def begin_story():
  user_name = input("Please enter your name")
  print('You are a bandit and have just escaped prison and ran into an alley way that splits in three directions. Which way do you go?')
  print('Enter the number that corresponds to your decision')
  user_response = int(input('1. You decide to go right \n2. Your instincts tell you, you should go left \n3. You feel a strange vibe coming from the path straight ahead '))
