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[xiphias]

One of the things I like about small children is watching them learn, experiment, and figure out the world.

With older babies, and younger toddlers, they sometimes look like someone playing a text adventure

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>TAKE EGG
You take the plush egg.

>I
You have:
A stuffed lion
A plush egg

>PUSH LION
Nothing happens.

>PULL LION
Nothing happens.

>PUSH LION
Nothing happens.

>USE LION WITH EGG
You can't use those two items together.

>USE EGG WITH LION
You can't use those two items together.

>USE LION WITH EGG
You can't use those two items together.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>EAT EGG
You can't eat that!

>EAT LION
You don't have the lion.

>GET LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>EAT LION
You can't eat that!

Comments

[madcaptenor.livejournal.com]

I don't see why you can't use lion with egg.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Neither do they. So they keep trying it.

[erev-rav.livejournal.com]

based on Lila's afternoon, I'd offer this addendum:

> MAKE LION EAT EGG
The lion lunges forward onto the egg, growling "Nom nom nom" as it attacks. The egg shrieks with glee.

> MAKE EGG EAT LION
The egg lunges forward onto the lion, growling "Nom nom nom" as it attacks. The lion shrieks with glee.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

The egg lunges forward onto the lion, growling "Nom nom nom" as it attacks. The lion shrieks with glee.

I'm glad I'm not in an office, because that made me laugh a LOT :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kent/]

I'm also glad I'm not in an office, but for reasons entirely unrelated to this post.