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Section of the table and what is on it

The kitchen table is a supporter in the kitchen. The description of the kitchen table is "You eat sometimes alone there. Most of the time you eat there, you eat together."

The kitchen table is not enterable.

Instead of entering the kitchen table:

say "This is not meant for people to climb on. What would your mother say!"

The other description of the kitchen table is "On a china plate on the kitchen table is a spool of black cotton, and a long silver needle, and, beside them, two large black buttons."

The scary utensils are an otherworld item. They are scenery. They are in the kitchen. Understand "china", "plate", "spool", "black/-- cotton", "long/-- silver/-- needle", "buttons" as the scary utensils.

Instead of doing anything with the scary utensils:

say "This scares you. You don't want to think about this too much."

Instead of examining the real table:

if the table encloses the red apple and the table encloses the green apple:

display figure of the full table;

otherwise if the table encloses the red apple:

display figure of the half-full table;

otherwise if the table encloses the green apple:

display figure of the half-full table;

otherwise:

display figure of the empty table;

continue the action.

The tablecloth is a portable supporter on the kitchen table.

The description is "It reminds you of your old picnic blanket."

Understand "blanket" and "cloth" as the tablecloth.

The size of the tablecloth is 2.

[The carrying capacity of the tablecloth is 1.]

Instead of pulling the tablecloth:

try taking the tablecloth.

Instead of taking the tablecloth:

if something is supported by the tablecloth:

say "As if you were performing a trick, you quickly pull at the tablecloth, trying not to upset anything on it...";

repeat with x running through all things supported by the tablecloth:

if the tablecloth is supported by something (called z):

now x is supported by z;

otherwise if the tablecloth is contained by something (called z):

now x is contained by z;

otherwise:

now x is in the location of the tablecloth;

continue the action.

A red apple is an edible thing on the kitchen table. Understand "apples" as the plural of the red apple.

A green apple is an edible thing on the kitchen table. Understand "apples" as the plural of the green apple.

Before eating the red apple:

if the red apple is not carried by the player:

say "(first taking the red apple)";

silently try taking the red apple;

if the player is not holding the noun, stop the action.

Instead of eating the red apple:

say "You like this sort of apple way more than the other.";

now the red apple is nowhere;