text: [Themes: Science Fiction, Historical, prehistory, horse, language]
  
  > describe your surroundings
  This path marks the beginnings of a descent down into the local canyon,
  to the northeast. To the west is a small ragged cliff, small enough
  here to scale, but which becomes a more imposing wall as you continue
  your descent into the canyon. A small stream, beginning to show life
  again after the worst of the summer heat, follows its rocky bed here,
  as it continues down into the canyon.
  
  You can see Horse here.
  
  > lean forward
  You lean forward, towards Horse's neck.
  
  Suddenly, Horse leaps over a ridge, and starts down a hill.
  
  The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip.
  
  > pull Mane
  You straighten up again.
  
  Horse gains speed as he continues down the hill.
  
  You're faltering badly, and are having trouble righting yourself.
  
  You'll need to be more specific. Do you want to pull it back? To the
  right or left?
  
  Horse has almost reached the bottom of the hill.
  
  You can't seem to get your balance!
  
  > pull Mane back
  You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow
  perceptibly.
  
  With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill,
  causing you to be thrown forward before Horse begins running again with
  renewed vigor.
  
  You are now completely unsettled. Sliding off around Horse's neck, you
  narrowly avoid being trodden upon as you fall forward and Horse runs
  over you.
  Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You
  pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village.
  
  This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several
  small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting
  area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The
  ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to
  the north.
  
  The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area.
  
  Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others.
  
  Opinion in the crowd seems to be towards staying, but no-one seems to
  know how that could happen.
  
  > lean forward
  You lean forward, towards Horse's neck.
  
  With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill,
  throwing you forward over his neck!
  Sliding off around Horse's neck, you narrowly avoid being trodden upon
  as you fall forward and Horse runs over you.
  Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You
  pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village.
  
  This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several
  small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting
  area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The
  ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to
  the north.
  
  The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area.
  
  Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others.
  
  > lean right
  You lean over to the right.
  
  With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill,
  causing you to be thrown forward before Horse begins running again with
  renewed vigor.
  
  You are now completely unsettled. Rolling off to the right, your
  fingers tear from Mane as you fall.
  
  Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You
  pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village.
  
  This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several
  small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting
  area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The
  ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to
  the north.
  
  The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area.
  
  Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others.
  
  > pull Mane back
  You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow
  perceptibly.
  
  With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill,
  causing you to be thrown forward before Horse begins running again with
  renewed vigor.
  
  You are now completely unsettled. Sliding off around Horse's neck, you
  narrowly avoid being trodden upon as you fall forward and Horse runs
  over you.
  Horse whinnies with delight, and disappears across the countryside. You
  pick yourself up, and make your way back to the Village.
  
  This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several
  small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting
  area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The
  ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to
  the north.
  
  The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area.
  
  Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others.
  
  > Go west
  This room is akin to the room below. There is a staircase going down,
  and another door going east.
  
  The simple door is open. Through it, you see a small group of huts,
  clustered on an open mesa.
  
  You see etchings on the wall here, pictures of a village near a canyon
  with a herd of horses, which cover the walls on one half of the room.
  
  > Go east
  This is the small Village you seem to lead. It consists of several
  small huts, plus a larger one with no walls the People use as a meeting
  area. The People are there now, in fact, arguing over something. The
  ground slopes down to the north, and a path leads along a ridge to the northwest. A small stream collects here, and follows the slope down to
  the north.
  
  The People are debating loudly amongst themselves in the meeting area.
  
  Your own hut is just to the west, slightly larger than the others.
  
  > Go south
  You wander that direction for a bit, find nothing, and eventually
  wander back.
  
  One little boy starts to cry, but his mother comforts him.
  
  > Go east
  You wander that direction for a bit, find nothing, and eventually
  wander back.
  
  > ask People for the rope
  The People give you about ten differing opinions, all of them
  singularly unhelpful.
  
  > Go northwest
  east, as it wends its way amongst the scrub. Your Village is back to
  the southeast.
  
  > squeeze legs
  Keep your hands to yourself.
  
  > pull Mane back
  If you're not holding on to Mane, how do you expect to pull it?
  
  Again, Horse turns, and you are almost thrown off!
  
  You're faltering badly, and are having trouble righting yourself.
  
  > pull Mane back
  You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow
  perceptibly.
  
  Suddenly, Horse leaps over a ridge, and starts down a hill.
  
  The ride is unsettling you, and you feel yourself start to slip.
  
  > lean back
  You lean backwards, your arm stretching to keep a hold of Horse's Mane.
  
  Horse gains speed as he continues down the hill.
  
  You manage to steady yourself a bit.
  
  > pull Mane back
  You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow
  perceptibly.
  
  Horse has almost reached the bottom of the hill.
  
  > lean back
  You're already leaning as far back as you can.
  
  With a force that jars you, Horse lands at the base of the hill,
  jarring you forward on your seat again, but you manage otherwise to
  keep your balance.
  
  > pull Mane back
  You pull back on Mane. Unfortunately, Horse doesn't seem to slow
  perceptibly.
  
  Ahead of you, you see something large and black.
  
  > look at the black
  Which do you mean, the boulder or the Mane?
  
  > pull left
  What do you want to pull to the left?
  
  > Mane
  You pull Mane to the left.
  
  As you get nearer, the object resolves itself into a large boulder.
  Horse is heading straight towards it!
  
  As the boulder approaches, you think Horse might be heading to the left
  of it, due to your pulling.
  
  > Lean left
  You lean over to the left.
  
  The boulder looms immanently. Horse still hasn't committed himself to
  go one way or the other!
  
  As the boulder approaches, you think Horse might be heading to the left
  of it, due to your pulling.
  
  > examine the boulder
  It's a huge boulder, straight ahead of Horse. There's no way Horse
  could go over it, but there is yet no indication as to which direction
  Horse might choose.
  
  Pulling desperately to the left, you force Horse to follow your lead,
  going left around the boulder.