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The torrid winds sweep across the landscape with increasing ferocity, forcing you to protect your eyes from the gusts of sharp, stinging sand. The need to find cover takes priority when you sense that the winds are merely the prelude to a storm. To remain here in the open could prove a fatal mistake.

Peering through your fingers you try to find somewhere to take shelter. To your left, in the middle distance, you can see what appears to be a mound of volcanic stone slabs; to your right, but further away, you notice a shallow gully running lee to the wind.

If you wish to take shelter behind the mound of stones, turn to 212.

If you decide to shelter in the gully, turn to 89.

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