text: [Themes: Slice of life, television, dog, nonhuman protagonist, cute, recommended for children, animal protagonist, kid-friendly]
  
  <RRROWWGRROWL> Your stomach growls.
  
  You've been vegging out in front of that flickering screen for hours, your pet by your side. Now your complaining stomach sets you up on your feet, and on a mission.
  Snack Time!
  An Interactive Break for a Bite
  
  (For more information please type ABOUT)
  
  This is the room where you sit a lot. Well, you sleep here sometimes too. But there is a different room that is just for sleeping, and it is to the north. There's another room to the west. It's the room with the food. That is a good room.
  
  Even though this is the sitting room you can't sit on everything. There are a lot of "no"s here, like the thing you can't scratch, and the tall thing and the four-legged thing that isn't alive but that stands still with the box of light on its back.
  
  Your pet is here, all stretched out on the long soft thing and snoring.
  
  [Author's Note: Can you help one hungry bulldog in his quest to find something good to eat? He would like that. A lot.]
  
  > examine the pet
  He's not very hairy, poor thing, so he has to cover up to stay warm. But he is good at tricks like standing up on his hind legs and putting together tasty foods.
  
  Right now he's sleeping with his arm hanging over the side of the long soft thing.
  
  > About yourself
  You're short and stocky, and, to be honest, rather hairy. You're also rather hungry.
  
  > examine the tall thing
  It almost could touch the ceiling if it would stand on its hind legs which it doesn't seem to be able to do. Maybe if it weren't weighed down with all that stuff it holds.
  
  > Examine can'T scratch
  Well, really you can't scratch any of the things inside the house. But your pet seemed especially emphatic about this one when you tried it. Which is a shame, because it smells like something to scratch.
  
  > Smell can'T scratch
  It smells itchy.
  
  > examine the couch
  On the long soft thing are a bunch of smaller soft things that together make up a comfy place for sitting or sleeping.
  
  > examine table
  If this were alive, it would be one patient animal to stand so still all the time. But you're pretty sure it's not alive. Anyway you've never seen it move, even when the box of light it holds gets really loud and unpleasant.
  
  > look at the tv
  Sometimes the box sleeps but a lot of the time it is loud and noisy and bright. Sometimes you've seen things like the outside inside it or yummy-looking food or even little dogs in there. But everything is the wrong size and doesn't smell right, so you're not sure what that's about.
  
  Right now it looks like some little people inside are yapping at each other.
  
  > check your inventory
  Right now you aren't carrying anything. (It's not like you need a lot of stuff, anyway.)
  
  > About yourself
  You're short and stocky, and, to be honest, rather hairy. You're also rather hungry.
  
  > Sleep
  You're hungry now, remember? Not sleepy.
  
  > Go west
  Food room, glorious food room!
  
  Your bowl for food and water is here, but that's only the beginning. There's also a lot of secret places where your pet keeps food and things that go with food and things that make food better. There's a thing that gets hot and a box that stays cold, and that is your favorite because you know there is always food inside there. A cloth hangs down from the door of the cold box.
  
  > pull the cloth
  This is a good trick!
  
  You pull on the cloth with your teeth and back up as the door opens. Inside you can see various leftovers, some jars, some sandwich fixings and one shiny can.
  
  > look at the shiny can
  It's shiny and filled with some liquid that your pet really likes.
  
  > examine the leftovers
  Sometimes your pet makes something and saves some of it in the cold box to see how long it takes to grow fuzzy stuff on it. It's an interesting experiment, but not much good to you when you are hungry.
  
  > take the sandwich fixings
  All the food in the cold box is up too high for you or closed away. Looks like you will need your pet to help you get a snack.
  
  > look at the cloth
  This cloth is wrapped around part of the cold box door that sticks out for pulling.
  
  > examine the bowl
  Your bowl has two sides, one for food and one for water. Right now both spots are empty.
  
  > wake pet
  That's a good idea. Maybe if you make some noise or disturb him somehow he would wake up.
  
  > Bark
  You try a few short, sharp barks.
  
  Your pet gets one eye open and half-heartedly pets at you. You're making progress.
  
  > Bark
  You try a few short, sharp barks.
  
  Hmm, your pet seems to have turned that into part of his dream or something, because he sure didn't move this time when you barked.
  
  > bite him
  You love your pet too much to bite him!
  
  > Lick pet
  You love on your pet with some little licks.
  
  Your pet shifts and stretches, blinking. He moves around until he is mostly sitting up.
  
  "Hey Hardy," he mumbles.
  
  It might take a little more to get him up and moving, but at least now his eyes are open!
  
  > Bark
  You try a few short, sharp barks.
  
  Your pet says, "Shh, Hardy, it's OK."
  
  > jump
  You lean back on your haunches, ready yourself, and... jump! Sure, it was just a little jump, but it's not like you're a rabbit or something jumpy like that.
  
  > Whine
  You have tried many times and many ways to get your pet to understand you. But no matter how you vocalize, he just doesn't get it.
  
  > pull the pet
  You carefully use your teeth to get a hold of your pet's arm and pull it towards you.
  
  Your pet pulls away from you.
  
  > take the bowl
  The bowl is set up in a frame to make it just as tall as your face. The frame makes it easier to eat and drink from, but it also makes it heavy and stuck in one place.
  
  > Lick pet
  You love on your pet with some little licks.
  
  He smiles down at you and gives you a little head pat.
  
  > get on the couch
  You climb up unto the long soft thing, happy that it is low enough for you to get on all by yourself.
  
  On the long soft thing are a bunch of smaller soft things that together make up a comfy place for sitting or sleeping.
  
  > examine the cushions
  These smaller soft things make up the long soft thing. Sometimes they must get hungry because they try to eat things that get left on the long soft thing. Sometimes they get separated from the long soft thing. But mostly they just all hang out together. They must be friends.
  
  > Sleep
  You're hungry now, remember? Not sleepy.
  
  > take the cushion
  You tug and pull at the little soft things until finally one breaks free from the bunch. As you dislodge it, something clatters to the floor. Ah ha! You've found the magic wand! Those little soft things were trying to eat it!
  
  "So that's where that got away to," says your pet, snatching up the magic wand. He points it at the box of light and makes it even louder.
  
  > Go west
  You'll have to get off the long soft thing first.
  
  > Down
  You get off the long soft thing.
  
  Your pet is here, staring at the box of light, holding on tight to the magic wand.
  
  > drop the cushion
  You release your hold and let the square soft thing fall down.
  
  > Go east
  Your pet is here, staring at the box of light, holding on tight to the magic wand.
  
  > examine wand
  A magical, bumpy thing your pet uses to control the box of light.
  
  > take the wand
  Your pet likes to be in charge of the box of light. You don't have a chance with it as long as he's around.
  
  > look at the tv
  Sometimes the box sleeps but a lot of the time it is loud and noisy and bright. Sometimes you've seen things like the outside inside it or yummy-looking food or even little dogs in there. But everything is the wrong size and doesn't smell right, so you're not sure what that's about.
  
  Right now it looks like some little people inside are yapping at each other.
  
  > go north
  Most of the time when you are in here it is dark and quiet because that is the best way to sleep and this is the room made for sleeping. There is a high bed here that is not your bed although it is where you sleep usually to keep your pet company. The sitting room is south of here and the room with the water is to the west.
  
  Your low bed is here, looking all soft and cushy.
  
  Dino is here!
  
  > eat the Dino
  You stick your head under the bed for a closer look and discover... a sock! Your pet has probably been looking for this, since socks usually stick together. You wonder why this one ran away.
  
  That's not tasty.
  
  > take the sock
  You snatch up the sock with your mouth and hold on tight.
  
  > look at the high bed
  The high bed is pretty comfy. It is up high because your pet has a hard time getting all the way down to the floor and back up again.
  
  > look at the low bed
  The low bed is round and soft and meant to make you comfy and cozy after you turn around in it three times and lie down.
  
  > turn around
  You run around in a circle for a bit in a mad chase for your tail. But you can't quite get it. You never can.
  
  > go north
  You can go south to the sitting room or west to the water room.
  
  > go to the south
  Your pet is here, staring at the box of light, holding on tight to the magic wand.
  
  > show the sock to the pet
  Your pet takes the sock from you and looks at it. "Thanks, Hardy," he says, before dropping it.
  
  > Shake sock
  You shake the sock for all you're worth.
  
  > Wave sock
  You look ridiculous waving the sock.
  
  > Chew sock
  When you were younger, you used to chew on everything. Now you are more discriminate, saving your chewing for a few special things.
  
  > Smell sock
  It smells kinda clean.
  
  > Go north
  Your low bed is here, looking all soft and cushy.
  
  Dino is here!
  
  > go west
  This is the room with a lot of water. There's water that sits in a bowl and there's water that falls from up high to fill up a bigger bowl and lots of times when your pet is in here you hear the sounds of water.
  
  This room would be more fun if you liked water more. Anyway, you like the sleeping room to the east much better.
  
  > put the sock in the bowl
  What do you want to put things in: the small bowl or the large bowl?
  
  > Small
  You drop the sock into the small bowl. It starts soaking up the water right away.
  
  > get the sock
  You snatch up the wet sock with your mouth and hold on tight.
  
  > show the sock to the pet
  Your pet takes the sock from you and looks at it. "Ew, Hardy, what did you do to this?" he says, dropping it quickly.
  
  > Bark
  You try a few short, sharp barks.
  
  Your pet says, "Shh, Hardy, it's OK."
  
  > Scratch
  You take a second to give yourself a quick scratch.
  
  > Shake
  You mechanically hold out your paw for a shake. Feeling foolish, you put it back down again.
  
  > roll over
  You roll over onto your back, kicking your feet up into the air. When it becomes apparent that no belly rubs are forthcoming, you get back up on your feet.
  
  > play dead
  You start by rolling over and then give your legs one last kick for drama. You let your tongue hang out and try to be as still as possible.
  
  Your pet doesn't seem impressed with your trick.
  
  > take the sock
  You snatch up the wet sock with your mouth and hold on tight.
  
  > shake it
  You shake the wet sock for all you're worth.
  
  > throw the sock at the pet
  You're more of a catcher than a thrower.
  
  > examine table
  If this were alive, it would be one patient animal to stand so still all the time. But you're pretty sure it's not alive. Anyway you've never seen it move, even when the box of light it holds gets really loud and unpleasant.
  
  > search sofa
  You already pulled a square soft thing out of the bunch.
  
  > Go west
  You can see a square soft thing here.
  
  > take the bowl
  (As you open your mouth, you drop the wet sock.)
  
  The bowl is set up in a frame to make it just as tall as your face. The frame makes it easier to eat and drink from, but it also makes it heavy and stuck in one place.
  
  > examine the frame
  It's a heavy frame that holds your bowl at the perfect height.
  
  > examine the cupboards
  The secret places seem to be all flat like a wall of wood but then they magically open at your pet's touch to reveal food and stuff.
  
  > pull the cloth
  You pull on the cloth with your teeth and back up as the door opens. Inside you can see various leftovers, some jars, some sandwich fixings and one shiny can.
  
  > examine the jars
  Several jars and bottles of various things that always hang out in the cold box.
  
  > Examine can
  It's shiny and filled with some liquid that your pet really likes.
  
  > get can
  You snatch up the shiny can with your mouth and hold on tight.
  
  > Go east
  Before you leave the food room, you push the cold box door with your nose to close it. (It's important to conserve energy.)
  
  This is the room where you sit a lot. Well, you sleep here sometimes too. But there is a different room that is just for sleeping, and it is to the north. There's another room to the west. It's the room with the food. That is a good room.
  
  Even though this is the sitting room you can't sit on everything. There are a lot of "no"s here, like the thing you can't scratch, and the tall thing and the four-legged thing that isn't alive but that stands still with the box of light on its back.
  
  Your pet is here, staring at the box of light, holding on tight to the magic wand.
  
  > show can to pet
  Your pet smiles as he reaches for the can. "Good boy, Hardy," he says, scratching you behind the ears. Your tail starts wagging; you just can't help it. (You've always been a fool for a good behind-the-ears scratch.)
  
  The can hisses with releasing air as the top pops, and then your pets takes a few good gulps. He must have been really thirsty, because soon he stands up and walks off to the other room.
  
  From the other room, you hear your pet banging around and yelling about the dino. Your pet must have almost tripped on it. He's always almost tripping on little stuff like that.
  
  After a second, you hear a click as the door to the water room closes. Now you have the long soft thing all to yourself!
  
  > get on the couch
  You climb up unto the long soft thing, happy that it is low enough for you to get on all by yourself.
  
  On the long soft thing are a bunch of smaller soft things that together make up a comfy place for sitting or sleeping. The magic wand is hanging out here too, even though it got eaten by the little soft things before. No hard feelings.
  
  > take the wand
  You snatch up the magic wand with your mouth and hold on tight.