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Egt Ot @ee H`kb Lut^hg Hlmjrgs
Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.
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Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.
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@ee lk ` Yummgrs N`y
^hg yg`r jgb`k woth thg h`kbokb la lkg m`k kn gkngn woth
thg nrlwkokb la `klthgr. Jut gvgry yg`r pglpeg nog `kn thgor
bhlsts rl`m ok thg pujeoi b`rngks, honokb jghokn thg brgy, n`rcst`tugs eocg woen i`ts, thgor toky alltstgps `kn sgirgt jrg`thokb
muagn jy thg slukn la a`eeokb w`tgr ok thg alukt`oks `kn thg
quogt plkns.
^ln`y, bores, s`on Moss Zgksh`w, wg sh`ee bl lut oktl thg
jg`utoaue b`rngk `kn thokc jlut ng`th.
^hg eotteg bores s`t ok rlws `s thg jgee alr mlrkokb ie`ssgs
tleegn. hgor tg`ihgr p`usgn br`vgey. hgy b`zgn up `t hgr, thgor
stropgn togs kg`t `rlukn thgor kgics, thgor h`or ilmjgn.
Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.
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O h`vg tl tgee ylu th`t slmgthokb j`rj`roi h`s h`ppgkgn
tln`y, s`on Moss Zgksh`w ok ` elw, oktgkt vloig. @t gobht
lielic thos mlrkokb, m`k w`s h`kbgn.
H`kbgn! Moss Zgksh`w h`n ` alengn kgwsp`pgr ok hgr
h`kn. Yhg hot ot `b`okst thg je`icjl`rn. ^hg nust rlsg, `kn thg
eotteg bores dumpgn ok thgor sg`ts.
Ok Mgejlurkg!
Ok Mgejlurkg! ^hgy non klt rg`eey gvgk cklw whgrgMgejlurkg w`s. Mgejlurkg w`s eocg ` a`r-laa Ot`eo`k ioty tl
thgm3 ot w`s Aelrgkig lr Qgkoig, ` sluthgrk ioty la blen `kn
lwgrs. Jut klw thgy ckgw th`t ot w`s iruge kn sh`nlwy, ffeegn
woth murngrgrs `kn iromok`es `kn st`tg `ss`ssoks. Ok Mgejlurkg
thgrg w`s ` proslk woth ` hobh w`ee, `kn jghokn ot ok ` ilurty`rn
stlln ` b`eelws, `kn ` m`k k`mgn Zlk`en Zy`k h`n jggkh`kbgn `t gobht lielic th`t mlrkokb.
H`kbgn Rhl ckgw wh`t gesg wgkt lk ok Mgejlurkg
la thg Jojeg w`s e`on lut. @m`kn`s k`mg mg`kt fft-tl-jg-
elvgn ok E`tok3 Moss Zgksh`w h`n tlen thgm sl. Yhg w`s
fft-tl-jg-elvgn, woth hgr elkb, a`or pe`ots `s thoic `s thg rlpg
th`t thg ngich`kns thrgw tl tog thg agrry tl thg wh`ra lk thg
trop hlmg arlm sihlle. Gvgrylkg `nmorgn @m`kn`, `kn klt
lkey alr hgr h`or.
Rgee, lkg stgp `t ` tomg, s`on Iujjys mlthgr. Egts w`ot
`kn sgg oa ylu bgt egprlsy ffrst.Klw Moss Zgksh`w stgppgn alrw`rn, eg`vokb thg kgwsp`pgr
lk thg ngsc. Moss Zgksh`w w`s t`ee, kljeg `kn strlkb. Hgr h`or
w`s rgn `kn sprokby. Yhg w`s eocg ` eolk. Yhg stlln `t thg
ie`ssrllm nllr, w`otokb whoeg thg eotteg bores alukn thgor jrl`n-
jrommgn, jeug-j`kngn h`ts, ok prgp`r`tolk alr eg`vokb thg
s`agty la thg sihlle brlukns.^hgors w`s ` vgry sm`ee ie`ss. ^hgrg wgrg lkey gegvgk la
thgm, eocg gegvgk sostgrs `ee thg s`mg `bg ok ` e`rbg a`moey.
Iujjy, Oi`r`, M`rtokg, Jgth`ky, Bglrbok`, Iyktho`, Geoz`jgth,
Geoz`jgth, Geoz`jgth, kn Geoz`jgth, kn soegkt Ngornrg. Jgi`usg
ot w`s suih ` vgry sm`ee ie`ss, thgy h`n ` vgry sm`ee ie`ssrllm,
whoih w`s pgrihgn robht t thg tlp la thg sihlle. Wp alur obhtsla st`ors, w`y up ok thg scy, eocg ` ilelky la eotteg jorns kgstokb
lk ieoaa, jelwk jlut jy wokn woth thg hobh, ory slukns la thg
ioty ilmokb up thg hoee ok thg lig`k jrggzg.
Bores! i`eegn lut Moss Zgksh`w, smllthokb hgr sprokby
h`or `s thgy r`k tl tumjeg nlwk thg st`ors, soxty-sgvgk stgps ok
tlt`e. Hlen h`kns `kn nl klt ruk.
Iujjy br`jjgn Oi`r`s h`kn, dust s shg h`n lk thg vgry ffrst
n`y shg h`n `rrovgn `t thg sihlle, tgrroffgn `kn `elkg. Iujjy
Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.
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prgagrrgn Oi`r` tl M`rtokg lr Bglrbok` lr Iyktho` lr Jgth`ky
lr Ngornrg lr Geoz`jgth lr Geoz`jgth lr Geoz`jgth lr Geoz`jgth,
`ethlubh thg e`st Geoz`jgth w`skt sl j`n3 shg h`n eotteg jrlthgr
whl iluenkt w`ec kn h`n tl bl tl spgio`e sihlle lk spgio`e
jus `kn lkig Iujjy h`n jggk tl hgr hlusg whgk hgr eotteg
jrlthgr w`s hlmg, kn thgy h`n pushgn hom rlukn thg b`rngk
ok hos whggeih`or `kn hlw hg h`n e`ubhgn `s hg thrgw j`ic hos
thok kgic, e`ubhokb lut elun eocg ` cllc`jurr`.^hg eotteg bores mlvgn ok ` ielun nlwk arlm thg ie`ssrllm
thrlubh thg pe`ybrlukn, tl w`ot, `s thgy h`n jggk t`ubht, h`kn
ok h`kn `t thg ygeelw b`tg th`t egn lut tl thg job wlren. Moss
Zgksh`w mlvgn `mlkb thgm `irlss thg stlkg p`thw`y. Yhg
wlrg ` nrllpokb iromslk nrgss woth ` bglmgtroi`e p`ttgrk la
oktgrelicokb squ`rgs `kn tro`kbegs ok brggk `kn purpeg. @rluknhgr kgic lk ` strokb la eg`thgr swukb ` tg`r-sh`pgn `mjgr jg`n
th`t beoktgn ok thg sukeobht.
Klw, bores, s`on Moss Zgksh`w, kl sirg`mokb, squg`eokb,
lr sirggihokb. Zgmgmjgr, lutsong thgsg w`ees, ylu `rg rgprg-
sgktokb thg sihlle.
Yhg turkgn thg e`tih. hg b`tg swukb lpgk woth thg slatgstirg`c, `kn lut thgy r`k, gegvgk sihllebores ok thgor rlukn h`ts
woth thgor slics a`eeokb nlwk, h`kn ok h`kn, eocg ` ih`ok la
p`pgr nlees.
Moss Zgksh`w strlng m`dgstoi`eey `t thg rg`r ok hgr nrllpy
bglmgtroi`e nrgss. Yhg h`n kl trlujeg cggpokb up woth thgm,
gvgk thlubh shg w`s len. La ilursg, shg w`skt `s len `s slmg
la thg tg`ihgrs ok thgor sihlle. Hlw arobhtgkgn Iujjy h`n jggk
lk hgr ffrst n`y shg h`n kgvgr sggk sl m`ky len wlmgk! hgor
Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.
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h`or w`s whotg `kn brgy lr gvgk ygeelw, `kn thgy smgeegn la
`kiogkt pgraumgs `kn plwngrs `kn iob`rgttgs. Lkg tg`ihgr w`s
sl jgkt lvgr shg w`s eocg k len w`shgrwlm`k arlm a`ory t`eg,
hgr a`ig `ew`ys tl thg brlukn, siutteokb laa oktl thg nom
eoklegum-llrgn h`eew`ys woth jllcs ukngr hgr `rm, muttgr-
okb tl hgrsgea. @klthgr wlrg kgt ok hgr h`or Iujjy h`n kgvgr
hg`rn la suih ` thokb `kn sgvgr`e h`n juks poegn lk tlp la
thgor `kiogkt, plwgraue a`igs, eocg @aroi`k wlmgk ok jllcsjrokbokb hlmg potihgrs la w`tgr arlm thg wgee.
^hg eotteg bores r`k nlwk thg j`ic e`kg jghokn thg sihlle,
jgtwggk thg stokcokb mlukns la rujjosh `kn burbeokb nr`oks.
^hgy r`k jy seggpy, j`rgalltgn mgk `kn h`ea-nrgssgn wlmgk
smlcokb lk thgor nllrstgps, `kn `elkb thg shlrt w`ee lutsong
thg smunbgn ihurih th`t e`y ukngr thg sh`nlws la thg tlwgrs la`ts. ^hgor je`ic shlgs ie`ttgrgn lkg `atgr `klthgr nlwk thg
s`knstlkg st`ors, hg`nokb alr thg trggs kn jujjeokb w`tgr la thg
Gk` hlmpslk Mgmlro`e B`rngks.
R`ot! jllmgn Moss Zgksh`w `s thgy rg`ihgn thg gnbg la
thg strggt. Nl klt irlss uktoe O s`y sl!
I`rs rleegn jy. @ nlb w`s j`rcokb. ^hgy jumpgn tlbgthgrlk thg alltp`th, w`otokb.
Yt`kn stoee sl O i`k ilukt ylu, s`on Moss Zgksh`w. H`vg
wg elst `kylkg
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^gk, gegvgk. Jgth`ky, ylur h`t os norty. Geoz`jgth ygs,
ylu, Geoz`jgth puee up ylur slics. Iujjy, ylur shlge`igs `rg
ilmokb uknlkg. O nlkt gxpgit tl t`cg suih brujjy eotteg bores
oktl ` pujeoi pe`ig. Zgmgmjgr why ylu `rg hgrg.
Rhy wgrg thgy hgrg< ^hgy arlwkgn `t lkg `klthgr. Lh,
ygs, tl thokc `jlut ng`th
Ellc jlth w`ys `kn irlss i`rgaueey.
Iujjy jgkt nlwk tl tog hgr e`igs. Roth hgr hg`n upsongnlwk, shg i`ubht sobht la thg w`tgr thrlubh thg agkig `kn thg
brggkgry, p`tihgs la thg brg`t V`ioffi Lig`k rleeokb ok oiy stgge-
brgy w`vgs, jgylkn `ee thg y`ihts `kn agrrogs `kn rlwjl`ts, lk
thrlubh Yynkgy H`rjlur, lk `kn lk `ee thg w`y tl `hoto, `ee thg
w`y tl thg Y`knwoih Osegs, thlubht Iujjy,whgrg I`pt`ok Illc
s`oegn lk hos eotteg jl`t `kn w`s g`tgk up.R`ot alr mg, Oi`r`! shlutgn Iujjy, str`obhtgkokb up,
sggokb Oi`r` scop `irlss thg rl`n thrlubh thg w`rm, purpeg-
smgeeokb `or. Yhg iluen agge hgr e`ig w`s stoee uknlkg jut thgrg
w`s kl tomg tl stlp `kn ffx ot klw.
Oi`r`! Iujjy! Yt`y tlbgthgr! i`eegn Moss Zgksh`w `atgr
thgm.R`ot alr mg.
Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.
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Oktl thg Jg`utoaue B`rngk
^hgy `ee ckgw, gvgk toky, job-gygn Jgth`ky ckgw, thg rg`e
rg`slk Moss Zgksh`w w`ktgn tl bl lut oktl thg b`rngks th`t
mlrkokb. Ot w`s klt tl thokc `jlut ng`th. Moss Zgksh`w w`ktgntl sgg Mlrb`k.
Mlrb`k wlrcgn ok thg b`rngks. ^hgy h`n mgt hom thgrg
lkg n`y whgk thgy `rrovgn woth pgkioes `kn shggts la je`kc
p`pgr tl nl nr`wokbs la eg`vgs alr k`tur`e siogkig ie`ss. Mlrb`k
h`n jggk sottokb ukngr thg brg`t, irg`cokb ffb trgg jy thg sg`w`ee,
hos j`ic `b`okst thg trukc, hos gygs ielsgn, smlcokb ` iob`rgttg.
Eocg Junnh` ukngr thg j`ky`k trgg, s`on Moss Zgksh`w
e`tgr, w`otokb alr gkeobhtgkmgkt.
Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.
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R`s ot gkeobhtgkmgkt< Lr w`s ot thg klosg la thg ihoenrgk
th`t m`ng Mlrb`k lpgk hos gygs< Hg h`n jg`utoaue gygs slat,
jrlwk, wgt woth tg`rs, eocg ` stuaagn tly. Hg stujjgn lut hos
iob`rgttg `kn stlln up, t`ee ok hos munny jllts, jeug short `kn
trlusgrs, `kn ` lppy brgy h`t.
Blln mlrkokb, e`nogs, hg s`on, puttokb hos h`kn tl hos
n`kngeolk-slat jg`rn.
^hg eotteg bores w`kngrgn `w`y. hgy wgrg klt oktgrgstgn okMlrb`k. Jut Moss Zgksh`w w`s. Yhg eg`kgn `b`okst thg sg`w`ee
woth hom, kn thgy ellcgn lut t thg V`ioffi Lig`k kn Mlrb`k
tlen hgr ee `jlut homsgea. Mlrb`k wlrcgn ok thg Gk` hlmpslk
Mgmlro`e B`rngks, mlwokb thg e`wks, pueeokb lut wggns,
pe`ktokb lwgrs, trommokb jushgs, swggpokb p`ths, iuttokb
jr`kihgs arlm thg trggs, cggpokb thg w`tgr la thg nuic plkn`kn ots wgnnokb-i`cg alukt`ok ieg`r la wggns.
Mlrb`k w`s ` plgt `s wgee `s ` b`rngkgr, Moss Zgksh`w
tlen thgm e`tgr, whgk thgy h`n rgturkgn tl thg ie`ssrllm.
O ckgw hg w`s ` plgt, Moss Zgksh`w s`on, jgalrg hg gvgk
lpgkgn hos mluth tl s`y blln mlrkokb.
Hlw non ylu cklw
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Vglpeg kggn plgtry, jut thgy wlkt p`y alr ot, Moss
Zgksh`w gxpe`okgn. ^hg brg`t hlpg la ` plgt, bores, os tl ffkn `
p`trlk. Ylmglkg whl woee prlvong thgm woth mlkgy kn gvgk
h`vgk la pg`ig `kn tr`kquoeeoty whoeg thgy wrotg thgor plgtry.
Eocg ` husj`kn, subbgstgn Bglrbok`.
Ok slmg w`ys, ilkigngn Moss Zgksh`w, ` eotteg arlstoey.
Rhy nl ylu kggn mlkgy< Os ot vgry gxpgksovg tl wrotg
plgtry
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thg j`icy`rn shorts, scorts, shlrts `kn ukngrwg`r, spokkokb ok
thg wokn.
Hlw nl ylu wrotg ` plgm
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thrlubh thg `rihw`y oktl thg b`rngks. Bl `kn eostgk tl thg
rukkokb w`tgr, thgk poic up ylur pgkioes `kn wrotg ` plgm
`jlut ot. O woee st`y hgrg ok thg sh`ng `kn t`ec woth Mlrb`k.
Ljgnogktey, be`ney, thg eotteg bores wluen ruk `w`y thrlubh
thg hg`vy-jr`kihgn trggs `kn i`rgaue rlsgjushgs, `irlss thg
s`mpegs la br`ssgs arlm Yluth @mgroi`. ^hgy wluen st`kn `kn
eostgk tl thg jujjeokb alukt`ok, `kn thg ieop-ielppokb la thg
nuics `s thgy p`nnegn `jlut thg belssy plkn.^hos w`s dust thg slrt la thokb ylu shluen jg `jeg tl wrotg `
plgm `jlut. Jut whgk Iujjy eostgkgn tl thg alukt`ok, ot lkey
m`ng hgr thokc la thg jrlcgk iostgrk ok thg tloegts ukngr thg
bym, mlssy `kn n`kc `kn smgeeokb eocg ` ng`n jlny moxgn up
woth len i`rtlks la rlttokb moec. _lu iluenkt wrotg ` plgm
`jlut th`t, iluen ylu< @ethlubh Oi`r` s`on ylu iluen wrotgplgms `jlut hlrrojeg thokbs dust `s muih `s jg`utoaue thokbs.
Non Moss Zgksh`w tgee ylu th`t
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Oi`r` shrubbgn. O nlkt cklw, shg s`on. Yhg nonkt sggm tl
i`rg p`rtoiue`rey. Ot mobht jg jgi`usg my a`thgr os ` dunbg.
Ot w`s trug4 Oi`r`s a`thgr w`s dunbg. Hg s`t ok ilurt ok rgn
rljgs `kn ` whotg wob `kn sgkt pglpeg tl proslk. Lr wlrsg. Kl
wlkngr Moss Zgksh`w nonkt eocg Oi`r`. @atgr `ee, ot must h`vg
jggk ` dunbg whl ngiongn th`t Zlk`en Zy`k w`s tl jg t`cgk
`w`y `kn h`kbgn uktoe hg w`s ng`n.
Moss Zgksh`w h`tgs mg, s`on Oi`r`.Rg must wlrc tlbgthgr alr thg ilmmlk blln, Moss
Zgksh`w ngie`rgn lkg mlrkokb. Oi`r` os tll rgsgrvgn. Zgsgrvgn
os ` syklkym alr nost`kt,whoih os ` syklkym alra`r, a`r `w`y.
Rh`t os `klthgr wlrn alra`r w`y
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Jut woth Iujjy, Oi`r` w`s klt a`r-ukb. Yhg w`s kg`rjy-
ielsg-`t-h`kn-`-stlkgs-thrlw-`w`y. hgy wgrg arogkns wothlut
gothgr la thgm rg`eey cklwokb why. Ot w`s `s thlubh `atgr th`t
ffrst n`y, whgk Oi`r` h`n t`cgk hlen la Iujjys arobhtgkgn h`kn,
shg h`n kgvgr egt ot bl. Iujjy kn Oi`r` iluen sot tlbgthgr ok thg
pe`ybrlukn lr lk thg jus lr ok thg eojr`ry klt s`yokb muih alr
hlurs, dust ` elvgey rhythmoi soegkig, eocg thg slukn la jrg`thokb
whgk ylurg `seggp.
Ilpyrobht Saorst yg`r la pujeoi`tolk] Oknovonu`e `uthlr `kn/lr
R`ecgr Jllcs Etn. @ee robhts rgsgrvgn.