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Section of the Well

The old well is a not enterable, not portable supporter. It is in the Overgrown Meadow. The description of the old well is "The old well is in an overgrown meadow beside the tennis court, behind a clump of trees, almost hidden in the grass. The only thing you can see of it is a low brick circle[if the boards are on the well] which is covered by wooden boards, so nobody can ever fall in. But there is a knothole in one of the boards, and if you look through it, you can see that it will take you forty seconds to hear the 'Splash!' So, be careful...[otherwise].[end if]".

Instead of examining the well:

if the boards are on the well:

display figure of the boarded well;

otherwise if the tablecloth is on the well:

if the key is on the tablecloth:

display figure of the tableclothed keyed well;

otherwise:

display figure of the tableclothed well;

otherwise:

display figure of the open well;

continue the action.

Instead of examining the tablecloth when the tablecloth is on the well:

try examining the well.

Instead of examining the black key when the tablecloth is on the well and the black key is on the tablecloth:

try examining the well.

Some boards are a portable supporter. They are on the well. Understand "board" as the boards.

The size of the boards is 2.

The carrying capacity of the boards is 1.

Instead of examining the boards:

if the boards are on the well:

display figure of the boarded well;

otherwise:

display figure of the boards;

continue the action.

Instead of going somewhere when the player is enclosing the boards:

say "These boards are so heavy, you don't want to carry them around with you."

Instead of putting something on the well:

if the boards are on the well:

try putting the noun on the boards;

otherwise if the tablecloth is on the well:

try putting the noun on the tablecloth;

otherwise if the noun is the tablecloth:

continue the action;

otherwise if the noun is the boards:

continue the action;

otherwise:

if the noun is the broom and the player has carried the key:

test the well with the noun;

otherwise if the noun is the slippers or the noun is the red apple or the noun is the green apple or the noun is the mouse or the noun is the blue dressing-gown or the noun is the vase or the noun is the nettles or the noun is the boards:

test the well with the noun;

otherwise:

say "You don't want to put that there. It would fall down."

To test the well with (x - a thing):

say "You watch [the x] fall down and disappear... it takes exactly 40 seconds until you hear a very faint splash.";

remove x from play.

Instead of putting something on the well when some boards are on the well:

try putting the noun on the boards.

Instead of putting something on the well when the tablecloth is on the well:

try putting the noun on the tablecloth.

Instead of inserting something into the well:

try putting the noun on the well.