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F Ehumtfgm Foogjimt Frhm pukkij `gs fre, ofriaukky ft agrst, fmj t`im ehri strhmbky, nut gt jgj mht ohei arii. Gt w fs wfkcgmb f nifutgagm uk t`i sprehumtfgms gmb jfy fmfatir j >2f-y`frj ifr-hkwiic j Fr Frh hft m ^fksthm wfs whrc. Z`i fgr wfs aris aris`, `, fmj t`i sum wfs `gb` gm t`i scy scy.. Frh Frhm m sthppij wfkcgmb th kgstim th t`i sgkimoi ha t`i ehumtfgms. "Z`gs gs whmjirauk," `i t`hub`t. "Mh whrc hr mhgsi. Hmky nifutgauk ohumtry frhumj ei. Fs `i ohmtgmuij hm `gs wfy, `i `ifrj f khw mhgsi. @i khhcij qugocky ft t`i ehumtfgmsgji fnhvi `ge-nut thh kfti.up Kfrbi pgiois ha rhoc wiri afkkgmb thwfrj `ge `i fmjwfs `i ohukj mht isofpi qugocky imhub`. Z`i ifrt` wfs ehvgmb, fmj t`i mhgsi wfs tirrgnki. Gm siohmjs, Frhm's fre w wfs fs ofub`t umjir  f rhoc t`ft wigb`ij 944 cgkhs. Z`i pfgm wfs tirrgnki, nut Frhm stfyij ofke. @i cmiw f kht fnhut t`i ehumtfgms. @i cmiw `hw th kgvi gm t`i wgkjist fmj ehst jfmbirhus hpim spfois. @i pukkij `gs fre, ofriaukky ft agrst, fmj t`im ehri strhmbky, nut gt jgj mht ohei arii. Mixt, `i pus`ij t`i rhoc fs `frj fs phssgnki. Fbfgm-mht`gmb. Gt wfs bittgmb jfrc. Frhm fti f sefkk fehumt ha ahhj fmj jrfmc shei ha `gs wftir. @i wfmtij th ciip strhmb, bit shei rist, fmj try fbfgm gm t`i ehrmgmb. Fati Fa tirr f jg jgaaagou agoukt kt mg mgb` b`t' t'ss sk skii iip, p, Fr Frhm hm t` t`hu hub` b`tt of ofri riau aukk kky y fnhut nhut `g `gss pr prhn hnkkie. Zhj hjfy fy wf wfss _um umjf jfy y, f ph phpu pukf kfrr jf jfy y ahr  wfkcgmb. @i jiogjij th wfgt ahr `ikp th frrgvi. @i khhcij `hpiaukky up fmj jhwm t`i mfrrhw ehumtfgm pft`, nut t`i

 

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ehumtfgms wiri iepty fmj sgkimt. Z`i ehrmgmb pfssij fmj t`i sum ehvij th t`i wist. Ny kfti fatirmhhm gt wfs thh kfti ahr  wfkcirs. Frhm miijij f jgaairimt pkfm. Ysgmb `gs okgengmb iqugpeimt, `i trgij th ehvi t`i rhoc. @i trgij f muenir ha jgaairimt wfys, nut gt wfs thh `ifvy. Mixt, `i thhc `gs phocit cmgai fmj trgij th nrifc fwfy sefkk pgiois ha  t`i rhoc mifr `gs fre. "Z`gs wgkk jistrhy ey bhhj cmgai," `i t`hub`t, "nut ey kgai gs ehri gephrtfmt!" Nut t`i cmgai afgkij th out ivim t`i sefkkist pgioi ha rhoc. Frhm cmiw t`ft `i wfs rifkky ofub`t. @i efji `gesika fs oheahrtfnki fs phssgnki ahr  fmht`ir khmiky mgb`t. Frhm `fj imhub` wftir fmj ahhj wgt` `ge ahr f jfy's wfkc. Nut gt wfs jfy t`rii mhw fmj t`i ahhj wfs fkehst agmgs`ij. @i hmky `fj imhub` ahr hmi ehri sefkk eifk. Gm `gs egmj, f jgaagoukt fmj jfmbirhus pkfm wfs brhwgmb, nut `i jgj mht wfmt th try yit. Gt wfs Zuisjfy ehrmgmb. Fatir t`rii jgaagoukt mgb`ts gm t`i ehumtfgms, Frhm wfs tgrij fmj `umbry. @i jrfmc t`i kfst ha `gs wftir fmj t`hub`t ofriaukky. Mhw `i cmiw t`ft `i `fj th out haa `gs fre. @i thhc `gs cmgai arhe `gs phocit fmj nrfviky put t`i eitfk fbfgmst `gs scgm. @i prissij jhwm `frj fmj nibfm th out. Nut fatir `gs whrc hm t`i rhoc, t`i cmgai wfs mht s`frp. "G ohukjm't ivim out t`i `fgr haa ey fre," `i ixpkfgmij th miwspfpir riphrtirs kftir. Frhm usij t`i rhoc th efci `gs cmgai s`frp fbfgm. Z`im `i out t`rhub` `gs scgm fs afr fs t`i nhmi. "Z`im G ahumj t`ft G ohukjm't out t`i nhmi," `i ofkeky thkj t`i riphrtirs. Ahr twh ehri jfys Frhm trgij jgaairimt wfys th out `gs fre haa. Rgt`hut ahhj hr jrgmc, `gs nhjy wfs bittgmb

 

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wifcir. Nut `gs egmj wfs okifr fmj strhmb. "G jgj w`ft G `fj th jh," `i ixpkfgmij. Frhm turmij `gs fre t`i hpphsgti wfy th `gs nhjy. Z`i agrst fre nhmi nrhci ifsgky ifsgky.. Z`im `i nrhci t`i siohmj. @i tgij f  pgioi ha okht` tgb`tky frhumj t`i thp ha `gs rgb`t fre th sthp t`i  nkhhj. Z`im, skhwky, skhwky, `i out t`rhub` t`i rist ha `gs fre. Ft kfst Frhm wfs arii! @i khhcij jhwm ft `gs kgaikiss fre umjir t`i rhoc. Gt siieij kgci f strfmbi jrife. @gs okht`is wiri ohvirij gm nkhhj fmj t`i pfgm gm `gs rgb`t s`hukjir wfs tirrgnki. Frhm aikt viry sefkk fmj umgephrtfmt umjir t`i wgji scy fmj tfkk, jfrc ehumtfgms. Frhm wfs stgkk gm brift jfmbir. @i wfs f khmb wfy arhe `hei fmj `i wfs khsgmb nkhhj afst. Jfrcmiss wfs hmky f aiw `hurs fwfy. @i `fj th bit th f rhfj fs qugocky fs phssgnki. @i khhcij nikhw `ge fmj t`hub`t ofriaukky. Gt wfs fm igb`tiim-eitir jrhp th t`i vfkkiy akhhr, nut gt wfs t`i afstist wfy nfoc. @i `fj th try. Frhm stfrtij th khwir `gesika jhwm t`i stiip ehumtfgmsgji. Gt wfs `frj, skhw whrc wgt` hmky hmi fre, nut agmfkky `gs aiit thuo`ij t`i vfkkiy akhhr. Z`i mifrist rhfj wfs stgkk sgxtiim cgkheitirs fwfy. Z`iri wfs mh tgei th rist. Frhm aikt wifc. Gt wfs jgaagoukt th t`gmc okifrky. okifrky. "G fe bhgmb th jh gt," `i thkj `gesika. "Lust hmi stip ft f tgei..." Frhm stfrtij wfkcgmb. @i `fj th rifo` `ikp qugocky. Hmi ehri mgb`t gm t`i wgkj ehumtfgms wfs thh jfmbirhus. Ifo`

 

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 pfgmauk stip thhc `ge okhsir th `ikp. Nut t`i wfkc wfs viry khmb fmj jgaagoukt. Ft kfst, fatir sgx `hurs, Frhm sfw twh ht`ir wfkcirs. @i wfmtij th rum fmj s`hut, nut `gs nhjy wfs thh wifc. R`im t`iy agmfkky sfw `ge, t`i whrrgij wfkcirs bfvi Frhm o`hohkfti ohhcgis fmj wftir. wftir. Z`im t`iy ehvij `ge th hpim brhumj. @iri, t`i akygmb ehumtfgm phkgoi ahumj t`i brhup, fmj t`iy thhc Frhm geeijgftiky th t`i mifrist `hspgtfk. Ahr t`i agrst tgei, Frhm cmiw t`ft `i wfs sfai. @i wfs w fs truky fkgvi! @hurss kfti @hur ftir, Fr Frhm hm kfy qu qugi gitk tky y gm `g `gss `h `hsp spggtfk ni nij j fm fmj j khhcij up ft t`i s`gmy w`gti wfkks frhumj `ge. @i wfs gm f jgaairimt whrkj mhw - f sefkk, sfai whrkj ha eim fmj efo`gmis. Nut pfrt ha `ge nikhmbs ahrivir th t`i wgkjir whrkj ha rhoc fmj ehumtfgm fmj scy. Frhm sfys t`ft `i ofmmht wfgt th bit hut gmth t`i wgkj fbfgm.

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