text: > Go downward
  This is the mansion's spacious ground-floor antechamber. The wallpaper is peeling and bits of plaster have fallen from the ceiling here and there. There is a stairway, stable enough to ascend. The big area to the w must have once been a separate room, but the demolition crew seems to have already taken out a wall. A living room is e. On the s side is the front door. A Dumpster has been dumped here.
  
  A door to the n, leading out back, is open.
  
  > put the nappy in Dumpster
  You put the nifty nappy into the Dumpster.
  
  > Go east
  "LISTEN WELL!" a sonorous voice booms out, in attempted hollowness. "Know ye that passage back through here is difficult for some, impossible for others! Should you wish to transport yourself - without your cherished possessions - out of these constrained confines, have your controlling consciouness type the magic command: EMBARK!"
  
  Eating enclave. Entire environment ebon. Each edge embossed elegantly, every entity essentially effaced. Effect: eerie.
  
  Empty, except: ... evil effigy... earthen ewer.
  
  > examine the effigy
  Enemy effigy. Extreme enormity evident. Execrable evildoer!
  
  > Excise effigy
  Eh? Edict enciphered, evidently ...
  
  > extract the effigy
  Expropriated.
  
  > Extract ewer
  Expropriated.
  
  [+4.]
  
  > examine the Ewer
  Estimable ewer, even, edgeless. Ewer's empty.
  
  > put everything in Dumpster
  earthen ewer: Done.
  evil effigy: Done.
  
  > go to the west
  "LISTEN WELL!" a sonorous voice booms out, in attempted hollowness. "Know ye that passage back through here is difficult for some, impossible for others! Should you wish to transport yourself - without your cherished possessions - out of these constrained confines, have your controlling consciouness type the magic command: WIND!"
  
  Wee warehouse warily warded wearable wares - when wares were within. Wan, whitewashed walls wait without woolens. Wooden, weathered wainscoting wobbles weakly.
  
  Within: ... wooden weapon.
  
  > whisk weapon
  What? Wild, whirling words ...
  
  > Wield weapon
  Won.
  
  [+5.]
  
  > Walk
  Which way?
  
  > put the weapon in Dumpster
  You put the wooden weapon into the Dumpster.
  
  > Go west
  Wee warehouse warily warded wearable wares - when wares were within. Wan, whitewashed walls wait without woolens. Wooden, weathered wainscoting wobbles weakly.
  
  > watch the wainscoting
  Wobbly wooden wainscoting, weathered with weary weeks.
  
  > Wallop wainscotting
  Whack! Wall wiggles.
  
  > win wainscoting
  While wobbly, wainscot's wed with wall.
  
  > Wall wainscoting
  What? Wanton words were worked with welcome words.
  
  > Wham wall
  (wainscot)
  Whack! Wall wiggles.
  
  > Walk
  Which way?
  
  > Wallop wainscotting with weapon
  Whack! Wall wavers. Wall wobbles wildly. Wall warps. Wall was withholding ... weird widget!
  
  > Wield widget
  Won.
  
  [+9.]
  
  > look in Dumpster
  In the Dumpster are ... evil effigy, ... earthen ewer, ... nifty nappy and ... toy dinosaur.
  
  > put all in Dumpster
  weird widget: Done.
  wooden weapon: Done.
  
  > Steal stapler
  Seized.
  
  [+2.]
  
  > snatch the stapler
  Seizing superfluous.
  
  > seize the sofa
  Sorry? Semantics shrouded ...
  
  Sizable sofa sits solidly, stubborn.
  
  > search the sofa
  Searching sofa seams ... some sou stuck? Sadly, sofa surface's slick.
  
  > Spy sou
  Sorry? Semantics shrouded ...
  
  > Staple sofa
  Stapler's sans staples. Stapling's senseless.
  
  > see the sofa
  Sizable sofa's stuffed - softly satiated.
  
  > see sou
  Some sight seems suppressed.
  
  > Slice sofa
  Snicker-snack! Slicing, slashing ... something sharp should serve superiorly.
  
  > sit sofa
  Sorry? Some superfluous sayings succeeded solid start.
  
  > see the Stapler
  Strong stainless steel surface seems smoothly solid. "Swingline," stapler says. Serviceable, slick, sure. Sadly, stapler seems sans staples.
  
  > sit
  Sit? Sure. Sofa seems suitable. Sitting ... seated.
  
  > Slide sofa
  Shoving sofa, seated, seems some severe struggle. Shoving stymied.
  
  > stand
  ... sweet, simple sofa sojourn. So ... standing.
  
  > Slide sofa
  Shoving ... shoving ... sofa slides ... sofa shifts ... sofa successfully shoved! Salon seems sans sofa.
  
  [+3.]
  
  > Shove sofa
  Some sight seems suppressed.
  
  > Sleep
  Sun shines still! Sweet sunlit sphere, sincere situational striving, solemn story session. Shirk sleep! Stir! Straighten salon! Sort seedy structure! Succeed!
  
  > See
  Simple social space, sadly spoiled. Some skewed situation's sequel, surely. Seemingly, slovenly students sojourned -- scraping, scratching, scuffing surfaces.
  
  > Sigh
  Sorry? Semantics shrouded ...
  
  > DDD
  Enter saved game to store: Save seemed successful.
  
  > Slide
  (subject selection subsumed)
  Shifting ... slid. So?
  
  > Saunter
  Sure. Simply say such, specifically.
  
  > Saunter south
  Sorry. Structural surroundings stop southern striding.
  
  > Go southwest
  Southwest, salon's stone shell sits solidly.
  
  > put all in Dumpster
  stainless steel stapler: Done.
  
  > look at weapon
  Weighty. Whittled walnut. Warrior's worthy weapon.
  
  > cut the sofa with the weapon
  I only caught that first part. Try truncating that command or using a different object.
  
  > Slice sofa
  Cutting that up would achieve little.
  
  > look at the sofa
  Sizable sofa's stuffed - softly satiated.
  
  > search the sofa
  Searching sofa seams ... some sou stuck? Sadly, sofa surface's slick.
  
  > sit
  You sit down on the sofa.
  
  > get the verbosifier
  Taken.
  
  > Up
  You'll have to get off the sizable sofa first.
  
  > Up
  This lobby, allowing access to the rooms of the next-to-next-to-top floor, is in good shape. It is very similar to the lobby below, although the ceiling may be a bit lower. Here there are only three passages. Two of them (to the north and east) are normal passages, but one, to the south, is oddly constrained. It has an ominous sign above it. The main stairway leads down, while another staircase, straight and narrow, allows passage up to the next floor.
  
  > examine the sign
  This ominous sign is tortured into the shape of an 'S.' It further warns: "Abandon all fifth orthographic glyphs, you who walk within!"
  
  > Go north
  Even the light fixture has been removed from this squarish bedroom, which is in much better repair than most of the rest of the house. It seems to have been freshly painted, in puce. The exit is south.
  
  A pig sits here calmly. He is quiet and oddly attired.
  
  > look at the pig
  The pig seems extremely well-behaved, even a bit stately. He is wearing a distinctive toga.
  
  > take the pig
  The pig saunters to the side to avoid your indelicate approach.
  
  > Drat
  Quite.
  
  > ask the pig about the toga
  There is no reply.
  
  A distracted, bearded figure, garbed in loose clothing, blunders in. He is looking at a newspaper article about President Clinton, muttering, "Man of Hope, sole hope of man."
  
  He blunders out, using motions that seem to be exactly the reverse of the ones he made when entering. By the time you've recovered from the shock, you realize that he has completely disappeared.
  
  > examine the toga
  Nice toga. At first glance, you might guess the pig was headed to a fraternity party. But this is a senatorial toga, with a purple stripe. Was it Nero or Caligula who appointed a pig to a high Roman office? At any rate, the idea of a pig senator certainly gives a new meaning to the phrase "pork-barreling."
  
  > show the weapon to the pig
  The pig is unimpressed.
  
  > Leave
  This lobby, allowing access to the rooms of the next-to-next-to-top floor, is in good shape. It is very similar to the lobby below, although the ceiling may be a bit lower. Here there are only three passages. Two of them (to the n and e) are normal passages, but one, to the s, is oddly constrained. It has an ominous sign above it. The main stairway leads d, while another staircase, straight and narrow, allows passage u to the next floor.
  
  A distracted figure blunders in, scratching at his huge beard. The man wears loose clothing. He's reading intently from a Jean Genet novel. He mutters, "Punk pretty soon becomes criminal. Jailed, criminal becomes, soon, pretty punk."
  
  He blunders out, using motions that seem to be exactly the reverse of the ones he made when entering. By the time you've recovered from the shock, you realize that he has completely disappeared.
  
  > go south
  "LISTEN WELL!" a sonorous voice booms out, in attempted hollowness. "Know ye that passage back through here is difficult for some, impossible for others! Should you wish to transport yourself - without your cherished possessions - out of these constrained confines, have your controlling consciouness type the magic command: START!"
  
  Small, shadowy, stifling study. Softwood slats (stain: sandy) surround.
  
  Stuff: ... stylus.
  
  > snatch the stylus
  [ ... ]
  
  > snatch the stylus
  Snagging satisfaction!
  
  [+3.]
  
  > Go north
  Even the light fixture has been removed from this squarish bedroom, which is in much better repair than most of the rest of the house. It seems to have been freshly painted, in puce. The exit is south.
  
  A pig sits here calmly. He is quiet and oddly attired.
  
  > look at the pig
  The pig seems extremely well-behaved, even a bit stately. He is wearing a distinctive toga.
  
  > Pray
  Nothing practical results from your prayer.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  ... stylus
  
  > Outhsay
  The pig looks up at you with a smile, understanding the language you're speaking.
  
  Although the pig lends an ear to you, he doesn't seem able, or inclined, to carry out your request.
  
  [+8.]
  
  > Ogay outhsay
  The pig looks up at you with a smile, understanding the language you're speaking.
  
  The pig glances in the direction indicated.
  
  The pig proceeds at a moderate gait, moving along as you asked.
  
  > ask Pig,  to go downward
  The pig shrugs. Perhaps you need to address him in a language he understands.