text: [Themes: Casual Simulation, management, grooming, satire, corporal punishment]
  
  > Look around
  This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations, it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the Senior north.
  
  Hans and Courtney are housed here.
  
  A pack of savage Ruritanian Mastiffs patrol the grounds.
  
  Harry and Hunter are busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
  
  > Unassign Harry
  You allow Harry Quisling to take a break.
  
  > assign Hans to the tricycles
  You command Hans Culter to occupy himself with the ancient tricycles. He obediently complies.
  
  > assign Courtney to tricycles
  You command Courtney Bludge to occupy herself with the ancient tricycles. She obediently complies.
  
  > Go south
  Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively low. The Middle House is to the north.
  
  A pack of savage Ruritanian Mastiffs patrol the grounds.
  
  In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
  
  Gavin, Bub, Cheyenne, Cob, Jim, Randy and Prudence are housed here.
  
  > Status
  Jim        bad          poor         bad          poor
  Courtney   poor         mediocre     bad          mediocre
  Randy      mediocre     bad          poor         mediocre
  Cheyenne   bad          mediocre     poor         poor
  Hunter     poor         adequate     poor         poor
  Harry      poor         excessive    poor         adequate
  Bub        bad          awful        poor         awful
  Prudence   bad          bad          bad          poor
  Gavin      abysmal      mediocre     awful        poor
  Cob        poor         poor         poor         poor
  
  > scrub Gavin
  You seize Gavin, delouse his scalp with equal parts pomatum and mercurial ointment (just in case), and make him walk around with a book on his head. This accomplished, you deliver a short lecture on the spiritual and bacterial dangers of filthiness. Hopefully the lesson is learned; his looks are now poor.
  
  > Discipline gavin
  You apply some well-deserved discipline to Gavin Nash. His discipline is now bad.
  
  > ring bell
  The ancient tricycles have fortified Hans Culter's vigour, which is now mediocre.
  The ancient tricycles have fortified Courtney Bludge's vigour, which is now mediocre.
  The ancient tricycles have fortified Hunter Blair's vigour, which is now adequate.
  Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales has improved Prudence Socket's morale, which is now poor.
  Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales has improved Gavin Nash's morale, which is now poor.
  
  Courtney Bludge has convinced you that she is entitled to diplomatic immunity and escaped! Without a steady moral compass nobody can prosper, and you are not surprised when, later, you receive reports that she is shamefully employed as a mudlark.
  Harry Quisling has constructed a small glider out of bedsheets and crutches and escaped! Since virtue is rewarded and vice leads to ruin, you are not surprised when, later, you receive reports that he is shamefully employed as a prize-fighter.
  
  You receive a government stipend of 90 for the feeding and care of your orphans; and pay out 27 coins on necessary care and maintenance, most of it going on food.
  Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Jim Tench has gained vigour, and Bub Grady has improved his morale.
  
  Randy Potts has been moved to the Middle House, being of sufficient age. Hunter Blair is ready for the Senior.
  
  A new orphan, Bart Button, has been entrusted to your care and is now housed in the Junior House.
  
  > Status
  Jim        awful        mediocre     poor         poor
  Randy      mediocre     bad          poor         mediocre
  Cheyenne   poor         poor         poor         mediocre
  Hunter     poor         adequate     poor         poor
  Bart       mediocre     bad          bad          poor
  Bub        bad          awful        poor         bad
  Prudence   poor         awful        poor         mediocre
  Gavin      bad          mediocre     poor         poor
  Cob        poor         bad          poor         poor
  
  A new task: The Cholera Caper
  An unidentified child stuffed a blanket down the privies, and now the entire facility is ankle-deep in backed-up sewage. Assign orphans to sewage cleanup before you all die of cholera.
  
  > assign Cob to the sewage
  You command Cob Froome to occupy himself with raw sewage. He obediently complies.
  
  > assign all
  What do you want to assign those things to?
  
  > assign all to the sewage
  You assign Jim, Cheyenne, Bart, Bub, Prudence, Gavin and Cob to raw sewage.
  
  > Go north
  This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations, it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the Senior north.
  
  The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
  
  A pack of savage Ruritanian Mastiffs patrol the grounds.
  
  Randy is housed here.
  
  Hans is busily occupied with the ancient tricycles.
  
  > assign all to sewage
  You assign Hans and Randy to raw sewage.
  
  > go north
  Here reside the oldest children, aged roughly twelve to fifteen. The largest, best-lit and airiest of the wards, its walls are decorated with inspiring murals. The Middle House lies to the south.
  
  The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage.
  
  A pack of savage Ruritanian Mastiffs patrol the grounds.
  
  Hunter is housed here.
  
  > assign Hunter to the sewage
  You command Hunter Blair to occupy himself with raw sewage. He obediently complies.
  
  > Status
  Jim        awful        poor         bad          poor
  Randy      mediocre     bad          poor         mediocre
  Cheyenne   bad          poor         poor         mediocre
  Hunter     poor         adequate     poor         bad
  Bart       poor         bad          bad          poor
  Bub        bad          abysmal      poor         bad
  Prudence   bad          bad          bad          mediocre
  Gavin      awful        mediocre     poor         poor
  Cob        bad          bad          bad          poor
  
  > go to the south
  This ward is the home of children aged between six and twelve. A series of oddly-shaped rooms produced by ill-considered renovations, it's difficult to heat, the lighting is bad and there are far too many blind corners and hideaways. The Junior House lies south and the Senior north.
  
  Some ancient tricycles are littered about the place.
  
  A pack of savage Ruritanian Mastiffs patrol the grounds.
  
  The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Randy and Hans frolic with bleach, bucket and mop.
  
  > go south
  Here are housed the younger children, from the age of weaning to about six years old. Formerly a lumber-room, its ceilings are oppressively low. The Middle House is to the north.
  
  A pack of savage Ruritanian Mastiffs patrol the grounds.
  
  In one corner, piled up into a small mountain, are the many volumes of Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales.
  
  The room is ankle-deep in raw sewage, in which Bart, Gavin, Bub, Cheyenne, Cob, Jim and Prudence frolic with bleach, bucket and mop.
  
  > Discipline jim and Gavin
  You apply some well-deserved discipline to Jim Tench. His discipline is now poor.
  
  You apply some well-deserved discipline to Gavin Nash. His discipline is now poor.
  
  > ring bell
  The raw sewage has weakened Randy Potts's morale, which is now poor. The raw sewage has weakened Cob Froome's morale, which is now poor. Polychromatic Lung's Fairy Tales has improved Cob Froome's morale, which is now poor.
  
  Hans Culter has died of cholera. The coroner suggests that the death might have been prevented through better living conditions, which apparently involve less contact with raw sewage.
  The sewage has been cleaned from the Junior House. Until the Orphanorium is entirely clean, however, cholera will imperil everyone.
  
  Hunter Blair attempted to escape, but failed to get past the Ruritanian Mastiffs.
  
  You receive a government stipend of 90 for the feeding and care of your orphans; and pay out 27 coins on necessary care and maintenance, most of it going on food.
  Your profligate meal plans have borne fruit: Jim Tench has gained vigour, and Jim Tench, Bart Button and Gavin Nash have improved their morale.
  
  Prudence Socket has been moved to the Middle House, being of sufficient age. Randy Potts is ready for the Senior.
  
  The Orphanorium has been entrusted with four more children: Dorinda Twite is old enough for the Middle House, while Gretchen Bloch, Mildred Chollop and Agatha Dorrit will go to the Junior.