (If you lost your hunk of meat, pick up more from the kitchen.)

Hint 28

Use the picked flower with the meat, and feed it to the dogs.

Guide help

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Hints written by Greg Edwards
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