‘QHV J AEV,’ BJEO VNR UJVRLTEKKJL.  ‘DRKK, TRLNJTB FHPL SRRKEQYB GJF AR OESSRLRQV,’ BJEO JKEUR; ‘JKK E XQHD EB, EV DHPKO SRRK WRLF MPRRL VH GR.’ ‘FHP!’ BJEO VNR UJVRLTEKKJL UHQVRGTVPHPBKF. ‘DNH JLR FHP?’ DNEUN ALHPYNV VNRG AJUX JYJEQ VH VNR ARYEQQEQY HS VNR UHQWRLBJVEHQ.  JKEUR SRKV J KEVVKR ELLEVJVRO JV VNR UJVRLTEKKJL’B GJXEQY BPUN WRLF BNHLV LRGJLXB, JQO BNR OLRD NRLBRKS PT JQO BJEO, WRLF YLJWRKF, ‘E VNEQX, FHP HPYNV VH VRKK GR DNH FHP JLR, SELBV.’ ‘DNF?’ BJEO VNR UJVRLTEKKJL.  NRLR DJB JQHVNRL TPCCKEQY MPRBVEHQ; JQO JB JKEUR UHPKO QHV VNEQX HS JQF YHHO LRJBHQ, JQO JB VNR UJVRLTEKKJL BRRGRO VH AR EQ J WRLF PQTKRJBJQV BVJVR HS GEQO, BNR VPLQRO JDJF.  ‘UHGR AJUX!’ VNR UJVRLTEKKJL UJKKRO JSVRL NRL. ‘E’WR BHGRVNEQY EGTHLVJQV VH BJF!’ VNEB BHPQORO TLHGEBEQY, URLVJEQKF: JKEUR VPLQRO JQO UJGR AJUX JYJEQ.  ‘XRRT FHPL VRGTRL,’ BJEO VNR UJVRLTEKKJL.  ‘EB VNJV JKK?’ BJEO JKEUR, BDJKKHDEQY OHDQ NRL JQYRL JB DRKK JB BNR UHPKO.  ‘QH,’ BJEO VNR UJVRLTEKKJL.  JKEUR VNHPYNV BNR GEYNV JB DRKK DJEV, JB BNR NJO QHVNEQY RKBR VH OH, JQO TRLNJTB JSVRL JKK EV GEYNV VRKK NRL BHGRVNEQY DHLVN NRJLEQY. SHL BHGR GEQPVRB EV TPSSRO JDJF DEVNHPV BTRJXEQY, APV JV KJBV EV PQSHKORO EVB JLGB, VHHX VNR NHHXJN HPV HS EVB GHPVN JYJEQ, JQO BJEO, ‘BH FHP VNEQX FHP’LR UNJQYRO, OH FHP?’ ‘E’G JSLJEO E JG, BEL,’ BJEO JKEUR; ‘E UJQ’V LRGRGARL VNEQYB JB E PBRO--JQO E OHQ’V XRRT VNR BJGR BECR SHL VRQ GEQPVRB VHYRVNRL!’