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Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships Hints

The monkeys on the top are in the way!

  • 1 of 5: How do they respond each time you try to get them to move?
  • 2 of 5: They start chattering a monkey word. Have you heard that sound before?
  • 3 of 5: On the monkey display board in the resort lobby, you can listen to five different sounds.  The sound the monkeys at Bat Steep make is -- the word for "ball." As the display explains, to them this word means a sea urchin.
  • 4 of 5: And for that, you'll have to go diving.
  • 5 of 5: After you find the "ball," go back to the top and throw it to the monkeys. They'll grab it happily and go away forever, though someone will continue pelting you with rocks every time you climb up here, sigh.