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JE.E5FBF.H.......THE STAGE IS SET....NOW
 LET THE QUEST BE TOLD!... OUR STORY IS 
OF A TIME LONG AGO, AND.A PLACDX.ZHZ~Z.Z
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L BENDS TO THE LEFT.... THE COLD TUNNEL 
WALLS CURVE TO THE.LEFT.... THE DAMP TUN
NEL BENDS TO THE RIGHT.... THE TUNNEL CU
RVES RIGHT.... THE TUNNEL CONTINUES ON S
TRAIGHT.... THE DARK TUNNEL RUNS STRAIGH
T AHEAD.... THE DANK TUNNEL BRANCHES TO 
THE RIGHT.... THE TUNNEL FORKS TO THE RI
GHT.... THE DAMP TUNNEL FORKS TO THE LEF
T.... THE TUNNEL BRANCHES TO THE LEFT...
. LIGHT SHINES IN FROM THE TUNNEL.ENTRAN
CE.... A FLIGHT OF STAIRS LEAD UPWARD. A
 DARK.TUNNEL PASSAGE STRETCHES TO THE W.
... THE TUNNEL ENDS ABRUBTLY. THE WALL I
S.SMOOTH, OBVIOUSLY FABRICATED.... THE T
UNNEL MAKES A SHARP TURN TO THE.RIGHT...
. THE DARK TUNNEL BENDS SHARPLY TO THE.R
IGHT.... THE DARK TUNNEL MAKES A SHARP T
URN TO.THE LEFT.... THE TUNNEL BENDS SHA
RPLY TO THE LEFT.... A CAVE-IN BLOCKS TH
E TUNNEL PASSAGE.... YOU ARE AT THE TOP 
OF A STEEP CLIFF.OVERLOOKING AN ENDLESS 
DESERT. A LARGE.TREE GROWS JUST AT THE E
DGE OF THE.CLIFF.... GORN POINTS AT A CA
VE ABOUT HALFWAY.UP THE SHE.. CLIFF FACE
.... YOU ARE STANDING ON A LEDGE HALFWAY
 UP.A CLIFF. THERE ARE STRANGE CLAW MARK
S.ON THE LEDGE LEADING FROM A CAVE.... A
N ENDLESS DESERT STRETCHES AROUND YOU.TO
 THE E, A VERTICAL CLIFF RISES.SKYWARD..
.. A TOWERING CLIFF BLOCKS PASSAGE TO TH
E.E.... YOU ARE AT THE FOOT OF AN UNCLIM
BABLE.CLIFF.... WATER! A SPRING OF LIFE 
AMIDST THIS.INTERMINABLE HELL!... THE SH
IMMERING DESERT EXTENDS FOREVER.IN ALL D
IRECTIONS.... THE BLISTERING SUN BOILS T
HE SAND.BENEATH YOUR FEET.... THE HEAT I
S ALMOST UNBEARABLE WITH THE.SUN BEATING
 DOWN FROM ABOVE AND THE.SAND REFLECTING
 UPWARDS.... THE INTENSE SUNLIGHT REFLEC
TING FROM.THE SAND IS NEARLY BLINDING...
. THE DESERT SANDS STRETCHES ENDLESSLY.I
N ALL DIRECTIONS.... THE ENDLESS DESERT 
CONTINUES FOREVER.... THE DESERT STRETCH
ES ALL ABOUT YOU AS.FAR AS YOU CAN SEE..
.. THE CLAW MARKS EXTEND FURTHER ON INTO
.THE CAVE.... SOME TRINKETS LIE SCATTERE
D ABOUT.... THE DIRT ROAD IS PASSING THR
OUGH SOME.HILLY TERRAIN. A SMALL MOUNTAI
N RANGE.CAN BE SEEN TO THE SOUTHWEST....
 THE ROAD CURVES TO THE S AND E..SEVERAL
 MOUNTAINS CAN BE SEEN TO THE.SOUTH.... 
THE DUST ROAD LEADS N AND S. THE.MOUNTAI
NS LOOM HIGH TO THE S.... THE ROAD NARRO
WS INTO A PATH WHICH.ENTERS A DARK CAVE 
AT THE BASE OF SOME.MOUNTAINS.... THE MO
UNTAINS ARE JUST TO THE S. THE.DIRT ROAD
 CONTINUES ON TO THE N.... THE ROAD NARR
OWS INTO A PATH WHICH.ENTERS A DARK CAVE
 AT THE BASE OF SOME.MOUNTAINS. A LARGE 
SPHINX KEEPS YOU.FROM ENTERING THE CAVE.
...<SPHINX> FIRST YOU MUST ANSWER ME THI
S:. BLUE AS THE SKY.ON A SUMMER DAY,. FR
ESH AS A FIELD.OF JUST CUT HAY,.. DEEP A
S THE PITS.BENEATH THE FIRES OF HELL,. C
LEAR AS A NOTE.FROM A PURE SILVER BELL,.
 STILL AS A GRAVEYARD..ON A COLD WINTER 
NIGHT,. RUTHLESS AS A HAWK.IN ITS DEATH 
DEALING FLIGHT,. AS PEACEFUL AS A RIVER.
THAT FLOWS GENTLY BY,.. THE QUESTION TO 
ANSWER IS."WHAT AM I?.... CORRECT. YOU M
AY PASS..... WRONG. YOU MAY NOT ENTER...
.<DRAGON> RAWALLFGSHNAUGHZROLWILF!...<LI
SA> I KNOW DRAGONESE. I'LL TRANSLATE.FOR
 YOU:... ACCORDING TO YOUR RECENTLY ACQU
IRED.KNOWLEDGE OF DRAGONESE, YOU TRANSLA
TE.THUSLY:...<DRAGON> DO NAUGHT TO DEEPE
N MY SORROW,.FOOLISH MORTALS....<DRAGON>
 I BEAR THEE OR THIS KINGDOM NO.GRUDGE. 
THIS LAND WAS MY HOME LONG.BEFORE THE EX
ISTANCE OF BALEMA. MY.SORROW IS FOR MY C
UB THAT HAS BEEN.SEPARATED FROM ME. FIND
 MY CUB AND I..WILL LEAVE THIS KINGDOM I
N PEACE ONCE.AGAIN.. GORN WHISPERS TO YO
U, "LET'S LEAVE.THIS PLACE BEFORE THE ST
ENCH OF THIS.DRAGON OVERWHELMS YOU AND I
 BOTH!"..... IMMEDIATELY UPON ENTERING T
HE DRAGON'S.LAIR THE MOTHER DRAGON DETEC
TS THAT YOU.HAVE ITS CUB, ALIVE AND WELL
. THE CUB.STRUGGLES AWAZ FRO..V.........
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.....Z.Y.Z.....Z.../-?/.-../.-.|<./.-.,
?/=-. |..,=./L/.,.../....../../.<-|?/,*
|....,L./.L.,.O#.,?/O...../|..,=.|?.-.
./.,=/....../=.=...?&UP, PLACES.THEM 
FIRMLY ON HER BACK, AND FLIES EAST..TOWA
RDS THE CASTLE.... THE DRAGON'S LAIR! AN
 ENORMOUS DRAGON.IS LYING IN THE MIDDLE 
OF A SMALL.CAVERN, ADMIST HEAPS OF GOLD,
 JEWELS,.AND ASSORTED OTHER WEALTH.. THE
 DRAGON SLOWLY TURNS ITS MASSIVE..HEAD U
NTIL ITS GREEN SLITTED EYES COME.TO REST
 UPON YOU.... A YOUNG DRAGON IS ASLEEP O
N THE FLOOR.... THE DRAGON BELLOWS DEAFE
NINGLY, REARS.UP ONTO ITS HAUNCHES, SPRE
ADS ITS.GREAT WO.............U..........
.......................................
............ISTURBING ME WITH EMPTY HAND
S!.......
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