The Pumpkin Contest By Alex Weldon For Z-code interpreters Solution by Garry Francis ---------------------------------------- This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this solution to make sense. Molly arrives after 6 moves. You can't leave your table until then. Molly tells you that your arch nemesis, Milton, has a better pumpkin. Oh, no! You need to swap pumpkins, but yours is too delicate to move and Milton won't let you near his table. You need to swap the pumpkins without actually swapping the pumpkins, but how? And you'll need to distract Milton, but how? Molly holds the key. You need to ask her about Milton, but she can't understand you while wearing the plastic fangs. X TABLE (note the sign) GET SIGN REMOVE FANGS (now you can talk clearly) REMOVE CAPE (saves doing it later and kills time while waiting for Molly) Z Z (Molly arrives) ASK MOLLY ABOUT MILTON (his weakness is mathematics) E (you can move now that Molly has arrived) ASK MILTON ABOUT MATHEMATICS (he blathers on and leaves the table) PUT CAPE ON MILTON (he's temporarily blinded) PUT SIGN ON TABLE (you swap signs) W (back to your table) PUT SIGN ON TABLE (Milton's pumpkin is the winner, but it has your table number on it, so you win) ***THE END***