收拾残局

收 = 丩 + 攵 : In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes is proud to receive a honorary sledge hammer for his fine detective work. Everyone is so afraid of him that they hand him the sledge hammer from far away using a roast fork.

拾 = 合 + 扌 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to pick up (拾) a tube of glue (合) in the space station's entrance (Ø2), but last time he put it there he forgot to close the lid properly and now it is glued to the floor. He even cannot pick it up using a toy claw (扌).

残 = 戋 + 歹 : The King of Chu (c) invited the wicked witch (歹) to try his floating tank (戋) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) and without waiting he pushed the wicked witch in and closed the lid. After a while he checked on her and found to only the complete tank, but also the wicked witch absolutely ruined (残).

局 = 尸 + 乛 + 口 : Zeus (ju) got a job at the post office (局) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) and already at his first day a ghost (尸) approaches him. Zeus feels extremely threatened and tries to kill the ghost with a sickle (乛), but the sickle just cuts through the ghost. As the ghost is finally right in front of Zeus it produces a mandarin (口) which it wants sent to earth.

局 = 尸 + 乛 + 口 : Zeus (ju) got a job at the post office (局) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) and already at his first day a ghost (尸) approaches him. Zeus feels extremely threatened and tries to kill the ghost with a sickle (乛), but the sickle just cuts through the ghost. As the ghost is finally right in front of Zeus it produces a mandarin (口) which it wants sent to earth.