Dragons in Chocolate land is a text adventure game, created 
with AGT (the Adventure Game Toolkit).  It is a world all its 
own, filled with strange and beautiful places, things and 
creatures.

Your quest should become apparent as the game progresses.  
Winning requires intelligence and creativity.  Violence is not 
encouraged unless absolutely necessary.

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You interact with the game world by typing in commands.

Your commands can be expressed in the format:

  <verb phrase> <(multiple) noun phrase(s)> <preposition> <noun phrase/object>

For example:

         PUT THE GREEN ROCK BEHIND THE OAK TREE
         READ MY POETRY BOOK
         SWIM IN THE SWIMMING POOL
         EXAMINE THE GOLD RING, THE DWARF AND THE SILVER NECKLACE
         EAT THE CELERY AND THE ONION
         SHOOT THE BURGLAR WITH THE REVOLVER
         ATTACK HIM
           ("HIM" will refer to last noun mentioned, e.g., the burglar)
         GET THE BOOK (also: TAKE THE BOOK)
         READ IT
           ("IT" will refer to last noun mentioned, e.g., the book)

Compound commands can be created by connecting single commands (like those
above) with "AND", "THEN" or the punctuation symbols "," or ";" to connect two
or more separate commands, such as:

         CLIMB DOWN THE LADDER THEN SOUTH, WEST AND NORTHWEST
         GET THE CLOAK AND THEN EXAMINE IT; READ THE LABEL
         DROP THE FOOD AND THE BOTTLE THEN UNLOCK THE DOOR AND THEN LEAVE

The game uses a number of special commands for various "housekeeping" chores.
These are all pretty standard for most adventure games.  Specifically:
HELP, SCORE, INVENTORY, VERBOSE, LIST EXITS, SAVE, RESTORE, SCRIPT, UNSCRIPT
and QUIT.

The function keys have been predefined to stand for several of the most
frequently used commands.  Similarly, the cursor keys correspond to the
various movement/compass directions.

Hitting the '?' key (during the game) will display a diagram of keys and their
definitions.



------- !!! Special Commands for Dragons In Chocolate Land !!! ------

DAY will tell you what day it is.

TIME will tell you what time of day it is.

HELP will let you look for useful information in The Big Book 
of Dragons, which you carry around with you.  These aren't real 
hints, but they might give you some useful help if you get 
stuck.  They're also fun to read.  (Note: The Big Book of 
Dragons doesn't weigh anything.  I did that to be fair, since 
you can't drop it.)

STRENGTH will tell you what your current strength/stamina is.
(This function is currently on, but incomplete.)

There are many other things you can do... you'll simply have to 
play and explore to find them all!

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Save your game often, and....

Good Luck!
