Four Days of Summer
David Welbourn
walkthrough
In this pleasant and silly game, spend the first four days of July with your friend David, a shameless author insertion character who seems inordinately fond of making interactive fiction references.
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"Happy Canada Day!", says your friend David. Oh, that's right. It's Canada's 150th anniversary today. You suppose you should go do something Canadian to mark the occasion.

"Let's go to Tim Hortons for donuts!" suggests David. Sure. That'll do.

Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you don't care about any of them because they are not donuts. If you want any donuts, yummy yummy donuts, you'll have to leave the apartment to the east.

You can see David and your pet hedgehog here.
You look at David
Oh, you've known David for years. He's a nice guy and all, but he'll talk about obscure bits of interactive fiction at the slightest excuse. And he's played so much "I. F.", as he calls it, he has lots of excuses.
You leave the apartment
I only understood you as far as wanting to leave.

> E

David says, "Bah, humbug. First you comb your hair. Then we can go get donuts."
You examine the hedgehog
You named your hedgehog Kipling because one of his "Just So Stories" involves a hedgehog and a tortoise who turned themselves into armadillos. He's not at all cuddly because of his spikes, but on the other hand, he's pretty laidback and has never given you any trouble.
You comb hair
What do you want to comb your hair with?
You get the Kipling
You pick up the spiky critter.
You comb the hair with the Kipling
You carefully comb your hair, using your hedgehog as a substitute comb. "I can't believe I'm doing this," you say.

"Did you get my 'Humbug' clue?" David asks. "You have to comb your hair with a hedgehog in that game."

You pointedly ignore him.
No
That was a rhetorical question.
You throw Kipling at David
You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Comb david
(with your pet hedgehog)
David doesn't need combing.
You look around
Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you don't care about any of them because they are not donuts. If you want any donuts, yummy yummy donuts, you'll have to leave the apartment to the east.

You can see David here.
East
As you head out the door, you ask "So why did I have to have nice hair to go to Timmy's? Isn't that a bit silly?"

"Not as silly as watching you try to comb your hair with a hedgehog, eh?" says David, grinning.

Soon the two of you are enjoying a nice breakfast of donuts and double-doubles. But alas, breakfast eventually ends and now you're both standing outside the restaurant, thinking about the future.

Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons" and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is to the east.

David says, "Oh, um, here's a red ketchup I 'borrowed' from the restaurant. You might find it useful later."
You look at the ketchup
Red ketchup is the best ketchup, but that's not saying much. Ketchup never appealed to you much.
You eat the ketchup
David stops you from possibly making the game unwinnable.
You examine the hair
Your hair is all nicely combed. Well done.
You look at the furnishings
As you try to examine your furnishings like some noob player, David says, "I heard that Timmy's brought Dutchies back."

"Wow, really? I love those things. But I thought they were discontinued."

"They were, but now they're back to celebrate Canada Day."
You get the furnishings
They're hardly portable.
Look around
Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you don't care about any of them because the rest of the game is outside the apartment to the east.

You can see David here.
East
Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons" and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is to the east.
Go east
You step into the future...

The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only thing of interest is a lone palm tree.

"Did that say Dessert Island?" you ask. "Shouldn't that be
Desert Island?"

"Yeah, looks like a typo," David agrees.

A small motorboat is parked at the edge of the beach.
You look at the tree
You know what a palm tree looks like. You suppose you could climb up it if you really wanted to.
You examine the motorboat
David wanted to go on another adventure, so he rented this boat, and long story short, now you're stuck here. Somehow he "forgot" to bring enough gas for a return trip.
You climb the tree
You climb up the palm tree...

Goodness there's a lot of large leaves up here.
You look at the leaves
These large leaves could be hiding anything.
You get the leaves
They're hardly portable.
You eat the leaves
They're plainly inedible.
You look
Goodness there's a lot of large leaves up here.

You can see David here.
You give the leaves to David
(first taking the large leaves)
They're hardly portable.
You jump
You jump on the spot.
Inventory
You are carrying:
a red ketchup
Go downward
You climb back down the tree.

The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only thing of interest is a lone palm tree.

A small motorboat is parked at the edge of the beach.
You examine the boat
David wanted to go on another adventure, so he rented this boat, and long story short, now you're stuck here. Somehow he "forgot" to bring enough gas for a return trip.
You search tree
Hidden in the shade of the palm tree, you find a can of gasoline. You take it. Why are things always in the last place you look?
Look around
The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only thing of interest is a lone palm tree.

A small airplane is parked at the edge of the beach.

You can also see David here.
You get can
You already have that.
You look at the airplane
David wanted to go on another adventure, so he rented this plane, and long story short, now you're stuck here. Somehow he "forgot" to bring enough gas for a return trip.
You enter the boat
You hand over the can of gasoline. "Oh, well done," says David. "That's just what we need to get home. Now I can refill the airplane. Er... what's wrong?"

"Wasn't that airplane a motorboat before?"

"Oh, like in Shade, when the potted hyacinth turned into a cactus? That was really spooky!"

Feeling a headache coming on, you follow David into the plane for the trip home.

It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is east.

"Guess what?" David asks. "I found some white chocolate on the plane on the way back. It was in a second hidden compartment inside the first hidden compartment. Here. I think you might need it."

"So what are we doing tomorrow?" you ask, looking east.

"I dunno. We'll think of something."
You think
What a good idea.
You look around
It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is east.

You can see David here.
Go east
You walk into the future...

It seems like you guys decided to do a bit of grocery shopping. There's a lot of different pastas and sauces here. The ends of the aisle are to the north and south.

"Gnocchi," David intones solemnly. "I haven't had any gnocchi since.... Rome."

"Stop that," you say. "Just... just stop."
You look at the pasta
You peruse the pastas. "Macaroni, spaghetti, spaghettini, bow-ties, egg noodles,... there's no gnocchi here," you tell David.

"Clare isn't here either," he replies.

"Who's Clare?"

"Who do you want her to be?"
You look around
It seems like you guys decided to do a bit of grocery shopping. There's a lot of different pastas and sauces here. The ends of the aisle are to the north and south.

You can see David here.
Inventory
You are carrying:
a white chocolate
a red ketchup

"Why did I bring food into a grocery store?" you ask.

"That's what you're worried about?" David asks.

"It's not like I have a receipt for these things you keep giving me."
South
"So we're not going to buy anything?" you ask.

"Didn't say that," David says. "Aisle meet you outside."

No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.

"Here ya go," says David, handing you some blue berries.

"And these will be useful when?"

"Tomorrow", he says, pointing east.
You look at the berries
You find blueberries very appealing.
East
One more step into the future...

I gotta say, the United States has some weird tourist traps. Take this "Tater Island", a weird potato museum in... well, you're not really sure which state you're in. But it's different, you gotta give it points for originality. The exit is to the west.

A potato peeler is just lying on the ground here!

You can also see a lunar map here.
You take the peeler
Wow. You've never found a potato peeler before. "I don't have to shave a yak with this thing, do I?" you ask.

"Of course not, you peel things with it," David says, as if
this ought to be obvious.
You take the peeler
You already have that.
You peel the chocolate with the peeler
You peel the "white" off the white chocolate!

David asks, "That's neat. Can you put the colour back on it too?"
You look at the white
It's the essence of whiteness that you peeled off the chocolate.
Peel berries
You peel the "blue" off the blue berries!
Inventory
You are carrying:
a blue peel
a white peel
a potato peeler
some plain berries
a plain chocolate
a red ketchup
You peel ketchup with peeler
You peel the "red" off the red ketchup!
You put the blue on the ketchup
Neat. You now have a blue ketchup.
You examine the blue ketchup
Blue ketchup? Oh, that's just wrong.
You peel the ketchup with the peeler
You peel the "blue" off the blue ketchup!
You put the blue on the ketchup
Cool. You now have a blue ketchup.
Inventory
You are carrying:
a red peel
a white peel
a potato peeler
some plain berries
a plain chocolate
a blue ketchup
You put white on the ketchup
But the blue ketchup is already blue!
You put the red on the chocolate
Huh. You now have a red chocolate.
You examine the red chocolate
It's like red velvet cake but without the cake part.
Look around
I gotta say, the United States has some weird tourist traps. Take this "Tater Island", a weird potato museum in... well, you're not really sure which state you're in. But it's different, you gotta give it points for originality. The exit is to the west.

You can see David and a lunar map here.
You put the white on the berries
Cool. You now have a white berries.
You look at white berries
Careful. If these white berries are from mistletoe, they'll be very poisonous.
You look at the map
The centerpiece of the musuem is a relief map of the Moon's surface, lovingly rendered in mashed potatoes. You fancy you can hear those musical notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the background.

In the middle of the map, in the Sea of Tranquility, there is a faded colourless flag.
Peel ketchup
You peel the "blue" off the blue ketchup!
Peel chocolate
You peel the "red" off the red chocolate!
You put the red on the flag
You add the red peel to the faded flag, restoring some of its old glory.
Peel berries
You peel the "white" off the white berries!
You put the white on the flag
You add the white peel to the faded flag, restoring some of its old glory.
You put the Blue on the flag
You add the blue peel to the faded flag, restoring some of its old glory.

The flag, fully restored to its old glory, proudly displays the Red, White, and Blue for everyone to see. You hear fireworks explode in the sky above.

"Filfre: gratuitous fireworks," David whispers in your ear.

"Shh," you whisper back.
Xyzzy
David says, "I'm sorry. Would you like some tea? Here you go." He hands you a green tea.
Peel tea
You peel the "green" off the green tea!
You put the green on the tea
Huh. You now have a green tea.
You examine the tea
Green tea, eh? How distressingly healthy. Did they flavour this with lawn clippings?
You put the green on the chocolate
Neat. You now have a green chocolate.
You examine the green chocolate
Huh. Green chocolate smells like pistachio nuts.
You check your inventory
You are carrying:
a plain tea
a blue peel
a potato peeler
some plain berries
a green chocolate
a plain ketchup
Peel chocolate
You peel the "green" off the green chocolate!
You put the green on the ketchup
Cool. You now have a green ketchup.
You examine ketchup
Is green ketchup made from green tomatoes?
Peel ketchup
You peel the "green" off the green ketchup!
You put the green on the berries
Huh. You now have a green berries.
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"Happy Canada Day!", says your friend David. Oh, that's right. It's Canada's 150th anniversary today. You suppose you should go do something Canadian to mark the occasion.

"Let's go to Tim Hortons for donuts!" suggests David. Sure. That'll do.

Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you don't care about any of them because they are not donuts. If you want any donuts, yummy yummy donuts, you'll have to leave the apartment to the east.

You can see David and your pet hedgehog here.
You look at the hair
Your hair is a maze of twisty little protein strands.
You take the pet
You pick up the spiky critter.
You comb hair
(with your pet hedgehog)
You carefully comb your hair, using your hedgehog as a substitute comb. "I can't believe I'm doing this," you say.

"Did you get my 'Humbug' clue?" David asks. "You have to comb your hair with a hedgehog in that game."

You pointedly ignore him.
You go east
As you head out the door, you ask "So why did I have to have nice hair to go to Timmy's? Isn't that a bit silly?"

"Not as silly as watching you try to comb your hair with a hedgehog, eh?" says David, grinning.

Soon the two of you are enjoying a nice breakfast of donuts and double-doubles. But alas, breakfast eventually ends and now you're both standing outside the restaurant, thinking about the future.

Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons" and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is to the east.

David says, "Oh, um, here's a red ketchup I 'borrowed' from the restaurant. You might find it useful later."
Go west
"You can't just walk off the island," says David impatiently.

"I don't see why not. We walked east from Tim Hortons to get here, didn't we?"

"No, no, that was yesterday. All sorts of things happened
between then and now. And we rented a boat to get here, remember?"
You go east
"Look, see if you can find some fuel around here. Search everything. There's bound to be something that can help us," David says.
Go upwards
You climb up the palm tree...

Goodness there's a lot of large leaves up here.
Search leaves
Behind a cluster of particularly large leaves, you find a can of gasoline. You take it. Why are things always in the last place you look?
Go down
You climb back down the tree.

The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only thing of interest is a lone palm tree.

A small airplane is parked at the edge of the beach.
You give the can to David
You hand over the can of gasoline. "Oh, well done," says David. "That's just what we need to get home. Now I can refill the airplane. Er... what's wrong?"

"Wasn't that airplane a motorboat before?"

"Oh, like in Shade, when the potted hyacinth turned into a cactus? That was really spooky!"

Feeling a headache coming on, you follow David into the plane for the trip home.

It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is east.

"Guess what?" David asks. "I found some white chocolate on the plane on the way back. It was in a second hidden compartment inside the first hidden compartment. Here. I think you might need it."

"So what are we doing tomorrow?" you ask, looking east.

"I dunno. We'll think of something."
You go to the west
You step into the past...

No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.
Go west
You step into the past...

It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is east.
Go west
You walk into the past...

Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons" and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is to the east.
Go west
Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you don't care about any of them because the rest of the game is outside the apartment to the east.

You can see your pet hedgehog here.
You go to the east
You step into the future...

It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is east.
Go east
You walk into the future...

No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.
You go to the east
One more step into the future...

I gotta say, the United States has some weird tourist traps. Take this "Tater Island", a weird potato museum in... well, you're not really sure which state you're in. But it's different, you gotta give it points for originality. The exit is to the west.

You can see a lunar map here.
You put the pet on the map
Putting things on the lunar map would achieve nothing.

> PEEL HEDGEHOG

You can't peel your pet hedgehog.
Peel ketchup
You peel the "red" off the red ketchup!

David asks, "That's neat. Can you put the colour back on it too?"
Peel chocolate
You peel the "white" off the white chocolate!
Peel berries
You peel the "blue" off the blue berries!
Peel tea
You peel the "green" off the green tea!
You put Red on the tea
Neat. You now have a red tea.
You look at the tea
Looks like hibiscus tea. Very herbal.
You look at the tea
You peel the "red" off the red tea!

Amazing. You now have a white tea.

Oh nice. You've never had white tea before.
You examine the tea
You peel the "white" off the white tea!

Huh. You now have a blue tea.

You frown. The blue tea smells like elderberries.
You examine ketchup
You peel the "blue" off the blue tea!

Cool. You now have a white ketchup.

Whoever heard of white ketchup? Is this ranch dressing now?
You examine the chocolate
You peel the "white" off the white ketchup!

Huh. You now have a blue chocolate.

You look at the blue chocolate with horror.
You put red on the berries
Cool. You now have a red berries.
You examine the berries
They're not strawberries or raspberries. They're some other sort of red berries that you don't recognize.
Xyzzy
David says, "Hm. You've already got tea, so I'll have to give you no tea." He then somehow hands you no tea which makes the tea you were carrying vanish.

"You wouldn't believe how useful a lack of common sense can be, sometimes," David remarks as if quoting a guide book.
Inventory
You are carrying:
a white peel
a green peel
your pet hedgehog
a potato peeler
some red berries
a blue chocolate
a plain ketchup
Xyzzy
David says, "I'm sorry. Would you like some tea? Here you go." He hands you a green tea.
Inventory
You are carrying:
a plain tea
a white peel
a green peel
your pet hedgehog
a potato peeler
some red berries
a blue chocolate
a plain ketchup
You drop the tea
Dropped.
You go east
Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons" and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is to the east.
You pull the hair
Nothing obvious happens.
You get the hair
That seems to be a part of yourself.
Yes
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