BULBO AND THE BLUE DRAGON A micro adventure by John Wilson / Pension Productions Solution by Gareth Pitchford ** On a path ** EXAMINE DRAGON (Blue and large!), EXAMINE PATH (Blocked by the dragon), TALK DRAGON (Not even Bulbo is that daft), ATTACK DRAGON (No sword!), INVENTORY (nothing), WORN (boots, shirt, leggings), EXAMINE BOOTS, EXAMINE SHIRT (String vest underneath), EXAMINE LEGGINGS (no pockets or backpack!), NORTH (Fireball! Bulbo hides behind a tree) ** Behind the Tree ** EXAMINE DRAGON (Covered in scales... except for one area), EXAMINE TREE (a yew tree... the undergrowth is dense and bushy), SEARCH TREE (you see a poster), GET POSTER (the poster and knife fall to the ground), EXAMINE POSTER (writing!), READ WRITING ('Beware of the dragon'), GET KNIFE, EXAMINE KNIFE (Blunt!), EXAMINE UNDERGROWTH, SEARCH UNDERGROWTH (twigs, branch, and a stone), GET STONE, EXAMINE STONE (flint... good for sharpening), SHARPEN KNIFE (sharp now), GET BRANCH, EXAMINE BRANCH, CUT STRING (from string vest), GET STRING, MAKE BOW (using branch and string), GET BOW, GET TWIGS, SHOOT DRAGON (the twigs aren't good enough on their own), MAKE ARROWS (Not got everything), LOOK UP (a bird is looking at the ground to the left), LOOK LEFT (Another bird... it heads off south), SOUTH (No way through?), FOLLOW BIRD (Aha...). ** In the Forest ** E, E (footprints), EXAMINE FOOTPRINTS (heading east), E, E (rotting vegetation), N (snail shells!), EXAMINE SHELLS (all empty), SEARCH SHELVES (feather), GET FEATHER, W, S, N (canopy), E (silent), N (sunlight ahead), N (back to yew tree) ** Back Behind the Tree ** MAKE ARROWS (from twig and feather), GET ARROW, EXAMINE DRAGON, SHOOT DRAGON (Dead!), NORTH. ** The End **