Fierce Green Snake
The key to dealing with the snake is to remember that snakes are often hunted by birds. As a result, they might be afraid of them.
Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions?
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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.
in
You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring.
There are some keys on the ground here.
There is a shiny brass lamp nearby.
There is food here.
There is a bottle of water here.
take lamp
OK
on
Your lamp is now on.
xyzzy
>>Foof!<<
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. In the mud someone has scrawled, "MAGIC WORD XYZZY".
A three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end lies nearby.
take rod
OK
e
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.
take cage
OK
w
You're in debris room.
w
You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon.
w
You are in a splendid chamber thirty feet high. The walls are frozen rivers of orange stone. An awkward canyon and a good passage exit from east and west sides of the chamber.
A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing.
drop rod
OK
take bird
OK
take rod
OK
w
At your feet is a small pit breathing traces of white mist. An east passage ends here except for a small crack leading on.
Rough stone steps lead down the pit.
d
You are at one end of a vast hall stretching forward out of sight to the west. There are openings to either side. Nearby, a wide stone staircase leads downward. The hall is filled with wisps of white mist swaying to and fro almost as if alive. A cold wind blows up the staircase. There is a passage at the top of a dome behind you.
Rough stone steps lead up the dome.
n
A little dwarf just walked around a corner, saw you, threw a little axe at you which missed, cursed, and ran away.
You are in the Hall of the Mountain King, with passages off in all directions.
There is a little axe here.
A huge green fierce snake bars the way!
free bird
The little bird attacks the green snake, and in an astounding flurry drives the snake away.
