Ducksoup
              A Private Investigator Adventure
                        By C. Evans
      On SynTax disks 681 (PC), 874 (Amiga) and 705 (ST)

        Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (PC Version)

(Start in your garage), EXAMINE CAR, GO CAR (find house key on the
floor), U (hall), UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY (office), EXAMINE SOFA, W
(kitchen), EXAMINE DOG, EXAMINE FRIDGE, OPEN FRIDGE, GET STEAK
(for later), EXAMINE STEAK, OPEN DOOR, U (fire escape - this
triggers the delivery of the pooper scooper), OPEN DOOR (back to
kitchen), E (back to office where a pooper scooper has been
delivered), GET SCOOPER, EXAMINE SCOOPER, W (back to kitchen).

OPEN DOOR, U (now you can go to the roof), SCOOP DOGIE-DOO (using
the pooper scooper into the dumper), GET WHISTLE, WAIT (if
necessary until you hear the bell), D, OPEN DOOR, E (office), OPEN
DOOR (you let Flood in), TALK TO FLOOD (she wants you to find her
yellow rubber ducky), READ NOTE, EXAMINE WHISTLE (keyfinder), BLOW
WHISTLE (you find your car key in the sofa), OPEN DOOR, D
(garage).

ENTER CAR, EXAMINE CAR, OPEN BOX (glovebox - find an unloaded
trap), GET TRAP, EXAMINE TRAP, EXAMINE STEREO (has a knob and
dial), TURN KNOB (on), TURN DIAL (hear commercial), TURN DIAL
(something falls out from under the dashboard), INVENTORY (it was
a sooner card), READ CARD, GO S (store), READ WINDOW (of
supermarket), N (novelty section), GET DUCK, EXAMINE DUCK
(rubber), EXAMINE KID, EXAMINE AUNTIE, GO TO CHECKOUT 2 (Auntie
pushes in front of you), WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (you are called to
checkout 3 - don't go), STAY AT 2 (you exit but leave the duck
behind), READ WINDOW (of supermarket - personal items left in the
store will be discarded), ENTER CAR, GO GARAGE, N (alley), E
(dumpster), EXAMINE DUMPSTER, CLIMB DUMPSTER, EXAMINE GARBAGE, DIG
GARBAGE (find a yellow rubber duck), GET DUCK, EXAMINE DUCK, CLIMB
DUMPSTER, W, S (garage), ENTER CAR, GO COTTAGE, EXAMINE DOOR (no
doorbell), KNOCK DOOR (Flood opens the door), GIVE DUCK TO FLOOD
(it's the wrong one - she asks you to replace a drain cover which
is a road hazard).

ENTER CAR, GO PARK, N (Aggregate Walkway), OPEN GATE (you go
through to Winchester Boulevard), EXAMINE DRAIN, EXAMINE COVER,
PUT COVER ON DRAIN (see a glob where the drain cover was), GET
GLOB, EXAMINE GLOB, OPEN GATE, S (park), ENTER CAR, GO STORE, W
(Blue Willow Animal School), N (waiting room where everyone is
holding a red ticket), EXAMINE POPLOLLY (clerk), ASK POPLOLLY
ABOUT TICKET (he gives you a ticket and some popcorn while you are
waiting), S, E, ENTER CAR, EXAMINE POPCORN (moldy), GO PARK, READ
SIGN (about a duck race at the creek), GO TO CREEK, EXAMINE CREEK,
EXAMINE PEOPLE (screaming at you to hurry up), PUT GLOB ON POPCORN
(you form a very good likeness of a duck), PUT DUCK IN WATER (you
go to the finish line), CHEER FOR YOUR DUCK (you win and are now
the proud owner of the biggest yellow rubber ducky in the world),
GET DUCK, EXAMINE DUCK.(as big as a hot air balloon), GO CREEK, W
(park).

N (Aggregate Walkway), EXAMINE TREE (there's a hole in it),
EXAMINE HOLE, BLOW WHISTLE (you pull a key out of the hole), S
(park), ENTER CAR, GO COTTAGE (Flood meets you and says she wants
Dumplings, not an oversized rubber ducky - you pick up a memo she
drops), READ MEMO (Animal School - appointment anytime), ENTER
CAR, GO STORE, W (Animal School), N (waiting room), GIVE MEMO TO
POPLOLLY (you enter Nedly's office), EXAMINE NEDLY, ASK NEDLY
ABOUT DOG (he gives you a manual and you return to the waiting
room), EXAMINE MANUAL, S, E (store), ENTER CAR, GO GARAGE, U
(hallway), UNLOCK DOOR WITH HOUSE KEY (enter office), EXAMINE DOG,
READ MANUAL, TRAIN DOG, STAY DOG (Pansy stands at your side ready
to go), OPEN DOOR (to hallway - Pansy follows), D (garage).

ENTER CAR, GO PARK, N, OPEN GATE (Winchester Boulevard), OPEN
DRAIN (Pansy retrieves something from the drain and drops it at
your feet), LOOK (it was a mud clump), GET MUD (see a yellow mass
inside the debris), CLOSE DRAIN, OPEN GATE, S (park), ENTER CAR,
GO COTTAGE, KNOCK DOOR (you ask Flood for a bucket of water to
wash the mud off but she doesn't have one), GIVE MUD TO FLOOD (she
enters your car to look for a bucket), ENTER CAR, GO STORE, E
(behind store), OPEN DUMPSTER, CLIMB DUMPSTER (Flood laughs at
you), INVENTORY (a metal bucket is stuck to your foot), REMOVE
BUCKET (it is stuck fast), W, W (Animal School), N (waiting room),
SAY LOLLYPOP (he removes the bucket), GET BUCKET, EXAMINE BUCKET
(empty), S, E.

ENTER CAR, GO PARK, GO CREEK, FILL BUCKET (with water), W (park),
ENTER CAR, GO COTTAGE, POUR WATER ON MUD (you've found Dumplings),
GO IN COTTAGE.

                      CONGRATULATIONS
                   You have won the game.










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