def start(self):
        """Start the game."""

        # For old-fashioned players, accept five-letter truncations like
        # "inven" instead of insisting on full words like "inventory".

        for key, value in list(self.vocabulary.items()):
            if isinstance(key, str) and len(key) > 5:
                self.vocabulary[key[:5]] = value

        # Set things going.

        self.chest_room = self.rooms[114]
        self.bottle.contents = self.water
        self.yesno(self.messages[65], self.start2)