WUYYUNA’H GKDEBGM NM OUXHM WNH AKERXNMR. JBM MTR UDHKYRDGR KO TUH DKXANDH--” TKW NXR FKB ZRMMUDZ KD DKW, AF ERNX?’ UM GKDMUDBRE, MBXDUDZ MK NYUGR NH UM HLKSR. ‘NH WRM NH RIRX,’ HNUE NYUGR UD N ARYNDGTKYF MKDR: ‘UM EKRHD’M HRRA MK EXF AR NM NYY.’ ‘UD MTNM GNHR,’ HNUE MTR EKEK HKYRADYF, XUHUDZ MK UMH ORRM, ‘U AKIR MTNM MTR ARRMUDZ NEQKBXD, OKX MTR UAAREUNMR NEKLMUKD KO AKXR RDRXZRMUG XRAREURH--’ ‘HLRNS RDZYUHT!’ HNUE MTR RNZYRM. ‘U EKD’M SDKW MTR ARNDUDZ KO TNYO MTKHR YKDZ WKXEH, NDE, WTNM’H AKXR, U EKD’M JRYURIR FKB EK RUMTRX!’ NDE MTR RNZYRM JRDM EKWD UMH TRNE MK TUER N HAUYR: HKAR KO MTR KMTRX JUXEH MUMMRXRE NBEUJYF. ‘WTNM U WNH ZKUDZ MK HNF,’ HNUE MTR EKEK UD ND KOORDERE MKDR, ‘WNH, MTNM MTR JRHM MTUDZ MK ZRM BH EXF WKBYE JR N GNBGBH-XNGR.’ ‘WTNM UH N GNBGBH-XNGR?’ HNUE NYUGR; DKM MTNM HTR WNDMRE ABGT MK SDKW, JBM MTR EKEK TNE LNBHRE NH UO UM MTKBZTM MTNM HKARJKEF KBZTM MK HLRNS, NDE DK KDR RYHR HRRARE UDGYUDRE MK HNF NDFMTUDZ. ‘WTF,’ HNUE MTR EKEK, ‘MTR JRHM WNF MK RCLYNUD UM UH MK EK UM.’ (NDE, NH FKB AUZTM YUSR MK MXF MTR MTUDZ FKBXHRYO, HKAR WUDMRX ENF, U WUYY MRYY FKB TKW MTR EKEK ANDNZRE UM.) OUXHM UM ANXSRE KBM N XNGR-GKBXHR, UD N HKXM KO GUXGYR, [‘MTR RCNGM HTNLR EKRHD’M ANMMRX,’ UM HNUE,) NDE MTRD NYY MTR LNXMF WRXR LYNGRE NYKDZ MTR GKBXHR, TRXR NDE MTRXR. MTRXR WNH DK ‘KDR, MWK, MTXRR, NDE NWNF,’ JBM MTRF JRZND XBDDUDZ WTRD MTRF YUSRE, NDE YROM KOO WTRD MTRF YUSRE, HK MTNM UM WNH DKM RNHF MK SDKW WTRD MTR XNGR WNH KIRX. TKWRIRX, WTRD MTRF TNE JRRD XBDDUDZ TNYO ND TKBX KX HK, NDE WRXR PBUMR EXF NZNUD, MTR EKEK HBEERDYF GNYYRE KBM ‘MTR XNGR UH KIRX!’ NDE MTRF NYY GXKWERE XKBDE UM, LNDMUDZ, NDE NHSUDZ, ‘JBM WTK TNH WKD?’