狹谷

狭 = 夹 + 犭 : Marie Curie (xi) made herself a sandwich (夹) in the ashram's kitchen (a2), but the way out is very narrow (狭) and blocked by the dachshund (犭) who is looking at her sandwich and drooling .

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) conducts an experiment in the space station's living room (Ø3). She shows Neanderthal Man (人) three things: a mandarin (口), popcorn (谷), and an eight-ball (八), and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight-ball is a little crunchy.