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Tricky Story: Normal Story Level 71 Walkthroughs & Guide

Call mom to come back

Help the father get the mother's phone number to call home and take care of the child

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Tricky Story: Normal Level 71 — Call mom to come back Guide Overview

Alright, so Normal Story Level 71 drops you into a messy house. The dad’s kid is crying, mom’s not around, and you gotta help him find her phone number. At first glance it looks like random chores — light switch, scissors, water spill, cat business. But every single action leads to one goal: getting six numbers to call mom. It’s chaotic but satisfying once you see the pattern. The trick is knowing the right order so you don’t waste time clicking everything. Let me walk you through it.

Pattern Overview

You’re helping a frantic dad clear household chaos just to reach mom and calm the baby.

The Emotional Sequence

  • Light Switch for Visibility: You can’t find anything until the room lights up.
  • Scissors for the Sticker: The sticker hides a clue – cutting it reveals the door is important.
  • Water Spill for the Notebook: Spilling water makes the hidden numbers visible on the page.
  • Cabinet for the Pump: The cabinet stores the pump you need to inflate the balloon.
  • Pump for the Balloon: Inflating the balloon distracts the cat so you can move it.
  • Pillow for the Cat: Flipping the pillow reveals the cat hiding underneath.
  • Cat Tray for the Number: The cat’s poop contains one of the digits (gross but true).
  • Phone for the Call: With all six numbers, you dial mom and bring her back.

Why This Level Feels Tricky + The Key Insight

The biggest confusion is why you need to do random things like spill water or pump a balloon. They don’t look connected. Another trap: you might think the order is obvious but skipping the cat means you miss a number.

I thought you just needed to find the phone and dial. So I clicked everything at once. But nothing worked. The trigger was noticing the numbers only appear after the water soaks into the notebook — each step is a reveal mechanic. Normal Story Level 71 teaches you that the dad’s mess hides each digit, and you have to perform the right actions in sequence to uncover them all.

Step 1. Find the Light Switch

Normal Story Level 71 starts in a dark room. You can’t see a thing. So first thing you do — flip the light switch. Anna thinks: “Turn on the light switch.” That makes sense. Without light you’d miss the sticker on the door. This step sets up visibility for everything else.

Step 2. Cut the Door Sticker

Don’t try to open the door yet. The sticker blocks it. The sticker is deliberately placed over the door seal. Scissors cut it clean off. Normal Story Level 71 expects you to use the scissors on the sticker before anything else. After that the door is free, but you don’t need it until later.

Step 3. Spill Water on the Notebook

Spill the glass of water onto the notebook. The water soaks the page and reveals a set of numbers. If you skip this, you never see the first digit. Normal Story Level 71 hides the number under invisible ink or something. The notebook becomes readable now.

Step 4. Open the Cabinet

You might feel weird opening a cabinet for no reason. But inside you find a small pump. Anna’s inner monologue says “Open the cabinet door.” The pump is needed to inflate a balloon that later scares the cat into the tray. Normal Story Level 71 connects these seemingly random objects.

Step 5. Pump the Balloon

Where does the pump go? There’s a deflated balloon on the floor. Attach the pump and pull it to inflate. Anna thinks: “Pull the pump to the deflated balloon.” The inflated balloon floats up and distracts the cat. Normal Story Level 71 uses the balloon to move the cat.

Step 6. Flip the Sofa Pillow

Don’t flip the pillow earlier – it’s pointless before the balloon. The cat hides under the sofa pillow after the balloon rises. Flipping it reveals the cat and you can drag it to the sand tray. Normal Story Level 71 orders these steps so the cat is only accessible after the balloon.

Step 7. Pull the Cat into the Sand Tray

Pull the cat into the sand tray. It’ll do its business and leave a little number in the litter. Anna’s thought: “Pull the cat into the sand tray so it can poop.” Gross but it gives you the fifth digit. If you skip this, you’re missing a number. Normal Story Level 71 makes sure you clean up after.

Step 8. Dial Mom

Finally, you have six numbers – but where’s the phone? It’s on the table, under the flipped pillow maybe? Actually it’s on the sofa. Pick up the phone, type the numbers you collected. Anna’s inner monologue: “Take 6 numbers, hold the phone, type as suggested, and call mom.” Normal Story Level 71 ends with that satisfying dial tone.

The Logic Behind It

Normal Story Level 71 is solved by following the dad’s natural mess – each step reveals a part of the phone number. The method is to do the actions in the order the chaos suggests: light, cut, spill, open, pump, flip, cat, call.

Final Scene Description

When I finished dialing the last number, I watched the phone screen light up. A ringtone echoed through the messy room. The cat meowed from the sand tray. The dad’s face relaxed. Normal Story Level 71 showed me that even a chaotic house can lead to a happy ending. Mom’s voice on the other end – that was the reward.

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