When you will fall in a hole, you must solve two or three riddles to catch up to him. However, instead of being behind him, you will be in front of him.
Choose "the bottom of the lake" so Tabor and Katie make you a diving suit for $2000. Then, go to Lea Lake. There will be several puzzles to solve to get you ahead of Thief V. Note: Spade=50. Answer the riddle and move the statues accordingly into the four squares from left to right into the corner squares. Note: Egg, chick, chicken.