### 257

You lie for several minutes, semi-unconscious due to the stunning impact: lose 6 ENDURANCE points. Gradually your senses return and you stagger to your feet. Every muscle in your body aches viciously, but no bones are broken, and you are filled with relief that you have not ended your days like those whose mouldering remains carpet the chasm floor.

You examine the hollows that riddle the walls and conclude that they were made by a burrowing animal of some sort. Most are too small to enter, but there is one that is large enough to explore.

If you wish to enter this bore-hole, turn to 141.

If you wish to attempt to climb the chasm wall, turn to 135.

Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1987 Brian Williams.