Professor Layton and the Unwound Future/Picture Book

The Picture Book is one of three unlockable minigames in the professor's chest, as well as the earliest one you can potentially get. It is unlocked by clearing Puzzle 010 along with three starting stickers.

The picture book minigame consists of three picture books, each telling a particular story, as well as a set of stickers for each book. The picture books have incomplete stories with gaps to fill in, as well as spaces on each page for you to put a sticker. Placing a sticker on an available space will fill in a word in the corresponding gap, and the goal is to make a complete and sensible story. The gaps in the sentences have clues on which sticker belongs there, but the clues are intentionally ambiguous by referring to shared characteristics between each sticker. You must deduce the correct sticker for each space to clear the minigame. A new picture book is unlocked every time you complete the previous one in the series.

Solutions
Scroll over the bolded clues to reveal the answers.

Picture Book 1: Lost and Found
One sunny morning, I was strolling through a meadow. As I approached a tree on my right, I noticed a purple thing in the middle of the path and a yellow thing to the left. I wonder who dropped these," I thought to myself. I decided I couldn't just leave them there.

I walked to a square with a tree in its center. Next to the tree, I saw a person frantically picking something up, so I said, "I'm looking for someone who has dropped some items. Have you noticed anyone who fits this description?"

The mustached person glanced at the items I was holding and replied, "Oh, so that's where my yellow thing went! Thanks for returning it to me!"

"Take this as my way of saying thanks. It fell out of this tree," said the person while handing me a delicious-looking purple thing.

And with that, I continued scrolling through the meadow. After a short time, I bumped into a person, so I said, "I found this purple thing and I'm looking for the person who dropped it."

The person hesitated a moment before replying, "I can't help you, but there's a white house just up the path. Try asking over there." I said my thanks and hurried on.

Curious as to whether the purple thing belonged to someone in the white house, I walked over to it and knocked on the door. A kindly-looking woman opened it and said, "Hello there. Can I help you?" Peeking inside, I couldn't help but notice that there was a tasty-looking yellow thing on the kitchen table.

"I found this purple thing, and I'm looking for its owner," I replied. "Oh, yes! That purple thing belongs to my grandson," said the woman. "Thank you ever so much!" Then she handed me the yellow thing on the table as a reward.

It was a good day. I returned two lost items to their owners and received a delicious plum and banana as a reward. I was so happy that I couldn't help but whistle, and I felt like I could walk all day long.

Picture Book 2: Rainy Day Café
I work in a little café. One day, the manager in charge stepped out, leaving me to run the shop. Before stepping out the door, the manager said to me, "I'm relying on you today. I'll be back as soon as I can."

After the manager left, I noticed that a white thing had been left behind on the counter. "Oh, no! The manager must have forgotten this!" I thought to myself. "And come to think of it, I don't even know where the manager went!"

A little while later, a customer arrived, the first customer of the day. "The rain is terrible. I'll have a hot drink, please. A really hot one," the customer said, taking a window seat. I looked outside and saw that it has indeed started raining.

The door flew open once again, and I could hear the sound of the rain on the pavement as the next customer came in. "Gosh, it's just like they forecasted. The rained has chilled me to the bone. I'll have a hot drink, please. But don't steep it for too long." The customer took a seat in a corner table.

Since the manager in charge was gone, I had to make a hot drink for the customer by the window. I also had to make the hot drink that the other customer has ordered. However, I ran into a snag when I realized the white thing was gone.

The door opened again and someone stepped inside. "Thank, heavens! That must be the manager," I said. But when I turned around, I saw that it was actually a customer. This customer sat down by the counter.

"Eesh, I'm tired. But look at this white thing I found in the forest! Was I lucky or what? Oh, right, my order. I'll have a hot drink, please." The customer leaned over, put the white thing on the counter, and said, "Isn't it a beauty?"

"It is, but I have to apologize because I can't make you a hot drink. The white thing is gone, you see," I said, deciding to be honest.

Overhearing my apology, the mustached customer sitting by the window said, "I don't like my hot drink black. One really needs to tip the white thing to make it palatable."

The customer in the corner piped up as well. "Hot drink ' s best friend is the white thing." Then the customer by the counter chimed in, "This is unbelievable. I came all the way here to enjoy a hot drink!" The customer by the counter's glasses began to fog up with anger. I was getting very flustered.

Just then, the door opened again, and in stepped the manager. "Lots of customers today, eh? I'm glad you all came in here out of the rain." I was so relieved to see the manager ' s pointy hat.

"I can't find the white thing! I looked everywhere," I said, causing the manager ' s eyes to grow as big as saucers. "What are you talking about?! Didn't you hear me when I told you I was stepping out to get another white thing?"

The old dear really was steamed, but she wasted no time in making everyone fresh hot drinks and a mushroom pie. The customers were all delighted, and I cheered up as well. Doesn't this story make you want to visit a café on a rainy day?