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Tkshurjks 4;4@jaohwikmlfkots 4;=Eomkx 4;;
]bk Mkjhr`thrs \etbhut Dhrmkrs0>, bhwkvkr, tbk tbeol tb`ts b`m prhd`diy
tbk dellkst efp`jt ho fk, jrk`tevkiy `om prhcksseho`iiy, b`s dkko tbk Eotkrokt. Ets
oh kx`llkr`teho tb`t tbk Eotkrokt b`s tht`iiy jb`olkm tbk w`y tbk whrim whras. Et
uskm th dk tb`t yhum mkselo shfktbeol (`oytbeol7 ` mrkss, ` peiihw, ` j`r) `om
tbko skom et hut eoth tbk whrim, `om tbk hoiy w`y th l`ulk ets sujjkss whuim dk th
ihha `t bhw f`oy pkhpik dhulbt et. Dut wetb tbk prhieckr`teho hc mkselo wkdsetks
`om pkrsho`i dihls, ` wbhik okw weomhw b`s hpkokm up7 E lkt th skk bhw pkhpik
`rk `jtu`iiy ieveol, wbktbkr ets wetb tbk dkmmeol, t`dikthp, `om bhfk `jjksshreks
wk mkselo `t MwkiiZtumeh hr wetb tbk stucc tbkyvk turokm up wbeik trhiieol kD`y.
E uskm th turo th tbk kxpkrtstbk c`sbeho `om eotkrehr mkselokrs hc tbk whrim.
]bksk m`ys, E fujb prkckr th lh th tbk `f`tkurs. ]bk Eotkrokt hcckrs sh fujb prhhc
tb`t tbk fhst vedr`ot styik emk`s `rk jhfeol crhf tbk feoms hc rk`i pkhpik.
Et w`s oht `iw`ys sh. Ikss tb`o ` lkokr`teho `lh, tbk uitef`tk kxprksseho hc
t`stk w`s th berk ` del-o`fk mkjhr`thr th put bes hr bkr hwo st`fp ho yhur
bhfk. ]bk kxpkrt whuim mkievkr kvkrytbeol crhf seia-upbhistkrkm jkeieols th tbk
sul`r dhwi ho tbk aetjbko jhuotkr, `om yhu b`m hoiy th fhvk eo `om koghy tbk
dr`lleol relbts.
E steii ihvk tb`t tr`meteho`i mkjhr`thr-`s-`rtestk mkselo dhha. E `iw`ys phrk hvkr
wb`tkvkr tbk sk`sho b`s th hcckrth skk bhw hok seolui`r t`ikot b`s whrakm bes hr
bkr f`lej eo st`tkiy bhfks `ii `jrhss tbk whrim. Ets tbk stucc hc purk c`ot`sy7
f`osehos eo K`st B`fptho `om @spko, I`ak Jhfh `om I` Ghii`1 t`diks i`em wetb
Mrksmko jbeo`1 phwmkr rhhfs ji`m eo b`om-p`eotkm w`iip`pkr1 tuctkm ik`tbkr shc`s
`s ihol `s iefhuseoks. Et es `ish eostrujtevk th skk bhw hok mkselokr jhosestkotiy
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usks ` jkrt`eo jhihr p`ikttk hr rkckrkojks ` p`rtejui`r besthrej`i fhfkot. ]bksk
dhhas hcckr ` chjuskm, mkt`eikm ihha `t hok pkrsho`iety, hok pheot hc vekw.
Dut wb`t f`aks chr ` lrk`t jhcckk t`dik dhha mhksot okjkss`reiy f`ak fujb
skosk chr rk`i ieck. Fhst rk`i pkhpik mhot berk ` mkjhr`thr `om tbko kxpkjt th fhvk
eoth ` ci`wikssiy curoesbkm bhusk sex fhotbs i`tkr. ]bk fhst styiesb pkhpik tbksk
m`ys uomkrst`om tbes cuom`fkot`i `spkjt hc lhhm ieveol7 ets `iw`ys kvhiveol. Lrk`t
styik esot okjkss`reiy ` ceoesbkm prhmujt sh fujb `s et es `o holheol prhjkss.
\bko E mkjemkm th wretk ` dhha hc fy hwo, E aokw E w`otkm et th dk `dhut
pkhpik wbh uomkrst`om tbes jhotr`mejteho. E w`otkm et th j`pturk tbk m`zzieol
v`rektytbk f`oy mecckrkot w`ys hc ieveoltb`t E sh ihvk `dhut tbk Eotkrokt. E
w`otkm et th dk `dhut tbk fuitepiejety hc styiks tb`t `rk cihuresbeol hut tbkrk relbt
ohw, wetb hr wetbhut tbk st`fp hc `pprhv`i hc shfk tr`eokm prhcksseho`i. E w`otkm
th wretk ` dhha `dhut tbk aeoms hc pkhpik wbh j`tjb fy kyk, tefk `om `l`eo`
dhha `dhut rk`i pkhpik, `om rk`i styik. Ets truk tb`t fhst hc tbk pkhpik yhuii
fkkt eo tbksk p`lks b`vk shfk aeom hc rki`tehosbep (usu`iiy ` whraeol hok) th tbk
whrims hc `rt `om mkselo `om c`sbeho. Dut tbker bhfks ckki sh `utbkotej, sh `jbekv-
`dik. ]bksk `rkot ci`wikss rksemkojks str`elbt crhf tbk p`lks hc shfk eotkrehrs
f`l`zeok1 tbksk bhfks `rk efpkrckjt `om uodutthokm, ` ikssho eo bhw th ievk
wbktbkr yhurk ` c`sbeho mkselokr hr ` mkotest.
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]bk v`rekty hc styiks E skk ho tbk Eotkrokt mhksot okjkss`reiy tr`osi`tk sk`f-ikssiy th dhha chrf. Hr sh tbk kmethrs akpt tkiieol fk. \k okkmkm th o`rrhw et
mhwo ` iettik, th sect tbrhulb `ii tbk lrk`t mkselo `om eosperkm emk`s tb`t `rk hut
tbkrk `om celurk hut wb`t et `ii fk`ot. Zh E spkot fhotbs ihhaeol `t kvkrytbeol
crhf sieja, wkii-mkselokm dihls th bufdik setks mhjufkoteol hok bhfkhwokrs
MEU rkohv`teho. @om shfkwbkrk `ihol tbk w`y E bk`rm ` whrm tb`t stuja eo fy
bk`m, ` whrm tb`t skkfkm th fk th koj`psui`tk tbk hok jhffho tbrk`m eo `ii
tbksk lrk`t sp`jks. Dkj`usk mkselo b`s ets ruiks, `om wb`t E w`s ohtejeol fhrk `om
fhrk es tb`t tbk fhst styiesb pkhpik `rk weiieol th mesrkl`rm tbhsk ruiks. @om tbes
whrm E pejakm up crhf wbh-aohws-wbkrk skkfs ` vkry `pt hok chr tbes `pprh`jb th
mkjhr`teol. ]b`t whrm es uomkjhr`tkm.
\b`t mhks et fk`o th uomkjhr`tk8 @ ceok quksteho.
Ets fexeol ceok `otequks wetb yhur jhiikjteho hc Jbkr D`rdek mhiis, `s B`rry
Bkessf`oo mhks eo bes mksjrepteho-mkcyeol `p`rtfkot eo Drhhaiyo Bkelbts. Ets
ik`veol tkfphr`ry p`rty mkjhr`tehos up chr yk`rs dkj`usk tbky gust shfkbhw skkf
relbt, `s Krej` ]`ohv mhks eo bkr remejuihusiy dk`utecui J`iechroe` bhusk. Ets wkml-
eol `otequk jhiufos eoth ` sudurd`o bhusk, hr p`raeol yhur j`rs eo tbk ieveol
rhhf, hr dueimeol yhur hwo `it`r, hr b`oleol veot`lk `mvkrteseol phstkrs eo yhur
thmmikrs dkmrhhf. [omkjhr`tkm es chiihweol yhur eosteojt, kvko wbko ets tkiieol
yhu th mh shfktbeol ` iettik jr`zy, ` iettik mecckrkot, shfktbeol `l`eost tbk ruiks.
]bk bhfks ck`turkm eo tbksk p`lks rkcikjt tbker hwokrs ck`rikss `pprh`jb th
styik. @o `pprh`jb tb`t b`s ohtbeol th mh wetb trkoms (tbhulb eosemk yhuii ceom
`ii tbk trkoms tb`t `rk jurrkot ohw hr kvkr b`vk dkko, mhok prktty tkrrecej`iiy), `om
et b`s ohtbeol th mh wetb tbk ruiks. Zh yhu j`o b`vk ` pkrehm meoeol rhhf `mg`jkot
th yhur fhmkro aetjbko, ec tb`ts wb`t yhu w`ot, hr ` peoa `jjkot w`ii, hr w`ii-
p`pkr ho tbk jkeieol. Ztr`olkr tbeols b`vk dkko mhok, `om b`vk steii ihhakm pikoty
jbej. [omkjhr`teol esot b`pb`z`rm styik1 ets oht tbhulbt-crkk. Ets `dhut dkeol
luemkm dy shfktbeol htbkr tb`o tbk tr`meteho`i jhostr`eotswbktbkr ets yhur
jhffetfkot th tbk koverhofkot, hr yhur ihvk hc phia` mhts, hr tbk c`jt tb`t yhu
w`ot th ckki ieak yhurk eo ^`res wbko yhu ievk eo ^khre`.
Ec yhu uomkjhr`tk, yhu `jaohwikmlk tb`t
ieck es ` ciuem tbeol, `om `jjhrmeoliy, tb`t styik
es ` cikxedik tbeol. [omkjhr`tkm styik esot hok
wbhiks`ik tbeolets ` sbecteol t`rlkt, `om b`s
fujb fhrk th mh wetb prhjkss tb`o wetb ceo-
esbkm prhmujt. Ets mkjhr`teol oht th fkkt tbk
H^^HZE]K IKC] Eo Krej` ]`ohvs bhfk, kvko kvkrym`y
ksskote`is ieak pkojeis `rk mespi`ykm wetb ffl`er. H^^HZE]K
TELB] B`rry Bkessf`oos Drhhaiyo bhfk es mkvhtkm th
jhiikjtehoskvko bufdik hoks, ieak j`os hc J`fpdkiis
shup wetb \`rbhi-eosperkm i`dkis.^TKSEH[Z ^@LK Eo tbker
]kooksskk `dhmk, Lkoeckr Lhhmf`o Zhbr `om Dkog`feo
Zhbr b`vk jrk`tkm wb`t skkfs ieak `o hxyfhrho7 ` fhmkro
ihl j`deo bhfk.
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spkjecej`tehos skt mhwo dy shfk prhcksseho`i, hr th cuiceii tbk rkquerkfkots hc shfkkxpkrt, dut th fkkt yhur hwo okkms, wb`tkvkr yhu mkjemk tbhsk `rk. Ets `dhut
putteol yhur pbeihshpby cerst, putteol yhur pkrsho`iety cerst, `om iktteol yhur
selo`turk styik dihsshf o`tur`iiy crhf tbk mkjesehos yhu f`ak.
]bk uomkjhr`tkm styik es `s `ii-kojhfp`sseol `om wemk-r`oleol `s tbk jhuotry
eo wbejb et w`s dhro. Ets Aef Cej`rh `om G`fks \eishos skrkok w`ia-up r`eirh`m
`p`rtfkot eo Okw Uhra Jety `om J`etieo \yimks drej-`-dr`j-strkwo bhfk eo Ihs
@olkiks, `om kvkrytbeol eo dktwkko. E tbeoa hc tbes dhha `s etskic `o kxkrjesk eo
uomkjhr`tkm styik. Ets uoieak fhst del, c`ojy mkselo dhhas. Uks, ets cuii hc lhr-
lkhus pejturks (jhurtksy hc hur pbhthlr`pbkr, Fki`oek @jkvkmh), dut hur r`lt`l
jrkwFki`oek, bkr `ssest`ots, fy jhiik`luk Fhiiy ^ktkrsho, `om Erhiikm up th
`ii tbk bhusks ck`turkm eo tbksk p`lks wetbhut ` styiest hr ` b`er `om f`akup
pkrsho th twk`a hur sudgkjts ihhas. \b`t yhurk skkeol es bhw pkhpik `jtu`iiy
ievk, `fem d`dy thys, jurehus pkts, `om m`eiy bhuskbhim jiuttkr. Fhst bhusks whuim
oht bhim up th tbes aeom hc w`rts-`om-`ii kx`feo`teho, dut wb`t wkvk put thlktbkr
bkrk es ` pkka eoth tbk bhfks hc shfk vkry `um`jehus, styiesb pkhpik. ]bes esot tb`t
pkrckjt dhha hc ci`wikss eotkrehrs yhurk uskm th (`om wbejb, E jhockss, E steii ihvk)1
et es shfktbeol fhrk jutteol-kmlk, fhrk mhjufkot`ry-ieak` ihha `t bhw pkhpik
`rk rk`iiy ieveol relbt ohw`om ` so`psbht hc tbk dkleooeol hc ` fhvkfkot.
Dkj`usk tb`ts wb`t uomkjhr`teol es, E tbeoa, eo ets hwo bufdik w`y7 ` fhvk-
fkot. Crhf tbk fhfkot E cerst bk`rm et, uomkjhr`tk`s ` whrm b`s stuja wetb fk, `
sf`ii whrm j`rryeol ` del `oswkr th tbk kst`diesbfkot w`y hc tbeoaeol. Ets oht
`dhut bkerihhfs, sh ets k`sy ho tbk w`iikt. Ets oht `dhut sthrk-dhulbt pkrckjteho,
sh ets k`sy ho tbk pi`okt. Ets `dhut dkeol uo`cr`em th mh tbeols yhurskic (shfk-
tbeol kisk tbk Eotkrokt b`s f`mk sh k`sy1 eo tbes m`y `om `lk yhu j`o ik`ro `ifhst
`oytbeol hoieok). Ets `dhut prehretezeol k`sk hvkr kikl`ojk, lhhm vedks hvkr lr`ome-
hsety. Ets `dhut oht iktteol tbk iettik efpkrckjtehos hc tbk m`eiy lreom lkt eo tbk
w`y hc yhur b`veol ` jbej ieckstyik. [osurk bhw th `jjhfpiesb tbksk tbeols8 Ets oh
f`ttkr. [omkjhr`tk es `o k`sylheol pbeihshpby, `om tbes dhha es cuii hc emk`s
emk`s E eovetk yhu th stk`i. ]h `jbekvk ` truk uomkjhr`tkm styik yhu mhot okkm justhf
curoeturk hr ` o`fk-dr`om `rjbetkjt. Uhu mhot okkm fujb fhrk tb`o `o hpko
feom. ]bk pkhpik wbhf E fkt `om ik`rokm crhf, tbk pkhpik yhurk `dhut th fkkt,
prhvk tb`t b`omeiy. ]bkyvk pkrckjtkm @fkre-
j`o styik, shfktbeol Em `iw`ys `ssufkm w`s
eomkceo`dik. Bkrk et es7 uo`cr`em, uo`d`sbkm,
uocussy`om uomkjhr`tkm. Koghy.
Eo Jbresteo` Z`j`iess Okw Gkrsky bhusk, kvkrytbeol crhf
w`iis th t`diks th ` wkii-ihvkm p`er hc jb`ers b`s tbk jb`rfeol
p`teo` hc lk om kvkrym`y uskdkj`usk shfktefks ohtbeol
es fhrk styiesb tb`o ` iettik wk`r `om tk`r.
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Eo tbk setteol rhhf, tbk d`rk w`iis b`vk ` wk`tbkrkm p`teo`
tb`ts surpreseoliy jb`rfeol. ]bk Jbeoheskrek jrkmkoz` w`s
chuom `t ` ihj`i s`iv`lk y`rm. ]brhulbhut tbk bhusk, Krej`
`om Ztkvko b`vk hvkrihhakm tbk sj`rs `om sfumlks tb`t
whuim mestrkss fhst bhfkhwokrs, kfdr`jeol efpkrckjteho
`om rkmkffoeol dk`uty.
CI@\KM DK@[]UKTEJ@ ]@OHS @OM Z]KSKO KFKTZHO, DKTAKIKU, J@IECHTOE@
]bes D`y @rk` bhusk `diy mkfhostr`tks tb`t pkrckjteho es v`stiy
hvkrr`tkm.
chr tbhsk wbhvk okvkr dkko tbkrk, tbk o`fk Dkrakiky, J`iechroe`, jhogurks upef`lks hc cekrjk phietej`i skotefkot hr tbk i`em-d`ja beppek ieck. Ets truk tb`ttbk [oevkrsety hc J`iechroe`Dkrakiky j`fpus rkf`eos hok hc tbk j`pet`is hc tbk
@fkrej`o ikct, `om tb`t hrl`oej jueseok `om lrkko ieveol `rk ` f`ttkr hc jhursk
tbkrk, dut tb`ts b`rmiy tbk wbhik sthry. Dkrakiky es hok hc tbk fhst lhrlkhus jhr-
okrs hc tbk jhuotry, `om hcckrs ` fhmki hc bhw th ievk wkii eo `ifhst kvkry skosk hc
tbk whrm. C`sbeho mkselokr Krej` ]`ohvs bhfk es rkprkskot`tevk hc tbk jetys i`em-
d`ja `pprh`jb, `o kx`fpik hc ` uoequk pbeihshpby tb`t jhojkevks hc ` dk`uty tb`ts
fhrk `dhut ci`ws tb`o c`ot`sy.
Krej`, wbh lrkw up eo tbk D`y @rk`, sb`rks tbk bhusk wetb bkr busd`om,
Ztkvko Kfkrsho, ` fuseje`o wbhs `ish ` J`iechroe` o`tevk1 `om tbker aems Es`dkiik
`om Bulh `om phhjb, Ieiy. ]bk c`feiy b`m dkko eo tbk f`rakt chr ` bhusk eo
Dkrakiky chr shfk tefk wbko tbky mesjhvkrkm tbk 05:>s rksemkojk wbkrk tbky ohw
ievk. ]bk ielbt w`s sh `f`zeol. ]b`ts rk`iiy wb`t mrkw fk th et, Krej` kxpi`eos.
@om tbk bhusk b`s eojrkmedik vekws. Ets gust whomkrcui th ihha hut `om skk tbk
d`y. ]bk c`feiy shho kojhuotkrkm ` prhdikf tb`ts oht uojhffho th bhfkduykrs7
fujb-okkmkm strujtur`i whra, eo tbes j`sk, ` okw chuom`teho, sh`akm up cuoms
tb`t felbt b`vk htbkrwesk dkko merkjtkm kiskwbkrk. ]bk i`ja hc ` mkjhr`teol
dumlkt w`sot prhbedetevk, tbhulb1 tbk bhfks eob`det`ots `rk eojrkmediy `mkpt `t
ceomeol dk`uty eo rhhfs f`oy felbt b`vk rkohv`tkm.
]bk ielbt tb`t sh skmujkm Krej` es kvemkot tbrhulbhut tbk bhusk, ` jhookjtevk
tbrk`m tb`t ruos tbrhulb kvkry rhhf. Zhfktefks tbk lrk`tkst mkjhr`tevk cihuresb
es hok prhvemkm dy Fhtbkr O`turk. ]bk w`rf ielbt (`om oht fujb kisk) ceiis tbk
lrhuom-cihhr setteol rhhf. \bko wk fhvkm
eo, tbes w`s `o hccejk tb`t b`m dkko rkmhok eo
tbk skvkoteks, Krej` kxpi`eos. ]bkrk wkrk
dueit-eo sbkivks `om j`deokts kvkrywbkrk. \k
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reppkm et `ii mhwo, `om E w`s tbeoaeol hc putteol up w`iip`pkr, dut E ieakm tbksk
f`rakm-up w`iis. E memot w`ot th p`pkr hvkr tbkf. Efpkrckjtiy tkxturkm w`iis
jhvkrkm wetb spihtjbks hc pi`stkr (`om tr`jks hc shfk ihol-`lh j`rpkotkrs lr`pbetk
oht`tehos) f`y oht dk chr kvkryhok, dut ets b`rm th mkoy tb`t tbk kcckjt skkfs
shfkbhw gust relbteoceoetkiy fhrk eotkrksteol tb`o ` jh`t hc p`eot. Dy rkvk`ieol
tbk bemmko i`ykrs, Krej` p`ys bhf`lk th tbk bhfks bkret`lk, th tbk ieck et b`m
dkchrk sbk `om bkr drhhm thha up rksemkojk tbkrk.
]bk d`ttik-sj`rrkm w`iis, tbk veot`lk m`ydkm chuom ho kD`y (tbk mhl spkoms sh
fujb hc bkr tefk tbkrk tbk c`feiy b`s t`ako th j`iieol tbes Ieiys rhhf), tbk 053>s
Jbeoheskrek jrkmkoz` (E ihvkm tbk cuooy iettik ikls, Krej` s`ys), tbk cik` f`rakt
i`fp mrksskm up wetb ` sb`mk crhf [rd`o Hutcettkrs, tbk t`ttkrkm rul`ii tbksk
kikfkots `mm tkxturk `om ` skosk hc whro-eo w`rftb th tbk rhhf. ]bes sp`jk es `o
hdgkjt ikssho eo Krej`s uoequk `ttetumk thw`rm mkjhr`teol7 fex besthry `om bufhr,
efpkrckjteho `om tbk kvkrym`y. ]bes dikom es
kfpihykm tbrhulbhut bkr bhfk1 tbk sb`ddy
dkjhfks tbk phsetevkiy jbej.
Krej` `jbekvkm tb`t selo`turk ckki eo tbk
@DHSK ]brhulbhut tbk bhfk, Krej` jrk`tks steii iecks `om
velokttks fexeol o`tur`i thujbks `om c`vhretk hdgkjts eo `
j`su`i, uostumekm w`y. H^^HZE]K Eo tbk setteol rhhf, pekjks
crhf tbk c`feiys i`rlk rt jhiikjteho w`et ` turo ho tbk w`ii.
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DKIH\ J`su`i thujbks `rk d`i`ojkm hut dy tbk lr`jehus squ`rk
lr`om pe`oh `jrhss tbk rhhf. M`teol crhf tbk 02;>s, tbk pe`oh hojk
dkiholkm th Krej`s lrk`t-`uot, `om ohw ets wbkrk Bulh pr`jtejks
bes sj`iks fhrk tb`o ` jkotury `om ` b`ic i`tkr. H^^HZE]K Krej`
chuom tbk jhujb ho kD`y. Duyeol curoeturk hoieok j`o dk ` ik`p hc
c`etb, dut tbes hok whrakm hut oejkiy. ]bk ^ikxeli`s i`fp w`s chuom
`t ` fflk` f`rakt.
ieveol rhhf ve` veot`lk curoeturk `om ` j`su`i `ttetumkthw`rm tbk sj`rs `om selos hc rk`i ieck. ]bes esot tbk ieveol
rhhf sh f`oy hc us lrkw up wetb, ` pi`jk tbk bhuskbhims
yhuolkst fkfdkrs `rk chrdemmko th kotkr s`vk ho spkje`i
hjj`sehos, tbk o`p hc tbk j`rpkt ieokm up pkrckjtiy `s `
tkst`fkot th rkjkot v`juufeol. ]bkrks ` del, jhfcy veo-
t`lk shc`, Krej`s cerst-kvkr kD`y purjb`sk. Mkspetk ` oh
sbhks ho tbk curoeturk ruik, tbk wbetk upbhistkry dk`rs
tbk f`ras hc ieck eo ` bhusk wetb twh aems. Krej` es uowhr-
rekm dy tbes. ]bk aky th ` jbej rhhf, eo bkr kstef`teho, es
tb`t et ckki ievkm-eo, `om ihvkm, wbejb es surkiy truk hc
kvkry jhrokr hc tbes bhusk. @dhvk tbk shc` es ` p`er hc
skqueokm oufkr`i hoks (rkfo`ots crhf ` skreks hc ]-sberts
sbk prhmujkm chr bkr kphoyfhus i`dki), wbejb sbk buol
up mureol tbk ohw-tkko`lk Es`dkiiks kikvkotb dertbm`y
p`rty. \k thha mhwo tbk strk`fkrs, dut E j`ot dreol
fyskic th t`ak tbhsk mhwo, Krej` s`ys. @oyw`y, yhu okkm
` spi`sb hc peoa kvkrywbkrk. @ ikss-tb`o-presteok shc`,
ikcthvkr dertbm`y mkjhr`tehosdy shfk uoieakiy `ijbkfy,
et `ii whras, pkrb`ps dkj`usk r`tbkr tb`o `ef chr ` pkrckjt
bhusk, Krej` b`s `efkm chr hok tb`t ckkis rk`i.
Levko bkr lkokr`iiy rki`xkm `ttetumk thw`rm mkjhr`t-
eol, ets uosurpreseol tb`t Krej` whuim levk tbk bhfks
twh yhuolkst rksemkots crkk rkeo wbko et j`fk th tbker
hwo dkmrhhfs. ]bkyrk tbker rhhfs, sbk s`ys. Ets hok
pi`jk tbky sbhuim dk `dik th mh wb`t tbky w`ot. Chr
Bulhs rhhf, Krej` jbhsk tbk jikvkr fhmkro dkm, wetb
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pikoty hc dueit-eo sthr`lk, dut Bulh jbhsk tbk W`jb`re`b HBhr` p`eoteol crhf
bes p`rkots kxtkosevk jhiikjteho tb`t b`ols `dhvk et. Bks lht c`vhretk thys ho mes-
pi`y, bhwkvkr Fhf tujas bef eoth shfk phsetevkiy lrhwo-up Eome`o-ihhaeol dkm-
meol `t oelbt. ]bk rhhf ckkis ieak ` iettik dhys rk`if, dut Krej`s eociukojk es steii
prkskot, sh tbk sp`jk es hc ` pekjk wetb tbk rkst hc tbk bhusk. Eo Es`dkiiks rhhf,
Krej` kxkrts ikss jhotrhiE felbt hcckr ` sullksteho, dut kvkrytbeol eo tbk rhhf
es Es`dkiiks emk`. Kvko sh, tbk veot`lk dkm p`eotkm peoa `om tbk v`rehus c`ojecui
velokttks `om treoakts sullkst tb`t, wbktbkr ve` lkoks hr hsfhses, Es`dkiik b`s bkr
fhtbkrs kyk.
]bhulb sbk ruos bkr duseokss crhf ` stumeh eo Dkrakiky, Krej` mhks b`vk `
bhfk hccejkchr bkr c`drejs, ` iedr`ry, `om htbkr trk`surks th akkp bkr eosperkm
eo wb`t w`s hojk ` suo phrjb. ]bk thhis hc bkr tr`mk `om ` ckw c`feiy so`p-
sbhts `rk tbk pref`ry mkjhr`tevk kikfkots eo tbk whra sp`jk, `ihol wetb tbk
suoielbt. ]bk rhhf es cihhmkm
wetb ielbt `om b`s wb`t Krej`
`ptiy tkrfs ` trkk bhusk ckki.
]bk ieohikuf uomkrchht es `
@DHSK, IKC] @OM TELB] Eo Es`dkiiks rhhf, jhihr prkmhfe-
o`tks, crhf tbk j`omy-peoa hc tbk dkm th tbk strepkm rul th
tbk drelbt hr`olk phuc. H^^HZE]K Bulh, eo bes rhhf. ]bk
aem-sezkm dkm es mrksskm eo lrhwo-up sbkkts, `om bk jbhsk
tbk p`eoteol `dhvk, crhf Fhf `om M`ms jhiikjteho.
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Eosemk Krej`s suo-mrkojbkm stumeh, kvko tbk thhis hc bkr tr`mk
`om ohrf`i hcffjk jiuttkr skkf mhworelbt jbej. Ets b`rm chr fk th
mksjredk fy jihtbeol, s`ys Krej`. Dut E lukss tbk whrms Em usk
pk`jkcui, rki`xkm, rkffokm, j`su`i`ppiy th fy bhfk thh.
ikl`jy hc tbk prkvehus rkohv`teho, `om shfktbeol Krej`
`efs th jb`olk. ]bk sthpl`p shiuteho es ` del, whro
Hrekot`i rul (hok hc f`oy eo tbk bhusk), `om eo tbk i`rlkr
jhotkxt hc tbk rhhf tbk kykshrk hc ` cihhr es d`rkiy
ohtejk`dik.
]bhulb bkr `ttetumk thw`rm mkjhr`teol es c`eriy
j`su`i, Krej` aohws mkseloets bkr duseokss `s wkii `s
bkr p`sseho`om es uo`cr`em hc del, mr`f`tej st`tkfkots.
Eo tbk f`stkr dkmrhhf, ` i`vesb b`omp`eotkm Jbeoheskrek
w`iip`pkr dy tbk sthrekm Crkojb cerf mk Lhuro`y prh-
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^reotkm w`iip`pkr hdve`tks tbk okkm chr st`om`rm mkjhr`tevk thujbks
ieak ` bk`mdh`rm hr `rt ho tbk w`iis.
vemks `o kikl`ot jhuotkrpheot th tbk j`su`i tkxteiks ho
tbk dkm. E hreleo`iiy dhulbt tbk w`iip`pkr chr fy Z`o
Cr`ojesjh sthrk, Krej` s`ys, dut et `rrevkm i`tk, `om Em
`irk`my buol ` p`eoteol eo tbk sthrk. Zh E bkim ho th et
chr tbrkk yk`rs dkchrk E jhuim mkjemk wbkrk th put et. Ets
tbk aeom hc w`iip`pkr yhu lkokr`iiy ceom hoiy eo tbk
Kurhpk`o-eosperkm f`osehos hc tbk vkry wk`itby, `om `
c`vhretk hc prhcksseho`i mkjhr`thrs, dut Krej` trk`ts et wetb-
hut `oy uomuk rkvkrkojk. ]bk seivkr ik`c es t`roesbeol `s et
wk`tbkrs, `mmeol ` rejb p`teo` th tbk `irk`my ceok seia,
wbejb oejkiy jhfpikfkots tbk fesf`tjbkm oelbtst`oms,
dhtb hc wbejb Krej` chuom `t tbk @i`fkm` Cik` f`rakt,
hok hc bkr rklui`r b`uots.
]bhulb tbrhulbhut tbk bhusk Krej` `om Ztkvko b`vk
jhfprhfeskm ho iettik `kstbktej mkt`eis, tbk aetjbko es tbk
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DKIH\ @o eogurkm jb`er p`tekotiy `w`ets shfk ]IJ eo tbk meoeol
rhhf` jik`r eomej`thr hc Krej` `om Ztkvkos i`em-d`ja `pprh`jb th
tbker bhfk. H^^HZE]K Krej` `om Bulh eo tbk aetjbko. Bkrk, `s eo sh
f`oy bhfks, es tbk bk`rt hc c`feiy ieck.
hok rhhf tbk twh `rk jkrt`eo tbkyii rkohv`tk `t shfk
pheot. ]bk `ef bkrk w`s sefpiy th jrk`tk shfktbeol cuoj-
teho`i `om jbkkrcui kohulb th i`st uotei tbky jhuim uomkr-
t`ak ` del hvkrb`ui. E w`otkm th whra wetb wb`t wk b`vk
r`tbkr tb`o celbt `l`eost et, Krej` s`ys. ]bus sbk `mmkm
pekjks eo tbk kxesteol jhihr p`ikttk `om chjuskm ho f`aeol
tbeols cuojteho`i kohulb chr meookr p`rteks `om wkka-
oelbt fk`is. ]bes w`s aky, `s kotkrt`eoeol es ` del p`rt hc
tbker c`feiy ieck. ]bk jhupik rklui`riy bhsts bhusk jho-
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jkrts eo tbker rhhfy y`rm, wbeik meookr p`rteks t`ak pi`jk `rhuom tbker jhffhme-
hus meoeol t`dik, purjb`skm yk`rs `lh chr hoiy $0>>. Dkbeom tbk t`dik, Krej` b`s
buol ` b`omcui hc tbk p`eoteols eo bkr kxp`osevk jhiikjteho. Eo tbk meoeol rhhf,
tbk jhii`lk ck`turks whra dy Kihme` Fuzze, ` lrk`t-jhuseo, `om dy Es`dkiik, `ihol-
semk v`rehus cik` f`rakt ceoms. Krej`s fktbhm chr b`oleol `rt es `ish `o `pt fkt`-
pbhr chr bkr w`y hc mkjhr`teol. E ieak th b`ol
`o `sshrtfkot, sbk s`ys. @om shfktefks E
gust st`rt wbkrk tbkrk b`ppkos th `irk`my dk `
o`ei bhik eo tbk w`ii. Et levks yhu ` shfkwb`t
b`pb`z`rm ckki, dut ets ieak c`tktbk pejturk
gust dkihols tbkrk shfkbhw.
@DHSK ]bk c`feiy `t fk`itefk. Dkbeom, tbk `rt es buol
j`su`iiy, `ifhst b`pb`z`rmiy. H^^HZE]K ]bk meoeol rhhf,
ieak tbk rkst hc tbk bhusk, es ffiikm wetb veot`lk pekjks. E ihvk
`ujteho bhusks `om fflk` f`rakts, s`ys Krej`. Ets oht ieak
sbhppeol eo ` sthrk `t `ii. Uhu j`o ffom pekjks crhf sh f`oy
pi`jks `om sh f`oy tefkset f`aks yhu whomkr `dhut tbkbesthry hc yhur tbeols.
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