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NPC 066:
Sherry, the Intelligent Mouse[+bye +job +name]
You see a very large mouse with an air of superior intelligence.
"Avatar!" she exclaims. "I cannot believe thou art here, Avatar!"
"Hello, Avatar!" Sherry the Mouse exclaims.
name{
"Why, dost thou not remember Sherry, Avatar?"
}[-name]
job{
"I am trying to keep up with these children! We are playing tag through the castle! I must run! Talk to me later in the nursery!"*
"I mainly assist Nanna in the Royal Nursery during the day. I watch the children alone in the evenings while Nanna has dinner and goes to her Fellowship meeting. Other times I run around the castle looking for mouse food!"
}[+mouse food +castle +Royal Nursery]
Royal Nursery{
"The children are so much fun. I like to read them their favorite story. It happens to be Lord British's favorite children's story, too! He read it to me oh, those many years ago."
}[-Royal Nursery +story +children]
children{
"If thou hast not had the chance yet, do look around and meet them. They are most wonderful and amusing."
}[-children]
castle{
"It is much the same as it was when thou wert last here. There has been a bit of remodeling. After all, it has been 200 years since thou wert last here! I believe Lord British has a storeroom with quite a bit of equipment inside."
}[-castle]
mouse food{
"Well, cheese is my favorite. If thou dost ever have cheese to give away, I will gladly eat it. But I will generally eat most anything. Dost thou have any cheese for me?"
yes{
"Want to give me some?"
yes{
"Thank thee, Avatar!"
"I am unable to take thy cheese at the moment, Avatar."
}else{
"Well! I thought thou wert my friend!"
}
"But thou hast not got any cheese!"
}else{
"Too bad! If thou dost find any, please keep me in mind!"
}
}[-mouse food]
story{
"Dost thou want to hear the story? It is called 'Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure'."
yes{
Sherry stands on her hind legs, takes a deep breath, and then recites -- from memory -- very, very fast:
}else{
"Some other time, then!"
}
}[-story]
bye{
"Farewell, Avatar!"END
}//Tag! Thou art it! ... Cannot catch me! ... Nyah nyah! Thou art it! ... Catch me if thou can!//