Crowded Wooden Bridge

Crowded Wooden Bridge (#1856)

(an instance of generic room made by Wizard)

     You stand in a huge crush of people trying to cross a nasty wooden bridge to the other side of the duck pond. There is a mermaid beneath the bridge, and a very nasty beggar whom you must pass to go west. Maybe he'll not notice you.

EXITS:
      The sparse bermuda grass gives way to a horrid gravel parking lot to the east. [ east ] MedFaire Parking Lot. You skillfully avoid the beggar, and head east for the parking lot.
      He's a nasty one, you betcha. He leers up at you, and says, Oh, alms for a very slimy beggar, eh? Alms, please? He holds out his dinged metal cup. [ begger ] here.
      It's a steep climb, but you could probably make it. Besides, there's the mermaid down there. Too bad she's cheating, and wearing a shirt. [ down ] Under the Bridge. You climb down under the bridge.
      The fairgrounds are west of here, with waving pennants and banners, but you will not be able to get there without braving the slimy beggar. [ west ] Central Fairgrounds.
      [ pay ] Central Fairgrounds. You drop a coin into the beggar's cup, feeling rather charitable, and he allows you to pass west with many cries of A thousand thanks, noble lord!