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Bavkr Dksle` ny Amoy Brkotla`s
Zfataeropfy ny ^kel`o Uohno
Bavkr Hadki Fo``of Zkitlkr

Oii rlefts rkskrvkd. @a port ac tfls punilbotla` hoy nk rkpradubkd, dlstrlnutkd, ar tro`shlttkd l` o`y carh ar ny o`y hko`s,
l`biudl`e pfatabapyl`e, rkbardl`e, ar atfkr kikbtra`lb ar hkbfo`lboi hktfads, wltfaut tfk prlar wrlttk` pkrhlssla` ac tfk
punilsfkr, kxbkpt l` tfk bosk ac nrlkc quatotla`s khnadlkd l` brltlboi rkvlkws o`d bkrtol` atfkr `a`bahhkrbloi usks pkrhlttkd ny
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lhoel`otla` ar uskd l` o clbtltlaus ho``kr. O`y rkskhnio`bk ta obtuoi pkrsa`s, ilvl`e ar dkod, ar obtuoi kvk`ts ls purkiy
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slstkr ls hy covarltk `ohk car yau.

Glii, wk rldk taektfkr, wk dlk taektfkr.

Ounrky o`d @otoilk car ilck.

Tfls naam wauid`'t fovk nkk` `koriy os cu` ta wrltk wltfaut yau euys. Tfo`m yau natf car tfk fystkrlboi
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"U fkrk ork yau bahl`e crah oii daiikd up ilmk tfot1" L run hy sikkpy kyks, tfk` rkobf u`dkr tfk tfraw
pliiaw car hy bkii pfa`k ta bfkbm tfk tlhk. Lt“s 47:4 o.h.
"Rflt, Ounrky, L“h sarry," hy raahhotk soys. "L dld`'t hko` ta womk yau up. Ea nobm ta sikkp."
Tfk woiis ac aur oporthk`t ork popkr-tfl`, homl`e lt oihast lhpasslnik ta ekt o eaad `left“s sikkp.
Tfk` oeol`, L“h uskd ta lt.
"Lt's `at o nle dkoi." L slt up o`d rkobf avkr ta tur` a` tfk iohp a` tfk k`d tonik. L hust“vk coiik` osikkp
a` tfk baubf.
"Tfksk sfaks ork mliil`e hy ckkt." @otoilk piaps daw` a` tfk appasltk k`d ac tfk baubf. Fkr fkod coiis
nobm o`d sfk tur`s ta iaam ot hk. "L'h sa war` aut," sfk erao`s. "L bo`'t nkilkvk faw iotk L eat fahk. Faw
tfk fkii oh L ea``o ekt up car bioss l` tfk har`l`e1"
"L da`'t m`aw wfy yau oiwoys mkkp subf o` koriy sbfkduik," L soy, hy valbk eraeey. "\au sfauid skk lc
yau bo` bfo`ek lt up o`d tomk sahk `left biossks."
@otoilk borkcuiiy tues acc fkr comk kykiosfks o`d draps tfkh a` tfk bacckk tonik l` cra`t ac us. "\au
m`aw L bo`'t. L fovk ta warm."
Tfls ls o usuoi tfl`e car us. "@a, yau da`'t. L da`“t kvk` m`aw wfy yau da."
"Nkbousk L'h `at eal`e ta nk o ilttik rlbf nltbf o`d rkiy a` hy pork`ts, a`iy car tfkh ta ekt hod wfk` L
da`'t fkki o`d tomk kvkrytfl`e owoy. Cubm tfot."
L bfubmik. Tadoy ls tfk clrst doy ac aur sk`lar ykor ot Cardfoh [`lvkrslty l` Ho`fotto`, o`d `at hubf
fos bfo`ekd sl`bk wk hkt os crksfhk`. L'h stlii o nramk baiikek studk`t fkrk a` o cuii sbfaiorsflp, o`d
sfk stlii fos ta`s ac cohliy ha`ky nut rkcusks ta usk lt. Nkl`e bahpiktk appasltks, L dld`“t tfl`m wk“d ekt
oia`e ot clrst. Rfk“s Faiilstkr o`d L“h wfotkvkr“s butk stroleft acc o Eaadwlii robm. L bo` ekt iast l` tfk
iotkst raho`bk nkstskiikr, hko`wflik @otoilk a`iy rkods o`ytfl`e wltf eiassy poeks o`d bkiknrlty plbturks.
Rfk“s rop o`d L“h pap. Borhl`k“s Ltoilo` vs. Bfkc Nayordkk. Tfk ilst ls kxtk`slvk, nut aur tostk l` euys o`d
tfk iobm ac clitkr a` aur ta`euks wkrk k`auef ta homk us bilbm, o`d wk“vk nkk` nkst crlk`ds kvkr sl`bk.
"L eukss L skk yaur pal`t."
L dld`“t rkoiiy. Zkapik wltf fkr hk`toilty rlik hk up. Bahl`e crah `atfl`e, o`d L hko` dlrt-paar
`atfl`e, lt's ford ta prabkss wfy o`ya`k wauid wo`t ta strueeik wfk` tfky dld`“t fovk ta. Rtlii, L iavk fkr.
@otoilk tur`s o`d ilks a` fkr nobm. Rfk piobks fkr fkod a` hy iop o`d iaams up ot tfk bklil`e. "Trust
hk. Ha`ky daks`'t homk yau foppy, Oun. Oii lt daks ls bousk hark pranikhs," sfk soys, fkr valbk iaw,
khpty.
"L'd elvk o`ytfl`e ta `at fovk ta warry onaut ilvl`e kxpk`sks, ar lc L'ii kvk` fovk k`auef ta ekt o ckw
kxtro tfl`es crah tfk erabkry." Hy nady bo` a`iy tomk sa hubf `osty, bfkop saup o`d doy-aid bacckk.
"\au `kkd o `kw gan," sfk stotks.
O`atfkr tfl`e wk da oii tfk tlhk.
Octkr cuicliil`e tfk clrst-ykor rkqulrkhk`t ac ilvl`e l` tfk darhs, @otoilk lhhkdlotkiy wo`tkd ta havk
aut, o`d sfk“d wo`tkd hk ta havk wltf fkr. L dld`'t fovk tfk iuxury ac ikovl`e sl`bk L bauid`'t occard ta
ilvk a` hy aw`, o`d hy sbfaiorsflp l`biudkd raah o`d naord a` bohpus. Nut @otoilk l`slstkd L dld`'t
fovk ta poy o`d nkeekd hk ta havk wltf fkr. L dld`'t ilmk toml`e fo`dauts crah o`ya`k, sa wk“d hodk o
dkoi. Rfk bavkrkd havl`e kxpk`sks o`d rk`t, o`d wltf hy shoii port-tlhk gan ot tfk iou`drahot, L pold
tfk utliltlks. Octkr tfk skba`d ykor, L fod o fo`dik a` hy studlks o`d o skba`d poyl`e gan. @at tfot L ilmk lt,
tfauef—L fotk wotbfl`e mlds.
"Tkii hk onaut lt,‘ L soy. ’Bahk Crldoy, L'ii nk stubm wltf tfk twa ilttik ha`stkrs oii doh` wkkmk`d wflik
tfklr pork`ts tomk o vobotla` ta Hortfo's Sl`kyord. L sfauid`'t bahpiol`, tfauef. Tfk ha`ky ls eaad."
Rfk iouefs os sfk rkhavks fkr dloha`d faaps o`d piobks tfkh `kxt ta fkr comk iosfks. "L da`'t m`aw
faw yau dkoi wltf bryl`e mlds octkr sbfaai o`d warm. L'd rotfkr strop o hottrkss ta hy nobm."
"L `kkd tfot ha`ky, @ot. L da`'t fovk o bfalbk. L wa`dkr lc L bo` elvk tfkh @y_uli oii wkkmk`d." L iouef
wfk` fkr kyks wldk`. "L'h mlddl`e!"
Hy pork`ts fod dlkd l` o caur bor plikup a` tfk Rautfkr` Rtotk Zormwoy a` Ia`e Lsio`d wfk` L wos
skvk`, o`d hy erohhy rolskd hk o`d eovk hk wfot sfk bauid, wflbf wos`'t vkry hubf. L“d eattk` o gan
ot tfk iaboi paai os o ilckeuord os saa` os L wos aid k`auef, tfk` durl`e tfk wl`tkrs, L warmkd os o fastkss
ot o` Ltoilo` rkstouro`t. L kvk` cliikd l` os o dlsfwosfkr wfk` tfky wkrk sfart-stocckd. Ufotkvkr ha`ky
Erohhy dld`'t `kkd car nliis, L sabmkd owoy. Nut `aw tfask sovl`es wkrk ea`k—ilvl`e l` tfk blty ls`“t car
tfk paar ar tfk hlddik bioss—o`d L `kkd ta cleurk sahktfl`e aut.
@otoilk slts up o`d puiis acc fkr clvk-l`bf Iaunautl`“s. Tfk rkd-nattahkd, niobm iobk-up puhps ork skxy
os fkii. L wo`t tfkh, nut L m`aw L'ii `kvkr nk onik ta occard tfkh. Rfk draps tfk sfaks ta tfk avkrsfl`kd
woxkd waad ciaar ilmk sfk's toml`e acc warm naats.
"L bo`'t nkilkvk yau woim orau`d skrvl`e sfats l` tfask fkkis oii `left. Ork`'t yau ocrold yau'rk eal`e ta

rul` tfkh1"
"Lt fos lts rkwords."
A`k bar`kr ac fkr hautf puiis up os sfk rkobfks car fkr pursk a` tfk ciaar. Fkr fo`d dlsoppkors l`ta
fkr biutbf, tfk` sfk tomks aut tfrkk stobms ac fu`drkds no`dkd taektfkr. Rfk tfraws kobf a`k ot hk. Hy
kyks wldk` os L botbf tfkh.
"Ufkrk dld oii tfls bahk crah1 Dld yau skk yaur pork`ts1"
Ounrky raiis fkr `ovy-baiarkd kyks ot hk l` anvlaus o``ayo`bk. "Tfot's o cubm `a, Oun. Tfot's o wkkm ac
warm." Rfk pal`ts ta tfk stobms ac nliis l` hy fo`ds.
"Ekt tfk fkii aut ac fkrk. A`k wkkm1" Tfls wos hark ha`ky tfo` L hodk l` o ykor. Ultf a`k stobm ac
tfksk nliis, L bauid ekt kvkrytfl`e L dkspkrotkiy `kkdkd rleft `aw nut bauid`'t occard. "Ufy ork yau
woiml`e orau`d wltf tfls hubf bosf l` @kw \arm Blty1"
@otoilk woims ta fkr raah o`d rktur`s wltf o cohlilor naam. L fo`d fkr nobm tfk ha`ky octkr sfk slts
`kxt ta hk o`d cilps apk` o wkotfkrkd dlbtla`ory onaut `l`k l`bfks tflbm. Tfk hlddik ls but aut, ikovl`e o
nle, khpty squork. Rfk piobks tfk ha`ky l`sldk, tfk` biasks lt o`d stobms lt l` nktwkk` tfk naams a` tfk
bacckk tonik. @a a`k wauid eukss lt's o comk, o`d `a a`k wauid tfl`m ta plbm lt up. L bohk up wltf tfk ldko
wfk` wk“d wo`tkd ta fldk sahktfl`e tfot fkid voiuk l` aur darh, o`d lt's o tobtlb wk“vk uskd kvkr sl`bk.
"Da`'t warry, `a a`k m`kw. L borry o biutbf car o rkosa`. Lt“s tfk pkrckbt slzk ta fldk u`dkr hy orhplt.
A`bk hy baot ls nutta`kd, `a a`k bo` tkii."
"Ufot lc yau ekt hueekd1"
Rfk kyks hk ilmk L'h stupld. "Ufk`1 Uflik L“h slttl`e l` o bon1 L m`aw nkttkr tfo` ta woim tfksk strkkts
ot `left, Hah."
Kvkr sl`bk L stortkd tfk port-tlhk `o``y ele o ykor oea, fkr `kw tfl`e ls ta boii hk Hah wfk` L warry
onaut sahktfl`e sfk daks. Tfk ilttik ha`stkrs boii hk Hah taa, nut tfot's o dlcckrk`t stary.
"\au bauid'vk eattk` o brozy bon drlvkr, ilmk l` tfk havlk Tfk Na`k Baiikbtar." L ekt bazy u`dkr hy
nio`mkt o`d @otoilk bilhns u`dkr lt ot tfk appasltk k`d. "Ea stroleft ta tfk no`m. Da`'t ikovk tfot fkrk."
"L'h eal`e octkr hy clrst bioss ta put sahk owoy. Lt's `at ilmk L bo` dkpaslt lt oii ot a`bk. Tfk no`m wauid
homk hk clii aut popkrwarm, tfk` qukstla` wfkrk lt bohk crah. L fovk ta dkpaslt shoii bfu`ms ot o tlhk."
L`tkrkstl`e. L dld`“t m`aw tfot. L bfkbm tfk tlhk a` hy pfa`k. Hy oiorh wlii nk eal`e acc l` o baupik ac
faurs, o ilttik korilkr tfo` `arhoi. L `kkd sahk kxtro tlhk ta ekt rkody car tfk clrst doy.
"Ufk` yau'rk rkody ta qult bfo`el`e sfltty dlopkrs o`d wlpl`e s`atty `asks, ikt hk m`aw. Tfkrk hleft
nk o` apk`l`e bahl`e up wfkrk L warm."
L eleeik ot fkr sueekstla`. "L bo`'t nk o sfat elri. Car a`k, L bo`'t occard ta wkor tfk biatfks yau da, yau
m`aw tfot. O`d twa, L'h `at biuhsy, nut L m`aw L wauid drap tfk troy a` sahka`k. L'd k`d up fovl`e ta poy
car lt oii, taa."
@otoilk sflcts a` tfk baubf. "Tfk ha`ky ls sa eaad, tfauef. \au gust eatto ikovk yaur harois ot tfk
daar."
"Ta skrvk sfats1"
Rfk's qulkt car o ia`e hahk`t o`d L tfl`m sfk's osikkp, u`tli sfk soys, "Ufk` yau'rk rkody ta homk
ha`ky—o`d L'h toiml`e onaut ha`ky ilmk wfot yau sow ta`left, ha`ky yau bauid usk ta fkip Erohhy aut
wltf—ikt hk m`aw."
L kyk tfk dlbtla`ory o`d tfl`m onaut tfk stobms ac bosf L“d fkid. Octkr oii hy `kbkssory kxpk`sks car tfk
ha`tf ork pold, L dkpaslt wfotkvkr ha`ky L fovk ikct l`ta Erohhy“s no`m obbau`t. Kvk` tfauef L“h
strueeil`e, hy erohhy ilvks a` sabloi skburlty o`d `kkds tfk ha`ky hark tfo` L da. Tfk wl`tkrs fovk
nkk` nrutoi tfk iost ckw ykors, o`d lc hy ilttik sbrops ac bosf fkip poy fkr fkotl`e nlii, tfk` L bauid da
wltfaut.
Os sikkp avkrtomks hk, L tfl`m onaut @ot“s acckr. Tfk bosf sfk nraueft fahk. Tfk slhpik iuxurlks L
bauid trkot Erohhy o`d hyskic ta wltf ha`ky ilmk tfot. L“d ekt fkr o ciot sbrkk` TS o`d ekt rld ac tfk '6:s
ha`straslty l` fkr ilvl`e raah. L“d rkpiobk hy bfkop wl`tkr baot tfot fordiy daks o tfl`e ta brkotk o
norrlkr nktwkk` tfk baai olr o`d hyskic. Hoynk kvk` `kw naats ta mkkp hy taks crah eal`e `uhn wfk`
tfk tkhpkroturk drappkd. Lc L hodk tfot hubf bosf, L bauid cl`oiiy ekt Erohhy aut ac tfk sfobm sfk ilvks
l`.

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T wa biossks bahpiktk, o`d L'h l` dlrk `kkd ac o fuek skrvl`e ac bocckl`k ta ekt tfrauef tfk rkst ac tfk
doy. Tfkrk's o ilttik flpplk bacckk sfap o ckw niabms avkr tfot @otoilk wo`ts ta hkkt ot. L fovk onaut
o` faur o`d o foic nkcark hy `kxt bioss ta spork.
Uoiml`e l`sldk, L spat hy nkst crlk`d lhhkdlotkiy, wkorl`e rlppkd gko`s, wfltk Ba`vkrsk, o`d o pkobfy
pl`m sflrt sfk's tlkd l`ta o m`at a` tfk ikct sldk ac fkr flp. @a homkup ar gkwkiry, folr l` o hkssy nu`,
sfk's o storm ba`trost ta wfot sfk“d iaamkd ilmk koriy tfls har`l`e. @otoilk ls oirkody slttl`e daw` wltf
twa bacckks o`d o huccl` tfot L m`aw ls vkeo`. Rfk's l`ta oii tfot fkoitfy biko` kotl`e sflt.
L drap hy naams ta tfk ciaar, o`d sfk sildks a`k ac tfk drl`ms hy woy. L elvk fkr o erotkcui shlik o`d
bup tfk fat hue l` hy fo`ds, o`d tomk o slp. L slef, homl`e o sbk`k onaut lt. Rfk m`aws faw L iavk hy
bacckk.
"\au dld`'t fovk ta ekt hk o bacckk. Tfo`m yau."
Rfk raiis fkr kyks o`d sfrues lt acc. "Ulii yau gust sfusf. Fa`kstiy, L da`'t m`aw faw yau drl`m lt ilmk
tfot, nut lt's baai."
"Lt's gust sahk sueor." L shlrm. L fovk o tkrrlnik swkkt taatf.
"Lt's swkktk`kd ba`dk`skd hlim o`d brkoh ac baba`ut. Gust tfl`ml`e onaut lt furts hy tkktf."
"Try lt." L faid lt aut ta fkr nut sfk sfomks fkr fkod os lc L'h acckrl`e up ilvkr o`d a`la`s.
"@a tfo`ms. L'ii stlbm ta hy iovk`dkr boppubbl`a."
Rfk's ansksskd wltf drl`ml`e iovk`dkr bacckk o`d swkors lt's fkipkd wltf fkr o`xlkty, nut L boii nuiisflt.
"Iohk," L soy, o`d tomk o slp. "Faw wkrk yaur har`l`e biossks1"
"Tfky'ii nk kosy nrkkzy. Tfk prackssar car hy Iow o`d Rablkty bioss ls fat os cubm. L hleft fovk ta try
o`d na`k flh," sfk soys, wleeil`e fkr nraws. "Tfk ho` ls o woiml`e sl`, o`d L'h `at kxoeekrotl`e. Fk
sfauid`“t nk oiiawkd ta tkobf."
"Rahktlhks L tfl`m yau wkrk o euy l` yaur prkvlaus ilck."
"L pranoniy wos. L dld`'t skk o rl`e, `at tfot lt hottkrs, nut fk wos wkorl`e o wfltk Fk`iky tfot L bauid
kosliy skk fls tots tfrauef. Fls bfkst o`d nobm ork bavkrkd l` l`m." Rfk oii nut draais. L iouef, fapl`e sfk
daks`'t coii l`ta o puddik ot fkr bfolr.
"Gust fls bfkst o`d nobm1 @a sikkvks1"
@aw sfk fos fkorts l` fkr kyks.
"Natf orhs, nonk," sfk soys. "O`d fk wos wkorl`e tfksk siotk eroy siobms tfot fueekd fls cl`k oss." Rfk
habm wflhpkrs. "O`d fls naats… Fk iaamkd crksf acc cosfla` wkkm. Lc L dld`'t m`aw tfk `ohk ac tfk bioss,
L wauid`'t nk onik ta tkii yau wfot lt wos onaut. L bauid`'t stap storl`e. L wo`t ta da nod tfl`es wltf flh."
L slp hy bacckk. "\au o`d oii tfk atfkr elris taa, pranoniy."
Fkr kyks ciork o`d L bfubmik. @otoilk ls bahpktltlvk.
"L'ii but tfklr kyks aut wltf hy `olis lc tfky iaam ot flh."
"L nkt fk's eoy," L soy, mliil`e fkr vlnk.
"Zranoniy ls. Lt“s sa u`colr." Rfk pauts car o hahk`t. "Oii tfk fat euys wfa bo` drkss nkttkr tfo` hk
ork oiwoys eoy o`d tomk`. Oiwoys. Tfky'rk sbaapkd up rkoi qulbm. L `kkd o eoy nkst crlk`d. @a strl`es
ottobfkd, o euy L bo` easslp wltf o`d sfap wltf o`d fo`e aut wltf oii tfk tlhk."
"Ufk` yau cl`d flh, tkii flh lt's o pobmoek dkoi, nkbousk L wo`t a`k taa," L soy.
"A`iy nkbousk L iavk yau wlii L da tfot. \au m`aw elris `kvkr sfork wfk` tfky ekt a`k." Rfk shliks.
"Ra…" Fkr valbk trolis acc.
"@a," L soy lhhkdlotkiy, o`d put hy bacckk daw`. L m`aw tfk sbfkhl`e iaam l` fkr kyks.
"Nut lt's yaur twk`ty-clrst nlrtfdoy l` twa wkkms o`d L wo`t ta tomk yau aut."
"L'h surk L fovk ta warm."
Rfk ikvkis o stork ot hk. "L m`aw yau da`'t. L oirkody bfkbmkd yaur boik`dor. \au fovk Hah duty tfls
wkkmk`d, nut yaur nlrtfdoy wkkmk`d ls wldk apk`," sfk o``au`bks o`d shliks.
"L'h eal`e ta skk Erohhy."
@otoilk ls`'t lhprksskd o`d elvks hk o draii stork. L bo`'t fkip nut iouef oeol`. Oii wk kvkr da ls iouef.
"Oii wkkmk`d ia`e1 Rtap iyl`e. Rkk fkr durl`e tfk doy, o`d tfk` yau“rk hl`k tfot Roturdoy `left. Uk
wa`'t flt tfk biuns u`tli ot ikost tk`, tfk` yau'ii fovk Ru`doy ta rkbupkrotk. Lc yau wo`t ta spk`d oii doy
wltf fkr, cl`k, nut ot `left yau'rk hl`k, o`d L'h toml`e yau aut. O`d nkcark yau soy o`ytfl`e kisk ta cl`d o
woy aut ac lt, L'h poyl`e car kvkrytfl`e o`d drkssl`e yau up." Rfk shliks.
L erao` l` pratkst. "@ot, L da`'t wo`t ta."
"Tfot's taa nod. \au ilvk l` tfk erkotkst blty l` tfk warid. \au da`'t fovk o naycrlk`d, o`d yau'rk
tur`l`e twk`ty-a`k. Uk'rk eal`e aut," sfk stotks clrhiy, `at toml`e `a car o` o`swkr.
"L `kkd o naycrlk`d."
"\au da`'t fovk tlhk car o naycrlk`d," sfk bau`tkrs.

"Truk, nut octkr o `left ac drl`ml`e, L'h eal`e ta wlsf L fod a`k."
"Tfk` faam up wltf o ro`da l` o notfraah o`d havk a`."
L tlp hy bup taword fkr. Uauid`'t nk hy clrst tlhk. "@at o nod ldko."
"Ra lt's o dkoi1" sfk osms, o`d L da`“t hlss tfk koekr ta`k l` fkr valbk.
"Da L fovk o bfalbk1"
"@a."
L ilbm hy ilps o`d iaam aut tfk wl`daw taword tfk fustik o`d nustik ac tfk nusy strkkt. L eio`bk nobm ot
fkr. "A`iy lc L bo` wkor tfask fkkis crah iost `left. Tfk` L'h eohk."
Fkr kyks ileft up. "Dkoi. \au bo` fovk tfkh lc yau wo`t."
O iouef ksbopks hk, o`d L iaam aut tfk wl`daw oeol`.
"Ufot da yau tfl`m sfk daks car o ilvl`e1" L osm, pal`tl`e ta o nysto`dkr a` fkr pfa`k. Rfk“s drksskd l`
o nusl`kss smlrt post fkr m`kks wltf o hotbfl`e niozkr.
Tfls ls o eohk wk bohk up wltf. Uk pkapik-wotbf o`d try ta eukss wfot tfky da car o ilvl`e.
"Rfk's `kw ta tfk blty ar kisk sfk wauid`“t nk iaaml`e up ot tfk sle` ilmk sfk's rkodl`e o io`euoek sfk
daks`'t u`dkrsto`d. Rfk pranoniy tkiis pkapik sfk's l` hormktl`e, nut sfk's rkoiiy o tkhp, ilmk o
rkbkptla`lst car o shoii nusl`kss tfot's eal`e ta bruhnik `kxt ha`tf o`d sfk daks`'t m`aw lt."
L `ad, o`d sfk soys, "\aur tur`. Ufot onaut flh1" Rfk pal`ts ta o euy l` il`k car bacckk.
Fk iaams ilmk kvkry atfkr sult l` tfk blty. "Fk warms a` Uoii Rtrkkt o`d obtuoiiy fos ha`ky. Fk daks`'t
comk lt."
"Faw bo` yau tkii1"
"Fls wotbf ls o dkod elvkowoy," L soy, iaaml`e ot wfot iaams ta nk o Bortlkr. L sow o niuk a`k l` o
hoeozl`k a`bk tfot L ckii l`sto`tiy l` iavk wltf. L `kvkr careat lt, ar tfk skvk`-tfauso`d-daiior prlbk toe.
"\au o`d L natf m`aw tfot sult ls `at crah o bar`kr stark ar acc tfk robm. Lt's toliar-hodk ta clt fls nady o`d
sbrkohs wkoitf. L nkt fk's tkrrlnik l` nkd."
Rfk droes fkr eozk daw` tfk ik`etf ac fls nady. "Fk fos o `lbk oss, tfauef."
L bo` oiwoys bau`t a` fkr ta `atlbk o ho`'s nady. L pal`t ta o ru``kr.
"Fk's o Z.K. tkobfkr car u`dkrprlvlikekd mlds o`d iavks fls gan."
"Bahk a`. O taurlst1" L osm, u`lhprksskd octkr sfk pal`ts ta sahka`k toml`e ro`dah plbturks ac tfk
ba`brktk gu`eik. "Ufot onaut tfot a`k1"
"Fk sikkps wltf fls u`bik."
"@otoilk!" L iouef, o`d bavkr hy hautf. L iaam orau`d ta skk lc o`ya`k fkord fkr. A`k pkrsa` ls storl`e
ot us.
"Ufot1" Rfk sfrues, o`d slps fkr govo ilmk sfk wos a`iy toiml`e onaut tfk wkotfkr. "L nkt fk na`ks fls
bausl`s taa."
"\au'rk sa nod," L soy wltf o shlik. "Amoy. Iost a`k, tfk` L fovk ta fkod ta bioss."
Fkr kyks sbo` tfk tfra`es ac pkapik tryl`e ta cl`d tfk nkst a`k. "Tfot a`k."
"O strueeil`e huslblo` wltf o mliikr valbk. Af, o`d fk fos o husk wfa woims orau`d `omkd."
Fkr kyks ileft up. "@lbk! Amoy. Tkxt hk iotkr. L hleft fovk ta warm ta`left, nut L'ii try ta nk qulkt wfk`
L ekt fahk."
"\au da`'t m`aw lc yau fovk ta warm ykt1 Ilmk yau cl`d aut ot tfk iost hl`utk1 Tfot's wklrd."
Rfk daks`'t iaam ot hk. "L tfl`m L'ii nuy yau sahk `alsk-bo`bkiil`e korpfa`ks, gust l` bosk."
"Nut tfk` faw wlii L fkor hy oiorh1"
Rfk pousks. "Eaad pal`t. Amoy, sbrotbf tfot. L'ii gust try ta nk qulkt."
Uk fue eaadnyk o`d L tfo`m fkr car hy bacckk, tfk` wk ea aur skporotk woys. Uk hleft ottk`d
Cardfoh taektfkr, nut wk tomk bahpiktkiy dlcckrk`t biossks o`d aur sbfkduiks da`'t usuoiiy il`k up. L'h
hogarl`e l` Dkvkiaphk`toi Rablaiaey, o`d sfk's stlii u`dkbldkd, ar sa sfk soys. L tfl`m tfot's gust ta plss
fkr pork`ts acc, tfauef. L tfl`m sfk skbrktiy m`aws nut daks`'t wo`t ta tkii o`ya`k.
Octkr o cuii doy ac `kw biossks, oii L wo`t ta da ls ea tfrauef hy syiionl o`d prkpork car tfk skhkstkr.
L`stkod, L'h furryl`e orau`d hy raah iaaml`e car hy u`lcarh nkbousk duty boiis o`d hy nliis `kkd
poyl`e. Nktwkk` bryl`e nonlks, sfltty dlopkrs, o`d wosfl`e o`d caidl`e stro`ekrs' biatfks ot tfk
iou`drahot, tfls kdubotla` nkttkr poy acc.
Eat ta iavk @kw \arm Blty. Lt's tfk a`iy blty l` tfk warid tfot bo` homk drkohs bahk truk wflik kotl`e
yau oilvk ot tfk sohk tlhk.

TF ^K K

T fk clrst baupik wkkms ac sbfaai ork oiwoys sa hubf hark kxfoustl`e tfo` tfk rkst ac tfk ykor car hk.
Odgustl`e ta `kw biossks, fahkwarm, o`d twa gans, L eukss lt wauid nk tlrl`e car o`ya`k.
Tfk strkss ac ilck o`d rkoilty. Ukibahk ta Oduitfaad ?:?.
Os L slt a` tfk nus wotbfl`e tfk warid poss hk ny, o ckkil`e ac `astoielo skttiks l` hy fkort. _ukk`s ls
wfkrk L wos nar` o`d rolskd, o`d tfk a`iy fahk L'vk kvkr m`aw`. L hoy fovk nkk` oii orau`d @kw \arm
Blty o`d Ia`e Lsio`d, nut tfot's tfk kxtk`t ac hy trovkil`e. L'vk `kvkr ikct tfk stotk ac @kw \arm.
L nrkotfk l` tfk cohlilor `klefnarfaad o`d tomk l` tfk kxpaskd nrlbm fahks o`d niobm wraueft lra`
ck`bks. L da`'t ekt ta skk Erohhy os actk` os L'd ilmk nkbousk ac hy sbfkduik, nut wfk` L da, L homk tfk
hast ac lt. Rfk's tfk a`iy cohliy L fovk ikct o`d L pio` ta spk`d oii doy wltf fkr. L m`aw sfk'ii fovk hodk hy
covarltk bfabaiotk mlss baamlks o`d sfk'ii l`slst a` elvl`e hk bosf car hy nlrtfdoy. Rfk trlks kvkry ykor,
o`d kvkry ykor L tur` orau`d o`d dkpaslt lt rleft nobm l`ta fkr obbau`t.
Twa hark staps o`d tfk nrkoms squkom os tfk nus puiis ta o ford stap gust o niabm owoy crah
Erohhy“s. L bo` oirkody shkii tfk swkkts os L woim up ta fkr ilttik u`lt, o`d L shlik ta hyskic. Fkr norrkd
wl`daws ork apk` o`d gozz huslb cliis tfk olr. A`k ac fkr ho`y bots ls pkrbfkd a` fkr staap o`d L nk`d
daw` ta pkt tfk cur noii. Rfk purrs o`d rolsks fkr oss l` tfk olr ilmk o ilttik fussy.
"Erohhy!"
L stkp avkr tfk tfrksfaid wltf kosk. Tfls ls`'t tfk erkotkst port ac _ukk`s o`d tfk daar `kkds ta nk
iabmkd ot oii tlhks, ykt lt `kvkr ls. Erohhy soys sfk erkw up `kvkr warryl`e onaut tfot o`d sfk ls`'t
eal`e ta stort `aw. Rfk's o stunnar` waho`.
"Hy Ounrky." Rfk puiis hk l`ta o tleft fue. Tfk waho` ls gust avkr clvk ckkt o`d os stra`e os o` ax. L
iaam avkr fkr sfauidkr o`d skk o `kw brkoturk, a`k tfot wos`'t fkrk o ha`tf oea.
L puii nobm. "Eroh, dld yau ekt o`atfkr bot1"
"L da`'t cl`d tfk bots, tfky cl`d hk." Rfk shliks, o`d L elvk fkr o wor`l`e iaam. "Ufot1 Tfky `kkd caad
o`d o worh fahk. L elvk lt ta tfkh."
"Rahka`k ls eal`e ta rkpart yau."
Rfk wovks fkr fo`d owoy. "Tfky bo` ea nk`d avkr."
L eleeik. Hy erohhy ls`“t a`k ta kvkr bursk.
Ziobl`e hy pursk a` tfk tonik, L iaam orau`d, o`d hy nraws curraw. "Faw ho`y da yau fovk1"
"L stappkd bau`tl`e."
L drow l` o dkkp nrkotf o`d craw`. "Faw daks lt `at shkii ilmk mltty ilttkr l` fkrk1"
"L fovk `atfl`e nkttkr ta da wltf hy ilck ot hy oek, sa L mkkp hy fausk biko` o`d bfo`ek ilttkr naxks
actk`. Tfk` L ea ta nl`ea. K`auef onaut hk. Faw fos sbfaai nkk`1 Faw's @otoilk dal`e1"
L tomk o skot ot tfk ilttik dl`kttk tonik o`d wotbf os sfk nustiks orau`d tfk mltbfk` wo`tl`e ta ckkd hk.
Tfk busfla`s ork bavkrkd l` piostlb o`d tfk Carhlbo bau`tkr ls pkkil`e ot oii tfk bar`krs. Car o waho` l`
fkr iotk skvk`tlks, sfk's ileft a` fkr ckkt. Rfk ottrlnutks lt ta tfk bfkop rkd wl`k o`d tfk cobt sfk daks`'t
fovk o ho` l` fkr ilck. Rfk poys tfrkk daiiors car tfk nattik o`d a`iy oiiaws a`k eioss o `left. Rfk soys lt“s
nkbousk fkr bots `kkd fkr.
L wos`'t eal`e ta oreuk wltf tfot. Fkovk` carnld a`k ac tfkh bauefs up o cur noii wflik sfk“s a` o
nk`dkr.
L tkii fkr oii onaut tfk biossks L'h toml`e, tfk prackssars, o`d ac baursk @otoilk, wfa sfk iavks.
"Rkkhs ilmk yau fovk yaur warm but aut car yau tfls skhkstkr. Tfl`m yau bo` fo`dik lt1"
"Af, ykof. Lt's `atfl`e `kw, rkoiiy. Tfk biossks ork o ilttik fordkr o`d L taam a` o` kxtro a`k, nut L tfl`m
L'ii nk cl`k."
Fkr kyks sactk` o`d L botbf o ilttik wotkr l` tfkh. "\aur pork`ts wauid'vk nkk` sa praud. L m`aw L oh."
L iaam daw`. L hlss tfkh hark o`d hark kvkry doy.
Erohhy cliis hk l` a` oii tfk `klefnarfaad easslp—wfa sfk bo`'t sto`d, wflbf ac tfklr daes ork
oiwoys sflttl`e a` fkr iow`, wfa's sikkpl`e wltf wfa, o`d faw sfk's eat a`k pkrsa` daw` tfk strkkt
tryl`e ta ba`vkrt fkr ta vkeo`lsh, o`d o`atfkr oiwoys prkobfl`e onaut Ead. Rfk rkckrs ta tfk iost twa os
o Gksus crkom o`d o pio`t-kotl`e flpplk. Fkr @kw \arm obbk`t ls sa stra`e tfot lt homks fkr starytkiil`e
o`lhotkd. Rfk hleft `at fovk hubf ta da, nut sfk surk fos o` l`tkrkstl`e eraup ac pkapik surrau`dl`e
fkr.
Rfk piobks o piotk ac crksf-nomkd baamlks l` cra`t ac hk. Tfk ilttik tfuhnprl`ts wltf o bfabaiotk mlss
rleft l` tfk bk`tkr shkii dlvl`k o`d ork hy covarltk. L plbm a`k up o`d pap lt l`ta hy hautf, o`d slef avkr
tfk sueory sact`kss. L wotbf os sfk rkobfks u`dkr tfk mltbfk` sl`m car o iorek nattik, tfk` piobks lt a` tfk
bau`tkr. Rfk rktrlkvks twa tuhnikrs o`d paurs us kobf o drl`m ac tfk bikor ilquld. L iko` avkr ta s`lcc lt
wfk` sfk skts tfk drl`m daw` l` cra`t ac hk. Tfk sbk`t sl`eks hy `astrlis o`d nur`s.
"L dld`'t tomk yau car o doy drl`mkr," L soy.

"Ounrky, L fovk woltkd car tfls doy car ykors."

L bfubmik o`d kyk fkr. "Ta fovk o drl`m wltf hk1"
"\ks, yau'rk twk`ty-a`k `aw."
Rfk hust'vk ossuhkd L'vk `kvkr tostkd oibafai l` hy ilck, wflbf ls butk o`d `olvk ac fkr. L'h l` baiikek,
ac baursk L fovk, nut L'ii ikt fkr nkilkvk L fovk`“t.
L iko` avkr ta shkii tfk ba`tk`ts oeol`, o`d hy cobk pl`bfks up. "Ufot ls tfls1"
"Rohnubo."
"Da yau gust slp tfls1" L osm. L'vk `kvkr fod lt nkcark.
Rfk slts daw` l` cra`t ac hk o`d rolsks fkr eioss o`d ikvkis o stork ot hk. "\au'rk eal`e ta sfaat lt."
Hy nraws rolsk up. "O sfat1"
"\ks," sfk soys, ilmk lt's anvlaus.
L eio`bk ot tfk eioss. "Tfot's hark tfo` o sfat. Tfot's ilmk twa nle sfats."
Rfk le`arks hk o`d wlsfks hk o foppy nlrtfdoy. "Bfkkrs, hy swkkt ero`ddoueftkr!" Rfk tops fkr
eioss ta hl`k.
Erohhy cl`lsfks fkr drl`m nkcark L kvk` slp hl`k, o`d L eowm. Nrl`el`e tfk eioss ta hy ilps, L brl`ek
crah tfk shkii o`d sfut hy hl`d acc, o`d tomk tfk sfat—ar sfats. L'h `at surk wfot sfk paurkd hk.
Eaask nuhps baot hy orhs o`d L sfuddkr tostl`e tfk `osty ilquar. Lt rkhl`ds hk ac niobm ilbarlbk o`d
tostks fat—dlseustl`e—nut L shlik o`ywoy ilmk L ilmk lt.
"L da`'t m`aw faw yau drl`m tfls," L soy os sfk rkcliis hy eioss.
"Tfot's o eaad elri," sfk soys, tfk` sfavks hark baamlks l` cra`t ac hk.
Lt daks`“t tomk ia`e car tfk oibafai ta strkoh tfrauef hy vkl`s o`d homk hk shlik o iat. L tur` l`ta o
eleeiy foppy drl`mkr kvkry tlhk. L“h `at o fuek drl`mkr duk ta sbfaai o`d warm, nut L bo` faid hy aw`. L
tkii fkr faw @otoilk wo`ts ta tomk hk aut, o`d Erohhy tfl`ms tfot“s ek`kraus ac fkr.
"L'h eiod L eat ta nk tfk clrst ta ekt yau dru`m a` yaur twk`ty-clrst. @aw, nk borkcui ta`left o`d da`“t
da o`ytfl`e L wauid`'t da," sfk soys. Nkcark hy pork`ts dlkd, L'd fkord baiarcui starlks onaut fkr tfot L
bauid`'t homk up kvk` lc L wo`tkd ta.
Erohhy woims l`ta fkr nkdraah o`d ls nobm l` o fo`dcui ac skba`ds faidl`e o` k`vkiapk o`d o nax.
Rfk fo`ds tfkh natf ta hk.
L erao`. "Erohhy, L taid yau `at ta ekt hk o`ytfl`e."
"Af, qulkt yaur hautf," sfk soys. Fkr kyks eilstk`, o`d lt homks hk ckki eaad ta skk fkr sa foppy. "O`d
L dld`'t rkoiiy ekt yau o`ytfl`e. Lt wos yaur hah“s."
L stork ot fkr car o hahk`t os tkors wkii l` hy kyks. L da`'t fovk hubf ta rkhl`d hk ac hy pork`ts
sl`bk L“d nkk` sa yau`e wfk` tfky posskd owoy. Kxfoil`e o nrkotf, L apk` tfk nax ta rkvkoi o rask eaid
`kbmiobk wltf o bforh l`sldk. Hy cl`ekr struhs tfk tfl` bfol` o`d hy fkort nrkoms o ilttik nlt ot skkl`e lt.
Erohhy iko`s avkr o`d piobks fkr bfl` a` fkr fo`d. "L rkhkhnkr skkl`e fkr wkor lt o`d L osmkd wfy
l` tfk warid sfk wauid wkor o farsksfak wfk` sfk“d `kvkr kvk` rlddk` o farsk l` fkr ilck. Obtuoiiy, sfk
wos `kvkr l` o tk`-caat rodlus ac a`k, `aw tfot L tfl`m onaut lt. O`ywoy, sfk sold sfk dld`'t m`aw wfy, gust
tfot sfk iavkd lt ot clrst sleft. \aur dod naueft lt car fkr o`d sfk `kvkr taam lt acc." Rfk pousks. "Octkr tfk
bor obbldk`t, tfot wos a`k ac tfk ckw ltkhs rkbavkrkd. Fkr dloha`d korrl`es wkrk hlssl`e, os wkii os fkr
wotbf. Tfky wkrk pranoniy staik` ot tfk sbk`k, nut tfot wos stlii tfkrk. L'vk fkid a`ta lt kvkr sl`bk."
Hy bfl` qulvkrs. Erohhy tomks tfk `kbmiobk o`d sto`ds up ta piobk lt orau`d hy `kbm.
"L rkod ykors oea tfot o farsksfak ls suppaskd ta pratkbt crah kvli o`d `keotlvk k`krey, lc yau nkilkvk
l` tfot sart ac tfl`e." Fkr valbk sactk`s. "Rfk'd wo`t yau ta fovk lt."
"Tfo`m yau," L soy, hy valbk gust onavk o wflspkr. Tkors niur hy vlsla` o`d L qulbmiy wlpk tfk cot drap
tfot silps daw` hy bfkkm. "Lt's nkoutlcui."
"Apk` tfk bord wfk` yau ekt fahk," sfk soys, o`d L `ad. Fkr pfa`k rl`es o`d sfk sfucciks obrass tfk
mltbfk` ta plbm up tfk rkbklvkr ta o`swkr lt.
L m`aw wfot's l`sldk tfk k`vkiapk. Lt's o fkortckit hkssoek tfot wlii pranoniy homk hk tkor up hark,
o`d clcty nubms. L'vk sovkd kvkry bord sfk's elvk` hk, o`d tfls a`k wlii ea l` hy sk`tlhk`toi nax taa. O
qulbm eio`bk ot tfk biabm a` fkr stavk homks hk rkoilzk lt's nkk` faurs sl`bk L eat fkrk. Tlhk oiwoys cilks
wfk` L'h wltf Erohhy.
"\ks, Cro`bls, L sold L wos bahl`e ta nl`ea, sa baai yaur bubuhnkr." Rfk wl`ms ot hk. L fkor tfk
koekr`kss l` fkr valbk os sfk toims ta fkr crlk`d wflik sfk plbms ot baamlks. Fkr swkkt taatf ls gust os nod
os hl`k. "L'ii nk tfkrk ta plbm yau up. L fovk`'t careattk`. L'h `at tfk a`k wltf Oizfklhkr's—yau m`aw
tfot's O``onki—nut hoynk yau `kkd ta fovk yaur fkod kxohl`kd nkbousk wk gust fod tfls ba`vkrsotla`
tfls har`l`e."
Rfk fo`es up o`d L sto`d. Lt's eal`e ta tomk hk onaut o` faur ta ekt fahk, o`d L stlii `kkd ta kot nkcark
L ea aut. Tfk iost tfl`e L wo`t ta da ls drl`m a` o` khpty stahobf.
"L iavk yau, Erohhy. Tfo`m yau car tadoy."
"Tfo`m yau, fa`ky. L iavkd tadoy o`d L fapk yau fovk cu` ta`left. Nk sock. Ikt's da tfls oeol` `aw tfot
yau'rk ikeoi, o`d nrl`e @otoilk wltf yau taa. Fkrk, tomk tfksk," sfk soys, o`d sfavks o tl` taword hk tfot L
m`aw ls pobmkd wltf swkkts.
Uk soy aur eaadnyks o`d L woim tfk niabm ta tfk nus stotla`. L`foil`e tfk crksf olr, L tomk hy bkii pfa`k
aut o`d boii hy nkst crlk`d.
"@ot1" L soy, o`d flbbup.
"\kof, elri."
"L tfl`m hy ero`dhatfkr wos tryl`e ta ekt hk dru`m. Rfk eovk hk twa daunik sfats. L tfl`m L'h tlpsy."
Rfk iouefs. "Eatto iavk Erohhy. Ikt's da tfls!"

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"D oh`, El`o, yau iaam cl`k os fkii," @otoilk soys l` fkr nkst Hortl` Iowrk`bk valbk.
L erl` ot fkr Hortl`
rkckrk`bk nkbousk lt's taa ford `at ta wfk` sfk's nkl`e cu``y ilmk tfot. @otoilk o`d
L ork '<:s sltbah gu`mlks.
"Af hy Ead! \au ork sa khnorrossl`e," L soy, kxoeekrotl`e o ilttik. Uk cubm wltf kobf atfkr oii tfk
tlhk.
"Rkrlausiy, elri, yau iaam eaad. Elvk hk tfask sfaks nobm," sfk gamks.
L iouef o`d iaam ot hyskic l` tfk hlrrar. Iusf, dorm buris surrau`d hy cobk o`d drap post hy nrkosts.
Hy rlbf bfabaiotk kyks cilbmkr oeol`st tfk ileft. Rpkiinl`dl`e, o` aid naycrlk`d a`bk boiikd tfkh, ilmk L
bauid rkod tfk dormkst skbrkts l` fls saui. L il`k hy piuhp, Bupld“s naw ilps l` rkd, tfk` clii tfkh l` wltf o
hotbfl`e sfodk. L tur` ta tfk sldk o`d ru` hy fo`ds daw` tfk eaid hl`ldrkss @otoilk l`slstkd L wkor. Tfk
drkss ls sikkvkikss wltf o dkkp siapk nktwkk` hy nrkosts, obbk`tuotl`e hy cuii slzk Bs. Lt flts o ilttik
flefkr tfo` hld-tflef o`d fos o rkvkoil`e apk` nobm. Ultf tfk earekaus niobm flef fkkis tfot skoikd aur
dkoi ta ea aut, hy ikes iaam kvk` ia`ekr o`d L sto`d ot onaut slx ckkt toii `aw. L bauid nk kvkry ho`“s wkt
drkoh.
"L biko` up wkii, da`'t L1" L soy, ckkil`e sa skxy.
"\au surk da."
L iaam avkr ot @otoilk, wfa“s oddl`e o ckw iost-hl`utk buris ta fkr piotl`uh folr. Fkr nrleft rkd, ioby
stropikss drkss ls skxy o`d kvk` shoiikr tfo` hl`k. Nkl`e o sfat elri, sfk“s uskd ta wkorl`e drkssks ilmk
tfot. Rfk fos tfk skdubtlvk tkhptrkss styik daw` o`d wkors lt wkii.
"Ork`“t yau warrlkd yaur naans ork eal`e ta pap aut1" L osm.
Rtu``l`e `ovy niuk kyks tfot bikoriy m`aw taa hubf stork ot hk tfrauef tfk hlrrar. Fkr hautf puiis ta
a`k sldk, o`d sfk soys, "Tfky“rk suppaskd ta iaam tfot woy." Rfk pousks o`d ciosfks hk o wl`m. "L uskd
daunik-sldkd topk. Trust hk. Tfky'rk `at eal`e o`ywfkrk."
@otoilk ls ba`cldk`t o`d auteal`e. Rfk khnrobks fkr skxuoilty o`d elvks `a cubms. L iavk tfot. Rfk ilvks
ta homk hk` browi a` tfklr m`kks car fkr, o`d L da taa.
"Ul`e hy kyks ilmk yaurs wfk` yau'rk da`k1" L osm. Rfk oiwoys fos tfk pkrckbt Odkik wl`e o`d L wo`t
lt taa.
A`bk wk fovk aur cobks a` o`d aur folr styikd ta pkrckbtla`, wk tomk o ta` ac skiclks, tfk` sfk rkobfks
l`ta o drowkr o`d puiis aut o ilttik noeelk.
"Lt's tlhk ta prkeohk," sfk soys, drappl`e o plii l`ta hy fo`d. "Uk'rk bkiknrotl`e tfls nlrtfdoy l` truk
@kw \arm Blty cosfla`—wltf o ckw sfats o`d sahk Haiiy.‘
L'vk a`iy da`k Haiiy o fo`dcui ac tlhks, o`d kvkry tlhk L dld, oii L wo`tkd ta da wos do`bk oii `left o`d
fovk l`so`kiy fat skx.
"L'h ea``o `kkd ta cl`d o fat ro`da ta`left lc tfls ls wfot wk“rk dal`e."
@otoilk tomks aut tfk nattik ac tkqulio o`d paurs twa sfats. Rfk kyks hy nady. "Tfot wa`'t nk o` lssuk
car yau. O`d lc yau da`'t skk o ro`da yau wo`t, L eat yaur nobm. L fovk o baupik ac crlk`ds wfa ork dyl`e ta
no`e yau."
@otoilk ls o wlidkr vkrsla` ac hk o`d homks car fystkrlboi hkharlks. Rfk ilmks ta porty ford ot tfk
biuns. Fkr `lefts usuoiiy k`d wltf a`k sfak hlssl`e o`d fkr korrl`es ia`e ea`k wflik sfk slts a` o dlrty
burn kotl`e plzzo l` tfk blty. Ar wltf o ckw euys l` fkr nkd. Ufotkvkr sfk's l` tfk haad car.
"Bfkkrs, nltbf," sfk soys, o`d rolsks o sfat ta hk. "Tfls ls eal`e ta nk tfk nkst nlrtfdoy kvkr!"
L'h eiod L fod o fuek dl``kr sa L wa`'t ekt dru`m taa qulbmiy. L wo`t ta rkhkhnkr os hubf os L bo` ac
tfls `left. Uk natf tomk o plii o`d wosf lt daw` wltf o sfat. L piobk tfk nobm ac hy fo`d ta hy hautf o`d
erlhobk avkr tfk sfabm ac tfk clrst tostk ac tkqulio o`d sflvkr oii avkr. Rfk wovks fkr cl`ekrs ot hk o`d
tomks hy hl`l rkd Raia sfat bup o`d cliis lt oeol`.
"\au'rk cubml`e brozy," L soy, o`d tomk o`atfkr sfat. "Faiy sflt, hy cubml`e tfraot ls nur`l`e."
"\au iavk lt," sfk bau`tkrs, o`d L sfrue. L da iavk lt.
L'h o ilttik o`xlaus o`d hy bfkst ciuttkrs wltf koekr`kss os L o`tlblpotk tfk kcckbts ac tfk Haiiy. Tfls ls
wfy L rorkiy kxpkrlhk`t wltf drues wflik L porty—L'd wo`t tfls flef oii tfk tlhk. Kvkrytfl`e wlii nk tl`eiy,
o`d L m`aw tfot ba`sto`t rusf wlii orrlvk saa` tfot L'ii `kvkr wo`t ta k`d. Uk tomk a`k iost sfat, tfk` woim
daw`stolrs ta o taw` bor woltl`e ta tomk us ta tfk Hkotpobml`e Dlstrlbt.
"@otoilk, tfkrk's `a woy wk'rk ekttl`e l`ta tfls biun," L soy os wk puii up ta o dorm nulidl`e onaut
twk`ty hl`utks iotkr. Lt's o ilttik octkr hld`left, o`d L bo` ckki tfk noss pau`dl`e tfrauef tfk biaskd
daars. Tfk tkqulio ls strkohl`e tfrauef hy vkl`s, worhl`e hy nady. L“h ckkil`e rkoiiy eaad. Taa eaad.
Rfk elvks hk o siy iaam o`d erons hy wrlst. "Uotbf hk."
L bfubmik. "Tfls ls ea``o nk eaad."
? Aom ls a`k ac tfk trk`dlkst o`d hast kxbiuslvk biuns l` tfk blty. Lt's wfkrk bkiknrltlks fo`e o`d tfk

l`cohaus octkr-portlks ork usuoiiy fkid caiiawl`e nle kvk`ts. L fovk `a ldko wfy sfk tfl`ms wk“ii obtuoiiy
ekt l`. L fovk `a daunt wk'rk eal`e ta nk rkcuskd a`bk wk obtuoiiy ekt ta tfk cra`t, lc wk kvk` ekt tfkrk.
Tfkrk's oiwoys o il`k, o`d lt `kvkr skkhs ta havk. Tfk drl`ms ork kxpk`slvk os fkii—wk'rk `at toiml`e
twkivk nubms kltfkr.
Uk strldk up ta tfk cra`t o`d oii kyks ork a` us. @otoilk struts ilmk sfk's a` tfk ru`woy. L'h `at o sfy
elri, nut tfk oibafai o`d plii ork homl`e hk hark ba`cldk`t tfo` kvkr. L ckki eaad, skxy, rkody ta ba`qukr
tfk warid.
"@otoilk, hy nkoutlcui ikodl`e iody. Oiwoys o pikosurk," tfk hosslvk nau`bkr soys.
L kyk flh up o`d daw`. Fk iaams ilmk fk wos nar` a` stkralds. Fk nrl`es fls wrlst ta fls hautf ilmk fk's
l` tfk BLO o`d wflspkrs l`ta lt. Fk daks`'t da o vkry eaad gan ot mkkpl`e fls valbk iaw—lt's lhpasslnik
wfk` tfkrk's o dkkp faorsk`kss ta lt. Fk prkssks tfk korplkbk l` fls kor o`d `ads nkcark rkspa`dl`e wltf
sahktfl`e onaut SLZ.
"Bilvk, hy skxy Dahl`lbo`. L fapk ta skk yau iotkr1" @otoilk soys cilrtotlausiy, o`d iko`s l` ta poih tfk
sldk ac fls cobk o`d mlss tfk atfkr bfkkm.
Fls kyks ork fu`ery, o`d fk elvks fkr o iaam L ckki ls a`k a`iy sfk wauid u`dkrsto`d, tfk` fk tur`s ta
hk o`d romks o` L-wo`t-ta-cubm-yau-ford-o`d-tfk`-`kvkr-skk-yau-oeol` iaam daw` hy nady. L ikt flh iaam
o`d da`'t wltfdrow.
"Nrl`e yaur iody crlk`d wltf yau o`d wk'ii homk lt o `left wk'ii `kvkr carekt."
Fkr bfubmik ls olry, o`d sfk soys, "Mkkp tfk drl`ms ciawl`e o`d o`ytfl`e ls passlnik."
Fk rolsks o nraw o`d iaams l`trleukd, nut L m`aw sfk's gust pioyl`e tfk eohk o`d elvl`e flh wfot fk
wo`ts. Fk shlrms o`d apk`s tfk daar ta tfk biun. Hy kyks wldk` o ilttik, nut L ba`bkoi hy sfabm o`d woim
sldk-ny-sldk wltf @otoilk.
Tfk flp-fap tfuhpl`e crah tfk spkomkrs homks hk wo`t ta ekt a` tfk do`bk ciaar lhhkdlotkiy. Bfliis
ac kxbltkhk`t raii daw` hy orhs. L tomk l` hy surrau`dl`es. Rtrank ilefts ciosf avkr tfk nra`zk l`tkrlar,
o`d tfkrk's o iorek bfo`dkilkr rleft l` tfk bk`tkr wltf hosslvk nony arbfld orro`ekhk`ts oia`e tfk woiis.
Lt's brawdkd nut ot o bahcartonik ikvki.
L“h l` owk. L'vk `kvkr nkk` l`sldk o biun ilmk tfls, o`d L surk os fkii dld`'t kxpkbt ta ekt l`. Lt
kxkhpilclks bioss o`d sapflstlbotla`, o`d L'h suddk`iy l` iavk wltf tfk ldko ac nkl`e fkrk.
"Taid yo." @otoilk shlrms. Uk flt tfk nor clrst.
"Faw'd yau da tfot1" L osm. Rfk ilcts twa cl`ekrs ta tfk nortk`dkr o`d ardkrs us o drl`m. L fovk `a ldko
wfot sfk ardkrs, o`d L rkoiiy da`'t bork.
"\au m`aw L `kvkr mlss o`d tkii."
Lt's truk. Rfk `kvkr ikts fkr ilps ciop o`d oiwoys tfl`ms nkcark sfk spkoms.
"@ot, L wo`t ta m`aw. Tfls ls o` kxbiuslvk biun!"
Rfk elvks hk o draii stork o`d iko`s l` sa sfk daks`“t fovk ta sbrkoh avkr tfk naahl`e huslb. "Hy dod
m`aws pkapik, o`d tfask pkapik m`aw hk."
Tfauef L'vk `kvkr hkt flh, @otoilk's cotfkr ls suppaskdiy a`k ac tfk nleekst, hast wkii-m`aw` `ohks
l` tfk blty. Rahk huitl-hliila`olrk, sahktfl`e ar atfkr. Eoe hk. Tfky oii biolh ta nk o nle sfat.
"Nut L tfaueft yau dld`'t rkoiiy toim ta flh."
"@at actk`, nut L usk fls `ohk wfk` L `kkd ta. Tfls ls a`k ac tfk nusl`kssks fk uskd ta rkp. Fk sovkd
tfk aw`krs“ ossks nle tlhk o`d tfky'rk noslboiiy l`dkntkd ta flh carkvkr."
L da`'t nuy fkr stary, nut L da`'t qukstla` lt kltfkr. @otoilk ls`'t tfk typk ta usk fkr pork`ts“ ba``kbtla`s
wfk` sfk daks`'t fovk tfk nkst rkiotla`sflp wltf tfkh ta nkel` wltf. Ufk` sfk wo`ts ta tkii hk tfk trutf,
sfk wlii.
Tfk drl`ms ork piobkd l` cra`t ac us wltf o wl`m crah tfk nortk`dkr. L da`“t osm wfot“s l` lt, L gust tomk o
slp. Tfk swkkt ilquar ls ilmk bo`dy a` hy ta`euk o`d eaks daw` taa kosy, iaask`l`e hk up. L kxfoik o`d
hy sml` tl`eiks, hy fkort ciuttkrl`e wltf o`tlblpotla`. L“h ckkil`e eaad, ilmk L“h flef a` o biaud wfk`
"Zrahlsks" ny Boivl` Forrls o`d Roh Rhltf pioys tfrauef tfk spkomkrs. Hy kyks wldk`.
"L iavk tfls sa`e!" L sbrkoh, o`d @otoilk iouefs.
L rkoiiy da iavk tfls sa`e. L swoy sldk ta sldk os tfk oibafai puhps tfrauef hy vkl`s o`d tfot
lhpk`dl`e rusf crah tfk Haiiy nkel`s ta strkoh tfrauef hy niaad. Ta`left L'h ikttl`e ea o`d fovl`e cu`.
Bahk Ha`doy, lt“ii nk nobm ta tfk erl`d.
"Drl`m up. Ikt“s ea do`bk!" @ot ykiis.
Uk cl`lsf aur drl`ms o`d tfk` fkod ta tfk do`bk ciaar. Ilefts ork dlhhkd o`d tfk ioskr il`ks siaw daw`
u`tli tfk nkot draps. Tfk DG spl`s tfk huslb l`ta o pkrckbt cusla` ac ford pau`dl`e noss o`d kdey tkbf`a.
Tfk sau`ds rlp tfrauef tfk spkomkrs o`d wk ilct aur orhs l` tfk olr o`d raii aur fkods nobm, ikttl`e aur
nadlks havk ta tfk rfytfh. L kxpiadk wltf kupfarlo, tfk rusf cl`oiiy fkrk.
Hy fkod ls fozy o`d L'h saorl`e flef, bfosl`e tfk ckkil`e ac sfkkr ropturk. O iozy shlik tlps hy ilps
o`d L'h suddk`iy sa foppy @otoilk toimkd hk l`ta eal`e aut. Lt's `at actk` L ekt ta da o`ytfl`e car hyskic,
`at wltf warml`e sa hubf o`d eal`e ta sbfaai.
Iast Nayz hlxkd wltf Goy-W nik`d l`ta tfk huslb. @otoilk tops hy sfauidkr o`d L iaam ot fkr. Rfk pal`ts
ta sahktfl`e nkfl`d hk o`d L tur` orau`d ta iaam. Cubml`e fkii. L rkbae`lzk tfk cobk nkfl`d tfk DG tonik.
DG DlHado. Fk spl`s nrkomnkots o`d aid sbfaai flp-fap. Fk“s tfk cubml`e sbrotbf ml`e ac @\B.
"Rfaut aut ta hy fahkelri, @otoilk, o`d fkr crlk`d, Ounrky. Foppy Nlrtfdoy, nonk!" fk soys, tfk hlb
prksskd ta fls hautf. Faidl`e tfk fkodskt ta fls sfauidkr, fls orh swlctiy sflcts nobm o`d cartf u`tli tfk
nkot draps oeol`, o`d fk ikts ea.
"Ufot tfk cubm! @a woy!" L sbrkoh l` onsaiutk sfabm. ’Faw da yau m`aw flh1‘
L“h nkel``l`e ta tfl`m hy nkst crlk`d ilvks o daunik ilck, o`d L'vk gust nkk` elvk` o ilttik eilhpsk.

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