Persian Rug


Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions?


n

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.


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.

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


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.


take bird

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.


d

You are in the Hall of the Mountain King, with passages off in all directions.

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.


sw

You are in a secret canyon which here runs e/w. It crosses over a very tight canyon 15 feet below. If you go down you may not be able to get back up.


w

You are in a secret canyon which exits to the north and east.

A huge green fierce dragon bars the way!

The dragon is sprawled out on a persian rug!!


kill dragon

With what? Your bare hands?


yes

Congratulations! You have just vanquished a dragon with your bare hands! (Unbelievable, isn't it?)

You are in a secret canyon which exits to the north and east.

There is a persian rug spread out on the floor!

The blood-specked body of a huge green dead dragon lies to one side.


take rug

OK