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Nancy Drew 23: Shadow at the Water's Edge Hints
How do I get the cover off the bamboo?
1 of 5: Once you've folded the paper you got from the rocks under the bridge --
2 of 5: -- it leads you to the bamboo thing in the garden, which Rentaro calls a deer scarer. It looks like the cover of the vertical piece of bamboo comes off --
3 of 5: -- if we had the right tool. Where do you go for tools in this place?
4 of 5: Check in Rentaro's shed in the garden (at night when he's gone).
5 of 5: Ignore the obvious screwdrivers at the left. Instead, look next to the EVP player on the right and take that screwdriver.