THERE'S A HOLE IN MY BUCKET (Karen Tyers) E, (in kitchen, see Liza), x sink (see mixer tap which doesn't work because your water has been turned off), x cupboards (see gap), feel gap (too narrow for your fingers), e (in hallway, see plant), x plant (see it is on a stool), move plant and get stool, u (to bedroom), look under pillows (you pick up a book), x book (it's a beginner's guide to water divination), read book (you are now an expert!), x bed (it's on castors), look under bed (you can see a pair of scissors but you can't quite reach them), move bed (you move the bed and pick up the scissors), x scissors (they're sharp but not very strong), d, s (into living room), look behind chairs (see waste paper basket), look in basket (pick up crumpled paper), flatten paper (okay), read paper (it's a letter from the Water Board about your water being cut off due to non-payment of the bill), n, w, s (into pantry), x shelves, search shelves (see tea caddy on top shelf), get caddy (too high to reach, search shelves (you find a tin), x tin (no lid and it's empty), search shelves (you find a loaf), x loaf (slightly stale), drop stool, stand on stool (can't), x stool (one leg is shorter than the other two), fold paper (you make a wedge), wedge leg, climb stool (standing on stool), x caddy, open caddy, search caddy (you find a key). Don't empty the caddy to find the tea or the key will fall down to the floor into a gap in the floorboards…. d, (stool breaks), n, w, back to farmyard, nw into small barn, search barn (see sacks), x sacks (see corn), get corn (in tin), move sacks (get spade), se, w, feed chickens (with corn), w (into coop), feel hay (find pitchfork), e, e, (back to farmyard), n into large barn, sr barn (see hayloft but no obvious way up yet), s back to farmyard, ne (to SWMBO's vegetable garden), dig (find dry whetstone), x shed (door is padlocked), unlock padlock (with key from caddy), n (into shed), look under bench (find container of pigswill), get swill (in tin if empty), look under bench again (find ladder), x ladder (extending ladder not in brilliant condition), look under bench for a third time and locate your bucket, x bucket (yes it HAS a hole in it!), search tools (find your axe), x axe (it's blunt), s, sw (back to farmyard), s, (to duckpond), x ducks (learn that they are miserable since the pond is empty), open gate, w into pigpen (see Blossom), w (can't get into sty as Blossom is standing in your way), you can't just feed Blossom (try it and see!) so LAY TRAIL OF SWILL, sr straw (find twig), x twig (it looks like a divining rod), e, e, e, n (to front garden), x gate (tied shut with rope), untie rope (coil of rope gets moved to inventory), s (to dirt path), use rod (it twitches and points downward), dig, (see water bubbling up), dig trench west (brilliant, fills duckpond with water), x ducks (now swimming happily in water), n, n to big barn, extend ladder, lean ladder (reaches hayloft), drop all, get rope, u (in hayloft but ladder breaks so no way down), x bales (see smaller bale to one side), x beams, tie rope to beam (you can now get up and down via the rope), d, n, get pitchfork, s, u, get smaller bale (using the pitchfork you toss the smaller bale through the side opening down into the farmyard, but the pitchfork breaks so you chuck it away), d (into farmyard), n, get twig, s, e (into kitchen), insert twig in gap between cupboards (find knife), w, x bale (tightly tied with twine), cut twine with knife (it cuts the twine but knife breaks so you throw it away), get straw, x straw (it's too long to fit in bucket), s, wet whetstone (okay), sharpen axe on whetstone, cut straw with axe, x straw, weave straw (you make a square straw mat), cut mat with scissors, put mat in bucket, fill bucket ((can't, ducks are hungry and won't let you), break loaf, feed ducks, fill bucket, n, e (into kitchen), give bucket to Liza, END This will obtain you the full score for the game, but there are several things you could have done for fun….. (did you smell the flowers, or pick some for Liza? for example?) ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com