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• Subjectfortune teller
• Actionwhistling a tune
• Settingon a cliff path
• Limitin one sitting, with no going back

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1. A fortune teller whistling a tune on a cliff path, in one sitting, with no going back.
2. A pumpkin-headed scarecrow playing chess alone on a rooftop at sunset, with crayons.
3. A wandering storyteller asking for directions at the edge of a cliff in high wind, with the scale wrong on purpose.
4. A travelling clockmaker racing a snail at a crossroads with no signpost, framed by something in the foreground.
5. A toucan rehearsing a magic trick in a waiting room, in a wide, cinema-shaped frame.
6. A marathon runner dealing cards at a zebra crossing in the rain, through a window.
7. An orchestra conductor cutting hair on a frozen lake, as a close-up of the hands.
8. A dwarf miner shaking out a rug in a library with no ceiling, as a chalk pavement drawing.
9. A raccoon eating a melting ice cream in an alchemist's workshop, with the first line in pen.
10. A grumpy ferry pilot dancing alone in a laundrette at midnight, as a playing card.
11. A mushroom person taking a photograph in a caravan, as a chalk pavement drawing.
12. A grey heron writing in a diary in long grass at the edge of a wood, as a postage stamp.
13. A chess knight sheltering under a newspaper in a post office queue, as a paper cut-out.
14. A marionette spinning a plate in a barber's chair, on the back of an envelope.
15. A red panda holding a broken umbrella in a tea field in the mist, as pixel art on a 32 by 32 grid.
16. A two-headed dragon hatchling yawning beside a broken-down car, in one sitting, with no going back.
17. A tour guide with a tiny flag counting stars on a desert road at noon, in one sitting, with no going back.
18. An android hula hooping in a treehouse, as five thumbnails before one final.
19. A griffin looking through a keyhole in a waiting room, as a newspaper cartoon.
20. A photographer with an old camera sewing on a button beside a broken-down car, as a newspaper cartoon.
21. A warty toad catching falling leaves on the top deck of a bus, with the background in one flat colour.
22. A bossy goose practising a speech in a wheat field before a storm, as a shadow puppet.
23. A stargazer in pyjamas picking apples in a throne room, as a poster.
24. A juggler hiding behind a newspaper on the top level of a car park, as a playing card.
25. A hiker with a huge rucksack checking a pocket watch beside a rock pool, in exactly ten minutes.
26. A puffin flying a kite in a tent in a sandstorm, using only hatching for shade.
27. A genie reading to a cat in a tiny kitchen, in coloured pencil.
28. A mermaid ironing a shirt on a cloud, seen from above.
29. A bicycle courier pushing a wheelbarrow in a post office queue, with the figure tiny and the place huge.
30. A mummy wearing a coat three sizes too big in a street of crooked houses, built from circles only.