Answer to Exercise 9

| ANSWER TO EXERCISE 9
    Object -> bag "toothed bag"
      with name "toothed" "bag",
           description "A capacious bag with a toothed mouth.",
           before
           [; LetGo: "The bag defiantly bites itself
                      shut on your hand until you desist.";
              Close: "The bag resists all attempts to close it.";
           ],
           after
           [; Receive:
                     "The bag wriggles hideously as it swallows ",
                     (the) noun, ".";
           ],
      has  container open;

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