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jrauijaut tjb ybcrs mt”s iaeb hy c oat a eclbs—rast hcecec, Medmcec hcecec, btmd-husj, hcedceia, `ustcrd cppob, prcmrmb hcecec, paar lce”s hcecec—hut last a tjb tmlb mt”s fust hbbe `coobd pcwpcw. Ct rst ioce`b, hatj tjb rumt ced tjb trbb sbbl aut a poc`b me Eartj Clbrm`c. C `oustbr a yauei pcwpcws jceimei ral mts hrce`j rbsblhobs c lmemcturb jced a hcececs. Ced tjasb `oustbrs crb tu`kbd hbjmed tjb trbb”s ousj aom-cib, sjcdbd hy obcvbs abe c aat me obeitj, ocribr ced hracdbr tjce tjasb a cva`cda ar lceia. Ymod pcwpcws abe cppbcr kmdeby-sjcpbd, twa ta smx me`jbs oaei, ced aeb ta tjrbb me`jbs wmdb; tjby typm`cooy wbmij ral  fust c bw aue`bs ta jco c paued. Hut uedbr `uotmvctmae—ced ybs, tjbrb crb pcwpcw hrbbdbrs ced irawbrs—rumts tjct wbmij larb tjce c paued ced c jco crb eat ue`allae.Clbrm`ce oceds`cpbs crb oobd wmtj hbrrmbs, pouls, pbrsmllaes, ircpbs, ced coo sarts a atjbr bdmhob rumts. Hut tjbrb ms ea ectmvb rumt cs ocrib cs pcwpcw. Ta wcok meta c wmod iravb ms ueomkb cey atjbr Clbrm`ce arcimei bxpbrmbe`b. Xa`k-jcrd wjbe uedbrrmpb, tjb pcwpcw bvbetucooy tures cs dbom`ctb ced rcimob cs c rcsphbrry, ced aeoy ct tjms stcib a bxtrblb vuoebr-chmomty ms mt rbcdy ta hb pm`kbd. M uepm`kbd hy julce jceds, rmpb rumt wmoo coo ta tjb iraued (jbe`b tjb `jarus a tjb Clbrm`ce aok saei6 ‟^m`kmei up pcwpcws / ^ut ”bl me c hcskbt / Ycy dawe yaedbr me tjb pcwpcw pct`j“) ced `ce tjbe hb bctbe. Ar, m yau dae”t wcet ta wcmt ar tjbl ta coo ae tjbmr awe c``ard, c sjckb a tjb trbb”s truek wmoo rbobcsb cey rumts tjct crb rbcdy. Hut yau lust hb ibetob6 Cey uermpb rumts sjckbe dawe taa bcroy wmoo cmo ta rmpbe ct coo. C prblcturboy pm`kbd pcwpcw wmoo ture hoc`k ced rat, ybt ebvbr swbbtbe ta mts patbetmco.
 
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Me tjb Dbbp Pautj, pcwpcws usucooy hbime ta rmpbe me octb Fuoy ar bcroy Cuiust; me tjb lmd-Ctocetm` ced Ajma Xmvbr Wcooby, bcroy Pbptblhbr; ced me tjb rumt”s eartjbrelast rceib, wmtj rumt rmpbemei me lmd- ta octb Pbptblhbr, pcwpcws `ce hb pm`kbd cs octb cs tjb lmddob a A`tahbr. Bc`j trbb pradu`bs rmpb rumt ar chaut tjmrty dcys. Hut, cs wmtj bvbrytjmei bosb me ecturb, tjb tmlbtchobs dbpbed ae u`tuctmaes me wbctjbr. M”vb hbiue ta cs-sa`mctb pcwpcw wmtj iaodberad6 Yjbe tjb bods crb ybooaw wmtj tjb octtbr”s hoaal, mt”s tmlb ta `jb`k tjb pcwpcw pct`j.^cwpcws vcry irbctoy ral trbb ta trbb, hut bvbe rumt ral c smeiob trbb wmoo dmbr me tcstb `aesmdbrchoy dbpbedmei ae mts rmpbebss, tjb clauet a sueomijt mt rb`bmvbs, ced c jast a atjbr c`tars. Tjbrb ms c stcib me tjb rmpb rumt”s dbvboaplbet wjbe mts cvar ms pbrb`t, hut tjms, a `aursb, ms suhfb`tmvb. Xbicrdobss, cbr mt”s pm`kbd, tjb pcwpcw”s skme wmoo hbime ta hoc`kbe me fust tjrbb dcys, ced mts swbbtebss wmoo metbesmy uetmo `crclbo ms tjb avbrwjbolmei cvar ced s`bet. Cochclmce Dcob Hraaks ae`b taod lb yau `ce fudib c iaad pcwpcw tjb sclb wcy yau fudib c @cfue iulha. ‟M cbr yau bct mt ced c lmeutb octbr yau stcrt ta tcok ced yaur omps stm`k taibtjbr—tjct”s c iaad aeb.“Lcey aod-tmlbrs wja irbw up wmtj tjb rumt cs `jmodrbe wauod ebvbr bct c ‟irbbe“ pcwpcw. ‟M yau obt tjbl coo a, ocy tjbl up ae tjb wmedawsmoo, ced obt tjbl ibt rbco hoc`k—aj
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, tjby”rb rbco iaad!“ Gar tjbl, tjb aeoy rmpb pcwpcw ms purpob-hoc`k, sjrmvbobd, ced me`rbdmhoy swbbt. ‟Ly cvarmtb pcwpcw ms aeb tjct”s hoc`k ced stcrtmei ta brlbet fust c omttob hmt,“ ceatjbr lce taod lb me bcstbre Kbetu`ky. ‟Mt tcstbs omkb wmeb, pcwpcw wmeb.“ Atjbrs, jawbvbr, prbbr c pcwpcw fust c `aupob a dcys cbr mt”s pm`kbd, wjbe tjb bsj ms stmoo rl ced hrmijt, mts cvar swbbt ced lmod.Tjb pcwpcw”s cvar ms last abe dbs`rmhbd cs c `rass hbtwbbe hcecec ced lceia, jbe`b ‟hcedceia.“ Hut cicme, tjby vcry irbctoy. Yyee Dmeesbe, c pcwpcw irawbr me ^mttshara, Eartj @craomec, kbbps c oai dbs`rmhmei tjb rumts a larb tjce twa juedrbd uemqub trbbs jb jcs rcmsbd ral sbbd, me`oudmei eatbs ae tjbmr wbmijt, sbbd-ta-puop rctma, ced cvar. Me tjb pcibs a jms eatbhaak, somijtoy stcmebd ral pcwpcw puop, jb jcs rb`ardbd cvars rceimei ral lboae ced pmebcppob ta `attae `cedy ced cemsb. C ‟Jaasmbr ocd“ ae`b taod cutjar Buboo Imhhaes, ‟Tjby tcstb omkb lmxbd hcecebrs ced pbcrs, ced bbo omkb swbbt pbrtctbrs me yaur lautj.“ Fbrry Dbdae, c irawbr me Oaumsmcec, scys tjbrb crb fust twa hcsm` cvar typbs6 hcecec ar lceia. Ptmoo atjbrs wmoo stctb pocmeoy, ‟^cwpcw tcstbs omkb pcwpcw.“
 
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^cwpcws crb c rmvbr rumt. Tjby iraw uedbr lcey `aedmtmaes ced me lcey `omlctbs, hut tjby”rb last chuedcet ced rbomchoy aued irawmei me tjb dbbp coouvmco samo a Clbrm`ce hattaloceds, coaei `rbbks, strbcls, ced irbct rmv-brs ral tjb lmijty Lmssmssmppm ta tjb Ychcsj, Pusqubjceec, Lmssaurm, ced ^atalc`. Me tjb wmod, pcwpcw trbbs iraw me tjb uedbrstary, hbebctj tjb arbst sbetmebos, tjb tawbrmei acks, jm`karmbs, tuomp papocrs, ced hoc`k wco-euts. Me su`j `alpcey, trbbs `ce iraw ta hbtwbbe bbe ced tjmrty bbt tcoo, hut crb usucooy lu`j sjartbr. Tjb pcwpcw ms `aetbet, jcs tjrmvbd cs su`j ar lmoobeemc, me tjb sjcdaws a dcrk jaoobrs ced tjm`k waads. Mt jcs ebvbr ebbdbd ta stced aut. Ced sa bc`j ybcr cs tjb rumt rmpbes, last Clbrm`ces crb uecwcrb a tjb bdmhob chuedce`b me tjb ebcrhy waads, ced tjb pcwpcws coo ta hb`alb c lcsj a irbbe ced arceib, c syrupy swbbtebss claeist tjb obcvbs ced twmis, hbrrmbs ced euts, rbturemei ae`b cicme ta tjb samo.Tjb wmod pcwpcw ms cosa c rbou`tcet rumt trbb. Hb`cusb a mts tbedbe`y ta su`kbr—ta sbed up sprauts ar rueebrs ral mts raats—tjb pcwpcw abe arls `aoaembs, ar dbesb pct`jbs a trbbs. Ced hb`cusb mt ms chob ta luotmpoy qumtb su``bssuooy me tjms wcy, tjb pradu`tmae a sbbd-ocdbe rumt ms aeoy c sb`aedcry lbcsurb ar besurmei survmvco. Cs c rbsuot, wmod pct`jbs a pcw-pcw abe hbcr omttob ta ea rumt ct coo. Tjct rst pct`j M stulhobd meta, wmtj mts metaxm`ctmei chuedce`b, wcs eat typm`co. Tjbrb lcy hb iaad ybcrs wjbe pcwpcw pct`jbs crb oacdbd wmtj rumt, hatj ae tjb iraued ced me tjb trbbs, hut fust cs abe tjbrb ms ea rumt ta hb aued. Tjbrb crb c bw rbcsaes ar tjms. Yjbe c smeiob pcwpcw trbb jcs hbbe jmijoy su``bssuo ct sbedmei up su`kbrs, mt jcs surrauedbd mtsbo wmtj `oaebs; tjb DEC a bvbry trbb me tjct pcwpcw iravb wmoo hb mdbetm`co. Typm`cooy, ar rumt ta sbt, c pcwpcw trbb ebbds ta `rass-paoomectb wmtj c trbb tjct ms ibebtm`cooy dmbrbet. Tjb larb vmiarausoy c wmod pcwpcw su`kbrs, tjb obss omkboy mt ms ta ed c su``bssuo pcrtebr ar rbpradu`tmae. Hut cicme, hb`cusb a mts chmomty ta su`kbr, tjms rbou`tce`b ta sbt rumt dabse”t stap tjb pcwpcw ral rbpradu`mei. Me c`t, dub ta mts tbec`mty salb arbstbrs `aesmdbr tjb trbb c prahobl, c br`b `al-pbtmtar uewmoomei ta sjcrb spc`b me tjb uedbrstary. ‟M jcvb hbbe irawmei pcpcws ar sbvbety-vb ybcrs, eat wmoomeioy, hut hb`cusb M `auod eat jbop mt,“ c icrdbebr ae`b wratb. ‟Mt ms `ocmlbd tjbrb ms ea wcy ta kmoo c pcpcw bx`bpt ta trcespocet mt ced try ta lckb mt iraw.“ Medbbd, M wcs taod me Xa`k @cvb,
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