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T]HERE IS A FEROCIOUS CAVE BEAR EYING YOU FROM THE FAR END OF THE ROOM! GYT]HERE IS A GENTLE CAVE BEAR SITTING PLACIDLY IN ONE CORNER.            HYT]HERE IS A CONTENTED-LOOKING BEAR WANDERING ABOUT NEARBY.              IR0>$<  (DEAD)                     
                                       FR*MESSAGE IN SECOND MAZE                                                 FQ >$<  (BEAR USES RTEXT 141)                                              C?<(DAY0?3BWA"[T]HIS IS NOT THE MAZE WHERE THE PIRATE LEAVES HIS TR
ASURE CHEST."    FR *VOLCANO AND/OR GEYSER                                                  >$<                                                                     FS*VENDING MACHINE                                                        T]HERE IS A MASSI
E VENDING MACHINE HERE. [T]HE INSTRUCTIONS ON IT READ:T]HERE IS A MESSAGE SCRAWLED IN THE DUST IN A FLOWERY SCRIPT, READING:  C?<(DAY0?3BWAFS B]ATTERIES                                                              T]HERE ARE FRESH BATTERIES HERE.         
                              GY]SOME WORN-OUT BATTERIES HAVE BEEN DISCARDED NEARBY.                    FT*CARPET AND/OR MOSS                                                     >$<                                                                     "[D]R
P COINS HERE TO RECEIVE FRESH BATTERIES."                         C?<(DAY0?3BWAT]HERE IS A LARGE SPARKLING NUGGET OF GOLD HERE!                        FY S]EVERAL DIAMONDS                                                       T]HERE ARE DIAMONDS HERE!    
                                          FZB]ARS OF SILVER                                                         T]HERE ARE BARS OF SILVER HERE!                                         FYL]ARGE GOLD NUGGET                                               
      C?<(DAY0?3BWAT]HERE IS PRECIOUS JEWELRY HERE!                                        F[R]ARE COINS                                                             T]HERE ARE MANY COINS HERE!                                             F[ T]REASURE CHEST
                                                        T]HE PIRATE	S TREASURE CHEST IS HERE!                                   FZ P]RECIOUS JEWELRY                                                       C?<(DAY0?3BWAT]HERE IS A LARGE NEST HERE, FULL OF GO
DEN EGGS!                       GYT]HE NEST OF GOLDEN EGGS HAS VANISHED!                                  HYD]ONE!                                                                  F\ J]EWELED TRIDENT                                                        
]HERE IS A JEWEL-ENCRUSTED TRIDENT HERE!                               F\G]OLDEN EGGS                                                            C?<(DAY0?3BWAT]HERE IS A DELICATE, PRECIOUS, MING VASE HERE!                         GYT]HE VASE IS NOW RESTIN
, DELICATELY, ON A VELVET PILLOW.               HYT]HE FLOOR IS LITTERED WITH WORTHLESS SHARDS OF POTTERY.                IR0T]HE MING VASE DROPS WITH A DELICATE CRASH.                             F] E]GG-SIZED EMERALD                                     
                F]M]ING VASE                                                              C?<(DAY0?3BWAF^P]LATINUM PYRAMID                                                       T]HERE IS A PLATINUM PYRAMID HERE, 8 INCHES ON A SIDE!                  F^ G]L
STENING PEARL                                                       O]FF TO ONE SIDE LIES A GLISTENING PEARL!                               F
P]ERSIAN RUG                                                            T]HERE IS AN EMERALD HERE THE SIZE OF A PLOVER	S EGG!                   C?<(DAY0?3BWAGYT]HE DRAGON IS SPRAWLED OUT ON A PERSIAN RUG!!                          F
 R]ARE SPICES                                                            T]HERE ARE RARE SPICES HERE!                                            GPG]OLDEN CHAIN                                                           T]HERE IS A GOLDEN CHAIN LYING IN A 
EAP ON THE FLOOR!                  T]HERE IS A PERSIAN RUG SPREAD OUT ON THE FLOOR!                        C?<(DAY0?3BWAHYT]HERE IS A GOLDEN CHAIN LOCKED TO THE WALL!                            A0                                                           
            APS]OMEWHERE NEARBY IS [C]OLOSSAL [C]AVE, WHERE OTHERS HAVE FOUND FORTUNESAP]IN TREASURE AND GOLD,THOUGH IT IS RUMORED THAT SOME WHO ENTER ARE NEVERAP]SEEN AGAIN. [M]AGIC IS SAID TO WORK IN THE CAVE.  [I] WILL BE YOUR EYESGYT]HE BEAR IS LOCKED
TO THE WALL WITH A GOLDEN CHAIN!                    C?<(DAY0?3BWAAP]YOU THAT [I] LOOK AT ONLY THE FIRST FOUR LETTERS OF EACH WORD,SO YOU	LLAP]HAVE TO ENTER "NORTHEAST" AS "NE" TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM "NORTH".      AP(S]HOULD YOU GET STUCK, TYPE "HELP" FOR 
OME GENERAL HINTS.  [F]OR      AP]INFORMATION ON HOW TO END YOUR ADVENTURE, ETC., TYPE "[INFO".)         AP      - - -                                                             AP]AND HANDS.  [D]IRECT ME WITH COMMANDS OF 1 OR 2 WORDS.  [I] SHOULD WARNC?
(DAY0?3BWAAP]THE FEATURES OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM WERE ADDED BY [D]ON [W]OODS.       APT]HIS VERSION, FOR THE [PDP]-8, WAS DONE BY [D]ICK [M]URPHY. IT IS      AP]BASED ON A VERSION FOR [RT]-11 DONE BY [B]OB [S]UPNIK.                 BPA] LITTLE DWARF WITH 
 BIG KNIFE BLOCKS YOUR WAY.                       BXA] LITTLE DWARF JUST WALKED AROUND A CORNER, SAW YOU, THREW A LITTLE    APT]HIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY [W]ILLIE [C]ROWTHER. [M]OST OFC?<(DAY0?3BWACPT]HERE IS A THREATENING LITTLE DWARF IN TH
 ROOM WITH YOU!              CTO]NE SHARP NASTY KNIFE IS THROWN AT YOU!                                CXN]ONE OF THEM HIT YOU!                                                  C\O]NE OF THEM GETS YOU!                                                  DPA]
HOLLOW VOICE SAYS "[PLUGH".                                          BX]AXE AT YOU WHICH MISSED, CURSED, AND RAN AWAY.                         C?<(DAY0?3BWADTI] AM UNSURE HOW YOU ARE FACING. [U]SE COMPASS POINTS OR NEARBY OBJECTS.DVI] DON	T KNOW IN FROM O
T HERE.  [U]SE COMPASS POINTS OR NAME SOMETHING DV]IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO.                               DXI] DON	T KNOW HOW TO APPLY THAT WORD HERE.                              DZI] DON	T UNDERSTAND THAT!                                
              DRT]HERE IS NO WAY TO GO THAT DIRECTION.                                  C?<(DAY0?3BWAD^S]ORRY, BUT [I] AM NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE MORE DETAIL.  [I] WILL REPEAT THED^]LONG DESCRIPTION OF YOUR LOCATION.                                     EPI]T 
S NOW PITCH DARK. [I]F YOU PROCEED YOU WILL LIKELY FALL INTO A PIT.EQI]F YOU PREFER, SIMPLY TYPE [W] RATHER THAN [WEST.                      ERA]RE YOU TRYING TO CATCH THE BIRD?                                      D\I]	M GAME.  [W]OULD YOU CARE TO EXPLAI
 HOW?                            C?<(DAY0?3BWAES]WHAT YOU TRY.  [P]ERHAPS YOU MIGHT TRY LATER.                          ETA]RE YOU TRYING TO SOMEHOW DEAL WITH THE SNAKE?                         EUY]OU CAN	T KILL THE SNAKE, OR DRIVE IT AWAY, OR AVOID IT, O
 ANYTHING   EUL]IKE THAT.  [T]HERE IS A WAY TO GET BY, BUT YOU DON	T HAVE THE NECESSAREU]RESOURCES RIGHT NOW.                                                   EST]HE BIRD IS FRIGHTENED RIGHT NOW AND YOU CANNOT CATCH IT NO MATTER     C?<(DAY0?3BWAEWY]OU F
LL INTO A PIT AND BROKE EVERY BONE IN YOUR BODY!                 EXY]OU ARE ALREADY CARRYING IT!                                           EYY]OU CAN	T BE SERIOUS!                                                  EZT]HE BIRD WAS UNAFRAID WHEN YOU ENTERED,
BUT AS YOU APPROACH IT BECOMES EZ]DISTURBED AND YOU CANNOT CATCH IT.                                     EVD]O YOU REALLY WANT TO QUIT NOW?                                        C?<(DAY0?3BWAE\T]HERE IS NOTHING HERE WITH A LOCK!                          
          E]Y]OU AREN	T CARRYING IT!                                                E^T]HE LITTLE BIRD ATTACKS THE GREEN SNAKE, AND IN AN ASTOUNDING FLURRY   E^]DRIVES THE SNAKE AWAY.                                                 E
Y]OU HAVE NO KEYS!                                                      E[]YOU CAN CATCH THE BIRD, BUT YOU CANNOT CARRY IT.                       C?<(DAY0?3BWAFP I] DON	T KNOW HOW TO LOCK OR UNLOCK SUCH A THING.                       FQI]T WAS ALREADY LOC
ED.                                                 FQ T]HE GRATE IS NOW LOCKED.                                               FRT]HE GRATE IS NOW UNLOCKED.                                             FR I]T WAS ALREADY UNLOCKED.                          
                    FPI]T HAS NO LOCK.                                                        C?<(DAY0?3BWAFS Y]OUR LAMP IS NOW ON.                                                   FTY]OUR LAMP IS NOW OFF.                                                 
FT T]HERE IS NO WAY TO GET PAST THE BEAR TO UNLOCK THE CHAIN, WHICH IS     FT ]PROBABLY JUST AS WELL.                                                 FUN]OTHING HAPPENS.                                                       FSY]OU HAVE NO SOURCE OF LIGHT.
                                          C?<(DAY0?3BWAFVT]HERE IS NOTHING HERE TO ATTACK.                                       FV T]HE LITTLE BIRD IS NOW DEAD.  [I]TS BODY DISAPPEARS.                   FWA]TTACKING THE SNAKE BOTH DOESN	T WORK AND IS VER
 DANGEROUS.           FW Y]OU KILLED A LITTLE DWARF.                                             FXY]OU ATTACK A LITTLE DWARF, BUT HE DODGES OUT OF THE WAY.               FU W]HERE?                                                                 C?<(DAY0?
BWAFYG]OOD TRY, BUT THAT IS AN OLD WORN-OUT MAGIC WORD.                      FY I] KNOW OF PLACES, ACTIONS, AND THINGS.  [M]OST OF MY VOCABULARY        FY ]DESCRIBES PLACES AND IS USED TO MOVE YOU THERE.  [T]O MOVE, TRY WORDS  FY ]LIKE FOREST, BUILDING, D
STREAM, ENTER, EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH,      FY ]UP, OR DOWN.  [I] KNOW ABOUT A FEW SPECIAL OBJECTS, LIKE A BLACK ROD   FX W]ITH WHAT?  [Y]OUR BARE HANDS?                                         C?<(DAY0?3BWAFY ]THE ACTION WORDS THAT [I] KNOW.[U]SUALLY Y
U WILL NEED TO GIVE BOTH THEFY ]OBJECT AND ACTION WORDS (IN EITHER ORDER), BUT SOMETIMES [I] CAN INFER FY ]THE OBJECT FROM THE VERB ALONE.  [S]OME OBJECTS ALSO IMPLY VERBS; IN   FY ]PARTICULAR,"[INVENTORY]" IMPLIES "[TAKE INVENTORY]", WHICH CAUSES ME TOFY
]GIVE YOU A LIST OF WHAT YOU	RE CARRYING.  [T]HE OBJECTS HAVE SIDE      FY ]HIDDEN IN THE CAVE.  [T]HESE OBJECTS CAN BE MANIPULATED USING SOME OF  C?<(DAY0?3BWAFY ]TROUBLE MOVING JUST NEED TO TRY A FEW MORE WORDS.  [U]SUALLY PEOPLE    FY ]TRYING UNSUCCESS
ULLY TO MANIPULATE AN OBJECT ARE ATTEMPTING SOMETHING FY ]BEYOND THEIR (OR MY!) CAPABILITIES AND SHOULD TRY A COMPLETELY         FY ]DIFFERENT TACK.  [T]O SPEED THE GAME YOU CAN SOMETIMES MOVE LONG       FY ]DISTANCES WITH A SINGLE WORD.  [F]OR EXAMPLE, "
BUILDING]" USUALLY GETSFY ]EFFECTS; FOR INSTANCE, THE ROD SCARES THE BIRD. [U]SUALLY PEOPLE HAVINGC?<(DAY0?3BWAFY ]FOREST.  [A]LSO, NOTE THAT CAVE PASSAGES TURN A LOT, AND THAT LEAVING AFY ]ROOM TO THE NORTH DOES NOT GUARANTEE ENTERING THE NEXT FROM THE S
UTH. FY G]OOD LUCK!                                                             FZI]T MISSES!                                                             FZ I]T GETS YOU!                                                           FY ]YOU TO THE BUILDING FR
M ANYWHERE ABOVE GROUND EXCEPT WHEN LOST IN THE C?<(DAY0?3BWAF[ Y]OU CAN	T UNLOCK THE KEYS.                                             F\Y]OU HAVE CRAWLED AROUND IN SOME LITTLE HOLES AND WOUND UP BACK IN THE  F\]MAIN PASSAGE.                             
                            F\ I] DON	T KNOW WHERE THE CAVE IS, BUT HEREABOUTS NO STREAM CAN RUN ON    F\ T]HE SURFACE FOR LONG.  [I] WOULD TRY THE STREAM.                       F[OK!                                                                     C?<
DAY0?3BWAF] I] CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT YOU SEE AS YOU MOVE ABOUT AND MANIPULATE      F] ]THINGS.  [I] CANNOT TELL YOU WHERE REMOTE THINGS ARE.                  F^I] DON	T KNOW THAT WORD.                                                F^ W]HAT?             
                                                    F
A]RE YOU TRYING TO GET INTO THE CAVE?                                   F]I] NEED MORE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS TO DO THAT.                          C?<(DAY0?3BWAF
 ]ENTER WITHOUT A KEY, AND THERE ARE NO KEYS NEARBY.  [I] WOULD RECOMMENDF
 ]LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR THE KEYS.                                        GPT]HE TREES OF THE FOREST ARE LARGE HARDWOOD OAK AND MAPLE, WITH AN      GP]OCCASIONAL GROVE OF PINE OR SPRUCE.  [T]HERE IS QUITE A BIT OF UNDER-  GP]GROWTH, LARGELY BIRCH AND ASH S
PLINGS PLUS NONDESCRIPT BUSHES OF      F
 T]HE GRATE IS VERY SOLID AND HAS A HARDENED STEEL LOCK.  [Y]OU CANNOT   C?<(DAY0?3BWAGP]ALL THE LEAVES, BUT TRAVEL IS QUITE EASY IF YOU DETOUR AROUND THE      GP]SPRUCE AND BERRY BUSHES.                                               GPPW]ELCOME TO [A]DVE
TURE!!  [W]OULD YOU LIKE INSTRUCTIONS?               GP D]IGGING WITHOUT A SHOVEL IS QUITE IMPRACTICAL.  [E]VEN WITH A SHOVEL   GP ]PROGRESS IS UNLIKELY.                                                  GP]VARIOUS SORTS.  [T]HIS TIME OF YEAR VISIBILITY IS
QUITE RESTRICTED BY  C?<(DAY0?3BWAGQI]	M AS CONFUSED AS YOU ARE.                                            GQPM]IST IS A WHITE VAPOR, USUALLY WATER, SEEN FROM TIME TO TIME IN        GQP]CAVERNS.  [I]T CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE BUT IS FREQUENTLY A SIGN OF A D
EPGQP]PIT LEADING DOWN TO WATER.                                             GQ Y]OUR FEET ARE NOW WET.                                                 GP0B]LASTING REQUIRES DYNAMITE.                                            C?<(DAY0?3BWAGRT]HANK YOU, I
 WAS DELICIOUS!                                           GRPY]OU HAVE TAKEN A DRINK FROM THE STREAM.  [T]HE WATER TASTES STRONGLY OFGRP]MINERALS, BUT IS NOT UNPLEASANT.  [I]T IS EXTREMELY COLD.              GR T]HE BOTTLE OF WATER IS NOW EMPTY.          
                           GR0R]UBBING THE ELECTRIC LAMP IS NOT PARTICULARLY REWARDING.  [A]NYWAY,    GQ0I] THINK [I] JUST LOST MY APPETITE.                                     C?<(DAY0?3BWAGSP]ECULIAR.  [N]OTHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.                      
        GSPY]OUR BOTTLE IS EMPTY AND THE GROUND IS WET.                            GS Y]OU CAN	T POUR THAT.                                                   GS0W]ATCH IT!                                                              GTW]HICH WAY?         
                                                   GR0]NOTHING EXCITING HAPPENS.                                              C?<(DAY0?3BWAGTP]HELP YOU OUT,BUT [I]	VE NEVER REALLY DONE THIS BEFORE. [D]O YOU WANT MEGTP]TO TRY TO REINCARNATE YOU?           
                                 GT A]LL RIGHT.  [B]UT DON	T BLAME ME IF SOMETHING GOES WR......            GT                     --- POOF!! ---                                      GT Y]OU ARE ENGULFED IN A CLOUD OF ORANGE SMOKE.  [C]OUGHING AND GASPING
  GTPO]H DEAR, YOU SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN YOURSELF KILLED.  [I] MIGHT BE ABLE TOC?<(DAY0?3BWAGT0Y]OU CLUMSY OAF, YOU	VE DONE IT AGAIN!  [I] DON	T KNOW HOW LONG [I] CAN GT0]KEEP THIS UP.  [D]O YOU WANT ME TO TRY REINCARNATING YOU AGAIN?        GUO]KAY, NOW WH
RE DID [I] PUT MY ORANGE SMOKE?....  >]POOF!<             GUE]VERYTHING DISAPPEARS IN A DENSE CLOUD OF ORANGE SMOKE.                GUPN]OW YOU	VE REALLY DONE IT!  [I]	M OUT OF ORANGE SMOKE!  [Y]OU DON	T    GT ]YOU EMERGE FROM THE SMOKE AND FIND....      
                          C?<(DAY0?3BWAGU O]KAY, IF YOU	RE SO SMART, DO IT YOURSELF!  [I]	M LEAVING!              GV >>> MESSAGES 81 THRU 90 ARE RESERVED FOR "OBITUARIES". <<<              GV0S]ORRY, BUT [I] NO LONGER SEEM TO REMEMBER HOW IT WAS YOU GOT H
RE.     GWY]OU CAN	T CARRY ANYTHING MORE.  [Y]OU	LL HAVE TO DROP SOMETHING FIRST. GWPY]OU CAN	T GO THROUGH A LOCKED STEEL GRATE!                             GUP]EXPECT ME TO DO A DECENT REINCARNATION WITHOUT ANY ORANGE SMOKE,DO YOU?C?<(DAY0?3BWAGW0Y]OU DO
	T FIT THROUGH A TWO-INCH SLIT!                                 GXI] RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST YOU GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE INSTEAD OF JUMPING.    GXPT]HERE IS NO WAY ACROSS THE FISSURE.                                    GX Y]OU	RE NOT CARRYING ANYTHING.         
                                GX0Y]OU ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING THE FOLLOWING:                               GW I] BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT IS RIGHT HERE WITH YOU.                        C?<(DAY0?3BWAGY]HAVE NO BIRD SEED.                                       
             GYPT]HE SNAKE HAS NOW DEVOURED YOUR BIRD.                                  GY T]HERE	S NOTHING HERE IT WANTS TO EAT (EXCEPT PERHAPS YOU).             GY0Y]OU FOOL, DWARVES EAT ONLY COAL!  [N]OW YOU	VE MADE HIM *REALLY* MAD!! GZY]OU HAVE NOTHI
G IN WHICH TO CARRY IT.                                 GYI]T	S NOT HUNGRY (IT	S MERELY PININ	 FOR THE FJORDS).  [B]ESIDES, YOU   C?<(DAY0?3BWAGZ T]HERE IS NOTHING HERE WITH WHICH TO FILL THE BOTTLE.                   GZ0Y]OUR BOTTLE IS NOW FULL OF WATER.
                                     G[Y]OUR BOTTLE IS NOW FULL OF OIL.                                        G[PY]OU CAN	T FILL THAT.                                                   G[ D]ON	T BE RIDICULOUS!                                             
     GZPY]OUR BOTTLE IS ALREADY FULL.                                           C?<(DAY0?3BWAG\T]HE PLANT INDIGNANTLY SHAKES THE OIL OFF ITS LEAVES AND ASKS, "WATER?" G\PT]HE HINGES ARE QUITE THOROUGHLY RUSTED NOW AND WON	T BUDGE.            G\ T]HE OIL H
S FREED UP THE HINGES SO THAT THE DOOR WILL NOW MOVE,        G\ ]ALTHOUGH IT REQUIRES SOME EFFORT.                                      G\0T]HE PLANT HAS EXCEPTIONALLY DEEP ROOTS AND CANNOT BE PULLED FREE.      G[0T]HE DOOR IS EXTREMELY RUSTY AND REFUSES 
O OPEN.                       C?<(DAY0?3BWAG]PS]OMETHING YOU	RE CARRYING WON	T FIT THROUGH THE TUNNEL WITH YOU.       G]PY]OU	D BEST TAKE INVENTORY AND DROP SOMETHING.                          G] Y]OU CAN	T FIT THIS FIVE-FOOT CLAM THROUGH THAT LITTLE PASS
GE!         G]0Y]OU CAN	T FIT THIS FIVE-FOOT OYSTER THROUGH THAT LITTLE PASSAGE!       G^I] ADVISE YOU TO PUT DOWN THE CLAM BEFORE OPENING IT.  >[STRAIN!<       G]T]HE DWARVES	 KNIVES VANISH AS THEY STRIKE THE WALLS OF THE CAVE.       C?<(DAY0?3BWAG^ Y]OU
DON	T HAVE ANYTHING STRONG ENOUGH TO OPEN THE CLAM.                G^0Y]OU DON	T HAVE ANYTHING STRONG ENOUGH TO OPEN THE OYSTER.              G
A] GLISTENING PEARL FALLS OUT OF THE CLAM AND ROLLS AWAY.  [G]OODNESS,  G
]THIS MUST REALLY BE AN OYSTER.  ([I] NEVER WAS VERY GOOD AT IDENTIFYINGG
]BIVALVES.)  [W]HATEVER IT IS, IT HAS NOW SNAPPED SHUT AGAIN.           G^PI] ADVISE YOU TO PUT DOWN THE OYSTER BEFORE OPENING IT.  >[WRENCH!<     C?<(DAY0?3BWAG
P]PROMPTLY SNAPS SHUT AGAIN.                                             G
 Y]OU HAVE CRAWLED AROUND IN SOME LITTLE HOLES AND FOUND YOUR WAY        G
 ]BLOCKED BY A RECENT CAVE-IN.  [Y]OU ARE NOW BACK IN THE MAIN PASSAGE.  G
0T]HERE ARE FAINT RUSTLING NOISES FROM THE DARKNESS BEHIND YOU.          HPO]UT FROM THE SHADOWS BEHIND YOU POUNCES A BEARDED PIRATE! "H]AR, HAR," G
PT]HE OYSTER CREAKS OPEN, REVEALING NOTHING BUT OYSTER INSIDE.  [I]T     C?<(DAY0?3BWAHP]CHEST DEEP IN THE MAZE!"  [H]E SNATCHES YOUR TREASURE AND VANISHES INTOHP]THE GLOOM.                                                             HPHA] SEPULCHRAL VOIC
 REVERBERATING THROUGH THE CAVE SAYS, "[C]AVE CLOSINGHPH]SOON.  [A]LL ADVENTURERS EXIT IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MAIN OFFICE."        HPPA] MYSTERIOUS RECORDED VOICE GROANS INTO LIFE AND ANNOUNCES:            HPH]E CHORTLES, "[I]	LL JUST TAKE ALL THIS BOOTY AND
HIDE IT AWAY WITH ME C?<(DAY0?3BWAHPXI]T LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU	RE DEAD.  [W]ELL, SEEING AS HOW IT	S SO CLOSE TOHPX]CLOSING TIME ANYWAY, [I] THINK WE	LL JUST CALL IT A DAY.               HP T]HE SEPULCHRAL VOICE ENTONES, "T]HE CAVE IS NOW CLOSED."  [A]S THE 
   HP ]ECHOES FADE, THERE IS A BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT (AND A SMALL PUFF OF   HP ]ORANGE SMOKE). . . .[A]S YOUR EYES REFOCUS, YOU LOOK AROUND AND FIND...HPP   "T]HIS EXIT IS CLOSED.  [P]LEASE LEAVE VIA MAIN OFFICE."             C?<(DAY0?3BWAHP(]WALL, BURY
NG THE DWARVES IN THE RUBBLE.  [Y]OU MARCH THROUGH THE HOLE HP(]AND FIND YOURSELF IN THE MAIN OFFICE, WHERE A CHEERING BAND OF         HP(]FRIENDLY ELVES CARRY THE CONQUERING ADVENTURER OFF INTO THE SUNSET.    HP0T]HERE IS A LOUD EXPLOSION, AND A TWENTY-F
OT HOLE APPEARS IN THE FAR   HP0]WALL, BURYING THE SNAKES IN THE RUBBLE.  [A] RIVER OF MOLTEN LAVA POURSHP(T]HERE IS A LOUD EXPLOSION, AND A TWENTY-FOOT HOLE APPEARS IN THE FAR   C?<(DAY0?3BWAHP8T]HERE IS A LOUD EXPLOSION, AND YOU ARE SUDDENLY SPLASHED AC
OSS THE    HP8]WALLS OF THE ROOM.                                                     HQT]HE RESULTING RUCKUS HAS AWAKENED THE DWARVES.  T]HERE ARE NOW SEVERAL HQ]THREATENING LITTLE DWARVES IN THE ROOM WITH YOU!  [M]OST OF THEM THROW HQ]KNIVES AT YOU!  [A
LL OF THEM GET YOU!                                 HP0]IN THROUGH THE HOLE, DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH, INCLUDING YOU! C?<(DAY0?3BWAHQPI] DARESAY WHATEVER YOU WANT IS AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.                  HQXI] DON	T KNOW THE WORD "[STOP]".  [U]
E "[QUIT]" IF YOU WANT TO GIVE UP.HQ Y]OU CAN	T GET THERE FROM HERE.                                         HQ(Y]OU ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY A VERY LARGE, TAME BEAR.                     HQ0I]F YOU WANT TO END YOUR ADVENTURE EARLY, SAY "QUIT".  [T]O SUSPEND 
OURHQHO]H, LEAVE THE POOR UNHAPPY BIRD ALONE.                                 C?<(DAY0?3BWAHQ0"PAUSE" ]OR "[SAVE]").  [T]O SEE WHAT HOURS THE CAVE IS NORMALLY OPEN,  HQ0]SAY "[HOURS]". [T]O SEE HOW WELL YOU	RE DOING, SAY "[SCORE]".  [T]O GETHQ0]FULL CREDI
 FOR A TREASURE, YOU MUST HAVE LEFT IT SAFELY IN THE        HQ0]BUILDING, THOUGH YOU GET PARTIAL CREDIT JUST FOR LOCATING IT.  [Y]OU   HQ0]LOSE POINTS FOR GETTING KILLED, OR FOR QUITTING, THOUGH THE FORMER     HQ0]ADVENTURE SUCH THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE LATE
, SAY "[SUSPEND]" (OR        C?<(DAY0?3BWAHQ0]THE CAVE YOU	VE MANAGED TO EXPLORE; IN PARTICULAR, THERE IS A LARGE    HQ0]BONUS JUST FOR GETTING IN (TO DISTINGUISH THE BEGINNERS FROM THE REST  HQ0]OF THE PACK), AND THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO DETERMINE WHETHER
YOU	VE BEENHQ0]THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE HARROWING SECTIONS.  [I]F YOU THINK YOU	VE    HQ0]FOUND ALL THE TREASURES, JUST KEEP EXPLORING FOR A WHILE.  [I]F NOTHINGHQ0]COSTS YOU MORE.  [T]HERE ARE ALSO POINTS BASED ON HOW MUCH (IF ANY) OF C?<(DAY0?3BWAHQ0]IN
ERESTING *DOES* HAPPEN,IT MEANS YOU	RE GETTING A BONUS AND HAVE AN  HQ0]OPPORTUNITY TO GARNER MANY MORE POINTS IN THE MASTER	S SECTION.        HQ0I] MAY OCCASIONALLY OFFER HINTS IF YOU SEEM TO BE HAVING TROUBLE.  [I]F HQ0I] DO, [I]	LL WARN YOU IN ADVANCE 
OW MUCH IT WILL AFFECT YOUR SCORE TO HQ0]ACCEPT THE HINTS.  [F]INALLY, TO SAVE PAPER, YOU MAY SPECIFY ["BRIEF"],HQ0]INTERESTING HAPPENS, YOU HAVEN	T FOUND THEM ALL YET.  [I]F SOMETHING   C?<(DAY0?3BWAHQ0]YOU EXPLICITLY ASK ME TO.                          
                   HQ8D]O YOU INDEED WISH TO QUIT NOW?                                        HRT]HERE IS NOTHING HERE WITH WHICH TO FILL THE VASE.                     HRHT]HE SUDDEN CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE HAS DELICATELY SHATTERED THE VASE.    HRPI]T IS BE
OND YOUR POWER TO DO THAT.                                    HQ0]WHICH TELLS ME NEVER TO REPEAT THE FULL DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE UNLESS  C?<(DAY0?3BWAHR I]T IS TOO FAR UP FOR YOU TO REACH.                                     HR(Y]OU KILLED A LITTLE DWARF.
 [T]HE BODY VANISHES IN A CLOUD OF GREASY   HR(]BLACK SMOKE.                                                           HR0T]HE SHELL IS VERY STRONG AND IS IMPERVIOUS TO ATTACK.                  HR8W]HAT	S THE MATTER, CAN	T YOU READ?  [N]OW YOU	D BEST STAR
 OVER.       HRXI] DON	T KNOW HOW.                                                      C?<(DAY0?3BWAHSHT]HE DRAGON LOOKS RATHER NASTY.  [Y]OU	D BEST NOT TRY TO GET BY.        HSPT]HE LITTLE BIRD ATTACKS THE GREEN DRAGON, AND IN AN ASTOUNDING FLURRY  HSP]
ETS BURNT TO A CINDER.  [T]HE ASHES BLOW AWAY.                        HSXO]N WHAT?                                                               HS O]KAY, FROM NOW ON [I]	LL ONLY DESCRIBE A PLACE IN FULL THE FIRST TIME  HST]HE AXE BOUNCES HARMLESSLY OFF T
E DRAGON	S THICK SCALES.              C?<(DAY0?3BWAHS(T]ROLLS ARE CLOSE RELATIVES WITH THE ROCKS AND HAVE SKIN AS TOUGH AS    HS(]THAT OF A RHINOCEROS.  [T]HE TROLL FENDS OFF YOUR BLOWS EFFORTLESSLY.  HS0T]HE TROLL DEFTLY CATCHES THE AXE, EXAMINES IT CARE
ULLY, AND TOSSES IT HS0]BACK, DECLARING, "[G]OOD WORKMANSHIP, BUT IT	S NOT VALUABLE ENOUGH."   HS8T]HE TROLL CATCHES YOUR TREASURE AND SCURRIES AWAY OUT OF SIGHT.        HS ]YOU COME TO IT.  [T]O GET THE FULL DESCRIPTION, SAY "[LOOK".           C?<(DAY0?3
WAHTHT]HERE IS NO LONGER ANY WAY ACROSS THE CHASM.                           HTPJ]UST AS YOU REACH THE OTHER SIDE, THE BRIDGE BUCKLES BENEATH THE       HTP]WEIGHT OF THE BEAR, WHICH WAS STILL FOLLOWING YOU AROUND.  [Y]OU       HTP]SCRABBLE DESPERATELY FOR
SUPPORT, BUT AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSES YOU      HTP]STUMBLE BACK AND FALL INTO THE CHASM.                                  HTT]HE TROLL REFUSES TO LET YOU CROSS.                                    C?<(DAY0?3BWAHTX]SCURRIES AWAY.  [T]HE BEAR SOON GIVES UP TH
 PURSUIT AND WANDERS BACK. HT T]HE AXE MISSES AND LANDS NEAR THE BEAR WHERE YOU CAN	T GET AT IT.      HT(W]ITH WHAT?  [Y]OUR BARE HANDS?  [A]GAINST *HIS* BEAR HANDS??           HT0T]HE BEAR IS CONFUSED; HE ONLY WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND.                 HT8
]OR CRYING OUT LOUD, THE POOR THING IS ALREADY DEAD!                   HTXT]HE BEAR LUMBERS TOWARD THE TROLL, WHO LETS OUT A STARTLED SHRIEK AND  C?<(DAY0?3BWAHU]DOWN CONSIDERABLY AND EVEN BECOMES RATHER FRIENDLY.                    HUHT]HE BEAR IS STILL 
HAINED TO THE WALL.                                 HUPT]HE CHAIN IS STILL LOCKED.                                             HUXT]HE CHAIN IS NOW UNLOCKED.                                             HU T]HE CHAIN IS NOW LOCKED.                         
                     HUT]HE BEAR EAGERLY WOLFS DOWN YOUR FOOD, AFTER WHICH HE SEEMS TO CALM    C?<(DAY0?3BWAHU0T]HERE IS NOTHING HERE TO EAT.                                          HU8D]O YOU WANT THE HINT?                                               
  HVD]O YOU NEED HELP GETTING OUT OF THE MAZE?                              HVHY]OU CAN MAKE THE PASSAGES LOOK LESS ALIKE BY DROPPING THINGS.          HVPA]RE YOU TRYING TO EXPLORE BEYOND THE PLOVER ROOM?                      HU(T]HERE IS NOTHING HERE TO 
HICH THE CHAIN CAN BE LOCKED.                C?<(DAY0?3BWAHVX]FALLING INTO A PIT.  [N]ONE OF THE OBJECTS AVAILABLE IS IMMEDIATELY    HVX]USEFUL IN DISCOVERING THE SECRET.                                      HV D]O YOU NEED HELP GETTING OUT OF HERE?      
                           HV(D]ON	T GO WEST.                                                         HV0G]LUTTONY IS NOT ONE OF THE TROLL	S VICES.  [A]VARICE, HOWEVER, IS.     HVXT]HERE IS A WAY TO EXPLORE THAT REGION WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT    C?<
DAY0?3BWAHV8Y]OU CAN FIND SOME FRESH BATTERIES. [I] SEEM TO RECALL THERE	S A VENDINGHV8]MACHINE IN THE MAZE.  [B]RING SOME COINS WITH YOU.                     HWY]OUR LAMP HAS RUN OUT OF POWER.                                        HWHT]HERE	S NOT MUCH P
INT IN WANDERING AROUND OUT HERE, AND YOU CAN	T     HWH]EXPLORE THE CAVE WITHOUT A LAMP.  [S]O LET	S JUST CALL IT A DAY.       HV8Y]OUR LAMP IS GETTING DIM.  YOU	D BEST START WRAPPING THIS UP, UNLESS   C?<(DAY0?3BWAHWP]TURN TOWARD THEM, THE BEAM OF YOUR L
MP FALLS ACROSS A BEARDED PIRATE. HWPH]E IS CARRYING A LARGE CHEST.  "[S]HIVER ME TIMBERS!" HE CRIES, "[I]	VEHWP]BEEN SPOTTED!  [I]	D BEST HIE MESELF OFF TO THE MAZE TO HIDE ME CHEST!"HWPW]ITH THAT, HE VANISHES INTO THE GLOOM.                             
   HWXY]OUR LAMP IS GETTING DIM.  [Y]OU	D BEST GO BACK FOR THOSE BATTERIES.   HWPT]HERE ARE FAINT RUSTLING NOISES FROM THE DARKNESS BEHIND YOU.  [A]S YOUC?<(DAY0?3BWAHW ]BATTERIES.                                                             HW(Y]OUR LAMP 
S GETTING DIM, AND YOU	RE OUT OF SPARE BATTERIES.  [Y]OU	D  HW(]BEST START WRAPPING THIS UP.                                           HW0I]	M AFRAID THE MAGAZINE IS WRITTEN IN DWARVISH.                        HW8"T]HIS IS NOT THE MAZE WHERE THE PIRATE LE
VES HIS TREASURE CHEST."     HW Y]OUR LAMP IS GETTING DIM.  [I]	M TAKING THE LIBERTY OF REPLACING THE   C?<(DAY0?3BWAHX]READ IT.  [S]HOULD [I] GO AHEAD AND READ IT ANYWAY?                    HXHI]T SAYS, "[T]HERE IS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THIS PLACE, SUC
 THAT ONE HXH]OF THE WORDS [I]	VE ALWAYS KNOWN NOW HAS A NEW EFFECT."                HXPI]T SAYS THE SAME THING IT DID BEFORE.                                  HXXI]	M AFRAID [I] DON	T UNDERSTAND.                                       HXH]MMM, THIS LOOKS 
IKE A CLUE, WHICH MEANS IT	LL COST YOU 10 POINTS TO  C?<(DAY0?3BWA

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