Puzzle-Making Practice "Down the Street" (OPEN)

[heltenjon]

The Rules!

Participants write entries that must do the following:
1. Use at least 3 of the provided elements (inventory, NPCs, a piece of the room like a cabinet or faucet etc.)
2. Give a step-by-step walkthrough of your puzzle solution.
3. Don't add new elements. For example, if the room is a forest, breaking a thin branch off a tree makes sense unless the host said the trees were huge and tall. But adding a hollowed-out stump with a bear sleeping in it is too specific. Assume all important elements have been mentioned by the host.
4. Keep any dialog elements summarized rather than typing out the whole conversation (for example, "threaten the mailman", "ask the child for advice", and so on, instead of giving every spoken line).

Each contest runs for two weeks to allow for a good number of entries, and then it switches to voting for one week. The participant whose solution gets the most votes gets to come up with the next scenario! (Please also provide a link to these rules). Current entries until March 20th.

Voters use the criteria of:
a) how logical the puzzle seems
b) how creative or unexpected (but still sensible) is the use of elements
c) how satisfying is the solution (Is it too simple? Way too complicated? Or just right?)

Here we go!

Down the street

Premise: It seemed like a good idea at the time. You were late, and taking a shortcut through Small Street would make up the time you lost and then some. But getting through to the other side looks a bit more difficult than you thought.

You are wearing:

• A baseball cap
• Sunglasses
• A T-shirt
• Shorts. In the pockets you find
  
  • Your wallet
  • your most prized possession
• Sneakers
• A piece of jewelry
• A backpack containing two items of your choice.

In the street you see:

• The local bully
• Rows of houses with gardens.
• An angry dog. It's on a leash, but you're in doubt that it can hold the dog if it pulls hard.
• A small children's playground.
• An old man known by everyone for talking and talking and not letting you go.
• An old woman, working in her garden
• A hot dog stand
• An abondoned children's pool filled with water (in a garden)
• Typical stuff like trees, mailboxes, etc.
• A couple of parked cars.
• A ball in the ditch by the road.
• A volleyball
• The one person in the world who should not see you in this place now

Your goal is to avoid all obstacles and take this shortcut down Small Street.
Logical items (garden tools, toys in the playground etc. are allowed)

Please submit your entries in the next 14 days.You have until April 29th. Good luck!

[RootBound]

Bumping this up. Haven't thought of a solution yet, but I'm on it.

@heltenjon Just want to clarify the goal. The obstacles to be avoided are the bully, dog, the old man, and the only person who shouldn't see you here?

[heltenjon]

@heltenjon Just want to clarify the goal. The obstacles to be avoided are the bully, dog, the old man, and the only person who shouldn't see you here?

Yes, though I'm open to other interpretations, as long as it makes the game flow.