back now forward: a field-tested guide to conquering back pain
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B`cf Hgw Igrw`rj
@ Inaej-Zastaj Munja tg Cghquarnhm B`cf _`nh
Kgdh Znhtea
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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.
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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.
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@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.
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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.
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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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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