Daily puzzle

Put The Last Leaf back in order

Seven beats from our edition of The Last Leaf by O. Henry, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. The Artist Colony Sue and Johnsy share a Greenwich Village studio among other struggling young painters as a pneumonia epidemic sweeps the district.
  2. Johnsy Falls Ill Johnsy contracts pneumonia and grows so weak that the doctor doubts she has the will to recover.
  3. Counting Leaves Johnsy convinces herself she will die when the last leaf falls from the ivy vine outside her window.
  4. Behrman Learns the Truth Sue tells old Behrman about Johnsy’s deadly fancy, and the gruff painter scoffs yet is clearly moved.
  5. The Storm A night of driving wind and rain should strip the vine bare, yet one leaf astonishingly remains at dawn.
  6. Johnsy Revives Seeing the leaf endure another full day and night, Johnsy regains her will to live and begins to recover.
  7. Behrman’s Masterpiece Sue reveals that Behrman died after painting the last leaf on the wall during the storm, his long-awaited masterpiece.