text: > Look around
  The garden is such a nice little patch of green for a novice gardener like yourself. There's even a small fish pond where Wensleydale is splashing around. Flowers are already in full bloom in the flower bed - now without any weeds - and the tomatoes are growing in the vegetable patch. The grass looks a bit dry.
  
  There's also an old garden shed with a yard hydrant installed next to it.
  
  > open the shed
  Let's not make things too hard, eh? Just GO INSIDE.
  
  > go inside
  You go inside the garden shed.
  
  It's a delightful little shed even though it has seen better days. Wear and tear just adds to the charm. The walls have been plastered with newspapers and there are several boxes full of miscellaneous junk.
  
  An orange garden hose is hanging from a holder in the wall.
  
  > take the hose
  On closer inspection it's not newspaper after all but pages torn from books. From Jack Mills pocket books, to be precise.
  
  Taken.
  
  > read the pages
  "The slammer was a depressing mixture of displeasing white and uncaring gray. I walked past the empty cells listening to the steady click-clack of my steps echoing from the walls. In the last cell I found Professor Humphrey..."
  
  No wonder someone wanted to plaster it on the walls.
  
  > examine the junk
  The boxes are full of various junk, some related to gardening and some not. None of them are originally yours, the previous owner left them here for you to take care of.
  
  > Go outside
  This dangerous act would achieve little.
  
  You return to the garden.
  
  The garden is such a nice little patch of green for a novice gardener like yourself. There's even a small fish pond where Wensleydale is splashing around. Flowers are already in full bloom in the flower bed - now without any weeds - and the tomatoes are growing in the vegetable patch. The grass looks a bit dry.
  
  There's also an old garden shed with a yard hydrant installed next to it.
  
  > attach the hose to the hydrant
  With some effort you screw the other end of the hose to the hydrant.
  
  > open valve
  You carefully hose the entire lawn and turn the water off when you're done. In your eyes the grass is already looking much greener!
  
  Well, that was the last chore and everything is now done! Looks like you are better at this than you even imagined!
  
  No, wait, what's that mound right in the middle of the garden? Ugh, it's a molehill. Better hose the bugger out while you're at it before the entire garden gets full of those.
  
  > look at the molehill
  It's a small pile of dirt.
  
  > Hose molehill
  It wouldn't help just to wash the mound away. You need to flood the tunnels.
  
  > put the hose in the molehill
  You tuck the end of the hose inside the mole hill.
  
  > open valve
  You approach the hydrant and see a little cuddly bunny by the shed. "Oh, how delightful!" you exclaim. The bunny scurries away.
  
  You turn the valve and a spray of water from the hose soaks you through. You cut the water quickly. The bunny must've had a taste of the hose.
  
  Bother.
  
  > look at the list
  It's a list of things that are easy to do to get you started:
  
  - Remove weeds from the flower bed (done!)
  - Plant the tomatoes (done!)
  - Put the fish in the pond (done!)
  - Water the lawn (done!)
  
  > look at the molehill
  It's a small pile of dirt. The other end of the hose is tucked inside.
  
  > Go inside
  You go inside the garden shed again.
  
  The shed is in poor shape, but it's your own little shed. The walls have been plastered with pages from books and there are several boxes full of miscellaneous junk.
  
  Now let's see... There, right on top of a box, is a roll of silvery duct tape.
  
  > take tape
  Taken.
  
  > go outside
  You return to the garden.
  
  The garden is a tiny patch of green where Wensleydale is splashing around in the pond and the flowers are in full bloom in the flower bed. The tomato seeds have been planted in the vegetable patch.
  
  The old garden shed has a yard hydrant installed next to it. The garden hose is attached to the hydrant and the other end is tucked inside the molehill.
  
  A lonely crow lands on the vegetable patch. It pecks around the soil for a bit, then two others arrive. They start digging and eating the tomato seeds.
  
  "Hey! Get out of there, you little pests!" you scream but the birds ignore you.
  
  Bother.
  
  > scare crows
  You approach the vegetable patch and the crows fly off. They return right after you've moved two paces away.
  
  > Patch hose
  You roll a few layers of tape arond the leaking spot. It looks like it could hold now.
  
  > open valve
  You turn the valve and water starts to flow underground. You decide to leave it on for a while, just to be sure.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  > pull the hose
  You are unable to.
  
  > take the hose
  You're carrying a to-do list.
  
  It should stay until the mole is thoroughly hosed out.
  
  > Wait
  You go inside the garden shed again.
  
  The shed is in poor shape, but it's your own little shed. The walls have been plastered with pages from books and there are several boxes full of miscellaneous junk.
  
  Let's see... Yes, there should be something useful here for this situation.
  
  You can see a coverall and a rake here.
  
  Time passes.
  
  > take all
  coverall: Taken.
  rake: Taken.
  
  > Go outside
  You return to the garden.
  
  The garden is a tiny patch of green where Wensleydale is splashing around in the pond and the flowers are in full bloom in the flower bed. The tomato seeds have been planted in the vegetable patch.
  
  The old garden shed has a yard hydrant installed next to it. The garden hose is attached to the hydrant and the other end is tucked inside the molehill.
  
  Some crows are eating away the tomato seeds you just planted.
  
  What the... The weeds have resurrected themselves and fill the flower bed again!
  
  Goddamnit.
  
  > examine coverall
  It's a smallish dark green coverall. It has seen a lot of use.
  
  > put the coverall on rake
  You put the rake inside the coverall to support it and you have yourself a makeshift scarecrow. Hopefully it works.
  
  > drop the scarecrow
  You stick the scarecrow in the middle of the vegetable patch. The crows fly away and - they aren't returning! Hooray!
  
  The scarecrow is already here.
  
  > take the weeds
  You pull one weed out and sigh. This is never going to work without heavier armament.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You're carrying a to-do list.
  
  > Go inside
  You go inside the garden shed again.
  
  The shed is in poor shape, but it's your own little shed. The walls have been plastered with pages from books and there are several boxes full of miscellaneous junk.
  
  There in the corner is a bright red bottle of herbicide with a skull printed on it. Excellent.
  
  > take the herbicide
  Taken.
  
  > drink the herbicide
  Yes, that would probably be a good way to get rid of unwanted intestines.
  
  > read it
  "Do not consume. Extremely corrosive. Blah blah blah."
  
  > Go outside
  You return to the garden.
  
  The garden is a tiny patch of green where Wensleydale is splashing around in the pond and the flowers are in full bloom in the flower bed. The tomato seeds have been planted in the vegetable patch.
  
  The old garden shed has a yard hydrant installed next to it. The garden hose is attached to the hydrant and the other end is tucked inside the molehill.
  
  You hear Wensleydale splash about in the pond.
  
  > pour herbicide on the weed
  (the weeds)
  You pop the cap from the weedkiller that greets you with a gust of poisonous fumes. "Ha! Ha! HA! HAHA! HA!" you scream as you pour the stuff on those demonic parasites. Let's see them come back to life now!
  
  The weeds die spectacularly, whithering as soon as the herbicide hits them. War is not without casualities, as you soon find out - the flowers can't take the heat and they turn into shriveled mounds of organic mass.
  
  You look at the flower bed and muse your Pyrrhic victory.
  
  > examine the flowers
  The flowers are petunias and poppies, you guess.
  
  Wensleydale splashes the water again, a bit louder this time.
  
  > examine the pond
  Hngaah! It's not Wensleydale that's splashing but the neighbour's cat who's trying to catch him! Shoo, cat, shoo!
  
  F%#?!
  
  > take the cat
  "Here, pus pus pus..."
  
  You approach the cat, trying to grab it to carry it away from the pond. She sees you approaching, hisses, and makes a daring leap towards you.
  
  She lands straight on your face and takes hold with all four legs. The beast drives its claws in the neck and the back of your head. "Mmmph hmmh mph!" you swear.
  
  > throw cat
  You would, but mouse-breath is still facehugging you.
  
  > hit the cat
  You wave your arms in the general direction of your face (where the cat is), but it just makes the furry assailant to grab a tighter hold.
  
  > take the cat
  Technically, you already have her.
  
  > go inside
  How? The feline abdomination has blindfolded you with her own furry body.
  
  > Kiss cat
  "NO!" the cat yells and claws at your right ear. (It might've also been "meow".)
  
  > jump
  "Meow," the cat says as you struggle to get free.
  
  > jump
  "Mhbh!" you exclaim when your attempts are buggered by the blinding grasp of the beast.
  
  > jump
  You stumble and nearly lose balance when the cat scratches you again.
  
  > jump
  "NO!" the cat yells and claws at your left ear. (It might've also been "meow".)
  
  > pull the cat
  You take a good grip of the little bastard and yank her out of your face. Her final loot is a bunch of hair and a good amount of freshly scraped skin. The cat jumps on the ground and runs off.
  
  You glance at the vegetable patch where the crows are back, with a couple of friends of theirs. It looks as if a some  of them are actually laughing at the scarecrow. Laughing. At the scarecrow. Laughing.
  
  You don't say anything. Your left eye twitches.
  
  > go inside
  You go inside the garden shed again.
  
  The dark and rotting shed is just about as awful as you can imagine. The walls have been plastered with pages from books and there are several boxes full of miscellaneous junk.
  
  There has to be something here yet that will save the day! Has to be something!
  
  > search the junk
  You rummage through the boxes, trying to find some magic tool that will make all go better. There is nothing there.