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Day of the Tentacle Hints
I've lost my power source in the wall!
1 of 12: Your hamster is trapped in the mouse hole. You'll have to get him back.
2 of 12: With force if necessary.
3 of 12: The force of suction, perhaps?
4 of 12: Wouldn't it be nice if there were a vacuum down here?
5 of 12: You must have seen something that suggested there should be a vacuum in every house.
6 of 12: It was the advertisement in the lobby of Bernard's time.
7 of 12: Wasn't someone in the past looking for suggestions?
8 of 12: There's a suggestion box in the Constitutional Convention.
9 of 12: Have Hoagie drop the ad in the box, and Laverne will get a vacuum cleaner.
10 of 12: Use the vacuum on the mouse hole to get your hamster.
11 of 12: Now all you have to do is clean out the vacuum.
12 of 12: Open the dust hatch on the vacuum, and you have your hamster.
