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from time import sleep

def getAnswer():
    return raw_input("what do you want to do?")
current_location = "forest";
locations = {
             "forest":{"location":"forest",
              "short":"you are in a forest. The path goes north and south.",
              "long":"you are in a deep, dark forest. To the north, a path winds\n off into the distance, and the same is to your south. you think you can just quite make out a light to the north.",
              "directions":{"north":"house","south":"cave"}
              },
             "house":{"location":"house",
                      "short":"you are in front of a house. The path goes south",
                      "long":"you are in front of a large, ominous house. The door is boarded. a path leads into a forest to the south.",
                      "directions":{"door":"the door is boarded and locked","house":"goto-door","south":"forest"}
                      },
             "cave":{
                     "location":"cave",
                     "short":"NF",
                     "long":"not finished",
                     "directions":{"END":True}
                     }
             }
going = True;
while going:
    print(locations[current_location]["long"])
    ans = raw_input(locations[current_location]["long"])
    try:
        current_location = locations[current_location]["directions"][ans]
    except KeyError:
        print("I don't know what you meant!")
    if ans == "quit":
        going = False;

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