How do your puzzle-solving skills measure up? In Professor Layton and the Curious Village for Nintendo DS, you’ll be challenged to find solutions to over 130 brainteasers designed to tax your lateral thinking to the limit.

Whether you’re attempting to slice a sandwich so that it fits in your lunch box, or trying to find a safe way to transport chicks and wolves across a river, you’ll need to use the DS Touch Screen and all the brain power you can muster to come up with an answer to your problem.

To get a taste of the puzzles in store in Professor Layton and the Curious Village, check out the second in a series of three conundrums below. This week, you’ll have to visualise a solution as you engage in a little woodwork. And don’t worry, if the search for an answer is giving you sleepless nights, we’ll post a handy tip with next Monday’s puzzle help you along.

Good luck!

If you're still struggling with last week's puzzle, take a peek at this hint to help you in your quest for a solution:

To face the morning sun, one must, of course, look eastward. The map shows north pointing towards the top of the screen, so which direction indicates east?

Puzzle # 2
Wood Cutouts

"You have a single sheet of balsa wood, as shown in the diagram below. Your job is to cut the wood along the dotted lines so that you end up with four identical pieces.

You can rotate the pieces after cutting, but you can't flip them over.

Go on and get chopping!"

Discover more about the puzzles in Professor Layton and the Curious Village at the official website.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is out now, only on Nintendo DS.