From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!npoiv!alice!mhtsa!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!mhuxv!mhuxj!cbosgd!nscs!rmas70!mork-cb!jls Newsgroups: net.games Title: Re: Zork Implementers Crypt Article-I.D.: mork-cb.117 Posted: Wed Aug 11 16:22:38 1982 Received: Sat Aug 14 03:51:04 1982 The Thief, under certain circumstances, will open the egg for you. It is necessary to take the egg to the thiefs hideaway though. Also, there is a particular sequence of actions that you can follow to live through the encounter.