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*** WARNING.. 
THIS IS A STEP BY STEP SOLUTION FOR THE QUEST, IF YOU DO NOT WANT
TO KNOW THE EXACT SOLUTION THEN HIT THE SPACEBAR..... 

WHEN  YOU START OUT THE QUEST, YOU ARE GIVEN A LONG STORY BY SOME
HELPLESS  GIRL  THAT   THIS   DRAGON   IS   RAVAGING   UP   THEIR
VILLAGES...YOU  ARE  SENT  OUT WITH GORN, THEIR BEST MAN, AND YOU
HIS ADVISOR...THE DIRECTIONS WILL BE SET IN BRACKETS [ ], AND THE
STATEMENTS WILL BE IN QUOTES " "..THIS IS THE  FASTEST  SOLUTION,
AND THERE IS MUCH MORE TO SEE..SO ADVENTURE

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            THE SOLUTION
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[N]  "READ  LIST"  "BUY  ROPE"  "BUY  WATERSKIN" "BUY FLINT" "BUY
LANTERN" "BUY OILSKIN" [N,N,N,E,N,E,N,E]

YOU SHOULD NOW BE AT THE WATERFALL CONTINUE BY DOING. 

"LOOK WATERFALL","LIGHT LANTERN" [E,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,W,W],"TIE ROPE"
[D,E,E],"GET YOUNG DRAGON",[W,W,U] "GET ROPE",[E,E,S,S,S,S,S,S,S]
"PUT YOUNG DRAGON IN  OILSKIN"  [W],"TAKE  YOUNG  DRAGON  OUT  OF
OILSKIN" "FILL FLASK","LOOK YOUNG DRAGON"

HE SHOULD BE OK AND ALIVE, IF NOT START AGAIN..IF YOU KEEP HIM IN
ANY LONGER, HE WILL DIE AND YOU CANNOT WIN... 

[W,S,W,S,W,W,W,S,S,W,W,S],"GET  RING"  [N,W,W,N,N,W,W],"KNOCK  ON
DOOR"

GORN WILL PUT YOU OUT AND YOU WILL WAIT WHILE THEY  DO  SOMETHING
(WONDER WHAT THEY DO??)

[E,E,S,S,W,W]

HIT  RETURN  AND  LISA'S  STAFF  WILL GLOW AND THE LIZARDMEN WILL
DIE.. 

"GET SWORD",[D]

THE FOLLOWING IS 15 WESTS..ITS  A  LONG  TUNNEL,  IF  YOUR  LIGHT
SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO GO OUT,RELIGHT IT! 

[W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W,W] [N,W,N,N,W,W,W,N].. 

YOU  ARE  KNOW  IN THE DRAGONS LAIR.  THE PUP WILL GO OVER THERE,
YOU WILL THEN BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE KINGDOM  !!!!YOU  SAVED  THE
LANDS!!!!..THEN  YOU  GET  TO SEE A GOOD ENDING..REALLY FUNNY AND
NICE...YOU HAVE NOW COMPLETED  'THE  QUEST'..AS  I  SAID  BEFORE,
THERE  ARE  MANY OTHER THINGS TO GO SEE..YOU SHOULD EXPLORE OTHER
AREAS TOO...IF YOU GO TO THE SPHINX, THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE IS
       "SPHINX" AND HE LETS YOU THRU... 

HAVE FUN WITH THE QUEST