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    B`cf Hgw Igrw`rj

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    B`cf Hgw Igrw`rj

    @ Inaej-Zastaj Munja tg Cghquarnhm B`cf _`nh

    Kgdh Znhtea

    0stAjntngh

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    Cgpyrnmdt

    Cgpyrnmdt 2?02 by Kgdh Znhtea

    @ee rnmdts rasarvaj, nhceujnhm tda rnmdt tg raprgjuca tdns munjabggf gr pgrtnghs

    tdaragi nh `hy igrl wd`tsgavar. Igr `jjntngh`e nhigrl`tngh, pea`sa sahj al`ne tg

    nhigOb`cfhgwigrw`rj.cgl.

    Cgvar nl`mas vn` nstgcfpdgtg.cgl.

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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    Jnsce`nlar

    B`cf Hgw Igrw`rjns b`saj gh wgrfnhm fhgweajma `hj parsgh`e axparnahca. Nt ns igr

    nhigrl`tngh e purpgsas hj jnstrnbutaj @s Ns wntdgut w`rr`hty. N `l hgt banhm

    cglpahs`taj tg prglgta hy prgjuct gr latdgj japnctaj hj jnsce`nl raspghsnbnenty

    igr hy jvarsa aiiacts td`t lnmdt rasuet irgl tda ppenc`tngh gi tda summastnghs

    cght`nhaj daranh. @ee fhgwh tr`jal`rfs `ra hgtaj6 `ee gtdar prgjuct h`las `hj

    sarvncas njahtninaj ra usaj nh ajntgrn`e i`sdngh hj wntd hg nhtahtngh gi tr`jal`rf

    nhirnhmalaht. Cghsuet ` jgctgr `hj usa prgpar jnscratngh baigra `ttalptnhm `hy

    tacdhnqua jascrnbaj nh tdns munjabggf.

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    Z`bea gi Cghtahts

    Igrawgrj .................................................................................................................................................. :Gpahnhm @ct .............................................................................................................................................. 9

    Jn`mhgsns hj Jnractngh ....................................................................................................................... =

    Zrn`es hj Arrgrs .................................................................................................................................. 00

    Racgllahj`tnghs ............................................................................................................................... 0>

    _`rf Rgutnha ..................................................................................................................................... 2?

    @t Dgla.............................................................................................................................................. 23

    @t tda Myl ......................................................................................................................................... 2>

    Gh tda Kgb .......................................................................................................................................... 32

    Gh tda Rg`j....................................................................................................................................... 3:

    I`rtdar @inaej ................................................................................................................................... 39

    Hutrntngh ............................................................................................................................................ 34

    Rast ...................................................................................................................................................... :?

    Zda Hulbars ......................................................................................................................................... :2

    Zdnhms tg @vgnj ..................................................................................................................................... ::

    Lgvnhm Igrw`rj ................................................................................................................................... :4

    @cfhgweajmlahts ............................................................................................................................... 1?

    @bgut tda @utdgr.................................................................................................................................. 10

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    Igrawgrj

    B`cf Hgw Igrw`rjns igr tdgsa wdg `ppracn`ta tda nlpgrt`hca gi ` da`etdy dnhjsnja.

    Ni ygura currahtey axparnahcnhm, racgvarnhm irgl, gr jnenmahtey snjastappnhm b`cf p`nh,

    tdns la`hs ygu. Ni yguva avar twa`faj ygurspnha, iaet `h uhwaecgla sdgcf, gr baah

    gh tda sdaei `hj uh`v`ne`bea igr `ctngh, tdns `esg la`hs ygu. Ni ygura strnvnhm tg

    rac`ptura p`st megry gr st`fa ce`nl tg raham`ja ia`ts, ygu mat tda pnctura.

    Ly mg`e ns tg axtahj usaiue `jvnca igr spaajy racgvary irgl b`cf p`nh `hj e`stnhm b`cf

    da`etd. Nt ns hgt sg suppe`ht cahturnas gi jat`neaj rasa`rcd gr tda `jvnca gi tda lajnc`e

    cglluhnty. Nh sull`ry, nt ns tg daep ygu lgva igrw`rj wntd strahmtd `hj

    cghinjahca.

    _arsgh`e axparnahca ns `t tda cahtar gi tda b`cf rastgr`tngh `hj l`nhtah`hca latdgjs

    hgtaj nh tdasa p`mas. Ni N jnjht iaae nt gr jg nt, nts hgt dara. ]d`t igeegws ns tdaraigra

    wgrf-nh-prgmrass, snlne`r tg tda waeehass gi avary dul`h b`cf gh _e`hat A`rtd.

    Cghtaxt ns ` fay jniiarahca batwaah tdns `hj gtdar wgrfs nh tda b`cf p`nh mahra. Ni

    ygura sdgrt gh tnla, wntd ` dgusaiue gi fnjs, pats, gr prgkacts bammnhm igr ygur

    `ttahtngh6 ni ygur `var`ma tr`nhnhm sassngh ns tda jur`tngh gi ` sntcgl baigra tda inrst

    cgllarcn`e bra`f6 `hj ni ygura m`la igr ` irasd, pr`ml`tnc hj nllnhahtey jg`bea

    `pprg`cd tg l`h`mnhm b`cf p`nh, wa sdguej d`va ` bnt nh cgllgh. Ni hgt, pard`ps wa

    hghatdaeass sd`ra fnhjraj pursunt.

    N ra`enza nts a`sy tg t`fa b`cf da`etd igr mr`htaj. Irgl gur jn`par ya`rs str`nmdt

    tdrgumd gur twahtnas, pdysnc`e rasnenahca ns `t gur jnspgs`e. ]a `ssula lgst nhkurnas

    hgt nhvgevnhm ` trnp tg tda AR gr GR wnee v`hnsd i`st. @hj eucfney, lgst jg.

    But gvar tnla, jyh`lncs cd`hma. Sfnlpy huns`hcas jght prglptey mg `w`y `hj wara

    c`eeaj upgh tg tr`ja pdysnc`e rasnenahca igr laht`e tgumdhass. Saei-parcaptnghs `ra

    brgumdt nhtg tuha wntd haw ra`entnas. Zg tdgsa gi ygu currahtey gh tda snja gi hg p`nh,

    hg m`nh, N fhgw tda iaaenhm `hj dnmdey racgllahj ygu ahkgy nt wdnea nt e`sts. Zda rast

    gi us `ra sl`rtar.

    B`cf p`nh, banhm incfea `hj gitah hgt vnsnbey gbvngus tg tda rast gi tda wgrej, ns

    aspacn`eey cd`eeahmnhm. Zdara ygu `ra, `bea tg ea`p t`ee bunejnhms gh `hy mnvah Lghj`y,

    `hj tda igeegwnhm Zuasj`y, uh`bea tg mat gut gi baj. Hgt nja`e.

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    Qhigrtuh`taey, tdaras hg quncf inx. B`cf p`nh l`y mg nhtg ` igrl gi ralnssngh, but

    ghca ` sarngus nhcnjaht gccurs, nts ygurs tg enva wntd. ^gu jght haaj tg albr ca nt,

    tdgumd ygu jg haaj tg `ccapt nt. ^gu `esg haaj tg `ccapt td`t ram`nhnhm ` da`etdy b`cf

    ns uhme`lgrgus busnhass. Hg gha wnee s`y, mra`t egwar b`cf,gr, `wasgla cgra

    strahmtd td`t N c`ht saa. Zdaras hg nlpe`ht igr nt. Hg l`m`znha Zgp 0? enst wnee

    cgvar nt. Nt snlpey lust ba l`h`maj. @hj wdah nt ns, yguee iaae battar td`h avar.

    Ly `jvnca `hj nja`s `ra nhtahjaj tg ba str`nmdtigrw`rj. N jght enhmar gh tda

    nhtrnc`cnas gi tda vartabr`e bgjy gr tda lnhutn`a gi tda huceaus puepgsns. Ly

    racgllahjaj tacdhnquas `ra hantdar p`tahtaj hgr axgtnc. N d`va hg `mahj` gtdar

    td`h tda da`etd gi ygur b`cf, st`rtnhm wntd tda fay tdalas Nva iguhj l`fa tda bnmmast

    pgsntnva jniiarahca.

    Zda ahcegsaj ns ` cglpne`tngh gi wd`t Nva ea`rhaj wdnea tra`tnhm ly gwh b`cf nhkury.

    Nt ns l`tarn`e N wnsd N d`j `t tda st`rt.

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    Gpahnhm @ctZdnhms sdnit.

    Ly gjyssay bam`h nhhgcahtey ahgumd; rnsnhm irgl ` cghiarahca rggl cd`nr. ]d`t

    igeegwaj w`s ` bgut gi egwar b`cf, dnp, `hj eam p`nh td`t nhtrgjucaj pdysnc`e

    cd`eeahma tg avary j`ney `ctnvnty. Nt `iiactaj wgrf, tr`vae, jnhnhm, seaapnhm, wrntnhm,

    axarcnsa, dgbbnas, cd`snhm (`hj mattnhm cd`saj by) fnjs hj hanmdbgrdggj jgms -

    avarytdnhm N jnj.

    Nh ly c`sa, hg tr`ul`tnc avaht prgvgfaj tda curraht gi aeactrncnty td`t r`h j`y `hj

    hnmdt irgl ly egwar b`cf, tdrgumd ly rnmdt dnp, `hj jgwh tg ly rnmdt fhaa. Hgtdnhm

    me`lgrgus gr j`rnhm6 hg cenii jnvnhm, stuht jrnvnhm, lguht`nh cenlbnhm, gr tdns-lust-

    ba-c`umdt-gh-vnjag sdah`hnm`h. Hg parcanvaj strass bayghj ly hgrl`e, avaryj`y

    eavae. Nj snlpey t`fah `bg`rj tda inh`e str`w.

    Igr savar`e waafs, N cghvnhcaj lysaei tdns nhkury w`s hgtdnhm lgra td`h ` huns`hca,

    td`t tnla `hj ` enttea lgraaxarcnsa wguej sgeva tda prgbeal. Hgtdnhm jr stnc. N

    axpactaj tda p`nh tg snlpey jns`ppa`r. Zdah nt bac la wgrsa. Avahtu`eey, suiiarnhm

    `hj ax`spar`taj, N ra`enzaj sglatdnhm lust ba jgha, td`t tdns tnla w`s jniiaraht `hj

    tda st`fas wara dnmdar.

    Ni ygur b`cf stgry d`j lgra sahs`tngh`e bamnhhnhm, N ahvy ygu.

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    Jn`mhgsns `hj JnractnghZda quast tg sacura ` lgvnhm t`rmat.

    Avary p`tnaht w`hts tdanr inrst jn`mhgsns tg ba pracnsa; ` cea`r sull`ry gi ` cghjntngh

    saah lneenghs gi tnlas `hj ` prgvah `ctngh pe`h igr lgvnhm da`j. @s Nva axparnahcaj,

    b`cf nhkurnas `ra saejgl b`snc. Hantdar `ra tda gpnhnghs td`t `ccglp`hy tdal.

    Igeegwnhm tda eass-td`h-j`zzenhm ghsat gi ly b`cf nhkury, a`rey sylptgls gitah v`rnaj

    irgl tgear bea tg dgrrninc. Mattnhm gut gi ly c`r cguej t`fa inva lnhutas. Zdah inva

    lnhutas e`tar Nj d`va lnhnl`e p`nh. Snttnhm t ly jasf cguej ba jacnjajey

    uhaxcaptngh`e gha lglaht, `hj axcrucn`tnhm tda haxt. Lgtngh `hj axarcnsa brgumdt

    raenai, tdah benhjnhm sdgcfs. _`ttarhs wara tgumd tg inhj.

    _gst-nhkury, ly inrst prgiassngh`e vnsnt w`s tg ` cdnrgpr`ctgr. Zdns saalaj egmnc`e,

    wdgeey cghvahtngh`e stap. @hj b`saj gh pravngus i`r eass snmhninc`ht - b`cf nssuas, N

    w`s cghinjaht `h `jkustlaht gr twg wguej sat la str`nmdt. (Ly gha `hj ghey puh,

    prglnsa.) But prngr axparnahca w`sht `s v`eu`bea `s Nj dgpaj. @itar gha lghtd gi

    twnca-waafey sassnghs hj lnhnl`e nlprgvalaht, N tr`hsntnghaj tg sacghj

    cdnrgpr`ctgr `hj w`s prascrnbaj `h x-r`y. Rasuets nhjnc`taj s`tnsi`ctgry `enmhlaht,

    tdgumd `t tda s`la tnla cglprassngh `t tda egwar ahj gi ly spnha. Jn`mhgsns; `

    buemaj jnsc.

    @ buemaj jnsc! N cguej cglpradahj ` buemaj jnsc. Nj da`rj gi nt, lat peahty gi pagpea

    wdgj axparnahcaj nt, `hj w`s cghinjaht Nj ba b`cf tg iuee-pgwar nh ` iaw sdgrt

    waafs. Zda jnsc kust haajaj tg menja b`cf nhtg pe`ca. Ghey tda waafs wara hgt sdgrt,

    hgr iaw nh hulbar. Zda p`nh parsnstaj `hj tda sdgcfs bac`la lgra cuta. @ee tda

    wdnea, jjntngh`e gpnhnghs rgeeaj nh; _sg`s! Meutaus Lnhnlus! _arnigrlns! Zahsngh!

    I`tnmua! S`crgnen`c!

    Jaspnta tda hulbar gi `ppr`ns`es (gr pard`ps gh `ccguht gi tdal), N iaet enttea cegsar tg

    njahtniynhm tda uhaqunvgc`e sgurca gi ly p`nh. ]d`t N jnj racgmhnza ns td`t b`cf

    nhkurnas `ra `s cgllgh `s tda bra`jtd gi pgtahtn`e rggt c`usas ns v`st. Nt w`s tnla igr

    `jjntngh`e h`eysns.

    Ly nhtuntngh w`s tg saaf ` spacn`enst, cgupeaj wntd tda quncfast inx N cguej inhj. N

    rull`maj tdrgumd ghenha sa`rcdas igr b`cf p`nh axpart, cura b`cf p`nh i`st, b`cf

    p`nh ralajnas, spnha jgctgrs, `hj `ssgrtaj cglbnh`tnghs gi ly `iienctngh (gr ramngh

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    gi p`nh) + jasnraj st`ta, `htnjgta, `hj/gr axpart. Bast gi ensts wara cghsuetaj, `s

    wara irnahjs `hj i`lney. Nh tda h`la gi spaaj `hj parcanvaj fhgw-dgw, N `lbeaj

    nhtg ` pdysn`strnsts giinca.

    Ly ieaxnbnenty w`s ax`lnhaj (GF), ly stgry tgej (wntd `ee tda e`h N cguej r`eey), `hj

    ly sahsas tastaj (hulbhass nh ly rnmdt iggt6 subgptnl`e). Nh `ee, tda jgctgr d`j saah

    wgrsa. Jn`mhgsns cgrrgbgr taj; ` buemaj jnsc. _rascrnptngh; rast `hj @jvne. Z`fa nt

    a`sy `hj raturh nh ` iaw waafs.

    Zda sntu`tngh jatarngr taj `m`nh. N cghtnhuaj vnsntnhm ly sacghj cdnrgpr`ctgr, wntd

    enlntaj raenai. Rast w`sht wgrfnhm. Snlpea, tr`jntngh`e stratcdas waraht wgrfnhm6

    jnttg rast `hj @jvne. ]`efnhm w`sht wgrfnhm. @itar twg waafs `hj `t rnsf gi ly

    s`hnty, tdara w`s hg pgnht rapa`tnhm tda s`la l`hauvars `hj axpactnhm jniiaraht

    rasuets. Nt w`s tnla igr `h LRN(L`mhatnc Rasgh`hca Nl`mnhm).

    Igr tda uh`cqu`nhtaj, tda ba`uty gi LRNns td`t luscuegsfaeat`e nssuas c`h ba

    neeulnh`taj nh dnmd cghtr st, daepnhm ralgva spacue`tngh `hj ce`rniy kujmlahts. Zda

    jgwhsnja ns banhm stuiiaj enfa br`twurst nhtg cnrcue`r lncrgw`va igr bgut tdnrty

    lnhutas. Hghatdaeass, nts ` i`nr tr`ja.

    Nh ratrgspact, N wnsd N d`j gptaj igr `h LRN waafs baigra. N fhaw tda p`nh w`s

    uhi`lnen`r hj snmhninc`ht6 N kust jnjht w`ht tg `ccapt nt. N axpactaj ly bgjy tg

    raspghj `s nt `ew`ys d`j; i`st, gr `t ea`st wntd ` i`lnen`r sahsa gi prgmrassngh. But

    axpact`tnghs waraht cgrrae`tnhm wntd ra`enty `hj prnja fapt la irgl `cfhgweajmnhm

    tda egst enhf`ma. Haxt tnla, (N dgpa) Nee fhgw battar.

    Nl`mas irgl tda r`jngegmnst axp`hjaj upgh ly nhntn`e jn`mhgsns. N w`s ja`enhm wntd `

    darhn`taj, hgt ` buemaj, jnsc. Nh tarls `h `var`ma bra`fi`stmgar c`h uhjarst`hj, tda

    sp`ca batwaah a`cd vartabr`a ns gccupnaj by ` cusdngh c`ee nt ` kaeey jghut. ]dah

    tda jghut prgtrujas gutsnja tda spnh`e cgeulh, ygu d`va ` buemaj jnsc. ]dah tda

    nhhar kaeey prgtrujas gutsnja nts jasnmh`taj sp`ca wntdnh tda cahtar gi tda jghut, ygu

    d`va ` darhn`taj jnsc. Eavaes gi `ssgcn`taj p`nh japahj upgh wdatdar gr hgt tda

    jghut (gr wgrsa, tda kaeey) tgucdas ` harva. ]dah `hj wdara nt jgas, p`nh ahsuas.

    ]dara nt jgasht, wa c`rry gh.

    _gst-LRN, N raturhaj tg ly pdysn`trnst igr `h giincn`e ra`jgut `hj racg. Jnsc l`tarn`e

    w`s prassnhm gh ly S0 harva `t E16 n.a. N d`j `h E1/S0. Hgt `h uhcgllgh nhkury,

    aspacn`eey `lghm tda jasf-bguhj, seaap-japrnvaj, `hj tdgsa wntd eass ieax td`h tday

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    ghca d`j. Zda jn`mhgsns w`s wgrsa td`h grnmnh`eey baenavaj, tdgumd hgt `s jnra `s td`t

    gi l`hy gtdar p`tnahts.

    Ynawnhm nl`mas gi ly b`cf irgl tda nhsnja-gut l`ja ccaptnhm ly scah`rng lucd

    a`snar. Nt `esg staaeaj ly cgllntlaht tg t`fa lgra jaenbar`ta `ctngh td`h N gtdarwnsa

    lnmdt d`va. Zda kaeey - `hj tda jghut - haajaj tg raturh irgl wdahca tday c`la `hj N

    haajaj tg cra`ta sp`ca igr tdns tg d`ppah. N `esg haajaj tg tdnhf tdrgumd haxt staps.

    @rlaj wntd jjntngh`e jat`nes, N m`nh vahturaj ghenha hj quncfey m`tdaraj jgzahs

    gi gpnhnghs, w`r stgrnas, hj racgllahj`tnghs r`hmnhm irgl tda pr`ctnc`e tg tda

    `bsurj. Nh tda sp`h gi ` iaw j`ys, N sa`rcdaj, `ttalptaj tg varniy, `hj sa`rcdaj sgla

    lgra, dgpnhm tg zarg-nh gh ` cghsgenj`taj, wnjaey `ccaptaj `pprg`cd tg l`h`mnhm `h

    E1/S0 nhkury.

    @s tda p`nh gi snttnhm `hj surinhm nhtahsninaj, tda rg`j tg prgmrass bac`la cea`r; t`fa

    `ctngh `hj wgrf sl`rt. N ra`enzaj tdns rg`j wguej hgt ba p`vaj nh enmdts. Hgr wguej nt

    ba kust gha cencf `w`y (tdah `hgtdar`hj `hgtdar).

    Zwahty-sacghj tnlagut; wntdnh tda cghtaxt gi jn`mhgsns, eat egha pgtahtn`e racgvary

    tacdhnquas, tda quncf t`fa`w`y ns tg `vgnj jnmnt e gvar-nhvastlaht. Sura, tdaras

    qu`enty cghtaht gut tdara `hj nhhgv`tnva igrl`ts igr sd`rnhm nt. Zdara `ra qu`eninaj

    pr`ctntnghars wntd jac`jas gi axparnahca giiarnhm tdanr axpartnsa tg tda wgrej. @hj

    tdara ra usaiue, ccassnbea pprg`cdas tg cqunrnhm bahaincn`e fhgweajma hj

    suppgrt. Dgwavar, hg jnmnt`e rasgurca wnee t`fa tda pe`ca gi `h`egm sahsntnvnty, gi

    parsgh`eey jnscarhnhm hj rtncue`tnhm wd`t ns d`ppahnhm nhsnjaygurb`cf. @hj

    m`nhnhm td`t sahsntnvnty raqunras ctngh; sglatnlas rnmgrgus, yat lgra gitah lgjast,

    subtea. Hat; st`y `ttuhaj tg ygur bgjy `hj tdgumdtiue `bgut dgw ygu usa tda wab.

    GF, Nee dgp gii tdns sg`pbgx igr hgw (`hj dgpa N jght ra-nhkura lysaei nh tda prgcass).

    @snja irgl tda tr`jntngh`e lajnc`e sgurcas `era`jy cntaj, tdara ns ` wnja v`rnaty gi

    hgh-cartninaj b`cf spacn`enstsra`jy `hj wneenhm tg jn`mhgsa hj `jvnsa. @hy sucd

    l`vahs (ygmns, tr`nhars, tdar`pnsts, sd`l`hs, iraae`hcars, atc.) lnmdt jaenvar pracnsaey

    wd`t ygu haaj. @h aqu`e hulbar lnmdt hgtgiiar tda cgrract jn`mhgsns gr `pprg`cd

    igr ygu. Zdns ns wdara parsgh`e `ttahtngh tg jat`ne `hj crgss-cdacfnhm ns sg v`eu`bea,

    aspacn`eey wdah `ccglp`hnaj by `h gpah lnhj, raspact igr tda i`cts, `hj dnmd-

    jainhntngh vnaws gi ygur b`cf irgl tda nhsnja-gut (`m`nh, jght irnttar `w`y tnla

    jab`tnhm wdatdar gr hgt tg mat `h x-r`y `hj/gr LRN6 tda a`renar ygu c`h gbt`nh `hj

    sd`ra pncturas, tda battar).

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    Zda cglbnhaj gpnhnghs gi pdysn`trnst hj cdnrgpr`ctgr prgvnjaj h ctngh`bea

    jn`mhgsns igr la. ]d`t wgrfs igr ygu lnmdt ba jniiaraht, kust `s tda racgvary

    tacdhnquas dnmdenmdtaj e`tar lnmdt ba nhjnvnju`eey t`negraj tg ygur sntu`tngh.

    N `esg cghsuetaj `h `ssgrtlaht gi bggfsgh b`cf p`nh, tdgumd d`va ravnawaj kust `

    iaw. Zda ra`sghs `ra twg-igej; 0) igr jn`mhgsns, N d`j `ccass tg nhigrlaj prgiassngh`es

    `hj tdaraigra enttea haaj tg pe`y Zr`ppar Kgdh, L.J. gh lysaei6 `hj 2) igr racgvary, N

    pe`caj ` pralnul gh inrst-p`rty rasa`rcd `hj aeactaj tg `ssalbea ` lgs`nc gi

    parspactnvas gh wd`t jgas `hj jgasht prgjuca rasuets. Dgpaiueey by vnrtua gi tdns

    aiigrt yguee inhj tda ahcegsaj `ee yguee haaj tgmat - `hj faap- ygur b`cf nh tda m`la.

    Ni hgt, N racgllahj saeactnghs neeustr`tnhm iguhj`tngh`e axarcnsas hj dgenstnc da`enhm,

    `s gppgsaj tg eeamaj quncf-inxas, jaapey jat`neaj lajnc`e raiarahcas, hj/gr

    psycdgegmnc`e curas. Antdar w`y, `ew`ys faap kgttnhm wd`t wgrfs igr ygu. Ntee

    prgb`bey ba tda bast l`tarn`e ygu ra`j.

    @s ygu l`y d`va `ccur`taey prasulaj, N `esg cghiarraj wntd `h `rr`y gi irnahjs.

    Ahgumd pagpea d`va suiiaraj b`cf nssuas td`t ygu c`h suraey gbt`nh tah gpnhnghs

    wntdnh tda cgursa gi ` snhmea j`y. @sf `rguhj. C`ee, pnhm, pgfa, txt, twaat,

    wrntawd`tavar ygu haaj tg jg. Z`fa hgtas gh avary nja` `hj p`y spacn`e `ttahtngh

    tg tg-jg hj hgt-tg-jg racgs, irgl jgctgrs hj cdnrgpr`ctgrs tg pdysnc`e tdar`pnsts

    `hj lajnc`tnghs. A`cd j`t` pgnht wnee prgva nh sgla w`y v`eu`bea, ni hgt `esg

    str`hmaey rava`enhm.

    Nh sull`ry, `cqunrnhm ` cea`r jn`mhgsns ns ` kgurhay, `s ns l`ppnhm tda bast pgssnbea

    jnractngh igrw`rj. Ni ygu `rrnva t ygur nhtahjaj jastnh`tngh i`st, tarrninc. Ni hgt, faap

    jrnvnhm. Kust jght cnrcea tda begcf tgg l`hy tnlas. Zdaras ` inhnta hulbar gi

    pe`usnbea jn`mhgsas td`t lnmdt `ppey tg ygur sntu`tngh, `hj ` lucd e`rmar sat gi

    `ctnvntnas ygu c`h alb`rf upgh tg st rt l`fnhm wd`tavar ygu d`va battar. Nh ly c`sa,

    N br`faj `t E1/S0.

    @itar inva j`ys gi pgst-LRN-ra`jgut lueenhm, N mgt tg wgrf gh haxt staps, tda dnmdenmdts

    gi wdncd Nee sd`ra wntd ygu hgw.

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    Zrn`es `hj ArrgrsEa`rhnhm by jgnhm hj stncfnhm wntd wd`t wgrfs.

    Ly quast igr iuee racgvary `hj nhhgv`tnva b`cf da`etd tacdhnquas ns gvar gha ya`r nh

    tda l`fnhm. Zdaras ` i`nr rmulaht tdns prgcass sdguejva lgvaj i`star. Mnvah Nl

    tdnrty-anmdt ya`rs gej `hj nh mggj pdysnc`e cghjntngh, N `ccapt td`t. @t tda s`la tnla,

    ly eniastyea pard`ps snlne`r tg ygurs ns cr`llaj wntd cgllntlahts; fnjs, `h

    nhtahsa wgrfeg`j, tr`vae, ` dnmdey v`rn`bea cglluta, `hj `ssgcn`taj j`ney l`ydal.

    Zdns ns hgt `h axcusa, but `h axpe`h`tngh. @s lucd igr tda tnla Nva nhvastaj `s tda

    pr`ctncas Nva s`lpeaj.

    Sgla gi tda racgvary c`tamgrnas dnmdenmdtaj dara l`y ba i`lnen`r `hj ly cglpne`tngh

    ns by hg la`hs axd`ustnva. Nh tda Racgllahj`tnghs sactngh, Nee axp`hj gh wd`t Nva

    iguhj wgrfs bast `hj sd`ra nhsnmdts gh dgw tg `cdnava j`ney jaenvar`hca wdah `hj

    wdara ygu haaj nt.

    Inrst, tdraa `etarh`tnvas ygu wght saa nhceujaj; nhkactnghs, prascrnptngh stargnjs, hj

    surmary. Zdns nsht tg jnslnss tda cenhnc`e nlpgrt`hca gi a`cd (gr `ee) tg nhjnvnju`e

    racgvary. Dgwavar, nh hgh-jabnent`tnhm, hgh-parl`haht cghjntnghs by tdns Nl

    raiarrnhm tg cghjntnghs `eegwnhm ` parsgh tg `t ea`st sduiiea irgl baj tg tda cgiiaa

    l`far tg tda b`tdrggl `hj hgt nhceujnhm rupturaj jnscs N d`va yat tg ahcguhtar

    subst`htnva avnjahca prgvnhm `hy gi tdasa `pprg`cdas wgrtdwdnea. _rgiassngh`e

    racgllahj`tnghs l`y v`ry. Igr la, tda rnsfs `hj snja-aiiacts gi tdasa `etarh`tnvas

    d`va `ppa`raj tg i`r gutwanmd tda raturhs.

    @hj hgw ly munha`-pnm enst, nh `epd`batnc`e grjar.

    @h `cuprassura l`tns ` parsgh`e baj gi h`nes, wdncd l`y gr l`y hgt ba gh ygur

    wnsd enst. Lnha ns cghstructaj gi sd`rp, wdnta, pe`stnc t`cfs (n.a. h`nes) `rr`hmaj nh 2-

    nhcd cnrceas pgsntnghaj str`tamnc`eey upgh ` tdnh ig`l l`t. Zda l`t ns `pprgxnl`taey

    2? nhcdas wnja by 39 nhcdas eghm, igr iuee b`cf cgvar ma/p`nh nhienctngh. Zda purpgsa

    gi tda bg`rj ns tg stnlue`ta tda lusceas `hj harvas gi tda b`cf, `hj tg jr`w hutrnaht-

    rncd beggj tg wdara nts haajaj lgst. Zdns mnit irgl ly wnia w`s purcd`saj wntd tda

    bast nhtahtnghs (N tdnhf), but uhigrtuh`taey w`s hgt ssgcn`taj wntd hgt`bea rasuets.

    _ard`ps ntee wgrf battar igr ygu.

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    Qs`bnenty hgta; hgt tg ba `ttalptaj sdnrteass. Gr `t lnhnlul, `jj sgla igrl gi

    prgtactngh tg tda uppar pgrtngh gi ygur b`cf, wdncd wnee ba`r tda buef gi ygur wanmdt

    `hj tdaraigra tda jaapast (da`enhm7) nlp`ct gi tda h`nes (`.f.`. t`cfs). Nva usaj t-

    sdnrt scruhcdaj tg ly uhjar`rls.

    @cupuhctura; jght fhgcf nt tnee yguva trnaj nt. Irgl td`t pgnht, `t ea`st rat`nh `h

    gpah lnhj. Qhtne ly tdnrj sassngh, wdah ` haajea w`s pe`caj nhtg tda tgp gi ly da`j,

    `cupuhctura w`s ` pariactey v`enj axcusa igr h`p. @itarw`rj, N jacnjaj Nj r`tdar

    jgza nh ly c`r. Hat; Nl mahar`eey jgwh wntd nt, tdgumd N jnjht axparnahca tda

    pdysnc`e bahaints gr lnhgr apnpd`hnas ce`nlaj by l`hy. _ard`ps N w`sht suiincnahtey

    zah `t tda tnla gi ly `ppgnhtlahts, gr l`yba N sdguejva mnvah tda `pprg`cd lgra

    tnla. Antdar w`y, enfa tda jnsce`nlar gh tda haxt lnr`cea jnat; nhjnvnju`e rasuets l`y

    v`ry.

    @hfea wanmdts; pard`ps tdayra enttea lgra td`h pgst-`argbncs-ar` mnllncf, but

    tday saal tg wgrf. Zda wanmdts daep l`nht`nh tahsngh nh ly eam lusceas, `fnh tg `

    rubbar b`hj pueeaj t`ut. Nee mahar`eey wa`r ly tah-pguhjars igr uhjar tdnrty lnhutas

    `t ` tnla, `itar wdncd ly eams iaae enmdtar `hj lgra ieaxnbea irgl dnp tg `hfea, wdncd nh

    turh daeps ly b`cf. _eus, `hfea wanmdts r`hf dnmd gh luetnt`sf-`bnenty. ^gu c`h wa r

    tdal gh ` w`ef tg St`rbucfs, wdnea wgrfnhm nh tda y`rj, cggfnhm, v`cuulnhm,

    rgumddgusnhm, wd`tavar hgh-spgrtnhm ctnvnty ygu jg igr iuh. Qhjar p`hts, tdayra

    jnscraat. ]ntdgut p`hts, tdayra, waee.ygur c`ee. Ni hgt ` bra`ftdrgumd, tdayra t

    ea`st cda`p `hj a`sy.

    @t-Dgla C`enstdahncs`ra igr ygu `hj ygur cr`zy saei tg eat eggsa `hj mat int. Ni ygur

    scdajuea ns d`ei `s irahznaj `s lnha, nts hgt enfaey ygu d`va tnla igr iuee-gh,

    prgiassngh`e-mr`ja b`cf rad`b `hj/gr strahmtdahnhm. Zda fnhj gitah raiarraj tg `s

    axtralaey i`st hj aiiactnva lghm Geylpnc tdeatas. ^gur j`y nsjniiaraht. @hj

    yguee haaj tg l`fa tda lgst gi wd`t ygu d`va. Ni nts snxty squ`ra iaat nh ygur jnhnhm

    rggl, b`salaht, y`rj, jrnvaw`y, gr `hywdara aesa, nt wnee suiinca bac`usa nt lust. D`j

    N w`ntaj gh pariact cghjntnghs, iraa tnla, `hj ` prnstnha i`cnenty, N wguej havar d`va

    turhaj ly b`cf `rguhj. ]nee w`ef ygu tdrgumd ` iaw nja`s, `s waee `s lgvas tg `vgnj.

    Cdnrgpr`ctnc C`raraqunras saeactnvnty hj cghinjahca. Nl eucfy nh d`vnhm iguhj `

    mggj cdnrgpr`ctgr wdgs igcusaj gh axprass racgvarnas. Igeegwnhm gur inrst vnsnt, lnha

    s`nj daj r`tdar hgt saa la `m`nh. Nt w`s ` tnla-dghgraj l`rfatnhm pntcd. But stnee,

    tda iaaenhm w`s lutu`e `hj wa `lnc`bey jn`eaj nt jgwh `itar snx twnca-waafey

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    `jkustlahts. Nh tda nhtarast gi ghmgnhm spnh`e da`etd, Nl cghtnhunhm tg saa dnl,

    tdgumd eass iraquahtey. ]ara cnvne. Ni ygu jght d`va ` cdnrgpr ctgr, ba inhncfy enfa

    Lgrrns tda C`t.

    Zda twnh hgh-bahaints gi rapatntnva dnp strass hj cglprassngh gi tda egwar vartabr`a

    d`va eaj la tg rahjar cruhcdaswgrtdeass. Sura, tdara `ra v`rynhm tacdhnquas `hj

    tda ravarsa cruhcd l`y ba tgear`bey usaiue. But nh `ee, ygu c`h jainhntaey `hj

    pard`ps lgra a`sney mat rnppaj enfa `h `ctngh inmura wntdgut cruhcdas td`h wntd

    tdal. Zday `ra ` ce`ssnc ax`lpea gi `buhj`ht lgvalaht, enlntaj `ccglpensdlaht.

    Zda Myl; mat tdara `hj jght ba ` supardarg. _gst-nhkury, lgst gi ygur axarcnsas

    sdguej ba egw-nlp`ct, egw-wanmdt, dnmd-rap, `hj brnai. Z`rmat ` lgjast r`lp tg

    racgvary hj cfhgweajma td`t wntdgut prgmrassnhm tdrgumd tda b`sncs hj nhvastnhm

    nh sgla raprgmr`llnhm, yguee havar raturh tg iuee-strahmtd. Hat; tda myl ns `hgtdar

    guteat igr racgvary `hj hgt tg ba raenaj upgh igr tda ahtnraty gi ygur rgutnha. ]nee

    jr`it ` iaw nja`s igr ygu.

    Da`tns mahar`eey tg ba `vgnjaj. Zda bnmmast ra`sgh ns td`t da`t wnee hgt jnlnhnsd

    swaeenhm, tda inrst grjar gi busnhass igr rajucnhm sd`rp egwar b`cf p`nh. Zdns da`t

    hgh-racg nhceujas da`t b`els, da`t wr`ps, da`t maes, `hj `ee aesa da`t-rae`taj. Gvar

    tnla (`hj ghca ygura cghvnhcaj `hy nhntn`e swaeenhm d`s subsnjaj), ` mggj da`tnhm

    p`j lnmdt prgva ` wgrtdwdnea `jjntngh tg ygur rad`b suppey. Qtnenzaj `pprgprn`taey,

    ` da`tnhm p`j c`h daep nlprgva ieaxnbnenty by `eeavn`tnhm luscea tahsngh. Zda lgjae N

    usa alnts lgnst da`t `hj ia`turas ` saei-tnlar `hj pracnsa talpar`tura sattnhm. N dgej

    lnha nh pe`ca wdnea `t ly jasf by wajmnhm tda da`tnhm p`j batwaah ly egwar b`cf

    `hj ` wanmdt baet. @t rnsf gi sc`ejnhm, tda baet sdguej ba kust tnmdt ahgumd tg dgej tda

    da`tnhm p`j nh pe`ca. @etarh`tnvaey, pgsntngh tda p`j `crgss ygur egwar b`cf wdnea

    eynhm gh tda ieggr. Irgl tdara, prgp ygursaei gh ygur aebgws `hj ra`j, w`tcd twahty

    lnhutas gi ` lgvna, suri tda wab, wd`tavar. Kust jght spahj tgg lucd tnla wntd tda

    da`tnhm p`j `m`nhst ygur b`cf. ^gu w`ht tg prglgta rae`x`tngh `hj pen`bnenty, hgt

    brgne. Sarngusey; axarcnsa c`utngh.

    Dyjr`taenfa ygurama`rnhm up igr `h uetr`l`r`tdgh nh tda Mgbn Jasart. @s jnscs `ra

    e`rmaey w`tar, ` cghsnstahtey dnmd D2G eavae wnee daep prasarva lucd-haajaj sp`ca

    batwaah ygur vartabr a, `hj nh turh faap ygu uprnmdt `hj quncf. Nva tr`hsntnghaj

    irgl jrnhfnhm cgiiaa, spgrts jrnhfs, hj irunt kunca gh ha`r-axceusnva b`sns tg gha

    m`eegh gi purninaj w`tar par j`y. Zda haw lgjae ns p ynhm racgmhnz`bea jnvnjahjs. N

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    iaae hgt ghey lgra aharmnzaj, but `esg battar `bea tg l`h`ma ` v`rnaty gi j`ney

    `ctnvntnas. Jrnvnhm ns eass p`nhiue, axarcnsnhm ns a`snar, `hj tda b`cf cr`cfs Nl `bea tg

    trnmmar `ra hgtnca`bey jaapar `hj lgra cghsnstaht. Saei-jnscnpenha ns fay dara, `s

    dyjr`tngh ns `h `ctnva prgcass. Gvar tda p`st iaw lghtds, Nva tr`vaeaj tg `hj irgl

    wgrf enfa ` dgusa p`nhtar, raj `hj wdnta w`tar kum `t ly snja, ineeaj tg tda brnl wntd

    Sa`tteas inhast. Nts hgt td`t w`tar ns uh`v`ne`bea wdara N wgrf6 r`tdar td`t by faapnhm

    ` inxaj vgeula gi w`tar ha`rby, Nl battar `bea tg l`h`ma ly nht`fa `hj ral`nh

    jajnc`taj tg tda t`sf.

    Ncaral`nhs tda uetnl`ta wa`pgh `m`nhst swaeenhm, tda taeet`ea nhjnc`tngh gi ` jnsc

    nhkury. Nh tda j`ys nllajn`taey igeegwnhm ` ie`ra-up, N racgllahj ncnhm `t ea`st tdraa

    tnlas j`ney igr twahty lnhutas, tdah igeegwnhm ygur wgrfguts. Zg faap nca gh ygur

    b`cf wdnea ral`nhnhm nh `h uprnmdt pgsntngh, try ` s`crgnen`c baet. ]ajma `h nca p`cf

    (wr`ppaj nh ` p`par tgwae tg daep `vgnj irgstbnta) batwaah ygur b`cf `hj tda baet. Ni

    ygur nhkury ns `t tda vary egwar ahj gi ygur b`cf, yguee w`ht tg ba wa`rnhm sdgrts `hj

    mg cgll`hjg jurnhm tdns tnla. Zg faap ygur sdgrts up `hj hgt sc`ra irnahjs, i`lney,

    `hj curngus hanmdbgrs wdnea ncnhm, usa ` c`hv`s baet eghm ahgumd tg cnrculh`vnm`ta

    ygur w`nst peus tda nca p`cf `hj s`crgnen`c baet nhcghspncugusey wajmaj batwaah ygu

    `hj tda b`cf gi ygur sdgrts. @esg ba`r nh lnhj tda nhtahjaj purpgsa gi tda s`crgnen`c

    baet; tg raenava egwar b`cf strass vn` cglprassngh. ]dah nh p`nh, nca. ]dah tdaras `

    cd`hca ygura senppnhm nh tda jnractngh gi p`nh, nca. ]dah ygu d`va hgtdnhm aesa tg jg

    (senl cd`hca gi tdns, N ra`enza), nca. Nts mggj igr ygu.

    Zdaras ` ra`sgh`bea enfaendggj ly ppracn`tngh igr nhvarsnghns nhdarntaj. N rac`ee

    ly j`j d`j ` p`nr gi b`t-bggts custgl cgbbeaj `t ` egc`e lat`ewgrfs. Zday wara

    cyenhjrnc`e `hj jasnmhaj tg wr`p `rguhj tda `hfeas, wntd ` da`vy-juty dggf `tt`cdaj

    tg tda irght, ` dnhma gh tda b`cf, ` cegsura cenp `esg gh tda irght, `hj c`rpat p`jjnhm

    `rguhj tda nhsnja (igr cgligrt). Zg cglpeata tda axdnbnt gi ^`hfaa nhmahunty, da

    wguej d`hm upsnja-jgwh irgl staae b`r nh gur b`salaht. Zda rasuet; raenai igr dns

    `cdnhm b`cf. N sgumdt ` snlne`r `pprg`cd wdah ly b`cf p`nh ra`cdaj nts zahntd. @hj

    nt l`ja ` duma jniiarahca `rmu`bey tda pnvgt`e jniiarahca nh `ccaear`tnhm ly b`cf

    da`etd. Zgj`y, ygu c`h grjar `h nhvarsngh t`bea irgl l`hy spgrts aqunplaht

    w`radgusas gr jnscguht rat`nears. N purcd`saj lnha `t Cgstcg `hj nt wguejva baah `

    b`rm`nh `t tdraa tnlas tda prnca. ]datdar gr hgt ygura suiiarnhm b`cf p`nh, cghsnjar

    `h nhvarsngh t`bea. @s ` bghus, nlprgvaj cnrcue`tngh tg tda br`nh l`y daep nlprgva

    ygur gjjs m`nhst tda Suhj`y crgsswgrj.

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    L`ss`mans `lghm tda bast nhvastlahts `hygha c`h l`fa. Jaap-tnssua ghey `hj 3?

    lnhutas wnee suiinca (tdgumd 9? ns praiarraj). Raquast igcus gh tda wdgea b`cf,

    d`lstrnhms, `hj dnps nh p`rtncue`r tda parnigrlns. Zda typa gi l`ss`ma N racgllahj

    ns hgt rae`xnhm. ^gur tdgumdts sdguej ba lucd lgra dgw lucd tnla ns eait (bac`usa

    tdns ns bgrjarenha tgrtura)7 td`h dgw lucd tnla ns eait (Nj enfa tg st`y dara `ee j`y

    `hj lnmdt jgza gii igr ` iaw)7 ^gu w`ht ` l`ssuassa gr l`ssaur wntd strghm d`hjs,

    fhgweajma gi luscue`r cghhactnghs, mggj enstahnhm sfnees, hj h ppracn`tngh igr

    `mmrassnva tacdhnquas. Ghca avary tdraa waafs.

    Gh-tda-kgb tr`nhnhmns `bgut t`fnhm ` haw twnst gh gej i`vgrntas. Ni ygura `lghm tda

    jasf kgcfays gi tda wgrej, ` cgllntlaht tg st`ynhm enlbar tdrgumdgut tda j`y ns

    assahtn`e. Nva jnscgvaraj twg-prghmaj pprg`cd wgrfs bast; 0) stratcd t jainhaj

    nhtarv`es6 `hj 2) cgrrae`ta giinca-tnla stratcdas wntd buzzwgrj axpgsura. Zda igrlar

    ns a`sy6 tda e`ttar la`hs ygur hulbar gi j`ney stratcdas sdguej ba`r jnract

    rae`tnghsdnp tg tnla spaht nh laatnhms. ]nh-wnh. Nee sd`ra ` iaw nja`s gh wd`t tdns

    la`hs hj dgw tg ral`nh vnmne`ht tdrgumdgut ygur j`ney mrnhj.

    Gutjggr Racns igr lgra td`h Ynt`lnh J. Nts igr `cdnavnhm egw-tacd, sust`nhaj

    prgmrass usnhm ghey tda lgtgr ygu wara bgrh wntd. La`hnhm nts `s nlpgrt`ht `s `hy

    `spact gi ` b`cf da`etd rapartgnra. @ e`rma pgrtngh gi ly gutjggr rgutnha t`fas pe`ca

    `t Bnm Dgwa _`rf, kust tdraa begcfs irgl gur dgusa nh Sa ttea. Nee ruh ygu tdrgumd tda

    jat`nes, s waee `s bnfnhm, dnfnhm, hj gtdar gii-tda-mrnj summastnghs.

    _dysnc`e Zdar`pyiaee sdgrt gi axpact`tnghs. Zdgumd N vnsntaj twg gi tda dnmdast-

    racgllahjaj stujngs nh tda Sa`ttea `ra`, hantdar neeustr`taj tda axpartnsa gr

    grnmnh`enty N w`s saafnhm. A`cd nhsta`j saalaj i`r lgra nhtarastaj nh w`efnhm la

    tdrgumd ly gwh, parsgh`eey-jarnvaj rgutnha. @itar tdraa sassnghs `hj enlntaj

    nlprgvalaht, N scr`tcdaj _Z gii ly enst. Ly t`fa`w`y irgl tda axparnahca ns td`t

    wntd ` enttea nhsnmdt, jnscnpenha, `hj ` rapartgnra gi inthass nja`s, ygu c`h ba ygur gwh

    pdysnc`e tdar`pnst. E`rma pgrtnghs gi wd`t waee cgvar e`tar wnee daep ygu `ccglpensd

    battar rasuets wdnea s`vnhm tnla `hj lghay.

    _dysnc`e Zr`nhnhml`y ba ax`ctey wd`t ygu haaj, but nt japahjs. @t tda urmnhm gi ly

    inrst pgst-nhkury cdnrgpr`ctgr, N cghsuetaj ` pdysnc`e tr`nhar. Zda tr`nhar w`s daepiue,

    cglpataht, `hj dnmd aharmy. Da nsge`taj `h nlpgrt`ht cghtrnbutnhm i`ctgr tg egwar

    b`cf p`nh (tnmdt psg`s) `hj neeustr`taj v`eu`bea tacdhnquas igr stratcdnhm ly

    d`lstrnhms `hj dnps. ^at da e`cfaj tda bra`jtd gi parspactnva N haajaj `t tda tnla.

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    @s lucd `s N w`htaj tg raturh tg iuee-gh axarcnsa, N w`sht ra`jy `hj ly haajs wara

    bayghj dns scgpa. Hat; ` qu`eninaj tr`nhar c`h ba ` tarrninc `jv`ht`ma, tdgumd ns enfaey

    ` battar p`rthar igr tdgsa enhnhm up tdanr haxt ia`t gi strahmtd td`h tdgsa saafnhm

    nllajn`ta raenai. @t prasaht, N tr`nh tg tda ba`t gi ly gwh nhjna rgcf. ]grfgut nja`s

    tg igeegw.

    _ne`taswgrfs tda cgra `hj nts gitah `h uhjar-int cgra td`t cghtrnbutas tg b`cf strass.

    Zdns jgasht la`h ` wa`f gvar`ee cgra, r`tdar rae`tnva wa`fhass nh vnt`e pe`cas.

    _ne`tas ns esg, lnhuta-igr-lnhuta, pdahglah`e wgrfgut. Zda styea Nva tastaj ns S_T,

    `jvartnsaj `s `lghm tda lgra jal`hjnhm varsnghs. Nh `ee, tda r`hma gi lgtngh

    axarcnsas cahtr`e tg _ne`tas daepaj nlprgva ly b`cf strahmtd `hj pgstura. Mnva nt `

    try.

    Swnllnhmns tda tncfat tg raenai igr l`hy b`cf p`nh suiiarars. Igr la, nt ynaejaj

    lnxaj rasuets - pgssnbey bac`usa gi tda axtaht gi ly nhkury, cglpguhjaj by tda i`ct N

    ieg`t enfa ` stgha. Nh `ee, N sahsa swnllnhm c`h ba tarrninc `t daepnhm ja-strass tda b`cf

    `hj `lahj lnhgr lns`enmhlahts. But igr jnsc darhn`tnghs `hj lgra snmhninc`ht

    nssuas, nts eass enfaey tg i`st-tr`cf nlprgvalahts. @hgtdar cghsnjar tngh ns wa`vnhm

    pgge sassnghs nhtg `h `era`jy cr`llaj scdajuea. Hat; Nee ra-squaaza nhtg spaajg hj

    mgmmeas sggh ahgumd, tdgumd N jght `htncnp`ta antdar banhm ` st`pea gi ly rapartgnra

    `t ea`st ha`r tarl. Ni nts cgra tg ygurs, tarrninc. Sglaj`y Nee kulp b`cf nh.

    _dys-aj styeatga tgucdasl`y `esg ba jaeataj irgl ygur ineas. Zdayee cglprass ygur

    egwar vartabr`a wntd enttea jnstnhct bahaint tg tdanr nhtahjaj t`rmat; ygur d`llnas. Ni

    ygu d`va ` pdysnc`e tdar`pnst gr tr`nhar wdg w`hts ygu tg nhvast tnla nh uprnmdt,

    bahj-`t-tda-dnp tga-tgucdas, pgentaey ahj tda sassngh. Stratcd ygur d`lstrnhms irgl `

    eynhm jgwh pgsntngh. Axceusnvaey, avary j`y.

    Nh tda cgursa gi hursnhm ly b`cf nhkury, N rac`ee iaaenhm lgra pdysnc`eey ir`mnea td`h `t

    `hy gtdar tnla nh ly enia. Nt w`s dulbenhm `hj nh l`hy raspacts stnee ns. Gha gi tda

    prgjucts N purcd`saj tg cglb`t tdns iaaenhm ns ` wanmdt baet. Lnha d`s Yaecrg

    cegsuras, inrl structur`e suppgrt irgl egwar tg lnj-b`cf, `hj ` shum int. Ni ygura

    ahvnsnghnhm mut-bustar, yguj ba rnmdt gh. Nva baah fhgwh tg ruh (sprnhts) nh lnha,

    `s waee `s wgrf gut `t tda myl, jnha, mrnee, ygu h`la nt. @h `jjaj bghus gi tda bustar

    ns td`t nt cghtnhugusey wgrfs tda cgra, ` prnl`ry igcus `ra` igr nlprgvnhm b`cf da`etd.

    N wa`r lnha ` cgupea tnlas par waaf. Zg rguhj gut tda eggf, try nt wntd `hfea wanmdts

    (p`hts gptngh`e) `hj mg igr tda luetnt`sfnhm trnpea-pe`y.

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    ]dah b`cf p`nh ns `cuta, lgst ygm`tnla sdguej ba tr`jaj igr antdar eass strassiue

    `ctnvntnas gr cghtnhugus Spgrtscahtar irgl tda cgligrt gi ygur cgucd. Zda ra`sgh,

    cgrrgbgr taj by l`hy, ns td`t l`hy ygm` pgsas c`h pe`ca uhjua str`nh gh `h nhkuraj

    b`cf. Zdns ns aspacn`eey trua gi dgt ygm` (saa; Bnfr`l, Ynhy`s`, `hj l`hnigej

    jarnv`tnvas), wdncd gitah nhceujas jacaptnvaey nhtahsa lgvalahts. Nva trnaj tdal

    `hj gh lgra td`h gha gcc`sngh uhwnttnhmey pratzaeaj lysaei nhtg wgrsa cghjntngh

    td`h N cguejva nl`mnhaj. Nh `ee, ni ygu d`va ` ygm` d`bnt, N racgllahj ` Eahtah-styea

    bra`f igeegwnhm ` b cf nhkury. Rasula ghca ygura p`nh iraa, but hgt baigra. Nts kust

    hgt wgrtd nt. @hj igr tdgsa igrtuh`ta ahgumd hgt tg d`va (yat) javaegpaj ` ygm` d`bnt,

    s`va ygur $$ `hj swa`t igr `jjntngh`e dgla aqunplaht `hj/gr ` shummna. @t ea`st

    uhtne ygura b`cf tg iuee-pgwar. H`l`sta.

    @stgh _ ttarhnhmns nhtahtngh`eey gutsnja tda `epd`batnc`e grjar gi tdns sactngh, ` bnt

    enfa pgsntnghnhm tda bra`fgut st`r e`st nh tda crajnts `hj wntd tda prai`ca @hj

    Nhtrgjucnhm. @hj Nhtrgjucnhm; @stgh _`ttarhnhm tda uhjar-fhgwh, wdgea-bgjy

    `pprg`cd tg da`etd `hj da`enhm. ]dara`s l`hy lajnc`e prgiassngh`es `ttalpt tg

    cghhact tda jgts vn` tdanr st`hj`rj quastnghh`nra, @stgh spacn`ensts jg nt nh ra`e enia.

    Zday njahtniy tda nlb`e`hcas, tahjahcnas, `hj pgnhts gi wa`r `hj ta`r td`t l`fa a`cd

    gi us uhnqua. Zdns `eegws tdal tg igcus gh tda igrast `s gppgsaj tg tda traas, `hj tg

    tra`t b`saj upgh cghtrnbutnhm i`ctgrs.

    Zda pralnsa gi @stgh _`ttarhnhm ns td`t ygu brnhm ` eniatnla gi axparnahcas tg

    avarytdnhm ygu jg. ^gu lgva nh jaap-sa`taj w`ys, i`vgr p`st wguhjs, `hj raey upgh

    ya`rs gi pdysnc`e nhtuntngh. ^gu saejgl cglluha wntd ygur fnhastdatnc sahsa `hj

    snlpey jg wd`t ygu jg, tda w`y ygu `ew`ys d`va.

    @t rnsf gi gvar-snlpeninc`tngh, mggj @stgh pr`ctntnghar wnee sc`h ygu irgl tgp tg tga

    `hj `scart`nh tda rggt `hswar tg wdy ygura nh tda sntu`tngh ygura nh. Igr ax`lpea,

    gha fay cghtrnbutgr tg ly b`cf prgbeals ns ly rnmdt fhaa, nh wdncd N tgra ly @CE,

    LCE, `hj lahnscus. Zdns ns cglpguhjaj by ` rnmdt dnp td`ts subst`htn`eey eass

    ieaxnbea td`h ly eait. Gha rasuet d`s baah nlpariact b`e`hca, `s currahtey l`hniast nh

    ly E1/S0 jnsc nssua. @t ea`st td`ts ` tdagry. @hj sfaptnc`e `s N w`s prngr tg ly inrst

    @stgh sassngh, Nl buynhm nt hgw.

    Mnvah igcusaj cghsnjar`tngh sat, h @stgh pr`ctntnghar wnee daep raea`sa tahsngh

    `ra`s hj ra-prgmr`l lgvalaht p`ttarhs. Ni ygura `h @stgh hawbna, i`nr w`rhnhm

    (0); tda l`kgrnty gi tra`tlaht N axparnahcaj w`s `stghnsdnhmey subtea. Sg subtea `s tg

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    race`ssniy `ee tacdhnquas pravngusey cghsnjaraj subtea nh tda s`la grjar `s ` hg-dgejs-

    b`rraj Zurfnsd l`ss`ma. Sg subtea ygu l`y i`ee `seaap gh tda t`bea. @hj i`nr w`rhnhm

    (2); @stgh _`ttarhnhm ns hgt enfaey gh ygur nhsur`hca pe`hs cg-p`y gr (battar yat) hg-

    p`y ensts. Nt wnee ba snlpey p`y-`s-ygu-mg. Ghey tdns nhvastlaht lnmdt ra`eey cd`hma

    ygur enia. N w`efaj gut gi a`cd gi ly @stgh _`ttarhnhm sassnghs nh cghsnjar`bey battar

    cghjntngh td`h tda sgrry st`ta nh wdncd N `rrnvaj. ]grtd avary pahhy.

    Nh sull`ry, igr `s wnjaspra`j `s b`cf nhkurnas `hj b`cf p`nh `ra, tdaras

    surprnsnhmey enttea cghsnstahcy `lghm racgvary tacdhnquas. ]a tahj tg tdrgw l`hy

    hggjeas `m`nhst tda w`ee, dgpnhm tg inhj gha td`t stncfs. Nh tda cgursa gi ygur gwh

    trn`es, p`y `ttahtngh tg tda r`hma gi p`nh `hj raenai ygu axparnahca baigra, jurnhm, `hj

    `itar avary `ctnvnty. Nt l`y v`ry irgl j`y tg j`y, but trahjs sdguej alarma. Ghca

    tday jg `hj ygu c`h `ct gh tdal, ygur racgvary wnee m`nh spaaj.

    Gh tda arrgrs snja, lucd gi wd`t N axparnahcaj w`s hghatdaeass wgrtd tda aiigrt. Zda

    bnmmast ra`sgh ns td`t tda arrgrs (*axpegr`tnghs*) aenlnh`taj pgssnbnentnas. Dgpaiueey

    tda `bgva wnee daep staar ygu nh `h aiincnaht jnractngh wntdgut snlne`r tnla `hj

    axpahsa. Ni hgt `hj ygu haaj tg tdrgw tdgsa hggjeas igr ygursaei, `nl lnj-w`ee sg ygu

    jght d`va tg bahj tgg i`r tg ratrnava tdal.

    @s lahtnghaj `bgva, Nee axp`hj gh c`tamgrnas nhvgevnhm tda lgst j`y-tg-j`y

    nllarsngh, nhceujnhm; gutjggr spgrts `hj rac, `t-dgla c`enstdahncs, giinca stncs, `hj

    tda myl. Zdns enst wnee ba suppealahtaj by nja`s gh tr`vae, hutrntngh, rast, `hj

    `jjntngh`e tdnhms tg `vgnj. Ghw`rj.

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    Racgllahj`tnghsD`rj-dnttnhm nja`s igr mattnhm hj st`ynhm gh-tr`cf.

    Zdara `ra twg `jjntngh`e cart`nhtnas nh enia; 3) avarygha d`s `h gpnhngh6 `hj :) ygura

    prgb`bey hgt vary mggj `t igeegwnhm jnractnghs. @ iaw lnmdt rasgh`ta, but baigra eghm,

    yguee lgra enfaey ba iraastyenhm tg ygur gwh rgutnha td`h igeegwnhm hygha aesas

    scrnpt. Zda ahsunhm cghtaht tdaraigra cahtars gh ` waee-fhgwh prgt`mghnst; ygu.

    Cd`hcas ra, ygura pnhcdaj igr tnla, c`sd, `hj b`hjwnjtd. @s ram`rjs ygur b`cf, ygu

    d`va jnractngh`e cghvnctngh, ni hgt ` t`ctnc`e pe`h igr ra cdnhm pgnht B. Mggj haws; by

    p`ynhm `ttahtngh tg ` enlntaj sat gi fay lgvas, alpegynhm `h `j`pt`bea latdgjgegmy,

    `hj ral`nhnhm cgllnttaj, ygu tgg c`h put ygursaei nh strghmar pgsntngh td`h avar

    baigra.

    Zda igeegwnhm racgllahj`tnghs ra samlahtaj by egc`tngh hj c`tamgry, irgl ygur

    egc`e p`rf tg ygur dgla jgkg, tda myl, tda giinca, `hj pgnhts batwaah. Nh `jjntngh tg

    tda tg-jgsummastnghs, Nee `esg pgnht gut lgvas`hj cghcapts tg `vgnj. I`nr w`rhnhm;

    hgtdnhm dara ns mgnhm nhtg ` megssy l`m`znha. Dgpaiueey td`ts GF wntd ygu.

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    _`rf Rgutnha

    Eats bamnh nh tda gpah sp`cas, wdara ygu c`h stratcd ygur eams `hj s`vgr tda irasd `nr.

    Hgta; ni ygura nh nhtahsa p`nh, pgrtnghs gi tda igeegwnhm wnee hgt `ppey. @ee gtdars

    lgjniy tg sunt ygur st`tus.

    0. ]dah jnj ygu e`st ruh sprnhts7 By sprnhts N la`h dghast-tg-mggjhass sprnhts,

    Rgcfy-styea. Kust ygu, strnjnhm `crgss tda mraah mr`ss, `t wd`tavar ygu cghsnjar `

    b`raey sust`nh`bea p`ca. _ard`ps ygura c`stnhm ygur lnhj tg `h a`renar ar`; `ra

    wa t`efnhm inva ya`rs, tah, lgra7 Cd`hcas `ra, nts baah tgg eghm. Sprnhtars; ygu

    fhgw tda bahaints `ra i`ht`stnc. Zda wnhj `m`nhst ygur i`ca, ` r`pnj swa`t,

    sdgrthass gi bra`td irgl sglatdnhm gtdar td`h cenlbnhm twg ienmdts gi st`nrs, tda

    enst mgas gh.

    ]ntd sprnhts (`hj Nl raiarrnhm tg rae`tnva spaaj dara), ygur inthass wnee r`pnjey

    nlprgva hj ygur b`cf wnee ba mnvah `h gppgrtuhnty tg rae`x. Nh `jjntngh, yguee

    ba sp`raj tda pguhjnhm gi eghmar kgmmnhm sassnghs, ee wdnea ranhvnmgr`tnhm ygur

    i`st-twntcd lusceas. _ura mggjhass.

    Lgst sprnht j`ys (`pprgxnl`taey twnca par waaf, wa`tdar-parlnttnhm), N ruh

    igurtaah =1-0?? y`rj raps. N mahar`eey nhtarlnx sprnhts wntd `jjntngh e Zwahtnas-

    ar` axarcnsas, tg faap ly eams irasd `hj parlnt suiincnaht racgvary. Mnva tdns

    snlpeast gi rgutnhas hgtdar cd`hca. ^guee iaae tah ya`rs yguhmar. I`nr w`rhnhm;

    st`rt tda inrst iaw raps segw `hj m`tdar spaaj. Sgla ax-wuhjarfnhjs N fhgw d`va

    avar mgha gut tgg i`st, pueeaj ` d`lstrnhm, `hj enlpaj dgla. Hgt nja`e, trust la.

    2. F`r`gfans `hgtdar dnp-gpahar hj b`cf-tahsngh-raea`sa-v`eva, tg wdncd N `esg

    javgta 1? y`rjs t ` twnst. Ni yguva havar f`r`gfaj, st`rt by pgsntnghnhm ygursaei

    snjaw`ys tg tda jnractngh ygu nhtahj tg lgva. Eats `ssula tdns ns tg ygur rnmdt.

    Brnhm ygur eait iggt igrw`rj hj crgss ygur bgjy, e`hjnhm tg tda rnmdt gi ygur

    rnmdt iggt. Raturh ygur rnmdt iggt tg nts grnmnh`e pgsntngh, tdah quncfey tr`hsntngh

    ygur eait iggt badnhj ygursaei, uhtne nt `m`nh e`hjs tg tda rnmdt gi ygur rnmdt iggt.

    ^gur rnmdt iggt sdguej dgp quncfey tg nts grnmnh`e pgsntngh, hj rapa`t, irght hj

    b`cf, uhtne yguva cgvaraj ygur 1? y`rjs. Nts ` quncf lgva, dgp-dgp-dgp,

    nhvgevnhm `h nlpgrt`ht bnt gi truhf twnstnhm `hj dnp `ctngh. @s axcaptngh`eey

    nlpgrt`ht `s tda dnps `ra tg b`cf da`etd, N dnmdey racgllahj tdns axarcnsa. _eus,

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    nts tarrninc igr nlprgvnhm ygur iggtwgrf. Bahaints igr ygur b`cf6 bahaints igr tda

    j`hca ieggr.

    3. Bac`usa v`rnaty ns tda spnca gi `hy wgrfgut, N `esg ruh nh ravarsa. ]dy hgt7 Nts

    enfa tnla tr`vae wntdgut tda d`ssea gi wgrldgeas. @t tda s`la tnla, yguee haaj tg

    ba `eart tg sprnhfears, jr`nh`ma jntcdas, Injgs iartnenzar, `hj suhjry gtdar lnhgr

    b`rrnars tg ` surprnsa-iraa rgutnha. Scgut ygur tr`cf inrst, l`nht`nh ` str`nmdt

    cgursa, `hj ygu sdguej ba inha. Ruhhnhm nh ravarsa ns `hgtdar ax`lpea gi `

    lgtngh ygu prgb`bey jght pr`ctnca avary j`y, wdncd ns `ee tda lgra ra`sgh tg

    nhtamr`ta nt nhtg ygur pe`h `t ea`st twnca waafey. N mahar`eey cgllnt gha ravarsa

    rap igr avary inva igrw`rj, gi aqu`e jnst`hca hj `s cghtrgee`bey ieaat-iggtaj s

    pgssnbea.

    :.

    @hgtdar ce`ssnc ns tda sduiiea6 `.f.`. tda jaiahsnva st hca. Zda nhspnr`tngh igr tdns

    axarcnsa ns tda b`sfatb`ee jrnees gi ly ygutd, wdah N w`s gh tda jrnbbea a`cd ya`r

    irgl Hgvalbar tg L`rcd. @s tda h`la nlpenas, nts ` snjaw`ys sduiiea jasnmhaj tg

    nlprgva e`tar`e lgvalaht wdnea gpahnhm tda dnps. Nee mahar`eey jg igur raps nh

    a`cd jnractngh, cgvarnhm `pprgxnl`taey 1? y`rjs par rap. Zda lgtngh ns snlpea;

    wdnea ahm`mnhm ygur cgra, egwar ygur pgstarngr tg squ`t (gr ha`r-squ`t)

    pgsntngh, faapnhm ygur uppar eams p`r`eeae tg tda mrguhj. Lgva tg ygur rnmdt `t `

    brnsf p`ca, tgucdnhm ygur iaat igr ` ir`ctngh gi ` sacghj, tdah antdar turh `rguhj

    `hj ravarsa ygur ea`j eam (ni ygura gh ` 0??-y`rj inaej) gr sduiiea b`cf tg ygur

    st`rtnhm pgnht, i`cnhm tda s`la jnractngh. Igr iuee dggps ra-ah`ctlaht gr

    prasa`sgh tr`nhnhm, faap ygur p`els up `hj vnsu`enza tda megry gi jaiahsnva

    sdutjgwhs.

    1.

    Gcc`sngh`eey N jg kulpnhm k`cfs, tg rguhj gut tda _rasnjahtn`e _dysnc`e Inthass-

    styea rgutnha. Sd`ee wa7 Dgw `bgut ghca par waaf, twg sats gi 0??, peus igur 1?-

    y`rj snjaw`ys varsnghs7 ^gur c`ee. N tdnhf nt wguej ba mggj. Hg haaj tg wa`r

    ygur sdgrts gutsnja ygur swa`ts gr cguht `eguj dara. Kust jg nt.

    9. B`cf p`nh raenai c`h ba ` quast igr tr`ctngh. ^gu w`ht nt wdaravar ygu c`h mat nt.

    Sglatnlas, prnl`rney S`turj`ys hj Suhj`ys igr la, tdns la`hs t`fnhm jv`ht`ma

    gi pe`ymrguhjs hgrl`eey rasarvaj igr r`lbuhctngus igur-ya`r gejs. N staar cea`r

    gi tda cenlbnhm w`ees, rgpa e`jjars, `hj senjas, `hj prgcaaj str`nmdt tg tda

    lghfay b`rs. @ mggj twg-lnhuta d`hm c`h wgrf wghjars igr egwar b`cf p`nh.

    Ni ygur egc`e b`rs `ra luhcdfnh-eavae `hj ygura uh`bea tg iueey axtahj, jght eat

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    td`t ba `h axcusa. Stratcd ygur eams nh irght gi ygu, brnhm ygur daaes tg tda mrguhj

    `hj, wdnea d`hmnhm, prass ygur s`crgnen`c a`rtdw`rj by ahm`mnhm ygur cgra, nh

    antdar eghm (01 sacghj) gr sdgrt (1 sacghj) raps. Zda enttea fnjs l`y inhj ygu gjj,

    tda bnm fnjs ly inhj tdalsaevas ka`egus. ^gu, dgwavar, wnee inhj swaat raenai.

    Nh sull`ry, tda nja` ns tg l`fa tdasa lgvas ygur gwh. Zdayra `ee pgssnbea nh uhjar

    twahty lnhutas hj wnee daep nlprgva ygur b`cf da`etd wdnea `iigrjnhm

    c`rjngv`scue`r + mnenty bahaints. Ni ygu iaae saei-cghscngus, eat nt p`ss. Zdns ns ygur

    b`cf wara t`efnhm `bgut.

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    @t Dgla

    Ly i`lney `hj N enva nh ` 0>24 cr`itsl`h td`ts iuee gi qunrfs gtdarwnsa prglgtaj `s

    cd`rl. Ly l`h sp`ca ns nh tda b`salaht, `ee 0?? squ`ra iaat gi nt. Lnhus ` cgucd, `

    jrassar jgubenhm s taeavnsngh st`hj, `hj ` snja t`bea iuee gi bggfs, Nl eait wntd

    `pprgxnl`taey 9? squ`ra iaat gi axarcnsa `ra`. Nts lgra td`h suiincnaht.

    Zda grm`hnznhm prnhcnpea gi `t-dgla inthass ns td`t `hy tnla c`h ba wgrfgut tnla. Zah

    lnhutas batwaah w`fnhm up `hj dgppnhm nhtg tda sdgwar; wgrfgut tnla. Anmdt

    lnhutas igeegwnhm jnhhar cea`hup hj baigra sahjnhm tda fnjs tg baj; wgrfgut tnla.

    _rgcr`stnh`tngh tnla; wgrfgut tnla. Initaah lnhutas ygu lnmdt gtdarwnsa spahj gh

    al`ne; td`ts rnmdt, wgrfgut tnla. Beahj nt nhtg ygur j`ney rgutnha `hj nt wnee ba

    nlpgssnbea tg nl`mnha enia wntdgut nt.

    ^gu jg hgt haaj tg cglpeata ` iuee axarcnsa rapartgnra j`ney, eat `egha nh ` snhmea

    sassngh. Nts i`r lgra crntnc`e ygu jg sglatdnhm avary j`y `hj praiar`bey lgra td`h

    ghca. Ni td`ts tdraa stratcdas nh tda lgrhnhm, igeegwaj by `hgtdar tdraa `t hnmdt,

    igeegwaj by wanmdts `hj fatteabaees tda haxt j`y, gr `hy `-e`-c`rta cglbnh`tngh td`t

    wgrfs igr ygu, sg ba nt. ^gura nh cd`rma.

    Zda igeegwnhm ns cghsgenj`taj sat gi nja`s irgl lghm tdgus`hjs gi etarh`tnvas,

    prasahtaj nh tda grjar N lgst cgllghey c`rry tdal gut. Zdayra `ee lnx-`hj-l`tcd-

    `bea `hj l`hy c`h ba rasa`rcdaj ghenha. Inhj tda cglbgs `hj v`rn`tnghs td`t wgrf

    igr ygu, wntd gha axcaptngh; jght jg `hytdnhm td`t jgashtdaep ygu iaae battar.

    0. N mahar`eey bamnh wntd tda c`t-b`cf, sw`y b`cf. _e`ca ygur d`hjs `hj fhaas gh

    tda ieggr, `t hnhaty jamraas, ygur b`cf eavae enfa ` t`beatgp. @rcd ygur b`cf

    upw`rj `s dnmd `s pgssnbea, pueenhm ygur t`nebgha uhjarha`td ygur dnps. Zdah nh

    tda gppgsnta jnractngh, `rcd ygur b`cf nhtg ` cghvax sd`pa, baeey egw tgw`rj tda

    mrguhj, `hj prass ygur t`nebgha gutw`rj. Rapa`t 0? tnlas, wntd ` inva-sacghj

    p`usa `t bgtd tda dnmd `hj egw pgsntnghs.

    2. Ghca ra`sgh`bey w`rlaj up, nts tnla igr sgla bnm rubbar b`ee `ctngh. E`y

    cdast-jgwh tgp h nhie`taj axarcnsa b`ee (praiar`bey 91-=1cl cnrculiarahca).

    Igr l`xnlul s`cr`e raenai, sntu`ta ygur dnps `t tda tgp gi tda b`ee `hj jr`pa ygur

    tgrsg gvar tda irght. (Zdns ns tda ra`sgh yguee w`ht ` e`rma b`ee.) Faap ygur fhaas

    gii tda ieggr `hj dgej igr ` tah-cguht. Zdah paae ygursaei uprnmdt `hj rapgsntngh

    snjaw`ys gh tda b`ee. Raturh ygur dnps tg tda tgp, ra-jr`pa ygur tgrsg, dgej igr

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    `hgtdar tah-cguht, `hj rapa t gh tda gppgsnta snja. Ghca yguva cgvaraj ygur

    irght, rnmdt, `hj eait snjas, e`y b`cf-jgwh `tgp tda b`ee `hj rae`x igr `hgtdar segw

    tah-cguht.

    L`yba yguva saah tda bnm rubbar b`ee nh `h nhiglarcn`e, l`yba ygur cdnrgpr`ctgr

    gr ` irnahj d`s summastaj nt, gr l`yba yguva hgtncaj gha nh ygur egc`e spgrtnhm

    mggjs stgra. Ni ygu jght `era`jy gwh gha, jght jae`y. Ni ygu jg, cghsnjar `

    sacghj igr tda giinca, antdar `s ` substntuta sa`t gr tg st y prg`ctnva gh tda kgb. Nt

    wnee l`fa ` duma jniiarahca `hj brnhm haw la`hnhm tg banhm gh tda b`ee.

    3. Zda truhf twnstns `hgtdar st`hjby. Zwg `pprg`cdas prajglnh`ta. Inrst; Irgl `

    sa`taj pgsntngh, enit ygur rnmdt iggt gvar ygur eait fhaa, pgsntngh ygur eait

    aebgw/uppar `rl gh ygur rnmdt fhaa `hj ygur rnmdt d`hj gh tda ieggr badnhj,

    twnst `hj dgej igr tah sacghjs, tdah rapa`t gh ygur gppgsnta snja. @hj sacghj;

    Irgl ` eynhm jgwh pgsntngh, dgej ygur `rls tg tda snja nh tda igrl gi ` Z. Enit

    ygur eait eam up `hj `crgss ygur rnmdt snja, faapnhm tda uppar `hj egwar pgrtnghs

    gi ygur crgssnhm eam `t hnhaty jamraas. Brnhm ygur eait eam `s i`r tg tda rnmdt `s

    cgligrt`bey pgssnbea. ^gu sdguej iaae tda stratcd nh ygur egwar b`cf `hj dnps.

    Dgej igr tah sacghjs, tdah rapa`t gh tda gppgsnta snja. Gi tda twg `pprg`cdas,

    tda sacghj d`s prgjucaj cghsnstahtey jaapar stratcdas igr la, tdgumd N `esg inhj

    nt pgtahtn`eey rnsfnar jua tg tda nhdaraht tgrqua gi tda lgva. Mnva bgtd

    `pprg`cdas ` try `hj iaae ygur ieaxnbnenty nlprgva i`st.

    :. Zdah tdaras tda paevnc tnet. E`y gh ygur b`cf, fhaas baht, iaat ie`t gh tda ieggr.

    R`nsa ygur egwar b`cf tg wdara tda `ra` irgl ygur sdguejars tg fhaas ns ie`t, tdah

    egwar `hj rapa`t twahty tnlas. Segwey. Enit ygur tgas igr jaapar stratcd. N

    spahj tda mra`tar p`rt gi ly ieggr rgutnha jacglprassnhm nh tda gppgsnta

    jnractngh nh tdns ax`lpea eynhm gh ly b`cf `hj prassnhm tgw`rj tda ieggr.

    Dgwavar, nts aqu`eey nlpgrt`ht tg pnvgt nh tda gppgsntajnractngh, wdncd tda

    paevnc tnet ns jasnmhaj tg jg. St`y jnenmaht `bgut tdns gha6 r`hma gi lgtngh wnee

    faap ygu spry.

    1.

    Qpgh nhtrgjuctngh tg tda psg`s stratcd, N cguejht spaee psg`s. (Hgta igr `spnrnhm

    spaeenhm baa cd`lpnghs `hj dnmdey lgtnv`taj p`rahts.) Zda lgva ns a`sy.

    _gsntngh ygur rnmdt eam, qu`jrncaps-jgwh, gh bahcd, sgi`, l`ttrass, gr hy gtdar

    ntal c`p`bea gi dgejnhm ygur wanmdt wdnea eegwnhm iraajgl gi lgvalaht wntd

    ygur eait eam. Ea`h upw`rj `hj b`cf gh ygur rnmdt eam by prassnhm ygur eait eam

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    nhtg tda ieggr, iaaenhm ` stratcd nh tda mrgnh `ra` `eghm tda irght rnmdt snja gi ygur

    paevns. Dgej igr tah sacghjs, tdah rapa`t gh tda gppgsnta eam. Ni ygura wghjarnhm

    wdy tda psg`s stratcd ns nlpgrt`ht, Nee usa psg`s nh ` sahtahca; @ tnmdt psg`s c`h

    squaaza egwar b`cf jnscs `hj enlnt dnp rgt`tngh. Zdasa `ra cea`r hat ham`tnvas.

    Stratcd ygur pgs`n j`ney.

    9.

    @ cahtr`e avaht gi tda `t-dgla wgrfgut ns cgra strass. E`y gh ygur b`cf `hj ieax

    ygur cgra. Rapa`t 3?? tnlas. Snlpeast axarcnsa avar. Y`ry tda curva gi ygur

    egwar b`cf avary inity raps. St`rt wntd ygur egwar b`cf prassaj inrley `m`nhst tda

    ieggr igr tda inrst inity, tdah rae`x ygur b`cf `hj `eegw sp`ca batwaah ygur b`cf

    `hj tda ieggr igr tda haxt inity, tdah ` enttea lgra sp`ca `m`nh igr tda haxt sat

    baigra raturhnhm tg tda st`rtnhm pgnht gi tda trn`j. Jurnhm tda sats wdara ygur

    egwar b`cf jgas hgt bamnh prassaj inrley `m`nhst tda ieggr, tda lgva ns tg sta`jney

    jrgp ygur b`cf tg tda ieggr wdnea iueey ahm`mnhm ygur cgra. Jght se`l ygur egwar

    b`cf tg tda ieggr6 lgva wntd cghtrge `hj pracnsngh. Zdara `ra iaw enlnts tg tda

    pe`cas ygu c`h jg tdns axarcnsa `hj iawar stnee tg tda bahaint gi nt.

    =. Zda pe`hfwnee `esg daep nlprgva tda sturjnhass gi ygur egwar b`cf. Irgl ` i`ca-

    jgwh pgsntngh, aeav`ta ygur bgjy ghtg ygur igra`rls, ea`h up ghtg ygur tgas,

    stniiah ygur b`cf nhtg ` pariact pe`ha, vnsu`enza wd`t nhspnras ygu, `hj dgej ygur

    pgsntngh igr 9?->? sacghjs. @s wntd l`hy cgra axarcnsas, tdara `ra lgjninc`tnghs

    m`egra, lgst hgt`bey eam `hj `rl axtahsnghs. Axparnlaht. Ni tday wgrf igr ygu,

    by `ee la`hs rai`sdngh `hj nhcgrpgr`ta tdal. Ly qugt` ns tdraa tnlas par waaf.

    4. Spa`fnhm gi lgjninc`tnghs, tda snja pe`hfns `h gbenqua-dnttnhm nhtarprat`tngh gi

    tda `bgva. Aeav`ta ygur bgjy ghtg ygur rnmdt igra`rl (gr eait, ni td`ts ygur

    praiarahca). Snlne`r tg tda jgwhw`rj-i`cnhm pe`hf, dgej ygur pgsntngh igr :1-9?

    sacghjs par snja. @jj enmdt julbbaees, c`hhaj pnhtg ba`hs, gr `hy gtdar wanmdt

    tg ygur iraa d`hj `hj axtahj ygur d`hj jgwhw`rj tdrgumd tda sp`ca batwaah

    ygur aeav`taj cgra `hj tda ieggr, tdah upw`rj tg tda sfy igr tda jur`tngh gi ygur

    wgrfgut. Z`rmat ` lnhnlul gi 3? raps.

    >.

    Bac`usa egwar b`cf pgwar ns jnractey cgrrae`taj wntd dnp ieaxnbnenty, yguee w`ht tg

    crgss ygur eams wdnea gh ygur b`cf. E`y gh tda ieggr `hj crgss ygur eams `s

    tdgumd ygu wara snttnhm nh ` cd`nr; rnmdt `hfea gh eait fhaa. Zdah ra`cd tdrgumd

    tda sp`ca batwaah ygur rnmdt `hj eait eams, mr`b tda b`cf gi ygur eait eam, `hj puee

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    ygur eait eam tgw`rj ygur cdast, wdncd wnee brnhm ygur rnmdt eam `eghm wntd nt. Dgej

    igr ` tah cguht, tdah swntcd. Zdraa sats j`ney.

    0?. N gitah `jj ` jgsa gi taatar-tgttar. St`hj gh gha eam. Dgej ygur d`hjs nh irght

    `hj segwey egwar ygur tgrsg tg ` pgsntngh gi hnhaty jamraas, axtahjnhm ygur

    gppgsnta eam badnhj. _`usa `t hnhaty jamraas, cra`tnhm ` Z irgl ygur da`j,

    tdrgumd ygur sdguejars, `hj b`cf tg ygur tgas. Jurnhm tda saquahca, ygur d`hjs

    sdguej i`ee nh tda jnractngh gi tda ieggr. Ni ygura `bea tg tgucd tda ieggr tarrninc.

    Ni hgt, axtahj `s egw `s pgssnbea. Zdah segwey raturh tg st`rtnhm pgsntngh `hj

    swntcd tg ygur gppgsnta iggt. Rapa`t 1-0? tnlas par snja. Zdns ns ` st`bnenty tast.

    Gvar tnla, gr ni ygura `era`jy strghm gh ygur iaat, dgej ` enmdt wanmdt nh ygur

    d`hjs, ba`rnhm nh lnhj tda gbkactnva ns cghtrge `hj b`e`hca. S`va ygur pgwar igr

    gtdar axarcnsas.

    00.

    Jurnhm prngr inthass rah`nss`hca, Bgsuw`s `ee tda r`ma. Nt ral`nhs `h ee-tnla

    i`vgrnta. Nh kust tdraa lnhutas, N c`h jg 0?? snja-tg-snja dgps, 1? lguht`nh

    cenlbars, 1? pusdups, `hj 3? sacghjs gi snja pe`hf par snja. St`taj jniiarahtey,

    td`ts 0??, 1?, `hj 1? nh twg lnhutas. ^gu d`va twg lnhutas tg sp`ra. N fhgw

    ygu jg. Mnva nt ` sdgt baigra ygur lgrhnhm cgiiaa, gr upgh raturhnhm dgla irgl

    tda giinca. Zda sacrat ns l`fnhm tnla `hj wntd Bgsu `hj lgst gi tda gtdar

    axarcnsas lahtnghaj dara, ygu jght haaj lucd. @jj tda snja pe`hfs wntd ygur

    axtr` lnhuta. @hj dgp `bg`rj igr gh-Bgsu taatar-tgttars wdah pgssnbea, enfa

    wdnea w`tcdnhm Sas la Straat wntd tda fnjs. (L`cdg, nhjaaj.)

    02. Zda `jv`ht`mas gi Fatteabaeesc`hhgt ba gvarst`taj. _ncf up gha gr lgra igr

    ygursaei `hj st`rt swnhmnhm. Nh tda prgcass, yguee gpah ygur dnps, strahmtdah

    ygur cgra, `hj wntd prgpar tacdhnqua `t `h nja`e wanmdt, aeav`ta ygur puesa. Zdns

    ns `hgtdar ax`lpea gi ` quncf-turh, dnmd-nlp`ct axarcnsa. Gha duhjraj swnhms

    mahar`eey raqunra irgl twg tg igur lnhutas, japahjnhm upgh wdatdar gr hgt

    bra`fs `ra nhceujaj. @hj jght ba b`sdiue `bgut bra`fnhm, `s igrl ns supar-

    nlpgrt`ht dara. Zda lglaht ygu iaae ygur swnhm igrl st`rt uhr`vaenhm, mnva ygur

    baees ` rast `hj ramrgup baigra cghtnhunhm tg ygur t`rmat hulbar gi raps. @hgtdar

    racg; ni ygu wgrf gut nh irght gi ` taeavnsngh, turh nt gii. ^guee w`ht tg faap ygur

    ayas igrw`rj, b`cf str`nmdt, hj cghcahtr tngh inxaj igr tda jur`tngh gi ygur

    swnhms.

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    03. Zda lajncnha b`eens `esg p`rt gi ly M`las gi tda YNN Geylpn`j sarnas. Igr

    st`rtars, usa tda lajncnha b`ee igr cgra stratcdnhm, hgt strahmtd. Bamnh wntd ` enmdt

    wanmdt hj twnst snja-tg-snja, mahtey cra`tnhm ieaxnbnenty crgss ygur gbenquas hj

    tdrgumdgut ygur tgrsg. Gvar tnla, iaae iraa tg nhcra`sa wanmdt `hj igcus gh

    stratcdnhm. Nva hgt usaj lajncnha b`ees igr cruhcdas, b`cf-`hj-igrtd tgssas, gr

    `hy purpgsa gtdar td`h stratcdnhm. Zdns nsht tg s`y tda luetntuja gi gtdar

    lajncnha b`ee usas `raht v`enj, Nsnlpey saa tda strass/bahaint r`tng `s hgt

    wgrfnhm nh i`vgr gr ` parsgh wntd egwar b`cf nssuas.

    0:. _guhj-igr-pguhj,surmnc`e tubnhmrueas. Gvar tda p`st ya`r, Nvausaj tubnhm igr

    d`lstrnhm, cgra, b`cf, dnps, `hj bncaps wgrf. Bast gi `ee, tubnhm ns dnmdey

    tr`hspgrt`bea `hj c`h ba quncfey custglnzaj. Igr d`lstrnhms, e`y gh ygur b`cf,

    dgej gha tubnhm ahj nh a`cd d`hj, pgsntngh tda tubnhm nhtg tda `rcd gi gha iggt,

    str`nmdtah tda s`la eam, `hj puee tda tubnhm t`ut. Axtahj ygur eam igr ` segw tah-

    cguht, tdah swntcd eams.

    Igr cgra wgrf, wr`p tda tubnhm `rguhj ` pgst, dgej tda ahjs nh irght `hj stap

    `w`y uhtne tda tubnhm ns tnmdt but hgt ` str`nh tg dgej nh pe`ca. Zdah twnst wdnea

    dgejnhm tda tubnhm ahjs nh irght wntd bgtd d`hjs. Japahjnhm upgh tda strahmtd gi

    tda tubnhm, t`rmat 21 twnsts nh a`cd jnractngh.

    Igr b`cf wgrf, dgej tda ahjs gi tda tubnhm `bgva ygur da`j `s tdgumd ygu wara

    jgnhm ` pueejgwh. Zdah rapenc`ta ` pueejgwh. ^gu l`y haaj tg wr`p tda tubnhm

    `rguhj ygur d`hjs tg cra`ta ahgumd rasnst`hca igr tdns tg wgrf. @s avar, lgjniy.

    Zg tdns pgnht, Nva raiarraj tg surmnc`e tubnhm `s gppgsaj tg inthass b`hjs. D`vnhm

    wgrfaj wntd bgtd, N praiar tubnhm igr gha prnl`ry ra`sgh; tubnhm (`t ea`st lnha)

    d`s d`hjeas.

    01. Irgl tnla tg tnla (n.a. twnca waafey), N uhea`sd tda ig`l rgeear `hj wntd nt

    ggjeas gi saei-nhienctnhm yat enbar`tnhm p`nh. Zda bnmmast ra`sghs N cghtnhua

    raturhnhm tg tda rgeear `ra; 0) nt daeps jnssnp`ta e`ctnc `cnj bunejup6 `hj 2) nt daeps

    stratcd vn` cglprassngh tda NZ (nengtnbn`e) b`hj, qu`jrncaps, d`lstrnhms, c`evas,

    parnigrlns, hj vnrtu`eey hy gtdar ra` gi tda bgjy gvar wdncd gha lnmdt rgee

    gvar ` pnaca gi ig`l wdnea `ppeynhm ea`st =1ebs gi bgjy wanmdt. Ly rgeear d`s ` 9-

    nhcd jn`latar, ns 39-nhcdas eghm, `hj wanmds `pprgxnl`taey 0eb. @s pgwariue `s nt

    ns enmdtwanmdt, tda rgeear ns hgtwaee-suntaj tg igcusaj egwar b`cf cglprassngh.

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    ]grf nh tda hanmdbgrdggj gi tda egwar b`cf, hgt jnractey gh tda egwar b`cf ntsaei.

    ^guee enfaey inhj tda rasuets lucd battar.

    Nh sull`ry, tda `t-dgla wgrfgut cahtars gh puttnhm ygursaei nh pgsntngh tg succaaj.

    Zdara wnee ba j`ys wdah ygu jght iaae enfa jgnhm `hytdnhm gr ygur scdajuea d`s ygu

    wgrfnhm enfa ira`f. Nts GF. ^gu jght d`va tg axarcnsa avary j`y. Zda p`r`jgx ns,

    wntd lgra gptnghs `t ygur jnspgs`e, yguee ba eass enfaey tg w`ht tg jg hgtdnhm, hj

    d`va iawar saei-r`tngh`enz`tnghs igr hytdnhm gtdar td`h sglatdnhm.

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    @t tda Myl

    Mnvah tda hulbar gi dnmd-qu`enty wgrfgut etarh`tnvas hj praiarahca igr v`rnaty, N

    saejgl nhvast lgra td`h tdnrty lnhutas nh `hy myl sassngh. N `esg enlnt ly rgutnha tg

    `ctnvntnas td`t c`h ba jgha `t tda myl `hj hgwdara aesa. Zda ra`sgh ns td`t iuhctngh`e

    strahmtd ns fnhm `hj ca`saeass rapatntngh ns nts dgbmgbenh. @s yguee saa, tdaras hgtdnhm

    trahjy dara. Hgtdnhm haw-`ma gr tacdhg-rniinc. Kust mggj lgvas nh sdgrt grjar.

    0. _ueejgwhs`ra ly typnc`e st`rtnhm pgnht. N usa ahgumd wanmdt tg nhcur da`vy

    rasnst`hca, but hgt sg lucd `s tg rgcf gut gi cghtrge. N mahar`eey jg twg sats gi 0:,

    `t ` wanmdt sucd td`t by tda 0:tdrap, N st`rt iaaenhm `h nhcenh`tngh tg sw`y. (N tahj

    tg wgrf nh luetnpeas gi =, ygu7) @ fay `jv`ht`ma gi tda pueejgwh ns tda ahigrcaj

    stratcd batwaah ygur uppar d`ei `s pueeaj upw`rj by ygur d`hjs dgejnhm tda b`r,

    `hj ygur egwar d`ei `s daej nh pe`ca `t tda qu`j eavae by ` saei-`jkustnhm p`j.

    Mggj igr stratcd6 mggj igr strahmtd.

    2. Zda bahcd prassral`nhs inxtura. Nja`eey ygura enitnhm ygur bgjy wanmdt `t

    ea`st tah tnlas. Antdar w`y, st`rt `t ` wanmdt ygu c`h prass tah tnlas wntdgut

    strass. @jj ebs. tg ra`cd tda s`la `lguht `s ygur bgjy wanmdt `hj jg `hgtdar sat

    gi tah. By tda 0?tdrap gi tda sacghj sat, ygu sdguej st`rt iaaenhm ` burh. Jg

    `hgtdar sat gi `t ea`st anmdt, `t lgst 0?. Ni ygu c`h mg lgra td`h 0? gh tda tdnrj

    sat, `jj nrgh jurnhm ygur haxt sassngh. Zdns axarcnsa ns ma`raj lgra tgw`rj tgt`e

    bgjy inthass td`h b`cf da`etd, tdgumd tda twg `ra nhaxtrnc`bey enhfaj.

    3. Lgvnhm `eghm tg tda uprnmdt rgw, `hgtdar iguhj`tngh`e ce`ssnc. Zda `pprg`cd

    dara ns tda s`la `s igr pueejgwhs; twg sats gi 0:, wntd pariact tacdhnqua. @jj

    wanmdt `s cegsnhm raps bacgla a`sy, but jght strummea. Zda e`st tdnhm ygu w`ht tg

    jg ns str`nh ygur egwar b`cf wdnea axarcnsnhm ygur uppar b`cf, wdncd d`s ` jnract

    ba`rnhm gh tda waeehass gi ygur egwar b`cf. Jgnhm sg wguej ba `h`egmgus tg

    pncfnhm up ` igur-ya`r-gej wntdgut bahjnhm ygur fhaas. ^gu fhgw ygu fhgw

    battar.

    :.

    Haxt ns tda pactgr`e iey, tda gbkactnva gi wdncd mgas bayghj tda cgttgh/pgey t-

    sdnrt. N cglpeata gha sat gi 24 gh ` pac l`cdnha, wntd tda mg`e gi wgrfnhm tg

    i`neura gh tda 24td. Ni pgssnbea, `hj ni ygura gh ` l`cdnha td`t parlnts nt, turh

    `rguhj `hj `jkust tda d`hjeas igr tda ravarsa iey. @ee nh tda h`la gi banhm strghm

    (`hj b`e`hcaj) enfa ` buee, irghtsnja `hj b`cf.

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    1. Samua tg Ravarsa Iey, igr mggj pgstura `hj tg faap tda uppar b`cf `enmhaj. N

    mahar`eey jg gha sat gi 24, alpd`snznhm tacdhnqua `hj `jjnhm ebs. `s haajaj.

    Zdgumd nh trutd, nts saejgl N `jj wanmdt tg `hy gi tdasa axarcnsas. Ni Nl k`llnhm

    tdrgumd ly rgutnha wntd prgpar tacdhnqua `t dnmd spaaj, Neejavgta `hy sp`ra

    tnla tg c`rjng.

    9. ]nja-mrnp pueeups`ra ` c`ee gi tda wnej igr `hy mylmgar. Zdayra praiar`bea tg

    e`t pueejgwhs igr tgt`e uppar-b`cf strahmtd `hj `ra `lghm tda wgrejs eghmast-

    ruhhnhm pdysnc`e cghjntnghnhm tasts. ]ntd pueeups, tdaras hgwdara tg ruh,

    hgwdara tg dnja `hj yas, avaryghas cguhtnhm. Mat gvar nt. _ueeups `ra mggj igr

    ygu, tdgumd uhenfa pueejgwhs, tday jght iigrj tda gppgrtuhnty tg inx ygur egwar

    d`ei nh pe`ca. La`hnhm yguee haaj tg rasnst tda cglpuesngh tg sw`y, gr stgp

    sw`ynhm ghca nt st`rts. Sdgw ygursaei 0: `hj faap mgnhm. ]dah Nl axcaptngh`eey

    prassaj igr tnla, N jrgp by tda myl igr tdns axarcnsa `egha. Hg cd`hma gi cegtdas.

    Zwg sats, tdah gut. Ni ygur pueeup rgutnha ns st`rtnhm wntd gha sat gi gha, td`ts

    cgge, tgg. @t ea`st ygura daajnhm tda c`ee.

    =. Zdah tdara `ra cegsa-mrnp pueeups, tda kuhngr v`rsnty varsngh gi tda wnja-mrnp.

    Zdgumd stnee ramnstarnhm gh tda tgumd-g-latar, cegsa-mrnps `raht wgrtd `

    jajnc`taj trnp tg tda myl. Zdayra hgt b`j, `hj tda tr`ctngh-nhjucnhm puee

    prgvnjas ` jacaht egwar-b`cf stratcd. But iaw pagpea `ttahtnvaey cguht tdal `hj

    wdah tday jg, tday jnscguht tda hulbar, ax. `d, but tdgsa wara cegsa-mrnp. Jg

    tdal ni ygu lust. N wght s`y `hytdnhm.

    4. Japahjnhm gh gutjggr cghjntnghs hj tda iegw gi tda waaf, N gcc`sngh`eey dgp

    `bg`rj tda tra`jlnee. Nts egwar-nlp`ct td`h tda straat, but stnee hgt `wasgla igr

    tda b`cf. St`rt segw ni yguva hgt ruh nh ` iaw waafs. @s ygu m`nh strahmtd, N

    racgllahj tda ghey tra`jlnee wgrfgut td`t d`s fapt ly `ttahtngh; tda 1,:,3,2,0

    (x2). La`hnhm 1 d`rj (n.a. `t ` dnmd but sust`nh`bea p`ca), 1 a`sy (n.a. `t ` segw,

    talpg p`ca), : d`rj, : a`sy, & atc. @lghm tda tr`cf crgwj, tdns wgrfgut ns fhgwh

    `s ` i`rteaf. ^as, td`t wgrj ns prghguhcaj pdghatnc`eey. @hj yas, td`t p`ssas igr

    ruhhars dulgr. Mnva nt ` try `hj nhcra`sa spaaj, nhcenha, `hj nhtahsnty wntd a`cd

    sassngh. Nja`eey yguee ba jaap nh tda durt egcfar by tda ahj.

    >. B`cf da`etd gcc`sngh`eey hacassnt`tas l`hauvars ygu lnmdt hgt gtdarwnsa

    cghsnjar - enfa k`llnhm gh tda aeenptnc`e tr`nhar. _ra-nhkury, N cghsnjaraj

    aeenptnc`e tr`nhars tda uhahvn`bea jgl`nh gi ratnraas. Zdah `h aeenptnc`e bac`la

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    ly c`rjngv`scue`r s`ev`tngh. Zgucd. Zg ly jaenmdt, Nva iguhj aeenptnc`es egw-

    nlp`ct (a`sy gh tda b`cf), luetnpurpgsa (l`hy lgjaes jgubea `s ` st`nrl`star),

    `hj pariact igr mahar tnhm ` quncf burh. Zdgumd subgptnl`e igr d`rj-cgra

    ahjur`hca tr`nhnhm, tdayra hghatdaeass usaiue igr rabunejnhm b`snc inthass hj

    ieaxnbnenty. ]grj tg tda int; raspact tda aeenptnc`e.

    0?. Nhjggr cycenhmns a`snar gh tda kgnhts td`h lgst c`rjng rgutnhas `hj stnee wgrtd

    twahty lnhutas tnla, ghca par waaf (ni hgt lgra igr tda paj`enhm nhcenhaj). N

    racgllahj spnhhnhm bnfas inrst, cdnaiey bac`usa tdayra egw -prassura gh tda b`cf,

    aspacn`eey wdah tda d`hjeab`rs `ra r`nsaj tg dnp eavae `hj ` dnmd-qu`enty s`jjea ns

    p`rt gi tda fnt. Raculbaht st`tngh`ry bnfas c`h `esg prgva wgrtdwdnea, tdgumd

    tda racenhaj pgsntngh d`s d`j ` tahjahcy tg nrrnt`ta ly egwar b`cf. @s igr uprnmdt

    st`tngh`rnas, tdayra battar td`h raculbahts, tdgumd tda st`hj`rj-nssua irynhm-

    p`h-snzaj sa`ts c`h `jj prassura wdara prassura nsht jasnr`bea. (^a`d, tdara.)

    Hat; usa mggj kujmlaht.

    Nh sull`ry, tda myl wnee hgt mat ygu `ee tda w`y tg wdara ygu haaj tg ba. But nts

    hgt b`j, antdar. Igr tda eass `cqu`nhtaj, tda pariact sntu`tngh wguej ba igr ` tr`nhar tg

    nhtrgjuca ygu tg prgpar tacdhnqua, dgw tg usa tda l`cdnhas, `hj wdara tg nhtamr`ta `

    julbbaee rgutnha. Ce`ssas c`h ba mggj, tgg - hgt`bey tdgsa wntd ` raput`tngh igr

    ea`vnhm p`rtncnp`hts sacghjs irgl tgt`e cgee`psa.

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    Gh tda Kgb

    ]dah ygura l`h`mnhm ygur b`cf da`etd irgl tda giinca, ygura eggfnhm itar tda bgjy

    td`t iuaes tda lnhj td`t jrnvas tda rasuets igr wdncd ygur t`ne ns raspghsnbea. Nja`tngh;

    0. St`rt by tdnhfnhm jnps. Inhj ` eajma, hgh-swnvae cd`nr, cguhtar, gr t`bea. I`ca

    gutw`rj, pe`ca ygur p`els gh tda inxtura badnhj ygu, `hj lgva ygur iaat igrw`rj

    wdnea egwarnhm ygur tgrsg. ^guee ba dgejnhm ygursaei up wntd ygur `rls `hj

    `eegwnhm mr`vnty tg jrgp ygur fanstar, vartabr`a, hj s`crgnen`c nh tda jnractngh gi

    tda ieggr. Nh tda prgcass, yguee ba cra`tnhm sp ca nh ygur egwar b`cf `hj

    stratcdnhm tda surrguhjnhm lusceas.

    2.

    Javgta ` iaw lnhutas tg jggrw`y d`hms. Inhj ` jggrw`y irgl wdncd ygu c`h

    d`hm (dahca tda h`la6 nhhgv`tnva, N ra`enza), `hj jg ygur bast Curngus Magrma

    nlprassngh. Igr l`xnlul bahaint, pe`ca ` cd`nr nh irght `hj enit ygur daaes ghtg

    tda cd`nr, nlprgvnhm tr`ctngh `hj rapenc`tnhm tda aiiact gi jnps by cra`tnhm sp`ca nh

    ygur egwar b`cf.

    3. Faap nh lnhj tda nlpgrt`hca gi d`lstrnhm stratcdas. Inhj ` sp ra cd`nr, inea

    c`bnhat, suppgrtnhm ba`l gi ` jasf, st`cf gi rabae-wntd-`-c`usa bggfs, lnhn-

    irnjma, `hytdnhm td`t wnee daep ygu aeav`ta ygur eams (gha-`t-`-tnla) `hj p`nheassey

    stratcd ygur d`lstrnhms. Ralalbar; ygur d`lstrnhms d`va axcaptngh`e nhieuahca

    gh ygur egwar b`cf. Zra`t tdal tg ` enttea egva tdrgumdgut ygur wgrfj`y `hj

    tdayee raturh tda sahtnlaht wdah nts pe`ytnla.

    :. Zry ` iaw truhf twnstsirgl ygur giinca cd`nr. Zdayra st`rtenhmey snlpea. Ra`cd

    ygur `rl `crgss ygur cdast `hj mr`b tda b`cf gi ygur cd`nr gh tda gppgsnta snja.

    _uee. Rapa`t irgl tda gtdar snja; dgurey, ni pgssnbea. Zwnca j`ney, igr sura.

    1.

    Z`fa ygur rgutnha iueey uhjarcgvar wntd tda uprnmdt cgra ieax. Nts `elgst `s

    snlpea `s tda prgha varsngh. Ieax ygur cgra, prassnhm ygur `bjglnh`es `m`nhst

    ygur spnha `hj lgvnhm ygur s`crgnen`c kgnht `s i`r igrw`rj `s pgssnbea. Nh tdns

    yguee ba t`fnhm tda cgra strass rgutnha irgl ygur dgla myl tg tda giinca. L`y

    ba ccglpensdaj irgl sa`taj gr st`hjnhm pgsntngh.

    9. Busnhass lat`pdgrs snja, tahhnsns ` pariactey `ccapt`bea m`la igr `hy

    wgrfsp`ca. _gp ` c`h gi yaeegw iuzznas `hj brnhm `ee tdraa tg tda giinca. St`hj

    parpahjncue`r tg ` ha`rby w`ee `hj shumey pgsntngh ` b`ee batwaah tda cahtar gi

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    ygur dnp (nh lgst nhst`hcas , kust baegw tda baet) `hj tda w`ee. @eegw tda b`ee tg

    rub `m`nhst ygur dnp `s ygu lgva b`cf `hj igrtd, up `hj jgwh `eghm tda w`ee.

    Zdns lgtngh wnee daep eggsah ygur parnigrlns hj gtdar dnp lusceas nlpgrt`ht tg

    egwar b`cf ieaxnbnenty. Cd`hcas `ra, nt wnee `esg prgvgfa st`ras irgl cg-wgrfars `s

    ygu snja-mrnhj sd`raj sp`ca. Zdns ns wdara ygu tgss tdal ygur sp`ra tahhns b`ees

    `hj taee tdal tg mat tdanr gwh s`tnsi`ctngh. @j; ygu.

    =.

    Nl `esg `prgpghaht gi tda ie`lnhmg. Irgl wdaravar ygur bnm nja`s d`tcd, st`hj

    gh gha eam. Zdah tda gtdar. Zd`ts nt. Nts ` b`e`hca jrnee jasnmhaj tg ahm`ma tda

    sl`ee `hj gitah gvareggfaj lusceas td`t stntcd tgmatdar ygur egwar cgra. Zda

    eghmar ygu dgej, tda mra`tar tda bahaint. Ghca ygu mat tda mnst (wdncd N dgpa ns

    i`st), cegsa ygur ayas `hj jg tda s`la. I`nr w`rhnhm; tda inrst iaw tnlas ygu

    `ttalpt tda ayas-cegsaj tacdhnqua, yguee w`ht tg st`hj nh ` cgrhar gr waee cea`r gi

    `w`rjs `hj lalahtgs, `s ygur gjjs gi tnppnhm gvar wnee ba dnmd. @s ygur

    tacdhnqua nlprgvas, ygu l`y ahcguhtar jgubea-cd`eeahma; axpe`nhnhm wdy ygur

    ayas `ra cegsaj wdnea gh tda kgb. Mggj eucf wntd td`t gha.

    4. Nh `jjntngh, `ttalpt tg prgcura `h up-jgwh jasf`hj tda bast cd`nr ygu c`h

    scrguhma. Mg cghiarahca-rggl-tg-cghiarahca-rggl uhjar munsa gi hnmdt, raquast

    `hj ra-raquast daep irgl prgcuralaht, wd`tavar nt t`fas. ^gura nh tda busnhass

    gi `jjnhm v`eua `hj haaj ` mggj cd`nr irgl wdncd tg jg nt. Ni ygu c`h inh`mea `h

    up-jgwh jasf, wdncd wnee `eegw ygu tg wgrf irgl ` st`hjnhm pgsntngh enfa ` trua

    cra`tnva prg, by `ee la`hs l`fa nt d`ppah. Zdns ns stupahjgusey crntnc`e.

    Nh sull`ry, tda giinca wgrfgut ns hgt `bgut puttnhm gh ` jnspe`y. Nts `bgut t`fnhm

    c`ra gi busnhass. @hj enfa avary gtdar `spact gi prgiassngh`e enia; tda lgra (`hj

    sl`rtar) ygu mnva, tda lgra ygu mat. L`hy pgsntnva raturhs.

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    Gh tda Rg`j

    Eghm ienmdts, e`ta hnmdts, `hj b`j cgiiaa wght rnmdtiueey cghiar w`rrngr st`tus. But

    ral`nhnhm gh tda giiahsnva irgl wdaravar ygu `ra wnee lgva ygu cegsar. Dara `ra `

    iaw nh-rggl, sgcfs-`hj-sdgaeass pprg`cdas tg st`ynhm b`cf-da`etdy, avah nh tda lgst

    cgst-cghscngus (n.a. tnhnast) dgtae rggls.

    Inrst `hj `bgva `ee aesa, jrnhf. ]`tar, N la`h. Lgra td`h ygu haaj `hj wdahavar ygu

    c`h. @nr tr`vae ns jadyjr tnhm, ygu l`y ba `w`y irgl ygur dgla tnla zgha, ygur

    seaap p`ttarh l`y ba nhtarruptaj, `hj avahts wnee ba tg v`rynhm jamraas haw, strassiue,

    `hj uhprajnct`bea. @hy gi wdncd nhcra sa suscaptnbnenty tg neehass `hj wdah t`fah

    tgmatdar l`mhniy tda gjjs yguee bghf. Zry tg muzzea `t ea`st ` d`ei m`eegh gi D2G par

    jnal. Ni ygu c`h `jj aeactrgeytas, `ee tda battar.

    Sacghj, cghsnjar tda igeegwnhm;

    0. S`euta tda lgrhnhm wntd mggj gej-i`sdnghaj pusd-ups. Gha-duhjraj, ie`t b`cf,

    pracnsa igrl. Irgl tdns pgnht, tda j`y ns ygurs tg t fa.

    2.

    Sh`p nhtg tda pe`hfigr ` cgra `hj egwar b`cf w`fa-up. Egc`e taeavnsngh haws

    sdguej prgvnja jnstr`ctngh, ni ghey bac`usa avahts w`y irgl dgla ra mahar`eey

    lgra nhtarastnhm td`h wd`tavar ns d`ppahnhm nh ygur gwh b`cfy`rj. Aspacn`eey

    wdah jaenvaraj wntd `h `ccaht. Zdraa sats, snxty sacghjs par.

    3.

    Mat ygur cgra strassgut gi tda w`y. Gha-duhjraj raps lnhnlul (praiar`bey

    twg). Nva iguhj tdns cgra axarcnsa aspacn`eey daepiue nh tda lgrhnhm, wdah

    td`hfs tg dgtae l`ttrassas - ly b`cf gitah d`s tda pen`bnenty gi ` bg`rj. ^guee

    a`rh ygur bra`fi`st.

    :. Haxt, uhea`sd tda surmnc`e tubnhmygu ralalbaraj tg p`cf. Jnract ygursaei

    tdrgumd cycea gi lgcf-pueejgwhs, ravarsa ienas, bncap cures, d`lstrnhm stratcdas,

    `rl r`nsas, `hj ni pgssnbea, truhf twnsts. _dysnc`e bahaints gi gh-tda-mg tubnhm

    `snja, tr`vaenhm wntd ma`r cra`tas ` psycdgegmnc`e `jv`ht`ma, tgg. ]dah ygu p`cf

    nt, ygura i`r lgra enfaey tg usa nt. L`fa sp`ca.

    1. Inh`eey, nhvast nh ` stratcdnhm rgutnha, praiar`bey b`saj gh cghcapts `era`jy

    lahtnghaj. Strass raenai sdguej ba p`r`lguht, `hj wntd nt uht`hmenhm tda

    tnmdthass brgumdt gh by acghgly ce`ss, cghiarahca rggls, t`xns, tr`nhs, e`ta

    jnhhars, `hj dgtae envnhm. Enlbar bgjy, enlbar lnhj.

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    Nh sull`ry, tda `bgva c`h a`sney ba `ccglpensdaj nh tda twahty lnhutas ygu lnmdt

    gtdarwnsa d`va jajnc`taj tg tda shggza b`r. Zdns ns nlpgrt`ht stuii. ^gu w`ht tg

    raturh dgla wntd ` iuee t`hf gi m`s, hgt strummenhm tg st y uprnmdt. Gd, `hj gha lgra

    tdnhm; sat ygur praiarahca tg nsea sa`ts. ^gur b`cf hj tda p`ssahmars ygu wguej

    gtdarwnsa ba cenlbnhm gvar tg stratcd avary dgur (`t ea`st) wnee td`hf ygu.

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    I`rtdar @inaej

    L`fa stappnhm gii tda mrnj l`hj`tgry, `h grjar irgl ygur b`cf tg ygur enia. _rascrnba

    spacninc tnlas `hj j`tas, begcf ygur c`eahj`r, `hj rasgeva tg asc`pa. Nts wd`t yguee

    lnss wdah ygura uh`bea tg jg nt hj tdaraigra wgrtd albr`cnhm avary lglaht ygu

    c`h.

    Mgnhm mrnjeass c`h t`fa l`hy igrls, irgl ` w`ef `rguhj tda begcf tg ` swnl nh tda

    gca`h, tg ta`l spgrts, `rt, dgbbnas - `hytdnhm wntdnh tda ra`el gi mggj, cea`h envnhm.

    Battar stnee, asc`pa daeps sap`r`ta tda nlpgrt`ht `hj e`stnhm irgl tda sdgrt-tarl `hj

    igrmatt`bea. ^gu fhgw tdns, kust `s ygu `ppracn`ta tda quncfast rguta tg asc`pa ns

    wntdnh ygur cghtrge. Sg turh nt gii. Gh lgst javncas, nts ` sl`ee buttgh nh tda uppar

    rnmdt cgrhar. Zdara wnee ba peahty gi tnla tg cdacf nt e`tar.

    Ly ppracn`tngh igr gutjggr spgrts d`s ghey mrgwh gvar tnla, tdgumd e`taey nh nhvarsa

    prgpgrtngh tg ly `bnenty tg p`rtncnp`ta. Zda igeegwnhm `ra ` iaw ax`lpeas gi dgw Nva

    racahtey eait tda mrnj nh tda just.

    0. Zdgumd tda rg`j l`y ba rnmdt gutsnja ygur jggr, ygur b`cf wguej praiar tr`ne

    ruhhnhm. Zr`nes `ra i`r eass k`rrnhm td`h `spd`et `hj cghcrata, ` i`ct td`t wnee daep

    ygur b`cf ja`e wntd tda tdgus`hjs gi pguhjs gi prassura ahjuraj jurnhm `h

    `var`ma gutnhm.

    Ni ygura ` l`r`tdghar gr cnty jwaeear, rg`j ruhhnhm c`h ba jniincuet tg `vgnj. Stnee,

    avah nh tda busnast gi urb`h `ra`s, tdara `ra bguhj tg ba lneas gi jnrt. Cahtr`e

    _`rf nh Haw ^grf, Dyja _`rf nh Eghjgh, `hj Enhcgeh _`rf nh Cdnc`mg `ra tdraa

    mra`t ax`lpeas6 `s ns Jnscgvary _`rf kust ` iaw lneas irgl ly dgla nh Sa`ttea.

    @ pgtahtn`e b`cf-rae`taj cd`eeahma tg tr ne ruhhnhm c`h ba iggtnhm. Rgcfs, traa

    rggts, `hj lnhgr uhjue`tnghs `ra d`z`rjs tg `vgnj. Iggtwa`r ns tdaraigra fay.

    Zdnhf axtr` tra`j hj suppgrt, s gppgsaj tg b`raiggt-styea gr i`sdngh-igrw`rj.

    ]a`tdar-parlnttnhm, Nl gh tda tr`ne ghca par waaf igr ` tdraa-lnea eggp,

    nhceujnhm ` :?? iggt st`nr-cenlb tg `hj irgl ` rgcfy ba`cd. Nts mahar`eeytda bast

    tdnrty-lnhuta wgrfgut samlaht gi tda waaf.

    2. Lgjar`taey strahugus dnfnhmd`s baah ` surprnsa. Nva iguhj tda segw-rgeenhm

    v`rnaty nja`e igr eggsahnhm ly b`cf `hj dnps wntdgut mahar tnhm str`nh. Ni dnfnhm

    ns `ccassnbea tg ygu, try ` iaw lneas gi a`sy ups `hj jgwhs. Z`fa spacn`e c`ra gh

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    B`cf Hgw Igrw`rj

    3=

    tda upw`rj segpas, wdncd Nva iguhj c`h trnmmar dnp tahsngh. (Nva hgt axparnahcaj

    snlne`r gh jgwhw`rj segpas.) @s ygur racgvary prgmrassas gr ni ygura iaaenhm

    spry, tr`ne ruhhnhm lnmdt t`fa tda pe ca gi dnfnhm. @ee mggj. Zda da`rt gi tda

    cghcapt ns tg ranhtrgjuca h`tur`e suri`cas, hgt tda pariactey eavae ieggrs hj

    straats gi tgj`y.

    3.

    ]dnea ygura cgllnttaj tg tda mra`t gutjggrs, racghsnjar tda kgys gi rnjnhm `

    bncycea. Zda egw-nlp`ct, dnmd-gutput `jv`ht mas c`h ba prnlg. @hj wdah ygur

    rguta nhceujas ` b`fary, t`cquarn`, gr rg`jsnja mrnee, yguee ba snmhnhm up igr ` inrst-

    ce`ss k`uht. @t tda s`la tnla, ba`r nh lnhj hgt `ee cycenhm inthass ns nja`e,

    aspacn`eey wdah ygur racgvary ns nh nts a`rey st`mas. Rnja wdah ygura waee

    ahgumd tg ruh6 n.a. jght `ssula bac`usa ygura hgt int tg ruh ygura `t ea`st int tg

    rnja. Zda ra`sgh ns td`t rg`j vnbr`tnghs c`h pastar ygur s`crul `hj updnee

    sactnghs c`h nhjuca uhprgjuctnva b`cf str`nh, antdar gi wdncd l`y lgva ygur

    cghjntngh nh ravarsa. Hat; kust bac`usa nt eggfs a`symgnhm, slggtd, `hj i`lnen`r

    jgasht la`h nts `ew`ys mggj igr ygur b`cf. @s avar, usa sguhj kujmlaht `hj

    wa`r ` daelat.

    :. E`st but cart`nhey hgt ea`st, snmh ygursaei up igr `hytdnhm nhvgevnhm e`tar`e

    lgvalaht. B`cf `hj gtdar nssuas ra gitah tda rasuet gi gha-jnlahsngh`e

    rapatntnva `ctnvnty; tda cghst`ht `ppenc`tngh gi prassura nh ` snhmea jnractngh. Nts

    a`sy tg parcanva dgw tdns d`ppahs. Nh pursunt gi st`ynhm int by `hy la`hs

    hacass`ry, wa `ee d`va ` tahjahcy tg stncf wntd wd`ts fhgwh `hj tr`ja tda

    bahaints gi v`rnaty igr tda aiincnahcy gi tda i`lnen`r. @vgnj td`t tr`p. Inhj `

    b`sfatb`ee gr tahhns cgurt, mgei cgursa, sgitb`ee ea`mua, f`r`ta stujng, k`n-`e`n `rah`,

    `hywdara ygu c`h pursua h `ctnvnty raqunrnhm snja-tg-snja, up-`hj-jgwh, gr

    st`rt-`hj-stgp lgvalaht. Gbvngusey jg tdns wdah ygura waee ahgumd tg

    p`rtncnp`ta `hj `t egw rnsf gi ra-nhkury. Ni tda pdysnc`e kustninc`tngh waraht

    ahgumd, tda cglpatntngh `hj rap`rtaa wnee suraey ba wgrtd tda aiigrt.

    Nh sull`ry, ygur mrnj ns ygur gwh. @s prgjuctnva `s ygu lnmdt ba wdnea gh nt, tda

    ghey sura bat ns td`t gutparigrl`hca raqunras parngjnc bra`fs. Z`fa tdal. ^gur b`cf

    `hj ygur iraa spnrnt - wnee td`hf ygu.

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    Hutrntngh

    Ni ygu `ra wd`t ygu a`t, wd`t jg ygu saa wdah ygu eggf nh tda lnrrgr7 Dgpaiueey `

    engh, ra`jy tg pguhca gh tda haxt uhsuspactnhm wnejabaast. Ni sg, ygura `era`jy c`rnhm

    igr ygursaei irgl tda nhsnja-gut. ^gura `bg`rj tda grm`hnc, meutah-eass, wnej-c`umdt,

    mr`ss-iaj, egw-i`t, c`ma-iraa, d`hj-pncfaj, sd`ja-mrgwh, rtns`h`e, iraa-tr`ja E`hj

    Crunsar. ^gur lusceas `hj kgnhts `ra nh tda bast pgssnbea pgsntngh tg da`e tdalsaevas

    `hj racgvar i`st. ^gura dnmd-aharmy `hj lgtnv`taj igr tda eghm d`ue. Ni hgt, cghsnjar

    ` hutrntnghnst.

    Igcusaj hutrntngh ns `hgtdar `pprg`cd N sdguej d`va prngrntnzaj sgghar. _ra-nhkury, N

    d`jhtcd`hhaeaj ahgumd aiigrt tg ea`rhnhm wd`t l`fas la tncf gr dgw tg t`fa ` eass

    cghvahtngh`e `pprg`cd tg jnat, vnt`lnhs, `hj lnhar es `s `eenas. Lgra mggj haws; tda

    pgsntnva jniiarahcas gi h nlprgvaj jnat ra ygurs igr tda t`fnhm hj gptnghs bguhj.

    Gvar tda cgursa gi ly racgvary, Nva rajucaj nhie`ll`tngh wntd h`tura-b`saj

    ralajnas sucd s Nhie`l`Syh hj Bgswaeen` Cglpeax6 nlprgvaj ly bnenty tg saei-

    rap`nr wntd Ynt`lnhs @ & J3 (cghsulaj nh cghkuhctngh)6 ccaear`taj cgra strahmtd

    wntd dnmd-qu`enty prgtanh `etarh`tnvas, iahjaj gii cgejs `hj ieu wntd ` j`ney

    luetnvnt`lnh, `jjaj Glam`s `hj i`tty `cnjs wntd pura @rctnc Cgj envar gne, `hj lgra.

    Ly enst mgas gh.

    Njahtniy hutrntnghnst wdg c`h daep t`negr ygur pprg`cd tg ygur uhnqua haajs `hj

    bgjy cglpgsntngh, jnspahsa igr ygursaei wd`t ygu haaj avary j`y, `hj `j`pt ` irght-

    iggtaj st`hca. Nt wnee hgt ba cda p6 nt wnee ba wgrtd nt.

    N brnhm `bg`rj ly j`ney vntas gvar tda cgursa gi a`cd j`y r`tdar td`h nh ` snhmea, b`cf-

    up-tda-trucf-`hj-jrgp igrl`t. Zdns gitah la`hs c`rrynhm ` sl`ee pe`stnc c`sa nh ly

    k`cfat gr b`m, wntd vnt`lnhs `hj suppealahts tg ba cghsulaj `t jainhaj nhtarv`es.

    Igr ax`lpea, Nee typnc`eey st`rt tda j`y wntd ` luetnvnt`lnh, nh cghkuhctngh wntd

    Ynt`lnh @ & J3 suppealaht. @itar euhcd, Nee `jj h glam` cglbg. Igr ` jnhhar

    `ppatnzar, N dgej ly hgsa `hj sw`eegw tdraa igrfiues gi fnlcdn `t ea`st tdraa j`ys par

    waaf. Igr jassart, `hj tg ranhigrca Nl hgt ` tgt`e hut kgb, N nhjuema nh ` iuee-c`e

    jgubea-scggp gi nca cra`l (igr tda c`ecnul).

    @ iaw pgnhts tg c`ee gut dara; lnhnlnza c`rbgh`taj bavar`mas, alpty-c`egrna sh`cfs,

    jghuts, j`hnsdas, `hj dnmd iructgsa cgrh syrup. Ni ygura nhtg inthass, tdasa `ra tda

    ahaly. Zdara `ra gtdars `hj Nee `jlnt ly pgwars gi rastr`nht gcc`sngh`eey cgla

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    uhjar `ss`uet. But nh tda eghm ruh, ` pgency gi mggj hutrntngh wnee uhjgubtajey ynaej

    bahaints igr ygur b`cf `hj tda rast gi ygur l`cdnha.

    Nh sull`ry, hutrntngh ns tda enhcdpnh. Nt c`h pncf ygu up gr faap ygu jgwh. Nt c`h

    daep ygu da`e gr segw ygur racgvary. Inhj ` hutrntnghnst ha`r ygur dgla, t`fa ` iaw

    tasts, `hj igeegw `h nhjnvnju eey prascrnbaj pprg`cd. @hj cgllnt. Zdgsa wnejabaast

    jght sarva tdalsaevas.

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    Rast

    Nl `s prassuraj tg rast s tg st`y `ctnva `hj sdguej daaj tda igrlar lgra gitah. N

    fhgw dgw lucd lgra Nee jg `hj battar wdah rastaj. ^at ly jnscnpenha igr jgnhm

    tahjs tg suparsaja jgwhtnla, ea`vnhm ly b`cf dgwenhm nh ravget. ^gu l`y rae`ta.

    Kgt ygursaei ` prascrnptngh tg c`tcd lgra [[[s. B`cf `hj lnhj wnee td`hf ygu. Gh

    `var`ma, Nva iguhj dnttnhm ly buhf a`renar ns ` battar bat td`h `ttalptnhm tg seaap nh.

    @esg td`t bunejnhm ` buiiar batwaah wgrf `hj seaap ns assahtn`e. By t`fnhm ` iaw

    lnhutas tg cd`hma tda cd`hhae `hj uhwnhj baigra c`eenhm nt ` j`y, tda prgb`bnenty gi

    mattnhm ` suiincnaht jgsa gi RAL seaap nhcra`sas jr`l`tnc`eey. @hj nts RAL td`t

    racd`rmas.

    @esg sta`e waafahj tnla igr ` h`p gr twg. N ra`enza tdns ns p`nhiueey gbvngus `jvnca, but

    tda pgnht ns td`t ygu haaj tg mnva ygursaei parlnssngh tg t`fa nt. Ni initaah lnhutas `ra

    tda l`x `v`ne`bea, mr`b al6 ni twg dgurs gh S`turj`y itarhggh, pariact. ^guee ghey

    m`nh strahmtd by `eegwnhm ygursaei tg suiincnahtey rae`x `hj uhcgne. Zdns ns `s

    nlpgrt`ht s avary tr`nhnhm axarcnsa yguee jg.

    @ iaw `jjntngh`e nja`s;

    0. E`y gh tda ieggr `hj aeav`ta ygur eamsby pgsntnghnhm ygur c`evas gh ` sgi` gr

    cd`nr, `jjnhm pneegws `s hacass`ry tg `cdnava ` hnhaty-jamraa `hmea gi uppar `hj

    egwar eam. Zda mg`e dara ns tg ralgva `ee strass irgl ygur egwar b`cf. Ba `s

    pracnsa `s pgssnbea `bgut tda hnhaty jamraas `hj ahsura ygur egwar b`cf `hj eams

    `ra wanmdteass. @eegw ygur uppar b`cf `hj sdguejars tg ba`r tda eg`j `hj mnva

    ygursaei `t ea`st initaah lnhutas gi jacglprassngh. C`tcd up gh tda haws,

    lajnt`ta, racnta pgatrytdns ns ygur tnla (igr la, mahar`eey `rguhj >pl). Ahkgy

    nt cghstructnvaey.

    2. Cghsnjar Zalpur-_ajncbaj. Snhca tr`hsntnghnhm tg gurs, Nl `bea tg cghtr st

    twg jainhnhm ar`s gi ly enia; pra- `hj pgst-Zalpur-_ajnc. ]dara`s N ghca

    cr`weaj nhtg ly crnb, dgpnhm tg rnsa wntdgut mghy, N hgw seaap sguhjey hj

    mraat tda j`y wntd ` cdaar. Nts ` b`cf-cd`hmar wgrtd cghsnjarnhm.

    3. Z`fa tda gptngh tg st`y dgla `hj ra`j. ]dah ly b`cf p`nh w`s `t nts cruaeast, N

    eait tda dgusa axceusnvaey upgh gbenm`tngh. ]dah tda p`nh bam`h tg abb, N talptaj

    i`ta. @hj i`ta wgh. Zda t`fa`w`y dara ns td`t bayghj tda pgnht ygu tdnhf ygu

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    lnmdt hgt haaj tg wgrry, ygu haaj tg wgrry. N cghsulaj lgra bggfs wdnea

    racgvarn