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Railfence Cipher

Decipher the message in red below (written in Railfence) and send the answer to Mr. Roberts by email: moreableandtalented@gmail.com

WAITEAEFHTOSAHHTSHNMOTEAIEC

There are two lines of text. There are 27 letters, so there will be 14 letters on on the top line and 13 letters on the bottom line. Use the squares in your Maths copybook to arrange the letters as I have started below. (You will need to finish the first line before you start the second one!)

Then write out what the message is, starting with the first letter on the top row, then the first letter on the second row, then the second letter on the first row, then the second letter on the second row, then the third letter on the first row ........ I think you will figure out the rest yourself! Good Luck. (WHAT IS THE N .............)