The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
Shavian Translation Copyright (c) 2000 by Scott M Harrison.

                    𐑞 ·𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 ·𐑥𐑱𐑡𐑲

                       𐑚𐑲 ·𐑴. ·𐑣𐑧𐑯𐑮𐑰

    𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑛𐑪𐑤𐑼 𐑯 𐑱𐑑𐑰-𐑕𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕. 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑷𐑤. 𐑯 𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑰𐑟. 𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑰𐑟 𐑕𐑱𐑝𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑯 𐑑𐑵 𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑚𐑲 𐑚𐑫𐑤𐑛𐑴𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑜𐑮𐑴𐑕𐑼 𐑯 𐑞 𐑝𐑧𐑡𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑨𐑯 𐑯 𐑞 𐑚𐑫𐑗𐑼 𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑯'𐑟 𐑗𐑰𐑒𐑕 𐑚𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑞 𐑕𐑲𐑤𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑿𐑑𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑐𐑸𐑕𐑩𐑥𐑴𐑯𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑕 𐑛𐑰𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛. 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑒𐑬𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑦𐑑. 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑛𐑪𐑤𐑼 𐑯 𐑱𐑑𐑰-𐑕𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕. 𐑯 𐑞 𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑕.

     𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑒𐑤𐑽𐑤𐑰 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑓𐑤𐑪𐑐 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑖𐑨𐑚𐑰 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑒𐑬𐑗 𐑯 𐑣𐑬𐑤. 𐑕𐑴 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑦𐑑. 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑜𐑱𐑑𐑕 𐑞 𐑥𐑹𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑲𐑓 𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑳𐑐 𐑝 𐑕𐑪𐑚𐑟, 𐑕𐑯𐑦𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑟, 𐑯 𐑕𐑥𐑲𐑤𐑟, 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑕𐑯𐑦𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑛𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙.

     /𐑲𐑤 𐑞 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑥 𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑡𐑵𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑕𐑲𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑡 𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛, 𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑩 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑥. 𐑩 𐑓𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑑 𐑨𐑑 $8 𐑐𐑻 𐑢𐑰𐑒. 𐑦𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑤𐑰 𐑚𐑧𐑜𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑻𐑑𐑯𐑤𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑻𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑬𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑞 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑰 𐑕𐑒𐑢𐑪𐑛.

     𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑝𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑿𐑤 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑴 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼-𐑚𐑪𐑒𐑕 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑯𐑴 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑜𐑴, 𐑯 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑒 𐑚𐑳𐑑𐑯 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑯𐑴 𐑥𐑹𐑑𐑤 𐑓𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑒𐑴𐑒𐑕 𐑩 𐑮𐑦𐑙. 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑨𐑐𐑼𐑑𐑱𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑺𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑒𐑸𐑛 𐑚𐑺𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑯𐑱𐑥 "𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑼. ·𐑡𐑱𐑥𐑟 ·𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑣𐑩𐑥 ·𐑘𐑳𐑙."

     𐑞 "·𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑣𐑩𐑥" 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑤𐑳𐑙 𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑮𐑰𐑟 𐑛𐑫𐑮𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑼 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛 𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑕𐑐𐑺𐑩𐑑𐑰 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑧𐑕𐑼 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑱𐑛 $30 𐑐𐑻 𐑢𐑰𐑒. 𐑯𐑬, 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑖𐑮𐑳𐑙𐑒 𐑑 $20, 𐑞𐑴, 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑽𐑰𐑩𐑕𐑤𐑰 𐑝 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑩 𐑥𐑪𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑯 𐑳𐑯𐑩𐑕𐑵𐑥𐑦𐑙 ·𐑛. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑼. ·𐑡𐑱𐑥𐑟 ·𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑣𐑩𐑥 ·𐑘𐑳𐑙 𐑒𐑱𐑥 𐑣𐑴𐑥 𐑯 𐑮𐑰𐑗𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑒𐑷𐑤𐑛 "·𐑡𐑦𐑥" 𐑯 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑤𐑰 𐑣𐑳𐑜𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑟. ·𐑡𐑱𐑥𐑟 ·𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑣𐑩𐑥 ·𐑘𐑳𐑙, 𐑷𐑤𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑰 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑿 𐑨𐑟 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩. 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑦𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑜𐑫𐑛.

     ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑓𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑮𐑲 𐑯 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑗𐑰𐑒𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑞 𐑐𐑬𐑛𐑼 𐑮𐑨𐑜. 𐑖𐑰 𐑕𐑑𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑴 𐑯 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑬𐑑 𐑛𐑳𐑤𐑤𐑰 𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑱 𐑒𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑷𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑱 𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑱 𐑚𐑨𐑒𐑘𐑸𐑛. 𐑑𐑩𐑥𐑸𐑴 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑕 𐑛𐑱, 𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 $1.87 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑑 𐑚𐑲 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑩 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑. 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑱𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑰 𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑖𐑰 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑓𐑹 𐑥𐑳𐑯𐑔𐑕, 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑮𐑩𐑟𐑳𐑤𐑑.  𐑑𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑰 𐑛𐑪𐑤𐑼𐑟 𐑩 𐑢𐑰𐑒 𐑛𐑳𐑟𐑩𐑯'𐑑 𐑜𐑴 𐑓𐑸. 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑒𐑨𐑤𐑒𐑘𐑩𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛. 𐑞𐑱 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑸. 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 $1.87 𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑩 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑓𐑹 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥. 𐑣𐑻 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥. 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑩 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑰 𐑬𐑼 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑹 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑯𐑲𐑕 𐑓𐑹 𐑣𐑦𐑥. 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑲𐑯 𐑯 𐑮𐑺 𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑺𐑤𐑦𐑙--𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑚𐑦𐑑 𐑯𐑽 𐑑 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑻𐑞𐑰 𐑝 𐑞 𐑪𐑯𐑼 𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑴𐑯𐑛 𐑚𐑲 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥.

     𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑐𐑽-𐑜𐑤𐑨𐑕 𐑚𐑰𐑑𐑢𐑰𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑴𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑮𐑵𐑥. 𐑐𐑼𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑕 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑰𐑯 𐑩 𐑐𐑽𐑜𐑤𐑨𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑯 $8 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑑. 𐑩 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑔𐑦𐑯 𐑯 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑨𐑡𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯 𐑥𐑱, 𐑚𐑲 𐑩𐑚𐑟𐑻𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑮𐑨𐑐𐑦𐑛 𐑕𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑤𐑪𐑯𐑡𐑦𐑑𐑵𐑛𐑯𐑤 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑕, 𐑩𐑚𐑑𐑱𐑯 𐑩 𐑓𐑺𐑤𐑰 𐑨𐑒𐑘𐑼𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑕.  ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩, 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑤𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑼, 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑥𐑨𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑛 𐑞 𐑸𐑑.

     𐑕𐑳𐑛𐑯𐑤𐑰 𐑖𐑰 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑞 𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑴 𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹 𐑞 𐑜𐑤𐑨𐑕.  𐑣𐑻 𐑲𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑖𐑲𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑘𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑰, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑓𐑱𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑤𐑷𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑼 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑟. 𐑮𐑨𐑐𐑦𐑛𐑤𐑰 𐑖𐑰 𐑐𐑫𐑤𐑛 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑣𐑻 𐑣𐑺 𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑓𐑷𐑤 𐑑 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑓𐑫𐑤 𐑤𐑧𐑙𐑒𐑔.

     𐑯𐑬, 𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑻 𐑑𐑵 𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 ·𐑡𐑱𐑥𐑟 ·𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑣𐑩𐑥 ·𐑘𐑳𐑙𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑞𐑱 𐑚𐑴𐑔 𐑑𐑫𐑒 𐑩 𐑥𐑲𐑑𐑰 𐑐𐑮𐑲𐑛. 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑟 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥'𐑟 𐑜𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑪𐑗 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼'𐑟 𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼'𐑟. 𐑞 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑢𐑳𐑟 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩'𐑟 𐑣𐑺. 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑞 𐑒𐑢𐑰𐑯 𐑝 ·𐑖𐑰𐑚𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑑 𐑩𐑒𐑮𐑷𐑕 𐑞 𐑺𐑖𐑨𐑓𐑑, ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑣𐑺 𐑣𐑨𐑙 𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑴 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑛𐑱 𐑑 𐑛𐑮𐑲 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑰𐑖𐑰𐑱𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑥𐑨𐑡𐑩𐑕𐑑𐑰'𐑟 𐑡𐑵𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑯 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑕. 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑒𐑦𐑙 ·𐑕𐑪𐑤𐑩𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑡𐑨𐑯𐑩𐑑𐑼, 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑷𐑤 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑠𐑼𐑟 𐑐𐑲𐑤𐑛 𐑳𐑐 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑, ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑐𐑫𐑤𐑛 𐑬𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑢𐑪𐑗 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑰 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑣𐑰 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑, 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑐𐑤𐑳𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑽𐑛 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑧𐑯𐑝𐑰.

     𐑕𐑴 𐑯𐑬 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩'𐑟 𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑩𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑣𐑺 𐑓𐑧𐑤 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑖𐑲𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩 𐑒𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑱𐑛 𐑝 𐑚𐑮𐑬𐑯 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼𐑟. 𐑦𐑑 𐑮𐑰𐑗𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑴 𐑣𐑻 𐑯𐑰 𐑯 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑦𐑑𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑷𐑤𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑩 𐑜𐑸𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑣𐑻. 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑳𐑐 𐑩𐑜𐑧𐑯 𐑯𐑻𐑝𐑩𐑕𐑤𐑰 𐑯 𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑰. 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑕 𐑖𐑰 𐑓𐑷𐑤𐑑𐑼𐑛 𐑓𐑹 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑫𐑛 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑩 𐑑𐑽 𐑹 𐑑𐑵 𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑖𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑹𐑯 𐑮𐑧𐑛 𐑒𐑸𐑐𐑦𐑑.

     𐑪𐑯 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑚𐑮𐑬𐑯 𐑡𐑨𐑒𐑦𐑑; 𐑪𐑯 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑚𐑮𐑬𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑑. 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑩 𐑢𐑻𐑤 𐑝 𐑕𐑒𐑻𐑑𐑕 𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑞 𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑘𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑐𐑸𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑻 𐑲𐑟, 𐑖𐑰 𐑓𐑤𐑳𐑑𐑼𐑛 𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑹 𐑯 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑺𐑟 𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑰𐑑.

     𐑢𐑺 𐑖𐑰 𐑕𐑑𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑲𐑯 𐑮𐑧𐑛: "𐑥𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑥 ·𐑕𐑷𐑓𐑮𐑷𐑯𐑰. 𐑣𐑺 𐑜𐑫𐑛𐑕 𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑟." 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑓𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑳𐑐 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑮𐑨𐑯, 𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑣𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑐𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑙.  𐑥𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑥, 𐑤𐑸𐑡, 𐑑𐑵 𐑢𐑲𐑑, 𐑗𐑦𐑤𐑰, 𐑣𐑸𐑛𐑤𐑰 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑞 "·𐑕𐑷𐑓𐑮𐑷𐑯𐑰."

     "𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑿 𐑚𐑲 𐑥𐑲 𐑣𐑺?" 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑑 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩.

     "𐑲 𐑚𐑲 𐑣𐑺," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑥𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑥. "𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑘𐑻 𐑣𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑓 𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑'𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑩 𐑕𐑲𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑕 𐑝 𐑦𐑑."

     𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑞 𐑚𐑮𐑬𐑯 𐑒𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑱𐑛.

     "𐑑𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑰 𐑛𐑪𐑤𐑼𐑟," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑥𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑥, 𐑤𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑩 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛.

     "𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑒," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩.

     𐑴, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑵 𐑬𐑼𐑟 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑪𐑯 𐑮𐑴𐑟𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑙𐑟. 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑞 𐑣𐑨𐑖𐑑 𐑥𐑧𐑑𐑩𐑓𐑹. 𐑖𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑕𐑨𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑹𐑟 𐑓𐑹 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥'𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑.

     𐑖𐑰 𐑓𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑑. 𐑦𐑑 𐑖𐑫𐑮𐑤𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑓𐑹 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑯 𐑯𐑴 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑧𐑤𐑕. 𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑝 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑹𐑟, 𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑷𐑤 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑲𐑛 𐑬𐑑. 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑑𐑯𐑳𐑥 𐑓𐑪𐑚 𐑗𐑱𐑯 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑯 𐑗𐑱𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑯, 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑼𐑤𐑰 𐑐𐑮𐑴𐑒𐑤𐑱𐑥𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑝𐑨𐑤𐑿 𐑚𐑲 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑩𐑤𐑴𐑯 𐑯 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑥𐑺𐑩𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑕 𐑹𐑯𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯--𐑨𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑛𐑵. 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑻𐑞𐑰 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑪𐑗. 𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑵𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑖𐑰 𐑕𐑷 𐑦𐑑 𐑖𐑰 𐑯𐑵 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑰 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥'𐑟. 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑣𐑦𐑥. 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑦𐑑𐑯𐑦𐑕 𐑯 𐑝𐑨𐑤𐑿--𐑞 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛 𐑑 𐑚𐑴𐑔. 𐑑𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑰-𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑛𐑪𐑤𐑼𐑟 𐑞𐑱 𐑑𐑫𐑒 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑣𐑻 𐑓𐑹 𐑦𐑑, 𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑻𐑰𐑛 𐑣𐑴𐑥 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑞 87 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕. 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑗𐑱𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑢𐑪𐑗 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑼𐑤𐑰 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑕 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑰.  𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑞 𐑢𐑪𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑟, 𐑣𐑰 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑤𐑲 𐑪𐑯 𐑩𐑒𐑬𐑯𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑐 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑰 𐑿𐑟𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑝 𐑩 𐑗𐑱𐑯.

     𐑢𐑧𐑯 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑮𐑰𐑗𐑑 𐑣𐑴𐑥 𐑣𐑻 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑪𐑒𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑜𐑱𐑝 𐑢𐑱 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑵𐑛𐑯𐑕 𐑯 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯. 𐑖𐑰 𐑜𐑪𐑑 𐑬𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑻𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑲𐑼𐑯𐑟 𐑯 𐑤𐑲𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑞 𐑜𐑨𐑕 𐑯 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑢𐑻𐑒 𐑮𐑩𐑐𐑺𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑮𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑡𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑡𐑧𐑯𐑼𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑑𐑰 𐑨𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑑 𐑤𐑳𐑝. 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑦𐑟 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑩 𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑕 𐑑𐑨𐑕𐑒, 𐑛𐑽 𐑓𐑮𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑟--𐑩 𐑥𐑨𐑥𐑩𐑔 𐑑𐑨𐑕𐑒.

     𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑹𐑑𐑰 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑣𐑻 𐑣𐑧𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑒𐑳𐑝𐑼𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑑𐑲𐑯𐑰, 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑕-𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑻𐑤𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑣𐑻 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩 𐑑𐑮𐑵𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑒𐑵𐑤𐑚𐑶. 𐑖𐑰 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑽𐑼 𐑤𐑷𐑙, 𐑒𐑺𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑰, 𐑯 𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑰.

     "𐑦𐑓 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑛𐑳𐑟𐑩𐑯'𐑑 𐑒𐑦𐑤 𐑥𐑰," 𐑖𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑑 𐑣𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, "𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹 𐑣𐑰 𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑕 𐑩 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑥𐑰, 𐑣𐑰'𐑤 𐑕𐑱 𐑲 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩 ·𐑒𐑴𐑯𐑰 ·𐑲𐑤𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑒𐑹𐑩𐑕 𐑜𐑻𐑤.  𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑲 𐑛𐑵--𐑴! 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑲 𐑛𐑵 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑩 𐑛𐑪𐑤𐑼 𐑯 𐑱𐑑𐑰-𐑕𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕?"

     𐑨𐑑 7 𐑴'𐑒𐑤𐑪𐑒 𐑞 𐑒𐑷𐑓𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑮𐑲𐑦𐑙-𐑐𐑨𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑝 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑴𐑝 𐑣𐑪𐑑 𐑯 𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑰 𐑑 𐑒𐑫𐑒 𐑞 𐑗𐑪𐑐𐑕.

     ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑤𐑱𐑑. ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑛𐑳𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑞 𐑓𐑪𐑚 𐑗𐑱𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑻 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑯 𐑕𐑨𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑒𐑹𐑯𐑼 𐑝 𐑞 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑯𐑽 𐑞 𐑛𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑰 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑛. 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑻𐑛 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐      𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑺 𐑩𐑢𐑱 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑤𐑲𐑑, 𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑩 𐑥𐑴𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑. 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩 𐑣𐑨𐑚𐑦𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑕𐑱𐑦𐑙 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑕𐑲𐑤𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑺 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑱 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟, 𐑯 𐑯𐑬 𐑖𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑼𐑛: "𐑐𐑤𐑰𐑟 𐑜𐑪𐑛, 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑰."

     𐑞 𐑛𐑹 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑯 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑯 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟𐑛 𐑦𐑑. 𐑣𐑰 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑯 𐑯 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑕𐑽𐑾𐑕. 𐑐𐑫𐑮 𐑓𐑧𐑤𐑴, 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 𐑑𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑰-𐑑𐑵--𐑯 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑯𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑩 𐑓𐑨𐑥𐑩𐑤𐑰! 𐑣𐑰 𐑯𐑰𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑩 𐑯𐑵 𐑴𐑝𐑼𐑒𐑴𐑑 𐑯 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑬𐑑 𐑜𐑤𐑳𐑝𐑟.

     ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑕𐑑𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑲𐑛 𐑞 𐑛𐑹, 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑥𐑵𐑝𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑝 𐑒𐑢𐑱𐑤. 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑲𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩, 𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑖𐑰 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑰𐑛, 𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑑𐑺𐑩𐑓𐑲𐑛 𐑣𐑻. 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑼, 𐑯𐑹 𐑕𐑼𐑐𐑮𐑲𐑟, 𐑯𐑹 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑩𐑐𐑮𐑵𐑝𐑩𐑤, 𐑯𐑹 𐑣𐑹𐑼, 𐑯𐑹 𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑝 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑺𐑛 𐑓𐑹. 𐑣𐑰 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑰 𐑕𐑑𐑸𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑦𐑛𐑤𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑐𐑦𐑒𐑿𐑤𐑘𐑼 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑕.

     ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑮𐑦𐑜𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑷𐑓 𐑞 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑯 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑣𐑦𐑥.

     "·𐑡𐑦𐑥, 𐑛𐑸𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑜," 𐑖𐑰 𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑛, "𐑛𐑪𐑯'𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑱. 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑥𐑲 𐑣𐑺 𐑒𐑳𐑑 𐑷𐑓 𐑯 𐑕𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑟 𐑲 𐑒𐑫𐑛𐑯'𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑛 𐑔𐑮𐑵 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑬𐑑 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑩 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑. 𐑦𐑑'𐑤 𐑜𐑮𐑴 𐑬𐑑 𐑩𐑜𐑧𐑯--𐑿 𐑢𐑳𐑯'𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑿? 𐑲 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑦𐑑. 𐑥𐑲 𐑣𐑺 𐑜𐑮𐑴𐑟 𐑷𐑓𐑤𐑰 𐑓𐑨𐑕𐑑. 𐑕𐑱 `𐑥𐑧𐑮𐑰 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑕!' ·𐑡𐑦𐑥, 𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑'𐑟 𐑚𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑰. 𐑿 𐑛𐑪𐑯'𐑑 𐑯𐑴 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑩 𐑯𐑲𐑕-- 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑩 𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑩𐑓𐑩𐑤, 𐑯𐑲𐑕 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑲'𐑝 𐑜𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑿."

     "𐑿'𐑝 𐑒𐑳𐑑 𐑷𐑓 𐑘𐑹 𐑣𐑺?" 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑑 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥, 𐑤𐑩𐑚𐑹𐑰𐑩𐑕𐑤𐑰, 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑓 𐑣𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑼𐑲𐑝𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑐𐑨𐑑𐑯𐑑 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑞 𐑣𐑸𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑤 𐑤𐑱𐑚𐑼.

     "𐑒𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑷𐑓 𐑯 𐑕𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑦𐑑," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩. "𐑛𐑪𐑯'𐑑 𐑿 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑥𐑰 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑢𐑧𐑤, 𐑧𐑯𐑰𐑣𐑬? 𐑲'𐑥 𐑥𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑬𐑑 𐑥𐑲 𐑣𐑺, 𐑱𐑯'𐑑 𐑲?"

     ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑮𐑵𐑥 𐑒𐑘𐑫𐑮𐑰𐑩𐑕𐑤𐑰.

     "𐑿 𐑕𐑱 𐑘𐑹 𐑣𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑷𐑯?" 𐑣𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑛, 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑩𐑯 𐑺 𐑷𐑤𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑦𐑛𐑾𐑕𐑰.

     "𐑿 𐑯𐑰𐑛𐑯'𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑓𐑹 𐑦𐑑," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩. "𐑦𐑑'𐑕 𐑕𐑴𐑤𐑛, 𐑲 𐑑𐑧𐑤 𐑿--𐑕𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑯 𐑜𐑷𐑯, 𐑑𐑵. 𐑦𐑑'𐑕 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑕 𐑰𐑝, 𐑚𐑶. 𐑚𐑰 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑑 𐑥𐑰, 𐑓𐑹 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑿. 𐑥𐑱𐑚𐑰 𐑞 𐑣𐑺𐑟 𐑝 𐑥𐑲 𐑣𐑧𐑛 𐑢𐑻 𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼𐑛," 𐑖𐑰 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑕𐑳𐑛𐑯 𐑕𐑽𐑾𐑕 𐑕𐑢𐑰𐑑𐑯𐑦𐑕, "𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑯𐑴𐑚𐑪𐑛𐑰 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑒𐑬𐑯𐑑 𐑥𐑲 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑓𐑹 𐑿.  𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑲 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑞 𐑗𐑪𐑐𐑕 𐑪𐑯, ·𐑡𐑦𐑥?"

     𐑬𐑑 𐑝 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑕 ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑕𐑰𐑥𐑛 𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑰 𐑑 𐑢𐑱𐑒. 𐑣𐑰 𐑧𐑯𐑓𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑣𐑦𐑟 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩.  𐑓𐑹 𐑑𐑧𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑳𐑕 𐑮𐑩𐑜𐑸𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑑 𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑑𐑯𐑰 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑖𐑩𐑤 𐑪𐑚𐑡𐑦𐑒𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑛𐑼𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑱𐑑 𐑛𐑪𐑤𐑼𐑟 𐑩 𐑢𐑰𐑒 𐑹 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑘𐑩𐑯 𐑩 𐑘𐑽--𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑕? 𐑩 𐑥𐑨𐑔𐑩𐑥𐑩𐑑𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑹 𐑩 𐑢𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑿 𐑞 𐑮𐑷𐑙 𐑨𐑯𐑕𐑼. 𐑞 𐑥𐑱𐑡𐑲 𐑚𐑮𐑷𐑑 𐑝𐑨𐑤𐑿𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑕, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑥𐑳𐑙 𐑞𐑧𐑥. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑛𐑸𐑒 𐑩𐑕𐑻𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑦𐑤𐑵𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑼 𐑪𐑯.

     ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑛𐑮𐑵 𐑩 𐑐𐑨𐑒𐑦𐑡 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑴𐑝𐑼𐑒𐑴𐑑 𐑐𐑪𐑒𐑦𐑑 𐑯 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑦𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤.

     "𐑛𐑪𐑯'𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑒, ·𐑛𐑧𐑤," 𐑣𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑛, "𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑥𐑰. 𐑲 𐑛𐑪𐑯'𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑞𐑺'𐑟 𐑧𐑯𐑰𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑱 𐑝 𐑩 𐑣𐑺𐑒𐑳𐑖 𐑹 𐑩 𐑖𐑱𐑝 𐑹 𐑩 𐑖𐑨𐑥𐑐𐑵 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑥𐑰 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑥𐑲 𐑜𐑻𐑤 𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑤𐑧𐑕. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑓 𐑿'𐑤 𐑳𐑯𐑮𐑨𐑐 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑐𐑨𐑒𐑦𐑡 𐑿 𐑥𐑱 𐑕𐑰 𐑢𐑲 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑥𐑰 𐑜𐑴𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑."

     𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑓𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑼𐑟 𐑯 𐑯𐑦𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑𐑹 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑐𐑱𐑐𐑼. 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑩𐑯 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑑𐑦𐑒 𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑥 𐑝 𐑡𐑶; 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯, 𐑩𐑤𐑨𐑕! 𐑩 𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑒 𐑓𐑧𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑯 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑺𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑑𐑽𐑟 𐑯 𐑢𐑱𐑤𐑟, 𐑯𐑩𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑑𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑦𐑥𐑰𐑛𐑾𐑑 𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑶𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑓𐑼𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑬𐑼𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑤𐑹𐑛 𐑝 𐑞 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑑.

     𐑓𐑹 𐑞𐑺 𐑤𐑱 𐑞 𐑒𐑴𐑥𐑟--𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑑 𐑝 𐑒𐑴𐑥𐑟, 𐑕𐑲𐑛 𐑯 𐑚𐑨𐑒, 𐑞𐑨𐑑 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑢𐑻𐑖𐑦𐑐𐑑 𐑤𐑷𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 ·𐑚𐑮𐑷𐑛𐑢𐑱 𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑴. 𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑩𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑴𐑥𐑟, 𐑐𐑘𐑫𐑮 𐑑𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑕 𐑖𐑧𐑤, 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑡𐑵𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑟--𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑛 𐑑 𐑢𐑺 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑩𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑝𐑨𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑑 𐑣𐑺. 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑝 𐑒𐑴𐑥𐑟, 𐑖𐑰 𐑯𐑵, 𐑯 𐑣𐑻 𐑣𐑸𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑰 𐑒𐑮𐑱𐑝𐑛 𐑯 𐑘𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑣𐑴𐑐 𐑝 𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑯 𐑯𐑬, 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑣𐑻𐑟, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑩𐑛𐑹𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑒𐑳𐑝𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑩𐑛𐑹𐑯𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑻 𐑜𐑷𐑯.

     𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑳𐑜𐑛 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑚𐑫𐑟𐑩𐑥, 𐑯 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑧𐑙𐑒𐑔 𐑖𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑳𐑐 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑛𐑦𐑥 𐑲𐑟 𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑥𐑲𐑤 𐑯 𐑕𐑱: "𐑥𐑲 𐑣𐑺 𐑜𐑮𐑴𐑟 𐑕𐑴 𐑓𐑨𐑕𐑑, ·𐑡𐑦𐑥!"

     𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥 ·𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩 𐑤𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑳𐑐 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑡𐑛 𐑒𐑨𐑑 𐑯 𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑛, "𐑴, 𐑴!"

     ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑩𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑. 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑬𐑑 𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑰𐑜𐑼𐑤𐑰 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 𐑣𐑻 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯 𐑐𐑪𐑥. 𐑞 𐑛𐑳𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑕 𐑥𐑧𐑑𐑤 𐑕𐑰𐑥𐑛 𐑑 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑖 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑩 𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑣𐑻 𐑚𐑮𐑲𐑑 𐑯 𐑸𐑛𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑦𐑑.

     "𐑦𐑟𐑩𐑯'𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑩 𐑛𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑰, ·𐑡𐑦𐑥? 𐑲 𐑣𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑷𐑤 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑑𐑬𐑯 𐑑 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑. 𐑿'𐑤 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑩 𐑣𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑦𐑛 𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 𐑩 𐑛𐑱 𐑯𐑬. 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑥𐑰 𐑘𐑹 𐑢𐑪𐑗.  𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑣𐑬 𐑦𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑕 𐑪𐑯 𐑦𐑑."

     𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑛 𐑝 𐑴𐑚𐑱𐑦𐑙, ·𐑡𐑦𐑥 𐑑𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑒𐑬𐑗 𐑯 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼 𐑞 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑝 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑧𐑛 𐑯 𐑕𐑥𐑲𐑤𐑛.

     "·𐑛𐑧𐑤," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑣𐑰, "𐑤𐑧𐑑'𐑕 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑬𐑼 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑕 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑩𐑢𐑱 𐑯 𐑒𐑰𐑐 '𐑩𐑥 𐑩 𐑢𐑲𐑤. 𐑞𐑱'𐑮 𐑑𐑵 𐑯𐑲𐑕 𐑑 𐑿𐑟 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑. 𐑲 𐑕𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑞 𐑢𐑪𐑗 𐑑 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑞 𐑥𐑳𐑯𐑰 𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑘𐑹 𐑒𐑴𐑥𐑟. 𐑯 𐑯𐑬 𐑕𐑩𐑐𐑴𐑟 𐑿 𐑐𐑫𐑑 𐑞 𐑗𐑪𐑐𐑕 𐑪𐑯."

     𐑞 𐑥𐑱𐑡𐑲, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑯𐑴, 𐑢𐑻 𐑢𐑲𐑟 𐑥𐑧𐑯--𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑢𐑲𐑟 𐑥𐑧𐑯--𐑣𐑵 𐑚𐑮𐑷𐑑 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑕 𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑚 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑼. 𐑞𐑱 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑞 𐑸𐑑 𐑝 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑕 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑕. 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑲𐑟, 𐑞𐑺 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑻 𐑯𐑴 𐑛𐑬𐑑 𐑢𐑲𐑟 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟, 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑰 𐑚𐑺𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑤𐑦𐑡 𐑝 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑦𐑯 𐑒𐑱𐑕 𐑝 𐑛𐑵𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑯 𐑣𐑽 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑤𐑱𐑥𐑤𐑰 𐑮𐑩𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑑 𐑿 𐑞 𐑳𐑯𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑯𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑝 𐑑𐑵 𐑓𐑵𐑤𐑦𐑖 𐑗𐑦𐑤𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑵 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑢𐑲𐑟𐑤𐑰 𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑮𐑩𐑓𐑲𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑰𐑗 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑞 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑠𐑼𐑟 𐑝 𐑞𐑺 𐑣𐑬𐑕.  𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑻𐑛 𐑑 𐑞 𐑢𐑲𐑟 𐑝 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑛𐑱𐑟 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑣𐑵 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑕 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑑𐑵 𐑢𐑻 𐑞 𐑢𐑲𐑟𐑦𐑕𐑑. 𐑴 𐑷𐑤 𐑣𐑵 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑰𐑝 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑𐑕, 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑨𐑟 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑢𐑲𐑟𐑦𐑕𐑑. 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑰𐑢𐑺 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑢𐑲𐑟𐑦𐑕𐑑. 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑞 𐑥𐑱𐑡𐑲.