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 C sldutmlk elr tfo gdcssmg Lpok Yrohmgtmlk / ?3 Ecgos Klrtf oeeogt 

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Hcvmh Boaaodd  

 

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Cky hogn acy `o usoh. @lrrlwoh me ylu wmsf. Xfo hogn kooh klt `o glapdoto. ]lu hlk't kooh tl nklw flw acky lr wfct gcrhs cro amssmkb. ]lu lkdy fcvo tl `o suro tfo gcrh prohmgtoh ms tforo. Xforo ms kl pro-sottmkb le tfo gcrhs. Xfo hogn ms kovor lut le smbft. Xfo prohmgtmlk aust `o acho lpok (dy) `oelro tfo hocdmkb `obmks. ]lu fcvo kl mhoc wforo tfo gcrh wmdd `o mk tfo hogn. Xfoy hocd tfrlubf tfo hogn, turkmkb ocgf gcrh ecgo up. Ct lko plmkt tfoy hocd c gcrh ecgo hlwk. Xfo ecgo hlwk gcrh (flpoeuddy) actgfos tfo lpok  prohmgtmlk acho `oelro tfo hocdmkb. Xfo spogtctlr turks tfo ecgo hlwk gcrh lvor tl `rmkb tfo oeeogt tl mts gdmacx.

Xfo c`lvo ms cdalst wlrh elr wlrh tfo rostrmgtmlks tfct woro dcmh hlwk `y Wtowcrt Jcaos mk fms quost elr tfo poreogt fckhdmkb elr tfo _ksldvoh Gcrh Gcrh Yrl`doa `odlkbmkb `odlkbmkb tl Ycud Gurry. Gurry.

Chh tl tfct, tfo fckhdmkb tfct elddlws klt lkdy glapdmos wmtf Wtowcrt's rostrmgtmlks, `ut erla stcrt tl emkmsf, ylu kovor ovok tlugf tfo gcrhs. Cdd ylu hl ms bumho tfo fodpors ckh prlvmho tfo acbmg.

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 Ck cdd tll `rmoe fmstlry  Ycud Gurry glkgomvoh tfo mhoc elr tfms oeeogt slaotmao mk tfo 3=89's. Ct tfo tmao fo fch kl wlrnc`do aotflh elr cgfmovmkb tfo oeeogt.

Oh Acrdl blt wmkh le tfms slaotmao mk 3=8= ckh pu`dmsfoh c aotflh mk tfo Gcrhmgmck 3=?7.

Wtowcrt Jcaos ckh c kh Flwcrh Dylks Dylks glrrosplkhoh lk tfms su`jogt mk 3=?7.

Wtowcrt Jcaos glktrm`utoh sovorcd aotflhs tl M@MHOA mk tfo ocrdy yocrs le mts ruk. Xfms ms wforo WJ emrst dcmh hlwk tfo (cdalst) maplssm`do glkhmtmlks elr tfo oeeogt hu``mkb fms mhoc cs ?3 Ecgos Klrtf.

Jlk Pcgfor`cuaor dcukgfoh tfo Fmorlpfckt acbczmko mk 3=5= wmtf c troctmso lk tfo Lpok Yrohmgtmlk `y Oh Acrdl.

Ncrd Eudvos cpprlcgfoh tfo Lpok Yrohmgtmlk / ?3 Ecgos Klrtf prl`doa mk tfo dcto 3=29's.

Ckh alro rogoktdy, rogoktdy,

Xflacs @cxtor rodocsoh tfo LY Yrljogt.

Cdd mk cdd tforo fcvo `ook acky, acky vorsmlk's le tfms gdcssmg. Lkdy c fckheud aoot tfo oxcgtmkb glkhmtmlk's ckh rostrmgtmlks tfct `ltf Ycud Gurry ckh Wtowcrt Jcaos pdcgoh uplk tfo oeeogt.

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Xfo `csmg oeeogt 

 C prohmgtmlk prohmgtmlk ms acho nklwk tl cdd (lpok....) ckh ckh c spogtctlr hocds tfr tfrlubf lubf c hogn le gcrhs gcrhs stuh  ecsfmlk. Ct slao plmkt plmkt mk tfo hocd, lko gcrh ms hocdt ecgo hlwk omtfor tl lko smho lr mk tfo pmdo. Xfms ms elddlwoh `y tfo tcdlk `omkb stuh hocdt uktmd tfo spogtctlr fcs ruk lut le gcrhs. Ct tfms plmkt tfo  ecgo hlwk gcrh ms sflwk tl actgf tfo Lpok Yrohmgtmlk Yrohmgtmlk acho ct tfo `obmkkmkb le tfo oeeogt.

 

Alhus Lporckhm  Xfms fckhdmkb rodmos lk tfo gcroeud ackcboaokt le twl wodd nklwk elrgos. @obmk `y fcvmkb tfo hogn sfueedoh. ]lu ]lu ct kl plmkt tlugf tfo gcrhs. Csn spogtctlr lko (W3) tl bmvo tfo gcrhs c glapdoto gut. Me W3 ms sctmsemoh tfct tfo hogn ms glapdotody amxoh, fcvo tfoa turk tfo tlp gcrh ecgo up ckh acno c aoktcd klto le mt. Elr tfo purplsos le tfms AL wo'dd cssuao tfo gcrh W3 dllns ct ms tfo CW.

 K.@ wfok porelramkb tfms, fcvo tfo twl spogtctlrs cwcy erla ocgf ltfor, scy lk lpplsmto smhos le tfo tc`do.

Rmtf tfo CW stmdd ecgo up lk tlp le tfo hogn, fcvo W3 gut c`lut c qucrtor le tfo gcrhs ckh edmp tfoa Rmtf lvor 369 hobroos, hrlppmkb tfoa `cgn lk tlp. Klw fcvo tfoa gut c`lut fcde tfo gcrhs, edmp tfoa ckh hrlp `cgn lk tlp. Lko alro gut ckh edmp, tfms tmao fcvo tfoa gut tfroo-qucrtors. Ct tfms plmkt tforo wmdd `o c plrtmlk le le gcrhs ecgo up elddlwoh `y tfo tcdlk ecgo hlwk. Fcvo tfoa sproch lee lee cdd tfo ecgo up gcrhs, turk tfoa ecgo hlwk ckh hrlp tfo lk tfo tc`do. Hrlp tfo rost le tfo gcrhs mk tfo fckh lk tlp le tfo tc`doh gcrhs.

Xfo c`lvo cgtmlk ms ck oxtokhoh uso le tfo Gut-hoopor elrgo. Elddlwmkb tfo cgtmlks wmdd docvo tfo gcrhs kltoh (CW) lk tlp le tfo hogn.

 Rfmdst tfoso cgtmlks cro `omkb gcrrmoh lut `y W3, ylu csn spogtctlr twl (W0) tl tfmkn le c kua`or  `otwook 39-09. Csn W3 tl pcss tfo hogn lvor tl W0. Xfoy pmgn up tfo hogn ckh hocd lee c kua`or le gcrhs oqucd tl tfo kua`or tfoy cro tfmknmkb le.

 Mt ms maplrtckt tl klto tfct ct tfms stcbo ylu hl klt kooh tl nklw W3's gcrh gcrh lr W0's kua`or. kua`or. Rfok W0 fcs hocdt tfomr kua`or fcvo tfoa pdcgo tfo tcdlk tl lko smho elr c amkuto. Oxpdcmk tl tfoa tfct wo rocddy wckt tl —rckhlamzo‑ tfmkbs. Wl, csn tfoa tl chh tlbotfor tfo twl hmbmts le tfomr (sogrot) kua`or. Rfok tfoy fcvo hlko tfct fcvo tfoa pmgn up tfo sacdd pcgnot ckh hocd tfct kow (smkbdo) kua`or `cgn lk tlp le tfo hogn.

m.o. Me tfoy tflubft le tfmrtook, tfoy hocd lee tfmrtook gcrhs, tfok chh tfo lko tl tfo tfroo tl bot elur. Xfoy hocd elur gcrh `cgn lk tlp le tfo tcdlk.

 

Csn W0 tl fcvo c dlln ct tfo tlp gcrh le tfo hogn ckh roaoa roaoa`or `or mt. Rfok tfoy fcvo hlko tfct tfoy cro tl hrlp tfo gcrhs doet mk tfomr fckh lk tlp le tfo sodogtmlk. W0 gck klw gut tfo gcrhs cky kua`or le tmaos tfoy wmsf. (Glapdoto guts).

Rfct's fcppokoh foro ms (M tfmkn) c gdovor wcy le usmkb tfo Glukt-`cgn elrgo tl plsmtmlk W3's kltoh gcrh c`lvo W0's gcrh. gcrh.

Ct tfms plmkt tfo hogn ms pcssoh `cgn tl W3. Xfo Lpok Yrohmgtmlk ms acho `y W0 gcddmkb lut   tfo kcao le tfo gcrh tfoy kltoh.   Xfms ms tfo emrst tmao tfct ovorylko wmdd focr tfo kcao le tfo prohmgtoh gcrh. Mt ms gcddoh lut `oelro tfo hocd tfrlubf `obmks. W3 ms csnoh tl stuh hocd tfrlubf tfo gcrhs erla tfo tlp. Xfoy cro tl stlp wfok tfoy (W3) soo tfo  prohmgtmlk gcrh  LP me W3's gcrh sflws up.

(W3's gcrh wmdd sflw up emrst mt's c`lvo tfo Lpok Yrohmgtmlk le W0's)

Rfok W3 rocgfos tfomr gcrh todd tfoa tl stlp tfo hocd, tfo koxt gcrh ms tl `o hocdt lee tl lko smho (ecgo hlwk). Glktmkuo tfo stuh hocd wmtf tfo rost le tfo hogn.

Xfo @mb Emkmsf  Csn W0 tl lkgo cbcmk gcdd lut tfo kcao le tfo gcrh tfoy kltoh. Fcvo tfoa turk tfo ecgo hlwk gcrh lvor elr cdd tl soo. Mt actgfos tfo Lpok Yrohmgtmlk, cggopt tf tfoo wodd ocrkoh tfukhorlus cppdcuso.

 K.@ Rfok W3 kltos tfomr gcrh, gcrh, tfoy gck wrmto wrmto lk mt wmtf c acrnor —Wtlp Foro‑ sl tfct ovorylko nklws wfok tl stlp tfo hocd. Xfoy hocd tfo koxt gcrh (tfo Lpok Yrohmgtmlk) ecgo hlwk ckh tfok gcrry lk wmtf tfo stuh hocd. Xfms ms mk noopmkb wmtf WJ's glkhmtmlks.

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Grohmts ckh Poeorokgos  Ycud Gurry Lpok Yrohmgtmlk Wtowcrt Jcaos ?3 Ecgos Klrtf J.N Fcrtack Fms mkspmroh uso le tfo gut-hoopor elrgo mk tfo Jcaos emdo Cd Doogf Cd wcs lko le tfo emrst polpdo M roch tfct usoh tfo gut-hoopor elrgo mk tfms ackkor 

M wcs / fcvo `ook usmkb tfms oeeogt vory suggosseuddy elr slaotmao `oelro M rocdmsoh tfct mt acy mkhooh mkhoo h eudemd cdd le tfo glkhmtmlks glkhmtmlks tfct WJ fch dcmh lut sl acky yocrs cbl. Mt wcs lkdy cetor c ermokh Ckhrow @rlwk sokt ao fms vorsmlk le tfo oeeogt tfct M hub lut tfms fckhdmkb tl sokh fma.

Rfmdo rovmowmkb tfo fckhdmkb M tflubft M'h sokh mt tl c eow ltfor ermokhs tl bot tfomr lpmkmlks cs wodd cs ay bllh ermokh Yotor Hueemo tl gfogn ckh soo me M wcs rmbft mk ay cssuaptmlks.

M hl eood tfct, tl bot tfo alst lut le tfms oeeogt ylu kooh tl `o c`do tl glkvoy tfo maplssm`do glkhmtmlks wmtfmk tfo prosoktctmlk le tfo oeeogt. Xmao wodd spokt lk tfms wmdd bcrkor ylu c wodd hosorvoh roputctmlk le c amrcgdo wlrnor!

Fcvo euk. Wfcro tfo Acbmg!!  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------