A woman perplexed Reddit users by posting an image of a puzzling worksheet, leading many to assert that the picture ‘doesn’t resemble’ the expected answer.
On a Wednesday (March 26), what appears to be a mother shared a photo on Reddit of a school assignment given to her child.
Her child, a kindergartener, was instructed to observe outlined images and then write down their corresponding three-letter names.
The task started simply with a picture of a bear that begins with the letter ‘C’.
With what seems to be parental guidance, the child identified this image as a ‘cub’. The next image, depicting the sun, was straightforward.
However, the third image baffled both the young child and many adults. It showed a smiling woman wearing a headdress and long gown, with her hands clasped.
An ‘W’ was placed beside this unusual drawing, leaving Reddit users baffled.
“Pretty sure this was supposed to be NUN and the book f***ed up,” one user commented.
Another user speculated: “Wen is an archaic or poetic term for a woman, derived from Middle English. Although seldom used today, it does appear in older literature and dialects.”
“Wyf. It’s ye oldde Englishe,” another joked.
Some Reddit threads like these often see the original poster not revealing the solution to the puzzle.
Nonetheless, the user, known as @thea_from_julliard, promptly ended the suspense by sharing the correct response the child should have written next to the woman.
“Wed? Is that a bride?,” someone queried, to which @thea_from_julliard replied: “You got it!”
Following the revelation that the book intended the word to be ‘wed’, Reddit users had a laugh.
“Why would a kindergartener know the word ‘wed’ yet?,” questioned one user.
“Most adults say married or wedding? And it resembles a nun, not a bride…Is this from a religious school?”
“She should be holding a bouquet or something,” someone else suggested. “As it stands, she doesn’t look like a bride. This doesn’t resemble a wedding dress or bridal veil. Clearly a nun.”
Another remarked: “F minus for the book’s illustrator. This doesn’t look anything like ‘wed’.”
Did you recognize that the intended word was ‘wed’? Or do you think the illustrator made an error and the woman was meant to be a nun?
Share your thoughts below!