Check yourself! You need the canary. Use the inventory command to see what you are carrying and then take accordingly.
>east
Kitchen
>east
Behind House
>east
Clearing
There is a pile of leaves on the ground.
>west
Forest
One particularly large tree with some low branches stands here.
>wind canary
The canary chirps, slightly off key, an aria from a forgotten opera. From out of the greenery flies a lovely song bird. It perches on a limb just over your head and opens its beak to sing. As it does so, a beautiful brass bauble drops from its mouth, bounces off the top of your head, and lands glimmering in the grass. As the canary winds down, the song bird flies away.
>take bauble
Taken.
>west
North of House
>west
West of House
There is a small mailbox here.
In the mailbox is a large brochure.
The free brochure contains:
A Don Woods stamp.
Don Woods is an American perennial hacker and computer programmer, probably best known for his role in the development of the Colossal Cave Adventure game.
>read brochure
Taken.
The mailing label on this glossy brochure from MIT Tech reads
Intrepid Adventurer
c/o Local Dungeon Master
White House, GUE
From the Introduction:
The brochure describes, for the edification of the prospective student, the stringent but wide-ranging curriculum of MIT Tech. Required courses are offered in Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. The Humanities are not slighted at this institution, as the student may register for Reeling and Writhing, Mystery (Ancient and Modern), Seaography, and Drawling (which includes Stretching and Fainting in Coils). Advanced students are expected to learn Laughing and Grief.
William Barton Flathead, Founder
(The brochure continues in this vein for a few hundred more pages.)
Affixed loosely to the brochure is a small stamp.
Despite the fact the stamp is visible, you cannot take it without taking the brochure. By default, reading the brochure means you took it, so now you can take the stamp.
>take stamp
Taken.
>look at stamp
+--v----v----v----v----v--+
| _______ |
> One / \ G <
| Lousy / \ U |
> Point | ___ | E <
| | (___) | |
> <--)___(--> P <
| / / \\ o |
> / / \\ s <
| |-|---------|-| t |
> | | \ _ / | | a <
| | | --(_)-- | | g |
> | | /| |\ | | e <
| |-|---|_|---|-| |
> \ \__/_\__/ / <
| _/_______\_ |
> | f.m.i.c. | <
| ------------- |
> <
| Donald Woods, Editor |
> Spelunker Today <
| |
+--^----^----^----^----^--+
Donald "Don" Woods is an American perennial hacker and computer programmer, probably best known for his role in the development of the Colossal Cave Adventure game.
>south South of House
>east
Behind House
>west
Kitchen
>west
Living Room
>put treasures in case
>drop all
>save
Ok.
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