Early

The mother was obviously not too happy with the criticism, “My dear, that’s your problem. I mean, you ask for it.”

“What!?”

“Don’t you remember? When I gave you another puzzle last year as your birthday present, the pieces came in packs grouped by colour. You had to finish with the pack for the starry night, followed by the one for the grassland, and finally that for Pooh and his friends. Do you remember what you said? Right. The puzzle was too boring. What’s the point of putting up all the effort for the sky and grassland? You want to see pieces of the cartoon characters early – the company should put a few pieces of Pooh or Piglet into the first and second pack so that you know from the very start you are dealing with an attractive picture.”

“Mum, can I have a picture with only Pooh and his friends but no starry night or grassland?”

“My dear, that’s quite impossible. All pieces in this puzzle are related. See? The hand of Rabbit is pointing all the way into the starry night, Tigger is burying part of his legs into the grassland, and so forth and so forth. Although you may put a few colorful pieces together and make a small patch, this picture is fragmented – it cannot stand or hold water.”