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ADVENTURE
The Interactive Original
By Will Crowther (1976) and Don Woods (1977)
Reconstructed in three steps by:
Donald Ekman, David M. Baggett (1993) and Graham Nelson (1994)
[In memoriam Stephen Bishop (1820?-1857): GN]

Release 9 / Serial number 060321 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S
Standard interpreter 1.0 (1F) / Library serial number 040227

>l

At End Of Road
You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully.

>* It's the original Adventure. Cool.
[Comment recorded.]

>x building
It's a small brick building. It seems to be a well house.

>enter building

Inside Building
You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring.

There are some keys on the ground here.

There is tasty food here.

There is a shiny brass lamp nearby.

There is an empty bottle here.

>get all
set of keys: Taken.
tasty food: Taken.
brass lantern: Taken.
small bottle: Taken.
stream: The bottle is now full of water.
well house: That's hardly portable.
spring: That's hardly portable.
pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes: That's hardly portable.

>* Get all is my favourite command.
[Comment recorded.]

>x pipes
Too small. The only exit is to the west.

>* What's that supposed to mean?
[Comment recorded.]

>open pipes
That's not something you can open.

>x set
It's just a normal-looking set of keys.

>l

Inside Building
You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring.

>exit

At End Of Road

>e

Inside Building

>w

At End Of Road

>w

At Hill In Road
You have walked up a hill, still in the forest. The road slopes back down the other side of the hill. There is a building in the distance.

>w
You can't go that way.

>n

At End Of Road

>n

In Forest

>l

In Forest
You are in open forest near both a valley and a road.

>n

At End Of Road

>s

In A Valley
You are in a valley in the forest beside a stream tumbling along a rocky bed.

>s

At Slit In Streambed
At your feet all the water of the stream splashes into a 2-inch slit in the rock. Downstream the streambed is bare rock.

>x rock
You can't see any such thing.

>go downstream
You can't go that way.

>s

Outside Grate
You are in a 20-foot depression floored with bare dirt. Set into the dirt is a strong steel grate mounted in concrete. A dry streambed leads into the depression.

>x depression
You're standing in it.

>* Not too lavish descriptions, eh?
[Comment recorded.]

>open grate
It seems to be locked.

>open grate with keys
You unlock the steel grate.

>open grate
You open the steel grate.

>d

Below the Grate
You are in a small chamber beneath a 3x3 steel grate to the surface. A low crawl over cobbles leads inward to the west.

The grate stands open.

>w

In Cobble Crawl
You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage.

There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby.

>get cage
Taken.

>w

Darkness
It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.

>light lamp
You switch the brass lantern on.

In Debris Room
You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west.

A note on the wall says, "Magic word XYZZY."

A three foot black rod with a rusty star on one end lies nearby.

>xyzzy

Inside Building
You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring.

>* D'oh
[Comment recorded.]

>xyzzy

In Debris Room
You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west.

A note on the wall says, "Magic word XYZZY."

A three foot black rod with a rusty star on one end lies nearby.

>get rod
Taken.

>x it
It's a three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end.

>wave it
Nothing happens.

>* Ok, that's enough for now
[Comment recorded.]

>quit
Are you sure you want to quit? y