I just watched you play my game. Thanks so much! And you stayed with it for so long, even though you got stuck on the third chapter. Your thinking was sound, but unfortunately not the right solution for my game.
There was a great moment when you said, "Maybe I need to wrap the coal in the handkerchief?" and I clapped my hands and cheered (although the coal is actually part of the fourth chapter), but almost immediately I was kicking myself because either the exact phrasing you used or the fact that you'd already picked up the coal (I'm not sure which, maybe both) tripped up my code and gave you an error message. Then you gave up on that idea. D'oh!
I know that the "HELP" text looked like boring boilerplate (my fault), but if you'd read it you might've gotten some important info. ;)