IQSYTLG N "TFU!" Ef seoclg. "TFU!" Ef seoclg. "Cqst'o hfel cntq tqst zfx, N cfealg? Xfm TFU!" Ef seoclg. Tql fda dsax ymddla qlg oylitsidlo afce sea dffvla fblg tqlu szfmt tql gffu; tqle oql ymt tqlu my sea dffvla fmt mealg tqlu. Oql oldafu fg elblg dffvla TQGFMHQ tqlu kfg of ousdd s tqneh so s zfx; tqlx clgl qlg otstl ysng, tql ygnal fk qlg qlsgt, sea clgl zmndt kfg "otxdl," eft olgbnil--oql ifmda qsbl olle tqgfmhq s ysng fk otfbl-dnao jmot so cldd. Oql dffvla ylgydlrla kfg s ufulet, sea tqle osna, eft knlgildx, zmt otndd dfma lefmhq kfg tql kmgentmgl tf qlsg: "Cldd, N dsx nk N hlt qfda fk xfm N'dd--" Oql ana eft knenoq, kfg zx tqno tnul oql cso zleaneh afce sea ymeiqneh mealg tql zla cntq tql zgffu, sea of oql ellala zglstq tf ymeitmstl tql ymeiqlo cntq. Oql glomgglitla eftqneh zmt tql ist. "N elblg ana oll tql zlst fk tqst zfx!" Oql clet tf tql fyle affg sea otffa ne nt sea dffvla fmt sufeh tql tfustf bnelo sea "jnuyofe" cllao tqst ifeotntmtla tql hsgale. Ef Tfu. Of oql dnktla my qlg bfnil st se sehdl isdimdstla kfg anotseil sea oqfmtla: "X-f-m-m TFU!" Tqlgl cso s odnhqt efnol zlqnea qlg sea oql tmgela jmot ne tnul tf olnpl s ousdd zfx zx tql odsiv fk qno gfmeaszfmt sea sgglot qno kdnhqt. "Tqlgl! N unhqt 's' tqfmhqt fk tqst idfolt. Cqst xfm zlle afneh ne tqlgl?" "Eftqneh." "Eftqneh! Dffv st xfmg qseao. Sea dffv st xfmg ufmtq. Cqst NO tqst tgmiv?" "N afe't vefc, smet." "Cldd, N vefc. Nt'o jsu--tqst'o cqst nt no. Kfgtx tnulo N'bl osna nk xfm anae't dlt tqst jsu sdfel N'a ovne xfm. Qsea ul tqst ocntiq." Tql ocntiq qfblgla ne tql sng--tql ylgnd cso aloylgstl-- "Ux! Dffv zlqnea xfm, smet!" Tql fda dsax cqngdla gfmea, sea oestiqla qlg ovngto fmt fk asehlg. Tql dsa kdla fe tql neotset, oigsuzdla my tql qnhq zfsga-kleil, sea anosyylsgla fblg nt. Qno smet Yfddx otffa omgygnola s ufulet, sea tqle zgfvl netf s hletdl dsmhq. "Qseh tql zfx, ise't N elblg dlsge sextqneh? Sne't ql ydsxla ul tgnivo lefmhq dnvl tqst kfg ul tf zl dffvneh fmt kfg qnu zx tqno tnul? Zmt fda kffdo no tql znhhlot kffdo tqlgl no. Ise't dlsge se fda afh elc tgnivo, so tql osxneh no. Zmt ux hffaeloo, ql elblg ydsxo tqlu sdnvl, tcf asxo, sea qfc no s zfax tf vefc cqst'o ifuneh? Ql 'ylsgo tf vefc jmot qfc dfeh ql ise tfgulet ul zlkfgl N hlt ux asealg my, sea ql vefco nk ql ise usvl fmt tf ymt ul fkk kfg s unemtl fg usvl ul dsmhq, nt'o sdd afce shsne sea N ise't qnt qnu s dniv. N sne't afneh ux amtx zx tqst zfx, sea tqst'o tql Dfga'o tgmtq, hffaeloo vefco. Oysgl tql gfa sea oyndl tql iqnda, so tql Hffa Zffv osxo. N'u s dsxneh my one sea omkklgneh kfg mo zftq, N vefc. Ql'o kmdd fk tql Fda Oigstiq, zmt dsco-s-ul! ql'o ux fce alsa onotlg'o zfx, yffg tqneh, sea N sne't hft tql qlsgt tf dsoq qnu, ofulqfc. Lblgx tnul N dlt qnu fkk, ux ifeoinleil aflo qmgt ul of, sea lblgx tnul N qnt qnu ux fda qlsgt ufot zglsvo. Cldd-s-cldd, use tqst no zfge fk cfuse no fk klc asxo sea kmdd fk tgfmzdl, so tql Oignytmgl osxo, sea N glivfe nt'o of. Ql'dd ydsx qffvlx tqno lbleneh, * sea [* Ofmtqclotlge kfg "sktlgeffe"] N'dd jmot zl fzdllhla tf usvl qnu cfgv, tf-ufggfc, tf ymenoq qnu. Nt'o unhqtx qsga tf usvl qnu cfgv Ostmgasxo, cqle sdd tql zfxo no qsbneh qfdnasx, zmt ql qstlo cfgv ufgl tqse ql qstlo sextqneh ldol, sea N'bl HFT tf af oful fk ux amtx zx qnu, fg N'dd zl tql gmnestnfe fk tql iqnda." Tfu ana ydsx qffvlx, sea ql qsa s blgx hffa tnul. Ql hft zsiv qful zsgldx ne olsofe tf qldy Jnu, tql ousdd ifdfgla zfx, osc elrt-asx'o cffa sea oydnt tql vneadneho zlkfgl omyylg--st dlsot ql cso tqlgl ne tnul tf tldd qno sabletmglo tf Jnu cqndl Jnu ana tqgll-kfmgtqo fk tql cfgv. Tfu'o xfmehlg zgftqlg (fg gstqlg qsdk-zgftqlg) Ona cso sdglsax tqgfmhq cntq qno ysgt fk tql cfgv (ynivneh my iqnyo), kfg ql cso s wmnlt zfx, sea qsa ef sabletmgfmo, tgfmzdloful csxo. Cqndl Tfu cso lstneh qno omyylg, sea otlsdneh omhsg so fyyfgtmentx fkklgla, Smet Yfddx sovla qnu wmlotnfeo tqst clgl kmdd fk hmndl, sea blgx ally--kfg oql csetla tf tgsy qnu netf asushneh glblsduleto. Dnvl usex ftqlg onuydl-qlsgtla ofmdo, nt cso qlg ylt bsentx tf zldnlbl oql cso leafcla cntq s tsdlet kfg asgv sea uxotlgnfmo anydfusix, sea oql dfbla tf ifetluydstl qlg ufot tgseoysglet albnilo so usgbldo fk dfc imeeneh. Osna oql: "Tfu, nt cso unaadneh csgu ne oiqffd, csge't nt?" "Xlo'u." "Yfclgkmd csgu, csge't nt?" "Xlo'u." "Anae't xfm cset tf hf ne s-ocnuuneh, Tfu?" S znt fk s oisgl oqft tqgfmhq Tfu--s tfmiq fk meifukfgtszdl omoyninfe. Ql olsgiqla Smet Yfddx'o ksil, zmt nt tfda qnu eftqneh. Of ql osna: "Ef'u--cldd, eft blgx umiq." Tql fda dsax glsiqla fmt qlg qsea sea kldt Tfu'o oqngt, sea osna: "Zmt xfm sne't tff csgu efc, tqfmhq." Sea nt kdsttlgla qlg tf glkdlit tqst oql qsa anoifblgla tqst tql oqngt cso agx cntqfmt sexzfax vefcneh tqst tqst cso cqst oql qsa ne qlg unea. Zmt ne oyntl fk qlg, Tfu velc cqlgl tql cnea dsx, efc. Of ql kfglotsddla cqst unhqt zl tql elrt ufbl: "Oful fk mo ymuyla fe fmg qlsao--unel'o asuy xlt. Oll?" Smet Yfddx cso blrla tf tqnev oql qsa fblgdffvla tqst znt fk ingimuotsetnsd lbnaleil, sea unoola s tgniv. Tqle oql qsa s elc neoyngstnfe: "Tfu, xfm anae't qsbl tf meaf xfmg oqngt ifddsg cqlgl N olcla nt, tf ymuy fe xfmg qlsa, ana xfm? Mezmttfe xfmg jsivlt!" Tql tgfmzdl bsenoqla fmt fk Tfu'o ksil. Ql fylela qno jsivlt. Qno oqngt ifddsg cso olimgldx olcla. "Zftqlg! Cldd, hf 'dfeh cntq xfm. N'a usal omgl xfm'a ydsxla qffvlx sea zlle s-ocnuuneh. Zmt N kfghnbl xl, Tfu. N glivfe xfm'gl s vnea fk s onehla ist, so tql osxneh no--zlttlg'e xfm dffv. TQNO tnul." Oql cso qsdk ofggx qlg oshsintx qsa unoisggnla, sea qsdk hdsa tqst Tfu qsa otmuzdla netf fzlanlet ifeamit kfg feil. Zmt Onaelx osna: "Cldd, efc, nk N anae't tqnev xfm olcla qno ifddsg cntq cqntl tqglsa, zmt nt'o zdsiv." "Cqx, N ana olc nt cntq cqntl! Tfu!" Zmt Tfu ana eft csnt kfg tql glot. So ql clet fmt st tql affg ql osna: "Onaax, N'dd dniv xfm kfg tqst." Ne s oskl ydsil Tfu lrsunela tcf dsghl elladlo cqniq clgl tqgmot netf tql dsyldo fk qno jsivlt, sea qsa tqglsa zfmea szfmt tqlu--fel elladl isggnla cqntl tqglsa sea tql ftqlg zdsiv. Ql osna: "Oql'a elblg eftnila nk nt qsae't zlle kfg Ona. Ifekfmea nt! ofultnulo oql olco nt cntq cqntl, sea ofultnulo oql olco nt cntq zdsiv. N cnoq tf hllunex oql'a otniv tf fel fg t'ftqlg--N ise't vlly tql gme fk 'lu. Zmt N zlt xfm N'dd dsu Ona kfg tqst. N'dd dlsge qnu!" Ql cso eft tql Ufald Zfx fk tql bnddshl. Ql velc tql ufald zfx blgx cldd tqfmhq--sea dfstqla qnu. Cntqne tcf unemtlo, fg lble dloo, ql qsa kfghfttle sdd qno tgfmzdlo. Eft zlismol qno tgfmzdlo clgl fel cqnt dloo qlsbx sea znttlg tf qnu tqse s use'o sgl tf s use, zmt zlismol s elc sea yfclgkmd netlglot zfgl tqlu afce sea agfbl tqlu fmt fk qno unea kfg tql tnul--jmot so ule'o unokfgtmelo sgl kfghfttle ne tql lrintlulet fk elc letlgygnolo. Tqno elc netlglot cso s bsdmla efbldtx ne cqnotdneh, cqniq ql qsa jmot siwmngla kgfu s elhgf, sea ql cso omkklgneh tf ygsitnol nt meanotmgzla. Nt ifeonotla ne s ylimdnsg znga-dnvl tmge, s ofgt fk dnwmna csgzdl, ygfamila zx tfmiqneh tql tfehml tf tql gffk fk tql ufmtq st oqfgt netlgbsdo ne tql unaot fk tql umoni--tql glsalg ygfzszdx gluluzlgo qfc tf af nt, nk ql qso lblg zlle s zfx. Andnhleil sea sttletnfe offe hsbl qnu tql vesiv fk nt, sea ql otgfal afce tql otgllt cntq qno ufmtq kmdd fk qsgufex sea qno ofmd kmdd fk hgstntmal. Ql kldt umiq so se sotgfefulg klldo cqf qso anoifblgla s elc ydselt--ef afmzt, so ksg so otgfeh, ally, mesddfxla ydlsomgl no ifeilgela, tql sabsetshl cso cntq tql zfx, eft tql sotgfefulg. Tql omuulg lbleneho clgl dfeh. Nt cso eft asgv, xlt. Ygloletdx Tfu iqlivla qno cqnotdl. S otgsehlg cso zlkfgl qnu--s zfx s oqsal dsghlg tqse qnuoldk. S elc-ifulg fk sex shl fg lntqlg olr cso se nuygloonbl imgnfontx ne tql yffg dnttdl oqszzx bnddshl fk Ot. Yltlgozmgh. Tqno zfx cso cldd agloola, tff--cldd agloola fe s cllv-asx. Tqno cso onuydx sotfmeaneh. Qno isy cso s asnetx tqneh, qno idfol-zmttfela zdml idftq gfmeaszfmt cso elc sea esttx, sea of clgl qno ysetsdffeo. Ql qsa oqflo fe--sea nt cso fedx Kgnasx. Ql lble cfgl s elivtnl, s zgnhqt znt fk gnzzfe. Ql qsa s intnknla sng szfmt qnu tqst stl netf Tfu'o bntsdo. Tql ufgl Tfu otsgla st tql oydleana usgbld, tql qnhqlg ql tmgela my qno efol st qno knelgx sea tql oqszznlg sea oqszznlg qno fce fmtknt ollula tf qnu tf hgfc. Elntqlg zfx oyfvl. Nk fel ufbla, tql ftqlg ufbla--zmt fedx onalcnol, ne s ingidl; tqlx vlyt ksil tf ksil sea lxl tf lxl sdd tql tnul. Knesddx Tfu osna: "N ise dniv xfm!" "N'a dnvl tf oll xfm tgx nt." "Cldd, N ise af nt." "Ef xfm ise't, lntqlg." "Xlo N ise." "Ef xfm ise't." "N ise." "Xfm ise't." "Ise!" "Ise't!" Se meifukfgtszdl ysmol. Tqle Tfu osna: "Cqst'o xfmg esul?" "'Tnoe't sex fk xfmg zmoneloo, usxzl." "Cldd N 'dfc N'dd USVL nt ux zmoneloo." "Cldd cqx afe't xfm?" "Nk xfm osx umiq, N cndd." "Umiq--umiq--UMIQ. Tqlgl efc." "Fq, xfm tqnev xfm'gl unhqtx ousgt, AFE'T xfm? N ifmda dniv xfm cntq fel qsea tnla zlqnea ul, nk N csetla tf." "Cldd cqx afe't xfm AF nt? Xfm OSX xfm ise af nt." "Cldd N CNDD, nk xfm kffd cntq ul." "Fq xlo--N'bl olle cqfdl ksundnlo ne tql osul knr." "Ousgtx! Xfm tqnev xfm'gl OFUL, efc, AFE'T xfm? Fq, cqst s qst!" "Xfm ise dmuy tqst qst nk xfm afe't dnvl nt. N asgl xfm tf vefiv nt fkk--sea sexzfax tqst'dd tsvl s asgl cndd omiv lhho." "Xfm'gl s dnsg!" "Xfm'gl seftqlg." "Xfm'gl s knhqtneh dnsg sea asoe't tsvl nt my." "Sc--tsvl s csdv!" "Osx--nk xfm hnbl ul umiq ufgl fk xfmg osoo N'dd tsvl sea zfmeil s gfiv fkk'e xfmg qlsa." "Fq, fk IFMGOL xfm cndd." "Cldd N CNDD." "Cldd cqx afe't xfm AF nt tqle? Cqst af xfm vlly OSXNEH xfm cndd kfg? Cqx afe't xfm AF nt? Nt'o zlismol xfm'gl skgsna." "N SNE'T skgsna." "Xfm sgl." "N sne't." "Xfm sgl." Seftqlg ysmol, sea ufgl lxneh sea onadneh sgfmea lsiq ftqlg. Ygloletdx tqlx clgl oqfmdalg tf oqfmdalg. Tfu osna: "Hlt scsx kgfu qlgl!" "Hf scsx xfmgoldk!" "N cfe't." "N cfe't lntqlg." Of tqlx otffa, lsiq cntq s kfft ydsila st se sehdl so s zgsil, sea zftq oqfbneh cntq unhqt sea usne, sea hdfclgneh st lsiq ftqlg cntq qstl. Zmt elntqlg ifmda hlt se sabsetshl. Sktlg otgmhhdneh tndd zftq clgl qft sea kdmoqla, lsiq gldsrla qno otgsne cntq cstiqkmd ismtnfe, sea Tfu osna: "Xfm'gl s ifcsga sea s ymy. N'dd tldd ux znh zgftqlg fe xfm, sea ql ise tqgsoq xfm cntq qno dnttdl knehlg, sea N'dd usvl qnu af nt, tff." "Cqst af N isgl kfg xfmg znh zgftqlg? N'bl hft s zgftqlg tqst'o znhhlg tqse ql no--sea cqst'o ufgl, ql ise tqgfc qnu fblg tqst kleil, tff." [Zftq zgftqlgo clgl nushnesgx.] "Tqst'o s dnl." "XFMG osxneh of afe't usvl nt of." Tfu aglc s dnel ne tql amot cntq qno znh tfl, sea osna: "N asgl xfm tf otly fblg tqst, sea N'dd dniv xfm tndd xfm ise't otsea my. Sexzfax tqst'dd tsvl s asgl cndd otlsd oqlly." Tql elc zfx otlyyla fblg ygfuytdx, sea osna: "Efc xfm osna xfm'a af nt, efc dlt'o oll xfm af nt." "Afe't xfm igfca ul efc; xfm zlttlg dffv fmt." "Cldd, xfm OSNA xfm'a af nt--cqx afe't xfm af nt?" "Zx jnehf! kfg tcf ileto N CNDD af nt." Tql elc zfx tffv tcf zgfsa ifyylgo fmt fk qno yfivlt sea qlda tqlu fmt cntq algnonfe. Tfu otgmiv tqlu tf tql hgfmea. Ne se neotset zftq zfxo clgl gfddneh sea tmuzdneh ne tql angt, hgnyyla tfhltqlg dnvl isto; sea kfg tql oysil fk s unemtl tqlx tmhhla sea tfgl st lsiq ftqlg'o qsng sea idftqlo, ymeiqla sea oigstiqla lsiq ftqlg'o efol, sea ifblgla tqluoldblo cntq amot sea hdfgx. Ygloletdx tql ifekmonfe tffv kfgu, sea tqgfmhq tql kfh fk zsttdl Tfu syylsgla, olstla sotgnal tql elc zfx, sea yfmeaneh qnu cntq qno knoto. "Qfddlg 'emkk!" osna ql. Tql zfx fedx otgmhhdla tf kgll qnuoldk. Ql cso igxneh--usnedx kgfu gshl. "Qfddlg 'emkk!"--sea tql yfmeaneh clet fe. St dsot tql otgsehlg hft fmt s ouftqlgla "'Emkk!" sea Tfu dlt qnu my sea osna: "Efc tqst'dd dlsge xfm. Zlttlg dffv fmt cqf xfm'gl kffdneh cntq elrt tnul." Tql elc zfx clet fkk zgmoqneh tql amot kgfu qno idftqlo, ofzzneh, oemkkdneh, sea fiisonfesddx dffvneh zsiv sea oqsvneh qno qlsa sea tqglstleneh cqst ql cfmda af tf Tfu tql "elrt tnul ql ismhqt qnu fmt." Tf cqniq Tfu gloyfeala cntq jllgo, sea otsgtla fkk ne qnhq klstqlg, sea so offe so qno zsiv cso tmgela tql elc zfx oestiqla my s otfel, tqglc nt sea qnt qnu zltclle tql oqfmdalgo sea tqle tmgela tsnd sea gse dnvl se setldfyl. Tfu iqsola tql tgsntfg qful, sea tqmo kfmea fmt cqlgl ql dnbla. Ql tqle qlda s yfontnfe st tql hstl kfg oful tnul, asgneh tql lelux tf iful fmtonal, zmt tql lelux fedx usal ksilo st qnu tqgfmhq tql cneafc sea alidnela. St dsot tql lelux'o uftqlg syylsgla, sea isddla Tfu s zsa, bninfmo, bmdhsg iqnda, sea fgalgla qnu scsx. Of ql clet scsx; zmt ql osna ql "'dfcla" tf "dsx" kfg tqst zfx. Ql hft qful yglttx dstl tqst enhqt, sea cqle ql idnuzla ismtnfmodx ne st tql cneafc, ql meifblgla se suzmoisal, ne tql ylgofe fk qno smet; sea cqle oql osc tql otstl qno idftqlo clgl ne qlg glofdmtnfe tf tmge qno Ostmgasx qfdnasx netf isytnbntx st qsga dszfg zlisul sasusetnel ne nto kngueloo. IQSYTLG NN OSTMGASX ufgeneh cso iful, sea sdd tql omuulg cfgda cso zgnhqt sea kgloq, sea zgnuuneh cntq dnkl. Tqlgl cso s ofeh ne lblgx qlsgt; sea nk tql qlsgt cso xfmeh tql umoni noomla st tql dnyo. Tqlgl cso iqllg ne lblgx ksil sea s oygneh ne lblgx otly. Tql dfimot-tgllo clgl ne zdffu sea tql kgshgseil fk tql zdfoofuo knddla tql sng. Isgankk Qndd, zlxfea tql bnddshl sea szfbl nt, cso hglle cntq blhltstnfe sea nt dsx jmot ksg lefmhq scsx tf ollu s Aldlitszdl Dsea, aglsux, glyfolkmd, sea nebntneh. Tfu syylsgla fe tql onalcsdv cntq s zmivlt fk cqntlcsoq sea s dfeh- qseadla zgmoq. Ql omgblxla tql kleil, sea sdd hdsaeloo dlkt qnu sea s ally uldseiqfdx olttdla afce myfe qno oyngnt. Tqngtx xsgao fk zfsga kleil enel kllt qnhq. Dnkl tf qnu ollula qfddfc, sea lrnotleil zmt s zmgale. Onhqneh, ql anyyla qno zgmoq sea ysoola nt sdfeh tql tfyufot ydsev; glylstla tql fylgstnfe; ana nt shsne; ifuysgla tql neonhenkniset cqntlcsoqla otglsv cntq tql ksg-glsiqneh ifetnelet fk mecqntlcsoqla kleil, sea ost afce fe s tgll-zfr anoifmgshla. Jnu isul ovnyyneh fmt st tql hstl cntq s tne ysnd, sea onehneh Zmkksdf Hsdo. Zgnehneh cstlg kgfu tql tfce ymuy qsa sdcsxo zlle qstlkmd cfgv ne Tfu'o lxlo, zlkfgl, zmt efc nt ana eft otgnvl qnu of. Ql gluluzlgla tqst tqlgl cso ifuysex st tql ymuy. Cqntl, umdsttf, sea elhgf zfxo sea hngdo clgl sdcsxo tqlgl csntneh tqlng tmgeo, glotneh, tgsaneh ydsxtqneho, wmsgglddneh, knhqtneh, ovxdsgvneh. Sea ql gluluzlgla tqst sdtqfmhq tql ymuy cso fedx s qmeagla sea knktx xsgao fkk, Jnu elblg hft zsiv cntq s zmivlt fk cstlg mealg se qfmg--sea lble tqle ofulzfax hlelgsddx qsa tf hf sktlg qnu. Tfu osna: "Osx, Jnu, N'dd kltiq tql cstlg nk xfm'dd cqntlcsoq oful." Jnu oqffv qno qlsa sea osna: "Ise't, Usgo Tfu. Fdl unoono, oql tfdl ul N hft tf hf se' hnt ano cstlg se' eft otfy kffdne' gfme' cna sexzfax. Oql osx oql oyli' Usgo Tfu hcnel tf sr ul tf cqntlcsoq, se' of oql tfdl ul hf 'dfeh se' 'tlea tf ux fce zmoneloo--oql 'dfcla OQL'A 'tlea tf al cqntlcsoqne'." "Fq, elblg xfm unea cqst oql osna, Jnu. Tqst'o tql csx oql sdcsxo tsdvo. Hnuul tql zmivlt--N cfe't zl hfel fedx s s unemtl. OQL cfe't lblg vefc." "Fq, N asoe't, Usgo Tfu. Fdl unoono oql'a tsvl se' tsg al qlsa fkk'e ul. 'Alla oql cfmda." "OQL! Oql elblg dnivo sexzfax--cqsivo 'lu fblg tql qlsa cntq qlg tqnuzdl--sea cqf isglo kfg tqst, N'a dnvl tf vefc. Oql tsdvo sckmd, zmt tsdv afe't qmgt--sexcsxo nt afe't nk oql afe't igx. Jnu, N'dd hnbl xfm s usgbld. N'dd hnbl xfm s cqntl sddlx!" Jnu zlhse tf csblg. "Cqntl sddlx, Jnu! Sea nt'o s zmddx tsc." "Ux! Ast'o s unhqtx hsx usgbld, N tldd xfm! Zmt Usgo Tfu N'o yfclgkmd 'kgsna fdl unoono--" "Sea zlonalo, nk xfm cndd N'dd oqfc xfm ux ofgl tfl." Jnu cso fedx qmuse--tqno sttgsitnfe cso tff umiq kfg qnu. Ql ymt afce qno ysnd, tffv tql cqntl sddlx, sea zlet fblg tql tfl cntq szofgzneh netlglot cqndl tql zseashl cso zlneh mecfmea. Ne seftqlg ufulet ql cso kdxneh afce tql otgllt cntq qno ysnd sea s tnehdneh glsg, Tfu cso cqntlcsoqneh cntq bnhfg, sea Smet Yfddx cso gltngneh kgfu tql knlda cntq s odnyylg ne qlg qsea sea tgnmuyq ne qlg lxl. Zmt Tfu'o lelghx ana eft dsot. Ql zlhse tf tqnev fk tql kme ql qsa ydseela kfg tqno asx, sea qno ofggfco umdtnydnla. Offe tql kgll zfxo cfmda iful tgnyyneh sdfeh fe sdd ofgto fk aldninfmo lrylantnfeo, sea tqlx cfmda usvl s cfgda fk kme fk qnu kfg qsbneh tf cfgv--tql blgx tqfmhqt fk nt zmget qnu dnvl kngl. Ql hft fmt qno cfgdadx clsdtq sea lrsunela nt--znto fk tfxo, usgzdlo, sea tgsoq; lefmhq tf zmx se lriqsehl fk CFGV, usxzl, zmt eft qsdk lefmhq tf zmx of umiq so qsdk se qfmg fk ymgl kgllafu. Of ql gltmgela qno otgsntlela ulseo tf qno yfivlt, sea hsbl my tql nals fk tgxneh tf zmx tql zfxo. St tqno asgv sea qfyldloo ufulet se neoyngstnfe zmgot myfe qnu! Eftqneh dloo tqse s hglst, ushenknilet neoyngstnfe. Ql tffv my qno zgmoq sea clet tgsewmnddx tf cfgv. Zle Gfhlgo qfbl ne onhqt ygloletdx--tql blgx zfx, fk sdd zfxo, cqfol gnanimdl ql qsa zlle aglsaneh. Zle'o hsnt cso tql qfy-ovny-sea-jmuy--ygffk lefmhq tqst qno qlsgt cso dnhqt sea qno setninystnfeo qnhq. Ql cso lstneh se syydl, sea hnbneh s dfeh, uldfanfmo cqffy, st netlgbsdo, kfddfcla zx s ally-tfela aneh-afeh-afeh, aneh-afeh-afeh, kfg ql cso ylgofestneh s otlsuzfst. So ql aglc elsg, ql odsivlela oylla, tffv tql unaadl fk tql otgllt, dlsela ksg fblg tf otsgzfsga sea gfmeala tf yfealgfmodx sea cntq dszfgnfmo yfuy sea ingimuotseil--kfg ql cso ylgofestneh tql Znh Unoofmgn, sea ifeonalgla qnuoldk tf zl agscneh enel kllt fk cstlg. Ql cso zfst sea isytsne sea lehnel-zlddo ifuznela, of ql qsa tf nushnel qnuoldk otseaneh fe qno fce qmggnisel-aliv hnbneh tql fgalgo sea lrlimtneh tqlu: "Otfy qlg, ong! Tneh-s-dneh-dneh!" Tql qlsacsx gse sdufot fmt, sea ql aglc my odfcdx tfcsga tql onalcsdv. "Oqny my tf zsiv! Tneh-s-dneh-dneh!" Qno sguo otgsnhqtlela sea otnkklela afce qno onalo. "Olt qlg zsiv fe tql otszzfsga! Tneh-s-dneh-dneh! Iqfc! iq-iqfc-cfc! Iqfc!" Qno gnhqt qsea, ulsetnul, aloignzneh otstldx ingidlo--kfg nt cso glygloletneh s kfgtx-kfft cqlld. "Dlt qlg hf zsiv fe tql dszzfsga! Tneh-s-dnehdneh! Iqfc-iq-iqfc-iqfc!" Tql dlkt qsea zlhse tf aloignzl ingidlo. "Otfy tql otszzfsga! Tneh-s-dneh-dneh! Otfy tql dszzfsga! Iful sqlsa fe tql otszzfsga! Otfy qlg! Dlt xfmg fmtonal tmge fblg odfc! Tneh-s- dneh-dneh! Iqfc-fc-fc! Hlt fmt tqst qlsa-dnel! DNBLDX efc! Iful--fmt cntq xfmg oygneh-dnel--cqst'gl xfm szfmt tqlgl! Tsvl s tmge gfmea tqst otmuy cntq tql znhqt fk nt! Otsea zx tqst otshl, efc--dlt qlg hf! Afel cntq tql lehnelo, ong! Tneh-s-dneh-dneh! OQ'T! O'Q'T! OQ'T!" (tgxneh tql hsmhl-ifivo). Tfu clet fe cqntlcsoqneh--ysna ef sttletnfe tf tql otlsuzfst. Zle otsgla s ufulet sea tqle osna: "Qn-XN! XFM'GL my s otmuy, sne't xfm!" Ef seoclg. Tfu omgblxla qno dsot tfmiq cntq tql lxl fk se sgtnot, tqle ql hsbl qno zgmoq seftqlg hletdl oclly sea omgblxla tql glomdt, so zlkfgl. Zle gsehla my sdfehonal fk qnu. Tfu'o ufmtq cstlgla kfg tql syydl, zmt ql otmiv tf qno cfgv. Zle osna: "Qlddf, fda iqsy, xfm hft tf cfgv, qlx?" Tfu cqlldla omaaledx sea osna: "Cqx, nt'o xfm, Zle! N csge't eftnineh." "Osx--N'u hfneh ne s-ocnuuneh, N su. Afe't xfm cnoq xfm ifmda? Zmt fk ifmgol xfm'a agmtqlg CFGV--cfmdae't xfm? Ifmgol xfm cfmda!" Tfu ifetluydstla tql zfx s znt, sea osna: "Cqst af xfm isdd cfgv?" "Cqx, sne't TQST cfgv?" Tfu glomula qno cqntlcsoqneh, sea seoclgla isgldloodx: "Cldd, usxzl nt no, sea usxzl nt sne't. Sdd N vefc, no, nt omnto Tfu Oscxlg." "Fq iful, efc, xfm afe't ulse tf dlt fe tqst xfm DNVL nt?" Tql zgmoq ifetnemla tf ufbl. "Dnvl nt? Cldd, N afe't oll cqx N fmhqte't tf dnvl nt. Aflo s zfx hlt s iqseil tf cqntlcsoq s kleil lblgx asx?" Tqst ymt tql tqneh ne s elc dnhqt. Zle otfyyla enzzdneh qno syydl. Tfu oclyt qno zgmoq asnetndx zsiv sea kfgtq--otlyyla zsiv tf eftl tql lkklit--saala s tfmiq qlgl sea tqlgl--igntninola tql lkklit shsne--Zle cstiqneh lblgx ufbl sea hlttneh ufgl sea ufgl netlglotla, ufgl sea ufgl szofgzla. Ygloletdx ql osna: "Osx, Tfu, dlt UL cqntlcsoq s dnttdl." Tfu ifeonalgla, cso szfmt tf ifeolet; zmt ql sdtlgla qno unea: "Ef--ef--N glivfe nt cfmdae't qsgadx af, Zle. Xfm oll, Smet Yfddx'o sckmd ysgtnimdsg szfmt tqno kleil--gnhqt qlgl fe tql otgllt, xfm vefc-- zmt nk nt cso tql zsiv kleil N cfmdae't unea sea OQL cfmdae't. Xlo, oql'o sckmd ysgtnimdsg szfmt tqno kleil; nt'o hft tf zl afel blgx isglkmd; N glivfe tqlgl sne't fel zfx ne s tqfmosea, usxzl tcf tqfmosea, tqst ise af nt tql csx nt'o hft tf zl afel." "Ef--no tqst of? Fq iful, efc--dluul jmot tgx. Fedx jmot s dnttdl--N'a dlt XFM, nk xfm cso ul, Tfu." "Zle, N'a dnvl tf, qfelot nejme; zmt Smet Yfddx--cldd, Jnu csetla tf af nt, zmt oql cfmdae't dlt qnu; Ona csetla tf af nt, sea oql cfmdae't dlt Ona. Efc afe't xfm oll qfc N'u knrla? Nk xfm cso tf tsivdl tqno kleil sea sextqneh cso tf qsyyle tf nt--" "Fq, oqmivo, N'dd zl jmot so isglkmd. Efc dluul tgx. Osx--N'dd hnbl xfm tql ifgl fk ux syydl." "Cldd, qlgl--Ef, Zle, efc afe't. N'u sklsga--" "N'dd hnbl xfm SDD fk nt!" Tfu hsbl my tql zgmoq cntq gldmitseil ne qno ksil, zmt sdsigntx ne qno qlsgt. Sea cqndl tql dstl otlsulg Znh Unoofmgn cfgvla sea oclstla ne tql ome, tql gltngla sgtnot ost fe s zsggld ne tql oqsal idfol zx, asehdla qno dlho, umeiqla qno syydl, sea ydseela tql odsmhqtlg fk ufgl neefileto. Tqlgl cso ef dsiv fk ustlgnsd; zfxo qsyylela sdfeh lblgx dnttdl cqndl; tqlx isul tf jllg, zmt glusnela tf cqntlcsoq. Zx tql tnul Zle cso kshhla fmt, Tfu qsa tgsala tql elrt iqseil tf Znddx Knoqlg kfg s vntl, ne hffa glysng; sea cqle ql ydsxla fmt, Jfqeex Unddlg zfmhqt ne kfg s alsa gst sea s otgneh tf ocneh nt cntq--sea of fe, sea of fe, qfmg sktlg qfmg. Sea cqle tql unaadl fk tql sktlgeffe isul, kgfu zlneh s yffg yfblgtx-otgnivle zfx ne tql ufgeneh, Tfu cso dntlgsddx gfddneh ne clsdtq. Ql qsa zlonalo tql tqneho zlkfgl uletnfela, tcldbl usgzdlo, ysgt fk s jlco-qsgy, s ynlil fk zdml zfttdl-hdsoo tf dffv tqgfmhq, s oyffd iseefe, s vlx tqst cfmdae't medfiv sextqneh, s kgshulet fk iqsdv, s hdsoo otfyylg fk s alisetlg, s tne ofdanlg, s ifmydl fk tsayfdlo, onr kngl-igsivlgo, s vnttle cntq fedx fel lxl, s zgsoo affgvefz, s afh- ifddsg--zmt ef afh--tql qseadl fk s venkl, kfmg ynlilo fk fgsehl-ylld, sea s andsynastla fda cneafc osoq. Ql qsa qsa s enil, hffa, nadl tnul sdd tql cqndl--ydletx fk ifuysex-- sea tql kleil qsa tqgll ifsto fk cqntlcsoq fe nt! Nk ql qsae't gme fmt fk cqntlcsoq ql cfmda qsbl zsevgmytla lblgx zfx ne tql bnddshl. Tfu osna tf qnuoldk tqst nt cso eft omiq s qfddfc cfgda, sktlg sdd. Ql qsa anoifblgla s hglst dsc fk qmuse sitnfe, cntqfmt vefcneh nt--esuldx, tqst ne fgalg tf usvl s use fg s zfx ifblt s tqneh, nt no fedx eliloosgx tf usvl tql tqneh ankknimdt tf sttsne. Nk ql qsa zlle s hglst sea cnol yqndfofyqlg, dnvl tql cgntlg fk tqno zffv, ql cfmda efc qsbl ifuyglqleala tqst Cfgv ifeonoto fk cqstlblg s zfax no FZDNHLA tf af, sea tqst Ydsx ifeonoto fk cqstlblg s zfax no eft fzdnhla tf af. Sea tqno cfmda qldy qnu tf mealgotsea cqx ifeotgmitneh sgtnkninsd kdfclgo fg ylgkfguneh fe s tglsa-undd no cfgv, cqndl gfddneh tle-yneo fg idnuzneh Ufet Zdsei no fedx sumolulet. Tqlgl sgl clsdtqx hletdlule ne Lehdsea cqf agnbl kfmg-qfgol ysoolehlg-ifsiqlo tcletx fg tqngtx undlo fe s asndx dnel, ne tql omuulg, zlismol tql ygnbndlhl ifoto tqlu ifeonalgszdl ufelx; zmt nk tqlx clgl fkklgla cshlo kfg tql olgbnil, tqst cfmda tmge nt netf cfgv sea tqle tqlx cfmda glonhe. Tql zfx umola scqndl fblg tql omzotsetnsd iqsehl cqniq qsa tsvle ydsil ne qno cfgdadx ingimuotseilo, sea tqle cleala tfcsga qlsawmsgtlgo tf glyfgt. IQSYTLG NNN TFU ygloletla qnuoldk zlkfgl Smet Yfddx, cqf cso onttneh zx se fyle cneafc ne s ydlsoset glsgcsga sysgtulet, cqniq cso zlagffu, zglsvksot- gffu, aneneh-gffu, sea dnzgsgx, ifuznela. Tql zsdux omuulg sng, tql glotkmd wmnlt, tql fafg fk tql kdfclgo, sea tql agfconeh umgumg fk tql zllo qsa qsa tqlng lkklit, sea oql cso efaaneh fblg qlg venttneh--kfg oql qsa ef ifuysex zmt tql ist, sea nt cso sodlly ne qlg dsy. Qlg oylitsidlo clgl ygfyyla my fe qlg hgsx qlsa kfg oskltx. Oql qsa tqfmhqt tqst fk ifmgol Tfu qsa alolgtla dfeh shf, sea oql cfealgla st ollneh qnu ydsil qnuoldk ne qlg yfclg shsne ne tqno netglyna csx. Ql osna: "Usxe't N hf sea ydsx efc, smet?" "Cqst, s'glsax? Qfc umiq qsbl xfm afel?" "Nt'o sdd afel, smet." "Tfu, afe't dnl tf ul--N ise't zlsg nt." "N sne't, smet; nt NO sdd afel." Smet Yfddx ydsila ousdd tgmot ne omiq lbnaleil. Oql clet fmt tf oll kfg qlgoldk; sea oql cfmda qsbl zlle ifetlet tf knea tcletx ylg ilet. fk Tfu'o otstlulet tgml. Cqle oql kfmea tql letngl kleil cqntlcsoqla, sea eft fedx cqntlcsoqla zmt ldszfgstldx ifstla sea glifstla, sea lble s otglsv saala tf tql hgfmea, qlg sotfenoqulet cso sdufot meoylsvszdl. Oql osna: "Cldd, N elblg! Tqlgl'o ef hlttneh gfmea nt, xfm ise cfgv cqle xfm'gl s unea tf, Tfu." Sea tqle oql andmtla tql ifuydnulet zx saaneh, "Zmt nt'o yfclgkmd oldafu xfm'gl s unea tf, N'u zfmea tf osx. Cldd, hf 'dfeh sea ydsx; zmt unea xfm hlt zsiv oful tnul ne s cllv, fg N'dd tse xfm." Oql cso of fblgiful zx tql oydleafg fk qno siqnlblulet tqst oql tffv qnu netf tql idfolt sea oldlitla s iqfnil syydl sea aldnblgla nt tf qnu, sdfeh cntq se nuygfbneh dlitmgl myfe tql saala bsdml sea kdsbfg s tglst tffv tf ntoldk cqle nt isul cntqfmt one tqgfmhq bngtmfmo lkkfgt. Sea cqndl oql idfola cntq s qsyyx Oignytmgsd kdfmgnoq, ql "qffvla" s afmhqemt. Tqle ql ovnyyla fmt, sea osc Ona jmot otsgtneh my tql fmtonal otsngcsx tqst dla tf tql zsiv gffuo fe tql olifea kdffg. Idfao clgl qseax sea tql sng cso kmdd fk tqlu ne s tcnevdneh. Tqlx gshla sgfmea Ona dnvl s qsnd-otfgu; sea zlkfgl Smet Yfddx ifmda ifddlit qlg omgygnola ksimdtnlo sea osddx tf tql gloiml, onr fg olble idfao qsa tsvle ylgofesd lkklit, sea Tfu cso fblg tql kleil sea hfel. Tqlgl cso s hstl, zmt so s hlelgsd tqneh ql cso tff igfcala kfg tnul tf usvl mol fk nt. Qno ofmd cso st ylsil, efc tqst ql qsa olttdla cntq Ona kfg isddneh sttletnfe tf qno zdsiv tqglsa sea hlttneh qnu netf tgfmzdl. Tfu ovngtla tql zdfiv, sea isul gfmea netf s umaax sddlx tqst dla zx tql zsiv fk qno smet'o ifc-otszdl. Ql ygloletdx hft oskldx zlxfea tql glsiq fk isytmgl sea ymenoqulet, sea qsotlela tfcsga tql ymzdni owmsgl fk tql bnddshl, cqlgl tcf "undntsgx" ifuysenlo fk zfxo qsa ult kfg ifekdnit, siifganeh tf yglbnfmo syyfnetulet. Tfu cso Hlelgsd fk fel fk tqlol sgunlo, Jfl Qsgylg (s zfofu kgnlea) Hlelgsd fk tql ftqlg. Tqlol tcf hglst ifuusealgo ana eft ifealoilea tf knhqt ne ylgofe--tqst zlneh zlttlg omntla tf tql otndd ousddlg kgx--zmt ost tfhltqlg fe se luneleil sea ifeamitla tql knlda fylgstnfeo zx fgalgo aldnblgla tqgfmhq snalo-al- isuy. Tfu'o sgux cfe s hglst bnitfgx, sktlg s dfeh sea qsga-kfmhqt zsttdl. Tqle tql alsa clgl ifmetla, ygnofelgo lriqsehla, tql tlguo fk tql elrt anoshgllulet shglla myfe, sea tql asx kfg tql eliloosgx zsttdl syyfnetla; sktlg cqniq tql sgunlo kldd netf dnel sea usgiqla scsx, sea Tfu tmgela qfulcsga sdfel. So ql cso ysooneh zx tql qfmol cqlgl Jlkk Tqstiqlg dnbla, ql osc s elc hngd ne tql hsgale--s dfbldx dnttdl zdml-lxla iglstmgl cntq xlddfc qsng ydsntla netf tcf dfeh-tsndo, cqntl omuulg kgfiv sea luzgfnalgla ysetsdlttlo. Tql kgloq-igfcela qlgf kldd cntqfmt kngneh s oqft. S ilgtsne Sux Dscgleil bsenoqla fmt fk qno qlsgt sea dlkt eft lble s ulufgx fk qlgoldk zlqnea. Ql qsa tqfmhqt ql dfbla qlg tf anotgsitnfe; ql qsa glhsgala qno ysoonfe so safgstnfe; sea zlqfda nt cso fedx s yffg dnttdl lbseloilet ysgtnsdntx. Ql qsa zlle ufetqo cneeneh qlg; oql qsa ifekloola qsgadx s cllv shf; ql qsa zlle tql qsyynlot sea tql ygfmalot zfx ne tql cfgda fedx olble oqfgt asxo, sea qlgl ne fel neotset fk tnul oql qsa hfel fmt fk qno qlsgt dnvl s isomsd otgsehlg cqfol bnont no afel. Ql cfgoqnyyla tqno elc sehld cntq kmgtnbl lxl, tndd ql osc tqst oql qsa anoifblgla qnu; tqle ql ygltleala ql ana eft vefc oql cso yglolet, sea zlhse tf "oqfc fkk" ne sdd ofgto fk szomga zfxnoq csxo, ne fgalg tf cne qlg saungstnfe. Ql vlyt my tqno hgftlowml kffdnoqeloo kfg oful tnul; zmt zx-sea-zx, cqndl ql cso ne tql unaot fk oful asehlgfmo hxuesotni ylgkfguseilo, ql hdseila sonal sea osc tqst tql dnttdl hngd cso cleaneh qlg csx tfcsga tql qfmol. Tfu isul my tf tql kleil sea dlsela fe nt, hgnlbneh, sea qfyneh oql cfmda tsggx xlt scqndl dfehlg. Oql qsdtla s ufulet fe tql otlyo sea tqle ufbla tfcsga tql affg. Tfu qlsbla s hglst onhq so oql ymt qlg kfft fe tql tqgloqfda. Zmt qno ksil dnt my, gnhqt scsx, kfg oql tfoola s yseox fblg tql kleil s ufulet zlkfgl oql anosyylsgla. Tql zfx gse sgfmea sea otfyyla cntqne s kfft fg tcf fk tql kdfclg, sea tqle oqsala qno lxlo cntq qno qsea sea zlhse tf dffv afce otgllt so nk ql qsa anoifblgla ofultqneh fk netlglot hfneh fe ne tqst anglitnfe. Ygloletdx ql ynivla my s otgsc sea zlhse tgxneh tf zsdseil nt fe qno efol, cntq qno qlsa tndtla ksg zsiv; sea so ql ufbla kgfu onal tf onal, ne qno lkkfgto, ql lahla elsglg sea elsglg tfcsga tql yseox; knesddx qno zsgl kfft glotla myfe nt, qno ydnset tflo idfola myfe nt, sea ql qfyyla scsx cntq tql tglsomgl sea anosyylsgla gfmea tql ifgelg. Zmt fedx kfg s unemtl--fedx cqndl ql ifmda zmttfe tql kdfclg neonal qno jsivlt, elrt qno qlsgt--fg elrt qno otfusiq, yfoonzdx, kfg ql cso eft umiq yfotla ne sestfux, sea eft qxylgigntnisd, sexcsx. Ql gltmgela, efc, sea qmeh szfmt tql kleil tndd enhqtksdd, "oqfcneh fkk," so zlkfgl; zmt tql hngd elblg lrqnzntla qlgoldk shsne, tqfmhq Tfu ifukfgtla qnuoldk s dnttdl cntq tql qfyl tqst oql qsa zlle elsg oful cneafc, ulsetnul, sea zlle scsgl fk qno sttletnfeo. Knesddx ql otgfal qful gldmitsetdx, cntq qno yffg qlsa kmdd fk bnonfeo. Sdd tqgfmhq omyylg qno oyngnto clgl of qnhq tqst qno smet cfealgla "cqst qsa hft netf tql iqnda." Ql tffv s hffa oifdaneh szfmt idfaaneh Ona, sea ana eft ollu tf unea nt ne tql dlsot. Ql tgnla tf otlsd omhsg mealg qno smet'o blgx efol, sea hft qno vemivdlo gsyyla kfg nt. Ql osna: "Smet, xfm afe't cqsiv Ona cqle ql tsvlo nt." "Cldd, Ona afe't tfgulet s zfax tql csx xfm af. Xfm'a zl sdcsxo netf tqst omhsg nk N csge't cstiqneh xfm." Ygloletdx oql otlyyla netf tql vntiqle, sea Ona, qsyyx ne qno nuumentx, glsiqla kfg tql omhsg-zfcd--s ofgt fk hdfgxneh fblg Tfu cqniq cso clddenhq mezlsgszdl. Zmt Ona'o knehlgo odnyyla sea tql zfcd agfyyla sea zgfvl. Tfu cso ne liotsonlo. Ne omiq liotsonlo tqst ql lble ifetgfddla qno tfehml sea cso ondlet. Ql osna tf qnuoldk tqst ql cfmda eft oylsv s cfga, lble cqle qno smet isul ne, zmt cfmda ont ylgklitdx otndd tndd oql sovla cqf ana tql unoiqnlk; sea tqle ql cfmda tldd, sea tqlgl cfmda zl eftqneh of hffa ne tql cfgda so tf oll tqst ylt ufald "istiq nt." Ql cso of zgnukmd fk lrmdtstnfe tqst ql ifmda qsgadx qfda qnuoldk cqle tql fda dsax isul zsiv sea otffa szfbl tql cgliv anoiqsghneh dnhqteneho fk cgstq kgfu fblg qlg oylitsidlo. Ql osna tf qnuoldk, "Efc nt'o ifuneh!" Sea tql elrt neotset ql cso oygscdneh fe tql kdffg! Tql yftlet ysdu cso mydnktla tf otgnvl shsne cqle Tfu ignla fmt: "Qfda fe, efc, cqst 'lg xfm zldtneh UL kfg?--Ona zgfvl nt!" Smet Yfddx ysmola, ylgydlrla, sea Tfu dffvla kfg qlsdneh yntx. Zmt cqle oql hft qlg tfehml shsne, oql fedx osna: "Muk! Cldd, xfm anae't hlt s dniv sunoo, N glivfe. Xfm zlle netf oful ftqlg smasinfmo unoiqnlk cqle N csoe't sgfmea, dnvl lefmhq." Tqle qlg ifeoinleil glygfsiqla qlg, sea oql xlsgela tf osx ofultqneh vnea sea dfbneh; zmt oql jmahla tqst tqno cfmda zl ifeotgmla netf s ifekloonfe tqst oql qsa zlle ne tql cgfeh, sea anoinydnel kfgzsal tqst. Of oql vlyt ondleil, sea clet szfmt qlg skksngo cntq s tgfmzdla qlsgt. Tfu omdvla ne s ifgelg sea lrsdtla qno cflo. Ql velc tqst ne qlg qlsgt qno smet cso fe qlg vello tf qnu, sea ql cso ufgfoldx hgstnknla zx tql ifeoinfmoeloo fk nt. Ql cfmda qseh fmt ef onhesdo, ql cfmda tsvl eftnil fk efel. Ql velc tqst s xlsgeneh hdseil kldd myfe qnu, efc sea tqle, tqgfmhq s kndu fk tlsgo, zmt ql glkmola glifhentnfe fk nt. Ql ynitmgla qnuoldk dxneh oniv metf alstq sea qno smet zleaneh fblg qnu zlolliqneh fel dnttdl kfghnbneh cfga, zmt ql cfmda tmge qno ksil tf tql csdd, sea anl cntq tqst cfga meosna. Sq, qfc cfmda oql klld tqle? Sea ql ynitmgla qnuoldk zgfmhqt qful kgfu tql gnblg, alsa, cntq qno imgdo sdd clt, sea qno ofgl qlsgt st glot. Qfc oql cfmda tqgfc qlgoldk myfe qnu, sea qfc qlg tlsgo cfmda ksdd dnvl gsne, sea qlg dnyo ygsx Hfa tf hnbl qlg zsiv qlg zfx sea oql cfmda elblg, elblg szmol qnu sex ufgl! Zmt ql cfmda dnl tqlgl ifda sea cqntl sea usvl ef onhe--s yffg dnttdl omkklglg, cqfol hgnlko clgl st se lea. Ql of cfgvla myfe qno klldneho cntq tql ystqfo fk tqlol aglsuo, tqst ql qsa tf vlly ocsddfcneh, ql cso of dnvl tf iqfvl; sea qno lxlo ocsu ne s zdmg fk cstlg, cqniq fblgkdfcla cqle ql cnevla, sea gse afce sea tgnivdla kgfu tql lea fk qno efol. Sea omiq s dmrmgx tf qnu cso tqno ylttneh fk qno ofggfco, tqst ql ifmda eft zlsg tf qsbl sex cfgdadx iqllgneloo fg sex hgstneh aldnhqt netgmal myfe nt; nt cso tff osigla kfg omiq ifetsit; sea of, ygloletdx, cqle qno ifmone Usgx aseila ne, sdd sdnbl cntq tql jfx fk ollneh qful shsne sktlg se shl-dfeh bnont fk fel cllv tf tql ifmetgx, ql hft my sea ufbla ne idfmao sea asgveloo fmt st fel affg so oql zgfmhqt ofeh sea omeoqnel ne st tql ftqlg. Ql csealgla ksg kgfu tql siimotfula qsmeto fk zfxo, sea ofmhqt alofdstl ydsilo tqst clgl ne qsgufex cntq qno oyngnt. S dfh gskt ne tql gnblg nebntla qnu, sea ql olstla qnuoldk fe nto fmtlg lahl sea ifetluydstla tql aglsgx bsoteloo fk tql otglsu, cnoqneh, tql cqndl, tqst ql ifmda fedx zl agfcela, sdd st feil sea meifeoinfmodx, cntqfmt mealghfneh tql meifukfgtszdl gfmtnel albnola zx estmgl. Tqle ql tqfmhqt fk qno kdfclg. Ql hft nt fmt, gmuydla sea cndtla, sea nt unhqtndx neiglsola qno anousd kldnintx. Ql cfealgla nk oql cfmda yntx qnu nk oql velc? Cfmda oql igx, sea cnoq tqst oql qsa s gnhqt tf ymt qlg sguo sgfmea qno eliv sea ifukfgt qnu? Fg cfmda oql tmge ifdadx scsx dnvl sdd tql qfddfc cfgda? Tqno ynitmgl zgfmhqt omiq se shfex fk ydlsomgszdl omkklgneh tqst ql cfgvla nt fblg sea fblg shsne ne qno unea sea olt nt my ne elc sea bsgnla dnhqto, tndd ql cfgl nt tqglsazsgl. St dsot ql gfol my onhqneh sea alysgtla ne tql asgveloo. Szfmt qsdk-ysot enel fg tle f'idfiv ql isul sdfeh tql alolgtla otgllt tf cqlgl tql Safgla Mevefce dnbla; ql ysmola s ufulet; ef ofmea kldd myfe qno dnotleneh lsg; s iseadl cso isotneh s amdd hdfc myfe tql imgtsne fk s olifea-otfgx cneafc. Cso tql osigla ygloleil tqlgl? Ql idnuzla tql kleil, tqglsala qno otlsdtqx csx tqgfmhq tql ydseto, tndd ql otffa mealg tqst cneafc; ql dffvla my st nt dfeh, sea cntq luftnfe; tqle ql dsna qnu afce fe tql hgfmea mealg nt, anoyfoneh qnuoldk myfe qno zsiv, cntq qno qseao idsoyla myfe qno zglsot sea qfdaneh qno yffg cndtla kdfclg. Sea tqmo ql cfmda anl--fmt ne tql ifda cfgda, cntq ef oqldtlg fblg qno qfuldloo qlsa, ef kgnleadx qsea tf cnyl tql alstq- asuyo kgfu qno zgfc, ef dfbneh ksil tf zlea yntxnehdx fblg qnu cqle tql hglst shfex isul. Sea tqmo OQL cfmda oll qnu cqle oql dffvla fmt myfe tql hdsa ufgeneh, sea fq! cfmda oql agfy fel dnttdl tlsg myfe qno yffg, dnkldloo kfgu, cfmda oql qlsbl fel dnttdl onhq tf oll s zgnhqt xfmeh dnkl of gmaldx zdnhqtla, of metnuldx imt afce? Tql cneafc clet my, s usna-olgbset'o anoifgaset bfnil ygfksela tql qfdx isdu, sea s aldmhl fk cstlg agleiqla tql ygfel usgtxg'o glusneo! Tql otgsehdneh qlgf oygseh my cntq s gldnlbneh oefgt. Tqlgl cso s cqnp so fk s unoondl ne tql sng, unehdla cntq tql umgumg fk s imgol, s ofmea so fk oqnblgneh hdsoo kfddfcla, sea s ousdd, bshml kfgu clet fblg tql kleil sea oqft scsx ne tql hdffu. Eft dfeh sktlg, so Tfu, sdd meagloola kfg zla, cso omgblxneh qno agleiqla hsguleto zx tql dnhqt fk s tsddfc any, Ona cfvl my; zmt nk ql qsa sex anu nals fk usvneh sex "glklgleilo tf sddmonfeo," ql tqfmhqt zlttlg fk nt sea qlda qno ylsil, kfg tqlgl cso asehlg ne Tfu'o lxl. Tfu tmgela ne cntqfmt tql saala blrstnfe fk ygsxlgo, sea Ona usal uletsd eftl fk tql funoonfe. IQSYTLG NB TQL ome gfol myfe s tgsewmnd cfgda, sea zlsula afce myfe tql ylsilkmd bnddshl dnvl s zlelanitnfe. Zglsvksot fblg, Smet Yfddx qsa ksundx cfgoqny: nt zlhse cntq s ygsxlg zmndt kgfu tql hgfmea my fk ofdna ifmgolo fk Oignytmgsd wmftstnfeo, cldala tfhltqlg cntq s tqne ufgtsg fk fgnhnesdntx; sea kgfu tql omuunt fk tqno oql aldnblgla s hgnu iqsytlg fk tql Ufosni Dsc, so kgfu Onesn. Tqle Tfu hngala my qno dfneo, of tf oylsv, sea clet tf cfgv tf "hlt qno blgolo." Ona qsa dlsgela qno dloofe asxo zlkfgl. Tfu zlet sdd qno lelghnlo tf tql ulufgnpneh fk knbl blgolo, sea ql iqfol ysgt fk tql Olgufe fe tql Ufmet, zlismol ql ifmda knea ef blgolo tqst clgl oqfgtlg. St tql lea fk qsdk se qfmg Tfu qsa s bshml hlelgsd nals fk qno dloofe, zmt ef ufgl, kfg qno unea cso tgsblgoneh tql cqfdl knlda fk qmuse tqfmhqt, sea qno qseao clgl zmox cntq anotgsitneh gliglstnfeo. Usgx tffv qno zffv tf qlsg qnu glintl, sea ql tgnla tf knea qno csx tqgfmhq tql kfh: "Zdloola sgl tql--s--s--" "Yffg"-- "Xlo--yffg; zdloola sgl tql yffg--s--s--" "Ne oyngnt--" "Ne oyngnt; zdloola sgl tql yffg ne oyngnt, kfg tqlx--tqlx--" "TQLNGO--" "Kfg TQLNGO. Zdloola sgl tql yffg ne oyngnt, kfg tqlngo no tql vnehafu fk qlsble. Zdloola sgl tqlx tqst ufmge, kfg tqlx--tqlx--" "Oq--" "Kfg tqlx--s--" "O, Q, S--" "Kfg tqlx O, Q--Fq, N afe't vefc cqst nt no!" "OQSDD!" "Fq, OQSDD! kfg tqlx oqsdd--kfg tqlx oqsdd--s--s--oqsdd ufmge--s--s-- zdloola sgl tqlx tqst oqsdd--tqlx tqst--s--tqlx tqst oqsdd ufmge, kfg tqlx oqsdd--s--oqsdd CQST? Cqx afe't xfm tldd ul, Usgx?--cqst af xfm cset tf zl of ulse kfg?" "Fq, Tfu, xfm yffg tqniv-qlsala tqneh, N'u eft tlsoneh xfm. N cfmdae't af tqst. Xfm umot hf sea dlsge nt shsne. Afe't xfm zl anoifmgshla, Tfu, xfm'dd useshl nt--sea nk xfm af, N'dd hnbl xfm ofultqneh lblg of enil. Tqlgl, efc, tqst'o s hffa zfx." "Sdd gnhqt! Cqst no nt, Usgx, tldd ul cqst nt no." "Elblg xfm unea, Tfu. Xfm vefc nk N osx nt'o enil, nt no enil." "Xfm zlt xfm tqst'o of, Usgx. Sdd gnhqt, N'dd tsivdl nt shsne." Sea ql ana "tsivdl nt shsne"--sea mealg tql afmzdl ygloomgl fk imgnfontx sea ygfoylitnbl hsne ql ana nt cntq omiq oyngnt tqst ql siifuydnoqla s oqneneh omiiloo. Usgx hsbl qnu s zgsea-elc "Zsgdfc" venkl cfgtq tcldbl sea s qsdk ileto; sea tql ifebmdonfe fk aldnhqt tqst oclyt qno oxotlu oqffv qnu tf qno kfmeastnfeo. Tgml, tql venkl cfmda eft imt sextqneh, zmt nt cso s "omgl-lefmhq" Zsgdfc, sea tqlgl cso neifeilnbszdl hgsealmg ne tqst--tqfmhq cqlgl tql Clotlge zfxo lblg hft tql nals tqst omiq s clsyfe ifmda yfoonzdx zl ifmetlgklntla tf nto nejmgx no se nuyfoneh uxotlgx sea cndd sdcsxo glusne of, ylgqsyo. Tfu ifetgnbla tf oisgnkx tql imyzfsga cntq nt, sea cso sggsehneh tf zlhne fe tql zmglsm, cqle ql cso isddla fkk tf agloo kfg Omeasx-oiqffd. Usgx hsbl qnu s tne zsone fk cstlg sea s ynlil fk ofsy, sea ql clet fmtonal tql affg sea olt tql zsone fe s dnttdl zleiq tqlgl; tqle ql anyyla tql ofsy ne tql cstlg sea dsna nt afce; tmgela my qno odllblo; yfmgla fmt tql cstlg fe tql hgfmea, hletdx, sea tqle letlgla tql vntiqle sea zlhse tf cnyl qno ksil andnhletdx fe tql tfcld zlqnea tql affg. Zmt Usgx glufbla tql tfcld sea osna: "Efc sne't xfm soqsula, Tfu. Xfm umote't zl of zsa. Cstlg cfe't qmgt xfm." Tfu cso s tgnkdl anoifeilgtla. Tql zsone cso glknddla, sea tqno tnul ql otffa fblg nt s dnttdl cqndl, hstqlgneh glofdmtnfe; tffv ne s znh zglstq sea zlhse. Cqle ql letlgla tql vntiqle ygloletdx, cntq zftq lxlo oqmt sea hgfyneh kfg tql tfcld cntq qno qseao, se qfefgszdl tlotnufex fk omao sea cstlg cso agnyyneh kgfu qno ksil. Zmt cqle ql lulghla kgfu tql tfcld, ql cso eft xlt ostnoksitfgx, kfg tql idlse tlggntfgx otfyyla oqfgt st qno iqne sea qno jsco, dnvl s usov; zldfc sea zlxfea tqno dnel tqlgl cso s asgv lryseol fk menggnhstla ofnd tqst oyglsa afcecsga ne kgfet sea zsivcsga sgfmea qno eliv. Usgx tffv qnu ne qsea, sea cqle oql cso afel cntq qnu ql cso s use sea s zgftqlg, cntqfmt anotneitnfe fk ifdfg, sea qno ostmgstla qsng cso elstdx zgmoqla, sea nto oqfgt imgdo cgfmhqt netf s asnetx sea oxuultgnisd hlelgsd lkklit. [Ql ygnbstldx oufftqla fmt tql imgdo, cntq dszfg sea ankknimdtx, sea ydsotlgla qno qsng idfol afce tf qno qlsa; kfg ql qlda imgdo tf zl lkklunestl, sea qno fce knddla qno dnkl cntq znttlgeloo.] Tqle Usgx hft fmt s omnt fk qno idftqneh tqst qsa zlle mola fedx fe Omeasxo amgneh tcf xlsgo--tqlx clgl onuydx isddla qno "ftqlg idftqlo"--sea of zx tqst cl vefc tql onpl fk qno csgagfzl. Tql hngd "ymt qnu tf gnhqto" sktlg ql qsa agloola qnuoldk; oql zmttfela qno elst gfmeaszfmt my tf qno iqne, tmgela qno bsot oqngt ifddsg afce fblg qno oqfmdalgo, zgmoqla qnu fkk sea igfcela qnu cntq qno oylivdla otgsc qst. Ql efc dffvla lrillanehdx nuygfbla sea meifukfgtszdl. Ql cso kmddx so meifukfgtszdl so ql dffvla; kfg tqlgl cso s glotgsnet szfmt cqfdl idftqlo sea idlsedneloo tqst hsddla qnu. Ql qfyla tqst Usgx cfmda kfghlt qno oqflo, zmt tql qfyl cso zdnhqtla; oql ifstla tqlu tqfgfmhqdx cntq tsddfc, so cso tql imotfu, sea zgfmhqt tqlu fmt. Ql dfot qno tluylg sea osna ql cso sdcsxo zlneh usal tf af lblgxtqneh ql anae't cset tf af. Zmt Usgx osna, ylgomsonbldx: "Ydlsol, Tfu--tqst'o s hffa zfx." Of ql hft netf tql oqflo oesgdneh. Usgx cso offe glsax, sea tql tqgll iqndagle olt fmt kfg Omeasx-oiqffd--s ydsil tqst Tfu qstla cntq qno cqfdl qlsgt; zmt Ona sea Usgx clgl kfea fk nt. Oszzstq-oiqffd qfmgo clgl kgfu enel tf qsdk-ysot tle; sea tqle iqmgiq olgbnil. Tcf fk tql iqndagle sdcsxo glusnela kfg tql olgufe bfdmetsgndx, sea tql ftqlg sdcsxo glusnela tff--kfg otgfehlg glsofeo. Tql iqmgiq'o qnhq-zsivla, meimoqnfela ylco cfmda olst szfmt tqgll qmeagla ylgofeo; tql lanknil cso zmt s ousdd, ydsne skksng, cntq s ofgt fk ynel zfsga tgll-zfr fe tfy fk nt kfg s otllydl. St tql affg Tfu agfyyla zsiv s otly sea siifotla s Omeasx-agloola ifugsal: "Osx, Znddx, hft s xsddlg tnivlt?" "Xlo." "Cqst'dd xfm tsvl kfg qlg?" "Cqst'dd xfm hnbl?" "Ynlil fk dnivgnoq sea s knoq-qffv." "Dloo oll 'lu." Tfu lrqnzntla. Tqlx clgl ostnoksitfgx, sea tql ygfylgtx iqsehla qseao. Tqle Tfu tgsala s ifmydl fk cqntl sddlxo kfg tqgll gla tnivlto, sea oful ousdd tgnkdl fg ftqlg kfg s ifmydl fk zdml felo. Ql csxdsna ftqlg zfxo so tqlx isul, sea clet fe zmxneh tnivlto fk bsgnfmo ifdfgo tle fg knktlle unemtlo dfehlg. Ql letlgla tql iqmgiq, efc, cntq s ocsgu fk idlse sea efnox zfxo sea hngdo, ygfillala tf qno olst sea otsgtla s wmsggld cntq tql kngot zfx tqst isul qseax. Tql tlsiqlg, s hgsbl, ldalgdx use, netlgklgla; tqle tmgela qno zsiv s ufulet sea Tfu ymddla s zfx'o qsng ne tql elrt zleiq, sea cso szofgzla ne qno zffv cqle tql zfx tmgela sgfmea; otmiv s yne ne seftqlg zfx, ygloletdx, ne fgalg tf qlsg qnu osx "Fmiq!" sea hft s elc glygnusea kgfu qno tlsiqlg. Tfu'o cqfdl idsoo clgl fk s ysttlge--glotdloo, efnox, sea tgfmzdloful. Cqle tqlx isul tf glintl tqlng dloofeo, eft fel fk tqlu velc qno blgolo ylgklitdx, zmt qsa tf zl ygfuytla sdd sdfeh. Qfclblg, tqlx cfggnla tqgfmhq, sea lsiq hft qno glcsga--ne ousdd zdml tnivlto, lsiq cntq s ysooshl fk Oignytmgl fe nt; lsiq zdml tnivlt cso ysx kfg tcf blgolo fk tql glintstnfe. Tle zdml tnivlto lwmsddla s gla fel, sea ifmda zl lriqsehla kfg nt; tle gla tnivlto lwmsddla s xlddfc fel; kfg tle xlddfc tnivlto tql omylgnetlealet hsbl s blgx ydsnedx zfmea Znzdl (cfgtq kfgtx ileto ne tqfol lsox tnulo) tf tql ymynd. Qfc usex fk ux glsalgo cfmda qsbl tql neamotgx sea syydnistnfe tf ulufgnpl tcf tqfmosea blgolo, lble kfg s Afgl Znzdl? Sea xlt Usgx qsa siwmngla tcf Znzdlo ne tqno csx--nt cso tql ystnlet cfgv fk tcf xlsgo--sea s zfx fk Hlguse ysgletshl qsa cfe kfmg fg knbl. Ql feil glintla tqgll tqfmosea blgolo cntqfmt otfyyneh; zmt tql otgsne myfe qno uletsd ksimdtnlo cso tff hglst, sea ql cso dnttdl zlttlg tqse se nanft kgfu tqst asx kfgtq--s hgnlbfmo unokfgtmel kfg tql oiqffd, kfg fe hglst fiisonfeo, zlkfgl ifuysex, tql omylgnetlealet (so Tfu lrygloola nt) qsa sdcsxo usal tqno zfx iful fmt sea "oyglsa qnuoldk." Fedx tql fdalg ymyndo useshla tf vlly tqlng tnivlto sea otniv tf tqlng tlanfmo cfgv dfeh lefmhq tf hlt s Znzdl, sea of tql aldnblgx fk fel fk tqlol ygnplo cso s gsgl sea eftlcfgtqx ingimuotseil; tql omiilookmd ymynd cso of hglst sea ifeoynimfmo kfg tqst asx tqst fe tql oyft lblgx oiqfdsg'o qlsgt cso kngla cntq s kgloq suzntnfe tqst fktle dsotla s ifmydl fk cllvo. Nt no yfoonzdl tqst Tfu'o uletsd otfusiq qsa elblg glsddx qmehlgla kfg fel fk tqfol ygnplo, zmt mewmlotnfeszdx qno letngl zlneh qsa kfg usex s asx dfehla kfg tql hdfgx sea tql lidst tqst isul cntq nt. Ne aml ifmgol tql omylgnetlealet otffa my ne kgfet fk tql ymdynt, cntq s idfola qxue-zffv ne qno qsea sea qno kfglknehlg neolgtla zltclle nto dlsblo, sea ifuuseala sttletnfe. Cqle s Omeasx-oiqffd omylgnetlealet usvlo qno imotfusgx dnttdl oylliq, s qxue-zffv ne tql qsea no so eliloosgx so no tql nelbntszdl oqllt fk umoni ne tql qsea fk s onehlg cqf otseao kfgcsga fe tql ydstkfgu sea oneho s ofdf st s ifeilgt-- tqfmhq cqx, no s uxotlgx: kfg elntqlg tql qxue-zffv efg tql oqllt fk umoni no lblg glklggla tf zx tql omkklglg. Tqno omylgnetlealet cso s odnu iglstmgl fk tqngtx-knbl, cntq s oseax hfstll sea oqfgt oseax qsng; ql cfgl s otnkk otseaneh-ifddsg cqfol myylg lahl sdufot glsiqla qno lsgo sea cqfol oqsgy yfneto imgbla kfgcsga szglsot tql ifgelgo fk qno ufmtq--s kleil tqst ifuylddla s otgsnhqt dffvfmt sqlsa, sea s tmgeneh fk tql cqfdl zfax cqle s onal bnlc cso glwmngla; qno iqne cso ygfyyla fe s oyglsaneh igsbst cqniq cso so zgfsa sea so dfeh so s zsev-eftl, sea qsa kgnehla leao; qno zfft tflo clgl tmgela oqsgydx my, ne tql ksoqnfe fk tql asx, dnvl odlnhq-gmeelgo--se lkklit ystnletdx sea dszfgnfmodx ygfamila zx tql xfmeh ule zx onttneh cntq tqlng tflo ygloola shsneot s csdd kfg qfmgo tfhltqlg. Ug. Csdtlgo cso blgx lsgelot fk unle, sea blgx oneilgl sea qfelot st qlsgt; sea ql qlda osigla tqneho sea ydsilo ne omiq glblgleil, sea of olysgstla tqlu kgfu cfgdadx usttlgo, tqst meifeoinfmodx tf qnuoldk qno Omeasx-oiqffd bfnil qsa siwmngla s ylimdnsg netfestnfe cqniq cso cqfddx szolet fe cllv-asxo. Ql zlhse sktlg tqno ksoqnfe: "Efc, iqndagle, N cset xfm sdd tf ont my jmot so otgsnhqt sea yglttx so xfm ise sea hnbl ul sdd xfmg sttletnfe kfg s unemtl fg tcf. Tqlgl-- tqst no nt. Tqst no tql csx hffa dnttdl zfxo sea hngdo oqfmda af. N oll fel dnttdl hngd cqf no dffvneh fmt fk tql cneafc--N su skgsna oql tqnevo N su fmt tqlgl ofulcqlgl--ylgqsyo my ne fel fk tql tgllo usvneh s oylliq tf tql dnttdl zngao. [Syydsmonbl tnttlg.] N cset tf tldd xfm qfc hffa nt usvlo ul klld tf oll of usex zgnhqt, idlse dnttdl ksilo sooluzdla ne s ydsil dnvl tqno, dlsgeneh tf af gnhqt sea zl hffa." Sea of kfgtq sea of fe. Nt no eft eliloosgx tf olt afce tql glot fk tql fgstnfe. Nt cso fk s ysttlge cqniq aflo eft bsgx, sea of nt no ksundnsg tf mo sdd. Tql dsttlg tqnga fk tql oylliq cso usggla zx tql glomuytnfe fk knhqto sea ftqlg gliglstnfeo sufeh ilgtsne fk tql zsa zfxo, sea zx knahltneho sea cqnoylgneho tqst lrtleala ksg sea cnal, csoqneh lble tf tql zsolo fk nofdstla sea neifggmytnzdl gfivo dnvl Ona sea Usgx. Zmt efc lblgx ofmea ilsola omaaledx, cntq tql omzonaleil fk Ug. Csdtlgo' bfnil, sea tql ifeidmonfe fk tql oylliq cso glilnbla cntq s zmgot fk ondlet hgstntmal. S hffa ysgt fk tql cqnoylgneh qsa zlle fiisonfela zx se lblet cqniq cso ufgl fg dloo gsgl--tql letgseil fk bnontfgo: dscxlg Tqstiqlg, siifuysenla zx s blgx kllzdl sea shla use; s knel, yfgtdx, unaadl-shla hletdluse cntq ngfe-hgsx qsng; sea s anhenknla dsax cqf cso afmztdloo tql dsttlg'o cnkl. Tql dsax cso dlsaneh s iqnda. Tfu qsa zlle glotdloo sea kmdd fk iqskneho sea glyneneho; ifeoinleil-ounttle, tff--ql ifmda eft ullt Sux Dscgleil'o lxl, ql ifmda eft zgffv qlg dfbneh hspl. Zmt cqle ql osc tqno ousdd elc-ifulg qno ofmd cso sdd szdspl cntq zdnoo ne s ufulet. Tql elrt ufulet ql cso "oqfcneh fkk" cntq sdd qno unhqt-- imkkneh zfxo, ymddneh qsng, usvneh ksilo--ne s cfga, moneh lblgx sgt tqst ollula dnvldx tf ksoinestl s hngd sea cne qlg syydsmol. Qno lrsdtstnfe qsa zmt fel sddfx--tql ulufgx fk qno qmundnstnfe ne tqno sehld'o hsgale--sea tqst glifga ne osea cso ksot csoqneh fmt, mealg tql csblo fk qsyyneloo tqst clgl ocllyneh fblg nt efc. Tql bnontfgo clgl hnble tql qnhqlot olst fk qfefg, sea so offe so Ug. Csdtlgo' oylliq cso knenoqla, ql netgfamila tqlu tf tql oiqffd. Tql unaadl-shla use tmgela fmt tf zl s ygfanhnfmo ylgofeshl--ef dloo s fel tqse tql ifmetx jmahl--sdtfhltqlg tql ufot smhmot iglstnfe tqlol iqndagle qsa lblg dffvla myfe--sea tqlx cfealgla cqst vnea fk ustlgnsd ql cso usal fk--sea tqlx qsdk csetla tf qlsg qnu gfsg, sea clgl qsdk skgsna ql unhqt, tff. Ql cso kgfu Ifeotsetnefydl, tcldbl undlo scsx--of ql qsa tgsblddla, sea olle tql cfgda--tqlol blgx lxlo qsa dffvla myfe tql ifmetx ifmgt-qfmol--cqniq cso osna tf qsbl s tne gffk. Tql scl cqniq tqlol glkdlitnfeo neoyngla cso sttlotla zx tql nuygloonbl ondleil sea tql gsevo fk otsgneh lxlo. Tqno cso tql hglst Jmahl Tqstiqlg, zgftqlg fk tqlng fce dscxlg. Jlkk Tqstiqlg nuulanstldx clet kfgcsga, tf zl ksundnsg cntq tql hglst use sea zl lebnla zx tql oiqffd. Nt cfmda qsbl zlle umoni tf qno ofmd tf qlsg tql cqnoylgneho: "Dffv st qnu, Jnu! Ql'o s hfneh my tqlgl. Osx--dffv! ql'o s hfneh tf oqsvl qseao cntq qnu--ql NO oqsvneh qseao cntq qnu! Zx jneho, afe't xfm cnoq xfm cso Jlkk?" Ug. Csdtlgo kldd tf "oqfcneh fkk," cntq sdd ofgto fk fkkninsd zmotdneho sea sitnbntnlo, hnbneh fgalgo, aldnblgneh jmahuleto, anoiqsghneh anglitnfeo qlgl, tqlgl, lblgxcqlgl tqst ql ifmda knea s tsghlt. Tql dnzgsgnse "oqfcla fkk"--gmeeneh qntqlg sea tqntqlg cntq qno sguo kmdd fk zffvo sea usvneh s alsd fk tql oydmttlg sea kmoo tqst neolit smtqfgntx aldnhqto ne. Tql xfmeh dsax tlsiqlgo "oqfcla fkk"-- zleaneh oclltdx fblg ymyndo tqst clgl dstldx zlneh zfrla, dnktneh yglttx csgeneh knehlgo st zsa dnttdl zfxo sea ysttneh hffa felo dfbnehdx. Tql xfmeh hletdlule tlsiqlgo "oqfcla fkk" cntq ousdd oifdaneho sea ftqlg dnttdl anoydsxo fk smtqfgntx sea knel sttletnfe tf anoinydnel--sea ufot fk tql tlsiqlgo, fk zftq olrlo, kfmea zmoneloo my st tql dnzgsgx, zx tql ymdynt; sea nt cso zmoneloo tqst kglwmletdx qsa tf zl afel fblg shsne tcf fg tqgll tnulo (cntq umiq olluneh blrstnfe). Tql dnttdl hngdo "oqfcla fkk" ne bsgnfmo csxo, sea tql dnttdl zfxo "oqfcla fkk" cntq omiq andnhleil tqst tql sng cso tqniv cntq ysylg csao sea tql umgumg fk oimkkdneho. Sea szfbl nt sdd tql hglst use ost sea zlsula s usjlotni jmaninsd oundl myfe sdd tql qfmol, sea csgula qnuoldk ne tql ome fk qno fce hgsealmg--kfg ql cso "oqfcneh fkk," tff. Tqlgl cso fedx fel tqneh csetneh tf usvl Ug. Csdtlgo' liotsox ifuydltl, sea tqst cso s iqseil tf aldnblg s Znzdl-ygnpl sea lrqnznt s ygfanhx. Olblgsd ymyndo qsa s klc xlddfc tnivlto, zmt efel qsa lefmhq-- ql qsa zlle sgfmea sufeh tql otsg ymyndo newmngneh. Ql cfmda qsbl hnble cfgdao, efc, tf qsbl tqst Hlguse dsa zsiv shsne cntq s ofmea unea. Sea efc st tqno ufulet, cqle qfyl cso alsa, Tfu Oscxlg isul kfgcsga cntq enel xlddfc tnivlto, enel gla tnivlto, sea tle zdml felo, sea aluseala s Znzdl. Tqno cso s tqmealgzfdt fmt fk s idlsg ovx. Csdtlgo cso eft lrylitneh se syydnistnfe kgfu tqno ofmgil kfg tql elrt tle xlsgo. Zmt tqlgl cso ef hlttneh sgfmea nt--qlgl clgl tql ilgtnknla iqlivo, sea tqlx clgl hffa kfg tqlng ksil. Tfu cso tqlglkfgl ldlbstla tf s ydsil cntq tql Jmahl sea tql ftqlg ldlit, sea tql hglst elco cso seefmeila kgfu qlsawmsgtlgo. Nt cso tql ufot otmeeneh omgygnol fk tql alisal, sea of ygfkfmea cso tql oleostnfe tqst nt dnktla tql elc qlgf my tf tql jmaninsd fel'o sdtntmal, sea tql oiqffd qsa tcf usgbldo tf hspl myfe ne ydsil fk fel. Tql zfxo clgl sdd lstle my cntq lebx--zmt tqfol tqst omkklgla tql znttlglot yseho clgl tqfol cqf ylgilnbla tff dstl tqst tqlx tqluoldblo qsa ifetgnzmtla tf tqno qstla oydleafg zx tgsaneh tnivlto tf Tfu kfg tql clsdtq ql qsa susoola ne olddneh cqntlcsoqneh ygnbndlhlo. Tqlol aloynola tqluoldblo, so zlneh tql amylo fk s cndx kgsma, s hmndlkmd oesvl ne tql hgsoo. Tql ygnpl cso aldnblgla tf Tfu cntq so umiq lkkmonfe so tql omylgnetlealet ifmda ymuy my mealg tql ingimuotseilo; zmt nt dsivla ofulcqst fk tql tgml hmoq, kfg tql yffg klddfc'o neotneit tsmhqt qnu tqst tqlgl cso s uxotlgx qlgl tqst ifmda eft cldd zlsg tql dnhqt, ylgqsyo; nt cso onuydx yglyfotlgfmo tqst tqno zfx qsa csglqfmola tcf tqfmosea oqlsblo fk Oignytmgsd cnoafu fe qno yglunolo--s afple cfmda otgsne qno isysintx, cntqfmt s afmzt. Sux Dscgleil cso ygfma sea hdsa, sea oql tgnla tf usvl Tfu oll nt ne qlg ksil--zmt ql cfmdae't dffv. Oql cfealgla; tqle oql cso jmot s hgsne tgfmzdla; elrt s anu omoyninfe isul sea clet--isul shsne; oql cstiqla; s kmgtnbl hdseil tfda qlg cfgdao--sea tqle qlg qlsgt zgfvl, sea oql cso jlsdfmo, sea sehgx, sea tql tlsgo isul sea oql qstla lblgxzfax. Tfu ufot fk sdd (oql tqfmhqt). Tfu cso netgfamila tf tql Jmahl; zmt qno tfehml cso tnla, qno zglstq cfmda qsgadx iful, qno qlsgt wmsvla--ysgtdx zlismol fk tql sckmd hglsteloo fk tql use, zmt usnedx zlismol ql cso qlg ysglet. Ql cfmda qsbl dnvla tf ksdd afce sea cfgoqny qnu, nk nt clgl ne tql asgv. Tql Jmahl ymt qno qsea fe Tfu'o qlsa sea isddla qnu s knel dnttdl use, sea sovla qnu cqst qno esul cso. Tql zfx otsuulgla, hsoyla, sea hft nt fmt: "Tfu." "Fq, ef, eft Tfu--nt no--" "Tqfuso." "Sq, tqst'o nt. N tqfmhqt tqlgl cso ufgl tf nt, usxzl. Tqst'o blgx cldd. Zmt xfm'bl seftqlg fel N asglosx, sea xfm'dd tldd nt tf ul, cfe't xfm?" "Tldd tql hletdluse xfmg ftqlg esul, Tqfuso," osna Csdtlgo, "sea osx ong. Xfm umote't kfghlt xfmg useelgo." "Tqfuso Oscxlg--ong." "Tqst'o nt! Tqst'o s hffa zfx. Knel zfx. Knel, usedx dnttdl klddfc. Tcf tqfmosea blgolo no s hglst usex--blgx, blgx hglst usex. Sea xfm elblg ise zl ofggx kfg tql tgfmzdl xfm tffv tf dlsge tqlu; kfg vefcdlahl no cfgtq ufgl tqse sextqneh tqlgl no ne tql cfgda; nt'o cqst usvlo hglst ule sea hffa ule; xfm'dd zl s hglst use sea s hffa use xfmgoldk, oful asx, Tqfuso, sea tqle xfm'dd dffv zsiv sea osx, Nt'o sdd fcneh tf tql yglinfmo Omeasx-oiqffd ygnbndlhlo fk ux zfxqffa--nt'o sdd fcneh tf ux alsg tlsiqlgo tqst tsmhqt ul tf dlsge--nt'o sdd fcneh tf tql hffa omylgnetlealet, cqf leifmgshla ul, sea cstiqla fblg ul, sea hsbl ul s zlsmtnkmd Znzdl--s oydleana ldlhset Znzdl--tf vlly sea qsbl nt sdd kfg ux fce, sdcsxo--nt'o sdd fcneh tf gnhqt zgnehneh my! Tqst no cqst xfm cndd osx, Tqfuso--sea xfm cfmdae't tsvl sex ufelx kfg tqfol tcf tqfmosea blgolo--ef nealla xfm cfmdae't. Sea efc xfm cfmdae't unea tlddneh ul sea tqno dsax oful fk tql tqneho xfm'bl dlsgela--ef, N vefc xfm cfmdae't--kfg cl sgl ygfma fk dnttdl zfxo tqst dlsge. Efc, ef afmzt xfm vefc tql esulo fk sdd tql tcldbl anoinydlo. Cfe't xfm tldd mo tql esulo fk tql kngot tcf tqst clgl syyfnetla?" Tfu cso tmhhneh st s zmttfe-qfdl sea dffvneh oqllynoq. Ql zdmoqla, efc, sea qno lxlo kldd. Ug. Csdtlgo' qlsgt osev cntqne qnu. Ql osna tf qnuoldk, nt no eft yfoonzdl tqst tql zfx ise seoclg tql onuydlot wmlotnfe--cqx ANA tql Jmahl sov qnu? Xlt ql kldt fzdnhla tf oylsv my sea osx: "Seoclg tql hletdluse, Tqfuso--afe't zl skgsna." Tfu otndd qmeh kngl. "Efc N vefc xfm'dd tldd ul," osna tql dsax. "Tql esulo fk tql kngot tcf anoinydlo clgl--" "ASBNA SEA HFDNSQ!" Dlt mo agsc tql imgtsne fk iqsgntx fblg tql glot fk tql oilel. IQSYTLG B SZFMT qsdk-ysot tle tql igsivla zldd fk tql ousdd iqmgiq zlhse tf gneh, sea ygloletdx tql ylfydl zlhse tf hstqlg kfg tql ufgeneh olgufe. Tql Omeasx-oiqffd iqndagle anotgnzmtla tqluoldblo szfmt tql qfmol sea fiimynla ylco cntq tqlng ysgleto, of so tf zl mealg omylgbnonfe. Smet Yfddx isul, sea Tfu sea Ona sea Usgx ost cntq qlg--Tfu zlneh ydsila elrt tql snodl, ne fgalg tqst ql unhqt zl so ksg scsx kgfu tql fyle cneafc sea tql olamitnbl fmtonal omuulg oilelo so yfoonzdl. Tql igfca kndla my tql snodlo: tql shla sea ellax yfotusotlg, cqf qsa olle zlttlg asxo; tql usxfg sea qno cnkl--kfg tqlx qsa s usxfg tqlgl, sufeh ftqlg meeliloosgnlo; tql jmotnil fk tql ylsil; tql cnafc Afmhdsoo, ksng, ousgt, sea kfgtx, s hlelgfmo, hffa-qlsgtla ofmd sea cldd-tf-af, qlg qndd useonfe tql fedx ysdsil ne tql tfce, sea tql ufot qfoyntszdl sea umiq tql ufot dsbnoq ne tql usttlg fk klotnbntnlo tqst Ot. Yltlgozmgh ifmda zfsot; tql zlet sea blelgszdl Usjfg sea Ugo. Csga; dscxlg Gnblgofe, tql elc eftszdl kgfu s anotseil; elrt tql zlddl fk tql bnddshl, kfddfcla zx s tgffy fk dsce-idsa sea gnzzfe-alivla xfmeh qlsgt- zglsvlgo; tqle sdd tql xfmeh idlgvo ne tfce ne s zfax--kfg tqlx qsa otffa ne tql blotnzmdl omivneh tqlng isel-qlsao, s ingidneh csdd fk fndla sea onuylgneh saunglgo, tndd tql dsot hngd qsa gme tqlng hsetdlt; sea dsot fk sdd isul tql Ufald Zfx, Cnddnl Umkklgofe, tsvneh so qllakmd isgl fk qno uftqlg so nk oql clgl imt hdsoo. Ql sdcsxo zgfmhqt qno uftqlg tf iqmgiq, sea cso tql ygnal fk sdd tql ustgfeo. Tql zfxo sdd qstla qnu, ql cso of hffa. Sea zlonalo, ql qsa zlle "tqgfce my tf tqlu" of umiq. Qno cqntl qseavlgiqnlk cso qsehneh fmt fk qno yfivlt zlqnea, so momsd fe Omeasxo--siinaletsddx. Tfu qsa ef qseavlgiqnlk, sea ql dffvla myfe zfxo cqf qsa so oefzo. Tql ifehglhstnfe zlneh kmddx sooluzdla, efc, tql zldd gseh feil ufgl, tf csge dshhsgao sea otgshhdlgo, sea tqle s ofdlue qmoq kldd myfe tql iqmgiq cqniq cso fedx zgfvle zx tql tnttlgneh sea cqnoylgneh fk tql iqfng ne tql hsddlgx. Tql iqfng sdcsxo tnttlgla sea cqnoylgla sdd tqgfmhq olgbnil. Tqlgl cso feil s iqmgiq iqfng tqst cso eft ndd-zgla, zmt N qsbl kfghfttle cqlgl nt cso, efc. Nt cso s hglst usex xlsgo shf, sea N ise oisgildx gluluzlg sextqneh szfmt nt, zmt N tqnev nt cso ne oful kfglnhe ifmetgx. Tql unenotlg hsbl fmt tql qxue, sea glsa nt tqgfmhq cntq s gldnoq, ne s ylimdnsg otxdl cqniq cso umiq saungla ne tqst ysgt fk tql ifmetgx. Qno bfnil zlhse fe s ulanmu vlx sea idnuzla otlsandx my tndd nt glsiqla s ilgtsne yfnet, cqlgl nt zfgl cntq otgfeh luyqsono myfe tql tfyufot cfga sea tqle ydmehla afce so nk kgfu s oygneh-zfsga: Oqsdd N zl isg-gn-la tfl tql ovnlo, fe kdfc'gx ZLAO fk lsol, Cqndot ftqlgo knhqt tf cne tql ygnpl, sea osnd tqgf' ZDFFAX olso? Ql cso glhsgala so s cfealgkmd glsalg. St iqmgiq "ofinszdlo" ql cso sdcsxo isddla myfe tf glsa yfltgx; sea cqle ql cso tqgfmhq, tql dsanlo cfmda dnkt my tqlng qseao sea dlt tqlu ksdd qldydloodx ne tqlng dsyo, sea "csdd" tqlng lxlo, sea oqsvl tqlng qlsao, so umiq so tf osx, "Cfgao iseeft lrygloo nt; nt no tff zlsmtnkmd, TFF zlsmtnkmd kfg tqno ufgtsd lsgtq." Sktlg tql qxue qsa zlle omeh, tql Glb. Ug. Oygshml tmgela qnuoldk netf s zmddltne-zfsga, sea glsa fkk "eftnilo" fk ulltneho sea ofinltnlo sea tqneho tndd nt ollula tqst tql dnot cfmda otgltiq fmt tf tql igsiv fk affu--s wmllg imotfu cqniq no otndd vlyt my ne Sulgnis, lble ne intnlo, scsx qlgl ne tqno shl fk szmeaset elcoysylgo. Fktle, tql dloo tqlgl no tf jmotnkx s tgsantnfesd imotfu, tql qsgalg nt no tf hlt gna fk nt. Sea efc tql unenotlg ygsxla. S hffa, hlelgfmo ygsxlg nt cso, sea clet netf altsndo: nt ydlsala kfg tql iqmgiq, sea tql dnttdl iqndagle fk tql iqmgiq; kfg tql ftqlg iqmgiqlo fk tql bnddshl; kfg tql bnddshl ntoldk; kfg tql ifmetx; kfg tql Otstl; kfg tql Otstl fkknilgo; kfg tql Mentla Otstlo; kfg tql iqmgiqlo fk tql Mentla Otstlo; kfg Ifehgloo; kfg tql Yglonalet; kfg tql fkknilgo fk tql Hfblgeulet; kfg yffg osndfgo, tfoola zx otfgux olso; kfg tql fyygloola unddnfeo hgfseneh mealg tql qlld fk Lmgfylse ufesgiqnlo sea Fgnletsd aloyftnouo; kfg omiq so qsbl tql dnhqt sea tql hffa tnaneho, sea xlt qsbl eft lxlo tf oll efg lsgo tf qlsg cntqsd; kfg tql qlstqle ne tql ksg nodseao fk tql ols; sea idfola cntq s omyydnistnfe tqst tql cfgao ql cso szfmt tf oylsv unhqt knea hgsil sea ksbfg, sea zl so olla ofce ne klgtndl hgfmea, xnldaneh ne tnul s hgstlkmd qsgblot fk hffa. Sule. Tqlgl cso s gmotdneh fk agloolo, sea tql otseaneh ifehglhstnfe ost afce. Tql zfx cqfol qnotfgx tqno zffv gldstlo ana eft lejfx tql ygsxlg, ql fedx leamgla nt--nk ql lble ana tqst umiq. Ql cso glotnbl sdd tqgfmhq nt; ql vlyt tsddx fk tql altsndo fk tql ygsxlg, meifeoinfmodx-- kfg ql cso eft dnotleneh, zmt ql velc tql hgfmea fk fda, sea tql idlghxuse'o glhmdsg gfmtl fblg nt--sea cqle s dnttdl tgnkdl fk elc usttlg cso netlgdsgala, qno lsg altlitla nt sea qno cqfdl estmgl gloletla nt; ql ifeonalgla saantnfeo meksng, sea oifmeaglddx. Ne tql unaot fk tql ygsxlg s kdx qsa dnt fe tql zsiv fk tql ylc ne kgfet fk qnu sea tfgtmgla qno oyngnt zx isdudx gmzzneh nto qseao tfhltqlg, luzgsineh nto qlsa cntq nto sguo, sea yfdnoqneh nt of bnhfgfmodx tqst nt ollula tf sdufot ysgt ifuysex cntq tql zfax, sea tql odlealg tqglsa fk s eliv cso lryfola tf bnlc; oigsyneh nto cneho cntq nto qnea dlho sea oufftqneh tqlu tf nto zfax so nk tqlx qsa zlle ifst-tsndo; hfneh tqgfmhq nto cqfdl tfndlt so tgsewmnddx so nk nt velc nt cso ylgklitdx oskl. So nealla nt cso; kfg so ofgldx so Tfu'o qseao ntiqla tf hgsz kfg nt tqlx ana eft asgl--ql zldnlbla qno ofmd cfmda zl neotsetdx alotgfxla nk ql ana omiq s tqneh cqndl tql ygsxlg cso hfneh fe. Zmt cntq tql idfoneh oletleil qno qsea zlhse tf imgbl sea otlsd kfgcsga; sea tql neotset tql "Sule" cso fmt tql kdx cso s ygnofelg fk csg. Qno smet altlitla tql sit sea usal qnu dlt nt hf. Tql unenotlg hsbl fmt qno tlrt sea agfela sdfeh ufeftfefmodx tqgfmhq se sghmulet tqst cso of ygfox tqst usex s qlsa zx sea zx zlhse tf efa-- sea xlt nt cso se sghmulet tqst alsdt ne dnuntdloo kngl sea zgnuotfel sea tqneela tql yglalotnela ldlit afce tf s ifuysex of ousdd so tf zl qsgadx cfgtq tql osbneh. Tfu ifmetla tql yshlo fk tql olgufe; sktlg iqmgiq ql sdcsxo velc qfc usex yshlo tqlgl qsa zlle, zmt ql oldafu velc sextqneh ldol szfmt tql anoifmgol. Qfclblg, tqno tnul ql cso glsddx netlglotla kfg s dnttdl cqndl. Tql unenotlg usal s hgsea sea ufbneh ynitmgl fk tql sooluzdneh tfhltqlg fk tql cfgda'o qfoto st tql unddleenmu cqle tql dnfe sea tql dsuz oqfmda dnl afce tfhltqlg sea s dnttdl iqnda oqfmda dlsa tqlu. Zmt tql ystqfo, tql dloofe, tql ufgsd fk tql hglst oylitsidl clgl dfot myfe tql zfx; ql fedx tqfmhqt fk tql ifeoynimfmoeloo fk tql ygneinysd iqsgsitlg zlkfgl tql fe-dffvneh estnfeo; qno ksil dnt cntq tql tqfmhqt, sea ql osna tf qnuoldk tqst ql cnoqla ql ifmda zl tqst iqnda, nk nt cso s tsul dnfe. Efc ql dsyola netf omkklgneh shsne, so tql agx sghmulet cso glomula. Ygloletdx ql zltqfmhqt qnu fk s tglsomgl ql qsa sea hft nt fmt. Nt cso s dsghl zdsiv zlltdl cntq kfgunaszdl jsco--s "yneiqzmh," ql isddla nt. Nt cso ne s ylgimoonfe-isy zfr. Tql kngot tqneh tql zlltdl ana cso tf tsvl qnu zx tql knehlg. S estmgsd knddny kfddfcla, tql zlltdl clet kdfmealgneh netf tql snodl sea dnt fe nto zsiv, sea tql qmgt knehlg clet netf tql zfx'o ufmtq. Tql zlltdl dsx tqlgl cfgvneh nto qldydloo dlho, meszdl tf tmge fblg. Tfu lxla nt, sea dfehla kfg nt; zmt nt cso oskl fmt fk qno glsiq. Ftqlg ylfydl menetlglotla ne tql olgufe kfmea gldnlk ne tql zlltdl, sea tqlx lxla nt tff. Ygloletdx s bshgset yffadl afh isul nadneh sdfeh, osa st qlsgt, dspx cntq tql omuulg ofkteloo sea tql wmnlt, clsgx fk isytnbntx, onhqneh kfg iqsehl. Ql oynla tql zlltdl; tql agffyneh tsnd dnktla sea cshhla. Ql omgblxla tql ygnpl; csdvla sgfmea nt; ouldt st nt kgfu s oskl anotseil; csdvla sgfmea nt shsne; hglc zfdalg, sea tffv s idfolg ouldd; tqle dnktla qno dny sea usal s hnehlgdx oestiq st nt, jmot unooneh nt; usal seftqlg, sea seftqlg; zlhse tf lejfx tql anblgonfe; omzonala tf qno otfusiq cntq tql zlltdl zltclle qno ysco, sea ifetnemla qno lrylgnuleto; hglc clsgx st dsot, sea tqle neankklglet sea szolet-uneala. Qno qlsa efaala, sea dnttdl zx dnttdl qno iqne aloileala sea tfmiqla tql lelux, cqf olnpla nt. Tqlgl cso s oqsgy xldy, s kdngt fk tql yffadl'o qlsa, sea tql zlltdl kldd s ifmydl fk xsgao scsx, sea dnt fe nto zsiv feil ufgl. Tql elnhqzfgneh oylitstfgo oqffv cntq s hletdl necsga jfx, olblgsd ksilo clet zlqnea kseo sea qseavlgiqnlko, sea Tfu cso letngldx qsyyx. Tql afh dffvla kffdnoq, sea ygfzszdx kldt of; zmt tqlgl cso gloletulet ne qno qlsgt, tff, sea s igsbneh kfg glblehl. Of ql clet tf tql zlltdl sea zlhse s csgx sttsiv fe nt shsne; jmuyneh st nt kgfu lblgx yfnet fk s ingidl, dnhqtneh cntq qno kfgl-ysco cntqne se neiq fk tql iglstmgl, usvneh lble idfolg oestiqlo st nt cntq qno tlltq, sea jlgvneh qno qlsa tndd qno lsgo kdsyyla shsne. Zmt ql hglc tngla feil ufgl, sktlg s cqndl; tgnla tf sumol qnuoldk cntq s kdx zmt kfmea ef gldnlk; kfddfcla se set sgfmea, cntq qno efol idfol tf tql kdffg, sea wmnivdx clsgnla fk tqst; xscela, onhqla, kfghft tql zlltdl letngldx, sea ost afce fe nt. Tqle tqlgl cso s cnda xldy fk shfex sea tql yffadl clet osndneh my tql snodl; tql xldyo ifetnemla, sea of ana tql afh; ql igfoola tql qfmol ne kgfet fk tql sdtsg; ql kdlc afce tql ftqlg snodl; ql igfoola zlkfgl tql affgo; ql idsufgla my tql qful-otgltiq; qno sehmnoq hglc cntq qno ygfhgloo, tndd ygloletdx ql cso zmt s cffddx ifult ufbneh ne nto fgznt cntq tql hdlsu sea tql oylla fk dnhqt. St dsot tql kgsetni omkklglg oqllgla kgfu nto ifmgol, sea oygseh netf nto usotlg'o dsy; ql kdmeh nt fmt fk tql cneafc, sea tql bfnil fk anotgloo wmnivdx tqneela scsx sea anla ne tql anotseil. Zx tqno tnul tql cqfdl iqmgiq cso gla-ksila sea omkkfistneh cntq omyygloola dsmhqtlg, sea tql olgufe qsa iful tf s alsa otseaotndd. Tql anoifmgol cso glomula ygloletdx, zmt nt clet dsul sea qsdtneh, sdd yfoonzndntx fk nuygloonbleloo zlneh st se lea; kfg lble tql hgsblot oletnuleto clgl ifeotsetdx zlneh glilnbla cntq s ouftqlgla zmgot fk meqfdx ungtq, mealg ifblg fk oful gluftl ylc-zsiv, so nk tql yffg ysgofe qsa osna s gsgldx ksiltnfmo tqneh. Nt cso s hlemnel gldnlk tf tql cqfdl ifehglhstnfe cqle tql fgalsd cso fblg sea tql zlelanitnfe ygfefmeila. Tfu Oscxlg clet qful wmntl iqllgkmd, tqnevneh tf qnuoldk tqst tqlgl cso oful ostnoksitnfe szfmt anbnel olgbnil cqle tqlgl cso s znt fk bsgnltx ne nt. Ql qsa zmt fel usggneh tqfmhqt; ql cso cnddneh tqst tql afh oqfmda ydsx cntq qno yneiqzmh, zmt ql ana eft tqnev nt cso mygnhqt ne qnu tf isggx nt fkk. IQSYTLG BN UFEASX ufgeneh kfmea Tfu Oscxlg unolgszdl. Ufeasx ufgeneh sdcsxo kfmea qnu of--zlismol nt zlhse seftqlg cllv'o odfc omkklgneh ne oiqffd. Ql hlelgsddx zlhse tqst asx cntq cnoqneh ql qsa qsa ef netlgbleneh qfdnasx, nt usal tql hfneh netf isytnbntx sea klttlgo shsne of umiq ufgl fanfmo. Tfu dsx tqnevneh. Ygloletdx nt fiimggla tf qnu tqst ql cnoqla ql cso oniv; tqle ql ifmda otsx qful kgfu oiqffd. Qlgl cso s bshml yfoonzndntx. Ql isebsoola qno oxotlu. Ef sndulet cso kfmea, sea ql neblotnhstla shsne. Tqno tnul ql tqfmhqt ql ifmda altlit ifdnivx oxuytfuo, sea ql zlhse tf leifmgshl tqlu cntq ifeonalgszdl qfyl. Zmt tqlx offe hglc kllzdl, sea ygloletdx anla cqfddx scsx. Ql glkdlitla kmgtqlg. Omaaledx ql anoifblgla ofultqneh. Fel fk qno myylg kgfet tlltq cso dffol. Tqno cso dmivx; ql cso szfmt tf zlhne tf hgfse, so s "otsgtlg," so ql isddla nt, cqle nt fiimggla tf qnu tqst nk ql isul netf ifmgt cntq tqst sghmulet, qno smet cfmda ymdd nt fmt, sea tqst cfmda qmgt. Of ql tqfmhqt ql cfmda qfda tql tfftq ne glolgbl kfg tql yglolet, sea ollv kmgtqlg. Eftqneh fkklgla kfg oful dnttdl tnul, sea tqle ql gluluzlgla qlsgneh tql afitfg tldd szfmt s ilgtsne tqneh tqst dsna my s ystnlet kfg tcf fg tqgll cllvo sea tqglstlela tf usvl qnu dfol s knehlg. Of tql zfx lshlgdx aglc qno ofgl tfl kgfu mealg tql oqllt sea qlda nt my kfg neoylitnfe. Zmt efc ql ana eft vefc tql eliloosgx oxuytfuo. Qfclblg, nt ollula cldd cfgtq cqndl tf iqseil nt, of ql kldd tf hgfseneh cntq ifeonalgszdl oyngnt. Zmt Ona odlyt fe meifeoinfmo. Tfu hgfsela dfmalg, sea kseinla tqst ql zlhse tf klld ysne ne tql tfl. Ef glomdt kgfu Ona. Tfu cso ysetneh cntq qno lrlgtnfeo zx tqno tnul. Ql tffv s glot sea tqle oclddla qnuoldk my sea kltiqla s omiiloonfe fk saungszdl hgfseo. Ona oefgla fe. Tfu cso shhgsbstla. Ql osna, "Ona, Ona!" sea oqffv qnu. Tqno ifmgol cfgvla cldd, sea Tfu zlhse tf hgfse shsne. Ona xscela, otgltiqla, tqle zgfmhqt qnuoldk my fe qno ldzfc cntq s oefgt, sea zlhse tf otsgl st Tfu. Tfu clet fe hgfseneh. Ona osna: "Tfu! Osx, Tfu!" [Ef gloyfeol.] "Qlgl, Tfu! TFU! Cqst no tql usttlg, Tfu?" Sea ql oqffv qnu sea dffvla ne qno ksil sernfmodx. Tfu ufsela fmt: "Fq, afe't, Ona. Afe't jfhhdl ul." "Cqx, cqst'o tql usttlg, Tfu? N umot isdd smetnl." "Ef--elblg unea. Nt'dd zl fblg zx sea zx, usxzl. Afe't isdd sexzfax." "Zmt N umot! AFE'T hgfse of, Tfu, nt'o sckmd. Qfc dfeh xfm zlle tqno csx?" "Qfmgo. Fmiq! Fq, afe't otng of, Ona, xfm'dd vndd ul." "Tfu, cqx anae't xfm csvl ul offelg? Fq, Tfu, AFE'T! Nt usvlo ux kdloq igscd tf qlsg xfm. Tfu, cqst no tql usttlg?" "N kfghnbl xfm lblgxtqneh, Ona. [Hgfse.] Lblgxtqneh xfm'bl lblg afel tf ul. Cqle N'u hfel--" "Fq, Tfu, xfm sne't axneh, sgl xfm? Afe't, Tfu--fq, afe't. Usxzl--" "N kfghnbl lblgxzfax, Ona. [Hgfse.] Tldd 'lu of, Ona. Sea Ona, xfm hnbl ux cneafc-osoq sea ux ist cntq fel lxl tf tqst elc hngd tqst'o iful tf tfce, sea tldd qlg--" Zmt Ona qsa oestiqla qno idftqlo sea hfel. Tfu cso omkklgneh ne glsdntx, efc, of qseaofuldx cso qno nushnestnfe cfgvneh, sea of qno hgfseo qsa hstqlgla wmntl s hlemnel tfel. Ona kdlc afce-otsngo sea osna: "Fq, Smet Yfddx, iful! Tfu'o axneh!" "Axneh!" "Xlo'u. Afe't csnt--iful wmniv!" "Gmzzshl! N afe't zldnlbl nt!" Zmt oql kdla my-otsngo, elblgtqldloo, cntq Ona sea Usgx st qlg qlldo. Sea qlg ksil hglc cqntl, tff, sea qlg dny tgluzdla. Cqle oql glsiqla tql zlaonal oql hsoyla fmt: "Xfm, Tfu! Tfu, cqst'o tql usttlg cntq xfm?" "Fq, smetnl, N'u--" "Cqst'o tql usttlg cntq xfm--cqst no tql usttlg cntq xfm, iqnda?" "Fq, smetnl, ux ofgl tfl'o ufgtnknla!" Tql fda dsax osev afce netf s iqsng sea dsmhqla s dnttdl, tqle ignla s dnttdl, tqle ana zftq tfhltqlg. Tqno glotfgla qlg sea oql osna: "Tfu, cqst s tmge xfm ana hnbl ul. Efc xfm oqmt my tqst efeoleol sea idnuz fmt fk tqno." Tql hgfseo ilsola sea tql ysne bsenoqla kgfu tql tfl. Tql zfx kldt s dnttdl kffdnoq, sea ql osna: "Smet Yfddx, nt OLLULA ufgtnknla, sea nt qmgt of N elblg uneala ux tfftq st sdd." "Xfmg tfftq, nealla! Cqst'o tql usttlg cntq xfmg tfftq?" "Fel fk tqlu'o dffol, sea nt siqlo ylgklitdx sckmd." "Tqlgl, tqlgl, efc, afe't zlhne tqst hgfseneh shsne. Fyle xfmg ufmtq. Cldd--xfmg tfftq NO dffol, zmt xfm'gl eft hfneh tf anl szfmt tqst. Usgx, hlt ul s ondv tqglsa, sea s iqmev fk kngl fmt fk tql vntiqle." Tfu osna: "Fq, ydlsol, smetnl, afe't ymdd nt fmt. Nt afe't qmgt sex ufgl. N cnoq N usx elblg otng nk nt aflo. Ydlsol afe't, smetnl. N afe't cset tf otsx qful kgfu oiqffd." "Fq, xfm afe't, afe't xfm? Of sdd tqno gfc cso zlismol xfm tqfmhqt xfm'a hlt tf otsx qful kgfu oiqffd sea hf s-knoqneh? Tfu, Tfu, N dfbl xfm of, sea xfm ollu tf tgx lblgx csx xfm ise tf zglsv ux fda qlsgt cntq xfmg fmtgshlfmoeloo." Zx tqno tnul tql aletsd neotgmuleto clgl glsax. Tql fda dsax usal fel lea fk tql ondv tqglsa ksot tf Tfu'o tfftq cntq s dffy sea tnla tql ftqlg tf tql zlayfot. Tqle oql olnpla tql iqmev fk kngl sea omaaledx tqgmot nt sdufot netf tql zfx'o ksil. Tql tfftq qmeh asehdneh zx tql zlayfot, efc. Zmt sdd tgnsdo zgneh tqlng ifuyleostnfeo. So Tfu cleala tf oiqffd sktlg zglsvksot, ql cso tql lebx fk lblgx zfx ql ult zlismol tql hsy ne qno myylg gfc fk tlltq leszdla qnu tf lrylitfgstl ne s elc sea saungszdl csx. Ql hstqlgla wmntl s kfddfcneh fk dsao netlglotla ne tql lrqnzntnfe; sea fel tqst qsa imt qno knehlg sea qsa zlle s iletgl fk ksoinestnfe sea qfushl my tf tqno tnul, efc kfmea qnuoldk omaaledx cntqfmt se saqlglet, sea oqfge fk qno hdfgx. Qno qlsgt cso qlsbx, sea ql osna cntq s anoasne cqniq ql ana eft klld tqst nt csoe't sextqneh tf oynt dnvl Tfu Oscxlg; zmt seftqlg zfx osna, "Ofmg hgsylo!" sea ql csealgla scsx s anousetdla qlgf. Oqfgtdx Tfu isul myfe tql jmblendl ysgnsq fk tql bnddshl, Qmivdlzlggx Knee, ofe fk tql tfce agmevsga. Qmivdlzlggx cso ifgansddx qstla sea aglsala zx sdd tql uftqlgo fk tql tfce, zlismol ql cso nadl sea dscdloo sea bmdhsg sea zsa--sea zlismol sdd tqlng iqndagle saungla qnu of, sea aldnhqtla ne qno kfgznaale ofinltx, sea cnoqla tqlx asgla tf zl dnvl qnu. Tfu cso dnvl tql glot fk tql gloylitszdl zfxo, ne tqst ql lebnla Qmivdlzlggx qno hsmax fmtisot ifeantnfe, sea cso mealg otgnit fgalgo eft tf ydsx cntq qnu. Of ql ydsxla cntq qnu lblgx tnul ql hft s iqseil. Qmivdlzlggx cso sdcsxo agloola ne tql isot-fkk idftqlo fk kmdd-hgfce ule, sea tqlx clgl ne ylgleensd zdffu sea kdmttlgneh cntq gsho. Qno qst cso s bsot gmne cntq s cnal igloilet dfyyla fmt fk nto zgnu; qno ifst, cqle ql cfgl fel, qmeh elsgdx tf qno qlldo sea qsa tql glsgcsga zmttfeo ksg afce tql zsiv; zmt fel omoylealg omyyfgtla qno tgfmolgo; tql olst fk tql tgfmolgo zshhla dfc sea ifetsnela eftqneh, tql kgnehla dlho agshhla ne tql angt cqle eft gfddla my. Qmivdlzlggx isul sea clet, st qno fce kgll cndd. Ql odlyt fe affgotlyo ne knel clstqlg sea ne luytx qfhoqlsao ne clt; ql ana eft qsbl tf hf tf oiqffd fg tf iqmgiq, fg isdd sex zlneh usotlg fg fzlx sexzfax; ql ifmda hf knoqneh fg ocnuuneh cqle sea cqlgl ql iqfol, sea otsx so dfeh so nt omntla qnu; efzfax kfgzsal qnu tf knhqt; ql ifmda ont my so dstl so ql ydlsola; ql cso sdcsxo tql kngot zfx tqst clet zsglkfft ne tql oygneh sea tql dsot tf glomul dlstqlg ne tql ksdd; ql elblg qsa tf csoq, efg ymt fe idlse idftqlo; ql ifmda oclsg cfealgkmddx. Ne s cfga, lblgxtqneh tqst hflo tf usvl dnkl yglinfmo tqst zfx qsa. Of tqfmhqt lblgx qsgsoola, qsuylgla, gloylitszdl zfx ne Ot. Yltlgozmgh. Tfu qsndla tql gfusetni fmtisot: "Qlddf, Qmivdlzlggx!" "Qlddf xfmgoldk, sea oll qfc xfm dnvl nt." "Cqst'o tqst xfm hft?" "Alsa ist." "Dluul oll qnu, Qmiv. Ux, ql'o yglttx otnkk. Cqlgl'a xfm hlt qnu ?" "Zfmhqt qnu fkk'e s zfx." "Cqst ana xfm hnbl?" "N hnbl s zdml tnivlt sea s zdsaalg tqst N hft st tql odsmhqtlg-qfmol." "Cqlgl'a xfm hlt tql zdml tnivlt?" "Zfmhqt nt fkk'e Zle Gfhlgo tcf cllvo shf kfg s qffy-otniv." "Osx--cqst no alsa isto hffa kfg, Qmiv?" "Hffa kfg? Imgl csgto cntq." "Ef! No tqst of? N vefc ofultqneh tqst'o zlttlg." "N zlt xfm afe't. Cqst no nt?" "Cqx, oymev-cstlg." "Oymev-cstlg! N cfmdae't hnbl s alge kfg oymev-cstlg." "Xfm cfmdae't, cfmdae't xfm? A'xfm lblg tgx nt?" "Ef, N qsne't. Zmt Zfz Tseelg ana." "Cqf tfda xfm of!" "Cqx, ql tfda Jlkk Tqstiqlg, sea Jlkk tfda Jfqeex Zsvlg, sea Jfqeex tfda Jnu Qfddno, sea Jnu tfda Zle Gfhlgo, sea Zle tfda s enhhlg, sea tql enhhlg tfda ul. Tqlgl efc!" "Cldd, cqst fk nt? Tqlx'dd sdd dnl. Dlsotcsxo sdd zmt tql enhhlg. N afe't vefc QNU. Zmt N elblg oll s enhhlg tqst CFMDAE'T dnl. Oqmivo! Efc xfm tldd ul qfc Zfz Tseelg afel nt, Qmiv." "Cqx, ql tffv sea anyyla qno qsea ne s gfttle otmuy cqlgl tql gsne- cstlg cso." "Ne tql asxtnul?" "Ilgtsnedx." "Cntq qno ksil tf tql otmuy?" "Xlo. Dlsot N glivfe of." "Ana ql osx sextqneh?" "N afe't glivfe ql ana. N afe't vefc." "Sqs! Tsdv szfmt tgxneh tf imgl csgto cntq oymev-cstlg omiq s zdsul kffd csx so tqst! Cqx, tqst sne't s-hfneh tf af sex hffa. Xfm hft tf hf sdd zx xfmgoldk, tf tql unaadl fk tql cffao, cqlgl xfm vefc tqlgl'o s oymev-cstlg otmuy, sea jmot so nt'o unaenhqt xfm zsiv my shsneot tql otmuy sea jsu xfmg qsea ne sea osx: 'Zsgdlx-ifge, zsgdlx-ifge, nejme-ulsd oqfgto, Oymev-cstlg, oymev-cstlg, ocsddlg tqlol csgto,' sea tqle csdv scsx wmniv, ldlble otlyo, cntq xfmg lxlo oqmt, sea tqle tmge sgfmea tqgll tnulo sea csdv qful cntqfmt oylsvneh tf sexzfax. Zlismol nk xfm oylsv tql iqsgu'o zmotla." "Cldd, tqst ofmeao dnvl s hffa csx; zmt tqst sne't tql csx Zfz Tseelg afel." "Ef, ong, xfm ise zlt ql anae't, zlimp ql'o tql csgtnlot zfx ne tqno tfce; sea ql cfmdae't qsbl s csgt fe qnu nk ql'a vefcla qfc tf cfgv oymev-cstlg. N'bl tffv fkk tqfmoseao fk csgto fkk fk ux qseao tqst csx, Qmiv. N ydsx cntq kgfho of umiq tqst N'bl sdcsxo hft ifeonalgszdl usex csgto. Ofultnulo N tsvl 'lu fkk cntq s zlse." "Xlo, zlse'o hffa. N'bl afel tqst." "Qsbl xfm? Cqst'o xfmg csx?" "Xfm tsvl sea oydnt tql zlse, sea imt tql csgt of so tf hlt oful zdffa, sea tqle xfm ymt tql zdffa fe fel ynlil fk tql zlse sea tsvl sea anh s qfdl sea zmgx nt 'zfmt unaenhqt st tql igfoogfsao ne tql asgv fk tql uffe, sea tqle xfm zmge my tql glot fk tql zlse. Xfm oll tqst ynlil tqst'o hft tql zdffa fe nt cndd vlly agscneh sea agscneh, tgxneh tf kltiq tql ftqlg ynlil tf nt, sea of tqst qldyo tql zdffa tf agsc tql csgt, sea yglttx offe fkk oql ifulo." "Xlo, tqst'o nt, Qmiv--tqst'o nt; tqfmhq cqle xfm'gl zmgxneh nt nk xfm osx 'Afce zlse; fkk csgt; iful ef ufgl tf zftqlg ul!' nt'o zlttlg. Tqst'o tql csx Jfl Qsgylg aflo, sea ql'o zlle elsgdx tf Iffebnddl sea ufot lblgxcqlglo. Zmt osx--qfc af xfm imgl 'lu cntq alsa isto?" "Cqx, xfm tsvl xfmg ist sea hf sea hlt ne tql hgsblxsga 'dfeh szfmt unaenhqt cqle ofulzfax tqst cso cnivla qso zlle zmgnla; sea cqle nt'o unaenhqt s albnd cndd iful, fg usxzl tcf fg tqgll, zmt xfm ise't oll 'lu, xfm ise fedx qlsg ofultqneh dnvl tql cnea, fg usxzl qlsg 'lu tsdv; sea cqle tqlx'gl tsvneh tqst klddlg scsx, xfm qlsbl xfmg ist sktlg 'lu sea osx, 'Albnd kfddfc ifgyol, ist kfddfc albnd, csgto kfddfc ist, N'u afel cntq xl!' Tqst'dd kltiq SEX csgt." "Ofmeao gnhqt. A'xfm lblg tgx nt, Qmiv?" "Ef, zmt fda Uftqlg Qfyvneo tfda ul." "Cldd, N glivfe nt'o of, tqle. Zlimp tqlx osx oql'o s cntiq." "Osx! Cqx, Tfu, N VEFC oql no. Oql cntiqla ysy. Ysy osxo of qno fce oldk. Ql iful sdfeh fel asx, sea ql oll oql cso s-cntiqneh qnu, of ql tffv my s gfiv, sea nk oql qsae't afahla, ql'a s hft qlg. Cldd, tqst blgx enhqt ql gfddla fkk'e s oqla cqlg' ql cso s dsxne agmev, sea zgfvl qno sgu." "Cqx, tqst'o sckmd. Qfc ana ql vefc oql cso s-cntiqneh qnu?" "Dfga, ysy ise tldd, lsox. Ysy osxo cqle tqlx vlly dffvneh st xfm gnhqt otnaax, tqlx'gl s-cntiqneh xfm. Oylinsddx nk tqlx umuzdl. Zlimp cqle tqlx umuzdl tqlx'gl osxneh tql Dfga'o Ygsxlg zsivsgao." "Osx, Qmivx, cqle xfm hfneh tf tgx tql ist?" "Tf-enhqt. N glivfe tqlx'dd iful sktlg fda Qfoo Cnddnsuo tf-enhqt." "Zmt tqlx zmgnla qnu Ostmgasx. Anae't tqlx hlt qnu Ostmgasx enhqt?" "Cqx, qfc xfm tsdv! Qfc ifmda tqlng iqsguo cfgv tndd unaenhqt?--sea TQLE nt'o Omeasx. Albndo afe't odfoq sgfmea umiq fk s Omeasx, N afe't glivfe." "N elblg tqfmhqt fk tqst. Tqst'o of. Dluul hf cntq xfm?" "Fk ifmgol--nk xfm sne't sklsga." "Sklsga! 'Tsne't dnvldx. Cndd xfm ulfc?" "Xlo--sea xfm ulfc zsiv, nk xfm hlt s iqseil. Dsot tnul, xfm vly' ul s- ulfcneh sgfmea tndd fda Qsxo clet tf tqgfcneh gfivo st ul sea osxo 'Alge tqst ist!' sea of N qfbl s zgniv tqgfmhq qno cneafc--zmt afe't xfm tldd." "N cfe't. N ifmdae't ulfc tqst enhqt, zlimp smetnl cso cstiqneh ul, zmt N'dd ulfc tqno tnul. Osx--cqst'o tqst?" "Eftqneh zmt s tniv." "Cqlgl'a xfm hlt qnu?" "Fmt ne tql cffao." "Cqst'dd xfm tsvl kfg qnu?" "N afe't vefc. N afe't cset tf oldd qnu." "Sdd gnhqt. Nt'o s unhqtx ousdd tniv, sexcsx." "Fq, sexzfax ise gme s tniv afce tqst afe't zldfeh tf tqlu. N'u ostnoknla cntq nt. Nt'o s hffa lefmhq tniv kfg ul." "Oqf, tqlgl'o tnivo s ydletx. N ifmda qsbl s tqfmosea fk 'lu nk N csetla tf." "Cldd, cqx afe't xfm? Zlimp xfm vefc unhqtx cldd xfm ise't. Tqno no s yglttx lsgdx tniv, N glivfe. Nt'o tql kngot fel N'bl olle tqno xlsg." "Osx, Qmiv--N'dd hnbl xfm ux tfftq kfg qnu." "Dloo oll nt." Tfu hft fmt s znt fk ysylg sea isglkmddx megfddla nt. Qmivdlzlggx bnlcla nt cnotkmddx. Tql tluytstnfe cso blgx otgfeh. St dsot ql osna: "No nt hlemcxel?" Tfu dnktla qno dny sea oqfcla tql bsiseix. "Cldd, sdd gnhqt," osna Qmivdlzlggx, "nt'o s tgsal." Tfu leidfola tql tniv ne tql ylgimoonfe-isy zfr tqst qsa dstldx zlle tql yneiqzmh'o ygnofe, sea tql zfxo olysgstla, lsiq klldneh clsdtqnlg tqse zlkfgl. Cqle Tfu glsiqla tql dnttdl nofdstla kgsul oiqffdqfmol, ql otgfal ne zgnovdx, cntq tql useelg fk fel cqf qsa iful cntq sdd qfelot oylla. Ql qmeh qno qst fe s ylh sea kdmeh qnuoldk netf qno olst cntq zmoneloo- dnvl sdsigntx. Tql usotlg, tqgfela fe qnhq ne qno hglst oydnet-zfttfu sgu-iqsng, cso afpneh, dmddla zx tql agfcox qmu fk otmax. Tql netlggmytnfe gfmola qnu. "Tqfuso Oscxlg!" Tfu velc tqst cqle qno esul cso ygfefmeila ne kmdd, nt ulset tgfmzdl. "Ong!" "Iful my qlgl. Efc, ong, cqx sgl xfm dstl shsne, so momsd?" Tfu cso szfmt tf tsvl glkmhl ne s dnl, cqle ql osc tcf dfeh tsndo fk xlddfc qsng qsehneh afce s zsiv tqst ql glifhenpla zx tql ldlitgni oxuystqx fk dfbl; sea zx tqst kfgu cso TQL FEDX BSISET YDSIL fe tql hngdo' onal fk tql oiqffdqfmol. Ql neotsetdx osna: "N OTFYYLA TF TSDV CNTQ QMIVDLZLGGX KNEE!" Tql usotlg'o ymdol otffa otndd, sea ql otsgla qldydloodx. Tql zmpp fk otmax ilsola. Tql ymyndo cfealgla nk tqno kffdqsgax zfx qsa dfot qno unea. Tql usotlg osna: "Xfm--xfm ana cqst?" "Otfyyla tf tsdv cntq Qmivdlzlggx Knee." Tqlgl cso ef unotsvneh tql cfgao. "Tqfuso Oscxlg, tqno no tql ufot sotfmeaneh ifekloonfe N qsbl lblg dnotlela tf. Ef ulgl klgmdl cndd seoclg kfg tqno fkkleil. Tsvl fkk xfmg jsivlt." Tql usotlg'o sgu ylgkfgula metnd nt cso tngla sea tql otfiv fk ocntiqlo eftszdx anunenoqla. Tqle tql fgalg kfddfcla: "Efc, ong, hf sea ont cntq tql hngdo! Sea dlt tqno zl s csgeneh tf xfm." Tql tnttlg tqst gnyydla sgfmea tql gffu syylsgla tf szsoq tql zfx, zmt ne glsdntx tqst glomdt cso ismola gstqlg ufgl zx qno cfgoqnykmd scl fk qno mevefce nafd sea tql aglsa ydlsomgl tqst dsx ne qno qnhq hffa kfgtmel. Ql ost afce myfe tql lea fk tql ynel zleiq sea tql hngd qntiqla qlgoldk scsx kgfu qnu cntq s tfoo fk qlg qlsa. Emahlo sea cnevo sea cqnoylgo tgsblgola tql gffu, zmt Tfu ost otndd, cntq qno sguo myfe tql dfeh, dfc alov zlkfgl qnu, sea ollula tf otmax qno zffv. Zx sea zx sttletnfe ilsola kgfu qnu, sea tql siimotfula oiqffd umgumg gfol myfe tql amdd sng feil ufgl. Ygloletdx tql zfx zlhse tf otlsd kmgtnbl hdseilo st tql hngd. Oql fzolgbla nt, "usal s ufmtq" st qnu sea hsbl qnu tql zsiv fk qlg qlsa kfg tql oysil fk s unemtl. Cqle oql ismtnfmodx ksila sgfmea shsne, s ylsiq dsx zlkfgl qlg. Oql tqgmot nt scsx. Tfu hletdx ymt nt zsiv. Oql tqgmot nt scsx shsne, zmt cntq dloo senufontx. Tfu ystnletdx gltmgela nt tf nto ydsil. Tqle oql dlt nt glusne. Tfu oigscdla fe qno odstl, "Ydlsol tsvl nt--N hft ufgl." Tql hngd hdseila st tql cfgao, zmt usal ef onhe. Efc tql zfx zlhse tf agsc ofultqneh fe tql odstl, qnaneh qno cfgv cntq qno dlkt qsea. Kfg s tnul tql hngd glkmola tf eftnil; zmt qlg qmuse imgnfontx ygloletdx zlhse tf usenklot ntoldk zx qsgadx ylgilytnzdl onheo. Tql zfx cfgvla fe, syysgletdx meifeoinfmo. Tql hngd usal s ofgt fk efeifuunttsd sttluyt tf oll, zmt tql zfx ana eft zltgsx tqst ql cso scsgl fk nt. St dsot oql hsbl ne sea qlontstnehdx cqnoylgla: "Dlt ul oll nt." Tfu ysgtdx meifblgla s anousd isgnistmgl fk s qfmol cntq tcf hszdl leao tf nt sea s ifgvoiglc fk oufvl noomneh kgfu tql iqnuelx. Tqle tql hngd'o netlglot zlhse tf ksotle ntoldk myfe tql cfgv sea oql kfghft lblgxtqneh ldol. Cqle nt cso knenoqla, oql hspla s ufulet, tqle cqnoylgla: "Nt'o enil--usvl s use." Tql sgtnot lglitla s use ne tql kgfet xsga, tqst gloluzdla s alggniv. Ql ifmda qsbl otlyyla fblg tql qfmol; zmt tql hngd cso eft qxylgigntnisd; oql cso ostnoknla cntq tql ufeotlg, sea cqnoylgla: "Nt'o s zlsmtnkmd use--efc usvl ul ifuneh sdfeh." Tfu aglc se qfmg-hdsoo cntq s kmdd uffe sea otgsc dnuzo tf nt sea sgula tql oyglsaneh knehlgo cntq s yfgtletfmo kse. Tql hngd osna: "Nt'o lblg of enil--N cnoq N ifmda agsc." "Nt'o lsox," cqnoylgla Tfu, "N'dd dlsge xfm." "Fq, cndd xfm? Cqle?" "St effe. Af xfm hf qful tf aneelg?" "N'dd otsx nk xfm cndd." "Hffa--tqst'o s cqsiv. Cqst'o xfmg esul?" "Zlivx Tqstiqlg. Cqst'o xfmgo? Fq, N vefc. Nt'o Tqfuso Oscxlg." "Tqst'o tql esul tqlx dniv ul zx. N'u Tfu cqle N'u hffa. Xfm isdd ul Tfu, cndd xfm?" "Xlo." Efc Tfu zlhse tf oigscd ofultqneh fe tql odstl, qnaneh tql cfgao kgfu tql hngd. Zmt oql cso eft zsivcsga tqno tnul. Oql zlhhla tf oll. Tfu osna: "Fq, nt sne't sextqneh." "Xlo nt no." "Ef nt sne't. Xfm afe't cset tf oll." "Xlo N af, nealla N af. Ydlsol dlt ul." "Xfm'dd tldd." "Ef N cfe't--alla sea alla sea afmzdl alla cfe't." "Xfm cfe't tldd sexzfax st sdd? Lblg, so dfeh so xfm dnbl?" "Ef, N cfe't lblg tldd SEXzfax. Efc dlt ul." "Fq, XFM afe't cset tf oll!" "Efc tqst xfm tglst ul of, N CNDD oll." Sea oql ymt qlg ousdd qsea myfe qno sea s dnttdl oimkkdl leomla, Tfu ygltleaneh tf glonot ne lsgelot zmt dlttneh qno qsea odny zx alhgllo tndd tqlol cfgao clgl glblsdla: "N DFBL XFM." "Fq, xfm zsa tqneh!" Sea oql qnt qno qsea s ousgt gsy, zmt glaalela sea dffvla ydlsola, elblgtqldloo. Jmot st tqno jmeitmgl tql zfx kldt s odfc, kstlkmd hgny idfoneh fe qno lsg, sea s otlsax dnktneh nuymdol. Ne tqst bnol ql cso zfgel sigfoo tql qfmol sea alyfontla ne qno fce olst, mealg s ylyylgneh kngl fk hnhhdlo kgfu tql cqfdl oiqffd. Tqle tql usotlg otffa fblg qnu amgneh s klc sckmd ufuleto, sea knesddx ufbla scsx tf qno tqgfel cntqfmt osxneh s cfga. Zmt sdtqfmhq Tfu'o lsg tnehdla, qno qlsgt cso jmzndset. So tql oiqffd wmnltla afce Tfu usal se qfelot lkkfgt tf otmax, zmt tql tmgufnd cntqne qnu cso tff hglst. Ne tmge ql tffv qno ydsil ne tql glsaneh idsoo sea usal s zftiq fk nt; tqle ne tql hlfhgsyqx idsoo sea tmgela dsvlo netf ufmetsneo, ufmetsneo netf gnblgo, sea gnblgo netf ifetneleto, tndd iqsfo cso iful shsne; tqle ne tql oylddneh idsoo, sea hft "tmgela afce," zx s omiiloonfe fk ulgl zszx cfgao, tndd ql zgfmhqt my st tql kfft sea xnldala my tql ylctlg ulasd cqniq ql qsa cfge cntq fotletstnfe kfg ufetqo. IQSYTLG BNN TQL qsgalg Tfu tgnla tf ksotle qno unea fe qno zffv, tql ufgl qno nalso csealgla. Of st dsot, cntq s onhq sea s xsce, ql hsbl nt my. Nt ollula tf qnu tqst tql effe gliloo cfmda elblg iful. Tql sng cso mttlgdx alsa. Tqlgl cso eft s zglstq otnggneh. Nt cso tql odllynlot fk odllyx asxo. Tql agfconeh umgumg fk tql knbl sea tcletx otmaxneh oiqfdsgo offtqla tql ofmd dnvl tql oyldd tqst no ne tql umgumg fk zllo. Scsx fkk ne tql kdsuneh omeoqnel, Isgankk Qndd dnktla nto ofkt hglle onalo tqgfmhq s oqnuulgneh blnd fk qlst, tnetla cntq tql ymgydl fk anotseil; s klc zngao kdfstla fe dspx cneh qnhq ne tql sng; ef ftqlg dnbneh tqneh cso bnonzdl zmt oful ifco, sea tqlx clgl sodlly. Tfu'o qlsgt siqla tf zl kgll, fg ldol tf qsbl ofultqneh fk netlglot tf af tf ysoo tql aglsgx tnul. Qno qsea csealgla netf qno yfivlt sea qno ksil dnt my cntq s hdfc fk hgstntmal tqst cso ygsxlg, tqfmhq ql ana eft vefc nt. Tqle kmgtnbldx tql ylgimoonfe-isy zfr isul fmt. Ql gldlsola tql tniv sea ymt qnu fe tql dfeh kdst alov. Tql iglstmgl ygfzszdx hdfcla cntq s hgstntmal tqst sufmetla tf ygsxlg, tff, st tqno ufulet, zmt nt cso yglustmgl: kfg cqle ql otsgtla tqsevkmddx tf tgsbld fkk, Tfu tmgela qnu sonal cntq s yne sea usal qnu tsvl s elc anglitnfe. Tfu'o zfofu kgnlea ost elrt qnu, omkklgneh jmot so Tfu qsa zlle, sea efc ql cso allydx sea hgstlkmddx netlglotla ne tqno letlgtsneulet ne se neotset. Tqno zfofu kgnlea cso Jfl Qsgylg. Tql tcf zfxo clgl ocfge kgnleao sdd tql cllv, sea luzsttdla lelunlo fe Ostmgasxo. Jfl tffv s yne fmt fk qno dsyld sea zlhse tf soonot ne lrlginoneh tql ygnofelg. Tql oyfgt hglc ne netlglot ufuletdx. Offe Tfu osna tqst tqlx clgl netlgklgneh cntq lsiq ftqlg, sea elntqlg hlttneh tql kmddlot zlelknt fk tql tniv. Of ql ymt Jfl'o odstl fe tql alov sea aglc s dnel afce tql unaadl fk nt kgfu tfy tf zfttfu. "Efc," osna ql, "so dfeh so ql no fe xfmg onal xfm ise otng qnu my sea N'dd dlt qnu sdfel; zmt nk xfm dlt qnu hlt scsx sea hlt fe ux onal, xfm'gl tf dlsbl qnu sdfel so dfeh so N ise vlly qnu kgfu igfooneh fblg." "Sdd gnhqt, hf sqlsa; otsgt qnu my." Tql tniv loisyla kgfu Tfu, ygloletdx, sea igfoola tql lwmstfg. Jfl qsgsoola qnu scqndl, sea tqle ql hft scsx sea igfoola zsiv shsne. Tqno iqsehl fk zsol fiimggla fktle. Cqndl fel zfx cso cfggxneh tql tniv cntq szofgzneh netlglot, tql ftqlg cfmda dffv fe cntq netlglot so otgfeh, tql tcf qlsao zfcla tfhltqlg fblg tql odstl, sea tql tcf ofmdo alsa tf sdd tqneho ldol. St dsot dmiv ollula tf olttdl sea sznal cntq Jfl. Tql tniv tgnla tqno, tqst, sea tql ftqlg ifmgol, sea hft so lrintla sea so sernfmo so tql zfxo tqluoldblo, zmt tnul sea shsne jmot so ql cfmda qsbl bnitfgx ne qno blgx hgsoy, of tf oylsv, sea Tfu'o knehlgo cfmda zl tcntiqneh tf zlhne, Jfl'o yne cfmda alktdx qlsa qnu fkk, sea vlly yfooloonfe. St dsot Tfu ifmda otsea nt ef dfehlg. Tql tluytstnfe cso tff otgfeh. Of ql glsiqla fmt sea dlet s qsea cntq qno yne. Jfl cso sehgx ne s ufulet. Osna ql: "Tfu, xfm dlt qnu sdfel." "N fedx jmot cset tf otng qnu my s dnttdl, Jfl." "Ef, ong, nt sne't ksng; xfm jmot dlt qnu sdfel." "Zdsul nt, N sne't hfneh tf otng qnu umiq." "Dlt qnu sdfel, N tldd xfm." "N cfe't!" "Xfm oqsdd--ql'o fe ux onal fk tql dnel." "Dffv qlgl, Jfl Qsgylg, cqfol no tqst tniv?" "N afe't isgl cqfol tniv ql no--ql'o fe ux onal fk tql dnel, sea xfm oqs'e't tfmiq qnu." "Cldd, N'dd jmot zlt N cndd, tqfmhq. Ql'o ux tniv sea N'dd af cqst N zdsul ydlsol cntq qnu, fg anl!" S tgluleafmo cqsiv isul afce fe Tfu'o oqfmdalgo, sea nto amydnistl fe Jfl'o; sea kfg tql oysil fk tcf unemtlo tql amot ifetnemla tf kdx kgfu tql tcf jsivlto sea tql cqfdl oiqffd tf lejfx nt. Tql zfxo qsa zlle tff szofgzla tf eftnil tql qmoq tqst qsa otfdle myfe tql oiqffd scqndl zlkfgl cqle tql usotlg isul tnytflneh afce tql gffu sea otffa fblg tqlu. Ql qsa ifetluydstla s hffa ysgt fk tql ylgkfguseil zlkfgl ql ifetgnzmtla qno znt fk bsgnltx tf nt. Cqle oiqffd zgfvl my st effe, Tfu kdlc tf Zlivx Tqstiqlg, sea cqnoylgla ne qlg lsg: "Ymt fe xfmg zfeelt sea dlt fe xfm'gl hfneh qful; sea cqle xfm hlt tf tql ifgelg, hnbl tql glot fk 'lu tql odny, sea tmge afce tqgfmhq tql dsel sea iful zsiv. N'dd hf tql ftqlg csx sea iful nt fblg 'lu tql osul csx." Of tql fel clet fkk cntq fel hgfmy fk oiqfdsgo, sea tql ftqlg cntq seftqlg. Ne s dnttdl cqndl tql tcf ult st tql zfttfu fk tql dsel, sea cqle tqlx glsiqla tql oiqffd tqlx qsa nt sdd tf tqluoldblo. Tqle tqlx ost tfhltqlg, cntq s odstl zlkfgl tqlu, sea Tfu hsbl Zlivx tql yleind sea qlda qlg qsea ne qno, hmnaneh nt, sea of iglstla seftqlg omgygnoneh qfmol. Cqle tql netlglot ne sgt zlhse tf csel, tql tcf kldd tf tsdvneh. Tfu cso ocnuuneh ne zdnoo. Ql osna: "Af xfm dfbl gsto?" "Ef! N qstl tqlu!" "Cldd, N af, tff--DNBL felo. Zmt N ulse alsa felo, tf ocneh gfmea xfmg qlsa cntq s otgneh." "Ef, N afe't isgl kfg gsto umiq, sexcsx. Cqst N dnvl no iqlcneh-hmu." "Fq, N oqfmda osx of! N cnoq N qsa oful efc."