The Legend-News

You are sitting in the passenger seat of a 1948 Peterbilt flatbed truck.

> LOOK AROUND

To your left, in the driver's seat, is your partner Earl. He is sleeping.
Behind you, on the bed of the truck, are eight-five crates of chickens,
stacked to a height of 13 feet 9 inches. To your right is a sheer wall
of rock which rises hundreds of feet above your head. Ahead of you is the 
summit of a mountain pass. Your truck is facing southwest, more or less.

> SOUTHWEST

You're not driving the truck.

> TELL EARL TO GO SOUTHWEST

Earl can't hear you; he's sleeping.

> WAKE EARL

Earl snorts and wakes up. He yawns, and stretches his arms and legs.
Earl asks "Do we have any more grape Nehi?"

> GET NEHI

You can't see any Nehi here.

> LOOK CLOSELY

On the dashboard of the truck is a package of toothpicks. Between the
seats is an aluminum cooler which says "Coleman" on the front. An empty
envelope of onion soup mix lies on the floor of the passenger side of
the truck.

> OPEN COOLER

The cooler is open.

> LOOK INSIDE COOLER

You see a couple inches of water in the cooler. Floating in the water
are two bottles of grape Nehi.

> TAKE NEHI. GIVE NEHI TO EARL.

Earl says "Thanks!" and chugs the Nehi.

> SOUTHWEST

You're not driving the truck.

> EARL, DRIVE THE TRUCK

Earl puts down his bottle of Nehi and steps on the accelerator. The
engine booms loudly. The chickens awaken and begin to cluck. You are 
moving southwest towards the summit of the mountain pass.

> SOUTHWEST

Earl continues to drive towards the summit.

> SOUTHWEST

Earl continues to drive towards the summit.

HINT: Type A and then press return to repeat the previous action.

> A

Earl reaches the summit of the pass. He lights up the remaining half of 
a cigar and takes a puff. Looking out at the scenery, he says "My, ain't 
this purdy up here." You notice a warning sign that says "7%".

> A

Earl crests the summit and begins driving downhill. The truck begins to
pick up speed. You are zooming past a line of telephone poles.

> EARL, SLOW DOWN

Earl downshifts into sixth gear. The truck continues to accelerate. The
telephone poles zoom past you at a faster rate.

> A

Earl shifts into fifth gear, but the shift knob detaches from the shift 
lever. The truck continues to accelerate. The telephone poles are just a 
blur.

> EARL, SCREW ON THE KNOB

Earl attempts to thread the knob back onto the lever. The ash of his
cigar falls off into the cuff of his pants. A small fire starts, but
Earl slaps his pants and extinguishes it.

> EARL, SLOW DOWN

Earl doesn't hear you. He is staring fearfully at the road ahead, his
hands frozen to the steering wheel.

> PRESS THE BRAKE

You're not driving the truck!

> EARL, PRESS THE BRAKE

Earl stomps on the brake pedal as hard as he can, but the pedal goes
all the way to the floor and stays there. Earl says, "It's sorta like
steppin' on a plum."

You see a hairpin turn ahead. The road turns to the left.

> EARL, TURN LEFT.

You see a another hairpin turn ahead. The road turns to the right.

> EARL, TURN RIGHT

You see a tunnel ahead. A sign warns you "Clearance 12 feet 0 inches".

> EARL, SLOW DOWN

Aren't you forgetting something?

> AM I?

Yes.

> WHAT?

The chickens are stacked too high for you to travel through the tunnel.

> EARL, STOP

You don't have any brakes, remember? The truck enters the tunnel. The top
row of chickens is knocked off.

> EARL, SLOW DOWN

Earl tries, but he can't. The truck continues down the mountain and
around the switchbacks and hairpin turns.

> PRAY

Good idea. You need all the help that you can get. You are entering a town.

> EARL, SLOW DOWN

Earl can't slow down. The truck enters the town, and smashes into the 
side of the feed store.

*** YOU HAVE DIED ***

Do you want to play again (Y/N)?

You are in a maze of twisty little roads; one of them looks like a
can full of worms, another one looks like malaria germs.