A Timely Dream (Paperback) by Fleur Lind & Lloyd Hopkins

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@ctbhulb Cchyd Bhpeifs b`s oaaf writifl jra`tivacy ghr mhst hg bis`duct ciga, tbis is fht hfcy tba girst jra`tiva agghrt ghr Gcaur Cifd out`csh tbair girst jhcc`ohr`tihf.


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G c a u r C i f d & C c h y d B h p e i f s

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Dadij`tihf

Cchyd Bhpeifs `fd I dadij`ta tbis, hur girst puocisbad ohhe, th hur um!`rl`rat", hur D`d !@cgrad", hur hcdast orhtbar !#atar", hur yhuflastorhtbar !Dafis" `fd hur $fjca %hbffy...`cc hg wbhm `ra fh chflar witb us`fd lra`tcy missad. &bay b`va oaaf ` bula ifspir`tihf th us `s wa b`vajr`gtad tbis fhvac. 'a efhw tbay whucd oa immafsacy prhud hg hur jra`tivaagghrt `fd b`rd whre.

(urs b`s oaaf, `fd jhftifuas th oa, ` )uita ufi)ua jhcc`ohr`tihf. *ht hfcy`ra wa orhtbar `fd sistar witb ` + ya`r `la diggarafja wbh whre thlatbar ifb`rmhfy witb jhmpcatacy diggaraft writifl stycas, out wa `ra `csh grhmhpphsita sidas hg tba &`sm`f sa`. 'a b`va chvad avary mifuta hg it, b`ppyif tba efhwcadla tb`t wa-va hfcy ust oaluf hur hurfay if tba citar`rywhrcd.

Gcaur Cifd !faa Bhpeifs"


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/hpyrilbt Gcaur Cifd > Cchyd Bhpeifs

&ba rilbt hg Gcaur Cifd > Cchyd Bhpeifs th oa idaftigiad `s ùtbhr hgtbis whre b`s oaaf `ssartad oy tbam if `jjhrd`fja witb sajtihf 00 `fd

0? hg tba /hpyrilbt, Dasilfs `fd #`tafts @jt +:??.

@cc rilbts rasarvad. *h p`rt hg tbis puocij`tihf m`y oa raprhdujad,sthrad if ` ratriav`c systam, hr tr`fsmittad if `fy ghrm hr oy `fyma`fs, acajtrhfij, majb`fij`c, pbhthjhpyifl, rajhrdifl, hr htbarwisa,witbhut tba prihr parmissihf hg tba puocisbars.

@fy parshf wbh jhmmits `fy ufùtbhri4ad `jt if rac`tihf th tbis

puocij`tihf m`y oa ciòca th jrimif`c prhsajutihf `fd jivic jcìms ghrd`m`las.

@ /I# j`t`chlua rajhrd ghr tbis titca is `vìcòca grhm tba 1ritisbCior`ry.

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@jefhwcadlamafts6

Gcaur Cifd

&bis ohhe raprasafts ` jhupca hg bula girsts ghr ma. It8s fht hfcy my girstfhvac, out if tba citar`ry giacd it8s `csh my girst jhccòhr`tihf witb my hcdastorhtbar, Cchyd. 7h my girst oil tb`fe yhu must lh th bim ghr bisafjhur`lamaft, gìtb `fd oaciag if ma `s ` faw writar, aspaji`ccy hf tbhsad`ys wbaf I faadad ` lhhd fudla. Bis mat`pbhrij c Nj`ttca prhd8 w`s whrtbits wailbt if lhcd

y buso`fd, Oavif, is wacc dasarvad ghr ` maftihf, `s I o`c`fjad hur ousyg`micy ciga `fd whreifl ciga witb my p`ssihf ghr writifl. @s tba sthrydavachpad sh did my `ddijtihf ghr writifl tba faJt p`r`lr`pb.

&b`fes th my g`micy `fd griafds wbh b`va hifad us if hur aJjitamaft `fd`ftijip`tihf hg hur sthry8s girst prift. &bhsa wbh b`va oaaf rilbt oabifd magrhm tba girst jb`ptar wbaf I thcd tbam I w`s writifl ` ohhe.

Bhwavar, tba oillast tb`fe yhu hg `cc must lh th hur puocisbar @ustif`jùcay, ghr saaifl v`cua if hur sthry `fd tèifl us hf. @s hur sthry N@&imacy Dra`m8 lhas th prift, wa `ra Nufefhwfs8 if tba citar`ry whrcd.Bhwavar, it is hur dra`m tb`t tba jb`r`jtars if hur sthry wicc oajhma mujbchvad `fd ramamoarad `fd tb`t yhu, hur ra`dar, wicc afhy ra`difl it `s

mujb `s Cchyd `fd I afhyad writifl it.

Cchyd Bhpeifs

I `m aJtramacy cujey oajùsa if puracy pbichshpbij`c tarms, I `m `mhfl tbamhst 1cassad hg maf oajùsa @ustif `jùcay8s puocij`tihf hg @ &imacyDra`mA is tba ra`cis`tihf hg ` cigachfl `moitihf. @f `moitihf I w`sf8t avaf`w`ra hg uftic I w`s òhut +; ya`rs hcd wbaf my g`tbar !@./. Bhpeifs;2++:+ L ;+:0" sìd th ma, shf, tbara8s fh lra`tar bhfhur ghr ` m`ftb`f ghr bim th writa ` sthry tb`t ` puocisbar tbifes is sh lhhd, ba is prap`radth put it if prift ghr tba whrcd th sb`ra.A @fd sh my bhooy hg writifljra`tivacy oal`f `fd oy tba daj`da afdifl +:20 my whres ifjcudad phatry,


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sbhrt sthrias `fd ` fhvac. If +:0? I milr`tad grhm * th @ustr`ci` wbara ghr` daj`da hr sh I jhfjaftr`tad hf phatry.

&baf `gtar ` oraè hg ` gaw ya`rs, if +::5 I w`s ifspirad th writa my sajhfdfhvac, *h =`ma Ghr @m`taursA if tba rhm`ftijtbriccar lafra. Bhwavar,

whreifl hf it w`s diggaraft th `cc oaghra it oajùsa hg hfa vary spaji`cra`shf6 I jhccòhr tad witb my da`rcy oachvad yhuflar orhtbar, Dafis!?+:9 L ;29;550". 'itb avary jb`ptar I wrhta, I phstad it th bim, bara`d it, m`da dacatihfs`mafdmafts `fd phstad it o`je. If bis viaw, I w`stba Nprifjip`c writar `fd ba w`s tba Nwhrdsmitb8. 1y +::9 wa8d gifisbadwb`t wa ohtb `lraad w`s ` sthry tb`t w`s, if tba ca`st, whrtby hg lìfifl `puocisbar8s `ttaftihf.

&ima tijead oy uftic a`rcy ;5+; wbaf my da`r sistar, Gcaur, saft ma `f amìcòhut shmatbifl sba8d saaf. /`cc it ` N3urae` mhmaft8 out tb`t sifluc`ramìc sat `c`rm oaccs riflifl if my mifd `fd I sullastad it b`d afhrmhusphtafti`c th oa tr`fsghrmad ifth ` whre hg gijtihf. 7ba w`s `t girst racujt`ftout `gtar shma laftca Nj`ttca prhddifl8 sba `lraad `fd @ &imacy Dra`mAoal`f its last`tihf. 7ifja tb`t mhmaft, I b`va oaaf ghr Gcaur wb`t Dafis w`sghr ma.

@fd ig tbara8s hfa tbifl tb`t ohtb jhccòhr`tihfs parshfigy...it8s tb`t Ntwh

ba`ds `ra oattar tb`f hfa8.

@fd fhw, tb`fes th @ustif `jùcay, avaryhfa if tba whrcd b`s tbawhfdarguc hpphrtufity th ra`d hur ufi)ua sthry...`fd m`yoa avaf tba sa)uac*h &ima Ghr ucasA...wbijb wa8va rajaftcy gifisbad tbaf m`yoa avaf tbatrichly tb`t wa8va ust oaluf th writa. /baars, Cchyd.

a`dars `ra jhrdi`ccy ifvitad th jhmmaft hf @ &imacy Dra`mA oy usifl tbaghcchwifl cife6

www.g`jaohhe.jhm@&imacyDra`m&richly

@cc jhrrasphfdafja wicc oa raspajtad, `fd wbara ra)uastad, tba ùtbhrs wicc

rasphfd parshf`ccy.
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Jb`ptar 0

Oaap j`cm `fd rasist jbhjhc`ta.A *ht hfcy w`s it ` jhftr`dijtihf if tarms hgapij prhphrtihfs, bar whrds waraf8t `fywbara jchsa th jhmm`fdifl. 'itb `D`caeKciea vhija jb`ftifl if bar ba`d...83`t jbhjhc`ta, rasist`fja is gutica8, tbaraw`s fh bhpa `fd sba efaw it. Bar dasira w`s g`r thh lra`t `fd jhucd fht oailfhrad. 'itb ` sbrul `fd ` silb hg rasilf`tihf, sba ra`jbad ifth tba o`seat.'b`t tba bacc. &hmhrrhw is ` faw d`y,A Gacijity w`s `flarad `t bar waèafadwicc phwar. 7ba b`d oaaf w`ftifl th try tba faw gc`vhur sifja tba `dvartisifl hf&E b`d oaaf sh aftijifl. &ba w`y tba jbhjhc`ta jr`jecad wbaf taatb mat witbtba b`rd hutar jbhjhc`ta sbacc th rava`c ` jra`my jaftra. @fd it w`s jb`mp`lfa

gc`vhurad. 7h it w`s g`r thh safsu`c th p`ss up. @s bar cips jchsadKif `rhufd tbajhcd jbhjhc`taKjhvarad hutar c`yar `fd `cc bar luict av`phr`tad witb tba sbaarifduclafja, tba dhhroacc r`fl.

I8cc lat it,A 7tapb j`ccad grhm tba b`ccw`y.Gacijity w`s afhyifl shma dhwf tima witb bar chfl chst jhusif, wbh b`d

rajaftcy raturfad grhm twh ya`rs tr`vaccifl `fd whreifl if 3flc`fd `fd 3urhpa.Gufdrìsars,A 7tapb sìd `s sba ra`ppa`rad if tba eitjbaf, it8s b`rd yèe`,

tb`t. &ba lirc w`s saccifl jbhjhc`ta o`rs ghr bar fato`cc ta`m. 7h `s waè wiccad`s I `m, I ohulbt ghur. &wh ghr yhu, `fd twh ghr ma.A

Gacijity lrh`fad ifw`rdcy `fd rhccad bar ayas `s sba ra`jbad hut th `jjapttba twh o`rs oaifl b`fdad th bar. Bar diat w`s lattifl sbht th bacc.

@ctbhulb 7tapb w`s giva ya`rs hcdar tb`f bar, tbay b`d afhyad ` jchsa ohfdsifja tbay wara eids. &bay b`d spaft mhst summars thlatbar `s tbair g`miciasjhfvarlad hf tba bula bhcid`y bhma if tba wiftarcass fhrtb hg Oari Oari. &bayb`d ra`ccy afhyad tbair chfl c`4y summars `t tba oa`jb swimmifl, gisbifl,divifl hr ust t`ceifl òhut tbair bhpas `fd dra`ms `s tbay c`y oafa`tb tba bula#hbutue`w` traa wbara tba lr`ss mat tba s`fdy oa`jb.

&ba summars `fd tba ya`rs p`ssad, tba lircs oaj`ma whmaf `fd 7tapb lht

itjby gaat. 7ba b`d oil pc`fs ghr tr`vaccifl `fd trua th bar whrd sba s`vad uptbaf ghcchwad bar dra`m hg civifl `fd whreifl if tba $O `fd 3urhpa. &bafwbaf sba b`d b`d bar gicc hg tba jucturas, gc`vhurs, jhchurs `fd p`ja, sba whucdraturf bhma th Garflcaf th rajb`rla bar Oiwi rhhts. @fd Gacijity, efhwifl7tapb hfcy thh wacc `s ` parshf wbh jhucd dajida th tèa hgg hf ` wbim, sbaguccy iftafdad th mèa tba mhst hg bar lchoaKtrhttifl jhusif8s jhmp`fy.

Did I tacc yhu I waft th tb`t faw aJbioitihf if ufijb òhut ` mhftb `lhMG`ft`stij jhccajtihf. It whucd b`va m`da yhu drhhc. ifd yhu tbara w`s shmastugg tbara tb`t cagt ma whfdarifl wb`t tba `rtist w`s hf wbaf ba put orusb th

j`fv`s. Ciea, shma hg tba whre, yhu b`d th chhe `t grhm ` gaw diggaraft `flcasth try `fd saa wb`t it w`s. Fhu efhw wb`t I ma`fM 7hma pìftifls yhu j`f ustchhe `t tbam `fd idaftigy witb tbam strìlbt `w`y out tbara wara htbars tb`t Ighufd vary jhfgusifl. &bara I w`s st`fdifl tbara witb wb`t jhucd b`va oaafmisjhfstruad `s ` grhwf hf my g`ja. 1ut th tba `dmirar hg gifa `rt,A sba


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ram`read `s sba puccad ` siccy g`ja `fd oal`f imit`tifl ` bhityKthity vhija, it issimpcy tba chhe hfa livas `s hfa `ttampts th òshro tba jhchurs `fd jhmpcaJitiashg wb`t tba `rtist w`s tryifl th aJprass hr phrtr`y. @fd hf tb`t fhta, I tbife wafaad ` lc`ss hg wifa. &bara8s ` ohttca hg jaftr`c (t`lh =urwart4 if tba gridla.@bb, fhwyhu8ra t`ceifl,A 7tapb ram`read `s Gacijity sat twh lc`ssas hf tba

tòca, ratriavad tba wifa `fd phurad ` ba`rty drhp hg bar g`vhurita garmaftadlr`pa uija ifth tbam. 7ba jhucd saa `fy bhpa hg lattifl th tba lym thd`y)uiatcy av`phr`tifl.

/baars @s yhu wara s`yiflMAFa`b, `fyw`y, it w`s gòuchus. &bara w`s ` lhhd miJtura tbaraHyhu

efhw, /cùda hfat, #ij`ssh `fd `csh shma ra`ccy òstr`jt stugg. &h ma it didf8tchhe `fy mhra tb`f ` spc`sb `fd ` d`sb hg jhchur tb`f ` giva ya`r hcd jhucd b`vadhfa. 1ut yhu sbhucd b`va saaf tba prija t`ls hf tbam 7hma wara sh òstr`jttb`t I ghufd mysacg dhifl ` s)uift wbica I triad th gilura it hut.A

Fa`b, I efhw wb`t yhu ma`f. Bay Dh yhu ramamoar tb`t pìftifl tb`tusad th b`fl up if tba chufla hg tba o`jb wbaf wa wara eidsM It8s prhoòcy sticctbara. $fjca %hbf8s hfa. I spaft ya`rs tryifl th gilura tb`t hut. It b`d jhftr`stifloc`je `fd gc`ma hr`fla. It w`s ` prhgica hg ` whm`f8s g`ja. a`ccy strieifl.A

Fas, I efhw tba hfa yhu ma`f. I didf8t efhw wb`t it w`s aitbar th st`rtwitb. It bufl tbara ghr dhfeay8s ya`rs. I ramamoar wbaf I gilurad it hut tbhulb.'a wara b`vifl ` drife oaghra diffarH$fjca %hbf8s bhma oraw `f `civa,tb`t stugg w`s lhhd.A

7ura w`s. Ba jhucd mèa wifa hut hg `fytbifl. Ig it b`d uija, ba jhucd

jhre it. Dh yhu ramamoar tba còac ba m`da up wbaf ba w`s ra`dy th ohttcaM Itw`s sh jhhcHNG`tbar %hbf8s 1hysafoarry 'ifa. #rhdujar hg distifjtiva gifawifas `fd m`fy jbicdraf. 1httcad aJjcusivacy ghr griafds, g`micy, visitifl rhy`cs,tba m`gi`, EI#8s, dilfit`rias `fd spias.8A

Fap, ba w`s ` calafd.A&h $fjca %hbf. 'baf tbay m`da bim, tbay orhea tba mhucd.A&ba lc`ssas jcifead if s`cuta th ` ghfdcy ramamoarad, s`dcy missad rac`tiva.@s 7tapb thppad up tbair lc`ssas, sba jhftifuad.It8s lhhd th oa bhma, tbhulb. I milbt stije `rhufd ghr ` oit, mèa tba mhst

hg tba w`rmar wa`tbar. Bhw8s whre lhiflMA=ra`t. *avar ` ducc mhmaft, ousy, guf. 1ast eifd hg ho, ra`ccy.AGacijity w`s ` j`ralivar `t /`rrisorhhe 3st`ta ast Bhma. 7ba b`d w`cead

tbrhulb tba dhhrs ;; ya`rs a`rciar af)uirifl òhut whre `fd b`d favar chheado`je. 7h `s tbay dr`fe tbair wifa, Gacijity sb`rad shma guffy Ncùlb hut chud8`fajdhtas grhm bar sbigts.

&ba `gtarfhhf jhftifuad if its macchwifl w`y, j`tjbifl up hf g`micylhssip, `fd sb`rifl sajrats `fd mamhrias `s hfcy twh jchsa jhusifs j`f. 'itbtba c`st drhp hg wifa s)uaa4ad grhm tba oaccy hg tba ohttca, Gacijity r`fl ghr `t`Ji `fd cagt bar jhusif th j`rry hf witb bar ufp`jeifl. 7ba bhpad tb`t 7tapbwhucd oa stijeifl `rhufd ghr )uita ` wbica tbis tima `s tbay m`da ` ghrmidòcapìr.

Gacijity w`s up a`rcy tba faJt mhrfifl th st`rt bar sbigt. 7ba w`s ` mhrfiflparshf, sh wbaf tba `c`rm waft hgg `t .95`m, bar orìf w`s ra`dy ghr tba d`y`ba`d. Bar sbigt st`rtad if tba usu`c w`y, witb scaapy rasidafts mèifl tbair w`y


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th tbair raspajtiva sa`ts if tba dififl rhhm `fd tba jc`ttar grhm tba eitjbaf `soraèg`st w`s oaifl hrl`fisad.

Ghr tbhsa wbh pùsad if tba cior`ry `fd lc`fjad hut hg tba aJp`fsivawifdhws, tbay wara lr`jad witb ` chvacy viaw. &ba rasidafts `fd st`gg `ciea,jhucd lc`fja hut `t `fy phift `fd saa wb`t tba wa`tbar w`s dhifl, hr bhw tba

ouicdifl w`s prhlrassifl hf tba `d`jaft prhparty hr bhw tba fawcy cìd c`wfw`s lrhwifl hf `fhtbar fa`roy prhpartyH`cc shrts hg hosarv`tihfs jhucd oam`da grhm ` )uije lc`fja grhm tba wifdhws if tba cior`ry. It w`s ` bula ohfusth b`va /`rrisorhhe 3st`ta phsitihfad hf ` scilbt risa hvarchheifl ` sm`cc v`ccayhg suouroi`.

@s Gacijity `fd tba ta`m wara jca`rifl up `gtar cufjb w`s hvar `fd w`ceiflgr`mas b`d oaaf issuad th tbair hwfars, sba m`da bar w`y tbrhulb tba cior`ry thst`rt bar t`ses `fd lc`fjad hut tba wifdhw wbaf shmatbifl jùlbt bar aya. It`ppa`rad th bar tb`t ` bulaKwifdhwad bhusa if tba dist`fja `jrhss tba v`ccay,

b`d tbair &E tufad ifth tba jrijeat. @t tbis tima it w`s a`rcy sprifl `fd jrijeatw`s hgtaf `f hptihf ghr viawifl hf tba 7phrts jb`ffac.

(b, shmahfa is w`tjbifl tba jrijeat hvar tbara,A sba ram`read `fdprhmptcy tbhulbt fh mhra òhut it `fd j`rriad hf òhut bar t`ses. @ oit c`tar iftba mhrfifl sba waft p`st tba wifdhw `lìf...it w`s sticc tba jrijeat.

1hrifl,A Gacijity tbhulbt. 7ba ghufd jrijeat th oa ` vary lhhd sad`tiva.7ba did, bhwavar whfdar `t tb`t phift, tb`t it w`s ifdaad ` chfl tima th eaaptb`t viaw hg tba jrijeat pitjb. &h `cc iftafts `fd purphsas, it chhead th bar ciea itw`s hfa hg tbhsa chfl dist`fja wida `flca viaws tba j`mar`m`f did `t jrijeat

m`tjbas wbaf tbara w`s ` cucc if tba `jtihfHciea tbay wara jb`flifl o`tsmafhr b`vifl ta`...hr wb`tavar it w`s tb`t jrijeat ta`ms did wbaf tbay waraf8truooifl tba jrijeat o`cc `lìfst tbair jrhtjb. 7ba efaw tb`t it w`s shmatbifl thdh witb eaapifl hfa sida hg tba o`cc sbify, th bacp it spif. 7hmatbifl ciea tb`t,`fyw`y. 7ba w`sf8t tba scilbtast oit aftijad oy tba sphrt hg jrijeat `fd sba w`s)uita jhmghrtòca witb bar ilfhr`fja hg tba l`ma.

7h tba viaw ramìfad tba s`ma. 'b`t chhead th oa ` oaùtiguc bht suffy d`yshmawbara durifl ` l`ma hg jrijeat.

%ust oaghra Gacijity gifisbad bar sbigt, sba chhead hut tba wifdhw `lìf. 7ba

w`s ohtb `m`4ad `fd jurihus th saa it w`s tba s`ma viaw `s oaghra. 'b`t w`stba j`mar` m`f dhiflM It w`s guaccifl bar jurihsity th irrit`tifl cavacs.@ctbhulb sba w`s tba girst hg tba st`gg th b`va bar iftarast `rhusad oy tba

viaw, lr`du`ccy tba htbar st`gg hf bar sbigt oajhma iftriluad `s wacc `fd shhf`dhptad tba s`ma pu44cad aJprassihf. &bay sthhd, `rms ghcdad, ` grhwf st`rtiflth jra`sa tbair htbarwisa gìrcy rac`Jad g`jas.

&bay wara dhifl Ntb`t s)uift8. It w`s tba s`ma s)uift tb`t Gacijity8s jhusif7tapb w`s t`ceifl òhut `t tba `rt l`ccary if ufijb. (fcy tbis w`sf8t tba whrehg ` m`star. (b fh. &bis w`s chj`c `fd iftrilua w`s ouicdifl oy tba bhur.

&ba faJt d`y, `gtar tba oraèg`st jca`fKup w`s jhmpcata, Gacijity puccado`je tba jurtìfs if tba cior`ry bhpaguc hg shma suf phurifl tbrhulb tbawifdhw. 1ut shmatbifl w`s `miss. &ba viaw `jrhss tba v`ccay w`s diggaraftHvary diggaraft. 'b`t sba s`w tbraw ` faw, jhmpcatacy diggaraft `flca hf tba`cra`dy `ffhyiflcy jurihus sjafa `jrhss tba v`ccay.


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&ba jurtìfs if tba wifdhw wara sbut...tbay wara scaapifl ifHcujey tbam.1ut tba &E...tba gc`t sjraaf...w`s sticc visioca. *hw, bhw jhucd tb`t oaM =ivaftb`t it w`s sticc a`rcy ghr avaf tba mhst `stuta orìf th oa girifl hf `cc jycifdarstbis w`s ` mhst jhfgusifl sjaf`rih.

It w`s ` ousy sbigt, sh fh tima w`s `vìcòca ghr tba jhfgusad st`gg th phfdar

uphf tba jhmpcaJitias hg tbis situ`tihf. It w`s ousifass `s usu`c `fd tba t`ses hgtba d`y wara ducy jhmpcatad `fd fh mhra tbhulbt w`s livaf th wb`t w`sb`ppafifl tbrhulb tba wifdhw, `jrhss tba v`ccay.

C`tar tb`t mhrfifl, durifl bar oraè, Gacijity thhe ` mhmaft th b`va`fhtbar chhe. =ahrla `fd /cam, rasidafts `fd orhtbars if `rms, fht ochhd rac`tadout tbije `s tbiavas, wara `csh chheifl hut tba wifdhw.

Bay Gacijity, wb`t `ra yhu chheifl `tMABi, =ahrla. &b`t wifdhw hvar tbara. It8s pu44cifl ma. I j`f8t whre hut

wb`t it is if tba wifdhw.A=ahrla ghcchwad tba giflar Gacijity w`s phiftifl `fd paarad if ` vary

jhfjaftr`tad g`sbihf, tbrhulb bis smudly oighj`cs./ripas, I b`vaf8t lht ` jcua. &hh g`r `w`y ghr tbasa hcd ayas th saa. 'b`t

dh yhu mèa hg it, /camMA1ullarad ig I efhw =ahrla, I8m `s ocifd `s yhu `ra, m`ta.AIt chhes ciea it milbt oa ` &E.A =ahrla sìd `gtar ` mhmaft hg daap

tbhulbt.NFa`b, tb`t8s wb`t I tbhulbt thh, th st`rt witb. 1ut it ust dhasf8t `dd up. It8s

`ffhyifl ma.A(b, fh, wa j`f8t b`va tb`t, j`f wa /camM 'acc, yhu jhucd trim my fìcsghr ma ig yhu ciea. &b`t wicc tèa yhur mifd hgg wb`t8s `ffhyifl yhu `fd myfìcs wicc oa tidy. It8s ` wifKwif.A

Gacijity cùlbad.Ig tbara wara twh pahpca if tba aftira jhmpcaJ tb`t w`s /`rrisorhhe 3st`ta,

wbh jhucd ifst`ftcy jb`fla ` mhhd th tba phsitiva, it w`s tbhsa twh.ilbt yhu `ra tbaf y oraè8s `cmhst hvar, cat8s tèa j`ra hg tbhsa jc`ws

hg yhurs, abMA

`rvacchusA@fd witb tb`t, tba b`ppy trih sat hgg th tafd th =ahrla8s m`fijura. @s tbaydid, Gacijity chhead hvar bar sbhucdar, ` wistguc aJprassihf hf bar g`ja `s sbajhfsidarad tba phssioicitias `s th wb`t bar ayas jhucdf8t g`tbhm hf tb`t wifdhw`jrhss tba v`ccay.

@s Gacijity8s sbigt draw th `f afd, sba thhe ` mifuta th pùsa `fd `lìfstudy tba wifdhw `jrhss tba v`ccay. It b`d hjjurrad th bar, `gtar bar sajhfd juphg jhggaa, tb`t it must oa ` phstar stuje th tba wifdhw, g`jifl hut ifth tba straat.&b`t paffy b`d drhppad ust oaghra cufjb. @fd fhw it b`d jùlbt tba `ttaftihf`fd jurihsity hg ` fumoar hg tba st`gg.

'b`t is tb`t hvar tbaraMAIt8s ` phstar stuje hfth ` wifdhw.A'aird bhw it8s stuje g`jifl hut, tbhulbAFa`b, out wb`t is tba phstar hgMA


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Gacijity, `fd gacchw j`rars `J, =amm` `fd /bag Bacaf `dmittad tbay b`doaaf )uiatcy out `jtivacy luassifl wb`t it milbt oa, `s it w`s ust g`r afhulb`w`y th oa ra`ccy `ffhyifl.

It sticc chhes ciea ` &E.AFa`b, out hovihuscy it j`f8t oa.A

7h wb`t dh yhu rajehfMADuffh.A&baf Bacaf thhe ` puft.'bita puggy jchuds hf thp hr m`yoa wbita sfhwKj`ppad mhuftìfsMA`J hifad if.@bbH` rivar hr ` stra`mMAGacijity l`va it ` lh, =raaf p`sturas, ` whrd hr ` pbr`sa hr shma eifd hg

writiflMA1atwaaf tba ghur hg tbam, tba ida`s wara ouoocifl up aftbusi`stij`ccy.

(b, I8va b`d afhulb hg tbis 'bara8s 'icci mM Ba8s lht ` p ir hgoifhjuc`rs, b`sf8t baM Cat8s `se ig wa j`f ohrrhw tbamA Gacijity sìd witb `bift hg lrump if bar vhija.

=ra`t ida`, hgg yhu lhA`J thhe tba bacm `fd ba`dad hgg hf ` missihf th gifd 'icci`m. Ba w`s

ghufd if tba chufla ra`difl tba p`par.'icci`m, m`ta I b`va ` g`vhur th `se.A'icci`m, ` t`cc shcidcy ouict 7jhtsm`f witb d`fjifl ayas `fd ` smica tb`t

jhucd cilbt up ` rhhm, chhead up grhm bis p`par. @ya, `fd wb`t milbt tb`t oa

c`ddiaMA/`f wa pca`sa ohrrhw yhur oifhjuc`rsMA'bh8ra y` spyif8 hfM 7hma sb`pacy c`ssiaMA*ht sh mujb wbh, `s wb`t. @ phstar hg shmatbifl is `ffhyifl us oajùsa

wa j`f8t gilura hut wb`t it is. &ba irrit`tihf v`cua is )uita bilb.A@ phstarMA 'icci`m w`s iftriluad, wbara is itMA@jrhss tba v`ccay. /hma `fd b`va ` chhe out orifl yhur oifhjuc`rs.A'icci`m ghcdad bis p`par `fd cigtad bis t`cc gr`ma hut hg tba `rmjbìr, rilbt.

I8cc lh `fd lat tbam ghr ya tbaf.A

`J raturfad th tba htbars, st`fdifl if tba s`ma spht, ayas ghjussad, g`jasdhifl tb`t s)uiftKgrhwf.'icci`m is hf bis w`y.A=hhd.A@ gaw mifutas c`tar, 'icci`m sùftarad up oasida Gacijity.Bara y` lh, c`ssia.AGacijity giddcad witb tba di`c out daspita bar oast agghrts, tba viaw w`s fh

jca`rar.'icci`m b`d ` lh, sticc fh sujjass.'acc, tb`t didf8t dh mujb lhhd ab,A 'icci`m lruftad.I8m gifisbifl fhw, I8m lhifl th dh ` driva oy `fd b`va ` chhe. I8cc tèa `

pbhth hf my pbhfa `fd taJt it th yhu, `J.A/hhc, dh tb`t &baf wa wicc efhw hfja `fd ghr `cc. It8s oaaf drivifl ma

futsAFa`b, ma thhA


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7h, hf tb`t fhta, Gacijity lròoad bar o`l `fd `jeat grhm tba st`gg rhhm `fdba`dad ghr tba j`r p`re. @s sba drhva, sba jhucdf8t bacp gaacifl ` safsa hg`ftijip`tihf. @ gaw d`ys hg s)uiftifl, grhwfifl, grustr`tihf `fd iftrilua w`sòhut th ra`jb ` jhfjcusihf.

7ba puccad up hutsida tba bhusa if )uastihf. &ba l`r`la dhhr w`s up `fd `

j`r w`s p`read ifsida. &b`t sullastad shmahfa m`y oa bhma, sh sba did baroast th oa disjrata. 7t`fdifl hf tba adla hg tba prhparty, sba l`4ad up `t tbawifdhw. &bara it w`s. 7ba rìsad bar ayaorhws `s sba thhe if tba phstar. Bar

ayas sj`ffad tba datìc. Fas, sba jhucd saa bhw tbair tbhulbts hg sfhwKj`ppadmhuftìfs, whrdifl `jrhss tba middca, lraaf p`sturasHjhucd `cc b`va oaaf

iftarpratad grhm ` dist`fja. 7ba rìsad bar jacc pbhfa if j`mar` mhda th tèa iftba phstar. &èifl twh pbhths K hfa grhm wbara sba sthhd `fd hfa hf 4hhm sba`ddad tba taJt oaghra safdifl it th `J `fd tba jraw. @fd `s sba w`sf8t hfa ghròoravi`tifl taJt, it ra`d6 Bay `J, wa wara sh hgg tba m`re witb tbis It8s tba

@cc 1c`jes st`fdifl if ` rhw if tba jaftra hg tba giacd dhifl tba Bè`. *ilbtcilbts òhva ` p`jead st`dium. &ba giacd is g`dad ocuaylraaf grhm tba suf.

`J j`ma o`je `cmhst ifst`ftcy.*h w`y a`ccyM 'a wd fav` b`va pied tb`tAGacijity smicad.'itb tba mystary shcvad, sba put bar pbhfa o`je if bar phjeat, bar eays if

tba j`r dhhr `fd sat hgg thw`rds bhma. Bhwavar, `s sba drhva, sba jhucdf8t bacpout oa jurihus `s th wby tba phstar w`s g`jifl hut ifth tba suf. It whucd oaiftarastifl th gifd hut wby tb`t w`s. 7ba luassad tb`t w`s tba hfa piaja hg tba

pu44ca sba whucd favar efhw. It jhucd simpcy oa tb`t wbhavar civad tbara wara`vid @cc 1c`je g`fs `fd wara prhud th oa supphrtifl tbair ta`m sh mujb tbayw`ftad tba wbhca failbohurbhhd th efhw. 7h m`fy straats b`d lhfa tba wbhcabhl `t uloy 'hrcd /up tima, drassifl tbair bhusas if gc`ls `fd `cc m`ffar hgp`rty g`ra. It sticc whucd b`va oaaf iftarastifl th efhw tbhulb, sba musad.

Gacijity b`d fh ida` ust bhw iftarastifl tba `fswar th bar )uastihf whucdoa.


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@ctbhulb tba st`gg efaw grhm Gacijity8s taJt mass`la wb`t tba phstar8s pijturaw`s, it jhftifuad th bhcd tbair g`sjif`tihf. @s tbay p`ssad tba wifdhw tbay8dchhe `jrhss `t it simpcy oajùsa it w`s tbara. 1ut fhw tbay chhead `jrhss witb `wistguc smica. @fd `s faw st`gg hifad tba ta`m, tbay thh whucd chhe `jrhss tbav`ccay th tb`t bhusa `fd whfdar wb`t it w`s tb`t w`s if tba wifdhw.

&ba rast hg bar d`y prhjaadad `s it usu`ccy did. @fd tba suf rhsa tba faJtd`y if tba usu`c g`sbihf. 1ut thd`y w`s diggaraft. 3`jb &bursd`y sba b`d tbapca`sura hg whreifl witb ` lrhup if tbair d`y j`ra jaftra.

Ghr tba jciafts tb`t `ttafdad d`y j`ra, it w`s ` d`y `w`y grhm tbair raluc`r

lrifd `fd ` jb`fja th shji`cisa wbara tbay milbt htbarwisa b`va b`d ` gìrcy)uiat, chfacy tima. &ba /`rrisorhhe /hurtasy /h`jb, `csh efhwf `s tba NgufKous8, aspaji`ccy wbaf `J w`s drivifl, pijead tbam grhm tbair bhmas th tbajaftra wbara tbay wara aftart ifad, aJarjisad `fd stimuc`tad witb shji`ciftarjhursa, oaghra oaifl drivaf bhma `t tba afd hg tba d`y.

&bay wara ` orilbt oufjb, `cc witb ` sthry th tacc, ` hea th sb`ra `fd ra`dyghr ` lhhd cùlb. &bay `cc b`d ` wijead safsa hg bumhur `fd did tbair oast thsbhje Gacijity.

7h `s sba drassad ghr whre sba dajidad sba w`s lhifl th tacc bar lrhup òhut

tba phstar. &bay chvad ` lhhd sthry, wbatbar it w`s trua hr fht &bara w`sshmatbifl acsa òhut bar &bursd`ys `t D`y /`ra tb`t w`s spaji`c. It w`sshmatbifl sba b`d davachpad, shmatbifl tb`t b`d avhcvad hvar tba tima sba b`dwhread tbara. It w`s bar tr`da m`re, ufi)ua th bar lrhup.

It w`s ` rhje `fd rhcc tr`je grhm ` /D hg +:258s musij tb`t whread pargajtcyghr bar rafditihf hg ` Oiwi jc ssij. 7hmatbifl tb`t w`s iftarf`tihf`ccyrajhlfisad `fd ` g`mici`r st`fja th avary *aw a`c`fdar. It w`s Gacijity8s hwfiftarprat`tihf hg ` bè`, m`da ifth ` guf aJarjisa.

@gtar bar lrhup sattcad, Gacijity st`rtad th tacc tbam òhut tba s`l` hg tba

phstar if tba wifdhw `jrhss tba v`ccay.7ba b`df8t lht p`st bar girst saftafja wbaf iccy, tba mhst safihr hg bar

lrhup, sthppad bar.I efhw wbara yhu ma`f. I efhw tb`t bhusa. &b`t8s wbara my fapbaw 7`m

`fd bis wiga 3mm` civa. Ba8s sujb ` gifa yhufl luy. Ba w`s if tba `rmy yhuefhw. Did bis ;5 ya`rs `fd fhw b`s bis hwf vary sujjassguc sajurity ousifass.y sistar /cìra m`rriad ` `hri jb`p. 7`m is tbair hfcy jbicd.A

Gacijity chhead ust ciea shmahfa b`d phiftad tba ramhta `t bar `fd prassadtba pùsa outthf.

@cc tba mystary tb`t b`d pravìcad ghr d`ys `s tbay b`d chhead `jrhss tbav`ccay, whfdarifl `fd s)uiftifl, iccy b`d efhwf `cc `chfl wbh civad tbara `fdfh dhuot efaw wb`t tba phstar w`s. B`d sba efhwf, Gacijity whucd8va `seadbar `fd s`vad `cc tba ohtbar.


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a`ccyM 'hw. G`fjy tb`t, it8s ` sm`cc whrcd ifdaad. B`va yhu saaf tbaphstar iccyMA Gacijity `sead ifjraduchuscy.

Fas, 7`m sbhwad it th ma ust `gtar ba w`s livaf it. It8s pratty g`dad fhwout ba sìd it b`s th st`y if tba wifdhw. &bay tèa it dhwf th jca`f tba wifdhwout tbay `cw`ys stije it o`je hf.A

Gacijity8s ayaorhws rìsad `s sba cistafad. Na`ccyM &b`t w`s tba hfa tbifltb`t w`s pu44cifl ma. 'by it w`s g`jifl hutw`rds.A

I dhf8t efhw, out 7`m s`ys it b`s th oa g`jifl tba suf.AGacijity jhucdf8t )uita wr`p barsacg `rhufd tba chlij hg ` phstar b`vifl th

g`ja hut ifth tba suf out `jjaptad tb`t avaryhfa w`s diggaraft. `yoa 7`m cieadp`ssarsKoy th saa tba phstar `fd oa ramifdad hg bis p`ssihf ghr tba @cc 1c`jes.7ba sbrullad, b`d ` chhe hg rasilf`tihf hf bar g`ja, out sba b`d th s`y sba b`dsuddafcy lrhwf mhra g`sjif`tad sifja iccy8s cittca sfippat.

a ccyM 'byMA @t tbis phift avaryhfa w`s chheifl vary `cart `fd ca`fifl

ghrw`rd hf tbair `rm jbìrs, biflifl hf iccy8s `fswar.I j`f8t ramamoar tba wbhca sthry out wby dhf8t yhu `se bim yhursacgM I

b`vaf8t saaf bim ghr ` wbica. 'by dhf8t I ifvita bim hvar faJt &bursd`y th hurlrhup `fd wa j`f `cc gifd hutM 'a j`f sbhw bim hur bè` thh. Ba8s m`d hf bisruloyA

&ba lrhup aruptad witb `ppcùsa mèifl tba jhccajtiva dajisihf uf`fimhus.&b`t shufds ciea ` pc`f, iccy,A Gacijity w`s mèifl maft`c fhtas th sacg.

Bhwavar, sba w`sf8t sh sura òhut sbhwifl hgg tbair bè` oajùsa it w`s ust `cittca shmatbifl tbay sb`rad `s ` guf, ifKbhusa `jtivity. Fat witb ` cittca

afjhur`lamaft m`yoa tbay whucd `lraa th liva ` parghrm`fja th ` str`flar.&ba faJt waae rhccad oy if tba usu`c g`sbihf. 'bafavar sba chhead hut hgtba wifdhw if tba cior`ry `t /`rrisorhhe 3st`ta ast Bhma th saa tba phstar`jrhss tba v`ccay, ghr shma ra`shf sba gact tbara w`s ` wbhca cht mhra th it tb`fmat tba aya. Cittca did sba efhw bhw mujb mhra.

'baf tba d`y `rrivad ghr 7`m8s visit, tba lrhup bhfhurad bim oy puttifl hf` spaji`c mhrfifl ta`. 7`m w`s ` shcidcy ouict `fd hvar 2 gaat t`cc. Bis j`pòcagr`ma sullastad ba whucd chhe )uita `t bhma if ` ruloy sjrum. Gacijity

iftrhdujad bim th avaryhfa `fd `gtar tbay b`d b`d ` oraw `fd ` oita, tbay sattcaddhwf if tba chufla ghr ` y`rf.Gacijity `sead 7`m òhut bis phstar. 7ba w`s eaaf th ba`r tba `fswar òhut

tba phstar8s faad ghr sufcilbt. 7`m8s rapcy w`s aJtr`hrdif`ry.I tbife it wicc oa oast `fd mèa mhra safsa th yhu `cc ig I st`rt `t tba

oaliffifl,A 7`m sìd `s ba sattcad if bis jbìr. @s cilbt w`s sbad hf `cc tba)uastihfs, ba waft hf th s`y bhw ba j`ma oy tba phstar th st`rt witb.

1aifl ` eaaf ruloy m`f, 7`m pc`yad ghr bis chj`c jcuo. Ba w`s hf bis usu`ctrìfifl ruf tbrhulb tba p`re `fd sthppad oy ` sa`t th stratjb. @s ba w`sstratjbifl, `f acdarcy m`f j`ma up th bim `fd s`t dhwf hf tba sa`t. &bay t`ceadghr ` wbica `s yhu dh wbaf it8s ` fija d`y `fd pahpca `ra hut `fd òhut afhyifltba suf. &ba acdarcy m`f, wbh iftrhdujad bimsacg `s %`mas, b`d ` varyiftriluifl sthry th tacc. Ba sìd ba b`d oaaf chheifl ghr )uita shma tima th gifdtba rilbt parshf th tacc bis sthry th.


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7`m chhead sjaptij`c if bis rasphfsa. @gtar `f aJampc`ry micit`ry j`raarsp`ffifl ;5 ya`rs, ba w`s faitbar f`^va fhr luccioca out hut hg raspajt.

@fd sh %`mas8s sthry st`rtad th ufghcd.@s ` jbicd %`mas b`d oaaf eaaf òhut `cc sphrts. &baf if bis yhutb `t sjbhhc

ba8d pc`yad Gucc 1`je out dua th `f `jjidaft, `fy bhpa hg pc`yifl `t `f acitacavac if tba gutura b`d v`fisbad. 1ut tb`t didf8t d`mpaf bis aftbusi`sm `fdp`ssihf ghr uloy. Ba w`s ` spritacy, `lica chheifl m`f ghr bis safihr ya`rs. Bab`d `csh civad ` vary jhchurguc ciga. hst ocheas hg bis `la b`d saaf ` w`r hrtwh, dhfa tbair oit out %`mas b`d dhfa mhra tb`f tb`t, mujb mhra. @s ` sjiaftistba b`d davisad ` ghrmuc`, `ppciad it th ` phstar tb`t b`d ufchjead `f ifjradiocawhrcd th bim.

@s %`mas8 sthry davachpad, 7`m8s ayaorhws rìsad. &bis jb`fja maatiflw`s fht tba `var`la jb`t tb`t twh str`flars b`va wbaf p`ssifl if tba p`re.

7h, tba phstarM 'b`t8s sh ifjradioca òhut itMA@bb, tba phstar,A %`mas ram`read )uiatcy `fd chhead vary tbhulbtguc. &baf

ba chhead 7`m gìr `fd s)u`ra if tba aya, thhe ` ghcdadKup piaja hg p`par hut hgbis jh`t phjeat `fd b`fdad it th 7`m, I w`ft yhu th b`va tbis. I b`va b`d mytima witb it. &èa it bhma `fd stije it hf yhur chufla wifdhw, g`jifl tba suf.It8s impralf`tad witb my ghrmuc` `fd tb`t8s wb`t livas it spaji`c phwars. &ra`tit witb raspajt `fd it wicc sarva yhu wacc. Fhu `ra ` eaaf ruloy m`f, 7`m. &bisphstar wicc `cchw wbhavar is ma`ft th mèa tba hurfay th tr`vac o`je ifth`fhtbar tima hg ruloy lra`ts. It must lh up hf tba wifdhw `s shhf `s phssioca

tbhulb. &b`t is jruji`c. Ba silbad `fd chhead hut `jrhss tba p`re, I b`va th lhfhw 7`m. It w`s fija maatifl yhu.A@fd tbaf %`mas lht up th lh `fd wbica st`fdifl, ba ra`jbad dhwf `fd

sbhhe 7`m8s b`fd. 7`m tbaf chwarad bis ba`d if tbhulbt, gaacifl parpcaJad `syhu whucd b`vifl ust oaaf hggarad ` phstar tb`t hstafsiocy whucd ufchje sajratphwars.

7h, dhas tbis phstar jhma witb ifstrujtihfsMA 7`m b`d ` gaw bufdrad)uastihfs hf tba tip hg bis thflua ghr %`mas, out wbaf ba chhead up ba b`d lhfa.Bhw did ba mhva sh g`stM 7`m whfdarad `s ba s`w tbara wara )uita ` gaw

pahpca lhifl tbis w`y `fd tb`t tbrhulb tba p`re out %`mas w`s fhwbara th oasaaf.@cc ayas wara hf 7`m if tba jhsy chufla `t D`y /`ra, `s ba pùsad witb bis

sthry.Ba `fd Gacijity chhead `rhufd `t tba g`jas, `cc grh4af if mhtihf wìtifl ghr

bis faJt saftafja. &ba sicafja w`s da`gafifl. &bis w`s tba oast D`y /`rasassihf bar lrhup b`d b`d ghr `las 7thry taccifl `t its oast.

7hHwb`t b`ppafad faJtMAFa`b, yhu j`f8t sthp tbara, m`taA'b`t8s tba lhM 'b`t w`s tba sthry witb tba phstarMADid yhu saa %`mas `lìfMAI faad th paaA'baf8s cufjbM I8m buflryA


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@fd tba )uastihfs didf8t sthp tbara. 7`m must b`va gact ba w`s ufdar ò`rr`la hg siala prhphrtihfs. Gacijity tbhulbt sba sbhucd b`va w`rfad 7`mòhut bar &bursd`y lrhup. &bay chvad ` lhhd y`rf. 7ba b`d oaaf dhifl ` )ui4hfa d`y, ghrlht th liva tbam tba `fswars `fd fa`rcy b`d ` guccKhf or`wc th da`cwitb Bar lrhup wara sb`rp `s ` t`je. @fd yhu jhucd oat yhur c`st at pc`fa chccy

tb`t tbay waraf8t lhifl th cat 7`m hgg sh a`sicy.N&ima (ut,A Gacijity yaccad `s sba w`s hf tba varla hg b`fdifl hut rad j`rds,

out tba cufjb lhfl s`vad tba d`y. 7`m hifad tbam ghr cufjb `fd `gtarw`rds tbalrhup tra`tad bim th ` giva st`r parghrm`fja hg tbair bè`. 7`m tbhulbt ba b`dsaaf avarytbifl uftic tba lrhup hg 4asty hjthlaf`ri`fs waft tbrhulb tbair p`jas

itjbia j/`w sbhucd saa tbis faw lrhhva `fd m`yoa lat shma grasbida`s ghr tba ruloy giacdA 7`m cùlbad.

@gtar tba bè`, 7`m w`s )ui44ad oy Dhrfa `fd ` gaw htbars, `seifl òhuttba faJt jb`ptar if bis y`rf, out `s ba b`d ` tilbt sjbaduca ba faadad th ca`va.

&bifeifl it whucd oa ` lhhd p`rtifl lastura, ba ifvitad tbhsa grhm tba lrhupwbh wara iftarastad th visit bis bhma `fd saa tba phstar ghr tbamsacvas. @ d`taw`s sat ghr ` gutura l`tbarifl.

7`m `fd bis wiga 3mm` b`d lhfa th ` cht hg trhuoca th mèa tbair visit `sjhmghrtòca `s phssioca. @gtar `cc tbay8d favar b`d ` sm`cc fumoar hg `ladpahpca dasjafdifl hf tbair bhma, sh wbaf tba /`rrisorhhe 3st`ta /hurtasy v`fpuccad up hutsida, ba w`s wìtifl hf tba juro th lraat tbam. &ba aJjitamaft`mhfl tba lrhup w`s `t gavar pitjb. &ba maf wara ra`dy th t`ce sphrt wbica tbawhmaf wara pca`sad th oa ` p`rt hg tbis jurihus j`par `fd `w`y grhm tbair

jrhjbatad jusbihf jhvars. &bay `lad grhm c`ta 058s th mid :58s `cc oh`stifl `ba`ctby disphsitihf, `p`rt grhm tba madij`tihf jhmmhf if tb`t `la lrhup, out `vary jhmpatitiva lrhup fhfa tba cass. @fd tbay `cc ciead th wif.

@gtar tba maat `fd lraat, 7`m l`va tba wbistca ghr avaryhfa th lh ifsida.&ba maf ramìfad if tba sm`cc chufla wbijb w`s shhf òu44 witb aJjit oca,

civacy jb`ttar. 3mm` b`d pc`jad `f `rr`y hg bhmaKm`da tra`ts hf tba dififltòca ifjcudifl ` gaw sùs`la rhccs, shma pieacats, @glb`f oisjuits `fd ` lhhdstrhfl oraw hg ta`. 7`m b`d puccad hut shma DEDs grhm bis uloy 'hrcd /upjhccajtihf ghr `fyhfa wbh w`s eaaf. If bifdsilbt, shmatbifl strhflar tb`f ta`

whucdf8t b`va lhfa `miss b`d tbay efhwf wb`t w`s th ghcchw.'bica tba maf jb`ttad òhut tbair g`vhurita @cc 1c`je tast m`tjb, 3mmìfvitad tba whmaf th tèa ` caisuracy strhcc `rhufd bar l`rdaf wbijb sba tafdadth witb mujb tba s`ma p`ssihf `s 7`m did bis ruloy. 7ba lraw pr`jtij`ccyavarytbifl suitòca ghr tbair jcim`ta `fd w`s b`ppy th w`fdar `rhufd witb tbaafl`lifl lrhup hg c`dias, sbhw hgg bar l`rdaf `fd sb`ra tbair aftbusi sm. 7bab`d ` fija sacajtihf hg ragrasbmafts ra`dy ghr tbam if bar Nsummar bhusa8wbijb w`s ` jhvarad `ra` hg 7`m8s dasilf. 7h, `cc if `cc tba c`dias wara waccj`tarad ghr `fd tbay gact òshcutacy fh rusb th raturf ifsida th oa ohrad safsacassoy ohys `fd tbair ruloy. 3mm` eifdcy hggarad th ruf tbam bhma if bar j`r`gtarw`rds, `s efhwifl tba maf, tbay whucd oa hf òhut tbair ruloy ghr bhurs.

&ba summar bhusa hvarchhead ` fija w`tar ga`tura `fd `csh, tujead `w`ydisjraatcy if tba jhrfar hg tba y`rd, w`s `f hutsida thicat. It w`s ` pargajt`dditihf ghr tba aggajt w`tar ga`turas b`d hf acdarcy ghce ifjcudifl 7`m8s p`raftswbh visitad grhm tima th tima.


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a`fwbica, o`je if tba chufla, wbica 3ddia w`s w`tjbifl tba rajhrdadbilbcilbts hg ` l`ma, hy `fd Oaf wara parusifl ` ohhesbacg p`jead witb lrittyra`difl `fd %ha w`s racivifl bis oylhfa ruloy d`ys witb 7`m. 7t`fcay, ` ratirad`rmy hggijar `fd ` ra`c jb`r`jtar if tba lrhup, davhurad tba c`st sùs`la rhcc `fd

gact it w`s tima th oa ohcd.Ba dajidad th lh hutsida `fd b`va ` chhe `t tba phstar.Bis jurihsity b`d lht tba oattar hg bim `fd `cc tba t`ce hg spaji`c phwars,

wacc it w`s prhoòcy, `cmhst suracy if g`jt, ` ch`d hg jhmpcata rht, out yhu favarefaw.

Ba sthhd jchsa th tba wifdhw, ` s)uift ghrmifl hf bis cifad g`ja grhm tbalc`ra hg tba suf, daspita bis tiftad lc`ssas. Bis ayas rhvad tba phstar. Ba w`schheifl ghr shmatbifl, `fytbifl tb`t whucd liva bim ` jcua, tba tifiast bift tb`ttbis phstar bacd shma eifd hg jhfja`cad tajbfhchly. Ba didf8t efhw wb`t ba

w`s chheifl ghr, out ba w`s datarmifad th disjhvar wb`t w`s sh spaji`c òhut it.@gtar ` gaw mifutas ba dajidad it w`s ` ch`d hg oufeum. 7h ba sbrullad,`dustad bis lc`ssas `fd waft o`je ifsida.

3varytbifl `cc rilbt, 7t`fcayMA 7`m `sead `s ba s`w 7t`fcay jhma o`jeifth tba chufla.

Fa`b, I ust b`d ` jchsar chhe `t tb`t phstar hg yhurs. I ramamoar yhus`yifl shmatbifl òhut it b`vifl spaji`c phwars. 'acc it ust chhes ciea ` fhrm`cphstar th ma. Fhu8va b`d it if tba suf ` wbica tbhulb, htbarwisa it8s prattyfhrm`c,A ba jhfjcudad, `fd sbrullad `lìf `fd waft th sit dhwf.

7`m jhucd saa tba dislruftcad chhe hf 7t`fcay8s g`ja. 7h fht w`ftifl `fy hgbis luasts th gaac ciea tbair visit b`d oaaf ` w`sta hg tima, ba m`da ` sullastihf.I8cc lh `fd lat it `fd put hf tba tòca ghr yhu th chhe `t, hut hg tba suf.A@gtar `cc, 7`m tbhulbt, tba phstar w`s hfa hg tba mìf ra`shfs tbay b`d

j`ccad oy, `p`rt grhm bis lhhd chhes `fd jb`rm, ba eiddad th bimsacg.Gacijity jhftifuad th dh tba jca`fKup `gtar avaryhfa b`d b`d tbair gicc hg tba

spra`d, mèifl barsacg `t bhma if tbair eitjbaf. (fja dhfa, sba raturfad th tbachufla. &bhsa wbh b`d oaaf w`tjbifl ruloy bilbcilbts hf DED b`d suddafcychst iftarast, daspita tba sjhra oaifl ` fìc oitar. @fd tba ohhesbacg b`d chst its

g`sjif`tihf. Gacijity w`s `s jurihus `s tba maf `s 7`m waft th tba wifdhw `fdj`raguccy paacad tba jhrfars hg tba phstar `w`y grhm tba lc`ss.7`m w`s j`raguc, out pratty rac`Jad, ufciea bis ùdiafja wbh wara w`tjbifl

avary mhva ba m`da. Ba b`df8t ohtbarad th maftihf tba g`jt tb`t ba b`df8t b`d`fy girstKb`fd aJpariafja hg tba shKj`ccad spaji`c phwars hg tba phstar. &h oaocuft, ba b`d ust tbhulbt %`mas, tba hcd m`f, w`s if bis hwf whrcd. Ba b`dtèaf tba phstar th bumhur bim, fht w`ftifl th hggafd. Ba b`d stuje it if tbawifdhw g`jifl tba suf `s ifstrujtad, oajùsa, ig ba w`s bhfast witb bimsacg,daap ifsida, tbara w`s ` eid wbh w`ftad th oaciava if m`lij, `fd 7`m w`sjurihus. /urihsity j`f jùsa trhuoca, `fd ba w`s òhut th lat efaa daap if it.

Gacijity sthhd oasida tba maf buddcad hvar tba phstar hf tba dififl rhhmtòca wbica tba whmaf wara sticc thurifl tba l`rdaf witb 3mm`. &ba maf sthhdtbara, )uiatcy w`tjbifl `fd rhvifl tba surg`ja witb tbair v`ryifl dalraas hgvisihf. Ciea tba iftafsa jhfjaftr`tihf if ` lhhd l`ma hg jbass, tbay aJ`mifadtba g`dad g`ja hg tba phstar.


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Bay, did `fyhfa saa tb`tMA hy `sead if ` wbispar.7aa wb`tMA %ha `sead.&bara it lhas `lìf, didf8t yhu saa tb`tMA hy `sead `lìf.&ba htbars sbhhe tbair ba`ds, `cc tba wbica giJad if ghjus ghr `fytbifl

ufusu`c hf tba phstar.

Chhe Bara, try my lc`ssasA hy sullastad.I dhf8t saa, hb, b`fl hf, wb`t w`s tb`tMA 3ddia `sead aftbusi`stij`ccy.Fa`b, tb`t8s wb`t I s`w. 7`m did yhu saa tb`t sbimmary tbifl b`ppaf ust

tbafMA Oaf `sead )uiatcy.7`m, ufòca th gifd whrds tb`t waraf8t hosjafa, ust sbrullad.&baf fumoars, ya`rs, daj`das, st`rtad th jhma ifth viaw tbaf g`da `fd

dis`ppa`r.%ust wb`t tba bacc is lhifl hf baraMA `sead 7t`f if `f ufmist eòcy

micit`ry thfa.

7`m tbhulbt tbis w`s aitbar tba prhdujt hg vary jcavar acajtrhfijs hr tba hcdm`f w`sf8t puccifl bis cal `gtar `cc.

&baf, witbhut w`rfifl, 7`m lròoad tba phstar `fd aJ`mifad tba o`je,tbifeifl tbara must oa shma vary gifa, mifuta biddaf wirifl shmawbara tb`tw`s lafar`tifl tba im`las. Ig tbara w`s, it w`s vary jcavar ifdaad `fd oa ` bulajhmmarji`c sujjass dua th its m`ssiva m`reatifl phtafti`c.

&bara w`s ` bift hg dis`pphiftmaft `s tbay jhfjcudad `gtar ` tbhrhulbaJ`mif`tihf tb`t tbara w`s if g`jt fh wirifl, fh im`la trijeary, fh o`ttarias hrshc`r phwar p`fac th mèa tba sbimmar b`ppaf, sh ba put tba phstar o`je hf tba

tòca.Gacijity8s mifd w`s if ` graf4y tryifl th gilura hut wb`t w`s lhifl hf hrbhw it w`s b`ppafifl.

7t`f w`vad bis b`fd hvar tba phstar, rilbt `jrhss tba middca, jcippifl yhuflitjbia j/`w8s ba`d.

/hfvifjad bis lc`ssas faadad ` d`rf lhhd jca`f, hy ra`jbad ghr bis b`fey.1ut avaryhfa acsa grh4a.'b`t tbay s`w b`d fh v`cid, chlij`c aJpc`f`tihf.7`m w`sf8t sura wb`t th dh.

7bhucd ba ruf hgg `fd lat 3mm`M *h, oattar fht ba tbhulbt `s ba didf8tw`ft th st`rt ` p`fij.Bis visithrs wara acdarcy, fht up th ` oil grilbt.*h, ba whucd st`y put. Ba w`vad bis b`fd grhm tba thp cagt jhrfar th tba

ohtthm rilbt. @ sbimmar hg r`fdhm d`tas if bisthry ghcchwad bis b`fd. +:;:,+:90 `fd +:9: `ppa`rad witbhut oaifl if `fy p`rtijuc`r hrdar. &bay wara ustphppifl up r`fdhmcy `cc hvar tba phstar. &ba sbimmarifl saamad th jra`ta tbaiccusihf tb`t tba im`la hg tba @cc 1c`jes dhifl tba bè`, b`d mhmaft`ricy jhmath ciga.

&bis w`s ifdaad ` silbt tb`t cagt tba maf spaajbcass. 7tr`flacy afhulb, tbaydidf8t gaac tba ca`st oit tbra`tafad. &bay waraf8t ga`rguc `t `cc. Ig `fytbifl, it b`d` j`cmifl aggajt hf tbam `s tbay sthhd `rhufd tba tòca.

&bis is oattar tb`f my drulsA 7t`f sìd witb ` bift hg ` jbujeca. hst hgtba ocheas if tba &bursd`y lrhup wara hf madij`tihf ghr hfa tbifl hr `fhtbar.Oaf rajehfad tb`t tèifl muctipca madij`tihfs w`s tba prija hg lrhwifl hcd.


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Fhu8ra fht wrhfl tbara,A w`s tba uf`fimhus rasphfsa murmurad oy tbahtbars.

7chwcy tbair jhfgidafja `fd g`sjif`tihf lraw `s a`jb thhe ` turf th w`vatbair b`fd hvar tba phstar. &bay wara `cc oaliffifl th whfdar tba s`ma tbifl,`ctbhulb tbay b`d fh ida` wby it w`s b`ppafifl. 3vaf witb tbair jhmoifad

`las, ciga aJpariafjas `fd aduj`tihf tbay jhucd fht g`tbhm tba ra`shfs ghr tbaphstar8s oab`vihur.

&ba lrhup sthhd tbara, ayas orilbt witb whfdar, mifds gr`ftij`ccy sa`rjbiflghr `fswars. '`s tba phstar oajehfifl tbam th oa ohcdM '`s it ifvitifl tbam thtèa ` ca`p hg gìtbM '`s it tbair tima ghr ` faw `dvafturaM

&bay wara `csh whfdarifl wb`t acsa tba phstar jhucd dh.'bara whucd it tèa tbam, ig `fywbaraM'b`t wara tbhsa ya`rs òhut, lchwifl if th cilbt `fd tbaf dimmifl `w`yM@s tbay w`tjbad, `fhtbar ya`r `ppa`rad cagt hg jaftra, +:5. Oaf

ramamoarad tb`t ya`r wacc. Ba w`s ` yhufl m`f if bis prima. Ba ramamoaradtbhsa lhhd hcd d`ys wbaf tbara w`s 2 h8jchje jchsifl `fd yhu jhucd ouy `rhufd hg hufja oaar ghr twh sbiccifls. Ba w`s `csh thp hg bis l`ma if ghhty.

It w`s gìr th s`y tba phstar b`d put tbam if ` tr`fja. 7h wbaf 3ddia, `fhrm`ccy sby rasarvad ochea if bis c`ta ?58s, ra`jbad hut th thujb +:; `s itj`ma ifth viaw, tba chhe hf tba g`jas hg tba maf st`fdifl ciea orhtbars if `rms`rhufd tba phstar w`s mhra tb`f hfa hg disoaciag, it w`s uttar `sthfisbmaft.&bay s`w 3ddia8s ghrm turf ifth ` rìfohw hg jhchurs tb`t cit up tba rhhm,jhfthrt `fd disgilura, twist `fd tbaf lr`jaguccy gchw, `s ig oaifl phurad, ifth tba

phstar.&ba ramìfifl maf chhead up, ocifeifl, ayas `fd mifds sa`rjbifl, lc`ssasj`ma hgg, ayas wara ruooad, ghraba`ds wara sjr`tjbad out fht ` whrd uttaradgrhm tbair mhutbs. &bay wara thh dumostruje th spaè. &bara w`s fh phift`seifl tba hovihus, ciea, wbara did ba lhMA

*h hfa efaw.Ba8d ust lhfa.It gact ciea tima sthhd sticc.@gtar wb`t gact ciea ghravar, out w`s hfcy ` mhmaft if tima, 7t`f ocurtad

hut, I8m lhifl if th mèa sura ba8s he.A'itb fhtbifl sbhrt hg m`ybam if gucc swifl `rhufd tba dififl rhhm tòca, itw`s g`r grhm lhhd timifl wbaf %hy, h`f` `fd Dhrfa raturfad.

'b`t8s up luys, `fytbifl iftarastifl lhifl hfMA h`f` `sead jbaarguccy`s tba trih sthhd faJt th 7t`f.

Fhu b`va fh idaÀ 7`m lrh`fad )uiatcy.It8s gòuchus hutsida 7`m 3mm` b`s dhfa ` gòHAFhu tbraa, bhcd my b`fd, fhwA 7t`f hrdarad `s ba ra`jbad hut witb bis

cagt b`fd.'b`t8s lht bis lh`tMA h`f` )uiatcy `sead Dhrfa.%hy ra`jbad hut. /hma hf lircs It8s fht avary d`y wa lat `sead th bhcd tba

b`fd hg ` lhhd chheifl m`f.7t`f gact tba trih jc`sp it. Chhes hg jhmpcata jhfgusihf wara p`ssad grhm

g`ja th g`ja. *h hfa `rluad. &ba whmaf b`df8t yat m`da tba hosarv`tihf tb`t3ddia w`s missifl.


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(e, 7t`f. 'b`t fhwM Fhu b`va hur `ttaftihf, bhhe cifa `fd sifear. 'b`t`ra yhu dhifl witb tba phstarMA

&ba maf sthhd widaKayad, mhutbs `l`pa `s tbay st`rad `t tba phstar. &baywara sura 7t`f whucd b`va th wìt ghr tba s`ma ya`r th `ppa`r `lìf. It w`swhrsa tb`f pc`yifl Bhusia wbaf yhu b`d `cc out hfa fumoar th lh th wif tba oil

hfa @fd tbis w`s mujb oillar tb`f `fy oil hfa tbay8d avar efhwf. *h `mhufthg mhfay jhucd a)u`c tbis aJpariafja.

7h luys, is `fyhfa lhifl th tacc us wb`t8s lhifl hfMA h`f` `sead )uiatcy.1ut fh hfa `fswarad oajùsa suddafcy it saamad `s ig tbara w`s ` prhocam.

+:; didf8t ra`ppa`r. &bara wara ya`rs aitbar sida, out tb`t ya`r b`d prhoòcyoaaf tèaf oy 3ddia.

7t`f b`d th tbife g`st.Ba efaw ba b`d th dh tbis, out tba fumoars wara sh arr`tij. &bis w`s g`r, g`r

mhra tbriccifl tb`f ` l`ma hg bhusia @gtar ` miccihf )uastihfs b`d lhfa gcyifl

tbrhulb bis ba`d, ifjcudifl dhuotifl bis s`fity, ba suddafcy s`w +:+ `fd witbcilbtfifl ragcaJas ba tbrust bis rilbt b`fd hfth tba lchwifl fumoars. @fd ust `sb`d b`ppafad th 3ddia, 7t`f8s ghrm `chfl witb tba tbraa whmaf bhcdifl bisb`fd, turfad ifth ` e`caidhsjhpa hg jhchur, swircifl, twistifl `fd tbaf phuraddacij`tacy ifth tba phstar.

Gacijity, 7`m, Oaf, hy `fd %ha chhead dumoghufdad `t a`jb htbar. 7`mefaw ba w`sf8t lhifl `fywbara rilbt fhw hr `fytima if tba gutura. Ba w`s`d`m`ft tbis w`sf8t th oa bis hurfay. Ba8d dhfa shma pratty or`va tbiflsdurifl bis `rmy j`raar, out wb`t w`s prasaftcy b`ppafifl dagiad `cc ra`shf. Ba

lc`fjad `t tba htbar maf, `cc if tbair :58s, `fd it )uijecy oaj`ma avidaft th bimtb`t tbay wara sh `lit`tad tbay8d prhoòcy st`rt ` riht ig tbay didf8t lh. &baydidf8t efhw wbara tbay whucd afd up hr wb`t whucd b`ppaf out tba tbricc hg tbaufefhwf w`s thh lra`t ` tampt`tihf.

&baf Oaf yaccad, 'b`t tba baccM Cat8s dh itA7h, witb ` sphft`fahus safsa hg j`m`r`daria, tbay cifead `rms `s ig if `

ruloy sjrum, sthhd t`cc `fd strhfl. &baf Oaf ra`jbad hut th jhmmafja wb`twhucd oa tba gifast tima hg tbair civas. @ oricci`ft lchw hg cilbt giccad tba rhhm `stbay marlad ` siflca swircifl m`ss hg tify jhchurguc p`rtijcas tb`t spuf

gurihuscy. @fd tbaf ciea phurifl ` sta`mifl mul hg ta`, tbay waft ifth tba phstarust `s 3ddia, 7t`f `fd tba whmaf oaghra tbam. &bis cagt 7`m `fd Gacijityst`fdifl spaajbcass, st`rifl `t tba phstar ghr ` wbica, tbaf chheifl `t a`jb htbar`fd tbaf o`je `t tba phstar.

It thhe ` gaw mifutas oaghra aitbar hg tbam w`s j`pòca hg spaajb `fdavaftu`ccy, `s tbair orìfs strullcad th prhjass wb`t tbay b`d ust witfassad,tbair mhutbs triad th uttar shufd. 1ut fhtbifl j`ma hut fhtbifl jhbaraft hrjca`f, `fyw`y. 7`m jhucd8va cat rip witb ` stra`m hg aJpcativas. @fd `s ghrGacijity, wacc, sba `csh efaw ` jh`rsa whrd hr twh. 1ut wbaf sba turfad, sbas`w 7`m8s g`ja w`s `f `sbaf lray jhchur. @fd sba didf8t faad ` mirrhr th efhwsba prhoòcy chhead tba s`ma. &bara w`s shmatbifl acsa sba efaw, `s did 7`m.It w`s ` livaf tb`t tbay wara if ` sbitKch`d hg trhuoca.

&bis w`s o`d, aJtramacy o`d.7`m, `f aJK`rmy m`f witb ` sajurity ousifass tb`t hfcy birad bis aJK`rmy

ouddias, wacc raspajtad `fd ciead, b`d ifvitad ` lrhup hg ailbt acdarcy pahpca th


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bis bhma. Gacijity b`d `rr`flad tr`fsphrt sh tbay jhucd visit ghr ` fija jup hgta`, jèa `fd ` jb`t òhut ` * sphrtifl ifstitutihf `fd ghr tbhsa tb`t warajurihus, tbay jhucd b`va ` chhe `t tba phstar. &baf shmabhw tba ? luasts b`doajhma òsaft. 1ut tbay wara fht hfcy òsaft, tbay wara òsaft witbhut tbagìftast, ramhtast ida` hr fhtihf `s th wbara if tba bacc tbay wara lhifl. 'itbif

cittca mhra tb`f ` ocife hg `f aya tbay8d jhmpcatacy dis`ppa`rad hgg tba r`d`r&ba situ`tihf w`s fht lhhd `t `cc. &bara whucdf8t oa ` c`wyar if tba c`fd, fh

cal`c oa`lca if tbair rilbt mifd, fht avaf ig 7`m `fd Gacijity b`d ohtthmcassphjeats hg j`sb, fhfa whucd tèa tbis hf.

If tbair hwf mifds 7`m `fd Gacijity gact tbay wara `cmhst jartìfcy lhifl thìc.

&bay im`lifad tbamsacvas if jhurt `fd tba prhsajuthr s`yifl, FhurBhfhur, tba dagafd`fts `ra jb`rlad witb rajecass `fd j`racass usa hg ` phstarwitb spaji`c phwars th tr`fsphrt ` tr`vaccar th shmawbara. &bay `cchwad ailbt

`lad parshfs th amo`re hf hurfays th ufefhwf dastif`tihfs witb òshcutacy fhida` hr lu`r`ftaa hg bhw, wbara hr wbaf tbay whucd raturf. Ig ifdaad tbayraturfad `t `ccA

(b yas,A Gacijity tbhulbt, wa8ra j`jtus. Bisthry. Gifisbad.ABhwavar, oaifl tba parshf sba w`s, tbara w`s hfcy hfa w`y hg chheifl `t

tba situ`tihf. 7ba tbhulbt sba8d ust prass tba pùsa outthf, lat tbairjirjumst`fjas if parspajtiva `fd ust try vary b`rd th tbife phsitiva. '`s tbara`fy w`y hut hg tbair massM

%ust `t tb`t mhmaft, Gacijity s`w 3mm` oraa4a ifsida grhm bar l`rdaf. 7ba

chhead r`di`ft, jhmpcatacy rac`Jad `fd pargajtcy s`tisgiad witb bar `gtarfhhf,b`vifl b`d ` spcafdid tima witb %hy, h`f` `fd Dhrfa. &ba m`fy bhurs sbab`d thicad if bar l`rdaf b`d pìd hgg tafKghcd. &ba 9 whmaf wara dacilbtad `fdimprassad witb sujb ` spajt`juc`r dispc`y hg jhchur `fd dasilf, `fd wara eaafth raturf `t shma phift durifl `fhtbar sa`shf. %hy w`s ` eaaf, sacgKtùlbt `rtist`fd w`s ifspirad th raturf `fhtbar d`y witb bar a`sac `fd j`ptura tba m`fy buashf j`fv`ss.

&baf 7`m ghcchwad Gacijity8s l`4a, s`w 3mm`, chhead o`je `t Gacijity, `fd`s ig tbay wara jhmmufij`tifl psyjbij`ccy, tbay simuct`fahuscy lrh`fad. &bay

jartìfcy didf8t sb`ra 3mm`8s chhe hg rac`Jad r`di`fja. &bay wara thh ousyoaifl efaa daap if it. 7`m tbaf dajidad th raturf tba phstar th tba wifdhw `fdtbaf w`cead o`je th tba tòca wbara Gacijity w`s sticc st`fdifl if ` r`tbarfumoad st`ta.

'b`t ` gòuchus ida` ifvitifl tbhsa pahpca rhufd th visit, 7`m8 3mm`ram`read grhm tba eitjbaf, tba tbraa whmaf b`d sujb ` lhhd tima `fd I lht shm`fy jhmpcimafts òhut my l`rdaf Bhw w`s yhur `gtarfhhfMA 7ba `sead `ssba aftarad tba chufla `fd tbaf sthhd )uita sticc if tba dhhrw`y ghr ` mhmaftoaghra w`ceifl vary schwcy thw`rds tbam. 7`m yhu chhe tarrioca 'b`t8swrhfl swaatba`rtMA 7ba8d ifst`ftcy chst bar rac`Jad, r`di`ft chhe `fd ` daapgrhwf w`s j`rvad if bar ghraba`d `s sba )uijecy waft th bis sida.

&bay lrh`fad `lìf.7`m, wb`tavar it is, dhf8t whrry, wa wicc shrt it hut, tacc ma wb`t8s

b`ppafad, chvaA(b my =hd. Bhw dh wa aJpcìf tbis hfa, Gacijity tbhulbt.


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N$b, it8s eifd hg jhmpcij`tad 3mm`. I dhf8t ra`ccy efhw wbara th st`rt,A7`m rapciad `s bis luts tiad if efhts `s tba fùsa` ramìfad if tba pit hg bissthm`jb.

Did hfa hg hur luasts g`cc iccM Did shmatbifl b`ppaf th tbamM Fhu lhttbam `cc s`gacy bhma he, yasMA 7ba `sead `s sba chhead hut tba wifdhw th saa

tba mifiKous sticc p`read hutsida. &ba jhurtasy v`f is hutsida. 'bara isavaryhfaM &bay j`f8t `cc oa if tba chh `t tba s`ma tima. 'icc hfa hg yhu `t ca`sts`y shmatbiflMA 3mm` gact sba w`s lattifl ufjb`r`jtaristij`ccy `lit`tad.

(b yas, shmatbifl b`s ifdaad b`ppafad th tbam, 3mm`, yhu lht tb`t p`rtrilbt, Gacijity tbhulbt.

7`m gif`ccy orhea bis sicafja, sticc chheifl tarrioca `fd silbifl ba`vicy.ilbt. (O,A 7`m oal`f, &bis is lhifl th shufd ifs`fa `fd b`cgK`rsad. If

g`jt yhu whf8t oaciava us, out bara lhas. Fhu efhw tb`t phstar hf tba wifdhwM&ba hfa wa lht grhm tb`t hcd luy, %`masM Fhu efhw, wbaf I w`s if tba p`reMA

3mm` fhddad, strìlbtKg`jad out witb af)uirifl ayas.'acc,A 7`m rhccad bis ayas `fd chhead up th tba jaicifl, oitifl bis cip, I

lht tba phstar dhwf hgg tba wifdhw ghr tbam th chhe `t,A ba ram`read, tbafpùsad th l`tbar bis faJt saftafja hut hg bis tarriocy jhfgusad tbhulbts, `fd Iput it hf tba t oca. &bis tòca.A

@fdMA 3mm` prhmptad, bar ayas sa`rjbifl bis g`ja th saa ig sba jhucdlca`f grhm bis aJprassihf wbara bis sthry w`s lhifl.

$mm, wacc, ba oal`f `fd tbaf ust ocurtad it `cc hut `t hfja witb whrdstumocifl hut hg bis mhutb `fd g`ccifl hvar hfa `fhtbar if ` graf4y hg

aJpc`f`tihf, it w`s jr`4y m`ta, tbara wara cilbts, orilbt cilbts `fd tba phstarw`s sbimmarifl `fd tbara wara fumoars `fd d`tas `fd wa w`vad hur b`fdshvar it `fd it w`s ra`ccy bypfhtisifl `fd tbay put tbair giflars hf tba d`tas tb`twara lchwifl `fd tbaf tbay turfad ifth ` orilbt cilbt, ra`ccy orilbt cilbt `fd tbaftbay eifd hg lht phurad ifth tba phstar `fd it w`s ra`ccy, ra`ccy, I dhf8t efhw,ust ra`ccy,A ba sbhhe bis ba`d `s ba b`df8t ` jcua wb`t th s`y faJt, out bhpifltb`t ig ba sìd it `cc vary g`st, it whucdf8t shufd sh o`d, `cc tba wbica bis b`fds`fd `rms `fim`tad aJjitadcy.

3mm` chhead `t bim witb ` str`fla iftafsity.

It w`s `s ig sba w`s chheifl `t bim sh daapcy tb`t sba jhucd saa tba o`je hgbis ayas. 7ba didf8t s`y `fytbifl ghr ` mifuta, out it gact ciea ` cht chflar. &bafsba thhe ` daap ora`tb.

7h cat ma ust lat tbis strìlbt. &bhsa chvacy pahpca thujbad shma d`tas tb`tcit up hf tba phstar `fd,A sba puccad ` g`ja hg jhmpcata jhfgusihf, tbay turfadifth orilbt jhchurs `fd shrt hg phurad ifth tba phstarMA

Fap,A 7`m lrh`fad `lìf `fd bacd bis ba`d if bis b`fds.Grhm Gacijity8s parspajtiva, 3mm` w`s `f iftaccilaft whm`f out bhw if tba

bacc jhucd sba phssiocy jhmprabafd tba afhrmity hg tbis situ`tihf witbhutb`vifl witfassad wb`t b`d b`ppafadM

3mm` tbaf chhead `t bim witb `f `musad aJprassihf, wbijb livaf wb`t bab`d ust sìd, w`sf8t thh surprisifl. &baf sba turfad bar l`4a hvar th tba phstar,`cc tba wbica b`vifl ` wistguc aJprassihf hf bar g`ja. &baf sba schwcy lht up `fdw`cead hvar th tba wifdhw. Bar mifd w`s gr`ftij`ccy sa`rjbifl ghr `fswars th `mhst pajuci`r situ`tihf. &ba phstar w`s aitbar sarvifl hut shma vary Nba`vy sbit8


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hr bar buso`fd w`s lhifl hut hg bis mifd. 7ba bilbcy dhuotad tba c`ttar, `s `ttimas sba efaw bim oattar tb`f ba efaw bimsacg. 7h 7`m lhifl jr`4y w`sf8t `fhptihf oy bar w`y hg tbifeifl. 7ba ramìfad `t tba wifdhw, `rms jrhssad tbafsba turfad `fd chhead o`je `t tba b`pcass pìr.

7h yhu s`w `cc tbis thhMA sba `sead Gacijity.

Fap,A Gacijity `fswarad `s j`cmcy `s sba jhucd.7h did tbay `cc lh ifth tba phstar thlatbarMA 3mm` `sead if ` m`ttar hg g`jt

w`y.@b, fh 3ddia waft girst,A 7`m ram`read maaecy.7h yhu w`tjbad 3ddia dis`ppa`r ifth tba phstar `fd yhu cat tba htbars

ghcchw bimMA Bar vhija suddafcy b`d ` tifla hg bystari` if it.Fa`b, out tbay w`ftadth. &bay `cc ra`ccy w`ftad th lh,A 7`m `fswarad if `

waè dispc`y hg sacgKdagafja.3mm` silbad.

(e, 3mm` tbhulbt, ohtb 7`m `fd Gacijity `ra s`yifl tba s`ma tbifl sh tbayj`f8t ohtb oa chsifl tbair mifds.

@fd it w`s ust ta`yhu wara drifeifl, abM *h hfa b`d ` sip hr twh hg yhurbilb hjt`fa bhma orawMA

Fa`b it w`s ta`, out shmatbifl strhflar whucd fht b`va thujbad tba sidas,tbhulbt Gacijity.

Fa`b, hg jhursa,A 7`m rapciad ` cittca girmar.7`tisgiad witb tba )uastihfifl, `s 3mm` j`raguccy oal`f paacifl tba phstar

grhm tba wifdhw, sba ram`read, (O. Cat8s b`va ` jchsar chhe `t it sb`cc wa.

&bara must oa shma w`y th aJpcìf `cc tbis.A 7ba tbaf j`rriad tba phstar hvar thtba tòca wbara tbay `cc sthhd `fd st`rad `t it.Gacijity oal`f tbifeifl tb`t m`yoa tbara w`s shmatbifl 7`m b`d missad

wbaf ba lht it hgg tba wifdhw tba girst tima. 7h, witb tba phstar hf tba tòca, tbatrih sthhd hvar it, sj`ffad it tbhrhulbcy, jhfjaftr`tifl sh iftaftcy tb`t tbair ayas`fd ba`ds `cmhst burt.

/hucd tbara oa shmatbifl hf tba surg`jaM Gacijity whfdarad.(b, tbis is b`rd whre,A 3mm` silbad, gaacifl ciea `f aJpc`f`tihf w`s lhifl

th oa oayhfd tbam. &baf sba m`da ` l`spifl shufd, Bay, wb`t8s tb`tM

'b`t8s wb`tMA Gacijity `sead `s sba oaft hvar th lat ` jchsar chhe.&b`t, rilbt tbara, saaMA 3mm` st`tad, D`mf, it8s thh tify th ra`d. 7`m, lh`fd lat tba m`lfigyifl lc`ss. It chhes ciea fumoars out I j`f8t oa sura.A

Ciea ` rhjeat, 7`m thhe hgg th tba dr`war if tba chufla jòifat, `fd gisbadtba m`lfigyifl lc`ss hut, raturfifl it th 3mm`.

Bara, I8cc sbhw yhu. Chhe, rilbt tbara. 'b`t8s tb`tMA 3mm` sìd `s sbaphiftad th wb`t saamad ciea cifa hg fumoars.

Chhes ciea ` pbhfa fumoar ab. Fhu ra`d tbam hut `fd I8cc writa tbam dhwfoajùsa it milbt oa imphrt`ft,A 7`m hggarad `s ba sjr`tjbad it dhwf hf tbafa`rast `vìcòca piaja hg p`par oaifl `f afvachpa ghr tba phwar oicc.

(e. I8m fhfa tba wisar `s th wb`t tb`t fumoar is out wb`t s`y wa rifl it`fd saa ig `fyhfa `fswarsMA 3mm` sullastad.

&bay `cc chhead `t a`jb htbar. &ba faJt hovihus )uastihf w`s lhifl th oawbh whucd mèa tba j`ccM 7`m w`s sticc if fh git st`ta th b`va ` jhbaraftjhfvars`tihf witb `fyhfa, ca`st hg `cc wbhavar milbt `fswar tba htbar afd hg


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tbis fumoar. @fd 3mm` b`d ra`ccy jhma if `t tba afd hg `cc tbis sh sba w`sf8tra`ccy ` lhhd j`fdid`ta, sh it gacc th Gacijity.

I8cc mèa tba j`cc abM Cat8s saa ig wa j`f lat th tba ohtthm hg `cc tbis.A 7bam`y b`va shufdad hvarcy `ssartiva out sba w`sf8t gaacifl tba scilbtast oit or`va.It saamad ` chlij`c tbifl th b`va tba spaèarKpbhfa hf sh tbay jhucd ba`r tba

rasphfsa grhm tba htbar afd.&ba pbhfa r`fl if tba usu`c w`y. &baf tbay ba`rd tba vhija hg ` yhufl ohy.Bacch, is tbis tba phcijaMA ba `sead vary )uiatcy.*h, my f`ma is Gacijity,A out oaghra sba jhucd lat tba faJt whrd hut grhm

bar umocad tbhulbts, sba w`s iftarruptad.Bhw did yhu lat tbis fumoarM8 @fd tbaf tbay ba`rd bim wbispar th

bimsacg, pca`sa dhf8t tacc ma yhu b`va hfa hg =r`fdd`d8s @cc 1c`jes Bè`phstarsA

I disjhvarad it hf ` phstar hg tba @cc 1c`jes,A Gacijity `fswarad.

(b =hd, is `fyhfa missiflMA Ba `sead if ` vhija tramocifl witb `fJiaty.'acc, yasHeifd hg,A `fd `lìf sba w`s iftarruptad.7hmahfa b`s shrt hg wacc, eifd hg v`fisbadMA Ba `sead witb scilbtcy cass

`fJiaty if bis vhija.'acc, yas, I luass tb`t8s wb`t yhu8d j`cc it.AIf tb`t j`sa pca`sa dhf8t oa sj`rad. Ig `fyhfa8s thujbad tba phstar wbaf `

ya`r b`s oaaf visioca `fd tbay wara dr`wf ifth tba phstar, wacc, tbay wicc jhmao`je shhf, m`yoa if `f bhur hr sh grhm tba tima tbay cagt.A

7`m immadi`tacy jb`flad jhchur, o`je grhm tba w`sbad hut lray

jhmpcaJihf th hfa hg ` ba`ctbiar thfa. Ba rhccad bis ayas up th tba jaicifl. Ba`csh l`va ` bula silb, ciea ba b`d oaaf bhcdifl bis ora`tb ghr )uita shma tima.Ba w`s jca`rcy st`rtifl th gaac raciavad `t ba`rifl tbis wacjhma ifghrm`tihf.

`y I `se bhw yhu efhw tbisMA 3mm` `sead if ` m`trhfcy thfa.y =r`fdd`d thcd ma. It8s ` ghrmuc` `fd ba impralf`tad shma phstars

witb it. y =r`fdd`d8s ` oricci`ft sjiaftist `fd hfa filbt ba b`d ` dra`m òhut `ghrmuc`, whea up a`rcy `fd wrhta it dhwf. &baf ba st`rtad aJparimaftifl witbtba ghrmuc`. 7hmatima c`tar ba thcd um, D`d `fd ma ba8d dra`mt hg ` ghrmuc`wbijb jhucd safd pahpca tbrhulb tima. (g jhursa um `fd D`d tbhulbt ba w`s

chsifl tba pcht `fd tbhulbt bis dra`m w`s ` ch`d hg ruooisb. 1ut c`tar if tba d`ywbaf ba j`ma bhma grhm sbhppifl, ba `sead ma th bacp bim if bis sbad. (vartba faJt gaw mhftbs ba pargajtad tba ghrmuc` ifth +5 scilbtcy diggaraft strafltbs.&ba strafltbs shmabhw whread ghr +5 diggaraft ya`rs. &baf pahpca jhucdjbhhsa wb`t ya`r tbay w`ftad th visit witb a`jb trip c`stifl ust òhut `f bhur.Ba tri`ccad `cc +5 strafltbs bimsacg th mèa sura bis ghrmuc` w`s s`ga `fd ghhcprhhg. &baf ba put ` gaw drhps hg a`jb strafltb hf diggaraft sajtihfs hg tbaphstars.A

&bay wara `cc raacifl witb tbis ifghrm`tihf. Ghr ` yhufl c`d, ba w`s waccifghrmad `fd b`d ` surprisifl efhwcadla òhut wb`t bis =r`fdd`d b`d oaafdhifl.

'hw. Bhw hcd `ra yhuM Fhu b`va ` vary lhhd ufdarst`fdifl hg `cc tbis,A3mm` sìd if ` eifdcy w`y tb`t sba bhpad whucd afjhur`la bim th rac`J `fd tacctbam mhra.


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I8m +;. Fas, I chva sjiafja it8s my g`vhurita suoajt `t sjbhhc. @fd I b`valrhwf up witb my =r`fdd`d civifl witb us `gtar my lr`fdm` p`ssad `w`y, shba b`s tùlbt ma ` cht thh.A

Bhw m`fy phstars did ba impralf`taMA 7`m `sead )uiatcy `s ba schwcyoaj`ma ` cittca mhra rac`Jad bimsacg.

Giva `fd yhurs is tba c`st hfa sticc if usa. It orhea bis ba`rt wbaf tba htbarsba l`va th bis hcd m`tas, thhe tbam out ilfhrad bis ifstrujtihfs. &bhsa luysprhoòcy ust thssad tbam if ` jupoh`rd wbara tbay parisbad `fd wara c`tar puthut witb tbair ruooisb. Ba thcd ma ba l`va it th shma yhufl luy if tba p`re.A

'by dh tba phstars faad th b`va sufcilbtMA &bis w`s tba 2< oiccihf dhcc`r)uastihf Gacijity b`d oaaf whfdarifl òhut `fd ust itjbifl th `se.

It8s lht shmatbifl th dh witb bhw tba suf eaaps tba ghrmuc` whreifl.=r`fdd`d sìd witbhut tba suf ghr ust ` gaw d`ys, tba ghrmuc` disiftalr`tas.8

@fd `t tb`t mhmaft tbara w`s ` gìft jr`jecifl shufd if tba chufla `fd

3ddia m`tari`cisad if aJ`jtcy tba s`ma pc`ja ba8d cagt. Ba w`s jchsacy ghcchwadoy 7t`f, tba tbraa whmaf `fd sajhfds c`tar oy Oaf, hy `fd %ha.

3mm`, 7`m `fd Gacijity, wbh wara suddafcy `cc chheifl dumoghufdad,umpad `fd swufl rhufd th saa tbair luasts s`gacy raturfad. Bhwavar, grhmtbair fhrm`ccy j`cm jhmphsad st`tura, tbay chhead dajidadcy Nwirad8. &bairlc`ssas wara ` oit seawKwbigg `fd tbair bìr chhead ciea ` gaw +555 vhcts b`doaaf sbht tbrhulb it. 1ut tbair ayas wara sp`recifl, tbair lrifs wara orh`d `fdtbay b`d favar chhead mhra `civa `fd vior`ft `s tbay did `t tb`t mhmaft.

Bhcy sbit8 3ddia aJjcìmad. Fhu8ra favar lhifl th oaciava wbara I8va

ust oaaf.AN(b my =hd, w`s tb`t ust tba oast aJpariafja avar,A `ddad 7t`f `s ba sthhdfaJt th tbraa oawicdarad whmaf.

'bara8s tba chhMA h`f` `sead urlaftcy `s %hy `fd Dhrfa fhddad.Dhwf tba b`cc, sajhfd rilbt,A 7`m `fswarad `fd jhucd b`rdcy eaap tba

raciag hut hg bis vhija `s tba whmaf w`cead orisecy `w`y.@ mhmaft c`tar Gacijity `lìf ba`rd tba yhufl ohy8s vhija, `fd `fhtbar

tbifl, =r`fdd`d sìd bis hfcy whrry òhut tba trips w`s th mèa sura tb`t tbaaJ`jt pc`ja wbara ba cagt favar b`s `fyhfa hr `fytbifl put if tbair pc`ja oajùsa

tbay raturf th tba aJ`jt spht.8@t tbis phift, Gacijity tbhulbt it whucd oa ` lhhd tbifl th efhw tba yhuflgacchw8s f`ma.

'b`t is yhur f`maMA 7ba `sead `s 7`m triad th j`cm dhwf `cc tbair luastsghr ga`r tbair aJjitamaft milbt hvarwbacm tbam.

&imhtby. I j`f ba`r if tba o`jelrhufd shma pahpca b`va ust raturfad grhm` trip `fd tbay8ra vary aJjitad. &bay shufd ust ciea my =r`fdd`d `gtar bis girsttrip. =r`fdd`d `csh sìd favar th tacc my d`d tb`t tba ghrmuc` `jtu`ccy whresoajùsa ba8cc w`ft th mèa ` sbitch`d hg mhfay grhm it. 7h ig yhu j`cc tbisfumoar `lìf `fd oy shma jb`fja ba `fswars, ust s`y it8s ` wrhfl fumoar,heM8

(e &imhtby. 1y tba w`y, j`f yhu tacc ma ` cittca òhut yhur =r`fdd`d, I8dchva th maat bim hfa d`yMA Gacijity `sead.


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Fa`b m`yoa. Ba8s fht ra`ccy...hb, bhcd hf, I tbife ba8s ust jhma bhma.=r`fdd`d,A ba yaccad, tbara8s ` fija c`dy hf tba pbhfa `fd sba8d ciea th t`ce thyhu òhut tba phstar yhu l`va tba yhufl luy if tba p`re.A

&bara w`s ` oriag sicafja `fd tbaf sba ba`rd ` sbèy vhija.&bis is #rhgasshr %`mas #amoarthf, bhw m`y I bacp yhuMA

#rhgasshr #amoarthf...A `fd suddafcy oabifd Gacijity tbara w`s hpaf jb`hs`s tba whmaf raturfad grhm tba chh `fd tbay `cc hifad if `fd st`rtad oòociflbystarij`ccy, aJjitadcy, òhut tba c`st bhur hg tbair civas. @s raciavad `s 7`m,3mm` `fd Gacijity wara th saa avaryhfa o`je `lìf, s`ga `fd shufd, jca`rcy fhwhrsa ghr wa`r ghr tbair ùft o`je if tima, rilbt fhw sba faadad )uiat. 'itb tbarùjhus raufihf lhifl hf, sba jhucdf8t ba`r %`mas `t `cc, 'icc yhu luys usteaap it dhwf ghr ` oit. 'a8ra t`ceifl th tba luy wbh `jtu`ccy ifvaftad tbaghrmuc` tb`t mèas tba phstar whre. 7hrry òhut tb t #rhgasshr. y griafds `fd I`ra )uita oawicdarad oy yhur phstar. @ gaw hg tbam triad it hut `fd oy tba rujeus

if tba o`jelrhufd yhu j`f prhoòcy `ssuma tb`t avaryhfa8s he.A&b`t8s vary lr`tigyifl...rs...MA(b shrry, my f`ma is Gacijity B`rdj`stca. I8m ` j`rar `t tba /`rrisorhhe

3st ta rast bhma `fd D`y /`ra jaftra fa`roy 7`m8s pc`ja. `y I `se bhw yhuifvaftad tba ghrmuc`MA

&ba rujeus b`d diad dhwf th b`ppy lrifs hf tba tr`vaccars `fd `cc a`rs warafhw hf %`mas8s rapcy.

I ra`ccy b`va fh ida`,A %`mas `fswarad ragcajtivacy. Ba b`d fh ida` wb`t itw`s out tbara w`s shmatbifl if tba w`y Gacijity sphea hr tba timora if bar vhija

tb`t m`da bim gaac )uita `t a`sa t`ceifl witb bar, strijtcy spaèifl I didf8tifvaft it, I dra`mt it. Ciea mhst pahpca I8va oaaf dra`mifl stugg `cc my ciga outwitb ma tbara wara shma j`sas wbara tba dra`ms oaj`ma ra`city. I w`s hfcy +2wbaf I waft th ufivarsity wbara I studiad @ppciad 7jiafja `fd /bamistry. @gtarlr`du`tifl witb #bD8s I oaj`ma `f ifdustri`c jbamist `fd tbaf spaft


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(b 'icci`m, my shf,A %`mas ram`read `fd silbad ba`vicy, grhm wbaf baw`s ust ` yhufl ohy hg m`yoa tbraa hr ghur it w`s jca`r ba b`d shma shrt hgmhhd dishrdar. 'a thhe bim th v`rihus spaji`cists `fd tbair c`ma `dvija w`stb`t ba8d prhoòcy lrhw hut hg it. 7`dcy ba didf8t, wacc, fht jhmpcatacy. @s timawaft oy tbara wara mhra spaji`cists ghr mhra tasts out wb`tavar it w`s tb`t

ohtbarad bim, it w`sf8t oiphc`r out `pp`raftcy aJtramacy diggijuct th tra`t. 'bafba lht th bis taafs ba w`s ` filbtm`ra hg ufpradijtòca oab`vihur. Ba w`saJpaccad grhm savar`c sjbhhcs. y phhr wiga Chuisa, ocass bar, sba b`d sujb `thulb tima witb bim. I w`s whreifl `cc tba bhurs tbara wara if ` d`y `fd sba8doa bhma witb bim. @ctbhulb tbara w`s fh sjiafja th o`jeKup my ida`s, it whucdsaam tb`t ba w`s ohrf witb ` lafatij pradisphsitihf th c`4ifass `fd `s sujb b`s`cw`ys chhead ghr tba a`siast w`y th mèa bis ghrtufa witb tba ca`st phssiocaagghrt. Dhf8t lat ma wrhfl, ba8s jcavar afhulb th spht `f hpphrtufity wbaf it8sif grhft hg bim, out sh g`r ba8s ust oaaf thh ohfa idca th dh `fytbifl òhut

`fytbifl. @jtu`ccy, m`yoa tb`t8s ufeifd. `yoa it8s fht tb`t ba8s ohfa idca, itjhucd oa tb`t ba ust simpcy dhasf8t w`ft th oa `fytbifl out `var`la. &b`t8sp`rti`ccy wby wa dajidad ya`rs `lh th fht maftihf `fytbifl òhut hur cigastycahr gif`fjas th bim. 'a b`rdcy oaciavad it wbaf #at` `lraad th m`rry bim. Chuisasìd sba must oa ` sìft. #at` ust thhe bim `s ba w`s, w`rts `fd `cc, sh th spaè.'baf ba w`s ` ohy, griafds hg mifa whucd visit. &bay `fd tbair eids wara bilb`jbiavars. &bay ta`sad 'icci`m marjicasscy witb f`mas ciea Ndumoh8 `fd Ng`tba`d8. y luass is tb`t oy tba afd hg bis taafs ba w`s hg tba mifdsat tb`t baw`sf8t lhifl th mèa `fy agghrt wb`tshavar. Ba8d lat tba ca`st rasphfsioca ho

`fd st`y tbara ghr ciga. #at` is sh diggaraft. 7ba8s orilbt, `ttr`jtiva `fd whresb`rd mìftìfifl tbair bhma. &bay efhw tb`t wbaf I php hgg tbay8cc ifbarit mybhma, wbijb b`s oaaf ca`sad sifja I mhvad if witb tbam. 1ut tbay efhwfhtbifl hg my p`tafts hr tba rhy`ctias tbarath. Ba8s thcd ma tb`t wbaf I8va lhfa,ba8cc avijt tba taf`ft `fd sacc tba pc`ja oajùsa b`vifl tba pc`ja ca`sad is ustthh mujb agghrt. &ba s`ca wicc gatjb tbam `t ca`st P;.? miccihf, wbijb ma`fsba8cc favar b`va th whre `lìf. Ba jurraftcy whres ghr ` chj`c jhufjic if tr`ggijjhftrhc, wbijb ma`fs ba bhcds ` sthplh silf. #at` whres `s ` rajaptihfist ghrtba lchssy m`l`4ifa, N@f @dvafturhus Ciga8. &h my mifd `p`rt grhm `cc bis

oab`vihur`c sbhrtjhmifls, 'icci`m8s mìf gùct is tb`t ba eiccs sthfa da`d `fyifiti`tiva grhm &imhtby. Ig &imhtby b`d `f ida` th try shmatbifl faw `fd `sead'icci`m ghr bacp, ba whucd tacc &im fht th lat oil ida`s òhut bimsacg hr shmasujb ram`re. &b`t8s wby &imhtby chvas oaifl witb ma oajùsa wa ohufja ida`shgg a`jb htbar `cc tba tima. =ivaf `fhtbar gaw ya`rs hg ciga th bacp ouicd tba c`d8sjhfgidafja, I j`f saa bim aJjaccifl durifl bis c`st gaw ya`rs `t sjbhhc `fdm`yoa lhifl hf th ufivarsity.A

Gacijity `fd tba rast hg tba lrhup cistafad iftaftcy th %`mas. Ba w`s fhtbhcdifl o`je witb ifghrm`tihf.

7h wby `f @cc 1c`je phstarM I whucd8va `ssumad tb`t `s yhu `ra ` sjiKgig`f m`yoa ` phstar hg Dr 'bh whucd oa mhra th yhur cieiflMA

'acc, if my girst ya`r `t bilb sjbhhc I w`s tbhulbt th b`va ` gutura `s `f@cc 1c`je. I b`d lhhd st`mif`, lra`t `jjur`jy witb my eijeifl `fd jhucd pht `lh`c grhm `cmhst `fywbara hf tba giacd. &ba sphrts m`star m`da ma Gucc 1`jewitb tba +st+. 7`dcy if my sajhfd ya`r I w`s ridifl my oijyjca `fd w`s bit


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grhm oabifd oy ` drufe drivar. I b`d aJtafsiva ifurias `fd m`fy orheaf ohfas,sh mujb sh tb`t I w`s rucad hut hg avar pc`yifl ruloy `t `f acita cavac.A

@csh I8m ` oit jurihus òhut wbaf &imhtby `fswarad tba pbhfa, ba `seadig I w`s tba phcijaMA

Fas, ba whucd b`va sìd tb`t. @ctbhulb ba is +; ya`rs hcd ba8s )uita

farvhus. &bis pbhfa is `jtu`ccy my girst mhoica `fd sh tb`t I didf8t ghrlat tbafumoar, I wrhta it hf ` piaja hg p`par `fd put it if my w`ccat. (fa d`y I heiflcysìd th &im tb`t ig avar tba pbhfa rifls it8cc prhoòcy oa tba phcija s`yifltbay8va ghufd ma w`fdarifl shmawbara `fd whucd yhur um hr D`d pije maup grhm tba phcija st`tihf. Ba hovihuscy thhe tb`t ram`re vary sarihuscy. 1utoajùsa I didf8t w`ft bim th whrry òhut wbh I l`va tba phstars th, I sbhwadbim bhw I8d writtaf tbis fumoar hf a`jb hg tba phstars sh ig `f hcd m`ta w`ftadth sb`ra tbair tima tr`vac aJpariafjas witb ma, tbay jhucd dh sh. Fhu m`y `cshoa iftarastad th efhw tb`t yhur phstar w`s tba hfcy hfa `jtiv`tad, sh th spaè.

@t tbis phift, tba lrhup wara `cc tbifeifl tba s`ma tbifl. 'b`t ` jhmpcataw`sta ghr tbhsa tb`t b`d disphsad hg tbair phstars. Bhw s`d tb`t tbay didf8t b`vatba girst jcua hg wb`t tbay wara missifl.

Ig `fytbifl %`mas8s faws hfcy m`da tbair lrifs avaf orh`dar `s tbayjhfsidarad tbamsacvas vary ghrtuf`ta ifdaad th b`va tba hfcy `jtiva phstar.&bara whucd oa fh jhflastihf witb tr`ggij sh th spaè, ig tbairs w`s tba hfcy`jtiva phstar if usa. &bay jhucd ust im`lifa wb`t it whucd oa ciea ig tbhsa htbarphstars jra`tad tr`vaccars. &bair mifds ohllcad witb visihfs hg pahpca 4`ppifl if`fd hut hg phstars, jra`tifl b`vhj

Fas, &imhtby thcd ma tb`t tba phstar wa b`va is tba c`st hfa.AFas it is. I b`d giva th oalif witb `fd l`va tba girst ghur th shma hg mym`tas wbh tbhulbt I8d lhfa phtty. &bay lr`jihuscy thhe tbam bhma out didf8tghcchw my ifstrujtihfs sh tba ghrmuc` disiftalr`tad. 1it hg ` sb`ma out tbara yhu`ra. @s chfl `s yhu eaap tba phstar wbara yhufl 7`m put it, if tba wifdhw, tbaghrmuc` wicc eaap whreifl `fd jhucd prhvida ya`rs hg tima tr`vac.A

@t tb`t phift avaryhfa chhead up `fd `cc ayas mat, mifds tbifeifl tba s`matbifl. 'itbhut ` whrd, 3mm` lròoad tba phstar `fd j`raguccy pc`jad it o`je iftba s`ma spht if tbair wifdhw. 7ba )uijecy raturfad th tba tòca wbara tba

htbars wara wìtifl, witb tba pbhfa if tba jaftra, `fd cistafad `s %`mas8sjhchurguc datìc issuad tbrhulb tba spaèarpbhfa.N1ut isf8t it ust ` oit risey b`vifl it if puocij viawM I ma`f, ig it sbhucd g`cc

ifth tba wrhfl b`fds tba jb`hs tb`t jhucd ghcchw dhasf8t oa`r tbifeifl òhut.8NFas, I must `dmit tbara8s ` rise `fd tb`t8s aJ`jtcy wby I b`vaf8t lhfa

puocij witb it. Ig tba ra`jtihf grhm 'icci`m is `fy ifdij`tihf hg ` widarjhmmufity ra`jtihf, tbaf it8s oattar th eaap tba efhwcadla th hursacvas.A

Gacijity w`s tbifeifl hg tba sarihus impcij`tihfs.It8s tarrigyifl th tbife wb`t whucd b`ppaf ig tba ghrmuc`8s vary aJistafja

oaj`ma efhwf `mhfl tba jrimif`c l`fls. 'bh efhws wb`t cafltbs tbay whucdlh th, th sajura tba ghrmuc` ghr tbair hwf afdsMA

%`mas w`s hf tba s`ma p`la, wacc `w`ra hg tba phssioicitias.@fd tb`t8s prajisacy wby I must `se yhu `fd yhur griafds fht th t`ce th

`fyhfa òhut it. I supphsa it8cc oa he th t`ce th tbair griafds o`je `t tbair g`jicity`s tbay prhoòcy whf8t ramamoar `fyw`y. I sbuddar th tbife hg tba prhspajt ig


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tba whrd lht hut `fd ` chfl )uaua hg pahpca oal`f wìtifl hutsida 7`m8s bhma.@fd tb`t8s fht avaf ifjcudifl ousifass hpphrtufists `fd tba jrimif`c acamafts.I8m ?9 `fd I efhw bhw aJjitad I w`s `gtar my girst trip. I w`s ust ourstifl thtacc tba wbhca whrcd out c`tar, hf sarihus ragcajtihf I efaw I8d oa hpafifl `#`fdhr`8s 1hJ ig I thcd `fyhfa htbar tb`f g`micy hr jchsa `fd trustad griafds.

1ut avaf tbay tbhulbt my mifd w`s lhifl l`l` sh I simpcy sb`rad shma hg itwitb &imhtby out eapt tba ouce hg tba efhwcadla th mysacg.A

@s Gacijity prhjassad `cc hg tbis ifghrm`tihf, it ramifdad bar hg ` citar`ryjc`ssij. NFhu efhw shmatbifl, `s wa8va oaaf t`ceifl I8va oaaf ramifdad hg B='accs sthry N&ba &ima `jbifa8.A

Fas, I ra`d tb`t ohhe `s ` jbicd `fd s`w tba mhvia if +:25. 1htb tba ohhe`fd mhvia wara bilbcy afhyòca. @fd I tbife I j`f luass wb`t yhu8ra lhifl th`se faJtMA

7`m, 3mm` `fd tba htbars chhead `t Gacijity witb ` )uastihfifl chhe.

/hucd sba efhw shmatbifl tb`t tbay didf8tM(e, luass `w`yA Gacijity sìd witb ` smire if bar thfa./`f tba ghrmuc` oa gurtbar davachpad sh tb`t ` tr`vaccar j`f jbhhsa aitbar

tba p`st hr tba guturaMA'acc, j`f itMAI8m pratty sura it jhucd. I8va oaaf whreifl hf ragififl tba ghrmuc` sh `

tr`vaccar j`f di`cKup sh th spaè, `fy tima, d`ta `fd pc`ja if tba p`st. #arshf`ccyI b`va fh dasira th efhw tba gutura sh I b`vaf8t ifjcudad sujb `f hptihf if myj`cjuc`tihfs. @fyw`y, I8m thh hcd th tr`vac shch. I dhf8t supphsa yhu8d ciea th

`ssist ma if my afda`vhursMAGacijity w`s jùlbt jhmpcatacy hgg lu`[email protected] ghr ma,A sba sìd `s sba l`va ` oc`fe NIKb`vaKfhKida`Kwb`tK

ba8sKhfKòhut8 lc`fja th tba htbars, wbh wara chheifl a)u`ccy oamusad, maM&ima tr`vacM *`b, fh w`y, fh, fht ma, fh,A sba ram`read `fd tbhulbt tb`tsbhucd jhvar it.

'by fhtM Fhu8va saaf girstKb`fd tb`t tba ghrmuc` whres `fd bhw s`ga it is.'a jhucd jhmoifa hur strafltbs.A

/hmoifa hur strafltbsA Gacijity w`sf8t gaacifl strafltb if `fy ghrm ust

tbaf. &ba tbhulbt hg trippifl tbrhulb tima w`s mhra uffarvifl tb`f bar ga`r hgwat`s. 7ba w`sf8t ` tbricc saaear oy `fy stratjb hg tba im`lif`tihf. 7ba w`s `dhwfKthKa`rtb whm`f, afhyifl bar ho `t tba rast bhma. 7ba w`s bar hwfparshf witb ohtb gaat girmcy hf tba lrhufd. &bara w`s fhtbifl aJtrama òhutbar cigastyca `fd sba w`s b`ppy tb`t w`y.

Fa`bHI dhf8t tbife sh. I tbife my waèfassas g`r hutwailb my strafltbs`s g`r `s tima tr`vac lhas.A

%`mas jb`flad bis t`je.(e Gacijity, cat8s lat dhwf th tba fittyKlritty. 'b`t is tba waèfass tb`t

jhucd prajcuda yhu grhm oaifl bum`feifd8s girst avar gam`ca th raluc`rcy tr`vaco`je if timaM8

(b, Chrdy, t`ce òhut oaifl put hf tba spht, Gacijity tbhulbt.Gacijity, `ra wa lhifl th oa c`ta ghr ta`M (ur ma`cs wicc oa ra`dy shhf,A

7t`f `sead, `s tbay wara `cc rajipiafts hg ma`cs hf wbaacs.


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'acc, #rhgasshr, it chhes ciea hur tima is up. &b`fe yhu sh mujb ghr sb`rifl`cc tb`t witb us.A

Fhu8ra vary wacjhma. It w`s òshcutacy whfdarguc th gifd ` eifdrad spiritth t`ce th. @s yhu `ra fh dhuot `w`ra grhm yhur whre, wbaf yhu `ra if yhur ?58s`fd civa virtu`ccy hf yhur hwf, yhu racisb tba hpphrtufity hg oaifl òca th sb`ra

yhur tbhulbts `fd ida`s witb shmahfa prap`rad th cistaf. Ig yhu ciea wa j`faJjb`fla mhoica pbhfa fumoars sh wa j`f eaap if thujb, ig yhu8d ciea tb`tM@fd pca`sa liva my sullastihf shma sarihus tbhulbt. I b`va ust b`d `f ida`, `shcutihf.A

It whf8t mèa `fy diggarafja, I8m fht dhifl itA 7ba sìd girmcy, gaacifl òit `wew`rd.

%`mas w`s ifsistaft, 1ut `t ca`st ba`r ma hutMA(e, lh `ba`d,A Gacijity didf8t w`ft th `ppa`r ruda `gtar tba prhgasshr b`d

oaaf sh bacpguc.

%`mas ra`cisad tb`t tbis w`s fht lhifl th oa `f a`sy sacc. &bis c`dy, wbhm bab`d b`d tba lhhd ghrtufa th aftar jhfvars`tihf witb, saamad th bim th oa tbapargajt j`fdid`ta ghr bis prhphs`c. 7ba w`s bhwavar, `fd b`d avary rilbt th oa,vary jùtihus `fd racujt`ft. 'b`t ba faadad th dh w`s jhfvifja bar sba whucdjhma th fh b`rm `fd sba whucd favar ralrat tba hpphrtufity ba w`s òhut thhggar th bar.

'acc, try tbis ghr si4a. Fhu8ra if `lad j`ra `fd yhu chva yhur ho.AFas, òshcutacy chva it,A sba `fswarad witb ` oil smica.7h wby fht jhma `fd j`ra ghr ma `fd wbica yhu8ra `t it wa jhucd tr`vac

wbaravar wa w`ft th lhMA#rhgasshrHA sba rapciad witb datarmif`tihf.7ba w`s cistafifl out sba b`d rasarv`tihfs. 7ba jhucdf8t dafy bhwavar, tb`t

it w`s ifdaad ` vary iftarastifl, tamptifl prhphs`c. 7ba b`d th wailb ohtb sidasup. It dagifitacy ra)uirad mhra jhfsidar`tihf. &bara wara tba sm`cc datìcs cieawb`t òhut bar hoM 7ba `fd bar p`rtfar Cah b`d fht chfl raturfad grhmhvarsa`s th saa bis orhtbar if E`fjhuvar. 1ut tbay b`d tr`vaccad oy mhrajhfvaftihf`c ma`fs ciea pc`fas, ` ous `fd ` t`Ji. Ba w`s jart ifcy tba`dvafturhus, sphrty typa out sba whucd b`va bar whre jut hut tryifl th aJpcìf

tbis th bim. &bara is ` cht th tbife òhut #rhgasshr, yhu8ra puttifl ` cht hf mypc`ta bara.A7h wb`t òhut itMA %`mas `sead ` cittca mhra girmcy. '`s it bis lut ifstifjt

tb`t thcd bim tb`t sba whucd oa lra`t jhmp`fy ghr tima tr`vac hr w`s itshmatbifl daapar if bis psyjbaM 'hucd ba `t ca`st `dmit th bimsacg tb`t ustba`rifl bar vhija m`da bim tbife hg da`r Chuisa `fd tba dùlbtar tbay favarb`dM

&ba rast hg tba lrhup wara st`rifl `t bar, hpaf mhutbad, ayas wida witb `fNigKyhuKdhf8tK jjaptKtbisKhggarKyhuKmustKoaKjr`4y8 eifd hg chhe.

Fhu jhucd b`va ba`rd ` pif drhp `s tbay `cc wìtad ghr bar dajisihf.&baf `fhtbar host`jca ouoocad up ghr bar, 1ut wb`t òhut my hoM I b`va

th a`rf ` civiflMAI j`f p`y yhu tba s`ma guccKtima w`la `s yhu lat fhw aJjapt I whf8t

ra)uira yhu gucc tima. I8cc jhftifua civifl witb my shf `fd hfcy wbaf I wisb thtr`vac wicc yhur sarvija oa ra)uirad. (f tbhsa d`ys wbaf I8m fht tr`vaccifl, yhu


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`ra graa th dh wb`tavar. Fhu jhucd oajhma ` j`su`c ampchyaa `t /`rrisorhhe igtb`t suitad yhu. Fhu8cc oa j`rifl ghr ma hf d`ys wbaf wa tr`vac, hfcy if hur j`saifsta`d hg oaifl ` lcho`c atKsattar, yhu8cc oa tr`vaccifl oayhfd yhur wicdastim`lififls.A

7uddafcy Gacijity oal`f th saa ` phsitiva hutjhma hg whreifl ghr %`mas

wbica sticc oaifl òca th whre `t /`rrisorhhe.I8d faad ` prhparcy dr`wfKup, cal`ccy oifdifl, òshcutacy w`tarKtilbt

jhftr`jt,A sba ram`read oajùsa sba b`d th `lraa it w`s `f hggar tb`t w`s ustthh lhhd th turf dhwf. It w`s trua tb`t sba b`d `f `dvafturhus straè `fd duriflbar yhuflar ya`rs b`d oaaf hf ` gaw iftrapid hurfays sba `csh, `coait hfcyhjj`sihf`ccy tbasa d`ys, ciead th pusb bar ohufd`rias. Fat parb`ps `cc tb`t`mhuftad th fhtbifl mujb `t `cc jhmp`rad th wb`t %`mas w`s hggarifl.

%`mas w`s raspajtguc hg bar ra)uast.I whucdf8t aJpajt `fytbifl cass. Dh yhu `jjapt tba hoMA

Gacijity draw ` bula ora`tb.@t tbis phift, fhtbifl cass tb`f ` gaw bufdrad )uastihfs `fd dhuots wara

gcyifl `rhufd if bar ba`d out sba b`d th liva `f `fswar `fd gìrcy )uijecy.(pphrtufitias ciea tbis jartìfcy dhf8t hgtaf c`fd if yhur c`p, sba tbhulbt. Itmilbt ust whre. Cah8s whre raluc`rcy thhe bim hf v`rihus lcho`c chj`tihfs, shba w`sf8t bhma ` cht `fyw`y. @fd ig ba w`s bhma `t tba tima, wby fht `se bimig ba8d ciea th lh witb bar.

7ba chhead `t bar griafds, `cc hg wbhm wara ust òhut git th aJpchda witbtbair ayas wicd if aJjitamaft. 3Jjcudifl 7`m `fd 3mm`, tbay b`d `cra`dy oaaf

tbara, dhfa tb`t `fd b`d ` pratty lhhd ida` tbay efaw wb`t sba w`s if ghr ig sba`jjaptad. @fd fhw tbay wara `cc chheifl `t bar, wìtifl, `s %`mas did p`tiaftcyhf tba htbar afd hg tba pbhfa.

(b, g`r hut I faad tima th tbife @fd ust bhw tba bacc `m I lhifl th taccmy p`rtfar òhut my faw ampchyarM =ht `fy sullastihfs hf tb`t mifhr datìcMA7ba didf8t w`ft th shufd diggijuct out it w`sf8t ` jca`r jut dajisihf, ciea, NFas(g jhursa I wicc put avary fhrm`c p`rt hg my ciga `sida `fd jruisa `rhufd if timawitb yhu `s yhur j`rar wbica wa dh tba lrhhva witb yhur tima m`jbifa phstar8It w`sf8t `jtu`ccy `s simpca `s tb`t. &bis w`sf8t `f apishda hg Dr 'bh hf &E

wbara if `f bhur ` uijy pcht tbijeafad wbica oaifl stirrad witb `cc m`ffar hgwaird `fd whfdarguc acamafts grhm ` jcavar writar8s im`lif`tihf. &bis w`s `ra`c hggar. &bis w`s ` ra`c da`c. 7h sba b`d shma sarihuscy ba`vy duty tbifeiflth dh `fd ` dajisihf th ra`jb. G`st (b =hd, pca`sa liva ma tima th tbife.A

%`mas jhucd ba`r tba turmhic if bar amhtihfs.'baf my d`rcifl wiga Chuisa w`s `civa `fd I b`d th sb`ra aJtramacy

diggijuct faws, I `cw`ys ghufd tb`t oaifl tht`ccy bhfast w`s tba oast w`yghrw`rd.A

Daspita tba tafsihf `fd aJjitamaft if tba rhhm `fd dajisihfs pafdifl,sthm`jbs wara `csh rumocifl jchsa th ` lrhwc. al`rdcass hg wb`t Gacijitydajidad th dh, tba lrhup wara lhifl th miss hut hf tbair ma`c ig tbay didf8t latmhvifl. &ima, tida `fd ma`csKhfKwbaacs wìtad ghr fh hfa.

Gacijity DiffarA Dhrfa st`tad sh girmcy tb`t avaryhfa sf`ppad hut hg tbatr`fja tbay wara if oajùsa tbay suddafcy ra`cisad bhw c`ta it w`s lattifl. It b`difdaad oaaf )uita `f `gtarfhhf. (fa bacc hg `f hutifl


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@fd fhw it w`s tima ghr bar th lat o`je ifth shma eifd hg fhrm`c trìf hgtbhulbt. @fd sh ust oaghra bar jhfvars`tihf witb %`mas afdad, tbay aJjb`fladfumoars `fd tbaf Gacijity `csh wrhta %`mas8 fumoar faJt th &imhtby8s hf tbaphwar oicc afvachpa. &baf it w`s tima th oalif hrl`fisifl tbair raturf bhma.Girst sba b`d th drhp hgg 3ddia `t bis tamphr`ry `jjhmmhd`tihf `t tba rast bhma

tbaf tèa tba htbars o`je th tbair raspajtiva bhmas.7h `gtar tbay `cc sìd g`rawacc th 7`m `fd 3mm`, Gacijity bardad tbam o`je

ifth tba mifious.7`m `fd 3mm` wara sticc raacifl `gtar avaryhfa cagt out it w`s mhst

s`tisgyifl tb`t tbay b`d ghufd hut wb`t b`d b`ppafad `fd bhw. &ba `gtarfhhfb`d b`d ` mhst surprisifl hutjhma, out `t tba afd hg tba d`y avaryhfa w`sb`ppy `fd ufb`rmad. @fd `cc tba ifghrm`tihf w`s tba eay th rapa`t visits. 'bica7`m ramìfad sthij tb`t ba w`sf8t lhifl `fywbara, 3mm` b`d th `dmit sba w`sjurihus `fd tbhulbt it whucd oa lhhd th lh hf ` trip witb 7`m `t bar sida.

Daspita bhw mifd ochwifl tba jhfjapt w`s hg oaifl òca th scip tbrhulb `phstar, `f uf`ssumifl phstar tb`t chhead ciea `fy htbar hfa tbay whucd ouy if `sbhp, tbis phstar w`s tbair tijeat th tima tr`vac. @fd it w`s tbairs. @cc tbairs. @fdfh hfa acsa efaw òhut it, aJjapt tbhsa wbh b`d oaaf `t tbair bhma tb`t d`y.@ctbhulb if bifdsilbt, it prhoòcy whucd b`va oaaf ` lhhd ida` th b`va ohufd`fd l`llad 3ddia `fd chjead bim if ` jupoh`rd `s ba jhucd siflcaKb`fdadcy puttba eiohsb hf tbair vary oil sajrat. %`mas b`d sìd th eaap tba efhwcadla hg tbaphstar `fd its phwars jchsa `fd tacc hfcy tbair g`micias `fd jchsa griafds. 1ut if3ddia8s aJjitamaft, bis t`ce b`d tba phtafti`c th fht hfcy hpaf up ` j`f hg vary

scippary whrms, out ba jhucd `csh a`sicy hpaf tba l`tas hf tba aftira whrm g`rm.%ust oy hosarvifl tba lrhup Gacijity rajehfad avaryhfa w`s sh chst if tbairhwf tbhulbts tbay prhoòcy b`cg aJpajtad tba v`f th lrhw wifls witb m`ssivaats òca th prhduja ochhdKrad giary gc`mas tb`t whucd prhpac tbam `t Nw`rpg`jthr r 7ucu, ig yhu pca`sa8 o`je th tbair raspajtiva bhusas.

Ifsta`d, wbaf Gacijity turfad tba ilfitihf `fd tba aflifa purrad ifth ciga,tbara w`s tba simuct`fahus Njcije8 `s tbair sa`toacts wara sajuracy g`stafad`rhufd tbair oaccias. &bair jb`riht tbaf sat hgg )uiatcy dhwf tba rh`d o`je bhma.'acc, `cmhst )uiatcy oajùsa 3ddia favar sbut up `s ba rapa`tadcy racivad bis

trip `fd vhwad ba whucd oa dhifl m`fy mhra.7h it j`ma `s ` wacjhma raciag th tba htbars if tba v`f wbaf tbay`pprh`jbad tb`t p`rt hg tba trip `t /`rrisorhhe ast bhma wbara 3ddia w`sdrhppad hgg `t bis tamphr`ry dils ust ` gaw mifutas8 driva grhm 7`m8s pc`ja.@fd `ctbhulb it b`d ifdaad hfcy tèaf ` gaw mifutas, if g`jt ohicifl `f all thpargajtihf whucd b`va tèaf chflar, 3ddia b`d dhfa fhtbifl out t`ce. Ba b`dt`cead ifjass`ftcy, if `f aJjitad, gavarisb pitjb, ust ciea ` eid tb`t b`d b`d `vary oil `gtarfhhf `t tba gìrlrhufd `fd b`d riddaf hf avary rida tb`t w`s lhifl.'acc, tb`t `gtarfhhf, 3ddia b`d ifdaad b`d tba rida hg bis ciga. *h hfa dhuotadtb`t. 1ut tba rast hg tba b`ppy lrhup b`d b`d `f a`rguc. &h fh hfa8s surprisa,wbaf tba mifious `rrivad hutsida tba mìf aftr`fja, 3ddia jhucdf8t wìt th lathgg. Ba w`s st`yifl `t /`rrisorhhe 3st`ta ghr tbraa mhftbs wbica bis shf &hm`fd bis wiga O`ta wara hvar if tba $O. 3ddia b`d civad witb tbam ghr fa`rcygiva ya`rs, sh it w`s pa`ja hg mifd ghr &hm tb`t bis d`d w`s if j`ra, wbica tbaywara `ttafdifl th ousifass iftarasts if Chfdhf.


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&ba hfcy hfa òh`rd tba ous tb`t w`s yat th aJpariafja tima tr`vac w`sGacijity. 7ba didf8t b`va `cc tba g`jts cifad up yat `fd uftic tbay wara, sba w`sf8tlhifl `fywbara. 7ba tbhulbt th barsacg tb`t it whucd oa lhhd th b`va shma )uiattima th ragcajt hf avarytbifl `fd it prhoòcy whucdf8t oa ` siccy ida` th disjuss`cc hg it witb Cah. 7ba b`d favar oaaf `fy lhhd `t eaapifl sajrats `fd tba

`dvafturas hg tba `gtarfhhf wara lhifl th oa fh aJjaptihf. 7ba efaw tb`t sbaw`s lhifl th oa sh prahjjupiad witb tba dajisihf sba b`d th mèa, tb`t Cah w`slhifl th smacc ` r`t pratty )uijecy. Ba whucd efhw tb`t shmatbifl w`s up `fdba w`s lhifl th w`ft th efhw wb`t it w`s.

&b`t w`s `fhtbar tbifl.Bhw `fd wb`t w`s sba lhifl th tacc bimMh`f`, %hy `fd Dhrfa wara faJt hgg `s tbay civad witbif ` sbhrt dist`fja hg

a`jb htbar. &bay b`d dajidad th lat thlatbar if tba fa`r gutura ghr ta` `fd ` jb`t`s tbara w`s mujb th t`ce òhut. @ctbhulb tbay wara sticc ou44ifl òhut tbair

ùft o`je if tima, if d`yKthKd`y m`ttars tbay wara cavac ba`dad whmaf. &bayguccy iftafdad th raturf, sbhucd tbay oa ifvitad, bhwavar tbay wara lhifl th putmhra pc`ffifl ifth tbair trip. @s tba ohys b`d lhfa o`je th saa shma hg tbalra tast ruloy avar pc yad, tbay w`ftad th lh o`je `fd jb`sa up Nchsthpphrtufitias8 witb hcd gc`mas. &bay wara widhws, sh tbay wara lhifl th pc`ytbair b`fd th tbair `dv`ft`la.

Oaf, hy, %ha `fd 7t`f wara tba c`st hgg `fd thhe ` wbica `s tbair bhmaswara sj`ttarad tbrhulb tba suouros.

'baf `cc hg tba d`yj`ra lrhup wara s`gacy dacivarad th tbair bhmas, sba

l`va ` bula silb hg raciag, turfad tba mifious `rhufd `fd drhva o`je th whre.Fat if`smujb `s sba triad th jhfjaftr`ta hf bar drivifl, sba w`s `csh sticc raaciflgrhm tba d`y8s avafts. 7ba b`d `cc tba )uastihfs `fd aJjitamaft sticc chjead upifsida bar ba`d ciea ` ouooca wbaf sba `rrivad o`je `t whre th p`re tba mifious,gifd bar j`r `fd lh bhma.

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