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Tng Dgvohs Gdig

B Laapgr & Cry Kystgry

\TGVNGE @AATN


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Lnbptgr Aeg

Tugsdby

B blrass tng nbhh. Ot wbs aehy b ffolmgr a kavg-

kget, b `hur oe tng hoint, b katoae bs toey bed quolm bs be oesglts.

Zag @brrae stappgd bed turegd, ngr ngbrt bhrgbdy tnukpoei.

\ng wbset surg wngtngr sngd sgge beytnoei bt bhh. Ot nbd nbp-

pgegd oe b sglaed, tnbt ffolm rak dbrm ta hoint, bed `blm biboe.

Just aeg hoem a be gyg. \ng koint nbvg okbioegd tng gstglt rak b

ihoet a kaaehoint ast tng tgrrblattb tohgs. Ar pgrnbps ot wbs aehy b

katn, trbppgd oesodg bed ffuttgroei ots woeis bs ot trogd dgspgr-btghy ta gslbpg.

Oe tng sukkgr, tng nausg wbs acge uhh a skbhh ffyoei tnoeis

tnbt lrgpt oe tnrauin tng woedaws bed nuei rak tng wbhhs. Tg

lnohdrge sbod tngor dgholbtg, trbeshulget woeis kbdg tngk haam homg

toey beighs. @ut ar Zag, tngy wgrg karg homg koeobturg dgkaes

wotn tngor `ui gygs bed wbvoei betgeebg. Ot kbdg ngr snuddgr ta

tnoem a tngk ffottoei sohgethy braued ngr `gdraak bt eoint, wbot-oei tngor lnbelg ta hbed ae ngr blg.


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0 \TGVNGE @AATN

Ot wbs aeg a tng drbw`blms a hovoei oe tng lauetrysodg. aa

kuln a tng autsodg warhd oetrudoei. aa kbey tnoeis ot wbsokpasso`hg ta mggp aut.

\tohh uelgrtboe, Zag haamgd bhaei tng nbhhwby tawbrds tng

motlnge, bed eatolgd b tnoe sholg a dbrmegss wngrg tng utohoty

raak daar staad apge be oeln. Tg nausg wbs sa quogt tnbt sng

lauhd ngbr tng nuk a tng rggzgr, tng tolm a tng àohgr, b kurkur

rak tng S oe aeg a tng lnohdrges `gdraaks. \ng hostgegd ar b

kakget, nahdoei ngr `rgbtn. \ng waedgrgd o b strby lbt ar b ax

nbd lrgpt oe tnrauin tng `blm daar bed wbs lraulnoei eaw oe

tng motlnge, meawoei sng wbs tngrg oe tng dbrmegss, ots ngbroei

br `gttgr tnbe ngrs. Irgge gygs ihawoei, lhbws uesngbtngd, be

beokbh wbotoei ta pauelg.

@ut eaw sng wbs hgttoei ngr okbioebtoae rue bwby wotn ngr.

\ng snauhdet bhhaw orrbtoaebh gbrs ta flhh ngr koed, wnge tngrg

wgrg sa kbey rgbh aegs ta `g laelgregd bàut. Yotn b snbmg a

ngr ngbd bt ngr awe aahosnegss, Zag stgppgd tnrauin tng motlnge

daar, bed sbw wnbt nbd lbusgd tng kavgkget a tng snbdaws. B

`rgbtn a woed wbs swbyoei tng lgohoei hoint ae ots lard.

\a b woedaw kust nbvg `gge hgc apge sakgwngrg pra`b`hy

`y aeg a tng warmkge, tryoei ta rgdulg tng skghh a pboet. Tgyd

bhrgbdy `gge oe tng nausg taa haei, tnrgg dbys pbst tng slngduhgdlakphgtoae a tnos pbrt a tng ja`, bed tngy wgrg tryoei tngor `gst

eat ta lbusg bey karg lakphboets. Tgyd hgc sa kuln ùohdoei

kbtgrobh autsodg tnbt ot wbs bhwbys oe tng wby. \ng drgbdgd aeg a

tng nuig tok`grs bhhoei avgr oe tng eoint. \akgtokgs, wnge tng

woed wbs straei, sng hby bwbmg hostgeoei ar tng lrbsn.

@ut hgbvoei b woedaw apge bhh eoint tnbt wauhd gbre tngk

be gbruh takarraw beywby. Ot wbset sakgtnoei yau dod, gvgengrg oe b vohhbig homg Poddoeis. Ot wbs b hgssae sng bed Jbmg nbd


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TNG DGSOH\ GDIG \TGVNGE @AATN

rghgbsgd shawhy ta bdd ta tng btkaspngrg. Ot wbs iaad ta nbvg

sakgwngrg oe tawe tnbt stohh `bmgd ots awe `rgbd. Car Laapgr, otwbs tng saueds bed skghhs tnbt ibvg Gdgedbhg ots ueoqug pgrsae-

bhoty, bed dostoeiuosngd ot rak gvgry atngr tawe oe tng lauetry,

wotn tngor odgetomot noin strggts uhh a lnboe stargs.

Ng turegd ta haam oe tng gstbtg bigets woedaw, butakbtolbhhy

drbwe ta tng polturgs a tng nausgs ar sbhg. Tos wbs aeg a tng

karg upkbrmgt bigets, nbedhoei b hat a noin-ged prapgrtogs,

lbtgroei ar gqugstrobe oetgrgsts bed ùygrs wotn phgety a spbrg

lbsn wna wgrg haamoei ar b lauetry rgsodgelg. Ng spattgd b eolg

prapgrty bvbohb`hg eat br bwby, oe Hawtawe. Be ahd brknausg y

tng haam a ot, uhh a lnbrbltgr, wotn b gw autùohdoeis bed b paey

pbddalm. @ut sox nuedrgd bed flcy tnausbed paueds1 Naw lauhd

ng gvgr bstard tnbt1 Gvge ae nos egw sbhbry slbhg bs b dgtgltovg

sgrigbet, tng kartibig rgpbykgets wauhd `g narrgedaus. Ng nbd

b òt a kaegy put bwby oe tng `bem eaw, ùt sbvoeis dodet iraw

vgry bst tngsg dbys, wotn oetgrgst rbtgs stohh ae tng ffaar. Ot wbs b

napghgss praspglt.

\a wnoln nausg da yau bely1 sbod b vaolg oe nos gbr.

Ot wbs tatbhhy dostgrget rak tng vaolgs tnbt nbd snautgd ta nok

rak tng ùs. Tos aeg wbs wbrk, sac bed lbrgssoei. B bkohobr

vaolg, wotn be oetokbtg tauln ae nos brk.Hoz bppgbrgd bt nos sodg, hbod ngr ngbd biboest nos snauhdgr, bed

shoppgd ngr nbed oeta nos. Ng nbdet sgge ngr bpprabln, bed eaw

ng ght strbeighy bt b dosbdvbetbig.

Ynbt, aeg a tngsg1 ng sbod. Lnbelg wauhd `g b fleg tnoei.

\ng soingd. rug, O suppasg.

Laapgr haamgd `gyaed tng polturgs a nausgs bed lbuint tngor

rgffgltoaes oe tng ihbss. Tg pbor a tngk wgrg shointhy dostartgd bedskamy, bs o tng ihbss wbs toetgd. Gdgedbhgs trbl kavgd shawhy,


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TNG DGSOH\ GDIG ?

jgrmohy `gnoed tngk, homg b strggt oe be ahd sohget flhk. Bed eat ar

tng flrst tokg, ot strulm nok naw wghh kbtlngd tngy haamgd. Lak-artb`hg taigtngr, homg be ahd kbrrogd lauphg bhrgbdy. Hoz haamgd

skbhh bt nos sodg, ngr dbrm nbor snoeoei oe tng strggt hoints, ngr blg

hot up wotn b sokphg, uelakpholbtgd phgbsurg. Ot dghointgd nok tnbt

sng lauhd rgspaed tnos wby gvgry tokg tngy kgt, ar gvge spamg ae

tng pnaeg. Yna wauhdet havg ta nbvg tnbt gstglt ae sakgaeg1 Ot

wbs b waedgruh tnoei ta `roei b òt a nbppoegss oeta tng warhd,

ta `g b`hg ta lrgbtg tngsg kakgets a jay. B rbrg bed prgloaus ioc

oe b warhd wngrg ng kgt sa kuln dbrmegss bed uenbppoegss, sa

kbey haeghy bed òttgr pgaphg.

Moss, tnge1

Ng `get ta moss ngr. \ng skghhgd irgbt, bs bhwbys. Ngr prgsgelg

kbdg nok skohg, bed arigt bàut tng ibpoei blgs. Yna lbrgd

wnbt atngr pgaphg tnauint1

Tgy lrassgd tng rabd, squggzgd lhasg taigtngr, bs o tngyd

`gge pbrtgd ar kaetns. Ng bhwbys ght homg tnbt wotn Hoz. Bt tngsg

kakgets, ng wauhd birgg ta beytnoei, bed acge dod.

\a, bey prairgss ae tng òi lbsg1 sng sbod.

Tg nakg oevbsoaes, yau kgbe1

_gs. Tg \bvbigs. Tbts wnbt tng egwspbpgrs brg lbhhoei tngk.

Laapgr irokblgd bt tng gxprgssoae, sarry ta nbvg tng kaadkakgetbrohy spaohgd. Ot wbs typolbh a tng kgdob ta lakg up wotn

suln b sgesbtoaebh bed hudolraus eolmebkg. Ng megw tngy wgrg

bokoei ta irb` tng pu`hols bttgetoae. @ut ot sggkgd ta nok ta trovo-

bhosg tng rgbhoty a tng `rutbh voahgelg oeffoltgd ae tng voltoks a

tngsg pbrtoluhbr astgedgrs.

Ea, eat kuln prairgss, ng sbod.

Ot kust `g bwuh. O kgbe, ta nbvg sakgtnoei homg tnbt nbppgeta yau oe yaur awe nakg.


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Tg voltoks nbvg `gge prgtty trbukbtosgd.

Tg ibei a ùrihbrs tng pbpgrs wgrg lbhhoei tng \bvbigs nbdstrulm sgvgrbh tokgs tnos sukkgr, tbrigtoei hbrig provbtg nausgs

oe wghh-ngghgd vohhbigs ae tng gbstgre gdigs. G Dovosoae wbs Dgr-

`ysnorg Laestbùhbrys hbrigst igairbpnolbh dovosoae `y br, bed

tnasg haei irotstaeg gslbrpkgets oe tng gbst kbrmgd ots urtngst

roeigs, tng àrdgr wotn \autn _armsnorg.

Laapgr waedgrgd naw ng wauhd ggh o ng awegd tnbt eolg

nausg oe Hawtawe, bed sakgaeg ramg oeta ot. Ngd `gge tahd tnbt

aweoei prapgrty lnbeigd yaur bttotudg lakphgtghy, kbdg yau

kuln karg tgrrotarobh, karg biirgssovghy prgpbrgd ta dgged yaur

dakboe. Yghh, ngd sgge tnbt bt flrst nbed. @glbusg ot nbd lgrtboehy

nbppgegd ta nos `ratngr. Ngd wbtlngd Kbtt ture oeta b pbrbeaod

wrglm soelg ng `glbkg rgspaeso`hg ar tng bkohy brk bt @rodig

Ged. Ng pbtrahhgd nos àuedbrogs gvgry dby, homg b aeg-kbe brky,

gvgr voiohbet ar tng bppgbrbelg a oevbdgrs. Ng wbs tng Nakg

Iubrd, rgbdy ta rgpgh Nothgrs Ebzo nardgs wotn b potlnarm. Tbt

hgvgh a bexogty kust `g gxnbustoei. Ybs aweoei prapgrty rgbhhy

wartn ot1

Da yau tnoem tng \bvbigs brg halbh1 bsmgd Hoz, vaoloei tng

qugstoae tnbt kbey pgaphg wgrg bsmoei. Ar brg tngy lakoei aut

rak \ngghd1Tgrg wgrg gw pgaphg ng lauhd nbvg doslussgd dgtbohs a tng

lbsg wotn. @ut Hoz wbs oe tng ja` ngrsgh, b slgeg-a-lrokg algr oe

G Dovosoae. \ngd gvge bttgedgd aeg a tng slgegs, tng kast rglget

oelodget oe @bshaw.

Tgy meaw tng brgb prgtty wghh, gotngr wby, sbod Laapgr.

Tgyvg lnasge tngor tbrigts homg pragssoaebhs sa br. Bed tngyvg

iat tngor bpprablngs bed gxots fliurgd aut ta tng hbst dgtboh. Bthgbst, ot sggks sa soelg wg nbvget iat kuln a b hgbd ae tngk ygt.


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TNG DGSOH\ GDIG 22

Tgy nbd b tb`hg àamgd bt tng Lahukòeg. Ot wbs oe tng lghhbr,

ùt tnbt wbs amby. Oe Gdgedbhg, tngrg wbset kuln a b lnaolg argstburbets wngrg hbst ardgrs wgrg tbmge bt tge. Bed gvge bt tng

Lahukòeg tnbt wbs aehy rak Kby ta Alta`gr, ar tng vosotars.

Gdgedbhg pgaphg dodet gbt sa hbtg.

Laapgr wbs haamoei arwbrd ta igttoei oe raet a b Noin Vgbm

ro`-gyg stgbm pbe-rogd oe Lbjue spolgs. Bdd b àtthg a Lzgln

`ggr, bed ngd `g nbppy. Bed ngd `g b`hg ta arigt bàut tng \bv-

bigs ar b wnohg.

Tgy apgegd tng daar a tng rgstburbet, bed Laapgr pbusgd ar

b kakget ta haam `blm bt tng strggt, wbtlnoei tng pgaphg `gioe-

eoei ta ngbd aut a tawe, `blm ta tng sbgty a tngor nakgs. O

beyaegs nakg wbs sbg, wotn oedovodubhs homg tng \bvbigs ae tng

haasg.

Yghh, ng sbod, bt hgbst tngy nbvget mohhgd beyàdy ygt.

O P, fliurg wbs kavoei oe tng @brraes ibrdge. @brry

Ibk`hg wbs bpprablnoei tng nausg lbutoaushy. Tg hbst tokg ngd

`gge ae tng drovg bt Sbhhgy Sogw, ot nbdet `gge b nbppy gxpgro-

gelg. \akg pgaphg just dodet bpprglobtg egoinàurhy laelgre. Ng

napgd tngrg wbs ea aeg nbeioei braued autsodg, ea lnbelg a

sggoei bey a tng @brraes. Ng wauhd just nbvg b quolm lnglm, kbmgsurg gvgrytnoei wbs amby, tnge igt `blm ta nos awe nausg b gw

nuedrgd ybrds bwby oe Lnbpgh Lhasg.

Ibk`hg tuttgd bt tng raa trussgs bed woedaw rbkgs stblmgd

uetodohy biboest tng wbhh. Tbt wbs bsmoei ar trau`hg, oe nos apoe-

oae. Ot ibvg tng okprgssoae tng nausg wbs gkpty bed vuhegrb`hg

wnohg laestrultoae warm wbs iaoei ae. Tg okpravgkgets sggkgd

ta nbvg stbhhgd, tnauin. Tg brgb tnbt nbd `gge lhgbrgd `gnoedtng ibrbig wbs suppasgd ta `g be gxtgesoae ar b iyk bed bkohy


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raak, sa ngd ngbrd. @ut tng auedbtoaes wgrg stohh voso`hg, tng

`rggzg-`halm wbhhs nbrdhy b aat noin wngrg tngyd `gge b`be-daegd. Vgrnbps tng @brraes nbd rue aut a kaegy, homg gvgryaeg

ghsg. Tg tnauint ibvg Ibk`hg b hotthg twoeig a sbtosbltoae.

Ng waedgrgd o sakg otgk a ùohdgrs kbtgrobhs nbd kbdg tng

eaosg ngd ngbrd. B duhh tnukp bed b lrbsn, haud ae tng eoint

bor. Bed tnge tngrg nbd `gge sakg moed a slrb``hoei oe tng

uedgrirawtn. @ut ng wbs usgd ta tnbt saued. Tgrg wbs phgety

a wohdhog oe Poddoeis bt eoint axgs, `bdigrs, rb`òts. Gvge tng

allbsoaebh dggr dawe ast \tamg Chbt. Tg eaosgs beokbhs kbdg oe

tng dbrm wgrg bhbrkoei, ar beyaeg wna wbset usgd ta tngk tng

wby ng wbs.

Ibk`hg smortgd tng ibrbig bed ngbdgd tawbrds tng `blm a tng

nausg, laesloaus a tng saued a nos aatstgps ae tng irbvgh drovg.

Ng trogd ta trgbd hointhy, ùt irbvgh wbs bhwbys b euosbelg. Ngd

hgbregd ta bvaod ot wngegvgr ng lauhd. B eolg òt a pbvoei ar b

pbtln a irbss wbs sa kuln gbsogr.

Ng `gibe ta rgngbrsg nos gxlusgs oe lbsg sakgaeg lbkg aut

bed lnbhhgeigd nok. O wbs just pbssoei, bed O tnauint O ngbrd

Lbet `g taa lbrgcuh, gn1 Yghh, bs haei bs gvgrytnoeis bhh roint, Ohh

`g igttoei bhaei. Ng lauhdet rgkgk`gr wngtngr tng @brraes nbd

oestbhhgd katoae sgesars bt Sbhhgy Sogw tnbt wauhd bltovbtg tngsgluroty hoints. Ng tnauint eat, tnauin.

Tg nausg wbs vgry quogt bs ng lbkg egbr ot. Tg yaueigr

@brrae lnohdrge wauhd g oe gd y eaw. Ng megw tngor gdraaks

wgrg ae tng atngr sodg a tng nausg, avgrhaamoei tng ibrdge. Tgor

pbrgets tgedgd ta sot up hbtg wbtlnoei S. Ngd sgge tng hoint ffolm-

groei ae tng lurtboes uetoh aeg alhalm oe tng kareoei sakgtokgs.

Ibk`hg pggrgd tnrauin tng motlnge woedaw. B òt a hointlbkg tnrauin tng apge daarwby rak tng nbhh. @ut tngrg wbset


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