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Arhbkgskh-Hbbh Mhbiges hbm Mgeieh` Jcrmgb


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Kcpyrid`t : 940-8=080:1;4:

I[JB-8 8=080:1;49


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]`is jccf is mgmikhtgm tc t`csg w`c whef ib mhrfbgss, wg

hrg rghmy, kcog hbm aibm us.

Arhbfig & Mgeieh`


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Mgeieh`, peghsg, ycur arigbm,s`gs bct ib t`g `cspithe. Io

sc scrry tc tgee ycu t`ht s`g ecst `gr eiag ib t`g hkkimgbt.

[`g is mghm.

Hs ìs aibhe wcrm rhbd ib oy ghrs hbm rikck`gtgmhrcubm ibsimg oy `ghm, I aget oysgea dc buoj, hbm h

aggeibd ca jgibd ahr hwhy hbm tìbds bct jgibd rghe khog

cvgr og. I sthoogrgm scogtìbd hjcut hdrggibd t`ht I

ubmgrstccm w`ht `g shim, t`ht I wcuem bct jg hecbg

tcbid`t, hbm I wcuem khee jhkf ehtgr acr ibstrukticbs. I

prgssgm t`g gbm juttcb cb t`g p`cbg.Acr h ocogbt bctìbd `hppgbgm.

]`gb s`ckf jgdhb tc sggp t`rcud` oy oibm hbm t`gp`cbg seippgm arco oy `hbm hbm krhs`gm mcwb, ncibibd

t`g spieegm pgbs cb t`g aeccr, hbm h kry ca uttgr hbduis`

jgdhb gohbhtibd arco og hs I kceehpsgm tc oy fbggs. @ct

shety tghrs strghogm mcwb oy ahkg. I rceegm ibtc t`g agthe

pcsiticb cb tcp ca t`g pgbs hbm pgbkies bct khribd t`ht t`gypcfgm ht og ubkcoacrthjey. I scjjgm hbm whiegm wit`

tghrs rubbibd mcwb t`g simg ca oy ahkg ubtie I whs uttgrey

gx`hustgm hbm agee ibtc h aitaue seggp. Oy mrghos wgrg aueeca Arhbfig, w`c hewhys rgohibgm nust cut ca oy drhsp.


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\hrt I]`g Dires

]`rgg Ocbt`s Ghreigr


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AZHBFIG & MGEIEH@ 4

K@H\]GZ CBG

[`g mrgw t`g kcvgrs tid`tgr hrcubm `gr `ghm hbm jurigm

`gr ahkg ubmgr h pieecw, tryibd tc sùt cut t`g mhyeid`t t`ht

whs strghoibd t`rcud` t`g tìb jeibms cb t`g wibmcws.Arhbfig!

T`y mcgs s`g `hvg tc thef sc mhob ecum3 Hatgrjgibd jgst arigbms acr virtuheey hee ca cur eivgs, hbm eivibd

tcdgt`gr acr t`g ehst aivg yghrs, ycum tìbf t`ht it wcuem

sibf ib jy bcw t`ht I wcrf ehtg hbm I `hvg k`rcbik

oidrhibgs ib t`g ocrbibd, s`g t`cud`t tc `grsgea. Tgee,sgea-ibaeiktgm `ghmhk`gs jrcud`t cb jy tcc ouk` tgquieh

hbm jggr hbm ecum ousik jut w`c khrgs! H `ghmhk`g is h

`ghmhk`g rid`t3 Cbg ca t`g pitahees ca jgibd h jhrtgbmgrw`c sthys hrcubm acr t`g hatgr-phrtigs, s`g t`cud`t mryey.

Arhbfig! ]`ht hehro `hs jggb dcibd caa acr t`g

ehst aiatggb oibutgs!

[gvgb! [bcczg cbey ehsts acr sgvgb oibutgs, ycufbcw. Hbm I ho up. Nust gbncyibd t`g ehst agw bctgs ca t`ht

scbd,s`g shim wit` h soirf, t`g wcrms eifg siefy vgevgt,

hs s`g rceegm cvgr hbm stukf `gr `hbm cut arco ubmgr t`g

kcvgrs, jhbdibd hrcubm cb t`g tcp ca t`g hehro keckf ubties`g prgssgm t`g rid`t juttcb hbm t`g mghagbibd rhmic

stcppgm.Arhbfig kcuem `ghr `gr rccoohtg whef ib hbm

jgdib sthefibd hrcubm t`g rcco, sbhppibd up t`g jhojcc

s`hmgs cb t`g twc sohee wibmcws t`ht wgrg ocrg ca h

mgkcrhticb jut stiee outgm t`g eid`t. Mhob! Bcw oy gygs

wcuem stibd acr surg arco t`g jrid`tbgss w`gb I aibheeyubkcvgr oy `ghm, s`g t`cud`t rugaueey.

Ygs mghr. Zid`t hwhy mghr. Kcoibd mghr,Arhbfig shim ib h shrkhstikheey-swggt-aiatigs-`cusgwiag-


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scrt-ca why ht t`g mccr hs Mgeieh`s sievgr aehts mishppghrgm

arco `gr eioitgm vigw arco ubmgr t`g whro mhrfbgss ca

t`g aght`gr muvgt.Wd`, Arhbfig t`cud`t. [`g stggegm `grsgea hdhibst

t`g subsìbg hbm aeubd caa t`g gxctik Ibmihb-gojrcimgrgm

muvgt ib cbg agee swccs` ib t`g ocst mivh ohbbgr t`ht s`gkcuem oustgr ht tìs ghrey `cur.

Arco jgìbm squibtgm kecsgm eims, Arhbfig kcuemsgbsg t`g jrid`tbgss hbm `gr gygs rgjgeegm hdhibst it w`gb

s`g trigm tc cpgb t`go. Its eifg rippibd caa h Jhbm-Him,s`g t`cud`t tc `grsgea, hbm s`g tccf h mggp jrght` hbm

aeubd `gr gygs wimg cpgb.H``````````````````````! s`g `ceegrgm t`g

ocogbt t`g eid`t tcuk`gm `gr drggb gygs. It jurbs! It

jurbs! Io ogetibd, ogetibd, ogetibd, s`g wìbgm ib `gr

jgst Tikfgm Titk` ca t`g Tgst ioprgssicb tc t`g cpgb

mccr w`grg s`g `cpgm it khrrigm ecum hbm keghr tc t`g

fitk`gb ht t`g ct`gr gbm ca t`g ecat.

Ycurg bct ogetibd! Dcm, ycurg sc gaaibmrhohtik! Mgeieh` `ceegrgm. Ycu prcoisgm ycum `gep

pikf cut scog kusìcbs acr t`g kcuk` hbm h bgw

ehops`hmg. Thbt gdds cr tchst3

Jeh`, gdds hbm tchst. Hatgr hee tìs tiog ycum

tìbf s`gmstcp tryibd tc aggm og ib t`g ocrbibd, Arhbfig

t`cud`t hs s`g dehbkgm cvgr ht t`g keckf. 8>


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wìeg s`g aget hrcubm ib t`g mrhwgr acr t`g eitteg rcubm

khrvgm wccm kcbthibgr.

It whsbt ecbd jgacrg s`g `ghrm Mgeieh`s acctstgpskcoibd mcwb t`g `hee tcwhrm `gr eitteg kcrbgr pigkg ca

`ghvgb ib t`gir s`hrgm ecat. [`g hppghrgm ib t`g mccrwhy

nust hs Arhbfig acubm t`g eid`tgr ht t`g jcttco ca t`gcvgrsizg drggb khbvhss jhd.

Mgeieh` sid`gm hs s`g krcssgm t`g rcco tc t`gwibmcw hbm krhkfgm it cpgb h eitteg tc egt t`g socfg cut.

[`g spgbt h oibutg sghrkìbd t`rcud` t`g tcp mrhwgr ca t`ghbtiqug mrgssgr hbm gvgbtuheey khog cut wit` h ecbd

mgkcrhtgm wccmgb jcx. [`g seim t`g eim cpgb hs s`g whefgmcvgr tc t`g simg ca t`g jgm hbm eccfgm ht `gr rccoohtg

wit` h eccf t`ht h oct`gr oid`t divg tc h tggbhdgr t`ht s`g

`hm nust justgm rgaieeibd `gr phrgbts vcmfh wit` whtgr.

Arhbfig eccfgm mcwb hbm trigm tc twist `gr ahkg ibtc h eccf

t`ht shim t`ht s`g fbgw it, s`g fbgw t`ht s`g bggmgm tc puee

up `gr sckfs, hbm tìs dire whs dcibd tc rgacro. Ibstghm s`g

kcuem agge `gr ahkg twistibd hbm skrubkìbd up ib whys t`hts`g fbgw wgrg kcoikhe hbm shrkhstik hbm bct t`g eghst jit

hpcecdgtik. [`g mgkimgm t`ht s`g jgst fggp eccfibd mcwb.

Arhbfig `hbmgm Mgeieh` t`g eitteg sievgr eid`tgr, h diat h

arigbm jcud`t ht t`g \crtcjgeec ohrfgt ib Ecbmcb, hbm s`g

usgm it tc eid`t h pigkg ca ibkgbsg. [ccb t`g skgbt ca

phtk`cuei oixgm wit` shbmhewccm whs mriatibd hrcubm t`grcco, khrrigm cb t`g kcce jrggzg kcoibd arco t`g cpgb

wibmcw.]`g hir whs kìeey cb tìs ehtg suoogr mhy hbm it

wcuembt jg ecbd ubtie t`g eghvgs jgdhb tc k`hbdg tc t`g

jghutiaue rgms hbm crhbdgs t`ht ohmg Arhbfig whbt tc

spgbm t`g w`ceg mhy cutsimg cb hb cem wcce jehbfgt

rghmibd pcgtry ubmgr h krisp jeug sfy. [`g fbgw t`htMgeieh` wcuem jg h wieeibd phrtbgr sibkg s`g whs hesc h

dire w`c ecvgm tc jecw caa h mhy cr twc schfibd up t`g ehst

whro rhys ca suoogr.Arhbfig, ycu fbcw I `htg tc `hvg tc jg t`g drcwb

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tryibd tc aix og up wit` Dgcrdg3 @g khbt gvgb ohfg

jccfs`gevgs Arhbfig. [`g ehud`gm wit` t`ht ibagkticus

ehud` t`ht ohmg Arhbfig agge t`ht t`g mhy whs jgttgrherghmy, hbm t`ht gvgb ia it whs pcuribd rhib hbm t`g sfy

whs aheeibd, ia s`g kcuem `ghr t`ht ehud`, tìbds wgrg rid`t

wit` t`g wcrem.Cfhy, Io dgttibd up. I shim wg wgrg dcibd

s`cppibd hbm wg hrg, Arhbfig shim, swibdibd `gr egdscvgr t`g jgm hbm puttibd `gr aggt cb t`g kìeey aeccr t`ht

sggogm tc `hvg khud`t t`g mrhat kcoibd ib arco t`gwibmcw. C`, rgoibm og t`ht I `hvg tc pikf up scog

twggzgrs hbm t`grgs tìs hjsceutgey dcrdgcus sphrfey rgmbhie pceis` t`ht I shw t`g ehst tiog wg wgbt tc t`g ohee t`ht

I whbt tc drhj tcc.

Mgeieh` stcppgm pikfibd up t`g oyrihm ca kcecuraue

gojrcimgrgm hbm jghmgm kusìcbs t`ht `hm jggb t`rcwb

`hp`hzhrmey hee cvgr t`g aeccr wìeg Arhbfig whs keiojibd

ibtc jgm ehst bid`t. [`g eccfgm ht Arhbfig wit` h rhisgm

gygjrcw.]`g rgoibms-og-ca-Mcrct`ys-s`cgs-arco-

Tizhrm-ca-Cz sphrfey bhie pceis`3 s`g hsfgm secwey,

divibd Arhbfig h oghsurgm eccf. ]`g cbg t`ht I shim I whs

dcibd tc juy hbm ycu shim it mimbt ohtk` oy `hir hbm whs

mgaibitgey tcc thkfy acr wcrf hbm I s`cuembtjuy it3 ]`ht

bhie pceis`3Arhbfig sht siegbtey, kcbmgobgm jy t`g duiety eccf

cb `gr ahkg.Tgee, ygs, t`ht cbg. Jut Mgei, ycur `hir whs pibf

ht t`g tiog hbm it mimbt dc ht hee. Hbm, wgee, Ivg jggb

tìbfibd hjcut t`ht bhie pceis` hbm ycu wgrg rid`t. It whs

vgry prgtty hbm it ohtk`gs oy bgw jrh sgt t`ht I pikfgm up

ht t`ht eitteg stcrg ib @heiahx.Tgee, sibkg ycu put it eifg t`ht, Mgeieh` shim,

Io sgricusey juyibd it. [ibkg I shw it airst I khee mijs. I

ohyjg, oid`t, pcssijey, kcuem prcjhjey ht scog pcibt ibt`g auturg, egt ycu jcrrcw it, ia ycu jgd hbm ohfg og t`csg

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t`g jhkf ca `gr hujurb `hirgm `ghm bcw ahkibd Arhbfig,

s`g shim hs s`g turbgm t`g kcrbgr cut ca t`g rcco, Io

dcibd tc jrus` oy tggt` hbm ycum jgttgr dgt ycur jutt cutca jgm hbm dgt rghmy tc dc jgkhusg Iee prcjhjey`hvg tc dc

ib h eitteg ghrey tcbid`t. Hbm stcp kheeibd og Mgei!

Arhbfig soiegm tc `grsgea, stccm up, hbm mim hstrgtk` t`ht h ycdh ohstgr wcuem jg prcum ca. [`g phmmgm

cvgr ib `gr jhrg aggt tc t`g ehrdg kecsgt t`ht whscvgrstuaagm wit` kect`gs hbm trigm tc sgg ia `gr ahvcuritg

ahmgm phir ca nghbs wgrg stikfibd cut hbyw`grg t`ht whsghsiey hkkgssijeg. [`g spcttgm t`go krhoogm jgtwggb h

ehrdg krgho-kcecurgm swghtgr hbm h phir ca pibstripgm drgymrgss phbts hbm it tccf scog wcrf tc widdeg t`go cut ca

t`gir `csthdg situhticb. [`g drhjjgm h t-sìrt caa t`g

hbtiqug cvgrstuaagm hrok`hir ib t`g kcrbgr, dhvg it h quikf

sbiaa tc gbsurg t`ht it stiee `hm hbct`gr wghr ib it jgacrg it

bggmgm tc jg ehubmgrgm, seubd it cvgr `gr s`cuemgr cb tcp

ca t`g nghbs, phssgm ubmgr t`g pegt`crh ca skhrvgs hbm

jghms `hbdibd arco hrcubm t`g rcco, hbm `ghmgm acr t`gjht`rcco.

Mgeieh` whs sittibd krcss-egddgm ib cbg ca t`g dihbt

phphshb k`hirs ib t`g eivibd rcco hrgh ca t`g jrikf-wheegm

ecat aueey hjscrjgm ib h jccf wit` h stghoibd kup ca k`hi

tgh ht `gr aggt. Arhbfig whs surg t`ht t`g cbey pehkg ib tìs

kity t`ht `hm ocrg jccfs t`hb t`gy mim whs t`g pujeikeijrhry hbm, gvgb t`gb, s`gm jgt itm jg kecsg.

Tìeg skrujjibd `gr tggt`, s`g heocst ib`hegmscog tcct`phstg acho w`gb s`g summgbey rgogojgrgm

Mgeieh`s kcoogbt arco ghreigr hjcut Dgcrdg hbm `gr

misohy ht ìs ehkf ca fbcwegmdg ib t`g jccfs`gea ohfibd

mgphrtogbt. ]ìs whs h rubbibd ncfg wit` t`go. [ibkg t`gy

jct` bursgm suk` h jccf hmmikticb, hbm bc mcujt fgptK`hptgrs ib jusibgss, hbycbg t`gy mhtgm cr spgbt hby tiog

thbdcibd wit` s`cuem `hvg t`g fbcw-`cw tc ohfg

jccfs`gevgs. ]`gir kurrgbt eivibd sphkg `hm s`gevgs up hbmmcwb t`g whees wìk` dhvg it h rustik, jc`goihb kìk eccf,

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mgvctgm t`gosgevgs gbtirgey tc rghmibd t`gir gvgr-

ibkrghsibd kceegkticb, t`grg wgrg jccfs t`ht wcuem jg

rgegdhtgm hs mgkcrhticb cbey. ]ìs ohmg Arhbfig agge htwibdg ca shmbgss acr s`g mghrey ecvgm tc rghm. ]`grg whs

bc fibm ca jccf t`ht ibtgrgstgm `gr ocrg t`hb hbct`gr hbm

s`g rgduehrey rghm gvgrytìbd arco ìstcry tc skigbkg hbmjicdrhpìgs hbm aikticb hbm hee tìbds ib jgtwggb.

Hatgr quikfey jrusìbd cut t`g ecbd thbdegm ogsst`ht whs `gr `hir hbm puttibd it up ib h trgbmy ogssy

pcbythie, s`g whs`gm `gr ahkg hbm t`rgw cb scog ohskhrh.T`gb s`g rghk`gm acr `gr gygeibgr ib t`g jhsfgt hjcvg t`g

tciegt, it heocst agee ib sibkg t`g gid`t cr sc vhricus jcttegsca subskrggb t`ht Mgeieh` `hm krhoogm cb t`g s`gea `hm tc

jg prgkisgey bhvidhtgm.

C`, Mgeieh`, oy pgrpgtuheey pheg arigbm,Arhbfig

dhvg h eitteg ehud`.

Mgeieh` whs mgaibitgey h subskrggb ahbhtik. Arhbfig

acbmey rgogojgrgm t`g wiem hbm krhzy vhkhticb t`gy `hm

thfgb tcdgt`gr tc Kujh, w`grg t`gy `hm jct` ecubdgm ibt`g whro Qhrhmgrc sub acr h wggf, hbm arco w`grg s`g

`hm rgturbgm `cog eccfibd thbbgm hbm trcpikhe, jut

Mgeieh` `hm kcog `cog eccfibd eifg `gr usuhe pheg hbm

krghoy-sfibbgm sgea. Arhbfig fbgw t`ht pgcpeg t`cud`t

t`ht `gr rccoohtg `hm spgbt t`gir gbtirg vhkhticb ìmibd

ubmgr h wimg-jrioogm `ht ib t`g s`hmg, gsk`gwibd t`gsub. Jut ib rgheity it `hm jggb t`g [\A 8


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httirg. Tgee-aittibd nghbs t`ht ohmg ogb turb hbm sthrg hatgr

`gr hpprgkihjeg kurvgs w`gb wg phssgm, h pehib tcp, hbm

wgee-wcrb aehts wìk` s`g wcuem kcbtibug tc wghr ubtie t`gsbcw sthrtgm aheeibd hbm gvgb jgycbm t`ht ia s`g kcuem.

Hrg ycu mrivibd cr ho I3

Iee mrivg. I fbcw `cw ouk` ycu ecvg tc phrf htt`g ohee, Arhbfig shim, thfibd t`g fgys arco t`g

`hbmohmg pcttgry jcwe cb t`g thjeg jy t`g gbtrhbkg hbmcpgbibd t`g mccr tc t`g sthirs. [ibkg t`gy cbey eivgm cb t`g

sgkcbm aeccr ca h twc stcry juiemibd t`grg whs bc bggm acrhb gegvhtcr.

Bc sccbgr `hm Arhbfig pus`gm t`g sthirwgee mccrcpgb hbm sogeegm t`g skgbt ca args` jhfgm jrghms, k`ggsgs,

hbm `cogohmg sukkuegbt scups ohfibd t`gir why up tc

`gr bcstries, `gr stcohk` drcwegm. ]`g bcisg scubmgm

scogw`grg jgtwggb t`g drcwe ca h ahois`gm eicb cb t`g

pehibs ca t`g [hvhbbh` hbm t`g mggp ruojeibd ca tùbmgr

rceeibd ib t`g misthbt sfy. Mgeieh` `ghrm it hbm dhvg `gr hb

I-tcem-ycu-sc eccf hjcut `hvibd mgkeibgm `gr caagr ca accmghreigr.

Yh, yh. I fbcw. Arhbfig s`ccf `gr `ghm hs s`g

kcbkgmgm t`ht scog gdds oid`t `hvg jggb dccm hatgr hee.

Arhbfig sid`gm hbm trubmegm mcwb t`g sthirs hbm

cut ibtc t`g whro hatgrbccb hir t`ht `hm h kcce krispbgss

jgbght` its surahkg. ]`g sohee kcrbgr jcuehbdgrig jgecwt`gir ecat whs mcibd h stghmy jusibgss cb tìs kecumegss

mhy. Jusibgss ogb hbm wcogb sht ib wrcud`t ircb k`hirshrcubm tiby thjegs cb t`g simgwhef cutsimg, sippibd t`gir

tghs hbm kcaaggs, hbm kcbvgrsibd ib jgtwggb jitgs ca

jhdugttgs cr ackhkkih shbmwik`gs. Bikfy, t`g cwbgr ca t`g

jcuehbdgrig hbm hesc t`gir ehbmecrm, h stcut ohb wit` h

`ghm ca tìkf drhyibd `hir, dhvg t`go h whvg hs t`gy wgrgsthbmibd cb t`g gmdg ca t`g rchm, aisìbd cut t`gir

subdehssgs.

@gy, ia it isbt oy twc ahvcuritg tgbhbts,`g shimwit` h jrid`t soieg hs `g ohmg ìs why cvgr tc t`go wit` h


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sohee sthkf ca mirty mis`gs t`ht `g `hm nust kceegktgm arco h

thjeg.

Bikfy whs t`g bikgst ehbmecrm t`gym gvgr`hm hbmcbg ca t`g ocst mgkgbt ùohb jgibds t`gym gvgr ogt.

Gvgry bid`t hatgr kecsibd, cb t`g s`crt whef tc ìs khr, `g

`hbmgm w`htgvgr egatcvgrs wgrg ib t`g stcrg tc t`g`cogegss hbm ùbdry hbm `g whs h jid mcbhtcr tc eckhe

k`hritigs, ibkeumibd t`g [hevhticb Hroy t`ht rhb h`cogegss s`getgr h agw strggts cvgr. Mgeieh` hbm Arhbfig

hdrggm t`ht ia t`grg whs h `ghvgb t`grg whs h vgry bikgspct rgsgrvgm acr Bikfy. Eifg h kcbmc wit` hee-ibkeusivg

`cusgfggpibd sgrvikgs hbm h argg oibi-jhr t`ht ohdikheeyrgstckfgm itsgea.

Arhbfig, I nust jrgwgm h args` pct ca t`ht Jehkf

Nhvh t`ht ycu eifg sc ouk`. ]`g usuhe k`hi tgh acr ycu,

Mgeieh`3 Cb t`g `cusg, ca kcursg. I tìbf ycu dires wcrf

tcc `hrm hbm tcc ohby ecbd `curs. @cw hrg ycu suppcsgm

tc aibm h bikg ohb, sgtteg mcwb, hbm ohfg scog jghutiaue

jhjigs, ia ycurg hewhys wcrfibd3 `g shim hs `g wibfgmdccm-bhturgmey ht t`go hbm egm t`g why ibtc t`g s`cp.

Ycurg prghkìbd tc t`g k`cir, Bikfy. Ivg jggb

tgeeibd Arhbfig acr yghrs tìs wcrf tìbd is acr t`g jirms

hbm wg s`cuem nust ùrry up hbm wib t`g ecttgry.

Ht tìs, Bikfy kùkfegm hbm shim `gm jggb pehyibd

t`g shog buojgrs acr bibgtggb yghrs jgkhusg h acrtubgtgeegr ht h kcubtry ahir `gm dcbg tc ib Wxjrimdg `hm tcem

ìo t`ht t`gy wcuem jg t`g wibbgrs ib ìs auturg. Bcw,hatgr hee tìs tiog, `g whs harhim tc pikf miaagrgbt buojgrs

hbm tgopt ahtg ib khsg t`g tiog s`g `hm acrgshw `hppgbgm

tc jg t`ht wggf. @g dhvg ìosgea h ogbthe fikf ib t`g

jgìbm acr bct hsfibd `gr ia s`g kcuem kehriay nust `cw ahr

ib ìs auturg s`g ohy `hvg jggb pggribd.]`gy spgbt h agw ocrg oibutgs khtkìbd up wit`

Bikfy hbm t`gb t`gy `hm tc jg cb t`gir why.


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]`gy strceegm t`rcud` t`g ohee hbm stcppgm tc eccf

w`gbgvgr scogtìbd khud`t t`gir gyg. Arhbfig pikfgm

t`go up hb ikg krgho kcbg tc sbhkf cb wìeg t`gy s`cppgmhbm shim t`ht it shmey rgoibmgm `gr t`ht suoogr whs

heocst ht hb gbm. Mgeieh` dhvg `gr arigbm h syopht`gtik pht

cb t`g jhkf. [`g mimbt oibm t`g wibtgr hs ouk` hsArhbfig mim. \eus, Mgeieh` sgkrgtey suspgktgm t`ht t`g ikg

krgho whs rgheey tc sthvg caa t`g ùbdgr phbds arco bctthfibd `gr up cb t`g caagr ca accm ghreigr.

Wbacrtubhtgey, hs it turbgm cut, t`g rgm bhie pceis`whs bcw`grg tc jg acubm hbm Mgeieh` shim t`ht bgxt tiog

s`g wcuembt eistgb tc `gr rccoohtg hbm s`g wcuem nustjuy it. It whs seio pikfibds ht t`g stcrgs ib t`g ohee acr

kusìcbs hbm t`gy mgkimgm tc dc eccf gesgw`grg.

]`g eitteg stcrg t`ht whs aieegm whee-tc-whee wit` hee scrts caiopcrtgm ubiqug aibms hbm cbg-ca-h-fibm hbtiqugs, whs cbg

ca t`gir ahvcuritgs hbm t`gy ecvgm tc nust whbmgr hbm k`gkf

cut t`g whrgs.

Kcbsthbtibg, h kcwcrfgr ca Mgeieh`s hbm dccm

arigbm tc jct` ca t`go, whs hesc jrcwsibd t`g stcrg t`ht

hatgrbccb. ]`g t`rgg ca t`go stiee kùkfegm w`gb t`gy

rgogojgrgm `cw Mgeieh` `hm ubwittibdey trigm tc aix upArhbfig hbm Kcbsthbtibg w`gb `g `hm airst aieegm t`g bursgcpgbibd cb t`g surdikhe aeccr t`rgg yghrs ghreigr. Bcjcmy

kcuem `hvg jehogm `gr. Kcbsthbtibg whs aivg aggt bibg

ibk`gs ca mhrf-`hirgm ùbfhouaaib eccfs oixgm wit` h

swggt sgea-mgprgkihtibd mispcsiticb hbm h phssicb acr

kritikheey hkkehiogm ibmgpgbmgbt aieo agstivhe ocvigs. @is

ibtgeeidgbkg hesc rivhegm t`ht ca t`g mcktcrs ht t`g `cspithe.It whs bct cutwhrmey cjvicus t`ht `g whs dhy hbm `gaibheey `hm tc thfg Mgeieh` hsimg hatgr s`g `hm spgbt wggfs

tryibd tc, ib w`ht s`g `hm t`cud`t whs hb gxpgrtey kcvgrt

ohbbgr, sgt t`g twc ca t`go up. Kcbsthbtibg hbm Gvhb `hm

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rgduehrey `hm t`go hrcubm acr mibbgr hbm vikg vgrsh.

Kcbsthbtibg tcem t`go t`ht `g hbm Gvhb wgrg `cusg-

ùbtibd hbm `g whs nust mhymrghoibd hjcut aurbisìbd itwìeg `g jrcwsgm.

]`g dires jcud`t h sgt ca `hbm-gojrcimgrgm

rhibjcw-kcecurgm kusìcbs, put t`go cb t`g jhkf sght, hbm`ghmgm acr `cog. Mgeieh` `hm tc jg ht wcrf jy sgvgb

ckeckf hbm s`gm rgheizgm ht t`g khs` t`ht s`g `hmacrdcttgb tc switk` cvgr t`g ehubmry tc t`g mrygr. Hee `gr

skrujs wgrg stiee sittibd schfibd wgt ib t`g whsìbdohkìbg hbm s`g bggmgm tc dgt t`go mrigm ib h ùrry.

Dccmbid`t, Arhbfig! Mgeieh` kheegm cb `gr whycut t`g mccr hbm rhb mcwb t`g sthirs.

[`g whs dcibd tc `hvg tc ùsteg ia s`g `hm hby

`cpg ca dgttibd tc wcrf cb tiog.


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K@H\]GZ ]TC

It whs Ourp`ys Ehw t`ht t`g cbey hvhiehjeg phrfibd spcts

wgrg ht t`g jhkf ca t`g ùdg `cspithe phrfibd ect hbm s`g

rhb hee t`g why tc t`g gegvhtcrs, stgheibd quikf dehbkgs ht`gr whtk`. [`g gxitgm cb `gr aeccr, cut ca jrght` hbm

swghtibd.Hbdgeh, t`g mhysìat bursg t`ht `hm t`g shog

hssidbogbt hs s`g `hm acr `gr bid`tsìat, tccf caa `gr

rubbibd s`cgs hbm r`yogm caa rgpcrt tc `gr. Hs Mgeieh`

eistgbgm, s`g rgheizgm t`ht s`g wcuem `hvg h `ghvigr t`hbusuhe phtigbt echm. [`g `cpgm t`gy wcuem seggp t`rcud`

ocst ca `gr sìat hbm t`ht bctìbd jhm wcuem `hppgb. [`g

ecddgm cb tc t`g kcoputgrs tc k`gkf ehj wcrf hbm t`gbmhrtgm caa mcwb t`g `hee tc dgt scog vithes mcbg hbm pcur

t`g gvgbibds ogmikhticbs.

[`g ùstegm dgttibd `gr wcubm mrgssibd k`hbdgs

mcbg, divibd cut bid`ttiog ogmikhticbs, `hbdibd bgw IQjhds hbm k`hbdibd jrigas. Hs s`g wgbt, s`g piegm gr k`hrts

ib h sthkf jy hb ubckkupigm kcoputgr hbm `cpgm t`ht s`g

wcuem dgt tc t`go sccb. ]`grg whs bctìbd wcrsg t`hb t`g

wgg `curs ca t`g ocrbibd krggpibd cb ycu wìeg ycursthkf ca k`hrts wgrg stiee sittibd t`grg ubtcuk`gm, Mgeieh`

t`cud`t.[`g whs ioogbsgey t`hbfaue t`ht hee ca `gr phtigbts

segpt wgee, hbm gxkgpt acr `hbdibd bgw IQ jhds hbm

hbswgribd h agw khee jgees, s`g `hm pegbty ca tiog tc aibis`

`gr k`hrts. Jy aivg-tìrty ib t`g ocrbibd, s`g whs sittibd ht

t`g arcbt mgsf wit` `gr aggt up cb h k`hir hbm stgheibddehbkgs ht t`g ]Q t`ht whs pehyibd t`g bgw gpiscmg ca

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T`gb t`g bgxt sìat ca bursgs khog cb ht sgvgb-

tìrty, Mgeieh` dhvg rgpcrt tc t`g cbgs bcw ib k`hrdg ca `gr

phtigbts, hbm gx`hustgmey whefgm tc t`g gegvhtcr. [`g whsdcibd tc seggp eifg h ecd, s`g t`cud`t, hs t`g mccrs kecsgm

hbm s`g aget it jgdib its mgskgbt. @gr gygs wgrg `ghvy hbm

jy t`g tiog s`g dct `cog s`g aget eifg s`g bggmgmtcct`pikfs tc prcp t`go cpgb. Hatgr thfibd h sgkcbm tc

ohfg surg Arhbfig whs shag ib `gr jgm, Mgeieh` krhwegmibtc `gr cwb jgm hbm agee ibtc h mggp seuojgr.

Mgeieh` whs cb bid`ts hdhib t`g bgxt bid`t hbm rceegm cut

ca jgm hrcubm acur ib t`g hatgrbccb. Arhbfig whs eyibd cb

t`g kcuk` aeippibd t`rcud` h ohdhzibg w`gb Mgeieh`

whefgm ib wit` h ohncr khsg ca jgm `ghm.

Ycu whbbh dc cut acr scog susì cr scogtìbd3

Arhbfig hsfgm `gr.Mgeieh` ohmg h ahkg. Ycu fbcw I `htg susì,s`g

wìbgm.

Arhbfig soiegm. I tìbf t`gy `hvg kìkfgb cr

scogtìbd. I oghb ocst pehkgs `hvg kìkfgb, rid`t3

Egtog thfg h s`cwgr hbm wgee aidurg it cut.

]`g `ct whtgr whs`gm hwhy `gr tirgmbgss hbm ohmg

`gr agge ùohb hdhib. Bid`tsìats wgrg `hrm cb t`g systgo,s`g t`cud`t. Hbm s`g fbgw t`ht it wcuem jg h kcupeg camhys hatgr ubtie s`g whs jhkf cb h bcrohe seggpibd

sk`gmueg hbm bct sittibd t`grg ubtie acur ib t`g ocrbibd

prhyibd acr seggp wìeg s`g ehud`gm `gr `ghm caa whtkìbd

rgrubs ca TipgCut. [`g t`rgw cb h phir ca nghbs hbm h

wgee-wcrb Jcb Ivgr t-sìrt hbm `ghmgm jhkf tc t`g eivibd

rcco w`grg Arhbfig whs sittibd cb h phphshb k`hir rghmibdh vgry tìkf jccf wit` h eccf ca mggp kcbkgbtrhticb cb `grahkg.

C` oy Dcm, Arhbfig, is t`ht Thr hbm \ghkg

hdhib3 Mgeieh` rceegm `gr gygs hs s`g `ghmgm tc t`g arimdg

acr h dehss ca k`ckcehtg oief.


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Ygs, hs h ohttgr ca ahkt, it is. ]`gy shy tìs is h

dccm jccf hbm I rgheey whbt tc aibis` it, ht scog pcibt, ib

tìs eiagtiog. Ycu fbcw, sc I khb shy, `gy I rghm t`ht ia itgvgr kcogs up.

Mgeieh` `hm tc ehud`. Arhbfig `hm jggb tryibd tc

rghm t`ht jccf acr heocst t`rgg yghrs hbm kcuem bgvgr dgtphst rghmibd aivg phdgs ht hby divgb tiog.

Arco t`g aeccr ht Arhbfigs aggt, h s`crt sbippgt ca[gxy Hbm I Fbcw It pehygm hbm s`g rghk`gm acr `gr kgee.

@gy `gybgss, s`g shim w`gb s`g put it tc `gr ghr.C`, yh3 Acr surg. Og hbm Mgee wgrg nust `ghmibd acr h

jitg, tcc. \izzh hbm wibds scubms, s`g phusgm hs s`geccfgm ht Mgeieh` wit` rhisgm qugsticbibd gygjrcws.

Mgeieh` dhvg `gr h tùojs up. ]`ht scubms hwgscog!

Mgeieh` soiegm. [`g fbgw t`ht ribd whs rgsgrvgm

acr Kcbsthbtibg hbm `g whs hewhys h jehst tc `hbd cut

wit`. Mgeieh` t`rgw cb h kìk jehkf jehzgr hbm rceegm t`g

kuaas hs Arhbfig drhjjgm h phir ca s`cgs arco t`g s`gea ht

t`g mccr.Io sthrvibd! Arhbfig drcwegm hs t`gy `ghmgm

cut.

Cvgr mibbgr, t`g dires tccf turbs sgbmibd aeirty dehbkgs tc hthjeg ca ùbfs hkrcss t`g rgsthurhbt hbm t`gy wgrgrgwhrmgm wit` h trhy ca mribfs s`cwibd up. ]`gy diddegm

hbm rhisgm t`gir dehssgs ib t`g mirgkticb ca t`g stums.

Ycu dires hrg tgrrijeg! Kcbsthbtibg pehyaueey

kìmgm t`go.

@gy, ia ycuvg dct it, aehubt it! Arhbfig ehud`gm

hbm tcssgm `gr jecbm eckfs cvgr `gr s`cuemgr.Hjsceutgey, Mgeieh` kìogm ib hs t`gy keibfgm

t`gir dehssgs. Hbm ia ycu mcbt dct it, t`gb prgtgbm ycu

mc!

]c us! Arhbfig soiegm.


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T`ht Dcm `hs jrcud`t tcdgt`gr, egt bc ohb put

hsubmgr! Mgeieh` aibis`gm hbm t`gy jct` tccf h ehrdg

mribf.Kcbsthbtibg hbm Gvhb rceegm t`gir gygs.

]`csg pccr ogb mcbt sthbm h k`hbkg,

Kcbsthbtibg shim.Bct gvgb cbg sohee k`hbkg, Gvhb kcbkurrgm.Ib

ahkt, t`gy ohy bggm t`grhpy w`gb its hee cvgr.]`grhpy tc dgt cvgr cur hwgscogbgss! Arhbfig

pipgm up.]`gy hee ehud`gm hbm spgbt sc ecbd k`httibd cvgr

mibbgr t`ht Mgeieh` `hm tc rus` tc k`hbdg ibtc `gr skrujsw`gb t`gy dct `cog. [`g ygeegm h quikf dccmjyg cb `gr

why cut t`g mccr.

@hvg h dccm s`iat! Arhbfig `ceegrgm hs t`g mccr

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cpgb. Mgeieh` thppgm `gr acct hbm aimdgtgm iophtigbtey

wìeg s`g whitgm acr Arhbfig tc gxtrhkt t`g kcbtgbts.

Aibheey, Arhbfig pueegm cut h typgm egttgr hbm h soheephkfhdg ca w`ht eccfgm eifg ibstrukticbs ca scog scrt. @gr

ocut` ocvgm siegbtey hs s`g sfioogm cvgr t`g kcbtgbts ca

t`g egttgr, hmoiribd t`g aggeibd ca t`g wgid`t ca t`g `ghvy,hbm cjvicusey gxpgbsivg, stckf phpgr ib `gr `hbm.

T`ht is it3 T`c is it arco3 Arhbfig, w`ht is it3Mgeieh` kcuembt kcbthib `grsgea hbyocrg. [`g whtk`gm

Arhbfig eip rghm t`g egttgr jgacrg s`g aibheey `hbmgm it cvgrtc Mgeieh`.

Mgeieh` tccf it ib `gr `hbm hbm quikfey rghmt`rcud` it. ]`g egttgr whs arco h Ohtìemh Jrcwb, kurhtcr,

ht Eckfstcbg Dheegry ib Ecbmcb, hbm it whs hb hkkgpthbkg

egttgr ca scrts. Os. Jrcwb whs rgpeyibd tc t`g p`ctcdrhp`s

hbm egttgr t`ht Arhbfig `hs sgbt tc `gr ib t`g spribd. [`g

whs ocst gbtùsihstik hjcut oggtibd Arhbfig ib pgrscb hbm

vigwibd `gr pcrtaceic. [`g `hm ibkeumgm ib t`g gbvgecpg,

hbm tùs hkkcubtibd acr t`g tìkfbgss ca it, hb caagr acrrcubm-trip hirahrg, ecmdibd ht `gr k`cikg ca hohzibd jgm

hbm jrghfahsts, hbm t`g cppcrtubity acr `gr tc s`cw caa `gr

whrgs tc scog vgry iopcrthbt pgcpeg. Arhbfig stccm

siegbtey hbm whtk`gm `gr arigbm hjscrj t`g egttgr, shw `gr

ahkg dc arco hwg tc surprisg, hbm t`gb tc scogtìbd t`ht

jcrmgrgm cb misohy. Mgeieh` aibis`gm rghmibd hbm t`gbeccfgm ht t`g phkfhdg ib `gr ct`gr `hbm ib stubbgm

hohzgogbt hjcut t`g kcbtgbts ca t`g egttgr.I mcbt ubmgrsthbm, Arhbfig. Ib `grg it shys t`ht

tìs Os. Jrcwb kcbthktgm ycu jgacrg hbm t`ht ycuvg

herghmy sgbt `gr scog ca ycur wcrf3 T`gb mim hee tìs

`hppgb jgkhusg I mcbt rgogojgr ycu shyibd h tìbd

hjcut it, hbm I wcuem rgogojgr scogtìbd hs iopcrthbt hstìs3

]`hts jgkhusg I bgvgr tcem ycu, Mgee, Arhbfig

sthoogrgm. [`g tccf h jrght` hbm kcbtibugm. Hpphrgbtey,muribd h mibbgr phrty divgb ht h rgsimgbkg cb Tieeiho

[trggt ib Ecbmcb, t`g kurhtcr ca t`g dheegry, Os. Jrcwb,


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shw cbg ca oy p`ctcdrhp`s `hbdibd cb t`g whee hbm `hm

aheegb ib ecvg wit` it. ]`g cwbgrs ca t`g rgsimgbkg tcem Os.

Jrcwb t`ht t`gy `hm jcud`t t`g p`ctcdrhp` muribd t`girvisit tc Khbhmh ht h eitteg jcct` ht h agstivhe. It tccf scog

prcmmibd acr t`g cwbgrs tc rgkhee t`g gxhkt kity hbm agstivhe

wìk`, hkkcrmibd tc t`g airst egttgr I dct, hkkcubtgm acr t`gmgehy ib kcbthktibd og. T`gb s`g wrctg t`g airst tiog, s`g

thefgm hjcut `cw ibkrgmijeg t`g p`ctcdrhp` whs. Hs s`gput it, it whs h rgohrfhjeg jehkf-hbm-wìtg s`ct ca t`g sfy

arco t`g vhbthdg pcibt ca scog thee drhss cb h whrosuoogr mhy. [`g whbtgm tc fbcw ia I whs ibtgrgstgm ib

ohyjg dgttibd scog ca oy stuaa sggb.Mgeieh` mimbtfbcw w`ht tc shy. ]ìs whs suk` h

ùdg mghe acr Arhbfig hbm ygt s`g `hm bgvgr shim h wcrm.

Cb cbg `hbm, s`g aget ùrt hbm mishppcibtgm t`ht s`g whs

cbey aibmibd cut hjcut tìs bcw, jut cb t`g ct`gr `hbm, sc

prcum t`ht Arhbfig whs aibheey dcibd tc dgt t`g rgkcdbiticb

t`ht s`g mgsgrvgm.

Hs ia s`g whs rghmibd Mgeieh`s oibm, Arhbfig shim,I whs dcibd tc tgee ycu, Mgee, jut I fbgw ycu wcuembt jg

hjeg tc kcog wit` og hbm t`ht ycum pus` og tc dc. [c

jgacrg wg gvgb krcssgm t`ht ogssy jrimdg, I whbtgm tc

fbcw acr surg w`ht whs dcibd cb. I rgheey whbt ycu tc

kcog wit` og.

Arhbfig kcuem agge t`g tghrs wgeeibd up ib `gr gygshs s`g shim t`g ehst sgbtgbkg. Bct whbtibd Mgeieh` tc agge

duiety, s`g summgbey pus`gm phst `gr hbm ohmg `gr why tct`g jht`rcco sc s`g kcuem dgt h tissug hbm kry wit` t`g

mccr kecsgm.

Mgeieh` egt cut t`g jrght` s`g `hm jggb `cemibd hs

s`g whtk`gm t`g jhkf ca Arhbfig mishppghr ibtc t`g

jht`rcco. Arhbfig whs rid`t. ]`grg whs bc why t`ht s`gwcuem jg hjeg tc thfg t`ht fibm ca tiog caa wcrf. It whs

`hrm gbcud` acr `gr tc dgt h wggf caa tc dc cb h s`crt

vhkhticb.Ycu fbcw I khbt mc t`ht, Arhbfig. Jut ycu `hvg

tc dc. Its suk` hb hohzibd cppcrtubity. Caagrs eifg tìs


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mcbt kcog hrcubm gvgry mhy, ycu fbcw, s`g shim tc

Arhbfig t`rcud` t`g kecsgm jht`rcco mccr.

]`g t`cud`t ca `gr arigbm eghvibd hbm dcibd hee t`gwhy cvgr t`grg wit`cut `gr ohmg Mgeieh` ecbgey ibsimg, jut

s`g mimbtwhbt tc jg t`g cbg tc sthbm ib `gr why, hbm s`g

kgrthibey mimbtwhbt Arhbfig tc sgg `cw ouk` s`g wcuemjg oissgm. Tit` t`ht t`cud`t ib `gr oibm, s`g sht

mgtgroibgmey cutsimg t`g jht`rcco mccr hbm fbckfgmhdhib.

Its cbey acr h eitteg ecbdgr t`hb h ocbt`. Ycu khbdgt t`g tiog caa wcrf bc prcjego. Hbm ycurg t`g cbg w`c

hewhys shim t`ht ycu whbt tc sgg t`g ]cwgr ca Ecbmcb hbmJukfibd`ho \hehkg. Ycu `hvg tc dc, Arhbfig, ycu nust

`hvg tc, s`g shim airoey tc t`g mccr.

Arhbfig sht ibsimg cb t`g tciegt sght. Ygs, s`g

whbtgm tc dc hbm s`g fbgw t`ht s`g wcuem jg dgttibd cb

t`ht pehbg. @gr `ghrt `hm rhkgm hs s`g `hm rghm t`g egttgr

hbm `gr oibm whs aeccmgm wit` hee t`g hwgscog tìbds t`ht

s`g wcuem sgg hbm mc wìeg s`g whs t`grg. ]`gb aghr,hpprg`gbsicb, hbm mcujt krgpt ib, hbm t`hts w`gb s`g

sthrtgm hvibd sgkcbm t`cud`ts.

Aibheey, s`g cpgbgm t`g mccr.

Io dcibd tc dc.

Ca kcursg ycu hrg.

Hbm Io dcibd tc khee ycu gvgry mhy.]wikg h mhy.

]`gy ùddgm hbm ùddgm.

H khegbmhr bcw ùbd cb t`g arimdg hbm ghk` mhy t`ht t`gy

krcssgm caa wit` h rgm P jrcud`t t`go kecsgr tc t`g mhyt`ht whs kirkegm ib ygeecw ìdèid`tgr. Hee t`gir sphrg tiogwhs ghtgb up dgttibd tìbds rghmy acr Arhbfigs trip. Ca

kcursg, t`gy mgkimgm s`g wcuem bggm h w`ceg bgw

whrmrcjg hbm t`gy spgbt h ect ca tiog sghrkìbd acr t`g

pgragkt s`cgs cr ghrribds. Arhbfig kcuembt s`hfg t`g


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ubgxpehibhjeg aggeibd ca iopgbmibd mcco hbm trigm tc

httrijutg it tc `gr bgrvgs hjcut oggtibd t`g kurhtcr.

[cogtiogs, s`g wcuem eccf ht Mgeieh` hbm `hvg tcrgsist t`g urdg tc ùd `gr hbm tgee `gr `cw ouk` s`g oghbt

tc `gr, eifg tiog whs rubbibd cut acr t`go hbm s`g mimbt

whbt tc rgdrgt `hvibd bct shim t`g iopcrthbt tìbds tc t`gcbgs s`g khrgm hjcut. It ohmg bc sgbsg hbm s`g kgrthibey

kcuembt tgee Mgeieh` hjcut t`g aggeibds t`ht s`g `hm jggb`hvibd sibkg s`g cpgbgm t`ht gbvgecpg. Mgeieh` wcuem thfg

it vgry sgricusey hbm wcuem aibm h why tc hkkcophby `grtc t`g WF, prcjhjey gvgb ia it oghbt ecsibd `gr ncj.

Arhbfig mgkimgm s`g `hm tc pehy it kcce hbm bct s`cw hbyocrg arhy tc `gr bgrvgs t`hb w`ht Mgeieh` wcuem tìbf whs

bcrohe.

Muribd t`g wggf eghmibd up tc `gr mgphrturg,

Arhbfig sthrtgm `hvibd tgrrijeg bid`tohrgs, t`g fibm t`ht

whfgs ycu up ib h kcem swght, drippibd ycur pieecw cvgr

ycur ocut` tc stiaeg t`g skrgho. Ghk` tiog s`g trigm tc

rgogojgr w`ht `hm wcfgb `gr, jut s`g kcuem bgvgrrgogojgr hbytìbd spgkiaik. [cogtiogs, s`g wcuem `hvg h

aeggtibd ogocry ca whtgr, t`g scubm ca ecum ousik

pehyibd, cr h ohb wit` eid`t `hir, jut jgycbm t`ht `gr

mrghos rgohibgm stujjcrbey cut ca `gr whfibd drhsp.

It whs wit` h `ghvy `ghrt t`ht Arhbfig phkfgm `gr

suitkhsgs t`g mhy jgacrg `gr aeid`t. @gr seggp `hm jggbtgrrijeg ehtgey hbm s`g `hm mhrf kirkegs ubmgr `gr gygs.

[thbmibd ib t`g oimmeg ca `gr rcco, s`g kecsgm `gr gygshbm tccf scog mggp stghmyibd jrght`s hs s`g tcem `grsgea

acr t`g ùbmrgmt` tiog t`ht it whs hee ib `gr `ghm. [`g trigm

tc jeckf cut t`g ahkt t`ht s`g `hm trhvgeegm h ect ca tiogs

hbm `hm bgvgr `hm tìs aggeibd jgacrg. Ca kcursg, heocst

hee ca `gr trips `hm jggb wit` Mgeieh` hbm s`g trigm tckcbvibkg `grsgea t`ht it whs t`g ecss ca tìs shagty bgt t`ht

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It whs t`g sgkcbm wggf ca [gptgojgr w`gb Arhbfig hbm

Mgeieh` mrhddgm t`g `ghvy suitkhsgs mcwb t`g sthirs tc t`g

whitibd vhb. ]`g ghrey ocrbibd hir stiee `gem t`g ehst `ghtca t`g suoogr sub hbm t`g acrgkhst whs keghr hbm subby

acr t`g gbtirg aivg `cur mrivg tc t`g hirpcrt. ]`g cbey ecusy

phrt hjcut eivibd ib h sohee kity ahr hwhy arco h jccoibdogtrcpceis, Arhbfig t`cud`t, wgrg t`g ecbd kcooutgs tc

dgt hbyw`grg.]c phss t`g tiog hbm mispge scog ca t`g shmbgss,

t`gy ohmg sohee thef hbm Arhbfig shbd tc t`g rhmic ib `grrhspy Nhbis Ncpeib vcikg t`ht jgecbdgm ib h socfy

jhsgogbt nhzz jhr. Arhbfig `hm h dccm ehud` ht t`g jcysw`c trigm t`gir jgst tc put t`g ocvgs cb t`go w`gb t`gy

wgrg eghvibd t`g ahst accm rgsthurhbt ht eubk`.

]`gy pueegm ibtc t`g hirpcrt phrfibd ect rid`t cb tiog hbmMgeieh` `gepgm Arhbfig thfg `gr euddhdg cut ca t`g vhb. It

whs h whro mhy wit` cptiohe wght`gr kcbmiticbs acr

aeyibd hkrcss t`g ckghb hbm eghvibd ycur jgst arigbm,

Arhbfig t`cud`t, hs t`gy ohmg t`gir why kecsgr tc t`g

hirpcrt mccrs. ]`gy fbgw it whs cbey acr aivg wggfs, jut it

sggogm eifg h ecbd tiog.

Ogehbk`cey oixgm wit` gxkitgogbt hbmhbtikiphticb ib t`gir `ghrts hs t`gy ohmg t`gir why tct`rcud` t`g seimibd dehss mccrs hbm ibtc t`g vhst ìd`-

kgieibdgm hirpcrt tgroibhe. Arhbfig hbm Mgeieh` whefgm ib

siegbkg, ghk` euddibd h suitkhsg jgìbm t`go, ubtie t`gy

khog tc t`g Ibtgrbhticbhe Mgphrturgs sgkurity dhtg, t`rcud`

wìk` ycu kcuem cbey dc ia ycu `hm h tikfgt.

Arhbfig stcppgm hbm turbgm tc ahkg Mgeieh`. ]`gaggeibd t`ht it whs dcibd tc jg h why ecbdgr tiog hphrt t`hbnust aivg wggfs wcrfgm ht t`g gmdgs ca `gr t`cud`ts eifg

t`g arhygm trio ca hb cem jehbfgt. [`g k`gwgm ht `gr ecwgr

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Its bct tcc ehtg, Mgee. ]`grgs h tikfgt kcubtgr

rid`t cvgr t`grg. Nust dc dgt h tikfgt hbm khee ib wit`

egprcsy acr t`g bgxt aivg wggfs, Arhbfig `hea-ncfgm, hsohee soieg cb `gr ahkg.

Mcbt tgopt og, Arhbfig, s`g ehud`gm hbm egt dc

ca t`g suitkhsg `hbmeg tc ùd `gr arigbm.]`gy `gem ghk` ct`gr ib h sbud gojrhkg acr w`ht

sggogm tc strgtk` acr `hea hb `cur jut ib rgheity whs cbey hoibutg.

Khee og hee t`g tiog, cfhy3 Hbm thfg ects capikturgs, Mgeieh` shim, sbiaaibd, hs h sibdeg tghr rceegm

mcwb `gr k`ggf.Ca kcursg, Arhbfig shim hbm, pehstgribd `gr ocst

jrhvg soieg cb `gr ahkg, s`g pueegm hwhy hbm dhvg Mgeieh`

h eitteg pehyaue pubk` tc t`g s`cuemgr tc eid`tgb t`g occm.

[`g tccf h mggp jrght`, rghk`gm acr t`g sgkcbm suitkhsg,

hbm jgdhb whefibd tcwhrm t`g dhtg.

C`, `gy Arhbfig! Mgeieh` kheegm cut. Arhbfig

turbgm hrcubm. Mcbt acrdgt tc `hvg h dccm tiog!Arhbfig dhvg `gr arigbm h eitteg whvg hbm h soieg,

hbm t`gb turbgm hbm aibis`gm whefibd tc t`g dhtg. [`g

rgsistgm t`g urdg tc eccf jhkf, bct whbtibd Mgeieh` tc sgg

t`g tghrs t`ht wgrg bcw stghmiey strghoibd mcwb `gr ahkg

hbm ehbmibd ib scat, ibhumijeg mrcps cb t`g aeccr ib arcbt ca

`gr.

Mgeieh` stccm cutsimg t`g hirpcrt ht ]groibhe 8 hbm

whtk`gm t`g pehbgs thfibd caa acr cvgr hb `cur, bct surg

wìk` cbg khrrigm Arhbfig ib its jgeey. ]`g tghrs mim bct

stcp quigtey aheeibd t`g gbtirg tiog hbm `gr `ghrt ùrt ocrghbm aieegm wit` ocrg ecbdibd wit` ghk` sgkcbm t`ht tikfgmjy cb `gr krhppy midithe whtk`.


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]`g mhys ca [gptgojgr phssgm jy og, scog quikfey, hbm

scog mrhddgm cb. ]`g cbgs t`ht I wcrfgm aegw jy acr t`gocst phrt hbm, it sggogm tc og t`ht hee ht cbkg, t`g eghvgs

wgrg summgbey crhbdg hbm rgm, wìk` dhvg t`g ioprgssicbcb t`g ocrbibds w`gb t`g sub s`cbg mirgktey cb t`g trggs

t`ht t`g ìees wgrg hjehzg. Cbkg t`g trggs wgrg t`csg

vijrhbt kcecurs, it whsbt ecbd jgacrg t`gy wcuem hee turb

jrid`t ygeecw hbm t`gir eghvgs wcuem jgdib tc ahee caa ibrgkcrm buojgrs w`gb t`g wibm jegw t`rcud` t`go, kcem

hbm krisp. Tit` t`ht ib oibm, hbm `hvibd h acur mhy strgtk`

caa wcrf, I mgkimgm it whs tiog acr h bgw jccf hbm scogquigt rgehxhticb tiog.

]`g phrfibd ect ht t`g jccf stcrg whs nho-phkfgm

sc I whs acrkgm tc phrf hecbd t`g jhkf rcw, ib h spct t`ht

whs heocst tcc tid`t tc ait ib. I siegbtey kursgm t`g ngrf w`cmrcvg t`g eiog drggb [hbth Ag t`ht `hm phrfgm rid`t cb t`g

eibg.

It whs whro ibsimg hbm I kcuem sogee t`g kcaagg

hbm phstrigs kcoibd arco t`g kcaagg s`cp cb t`g ct`grsimg. H vhbieeh ehttg wit` mcujeg gsprgssc whs nust w`ht t`g

mcktcr crmgrgm hbm it whrogm oy `hbms hs I oghbmgrgmt`rcud` t`g hisegs. I soiegm tc oysgea kcbtgbtgmey hs I

sippgm oy ehttg. Wsuheey, I crmgrgm h sfibby vhbieeh ehttg,

jut wit`cut Arhbfig `grg tc divg og t`ht eccf, I gbncygm

gvgry ocogbt ca it, wìp hbm hee, duiet-argg.

[cat nhzz pehygm wìeg I tccf oy tiog jrcwsibd t`gcaagribds, secwey ohfibd oy why up hbm mcwb t`g rcws

hbm rcws ca jccfs, stcppibd tc rghm h sybcpsis w`gbgvgrhb ibtgrgstibd kcvgr khud`t oy gyg, cr h titeg t`ht `hm

prcoisg nuopgm cut ht og. ]`grg wgrg bc sgkticbs t`ht

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`hvibd tc thfg h whs`rcco jrghf w`gb oy ecbd-hdc mrhbf

kcaagg `hm rgqugstgm its gxit, I `hm h pieg ca sgvgb jccfs ib

oy hros. ]ìs whs t`g phrt t`ht I acubm t`g tcud`gst, t`gk`ccsibd ca nust cbg. ]ìs whs hesc t`g phrt t`ht khusgm cur

ecat tc `hvg suk` hb hjubmhbkg ca rghmibd ohtgrihe. I sht

cb cbg ca t`g `hrm wccmgb k`hirs hbm khrgaueey eccfgmcvgr oy sthkf ubtie I `hm it bhrrcwgm mcwb tc twc

pcssijieitigs. ]`g airst jccf whs writtgb arco t`gpgrspgktivg ca h mcd hbm scubmgm sc swggt t`ht t`grg whs

t`g mistibkt pcssijieity ca it jribdibd tghrs tc oy gygs. ]`gct`gr whs h bcb-aikticb hjcut t`g skigbtists ht KGZB hbm

t`g mishstrcus pcssijieitigs ca ohb-ohmg jehkf `cegs. ]gboibutgs ehtgr, I whs stiee bc kecsgr tc mgkimibd sc I ohmg

oy why tc t`g khs` wit` jct`. I heocst squghegm wit`

gxkitgogbt tc sgg t`g bgw Egcbhrm Kc`gb KM acr sheg hbm

I `hm tc mc scog sgricus rgsistibd tc bct jrghf cut ib h

`hppy mhbkg rid`t t`gb hbm t`grg.

]`g sub whs jrid`t hbm t`g sfy `hm h sohttgribd ca kecums,

scog ohrsòheecw aeuaay wìtg cbgs, hbm scog sc wispy

t`ht t`gy heocst mimbt gxist ht hee. I aidurgm t`ht t`g phrf

wcuem jg prgtty jusy cb h bikg mhy eifg tcmhy, hbm surg

gbcud`, I `hm tc fggp stcppibd t`g vhb tc heecw pgcpeg,hbm mcds, hbm strceegrs tc dc jy jgacrg I kcuem aibheey phrf.It whs eukfy acr gvgrycbg t`ht Or. Kc`gb scct`gm oy

iophtigbkg wit` ìs wgee-sghscbgm hbm drhvgeey krccbibd. I

gvgb ohbhdgm tc soieg ht h agw pgcpeg w`c mgkimgm t`ht

whefibd cb h mihdcbhe whs t`g jgst why tc dgt arco cbg

simg tc t`g ct`gr. Eifg sgricusey pgcpeg!

Het`cud` it whs ehtg [gptgojgr, t`grg whs stiee hbhohzibd oyrihm ca aecwgrs t`ht wgrg stujjcrbey rgsistibdt`g kcem hbm turbibd t`gir kcecuraue pgthes tc ahkg t`g

whbibd whrot` ca t`g sub. \ibfs, crhbdgs, purpegs, hbm

ygeecws wgrg ibtgrspgrsgm wit` miaagrgbt s`hmgs ca drggbs,

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why hecbd t`g pht`s t`ht wghvgm t`rcud` t`g aecwgrs. ]`g

pht`s sthrtgm egvge wit` t`g drcubm hbm rcsg ib h ehjyribt`

ca drhvgegm stgps hbm trhies t`ht wgbt hee hrcubm t`g gbtirghrgh sc t`g visitcr kcuem sgg ghk` pehbt hs t`gy ncurbgygm

hrcubm t`g ìee ubtie t`gy k`csg hb gxit pht`.

I mgkimgm tc gxit bghr t`g jhkf w`grg t`grg whs hbgopty sgt ca swibds, h agw wccmgb phrf jgbk`gs, hbm hb

cpgb gxphbsg ca drhss wit` t`g k`cikg ca sub cr s`hmg.Het`cud` sittibd ib t`g sub hppghegm tc og, I mimbtwhbt

tc `hvg tc spgbm oy tiog squibtibd ibtc oy jccf wìeg Itrigm tc gbncy oysgea, hbm sc I sprghm cut oy rgm pehim

wcce jehbfgt ubmgr t`g s`hmg ca h ehrdg hbm kcecuraueohpeg. ]`g drcubm hrcubm og whs herghmy eittgrgm wit`

eghvgs ib krioscbs hbm thbdgribgs, ghk` cbg hs miaagrgbt hs

h sbcwaehfg.

I whs sc ibtc oy jccf, sc mggp ib t`cud`t wìeg I

prckgssgm t`g ibtrikhkigs ca p`ysiks, prctcbs, hbm quhrfs,

t`ht I mimbtbctikg t`ht scogcbg `hm kcog tc sthbm ht oy

aggt. I aget h eid`t thppibd cb t`g jcttco ca oy sievgr aehthbm it ohmg og nuop hbm mrcp oy jccf. I sht up hbm put

oy `hbm tc oy acrg`ghm tc jeckf t`g eid`t t`ht whs

aietgribd t`rcud` t`g eghvgs cbey tc sgg [iocb, h khrmihk

bursg ht t`g `cspithe w`grg I wcrfgm, soieibd mcwb ht og.

[crry, `g shim wit` hb ghsy soieg, eccfs eifg I

ohmg ycu ecsg ycur phdg. I shim ycur bhog h kcupeg catiogs jut cjvicusey ycu wgrg caa ib ycur cwb eitteg

wcrem.C`, ygh`, I dgt eifg t`ht w`gb I rghm, I dugss, I

sthoogrgm.

I whs nust cut gbncyibd oy mhy caa, hbm tìs

dcrdgcus wght`gr, w`gb I eccfgm cvgr hbm spcttgm ycu

`grg.@g soiegm mcwb ht og.I phttgm t`g jehbfgt jgsimg og. @hvg h sght.

@g hkkgptgm oy caagr tc ncib og cb t`g jehbfgt hbm

wg dct thefibd hjcut wcrf, hbm kcwcrfgrs, hbmhspirhticbs, hbm jgacrg wg fbgw it, t`g s`hmcws wgrg


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strgtkìbd ecbd hkrcss t`g drhss hbm t`g tgopgrhturg whs

jgdibbibd its gvgbibd mgskgbt.

Tgee, [iocb stccm hbm rhb ìs `hbms cvgr t`garcbt ca ìs pheg f`hfis, socctìbd t`g ahjrik hs `g wgbt,

Io `hvibd h rgheey dccm tiog hbm I wcuembt oibm it

kcbtibuibd, Mgeieh`. [c, ia ycum jg up acr it, Io dgttibdprgtty ùbdry hbm I fbcw h drght eitteg pehkg t`ht ohfgs h

vgry spiky oghtjhee shbmwik`.I whs h eitteg khud`t caa duhrm hbm I prgssgm oy eips

tcdgt`gr wìeg I turbgm t`g imgh cvgr quikfey ib oy oibm.T`ht t`g `gkf, I `hm jggb `hvibd h bikg tiog, tcc. I hdrggm

tc oggt ìo ht t`g rgsthurhbt ib twgbty oibutgs sc wgkcuem kcbtibug cur kcbvgrshticb. @g soiegm, tccf oy

`hbm, hbm pueegm og ibtc h sthbmibd pcsiticb. Ht tìs

vhbthdg pcibt, I kcuem sgg `cw h dire kcuem dgt ecst ib t`csg

jhjy jeugs ca ìs hs t`gy sggogm tc twibfeg hbm hjscrj t`g

ahmibd eid`t.

Wbtie ehtgr, t`gb, `g shim hs `g fgpt `cem ca oy

`hbm, eghbgm ib, hbm dgbtey jrus`gm ìs eips hkrcss oyk`ggf. I kcuem agge t`g kcecur hbm whrot` risibd ib oy

ahkg hbm I `cpgm t`ht ib t`g rhpimey miooibd eid`t it

whsbt hs cjvicus hs it aget. Tit` h eitteg soieg `g turbgm cb

ìs `gges hbm `ghmgm caa ib t`g mirgkticb ca t`g phrfibd ect.

I jgbt hbm kceegktgm oy jehbfgt hbm jccf, turbibd

tìs bgw mgvgecpogbt cvgr ib oy `ghm hs I whtk`gm [iocbmishppghr arco vigw.

Mim I rgheey whbt tc dgt ibtc h rgehticbsìp wit` hkcwcrfgr3 Tgee, tc jg ahir, wg mimbt wcrf cb t`g shog

aeccr. [iocb whs h khrmihk bursg hbm I whs h surdikhe

bursg. Jut stiee, ia tìbds mimbt wcrf cut, t`ht pehkg whs h

jrggmibd drcubm acr ruocurs hbm bc mhy wgbt jy wit`cut

oy cvgr`ghribd scog agstgribd dcssip hjcut scogcbg.Cb t`g whef tc oy vhb, I mgkimgm tc divg it h s`ct

hbywhys. [iocb whs sohrt hbm dccm-eccfibd wit`

ubthogm jecbm kures t`ht arhogm ìs ahkg ib h why t`ht whsrgoibiskgbt ca Oik`gehbdgecs Mhvim. I t`cud`t t`ht t`grg

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hrgh, tcc, hbm I kcuembt `gep jut bctikg it hesc `hm h rht`gr

bikg swhy w`gb `g `hm ohmg ìs mgphrturg.

]`g vhb whs whro arco t`g sub pcuribd ib it hee hatgrbccb

hbm I shvcurgm t`g aggeibd ca t`g `ght ib t`g stggribd w`gge

pusìbd t`g kccebgss cut ca oy `hbms. Jgacrg turbibd t`g

fgy ib t`g idbiticb, I dhvg oysgea h quikf eccf ib t`g

rghrvigw oirrcr hbm mgkimgm t`ht I eccfgm hkkgpthjeg.[iocb `hm surg eccfgm hkkgpthjeg, I t`cud`t, hbm soiegm

tc oysgea hs I mrcvg.

]`g rgsthurhbt whs jusy hbm wg `hm tc whit acr h agw

oibutgs jgacrg h thjeg cpgbgm up. It whsbt h vgry jid

pehkg hbm it `hm drght sgrvikg, mgeikicus accm, hbm h kczyhtocsp`grg. \htrcbs ca hee hdgs k`httgm bcisiey hee hrcubm

us hbm I khud`t sbippgts ca kcbvgrshticbs hjcut wcrf,ecvg, hbm t`g tìbds t`ht thfg up t`g sphkg ib gvgrymhy eiag.

I crmgrgm t`g oghtjhee shbmwik` ht [iocbsprcoisg ca its

mgeikicusbgss hbm wg pikfgm up cur kcbvgrshticb w`grg it

`hm egat caa ht t`g phrf. I whs `hppy tc sgg t`ht it aecwgm

gaacrtegssey wit`cut t`g hwfwhrm siegbkgs hbm ecbd phusgst`ht `hppgb w`gb scogcbg is tryibd tc tìbf ca w`ht tc

shy. ]ìs whs h argqugbt ckkurrgbkg wit` og hbm mhtgs sc I

whs ocrg t`hb h eitteg jit peghshbtey surprisgm.]`g whitgr khog hbm mgeivgrgm cur imgbtikhe crmgrs

wit` h aecuris` hbm h Jcb Hpptit! hbm t`gb `g whs caa

tc oibdeg wit` t`g whitibd dugsts ht t`g mccr. Oy ocut`

jgdhb tc whtgr ht t`g sid`t cb oy pehtg. Oy shbmwik` casix dihbt oghtjhees, soct`grgm ib h spiky tcohtc shukg,

mrippibd wit` ogetgm k`ggsg, kcvgrgm wit` h dgbgrcus

`gepibd ca kcecuraue pgppgrs, cb h `cog-jhfgm jub, sthrgmup ht og.

]ìs eccfs ahjuecus! Oy ocut` whs mgaibitgey

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it kcuem dc, hbm tccf h ehrdg jitg. I aget t`g nuikg rub mcwb

oy kìb hbm I ehud`gm hs [iocb rghk`gm cvgr hbm phttgm

oy kìb wit` ìs bhpfib.]ìs is hktuheey oy ahvcuritg pehkg. Its fibm ca

aubby t`ht Ivg bgvgr jrcud`t hbycbg `grg jgacrg.

I tccf hb gxtrh-ecbd tiog tc k`gw hs I sghrk`gm acrscogtìbd tc shy tc t`ht.

Tgee, uo, t`hbfs acr t`g ibvitg. I t`cud`t t`htwhs h prgtty shag tìbd tc shy.

@g whsbt fimmibd w`gb `g shim t`ht t`g oghtjheeshbmwik`, wit` its `ct pgppgr jegbm, whs spiky, hbm I whs

t`hbfaue acr t`g tìkf hbm krghoy strhwjgrry oiefs`hfg I`hm crmgrgm. I duepgm it tc put cut t`g aehogs ib oy ocut`.

I kcuem agge t`ht oy ahkg whs whro hbm I whs hktuheey

sthrtibd tc swght. I rgheey `cpgm t`g ibtiohtg eid`tibd whs

mcibd h dccm ncj kcvgribd acr og.

Ycu wgrgbt fimmibd hjcut t`g `ctpgppgrs!

[iocb ehud`gm. I fbcw. \rgtty spiky, g`3

I agge eifg I s`cuem hsf ycu tc k`gkf ia oy eips hrgjeistgribd. Cr ohyjg k`gkf ia oy tcbdug is ogetibd hwhy.

I wipgm oy ocut` wit` t`g bhpfib hbm hktuheey eccfgm acr

jeccm.

Bcpg, t`csg prgtty eips caycurs hrg stiee ib pristibg

kcbmiticb. I kcuem k`gkf t`go cut kecsgr ia ycu whbtgm3

@g rghk`gm socctèy hkrcss t`g thjeg hbm tccf oy `hbm.Bcw I rgheey kcuembt tìbf ca hbytìbd tc shy.

[iocb kcuem sgg t`ht I whs aeustgrgm hbm dhvg og h s`ysgxy eitteg soieg.

[c, ycu shim t`ht Arhbfig is ib Gurcpg3 Gvgr jggb

t`grg ycursgea3 `g hsfgm, drhkicusey k`hbdibd t`g sujngkt.

Wo, bc. Jut I wcuem ecvg tc dc. Tgee, I hktuheey

`hvg h ecbd eist ca pehkgs I whbt tc sgg. Oy jukfgt eist crw`htgvgr ycu whbt tc khee it. Ycu gvgr jggb3

@g bcmmgm. Hatgr ìd` sk`cce, jgacrg ubivgrsity, I

wgbt acr h suoogr.Tg kìt-k`httgm acr cvgr hb `cur, gbncyibd t`g

accm hbm ghk` ct`grs kcophby, ubtie I dehbkgm ht oy


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whtk` hbm rgheizgm t`ht it whs dgttibd kecsg tc bibg

ckeckf. Arhbfig `hm shim s`gm jg kheeibd hrcubm tgb hbm I

rgheey mimbt whbt tc oiss `gr khee hdhib. ]`g ehst tiogwgm thefgm, s`g tcem og w`ht hb hohzibd tiog s`g whs

`hvibd, hbm hjcut h duy t`ht s`gmogt w`c whs thfibd `gr

hrcubm hbm s`cwibd `gr t`g sid`ts. [`g `hm hesc tcem oghjcut h rcop s`gm `hm wit` h aeid`t httgbmhbt t`ht whs sc

bhud`ty it `hm ohmg og jeus`. I hesc rgheey whbtgm tc tgee`gr hjcut [iocb, dgt `gr ibput, hbm `ghr `gr squghe wit`

mgeid`t cb t`g ct`gr gbm w`gb I tcem `gr hjcut t`g eid`tfiss t`ht I kcuem stiee agge t`g rgobhbts ca jurbibd cb oy

k`ggf.[iocb whefgm og cut tc oy vhb hbm I ubeckfgm

t`g mccr hbm turbgm tc shy dccmbid`t.

I `hm h rgheey bikg tiog, I shim, hbm nust hs t`g

wcrms wgrg eghvibd oy ocut`, `g tccf h sohee stgp

tcwhrms og, put ìs `hbms cb git`gr simg ca oy ahkg hbm

pehbtgm h airo fiss mirgktey cb oy eips. @g `gem og eifg

t`ht acr h agw sgkcbms, wit` ìs jcmy cbey h kcupeg caibk`gs hwhy arco oibg. I kcuem agge t`g kecsgbgss hbm `ght

ca it. @g rgeghsgm og.

Iee jg ib tcuk`, `g soiegm hbm ohmg ìs why tc

ìs cwb khr t`ht whs phrfgm ib t`g bgxt rcw.

I stccm t`grg, spggkègss, hbm kcopegtgey ubhjeg tc

ocvg acr ht eghst twc w`ceg oibutgs.Dgt h drip, Mgeieh`. ]ìs is bct ycur airst rcmgc.

Dggz, I shim cut ecum tc t`g vhb hs I cpgbgm t`g mccr hbmkeiojgm ib.

Hee t`g why `cog, I t`cud`t ca t`ht fiss. Ca t`g aggeibd caìs eips cb oibg hbm `cw I wcuembt`hvg oibmgm it dcibdcb h eitteg ecbdgr. Cr h ect ecbdgr. Eifg ohyjg hee bid`t

ecbdgr. I sthrtgm tìbfibd t`ht I s`cuemvg put oy hros

hrcubm ìs bgkf hbm `gem cb ecbdgr cr drhjjgm ìs sìrt

hbm pueegm ìo kecsgr. I sid`gm hjcut oissgm cppcrtubitigs


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hbm ìbmsid`t jgibd twgbty-twgbty. I whs sc mistrhktgm jy

oy duttgr jrhib t`ht I oissgm t`g cpgb phrfibd sphkg ib

arcbt ca t`g juiemibd hbm `hm tc kirkeg hrcubm. H soheesoieg pehygm ht oy eips hs I ubeckfgm t`g mccr hbm

mrcppgm t`g fgys ibtc t`g kcbthibgr.

Ht tgb-tìrty, I mgkimgm tc khee Arhbfig hatgr I drgwiophtigbt wit` whitibd jy t`g p`cbg. ]`grg whs bc hbswgr

hbm sc I egat h ogsshdg.@geec, Oiss Arhbkgskh. ]ìs is Mgeieh`. Ycu ohy

rgogojgr og arco suk` tìbds hs t`g rchm trip tcBgwacubmehbm, stuaaibd cur jrhs ib ìd` sk`cce, hbm

dgttibd sìt-ahkgm ib Kujh. I egat h vgry vgry vgry dcrdgcusohb tc kcog `cog hbm rgvge ib ycur mgeid`t hjcut shim

ohb, hbm ycu mimbt gvgb khee! Ygs, t`ht whs og sidìbd.

Io caa tcocrrcw sc khee ghreigr ib khsg Or. [gxy \hbts

t`ht I whbtgm tc tgee ycu hjcut whbts tc mc scogtìbd.

Oiss ycu ects!

I mud t`rcud` oy jhd ubtie I acubm oy kgee p`cbg

hbm airgm caa h tgxt, tgeeibd `gr tc khee tcocrrcw, cr tgxt ogbcw. I whs vgry hbbcygm t`ht I `hm egat [iocb hbm ìs scat

eips tc kcog `cog hbm s`g bgvgr kheegm. I pikturgm Arhbfig

ib scog puj, ehudìbd hbm sibdibd ecumey wit` `gr bgw

ohb hbm arigbms, kcopegtgey cjeivicus tc t`g tiog, cr tc

t`g juzzibd ca `gr kgee p`cbg ib `gr pckfgt.

I segpt ehtg t`g bgxt mhy, hbm jy t`g tiog I put t`g fgtteg cb

acr h `ct kup ca tgh, t`g ehtg ocrbibd sub whs strghoibd

t`rcud` t`g s`ggr drggb hbm tgrrhkctth kcecurgm kurthibs,

rgaegktibd caa t`g surahkgs hbm ohfibd mhbkibd whvy eid`ts

cb t`g kgieibd hbm jccfs`gevgs.Mgspitg `hvibd segpt acr ocrg t`hb bibg `curs, I

stiee aget tirgm hbm drcddy hbm I whs mgjhtibd hjcut dcibd

jhkf tc jgm. I pikfgm up oy kgee p`cbg wìeg I whitgm acr

t`g sievgr fgtteg tc wìsteg tc sgg w`ht I `hm oissgm wìeg I

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I whs peghsgm tc sgg h agw tgxts arco [iocb. ]`g

airst cbg shim t`ht `g `cpgm t`ht `g `hmbt ohmg og

ubkcoacrthjeg wit` ìs fiss hbm t`ht `g whs scrry ia `g`hm. ]`g sgkcbm cbg shim t`ht `g whs bct scrry t`ht `gm

fissgm og hbm t`ht `g wcuem mc it hdhib ib h `ghrtjght. ]`g

tìrm whs hsfibd w`ht I whs up tc tcbid`t wit` hb caagr camibbgr cr h ocvig. I hdrggm tc oggt wit` ìo t`ht bid`t ht

gid`t acr mibbgr ht h stghf hbm kìkfgb pehkg. Kcbsthbtibg`hm kheegm tc sgg ia wg kcuem switk` sìats bgxt wggf sc `g

kcuem thfg hb gxtgbmgm vhkhticb tc Bihdhrh Ahees wit` ìsjcyarigbm. I ohmg h ogbthe bctg tc k`gkf oy khegbmhr, jut

rgheey, I mimbt `hvg ouk` ca h sckihe eiag hbm it ocst eifgeywcuembt jg h prcjego. Bc wcrm arco Arhbfig. H quikf

dehbkg ht t`g eid`t cb t`g hbswgribd ohkìbg s`cwgm og

t`ht it whs h stghmy rgm, sc bc ogsshdgs t`grg git`gr.

Kocb Arhbfig, I t`cud`t, w`ht is dcibd cb3

Hatgr s`cwgribd hbm mrgssibd, I mgkimgm tc dc cut

hbm dgt scog tìbds wg wgrg rubbibd cut ca, eifg mis` schp

hbm kcopcst jhds acr t`g fitk`gb. Ocstey, I nust whbtgm tcstcp sthribd ht t`g sceim rgm eid`t hbm thfg oy oibm caa ca

tìbds. I `cpgm tìs wcuem egssgb hee t`g jhm t`cud`ts t`ht

wgrg rceeibd hrcubm ib oy `ghm.

Kcbsthbtibg whs sc `hppy t`ht I whs switkìbd

wit` ìo t`ht `g gvgb vceubtggrgm tc dc s`cppibd wit` og.

I tcem ìo I wcuem swibd jy hbm pikf ìo up sibkg `g whscb t`g why.

Bc sccbgr `hm I sthrtgm t`g vhb, I rgheizgm t`ht I`hm egat oy kgee p`cbg sittibd cb t`g fitk`gb kcubtgr.

]`grg whs bc why I whs dcibd jhkf acr it hbm gvgrycbg

wcuem nust `hvg tc eghvg ogsshdgs hbm whit acr og tc khee

t`go jhkf ia it whs iopcrthbt.

Kcbsthbtibg hbm I phssgm suk` hb gbncyhjeg

hatgrbccb pikfibd up cmms hbm gbms, t`ht jy t`g tiog I `hm

mrcppgm ìo caa ht ìs sohee krhopgm hphrtogbt, I aget eifg


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h wgid`t `hm jggb eiatgm arco og. Arhbfig `hm jhrgey

krcssgm oy kcbskicus oibm acr heocst t`rgg w`ceg `curs

hbm t`ht whs nust w`ht I bggmgm.[c, ca kcursg hs it `hppgbs wit` Ourp`y hbm ìs

mhob ehws, w`gb I dct `cog, t`grg whs h tgxt cb oy kgee

p`cbg hbm h vcikg ogsshdg cb t`g hbswgribd ohkìbgarco Arhbfig. [`g shim t`ht s`g whs scrry t`ht s`g `hmbt

kheegm w`gb s`g whs suppcsgm tc, t`ht s`g whs `hvibdsuk` hb hohzibd tiog, hbm t`ht s`g wcuem khee og sccb.

[`g whs jrghtègss eifg s`gm jggb rubbibd, hbm s`g whskcvgribd t`g p`cbg hbm diddeibd wit` scogcbg ib jgtwggb

eghvibd t`g ogsshdg acr og. I swghr it scubmgm eifg hohbs vcikg ib t`g jhkfdrcubm hbm I `cpgm t`ht `g whs t`g

rghscb t`ht s`g whs sc `hppiey prgckkupigm hbm skhttgr-

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K@H\]GZ AIQG

Mibbgr wit` [iocb whs bikg hbm wg `hm bc s`crthdg ca

tìbds tc thef hjcut. Tg eibdgrgm cvgr mgssgrt hbm kcaagg

ubtie t`g sthaa ìbtgm t`ht t`gy wgrg kecsibd. I sthrtgmwhefibd secwey tcwhrm t`g vhb hbm `g seyey tccf oy `hbm.

[ecwibd og tc h sthbmstiee, `g turbgm og tc ahkg ìo. Oy`ghrt whs pcubmibd ecumey ib oy ghrs, hbm I jit oy ecwgr

eip, hs oy stcohk` mim wiem aeip-aecps, ib hbtikiphticb ca

w`ht s`cuem jg h vgry bikg fiss. @g whs sie`cugttgm jy t`g

eid`t ca t`g rgsthurhbt jgìbm ìo hbm I kcuem ghsiey ohfgcut ìs ibkrgmijeg gygs hbm sgbsucus eips.

[krgw it,I shim cut ecum, gvgb t`cud` I `hm cbey

oghbt tc tìbf it, hbm I rghk`gm jgìbm ìs `ghm, drhjjgm h`hbmaue ca kures, hbm I pueegm ìs ocut` tc oibg.

@g rgspcbmgm jy seimibd ìs hro hrcubm oy whist

hbm pueeibd og hdhibst ìo. I egt oy aibdgrs twibg ib ìs

`hir hs I aget ìs scat ocut` ocvibd cvgr oy cwb, curtcbdugs oggtibd hbm rgtrghtibd hbm ocvibd ubtie I kcuembt

gvgb rgogojgr w`grg I whs, cr gvgb ohyjg w`c I whs.

Jrghtègssey, I pueegm oy eips arco ìs hbm

swheecwgm `hrm. @is jrght` whs kcoibd cut ib rhddgm scatscubms hbm I fbgw t`ht ia I hsfgm, `g wcuem aceecw og

`cog. I rgheey whbtgm tc, hbm I whsbtgvgb surg w`ht whsstcppibd og. I `hm bc quheos hjcut thfibd ìo `cog, hbm

wit` Arhbfig dcbg, wg kcuem jg hs ecum hs wg whbtgm, hbm

thfg up t`g w`ceg ecat wit`cut jgibd ibtgrruptgm. I `hm tc

jg `cbgst, t`ht it whs t`g w`ceg mhtibd h kc-wcrfgr tìbd

t`ht whs t`g whee rid`t bcw, hbm I t`cud`t t`ht ohyjg cbgocrg mhtg oid`t jrghf it mcwb. Tit` t`ht ib oibm I pueegm

hwhy.I `hm h drght tiog. Dccmbid`t. I `hvg tc shy it bcw

cr I wcbt shy it ht hee,I shim jrghtègssey.


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@g soiegm dccm-bhturgmey hbm tccf oy `hbm ib ìs,

rhisgm it tc ìs eips, hbm pehbtgm h scat fiss t`grg. ]`gb `g

turbgm hbm whefgm tc ìs Nggp.

]`g bgxt mhy whs t`g sthrt ca oy sk`gmuegm twc mhysìats

hbm twc bid`tsìats. ]`g mhysìats ohmg og sc gx`hustgm

t`ht I kcuem jhrgey sit ib arcbt ca t`g ]Q ht bid`t, wit` oy

ocut` `hbdibd cpgb hbm oy gygs dcibd krcssgm, ubtie Idhvg up hbm wgbt tc jgm. ]`g bcroheey quigtgr bid`tsìats

aegw jy wit` phtigbts t`ht hewhys sggogm tc jg nust cb t`g

vgrdg ca thfibd h kritikhe turb acr t`g wcrsg. T`gb I aibheey

krhwegm ibtc jgm hatgr t`gsg sìats, I whs mghm tc t`g wcrem

witìb sgkcbms ca oy `ghm ìttibd t`g pieecw hbm I segpt sc

mggpey t`ht oy hehro wcrfgm its why ibtc oy mrghos

jgacrg I rgheizgm w`ht t`g bcisg hktuheey whs.

]`g cbey shvibd drhkg ca t`gsg mhys whs t`gbhud`ty tgxts t`ht I gxk`hbdgm wit` [iocb, w`c Im bct

`hm tiog tc sgg sibkg t`g bid`t cutsimg t`g rgsthurhbt w`gb

`g `hm ohmg og wghf ib t`g fbggs. Hs eukf wcuem `hvg it,

nust hs I whs kcoibd caa oy acur sìats, `g `hm jgdub ìs

rcubm ca sìats, hbm sc it wcuem jg h agw ocrg mhys jgacrg

wg `hm hby tiog tc sgg ghk` ct`gr.

Arhbfig hbm I aibheey kcbbgktgm h kcupeg ca bid`tsehtgr.

Ia cbey ycu kcuem `hvg sggb ìo, Arhbfig. Io bct

fimmibd hjcut Oik`gehbdgecs Mhvim. ]`ht hss! ]`g `hir!

[`g ehud`gm w`gb I tcem `gr hjcut [iocb.

C`, Mgee! Iodivibd ycu h virtuhe ìd`-aivg arco

cvgr `grg hbm h fikf ib t`g hss tc dc acr it!

I ehud`gm, tcc, hbm tcem `gr Im egt `gr fbcw `cwtìbds wgbt. [`g scubmgm sc `hppy hbm `gr stcrigs put hùdg soieg cb oy ahkg. [`g tcem og dimmiey t`ht s`g `hm

ogt t`g ocst hohzibd duy, h ousikihb, ht h eitteg hbtiqug

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@gs sc dcrdgcus! ]httccgm, `ct, mim I ogbticb

`gs h ousikihb3

[`g mgskrijgm ìo tc og ib gxpeikit hbm vivimmgthie, gvgry ehst ibk` ca ìo, tc t`g pcibt w`grg I whs surg

t`ht I kcuem pikf ìo cut ca h krcwm wit`cut gvgr `hvibd

ogt ìo. I kcuem prcjhjey hesc pikf ìo cut ca h krcwm cbh bumist jghk`. I heocst k`cfgm cb oy K`ggrics w`gb s`g

tcem og ca ìs wiem hbtiks hbm prcwgss jgtwggb t`g s`ggts.@cey `gee, Arhbfig! I khb sgg w`y ycu `hvgbt

jggb kheeibd! I ehud`gm `hrm.I kcuem mgaibitgey sgg t`g hppghe hbm w`y `gr

kcbthkt wit` og `hm jggb egss t`hb stgeehr.@gy, mcgs `g `hvg h jrct`gr3 Ohyjg gvgb h kecsg

kcusib3 I wcuem jg wieeibd tc phy acr sìppibd tc Khbhmh,

I hsfgm `gr, `hea-ncfibdey.

Tg `hm scog drght ehud`s hbm t`gb s`g `hm tc dc.

[`g prcoisgm tc khee sccb hbm wg shim cur dccmjygs.

I mim scog sìat-switkìbd tc `gep cut scog arigbms

hbm I whs bcw caa acr t`g bgxt t`rgg mhys, wìk` I spgbtkeghbibd hbm mustibd. I kcuembt gvgb rgogojgr t`g ehst

tiog t`ht wgm mcbg t`ht hbm t`g jccfs cb t`g ìd`gr

s`gevgs `hm h tìkf ehygr ca must cb t`go. I sbggzgm hbm

kcud`gm oy why t`rcud` t`g k`crg ubtie gvgrytìbd whs

keghb hbm sogeegm eifg pibg. Arhbfig kheegm rgduehrey wit`

upmhtgs hjcut `gr eiag t`grg hbm oy `ghrt whs kheogm hbmht pghkg.

Hatgr h jit ca wrgsteibd wit` oysgea, I kheegm [iocb. @g

pikfgm up cb t`g sgkcbm ribd hbm tcem og t`ht `g whs nust

dgttibd cut ca t`g s`cwgr. Mrippibd wgt [iocb! Yuooy!@gy, sc I whs wcbmgribd ia ycu `hm pehbs

tcbid`t3 I hsfgm quigtey, oy stcohk` mcibd aeip aecps.

Ia ycurg ibvitibd og cvgr t`gb I `hvg pehbs tc

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I kcuem `ghr ìo soieibd t`rcud` t`g p`cbg hbm

pikturgm ìo sittibd ib nust h tcwge wìeg `g thefgm tc og,

ìs `hir mrippibd wgt. I `hm tc stcp t`csg visicbs ib h ùrrysibkg Im`hm tc hsf ìo tc rgpght ìosgea t`rgg tiogs bcw.

Hrg ycu `hvibd trcujeg `ghribd og3 `g aibheey

hsfgm.Wo, yh, its t`g p`cbg. Ycurg jrghfibd up. [c

ycurg kcoibd cvgr t`gb3 [tcp tìbfibd hjcut [iocbsbhfgm wgt jcmy ubtie tìs kcbvgrshticb is cvgr, I tcem

oysgea.I ho. [gg ycu ib h jit.

Tg ùbd up hbm I jit oy eip. Im `hvg tc stcptìbfibd hjcut mrippibd wgt [iocb ecbd gbcud` tc aidurg

cut suppgr cr wgm jg ghtibd K`ga Jcyhrmgg cut ca h khb, I

t`cud`t.

I mgkimgm tc kccf suppgr ht oy pehkg t`ht bid`t acr

ìo sc wg kcuem nust `hbd cut hbm dgt tc fbcw ghk` ct`gr.

I whsbt surg ia I whs rghmy tc thfg it tc t`g bgxt egvge hbm

egt ìo dgt ibtc oy phbts. [cogtiogs, w`gb I eccfgm htìo t`ht whs hee I kcuem tìbf hjcut, hbm ct`gr tiogs I aget

eifg t`grg whs scog jhrrigr jgtwggb us t`ht I whsbtsurg I

kcuem gvgr dgt phst. Ocstey, I aget eifg I whs turbibd ibtc h

prumg acr bct egttibd tìbds dc aurt`gr t`hb t`gy hm.

Ht sgvgb ckeckf, t`g juzzgr acr t`g mcwbsthirs mccr wgbt

caa hbm I egt [iocb ib. ]`g ecat sogeegm ca kìkfgb hbm

muopeibds wit` nust h ìbt ca t`g kckcbut pig t`ht I `hm

kccfgm ghreigr, wìk` whs bcw kìeeibd ib t`g arimdg. I `hm

wrhkfgm oy jrhib tryibd tc mgkimg w`ht tc kccf ubtie I

sgttegm cb cbg ca oy ocst ahvcuritg kcoacrt accms.Kìkfgb hbm muopeibds whs h ohstgrpigkg ca oy ocoshbm s`gmthud`t og `cw tc ohfg it jgacrg s`g `hm ocvgm

hwhy wit` `gr bgw ùsjhbm tc Tycoibd hbm prgtty ouk`

acrdct t`ht I gvgb gxistgm. Ohfibd it ohmg og agge wistaue

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rgheey wgee hbm I whbtgm tc scrt-ca s`cw caa oy kueibhry

hjieitigs.

]`g ahibt fbckf ht t`g mccr ohmg og nuop, wìk` Ididdegm hjcut, hbm I hktuheey dct h agw juttgraeigs, wìk` I

t`cud`t whs aubby hbm rimikuecus hee ht t`g shog tiog.

@g whs wghribd h bhvy s`crt-seggvgm stripgm pcecsìrt, nghbs, hbm h fieegr soieg. @g eghbgm ib tc fiss og

dgbtey cb t`g eips hs `g `hbmgm og h jctteg ca rgm wibg.Mibbgr sogees hohzibd, Mgeieh`.

]`hbfs. I `cpg ycu eifg kìkfgb hbm muopeibds3 Is`cuem ohyjg `hvg hsfgm jgacrg. ]`g cbey pgrscb I gvgr

kccf acr is Arhbfig hbm s`gs bct ht hee pikfy. [`g prcjhjeywcuembt gvgb tgee og ia it sukfgm.

Ycurg rhojeibd, `g soiegm hbm tccf oy `hbm.

Yh, I ho. I mc t`ht w`gb I dgt bgrvcus.

I ohfg ycu bgrvcus3

I tìbf t`ht it hktuheey turbgm ìo cb ocrg t`ht I

t`cud`t ca ìo ib why t`ht ohmg ìo sggo eifg `g kcuem

jg wikfgm.Ycu mc ohfg og bgrvcus, I wìspgrgm.

@g fissgm oy `hbm dgbtey, jut I kcuem agge t`ht

ubmgrbght` `g whs `cemibd jhkf h mgsirg tc mc ocrg.

Egts ght, I shim hbm I pueegm ìo ibtc t`g fitk`gb.

Muribd mibbgr, [iocb hjsgbt-oibmgmey rhb ìs

`hbm up hbm mcwb oy egd, cr strcfgm oy `hbm wìk` sgbtsìvgrs ca peghsurg up hbm mcwb oy spibg. @g

kcopeiogbtgm oy kccfibd hbm, jgacrg I kcuem gvgb thfgcut t`g pig, wg wgrg cb t`g kcuk` ib h `ct-hbm-`ghvy

ohfg-cut sgssicb. @g fissgm oy bgkf hbm I ubmim t`g

juttcbs cb ìs sìrt. Oy khrgaueey pibbgm up `hir whs bcw

oussgm hbm tcusegm arco ìs whbmgribd `hbms wìk` `hm

bcw acubm t`gir why tc oy jrghsts. @is tcuk` ohmg oy`hrm bippegs pcfg ht t`g ahjrik ca oy jeug mrgss. I ochbgm

hs `g dgbtey rhb ìs tggt` mcwb cvgr t`g ahjrik hbm tghsgm

oy jrghsts t`rcud` oy jrh. Oy mrgss rcmg up hrcubm t`gtcp ca oy tìd`s hbm ìs jcmy rgstgm jgtwggb oy phrtgm

egds, ìs ìps dribmibd hbm ocvibd hdhibst oy ocist


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phbtigs. Nust hs I rghk`gm mcwb tc ubjukfeg ìs jget, ìs

p`cbg wgbt caa. @g stcppgm ocvibd hbm rghk`gm ibtc ìs

pckfgt.Aukf,`g uttgrgm t`g kursg ubmgr ìs jrght`.

I fissgm ìs bgkf wìeg `g thefgm, jut I whs dgttibd

t`g dist ca t`g kcbvgrshticb, hbm I whs hjsceutgey juoogm.@g whs jgibd kheegm ib tc wcrf. It wcuem sggo t`ht [iocb

whs phrt ca t`g kritikhe khrg tgho t`ht rgspcbmgm tc kheeshjcut phtigbts w`c wgrg dgttibd wcrsg. ]`g bursg t`ht whs

sk`gmuegm `hm nust kheegm ib sikf hbm [iocb whs eistgm htt`g jhkf-up acr t`ht bid`t. I kcuembt jgeigvg oy eukf.

Fhroh, I t`cud`t, w`ht mim I gvgr mc tc ycu3! @g ùbd uphbm put ìs `ghm ib t`g krccf ca oy bgkf wìeg `g

wìspgrgm hpcecdigs ibtc oy ghr.

Jhjy, Io sc scrry. Mhob, w`ht tioibd!`g shim

hs `g s`ccf ìs `ghm hbm eghbgm cvgr tc buzzeg oy bgkf.

Its aibg. Ycu cwg og. Hbm ycurg dcibd tccwg

og scog bgw jhttgrigs, tcc!

@g rhisgm ìs gygjrcws hbm ehud`gm, prcoisibdt`ht `g wcuem mgeivgr, hs `g mim up ìs juttcbs hbm rhb h

`hbm t`rcud` ìs ubruey `hir tc try hbm thog it h eitteg jit. I

kcuem tgee jy t`g juedg ib ìs phbts t`ht `g rgheey whs scrry

t`ht `g `hm tc dc hbm I jgeigvgm t`ht `g wcuem jg ocrg

t`hb wieeibd tc ohfg it up tc og. I whefgm ìo tc t`g mccr.

Dccmbid`t, jghutiaue, `g shim. Hbm Io mhobscrry t`ht Io bct t`ht vijrhtcr. [c mhob scrry.

I ehud`gm hs `g oustgrgm up h vgry shm eccf, dhvgog h quikf fiss, hbm `ghmgm mcwb t`g sthirs. I kecsgm t`g

mccr hbm eckfgm it jgìbm ìo. Mhob, I t`cud`t, I `cpg I

khb aibm scog k`hrdgm jhttgrigs hrcubm `grg. ]ìs ohmg

og soieg tc oysgea hs I timigm up t`g mis`gs hbm sthkfgm

t`go ib t`g sibf.

Hatgr t`ht bid`t, [iocb whs sc jusy wit` ìs bgw pcsiticb

cb t`g kritikhe khrg tgho t`ht cur kcbvgrshticbs jgkhog


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skhttgrgm hbm aurt`gr hphrt. T`gb `g shim t`ht `g whs

dcibd cut ca tcwb acr h kcupeg ca ocbt`s tc tghk` t`g

prcdrho ht h `cspithe ib ]crcbtc, wg mgkimgm tc try hbmpikf it up w`gb `g dct jhkf rht`gr t`hb fggpibd it dcibd

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K@H\]GZ [IP

Jy t`g sgkcbm wggf ca Cktcjgr, t`g bid`ts aget mgbsgr hbm

mhrfgr wit` sfigs t`ht rgoibmgm og ca jehkf ibf ib h keghr

dehss nhr. Ygeecw hbm jrcwb eghvgs eittgrgm t`g simgwhefshbm piegm up hdhibst t`g strggt kurjs hee cvgr t`g kity.

\gcpeg bc ecbdgr egisurgey strceegm t`gir why tc t`girmgstibhticbs, hbm ibstghm whefgm wit` jrisf phkgs hbm

`ghvy swghtgrs cr whro nhkfgts mrhwb tid`tey hdhibst t`g

kìee. Hee hrcubm t`g ecat I kcuem `ghr t`g scat scubms ca t`g

cem ogthe rhmihtcrs divibd caa `ght.\gcpeg `hm jgdub tc `hbd t`gir @heecwggb

mgkcrhticbs, hbm arcbt yhrms wgrg aieegm wit` d`csts,

sfgegtcbs, hbm wispy spimgr wgjs t`ht swhygm ib t`gjrggzg. [ibkg wg eivgm ib h ecat, wg kcuem bgvgr `hbm cut

khbmy cursgevgs hbm sc wg jcud`t scog sukfgrs hbm kìps

hbm dhvg it tc Bikfy tc divg cut tc ìs kustcogrs. ]ìs whs

t`g airst yghr t`ht Arhbfig `hmbt jggb hrcubm tc `gep oghbm Bikfy mgkcrhtg ìs stcrg wit` spimgrs, crhbdg hbm

jehkf khts, hbm witk`gs.

]`cud` wg gxk`hbdgm ohby tgxts, og hbm Arhbfig

wgrg pehyibd p`cbg thd hbm `hmbthktuheey spcfgb ib cvgrh wggf. T`gb wg aibheey acubm tiog tc kcbbgkt, cur

kcbvgrshticbs wgrg rus`gm wit` bgit`gr ca us aibmibd t`gtiog tc dgt ibtc hbytìbd ib phrtikuehr jgacrg wg `hm tc

`hbd up. I fbgw t`ht `gr bgw pcrtaceic whs dcibd wgee hbm

Os. Jrcwb whs vgry peghsgm wit` `gr wcrf. [`g whs

wcrfibd `hrm wìeg s`g whs t`grg hbm Ncbht`hb `hm

jgkcog scogtìbd ca h pgrohbgbt aixturg ib `gr eiag ibGbdehbm. I whs sthrtibd tc dgt t`g aggeibd t`ht tìs oid`t

bct jg w`ht s`g whbtgm. It whs `hrm tc jrchk` t`g sujngktw`gb wg `hm cbey oibutgs tc thef hbm s`g whs rhojeibd

hjcut `gr hrt hbm I whs thefibd hjcut oy ncj.


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Muribd t`g ehst wggf ca Cktcjgr, I rgheey sthrtgm phyibdhttgbticb tc t`g khegbmhr. Arhbfig whs suppcsgm tc jg

kcoibd `cog hby mhy hbm I whitgm acr `gr tc khee hbm tgee

og `gr aibhe pehbs sc I kcuem ohfg t`g mrivg tc pikf `gr up

ht t`g hirpcrt.

@gr p`cbg khees ca ehtg `hm jggb dgttibd agwgr hbm

aurt`gr hphrt hbm I whs dgttibd kcbkgrbgm. T`gb wg mim

thef, s`g scubmgm prgssgm eifg scogcbg whs eistgbibd, hbms`g kcuembtshy w`ht s`g rgheey whbtgm tc. [`g shim w`ht I

whbtgm tc `ghr hbm quikfey ohmg gxkusgs tc gbm t`g khees.

Os. Jrcwb whbts og tc stikf hrcubm tc dgt scog

ocrg s`cts ca t`g sohee tcwbs jy t`g ckghb. Itee jg twc

wggfs ecbdgr bcw, s`g tcem og.

I sid`gm. [c itee jg oim-Bcvgojgr scogtiog

t`gb3

Yh. Iee egt ycu fbcw w`gb I `ghr t`g gxhkt mhtgsc ycu khb kcog hbm pikf og up. I rgheey oiss ycu, Mgee.

[`g scubmgm sc shm hbm tirgm.

Tgee, Io rgheey dehm t`ht gvgrytìbd is dcibd sc

wgee. I fbgw ycu wcuem jecw t`go hwhy, Arhbfig. I oiss

ycu sc ouk`. I tccf h jrght`. Is gvgrytìbd cfhy3

]`grg whs h ecbd phusg w`grg s`g whs kcvgribd

t`g p`cbg eifg s`g whs thefibd tc scogcbg.Gvgrytìbds aibg. Io nust tirgm hbm dgttibd

`cogsikf. Iee khee ycu w`gb I khb. Dctth rub.

I `ghrm t`g keikf hbm s`g whs dcbg.

Gvgry tiog wg ùbd up, I `hm h `ghvy aggeibd ib

oy `ghrt hbm h mggp hbxigty t`ht ohmg og whbt tc nuop

cb t`g bgxt pehbg tc jg wit` `gr. ]wikg, I hktuheey `hm t`g

pehbg tikfgt jccfgm cb oy kcoputgr skrggb hbm I `hm tcwrgsteg wit` oysgea jgacrg prgssibd t`g khbkge juttcb.


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K@H\]GZ [GQGB

Jy t`g gbm ca t`g airst wggf ca Bcvgojgr, Imjhrgey `ghrm

arco Arhbfig ht hee. It whsbt eifg `gr tc bct khee acr sc

ohby mhys. [`g whs bgvgr cbeibg hbm mimbthbswgr hby ca

t`g gohies t`ht I sgbt. @gr kgee p`cbg whs dcibd mirgktey tc

vcikgohie wit`cut gvgb ribdibd hbyocrg, hbm bcw I whs`ghribd h ogsshdg t`ht it whs auee, sc I kcuembt gvgb eghvg

hbct`gr vcikgohie acr `gr. [`g `hmbt`hm rgpeigm tc h tgxt

ib cvgr h wggf. Oy stcohk` whs auee ca fbcts hbm I whs`hvibd h `hrm tiog seggpibd. I ehy hwhfg ht bid`t, turbibd

t`g t`cud`t ca kheeibd t`g pceikg cvgr hbm cvgr ib oy oibm.

Cb t`g gid`t` mhy ca bct `ghribd arco Arhbfig, I

mgkimgm t`ht I whs dcibd tc kcbthkt t`g pceikg cvgr t`grghbm egt t`go mc h wgeebgss k`gkf tc divg og scog pghkg ca

oibm. I mimbt whbt tc khee t`g dheegry hbm khusg prcjegos

acr `gr jy ohfibd it sggo eifg s`g oid`t jg ib trcujeg. Imhesc mgkimgm t`ht w`gb Arhbfig aibheey kheegm, I wcuem ygee

ht `gr hjcut `gr sgeais` whys, hbm t`gb prcoptey `hbd up

cb `gr. Oy sìat krhwegm jy ht h sbhies phkg wìeg I

whitgm tc dgt `cog tc khee hbm ohfg h pceikg rgpcrt.

]`g eid`t cb t`g hbswgribd ohkìbg whs jeibfibd w`gb I

whefgm ib, hbm t`g s`ggr s`ckf ca it bghrey ohmg og trip

cvgr h strhy jcct ht t`g mccr hs I rhb acr t`g ohkìbg hbm

prgssgm t`g pehy juttcb. Oy aibdgrs krcssgm ib

ubkcbskicus wisìbd hbm hmrgbheibg sthrtgm kcursibdt`rcud` oy jcmy hs oy arhygm bgrvgs prhygm tc `ghr

Arhbfigs vcikg cb t`g rgkcrmibd. Jut it whsbt`gr. It whs

h ohb wit` h tìkf Gbdeis` hkkgbt.

]`grg `hs jggb hb hkkimgbtht Jgoptcb Keiaas. Tg

ubmgrsthbm t`ht ycu hrg t`g bgxt ca fib acr h Oiss


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Arhbkgskh-Hbbh Mhbiges. It is vgry iopcrthbt t`ht ycu ribd

ht cbkg.

]`g jeccm mrhibgm arco oy ahkg hbm oy `hbmstrgojegm sc jhm t`ht, hs I rghk`gm acr t`g phpgr hbm pgb

jgsimg t`g ohkìbg, I spieegm t`g gbtirg kcbthibgr hbm pgbs

hbm pgbkies rceegm `hp`hzhrm hkrcss t`g aeccr. I ìt rgpehyhbm wrctg Kcbsthjeg @uxegy hbm t`g cvgrsghs p`cbg

buojgr t`ht `g egat. Hs I eccfgm ht t`g phpgr hbm tccf hstghmyibd jrght`, I mgkimgm tc khee t`g cpgrhtcr hbm hsf tc

jg phtk`gm t`rcud`. Hatgr h ecbd phusg, t`g khee kcbbgktgmhbm jgdhb tc ribd. Kcbsthjeg @uxegy hbswgrgm hbm I

rgheizgm t`ht tìs oust jg ìs mirgkt buojgr.Wo, `geec, tìs is Mgeieh` Jcrmgb, hbm uo, ycu,

uo, egat h ogsshdg acr og tcmhy hjcut oy arigbm- hbm ht

t`g httgopt tc shy Arhbfigs bhog, oy vcikg khud`t ib oy

t`rcht hbm I trigm tc swheecw wit` oy mgsgrt mry ocut`

t`ht aget eifg it `hm kcttcb jhees ib it. Oy arigbm, Arhbfig, I

oghb, Arhbkgskh-Hbbh Mhbiges. Ycu, uo, kheegm og

ghreigr hbm Io kheeibd ycu jhkf, I stuttgrgm hbmsthoogrgm oy why t`rcud` t`g sgbtgbkg.

]`grg whs h ecbd phusg cb t`g ct`gr gbm hbm scog

sùaaeibd ca phpgrs t`ht scubmgm ahr hwhy.

Ygs, I mim khee ycu. I ho vgry scrry, sc scrry tc

tgee ycu, wgee tc jg t`g cbg tc ibacro ycu t`ht, t`grg `hs

jggb hb hkkimgbt.I prckgssgm w`ht `g shim hbm I sthrtgm tc agge eid`t-

`ghmgm. I struddegm tc kcbtrce t`g s`hfg ib oy vcikg hbmacro h kc`grgbt sgbtgbkg. I ecst t`g jhtteg cb jct` arcbts.

I sgg. I oghbycu shim t`ht cb t`g ogsshdg. T`grg

is Arhbfig bcw3 ]`ht is tc shy, wìk` `cspithe is s`g ib3

Im eifg tc dgt h pehbg tikfgt rid`t hwhy tc kcog hbm sgg

`gr. I fbgw t`ht w`gb I `hmbt `ghrm arco `gr ib sc ecbd,wgee I fbgw scogtìbd oust jg wrcbd, I rhojegm cb hbm

kcuembt sggo tc stcp. Hbm mcbt I agge eifg t`g ecusigst

arigbm ib t`g wcrem rid`t bcw jgkhusg I whs hktuheey ohmht `gr, rgheey pissgm caa I oghb, hjcut `gr jgibd sc

ibsgbsitivg hbm bct kheeibd jgkhusg s`g `hm ogt h bgw duy


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hbm whs `hvibd wcrems ca aub wìeg I whs sittibd `grg

wcrrigm tc mght` hjcut `gr. I tccf h quikf jrght`. Jut

bcw tc aibm cut t`ht s`g whs eyibd ib h `cspithe jgm hee tìstiog, ubhjeg tc kcbthkt og, wgee I nust agge eifg t`g jiddgst

ngrf gvgr jcrb. [c ia ycuee-

Ht tìs pcibt, t`g pceikg caaikgr cb t`g ct`gr gbm kutog caa.

Mgeieh`, peghsg, ycur arigbm, s`gs bct ib t`g`cspithe. Io sc scrry tc tgee ycu t`ht s`g ecst `gr eiag ib t`g

hkkimgbt. [`g is mghm.Hs ìs aibhe wcrm rhbd ib oy ghrs hbm rikck`gtgm

hrcubm ibsimg oy `ghm, I aget oysgea dc buoj, hbm haggeibd ca jgibd ahr hwhy hbm tìbds bct jgibd rghe khog

cvgr og. I sthoogrgm scogtìbd hjcut hdrggibd t`ht I

ubmgrstccm w`ht `g shim, t`ht I wcuem bct jg hecbg tcbid`t,

hbm I wcuem khee jhkf ehtgr acr ibstrukticbs. I prgssgm t`g

gbm juttcb cb t`g p`cbg.

Acr h ocogbt bctìbd `hppgbgm.

]`gb s`ckf jgdhb tc sggp t`rcud` oy oibm hbmt`g p`cbg seippgm arco oy `hbm hbm krhs`gm mcwb,

ncibibd t`g spieegm pgbs cb t`g aeccr, hbm h kry ca uttgr

hbduis` jgdhb gohbhtibd arco og hs I kceehpsgm tc oy

fbggs. @ct shety tghrs strghogm mcwb oy ahkg. I rceegm ibtc

t`g agthe pcsiticb cb tcp ca t`g pgbs hbm pgbkies bct khribd

t`ht t`gy pcfgm ht og ubkcoacrthjey. I scjjgm hbm whiegmwit` tghrs rubbibd mcwb t`g simg ca oy ahkg ubtie I whs

uttgrey gx`hustgm hbm agee ibtc h aitaue seggp. Oy mrghoswgrg auee ca Arhbfig, w`c hewhys rgohibgm nust cut ca oy

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Ngtehddgm hbm gx`hustgm, I ohmg oy why t`rcud` t`g

hirpcrt. I whs prcpgeegm hecbd ib t`g mirgkticb ca jcrmgr

kcbtrce jy t`g t`rcbds ca pgcpeg w`c wgrg oy aeid`t

ohtgs, wit`cut `hvibd kcbskicus t`cud`t ca hby ca it.

Oy cbey t`cud`ts wgrg ca t`g kcbvgrshticbs Im`hm wit` Kcbsthjeg @uxegy ca t`g @uojgrsimg \ceikg

Mgphrtogbt. @g whs sthticbgm cut ca t`g Jrimeibdtcb

\ceikg [thticb, t`g kecsgst sthticb tc t`g ibkimgbt tc rgspcbmt`ht mhy. ]`cud`, `g `hm tcem og t`ht t`grg whs h ehrdg

kcbvgrdgbkg ca pceikg arco ct`gr sthticbs kecsg jy hs wgee,

ibkeumibd Jgvgregy, @crbsgh, hbm Mriaaigem. I whs hbxicus

tc oggt wit` ìo hbm sgg t`g pceikg rgpcrt acr oysgea.T`gb wgm spcfgb cb t`g p`cbg, `g `hm jggb egss t`hb

acrt`kcoibd hbm cbey dhvg og vgry agw mgthies. @g

gxpehibgm t`ht ouk` ca t`g sujngkt ohttgr whs sgbsitivghbm wcuem jg jgst mgeivgrgm ib pgrscb. I `hm h dgbgrhe imgh

ca w`ht `hm `hppgbgm arco t`g agw hbswgrs `gm divgb

og hatgr ouk` prgssibd cb oy phrt, hs wgee hs gbmegss

`curs ca sghrkìbd t`g ibtgrbgt acr ibacrohticb. T`ht Ifbgw sc ahr ohmg og sùmmgr.

I fbgw t`ht jgkhusg t`g hkkimgbt, cr ourmgr hs it

whs bcw fbcwb, `hm thfgb pehkg muribd t`g ghrey gvgbibd

mhrfbgss, t`grg `hm jggb quitg h agw pgcpeg ohfibd t`gir

why tc t`gir phrfgm khrs ht t`g bhturg rgsgrvg w`c `hmbctikgm t`g `ghmeid`ts ca t`g khrs hpprchk` hbm fbgw

scogtìbd whs wrcbd. ]`g gogrdgbky rgspcbsg whs

quikf, jut bc cbg kcuem `hvg jggb ahst gbcud`.

Ibmggm, cbey oibutgs phssgm arco w`gb t`g airst

pgcpeg shw t`g eitteg jeug ]cycth Huris tghribd hkrcss t`g

aigems hbm tcwhrm t`g keiaas h`ghm, tc w`gb it `hm hktuheey

dcbg khrggbibd cvgr t`g gmdg, peubdibd Arhbfig ibtc t`grckfs hbm ckghb t`ht ehy whitibd jgecw. ]`g cbeccfgrs `hm


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ohmg arhbtik khees tc t`g gogrdgbky misphtk`, rgpcrtibd h

ycubd ehmy skrghoibd arhbtikheey hbm pcubmibd cb t`g

phssgbdgr wibmcw ca t`g twc-mccr Huris, ohfibd octicbseifg s`g whs mgspgrhtgey tryibd tc cpgb t`g mccr hbm nuop

cut, jut acr scog rghscb jgibd ubhjeg tc. I whs tcem t`ht

t`g rghscb acr tìs whs ohmg keghr w`gb t`g khr whsrgkcvgrgmt`g mccr `hbmeg `hm jggb ibtgbticbheey jrcfgb

caa ib suk` h why hs tc sghe it sùt, hbm t`g pcwgr tc t`gwibmcw whs mishjegm, gssgbtiheey trhppibd `gr ibsimg,

pcwgregss tc hvcim `gr tgrrijeg ahtg.It whs `hrm tc kcbkgbtrhtg cb t`g rchms hbm it

sggogm eifg it tccf mhys tc aibheey rghk` Ycrf hbm aibm t`gjgm hbm jrghfahst t`ht I `hm ohmg t`g rgsgrvhticbs ht.

Cbkg I phrfgm hbm drhjjgm t`g bhvy jeug Eud wggfgbmgr

jhd t`ht usgm tc jgecbd tc Arhbfig, k`gkf ib ht ]`g

@hzgewccm whs quikf hbm gaaikigbt. @hvibd h ecbd `ct

s`cwgr hbm ghtibd t`g shbmwik` t`ht Im jcud`t ht

@ght`rcw ohmg og agge eifg h bgw pgrscb. Hs I egat, I

drhjjgm t`g phdg Im writtgb t`g mirgkticbs cb, hbm pueegmt`g mccr sùt jgìbm og.

]`g pceikg sthticb dhvg og t`g ioprgssicb ca hb cem

kùrk` wit` its cem eid`t jrcwb jrikf hbm thee wibmcws.Hatgr kirkeibd hrcubm Hs`vieeg [trggt hbm \crtehbm \ehkg hkcupeg ca tiogs, hbm stiee `hvibd bc eukf cb aibmibd h

phrfibd spct, I mgkimgm tc phrf ht t`g \crtehbm Ogws. I

krcssgm oy aibdgrs t`ht I wcuembtdgt h tikfgt.

Hs I whefgm, I kcuem sgg h aehd whvibd ogrriey ib

t`g kcce jrggzg ohfibd ocvibd s`hmcws cb t`g eibg ca

wìtg-hbm-jeug k`gkfgrgm wit` crhbdg-stripgm pceikg khrsphrfgm hecbd t`g kurj. ]`g pceikg sthticb itsgea whs whrohbm justeibd. Ohby ogb ib jehkf ubiacros wit` jeug-hbm-

wìtg k`gkfgrgm mgsidbs hkrcss t`g tcp ca t`gir sìrts

oieegm hrcubm hbm p`cbgs rhbd ibkgsshbtey. I hsfgm ht t`g


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rgkgpticb acr Kcbsthjeg @uxegy hbm whs hsfgm tc sit hbm

whit wìeg `g whs bctiaigm t`ht I `hm hrrivgm.

I whs ecst ib t`cud`t, whtkìbd t`g kcoibds hbmdcibds ca t`g pgcpeg hrcubm og, hbm mimbt bctikg t`g

hpprchk` ca ohb ib h bhvy jeug suit hbm tig. @g shim oy

bhog hbm I eccfgm up ht ìo hbm bcmmgm. I stccm hbm `gput cut ìs `hbm hbm wg s`ccf.

Io Kcbsthjeg @uxegy. Mim ycu `hvg hby trcujegaibmibd t`g pehkg3

Wo, bc. I phrfgm ht t`g \crtehbm Ogws. I mcbtfbcw ia t`hts cfhy cr bct. ]`grg wgrg bc spcts

hbyw`grg, I shim hs `g `hbmgm og h jrid`t pibf visitcrphss t`ht I htthk`gm tc oy nhkfgt.

]`ht s`cuem jg aibg, Oiss Jcrmgb,`g rgpeigm ib h

quigt kheo vcikg. Ia ycu `hppgb tc dgt h tikfgt, jribd it tc

og hbm Iee `hvg it thfgb khrg ca.@g soiegm whroey ht

og.

]`hbfs.

Hs wg whefgm, wg gxk`hbdgm t`g usuhepeghshbtrigs t`ht pgcpeg mc w`gb t`gy hrg ibtrcmukgm,

hjcut t`g wght`gr hbm oy aeid`t, hbm t`gb `g whs cpgbibd

t`g mccr ca h sohee caaikg t`ht `hm t`g wcrms Xugsticbibd

Zcco 8 phibtgm wit` wìtg phibt cb t`g cutsimg wibmcw

ca t`g mccr. ]`g rcco whs sphrsgey aurbis`gm wit` hb cem

ogthe thjeg wit` t`rgg drgy ogthe k`hirs hrcubm it. ]`gwhees wgrg jhrg rgmmis`-jrcwb jrikf hbm t`g cbey

wibmcws wgrg cb t`g whee t`ht ahkgm t`g mgsfs w`grg ct`grpceikg caaikgrs sht hbm wcrfgm. Cb t`g thjeg whs h sohee

sthkf ca ohbieh acemgrs, h ohp, hbm h jcx ca tissugs. @g

pueegm h k`hir cut acr og.

\eghsg, sit, `g octicbgm acr og tc sit mcwb cb

t`g simg t`ht `hm t`g sibdeg k`hir.]`g k`hir whs kcem hbm t`g rcco whs fgpt

scogw`ht kccegr t`hb w`ht wcuem jg kcbsimgrgm

kcoacrthjeg hbm I wcbmgrgm ia tìs whs tc hmm tc t`gdgbgrhe miskcoacrt ca t`g rcco. Kcbsthjeg @uxegy tccf

t`g sght hkrcss arco og hbm ìs k`hir skrhpgm hs `g


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widdegm it ib kecsgr tc t`g thjeg. @g whs h ohb ca hjcut

aiaty, wit` drhyibd `hir, hbm strifibd jeug gygs. @g eccfgm

tc jg ib tcp s`hpg hbm I iohdibgm t`ht `g pehygm krikfgt crpcec cr w`htgvgr spcrts t`gy eifg cb tìs simg ca t`g pcbm.

@is ribd aibdgr stiee `hm h args` eibg w`grg h wgmmibd jhbm

cbkg eivgm hbm I wcbmgrgm ia `g whs ohrrigm tc ìs ncj hbmìs wiag dct tirgm ca jgibd t`g oistrgss.

I whs ib kcurt hee ocrbibd, `g dgsturgm tc ìskectìbd jy why ca gxpehibibd t`ht tìs whs t`g rghscb acr

t`g suit hbm tig, eifg I gvgb khrgm.C`, whs hee I kcuem tìbf tc shy.

I kcuembt thfg oy gygs arco t`g pieg ib arcbt caìo, t`g why `g hjsgbt-oibmgmey ocvgm ìs aibdgrs cvgr

it, thppibd it gvgry sc catgb hs `g spcfg. @g tcem og t`g

stcry ca `cw oy Arhbfig `hm migm. ]`g ohb t`ht s`g ogt,

t`g cbg t`ht s`g `hm tcem og hjcut, Ncbht`hb ]urbgr whs

ìs bhog, `hm jgkcog ibkgbsgm ht t`g t`cud`t ca `gr

eghvibd ìo. [`g `hm cbey t`cud`t ìo tc jg h pgtty

krioibhe hbm h vgry thegbtgm ousikihb, w`c dhvg `gr hk`hbkg ht h scat hmvgbturg ib tìs acrgidb kcubtry.

@g cpgbgm t`g airst acemgr hbm `hbmgm og h pikturg

ca Ncbht`hb ]urbgr, w`c it turbgm cut, whs hktuheey h

`hrmkcrg eiag-ecbd krioibhe, hb hjusgr ca wcogb, h mrud

mghegr, h tìga, hbm h ourmgrgr. [kctehbm Yhrm `hm jggb

tryibd tc put tcdgt`gr h khsg cb ìo acr scog tiog, tyibdìo tc mczgbs ca kriogs, w`gb `g strceegm ibtc Arhbfigs

eiag wit` ìs jhm jcy dccm eccfs, vgevgt vcikg, hbm rckf`hrm hjs, hbm gbk`hbtgm `gr wit` ìs socct` eigs.

Tg jgeigvg t`ht Oiss Mhbiges ibitiheey `hm bc imgh

hjcut ìs phst. Jy t`g tiog s`g acubm cut t`g trut` hjcut

ìo, it whs tcc ehtg. ]`grg whs bc why t`ht `g whs egttibd

`gr dc,@uxegy whs shyibd hs `g `hbmgm og pikturgs.I dehrgm ht Ncbht`hbs pikturg wit` hee t`g `htrgm

t`ht I aget hbm ibwhrmey sggt`gm gvgry sibdeg tiog

Kcbsthjeg @uxegy shim ìs bhog. Arco ìs oud s`ct, Ikcuem sgg t`ht `g `hm jggb dccm-eccfibd, nust cvgr six aggt


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thee, wit` mirty jecbm `hir, h skcwe, hbm thttccs cb ìs bgkf

hbm hros.

Tg `hvg kceegktgm buogrcus witbgss sthtgogbtst`ht sggo tc pcibt tc hb ubrhvgeibd ca t`gir rgehticbsìp

witìb mhys ca t`g ourmgr. Ohby pgcpeg `ghrm t`go

hrduibd hjcut tìbds s`g `hm acubm cut hjcut ìo, eigs t`hts`g `hm ubkcvgrgm, ìs mrud hmmikticb, hbm ìs s`hmy

arigbms.Arhbfig `hm acubm cut t`ht tìbds s`g t`cud`t wgrg

ib ìs phst wgrg vgry rghe hbm bcw. @is mrud prcjegos `hmaceecwgm ìo hbm `g whs sgkrgtey dgttibd jhkf ibtc t`ht

eiag. Arhbfig whbtgm bc phrt ca tìs s`hmy jhkf-mccrjusibgss hbm s`g whs dcibd `cog. @cog tc og hbm cur

oieeicbs ca jccfs. [`g bgvgr ohmg it.

@g cpgbgm t`g sgkcbm acemgr hbm sthrtgm thefibd

hjcut t`g bid`t Arhbfig migm. ]ghrs wgeegm up ib oy gygs,

rceegm siegbtey mcwb oy k`ggfs hbm kìb, hbm t`gb spieegm

scatey cb oy ehp hs I pcurgm cvgr t`g pikturgs ca t`g

ohbdegm khr ib vhricus sthdgs ca jgibd rgkcvgrgm.Tg rus`gm t`grg hs ahst hs wg kcuem, jut, wgee wg

wgrg tcc ehtg. Bcw t`ht wg `hvg `hm tiog tc ibvgstidhtg

t`g ibkimgbt, it wcuem sggo tc us, t`ht it whs herghmy tcc

ehtg arco t`g ocogbt t`ht Oiss Mhbiges dct ib t`ht khr.

@g s`ccf ìs `ghm shmey hs I aeippgm t`rcud` t`g

pieg ib arcbt ca og. Ib scog pikturgs t`g khr whs stieeocstey sujogrdgm ib t`g krhsìbd whvgs, hbm t`gb it

rggogrdgm hjcut `hea-h-acct acr ghk` bgw pikturg, ubtie t`ggbtirg khr whs `hbdibd arco t`g pueegy jy its rghr gbm hbm

jgibd pueegm up t`g keiaa simg. Hs t`g arcbt `hea ca t`g khr

jgkhog visijeg ib t`g pikturgs, it whs pehib tc sgg t`ht t`grg

whs bc cbg egat ibsimg. ]`g gbtirg rcca sgkticb whs krus`gm

ibwhrm, hbm t`g wibmcws hbm wibmsìgem wgrg sohs`gm,wit` cbey arhdogbts rgohibibd stujjcrbey htthk`gm tc

sgkticbs ca t`g cutgr gmdgs. Its phssgbdgr mccr whs oissibd

kcopegtgey. Kcbsthjeg @uxegy whs shyibd t`ht t`g mhohdgwhs gvimgbtey khusgm jy h kcojibhticb ca t`g ibitihe

iophkt hbm t`g ocogbtuo ca t`g khr hs it krhs`gm hrcubm


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ib t`g vikicus whvgs, hbm ibtc t`g rckfs, wìeg it hwhitgm

rgtrigvhe arco hjcvg.

Tg trigm tc dgt tc t`g khr t`ht bid`t, jut jgtwggbt`g mhrfbgss hbm t`g whvgs, it whs bct pcssijeg ubtie airst

eid`t tc sgbm h tgho ib tc puee t`g vgìkeg cut.

Mgeieh` kcuem sgg arco t`g p`ctcdrhp`s t`htvisijieity whs pccr, gvgb ib t`g jrid`t eid`t ca mhy. ]`g

sghrk`, t`ht `hm jggb ehubk`gm jy hir, jy sgh, hbm jy ehbmsghrkìbd acr survivcrs, `hm jggb kheegm caa hatgr twc mhys,

wit` t`g kcbkeusicb t`ht t`g jcmigs `hm jggb kehiogm jyt`g sgh hbm wcuem bct jg rgturbgm.

]`g aibhe acemgr whs pikturgs t`gy `hm mgvgecpgmarco Arhbfigs khogrh, ca itgos acubm ht t`g skgbg, hbm ht

Ncbht`hbs hphrtogbt. \ikturgs arco t`g khogrh, scog ca

`gr hecbg ib vhricus pehkgs hrcubm Ecbmcb hbm sohee

tcwbs cb its cutsfirts wit` pgcpeg s`g ogt cb `gr ncurbgy,

s`cwgm `gr trip hs it `hppgbgm arco t`g jgdibbibd tc t`g

gbm.

[`g sthrtgm caa soieibd hbm dccaibd hrcubm ibquirfy pcsgs wit` eckhes, ib eitteg pujs hbm ghtgrigs,

s`cppibd, hbm jgibd Arhbfig. ]`g ehtgr pikturgs wgrg ca

`gr

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