The Happy Family
by Hans Christian Andersen
Shavian Translation Copyright (c) 2000 by Scott M Harrison.

𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑰, 𐑞 𐑤𐑸𐑡𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑜𐑮𐑰𐑯 𐑤𐑰𐑓 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑓; 𐑦𐑓 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹 𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑱𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑯, 𐑯 𐑦𐑓 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑢𐑳𐑯'𐑟 𐑣𐑧𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑰 𐑢𐑧𐑞𐑼, 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑷𐑤𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑮𐑧𐑤𐑩, 𐑓𐑹 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑴 𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑤𐑰 𐑤𐑸𐑡. 𐑞 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑜𐑮𐑴𐑟 𐑩𐑤𐑴𐑯, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑺 𐑞𐑺 𐑜𐑮𐑴𐑟 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑜𐑮𐑴 𐑕𐑧𐑝𐑼𐑩𐑤: 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑲𐑑, 𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑲𐑑𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑯𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤𐑟' 𐑓𐑵𐑛. 𐑞 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑝 𐑒𐑢𐑪𐑤𐑩𐑑𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑼 𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑓𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑕𐑰𐑟 𐑝, 𐑱𐑑, 𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑛, "𐑣𐑧𐑥, 𐑣𐑧𐑥! 𐑣𐑬 𐑛𐑩𐑤𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑕!" 𐑓𐑹 𐑞𐑱 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑑𐑱𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑕𐑴 𐑛𐑧𐑤𐑩𐑒𐑦𐑑--𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑟, 𐑯 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒 𐑕𐑰𐑛𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑕𐑴𐑯.

𐑯𐑬, 𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼-𐑣𐑬𐑕, 𐑢𐑺 𐑞𐑱 𐑯𐑴 𐑤𐑷𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑱𐑑 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤𐑟, 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑑; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑕 𐑢𐑻 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑑, 𐑞𐑱 𐑜𐑮𐑵 𐑯 𐑜𐑮𐑵 𐑷𐑤 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑞 𐑢𐑷𐑒𐑟 𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑚𐑧𐑛𐑟; 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑰 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑞𐑧𐑥--𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑕. 𐑣𐑽 𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑕𐑑𐑫𐑛 𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑯 𐑩 𐑐𐑤𐑳𐑥-𐑑𐑮𐑰, 𐑹 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑜𐑸𐑛𐑯; 𐑷𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑕, 𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑛 𐑞 𐑑𐑵 𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤𐑟.

𐑞𐑱 𐑞𐑧𐑥𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑝𐑟 𐑯𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑢𐑧𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑥𐑹; 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑝 𐑩 𐑓𐑨𐑥𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑯 𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑟, 𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑯 𐑞𐑺𐑟 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛. 𐑞𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑬𐑑𐑕𐑲𐑛 𐑦𐑑, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑯𐑵 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑹 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛, 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑒𐑷𐑤𐑛 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼-𐑣𐑬𐑕, 𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑚𐑶𐑤𐑛, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑞𐑱 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑥 𐑚𐑤𐑨𐑒, 𐑯 𐑢𐑻 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑝𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑖; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑓𐑻𐑞𐑼 𐑞𐑱 𐑯𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑; 𐑹, 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑, 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑚𐑶𐑤𐑛, 𐑯 𐑑 𐑤𐑲 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑝𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑖, 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑰 𐑦𐑥𐑨𐑡𐑦𐑯; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑛𐑦𐑤𐑲𐑑𐑓𐑩𐑤, 𐑯 𐑐𐑼𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑘𐑩𐑤𐑼𐑤𐑰 𐑡𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑰𐑤. 𐑯𐑰𐑞𐑼 𐑞 𐑗𐑱𐑓𐑼𐑟, 𐑞 𐑑𐑴𐑛𐑟, 𐑯𐑹 𐑞 𐑻𐑔-𐑢𐑻𐑥𐑟, 𐑣𐑵𐑥 𐑞𐑱 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑦𐑯𐑓𐑼𐑥𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯--𐑯𐑳𐑯 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑚𐑶𐑤𐑛 𐑹 𐑤𐑱𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑝𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑖.

𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑝 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛, 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑯𐑵; 𐑞 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑓𐑹 𐑞𐑺 𐑕𐑱𐑒, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼-𐑣𐑬𐑕 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑞𐑺 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑚𐑶𐑤𐑛 𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑝𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑖.

𐑯𐑬 𐑞𐑱 𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑛 𐑩 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑤𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑰 𐑤𐑲𐑓; 𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑞𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑯𐑴 𐑗𐑦𐑤𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑝𐑟, 𐑞𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩𐑛𐑪𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤, 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑞𐑱 𐑚𐑮𐑷𐑑 𐑳𐑐 𐑨𐑟 𐑞𐑺 𐑴𐑯; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑜𐑮𐑴, 𐑓𐑹 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑝 𐑩 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑓𐑨𐑥𐑩𐑤𐑰; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟, 𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑛𐑱𐑥 𐑥𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤, 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑩𐑚𐑟𐑻𐑝 𐑣𐑬 𐑣𐑰 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑲𐑟, 𐑯 𐑖𐑰 𐑚𐑧𐑜𐑛 𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼, 𐑦𐑓 𐑣𐑰 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑑, 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑞 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤'𐑟 𐑖𐑧𐑤; 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑣𐑰 𐑓𐑧𐑤𐑑 𐑦𐑑, 𐑯 𐑓𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑛𐑱𐑥 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑮𐑲𐑑.

𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑛𐑱 𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑣𐑧𐑝𐑰 𐑕𐑑𐑹𐑥 𐑝 𐑮𐑱𐑯.

"𐑣𐑽 𐑣𐑬 𐑦𐑑 𐑚𐑰𐑑𐑕 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑩 𐑛𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑛𐑪𐑒-𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑟!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤.

"𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑮𐑱𐑯-𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑕!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑥𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤. "𐑯 𐑯𐑬 𐑞 𐑮𐑱𐑯 𐑐𐑹𐑟 𐑮𐑲𐑑 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑷𐑒! 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑢𐑧𐑑 𐑣𐑽! 𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑰 𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑬𐑼 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑬𐑕, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴! 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑹 𐑛𐑳𐑯 𐑓𐑹 𐑳𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑓𐑹 𐑷𐑤 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑗𐑼𐑟, 𐑖𐑫𐑮 𐑦𐑯𐑳𐑓; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑿 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑓𐑴𐑒𐑕 𐑝 𐑒𐑢𐑪𐑤𐑩𐑑𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛? 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑝𐑲𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑩 𐑣𐑬𐑕 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑬𐑼 𐑚𐑻𐑔, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑓𐑹 𐑬𐑼 𐑕𐑱𐑒𐑕! 𐑲 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑑 𐑯𐑴 𐑣𐑬 𐑓𐑸 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑟, 𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑬𐑑𐑕𐑲𐑛!"

"𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤. "𐑯𐑴 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑚𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑬𐑼𐑟, 𐑯 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑖 𐑓𐑹!"

"𐑘𐑧𐑕," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑞 𐑛𐑱𐑥. "𐑲 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑤𐑰 𐑜𐑴 𐑑 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼𐑣𐑬𐑕, 𐑚𐑰 𐑚𐑶𐑤𐑛, 𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑝𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑖; 𐑷𐑤 𐑬𐑼 𐑓𐑹𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑕𐑴; 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑹𐑛𐑯𐑺𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑, 𐑿 𐑥𐑱 𐑚𐑰 𐑖𐑫𐑮!"

"𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼-𐑣𐑬𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑤𐑲𐑒𐑤𐑰 𐑓𐑷𐑤𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑮𐑵𐑦𐑯!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤. "𐑹 𐑞 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑜𐑮𐑴𐑯 𐑳𐑐 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑦𐑑, 𐑕𐑴 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑬𐑑. 𐑞𐑺 𐑯𐑰𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑚𐑰 𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑣𐑱𐑕𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑩 𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑕 𐑣𐑻𐑰, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥. 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑣𐑰 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑷𐑒 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑛𐑱𐑟? 𐑦𐑑 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑟 𐑥𐑰 𐑩 𐑣𐑧𐑛𐑱𐑒 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑲 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑳𐑐 𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑥!"

"𐑿 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑒𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑣𐑦𐑥," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑥𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤. "𐑣𐑰 𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑐𐑕 𐑕𐑴 𐑒𐑺𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑰; 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑩𐑓𐑹𐑛 𐑳𐑕 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑐𐑤𐑧𐑠𐑼--𐑯 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑑 𐑤𐑦𐑝 𐑓𐑹! 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑿 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑝 𐑦𐑑? 𐑢𐑺 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑢𐑰 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑩 𐑢𐑲𐑓 𐑓𐑹 𐑣𐑦𐑥? 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑝 𐑬𐑼 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑖𐑰𐑟 𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑽𐑰𐑼 𐑝 𐑞 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑?"

"𐑚𐑤𐑨𐑒 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤𐑟, 𐑲 𐑛𐑺 𐑕𐑱, 𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑦𐑯𐑳𐑓 𐑝," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯. "𐑚𐑤𐑨𐑒 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑬𐑑 𐑩 𐑣𐑬𐑕--𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑕𐑴 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯, 𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑛. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑞 𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑩 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑬𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑳𐑕; 𐑞𐑱 𐑮𐑳𐑯 𐑑 𐑯 𐑓𐑮𐑴 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑓 𐑞𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑛𐑵, 𐑯 𐑞𐑱 𐑕𐑻𐑑𐑯𐑤𐑰 𐑯𐑴 𐑝 𐑩 𐑢𐑲𐑓 𐑓𐑹 𐑬𐑼 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤!"

"𐑲 𐑯𐑴 𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑖𐑫𐑮 𐑦𐑯𐑳𐑓--𐑞 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑗𐑸𐑥𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑳𐑯!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑕. "𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑩𐑓𐑮𐑱𐑛 𐑢𐑰 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑣𐑸𐑛𐑤𐑰 𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑰𐑛, 𐑓𐑹 𐑖𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑒𐑢𐑰𐑯!"

"𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑓𐑴𐑒𐑕. "𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑖𐑰 𐑩 𐑣𐑬𐑕?"

"𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑐𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑕!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑞 𐑨𐑯𐑑. "𐑞 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑨𐑯𐑑'𐑕 𐑐𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑕, 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑕𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑣𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑦𐑛 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑡𐑦𐑟!"

"𐑲 𐑔𐑨𐑙𐑒 𐑿!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑥𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤. "𐑬𐑼 𐑕𐑳𐑯 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑜𐑴 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑯𐑑-𐑣𐑦𐑤; 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑯𐑴 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑚𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑, 𐑢𐑰 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑞 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑞 𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑯𐑨𐑑𐑕. 𐑞𐑱 𐑓𐑤𐑲 𐑓𐑸 𐑯 𐑢𐑲𐑛, 𐑦𐑯 𐑮𐑱𐑯 𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑯𐑖𐑲𐑯; 𐑞𐑱 𐑯𐑴 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑣𐑽, 𐑚𐑴𐑔 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑯 𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑔𐑬𐑑."

"𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑩 𐑢𐑲𐑓 𐑓𐑹 𐑣𐑦𐑥," 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑞 𐑯𐑨𐑑𐑕. "𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑣𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑦𐑛 𐑣𐑿𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑐𐑱𐑕𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑣𐑽 𐑞𐑺 𐑕𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑻 𐑣𐑬𐑕, 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑜𐑵𐑕𐑚𐑧𐑮𐑰 𐑚𐑫𐑖; 𐑖𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑤𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰, 𐑯 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑦𐑯𐑳𐑓 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑨𐑮𐑰𐑛. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 𐑩 𐑣𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑦𐑛 𐑣𐑿𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑐𐑱𐑕𐑦𐑟!"

"𐑢𐑧𐑤, 𐑞𐑧𐑯, 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑑 𐑣𐑦𐑥!" 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟. "𐑣𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑕, 𐑖𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 𐑩 𐑚𐑫𐑖!"

𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑯 𐑓𐑧𐑗𐑑 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑤 𐑥𐑦𐑕 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤. 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑩 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑢𐑰𐑒 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹 𐑖𐑰 𐑼𐑲𐑝𐑛; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑺𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑞 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑦𐑑, 𐑓𐑹 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑞𐑳𐑕 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑖𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑖𐑰𐑟.

𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑮𐑦𐑡 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑩𐑚𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛. 𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕 𐑻𐑔-𐑢𐑻𐑥𐑟 𐑖𐑴𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑢𐑧𐑤 𐑨𐑟 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑫𐑛. 𐑦𐑯 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑮𐑩𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑷𐑓 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑦𐑑𐑤𐑰, 𐑓𐑹 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑓𐑴𐑒𐑕 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑺 𐑯𐑶𐑟 𐑯 𐑥𐑺𐑦𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑛𐑱𐑥 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑩 𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑘𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑗. 𐑓𐑪𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑯𐑱𐑤 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑒, 𐑣𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑑𐑵 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑛; 𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑞𐑱 𐑜𐑱𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑛𐑬𐑮𐑰 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑣𐑺𐑩𐑑𐑯𐑕, 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑕, 𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑛--𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑕𐑧𐑛--𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑞 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛; 𐑯 𐑦𐑓 𐑞𐑱 𐑤𐑦𐑝𐑛 𐑪𐑯𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑤𐑰 𐑯 𐑛𐑰𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑰, 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑯 𐑥𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛, 𐑞𐑱 𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑗𐑦𐑤𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑒𐑹𐑕 𐑝 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑑 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼-𐑣𐑬𐑕, 𐑚𐑰 𐑚𐑶𐑤𐑛 𐑚𐑤𐑨𐑒, 𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑝𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑦𐑟. 𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑥𐑱𐑛, 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟 𐑒𐑮𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑞𐑺 𐑖𐑧𐑤𐑟, 𐑯 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑥𐑹 𐑒𐑱𐑥 𐑬𐑑. 𐑞𐑱 𐑕𐑤𐑧𐑐𐑑; 𐑞 𐑘𐑳𐑙 𐑒𐑳𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑜𐑳𐑝𐑼𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑, 𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑩 𐑯𐑵𐑥𐑼𐑩𐑕 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑡𐑩𐑯𐑰, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑚𐑶𐑤𐑛, 𐑯 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑒𐑱𐑥 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑝𐑼 𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑦𐑟; 𐑕𐑴 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼-𐑣𐑬𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑓𐑷𐑤𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑮𐑵𐑦𐑯𐑟, 𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑥𐑧𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑻 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑑; 𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑕𐑴, 𐑝 𐑒𐑹𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑕𐑴. 𐑯 𐑞 𐑮𐑱𐑯 𐑚𐑰𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑛𐑪𐑒-𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑟 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑛𐑮𐑳𐑥-𐑥𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑒 𐑓𐑹 𐑞𐑺 𐑕𐑱𐑒, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑳𐑯 𐑖𐑴𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑹𐑛𐑼 𐑑 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑞 𐑚𐑻𐑛𐑪𐑒 𐑓𐑹𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑩 𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑼 𐑓𐑹 𐑞𐑺 𐑕𐑱𐑒𐑕; 𐑯 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑰, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑓𐑨𐑥𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑰; 𐑓𐑹 𐑞𐑱, 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑰𐑛 𐑢𐑻 𐑕𐑴.