Humpty

Welcome to the Nursery Rhyme Museum! The staff are very happy to have you here today! [[Come inside! ->Inside]]

A Mother Goose statue stands at the entrance. The prerecorded message looping through a speaker. Do you stay to listen? [[Why not? -> Listen]] [[I got better things to do. -> Don't listen]]

"Welcome, my goslings! I'm happy to see you all back at the nest! Mother missed you so much! All my stories are waiting for to rediscover! And don't forget to visit the gift shop on your way out!" Do you read her plaque? [[I would love to. ->Read]] [[Not today. ->Don't read]]

You didn't come here to see Mother Goose. You came for one thing. You wanted to see [[Humpty Dumpty. -> Humpty]]

You look down at the plague and see a huge chunk of words. If you wish to read. (click-replace:"If you wish to read.")[Mother Goose's name was identified with English collections of stories and nursery rhymes popularised in the 17th century. English readers would already have been familiar with Mother Hubbard, a stock figure when Edmund Spenser published the satire Mother Hubberd's Tale in 1590, as well as with similar fairy tales told by "Mother Bunch" (the pseudonym of Madame d'Aulnoy) in the 1690s. An early mention appears in an aside in a versified French chronicle of weekly events, Jean Loret's La Muse Historique, collected in 1650.His remark, comme un conte de la Mère Oye ("like a Mother Goose story") shows that the term was readily understood. Additional 17th-century Mother Goose/Mere l'Oye references appear in French literature in the 1620s and 1630s.] [[Continue. ->Don't read]]

You had a specific destination in mind already. Might as well [[make your way over -> Humpty]] before there's a crowd.

You look down at the plague and see a huge chunk of words. If you wish to read. (click-replace:"If you wish to read.")[Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle, and is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. The rhyme is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No. 13026.] [[How about you press the button? ->Button]]

You press the button. The giant egg starts to move, swaying back and forth. A voice comes out of a speaker. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall." Before the statue could move, it froze up, the audio cutting out. You should fix it. [[Gently? ->Gently]] [[Forcefully? ->Forcefully]]

Your favorite spot. The section you wanted to see. Humpty Dumpty. You look at it, seeing a giant egg, sitting on top of a brick wall. You look down to see a plaque, along with a button. [[Read? -> Read H]] [[Press the button ->Button]]

You press the button again. Nothing. [[Try again? ->Good ending]] [[Try with force? ->Forcefully]]

You walk up to the statue and push it off the wall yourself. It breaks off from the section, crashing to the ground. The mechanics twitching. [[Oh no! ->Bad Ending]]

The state slowly falls down the wall, breaking open to reveal a yolk inside. Another statues approach the wall, being knights on their horses. The audio continues. "All the king's horses and all the king's men. Couldn't put Humpty together again." [[Continue ->Gift Shop]]

You saw what you wanted to see. You have no reason to stay. You buy some sweets and a plush of Humpty Dumpty. Overall, a fun day at the Museum. [[The End. ->Start]]

The security guards saw and immediately escorted you out of the museum. You were fined for damages, almost putting you in debt. Just be thankful they didn't arrest you. [[The End. ->Start]]