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KAY Ynalhs ni I`atd Bhvntank`f Jajfh
Lnpyramdt :700 jy Snkbhrv`k@ff ramdts rhshrvhb.
Rdh Dnfy Jajfh, Khw Akthrk`tank`f Yhrsank, KAYLnpyramdt 01=
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Rdh Jajfh as e`bh up ni 99 akbavabu`f jnnos wratthk jy baiihrhkt `utdnrs. H`ld nitdhsh `utdnrs ushb baiihrhkt wratakm styfhs `kb favhb ak baiihrhkt hr`s ni dastnry. H`ld
d`b tdhar nwk purpnsh kb nll`sank ak eakb s tdhy wrnth. ]d`t shp`r`ths tdh Jajfh
irne ntdhr `ktdnfnmahs as tdh i`lt td`t Mnb daeshfi muabhb tdh wratakm ni \lrapturh.
Rdh rhsuft as nkh `e`zakmfy lndhsavh jnno e`bh up ni wafbfy basp`r`th p`rts. Dhrhs
` qualo fnno t tdh baiihrhkt mhkrhs ynuff iakb s ynu hxpfnrh tdh jnnos ni \lrapturh.
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Jnnos ni tdh F`wMhkhsas tdrnumd BhuthrnkneyRdh iarst iavh jnnos ni tdh Jajfh (tdh Whkt`thuld) bht`af Mnbs akthr`ltank watd das
due`k lrh`tank. Rdhy niihr vavab bhslraptanks ni Mnb e`oakm daeshfi oknwk tn akba-
vabu`fs, aklfubakm Kn`d, @jr`d`e `kb \`r`d, Cnshpd `kb Enshs. \phlaial`ffy tdhsh
jnnos l`t`fnm Mnbs bh`fakms watd tdh Asr`hfaths, das ldnshk phnpfh. Rdhy mavh us
sk`psdnts ni das fnvh, ehrly, custalh `kb dnfakhss tdh w`y dh rhw`rbs i`atdiufkhss
`kb pukasdhs basnjhbahklh. Ak tdhsh jnnos, Mnb hst`jfasdhs tdh rufhs inr favakm td`t
dh hxphlts tn mnvhrk tdh favhs ni das phnpfh.
Jnnos ni DastnryCnsdu` tdrnumd Hstdhr
Rdhsh jnnos rhlnrb tdh dastnry ni tdh Asr`hfaths `kb tdh favhs ni suld knt`jfhs `s
Cnsdu`, \`esnk, Bhjnr`d, B`vab `kb Hstdhr. Rdhy fsn hst`jfasd `k ukinrtuk`th p`t-
thrk ak tdh rhf`tanksdap jhtwhhk Mnb kb das phnpfh. Rdh p`tthrk mnhs faoh tdas3 Mnb
mavhs akstrultanks nk dnw tn favh ak suld ` w`y td`t phnpfh l`k hkcny das jfhssakms
`kb ihffnwsdap? due`ks amknrh das akstrultanks `kb basnjhy dae, puttakm `k njst`-lfh ak tdh rhf`tanksdap watd dae? Mnb pukasdhs tdh basnjhbahklh `kb watddnfbs das
jfhssakms? due`ks rhlnmkazh tdhar hrrnr `kb rhphkt? Mnb inrmavhs `kb rhstnrhs das
jfhssakms. Rd`t p`tthrk ni basnjhbahklh-rhchltank-rhphkt`klh-`llhpt`klh as rhph`thb
taeh `kb `m`ak tdrnumdnut tdh jnnos ni dastnry.
Jnnos ni WnhtryCnj tdrnumd \nkm ni \nkms
Rdhsh jnnos rhlnrb tdh tdnumdts, phrsnk`f strummfhs `kb d`rb-h`rkhb wasbne niMnbs phnpfh. Rdhy `bbrhss taehfhss tnpals, suld `s wdy phnpfh suiihr, wd`t oakb ni
wnrsdap pfh`shs tdh Fnrb `kb dnw Mnbs wasbne l`k jh `ppfahb tn hvhryb`y faih.
Jnnos ni tdh WrnpdhtsAs`a`d tdrnumd E`f`lda
Qnuvh dh`rb tdh hxprhssank Mnb wnros ak eysthranus w`ys. Rdh i`lt as, Mnb nithk
mavhs das phnpfh bv`klh kntalh ni das akthktanks kb pf`ks. Rd`t kntalh l`k jh inukb
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vaaa ]D@R A\ RDH JAJFH>
ak tdh jnnos ni prnpdhly. Knt nkfy bn tdh prnpdhts niihr w`rkakms tn tdh phnpfh ni
Asr`hf, tdhy `fsn pnakt tn tdh fnkm-`w`athb Ehssa`d, tdh Nkh wdn wnufb uftae`thfy
rhstnrh tdh rhf`tanksdap jhtwhhk Mnb `kb due`ks.
K RJnnos ni DastnryE`ttdhw tdrnumd @lts
Rdh iarst inur jnnos ni tdh Khw Rhst`ehkt tdh Mnsphfs prhshkt inur baiihrhkt yht
uftae`thfy lnepfhehkt`ry `llnukts ni tdh faih ni Ldrast. Rdh `llnukts `rh luffhb
irne phrsnk`f rhlnffhltanks `kb hyhwatkhss thstaenky.
Jhinrh Chsus rhturkhb tn dh`vhk, dh akstrulthb das inffnwhrs tn sprh`b das Mnnb
Khws `lrnss tdh mfnjh. Rdh jnno ni @lts bht`afs tdh hiinrts ni tdh h`rfy jhfahvhrs tn
bn cust td`t. Ak ats p`mhs ynuff iakb tdh jhmakkakm ni tdh ldurld tdh jnby ni Ldrastnk h`rtd.
FhtthrsZne`ks tdrnumd Zhvhf`tank
Mnb lneeassankhb ehk suld `s W`uf, Whthr `kb Cndk tn wrath fhtthrs tn v`ranus h`rfy
ldurldhs `kb ldurld fh`bhrs, hklnur`makm tdhe ak tdhar i`atd `kb `bbrhssakm prnj-
fhes tdhy i`lhb. Ak tdh prnlhss, tdh Fnrb nutfakhb tdh j`sal bnltrakhs ni tdh Ldrasta`k
faih `kb sphffhb nut tdh rhspnksajafatahs ni jhfahvhrs tdrnumdnut dastnry.
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Rdh mn`f ni tdh Khw Akthrk`tank`f Yhrsank (KAY) as tn hk`jfh Hkmfasd-sph`oakm phnpfhirne `rnukb tdh wnrfb tn rh`b `kb dh`r Mnbs hthrk`f ]nrb ak tdhar nwk f`kmu`mh.
Nur wnro `s tr`ksf`tnrs as entav`thb jy nur lnkvaltank td`t tdh Jajfh as Mnbs ]nrb
ak wratthk inre. ]h jhfahvh td`t tdh Jajfh lnkt`aks tdh bavakh `kswhr tn tdh bhhphst
khhbs ni due`katy, sdhbs ukaquh famdt nk nur p`td ak ` b`ro wnrfb `kb shts inrtd tdh
w`y tn nur hthrk`f whff-jhakm. Nut ni tdhsh bhhp lnkvaltanks, wh d`vh snumdt tn rhl-
rh`th s i`r s pnssajfh tdh hxphrahklh ni tdh nramak`f `ubahklh jfhkbakm tr`ksp`r-
hkly tn tdh nramak`f thxt watd `llhssajafaty inr tdh eaffanks ni Hkmfasd sph`ohrs rnukb
tdh wnrfb. ]h d`vh pranratazhb `llur`ly, lf`raty `kb fathr`ry qu`faty watd tdh mn`f ni
lrh`takm ` tr`ksf`tank suat`jfh inr pujfal `kb prav`th rh`bakm, hv`kmhfase, th`ldakm,
prh`ldakm, ehenrazakm `kb faturmal`f ush. ]h d`vh `fsn snumdt tn prhshrvh ` eh`-
surh ni lnktakuaty watd tdh fnkm tr`batank ni tr`ksf`takm tdh \lrapturhs aktn Hkmfasd.
Rdh lnepfhth KAY Jajfh w`s iarst pujfasdhb ak 01=4. At w`s ` lnepfhthfy khw
tr`ksf`tank e`bh jy nvhr ` dukbrhb sldnf`rs wnroakm barhltfy irne tdh jhst `v`af-
`jfh Dhjrhw, @r`e`al `kb Mrhho thxts. Rdh tr`ksf`tnrs l`eh irne tdh Xkathb \t`ths,
Mrh`t Jrat`ak, L`k`b`, @ustr fa` kb Khw Sh`f`kb, mavakm tdh tr`ksf`tank k akthrk`-
tank`f slnph. Rdhy whrh irne e`ky bhkneak`tanks `kb ldurldhs aklfubakm @kmfa-
l`k, @sshejfahs ni Mnb, J`ptast, Jrhtdrhk, Ldrasta`k Zhinrehb, Ldurld ni Ldrast,Hv`kmhfal`f Lnvhk`kt, Hv`kmhfal`f Irhh, Futdhr`k, Ehkknkath, Ehtdnbast, K`z`rhkh,
Wrhsjythra`k, ]hsfhy`k `kb ntdhrs. Rdas jrh`btd ni bhkneak`tank`f `kb tdhnfnmal`f
phrsphltavh dhfphb tn s`ihmu`rb tdh tr`ksf`tank irne shlt`ra`k ja`s. Inr tdhsh rh`-
snks, `kb jy tdh mr`lh ni Mnb, tdh KAY d`s m`akhb ` wabh rh`bhrsdap ak `ff p`rts ni
tdh Hkmfasd-sph`oakm wnrfb.
Rdh wnro ni tr`ksf`takm tdh Jajfh as khvhr iakasdhb. @s mnnb `s tdhy `rh, Hkmfasd
tr`ksf`tanks eust jh rhmuf`rfy upb`thb sn td`t tdhy waff lnktakuh tn lneeukal`th
`llur`thfy tdh eh`kakm ni Mnbs ]nrb. Xpb`ths `rh khhbhb ak nrbhr tn rhifhlt tdhf`thst bhvhfnpehkts ak nur ukbhrst`kbakm ni tdh jajfal`f wnrfb `kb ats f`kmu`mhs
`kb tn ohhp p`lh watd ld`kmhs ak Hkmfasd us`mh. Zhlnmkazakm, tdhk, td`t tdh KAY
wnufb rht`ak ats `jafaty tn lneeukal`th Mnbs ]nrb `llur`thfy nkfy ai at whrh rhmu-
f`rfy upb`thb, tdh nramak`f tr`ksf`tnrs hst`jfasdhb Rdh Lneeatthh nk Jajfh Rr`ksf`-
tank (LJR). Rdh lneeatthh as ` shfi-phrphtu`takm mrnup ni jajfal`f sldnf`rs ld`rmhb
watd ohhpakm jrh`st ni `bv`klhs ak jajfal`f sldnf`rsdap kb ld`kmhs ak Hkmfasd kb
assuakm phranbal upb`ths tn tdh KAY. LJR as `k akbhphkbhkt, shfi-mnvhrkakm jnby `kb
d`s snfh rhspnksajafaty inr tdh KAY thxt. Rdh lneeatthh earrnrs tdh nramak`f mrnup nitr`ksf`tnrs ak ats bavhrsh akthrk`tank`f `kb bhkneak`tank`f e`ohup `kb ak ats ukaiy-
akm lneeatehkt tn tdh Jajfh `s Mnbs aksparhb ]nrb.
Ak njhbahklh tn ats e`kb`th, tdh lneeatthh d`s assuhb phranbal upb`ths tn tdh
KAY. @k akata`f rhvasank w`s rhfh`shb ak 0142. @ enrh tdnrnumd rhvasank prnlhss
w`s lnepfhthb ak :778, rhsuftakm ak tdh shp`r`thfy pujfasdhb Rnb`ys Khw Akthrk`-
tank`f Yhrsank (RKAY). Rdh upb`thb KAY ynu knw d`vh ak ynur d`kbs juafbs nk jntd
tdh nramak`f KAY `kb tdh RKAY `kb rhprhshkts tdh f`thst hiinrt ni tdh lneeatthh tn
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rtaluf`th Mnbs ukld`kmakm ]nrb ak tdh w`y tdh nramak`f `utdnrs eamdt d`vh s`ab
at d`b tdhy jhhk sph`oakm ak Hkmfasd tn tdh mfnj`f Hkmfasd-sph`oakm `ubahklh tnb`y.
Rdh iarst lnklhrk ni tdh tr`ksf`tnrs d`s lnktakuhb tn jh tdh `llur`ly ni tdh tr`ks-
f`tank `kb ats i`atdiufkhss tn tdh akthkbhb eh`kakm ni tdh jajfal`f wrathrs. Rdas d`s
envhb tdh tr`ksf`tnrs tn mn jhynkb inre`f wnrb-inr-wnrb rhkbhrakm ni tdh nramak`f
thxts. Jhl`ush tdnumdt p`tthrks `kb sykt`x baiihr irne f`kmu`mh tn f`kmu`mh, `llu-
r`th lneeukal`tank ni tdh eh`kakm ni tdh jajfal`f utdnrs bhe`kbs lnkst`kt rhm`rb
inr v`rahb lnkthxtu`f ushs ni wnrbs `kb abanes `kb inr irhquhkt enbaial`tanks ak
shkthklh strulturhs.
@s `k `ab tn tdh rh`bhr, shltank`f dh`bakms d`vh jhhk akshrthb. Rdhy `rh knt tn
jh rhm`rbhb `s p`rt ni tdh jajfal`f thxt `kb `rh knt akthkbhb inr nr`f rh`bakm. At as tdh
lneeatthhs dnph td`t tdhsh dh`bakms e`y prnvh enrh dhfpiuf tn tdh rh`bhr td`k tdh
tr`batank`f ld`pthr bavasanks, wdald whrh aktrnbulhb fnkm ithr tdh Jajfh w`s wratthk.
Inr tdh Nfb Rhst`ehkt tdh st`kb`rb Dhjrhw thxt, tdh E`snrhtal Rhxt `s pujfasdhbak tdh f`thst hbatank ni Jajfa` Dhjr`al`,d`s jhhk ushb tdrnumdnut. Rdh E`snrhtal Rhxt
tr`batank lnkt`aks e`rmak`f knt`tanks td`t niihr v`ra`kt rh`bakms. Rdhsh d`vh sneh-
taehs jhhk inffnwhb aksth`b ni tdh thxt atshfi. Jhl`ush suld akst`klhs akvnfvh v`ra`kts
watdak tdh E`snrhtal tr`batank, tdhy d`vh knt jhhk akbal`thb ak tdh thxtu`f knths. Ak
` ihw l`shs, wnrbs ak tdh j`sal lnksnk`kt`f thxt d`vh jhhk bavabhb baiihrhktfy td`k
ak tdh E`snrhtal Rhxt. \uld l`shs `rh usu`ffy akbal`thb ak tdh thxtu`f inntknths. Rdh
Bh`b \h` \lrnffs lnkt`ak jajfal`f thxts td`t rhprhshkt k h`rfahr st`mh ni tdh tr`kseas-
sank ni tdh Dhjrhw thxt. Rdhy d`vh jhhk lnksufthb, `s d`vh jhhk tdh \`e`rat`k Whk-t`thuld `kb tdh `klahkt slraj`f tr`batanks lnklhrkakm bhfajhr`th thxtu`f ld`kmhs. Rdh
tr`ksf`tnrs fsn lnksufthb tdh enrh aepnrt`kt h`rfy vhrsanks tdh Mrhho \hptu`makt,
@quaf`, \yee`ldus `kb Rdhnbntank, tdh F`tak Yufm`th, tdh \yra`l Whsdatt`, tdh @r`-
e`al R rmues kb, inr tdh Ws`fes, tdhCuxt` Dhjr`al`ni Chrneh. Zh`bakms irne tdhsh
vhrsanks, tdh Bh`b \h` \lrnffs kb tdh slraj`f tr`batanks whrh nll`sank`ffy inffnwhb
wdhrh tdh E`snrhtal Rhxt shhehb bnujtiuf `kb wdhrh `llhpthb praklapfhs ni thxtu`f
lratalase sdnwhb td`t nkh nr enrh ni tdhsh thxtu`f watkhsshs pph`rhb tn prnvabh tdh
lnrrhlt rh`bakm. Ak r`rh l`shs, tdh lneeatthh d`s hehkbhb tdh Dhjrhw thxt wdhrh at
`pph`rs tn d`vh jhlneh lnrrupthb `t `k hvhk h`rfahr st`mh ni ats tr`kseassank. Rdhsh
bhp`rturhs irne tdh E`snrhtal Rhxt `rh `fsn akbal`thb ak tdh thxtu`f inntknths. \neh-
taehs tdh vnwhf akbal`tnrs (wdald `rh f`thr `bbatanks tn tdh j`sal lnksnk`kt`f thxt)
inukb ak tdh E`snrhtal Rhxt bab knt, ak tdh cubmehkt ni tdh lneeatthh, rhprhshkt tdh
lnrrhlt vnwhfs inr tdh nramak`f thxt. @llnrbakmfy, sneh wnrbs d`vh jhhk rh`b watd
` baiihrhkt sht ni vnwhfs. Rdhsh akst`klhs `rh usu`ffy knt akbal`thb ak tdh inntknths.
Rdh Mrhho thxt ushb ak tr`ksf`takm tdh Khw Rhst`ehkt as `k hlfhltal nkh, j`shb nk
tdh f`thst hbatanks ni tdh Khstfh-@f`kb/Xkathb Jajfh \nlahtahs Mrhho Khw Rhst`ehkt.
Rdh lneeatthh d`s e`bh ats ldnalhs `enkm tdh v`ra`kt rh`bakms ak `llnrb`klh watdwabhfy `llhpthb praklapfhs ni Khw Rhst`ehkt thxtu`f lratalase. Inntknths l`ff `tthk-
tank tn pf`lhs wdhrh uklhrt`akty rhe`aks.
Rdh Khw Rhst`ehkt `utdnrs, wratakm ak Mrhho, nithk qunth tdh Nfb Rhst`ehkt
irne ats `klahkt Mrhho vhrsank, tdh \hptu`makt. Rdas as nkh rh`snk wdy sneh ni tdh
Nfb Rhst`ehkt qunt`tanks ak tdh KAY Khw Rhst`ehkt `rh knt abhktal`f tn tdh lnrrh-
spnkbakm p`ss`mhs ak tdh KAY Nfb Rhst`ehkt. \uld qunt`tanks ak tdh Khw Rhst`ehkt
`rh akbal`thb watd tdh inntknth (shh \hptu`makt).
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Ntdhr inntknths ak tdas vhrsank rh ni shvhr`f oakbs, enst ni wdald khhb kn hxpf`-
k`tank. Rdnsh mavakm `fthrk`tavh tr`ksf`tanks jhmak watd Nr `kb mhkhr`ffy aktrnbulh
tdh `fthrk`tavh watd tdh f`st wnrb prhlhbakm at ak tdh thxt, hxlhpt wdhk at as ` sakmfh-
wnrb `fthrk`tavh. ]dhk pnhtry as qunthb ak ` inntknth, ` sf`sd e`ro akbal`ths ` fakh
bavasank.At sdnufb jh knthb td`t rhihrhklhs tn bash`shs, eakhr`fs, ifnr` kb i`uk`, rldathl-
tur`f bht`afs, lfntdakm, chwhfry, eusal`f akstruehkts `kb ntdhr `rtalfhs l`kknt `fw`ys
jh abhktaiahb watd prhlasank. @fsn, fakh`r eh`surhehkts `kb eh`surhs ni l`p`laty
l`k nkfy jh `pprnxae`thb (shh tdh R`jfh ni ]hamdts `kb Eh`surhs). @ftdnumd \hf`d,
ushb e`akfy ak tdh Ws`fes, as prnj`jfy ` eusal`f thre, ats eh`kakm as uklhrt`ak.
\aklh at e`y akthrrupt rh`bakm kb bastr`lt tdh rh`bhr, tdas wnrb d`s knt jhhk ohpt ak
tdh Hkmfasd thxt, jut hvhry nllurrhklh d`s jhhk samk`fhb jy ` inntknth.
Nkh ni tdh e`ak rh`snks tdh t`so ni Jajfh tr`ksf`tank as khvhr iakasdhb as tdh
ld`kmh ak nur nwk f`kmu`mh, Hkmfasd. @ftdnumd j`sal lnrh ni tdh f`kmu`mh rhe`aks
rhf`tavhfy st`jfh, e`ky bavhrsh `kb lnepfhx fakmuastal i`ltnrs lnktakuh tn jrakm
`jnut sujtfh sdaits ak tdh eh`kakms kb/nr lnkknt`tanks ni hvhk nfb, whff-hst`jfasdhb
wnrbs kb pdr`shs. Nkh ni tdh sdaits td`t lrh`ths p`rtaluf`r ld`ffhkmhs tn wrathrs kb
tr`ksf`tnrs faoh as tdh e`kkhr ak wdald mhkbhr as prhshkthb. Rdh nramak`f KAY (01=4)
w`s pujfasdhb ak taeh wdhk ` e`k wnufb k`tur`ffy jh ukbhrstnnb, ak e`ky lnk-
thxts, tn jh rhihrrakm tn ` phrsnk, wdhtdhr e`fh nr ihe`fh. Jut enst Hkmfasd sph`ohrs
tnb`y thkb tn dh`r ` bastakltfy e`fh lnkknt`tank ak tdas wnrb. Ak rhlnmkatank ni tdas
ld`kmh ak Hkmfasd, tdas hbatank ni tdh KAY, `fnkm watd `fenst `ff ntdhr rhlhkt Hkm-fasd tr`ksf`tanks, sujstatuths ntdhr hxprhssanks wdhk tdh nramak`f thxt akthkbs tn rhihr
mhkhral`ffy tn ehk `kb wnehk hqu`ffy. Rdus, inr akst`klh, tdh KAY (0142) rhkbhrakm
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\nehtaehs tdh ld`pthr `kb/nr vhrsh kuejhrakm ak Hkmfasd tr`ksf`tanks ni tdh Nfb
Rhst`ehkt baiihrs irne td`t inukb ak pujfasdhb Dhjrhw thxts. Rdas as p`rtaluf`rfy tdh
l`sh ak tdh Ws`fes, wdhrh tdh tr`batank`f tatfhs `rh nithk aklfubhb ak tdh Dhjrhw
vhrsh kuejhrakm. \uld baiihrhklhs `rh akbal`thb ak tdh inntknths `t tdh jnttne ni
tdh p`mh. Ak tdh Khw Rhst`ehkt, vhrsh kuejhrs td`t e`rohb nii pnrtanks ni tdh tr`-batank`f Hkmfasd thxt knt suppnrthb jy tdh jhst Mrhho e`kuslrapts knw `pph`r ak
jr`lohts, watd inntknth akbal`takm tdh thxt td`t d`s jhhk neatthb (shh, inr hx`epfh,
E`ttdhw 0=3_:0U).
E`ro 0931 :7 kb Cndk =38< 4300, ftdnumd fnkm llnrbhb vartu`ffy hqu`f st`-
tus watd tdh rhst ni tdh Mnsphfs ak wdald tdhy st`kb, d`vh ` vhry quhstank`jfh `kb
lnkiushb st`kbakm ak tdh thxtu`f dastnry ni tdh Khw Rhst`ehkt, `s knthb ak tdh
jr`lohthb `kknt`tanks watd wdald tdhy `rh sht nii. @ baiihrhkt typhi`lh d`s jhhk ldn-
shk inr tdhsh p`ss`mhs tn akbal`th hvhk enrh lfh`rfy tdhar uklhrt`ak st`tus.
J`sal inre`ttakm ni tdh thxt, suld `s fakakm tdh pnhtry, p`r`mr`pdakm (jntd prnsh
`kb pnhtry), shttakm up ni (`beakastr`tavh-faoh) fasts, akbhktakm fhtthrs `kb fhkmtdy
pr`yhrs watdak k`rr`tavhs `kb tdh akshrtank ni shltank`f dh`bakms, d`s jhhk tdh wnro
ni tdh lneeatthh. Dnwhvhr, tdh ldnalh jhtwhhk sakmfh-lnfuek `kb bnujfh-lnfuek
inre`ts d`s jhhk fhit tn tdh pujfasdhrs. @fsn tdh assuakm ni rhb-fhtthr hbatanks as `
pujfasdhrs ldnalh nkh tdh lneeatthh bnhs knt hkbnrsh.
Rdh lneeatthh d`s `m`ak jhhk rheakbhb td`t hvhry due`k hiinrt as if`whb
aklfubakm tdas rhvasank ni tdh KAY. ]h trust, dnwhvhr, td`t e`ky waff iakb ak at `k
aeprnvhb rhprhshkt`tank ni tdh ]nrb ni Mnb, tdrnumd wdald tdhy dh`r das l`ff tni`atd ak nur Fnrb Chsus Ldrast `kb tn shrvalh ak das oakmbne. ]h niihr tdas vhrsank ni
tdh Jajfh tn dae ak wdnsh k`eh `kb inr wdnsh mfnry at d`s jhhk e`bh.
Rdh Lneeatthh nk Jajfh Rr`ksf`tank
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Rdh Jhmakkakm
0 Ak tdh jhmakkakm Mnb lrh`thb tdhdh`vhks `kb tdh h`rtd. :Knw tdh h`rtdw`s inrefhss `kb hepty, b`rokhss w`snvhr tdh suri`lh ni tdh bhhp, `kb tdh\parat ni Mnb w`s dnvhrakm nvhr tdh w`-thrs.
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Oknwakm Mnb
Mhkhsas 030
]dy
nr wdy knt>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 2.
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Mnb ni @mhs
Mhkhsas :30 :8 nr:32 1
Mhnrmh Inx {`b 09:2 0910}
Dh as tdh favakm Mnb, td`t lfntdhs tdh h`rtd watd mr`ss `kb dhrjs, l`ushs tdh trhhs tn mrnw
`kb jrakm inrtd innb inr ynu, `kb e`ohs tdh iasdhs ni tdh sh` tn jrh`tdh `kb favh. Dh e`ohs
tdh inwfs ni tdh `ar tn jrhhb `kb l`ushs tdh julo `kb tdh bnh, tdh lrh`turhs, `kb `ff tdh jh`sts
tn jrakm inrtd wdhrhjy tdhy e`y jh innb inr ynu. Dh as tdh favakm Mnb, td`t l`ushs tdh suk
tn mavh w`retd tn ynu, tn knurasd ynu wdhk ynu `rh lnfb. Dh as tdh favakm Mnb, td`t l`ushs
tdh sknw `kb irnst tn ehft `kb l`ushs tdh r`ak tn w`thr tdh pf`kts. Dh as tdh favakm Mnb, td`te`bh dh`vhk `kb h`rtd, tdh lfnubs, l`ushs tdh sprakms tn jrh`o nut ni tdh rnlos, `kb bavabhb
tdh mrh`t sh` irne tdh h`rtd. Dh bavabhs tdh famdt irne tdh b`rokhss, jy wdald at as l`ffhb
b`y `kb tdh b`rokhss kamdt, `kb bavabhb tdh mrh`t w`thrs irne tdh h`rtd, tnmhtdhr, wdald
mrh`t w`thrs dh l`ffhb sh` `kb tdh bry f`kb h`rtd. Dh as tn jh wnrsdaphb td`t bnhs tdas. Dh
as tdh favakm Mnb td`t mavhs ynu jrh`td, faih `kb strhkmtd `kb mavhs ynu jh`sts `kb l`ttfh
wdhrhjy ynu e`y jh ihb `kb lfntdhb. Dh as tdh favakm Mnb, `kb dh as tn jh wnrsdaphb. Rdas
as tdh Oakm ni oakms `kb Fnrb ni fnrbs, ak wdnsh d`kb as tdh jrh`td ni `ff e`koakb.
@kk \p`kmfhr@ eamdty Mnb lnufb d`vh lrh`thb ` wnrfb quath baiihrhkt irne tdh nkh wh oknw. At lnufb
d`vh d`b phrphtu`ffy b`ro soahs, mr`ss td`t durt tn w`fo nk, bnms td`t lnufbkt jh dnushjrn-
ohk `kb phnpfh akl`p`jfh ni fnvh. D`vh ynu hvhr wnkbhrhb wdy tdh wnrfb ynu t`oh inr
mr`kthb as nithk sn stukkakmfy jh`utaiuf> \n pfh`s`kt tn favh ak> ]dy tdh phnpfh `rnukb ynu
`rh l`p`jfh ni sn euld oakbkhss>
\n nithk wh eass faihs jh`uty jhl`ush wh `rh prhnllupahb jy ats if`ws. Aksth`b ni t`oakm
nii nur sdnhs tn ihhf tdh ih`tdhry snit mr`ss jhkh`td nur ihht, wh lnepf`ak td`t ats mrnwakm
sn i`st td`t wh bnkt d`vh taeh tn enw at. Z`tdhr td`k hkcnyakm tdh mrhm`ranus wne`kjhdakb tdh suphre`roht lnukthr, wh jf`eh dhr irahkbfy ld`tthr inr bhf`yakm tdh ldhlonut
fakh. @kb wd`t `jnut us> ]dn st`rhs j`lo irne tdh earrnr h`ld enrkakm> @ ldafb ni Mnb
wdn as mrnwakm b`afy ak das ae`mh nr snehnkh wdnsh knsh as tnn jam nr tnn se`ff, wdnsh d`ar
as ak ` st`th ni phrphtu`f rhjhffank nr wdnsh soak as `mhb `kb wnrk>
Rnb`y, `so tdh Mnb wdn e`bh ynu tn rhe`oh ynur shksh ni wnkbhr `t das lrh`tavh
pnwhr.
rhifhltank0. ]d`t bnhs tdh v`stkhss ni lrh`tank th`ld ynu `jnut Mnb>:. Dnw lnufb tdh i`lt td`t Mnb as tdh lrh`tnr ni `ff tdakms `iihlt ynur
phrlhptank ni ynurshfi `kb tdh wnrfb `rnukb ynu>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 1.
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88 MHKH\A\ :3:2 MHKH\A\
:Rdh wne`k s`ab tn tdh shrphkt, ]h e`yh`t iruat irne tdh trhhs ak tdh m`rbhk,
07Dh `kswhrhb, A dh`rb ynu ak tdh m`r-bhk, `kb A w`s `ir`ab jhl`ush A w`s k`ohb?sn A dab.
00@kb dh s`ab, ] dn tnfb ynu td`t ynuwhrh k`ohb> D`vh ynu h`thk irne tdh trhhtd`t A lnee`kbhb ynu knt tn h`t irne>
0:Rdh e`k s`ab, Rdh wne`k ynu put dhrhwat d eh sdh m`vh eh sneh iruat irne t dh
trhh, kb A `th at.0Rdh wne`k s`ab, Rdh shrphkt bhlhavhb
eh, `kb A `th.02\n tdh F Mnb s`ab tn tdh shrphkt,
Jhl`ush ynu d`vh bnkh tdas,
`08 Nr shhb j08 Nr straoh l:7 Nr Rdh e`k b:7 Hvhprnj`jfy eh`ks favakm. h:2 Nr pf`lhb akirnkt
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prhshklh `kb favhb ak tdh f`kb ni Knb,ih`stni Hbhk.
0=L`ak e`bh fnvh tn das waih, `kb sdh jh-l`eh prhmk`kt `kb m`vh jartd tn Hknld.L`ak w`s tdhk juafbakm laty, kb dh k`ehb
at `ithr das snk Hknld.04
Rn Hknld w`s jnrkAr`b, `kb Ar`b w`s tdh i`tdhr ni Ehduc`hf,`kb Ehduc`hf w`s tdh i`tdhr ni Ehtdusd`hf,`kb Ehtdusd`hf w`s tdh i`tdhr ni F`ehld.
01F` ehld e`rrahb twn wnehk, nkhk`ehb @b`d `kb tdh ntdhr Saff`d. :7@b`dm`vh jartd tn C`j`f? dh w`s tdh i`tdhr ni tdnsh
wdn favh ak thkts `kb r`ash favhstnlo. :0Dasjrntdhrs k`eh w`s Cuj`f? dh w`s tdh i`tdhrni `ff wdn pf`y strakmhb akstruehkts `kb
paphs.::
Saff`d `fsn d`b ` snk, Ruj`f-L`ak,wdn inrmhb `ff oakbs ni tnnfs nut nimjrnkzh`kb arnk. Ruj`f-L`aks sasthr w`s K``e`d.
:
07Rdh F s`ab, ]d`t d`vh ynu bnkh>Fasthk! Qnur jrntdhrs jfnnb lrahs nut tn ehirne tdh mrnukb. 00Knw ynu `rh ukbhr `lursh `kb bravhk irne tdh mrnukb, wdaldnphkhb ats enutd tn rhlhavh ynur jrntdhrsjfnnb irne ynur d`kb. 0:]dhk ynu wnro tdh
mrnukb, at waff kn fnkmhr yahfb ats lrnps inrynu. Qnu waff jh ` rhst fhss w`kbhrhr nk tdhh`rtd.
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mrh`t bhhp jurst inrtd, `kb tdh ifnnbm`ths nitdh dh`vhks whrh nphkhb. 0:@kb r`ak ihff nktdh h`rtd inrty b`ys kb inrty kamdts.
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Rdh E`ak Wnakt
Mhkhsas 930 :: nr931 07
Cndk D. ] ftnk
]dhk tdh thxt abhktaiahs Kn`d `s ramdthnus, at bnhs knt aepfy td`t dh bhshrvhs tn jh sp`rhb
nr td`t dh d`s h`rkhb Mnbs mr`lh. At akbal`ths r`tdhr td`t Mnb t`ohs l`rhiuf knth ni ramd-
thnuskhss. Jf`ehfhsskhss e`tthrs tn Mnb. At as `k `llnf`bh tn jh l`ffhb ramdthnus ak nkhs
mhkhr`tank, jut ukbnujthbfy Kn`d w`s lnksabhrhb jy e`ky ak das mhkhr`tank saepfy `s `k
nbbj`ff. _M. O.U Ldhsthrtnk str`amdthks us nut nk td`t `llnukt3
@ e`k watd ` bhiakath jhfahi `fw`ys `pph`rs jaz`rrh, jhl`ush dh bnhs knt ld`kmh watdtdh wnrfb? dh d`s lfaejhb aktn ` iaxhb st`r `kb tdh h`rtd wdazzhs jhfnw dae faoh ` znhtrnph.
Eaffanks ni eafb jf`lo ln`thb ehk l`ff tdheshfvhs s`kh `kb shksajfh ehrhfy jhl`ush tdhy
`fw`ys l`tld tdh i`sdank`jfh aks`katy, jhl`ush tdhy `rh durrahb aktn e`bkhss `ithr e`bkhss
jy tdh e`hfstrne ni tdh wnrfb.
]h l`k `ff fh`rk irne Kn`ds rhius`f tn lnkinre tn tdas wnrfb, jut ak tdh hkb wh `rh
knt suppnshb tn jh aeprhsshb watd Kn`d jut watd Mnb. Rdh thxt as ak i`lt nbbfy safhkt
`jnut Kn`d nk ` kuejhr ni shranus lnukts? enrh tn tdh pnakt, Kn`d as safhkt dh khvhr
sph`os tdrnumd tdh wdnfh ifnnb `llnukt. Dh d`s kn rhspnksh tn Mnbs `kknuklhehkt, kn
quhstanks `jnut tdh `ro nr tdh `kae`fs, kn pfh` nk tdh jhd`fi ni `kynkh hfsh, kn lrahs inr
ehrly, kn jursts ni cnyiuf mr`tatubh `t tdh prnsphlt ni jhakm s`vhb, kn mrahi inr ` wnrfb
bhstrnyhb, kn aep`tahklh ak tdh `ro, kn pr`yhrs ni td`kosmavakm `llnep`kyakm s`lraialh. Rdh
k`rr`tnr fh`vhs Kn`d ` if`t ld`r`lthr. Rdh nkfy phrsnk`faty dh d`s as inukb ak tdh ld`r`l-
thrastals `ttrajuthb tn dae jy Mnb. Rdh thxt lnufb knt jh lfh`rhr td`t Kn`d as ` jat pf`yhr
`kb td`t tdh st`r ni tdh `llnukt as Mnb. ]d`thvhr wh eamdt fh`rk irne Kn`d as tnt`ffy
hlfapshb jy wd`t wh fh`rk `jnut Mnb.
E`ro Muy Wh`rsh {`b 042: 01
:. ]dy bn ynu suppnsh whrh knt mavhk enrh ld`r`lthr bhvhfnpehkt bht`afs
nk Kn`d>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 0:.
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:1Kn`d favhb tnt`f ni 187 yh`rs, kb tdhk dhbahb.
Rdh R`jfh ni K`tanks
07
Rdas as tdh `llnukt ni \dhe, D`e
`kb C`pdhtd, Kn`ds snks, wdn tdhe-shfvhs d`b snks `ithr tdh ifnnb.
Rdh C`pdhtdaths
:Rdh snkslni C`pdhtd3 Mnehr, E`mnm, E`b`a, C v`k, Ruj`f,
Ehsdho `kb Rar`s.
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Jajfh Mhkh`fnmahs3
Xkhxphlthb FhssnksMhkhsas 0730 Babkt sdh rh`fazh wh whrh dh`bdukthrs> \n A d`b
tn jhlneh dhr i`tdhr kb t`oh l`rh ni dhr. A d`b tn jh surh phnpfh s`w dhr h`takm t nur dnush
sn tdhy wnufb oknw A w`s prnthltakm dhr watd ey faih, `s as nur lustne dhrh ak J`f`km`n.
Jut, L`k`n w`s knt akthrhsthb ak dhr Mnb. Cu`ea `fw`ys t`fohb `jnut Mnb, jut A
babkt faoh tn `fw`ys t`fo `jnut Dae, dh lnkihsshb. Cu`ea ohpt thffakm eh `jnut Mnb `kb
dnw tn jhfahvh. A `frh`by jhfahvhb tdhrh w`s ` mnb, sn A cust trahb tn jh pnfath.Rdhk nkh b`y Cn sdnwhb dae sneh ni tdh tr`ksf`tank wnro sdh d`b bnkh `kb `sohb
dae tn dhfp dhr watd at. L`k`n w`s `e`zhb tn iakb td`t Mnbs ]nrb lnufb `ltu`ffy jh wrat-
thk ak ` jnno `kb jh rh`b ak ` f`kmu`mh dh lnufb ukbhrst`kb. Enst `stnkasdakmfy ni `ff w`s
td`t at w`s truh. Dnw bab dh oknw td`t> At `ltu`ffy d`b ` mhkh`fnmy jsnfuth prnni tn `
J`f`km`n td`t ats truh. Rdas nkh whkt j`lo tn tdh jhmakkakm ni taeh. Rdrnumd tdh aep`lt ni
tdh mhkh`fnmy, A rh`ffy jhm`k tn ukbhrst`kb `kb jhfahvh tdh trutd `jnut Chsus Ldrast.
Cndk EHw`k {l`. `b 0447}Ak tdh ba`enkb iahfbs ni \nutd @iral` ba`enkb w`s inukb, lhfhjr`thb f`thfy ukbhr tdh tatfh
ni ifystnkh? pf`lhb ukbhr ` e`mkaiyakm mf`ss, ynu shh hklfnshb ak `ff ats jraffa`kly ` fattfh ify,
watd jnby, wakms `kb hyhs ak ` enst phrihlt st`th ni prhshrv`tank. Dnw at l`eh tdhrh kn nkh
oknws, jut kn due`k soaff l`k t`oh at nut. \n ak Dnfy \lrapturh tdh \parat ni Mnb as inukb
ak ` pf`lh irne wdald kn due`k pnwhr l`k rhenvh at.
rhifhltank0. ]dhk d`vh ynu hxphrahklhb Mnbs prhshklh wdafh rh`bakm tdh Jajfh>
:. ]dy wnufb Mnb lnksabhr at aepnrt`kt tn aklfubh mhkh`fnmahs ak tdh
Jajfh>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 0=.
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A waff e`oh ynur k`eh mrh`t, `kb ynu waff jh ` jfhssakm.`
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tdh nkh wdn waff akdhratbey hst`th as Hfah-zhr ni B`e`slus>
1\n tdh F s`ab tn dae, Jrakm eh `dhaihr, mn t kb r`e, h`ld tdrhh yh`rs nfb,`fnkm watd ` bnvh `kb ` ynukm pamhnk.
07@jr`e jrnumdt `ff tdhsh tn dae, luttdhe ak twn `kb `rr`kmhb tdh d`fvhs nppn-sath h`ld ntdhr? tdh jarbs, dnwhvhr, dh babknt lut ak d`fi. 00Rdhk jarbs ni prhy l`eh
bnwk nk tdh l`rl`sshs, jut @jr`e brnvhtdhe w`y.
0:@s tdh suk w`s shttakm, @jr`e ihff aktn` bhhp sfhhp, `kb ` tdalo `kb brh`biuf b`ro-khss l`eh nvhr dae. 0
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]dy Mnb E`bh ` Lnvhk`kt ]atd Xs
Mhkhsas 0830 :0 nr 0839
Rdne`s ]`tsnk {`b 09:7 0949}
]dy sdnufb Mnb e`oh ` lnvhk`kt watd us>
At as nut ni akbufmhklh, i`vnr `kb rhsphlt tn us. @ tyr`kt waff knt hkthr aktn ` lnvhk`kt
watd sf`vhs. Dh waff knt sdnw tdhe td`t oakb ni rhsphlt. Mnbs hkthrakm aktn ` lnvhk`kt watd
us, tn jh nur Mnb, as ` bamkaty dh jhstnws upnk us. @ lnvhk`kt as aksamkh dnknuras(` samk ni
dnknr), td`t as tn s`y, at as ` w`y ni prnlf`aeakm tdh baiihrhklh jhtwhhk Mnbs phnpfh `kb
tdnsh wdn `rh knt das phnpfh . . . ]dhk tdh Fnrb tnfb @jr`d`e td`t dh wnufb hkthr aktn `lnvhk`kt watd dae, @jr`d`e ihff upnk das i`lh jhl`ush dh w`s `e`zhb td`t tdh Mnb ni
mfnry sdnufb jhstnw suld ` i`vnr upnk dae (shh Mhkhsas 0=30 ]`s at td`t Mnb d`b `rr`kmhb p`yehkt inr das saks> Knt `t `ff. Rdh stnry e`ohs at
vhry lfh`r td`t @jr`d`e jhfahvhb Mnb w`s mnakm tn mavh dae ` e`fh j`jy, `k dhar, `kb
tdrnumd td`t j`jy euftatubh ni bhslhkb`kts wdn wnufb pnsshss tdh f`kb prneashb tn dae.Dh trusthb Mnb, ni lnursh, jut at w`s inr tdakms akvnfvhb ak das lurrhkt hxasthklh.
Dh jhfahvhb td`t Mnb wnufb akthr`lt watd dae knw cust `s tdnsh wdn f`thr m`td-
hrhb `rnukb Chsus bab. Dh hvhk b`rhb tn `so Mnb dnw dh lnufb oknw td`t tdh prneash ni `
e`fh dhar wnufb jh iufiaffhb . . .
Ak tdh i`lh ni suld i`atd, Mnb bhlf`rhb @jr`d`e tn jh ramdthnus. Bnhs td`t eh`k dh
bhlf`rhb dh wnufb mn tn dh`vhk wdhk dh bahb> Knt prhlashfy td`t, jut lhrt`akfy td`t
@jr`d`es saks `kb i`afurhs wnufb knt lut dae nii irne Mnb ak tdh prhshkt enehkt `kb ak
tdhar nkmnakm rhf`tanksdap ak faih tnmhtdhr.
Jut wnufb dh mn tn dh`vhk wdhk dh bahb> Ni lnursh! ]d`t hfsh wnufb Mnb bn watdsuld ` phrsnk> Rdhy whrh irahkbs, ` i`lt e`bh euld ni ak \lrapturh (shh : Ldrnkalfhs :73=?
As`a`d 2034? C`ehs :3:
:. Chsus bahb nk tdh lrnss sn td`t Mnb lnufb hst`jfasd `k hvhrf`stakm
lnvhk`kt watd ynu. ]d`t bnhs tdas rhvh`f `jnut tdh oakb ni rhf`tanksdap
dh w`kts tn d`vh watd ynu>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 01.
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MHKH\A\ 0930 07
rh`b/ehbat`th
Zh`b D`m`rs stnry. Lnksabhr dhr snfatubh `s sdh s`t jy tdh sprakm. Lnksabhr td`t sdh favhb ak
` lufturh ak wdald ` sakmfh, prhmk`kt wne`k d`b knwdhrh tn turk. Knw rh`b D`m`rs stnry
`m`ak, `kb tdako `jnut Mnb ehhtakm dhr ak td`t fnkhfy, bhsphr`th pf`lh. Bn ynu ae`makh sdh
dh`rb dae enrh lfh`rfy jhl`ush ni dhr bhsphr`tank> Nr bn ynu tdako at w`s ` ear`lfh sdh
dh`rb dae `t `ff>
pr`y
Ae`makh ynurshfi jhsabh ynur nwk sprakm. Qnu d`vh e`ky east`ohs jhdakb ynu, euld j`m-
m`mh tn l`rry watd ynu, `kb e`ky ukoknwks `dh`b. Ae`makh Mnb ehhtakm ynu ak td`t pf`lh.
]d`t bn ynu w`kt tn s`y tn dae> ]d`t bn ynu khhb irne dae> ]d`t l`k ynu td`ko dae
inr> Jh dnkhst jhinrh dae, `s D`m`r w`s.
lnkthepf`th
Rdako `jnut Mnbs quhstank tn D`m`r3 ]dhrh d`vh ynu lneh irne, `kb wdhrh `rh ynu
mnakm> (0934). Lnksabhr ynur nwk `kswhr tn Mnbs quhstank. As tdhrh `kytdakm ynu `rh
rukkakm irne> @kytdakm ynurh rukkakm tnw`rb> Bnhs Mnb d`vh barhltank inr ynu tnb`y
wdhtdhr ats h`sy tn dh`r nr knt>
phrsphltavhsRdh wakb ni Mnb as `fw`ys jfnwakm . . . jut ynu eust dnast ynur s`af.
Ir`knas Ikhfnk
E`k bnhs knt rhlnmkazh tdh pf`lh dh sdnufb iaff. Dh d`s njvanusfy mnkh `str`y. Dh
d`s i`ffhk irne tdh truh st`tus, `kb dh l`kknt iakb at `m`ak. \n dh sh`rldhs
hvhrywdhrh `kxanusfy jut ak v`ak, ak tdh eabst ni mrh`t b`rokhss.
Jf`ash W`sl`f
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh ::.
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e`y `ff w`sd ynur ihht `kb rhst ukbhr tdastrhh. 8Fht eh mht ynu snehtdakm tn h`t, sn ynul`k jh rhirhsdhb `kb tdhk mn nk ynur w`y knw td`t ynu d`vh lneh tn ynur shrv`kt.
Yhry whff, tdhy `kswhrhb, bn `s ynu
s`y.9\n @jr`d`e durrahb aktn tdh thkt tn\`r`d. Pualo, dh s`ab, mht tdrhh sh`dslnitdh iakhst ifnur `kb okh`b at `kb j`oh snehjrh`b.
=Rdhk dh r`k tn tdh dhrb `kb shfhlthb `ldnalh, thkbhr l`fi `kb m`vh at tn ` shrv`kt,wdn durrahb tn prhp`rh at. 4Dh tdhk jrnumdtsneh lurbs `kb eafo `kb tdh l`fi td`t d`bjhhk prhp`rhb, `kb sht tdhsh jhinrh tdhe.
]dafh tdhy `th, dh stnnb kh`r tdhe ukbhr `trhh.1]dhrh as ynur waih \`r`d> tdhy `sohb
dae.Rdhrh, ak tdh thkt, dh s`ab.07Rdhk nkh ni tdhe s`ab, A waff surhfy rh-
turk tn ynu `jnut tdas taeh khxt yh`r, `kb\`r`d ynur waih waff d`vh ` snk.
Knw \`r`d w`s fasthkakm `t tdh hktr`klhtn tdh thkt, wdald w`s jhdakb dae. 00@jr`-
d`e `kb \`r`d whrh `frh`by vhry nfb, `kb\`r`d w`s p`st tdh `mh ni ldafbjh`rakm. 0:\n\`r`d f`umdhb tn dhrshfi s sdh tdnumdt, @i-thr A `e wnrk nut `kb ey fnrb as nfb, waff Aknw d`vh tdas pfh`surh>
0 02As `kytdakm tnnd`rb inr tdh F> A waff rhturk tn ynu `t tdh`ppnakthb taeh khxt yh`r, `kb \`r`d waff
d`vh ` snk.08\`r`d w`s `ir`ab, sn sdh fahb `kb s`ab, A
bab knt f`umd.Jut dh s`ab, Qhs, ynu bab f`umd.
@jr`d`e Wfh`bs inr \nbne09]dhk tdh ehk mnt up tn fh`vh, tdhy
fnnohb bnwk tnw`rb \nbne, `kb @jr`d`ew`fohb `fnkm watd tdhe tn shh tdhe nk tdharw`y. 0=Rdhk tdh F s`ab, \d`ff A dabh irne
@jr`d`e wd`t A e jnut tn bn> 04@jr`d`ewaff surhfy jhlneh ` mrh`t `kb pnwhriuf k`-tank, `kb `ff k`tanks nk h`rtd waff jh jfhsshbtdrnumd dae.b 01Inr A d`vh ldnshk dae,sn td`t dh waff barhlt das ldafbrhk `kb dasdnushdnfb `ithr dae tn ohhp tdh w`y ni tdhF jy bnakm wd`t as ramdt `kb cust, sn td`t
nii irne das phnpfh? dh d`s jrnohk ey lnv-hk`kt.
08Mnb `fsn s`ab tn @jr`d`e, @s inr \`r`aynur waih, ynu `rh kn fnkmhr tn l`ff dhr \`r`a?dhr k`eh waff jh \`r`d. 09A waff jfhss dhr kb
waff surhfy mavh ynu ` snk jy dhr. A waff jfhssdhr sn td`t sdh waff jh tdh entdhr ni k`tanks?oakms ni phnpfhs waf f lneh irne dhr.
0=@jr`d`e ihff i`lhbnwk? dh f`umdhb kbs`ab tn daeshfi, ]aff ` snk jh jnrk tn ` e`k` dukbrhb yh`rs nfb> ]aff \`r`d jh`r ` ldafb`t tdh mh ni kakhty> 04@kb @jr`d`e s`ab tnMnb, Ai nkfy Asde`hf eamdt favh ukbhr ynurjfhssakm!
01Rdhk Mnb s`ab, Qhs, jut ynur waih \`r-
`d waff jh`r ynu ` snk, `kb ynu waff l`ff daeAs``l.`A waff hst`jfasd ey lnvhk`kt watd dae`s `k hvhrf`stakm lnvhk`kt inr das bhslhk-b`kts `ithr dae. :7@kb `s inr Asde`hf, A d`vhdh`rb ynu3 A waff surhfy jfhss dae? A waff e`ohdae iruatiuf `kb waff mrh`tfy aklrh`sh daskuejhrs. Dh waff jh tdh i`tdhr ni twhfvh ruf-hrs, `kb A waff e`oh dae aktn ` mrh`t k`tank.:0Jut ey lnvhk`kt A waff hst`jfasd watd As``l,wdne \`r`d waff jh`r tn ynu jy tdas taeh
khxt yh`r.::
]dhk dh d`b iakasdhb sph`oakmwatd @jr`d`e, Mnb whkt up irne dae.
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\nbne kb Mnenrr`d Bhstrnyhb
01Rdh twn `kmhfs `rravhb `t \nbne aktdh hvhkakm, `kb Fnt w`s sattakm ak
tdh m`thw`y ni t dh laty. ]dhk dh s`w tdhe,dh mnt up tn ehht tdhe `kb jnwhb bnwk
watd das i`lh tn tdh mrnukb.:
Ey fnrbs, dhs`ab, pfh`sh turk `sabh tn ynur shrv`ktsdnush. Qnu l`k w`sd ynur ihht kb sphkb tdhkamdt `kb tdhk mn nk ynur w`y h`rfy ak tdhenrkakm.
Kn, tdhy `kswhrhb, wh waff sphkb tdhkamdt ak tdh squ`rh.
Jrakm tdhenut tn us sn td`t wh l`k d`vh shx watd tdhe.
9Fnt whkt nutsabh tn ehht tdhe `kb sduttdh bnnr jhdakb dae =`kb s`ab, Kn, eyirahkbs. Bnkt bn tdas walohb tdakm. 4Fnno,A d`vh twn b`umdthrs wdn d`vh khvhr sfhpt
watd ` e`k. Fht eh jrakm tdhe nut tn ynu,`kb ynu l`k bn wd`t ynu faoh watd tdhe.Jut bnkt bn `kytdakm tn tdhsh ehk, inr tdhyd`vh lneh ukbhr tdh prnthltank ni ey rnni.
1Mht nut ni nur w`y, tdhy rhpfahb. Rdasihffnw l`eh dhrh `s ` inrhamkhr, `kb knw dhw`kts tn pf`y tdh cubmh! ]hff trh`t ynu wnrshtd`k tdhe. Rdhy ohpt jrakmakm prhssurh nkFnt `kb envhb inrw`rb tn jrh`o bnwk tdhbnnr.
07Jut tdh ehk aksabh rh`ldhb nut `kbpuffhb Fnt j`lo aktn tdh dnush `kb sdut tdhbnnr. 00Rdhk tdhy strulo tdh ehk wdn whrh`t tdh bnnr ni tdh dnush, ynukm `kb nfb, watdjfakbkhss sn td`t tdhy lnufb knt iakb tdh bnnr.
0:Rdh twn ehk s`ab tn Fnt, Bn ynu d`vh`kynkh hfsh dhrh snks-ak-f`w, snks nrb`umdthrs, nr kynkh hfsh ak tdh laty wdn jh-fnkms tn ynu> Mht tdhe nut ni dhrh, 0 :2]d`tai tdhrh rh iaity ramdthnus phnpfh ak tdh laty>]aff ynu rh`ffy swhhp at `w`y `kb knt sp`rhjtdh pf`lh inr tdh s`oh ni tdh iaity ramdthnus
phnpfh ak at>
:8
I`r jh at irne ynu tn bn suld tdakm tn oaff tdh ramdthnus watd tdh walohb,trh`takm tdh ramdthnus `kb tdh walohb `faoh.I`r jh at irne ynu! ]aff knt tdh Cubmh ni `fftdh h`rtd bn ramdt>
:9Rdh F s`ab, Ai A iakb iaity ramdthnusphnpfh ak tdh laty ni \nbne, A waff sp`rh tdhwdnfh pf`lh inr tdhar s`oh.
:=Rdhk @jr`d`e spnoh up `m`ak3 Knwtd`t A d`vh jhhk sn jnfb `s tn sph`o tn tdhFnrb, tdnumd A `e kntdakm jut bust `kb `sd-hs, :4wd`t ai tdh kuejhr ni tdh ramdthnusas iavh fhss td`k iaity> ]aff ynu bhstrny tdhwdnfh laty inr f`lo ni iavh phnpfh>
Ai A iakb inrty-iavh tdhrh, dh s`ab, A waffknt bhstrny at.
:1Nklh `m`ak dh spnoh tn dae, ]d`t ainkfy inrty `rh inukb tdhrh>
Dh s`ab, Inr tdh s`oh ni inrty, A waff kntbn at.
Dh kswhrhb, A waff knt bn at ai A iakb tdar-ty tdhrh.
Dh s`ab, Inr tdh s`oh ni twhkty, A waff kntbhstrny at.
Dh `kswhrhb, Inr tdh s`oh ni thk, A waffknt bhstrny at.
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Mhkhsas 0430 ]h eh`k tdh suprhe`ly ni
Mnb, tdh oakmsdap ni Mnb, tdh mnbdnnb ni Mnb. Rn s`y td`t Mnb as snvhrhamk as tn bhlf`rh
td`t Mnb as Mnb. Rn s`y td`t Mnb as snvhrhamk as tn bhlf`rh td`t dh as tdh Enst Damd. At
eh`ks td`t dh `lts `llnrbakm tn das waff jntd ak tdh `rey ni dh`vhk `kb `enkm tdh akd`jat-
`kts ni tdh h`rtd. Kn nkh l`k dnfb j`lo das d`kb nr s`y tn dae3 ]d`t d`vh ynu bnkh>
(B`kahf 23 ]d`t oakb ni Mnb wnufb `ffnw suld p`akiuf tdakms tn d`pphk tn us> Bn A rh`ffy
e`tthr tn Mnb, nr `e A fhss aepnrt`kt td`k ntdhrs wdn shhe enrh hktatfhb tn das `tthk-
tanks> Rdhsh quhstanks `jnut Mnb (wdald whamdhb dh`vafy nk ey nwk dh`rt) shkb us j`lo
tn rh`b tdh \lrapturhs `m`ak, tdas taeh watd tdhnfnmal`f hyhs, sh`rldakm inr Mnb. At l`k jh `
eakb-hxp`kbakm hxphrahklh, inr tdhnfnmy akhvat`jfy hkf`rmhs nur vasank ni Mnb. @s nkhst`rtfhb wne`k `beatthb, Mnb as ` fnt jammhr td`k A tdnumdt. ]dhk Mnb as jam, hvhry-
tdakm jhmaks tn fnno baiihrhkt.
rhifhltank0. ]dhk d`vh ynu d`b ynur se`ff vahw ni Mnb jfnwk `w`y `kb hxp`kbhb>
:. Dnw l`k oknwakm td`t Mnb as jam jammhr td`k ynu tdako e`oh `
baiihrhklh ak ynur faih>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh :8.
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8@jr`d`e w`s dukbrhb yh`rs nfb wdhk dassnk As``l w`s jnrk tn dae.
9\`r`d s`ab, Mnb d`s jrnumdt eh f`umd-thr, `kb hvhrynkh wdn dh`rs `jnut tdas w afff`umd watd eh. =@kb sdh `bbhb, ]dn
wnu fb d`vh s`ab tn @jr` d`e td`t \`r`dwnufb kursh ldafbrhk> Qht A d`vh jnrkh dae` snk ak das nfb `mh.
D`m`r `kb Asde`hf \hkt @w`y4Rdh ldafb mrhw `kb w`s wh`khb, `kb
nk tdh b`y As``l w`s wh`khb @jr`d`edhfb ` mrh`t ih`st. 1Jut \`r`d s`w td`t tdhsnk wdne D`m`r tdh Hmypta`k d`b jnrkhtn @jr`d`e w`s enloakm, 07`kb sdh s`ab
tn @jr`d`e, Mht rab ni td`t sf`vh wne`k`kb dhr snk, inr td`t wne`ks snk waff khvhrsd`rh ak tdh akdhrat`klh watd ey snk As``l.
00Rdh e`tthr bastrhsshb @jr`d`e mrh`tfyjhl`ush at lnklhrkhb das snk. 0:Jut Mnb s`abtn dae, Bn knt jh sn bastrhsshb `jnut tdhjny `kb ynur sf`vh wne`k. Fasthk tn wd`t-hvhr \`r`d thffs ynu, jhl`ush at as tdrnumdAs``l td`t ynur niisprakmlwaff jh rhlonkhb.0 Bn kntjh `ir`ab? Mnb d`s dh`rb tdh jny lryakm `sdh fahs tdhrh. 04Fait tdh jny up `kb t`oh daejy tdh d`kb, inr A waff e`oh dae aktn ` mrh`tk`tank.
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Rdhk Mnb nphkhb dhr hyhs `kb sdh s`w` whff ni w`thr. \n sdh whkt `kb iaffhb tdhsoak watd w`thr `kb m`vh tdh jny ` brako.
:7Mnb w`s watd tdh jny `s dh mrhw up. Dhfavhb ak tdh bhshrt `kb jhl`eh `k `rldhr.:0]dafh dh w`s favakm ak tdh Bhshrt ni W`r`k,das entdhr mnt ` waih inr dae irne Hmypt.
=Knw rhturk tdh e`ks waih, inr dh as prnpd-ht, `kb dh waff pr`y inr ynu `kb ynu waff favh.Jut ai ynu bn knt rhturk dhr, ynu e`y jh surhtd`t ynu `kb `ff wdn jhfnkm tn ynu waf f bah.
4H`rfy tdh khxt enrkakm @jaehfho sue-
enkhb `ff das niiala`fs, `kb wdhk dh tnfbtdhe `ff td`t d`b d`pphkhb, tdhy whrh vhryeuld `ir`ab. 1Rdhk @jaehfho l`ffhb @jr`-d`e ak `kb s`ab, ]d`t d`vh ynu bnkh tnus> Dnw d`vh A wrnkmhb ynu td`t ynu d`vhjrnumdt suld mrh`t muaft upnk eh `kb eyoakmbne> Qnu d`vh bnkh tdakms tn eh td`tsdnufb khvhr jh bnkh. 07@kb @jaehfho`sohb @jr`d`e, ]d`t w`s ynur rh`snk inrbnakm tdas>
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@jr` d`e rhpfahb, A s`ab tn eyshfi,Rdhrh as surhfy kn ih`r ni Mnb ak tdas pf`lh,`kb tdhy waff oaff eh jhl`ush ni ey waih.0:Jhsabhs, sdh rh`ffy as ey sasthr, tdh b`umd-thr ni ey i`tdhr tdnumd knt ni ey entdhr?`kb sdh jhl`eh ey waih. 0
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Jh Zh`f
Mhkhsas :730 04 nr :734 0 Infos waff `fw`ys shh tdrnumd rhfamanus nr enr`f pnsakm ak tdh hkb.
Whnpfh d`vh quath nithk shhk tdrnumd sneh knkshksh ni eakh. A wnkbhr dnw e`ky ni Mnbs
fnst `kb jhfnvhb ldafbrhk d`vh turkhb bas`ppnakthbfy `w`y irne tdh abh` ni inffnwakm Chsus
jhl`ush ni tdh dypnlrasy tdhy bhthlthb ak Ldrasta`ks, phnpfh wdn e`k`mhb tn aeprhss tdhemrh`tfy nk ` phrsnk`f fhvhf ak tdh akata`f st`mhs ni tdhar rhf`tanksdap `kb sujshquhktfy saepfy
lnufbkt ohhp at up.
Iynbnr Bnstnyhvsoy {`b 04:0 0440}
Rdh aepnrt`kt tdakm as tn stnp fyakm tn ynurshfi. @ e`k wdn fahs tn daeshfi, `kb jhfahvhs
das nwk fahs, jhlnehs uk`jfh tn rhlnmkazh trutd, hatdhr ak daeshfi nr ak `kynkh hfsh, `kb dh
hkbs up fnsakm rhsphlt inr daeshfi `s whff `s inr ntdhrs. ]dhk dh d`s kn rhsphlt inr `kynkh,
dh l`k kn fnkmhr fnvh `kb, ak nrbhr tn bavhrt daeshfi, d`vakm kn fnvh ak dae dh yahfbs tn dasaepufshs, akbufmhs ak tdh fnwhst inres ni pfh`surh `kb jhd`vhs ak tdh hkb faoh `k `kae`f ak
s`tasiyakm das valhs. @kb at `ff lnehs irne fyakm fyakm tn ntdhrs `kb tn ynurshfi.
rhifhltank0. ]dy bab @jr`d`e ldnnsh tn trust ak das nwk pnwhr tn bhlhavh r tdhr
td`k ak Mnbs pnwhr tn prnthlt>
:. ]d`t bab Mnb bn tn prnthlt @jr`d`e, \`r`d `kb @jaehfho irne tdhlnkshquhklhs ni @jr`d`es bhlhptank>
]d`t w`s tdh
rhsuft ak ynur nwk faih `kb ak tdnsh wdn watkhsshb at>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh
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`jnut. 2Nk tdh tdarb b`y @jr`d`e fnnohb up`kb s`w tdh pf`lh ak tdh bast`klh. 8Dh s`abtn das shrv`kts, \t`y dhrh watd tdh bnkohywdafh A `kb tdh jny mn nvhr tdhrh. ]h waffwnrsdap kb tdhk wh waff lneh j`lo tn ynu.
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@jr`d`e tnno tdh wnnb inr tdh jurkt ni-ihrakm `kb pf`lhb at nk das snk As``l, `kb dhdaeshfi l`rrahb tdh iarh `kb tdh okaih. @s tdhtwn ni tdhe whkt nk tnmhtdhr, =As``l spnohup kb s`ab tn das i`tdhr @jr`d`e, I`tdhr>
Qhs, ey snk> @jr`d`e rhpfahb.Rdh iarh `kb wnnb `rh dhrh, As``l s`ab,
jut wdhrh as tdh f`ej inr tdh jurkt niihrakm>4@jr`d`e `kswhrhb, Mnb daeshfi waff
prnvabh tdh f`ej inr tdh jurkt niihrakm, ey
snk. @kb tdh twn ni tdhe whkt nk tnmhtdhr.1]dhk tdhy rh`ldhb tdh pf`lh Mnb d`btnfb dae jnut, @jr`d`e juaft k ft`r tdhrh`kb `rr`kmhb tdh wnnb nk at. Dh jnukb dassnk As``l `kb f`ab dae nk tdh `ft`r, nk tnpni tdh wnnb. 07Rdhk dh rh`ldhb nut das d`kb`kb tnno tdh okaih tn sf`y das snk. 00Jut tdh`kmhf ni tdh F l`ffhb nut tn dae irnedh`vhk, @jr`d`e! @jr`d`e!
Dhrh A `e, dh rhpfahb.0:
Bn knt f`y ` d`kb nk tdh jny, dh s`ab.Bn knt bn kytdakm tn dae. Knw A oknw td`tynu ih`r Mnb, jhl`ush ynu d`vh knt watddhfbirne eh ynur snk, ynur nkfy snk.
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sdhohfslni safvhr, jut wd`t as td`t jhtwhhkynu `kb eh> Jury ynur bh`b.
09@jr`d`e `mrhhb tn Hpdrnks thres `kbwhamdhb nut inr dae tdh pralh dh d`b k`ehbak tdh dh`rakm ni tdh Dattaths3 inur dukbrhb
sdhohfs ni safvhr, `llnrbakm tn tdh whamdtlurrhkt enkm tdh ehrld`kts.0=\n Hpdrnks iahfb ak E`ldphf`d kh`r
E`erh jntd tdh iahfb `kb tdh l`vh ak at,`kb `ff tdh trhhs watdak tdh jnrbhrs ni tdhiahfb w`s bhhbhb 04 tn @jr`d`e `s dasprnphrty ak tdh prhshklh ni `ff tdh Dattathswdn d`b lneh tn tdh m`th ni tdh laty. 01@i thr-w`rb @jr`d`e jurahb das waih \`r`d ak tdhl`vh ak tdh iahfb ni E`ldphf`d kh`r E`erh
(wdald as `t Dhjrnk) ak tdh f`kb ni L`k``k.:7\n tdh iahfb `kb tdh l`vh ak at whrh bhhbhbtn @jr`d`e jy tdh Dattaths `s ` jura`f sath.
As``l `kb Zhjho`d
:2@jr`d`e w`s knw vhry nfb, `kb tdhF d`b jfhsshb dae ak hvhry w`y.
:Dh s`ab tn tdh shkanr shrv`kt ak das dnush-dnfb, tdh nkh ak ld`rmh ni `ff td`t dh d`b,Wut ynur d`kb ukbhr ey tdamd. \d`ff A tdhk t`oh ynur snk j`lo tntdh lnuktry ynu l`eh irne>
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E`oh surh td`t ynu bn knt t`oh ey snkj`lo tdhrh, @jr`d`e s`ab. =Rdh F, tdhMnb ni dh`vhk, wdn jrnumdt eh nut ni eyi`tdhrs dnushdnfb `kb ey k`tavh f`kb `kbwdn spnoh tn eh `kb prneashb eh nk n`td,s`yakm, Rn ynur niisprakm b A waff mavh tdasf`kb dh waff shkb das `kmhf jhinrh ynu sntd`t ynu l`k mht waih inr ey snk irne tdhrh.4 Ai tdh wne`k as ukwaf fakm tn lneh j`lowatd ynu, tdhk ynu waff jh rhfh`shb irne tdas
n`td ni eakh. Nkfy bn knt t`oh ey snk j`lotdhrh. 1\n tdh shrv`kt put das d`kb ukbhrtdh tdamd ni das e`sthr @jr`d`e `kb swnrh`k n`td tn dae lnklhrkakm tdas e`tthr.
07Rdhk tdh shrv`kt fhit, t`oakm watd daethk ni das e`sthrs l`ehfs fn`bhb watd `ffoakbs ni mnnb tdakms irne das e`sthr. Dh sht
K`dnrs \nks:7 \neh taeh f`thr @jr`d`e w`s tnfb,
Eafo`d as fsn entdhr? sdh d`s jnrkh snkstn ynur jrntdhr K`dnr3 :0Xz tdh iarstjnrk,Juz das jrntdhr, Oheuhf (tdh i`tdhr ni @r`e),::
Ohshb, D`zn, Wafb`sd, Cabf`pd `kb Jhtdu-hf. :
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A waff mn, sdh s`ab.81\n tdhy shkt tdhar sasthr Zhjho`d nk dhr
w`y, `fnkm watd dhr kursh `kb @jr`d`esshrv`kt `kb das ehk. 97@kb tdhy jfhsshb Zh-jho`d `kb s`ab tn dhr,
Nur sasthr, e`y ynu aklrh`sh tn tdnus`kbs upnk tdnus`kbs? e`y ynur niisprakm pnsshss tdh latahs ni tdhar hkheahs.
90Rdhk Zhjho`d `kb dhr `tthkb`kts mntrh`by `kb enukthb tdh l`ehfs `kb whktj`lo watd tdh e`k. \n tdh shrv`kt tnno Zh-jho`d `kb fhit.
9:Knw As``l d`b lneh irne Jhhr F`d`a
Zna, inr dh w`s favakm ak tdh Khmhv.9
Dh as ey e`sthr, tdh shrv`kt `kswhrhb.\n sdh tnno dhr vhaf `kb lnvhrhb dhrshfi.
99Rdhk tdh shrv`kt tnfb As``l `f f dh d`b
bnkh. 9= As``l jrnumdt dhr aktn tdh thkt nidas entdhr \`r`d, `kb dh e`rrahb Zhjho`d.\n sdh jhl`eh das waih, `kb dh fnvhb dhr?`kb As``l w`s lneinrthb `ithr das entdhrsbh`td.
Rdh Bh`td ni @jr`d`e
:8@jr`d`e d`b t`ohk `kntdhr waih,wdnsh k`eh w`s Ohtur`d. :\dh jnrh
dae Saer`k, Cnosd`k, Ehb`k, Eaba`k, Asd-
j`o `kb \du`d.
\dh s`ab, Rdh b`umdthr ni Jhtduhf snk niK`dnr, wdne Eafo`d jnrh tn dae.
Rdhk A put tdh rakm ak dhr knsh `kb tdhjr`lhfhts nk dhr `res, 24`kb A jnwhb bnwk`kb wnrsdaphb tdh F. A pr`ashb tdh F,tdh Mnb ni ey e`sthr @jr`d`e, wdn d`b fhbeh nk tdh ramdt rn`b tn mht tdh mr`kbb`umd-thr ni ey e`sthrs jrntdhr inr das snk. 21Knwai ynu waff sdnw oakbkhss `kb i`atdiufkhsstn ey e`sthr, thff eh? `kb ai knt, thff eh, sn A
e`y oknw wdald w`y tn turk.87F`j`k `kb Jhtduhf `kswhrhb, Rdas as
irne tdh F? wh l`k s`y kntdakm tn ynunkh w`y nr tdh ntdhr. 80Dhrh as Zhjho`d? t`ohdhr `kb mn, `kb fht dhr jhlneh tdh waih niynur e`sthrs snk, s tdh F d`s barhlthb.
8:]dhk @jr`d`es shrv`kt dh`rb wd`ttdhy s`ab, dh jnwhb bnwk tn tdh mrnukb jh-inrh tdh F. 8
`88 Nr sdh j9
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Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 20.
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Qhs, dh as, tdhy s`ab, `kb dhrh lnehs das
b`umdthr Z`ldhf watd tdh sdhhp.=Fnno, dh s`ab, tdh suk as staff damd? at as
knt taeh inr tdh ifnlos tn jh m`tdhrhb. ]`thrtdh sdhhp `kb t`oh tdhe j`lo tn p`sturh.
4]h l`kt, tdhy rhpfahb, uktaf `ff tdhifnlos `rh m`tdhrhb `kb tdh stnkh d`s jhhkrnffhb w`y irne tdh enutd ni tdh whff. Rdhkwh waff w`thr tdh sdhhp.
1]dafh dh w`s sta ff t`foakm watd tdhe, Z`-ldhf l`eh watd dhr i`tdhrs sdhhp, inr sdh
w`s ` sdhpdhrb. 07]dhk C`lnj s`w Z`ldhfb`umdthr ni das uklfh F`j`k, `kb F`j`kssdhhp, dh whkt nvhr `kb rnffhb tdh stnkh`w`y irne tdh enutd ni tdh whff `kb w`-thrhb das uklfhs sdhhp. 00Rdhk C`lnj oasshbZ`ldhf `kb jhm`k tn whhp `fnub. 0:Dh d`btnfb Z`ldhf td`t dh w`s ` rhf`tavh ni dhr i`-
`01 Jhtdhfeh`ks dnush ni Mnb. j:7,:0 Nr \aklh Mnb . . . i`tdhrs dnushdnfb, tdh FNZBl:0,:: Nr dnushdnfb, `kb tdh FNZBwaff jh ey Mnb, ::tdhk b0= Nr bhfal`th
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27 27MHKH\A\ Rdhk dh jfhsshb dae tdhrh.
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2828 MHKH\A\
0=Rdhy d`vh envhb nk irne dhrh, tdhe`k `kswhrhb. A dh`rb tdhe s`y, Fhts mntn Bntd`k.
\n Cnshpd whkt `ithr das jrntdhrs `kbinukb tdhe kh`r Bntd`k. 04Jut tdhy s`wdae ak tdh bast`klh, `kb jhinrh dh rh`ldhb
tdhe, tdhy pfntthb tn oaff dae.01Dhrh lnehs td`t brh`ehr! tdhy s`ab tn
h`ld ntdhr. :7Lneh knw, fhts oaff dae `kbtdrnw dae aktn nkh ni tdhsh lasthrks `kb s`ytd`t ` ihrnlanus kae`f bhvnurhb dae. Rdhkwhff shh wd`t lnehs ni das brh`es.
:0]dhk Zhujhk dh`rb tdas, dh trahb tnrhsluh dae irne tdhar d`kbs. Fhts knt t`ohdas faih, dh s`ab. ::Bnkt sdhb `ky jfnnb.Rdrnw dae aktn tdas lasthrk dhrh ak tdh waf-
bhrkhss, jut bnkt f`y ` d`kb nk dae. Zhu-jhk s`ab tdas tn rhsluh dae irne tdhe `kbt`oh dae j`lo tn das i`tdhr.
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29 29MHKH\A\ Qnur sh`f `kb ats lnrb, `kb tdh st`ii ak
ynur d`kb, sdh `kswhrhb. \n dh m`vh tdhe
`kb tdrhw dae aktn tdh lasthrk. Rdh lasthrkw`s hepty? tdhrh w`s kn w`thr ak at.
:8@s tdhy s`t bnwk tn h`t tdhar eh`f, tdhyfnnohb up `kb s`w ` l`r v`k ni Asde`hf-aths lneakm irne Mafh`b. Rdhar l`ehfs whrh
fn`bhb watd spalhs, j`fe `kb eyrrd, `kbtdhy whrh nk tdhar w`y tn t`oh tdhe bnwk tnHmypt.
:9 Cub`d s`ab tn das jrntdhrs, ]d`t waffwh m`ak ai wh oa ff nur jrntdhr `kb lnvhr updas jfnnb> :=Lneh, fhts shff dae tn tdh Asd-e`hfaths `kb knt f`y nur d`kbs nk dae? `i-thr `ff, dh as nur jrntdhr, nur nwk ifhsd `kbjfnnb. Das jrntdhrs `mrhhb.
:4\n wdhk tdh Eaba`kath ehrld`kts l`eh
jy, das jrntdhrs puffhb Cnshpd up nut ni tdhlasthrk `kb snfb dae inr twhkty sdhohfs`nisafvhr tn tdh Asde`hfaths, wdn tnno dae tnHmypt.
:1]dhk Zhujhk rhturkhb tn tdh lasthrk`kb s`w td`t Cnshpd w`s knt tdhrh, dh tnrhdas lfntdhs.
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Bnkt Hxphlt Zhsphlt
Mhkhsas
]d`t bnhs tdas p`ss`mh s`y `jnut suld `k hxphlt`tank>
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 87.
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MNB\ WZNYABHKLH
MHKH\A\ ]dhtdhr dh rhvh`fs td`t tn ynu nr knt, surrhkbhr ynur dh`rt tn das
prnlhss. Fht Cnshpds stnry rheakb ynu td`t ats Mnbs d`kb td`t e`ohs tdh baiihrhklh.
phrsphltavhs]dhk wh `rh njhbahkt, Mnb muabhs nur sthps `kb nur stnps.
Lnrrah thk Jnne
Rdh wnrfb d`s yht tn shh wd`t Mnb waff bn watd `kb inr `kb tdrnumd `kb ak `kb jy
tdh e`k wdn as iuffy lnkshlr`thb tn Dae.
Dhkry Y rfhy
Rrust tdh p`st tn Mnbs ehrly, tdh prhshkt tn Mnbs fnvh `kb tdh iuturh tn Mnbs
prnvabhklh.
\`akt @umustakh
Inr ynur khxt bhvntank`f rh`bakm, mn tn p`mh 8=.
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8080 MHKH\A\ 2032:MHKH\A\ 203=
:8Rdhk Cnshpd s`ab tn Wd`r`nd, Rdhbrh`es ni Wd`r`nd `rh nkh `kb tdh s`eh.Mnb d`s rhvh` fhb tn Wd`r`nd wd`t dh as`jnut tn bn. :9Rdh shvhk mnnb lnws rh shvhkyh`rs, `kb tdh shvhk mnnb dh`bs ni mr`ak `rh
shvhk yh`rs? at as nkh `kb tdh s`eh brh`e.:=Rdh shvhk fh`k, umfy lnws td`t l`eh up `i-thrw`rb `rh shvhk yh`rs, `kb sn `rh tdh shv-hk wnrtdfhss dh`bs ni mr`ak slnrldhb jy tdhh`st wakb3 Rdhy `rh shvhk yh`rs ni i`eakh.
:4At as cust `s A s`ab tn Wd`r`nd3 Mnb d`ssdnwk Wd`r`nd wd`t dh as `jnut tn bn.:1\hvhk yh`rs ni mrh`t `jukb`klh `rh lne-akm tdrnumdnut tdh f`kb ni Hmypt,
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8: 8:MHKH\A\ 2:304MHKH\A\ 2032 :Dh lnktakuhb, A d`vh dh`rb td`t tdhrh
as mr`ak ak Hmypt. Mn bnwk tdhrh `kb juysneh inr us, sn td`t wh e`y favh kb knt bah.
dh sohb.
Irne tdh f`kb ni L`k``k, tdhy rhpfahb,tn juy innb.
4@ftdnumd Cnshpd rhlnmkazhb das jrntd-
hrs, tdhy bab knt rhlnmkazh dae.1
Rdhk dh rh-ehejhrhb das brh`es `jnut tdhe `kb s`abtn tdhe, Qnu rh spahs! Qnu d`vh lneh tn shhwdhrh nur f`kb as ukprnthlthb.
07Kn, ey fnrb, tdhy kswhrhb. Qnur shr-v`kts d`vh lneh tn juy innb. 00]h rh `ff tdhsnks ni nkh e`k. Qnur shrv`kts `rh dnkhstehk, knt spahs.
0:Kn! dh s`ab tn tdhe. Qnu d`vh lnehtn shh wdhrh nur f`kb as ukprnthlthb.
0
:4Rdhy rhpfahb, Qnur shrv`kt nur i`tdhr asstaff `favh `kb whff. @kb tdhy jnwhb bnwk,prnstr`takm tdheshfvhs jhinrh dae.
:1@s dh fnnohb `jnut `kb s`w das jrntdhrJhkc`eak, das nwk entdhrs snk, dh `sohb,As tdas ynur ynukmhst jrntdhr, tdh nkh ynutnfb eh `jnut> @kb dh s`ab, Mnb jh mr`-
lanus tn ynu, ey snk.
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fhss ynur ynukmhst jrntdhr lnehs bnwk watdynu, ynu w aff knt shh ey i`lh `m`ak. :2]dhkwh whkt j`lo tn ynur shrv`kt ey i`tdhr, whtnfb dae wd`t ey fnrb d`b s`ab.
:8Rdhk nur i`tdhr s`ab, Mn j`lo `kb juy
` fattfh enrh innb.:9
Jut wh s`ab, ]h l`k-knt mn bnwk. Nkfy ai nur ynukmhst jrntdhr aswatd us waff wh mn. ]h l`kknt shh tdh e`ksi`lh ukfhss nur ynukmhst jrntdhr as watd us.
:=Qnur shrv`kt ey i`tdhr s`ab tn us, Qnuoknw td`t ey waih jnrh eh twn snks. :4Nkhni tdhe whkt `w`y irne eh, `kb A s`ab, Dhd`s surhfy jhhk tnrk tn pahlhs. @kb A d`vhknt shhk dae saklh. :1 Ai ynu t`oh tdas nkhirne eh tnn `kb d`re lnehs tn dae, ynu
waff jrakm ey mr`y dh`b bnwk tn tdh mr`vhak eashry.
Dnw l`k whprnvh nur akknlhklh> Mnb d`s uklnvhrhbynur shrv`kts muaft. ]h `rh knw ey fnrbssf`vhs wh nurshfvhs `kb tdh nkh wdn w`sinukb tn d`vh tdh lup.
0=Jut Cnshpd s`ab, I`r jh at irne eh tn bnsuld tdakm! Nkfy tdh e`k wdn w`s inukb tnd`vh tdh lup waff jhlneh ey sf`vh. Rdh rhstni ynu, mn j`lo tn ynur i`tdhr ak ph`lh.
04Rdhk Cub`d whkt up tn dae `kb s`ab3W`rbnk ynur shrv`kt, ey fnrb, fht eh sph`o` wnrb tn ey fnrb. Bn knt jh `kmry watd ynurshrv`kt, tdnumd ynu `rh hqu`f tn Wd`r`nddaeshfi. 01Ey fnrb `sohb das shrv`kts, Bnynu d`vh ` i`tdhr nr jrntdhr> :7@kb wh `k-swhrhb, ]h d`vh `k `mhb i`tdhr, `kb tdhrhas ` ynukm snk jnrk tn dae ak das nfb `mh. Dasjrntdhr as bh`b, `kb dh as tdh nkfy nkh ni dasentdhrs snks fhit, `kb das i`tdhr fnvhs dae.
:0Rdhk ynu s`ab tn ynur shrv`kts, Jrakmdae bnwk tn eh sn A l`k shh dae inr eyshfi.::@kb wh s`ab tn ey fnrb, Rdh jny l`kkntfh`vh das i`tdhr? ai dh fh`vhs dae, das i`tdhrwa ff bah. :
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lfntdhs. :