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\ifjc \aps iel Paal Havchcet

Paal Tdkcedc? Hast pcapjc bivc scce aec garh ar ieatbcr ag gikjcl tifjc taps. Tahctkhcs tbcy dridm lawe

tbc hklljc. Tahctkhcs tbcy irc sa filjy wirpcl tbit tbcyvc pujjcl sdrcws rk`bt aut ag tbc ipraes fcjaw.

\bcsc gikjurcs die fc ittrkfutcl ta aec pbceahceae? waal havchcet.

IJ\CVEI\C @VAP\B VKE@TKjj stirt fy rcvkcwke` tbc wcjj iddcptcl wkslah tbit aec sbaujl ijtcreitc tbc `rawtb rke`s ag fairls `jucl

ta`ctbcr ta himc i sajkl waal tifjc tap (ar iey piecj, gar tbit hittcr). \bks ks ie khpartiet stcp wbce uske`gjit-siwe juhfcr, wbkdb ks tbc hast dahhae dut ag juhfcr yaurc jkmcjy ta fuy. Gk`. 9 sbaws tbc rcisae gar

tbks irrie`chcet.

Kg yau rchchfcr fidm i daupjc ag irtkdjcs, yaujj rcdijj tbit gjit-siwe fairls dup ke tbc appasktc lkrcdtkae ta

tbc durviturc ag tbc `rawtb rke`s is tbcy lry. \bcy wkjj idtuijjy durvc tbc atbcr wiy wbce timke` ae

haksturc, fut tbit lacset hittcr. \bc paket ks tbit cidb fairl wkjj dup ke tbc appasktc lkrcdtkae ta tbc ecxt

aec kg yau ijtcreitc tbc `rawtb rke s grah aec fairl ta tbc ecxt. Avcr tkhc, tbks rcsujts ke i sjk`bt wisb-

fairl cggcdt idrass tbc tifjc tap. Mccp ke hkel tbit tbc ihauet ag duppke` wkjj fc cxtrchcjy shijj kg tbc

juhfcr ks ijrcily prapcrjy lrkcl iel kg yau jkhkt tbc wkltb ag cidb fairl.

Kg yau la eat ijtcreitc tbc `rawtb rke`s iel, kestcil, arkcet tbc `rawtb rke`s ijj ke aec lkrcdtkae, yau wkjj `ctscvcrc wirpi`c fcdiusc tbc cggcdt ks hujtkpjkcl avcr tbc cetkrc piecj (Gk`. 6). \bks hiy eat scch ijj tbit fil,

fut rchchfcr tbit tbc durvcl tap ks rcstke` ae i gjit fisc (Gk`. 4). Ie uesk`btjy `ip wkjj garh fctwcce tbc

tap iel fisc.

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Cvce warsc, tbcrc ks jkmcjy ta fc i sdrcw bajlke` tbc dcetrc ag tbc tifjc tap cels ta tbc fisc. Is tbc tifjc tap

dups upwirls, tbc sdrcw wkjj strkp aut ag tbc tifjc tap. Ar tbc sdrcw hk`bt bajl ae, iel tbc tifjc tap wkjj

dajjipsc iel spjkt lawe kts dcetrc (Gk`.

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prafjch.

\bc jce`tb lkhceskae kset ie kssuc it ijj, wktb tbc fisc havke` oust 9/46" iel tbc tifjc tap zcra. Fut wc

bivc i prafjch idrass tbc wkltb. Is tbc tifjc tap cxpiels, kt wkjj frcim tbc oaket daeecdtke` tbc cel ipraes

ta tbc jc`s. Is tbc tifjc tap daetridts, kt wkjj spjkt, fcdiusc kt ks rcstrkdtcl grah daetridtke`.

IJJAP GAV WIVKCL PAAL HAWCHCE\\bc sajutkae ks ta ittidb tbc tap ta tbc fisc sudb tbit kt die stkjj havc grccjy is rcqukrcl. \ifjc tap cels die

fc ittidbcl it tbc dcetrc pakets ta tbc dcetrc ag cidb cel iprae, wktb i sdrcw (Gk`. 7). Pbkjc tbks hk`bt jaam

jkmc i prafjch, kt hcrcjy gkxcs tbc tifjc tap ta tbc fisc it aec paket ijae` kts wkltb. \bc sdrcw kset

ecdcssiry, fut kt mccps tbc tifjc tap dcetrcl ae tbc fisc tbrau`b ijj scisaes. [ct tbc tifjc tap ks grcc ta

cxpiel iel daetridt idrass kts wkltb is rcjitkvc buhklkty iel haksturc daetcet dbie`c.

Ag daursc, tbc rcst ag tbc tifjc tap eccls ta fc ittidbcl is wcjj. Ke Gk`. 7, yaujj scc atbcr fkts ag birlwirc

irauel tbc kesklc pcrkhctcr ag tbc fisc, dijjcl djcits. \bcsc die fc hctij aecs yau fuy ar waalce aecs

yau himc yaurscjg. \bc wbajc purpasc ag djcits ks ta ittidb i tifjc tap ta kts fisc ke i eae-pcrhiecet wiy

tbit stkjj ijjaws tbc tap ta cxpiel iel daetridt grccjy.

Ke Gk`. 0 yaujj scc i djasc-up vkcw ag tbc cel ag i jae` iprae, sbawke` baw i djcit warms. I `raavc ks dut

ae tbc kesklc ag tbc iprae, wbkdb iddcpts tbc djcit. \bc djcit bis i ske`jc bajc ae aec cel, tbrau`b wbkdb i

sdrcw ks lrkvce keta tbc tifjc tap. Is sbawe ke tbc lriwke`, kts khpartiet tbit tbc djcits irc pasktkaecl aejy

bijg-wiy keta tbc `raavc sa tbcrcs raah gar tbc tifjc tap ta cxpiel iel daetridt. Vchchfcr tbit tbc

lkrcdtkae ag waal havchcet wkjj diusc tbc djcits ta havc ke iel aut ag tbc jae` ipraes (is sbawe ke Gk`. 7).

\bc djcits ae tbc sbart ipraes die idtuijjy fc pasktkaecl gujjy keta tbc `raavcs, skedc tbasc djcits wkjj havcgrah sklc ta sklc kestcil ag ke iel aut (fcdiusc tbcrc ks ea waal havchcet ijae` tbc jce`tb ag tbc tifjctap).

Gk`. 2 sbaws i waalce djcit, ta bcjp yau kg yau irc `ake` ta himc yaur awe. Eatkdc tbc prapcr waal `rike

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lkrcdtkae, wbkdb ks grah tbc fidm ag tbc djcit ta kts tae`uc. \bks ks cspcdkijjy khpartiet gar jir`cr tifjcs, is

tbc tae`uc wkjj bivc `rcitcr strce`tb wktb tbc `rike lkrcdtkae rueeke` is sbawe.

Ta bcrc wc scc oust baw skhpjc, yct khpartiet, kt ks ta iddauet gar waal havchcet ke lcsk`eke` i stielirl

tifjc. \bcsc typcs ag cxihpjcs irc dahhaepjidc, yct taa agtce avcrjaamcl. Ke hy ecxt irtkdjc, Kjj jaam it

grihc-iel piecj lcsk`e, wbkdb ks ie khpartiet lcsk`e daedcpt uscl gar laars iel atbcr gurekturc pirts.

BCELVKM WIVOS ks i gkec gurekturc lcsk ecr/fukjlcr wba pravklcs waalwarmke` kestrudtkae iel schkeirs ecir Idtae, Aetirka.

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