From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!sjb Newsgroups: net.games Title: Re: A few zork queries -- SPOLIER Article-I.D.: alice.906 Posted: Thu Sep 9 07:27:46 1982 Received: Fri Sep 10 03:29:36 1982 References: ihuxo.140 To get the egg open, give it to the thief and later on go back to his lair and it will be laying there open. To inflate the balloon, take the newspaper and the matches, put the newspaper in the basket that's in the balloon and light it.