You are lying on your bed, trying to do your homework and listen to the radio at the same time. Suddenly your telephone rings!

>ANSWER THE PHONE
You pick up the receiver, but you can't hear who's calling because the radio is too loud.

>TURN OFF THE RADIO
That's better! Now you can tell that it's your mother, calling from her office.

>MOTHER, HELLO
"Hello, dear. someone just asked me to go meet a visitor at the airport. Could you please drive here to pick me up?"

>MOTHER, RIDE THE BUS
"That wouldn't get me there on time."

>BORROW A CAR
You can't see any car here.

[It can make a big difference if the program things you're not talking to someone.]

>MOTHER, BORROW A CAR
"I tried that, but I just can't find one. Won't you please do this favor for me?"

>YES
"Thank you dear. I'll do a favor for you soon. Goodbye."

>MOTHER, GOODBYE
If it isn't one thing, it's another - as soon as you hang up the phone, the doorbell rings!

>GO TO THE FRON
(I don't know the word "fron".)

>GO TO THE FRONT
(I assume you mean the front door.)
It's in the front hall. Now you're there too.
(front hall)
The front hall is bare, except for a coat rack and a rug. A door into the living room is on the east side, and the front door is on the south.

>OPEN IT
When you open the front door, your friend Pat steps in and says, "Hi! What's up?"

>MY MOTHER NEEDS A RIDE
(I don't know the word "needs")

[And that sentence doesn't begin with a verb.]

>COME WITH ME TO MY MOTHER'S OFFICE
(Sorry, but I don't understand. Please reword that or try something else.)

[The command looks okay, but the program doesn't recognize that form.]

>COME WITH ME
"Okay, let's go!"

>FIND THE CAR
It's usually parked in the garage.

>GO TO THE GARAGE
Pat goes with you.
(garage)
The garage is just big enough for one car, two bikes, and a bunch of garden tools. There is a car-sized door on the east wall and a people-sized door on the west. The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked here.

>GET IN
(What do you want to get in?)

>CAR
Pat goes with you
(car)
You are now sitting in the driver's seat of the convertible, and Pat is sitting beside you.

>START THE CAR
"Hey," says Pat, "why won't it start? Did you put the key in?"

>FIND THE KEY
You should know where it is-It's your house!

>PAT, WAIT HERE
"Okay." Pat settles into the seat and gets comfortable.

>GO WEST
You can't go that way while you're in the car.

>GET OUT
(out of the car)
(garage)
The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked herre.

>GO WEST

[If you're looking for something, you should probably go one room at a time.]

(kitchen)
The kitchen looks a lot like most kitchens: a stove, a sink, a fridge, shelves, and so on. The last of this morning's coffee is in a pot on the
stove, and the faucet is dripping a little.

>DRINK THE COFFEE THEN FIX THE FAUCET
You don't have time for that.
You don't have time for that.

[Sometimes the computer will seem to act foolish or repeat things. After all, it's only a machine.]

>LOOK AT THE SHELVES
The shelves hold cookbooks, spices, knickknacks, a cookie jar, and so on.

>LOOK IN COOKIE JAR
It's full of cookies.

>TAKE A COOKIE AND A SPICE
cookie: Taken.
spice: Don't be silly!

>FIND THE KEY
It's right here, on the shelf.

>LOOK AT THE SHELVES
The shelves hold cookbooks, spices, knickknacks, a cookie jar and so on. A car key is also visible on the shelf.

[Sometimes you have to try hard to find something in a crowded place.]

>TAKE KEY.WEST.PUT IT IN LOCK
Taken
You can't go that way.

[If one of your commands doesn't work, the program ignores the rest of your input line.]

>E
(garage)
The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked here.

>IN
(car)
You are now sitting in the driver's seat of the convertible, and Pat is sitting beside you.

>INVENTORY
You are holding:
a car key
a cookie

>PUT KEY IN LOCK
Done.

>GIVE THE COOKIE TO PAT
"Hey, thanks!"

>I
You are empty-handed.

[You can use the short word I instead of INVENTORY.]

>START THE CAR
Vr-r-r-rooooooom!

>BACK OUT
(I don't understand the word "back" when you use it that way.)

[The program recognizes the word "back" but not as a verb.]

>GO EAST
Oops! You ran into the closed garage door. It's a good thing you weren't
driving very fast!

>GET OUT
(out of the car)
(garage)
The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked here.

>OPEN DOOR
(Which door do you mean, the car-sized door, or the people-sized door?)

>CAR-SI

[If you want to save time while typing, you can always shorten words to six
letters.]

Okay, it's now wide open.

>IN
(car)
You are now sitting in the driver's seat of the convertible, and Pat is sitting beside you.

>E
The car backs out of the garage and into the street.

[This is the end of the sample transcript. Have a good trip!]