Displaying Variables Help

I hope there is an easy solution to this I am just missing. Anyways I define some varibles like this:
game = {startNumber:0, endNumber:5}
When I use the variables later in the code by typing game.startNumber = whatever, it works fine, but when I make a dynamic text box and for the variable put game.startNumber, nothing shows. I have tried all other combinations I can think of involving “_root.” and “game.” and "StartNumber "but nothing is working. Anyone know how to link that variable to display in a textbox?