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1 PLOT 6,25,12,14
2 PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT
3 PRINT TAB( 20)"H I ,   K I D S ,"
4 PRINT TAB( 14)"I T ' S    S T O R Y T I M E ! ! !"
5 DT= DT+ 1
6 IF DT= 170THEN 10
7 GOTO 5
10 REM  THIS IS THE CHEN SOI-BAU SERIES OF STORIES.
20 PLOT 6,14,12,14
30 PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT
40 PRINT TAB( 24)"T H I S    I S"
50 PRINT TAB( 16)"T H E    C H E N    S O I - B A U"
60 PRINT TAB( 26)"S E R I E S"
70 TD= TD+ 1
80 IF TD= 170THEN 90
85 GOTO 70
90 PLOT 6,2,12
100 PRINT :PRINT :PRINT :PRINT
110 PRINT "   O.K., KIDS, TYPE IN THE STORY YOU WANT!!!"
120 PRINT "   YOU CAN SEE HOW:-"
130 PRINT "  1.  CHEN SOI-BAU FOLLOWS THE BLIND ELECTRICIAN"
140 PRINT "  2.  CHEN SOI-BAU MEETS HARRY THE HIPPO"
150 PRINT "  3.  CHEN SOI-BAU AND MAD COUSIN, CHEN LING-TA."
155 PRINT "  4.  INTRODUCTION TO CHEN SOI-BAU."
160 INPUT "      O.K., KIDS, WHAT'LL IT BE ?????";A
170 PLOT 12:FOR K= 1TO 7
172 PLOT 6,K,2
174 FOR L= 1TO 143
176 PLOT 127* RND (1),127* RND (1)
178 NEXT L:PLOT 255
180 NEXT K:PLOT 6,2
182 DR= DR+ 1
184 IF DR= 210THEN 190
186 GOTO 182
190 IF A= 1THEN 1000
192 IF A= 2THEN 1000
194 IF A= 3THEN 1000
196 IF A= 4THEN 210
200 IF A= 4THEN 210
210 PLOT 12,15
220 PRINT :PRINT :PRINT TAB( 23)"RIGHT, KIDS,"
230 PRINT "                YOU PICKED INTRODUCTION TO C/S/B."
240 PRINT :PRINT :PRINT
250 PRINT "  O.K..  FIRST, WHAT'S YOUR NAME";:INPUT A$
260 PRINT "  PLEASED TO MEET YOU, "A$"."
270 PRINT "   O.K.. NOW; HERE'S THE INTRODUCTION TO C/S/B...."
275 AD= AD+ 1
277 IF AD= 200THEN 280
279 GOTO 275
280 PLOT 12:PRINT :PRINT
290 PRINT "         CHEN SOI-BAU WAS BORN ON AN AFRICAN COFFEE"
300 PRINT "    PLANTATION CALLED TWANSVILLE, ON THE ZIMBABWE-"
310 PRINT "    TANZANIA BORDER, FROM THE HONORABLE PARENTS CHEN"
320 PRINT "    TUNG-WA AND CHEN LOO-SING. HIS PARENTS WERE "
330 PRINT "    CHINESE BOAT JOBS WHO HAD MIGRATED TO AFRICA"
340 PRINT "    DURING THE LEGENDARY CHINESE COKE FAMINE OF"
350 PRINT "    '58. THEY CAME IN THE HOPE OF SETTING UP THEIR"
360 PRINT "    COKE STREET-SELLING BUSINESS, BUT DUE TO AN "
370 PRINT "    ANGRY WHITE BEAR THEY WERE THROWN INTO A SLEAZY"
440 PRINT "         CHEN THEN STOWED ABOARD A SHIP BOUND FOR"
450 PRINT "    THE OLD COUNTRY, WHEN HE WAS 17 YEARS OF AGE."
460 PRINT "    HE MADE IT BACK TO CHINA AND WAS INHERITED BY"
470 PRINT "    A NEUROTIC CHINESE COUPLE WHO, TEN WEEKS LATER,"
480 PRINT "    DIED OF EATING POISONOUS RICE. CHEN SOI-BAU"
490 PRINT "    WAS THEN LEFT TO DIE IN HIS NEUROTIC PARENTS'"
500 PRINT "    MANSION. HOWEVER, HE WAS ALSO LEFT THEIR "
510 PRINT "    FAITHFUL SERVANTS, WHO DEMANDED NO PAY AND "
520 PRINT "    WORKED THE FIELDS TO BRING THE HARVEST HOME."
530 INPUT "        O.K.; KIDS, SPACE BAR & HIT RETURN ..";B$
540 IF B$= ""THEN 550
545 IF B$< > ""THEN 530
550 PLOT 12:PRINT :PRINT
560 PRINT "         SO, NOW CHEN SOI-BAU LIVES ON HAPPY VALLEY"
570 PRINT "    ESTATE WITH THE MANSION IN HIS HANDS. SOMETIMES"
580 PRINT "    CHEN WONDERS HOW HIS PARENTS ARE DOING, BACK"
590 PRINT "    IN OLD AFRICA WHERE THE HYENA RUN WILD...."
600 PRINT "         AND SO, KIDS, WE LEAVE THE WORLD OF C/S/B"
610 PRINT "    INTRODUCTION AND RETURN TO THE MENU...."
620 INPUT "           HIT RETURN TO CONTINUE...";Z$
630 IF Z$= ""THEN 90
1000 REM