The above example does not quite work when we want the player to be allowed to take multiple objects at once before putting them somewhere: we also need to add a couple of "understand" rules borrowed from many chapters later. While the reasons may not be immediately clear, we include the demonstration here for the sake of thoroughness:
A lentil is a kind of thing. A black-eyed pea is a kind of thing. The closet contains 3 lentils. The Closet contains 14 black-eyed peas. The round tin is a container in the closet. The round tin contains 17 lentils. The square tin is a container in the Closet. The square tin contains 20 black-eyed peas.
Sorting is a scene. Sorting begins when play begins. Sorting ends when all the lentils are in the round tin and all the black-eyed peas are in the square tin. When Sorting ends, end the story finally.