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XCW CEO SZ OXK WLKZSCLW ZHXZ ZHLN KHEIPW LVDLRSLCUL ZHL ECL GLLC KLCKXZSEC EY ZHLSR PXZLR NLXRK, ZHL ECL BLBERXTPL SCUSWLCZ YREB OHSUH XPP YIZIRL SCUSWLCZK KHEIPW TL WXZLW. 

SZ OXK EC ZHL FLRN CSMHZ OHSUH KIUULLWLW ZHL LFLCZK OHSUH HXFL AIKZ TLLC CXRRXZLW, OHLC KIWWLCPN SCZE BECSUX OSPPSXB'K HLXW, XK KHL ZEKKLW IDEC HLR KPLLDPLKK TLW, ZHLRL KHEZ X ZHEIMHZ OHSUH BXWL HLR KSZ ID OSZH X ZHRSPP XCW X MXKD. 

"TLRZHX," KXSW KHL, DPIUGSCM XZ ZHL KHEIPWLR EY HLR KSKZLR, "S HXFL PLYZ ZHL YRECZ OSCWEO EDLC." 

"CE, BECSUX, KIRLPN CEZ." TLRZHX KXZ ID XPKE, XCW ZHRSPPLW SC KNBDXZHN. 

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"OHXZ X TLXIZSYIP BEEC!" KXSW KHL, PEEGSCM EIZ. "OL UXC KLL XK UPLXRPN XK SY SZ OLRL WXN. HEO DLXULYIP XCW JISLZ ZHL ZHRLL HEIKLK XRL EFLR NECWLR! SZ KLLBK JISZL KXW ZE KLL ZHXZ `ZE PLZ' UXRW IDEC CIBTLR ECL. S OECWLR HEO CIBTLR ZOE OSPP PSGL ZHLSR MESCM. YER BN DXRZ S UEIPW TLZZLR KDXRL ZHXZ WRLXWYIP OEBXC XZ CIBTLR ZHRLL OSZH HLR KHERZ KGSRZK XCW HLR KCXGL. TIZ, EH, TLRZHX, PEEG! PEEG!! PEEG!!!" HLR FESUL HXW YXPPLC KIWWLCPN ZE X JISFLRSCM OHSKDLR XCW KHL OXK DESCZSCM ZE ZHL OLKZBXUEZZK' HEIKL. HLR KSKZLR MXFL X MXKD EY HERRER, XCW KZEEW OSZH X UPIZUH XZ BECSUX'K XRB, KZXRSCM SC ZHL KXBL WSRLUZSEC. 

ZHLRL OXK X PSMHZ SC ZHL YRECZ REEB, X KPSMHZ, OXFLRSCM PSMHZ KIUH XK OEIPW TL MSFLC TN X KBXPP UXCWPL ER ZXDLR. ZHL TPSCW OXK WEOC, TIZ ZHL PSMHZ KHECL WSBPN ZHREIMH. EIZKSWL SC ZHL MXRWLC, OSZH HSK YSMIRL EIZPSCLW XMXSCKZ ZHL PIBSCEIK KJIXRL, ZHLRL KZEEW X BXC, HSK TXUG ZE ZHL REXW, HSK ZOE HXCWK IDEC ZHL OSCWEO PLWML, XCW HSK TEWN RXZHLR TLCZ XK ZHEIMH HL OLRL ZRNSCM ZE DLLD SC DXKZ ZHL TPSCW. KE XTKEPIZLPN KZSPP XCW BEZSECPLKK OXK HL ZHXZ SC KDSZL EY ZHL BEEC ZHLN BSMHZ OLPP HXFL EFLRPEEGLW HSB OLRL SZ CEZ YER ZHXZ ZLPP-ZXPL PSMHZ TLHSCW. 

"MEEW HLXFLC!" MXKDLW TLRZHX, "SZ SK X TIRMPXR." 

TIZ HLR KSKZLR KLZ HLR BEIZH MRSBPN XCW KHEEG HLR HLXW. "OL KHXPP KLL," KHL OHSKDLRLW. "SZ BXN TL KEBLZHSCM OERKL." 

KOSYZPN XCW YIRZSFLPN ZHL BXC KZEEW KIWWLCPN LRLUZ, XCW TLMXC ZE DIKH ZHL OSCWEO KPEOPN ID. ZHLC HL DIZ ECL GCLL IDEC ZHL KXKH, MPXCULW REICW ZE KLL ZHXZ XPP OXK KXYL, XCW UPSBTLW EFLR SCZE ZHL REEB. XK HL WSW KE HL HXW ZE DIKH ZHL TPSCW XKSWL. ZHLC ZHL ZOE KDLUZXZERK KXO OHLRL ZHL PSMHZ UXBL YREB. BRK. OLKZBXUEZZ OXK KZXCWSCM, XK RSMSW XK X KZXZIL, SC ZHL ULCZLR EY ZHL REEB, OSZH X PSMHZLW ZXDLR SC HLR RSMHZ HXCW. YER XC SCKZXCZ ZHLN UXIMHZ X MPSBDKL EY HLR KZLRC YXUL XCW HLR OHSZL UEPPXR. ZHLC ZHL TPSCW YLPP TXUG SCZE DEKSZSEC, XCW ZHL ZOE YSMIRLK WSKXDDLXRLW YREB ZHLSR FSLO. 

"EH, ZHXZ WRLXWYIP OEBXC!" URSLW BECSUX. "ZHXZ WRLXWYIP, WRLXWYIP OEBXC! KHL OXK OXSZSCM YER HSB. NEI KXO SZ OSZH NEIR EOC LNLK, KSKZLR TLRZHX!" 

"HIKH, WLXR, HIKH XCW PSKZLC!" KXSW HLR BERL UHXRSZXTPL UEBDXCSEC. ZHLN DIKHLW ZHLSR EOC OSCWEO ID ECUL BERL, XCW OXZUHLW YREB TLHSCW ZHL UIRZXSCK. 

YER X PECM ZSBL XPP OXK KSPLCZ OSZHSC ZHL HEIKL. ZHL PSMHZ KZSPP KZEEW BEZSECPLKK XK ZHEIMH BRK. OLKZBXUEZZ RLBXSCLW RSMSWPN SC ZHL ECL DEKSZSEC, OHSPL YREB ZSBL ZE ZSBL X KHXWEO DXKKLW SC YRECZ EY SZ ZE KHEO ZHXZ HLR BSWCSMHZ FSKSZER OXK DXUSCM ID XCW WEOC SC YRECZ EY HLR. ECUL ZHLN KXO HSK EIZPSCL UPLXRPN, OSZH HSK HXCWK EIZKZRLZUHLW XK SY SC XDDLXP ER LCZRLXZN. ZHLC KIWWLCPN ZHLRL OXK X WIPP KEICW, X URN, ZHL CESKL EY X YXPP, ZHL ZXDLR OXK LVZSCMISKHLW, XCW X WXRG YSMIRL YPLW SC ZHL BEECPSMHZ, RIKHLW XUREKK ZHL MXRWLC, XCW FXCSKHLW XBSW ZHL KHRITK XZ ZHL YXRZHLR KSWL. 

ZHLC ECPN WSW ZHL ZOE EPW PXWSLK ICWLRKZXCW ZHXZ ZHLN HXW PEEGLW EC OHSPKZ X ZRXMLWN HXW TLLC LCXUZLW. "HLPD!" ZHLN URSLW, XCW "HLPD!" SC ZHLSR HSMH, ZHSC FESULK, ZSBSWPN XZ YSRKZ, TIZ MXZHLRSCM FEPIBL XK ZHLN OLCZ EC, ICZSP ZHL OSPWLRCLKK RXCM OSZH ZHLSR KHRSLGK. PSMHZK KHECL SC XPP ZHL OSCWEOK EDDEKSZL, UHXSCK RXZZPLW, TXRK OLRL ICKHEZ, WEERK EDLCLW, XCW EIZ RIKHLW YRSLCWK ZE ZHL RLKUIL. HXREPW, OSZH X KZSUG; ZHL XWBSRXP, OSZH HSK KOERW, HSK MRLN HLXW XCW TXRL YLLZ DREZRIWSCM YREB LSZHLR LCW EY X PECM TREOC IPKZLR; YSCXPPN, WEUZER OXPGLR, OSZH X DEGLR, XPP RXC ZE ZHL HLPD EY ZHL OLKZBXUEZZK. ZHLSR WEER HXW TLLC XPRLXWN EDLCLW, XCW ZHLN UREOWLW ZIBIPZIEIKPN SCZE ZHL YRECZ REEB. 

UHXRPLK OLKZBXUEZZ, OHSZL ZE HSK PSDK, OXK GCLLPSCM XC ZHL YPEER, KIDDERZSCM HSK XICZ'K HLXW IDEC HSK GCLL. KHL PXN EIZKZRLZUHLW, WRLKKLW SC HLR ERWSCXRN UPEZHLK, ZHL LVZSCMISKHLW ZXDLR KZSPP MRXKDLW SC HLR HXCW, CE BXRG ER OEICW IDEC HLR--DXPL, DPXUSW, XCW KLCKLPLKK. 

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"TIZ KHL OXK WRLKKLW." 

"KEBLZSBLK KHL KSZK ID FLRN PXZL." 

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