
REM  ----  The MANSION Adventure  *.MSG file

MESSAGE 1  ;     You look closely at the cracked stone floor.  
    You look closely at the cracked stone floor.                               
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MESSAGE 2  ;     Suddenly you notice a ring wedged into one of 
    Suddenly you notice a ring wedged into one of the cracks. You pick it up.  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 3  ;     You actually pass through the locked door! You
    You actually pass through the locked door! You think you see the ring on   
your finger sparkle.                                                           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 4  ;     For the fifth time, you pass right through the
    For the fifth time, you pass right through the locked door. This time you  
are watching the ring closely, and you see it vanish once you are all the way  
through.                                                                       
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 5  ;     Why do that? It's such junk!                  
    Why do that? It's such junk!                                               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 6  ;     The soap slips out of your hands.             
    The soap slips out of your hands.                                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 7  ;     You throw the little bar of soap directly in f
    You throw the little bar of soap directly in front of the cat. It steps    
on it! It slips, screeches, gets up, slips again, again, again... and finally  
gives up. It puffs itself away with a cloud of black smoke.                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 8  ;     A mean-looking black cat storms into the room.
    A mean-looking black cat storms into the room.                             
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 9  ;     You throw the chicken bone to the dog, hoping 
    You throw the chicken bone to the dog, hoping to keep him busy. You forgot 
one thing, though. Dogs choke on chicken bones.                                
    The dog gnaws at the bone for only a few seconds. Then the whole thing     
gets stuck in his mouth. The dog is powerless to get it out.                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 10  ;     Hands trembling, you loosen the bone and pull 
    Hands trembling, you loosen the bone and pull it gently out of his mouth,  
then dispose of it. You expect the dog to start snapping immediately. But      
apparently he has a very short memory. He doesn't remember that you were the   
one that got it stuck in the first place, and he decides you are a friend!     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 11  ;     You pinch open several blossoms, one by one. Y
    You pinch open several blossoms, one by one. You are startled to find a    
diamond ring inside one of them. You add it to your load.                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 12  ;     You find nothing else there.                  
    You find nothing else there.                                               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 13  ;     You dig around in the soil with your fingers. 
    You dig around in the soil with your fingers. You find something! You pull 
it out of the dirt and clean it off. It is a ruby bracelet!                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 14  ;     You can't dig in that!                        
    You can't dig in that!                                                     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 15  ;     You close your eyes and choose a slimy morsel 
    You close your eyes and choose a slimy morsel at random. You pop it in     
your mouth. There, that wasn't so bad!                                         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 16  ;     Suddenly you feel queasy. You collapse and die
    Suddenly you feel queasy. You collapse and die. I wonder what could have   
caused this?                                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 17  ;     You gnaw the chicken to the bone. Mmm, delicio
    You gnaw the chicken to the bone. Mmm, delicious!                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 18  ;     You manage to carry all of the jars of food. U
    You manage to carry all of the jars of food. Ugh, they're heavy!           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 19  ;     You pull out a few books at random. Most of th
    You pull out a few books at random. Most of them are about technical magic 
things, so you put them back. But one is about paper airplanes. You keep it.   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 20  ;     You pull out a few more books and look at them
    You pull out a few more books and look at them. No, there's nothing in any 
of them that you can understand. You may have gotten the only good books in    
the whole library.                                                             
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 21  ;     I don't think laziness is appropriate just now
    I don't think laziness is appropriate just now. You know, you DO have a    
quest to solve!                                                                
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 22  ;     You put the $ADJECTIVE$ disk in the disk drive
    You put the $ADJECTIVE$ disk in the disk drive and turn on the computer.   
Now to play with it.                                                           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 23  ;     There already is a disk in the computer.      
    There already is a disk in the computer.                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 24  ;     You take the $ADJECTIVE$ disk from the drive a
    You take the $ADJECTIVE$ disk from the drive and turn off the computer.    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 25  ;     Word Wizard is not a game, you soon discover. 
    Word Wizard is not a game, you soon discover. It is something like a word  
processor for writing magic spells. You haven't the faintest idea how to use   
it to start with. After you read the help screen, you're really, really lost.  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 26  ;     You play Magic Mansion for a little while. It 
    You play Magic Mansion for a little while. It is a text adventure game.    
But as you play, the game starts to resemble your situation more and more. You 
begin to feel as though you're in the Twilight Zone. You are hesitant to play  
any more, in case you discover your future or something.                       
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 27  ;     You play a game of Magic Master. It is a fun, 
    You play a game of Magic Master. It is a fun, challenging arcade game. You 
have to get through mazes and around monsters by shape-shifting into various   
things. It's quite complicated, but lots of fun.                               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 28  ;     You throw the chicken to the dog, but he won't
    You throw the chicken to the dog, but he won't eat it. He must have been   
trained to leave dropped food alone. (Except human flesh, of course!)          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 29  ;     You turn the lock back and forth, carefully st
    You turn the lock back and forth, carefully stopping at the right numbers. 
The door swings open! Good job!                                                
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 30  ;     You push the door shut and hear it click and l
    You push the door shut and hear it click and lock.                         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 31  ;     You walk towards one of the door's reflections
    You walk towards one of the door's reflections. You bump into the wall,    
but are surprised to find that the wall swings away and you end up in another  
room.                                                                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 32  ;     You look through the heap of money and get all
    You look through the heap of money and get all the American money you can  
find. You end up with five dollars.                                            
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 33  ;     You already took all the American money, and y
    You already took all the American money, and you don't want the foreign.   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 34  ;     "Bitsy, stay," you tell the dog firmly. He sit
    "Bitsy, stay," you tell the dog firmly. He sits down obediently and        
stays there.                                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 35  ;     "Bitsy, come!" you cry loudly. This dog has ma
    "Bitsy, come!" you cry loudly. This dog has magical powers! He appears     
by your side, but he definitely didn't run up. He just appeared!               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 36  ;     It isn't likely that the dog is going to obey 
    It isn't likely that the dog is going to obey you right now.               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 37  ;     Don't do that!                                
    Don't do that!                                                             
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 38  ;     Out of the corner of your eye, you see someone
    Out of the corner of your eye, you see someone come into the room.         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 39  ;     Someone leaves the room, muttering, "I better 
    Someone leaves the room, muttering, "I better go clean something."         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 40  ;     "Hey, that was great how you got rid of the wi
    "Hey, that was great how you got rid of the wizard!" the boy exclaims.     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 43  ;     The boy isn't here, and he wouldn't listen to 
    The boy isn't here, and he wouldn't listen to you if he was.               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 44  ;     You try to start a conversation with the boy. 
    You try to start a conversation with the boy.                              
    "Sh, Clara! Want the wizard to hear?" he whispers back. You almost tell    
him that you aren't named Clara, but you decide against it.                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 45  ;     You say something to him.                     
    You say something to him.                                                  
    "Hey, we aren't supposed to talk!" whispers the boy.                       
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 46  ;     You start talking.                            
    You start talking.                                                         
    "Shut up!" the boy says quickly.                                           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 47  ;     You start talking to the thin girl, but she in
    You start talking to the thin girl, but she interrupts after just a few    
words.                                                                         
    "Clara? You're not Clara, are you? Wrong voice!"                           
    "No," you say. You tell her your real name.                                
    "I'm Jane," she tells you. "But what are you doing here?"                  
    "The wizard had me as a prisoner, but I escaped," you say without          
thinking. You immediately regret your words.                                   
    "A prisoner!" she exclaims. "Don't worry, I won't tell the wizard about    
it. He's no friend of mine! But you'll have to be very careful or he'll catch  
you!"                                                                          
    You've got to think of some way to hide from him!                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 48  ;     You start talking to the tall girl, but she in
    You start talking to the tall girl, but she interrupts after just a few    
words.                                                                         
    "Clara? You aren't Clara, are you? She has a different voice!"             
    "No," you say. You tell her your real name.                                
    "I'm Ellen," she tells you. "How did you get here?"                        
    "The wizard had me as a prisoner, but I escaped," you say without          
thinking. You immediately regret your words.                                   
    "A prisoner!" she exclaims. "Don't worry, I won't tell the wizard about    
it. That's for sure! But you'll still have to be very careful or he'll catch   
you!"                                                                          
    You've got to think of some way to hide from him!                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 49  ;     You start talking to the short girl, but she i
    You start talking to the short girl, but she interrupts after just a few   
words.                                                                         
    "Clara? You're not Clara, are you? The voice is wrong!"                    
    "No," you say. You tell her your real name.                                
    "I'm Beth," she tells you. "But why are you here?"                         
    "The wizard had me as a prisoner, but I escaped," you say without          
thinking. You immediately regret your words.                                   
    "A prisoner!" she exclaims. "Don't worry, I won't turn you in to the       
wizard! He's no friend of mine! But you'll have to be very careful, anyway.    
He's very smart and he might catch you."                                       
    You've got to think of some way to hide from him!                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 50  ;     You start talking to the girl about how much y
    You start talking to the girl about how much you look alike. After a       
little while she interrupts.                                                   
    "Who are you, how did you get here?" she asks with great curiosity.        
    You tell her your name. "The wizard had me as a prisoner, but I escaped,"  
you explain, without thinking. You immediately regret your words.              
    "A prisoner!" she exclaims. "Don't worry, I won't tell the wizard about    
it. He's no friend of mine! But you'll have to be very careful or he'll catch  
you!"                                                                          
    "Thanks for the advice!" you say. "What's your name, anyway?"              
    "Clara," she answers.                                                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 51  ;     Sorry, but she isn't here.                    
    Sorry, but she isn't here.                                                 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 52  ;     You talk for a while.                         
    You talk for a while.                                                      
    The girl tells you that the wizard has four girls and four boys for        
servants, and that she is one of the girls. She also says that the girls       
aren't allowed to talk to the boys, and vice versa.                            
    "Of course we do talk sometimes, but only when we're certain that the      
wizard isn't around. We've actually gotten to know each other pretty well. But 
if the wizard found out about it, I don't know what he'd do!"                  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 53  ;     You tell her about some of the strange things 
    You tell her about some of the strange things you found around the house.  
She listens with interest, and then tells you she's heard there is a buried    
treasure somewhere around.                                                     
    "The wizard said so to one of his friends, I was eavesdropping. I have no  
idea where it is, though."                                                     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 54  ;     You tell her how you escaped from your prison,
    You tell her how you escaped from your prison, and then ask her if she     
knows how to get out of the house. She really has no idea how.                 
    "I've tried enough times myself! There are two doorknobs on one floor, but 
they aren't on any doors. And there are no windows at all, in the whole        
house!"                                                                        
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 55  ;     You talk aimlessly for a while. Eventually the
    You talk aimlessly for a while. Eventually the conversation drifts to      
Bert, one of the wizard's servants.                                            
    "He's pretty thin, and he's got brown hair. Kind of boring looking."       
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 56  ;     You have a pleasant but pointless conversation
    You have a pleasant but pointless conversation. After a while, she starts  
talking about Fred, one of the wizard's servants.                              
    "He's very tall, and he's got black hair. Really jet black."               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 57  ;     You talk of many things, and the other girl br
    You talk of many things, and the other girl brings up the subject of Matt. 
He is one of the wizard's servants.                                            
    "He's lots shorter than the other boys. He's got red hair, probably the    
brightest red I've seen."                                                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 58  ;     You open your mouth to speak to her, but she b
    You open your mouth to speak to her, but she beats you to it. She gives    
you a detailed account of the funny thing Tim did yesterday. When you are      
finished laughing, she explains, "He's one of the wizard's servants. The fat   
one, with blond hair."                                                         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 59  ;     The two of you talk for a while. She asks you 
    The two of you talk for a while. She asks you how long you were a          
prisoner.                                                                      
    "A year, exactly. The wizard told me it's the anniversary today. And that  
means it's my birthday, too. He captured me on my birthday."                   
    "Happy birthday! How old are you?"                                         
    "Twelve, I guess!" You had been thinking of yourself as eleven. It's hard  
to remember when there's so much going on.                                     
    "I am too," she says.                                                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 60  ;     You hear a car drive up and screech to a halt,
    You hear a car drive up and screech to a halt, somewhere near the house.   
It must be the wizard coming home in the limousine he's told you all about.    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 61  ;     You hear a door swinging open and two large fe
    You hear a door swinging open and two large feet stamping in.              
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 62  ;     Suddenly the wizard appears in front of you. "
    Suddenly the wizard appears in front of you. "Can't fool me!" he says.     
"You aren't Clara, you're my prisoner!"                                        
    You start running immediately, but with his long legs he easily overtakes  
you. His gnarled hands grasp your shoulders and turn you around to face him.   
"Got smart and escaped, huh?" he says. "This'll fix you!" He stares at you,    
his purple eyes seeming to grow larger and larger until they are all you can   
see anywhere. Your last thought is that it must be some kind of a hypnotizing  
technique. "Wiggle wog, become a frog!" says a voice from behind the giant     
eyes. Now all you can think of is "Ribbit." No way can you go on with your     
quest!                                                                         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 63  ;     You hear your door open and see the wizard com
    You hear your door open and see the wizard come into your bedroom. "Come   
here!" he snaps. You rush to his side. "I'm back from my breakfast. Just       
checking on you," he says, and leaves. Nothing falls out of his pocket this    
time.                                                                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 64  ;     "Argaharg," you hear faintly from the vent in 
    "Argaharg," you hear faintly from the vent in the ceiling. It is the       
wizard's odd-sounding cough.                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 65  ;     The wizard stalks into the room. You stop what
    The wizard stalks into the room. You stop what you were about to do and    
stare at him.                                                                  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 66  ;     As the wizard hears the first word come out of
    As the wizard hears the first word come out of your mouth, he whirls to    
face you. "I should have known!" he cries. "Here's my prisoner, pretending to  
be Clara!"                                                                     
    You start running away at top speed, but the wizard takes two giant bounds 
and catches up to you. He grasps both of your wrists in a single gnarled hand, 
and forces you to turn and face him. "Sniggle snerm, become a worm!" he roars, 
completing the spell with some weird hand signals. In seconds, you are a       
slimy, pink worm. In this form, you can never complete your quest!             
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 67  ;     You hear your bedroom door open and see the wi
    You hear your bedroom door open and see the wizard come in. "Come here!"   
he snaps. You rush to his side. "I'm back from breakfast," he says, and stops  
his speech abruptly. Evidently he spies something here that ought not to be.   
"All right, I know you escaped," he says, grabbing you with a gnarled but      
strong hand. You absolutely can't get away from him. "Griggle grake, become a  
snake!" he chants in a hollow, spooky voice. You obediently turn into a snake. 
The same gnarled, strong hand, greatly enlarged, reaches out and picks you up. 
Your first instinct is to bite, but you find that your mouth won't even open.  
His spell has taken care of that. In this form you cannot continue your quest. 
You realize that you cannot eat, either. I guess you are doomed to die.        
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 68  ;     The wizard eyes you. "Clara, why aren't you in
    The wizard eyes you. "Clara, why aren't you in your proper uniform?" he    
asks. As you are backing away and muttering excuses, he grabs hold of you.     
"Ah, I see! You aren't Clara! I should have known as much!" You fight to get   
away, but your efforts are useless. Those gnarled hands are surprisingly       
strong! "You deserve a punishment for escaping like that! And I have just the  
thing!"                                                                        
    Still keeping a firm grip on you with one hand, he lifts his other hand    
up to your eye level. He arranges his fingers in front of your face, and rays  
of orange light begin to come out of each fingertip. "Miggle male, become a    
snail!" he shouts. In this form, your quest will take you ten years or so, and 
you don't have a chance of living that long. Sorry, you have to quit.          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 69  ;     You hear the door to your room open, and see t
    You hear the door to your room open, and see the wizard step inside. "Come 
here!" he snaps viciously. You rush to his side. "While I was at breakfast, my 
safe was robbed. And the thief was dumb enough to leave the safe door open.    
Now what do you have to say for yourself?"                                     
    You ignore your urge to run. There is nowhere to run to, and it would only 
prove that you are guilty. You manage a fairly innocent voice. "How would I    
get up there? I can't even leave the room!" You realize too late that you made 
a fatal mistake.                                                               
    "Up? How would you know it was up if you never left the room?" smirks the  
wizard, leaning against the doorframe. "I must congratulate you on your skill  
at safe cracking, kid. But I also must do away with you."                      
    "Biggle bider, become a spider!" he chants three times, moving one hand up 
and down your back all the while, like a tarantula. "A giant, hairy spider at  
that!" he comments, admiring your new form. Sorry, you just can't go on with   
your quest.                                                                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 70  ;     The wizard looks at you and says angrily, "Cla
    The wizard looks at you and says angrily, "Clara! I've told you time and   
time again which rooms to stay out of!"                                        
    You are backing away and muttering excuses when he realizes your true      
identity. "But it's not Clara, is it? It's that pesky prisoner! Now that's a   
different story entirely!" He grabs your wrist with one gnarled hand and holds 
you effortlessly. "Piggle pat, become a rat!" he screams. You realize that you 
really have become one. You are in no position to continue your quest!         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 71  ;     The wizard looks from you to Clara and back ag
    The wizard looks from you to Clara and back again. "So! I've got two       
identical servants, do I? Let me guess which one doesn't belong here."         
    You try to run away, but the wizard snatches one of your wrists and one of 
Clara's in the same claw-like hand. Neither of you are making any progress     
toward escaping. He studies your faces and hair for a short while, and comes   
to a conclusion. "It's you!" he cries, expertly letting Clara's wrist slip     
free while keeping a firm grip on yours. "Riggle rowce..."                     
    Suddenly, a pink streak rushes between you, with such force that the       
wizard's hand lets go of your wrist. Clara lies panting on the ground where    
the streak fell. "You guessed wrong!" she says. "Take me, I am your prisoner!" 
You are filled with admiration. How brave, how loyal she is! But you can't let 
her do this.                                                                   
    "No, no, it's me!" you cry.                                                
    The wizard laughs wickedly. "If you're both so eager, I'll transform you   
both!"  He grasps your wrists as before. "Riggle rice, become some mice!"      
    Now he stands towering above two identical white mice. Your quest is over, 
but you hardly think of that now. How could he do that to Clara, after she did 
something so heroic?                                                           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 72  ;     The wizard peers at you and all around the roo
    The wizard peers at you and all around the room. Suddenly he notices the   
odd-looking box. "Aha!" he cries, snatching it. "You've been snooping around,  
have you?" He grabs you before you decide which way to run. His fingers are    
stiff and hard as stone on your shoulder, and you realize after several tries  
that you can't possibly wiggle loose.                                          
    "Diggle dat, become a bat!" he tells you, his fingers digging deeper into  
your shoulder at every word until the pain is almost unbearable. It is almost  
a relief when you turn into a bat and he is no longer touching you. You wonder 
suddenly if he thought all the while that you were one of his servants. If he  
did, what will happen when he sees her again? But you, viewer, will never      
know. Your quest is over.                                                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 73  ;     The wizard looks around the room and then peer
    The wizard looks around the room and then peers at you. Suddenly he grabs  
the birth certificate. "Where did you get this?" he asks you. You have no time 
to answer, let alone to make a getaway. He grabs you by the wrist with one     
wiry hand, making mystic signals with the other one. "Viggle vug, become a     
slug!" he says in a weird, low voice. You realize that you have become just    
that.                                                                          
    You wonder suddenly if he thought all the while that you were one of his   
servants. If that is true, what will he do when he sees that servant again?    
You are glad that you lost none of your knowledge through the transformation,  
but even a genius slug could not complete the quest you have ahead of you.     
Sorry, but this adventure is over.                                             
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 74  ;     You yell "Purplepieman!"                      
    You yell "Purplepieman!"                                                   
    The wizard jerks upright and spins around with lightning reflexes. For a   
split second you see his face, features contorted with anger and possibly      
fear. It is a scowl like none you have ever seen before. Then he points at you 
with his right forefinger. A ray of green light comes from his fingertip. You  
know no more.                                                                  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 75  ;     What on earth are you talking about?          
    What on earth are you talking about?                                       
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 76  ;     You yell "Nameipelprup!"                      
    You yell "Nameipelprup!"                                                   
    It works! The wizard starts jumping all around the room, crying out in     
pain. You keep well out of his way, and after a short while he disappears in   
a beautiful burst of colors. Everything is silent for a long moment.           
    Then you hear the pattering of feet all around the house. All eight of the 
wizard's servants gather around you, hugging you, clapping you on the back,    
congratulating you, just basically celebrating. Someone breaks out in song,    
and all the rest of you join in. "Ding-dong, the wizard's dead..." you sing    
joyously. The Munchkins themselves couldn't have done a better job.            
    After much more celebrating, everybody goes back where they came from to   
do whatever they were doing before. Obviously they enjoy doing housework,      
though they hated the wizard. You find it hard to believe.                     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 77  ;     Suddenly the wizard appears in front of you. F
    Suddenly the wizard appears in front of you. For a split second you see    
his face, fire burning in his eyes. Then the flames leap out and burn you to a 
crisp. Sorry, but it's all over for you. Maybe next time you shouldn't try to  
get away while he's around!                                                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 78  ;     Suddenly a fat dwarf appears in front of you. 
    Suddenly a fat dwarf appears in front of you. "You cheated!" he tells you. 
"You used a word you didn't know. Although you must have known it in a         
previous life. As the manager of this game, I say you are disqualified."       
    Now you are back in the real world, staring at a printed screen. You       
thought you could get away with that, didn't you. Well, the manager of the     
game is smarter than you think!                                                
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 79  ;     You can't do that right now. The wizard just w
    You can't do that right now. The wizard just won't let you.                
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 80  ;     You drink the cologne from the little bottle. 
    You drink the cologne from the little bottle. It hardly wets your tongue.  
It certainly doesn't taste as good as it smells!                               
    In a few seconds, you start to feel a little queasy. You feel worse and    
worse every second, and before long you have collapsed on the floor. "Strong   
poison!" is your last thought before you die.                                  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 81  ;     "Argaharg!" you cry.                          
    "Argaharg!" you cry.                                                       
    Suddenly a door forms around the doorknob. It looks as if you could        
actually go that way now.                                                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 82  ;     You say $VERB$, but nothing happens.          
    You say $VERB$, but nothing happens.                                       
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 83  ;     Bitsy suddenly barks. A white streak zooms out
    Bitsy suddenly barks. A white streak zooms out of the carrots and          
disappears into the forest. Bitsy doesn't chase it, he has been trained well.  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 84  ;     It is wearing a golden collar that seems to be
    It is wearing a golden collar that seems to be choking it.                 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 85  ;     You find a latch in the collar and remove it. 
    You find a latch in the collar and remove it. You add it to your load. The 
rabbit is wearing another collar that was underneath the first one, but it is  
only cloth. The rabbit seems much happier now.                                 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 86  ;     There is a large white rabbit grazing on the c
    There is a large white rabbit grazing on the carrots.                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 87  ;     Actually, you don't remember how to make any p
    Actually, you don't remember how to make any paper airplanes worth making. 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 88  ;     You read about how to make a little airplane t
    You read about how to make a little airplane that has all kinds of         
controls in it. You think at first that the directions are very easy to        
follow. But you make more and more folds and don't seem to be getting          
anywhere. You start to worry that you made a mistake in the beginning. But     
then you open it up and are amazed to see a perfect little airplane that you   
didn't even know was there!                                                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 89  ;     You don't have any paper that would work quite
    You don't have any paper that would work quite right.                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 90  ;     You throw the paper airplane. It soars up in t
    You throw the paper airplane. It soars up in the air and comes down        
through the basketball net! You were not even trying to make a basket!         
Suddenly, the airplane starts to grow. Within seconds, it is about as big as   
the bed in your prison!                                                        
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 91  ;     You throw the airplane. It soars along and lan
    You throw the airplane. It soars along and lands on the ground nearby.     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 92  ;     You step into the airplane and sit down. It is
    You step into the airplane and sit down. It is quite comfortable.          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 93  ;     You step out of the airplane.                 
    You step out of the airplane.                                              
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 94  ;     It's a little hard to walk around when you're 
    It's a little hard to walk around when you're sitting in an airplane. If   
you're planning on getting out of the plane, you should write "DISEMBARK       
PLANE".                                                                        
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 95  ;     You're not exactly an expert pilot, I suggest 
    You're not exactly an expert pilot, I suggest you get farther away from    
the house before you take off. You don't want to crash into it, do you?        
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 96  ;     "Error! Error! Player is in house with airplan
    "Error! Error! Player is in house with airplane! Error! Rectify situation  
immediately! Error!" shouts a mechanical voice from nowhere. Suddenly you find 
yourself outside the house again. Maybe you weren't supposed to fit through    
the door with that airplane?                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 97  ;     You reach out to press the little button, prep
    You reach out to press the little button, preparing yourself for an        
explosion. Then you hear a loud rumbling sound. What, have you caused an       
earthquake? No, you have opened the garage door. Hey, what else would a button 
be doing on the garage wall?                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 98  ;     You press the button again. The garage door ru
    You press the button again. The garage door rumbles and closes.            
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 99  ;     You simply can't start the car, that requires 
    You simply can't start the car, that requires the right key!               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 100  ;     Though the raft is very light, it's just a lit
    Though the raft is very light, it's just a little too large to carry.      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 101  ;     You blow into the raft. Must be magical, it's 
    You blow into the raft. Must be magical, it's full in less than a minute!  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 102  ;     You take out the little stopper and squeeze al
    You take out the little stopper and squeeze all the air out.               
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 103  ;     Dumb! Dumb! Dumb! You press the button to turn
    Dumb! Dumb! Dumb! You press the button to turn off the engine. You soar    
on the wind currents for just a bit longer. But suddenly you are doing a nose  
dive, the ground and trees spinning before your eyes and becoming closer and   
closer with every passing second. Soon you drop below the treetops. CRASH! You 
hit the ground. You and the plane go up in smoke!                              
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 104  ;     WHAT?!?! Should I send you to a mental hospita
    WHAT?!?! Should I send you to a mental hospital? I guess that won't be     
necessary. You'll be dead in a few seconds anyway. You step out of the         
airplane as casually as if you were on solid ground. Now you are falling at    
top speed, drawing closer and closer to the ground. As you near the treetops,  
you have a brilliant idea. You start flapping your arms as fast as you can.    
I hate to tell you this, but it's not going to work. SMASH! You hit the        
ground. Next time you do that, bring a parachute!                              
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 105  ;     You drop the $ADJECTIVE$ $NOUN$. It falls to t
    You drop the $ADJECTIVE$ $NOUN$. It falls to the ground.                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 106  ;     You're not exactly an expert pilot, so it woul
    You're not exactly an expert pilot, so it would be a good idea to get a    
little farther away from the building before you take off. You don't want to   
crash, do you?                                                                 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 107  ;     You make a perfect landing on a nearby road. T
    You make a perfect landing on a nearby road. The engine is still running,  
so you press the button to turn it off.                                        
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 108  ;     The shop keeper stops you. "You're not getting
    The shop keeper stops you. "You're not getting anything unless you pay for 
it!" he snaps.                                                                 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 109  ;     You can't buy anything if you don't have money
    You can't buy anything if you don't have money!                            
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 110  ;     You give your money to the shop keeper, and he
    You give your money to the shop keeper, and he gives you what you asked    
for.                                                                           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 111  ;     You have a short conversation about the weathe
    You have a short conversation about the weather, but it obviously bores    
the shop keeper. You don't find it an interesting topic yourself. He recites   
to you, "Feel free to ask me about any item for sale here."                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 112  ;     "That's a good sturdy shovel," he tells you. "
    "That's a good sturdy shovel," he tells you. "They're on sale for only     
five dollars."                                                                 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 113  ;     "Those flashlights come with batteries in them
    "Those flashlights come with batteries in them," he tells you. "Last a     
long time, too. And real bright. Only five dollars."                           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 114  ;     "Oh, those maps," he groans. "Supposed to be m
    "Oh, those maps," he groans. "Supposed to be magical. They say that if you 
have magic in your blood, they'll show you a map of whatever you need at the   
time. Guess I don't have magic in my blood, it shows me a map of Luxembourg.   
That sure isn't what I need! It doesn't work for many people at all. I don't   
think I've sold more than three of those! And they're at bargain prices too.   
Supposed to be fifty bucks, and I've had to lower the price down to five."     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 115  ;     You dig around in the garden, but find nothing
    You dig around in the garden, but find nothing.                            
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 116  ;     You don't feel like working hard enough to dig
    You don't feel like working hard enough to dig a hole here.                
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 117  ;     You won't get too far digging without a shovel
    You won't get too far digging without a shovel!                            
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 118  ;     Though you have gotten pretty good at flying t
    Though you have gotten pretty good at flying this plane, you would really  
rather take off a little farther from your house.                              
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 119  ;     "Don't eat between meals!" scolds the wizard, 
    "Don't eat between meals!" scolds the wizard, just like a parent. You      
decide not to eat it.                                                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 120  ;     The wizard stops you from throwing it. "Don't 
    The wizard stops you from throwing it. "Don't throw that!" he scolds. "It  
might hit somebody in the eye!"                                                
    You wonder why he is acting like he's your father.                         
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 121  ;     You have to put it in the computer first!     
    You have to put it in the computer first!                                  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 122  ;     DUMB!! If the collar nearly chokes a rabbit, w
    DUMB!! If the collar nearly chokes a rabbit, what do you think it will do  
to you? Well, let's find out!                                                  
    You open the collar at the hinge, and try to close the latch around your   
neck. It's not working! Try harder! Finally the latch clicks shut. Wow, this   
is tight! You are choking! You fight desperately with the latch, but it won't  
come loose. Finally you fall to the ground. This is the end of you!            
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 123  ;     You put the giant plane on top of the dog's ba
    You put the giant plane on top of the dog's back. It balances nicely- it   
has a fold in it that the dog's back fits right into. The dog doesn't seem to  
mind- the plane is just bulky, not very heavy.                                 
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 124  ;     No! Don't go in that plane while it's still on
    No! Don't go in that plane while it's still on the dog's back! You would   
crush him!                                                                     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 125  ;     You take the plane off of the dog's back.     
    You take the plane off of the dog's back.                                  
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 126  ;     The dog follows behind you, the plane still ba
    The dog follows behind you, the plane still balanced on his back.          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 127  ;     You steer the plane $VERB$.                   
    You steer the plane $VERB$.                                                
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 128  ;     You can't get the plane while you're in it, st
    You can't get the plane while you're in it, stupid!                        
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 129  ;     The cat takes one look at the dog and disappea
    The cat takes one look at the dog and disappears.                          
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 130  ;     You pull out a few books at random. Most of th
    You pull out a few books at random. Most of them are about technical magic 
things, so you put them back, but there is a small booklet about flowers. You  
keep it.                                                                       
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 131  ;     You flip through the booklet and see a page ab
    You flip through the booklet and see a page about snapdragons. You read    
it:                                                                            
    Snapdragons are colorful flowers that have a hidden space inside. Pinch    
the sides of the flower, and it will open up and reveal the space.             
                                                                               
    The rest of the page is filled up with a large picture of colorful         
snapdragons.                                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 132  ;     You open the booklet to a page about roses. Yo
    You open the booklet to a page about roses. You read it:                   
                                                                               
    Roses come in nearly three hundred different types. They usually smell     
sweet, have many layers of petals, and have large thorns.                      
                                                                               
    The rest of the page is covered with very small full-color photos, showing 
twenty varieties of roses and listing their names.                             
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 133  ;     The booklet falls open to a page about sunflow
    The booklet falls open to a page about sunflowers. You read it:            
                                                                               
    When sunflowers are young, their heads alway face the sun in the morning.  
Their seeds are found in the brown part of the head, and are good to eat.      
                                                                               
    There is also a picture on this page, showing a field of sunflowers all    
facing the same way.                                                           
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 134  ;     You leaf through the booklet and decide to rea
    You leaf through the booklet and decide to read a page about dandelions.   
Here it is:                                                                    
                                                                               
    Though dandelions are generally thought of as pests, they are good for     
something. Their leaves can be used in salads. The word "dandelion" comes from 
the French words for "lion's tooth".                                           
                                                                               
    There is a picture on the page too, showing a yard full of bright yellow   
dandelions.                                                                    
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 135  ;     You open the booklet to a page about pansies. 
    You open the booklet to a page about pansies. You read it:                 
                                                                               
    Pansies come in all kinds of colors, often with two or more colors on the  
same flower. They look like they have faces.                                   
                                                                               
    The picture is very colorful, and it does look a bit like a crowd of       
little faces staring at you.                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 136  ;     The wizard looks around suspiciously. Suddenly
    The wizard looks around suspiciously. Suddenly he snatches the eraser.     
"You've been in my safe, have you?" he cries. You try to run, but you find     
yourself cornered. The wizard blocks you effortlessly with an arm or a leg     
every time you try to escape. He rapidly recites a magic spell. "As I point my 
finger at you, you will turn into a statue." He points.                        
    Suddenly, in the middle of dodging between the wizard's legs, you are      
frozen in place. You are unable to move, unable to even blink. You have become 
statue, doomed to spend the rest of your life in this impossible position.     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 137  ;     Suddenly you hear a tiny voice come from the e
    Suddenly you hear a tiny voice come from the eraser:                       
                                                                               
    "I'll give you this clue                                                   
    Just as a gift:                                                            
    You can only erase                                                         
    The things you lift."                                                      
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 138  ;     As you rub the eraser over the $NOUN$, it vani
    As you rub the eraser over the $NOUN$, it vanishes. You try to touch it,   
but it really isn't there.                                                     
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 139  ;     Carefully, you rub the magic eraser over the b
    Carefully, you rub the magic eraser over the black bar. It disappears,     
revealing the wizard's name!                                                   
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 140  ;     The door to your room opens and the wizard com
    The door to your room opens and the wizard comes in. "Come here!" he       
snaps. You rush to his side.                                                   
    "Just checking on you," he explains. "I just got a chicken bone out of my  
dog's throat," he mentions. "I don't know what happened. He's usually so well- 
behaved and leaves the food alone."                                            
    You nod your head, and the wizard leaves and locks the door behind him.    
You are a little angry. He's just undone one of the things you did, and it has 
lost you a point.                                                              
END_MESSAGE

MESSAGE 141  ;     You can't do that, and you don't even want to!
    You can't do that, and you don't even want to!                             
END_MESSAGE

