answer = input("You're at a cross section. Do you go left or right?")
if answer.startswith("l"):
    answer = input("Down this hall you encounter a bear. Do you fight it?")
    if answer.startswith("y"):
        print("The bear counter attack! He kills you")
        print("game over!")
        exit(0)
    elif answer.startswith("n"):
        print("It's a friendly bear! He transforms into a wizard!")
        answer = input("The wizard asks you if you know the meaning of life?")
        if answer == "42":
            print("He knods approuvingly and upgrades you to wizard status!")
            print("You win!")
            exit(0)
        else:
            print("He shakes his head in disbelief. You fool!")
            print("game over!")
    else:
        print("that's not a valid choice...")
        print("game over!")
        exit(0)
elif answer.startswith("r"):
    answer = input("Down this hall you find some mushrooms. Do you eat them?")
    if answer.startswith("n"):
        print("You starve to dead...")
        print("game over!")
        exit(0)
    elif answer.startswith("y"):
        print("A wizard apprears out of thin air!")
        answer = input("The wizard asks you if you know the meaning of life?")
        if answer == "42":
            print("He knods approuvingly and upgrades you to wizard status!")
            print("You win!")
            exit(0)
        else:
            print("He shakes his head in disbelief. You fool!")
            print("game over!")
    else:
        print("that's not a valid choice...")
        print("game over!")
        exit(0)
    pass
else:
    print("game over!")
    exit(0)