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"Qd Creãe Ke`hln ega thl Kegalne oekbny= td Vrlsbalgt Zuke ega klkilrs do thl cdvlrgklgt= tdhleas do stetls ega cdvlrgklgt, pest ega prlslgt= abstbgcubshla culsts - bt bs e sbgcuner hdgdr td il

wbth ydu tdaey, td `lnliretl e nbol nbml gd dthlr. Qd thl pldpnl do Pduth Eorb`e - (eppneusl) - pldpnldo lvlry re`l ega wenm do nbol - thl wdrna thegms ydu odr sherbgc Glnsdg Kegalne wbth us. Hbsstruccnl wes ydur struccnl. Hbs trbukph wes ydur trbukph. Rdur abcgbty ega ydur hdpl odugalxprlssbdg bg hbs nbol. Ega ydur orlladk, ydur alkd`re`y bs hbs `hlrbshla nlce`y.

Bt bs hera td lundcbzl egy keg - td `epturl bg wdras gdt just thl oe`ts ega thl aetls thet keml e

nbol, iut thl lsslgtben truth do e plrsdg - thlbr prbvetl jdys ega sdrrdws= thl qublt kdklgts ega

ugbqul q uenbtbls thet bnnukbgetl sdkldgl‒s sdun. Hdw ku`h heralr td ad sd odr e cbegt do

hbstdry, whd kdvla e getbdg tdwera justb`l, ega bg thl prd`lss kdvla ibnnbdgs erduga thl

wdrna.

Idrg aurbgc Sdrna Ser B, oer ordk thl `drrbadrs do pdwlr, e idy rebsla hlrabgc `ettnl ega

tutdrla iy thl lnalrs do hbs Qhlkiu trbil, Keabie wduna lklrcl es thl nest crlet nbilretdr do

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klg ega wdklg `duna stega up odr thlbr Cda-cbvlg abcgbty. Kdrldvlr, hl e``lptla thl

`dgslqulg`ls do hbs e`tbdgs, mgdwbgc thet stegabgc up td pdwlroun bgtlrlsts ega bgjustb`l

`errbls e prb`l. „B hevl oducht ecebgst whbtl adkbgetbdg ega B hevl oducht ecebgst ine`m

adkbgetbdg. B‒vl `hlrbshla thl balen do e alkd`retb` ega orll sd`blty bg whb`h enn plrsdgs nbvl

tdclthlr bg herkdgy ega ]wbth[ lquen dppdrtugbtbls. Bt bs eg balen whb`h B hdpl td nbvl odr ega td

e`hblvl. Iut bo gllas il, bt bs eg balen odr whb`h B ek prlperla td abl.‛

Kegalne teucht us thl pdwlr do e`tbdg, iut hl ensd teucht us thl pdwlr do bales= thl bkpdrteg`l

do rlesdg ega ercuklgts= thl glla td stuay gdt dgny thdsl whd ydu ecrll wbth, iut ensd thdsl

whd ydu adg‒t ecrll wbth. Hl ugalrstdda thet bales `eggdt il `dgtebgla iy prbsdg wenns, dr

lxtbgcubshla iy e sgbplr‒s iunnlt. Hl turgla hbs trben bgtd eg bgab`tklgt do eperthlba il`eusl do

hbs lndqulg`l ega hbs pessbdg, iut ensd il`eusl do hbs trebgbgc es eg eavd`etl. Hl usla al`eals

bg prbsdg td sherplg hbs ercuklgts, iut ensd td sprlea hbs thbrst odr mgdwnlacl td dthlrs bg thl

kdvlklgt. Ega hl nlergla thl negcuecl ega thl `ustdks do hbs dpprlssdr sd thet dgl aey hl

kbcht ilttlr `dgvly td thlk hdw thlbr dwg orlladk alplga updg hbs.

Kegalne alkdgstretla thet e`tbdg ega bales erl gdt lgduch. Gd kettlr hdw rbcht, thly kust

il `hbslnla bgtd new ega bgstbtutbdgs. Hl wes pre`tb`en, tlstbgc hbs ilnblos ecebgst thl hera

suroe`l do `br`uksteg`l ega hbstdry. Dg `drl prbg`bpnls hl wes ugyblnabgc, whb`h bs why hl

`duna rliuoo doolrs do ug`dgabtbdgen rlnlesl, rlkbgabgc thl Eperthlba rlcbkl thet „prbsdglrs

`eggdt lgtlr bgtd ̀ dgtre`ts.‛

Iut es hl shdwla bg pebgstembgc glcdtbetbdgs td tregsolr pdwlr ega areot glw news, hl wes gdt

eoreba td `dkprdkbsl odr thl seml do e nerclr cden. Ega il`eusl hl wes gdt dgny e nlealr do e

kdvlklgt iut e smbnnoun pdnbtb`beg, thl @dgstbtutbdg thet lklrcla wes wdrthy do thbs kuntbre`ben

alkd`re`y, trul td hbs vbsbdg do news thet prdtl`t kbgdrbty es wlnn es kejdrbty rbchts, ega thl

prl`bdus orlladks do lvlry Pduth Eorb`eg.

Ega obgenny, Kegalne ugalrstdda thl tbls thet ibga thl hukeg spbrbt. Qhlrl bs e wdra bg Pduth

Eorb`e - \iugtu - (eppneusl) - e wdra thet `epturls Kegalne‒s crletlst cbot: hbs rl`dcgbtbdg thet

wl erl enn iduga tdclthlr bg weys thet erl bgvbsbinl td thl lyl= thet thlrl bs e dglglss td

hukegbty= thet wl e`hblvl durslnvls iy sherbgc durslnvls wbth dthlrs, ega `erbgc odr thdsl

erduga us.

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Sl `eg glvlr mgdw hdw ku`h do thbs slgsl wes bggetl bg hbk, dr hdw ku`h wes shepla bg e

aerm ega sdnbtery `lnn. Iut wl rlklkilr thl clsturls, nercl ega skenn - bgtrdau`bgc hbs jebnlrs es

hdgdrla culsts et hbs bgeucuretbdg= tembgc e pbt`h bg e Pprbgcidm ugbodrk= turgbgc hbs oekbny‒s

hlertirlem bgtd e `enn td `dgordgt HB_/EBAP - thet rlvlenla thl alpth do hbs lkpethy ega hbs

ugalrstegabgc. Hl gdt dgny lkidabla \iugtu, hl teucht kbnnbdgs td obga thet truth wbthbg

thlkslnvls.

Bt tddm e keg nbml Keabie td orll gdt just thl prbsdglr, iut thl jebnlr es wlnn - (eppneusl) - td

shdw thet ydu kust trust dthlrs sd thet thly key trust ydu= td tle`h thet rl`dg`bnbetbdg bs gdt e

kettlr do bcgdrbgc e `ruln pest, iut e klegs do `dgordgtbgc bt wbth bg`nusbdg ega clglrdsbty ega

truth. Hl `hegcla news, iut hl ensd `hegcla hlerts.

Odr thl pldpnl do Pduth Eorb`e, odr thdsl hl bgspbrla erduga thl cndil, Keabie‒s pessbgc bs

rbchtny e tbkl do kdurgbgc, ega e tbkl td `lnliretl e hlrdb` nbol. Iut B ilnblvl bt shduna ensd

prdkpt bg le`h do us e tbkl odr slno-rlonl`tbdg. Sbth hdglsty, rlceranlss do dur stetbdg dr dur

`br`uksteg`l, wl kust esm: Hdw wlnn hevl B eppnbla hbs nlssdgs bg ky dwg nbol4 Bt‒s e qulstbdg B

esm kyslno, es e keg ega es e Vrlsbalgt.

Sl mgdw thet, nbml Pduth Eorb`e, thl \gbtla Ptetls hea td dvlr`dkl `lgturbls do re`ben

suijucetbdg. Es wes trul hlrl, bt tddm se`rbob`l - thl se`rbob`l do `dugtnlss pldpnl, mgdwg ega

ugmgdwg, td sll thl aewg do e glw aey. Kb`hlnnl ega B erl ilglob`berbls do thet struccnl.

(Eppneusl.) Iut bg Eklrb`e, ega bg Pduth Eorb`e, ega bg `dugtrbls enn erduga thl cndil, wl

`eggdt enndw dur prdcrlss td `ndua thl oe`t thet dur wdrm bs gdt ylt adgl.

Qhl struccnls thet odnndw thl vb`tdry do odrken lquenbty dr ugbvlrsen oreg`hbsl key gdt il es

obnnla wbth areke ega kdren `nerbty es thdsl thet `ekl ilodrl, iut thly erl gd nlss bkpdrtegt.

Odr erduga thl wdrna tdaey, wl stbnn sll `hbnarlg suoolrbgc ordk hugclr ega abslesl. Sl stbnn sll

rug-adwg s`hddns. Sl stbnn sll ydugc pldpnl wbthdut prdspl`ts odr thl outurl. Erduga thl wdrna

tdaey, klg ega wdklg erl stbnn bkprbsdgla odr thlbr pdnbtb`en ilnblos, ega erl stbnn plrsl`utla odr

whet thly nddm nbml, ega hdw thly wdrshbp, ega whd thly ndvl. Qhet bs hepplgbgc tdaey.

Ega sd wl, tdd, kust e t̀ dg ilheno do justb`l. Sl, tdd, kust e`t dg ilheno do ple`l. Qhlrl erl tdd

kegy pldpnl whd heppbny lkire`l Keabie‒s nlce`y do re`ben rl`dg`bnbetbdg, iut pessbdgetlny

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rlsbst lvlg kdalst rlodrks thet wduna `hennlgcl `hrdgb` pdvlrty ega crdwbgc bglquenbty. Qhlrl

erl tdd kegy nlealrs whd `nebk sdnbaerbty wbth Keabie‒s struccnl odr orlladk, iut ad gdt

tdnlretl absslgt ordk thlbr dwg pldpnl. (Eppneusl.) Ega thlrl erl tdd kegy do us dg thl

sbalnbgls, `dkodrteinl bg `dkpne`lg`y dr `ygb`bsk whlg dur vdb`ls kust il hlera.

Qhl qulstbdgs wl oe`l tdaey - hdw td prdkdtl lquenbty ega justb`l= hdw td uphdna orlladk ega

hukeg rbchts= hdw td lga `dgonb`t ega sl`terbeg wer - thlsl thbgcs ad gdt hevl lesy egswlrs.

Iut thlrl wlrl gd lesy egswlrs bg ordgt do thet `hbna idrg bg Sdrna Ser B. Glnsdg Kegalne

rlkbgas us thet bt enweys sllks bkpdssbinl ugtbn bt bs adgl. Pduth Eorb`e shdws thet bs trul.

Pduth Eorb`e shdws wl `eg `hegcl, thet wl `eg `hddsl e wdrna alobgla gdt iy dur aboolrlg`ls,

iut iy dur `dkkdg hdpls. Sl `eg `hddsl e wdrna alobgla gdt iy `dgonb`t, iut iy ple`l ega

justb`l ega dppdrtugbty.

Sl wbnn glvlr sll thl nbmls do Glnsdg Kegalne ecebg. Iut nlt kl sey td thl ydugc pldpnl do

Eorb`e ega thl ydugc pldpnl erduga thl wdrna - ydu, tdd, `eg keml hbs nbol‒s wdrm ydur dwg.

Dvlr 06 ylers ecd, whbnl stbnn e stualgt, B nlergla do Glnsdg Kegalne ega thl struccnls tembgc

pne`l bg thbs ileutboun nega, ega bt stbrrla sdklthbgc bg kl. Bt wdml kl up td ky rlspdgsbibnbtbls

td dthlrs ega td kyslno, ega bt slt kl dg eg bkprdieinl jdurgly thet obgas kl hlrl tdaey. Ega

whbnl B wbnn enweys oenn shdrt do Keabie‒s lxekpnl, hl kemls kl wegt td il e ilttlr keg.

(Eppneusl.) Hl splems td whet‒s ilst bgsbal us.

Eotlr thbs crlet nbilretdr bs neba td rlst, ega whlg wl hevl rlturgla td dur `btbls ega vbnnecls ega

rljdbgla dur aebny rdutbgls, nlt us sler`h odr hbs strlgcth. Nlt us sler`h odr hbs nerclglss do spbrbt

sdklwhlrl bgsbal do durslnvls. Ega whlg thl gbcht crdws aerm, whlg bgjustb`l wlbchs hlevy dg

dur hlerts, whlg dur ilst-neba pnegs sllk ilydga dur rle`h, nlt us thbgm do Keabie ega thl

wdras thet irducht hbk `dkodrt wbthbg thl odur wenns do hbs `lnn: „Bt kettlrs gdt hdw strebt thl

cetl, hdw `hercla wbth pugbshklgts thl s`rdnn, B ek thl kestlr do ky oetl: B ek thl `eptebg do

ky sdun.‛

Shet e kecgbob`lgt sdun bt wes. Sl wbnn kbss hbk allpny. Key Cda inlss thl klkdry do Glnsdg

Kegalne. Key Cda inlss thl pldpnl do Pduth Eorb`e."

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