need to substitute a more relevant response after LISTEN TO BIRD. Here's
how we do it:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object bird "baby bird" forest
with description "Too young to fly, the nestling tweets helplessly.",
though it hadn't been intercepted. Sometimes that's what you want it to
do, but not here: if instead we'd written this:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object bird "baby bird" forest
with description "Too young to fly, the nestling tweets helplessly.",
Again, that isn't perhaps the most appropriate response, but it's easy to
change:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object before_cottage "In front of a cottage"
with description
That's easy to fix; we can add a new ``cottage`` object, making it a piece
of ``scenery`` just like the ``tree``:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object cottage "tiny cottage" before_cottage
with description "It's small and simple, but you're very happy here.",
The situation here is similar to our LISTEN TO BIRD problem, and the
solution we adopt is similar as well:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object cottage "tiny cottage" before_cottage
with description "It's small and simple, but you're very happy here.",
to be achieved by that"). Yet another opportunity to use a ``before``
property, but now with a difference.
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object tree "tall sycamore tree" clearing
with description
far, but instead for every ``Drop`` which takes place in our troublesome
``top_of_tree`` room. This is what we have to write:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object top_of_tree "At the top of the tree"
with description "You cling precariously to the trunk.",
unhelpful in these non-standard circumstances. If you prefer to hint at
what's just happened, you could use this alternative solution:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object top_of_tree "At the top of the tree"
with description "You cling precariously to the trunk.",
checked for the bird actually being in the nest; fortunately, that's easy
to do:
-.. code-block:: inform6
+.. code-block:: inform
Object branch "wide firm bough" top_of_tree
with description "It's flat enough to support a small object.",