Key & Compass presents:
The one about the chicken, the lion and the monkey?
by Sam Barlow

• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Endings, Inventory
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
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Walkthrough

This side

> x me. i. x cash. w. e.

> x shop. x costumes.

> x pavement. x gutter. x drain.

> x slab. take slab. (no, it's not loose.)

> n.

Other side

> x stall. read small print. (Free jewellery offer is only for lions.)

> ask man about jewellery.

> x man. x road. x jewellery.

> n.

Clearing

> sleep. xyzzy. s. s. s.

Fancy dress shop

> x shopkeeper. x monkey. x chicken. x lion.

> buy monkey. buy chicken. buy lion.

> man, remove lion.

> n.

This side

CAUTION: Whichever suit you put in the gutter is lost to you.

> put monkey in gutter. (This blocks the drain, and water starts spilling out the road.)

> z. z. (The water covers the road.)

> z. (A council worker puts up signs to remove the traffic.)

With the traffic stopped, you can now cross the road carrying the costumes.

> n. n.

Clearing

> wear lion. s.

Other side

> take jewellery. i. x shiny earring. s. n.

> read print. n.

Clearing

> remove lion.

> wear chicken. lay egg. s.

Other side

> take jewellery. i. x pretty earring.

> go home. (Your girlfriend is very happy.)

*** You've gone home ***

Extras

Characters

• A stall owner, presented as a mysterious man, operates the jewellery stall on the other side of the road.
• A shopkeeper is in the fancy dress shop. You find him difficult to describe.
• A council worker briefly shows up to put up diversion signs when the road is flooded.
• Numerous drivers of cars, lorries, motorbikes, etc. are implied. Some will curse at you when you're suited up.
• Your girlfriend appears in the conclusion to accept her present.

Endings

You can "go home" at any time and get the You've gone home ending, but the details change whether you have zero, one, or two earrings at the time. You get Full Marks if you have both earrings and you're wearing an animal suit when you go home.

Inventory

• a hefty wad of cash. You're carrying it. You'll need it to buy the three suits. You can't buy any jewellery with it. CAUTION: If you put the cash into the drain, the money is gone forever, and the drain isn't blocked.
• a lion suit, a chicken suit, and a monkey suit. Buy each of these in the shop. There's several difficulties:
• The shopkeeper is the only person who can remove your suit if he puts you into it.
• If you put on a suit by yourself, it will be loose-fitting.
• You cannot cross a busy road either while wearing a loose-fitting suit or carrying a suit.
• If you cross the road to the other side while wearing a suit, and if that animal would get free jewellery, the stall owner will switch the sign to another animal. You'll only catch him off-guard if you enter from the clearing.
• Sacrifice one suit to plug the drain on this side. Carry the other two across the road and change in the clearing. Wear the appropriate suit to get jewellery at the stall,
• a shiny earring. You get this earring first by taking jewellery at Other side while wearing the appropriate suit.
• a pretty earring. You get this earring second by taking jewellery at Other side while wearing the appropriate second suit.

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