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    N \NLLOP, NA@ N ^XOPH [GN\P MAH, OC

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

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    Lmmj >

    \nllot Lfuh snt lhfmw n trhh, hntoad smgh auts, ns oc bh

    wns n squorrhf. _hs, tbh `ny lhcmrh bh bn` tnfjh` tm n

    squorrhf nlmut wbnt os dmm` tm hnt, kmaso`hroad tbh cnkt

    tbnt bh bn` smgh bhn`nkbh na`, tbha, tbh squorrhf bn`

    tmf` bog tbnt auts whrh dmm` cmr bhn`nkbhs. [m, \nllot

    Lfuh wns guakboad bos aut wbokb `o` amt tnsth

    oakrh`olfy whff, bmwhvhr, bh wnath` tm try tbnt crhh

    n`vokh. Hvhrylm`y oa tbh cmrhst fojh` crhh n`vokh. _hs,

    tbhrh whrh smgh drhnt tboajhrs tbnt nfwnys sno` ‖kmgh

    bhrh oc ymu wnat n rhnf n`vokh‗: bmwhvhr, tbh ymuad

    krhnturhs `o` amt fojh tbhsh. [m, tbh ahh` bn` fh` tm

    gnay mf` mahs mcchroad tbhor mpoaoma cmr crhh, oa mr`hr tm

    sbmw tbhor wos`mg na` jamwfh`dh.

    Na`, amw, \nllot Lfuh wns guakboad na` tboajoad, nff

    tbh togh wnotoad cmr tbh soffy bhn`nkbh tm `osnpphnr. [m,

    wbnt wns bh tboajoad= Thff, tbh cnkt wns tbnt \nllot

    Lfuh bn` bhnr` n strnadh stmry nlmut n ghn`mw, amt

    vhry ahnrly, wbhrh tbh drnss wns gnnnrvhffmus na`

    tbhrh whrh fmts mc oathrhstoad tboads tm hnt na` fmts mc

    aokh pfnkhs tm bo`h, na` am mah tm ha`nadhr bog na` bos

    croha`s. [m \nllot Lfuh wns pma`hroad bmw pmssolfy bh

    kmuf` dht nff bos croha`s, mr nt fhnst n kmaso`hrnlfh luakb

    mc tbhg, tm dm try tbnt sm kbhrosbh` pnrn`osh. Pbh pmoat

    wns tbnt bos croha`s prhchrrh` tm stny wbhrh tbhy whrh.

    Pbhy bn` smgh ghn`mws, wotb smgh amrgnf drnss, amt

    sm cnakocuf, mc kmursh, tbhy bn` nfrhn`y wbhrh tm bo`h

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

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    Na` tbhrh, tm bos utthr surprosh, bh snw twm gokh, sottoad

    hxbnusth` ahnr n kfutthr mc drnoas, wbokb tbhy bn`

    mlvomusfy npprmpronth` crmg smghwbhrh. Bh wns bnppy,

    bh kmuf` trn`h smgh auts cmr tbh drnoas na` sm, pmfothfy,

    bh n``rhssh` mah mc tbh gokh9

    ‖Bhffm, Gmush. Bmw nrh ymu=‗ 

    ‖Bhffm \nllot, wh nrh torh`, wh bnvh sm gukb drnoas tm

    knrry bmgh na`, wh fovh sm cnr crmg bhrh na`, wh bnvhamwbhrh tm jhhp ot snch na`, wh rhnffy `maet jamw wbnt

    tm `m…‗ 

    ‖Mb, Gmush, gny O joa`fy bhfp ymu=‗ 

    ‖Thff, \nllot, wbnt kna ymu nktunffy `m cmr us= Bmw kna

    ymu bhfp us=‗ 

    ‖_mu shh, O jamw n pfnkh bhrh wbhrh ymu kna stmrh cmr

    tbh aodbt ymur drnoas. Lhso`hs, oc ymu wnat, ymu kna dovh

    gh smgh mc ymur drnoas na` O kna coa` ymu smgh auts,

    na` lhso`hs, ymu kna fhnvh bhrh pnrt mc ymur drnoas ‛ wh

    woff jhhp ot snch na`, tbha, wbhahvhr ymu ahh` ot, ymu

    kna kmgh lnkj tm tnjh wbnthvhr ymu wnat crmg ot na`

    tnjh ot nwny wotb ymu. Os tbos nff rodbt cmr ymu=‗ 

    ‖Thff, \nllot, tbos smua`s mj. Fht us try ymur auts, tm shh

    bmw dmm` tbhy nrh na` oc tbhy nrh qunfoty hamudb,

    kmgpnrh` tm mur drnoas.‗ 

    ‖Thff, try tbnt ymurshfc, Gmush na` ymueff shh.‗ 

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

    Osnlhffn Shff

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    Lmtb gokh tmmj n aut crmg \nllot Lfuh na`, ncthr

    guakboad ot knrhcuffy tm oasphkt ots qunfotohs, tbhy ndrhh`

    tbnt ot wns n lnrdnoa. [m, \nllot Lfuh tmf` tbhg, bh

    wmuf` dntbhr bos croha`s tm bhfp na`, tbnt bh wmuf`

    prmvo`h gmrh auts, tm lh trn`h` cmr tbh drnoas na` tbha,

    tbh drnoas wmuf` lh stmrh` ahnrly, wbhrh tbh gokh

    kmuf` nfwnys dm tbhgshfvhs na` kbhkj ot nff, na` tnjh

    wbnthvhr tbhy ahh`, ns rhquorh`.

    Pbh gokh whrh bnppy na` snt `mwa wotb bog, \nllot

    Lfuh gn`h smgh amoshs, wotb wbokb tm oacmrg bos croha`s

    tm kmgh na`, bh, tmm, snt `mwa tm kbnt wotb tbh gokh.

    Bh wnath` tm jamw gmrh mc tbh ghn`mw fna`, wotb tbh

    `rhng drnss na` tbh snchst pfnkhs tm lh tbhrh. Bh nsjh`

    nlmut tbnt ns, mlvomusfy, tbh gokh whrh nvo` trnvhffhrs

    na` trn`hrs, na` bh tbmudbt tbnt tbhy gust bnvh bhnr`nlmut tbnt. Bmwhvhr, tbh gokh whrh kmgpfhthfy

    surprosh` tm bhnr tbnt, tbhy bn` amt tbh sfodbthst amtoma

    nlmut nff tbos pnrn`osh bh tnfjh` nlmut. [toff, tbhy bn`

    mtbhr tboads tm sny. Pbhy hxpfnoah` tbnt nff tbhor

    uapfnaah` trnvhf wotb tbh drnoas wns `uh tm smgh

    uahxphkth` korkugstnakhs. Pbhy bn` bhnr` smgh wosh

    lor`s sny tbnt tbh rufhr mc tbh fna`s wns nadry, lhknushtbhrh wns drhnt `rmudbt tm kmgh oa tbhsh pfnkhs na` nff

    tbh phmpfh ahh`h` tm snvh na` stmrh hvhrytboad tbhy

    kmuf` cmr gnylh cmur yhnrs mr sm, ns tbhrh wmuf` lh am

    wnthr, tbh rovhrs wmuf` nfgmst lh hxtoakt na` ot wmuf`

    dht bnr` ma hvhrymah. [m, tbh phmpfh fovoad ahnrly whrh

    nff vhry wmrroh` nlmut tbnt na` hvhrymah tbnt wns

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

    Osnlhffn Shff

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    pru`hat hamudb gn`h hvhrytboad tbhy kmuf` tm

    dunrnathh tbhor cngofy hamudb cmm` tm fovh ma na`

    hamudb whff rhshrvhs tm tnjh n`vnatndh mc. Pbh gokh

    bn` lhha wmrroh` tmm: tbhy ahh`h` tm hasurh tbnt tbhor

    cngofohs na` croha`s bn` nfsm hamudb crhsb stmkjs. [m

    tbos wns tbh rhnsma tbhy bn` tm dm tbnt cnr nwny na`

    tnjh smgh pmsshssomas crmg tbh phmpfh. Pbhy nfsm

    ahh`h` tm jhhp tbnt snch na` tm gnjh amt n chw

     imurahys lnkj na` cmrtb, oa mr`hr tm gnjh surh tbhy

    whrh prmvo`h` wotb nff tbhy wmuf` ahh` cmr tbh buadry

    yhnrs yht tm kmgh.

    Ma bnroad tbos, \nllot Lfuh wns stuaah`. Bh snt tbhrh

    na` tbmudbt na` tbha, bh rhnfosh` tbnt ot wmuf` lh vhry

    `occokuft cmr bog na` bos croha`s ‛  tbhy bn`, tmm, tm

    dntbhr na` stmrh auts na` drnoas, wbnthvhr, na` bny,

    tmm, nftbmudb tbhy nff prhchrrh` crhsb prm`ukh, tbnt os

    drnss… 

    Bmwhvhr, n tbmudbt mkkurrh` tm bog.

    ‖Fostha, gokh, wh kmuf` bhfp, ns O sno`. _mu kna stmrh nff

    ymu ahh` bhrh na` kmgh tnjh wbnthvhr ymu ahh`,

    wbhahvhr ymu ahh` ot. Th woff trn`h nfsm auts cmr smghdrnoas, cmr ymu tm bnvh n gmrh lnfnakh` `oht. Bmwhvhr,

    wby `maet wh hglnrj ma n pfna tm dntbhr mur cmrkhs= O

    kna tnfj, tmm, tm tbh squorrhfs, tbhy kna nfwnys coa` auts

    na`, amw, Oeff thff tbhg tm coa` fmts mc auts na` wh woff nff

    jhhp ot bhrh, cmr nff mc us tm bnvh na` cmr nff mc us tm hnt

    vnroh`fy.‗ 

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    ‖Lhso`hs, wby `maet ymu nsj gmrh kngp krhnturhs nlmut

    tbh drhha ghn`mws tbnt O tmf` ymu nlmut= Pbhrh O ng

    surh wh woff nff coa` wbnthvhr wh ahh`. Oe` fojh tm dm wotb

    ymu na` kbhkj ot ma gyshfc, tm shh wbhrh tbhsh

    ghn`mws foh na` wbnt hxnktfy ot os tm lh tbhrh, bmwhvhr,

    O bnvh tm corst kmavoakh gy croha`s, ns tbhy nrh amt tbnt

    gukb oatm tbos vmyndh. @m ymu kmashat=‗ 

    ‖Thff, \nllot, tbos smua` nff rodbt. Th sbnff lh fhnvoad

    bhrh bnfc mc mur suppfohs na` tnjh tbh rhst wotb us, tm

    mur bmghs. Pbha, wh woff dm nsj tbh woshr mahs nlmut

    ymur `rhng fna` na` wh woff shh: ot godbt lh n dmm`

    pfnkh cmr nff mc us, oc ot os sm nlua`nat wotb cmm` na` ns

    snch ns ot kna lh. Th nrh tmtnffy oa ndrhhghat wotb ymu.‗  

    [m, \nllot Lfuh tmmj tbhg tm n snch bnvha, wbhrh tbhy

    kmuf` stmrh tbhor drnoas, bh mcchrh` tbhg smgh wnthr tmdht rhcrhsbh` na`, tmf` tbhg tbnt bh wmuf` ghht tbhg

    ma tbh sngh pfnkh oa twm `nys.

    Pbh gokh ndrhh` na` tbhy lo` tbhor dmm`lyh tm \nllot

    Lfuh.

    Bh wns stoff ngnzh`, ncthr tbhor `hpnrturh ot npphnrh`

    tbnt amt mafy wns tbhrh n lhtthr fna`, lut nfsm, tbhor

    kurrhat fovoad pfnkhs whrh ua`hr tbh shromus tbrhnt cmr n

    `rmudbt, bmw wmuf` tbhy fovh bhrh, bmw wmuf` tbhy

    sustnoa tbhgshfvhs, bos croha`s whrh sm bnppy wotb tbhor

    kurrhat stnth mc foch tbnt tbhy wmuf` lh rhnffy vhry

    wmrroh` na` uabnppy, tbhy wmuf` bnvh tm fhnvh tbhor

    fna`, mr pmssolfy, ush ot mafy ns s stmrndh pfnkh cmr tbh

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

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    cmm` suppfohs `uroad tbhsh kbnffhadoad cmur yhnrs. Na`,

    tbh drnss wmuf` amt lh crhsb…  na`, tbhy whrh nff oatm

    tbos `oht mc hntoad crhsb drnss na`, tbhy wmuf` prmlnlfy

    dht cnt.

    [m, \nllot Lfuh amw jahw, bh wmuf` phrsun`h tbhg tm

    ndrhh tm dm coa` tbhsh `ostnat ghn`mws wbhrh tbhy

    wmuf` lh bnppy, snch na` kmathat na` wbhrh tbhy

    wmuf` lh hntoad wbnthvhr tbhy kbmmsh na` ruaaoad

    wbhrhvhr tbhy wnat, na` wmuf` bnvh tbh fmvhfohst bo`oad

    pfnkhs ma tbos bnppy crhh fna`.

    Pbha, bh bhn`h` mcc tm coa` bos croha`s tm thff tbhg tbh

    wbmfh stmry. [mgh sbmrt togh ncthr, bh wns ahnr n luakb

    mc bny ahnr n kmupfh mc cor trhhs, wbhrh tbhy ush` tm

    dntbhr. Bos croha`s whrh nff tbhrh kbnttoad na` hntoad ma

    smgh drnoas crmg tbh whhj lhcmrh. \nllot Lfuh wnsbofnromus, ‖Fostha, Oeff thff ymu wbnt O fhnrat. O ght smgh

    gokh knrryoad fmts mc drnoas na` tbhy tmf` gh tbhy bn`

    bhnr` n lod `rmudbt os tm kmgh tm mur pfnkh na` tbha,

    wh woff nff bnvh tm kmffhkt fmts mc cmm` na` stmrh ot snchfy,

    tm bnvh cmr tbh ahxt cmur yhnrs! Kna ymu lhfohvh tbnt=‗ 

    ‖Bgg,‗ tbh drhy \nllot sno`, ‖tbos smua`s fojh n tmtnfamashash tm gh. Tbnt os tbos `rmudbt, tbos os amt

    pmssolfh, wh bnvh n rovhr tbnt os dovoad us crhsbahss oa

    sugghr, wh bnvh fmts mc suppfohs na` fmts mc

    pmssolofotohs bhrh, na` mur pfnkh os tbh lhst. _murs os amt

    n snch lht.‗ 

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

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    ‖_muerh amt rodbt,‗ \nllot Lfuh mlihkth`. ‖Pbhsh gokh

    whrh sgnrt na` ymuerh sukb n kfhvhr kfmd. @maet ymu

    ua`hrstna` tbnt wh kna lmtb coa` n lhtthr pfnkh na`, nt

    tbh sngh togh, hasurh wh woff amt rua mut mc crhsb cmm`

    suppfohs=‗ 

    ‖\nllot Lfuh, ymu nrh nfwnys tnfjoad tm nff smrts mc

    krhnturhs na` bmw kna ymu lh surh tbnt tbos os truh=‗

    [boay \nllot oathrchrh`. ‖Nff mur wosh goa`s nrh bhrh na`

    am mah mc tbhg bns hvhr sno` naytboad nlmut n `rmudbt

    tm kmgh. Tby `m ymu tboaj wh sbmuf` dm tbnt cnr oa

    mr`hr tm coa` smgh uajamwa fna`, wotb smgh bhnvhafy

    drnss, wbnthvhr= Pbos smua`s nff tmm ogpmssolfh tm gh,

    wh nrh fovoad whff, wby sbmuf` wh lmtbhr=‗ 

    ‖Fostha, [boay, ymu jamw tbnt tbhrh wh kmuf` lh snchr

    tbna bhr, wheff bnvh gmrh na` lhtthr bo`oad pfnkhs,gmrh fna` tm iugp na` rua nrmua`, gmrh wnthr na`

    fmts mc cmm`. O tmf` ymu nlmut tbnt. Tby `maet wh lmtb

    hglnrj ma tbos imurahy, wotb smgh auts na` drnoas ma

    mur lnkjs tm shh murshfvhs, ot kmuf` lh drhnt=‗ 

    ‖Thff, O godbt dm wotb ymu: oa nay knsh, tbos smua`s fojh n

    dmm` pmssolofoty tm bnvh smgh trnvhf na` tm coa`smghtboad `hfokomus tm hnt. O tboaj O ndrhh,‗ [boay \nllot

    sno`.

    \nllot Lfuh wns kmathat, tbh lhdoaaoad wns dmm` na`

    npphnrh` prmgosoad tm bog. Bh hxpfnoah` tm [boay tbnt

    tbhy sbmuf` lmtb wnot cmr tbh gokh tm kmgh lnkj na`

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

    Osnlhffn Shff

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    thff tbhg gmrh nlmut tbh bnppy fna`, wbhrh tbhy wmuf`

    dm na` shh wbnt tbhy whrh tm coa`.

    [m, nff mc tbhg, \nllot Lfuh na` bos croha`s kmatoauh`

    wotb tbhor knrhcrhh foch ‛  `hvmtoad tbhor togh tm tbhor

    cnvmuroth pnstoghs na` hntoad n kbuaj mr twm, bhrh na`

    tbhrh.

    Mc kmursh, tbh drhy \nllot wns n wht lfnajht, ns nfwnys,

    na` bh tmf` tbhg woshfy tbnt bh wmuf` dm na` tnfj tmtbh wosh Mwf tm nsj nlmut wbnt bh jahw ma tbos

    mlamxomus `rmudbt, lhknush drhy \nllot tmf` tbhg

    makh ndnoa bh `o` amt lhfohvh nt nff oa tbh prmlnlofoty mc

    tbos.

    \nllot Lfuh na` [boay suddhsth` tbhy imoa bog na` nsj

    cmr `htnofs, tmm. [m tbhy tmf` tbhor cmurtb croha`, \nllot

    Tboth, wbm wns stnyoad sofhat nff tbh togh, tbhy wmuf`

    dm tbhrh na` nsjh` tbos sby mah oc bh wmuf` imoa tbhg,

    tmm. Tboth mah wns bnppy tm lh tbhrh na` sm nff mc

    tbhg, iugpoad tm na` crm kmgghakh` tbhor ha`hnvmur.

    Amt sm fmad ncthr, tbhy whrh oatm tbh sgnff cmrhst

    lhyma` tbh kngp na` tbhy whrh knffoad tbh Mwf, ns

    mlvomusfy bh wns amt nrmua`.

    ‖Mwf, mwf, wbhrh nrh ymu= Th, tbh rnllots, nrh bhrh. Th

    bnvh smghtboad tm `oskuss wotb ymu,‗ tbh rnllots

    sbmuth`.

    ‖Bmmt, bmmt,‗ tbhy kmuf` bhnr bog knff. 

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

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    ‖Mwf, mwf, bhrh wh nrh, nrh ymu nsfhhp=‗ 

    ‖Am,‗ tbh Mwf naswhrh`, ‖O bnvh fmst gy sfhhp: O tboajtbh whntbhr os tmm bmt cmr gh tbhsh `nys.‗ 

    ‖Mwf, fostha,‗ [boay sno`, ‖Th bnvh smghtboad tm nsj

    crmg ymu. Bnvh ymu bhnr` nlmut n `rmudbt

    npprmnkboad= Kna ymu dovh us na n`vokh, wh ahh` tm

    pfna n imurahy tm coa` n lhtthr fna` wotb gmrh wnthr na`

    cmm`, ns \nllot Lfuh bns bhnr` tbhrh woff lh na nwcuf`rmudbt na` wh woff amt bnvh hamudb tm sustnoa

    murshfvhs ma.‗ 

    ‖Bgg,‗ tbh Mwf pma`hrh`, ‖O ng amt surh nlmut tbos.

    Bhrh wh bnvh ahvhr bn` `rmudbts lhcmrh, wh bnvh tbh

    rovhr na` ots crhsbahss, na` gy ndh-lnsh` hxphktntomas

    nrh tbnt wh woff lh snch ns hvhr. [toff, tbhrh wns n

    `rmudbt smgh >55 yhnrs ndm, wbokb wns ln`, gy

    drna`gmtbhr bns tmf` gh nff nlmut tbos wbha O wns n

    ymuad mwf. [bh tmf` gh ot wns nwcuf, tbhy bn` amt bn`

    nay crhsb wnthr cmr covh shnsmas, sm tbos os n pmssolofoty:

    bmwhvhr, gy hxphrohakh suddhsts tbnt wh nrh amt tm lh

    surh nlmut tbhsh tnfjs. Th godbt ns whff iust lh fovoad

    bnppofy bhrh na` sogpfy oakrhnsh mur suppfohs mc cmm`na` wnthr. ‗ 

    ‖[m, `hnr rnllots, O wmuf` n`vosh ymu tm lh bnppy na`, oc

    ymu wnat tm hglnrj ma n imurahy cmr tbh snjh mc n

     imurahy, ymu kna `m sm ‛ ot kmuf` gnjh ymu bnppy, stoff, O

    sny tbnt wh nrh amt tm bnvh n `rmudbt bhrh. Bmmt, bmmt,‗

    tbh Mwf coaosbh` bos sphhkb.

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

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    \nllot Drhy wns bnppy tm bhnr tbos nff, bmwhvhr, [boay

    na` Tboth whrh vhry oathrhsth` oa tbos stmry nlmut tbh

    `rmudbt bua`rh` yhnrs ndm. [m, tbhy quokjfy dntbhrh`

    nrmua` \nllot Lfuh na` tmf` bog tbhy whrh oathrhsth` oa

    tbh imurahy, nt fhnst tbhy wmuf` bnvh smgh trnvhf na`

    hnt smgh dmurght tbhrh oa tbos nlua`nat drhha fna`.

    Drhy wns amt sm kmathat wotb nff tbos, bmwhvhr, bh

    wnath` tm lh oa, sm bh bn` amtboad lut tm kmashat, tmm.

    [toff, \nllot Lfuh rhgoa`h` tbhg nff tbnt tbhy bn` tm

    wnot cmr tbh gokh tm kmgh lnkj na` thff gmrh nlmut

    tbhsh lhnutocuf ghn`mws. Pbus, tbhy whrh smma nwny

    crmg tbh cmrhst na` lnkj oa tbhor kngp, nlsmrlh` oa

    tbhor `nofy cua.

    …………………………………… 

    Pwm `nys bn` bnppofy dmah ly, wbha \nllot Lfuh what

    lnkj wotb [boay tm tbh pfnkh wbhrh bh bn` ght tbh gokh

    tm shh tbhg ndnoa na` tm bnvh tbh pmssolofoty tm kbnt

    mvhr wotb tbhsh wosh krhnturhs, tbnt bn` sm crhhfy sbnrh`

    tbhor jamwfh`dh wotb bog. \nllot Lfuh ndnoa bn` n lot mc

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    Fottfh \nllot Lfuh

    Osnlhffn Shff

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    n bhn`nkbh na` wns guakboad n aut ndnoa, wbofh bos

    kbug [boay wns nlshat-goa`h`fy hntoad ma bos usunf

    drnoas.

    Pbhy wnoth` cmr smgh togh, wbha tbh twm gokh

    npphnrh` na` snt lhso`h tbhg, tm bnvh smgh rhst.

    \nllot Lfuh wns vhry bnppy tm shh tbh gokh na` drhhth`

    tbhg joa`fy, na` tbha oatrm`ukh` bos croha` [boay. Pbh

    gokh whrh amt sm fmqunkomus, mc kmursh, bmwhvhr, tbhy

    tmf` tbhg lmtb tbnt tbhy bn` bhnr`, tmm, nlmut tbos

    pfnkh, ot wns drhnt, tbhrh wns na nlua`nakh mc nff smrts

    mc cmm` cmr nff tbh kngp krhnturhs tbnt fovh` tbhrh, mafy

    ot wns gmrh gmost tbna usunf, sm oc nff mc tbh kngp

    krhnturhs gmvh` tbhrh, tbhy wmuf` stoff ahh` tm jhhp

    smgh mc tbhor suppfohs bhrh, tm lh nlfh tm bnvh nkkhss tm

    tbhg wbhahvhr ahkhssnry. Pbh fna`, bmwhvhr, wns

    prmgosoad: tbhrh whrh twm rovhrs ‛  mah sgnff na` tbh

    mtbhr cuffhr, sm foch kmuf` lh quoth bnppy tbhrh cmr tbhg

    nff. Pbh gokh hvha mcchrh` tbh twm rnllots tm imoa tbhg

    na` dm tmdhtbhr tm shh tbhgshfvhs tbos hxkhffhat pfnkh

    na` shttfh tbhrh lhcmrh ot wns tmm pmpufnr wotb mtbhr

    naognfs.

    \nllot Lfuh na` [boay whrh vhry bnppy tm bhnr tbh stmrywns truh. Pbhy `hko`h` lhtwhha tbhgshfvhs tm dm tbhrh

    wotb tbh gokh, na` tbh mtbhr kbugs wmuf` stny bhrh na`

    wnot tm jamw wbnt tbh trnvhffhrs whrh tm `oskmvhr.

    Pbh gokh ndnoa goa`h` tm tnjoad tbhor stmrh` suppfohs

    na` tm knrryoad tbhg tm tbhor bmghs. [boay wns hfnth`

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    na` mcchrh` tbhg bos bhfp wbofh nff mc tbhg whrh oa tbh

    vokoaoty mc tbh kngp. Lmtb rnllots bhfph` tbh gokh gmvh

    tbhor cmm` na` tbha, lo` tbhg dmm`lyh na` shttfh` ma

    ghhtoad ndnoa oa n kmupfh mc `nys, tm hglnrj ma tbh

     imurahy na` shh tbnt pmssolfh ahw bnvha.

    Fnthr, mc kmursh, [boay na` \nllot Lfuh rhturah` tm

    rhfnth tbh wbmfh stmry tm tbhor croha`s, wbm snt tbhrh

    fosthaoad wotb tbhor hyhs wo`h, ot wns cnatnstok ‛  lhoad

    nlfh tm bnvh wbnthvhr tbhy ahh`, `uh tm tbh crhsb gmost

    fna` tbhrh, na` mafy stmroad bhrh smgh suppfohs iust oa

    knsh: ot kmuf` lh, surhfy, n lot cnr tm bnvh tm kmgh lnkj

    bhrh, oc tbh ahh` nrmsh cmr tbnt na`, stoff, tbh pmssolofotohs

    whrh hamrgmus!

    [m, tbh cmur kbugs ndrhh` tbnt [boay na` \nllot Lfuh

    wmuf` sht tm trnvhf na` tbh mtbhr twm wmuf` wnot cmrtbhg, wotbmut thffoad n wmr`, uatof ot wns surh tbhy kmuf`

    rhfmknth.

    Pbus, tbh twm trnvhffhrs stnrth` pfnaaoad tbhor vmyndh:

    tbhy dntbhrh` smgh auts na` drnoas tm fnst tbhg `uroad

    tbh covh `ny imurahy, nfmad wotb smgh wnthr tm jhhp

    tbhg crhsb.

    Pbhy whrh vhry bnppy, `uroad tbnt togh na` nff mc tbhg

    whrh hfnth` nt tbh prmsphkts. Bmwhvhr, tbh drhy rnllot,

    wbm wns mc kmursh n drhnt tnfjhr, tmf` ot nff nlmut tbh

    stmry tm tbh Mwf. Pbh Mwf wns suspokomus na` amt sm

    bnppy tm bhnr tbnt tbh rnllots whrh amt goa`oad bos

    n`vokh mc tbh toay prmlnlofoty mc n `rmudbt. Mc kmursh,

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    tbhy whrh crhh tm `m tbhor imurahy, bmwhvhr, tbh Mwf

    wns mf` na` wosh na` bh wnath` tbh ymuad rnllots tm

    bhh` bos wmr`s. [m bh tmf` tbh drhy rnllot sthrafy tbnt

    tbhy nrh tmm ymuad tm mlihkt bos mpoaoma na` tbnt bh

    wmuf` strmadfy n`vosh tbhg amt tm rhfmknth sm

    oan`vhrthatfy na` tm stny oa tbhor fna`s na` goa` tbhor

    usunf lusoahss.

    Pbh drhy mah wns kmgpfhthfy ndrhh, bh ahvhr

    quhstomah` tbh wmr`s mc tbh ndh`, sm bh oggh`onthfy

    rna lnkj tm bos croha`s tm thff tbhg wbnt tbh Mwf bn`

    sno`. Nff mc tbhg stnrtfh`, ns tbhy `o` amt wnat tm gnjh

    tbh Mwf nadry. \nllot Lfuh troh` tm mlihkt tm tbnt,

    bmwhvhr, tbh mtbhrs whrh stuaah` na` oa`hkosovh. Pbhy

    prhchrrh` tm stny bmgh na` fhnvh tbnt wbmfh o`hn mut.

    Naywny, tbhy bn` hamudb cmm`, tbhy bn` wbhrh tm bo`h,

    lhso`hs, tbh mtbhr naognfs whrh quoth bnppy wotb tbhor

    foch, na` sm wbnt wns tbhrh tm wmrry nlmut=

    Mafy \nllot Lfuh chft `osnppmoath`, bh bn` fojh` tbh

    gokh, bh lhfohvh` tbhor stmry na` wns kmgpfhthfy surh

    tbnt tbhy whrh tm coa` tbnt lhtthr pfnkh na` prhpnrh

    tbhgshfvhs cmr tbh pmssolfh `rmudbt na` bhfp tbh mtbhr

    naognfs oa tbh kngp.

    [toff, bh kmuf` sny amtboad tm bos kbugs na` mafy kmuf`

    wostcuffy thff tbhg ‖Dmm`lyh‗, ns bh mafy wnath` tm dm

    tm bos bo`oad pfnkh na` stny tbhrh uatof bh wnath` tm

     iugp bnppofy nrmua` ndnoa.

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    Pbh mtbhrs whrh smrry cmr \nllot Lfuh na`, stoff, tbhy

    prhchrrh` tm lhfohvh tbh Mwf, sm tbhrh wns amtboad tm

    `m, tbhy mafy bmph` tbnt \nllot Lfuh wmuf` lh iust ns

    kmathat ns hvhr mvhr tbh ahxt chw `nys. [m tbhy dnvh

    bog n croha`fy dmm`lyh na` nff what tm tbhor pfnkhs,

    pma`hroad nlmut bmw ogndoanry tbh stmry nlmut tbh cnr-

    nwny fna` wns.

    \nllot Lfuh what bmgh, ua`hrwbhfgh` na` snt `mwa oa

    bos sgnff bmush, tm guakb ma n aut na` tboaj nlmut

    wbnt pmssolfy bh kmuf` `m tm phrsun`h bos croha`s nlmut

    tbh imurahy. Mc kmursh, bh `o` amt wnat tm npphnr

    `osrhsphktcuf tm tbh Mwf na`, stoff, bh wns surh tbnt tbh

    `rmudbt wns n rhnf pmssolofoty na` amt iust n stmry tm

    crodbtha smghmah mr namtbhr.

    Bh jahw bh bn` tm coa` smgh mtbhr krhnturhs tm kmacorgtm bog na` tm tbh kbugs nlmut tbh wbmfh tboad na`,

    prmlnlfy, tbha tbhy wmuf` ndrhh tm trnvhf. [m, \nllot

    Lfuh `hko`h` tm dm nrmua` gmrh na` tm nsj gmrh

    naognfs nlmut wbnt tbhy jahw na` wbnt tbhy fhnrat

    bhrh na` tbhrh, wbofh trnvhffoad.

    Pbus, \nllot Lfuh wns nfgmst bnppy ndnoa na` what tmsfhhp.

    Pbh ahxt gmraoad bh wns up ns hnrfy ns kna lh na`

    what mut tm shh wbm bh kmuf` tnfj tm nlmut bos pfnas. Bh

    ght smgh squorrhfs nrduoad mvhr wbm wns tm tnjh tbh

    drhnthst pnrt mc tbh auts cmua` na` kbntth` cmr smgh

    togh wotb tbhg, uatof tbhy coanffy cmua` phnkh ngmad

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    tbhgshfvhs na` mcchrh` bog n aut. \nllot Lfuh wns

    nfwnys bnppy tm rhkhovh n crhh aut, sm bh sno` n pmfoth

    ‖Pbnaj ymu‗ na` nth ot wotb tbhg. Pbhy whrh nff vhry

    bnppy tm tnfj tm \nllot Lfuh, nsjh` nlmut bmw bh wns,

    wbhrh bos croha`s whrh, wbnt bh wns hntoad `nofy, htk. Bh

    wns kmathat tm naswhr nff mc tbhor oakhssnat quhstomas9

    tbhsh squorrhfs whrh rhnffy vhry oaquosotovh! Pbha, bh

    kmatoauh` ma bos wny, nth smgh drnss, `rnaj smgh crhsb

    wnthr, uatof bh cmua` bogshfc ma n sgnff ghn`mw, ahnr

    tbh lod kngp na` quoth ahnr tbh rovhr, tmm. Bh snt tbhrh

    tm bnvh n rhst na` fmmjh` nrmua`. Pbha, bh snw ma n

    trhh n vhry npphnfoad Tmm`phkjhr tbnt wns shnrkboad

    cmr smgh luds, mlvomusfy. \nllot Lfuh wns pmfoth, mc

    kmursh, na` drhhth` tbh Tmm`phkjhr. Pbh fntthr drhhth`

    bog, tmm, na` nsjh` bog wbnt bh wns `moad tbhrh nfmah.

    \nllot Lfuh tmf` bog bh wns iust iugpoad bhrh na`

    tbhrh, shnrkboad cmr smghtboad oathrhstoad tm coa` na`

    hnt na` tbnt bh wns nfwnys bnppy tm ghht ahw

    krhnturhs. Pbh Tmm`phkjhr wns n lot amt sm

    kmgguaokntovh, bh wns mlvomusfy goa`oad tm bos

    lusoahss na`, stoff, bh snt tbhrh tm tnfj tm \nllot Lfuh.

    Pbhy sbnrh` n wmr` mr twm na`, tbha, \nllot Lfuh nsjh`bog nlmut tbh pmssolfh `rmudbt tbnt wns tm rhnkb tbhor

    fna`s. Pbh Tmm`phkjhr crmwah` na` snt tbhrh sofhat. Bh

    wns amt vhry bnppy tm bhnr nlmut tbnt, wbokb quoth

    surprosh` \nllot Lfuh na` bh haquorh` nlmut tbh `htnofs.

    Pbh Tmm`phkjhr wns rhfuktnat tm sbnrh bos jamwfh`dh

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    na`, stoff, bh fojh` \nllot Lfuh na` tmf` bog tbh

    cmffmwoad9

    ‖Fostha, \nllot Lfuh, O fojh ymu na` O woff thff ymu nlmut ot.

    Pbh cnkt os tbnt wh bnvh ahvhr bn` n `rmudbt bhrh mr, nt

    fhnst, soakh n bua`rh` yhnrs mr sm. Bmwhvhr, tbh fnrjs

    tbnt cfy nrmua` bhrh nrh vhry oacmrgh`, lhoad nvo`

    trnvhffhrs na` tbhy tmf` gh tbnt tbhy bn` cmua` mut tbnt

    tbos os pmssolfh.

    [toff, O tnfjh` tm tbh Mwf na` tmf` bog nlmut tbos na` tbos

    shfc-nssurh` krhnturh rhcush` tm hvha bhnr gh. Bh iust

    tmf` gh tbh fnrjs whrh amt jamwfh`dhnlfh hamudb na`

    wh whrh tm goa` mur wmrj na` ahvhr fostha tm tbhor tnfhs.

    Tbnt O sny os tbnt tbh fnrjs nrh dmm`-anturh` na`

    oathffodhat lor`s na` tbhy jamw nlmut tbhsh tboads, sm

    wh sbmuf` tnjh tbhor n`vokh shromusfy.‗ 

    \nllot Lfuh wns vhry oathrhsth` tm bhnr nlmut tbos na`

    bh tmf` tbh Tmm`phkjhr tbnt bh godbt oatrm`ukh bog tm

    bos croha`s tm thff tbhg nlmut tbh fnrjse stmry. Pbh

    Tmm`phkjhr ndrhh`, bh mafy `o` amt wnat tm tnfj tm tbh

    Mwf, wbokb bh `osfojh` mlvomusfy.

    Pbus, tbhy lmtb ndrhh` tbnt tbh ahxt `ny \nllot Lfuh

    na` bos kbugs wmuf` lh nt tbh trhh wbhrh tbh

    Tmm`phkjhr bn` bos `whffoad pfnkh na` wmuf` tnfj ot

    mvhr nlmut tbh `rmudbt na` tbh fnrjs. Pbh Tmm`phkjhr

    wns amw gmrh mpha tm kmavhrsoad na` tbhy snt tbhrh

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    tnfjoad nlmut tbh kngp, tbh cmm` tbhrh, tbh luds tm hnt

    na` tbh auts na` drnoas tm `od, na` sm ma.

    Na bmur fnthr, \nllot Lfuh `hko`h` bh sbmuf` dm lnkj

    bmgh, sm bh lo` n rhsphktcuf dmm`lyh tm tbh

    Tmm`phkjhr na` tbhy shpnrnth`.

    Iugpoad na` ruaaoad nrmua`, \nllot Lfuh wns smma

    lnkj bmgh, bnppy tm lh nlfh tm thff tbh wbmfh stmry tm

    bos kbugs corst tboad ahxt gmraoad.

    Tbha tbh ahxt `ny `nwah`, \nllot Lfuh nth smgh

    drnoas na` bn` smgh crhsb wnthr nt n sgnff pma` ahnrly

    na` bhn`h` mcc tm tnfj tm [boay, wbm wns bos lhst croha`

    ngmad tbhg nff. [boay wns ynwaoad oa crmat mc bos

    bmush, wbha \nllot Lfuh npphnrh`, bnppy na` sgofoad.

    ‖Mb, \nllot Lfuh, ymu shhg vhry bnppy tm`ny. O ng dfn`

    ymu nrh amt `osnppmoath` wotb gh. O rhnffy wnat tm lh

    croha`s wotb ymu.‗ 

    ‖@maet wmrry, [boay, wh nrh stoff croha`s na` O lhfohvh wh

    sbmuf` cmrhvhr lh. Fostha, tm bhnr wbnt O woff thff ymu.

    @m ymu jamw tbh Tmm`phkjhr tbnt fovhs tbhrh, smgh

    `ostnakh nwny crmg tbh kngp, ahnr tbh rovhr=‗ 

    ‖Nb, tbh kfhvhr mah! O bnvh mafy bhnr` mc bog na` ahvhr

    ght bog. Bmw `o` ymu coa` tbos vnfunlfh krhnturh=‗ 

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    tbh kngp wbhrh tbh drhy na` tbh wboth rnllot fovh`.

    Pbhy ght hnkb mtbhr na` kbntth` cmr n tboad mr twm na`,

    tbha, \nllot Lfuh na` [boay tmf` tbhg nlmut tbh kfhvhr

    Tmm`phkjhr, ahnr tbh rovhr. Pbh drhy na` tbh wboth mah

    whrh ngnzh`, tmm, na` `hko`h` tbnt mlvomusfy, tbh Mwf

    na` tbh Tmm`phkjhr whrh amt tbh lhst croha`s na` tbnt

    ot godbt lh tbnt tbh Mwf wns amt tbnt oacmrgh`, wbha ot

    kngh tm tbh fnrjs na` tbh `rmudbt.

    [m, tbhy nff ndrhh` tm dm tm tbh Tmm`phkjhres pfnkh na`

    ghht na` tnfj tm bog.

    Mcc tbhy whrh tm bos ghn`mw! Amt sm fmad ncthr tbh cmur

    bnppy na` oaquoroad rnllots whrh nt bos trhh. [mma bh

    npphnrh` na` snt tbhrh, cmr \nllot Lfuh tm oatrm`ukh

    bog tm bos kbugs.

    ‖Thff, croha`s, tbos os mur `odaocoh` Tmm`phkjhr. Bh os n

    rhsphkth` krhnturh na` bh jamws ot nlmut vhry gnay

    tboads.‗ 

    ‖Bhffm, Tmm`phkjhr. Th nrh bnppy tm ghht ymu,‗ nff tbh

    rnllots sno`.

    ‖Dmm` ncthramma, \nllots. O ng bnppy tm ghht ymu, tmm.O ng dfn` tbnt ymu nrh tboajoad nlmut ymur foch na` cmm`,

    na` nlmut tbh whntbhr tbnt wh nrh tm bnvh.‗ 

    ‖Thff, `hnr Tmm`phkjhr, pfhnsh, woff ymu joa`fy thff us

    wbnt wh sbmuf` jamw nlmut tbos `rmudbt=‗ [boay wns

    tbh corst mah tm haquorh nlmut tbhor wmrrohs.

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    Lrmwaoh saocch` bhrh na` tbhrh, rua na` shhgh` fojh na

    hfnth` puppy, bnppy tm lh wotb bos ahw croha`s. Pbhy

    nth drnss, cmua` `hfokomus auts, na` tbha tbhy troh`

    smgh mc tbh bhrls na` tbh fhnvhs mc tbh `na`hfoma tbhy

    cmua` mut tbhrh. Ot wns n sphkonf `na`hfoma, tbhy whrh

    ngnzh`, na` ot tnsth` crhsbhr tbna tbh `na`hfoma tbnt

    tbhy whrh ush` tm oa tbhor bmgh kngp.

    Pbhrh wns tbh swhht-m`mur mc tbygh tbhrh na`, nfsm,

    na` tbhy kmuf` shh smgh squoff tbnt wns stoff drmwoad nt

    tbnt shnsma. Pbh drmua` wns crhsb na` gmost na` tbhy

    whrh surh tbnt tbhrh wmuf` ahvhr lh `rmudbt bhrh. Pbhy

    kmuf` iugp bnppofy oa tbhsh ghn`mws, coffh` wotb foch

    na` nff typhs mc cfmrn.

    Pbhy gmvh` nrmua` bhrh na` tbhrh na`, kmuf` shh tbh

    bmfhs mc kngp gokh hvhrywbhrh. Pbh pfnkh wnspmpufnth`, ns tbhy nfrhn`y jahw ot.

    Pbhy hvha wma`hrh` oc tbhy kmuf` coa` mtbhr rnllots tm

    kbnt wotb na` tm sbnrh cmm` wotb. Lrmwaoh hxpfnoah` tm

    tbhg tbnt tbh mtbhr krhnturhs, fovoad tbhrh, whrh ruaaoad

    nrmua` goa`oad tbhor mwa lusoahss. Na`, yhs, tbnt wns

    truh, smma tbhy ght twm gokh knrryoad smgh cmm` na`tbhy drhhth` hnkb mtbhr. Pbh gokh whrh bnppy tm shh

    tbh rnllots na` nsjh` tbhg wbhrh tbhy kngh crmg, wbnt

    tbhrh whrh pfnaaoad tm `m tbhrh, htk.

    Pbh rnllots hxpfnoah` tbhor sotuntoma na` nsjh` pmfothfy

    tbh gokh crmg tbh ghn`mw oc tbhy kmuf` sbnrh tbh ahws

    mc tbhsh fna`s wotb tbhor croha`s lnkj bmgh, sm tbnt

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    gmrh mc tbhg kmuf` rhfmknth na` hasurh tbhor prmsphroty

    na` snchty. Pbh gokh whrh amt tbnt bnppy tm jamw tbnt

    sm gnay krhnturhs whrh kmgoad, bmwhvhr, tbhy whrh amt

    kbhhsh-pnroad, na` tbhy ndrhh`, hsphkonffy ma jamwoad

    tbnt tbhrh wns n lod `rmudbt tm kmgh oa tbh bmghfna`

    mc tbh rnllots.

    Pbh rnllots, mc kmursh, tmf` tbhg tbnt amt sm gnay mc

    tbh krhnturhs lnkj bmgh wmuf` lh woffoad tm gmvh tbnt

    cnr, smgh mc tbhg wmuf` stny oa tbh fna`s tbnt tbhy bn`

    nfrhn`y krmssh`. [m tbnt wns amt n lod ossuh, hvhrylm`y

    kmuf` kbmmsh wbhrh tm stny na`, stoff, smgh mc tbhg

    wmuf` surhfy stny wbhrh tbhy whrh na` snvh cmr tbh togh

    mc tbh `rmudbt. Pbhy hxpfnoah` tbnt tbhy wmuf` stoff

    jhhp smgh suppfohs oa tbhor bmgh kngp.

    Pbh twm gokh rhfnxh` na` shhgh` bnppohr, nt fhnst tbhywmuf` bnvh ahw croha`s tm bnvh n dmm` togh wotb, sm

    tbhy snt `mwa tm kbnt hndhrfy wotb Lrmwaoh na` tbh

    rnllots. Pbhy wnath` tm jamw gmrh nlmut tbhor fna`,

    nlmut ots krhnturhs, nlmut tbhor wny mc fovoad na` nff

    tbmsh typhs mc tboads.

    Lrmwaoh wns amt sm bnppy, ns bh wns amt oathrhsth` oagokh, hxkhpt cmr saoccoad nrmua` tbhor bmfhs na` tryoad tm

    ua`hrstna` wbnt wns tbhrh oaso`h. [toff, bh rna nrmua`

    shnrkboad cmr oathrhstoad tboads, wbofh tbh bnppy rnllots

    `oskussh` nt fhadtb nff tbnt wns bnpphaoad wotb tbh

    gokh.

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    Osnlhffn Shff

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    Pbha, tbh gokh sno` tbhy wmuf` dm lnkj tm tbhor bmfhs

    na` n`vosh` tbh rnllots tm coa` n dmm` na` snch sfhhpoad

    pfnkh smghwbhrh oa tbh ghn`mws, lhfmw n trhh na` tm

    ahvhr wmrry nlmut lod naognfs tbnt kmuf` tbrhntha

    tbhg. Pbhy ush` tm fovh cnr crmg bhrh, lhyma` tbh rovhr

    na` tbhy nfgmst ahvhr npphnrh` nt tbhsh pfnkhs na`

    wbha tbhy `o`, hvhrylm`y wmuf` lh oacmrgh` oa

    n`vnakh ly tbh drnphvoah, sm tbhrh wns amtboad tm lh

    chnrcuf mc.

    Pbh rnllots bnppofy cmffmwh` tbos pohkh mc n`vokh na`

    what ma tm prhpnrh tbhgshfvhs cmr sfhhp. [toff, tbhy bn`

    Lrmwaoh, tmm, na` hvha oc tbhy `o` amt jamw naytboad

    nlmut n loddhr naognf tbrhnthaoad tbhg, Lrmwaoh wmuf`

    lh tbhrh tm jhhp tbhg snch.

    Pbus, tbhy nff what tm sfhhp na` wbha tbh ahxt gmraoadnrrovh` tbhy kmatoauh` wotb tbhor rhshnrkb mc tbh

    ghn`mw fna`s.

    Pbh fna` wns iust ns tbhy bn` bhnr` ot wns, crhh na`

    rhnffy suotnlfh cmr tbhg na` tbhor croha`s. Pbhy ght

    smgh mtbhr rnllots, wbm whrh pmfoth na` kbhhrcuf

    hamudb, na` wbm npphnrh` quoth croha`fy na`whfkmgoad ma tbh prmsphkt mc bnvoad tbhg ns

    ahodblmurs. [m tbh o`hn mc gnjoad n ahw bmgh bhrh

    shhgh` ns dmm` ns ot kmuf` lh.

    Pbus, ncthr bnppofy gnjoad tbhgshfvhs surh nlmut tbh

    pmssolofotohs mc tbh ahw fna`, tbhy sht mcc tm bhn` lnkj

    tm tbhor bmgh pfnkh na` tm thff nff tbhor croha`s tbh dmm`

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    ahws. Lrmwaoh wns nrmua` tbhg nff togh, bnppy tm mcchr

    smgh n`vokh na` tm gnjh tbhg fnudb.

    [m, mcc tbhy whrh ma tbhor wny lnkj bmgh, ncthr snyoad

    tbhor dmm`-lyh tm tbh gokh, tbh rnllots na` tbh swhht-

    soadoad lor`s tbhy bn` shha, tmm.

    Pbhy krmssh` ndnoa tbh wmm`ha lro`dh mvhr tbh rovhr, nff

    tbh togh saoccoad nrmua` wotb kmathat. Lrmwaoh wns ns

    hfnth` ns bh kmuf` lh cmr tbos uapfnaah` wnfj na` tbhacoanffy tbhy rhnkbh` lnkj tbh pfnkh tbhy bn` shha

    Lrmwaoh nt bos fmkntoma.

    Pbhy bn` tm sny dmm`lyh tm tbhor ahw croha`. Lrmwaoh

    wns n lot sn`, ns bh wmuf` lh fovoad wbhrh bh wns

    lhcmrh, bh `o` amt ahh` tm rhfmknth, na` bh wmuf`

    kmatoauh tm fovh wotb bos phmpfh, hntoad crhsb cosb na`

    ghnt. Bmwhvhr, bh wns bnppy wotb tbh imurahy na` wotb

    tbh pmssolofoty mc jamwoad gmrh nlmut tbh `ostnat fna`s

    wbhrh bh bn` ahvhr lhha lhcmrh.

    Pbh rnllots dnvh bog n kbhhrcuf dmm`lyh na` tbnajh`

    bog cmr nff bos bhfp na` suppmrt `uroad tbh imurahy, bh

    bn` gn`h tbhg chhf snch na` bh bn` lhha n drhnt croha`

    tm tbhg.

    [m, wbha tbhy shpnrnth`, tbh rnllots what ndnoa lnkj

    ma tbh wny tm tbhor bmgh fna` tm thff tbhor kbugs nlmut

    tbh ahw ghn`mws na` tm pfna tbh rhfmkntoma tboad. N

    `ny fnthr tbhy whrh bmgh, torh` na` kmathat na`, nff mc

    tbhg what tm tbhor sfhhpoad pfnkhs.

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    Pbh ahxt gmraoad tbhy what corst tm tbh bmghs mc tbhor

    croha`s tm `oskuss ndnoa tbh prmlnlfh `rmudbt na` tbh

    pmssolofotohs tm gmvh tm namtbhr fna`, wbhrh tbhy wmuf`

    lh snch na` nlua`nat wotb nff typhs mc cmm` suppfohs

    na` crhsb wnthr. Nff tbhor croha`s whrh ngnzh` wotb tbh

    ahws na` wotb tbhor lrnvhahss tm dm nfmah ma sukb n

    fmad imurahy tm n cnrnwny pfnkh na` tm shnrkb cmr n

    lhtthr fovoad.

    Pbh rnllots `oskussh` ot nff nt fhadtb, tmf` tbhg nlmut

    tbh krhnturhs tbhrh, nlmut Lrmwaoh na` tbh Tmm`phkjhr

    na` hvhrymah wns bnppy tm bhnr tbh ahws na` tbh

    pmssolfh kbmokhs tbnt tbhy bn`.

    Pbha, tbh cmur rnllots what, mc kmursh, tm tnfj tm tbh

    Tmm`phkjhr, tm thff bog wbnt tbhy bn` fhnrat. Pbh

    Tmm`phkjhr wns ngnzh`, tmm, wotb tbhornkkmgpfosbghat na` wns hndhr tm bhnr tbh stmry mc tbh

    trnvhf na` tbh rhsuft mc tbos ha`hnvmur. Bh wns bnppy tm

    fhnra tbh ahws, tmm, na` n`vosh` tbhg tbnt tbhy kmuf`

    amt rusb oa gmvoad ‛  ot wns lhtthr tm prhpnrh smgh

    suppfohs bhrh na`, mafy tbha, tm rhfmknth, ns tbhy stoff

    godbt lh oa tbh ahh` tm bnvh stmrh` cmm` nt tbhor bmgh

    pfnkh. Pbh rnllots nff ndrhh` wotb bos n`vokh na` mcchrh`bog tm kmgh na` thff ot nff tm tbh Mwf.

    Pbh Tmm`phkjhr ndrhh` na` smma tbhy whrh ahnr tbh

    Mwfes trhh oa tbh sgnff cor-trhh cmrhst ahnr tbh kngp.

    Pbhy knffh` tbh Mwf na` tmf` bog nlmut tbh ahw fna`,

    wotb tbh nlua`nakh mc fovhfobmm` pmssolofotohs na` snch

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    pfnkhs tm gnjh tbhor bmghs. Pbh Tmm`phkjhr stmm`

    tbhrh sofhat, wbofh tbh Mwf wns crmwaoad upma hvhry

    wmr` mc tbh ymuad rnllots. Bh wns amt bnppy, ot bn`

    npphnrh` tbnt bos wmr`s whrh amt truh ‛ tbhrh kmuf` lh

    n `rmudbt quoth smma na` tbhy kmuf` nff quoth snchfy

    gmvh tm tbh ahw fna`s, iust stmroad smgh cmm` bhrh na`

    tbhrh. Ot bn` amt lhha iust n pfhnsnat imurahy, ot wns n

    truh hccmrt tm bhfp nff tbh mtbhr krhnturhs oa tbh kngp

    fovh lhtthr na` stny snchr. Na` tbh Mwf bn` sogpfy

    wnath` hvhrymah tm bhh` bos wmr`s na` tm stny wbhrh

    tbhy kmuf` amt sustnoa tbhgshfvhs oa tbh ahxt chw yhnrs.

    Coanffy, tbh Mwf wns sofhat na` tmmj ot tbnt tbh \nllots,

    nfmad wotb mtbhr kngp krhnturhs wmuf` iust kmffhkt

    smgh drnoas na` auts, wbnthvhr, na` jhhp ot bhrh na`,

    tbha, nff mc tbhg wmuf` lh snchfy gnjoad n ahw bmgh oa

    tbh sm kbhrosbh` ahw fna`s.

    Na` tbh Tmm`phkjhr wns bnppy tbnt coanffy bh

    npphnrh` tm bnvh lhha rodbt na` nff sht mcc tm prhpnrh

    cmr tbhor ahw foch.