OPENING THE PANELS IN THE KITCHEN DINING ROOM (by the north end of the table) >n DINING ROOM (by the china cabinet) You see Agador-Spartacus in the dining room by the west end of the table. He's wagging his tail. >n KITCHEN On the east wall is an archway containing a stone door. Next to the stone door is an electrical outlet, and next to the outlet is a large Black Box. You also see a long shelf running along the east wall. Along the north wall you see two bowls on the floor. A small video screen is in the center of the north wall. On the west wall is the kitchen sink. When facing the sink, you see a door labeled "PANTRY" to the left of the sink and a door labeled "LAUNDRY ROOM" to the right of the sink. On the south wall is a doorway leading to the dining room. A model train is stopped at the platform above the Black Box. >x black box The Black Box is a perfectly smooth black cube that stands about as high as your shoulders. The Black Box is topped with a large lid, currently closed. On the lid you see some writing etched in silvery letters. On the front of the Black Box you see a report card being held on by some refrigerator magnets. >read report card The report card is from the Good Doggy Training Academy. It lists the following grades: SIT B STAY B- BEG C LIE DOWN C- HEEL B+ TRACK A- >x stone door The stone door under the archway looks large and heavy. It's currently closed and you don't see any way to open it. There are some mysterious scratches carved into the top of the stone door. You suspect that the mysterious scratches might be some sort of writing, but you are unable to read them. If you were feeling more imaginative you might think that the scratches could mean something interesting (like "Maori Do It Counterclockwise"). But right now your best guess is that the scratches translate as "Back Door". >s DINING ROOM (by the china cabinet) You see Agador-Spartacus in the dining room by the west end of the table. He's wagging his tail. >sw DINING ROOM (by the west end of the table) On the west end of the table you see a plate, a fork, a knife, a spoon, and a glass. Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail affably. >show feather to dog You show the yellow feather to Agador-Spartacus. Agador- Spartacus approaches the yellow feather and smells it. Then he puts his nose to the ground and begins to sniff about, trying to pick up a similar scent. Agador-Spartacus sniffs his way across the floor and then leaves the dining room by the west end of the table going west, headed for the front half of the living room. You see Agador-Spartacus in the front half of the living room. He's sniffing. >w You go through the strands of beads. LIVING ROOM (front half) You see three empty boxes and three cans of spam here. Agador-Spartacus sniffs his way across the floor and then leaves the front half of the living room going west, headed for the hallway. You see Agador-Spartacus in the hallway. He's sniffing. >w HALLWAY A cuckoo pops out of the clock and lets out a loud "cuckoo" sound. It then disappears from sight into the clock. Agador-Spartacus sniffs his way across the floor and then leaves the hallway going south, headed for the bedroom. >x clock The cuckoo clock hands show the time as 9:00. The cuckoo clock pendulum is swinging back and forth. >s BEDROOM You see a red rubber ball here. Agador-Spartacus looks up at the ceiling. >look up Stuck into the ceiling above the bed you see a yellow dart, a red dart, and a green dart. Agador-Spartacus is sitting here. >say "stay" to dog You say "stay" to Agador-Spartacus. Agador-Spartacus stays. >stand on bed You're now standing on the bed. Agador-Spartacus is sitting here. >take yellow dart Your fingers can almost brush the end of the dart, but you still can't reach it. Agador-Spartacus is sitting here. >jump You jump. You grab the yellow dart. Agador-Spartacus is sitting here. >jump You jump. You grab the red dart. However, as you land back down on the bed, it collapses to the floor with a loud booming crash. The bed is now broken! You find yourself lying on the bed. Agador-Spartacus stands up. He sniffs at the bottom of bed and looks at you in confusion. What did you do to the place under the bed? It's gone! >undo (Undoing one command) BEDROOM, standing on the bed The bedroom is almost entirely filled by a very large bed, which is oriented with its head on the south wall. A dresser also stands on the south wall just to the right of the bed. The bottom drawer of the dresser is open. To the west is a closet door that is currently closed. There is a dartboard on the closet door. A shelf runs along the east, south, and west walls. The bedroom door is to the north, leading to the hallway. You see a red rubber ball here. >get off bed You're no longer on the bed. Agador-Spartacus is sitting here. >look under bed You find something under the bed, so you reach out and take it. It's a white sock! There seem to be some other things under the bed, but they are considerably beyond your reach and too far towards the center for you to see anything except shadows. It occurs to you that fetching anything else from under the bed could be done only by someone who is smaller than you are. Agador-Spartacus stands up. >say "sit" to dog You say "sit" to Agador-Spartacus. Agador-Spartacus sits. >show white sock to dog You show the white sock to Agador-Spartacus. Agador-Spartacus stands up. He approaches the white sock and smells it. Then he puts his nose to the ground and begins to sniff about, trying to pick up a similar scent. Agador-Spartacus sniffs across the floor and then dives under the bed, disappearing from sight. A little while later he emerges with a blue sock in his mouth. He drops it at your feet and sits down. >take blue sock You take the blue sock. Agador-Spartacus is sitting here. >show blue sock to dog You show the blue sock to Agador-Spartacus. Agador-Spartacus stands up. He approaches the blue sock and smells it. Then he puts his nose to the ground and begins to sniff about, trying to pick up a similar scent. Agador-Spartacus sniffs across the floor and then dives under the bed, disappearing from sight. A little while later he emerges with a long black sock in his mouth. He drops it at your feet and sits down. >take long black sock You take the long black sock. Agador-Spartacus is sitting here. >show long black sock to dog You show the long black sock to Agador-Spartacus. Agador- Spartacus stands up. He approaches the long black sock and smells it. Then he puts his nose to the ground and begins to sniff about, trying to pick up a similar scent. Agador-Spartacus sniffs his way across the floor and then leaves the bedroom going north, headed for the hallway. You see Agador-Spartacus in the hallway. He's sniffing. >n HALLWAY Agador-Spartacus sniffs his way across the floor and then leaves the hallway going east, headed for the front half of the living room. You see Agador-Spartacus in the front half of the living room. He's sniffing. >e LIVING ROOM (front half) You see three empty boxes and three cans of spam here. Agador-Spartacus sniffs his way across the floor and then leaves the front half of the living room going north, headed for the back half of the living room. >n LIVING ROOM (back half) On the music stand you see some sheet music. You see two empty boxes and two cans of spam here. Agador-Spartacus is pointing behind the bookcases. >look behind bookcases There seem to be some things behind the bookcases, they are too far away from the edges for you to reach them or to see anything except shadows. You can't help wondering how anything could have possibly gotten so far back into such a narrow space. Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail affably. >s LIVING ROOM (front half) You see three empty boxes and three cans of spam here. You see Agador-Spartacus in the back half of the living room. He's wagging his tail. >e You go through the strands of beads. DINING ROOM (by the west end of the table) On the west end of the table you see a plate, a fork, a knife, a spoon, and a glass. >ne DINING ROOM (by the china cabinet) >n KITCHEN The train is stopped at the platform above the Black Box. Agador-Spartacus crawls out from under the kitchen sink. The sink cabinet doors swing shut. Agador-Spartacus stands before you, wagging his tail affably. >x sink The kitchen sink has two basins and one faucet. The faucet can be pushed left or right. The faucet is currently turned off and positioned over the left basin. There's no water in the right basin. There's no water in the left basin. On the back of the sink you see a sink stopper. Under the sink you see the sink cabinet with two wooden doors. Agador-Spartacus walks over to the small lever and pushes it down with his paw. Water pours out of the round spout into the white pet bowl below it and the small lever pops back up. You hear vigorous lapping sounds as Agador-Spartacus drinks the water. He stands before you, wagging his tail affably. >take sink stopper You take the sink stopper off of the kitchen sink. Agador-Spartacus pushes the sink cabinet doors open with his nose and crawls under the kitchen sink. The sink doors swing shut. >put stopper in left drain The sink stopper is now in the left drain. >turn on faucet The faucet is now turned on. Water starts flowing into the left basin. You notice some activity in the kitchen sink. Water from the faucet is pouring into the left basin. A sink stopper is in the left drain. The level of the standing water in the left basin is almost one-third full and rising. >turn off faucet The faucet is now turned off. The water stops flowing. >take stopper You take the sink stopper out of the left drain. You notice some activity in the kitchen sink. The water in the left basin is draining away. The left basin is almost empty. You find the clockwise swirling of water down the drain to be almost hypnotic. The left drain gurgles as the last of the standing water there swirls down the drain. At the instant that you hear the gurgling of the drain the pantry door slides open, disappearing into the wall.