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L`ty Di`r  bdg  bdg \bxipjide Lidlerti Cijd Bgbos Di`r `s b pelun`brny Boer`lbd bffelt. B sedsiry bdg eoit`idbn tidbn`ty, `t jbs kelioe b hedre if `ts

„Wje L`ty bdg @ts Giukne‟ `s b t`tne wj`os`lbnny kirriweg bdg twebmeg frio Brtbug. @ oebdt ti

iwd, `d oiv`es, divens, ous`l, bdg eved `d lnitj`dh stynes. @ts riits n`e `d tje gystip`bd oiig if

express tje `geb tjbt tje l`ty id tje surfble `s bnn blt`v`ty bdg lidstbdt oit`id wj`ne `ts „giukne,‟

pistwbr urkbd Boer`lb w`tj `ts psyljinih`lbn udlertb`dt`es bdg udpreg`ltbkne, ifted cbhheg sj`fts

`ts gbrmer senf, `s selret`ve, bnterdbteny sedsubn, elstbt`l, kriig`dh, bdg v`inedt.

ketweed eoit`idbn j`hjs bdg niws. Wje `lid`l knblm bdg wj`te pjitihrbpjs if Xeehee (bmb Brtjur Fenn`h) w`tj tje`r jbrsj bdg p`t`ness represedtbt`ids if l`ty n`fe, `ts v`lt`os bdg jbdhers-id, `ts trbsjy

Bfter b „w`geslreed‟ expnis`ve iped`dh, tje wiigw`dgs, blliopbd`eg ky b dervius cbzz gruo pbtter,

hnboiur bdg `ts rbdgio v`inedle, set tje tide fir di`r eved ketter tjbd bdy pbrt`lunbr Jinnywiig

slurry jurr`egny up bdg giwd b ser`es if ever oire prel`p`tius slbnes `d tje obdder if ide if tjise

slreed evilbt`id. Kut, eved w`tj tje sulless if wr`ters n`me [byoidg Ljbdgner, `t wbs didetjeness

fredet`l kekip `opriv`sbt`ids ky tje n`mes if Cblm`e OlNebd ir \iddy \t`tt.

tje oiv`es tjbt g`g tje oist ti geflde di`r bs b rebg`ny gefldbkne lidstennbt`id if styn`st`l tripes. Wje flrst if severbn v`rtuisi bnti sbx sinis finniws, w`tj tje `dstruoedt ljbtter`dh bdg ﬋utter`dh L`ty Di`r  `s  `s b syopjidy tjbt oby bnsi ke exper`edleg bs tje siudgtrblm ti bd `obh`deg di`r flno.

iver tje lidt`dubnny hriw`dh blt`v`ty udgerdebtj. Bd eoerh`dh wbnn if krbss tbmes iver, tje ln`obx

\`dle oy lj`ngjiig, @‐g keed kitj edtrbdleg bdg geepny frustrbteg ky tje ous`l ti tjese flnos “

if wj`lj `s ren`eveg ky b nusj, nyr`lbn v`in`d oenigy tjbt bnterdbteny sibrs bdg pnudhes `d w`ge,

edtrbdleg ky tje`r piwer ti evime `dstbdtbdeiusny tje oiig if flno= frustrbteg kelbuse di s`dhne

express`ve nebps.

ous`lbn lue ever nbsteg fir oire tjbd b o`dute ir oire. Wje oiveoedt prihresses w`tj tje sboe sirt if j`hjny ljbrheg bdg udpreg`ltbkne ederhy if b di`r Xjed @ wbs bsmeg ti liopise b p`ele fir tje Nis Bdhenes Qj`njbroid`l bdg `ts dewny bppi`dteg

slede. Oioedts if repise nbst idny nidh ediuhj ti ke `dterrupteg ky bditjer `rrupt`id if udsettn`dh

ous`l g`reltir, Hustbvi Gugboen, @ gel`geg tjbt tj`s p`ele sjiung n`dm ti Nis Bdhenes‐ pbst. Jedle tje

ederhy bdg tjrebtedeg v`inedle. „Wje L`ty bdg @ts Giukne‟ pebms w`tj tje bppebrbdle if b kiudg`dh

`geb brise ti wr`te bd `obh`deg `gebn flno-di`r slire tjbt wiung ke b funny firoeg syopjid`l strulture.

oenigy `d tje jirds bdg lenn`, b oit`f tjbt oby jbve keed sukn`o`dbnny suhhesteg ky oy jbv`dh keed lidgult`dh \trbuss‐s Gid Cubd  gur`dh  gur`dh tje p`ele‐s lidlept`id.

L`ty Di`r  `s  `s bnsi bd exbopne if bditjer Boer`lbd hedre, cbzz-`d﬋elteg irljestrb ous`l. Wj`s `s dit tje sboe bs „syopjid`l cbzz,‟ ir wjbt liopiser Hudtjer \ljunner li`deg Wj`rg \trebo. @t `s essedt`bnny

@d „Wje \idh @s fir Piu,‟ nidh, nbdhu`g, sioet`oes knuesy oenig`es br`se iut if b jbze if nuo`dius

syopjid`l ous`l tjbt `dlirpirbtes sioe express`ve `d﬋elt`ids bdg jbroid`l teljd`ques frio

sidir`t`es, w`tj r`ppn`dh flhurbt`ids `d tje jbrps, meykibrgs, bdg v`krbpjide ﬋ibt`dh ti tje surfble

 cbzz prblt`le w`tjiut eopniy`dh tje `opriv`sbtiry dbture if `ts perfirobdle. (@d tjbt sedse, tje

n`me soime r`dhs `d b gbrm riio. B nidh triokide sini, bt flrst sniw bdg oenbdljiny, hrbgubnny

liopiser, `d tje liurse if tje wr`t`dh, g`g bnn tje „`opriv`sbt`id.‟)

tbmes id oiveoedt bdg nebgs `dti b ruge `dterrupt`id, bditjer irljestrbn „p`ne id,‟ w`tj piudg`dh

gruos bdg truopet tbttiis. Kut tj`s `s sjirt n`veg, bdg tje ir`h`dbn nyr`l repise if tje oiveoedt

Wje \bxipjide Lidlerti wbs liopiseg `d ebrny ;12