text: [Themes: Children's, magic-object, child]
  
  > Go down
  The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been built into the opposite wall.
  
  > get all
  The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf.
  
  You see a small flashlight, a glass, a butter knife, four wigs (one green, one auburn, one blond, and one black), a brush, a musical score, an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, a framed photo, a glass jar (broken), a pamphlet, a bunch of keys, a bamboo stick, a toolbox, and a rake here. The remote control contains an AA battery.
  
  wheelchair: The old wheelchair would be far too awkward to carry. small flashlight: You pick up the small flashlight.
  glass: You pick up the glass.
  butter knife: You pick up the butter knife.
  green wig: You pick up the green wig.
  auburn wig: You pick up the auburn wig.
  blond wig: You pick up the blond wig.
  black wig: You pick up the black wig.
  brush: You pick up the brush.
  musical score: You pick up the musical score.
  ocarina: You pick up the ocarina.
  remote control: You pick up the remote control.
  yellow book: You pick up the yellow book.
  piece of paper: You pick up the piece of paper.
  framed photo: You pick up the framed photo.
  glass jar: You pick up the glass jar.
  pamphlet: You pick up the pamphlet.
  bunch of keys: You pick up the bunch of keys.
  bamboo stick: You pick up the bamboo stick.
  toolbox: You pick up the toolbox.
  rake: You pick up the rake.
  
  > play the okarna
  (play ocarina)
  
  You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The toolbox slams shut.
  
  > play okarina
  (play ocarina)
  
  You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The toolbox shimmers pleasantly for a moment, as if a rainbow of light is passing across it.
  
  > play okarina
  (play ocarina)
  
  You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The small metal box slams shut. The toolbox vibrates for a moment in a dull, heavy way, as if it's becoming darker and more massive.
  
  > play okarina
  (play ocarina)
  
  You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The small metal door and the toolboxboth shimmer pleasantly for a moment, as if a rainbow of light is passing across them.
  
  > look at the wheel
  You push the red button, but nothing happens.
  
  The wheel is mounted vertically on the side of the machine. A thick metal cable loops around it, extending upward through the ceiling.
  
  > Examine box
  Which box do you mean, the small metal door, or the toolbox?
  
  > pull the switch
  (the large red switch)
  The machinery falls silent.
  
  > pull the switch
  (the large red switch)
  A low humming sound starts coming from the machinery.
  
  > feel the machine
  It feels pretty solid.
  
  > use the rake
  I don't recognize the command USE, because it's a bit too vague; please be more specific about what you want to do.
  
  > examine the holes
  Which holes do you mean, the excavations, or the ocarina?
  
  > Excavation
  Holes of various sizes have been dug across the lawn, seemingly at random, as if some demented fortune-seeker were desperately seeking buried treasure. The more prosaic explanation, given the state of the back yard, is that the holes are due to energetic but incompetent gardening efforts.
  
  > Go south
  The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the
  
  > Go south
  room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall.
  
  The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of bread.
  
  There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese.
  
  This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button next to it at waist height.
  
  > go south
  This boxy little room is furnished in a fussy, old-fashioned style. The one modern touch is a wide-screen TV, with a couch facing it. A low coffee table sits in front of the couch, and a fireplace is set in another wall. There's a door to the south, and the open doorway to the hall is on the north.
  
  > Go south
  The front door lies immediately to the north; the front yard is to the south. There's a doorbell button just by the front door.
  
  > go south
  The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree.
  
  > look at the tree
  A few green leaves cling to the crooked branches of the tree, but really it looks more dead than alive. Mrs. Pepper calls it her orange tree -- in fact, one of your more memorable run-ins with her occurred when she accused you of stealing oranges from the tree. But in truth you've never seen an orange growing on the tree. The idea that it's an orange tree is purely a theory, as far as you're concerned.
  
  > throw the rake at the the nutter
  (throw rake at the outer)
  
  The rake falls to the lawn well short of the at the end of the driveway.
  
  > get the rake
  You pick up the rake.
  
  > examine the fence
  The fence is tall, and made of solid vertical boards. Once they were painted white, but by now they're gray and a bit water-stained.
  
  > Go east
  The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard lies to the west.
  
  > go to the west
  (first trying to stand on the trash can)
  You can't stand on the can after removing the lid.
  
  > look at the fence
  The fence to the north is tall and solid. The fence to the west is somewhat lower, allowing you to look over it into the adjoining yard, where a neighbor is at work in her garden.
  
  > get the skateboard with the rake
  By groping with the rake under the porch, you manage to drag your skateboard close enough to get your hands on it -- and then you pick it up. Success!
  
  > examine the skateboard
  The flame decals are starting to peel off, but that's because you've spent so many happy hours zipping around town on your skateboard.