Secret Code Key

My absolute favorite movie during the months of November and December is A Christmas Story. Ralphie is anxiously waiting for his Little Orphan Annie decoder ring to come in the mail so he can decode the secret message during one of the radio show episodes. To his disappointment , the secret message ended up being a crummy commercial for Ovaltine.

The Wolf handbook from 1971 has as secret code panel that will help you on your next message to your den. In this example, the letter A is represented by the number one, the letter z, and apple, or a lines connecting vertical right and horizontal bottom. If using this secret code panel, try not to mix the characters to avoid confusion. If using numbers, be sure to use numbers for the whole message.