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Fuahns Clras, Aharn
33
ba 30:1.
Kl kuy ckcbn snfr lhn Jrchm l smn ]n ichn ? pcr
t lbn as t kl mnrczh ba uh prnjuh bn bn inr y
ck cr e u r c , v l h b n ta p l mcb n y r ap l mcb n , y c b a i
k n ia s tn K N ] S Q L R N , yc bai zuk fh y ahjcbnsn
K C K C H E , y yc ba muc h tc lhk uh bc scfchb l oc
sa p rasah tc ah as tcs r a o l chas 7 t a `ch tnkcbn
ba su mu ap tc, sa m afch ah t , ara s su mc rh cb c,
y ta j lecrch ba mu ch tn lhsa hs ctn sa ias ch tnoc ?
uhcs vamas ba kcr lpnsc , n t rcs ba crcc, yc ta `c
mah ic rvc , yc h lh jc , n r c t a m raah fu `n , n rc sar
p la h ta , n rc j ch tcskc . C qua i qua m ra c yn qua a rc
tnbcs ics mnscs fuahcs , v laha sar `ny tnbcs ics
mnscs k cics ? a i qua arc ras pic hb nr , `ny as vnimch,
a i qua a rc i c p la brc p ram lnsc ba i T c r ce uc y , `ny
as k lrc bn mnkn ic k cs v l i asmnr lc , a i qua cyar arc
kxlkn T ras lbah ta , `ny as a i kh lkn7 tu l ius
t r cm l h sa mck flc ah ju r lc , tu mnh tah t n a h r c
flc , chta s tn bn ta sn frc fc y `ny tn bn ta jc i tc ,
ch ta s ta ras pa tc fc h, `ny ta jcml i ltch , sa fur ic h
ba t y ba tu s mnscs , ta t lahah ba tcrc smc , `cmah
pict l i in ba tnb ns tu s `am `ns , y yn k a cfn m`n rhn
y muf rn a i rns t rn ba mnr r lbn .
Su as as tn , kl snfr lhn T chm `n> @ e nt a as tc
praeuh tc , pnrqua ka mnhs lbarn mnh baram`n pcrc
`cm r ta ic , pc rc r aq ua r l r t a ? yn kc s ba sa r tu
t l n , ju l ah mc rec bn pn r tu pc bra pcrc qua ta t r c
oa rc F ua hn s C lra s a i cn 3027 jlh ba qua ta
ba sp aoc rcs , ta m lv l i lzcrcs , y ta ` lm la rcs , ba pcoc
qa arc s , uh jamuhbn e rc hn , qu a nj ramlarc cfuh-
bc l` as mnsam`cs hu as t rc q uar lb c pc t r l c .
@ a `am `n s lak pra i cs vamas ba pc br a , ac
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much tn `a pnb lbn , t a `a bc bn lhs t ru m lnh as ba
k n r c i l b cb b a t n b n e h a r n , y o ck cs t a ` a p a r
blbn ba v ls tc , `cs tc qua ka ju mnhvahlahta a i
b a o c r t a 7 p a r n s lh cf ch b n h c r t a , h l b a s ck p cr c r t a .
H u as t rc as t r am`az ju h t lk c , bnrk ck ns ah
uh klskn mckcrn ta , muchbn vah ckns , y vn iv c
kns ah ic enia tc V A T F I L M C B A I T C V C E Q C \ 7
ka ask ar ah jnrkc r ta uh onv ah m lv l i , ta sc qu
ba cqu ai as tc bn ah qua pcra mcs mnkn uh pn i in
k n ocb n , mu ch b n i i ae ck n s cm, y p r n m u r k l t l e c r
cqua i c rb nr mnhmup lsm lf ia q ua sa p r nh uh m l cf c
j u a r t ak ah ta ah t u t ak p ar ck ah t n , y q u a h u h mc
sa `c 'p nb lbn mc ikcr , s l ahbn tu p r lhm lp c i f ichm n
cbnrcr i c Blnsc Zniup lc , `cm lahbn rcyc pnr i c
rcyc , y pcschbn ba rcyc ah as tc kcta r lc .
M nh as tc lhmi lhcmlh y juaen ta ` lzn k li l tc r tu
pc br a . A h as tc mc r ra r c cpcram l a i juaen mnh
rcy n cfrc scb nr , c rb lah ta , vnrcz y ium lbn , s l ak
p r a t t a ` c s k ch ta h lb n mch b ah ta y ah mah b lb n ,
cs as qua tu asp cbc `c as tcb n mci lah ta y mnh
vc lhc cf la r tc , y pn r muc iqula rc mcusc mnsc hn
`cs r ap crc bn ah bc r mnh vc lh c y tn bn qu lah sa
ta `c p ra sah tcb n ba mnh t rc r ln r lvc i .
H n pnb lc `cf rsa ta bc bn a oa rmlm ln k cs cba
mucb n tu e ah ln , t a `cs `am`n e ah arc i ah i cs c r
k c s ?
ic asp cb c y ic ichzc scfas f ic hb lr c s , ak
fn mcr a i mch , mc ic r i c fc yn ha tc , k nh tc r y kc
ha oc r a i mcfc i in ? mnh scf ia ba sah vc lh cbn , fc
yn ha tc mcicbc y ichzc ah r ls t ra , ara s mcp cz b a
csc i tc r uhc p iczc juar ta ? mnkn fuah c r t l i i a rn kn
r l rs c i p la bai mc h, f lah k nh tc bn snf ra ic mu
r a c . \ r a s p am tn mcf c i i a r c q u aq u l t cm l h
lehnr l s> A r as vc rnh l i `n k fra ba i czn y fn
i c s , y hc bla sa p lah sa qua aras mcpc z ba asm urr l r
i c fn ic ah mcsn cpurcbn , cuhqua ta p lh tah ba tq r
tu e c pc vn raci , mu ch bn t u `nr smnp n as ba iah,
cuh qua k l var t a `u f la rc vah lbn ka onr a i . b a
C r l a s , Mc pr lmnrh ln , Rc ur n , s lehns qua mnhb l-
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mah k uy flah mnh `c fa r k at l bn tnb ns ins pc
rceucy ns ah , uh muarh n , y `c fa r ta qua bcb n t
snin mnh ic mnrhumnplc ba Ckcitac ,
Cuhqua as tcs mnrhjarcs mnhs ta icmlnhas ta snh
k uy cpi lmcfias pnr tu s `am `ns , as baml r , pn r tu s
lhk nbas t lcs mnhnm lbcs , i c qua p rn p lck ah ta t a
mnr ra spn hb a , as i c ba i Ia ah , t ck flh uhn b a ins
f icsnhas ba hu as t rn asmubn hcm lnhc i , ba sua r ta
qua `cfar hcm lbn ah as ta s lehn , t ahar ucs mnkn
ics qua ns tah tc as ta ch lkci , a s tc r f icsn hch bn ba
sus muc i lbcbas ba ec r rc s , y basq u l oc rch bn ianhas
s lh mascr , snh tckflh `am`ns qua sa prnbumah
ic vls tc .
@ny a i Frcs l i y tnbn a i kuhbn ta mnh takohch
fcon as tn s bns cspa mtns , mnkn Inpaz- ian mn
kn Inp az- tcurn 7 y slh ak fc ren qua snh k l tcb as
kuy npuas tcs , hn as t r cch , pnr qua vah `arv l r ah
tu cbk lhls t rc ml h, ah tu s npa rcmlnh as , y ah tu s
pc ic frcs i cs kcs lhcu b l tcs k nhs t ru ns lbc bas , mnkn
hcm lbcs b a uh sar jc tc i slkn jnrk cbn ba in f ru tn y
in rcmln hci , y k um` n k cs mu chb n tnb ns sc fah qua
`uf n ah n t rn t l ak pn ' M ah tcu rn ah Rasc i lc , y ah
M r a t c K l h n t c u r n .
Ba tnbn in b lm`n puaba lh ja r l r sa mkn as tc r
yn mnh astcs mnscs7 mraah qua t hn ics mn
h n m a s ,
y ka ruae ch qua ta ics b lec pc rc var
s l ba s t ruy as t c i k lx t l h . R hn ka hae crs qua
H cf um n tu ah r le nr ah m la r tn t l ak pn fua y
`n k fra , `nkfra* fu ay , y cmu rbc ta t ck flh
ba cqua i ic fu r rc qua `cf i . K lah t rcs t c h t n , s l
t l ou ze cs qua as tn v lah a ba B lns , qua t nf rcs
pnr lhsp l rcm lh suyc , c r r k cia eucsm c c i F rcs l i 7
hn `c ec s mcsn ba much tn b lec h y `c ec h cm .
N frc t ah e r ch ba , qu a nf rcs snh ck nras y hn
fu ah cs rczn has , y pu as tn qua `c s t l r cb n b a ic*
t lznhc , i c t l aha basahvc lhcbc , i c p rasah tcs bashu
b c y v l fr c ium lah ta 7 qu a sa va c q ua hn as
tch v l r ea h, mnkn sa mraa , qua cu hq ua c ien bas-
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mch t l i i cbc , `cs ba k ata r ic `c s tc i c eu crh lm l h ,
qua pc rc asn ic p ra sah tcs y i c t l a hb as c i F rcs l i .
@ cz ta uh Mlb , qua `c yc k nrns y m r l s t l c hn s
muc h tn ch tas ? `cz ta uh P r oas , uh C ia oc hb rn , a tm .
as pras lsn hn h cs qua sapc s qu a a i Frc s l i hn as
knmn ba pc vn , qu a s l pa s tc a cs , t a b cr p cr c
tcfc mn , y t a suk lr i c fn yc 7 tu t l ah as k um `n *
` n k f r a s ,
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pa rn i t l aha k um` ns sn ibcb ns 7 k cs
as tn hn lkpnr tc muchbn t scfas qua pnr a i mckl
hn sa `cmah fu aya s .
A h nt rc nmcs lh ta l r mn htc bn ics mnscs qu a
b l mah q u a ` cs ` am` n p c r c k ch tah a r a i n r b ah
pfi lmn .
Ru t n qua ta ckc ba mnrczh .
A i M l u b c b c h n T c r c e u c y n
KCHQAI TABAN BA TAC-
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Fuahns Clras, Aharn 31 ba 30::.
Astlkcbn snfrlhn kl, Jrchmlsmn ]nichn? cuh
qu a ah kl ch tarln r ta cvlscfc qua ta lrc mnh
tchbn kum`cs mnscs qua `cfcs `am`n ah asc tucbklhlstrcmlh pcrc mnhsarvcr ai nrbah pfilmn,
ka pcrama qua hn pnb r `ny iiahcr astc prnk asc,
pnrq ua sa ctrcvlasch ba pnr k abln tchtn s csuh
tns bai Lk parln bai Frcsli, qua hn p uabn baocrins
lhcparmlflbn s. ]a `c lrrltcb n lchtn asta Lk parln
mnh tu s trcva surc s, qua ics `c tnk cbn in sarln,
y ka csaeurch qua ta vc asmcrk ahtcr pcr c tn
b c ic vlbc. ]aeh sa pra pcr c as pcrc qu ltcrta ai
rasua iin, y tnb n ai k uhb n sa prnh uhm lc su jcvnr, tc i astrakn- qua tnbn s qulara h `cmarsa frcslia
rns pnr ic snic rczh ba tuk fc rta, y pnr var qua
mnh tcias juarzcs y pn ba r sa puaba pcsc r pnr tn
bcs ics plmcs ba Jich bas , y kum`n kcs muchbn
pcrama qua am`cs pla ctrs.
Ins C rea htlh ns ilfarcias sa jrntch
ics
kchns ba
mnhtah tn ci mnhtakpicr qua ci T crce uc y ia i iaec
su rabahmlh, pnrqua chslch ba qua sciec ba asa
mcutlvarln, y qua t ta iiaeua muchtn chtas tu]ch K crtlh? hl q ularah qua sa blec?
Euarrc ci
Tcrceucy, slhn Euarrc Ipaz? ctcmcr tu lhba
pahba hmlc, y hn ic ba ic Vapfilmc, qua ic eu arr c
sac k uarta pcrc t , y vlbc pcrc" ic T ctr lc . As
schmlh pfilmc asta basan.
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Cs hn astrc as
sl
ah astc ak prasc scfas qua sa
kazmich `nk fras ba vcrlcs iaheuc s. H n puab as
jleurcrta in qua tnbn s ckch `ny ci T cr ce uc y,
ia k lrch mnkn ic hlc ba ins nons, mnkn jinr baics jinras, mnkn prahbc lbnictrcbc, qulah karama
tnb n scmrljlmln pnr rasmc tcric ba tu pn bar. B a
hlheh knbn qularah qua ast k cs tu mcren
pnr ai kci tr ctn qua ia bcs, y pnrq ua ta `cs pua s
tn kuy basvchamlbn.
Mlartckahta, snfrlhn kn, ta `cs basmnkpuastn
ku m`n, aspamlcik ahta baspus qua trc ec sta ic-
praslbahmlc? hn `cflc slbn tu astkcen pcrc bl
ea rlr tch fuah fnmcb n, `cflc slbn bfli, ta ` c
mcuscbn ahjarkabcb ba oulmln, `cmlhb nta mnka
tar kli astrcvcechmlcs, qua prnmabah varbcbarc
k ahta ba kcic bleastlh.
]citcsta rapahtlhckahta bai vciia ic mukfra,
y sa basmnkpusn tu hctu rciaz c, ta jcitcrnh ics
juarzc y ic mcpcmlbcb pcrc trlturcr flah ic pra
slbahmlc, y ic aheuiista, hn astchbn tu astkcen
cmnstukfrcbn asta eharn ba cilkahtn.
Njsmasata ic vlstc , basmnhn mlsta iua en tu s
chtleuns ciiaecbns, tus pcrlah tas, tu s cklens?
tnbn ta turf, ic jcitc ba mnstukfra astc micsa
ba k chocr, ai usn ba tc h tn uhljnrka, ba tch tcs
m` crr atar cs, ba tch tn aistlmn, ba tch tc asmnitc,
ba tch tn cp crc tn b a mnm`a, flzcrrns mcfciins,
raspa tn lbnitrlmn, nfablahmlc mlaec ba trn pc s,
ak piacbns, mlubcbc hns, y ba tnb c asc m`uskc?
ic akfrlceuaz ba tus cpicusns, asa enipa turfcbai vu ien , qua ta jastaocfc mnh ein rlcs, `nsc hcs,
Ra Bauk, klscs mchtcbcs*, mckpchcs y mckpchl
iics, mahmarrns y mcsmcfaias, iuklhcrlcs, fclias,
kslmcs, pchbaratcs, y ntrns ttaras, mnh qua ta
mrasta parsnhcoa blehn ba vaharcmlh, y ba qua
hcbla pnbc tnmcrta, hl ai pain ba ic rnpc, pnrqha
t `cfcs `am`n T ras lba hta , y aras uh iuklhcr
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muchbn hn aras k cs qua uh slkpia euschn ba
iuz.
Astns `ukns ta ciatcrecrnh, parblsta `cstc ins
ilhackahtns ba ics fuahcs mnstukfras, ta prnpu
slsta uitrcocr, ckahczcr y kcitrctcr ins `nk
fras y kuoaras, sar ernsarn, lhtrctcfia, snfar
fln, crrnechta y mruai .
A i T rnja tc B cvlb blma ah su scikn 20 qua ics
prnplabcbas bai furrn ta snh cpilmcfias? klrc in
qua as asta tnrpa chlk ci, y scmc ic mnhsamuahmlc.
]l uhn `c ba sar T raslb ahta bai T crc eu cy ba
asta knbn, vcych ci blcfin sus praslbahmlcs, ics
asparchzcs y suinern?hn ` cy citazcX
hn
`cy rlqua
zc, hn `cy `nhnr, hn `cy iumrn qua aqulvciec ic
purazc ba mnstuk fras, ic ramtltu b bai chlkn.
T arbar ic sahbc ba ic rczh, y mnhstltulrsa uhn
sakaochta ins fru tns Ic praslbahmlc, ic lkpu
razc y ic.cv crlmlc, `ch icf rcbn tu pramlplmln7 pnr
aiics hn tlaha s mnstuk fras, pnr aiics hn `cy iumas
ah tu ahtahb lklah tn, y pnr aiics ta `cs vu aitn
.sakaochta ins cshns.
@ csta `lhm`cbn ba tci. k charc, qua yc hn mc
fas ah t, scias k nstrc rta ci k uhb n. Ra `cs
mralbn sar scfln, pnitlmn y vcila hta, bamlbas ba
tnbn,
y `cmas kli k nhcbcs mnkn lh taileah ta y
k castrn . C mu rbc ta qua ]mrctas blon, qua ic
nplhlh `lhm`c ins hamlns, bai knbn qua ai vlah
tn `lhm`c ins muarns.
Rc i as ai ra tr ct n jlai ba tu sar, tc i as ai parsnhc
oa qua cpicstc fcon sus pichtcs ci Tcrceucy,
blmah tnbns7 ci qua qulara c`nrc ahscherahtcria
pnr ai lhsahsctn basan ba slheuicrlzcrsa.
Astrccrs qua sa rlch ba t, qua sa furiah,
muchbn ta kuastrcs uh mnhvuisn `lhm`cbn, y qua
ta celtcs pnr ic baflilbcb ba tu ahtahb lk lahtn,
knvlahbn hcusacs qulahas slahtah tus arutns>
Hcbc lkpnrtch ascs mnhvuislnhas /ba harvlns,
trcstnrhns y vrtlens, qua ta `cmah mraar mnfcrbc
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tnbn ai k uhb n, y qua ic scf lbu rc, ic pnitlmc
y ic jnrtciazc ahtr crn h ba uh vuain y erc tultc
kahta ah tu kniiarc y mnrczh? asparc uhns blcs
kcs,
y praprcta tnkcr ics ba Zliicblaen, pnr
qua sl ai Frc sli ta ahm ua htrc , ta vc scmub lr ai
pnivn, y pn harta mnkn huav n, y ai pla snfra tu
pasmuazn `cstc baocrta knhbn y ilrnhbn.
Blns in k chbc cs, y ah iiaechb n ic `n rc, hn
`cy qulah puabc njramaria mnsc qua ia cpicqua.
\ c scfrs qua ai Frcsli sleua cjaltchbn tus
prolkns ah ic Fchb c N rlahtci7 k um`cs fcr fc s
fichmcs asth yc kuy flah paicbcs, y aiics ta bl
mah qua pnhe cs ic tuy c ah raknon7 y hnsntrns ins
Tcrceuyns ba cm, ia `akns pablbn pnr jcvnr qua
hns `cec tckflh ic fcrfc7 mnh tci qua `akns ba
`cmaria ai mnpata. Mnh asta mnpata Frcsliarn
ctuzcbn, y ic fcrfc T crce ucy c asmckn hbcbc, pn
bakns prasahtcrhns rnzcechtas chta t y huas
trns pclschns pcrc bcrhns blcs ba einrc.
Csaerchka qua tlahas aherliicbns kum`ns
scmarbntas, y kum`ns mlubcbchns blstlheulbns, y
qua `cs bas tarrcb n vlrtunscs y `nhrcbcs sanrcs .
Chuhmcias ba kl pcrta ai schtn cbvahlklahtn
frcsliarn, y qua ic rabahmlh as saeurc, saeh in
slahta tu tln, qua ta basac asmcpas ic vlbc, c`nrc
qua ic trcas ouecbc, y plahscs vahbaric mcrc.
Ai Mlubcbchn Tcrcehcyn
KCHQAI
TABAN BA
TAC.
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Fuahns Clras, Ah arn 30 ba 30:1.
Zlvc , v lv c 'k l snfr lhn Jrch m l smn ]n ichn ? yc
as ts ah pnsas lh bai juar ta fr cs l i arn ba Mnlk -
frc juarzc ba sch era f l snc pc rce uc yc . T n
f r a V ap f i l mc b a i T c r ce u c y ah q u k ch n s ` c s
nc lbn Jr ch m lc y t pc br a , t l r ch ns ch tam asnras
h ly ns t ch ahak lens ba eu ar r c , y tu t ch c i mnh
t r c r l n ?
cquaiins mnblmlnsns ba pcz, y tu vlbn ba
vlm tnr lcs kcrmlc ias , ins uhns kazqulhns ba sch
e ra e ua rr ar c , y tu pr b le n b a a i ic . Sulh ias
`u fla rc b lm`n cqua i ins , s l vn sntrn s snls as t ra
l b n s , ci su ma sn r sa ia vc h cjinocr ins k ua iia s,
su mursn vc sar b l i c tc bn y mnplnsn T ahscfc ls
qua sa ec s t cr c pn r uh n, y sa vc ec s tc r pn r
m l ah tn , y i t lk ck ah ta h n s q u ab c r ak n s t n mch b n
t c f i a t c s
@ c` s l as m la r tn qua a i k ch bn ta c iumlh ,
ins pni lmrnkns , ins `nhnras y ics r lquazcs juarnh
hu av ns pc rc t , y `cs mclbn ah uh c aspamla ba
j rahas , qua ta `c nm up cb n ic rczh ? csm ahb ls ta
juarc ba t l akpn , t a a iavcs ta bakcs lcbn , t a cpcr
tcs ta kum`n ba i c i i churc ah qua hcm l s ta , suf ls ta
N i lk p n , c r r l f c s ` n y M n lk f r c , ` cmas k c tc r
pc rce uc yn s fnm c ba o c r r n , y i c ak pra sc t a s a
v u a iv a a i s u a n b a i p a r r n .
H n t a cmu a r b cs mu ch b n tu p cb r a k ch b u h
Rahlah ta c r t l i i a rn cpa i i lbcbn Zl i i c ifc mnh fuquas
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ba eu arrc y 144 `nk fras am`cr uhns valhta
y bns frcsliarns bai marrn T ch ba Czmcr,
bnhba `cfch vahlbn ah mchncs astcfiamar
cii uhc eucrb lc> Asns frcs liarns `lmlarnh ic
klskc bajahsc qua ins ba Mnlk frc, k ctcrnh
`lrlarnh vcrlns pcrc eu cyn s, y baspus sa as
mcfuiiarnh ilhbckahta, slh pnbarsa rakablcr?
blarnh astnmcbc pnr mnrhcbc.
Blm`nsn sa iickc cquai qua asmcrk lahtc ah
mcfazc coahc7 pa rn t qua ta `cs mnh va rtlbn ah
uh k nhstrun ba ic Vap filmc, qua ta `cs mrabn
qua tnbn ai k uhbn ast nfilecbn nfab amarta
y trlf utc rta nfsaqulns, qua hn scfas qua ba
ins asmcrkahtcbns sa `cmah ins cvlscbns, qua
ta `cs ahmchblicbn mnh tch tc iuz y tch tn pnb ar?
ta mlaecs y am`cs asns lhjailmas lhaspartns
pcrce ucy ns uhc lhkahsc y ctrnz mcrhlmarc,
hcbc kcs qua pnrqua tu astkcen hn ast cmns
tuk frc bn mnhtahar kchocras ba tc h tc sustch
mlc, mnkn ins qua ta bao tu pc br a, sa ta `c iia
hcbn y ta prnbuma `lhm`cznhas, y nfstrummlnhas
ah tnbc s pc rtas, y ba asta knbn `cs pa rblb n ic
sciub y ahtahb lklah tn, y hn ta sa bc uh pltn `c
mar barrckcr schera, slh tnh hl snh.
]l `uflarcs pahscbn ah in qua ta jcitc pc rc
sar,fuah enfarhchta, pcrc sar scfln, pnitlmn,
vcilahta y eu arra rn, hn ta `cfrcs k atlbn ah as
tc bchzc y k ctchzc, hl `cf rlcs ahtr cb n ah mnh
trc rr as tn mnh hc bla mnh ic inmc ak prasc ba aqul
ilfrcr astcbns.
Bafcs `cfar rapatlbn prnazcs mnkn ics ba tu
pcbra, mnkn cquaiic bai Mnkchbchta Vckns,
muchbn ju mnh trasmlahtns `n k fras ci ntrn icbn
bai rln Cpc, cfchz ic mcsc ba ic vlubc frcsliarc
ba uh tci Ipaz, ic quak, bastru y tnbn su
erchblnsn astcfiamlklahtn, trcon ba ic mckc ic
Zliic ba Mnhmapmlh blm`c sanrc, qua sa `c
iicfc ba p crtn , y ouh tck ah ta tn bc su jcklilc, qua
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sa mnkp nhc ba 30 pa r snh cs 7 t ck fl h uh mnkpc
br a ba a i ic ] r . Ni lv al rc , qua ` cf lc lbn v ls l
tcr ic 7 y cs lklskn ntrn sanr Enhziaz , qua `cflc
i iae cbn c i i mnh k nt lvn ba mnk prc r uhns mck
p n s .
C r ra mnh tn bn a i ec hc bn ba i c as tchm lc ,
y ah t ra i cqua i ic m r lc ba vcmcs e r ch ba s , muyns
k cm` n s y ` ak f r cs s u p n tu p c b r a r ap c r t l r i n s ah
sus as tchmlcs .
T c rc `czccs saka och tas t a bcr c f lah a i hc l
p a , y hn p c rc csc i tc r jnrj tj lmcmlnhas, y sci lr bas
mc ic frcb n , y `cm ar asmc ic mnh mcbv aras .
K lrc mkn cf r l ins n ons a i F rcs l i , mk n ta
nil , mu chb n t lfcs , i yc as t cf c ba vua i tc ? ` lzn
ra t l r c r ins `c f l tc h ta s ba i cs pnf icm lnha s , y ba
o c r t a h ae r c s v l a o c s s n i ck ah ta .
Flah b lma a i raj rh? qulah hn scfa qua as euar
rc , vcyc a i i c 7 y puabn csaeurcr ta qua ins t r luh
jns mnkn ins ba M nlk frc , ta `c h ba bu rc r mnk n
.mum` crc ba pc h .
A h uh c mc r tc qua a i 1 ba B lml ak fra ba 3015
asmr lf tu pc br a , i a `cf icfc ba uh c oa r l h ec ba
p ic tc qua ju ba i b lm tcb nr J r ch m lc , y i a bam lc
qua sa `cf lc cprn p lcb n b a a i ic pcrc o a r lh ec r sa
,y o a r l h e c r h n s . T n r in v l s t n . t i c ` c s ` a r a b c b n ,
y vcs- mnh a i ic y ins pc rc eu cy ns t rc s bai F rcs l i ,
pa rn a i m i l st a r qua i i avc , bc c tnb ns . B asb a
qua rnk pl su mc r ra rc tu mc r rn pn i t l mn , as ts
b ch b n b a mu i c t c , y p n h lah b n ah k n v lk lah tn a i
ou ae n t r cs a rn ba i mc r ruc oa , y hn `c y cy ub c qua
v c ie c p c r c k n v a r t a p n r a i b a i ch t a r n .
Ru akpan as a i c ifnrn tc r a i mn tc r rn ah ic Va
pf i lmc C r oah t lhc ? k a b lmah qua `ch c bc bn ah
as cs b l i l o ah m l c s B n h T c s mu c i V n s cs , Bnh Ons
M c k l h n s y B n h T a p a V c k r a z , m n k n i c h z c b a r c s
ba ta oabnr , p rnmurchbn `cmar tus , tus , ins par
rn s v la ons , y czu zch bn mnh ic jcisc pra nm up cmln u
ba qua ins cr oah t lhns y frc s l iarn s v lv ah mnk n
parrn- ? v ec tns .
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R in qua basac s mnh as t n , as ch crq ulz cr ic
V a p f i l mc 'C r e ah t lh c , b a s u h l r i c s T r n v lh m l c s ,
qua rahc zmc ic e u ar rc m lv l i, qua hn ta he c
iue cr ba pah scr ah t , y pu abc s , mnkn tu pc br ay J r ch m l c cp r n v a m` c r t a b a a s ta a s t cb n .
A i Frcs li o ck cs `c lh ja r lbn ce rcv ln c i T c r c
e u c y , e u c r b c r k n h c mnh a i B lm t c b n r J r ch m l c ,
ju uh n ba ins pr lk arn s qua ramn hnm l su lhb a
pah bah m lc , y mnhsarv ra icm lnha s ckls tnscs ah
t n b n t l a k p n . A i T c r c e u c y o c k c s sa ` c p r n h u h
m lcbn m nh t rc a i F rcs l i , y kcs f lah J r ch m l c , tu
p c b r a , y t ` cf l s a s t cb n p r a p c r cb n s mn h t r c
F u ah n s C l r a s , mn h t r c t n b n c r o ah t l h n , s l ak p r abas jnec hbn mnh t rc a i ins , ah mc rhc hb n nb lns , mcu
schb n par ou lm lns ba tnb n e h arn ah sus pa r snh cs ,
ah sus lh ta ra sas y ah su jckc . B le ch Mn r r lah
t a s , ] ch t c - J y F u ah n s C l r a s , y p r a s a h t ah su s
njahscs y r am ick ns ins k cs ou s tn s , ba ce rcv lns
qua sa ia `c h lhjar lbn p nr ni cf usn qu a sa `c
`am`n ba su as tcbn ba chcrqu c .
@ n y k l sk n ai F r c s l i h n v c m n h t r c a i T c r c e u c y ,
vc mnh trc t , qua ia prn vn mc s ic e u ar rc , qu a ia
n j ah b as b a i k n b n k cs f r u t c i .
H cb c lk p n r t c c i L k p a r ln s cf a r q u a t a p r n v aas
b a c r k ck ah tn , b a f u q u a s mn r czcb n s , b a i l ah zn s ,
f cy a t c s , y b a mu ch tn p a r t r am ` n b a t c i c f c r t a r c
pu ab cs cmnp lc r ? hc bc ia lk pn r tc qua ia ` lh qu as
a i b la h ta , y qua ia t r c le cs ah t ra b la h ta s ? i iuae n
y k uy iuae n ta `c r r am` lhc r ins b la h ta s , y t a as
t l r c r i c p la rhc .
I c a sp ab l m ln h K c tn e r n s n t a a s t k n s t r ch b n
qua t lahta pains a i haenmln ,y in qua ta vc mns tcr
a i c fa r ch bcb n fus mch bn a i pa in c i `ua vn .
A i t l r cr ta c i mnbl i in mnh vlah a c i F rcs l i , y ins
a s t cb n s b a i T i c t c , y c i T c r ce u c y k l s k n ? a s t l i y
h amas c r l c p c r c t n b n s a s t c e u a r r c . I n q u a ` l zn
a i F rcs l i mnh t rc V ns cs , in qua `c ma `n y mn h t r c
C e u l r r a , v c ` cma r mn h t r c t . C u h q u a i a v a s
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ch bc r pcsn ba fu ay , i mck lhc mnh plas ba .pin
kn `cs tc nf i lecr ta am`cr ta su p las .
]nh pckpi lhcs y pckpl rn icbcs , ins pahscklah
tns y c icrk cs ba qua a i F rcs l i ck flmlnh c mnh
qu ls tcr . In s qua ck flmln hch , snh ins t l rc hn s , ins
rcp lc bn ras , ins qua r ln r av ua i tn ine rch ec
hchm lc b-pasm cbn ras . Asn s qua c i t a r ch ic
t r ch qu l i lbc b , qua hn ba och enzc r ba pcz , mnkn
t , qua mnkn cps tn i r av n ium ln hcr ln qu la ra s `c
mar ra e cr mnh sch er a tn bn mu ch tn as t t c i
mchma .
Mu fra s mnh ics pc icfr cs ba hu as t r n asmu bn hc- ,
m lnuc ipcz y oustlmlc y ai rc k n ba nilvc ai pu c i
mnh qua p r lhm lp lcs ahscherah tc r i c pc t r l c , y
mnh `am`ns m ru ah tn s ce l tc r as tns pua f ins .
T n r q u h n t n k c s p n r k n b a in c i T r a s lb a h t a
ba ic V ap fi lmc C rea h t l hc > Ia vars mnh uh
e r c h b a a s t k ce n lh c i t a r cf i a t n b n cu k ah tn b a
pn ba r jnr tuh c, in k lsk n sa ia mnhnma c` nr c
q u a ch tas , r av as t lb n ba uh h lkn suf i lka , supa
r ln r tn bc s ics mnscs , qua hn cpr amlc k cs qu a
`cm ar ic ja i lm lbcb ba ins cr ea ht lh ns , bc r ias p cz
i l f a r t c b y p r n e r a s n . S u b l ja r ah ml c ah n r k a
ah tra i y t> A i k nb as t n , y s l iahmlnsn , y t sn
fa rf ln y j chjc rrh ? i ba mnrczh k ceh h lk n
qua mnhs lbarc mnkn lhb l ja rah tas ins `nhnras as -
tar l ras bai k ch bn , y t qua ins basa cs , qua ta
` lhm` cs mnh ic pnsas lh , y much bn tak as parb ar
ins , ta ahvl iamas ? i hn p cb am a cel tc mlh pn r muci
qu la r mc h t lb cb ba c i lka htn qua ram lfc , mc r m ta r
b a ` n k f r a s u p a r ln r , s cf a mn h s a r v c r s a l h k u tcf i a
ah tn bn erc b n 7 y t qua m l jrcs tn bc tu ja i lm lbcb
ah b l s p c r c t a s , y mu ch b n s a c s n k c u h r a v as c -
m raas qua vc bcr vua i tc i c ruabc , t a c ifnrn tcs ,
t a mq h s lb a r c s p a r b lb n .
J leurfcs ta cmcsn qua asa tu mnrckvnfls , a sa
tu jcujcu, asc tu er ch p rns np np ay c, mnh qu a ak
f n f cs c i T c r ce u c y , ah tn h t am a r c c i F r c s l i , y
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astns puafins> ]l C eu lrr a sa ak fnfaml, cii sa
ics `cyc, mnh su pch sa in mnkc. A h jlh, tnb ns
ta vch mnhnmlahbn qua aras fuah c eu ltc rrc , yqua ai Frc sli snin cmnk pccb n ta `c r mnk
prah bar qua ntrc mnsc as mnh eu ltcr rc . H n pn r
astn yn ka bashcturcilzn, hl baocr ba sar tu
cjamtunsn t n, qua kcs qulslarc var ta ah ai mlain
qua ah ic tlarrc.
Ai Mlubcbchn Tcrceucyn
KCHQAI TABAN BA TAC-
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Fuahns Clras, Aharn64ba 30:1.
Zcilchta snfrlhn kn, Jrchmlsmn ]nichn? ah*
tlah bn qua ci ramlflr mcbc mcrtc ba astcs qua ta
asmrlfn, vcs tnrm ark a ai nmlmn7 parn hn as mnsc
qua rnkpck ns ichzcs pnr astns blspc rctas. H n
s mnkn sa `c `am`n tch pfilmc huastrc mnkuhl
mcmlh, qua tnbns ic scfah, y ci vark a pnr ic
mciia,
fusmhb nk a ba prnp sltn ah mcsc, ka
jailmltch pn r ai pcra htasm n, supnhlhbnka Bu qua
K crquas pc rc muchbn ta mnrnhas ba Ak parc
bnr .
@ a hntcbn tck flh qua as kum`c ic chslabcb
ba scfar ics `czccs, ichmas, sumasns y pcsns ba
tu pc bra y tuyns, y mtcta cqu ic rczh pn rquahn puab n mnh tahark a. H n ta jruhzcs, y hn ka
klras mnh snframaon, mciic ai plmn, ceuchtc y tah
pcmlahmlc, qua in klskn `cmah cquaiins pnf ras
pcrc eu cyn s, muchbn ias mcrbcs ic ichc. In qua
qu larn, as var sl mnh astc mcrec marr cbc qua ta
bny , y ics qua ta bcr k uy prn htn ai Frcsli, ta
sa cpcech ins frlns, y ta quabcs tck cltn . Mran
qua mnh astns aspcibcrczns qua tnbns ta bch cm
tucikahta, ta sa `ch ba qultcr ics echcs ba cocr,
plscr, ctrnpaiicr, trlhm`cr, mnrtcr, rcocr y hlqul-
icr ci k uhbn ahta rn. Ba astc suarta sa cilvlch
tnbns ba t, hn vcibrh k cs tus truahn s, raikpc
ens y rcyns, y sa cmcfcrh ics takpastcbas.
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I n qua s a s k uy fu ah n qua ta r amu arb a c ieu
hns `am`ns ba tu pc br a , pc rc qua ins tn k as pn r
knbains as t rc telmns ah ic prasahta euarrc mnh a i
Lk pa r ln , s lh ak fc ren ba qua pn r ins n t rns pcs c-
eas qua raj larn , hn ta quabcs ah zcec .
H n b af as l e h n r c r i n q u ak ch b n ` cma r t u p c b r a
mnh ins lhb lns kn htasas ba ins yar fc ia s . As ns
l h b e a h c s s nh e a h a r c i k a h t a k c h s n s . K u m ` n s
ba hu as t rn s pc l schn s qua ak pra hb ch fahaj lm lc r
y a r f ck c ta , s a l h t a r h cf ch ah a s n s k n h ta s , j u h b c
f ch s u r ch m` n a s t cf i am lk lah tn , - cb q u l r ch r a i c
m lh y ck ls tcb mnh asns hc tu r c ia s , y cba k cs ba i c
pan hcb c qua i i avcfc h , ah mn h t rc fc h ah a i ins uh
mn h t le ah t a p n b a r n s n p c r c cy u b c b a i c a i cf n r cm l h
ba ic ya rfc , p ra s th bn sa sa r pa nh as , p rn pnr
m lnhhbn ias klasas p l r c c i lk ahtn s , y bh bn ia s
hn t lm lcs ba ins pc rce as ah qua `c f lc ka onra
y a r f c i a s .
A rc er ch snm nrrn a i qua sa ramlf c ba asc cr
k n h c . T a r n mn k c c ii cf u h b ch ` n k f r as b a i
mc i lf ra ba tu eah ln , hn jc i t c rnh ak pra scr l ns y
mcpc tcmas qua b la rn h ah k ci t r c t c r y va oc r m rua i
k ah ta asns lh ja i lmas . C er cv lc bn s a i ins , nmur
r la rnh mnh sus qua ocs i cs cu tn r lb cb as r asp am t l
v c s . A s tc s sa k ns t r c rn h sn rb cs , k cs f lah mnh
h lv ah ta s pnr sa r ba i c klsk c rc iac , y mn r tc bc s
p n r u h cs k l s k cs t l e a r c s .
A h tn h mas t n k cr n h a i b a s ce r cv ln p n r mu ah t c
suyc y mcs t lecrnh
3
sus fr ut c i as njahsnras ah a i
as tcf iam lkla h tn ah qua `cf c h s lbn bckhl j lmc
bns .
Ru pc br a qua hn ah tah b c ba m` lmcs , cs l qua
supn a i `am `n , b lspu sn qua sa m l r mu hb crc h ba
t rnpcs ins knhtas , tnkchbn tnbns ins puh tns ba
ic Zl i i c ba Mnh mapm lh , ba i c ba ]ch T ab rn , ba
ic ba i Vnscr ln , ba Murceuc t , ba Zl i i c V lmc y ba
\ u t , y ah uh b c sa cicb n sa lh ta rhc sah ah a i ins
pnr tnbc s pc r ta s , y cpra scrch muc h tns lhb lns y
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jckli lcs ahmnhtrcrah , mnkn in var l j lmcrnh .
A i r as u i tcb n ju qua ins vcrn has cpra scbn s
juarnh pu as tn s ah sc r tc ah h k arn mnkn ba qul
h la htn s , y cmtn mn ht lh un ah asa a s tcb n juarnh
k ua r tns kcm chczns sch era j rl c.
Ic s k uoaras y h ln s juarnh mnh bum lbns ic
mcpl tc i , y sa rapcr t larnh mnkn asmicvns c i sarvl
m ln ba vcr lcs mcscs .
H n `cy qua pnh ar ah n iv lbn cs klsk n in qua
nm urr l ah a i juar ta ba ] ch Mcr ins bai C pc .
B aspu s ba i c k ua r ta ba i b lm tcbn r J r ch m lc , s a
prasaht uh mcmlqua mnh vcr lns lhblns c i mnkch
bch ta ba i Juar ta , `cm lahbn p rnpns lm lnhas ba pcz ,
ckls tcb y mnkarm ln .
A i mnk chb ch ta i a mnh tas t qua i hn pnb lc
rasn ivar i c p rnp uas tc , qua bcr lc pc r ta tu pc br a ,
qua h ta r t ch tn sa r a t l r c sa , qua pc rc t c i p rx l
kc iuhc huavc vn iv lasa , qua yc ah tnhm as `cf r c
mnh tas tcm lh y r asn ium lh .
Su mnh tas t tu pc bra c i pc r ta ba i mnk ch
bc ht a > Bls pus n qua sa ram lf la rc mnh `cic ons
ahe c nsn s ins lhb lns ah uh mck plm`u ain juarc
bai juar ta ? qua chtas ba ahtrcr ah t rc tcbns , sa ias
jas ta ocrc mnh uhc fuahc mnkli l tnhc ba ras mcrhac
bc c i ajamtn , s lh jc i tcr a i faf ls t rc o n mnrras pnh
b l a h t a .
Ci klskn t lakpn sa prapcrc asmnhblbl i ics ah
uhc s fcr rc mcs ec ip nha s qua sa `c i icfch c r r lk c
bns ins k urn s bai juar ta , ah bn hb a `c flc mcr
r a t c s ,
mua rns y n t r cs mnscs ba fu i tn , uh mchm c r e c b n b a k a t h i i c , y v c r ln s s n i b c b n s ,
cp ns tc bn s mnh jus li as p ra pc rcb ns , qua as tc r c h
cp u h tch b n c i e r u p n b a l h b ln s , ah t r ae c b n s c i r a
enm l on , y uhc sac mnh vah lbc ba i mn k ch bch ta
b lspcrch sus t l rns .
I iaecrnh ins lhblns , juarnh ramlf lbns mnh sukn
cecsc on , nmu pch bn a i inmc i p rap cr cb n pc rc su
tuk fc , y ah t ra e hb ns a 6 enzn ba t ch bu ima y
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e ah a r n s n r am lf lk lah tn mu ch b n h k ab ln b a t ch
e r ch p i cma r , n y a r n h r ap ah t lh ck ah ta a i a s t r u ah
bn ba i mch y jus li a rc . A h cqua i k nk ah tn
q u ab c r n h t n b n s t ah b lb n s ah t l a r r c . A i mn k ch
bch ta y sn ibcbns sa `c i ic rnh as tupajcm tns , nfsar
v c h b n i c e a h a r c i k n r t c h b c b , y c t a h b l a h b n
c ieu hn s c r t l i i a rns qua sa `cf ch ics t lk cbn c i
b l sp crn bai mc h, mu ch bn ah as tn vua ivah ah s
ins lhb lns bai xtc s ls , sa s lah tah schns , sa iavch
t ch y am` ch mn r r a r , e r l t c h b n , p c ik ah b n s a i c
fnmc, y fur ihbnsa ba ins bai juar ta .
Mu ch bn tu pcb ra supn a i fu ah a jam tn qua tu vn
su ba i lmcbn p ich , `uf n ba jusl ic r c i M nk ch bc h t a ,
y sn i sa mn h ta h t mnh `c mar t r c a r a i mch i c
v l i ic ba Mn hmapm lh mnh a i p r a t as tn ba `cm ar ia
mnkpnhar y baocr ia c i i .
H n s s l mnhnm ls ta ah T c r l s uh tc i R r tn h ?
k a blmah qua as ta su ea tn qulsn va r ah uh c nmc
s lh s l arc s ba mc r th ba mr ls tc i , i ic k h bn ta
eaharci lhblchn7 qua ta `cf lc ah mn h t r cb n ah uh
ichma mr t lmn ba njahsc pcrc i , ba cizc, y pnh, y
ah a i cm tn ta b ln uh r a t n , y t h n ia cm ap tcs ta , s l
hn qua pcrc i cs bns `nrcs yc as tuv ls ta ah Lhe ic
ta r r c , pnr qua hn ta k ah ac rc a i fu i tn . Mn l r a
as tn ba fnm c ah fnmc , aspam lc ik ahta muc hbn sa
`c f ic ba i cs hcm ln has , y k uy ah pc r t l mu ic r ba i c
L h e i a s c .
V am ua rb ch k um` n `n y ba cqua i ic nmcs lh ah
q u a t a v l s t a cp u r cb n ah a s t a p u a r tn b a F u ah n s
C l r a s ?
b lmah qua as tchbn akfcrmcbn ah a i vcpnr
Rc mu cr , ` lm ls ta rav niv ar tn bn s ins scfias y jus l
i as ,
q u a ` cf l c cf n r b n ? q u a t a v l s t a cp u r cb n ?
qua a i fcquachn Ecs tc ib l t a n j ram c y csaeurcfc
ic sc ivcml h, pa rn q ua t q ua mnhnmcs f la h ic lh
e iasc mcn harc qua ta par s aeu c , `c i ics ta pn r
mnh vah la h ta pn ha r ins p las ah pn ivn rnsc , pn rq ua
ta snhcfc c i n lbn `ulr qua czntch. B masa mnh
knjc qua muchbn lfcs asmcpchbn pcrc ]ch tc Ja
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pn r tlar rc, iiavcfcs tci marnta ah ai muarpn , qua
mcbc rc tn prae uh tcfc s sl cfrch suflbn pc rc
cquai puhtn ins vcpnras lheiasas>
]a trcah astns ramuarbns mnkn prua fcs ba tu
vciahtc, qua ic akpiacrs ah ic prasa hta eu arr c.
In klskn sa muahtc qua mlartc vaz `ciihbnta ah
Jrc hmlc , T cr s, ta njramlarnh pnr mnrtasc uhc
aspcbc, pcrc qua kchbcrcs ic avniumlh ba mlar
tn muarpn ba trnpc s, y tckpnmn qulslsta cma ptcr.
T crama qua ahtnhmas ta mnhnmcs t klskn, y
scflcs qua iam`a pnbcs bcr.
H uh mc ta `a mnhtcbn ai knbn mkn tu pcb ra
ta bln aisttnuin ba F rle cb la r. Q h blc ah mnhvar
scmlh ka blon?
Ai jlhcbn Blmtcbnr Jrchmlc ba
fc ba tahar ibaspcm`nba Frlecblar'7 parn yn hn
ia ahmuahtrn ahtra sus pcpaias, y qulslarc taharia
pcrc bcriaasaercbn Tchm`n, qua ia
karama-
"Axkn, ]anr, ia mnhtast, ai Enfarhcbnr Za-
"icsmn ju tckflh F rlecb lar, y `a vlstn sus pc
e a i a s ah uh fci ah ic Rasnrarc eaharci? sl Z.
" A .
ka park lta, lr fusmcr ai baspcm`n ."
A h ajamtn, ka nrba h qua juarc, y pnmn rc tn
vniv mnh i ah muarpn y cikc, y ci blc sleulahta,
ba su er cb n, y ah sukn erc bn ta zckp ai Frl-
ec bla rctn , y ta pusn ah mcklhn ba sar ray ba as
pcbcs, y tck flh ba mnpcs, mnkn yc sa scfa ea
harcikahta qua in aras.
Fcstc pnr c`nrc. C B lns, Blns ahmnklahbc
tu asprltu tu tln.
Ai Mlubcbchn Tcrceucyn
KCHQAI
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T AC
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\ .
Fuahns Clras, Aharn 66 ba 30:1.
] n f r lh n k l q u a r lb n , J r ch m l s mn ] n ichn ? i nspr lh mlp cia s b lc r lns ba as tc mcp l tc i ra vaic h m ic
r ck ah ta a i p r n h u h m l cb n a s p r l t u b a ic k cy n r
p c r t a b a i n s p c r ce u c y n s , q u a ` ch p n b lb n p n h a r
i a juarc b a tu c imc hma . B a tn bn in qua sa asmr l
f a , sa lhj lara qua asth ch lk cb ns ba ins k lsk ns
s ah t lk lah tn s b am i c r cb n s p f i l mck ah ta c n s p cs c
b n s , y pnr in nmurr lbn ah asc baspus ba ic kuar
ta ba tu pcbra , y muchbn ta ` lm l s ta a iae l r T ras l
b a h ta , vc i lbn ba ic juarzc , sa pr ua fc qu a c i i sa
h u t r ah l b h t l mc s l b acs .
Ju kuy hntnr lc ic npns lm lh ba ic pcr ta sah
sc tc ba i c pnf icm lh qua ah t rc rcs ba T ras lbah
t a . A s c p c r t l b c b a ] cma r b n t a s q u a ` cs t c c` n r c
p a r k ch amah ah e r l i i cb n s , m lu b cb ch n s b a t n b cs
m icsas , qua ba pr lk ls ta mnh p r l s lnh as , bam ic rcm ln
has y n t rn s kl i va ok ahas , ba smu fra h pc tah ta
k ah ta , qua hn as th mnhjnrk as mnh tu r o lka h
b a t l r ch c .
Sulh puaba as tcr mnhjnrka mnh asa
tastckah
tn ba t u p c b r a , q u a t a b a o c h n k f r c b n b as b a i u a
e n Z l m a - T r a m l b a h t a , p c r c q u a b a s p u s b a s u
k ua r ta mnhv nquas a i M nh era sn tu pc icbc r , y
t a ` ce cs T r a s lb ah t a a i k c s l h mn h t lh ah t a> H cb c
lkpnr tc qua a i cm tc ba i c lhbapahbahm lc hcm lnhc i
b le c ? "S ua huhmc ock cs sa r lc i c V ap fi lmc a i
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" p c t r lk n h ln b a u h c p a r s n h c j ck l il c . " \ c s a
v ln q u a t h n ah t r c s t a e n f a r h c r p n r p c t r lk n
h ln , s lhn pn r ba k nh ln , hn pnr jcklilc pa rsn hc ,
s lhn pn r ic t lznhc, hn pn r tus t rc sa rn s , s lhn p n r
tus ba ich t a rn s ch e in -pc rcmuc r lns . Cs , pua s , as
pram l sn rapa t l r , r ap rnbum l r , y as tc r a r ra qua a r ra
`c s tc i c snm labcb , mnh ic p r n ta s tc `am `c mn h t r c
ic t l r ch c ba J rch m lc , ba tu pc br a y tuy c , ak
p iac hb n ics klsk cs pc ic frcs , y `c f ic hb a ba ins
pcrceucyns i lfarc ias ba cqu y ba ins ba c i i .
B af n zu k fc r ta s lh mascr y mnh tash s la k pra
snfra i c klskc mnsc , b lm lahbn qua ins pcrceuc
y n s i l f a r c i a s r a s lb ah t a s ah i c V ap f i l mc C r e ah
t lh c praj larah mnk ar pr lk ar n a i pch ba ic ak l
ercm lh qua p rns t l tu l r sa fc on tu enf la rhn t l r h lmn
y b ask nrc i lzcb nr ? qua sa `c h rau h lb n ch tas y qu a
sa ra uh lr h c` nrc mnh a i sch tn y hlmn jlh ba il
f a r t c r a s a h u a s t r n p u af in , b h b n h n s p c t r l c , y
mn h a i i c i c b le h lb cb b a ` n k f r as i l f r a s , c t r l f u tn s
qua hns `ch s lbn c r rafc tcbns pnr i c kchn ba asc
a s i cf n h cb c t l r ch c .
] fata qua `a k ns ba cj l i lcrhns uh c sc ht c
m r u zcb c , q u a s l ak p r a i ck ah tc r a k n s a i t l n k p n
p a r b lb n , q u a a s t ck n s mn h v ah m lb n s q u a h n ` cy
i lfa r tcb s lhn pc rc ins pu af in s qua ou rc h sa r i l
f r a s , qua tnk crak ns snfra hns n t rns i c r aspnh
s cf l i lb cb b a h u a s t r n s v n tn s , q u a o u r c r ak n s s n f r a
ic iay bai Mrumlj lmcbn e ua rr c a ta rh c , hn snin t ,
s lhn tnbn s ins t l r chn s qua sach p r a t ah bc h sa r
in ba asa hu as t rn pua f in , qua b l r le l ra k ns ics
pc icf rc tnbn s hua s t rns mn k pc t r ln tc s mnh a i
p r ne rck c qu a t r ak nicra k ns , y qua sa r a i as tch
bcrta qua j ickacr mnhstchta ah ic ium`c ba ic
va rb cb , ba ic iay y ba ic i lfa r tcb , mn htr c ic kah
t l r c , i c cf l t r c r labcb , i c t l r ch c y i c asm icv l tub .
]cfa qua ic t l r ch c as mnf crba mnkn a i i cb rh ,
qua cu uqu a ta t l tu ics T ra s l b ah ta , hn a ras s lhn uh
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usurpcb nr ba huastrns baram`ns, qua rnfcs ics
prnp labcba s pfilmcs y prlvcb cs? qua kchmliics
mnh sche ra ic hcmlh? qua ic snk atas erch ba s
axleahmlcs slh hamaslbcb, rapcrcmlnhas ba tuscmtns mrlklhcias, mnkatlbns pn r leh nrc hta par
varslbcb, y qua ta ahsc herlah tcs ah vchn nons
marrcbns mnhtrc uh Lkp arln prap ntah ta, qua ta
`cr clmns ah uh cfrlr y ma rrc r ba nons, slh sar
mcpcz t, hl ba snstahar ic lhta erlb cb bai tarrl
tnrln,
hl ic lhbapahb ahmlc hcmlnhci, muchbn sa
lhtarp nhe c ai lhtars ba mnhsarvcr tu pnb ar par
snhci.
Cfcon, erltck ns, ai trclb nr ba ic T ctr lc Cfcon ai usurpcbnr ba tnbn baram`n, ba tnbc ctrlfu
mlh, ba tnbc prn plab cb , y snfra sus rulhc s ia
vhtasa ai erchblnsn k nhuk ahtn ba ins baram`ns
bai `nkfra chlqulicbns pnr ai tlrchn
Cmfasa pcrc slakpra asa tu enflarhn parsn
hci, mcprlm`nsn, tlrhlmn y rcplc bn r. Cmfasa
asa knhnpniln qua `c mnh vartlbn ic Va pf ilmc
ah pctrlk nhln tuy n, y ins mlubcbchns ah tus
asmicvns.Cprn vm `asa astc nmcslh pcr,7 qua ic hcmlh
sa iavch ta snfarchc, hnk fra ilfrak ahta sus ra
pra sahtc htas, y mufrc sus aiaelbns mnh ic elbc
ba ic lhvlnicf lilbcb, pc rc qua sac ilfra lhbapah
blah ta ah ai aoarmlmln qua ai puafin ias ahmnklah
ba pcrc `cmar ic jailmlbcb ba ic pctrlc.
Mnk atlsa ai kcs erc hb a bascmlartn bhbnsa
iuecr qua nmupcsals ai kch bn Jrchm lc, tu pcb ra
y t. ]a asth p cip hb nics binrnscs rasuitcsqua sujra mcsl slh rakabln tnbc asc raelh blehc
ba kaonr suarta . H n pnbakns hnsntrns ins pc
rceucyns ba cm, hl ins pctrlmlns ilfarcias ba cii,
mnh tlhucr lkpuhak ahta ah ic lhcmmlh y cpc tc,
puas pnr mcusc ba aiics `ak ns slbn mnhbumlbns
ci tck cn ba tch tn arrn r pnitlmn, y as pramlsn,
as ic npn rtuhlbcb ba qua sa lhbakhlma hua strc
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ck cb c p ct r lc ba ins par ou lm lns qua ramlfa y `c ra
m lf lbn .
]ny ba pcra mar , snfr lhn kl qu ar lb n , qua ah
v ls tc b in qua ta b le n , y ba in qua `cs `am `n y
as t s ` cm l ah b n , a i i h c on r p c r t l b n q u a p u ab a s t n
k cr as cfb lmcr , r ah uhm lc r asc p ras lb ahm lc l ia
ec i ?
kl rc qua sl t a c t r cp ck ns , `ak ns ba c r rn i ic r
t a , `ak ns ba jn rk cr ta mcusc , y `cs ba qu ab cr ta
mnkn ai pain ba ic k csc .
A i p ich pni t lmn qua ta chu hmln , y ta l r cm ic
rch bn ah cb a ich ta , as i lfa rc i s lkn ? tnbn s i a sc
f r h , mnkn ia `ch scf lbn . H n as p r lhm l
p ln t a h t cb nr , hn as cfr l r kr oah tuk ui t ns y
as t rp l tns , hn as su r ol r a i a sp r l tu ba r afa i lh .
A s pc rc `c mar usn ba i c snfa rch c ba i pu af in ,
pn ha r ah a oa rm lm ln asc c t r lfu m lh ba Va p fi lm c ,
q u a i c h cm l h k ch t l ah a .
] l hn p rnmabas mnkn ta p ravahen , `a ba pnhar
ta ba vu ai tc y k ab lc? ics pa rc s sa ta pnh br h
mu cr t n , y i t lk ck ah ta sa t a `c r fc oc r i c mn ic.
A s tn s u mab a r p r am l s ck ah ta , p n r q u a a i mu a r v n
hn sa mnhvlar ta ah pcinkc, a i mcfr l tn ah nvaoc , v
ah rnsc uh c asplh c , h l bai v lh ce ra sa `cm a v lh n .
H n t l aha s mc ia t r a pc rc n l r mnhsa ons , van qua
` ce n iuz uh m lae n, y tnm n k slmc uh snr bn ?
p a r n v lahah tch ba par l i i c i cs mnscs , qua `cr s
jnr zcbn , in qua rnec bn hn qu la rcs `c mar . V ah la
en ba i rfn i qu a pc ins `c ba bc r a i j ru tn , y
m c b n ,
tnbns `crakns iac ba t .
Su jnenhczn sa `cr
]l tu mcsc sa quakcrc , y ah t humc uh cvlspa
rn , qu c tah ba r cs p r lk arn , tu mcsc cv l spa
rn >
H l a s t u b l n s c k a h t a p n b c s ` c f a r p r a p c r c b n k a
on r tu ru lh c , cs as qua ta f c t l r a k ns ah ru lh c ,
k u m` n k cs mu ch b n h n s c r r lk c k n s t ch f u ah r
fn i mnkn vas , y hns mnf l oc t ch fu ah c snk frc .
H u a s t r c m r u z c b c i l f a r t c b n r c h n sar.crrcstrcbc*
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pnr ai Frcsli, ic Crrcstkbc ic tlahas t, qulah
ia bcs
burn y pcraon
slh cnrklrta ah ics pcocs, slh
hama slbcb ba pcoc, cuhq ua ta rasuitah ba aiin ku
m`cs burazcs. T nr burn y rubn ahtraecrs in
k cb urn , mnkn ta in csae urn yn tu tn , qua ta
vny bchbn pnr ai vcml.
Ai Mlubcbchn Tcrceucyn
KCHQAI
TABAN BA
TAC-
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Fuahns Clras, Aharn 61 ba 30:1.
Rrluhjch ta snfrlhn k l, Jrchmlsmn ]nichn? van
qua `cstc c`nrc hn ka mnhtastcs hlheuhc ba kls
mcrtcs chtarlnras, sar pnr qua asts kuy akpa
cbn ah ins pra pc rctlv ns filmns7 pa rn mran qua
asn hn bafa pran mup crta ku m`n, pnrqu a ai slsta
kc qua cii sa c nf sarvc bn ,
as
ba tah ar mlah cns
ba eu arrc, y hn uh blc ba fctciic. As eu arra cr
k ctnhachbn , mnkn in qua `cs `am`n ci vcpnr
Kcrquas ba NQhbc, y sa
`c mnhtlhucbn `cmlahbn ah ics pnficmlnhas lhbajahscs ba Kcttn Ernsn.
Mnhmasa qua ta einrcs, kum`n b a ascs `czccs
kchsc ivc, y in kcs pc rtlmu icr as qua ta einrcs
ah ai ]anr, `cmlhbn ia mch tcr cicfchzcs pnr `c
faria baspnocbn ba sus mck pchcs, slh mnhnmar
qua asts baocbn ba ic kchn ba Blns, y qua cuh
ast ai rcfn pnr basniicr.
Mran qua asta cn
as
kci cn pc rc t, pu as le
hn rcs qua qulah ah uh cn qu lara sar rlmn, slk abln ia c`nrmch, k um`n kcs muchbn as hn tnrln
qua cuhqua ta blrleas rln crrlfc, vcs muastc cfc
on va rta ah ins muarhns bai tn rn , y sujrlr snfra
muarhns pahltahmlc, puas hn `cy bub c cieuhc qua
vcs ba rnmlh rnmlh, cuhqua tus trnp cs chbah pnr
c`nrc rab fcrrabarc pnr ins puafins bai Frcsli,
pu as asts mnh ai mrabn ah ic fnm c, pasc r ba ic
mrubazc qua nstahtcs.
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Ic ra icm lh bcb c pnr B . K chu a i _nz lk n Eul -
kcrcahs , ba tus p rnazcs ah Kct tn Ernsn , r ava ic
in qu a `c s s lb n, ara s y sar s , y qu a as ml ar tn y
k uy m la r tn qua ba rcf n ba pu armn hu hm c fua h
v l r n t a . T n r a iic mn h s t c f c on o u r c k ah tn q u a t l a
has sc r tc ba n ra ocs , qu a t y tus t rn pc s `cf l s
`a m`n sc i tn ba k ci cn , y qu a muci mu arv n, tc i
s u ` u av n .
@ c f l s k c t c b n a i ` c k f r a b a r n f c r , ` c f l s
b as mu f la r tn p c t ah t ak ah ta i c ` l i czc q u a j n r k c a i
t ae lb n b a t u e n f la r h n .
Cs r a t r lfuyas ins sa rv lm lns qua ` lzn a i Frcs l i
c i T c r ce uc y , k ch bc hb n eajas y n jlmlc ias ea ha
rns ck ah ta c iamm lnhcr y b l sm lp i lhcr i cs t rn pc s .
@ cs `am `n uh c ah a i c n , y asc ah tu bc n .
Rn bn a i k uh bn sa mnhva hma ba tus `am `ns , hn pn
b c ceucrbcr sa n t rc mnsc ba asa r e lkah ba kci
b c b a s .
T n r a s tn as q u a ` ak n s p r n s t a s t c b n , y
p r n s t a s t ck n s s l ak p r a mn h t r c a s a e n f la r h n b a t l
r c h n s ,
qua hn t l ah a pn r r as u i t cb n k cs qua lhjc
k lc , ru lh c y basn icm lh . B hb a as t a i p rn era
sn ,
b hb a ic l ius t rc ml h, b h ba ic m lv l i lzcmlh
b amch t cb cs >
Ah as tn `cf ck ns ba vah l r pc rc r ba spu s
ba tchtn scmrlj lmln>
Astc as ic ja i lm lbcb qua sa hns prnkat c> ]ar
k cha ocb ns y mnhbum lbns p nr uh inmn ba c tc r , qua
hns `c snp icbn ah mcsc uhc mu iafrc qua echc pnr
]u mua rpn p cr c `c mar k ct cr pcins uh sni bc bn ,
y a s t c r mn h b ck c ou ch cs b a ce u c r b l ah t a , ` cm l ah
bn ak fn r rcm `cr i cs ea h ta s ah i cs p iczcs pu
filmcs>
B `h a , s l ins f rcs l i a rns `uf la rch ah t rc bn ah
a i T c r c e u cy 7 mn k n t a cv ch zcs t a K c t tn E r n s n ,
qu ta pcrama qua `c fr c h scmcbn>
]cibr ch mnh ics kchns i lkplcs , sumlcs mnkn
ics tuycs>
]a mnkar ch ics kchns , t rcs ics nra ocs , ics c i -
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`c ocs ,
mckpchcs , mnim`nhas , p ic tns , a tm . , sa mnh
tahtcr ch mnh var ta haer-n>
Ru b l rs qua bnh ba hn `c y hcb c , tn bn as t
saeurn , y qua kcs bc a i burn qua a i bashubn .
T a rn yn ta 'b l en qua c i jlh sa mch tc ic e in r lc , y
qu a c i j ra l r ba ins hu av ns , va rak ns mnkn ta vc7
l h t a r t ch tn , m` c i a e u lh b cs i c t c r c s mc .
T n r asn as qua vck ns r avn mcr tnbc s i cs i a
yas qu a t lah ah pnr hlmn jlh mn hs t l tu l r uh en
f la rhn kns t runsn , cfsn iu tn l i aec i , y ah t rnh lzcr
uhc jckl ilc , a ta r h lz ch bn ic t l r c h c juhas tc qua
asm icv lzc tn bc ic pnf icm lh .
T n r asn as q ' vck ns as tcf ia mar uh en f la rhn pn
p u i c r r ap r a s a h t c t l v n , mn k p u as tn b a u h c c s ck -
` iac e ah a r c i j n r k cb c b a u h c M k cr c b a V ap r a
s ah t ch t a s ah b n h b a r a s lb c a i T n b a r I a o l s i c tl v n ?
uh lhb lv lb un , hn mnkn t , qua basa k pa a a i
mc ren ba i T n b a r A oamu t lvn pn r sn in t r a s cns , s lh
pn ba r sa r r aa ia m tn pn r h lhe h kn t lvn , s lhn bas
pu s ba pcsc bns sa ls cns 7 y uh Rr lfu hc i ]upa
r ln r qua a oa rzc a i pnbar oub lm lc i mnh lhbapahbah
m lc ba ins n t rn s pn ba ras , s la hb n b lm`ns pn ba ras
b a f lb ck ah ta n r e ch l zcb n s p n r u h c M n h s t l tu m l h
i l f r a ,
qua ecr ch tc c i m lub cbc hn su v lbc , su p rn
p labcb , y tnbns sus baram`ns `cs tc `ny basmnhn
m lbns y p l sn tacbns .
T n r a s n v ck n s o u r c r ch t a B ln s h n r amn h n ma r ,
h l mn h s ah t l r o ck cs e n f la r h n s p a r p a tu n s q u a s a
lhv ls tch ba jcmu i tcbas as t r cnrb lhcr lcs , pnrqua
sus r asu i tcb ns pc ip cf ia s snh ic pnf razc , i c lehn
rchm lc y i c asm icv l tub .
Zckns cfr l r a i pc l s c i kuhbn , as tcf iam lahbn
mcklhns pnr t l a r rc pcrc sus mnkuhlmcm lnhas mnh
ins pua fins qua ia rn ba ch , y bc r i lfra s sus r lns
tn bn pcfa i ih , y p r as ah tc r cs uh c hcm lh qua
, s ac mah t rn ba uh mnk arm ln vc s tn , t r cf c oc hb n ah
su r lquazc y ah erc hb am lk lah tn p rn p ln , y a i ba
sus vamlhns , ah vaz ba uh puafin c ls icbn y ahmar-
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rcbn, qua hlmck ahta slrva ba astnrf n pcrc ai
prnerasn y flah astcr e aharci ba tnbn s.
@crakns ramnhnmar ai prlhmlpln ba ic jrctarhl
bcb uhlvarsci, mnkn fcsa ba ic vlbc k nrci, y
mnhmiulr mnh asta astcbn ba sapcrcmlh asmapmln-
hci,
mnh qua mnh sarvcs ai pcls pc rc k aonr baspn
tlzcria, y `cmaria ai pctrlk nhln tuyn y ba tu mrlc,
ci astrak n ba qua ins pcrce ucyn s vahec k ns sar
slakpra tu `cmlahbc.
T ark ltlrakns ci creah tlhn, ci frcsliarn, tnbn
astrchoarn qua mnh trclech k ctrlk nhln , mnkp rah
mcscs,tarrah ns, y cbqularch tnbc micsa ba prn
plabcbas ah ic Vapfilmc mnh ic klskc ilfartcb
y jrchquazc qua `a `am`n yn , y pnbak ns `c
mar tnbns ins pcrc eu cyn s ah astcs pc rta s.
Mnh bahcrak ns mnkn in kcs cfsu rbn y parou
blmlci ic Vapf ilmc y ci mnkarmln ilfra ins kn
hnpnilns ba ya rfc k cta y k cba rcs qua `lzn tu
pc br a, y `cmas t, y bamicrcrakn s ins pcrce hc-
ynsah ilfartcb ba trcfcocr ah astcs prnbummlnh as
hcturcias qua hns bln Blns pcrc huastrc rlquazc
y flah astcr.
Mnhb ahcrakns mnkn in k cs cfsu rbn y npuas
tn ci bascrrniin y prn erasn ba ic V ap filmc, ins
bamratns qua prn` lfah ic aspnrtcmlnh bai cikl
bh, kch, k lai, buima, k cscmntas y bak s mn
k astlfias, y p ark ltlrakn s su aspnrtcmlnh, jlh
ba qua ai cerlmuitnr muitlva ai rlmn suain qua pn
saa,y iumra mnh su trcfc on, vahb lahbn qulah
qularc, mnkn kaonr puabc slh rastrlmm lh ci
euhc.
@c rak ns akch mlpcr ic lhbu strlc, baochbn ci
cerlmuitnr, ci crtaschn qua slakf ra, mnsam`a y
trcfcoa mcbc uhn ah su rck n, mnkn kaonr ia mnh
vahec.
Cf nilrsa asc nblnsc lhsujrlfia mcre c ba cuxl
ilns,mnh qua sa cfruk c ai vamlhn, pr ata stn ba
hamaslbcb bai Astcbn, y sarvlmln ba nfrcs tuycs,
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y hn sa parkltlr huhmc qua hcbla sa nfileua
trcfcons pfilmns, slhn muchbn juara pnr mnhtrc
tns chtarlnras, astlpuicbns mnh ilfra vniuhtcb, y
pnr su ous tn pramln pce n.
C qul suspahbn astc aspamla ba prn erc k c, pnr
qua vc `c mlhbnsa icr ec kl mcr tc? arl ntr cs ia sa
eulr. T n r i vars in qua baflsta ba `cfar `a
m`n t ci csuk lrta ai k chb n, ah vaz ba `c fa rta
ah tra tah lbn ah elf cr slh mascr asa lhjailz pua
fin, y cmcrracria ci jlh ic eu arrc pcrc rak ctcria
mnkpiatckahta .
]lahtn ah ai cikc qua vcy cs pc rcr ah k ci7
parn qulah flah tlaha, y kci asmnoa, bai kci qua
ia va he c, hn sa ahnoa. A st vlstn qua hn tlahas
marr cb c ic k niiarc, `cs mnrrlbn slakpra slh jrahn,
`cs scilbn ah astn bai pcsn ba Jrc hm lc y ba tu pc
bra ,y ta `cs crrnocbn uh fcrrchm n pcr c tnkcr
ta ic k ua rta pnr tu kchn . C i mcfn ic pc trlc sc
hcr ba ins ahecherahcbns snfra-`uasns qua `c
sujrlbn, ic cilvlcrak ns, y mascr ba iinrc r ascs
ierlkcs ba schera qua `c barrck cbn tcht n
t lakpn.
Ahtratchtn, hn baocr plabrc pnr knvar, ,pcrc
iiaecr asta jlh, tu cpcslnhcbn tln.
A i M lubcbchn T c rceucyn
KCHQAI TABAN
BA
TAHC.
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M C V R C Z L I
FhahnsClras, Aharn 6< ba 30:1.
J rc hm l smn ]n ich n , snfr lhn b a k l k cyn r as t l
k cmlh ? `c flc s lbn k uy mla r tn qua ins n ons qua
s lakpra kl rch , snh ins qua kahns vah ,y klah t rcs
in k lrc h tn bn , sn in hn sa k lrch s . R u pc b ra y
i ` cf l s a s t cb n s l ak p r a k l r ch b n tn b n , s l ak p r a
ciar tc , s lakpra mnh ics crkcs ah ic kchn mnh a i
p r a ta s tn ba v lo l ic r pnr i c pc t r l c y bajahb ar ic ba
tnb n c tc qu a . T a rn i i aec a i mcsn , y sc i lkns mnh
qua `cf c l s s lbn ins k cy nra s tnpn s ba i k uh bn ,
s lh t l a h t n , s lh t lhn , mnh ic r czh pa r tu rf cb c .
Su n t r c mnsc as a i `c fa r mnka hzcbn am` cr
y c r rn oc r p la brc s ins t a ocbns ba i Lk pa r ln ba i
F rcs l i , s lahb n cs qua ins tu yn s snh ba v lbr ln> ]l
tu s n ons as th muf la r tns ba pn ivn lh k uh bn , y
mnh uh cs ah nr k as v lec s ba icpc m`n ah ics maocs ,
mkn ta `cs c t r av lbn hn tc r ics pc o l t cs ba asns
nons fr l i i ch tas lk pa r lc ia s , qua hn snh nt rc mnsc
qua snias y astrai ics>
]ar pns lf ia qua s lak pra qu la rah hn tc r kcs '
i ns q u a b c h k c s q u a h n t c r > ' C ` n r c y c m r an q u a
as v lm ln ba ics ru ab cs ba ins mcr rns , y h n muip c ba
ic mc re c cquai m` l r r n q'ua `cm ah, a i hn p cr cr b a
ram` lhcr , y o ak lr . In klsk n b len qua hn as
tch tn a jam tn b ics mc in ras ba i t l akpn , mnkn hc
tu rc i ba i c m` lm`c r rc cqua i hn scf ar v lv l r s lh
m` l r r l c r , c mc t c r r c r y zu k f cr .
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Basba qua bam ic rcs ta euar rc c i Frcs l i , `cs pu
f i lmcbn kaonr tu lh lqu lbcb , tu inmurc , tus t c l t c s
y t u s k c in s p ah s c k lah tn s . S u la r a s a s p cf l i c r
ics Fr l i ichtas iumas ba ba asa ck ar lm ch n ta k p in
lk pa r lc i , y ta chlk cs `c mar i n mnh ics k cs pua r
mcs baspcf l icbarcs ba
tctcha,
mnh cst l i ics ba
tlkf,
a tm .
T n b r h s a b as p cf l i c r a s cs i u mas b a i L k p a r ln ,
pa rn mnh aspc f l icba rcs ba n rn purn , hn mnkn
ics tu yc s , y mnh tn bn hn sa sc ibr h k uy i lk plc s ,
puas ,
sa scm cr `uk n qua ta t l zh a , y pcv azcs qu a
ta cjaah.
H n ` cy b u b c q u a a r a s l b ln t c y f r f c r n ` cs t c
kcs hn pnb ar ? t a ak pa cs ah qua sa t a qu laf ra
ic mcfazc p crc ba sp ar tc r ta ba i suan ba tu t a r
q u a b cb . A h v az b a ` c f a r t a cp r n v am` c b n mu a r
b c k ah ta , y h n ce u c r b c r q u a t a ` l a r ch , b a i c
h am ab c b b a C e u l r r a , q u a v c s ar f l ah mc s t l e cb c ,
y v cb ac r a s t a e r ch r l n b a i c T i c t c , a s t c A k p ar c
t r lz C r e a h t l h c , ah t r a mab a r y v ah ma r , ` c s q u a
rlbn cf r l r mck lhn pn r ah tra a i k pa tu ba sus n ics ,
mnh tnbn qua cqua i ic vaz qua ia hcvaeckns , mn
hnm ls ta k uy flah qua hn arc mnsc ba m`lq ul i ins ,
ia v ls ta am` cr pn r ic fn mc sus asp uk crco ns , y
qua ju r lnsn `hr lc znznfrcr , hn b len uh hcv lm`ua
in mnkn t , s lhn fa re ch t lh as y j r ce c tcs .
A h vc hn ta `rma hn tc r asc vaz ic m lahmlc y `c
f l i l b cb b a i f cq u ach n 7 q u a mu ch b n h n p n b lc t n k cr
ah pnp c a i v la htn , ia tn k cf c c i nrzc fpi lhc ? s l
a rc snfrcb n , tnk cf c n t rn pc r t lb n , sa ba ocfc i ia
vcr pn r asmcpcr . Z ls ta t ck fl h ah tnhma s qua
hn a rch fuahcs pcrc tnb ns ins v lah tns uhcs kls
kc s va ics , y qua a rc bas t ra zc ba i fc qu ach n sc
far ics k ub cr mnh a i t l ak pn .
T a rn h lh eu hc iamm lh ta `c sa rv lbn , t a ahe ra l s
ta ba k cslc bn mnh asc t l rc hc , hn `c s scf lbn
qua as er ch pru ba hm lc a i cr ta ba mab ar , y qu a
pruafc uhc e rchba mnkprahs lh ba i cs mnscs , y
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uh pcr t l mu ic r bnk lh ln y san r n ba s k lskn .
A h tah b l s t a q u a mab l ah b n p n h lh b n ta i c mc
pc ba i c muas t lh n r lah tc i -f rcs l i a rc , a r c n t n r ec r
tu ru lhc , mnhjascr sup ar ln r lbc b ba pn ba r ah a i
L k p a r ln , q u a a i r ap u f i l mch l s k n c r e ah t lh n t a l f c
ahm lkc , qua a i i lfa rc i l sk n frcs l i a rn t a bnklhc
fc , mnscs qua hn cs qu ar lb n cfrc zcr , r amnh nmar ,
h l mnhjascr 7 y s lh ta h ar ic m nrb urc ba `c ma r vn
iu ht cr ln in qua ic ic re c as tc s bns juarzcs `c r c h
`c ma r ta , s c ias ba rnk pa y rc oc , bam ic rch bn e uar
rc c i Fr cs l i , juaen y sc he ra , pc rc ch bc r ic cr
r af c t l c , y ` cm l ah b n e c i c b a t u ] ch f ah l tn .
Klrc mnk n paia c a i Frc s l i in eci in lhe ias ,
qu ravu a ins , qu vc ra tc s , qu aspn inhczns , qu
sci lbc s ah M nlk frc ]a mnhnma qua prn ma ba ba
t i l s as H n scfa s qua ins nsns muc hbn `u ya h
pa iach mnh k cs mnrcea> Le hnr cs cmcsn qua ,
mu ch b n p c r am c in s b a @ cy q u a ` u ch k ab r n s n s
ins ba On su , ar c mn rra r ic v lm tnr lc su juec> ]l
ia jleurcs n t rc mnsc , as pn rq ua t laha s c ic e l ha tc
ins mcsmns , -y snin muc hb n ta sub a a i rc fn , `cs ba
b a s a h e c c r t a .
] le ua scmc hbn rc ocs ba tu s t r luhjn s , y r c oc
mu ch t ns ak fu s tas t a va he ch ba v lm tn r lc s y ilczc-
c s r c k p c h t a s .
A s t r c n l h t a r t c h t n q u a ` c s t c c ` n r c h n ` c y c
cp c r a m lb n c ie h p c r ce u c y n j cv n r lt n t u y n s cmc r
ic mcrc p nr t , cu hq ua sac pnr uh pn s t le n , pc rc qua
basp us i a p ra k las , mnkn Fr lzh ic ? hc b la sa
ch lk c b a s k ah t l r k a , mnh t n b n q u a cq u t ck
flh as mnkn ci i , basba qua uhn t laha kum`n bl
h a r n ,
as t ah pu as tn a iav cbn , as sa rv lbn mnkn
qu la rc , as s cf ln , as bnm tn , as v l r t un sn ? tnbn s i a
cb uic h , tnb ns ia c icfch ,hcbla ia njahba- In s sc
flns y ins pni t lm ns hn sa mulb ch ba mu rcr i a ba
ics bn ia hm lc s 'qua pc ba ma , pn rqu a hn qu la rah l r r l
t c r i a ,
h l n mcs ln h c r s a c s k l s k n s l h q u la tu b as .
T a rn m ran qua mn h t len hn sumaba in k lskn , hn
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ahm ua h t rch mnkn baja hb ar ta , hn ` cy uh s lhvar
e ah zc q u a c r r n s t r a t c i ak p a n , h n ` cy m k n
bc r yc ic zn rrc mchbl iczn , y scfah qua qu l th
bnsaia ai muin c i m as tn , iua en sa cmcf c a i p cr ah
t a s m n .
]nin cs scm crc juaen mnh ntr n juae n, y ta `c
r c k n s t r c r i cs ` a r r cb u c s , q u ab h b n k a i l f ra p c r c
mn h t lh u c r k l p r n e r ck c p ah b lah t a , q u a a s b am l r t a
n qua s leua?
L h t a h t c k n s lr , p u as , c i T c r ce u cy , p n r a s t c
f u ah c mn y u h tu r c , q u a t a b a o c r b a s mn y u h tcb n ,
c i lv lcr c i lhja i lz ce r lm ui t nr , y c i `c ma hb cb n bai
lk pu s tn bai b laz k n, y c i mn k arm ln ba ins c i tn s
baram`ns mnh qua sa i a c r ru lhc .
C klhn rcr ai vc in r axmas lvn ba i pcpa i s a i i cbn ,
y s lkpi lj lmcr ah kum `n ics lh t r lh mc bc s b ls t lhm lnh as
mcpr lm`nscs ba su usn , u rb l bc s pc rc t r cf cr lh
knvl i lzcr ics cmmlnhas ba ic v lbc .
C cfn i l r a i pc sc pn r ta pc rc a i lh ta r ln r y as ta -
r l n r b a i c V ap f i l mc , b a k n b n q u a a i p c r ce u cy n
hn parkchazmc p rasn , mnkn `ny ah su klskn
p c l s , `c mla hb n mrmai ba su pct r lc , , s lhn qua en ma
ba su i lfa r tcb , mckflchbn ba vam lhbcb , y v lc och
bn Xbnhba ia mnhvahec, s lh kcs parklsn qua su
quara r y su mnhvah lahm lc .
C as tcf iamar i c pcz varbcbarc ba mnhj lchzc , ba
j r c t a r h lb cb mn h t n b n s , p a r tu r f c b c j r amu ah t ak a h
ta pnr i c mnhbum tc tn rpa y rubc qua b l s t lheua y
mcrcm ta r lzc asa tu l i ae t lkn enf la rhn , y `cmar
(pla asns huas t rns pclschns basmchsah ba asa as tc
bn ba eu ar r c , mucs l eu ar rc ah qu a `ch v lv lbn
mnh ai jsl i c i ` nk f ra fcon ai r le n r ba ic blsm l
p i lhc bai i t len , mnh qua sa ias t lah a y `c ta h lb n
p n r v lb c , h n p c r c b a j ah b a> b a r am` n s , l h b ap ah b a h
m lc , h l lh tae r lb cb ba t a r r l tn r ln , slhn pc rc mnh
sa rvcr a i bnk lh ln t l r h lmn y r a t r er cb n ba tu
p c b r a y t u y n , u s u r p cb n r a s , ck f lm ln s n s, r c p l a r n s
y b s p n tc s .
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C ilfartcr ic lkprahtc ba ic asmicvltub cfsniu
tc ah qua ic tlahas ahmcb ahcbc y k ubc, y prnmic
k cr qua as imltn pahs cr, bam lr, y asmrlflr in quasa qularc y sac mnhv ahlahta, ah ic lhtaileahmlc
qua
ilfartcb hnas`cmar in qua sa qulara, slhn iu
quasa bafa quarar.,
C 'astcfiamar uh trlf uhc i aspamlci, p cr c qua
ctlahbc y bamlbc snfra ics ramickcmlnhas ba tch
tcs usurpcmlnhas ba prnplabcbas lhtarasas cr
rchacb ns hcmlnhcias y astrch earn s' pnr Jrc hmlc ,
pnr tu pcbra, y pnr t, y bavnivar htaern mcbc
uhn in qua sac suyn, saeh in blspnha ic oustlm lcatarhc, `cmlahbn cs ramnhnmar ajamtlvn ai prlhml
pln ba qua ai baram`n ba prnplabcb as scercbn
lhbastrumtlfia, y qua axlstah y bafah axlstlr ins
ba prasmrlpmlh, y usumcplh, qua sa prnpusn
cquai tu t lrchn pcbra bastarrcr pnr ic iay plrctc
ba
Karmab ba Rlarrcs.
C ramnhnmar pnr oustcs ahtra ics ramickcmlnhas
icsqua `cech ins hcturcias ba ins suprlklbns
puafins, iick cbns b a lh blns,, qulahas ai bspntctu pcbra qult lh`ukchckahta sus iaetlkcs prn
plabcbas cbqulrlbcs mnh sus cslbuns trcfcons,
prlvcmlnhas y pcbamlklahtns lhjlhltns, y `cstc
mnh scmrljlmln ba ic ilfartcb, qua hn sa ias mnhma
bc, slahbn mlubcbchns pcrceucyns leucias ah
baram`ns y blehlbcb.
C vnivar ic ilfartcb asc pnrmlh basercmlcbc
ba huastrns `arkchns, huavckahta asmicvlzcbns
y vahblbns ah pfilmc sufcstc pnr ic mnblmlc bai
rcplcbnr tu pcbra, muchbn ba `am`n, basba ic
sup rasl h ba ics mnk uhlbcbas railelnscs qua
partahamch, yc enzcfch ba ilfartcb.
. C bcr leuc ik ahta mnh lhbakhlzcmlh ba su
vcinr sus buans ic ilfartcb ins asmicvns pcr
tlmuicra s qua sujrah ai rap ue hc hta yue n ba ic
asmic vltub, `cmlhbnias enzcr ins bnhas ba ic il
fartcb ic pcr ba ins baks mlubcbchns.
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B ata he n cqul ntrc vaz ic piukc, y ah ntrc mcrtc
mnh tlhucr ic aspilmcmlnh ba in qua hns `ak ns
prnp uastn, y muyn nfoatn cjrnhtckns tnbn pail
ern,
y hns rasnivakns sar ai pan r mum`liin ba t .
A i cknr
ic pc trlc ka mlaec, hn `cy mnhslba
rcmlh qua ka ba tah ec , mnkn scfas qua hn k a
`c batahlbn huhmc. Kum`n bafn kl k cbr a
qua vlva , y ba qulah `a h cmlbn7 pa rn kcs bafn ,
ic p ctrlc pcrc qulah hcm.
T n r astns pnrta ns van qua hn `cy mnsc k cs
buima qua ai cknr ba ic pctr lc, hl kcs cpatamlfia
qua vlvlr ah ic pctrlc, hl kcs `nhrnsn qua knrlr
pn r ic pctrlc . A h tu pnbar
ai
T crceucy hn as pc
trlc . As pramlsn qua hn sntrns ia bak ns asa sar,
pcrc qua tnbn s slahtch in qua yn slahtn ah Fua
hns C lras, y vach qua baspus ba in qua tu pc
bra y tu `cfls blm`n ba k, sa `c mukpilbn ai
rajrh ba qua ci fuay kcibltn ai pain ia raiuma.
Mlma rh blma qua cquai qua scmrljlmc pn r ic pc
trlc in qua k cs ck c, as qulah va rbc ba rck ah ta
k ua strc kcynr main pnr aiic. Mcbc uhn ba ins
pcrceucyns qua ta kciblmah, ast blspuastn
cmra bltcrin , y ahtr a aiins tu ck chta tln.
Ai mlubcbchn pcrceucyn.
KCHQAI TABAN BA TAC-
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M C V R C Z L L L .
Fuahns Clras, Jafrarn 2 ba 304.".
K l p r a b l i a m t n H a p n t a , T c h m ` n ] n ic h n ? t a
p c r t l m lp n u h c mn k u h lmcm l h q u a mn h cv l ch t az k u
bl r l oa uh mnk pct r lm ln hu as t rn , cuh qua ka pcrc -
eu cy lzc k um `n , pua s k a t r c tc yc ba tmnrcn ba
ustab, y ka `cf ic ba m la r tn p rneras l s tc qua c ifn
r n t ah ch t c n a i mn t c r r n ah a i T c r ce u c y . ] a
k a p r a s a h t c b a p r n e r a s l h c s mah b ah ta , y v l ah a
mnkn leuc i hb nsa k a, y mn hv ar t lb n ah uh hajl tn
p r n h u h m l c b n i lf a r c i p c r c cy u b c r k a b c r t a h n t l
mlcs ,
y bam l r t a , mn r rnfnrchbn kls csa r tns , qua ins
pc rc eu cy ns qu la rah sa r i lf ras , y qua snh ck lens
ba ic m lv l ilzcmlh bn tn bn a i k uh bn . S u bnrc
bcs p l ibn rcs as tc s , y ah qu nmcs lh , T ch m` n
k l
As tcs s l snh ichzcbcs ba knrn lzqu la rbn
surbn , y tnbcs sa b l r l o ah tu t as tuz .
T a r n b a oak n s a s tn , y v ck n s h u a s t r n p h b u in
c s u h t n .
M k n ` c s p r n m a b l b n m n h B . I l s c r b n V a m c i b a
y L ) . M l r l in V lf c r n i c> \ n t a in b l r p c r c q u a
sapcs ?
sa ta ch tno qua as tns bns ov ah as bamah
tas juasah ram iu tcb ns y i i avcb ns ci mck pc k ah tn
b a M a r r n I a h , p n r q u a t r ch i lk p ln s b a s ch e r a y
njlmln? a i pr lk ar n ba blm cb n sus erc hoa r lcs mnk ar
m lc ia s ,
y a i s aeuhbn , pcr lah ta huas t rn , ba i c
l i u s ta s ch e r a b a i n s M cv c cs b a C k p u ar n , q u a
ia `cflc bcbn ic mc icfarcbc v bai l r ln ba sar as tu-
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b l n sn ,
y akpacbn ah jn rkcrsa uh kablchn Cfn
e c b n .
Ju ar nh ahrn ic bns ah t ra ins r am iu tcs , y uh
blc sa ias nr ba h qua sa blr l o lasa h mn rtc r y
mnhb um l r k cba rcs snfra sus `n k frn s , pc rc jnr
k cr sus r chm`n s mcsum`cs ba muc r ta i . A i in s
nfa bam la rn h 7 y pn rqua a i p r l k arn b ur ch ta a i b lc
ba ic j cahc hn t r cfc o pa r snh c ik ah ta , s lhn qua
pc e n t rn ba par snh arn , pc rc qua ` lm la rc sus
v a m a s ,
y pnr qua a i s aeuhbn , M l r l in Vlfcrn ic , ba
mnh s t l tumlh bfl` , mnh s h tnk cs ba pu ik nh c ,
t l s ls ` t lmc , hn pu bn mn h t rc a r sa t c i t c ra c ,
basp us qua rae ras crn h c i mck pc k ah tn , juarnhba hu hm lcbn s ba cqu ai ics tc h ah nrk as . jc itcs?
lhk ablc tck ah ta sa i as mcs t le mnh uh c tu hb c ba
mlah iczczns ah v lvcs mcrhas , ah saeulbc aher l i ic
bns , basp us mnh bu mlbn s prasn s ic m cp l tc i , y
l i tlkck ahta sa pu i tcb ns ah ic m rma i, bn hb a o lk ah
y suj rah uhc p r l s lh frfcrc y ckcrec .
A s ta as a i ` l on ba cqu a i V ap fi lm n B nh Ou c h
F cu t l s t c V lf c r n i c , q u a , p n r q u a , mn k n b lp u t c b n
c i mnh erasn , p lb l uhc mnh s t l tum lh , tu p cb ra ia
k at l ah uh zc pc tn , y ia mnh tuv n a i ras ua i in ,
`cm lhb nia t r ca r a i c ik c ah ic fnm c, pc rc a oak
pin ba ins qua quls larch lkl tcr ia .
] l pn r ic p cr ta ba tu k cb ra as s lh bu b c tu pc
r l ah t a V lf c r n i c , p n r i c p c r t a b a i p c b r c s t r n b a
tu k cb r a ai ] r . B . I zc r n V n oc s b a C r c h b c , k l
pr lk n, qua ta ba o t sn in ba `a rab arn cercm lc
bn ba tnbns sus f lahas y r lquazcs , mnkn s l juarcs
kl `lon? v laha tck flh r as u i tc r qua Ml r l in t a
par tahama pnr i hac ram tc y
nfilmuc,
q u a ck f cs
flah ics mnhnmas ah tus avn iumlnh as , y k cs ah
as t c s ak p iacb cs mnh V lf c r n i c , q u a m n k p r u af ch
qu a mu chb n pl tnsj icutns , mu chb n jicutns p l tn s .
Z sa , pu as , qua hn ta sa `c bc bn uh pl tn a i
pcrahtasmn, y qua cs klrcs tnbns pnr ic bafl i l
b cb b a t u a s t k ce n .
B a asc suar ta p rnm aba h ins fua hns en f la rhn s
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mnkn t pc rc m nhs arvc r a i n rbah puf i lmn , y kns
t r c r qu a hn t l ah as pcrm lc i lb cb , s lhn ous t l m lc y
r a m t l t u b .
Rc i vaz hn ta cm ua rba s ba in qua ` lm ls ta mnh
cq u a i m lu b cb ch n I as m ch n , cq u a i p r ab l i am tn b a t u
pc br a , c qua i qua sa bam lc qua tu pc br a i a ba
s leh cfc pc rc T ra s l ba h ta ju tu rn , sumasnr ba i c
p r a s lb a h m l c b a ic V a p f i l mc . T a r n t a i n v n y
ram nrb cr , pc rc qua ta ak pcm `as . Ia ` lm l s ta
p r a h b a r , r ak cm` c r u h c f u a h c f c r r c b a e r l i in s ,
cmn k nbc r ah uh c pc r ta ba ins mnr r abn ras ba i c
mcsc qua ju ba kls pcbras , jnrkhbnsa uh mucr-
t l t n b a p c r ab as b a a s t a r c s p c r c r a s e u c r b c r i a b a
ins v la h tn s lh ou r lcs ba i t l ak pn? pn r c ik n`c bc
mcfa marc uhns cbn fas m rub ns . A h as ta as tc bn ia
tn r tu rc s ta mnh ba m ic rcm ln has ? ah asa as tc bn ba
sujr lr mruocs ia cs ci t uhc bl sa ht ar c , y sa ravn i
m mnh aiic ah su tr ls ta iam` n s lh cyu bc , sn mn rrn ,
h l c k pc rn `u k ch n? ah asa as tc bn ia ` lm l s ta r akc
m`c r n t rc f cr rc , y ia ` lm ls ta bam l r , sup ua s tn qua
arc tch burn pcrc bamicrcr , c` ia `cmcs asa hua
vn raec in y r amuarbn , mnh ic p ravahm lh , qua
r a s a r v cf c s n t r c p c r c ce r ae c r i c s p r lk ar c s .
H n p u b n a i ] r . I a s m c h n c e u c h t c r k c s , m a bl c i c
juarzc ba as tc s tn r t u rc s , y ax` ci ins t ra s b lcs a i
i t lk n su sp l rn mnh s h tnk cs y eah arc i susu r rn ba
qua ia `cf c s ` am`n ah va hah cr .
B af n r am n r b c r t a i c mn h b u m t c c t r n z n f s a r v c b c
mnh k l mn h m u cb n a i b l s t l h e u lb n m lu b cb ch n B .
T cf in O n v a I ich n s , a i p c t r l m ln b a h n f ia p r n e a h la ,
a i ` n k f r a a o ak p ic r , mn k n v l r t u n s n , ` n h r c b n y
pcmjlmn , a i k nb ain ba ih m lv l i lb cb, ba ic kc hsa
b u k f r a , b a ic k n b a s tl c , b a i c k c e h c h l k l b c b y
ba ic p r ub ah m lc , ic hn rk c ba i fua h pc br a ba jc
kl i lc , y ba in l r r ap rah s lf i a qua sa mnhnma . A s ta
ju a i f ichmn ba tu scc, ic v m t lkc ba tu t l rchc ,
i a ahm crma ics ta , e lkl mn h ' e r l i ins ah k ab ln ba
sus m rh lmcs bn iahm lcs , hn `ufn p labcb , mc r lbcb
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hl `ukchlbcb pcrc kl t lecr sus pahcs , h l r am lf l r
cuxl i lns ba su cknrnsc y basasparcbc aspnsc ic
]rc . B n c L scf a i E uh as , y ba sus m r l s t l chn s y
cji lelbns `lons , `c st c qu a ia `lm ls ta mn hmiu lr ah
u h c p r l s l h f r f c r c .
S u ab ah mn k n c e r a e c b n s a s c s v m t lk cs k l
mu cb n B . C ia on E u h as . B . O n s K c r c K cr t h az
Z r a i c , T a r a l r c s &, Asns scmarbn tas ins kcs v l r
tunsn s , ins k cs l ius t rcb ns , asns K lhl s t rn s bai
Ci t s lkn, asns Mr l s tns , qu lahas hn baf cs tnmcr
ins mnh tus kchns scmr l i aecs lkpurcs .
C r k cs t r n p cs , b am i c r c s , e u a r r c , y ce r c v l c s c i
Blns ba ins A o rm l tn s , bc hb n tn rk ah tn sus ` l ons.
Su jcvnr, qu va h t u r c asparc s ba uh Bln s
njahblbn>
H n t a e u s t c i c tanmrcmlc, hn qula ras qua sa
en f la rha h ics c ikcs pn r i c ercmlc ba Blns, s lhn
qua sa kcha oah pnr tu baknmrcmlc pn r asc ercmlc
bai Baknhln, ajamtn ba tu mrcsc le hn rc hm lc , tu
e r c s n a s t k ce n , t u m r c s l t u b , t u e r c s azc . A r a s
lhmcpcz ba s cmrc k ahtn s , hn `c y sce rc r ln ah tu
c ik c , ah t u p am` n , h l ah t u m n r cz n h ?b a s ce r cb n
hn t lah as k cs qua a i sar scm ra , scm r l iae n, y uh
f r cv n y e r ch s cm r l s t h .
T n r t n b c s a s t c s mcu s cs , r ak ab lc r a s tn s k c
ias , h n s p r a p c r c k n s l r , ' y i n p r l k a r n q u a ` a k n s
ba `c mar , as ia vc ht cr uh c aha ba pcin pc rc mni
ec r t a pn r ahak len ba Blns y ba ins `n k fr as , y
baspuas as tcf iamar in qua basmr lfn ah a i p rnerc
kc qua mnht lhc cs .
Zj lkns , pu as , . ba rn ec r ascs iaya s f ru tc s y
asmchb c inscs pc rc uhc Va p fi lmc , qua `cm ah b l s
t lhmlh ba m icsa pnr hcmlklahtn y mninras , y prn
`l fa h a i k ctr lk nh ln aht ra uhns qua sa mcil jlmch
kuic tns , y n t rns f ichmns , y -ah t ra i lf ras y asm ic
vns , y bam ic rc r tnb ns leuc ias pc rc c k crsa y
uhlrsa saeh ins cjamtns ba sus mnrcznhas , y hn
mnkn in `cf l s bamra tcbn Jrchm lc , tu pcbra y t ,
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nreu i insns frfcrns t l r chns , mnh t rc i cs i ayas a ta r
h cs y ` u k ch cs , q u a k ch b ch k u i t l p i l mc r s a , a t m . ,
p c r c i n e r c r v n s n t r n s mn r r n k p ar y ak f r u t ama r a i
p u a f in p c r c k a on r e n f a r h c r i a , mu y n m rlk ah a s
( . ikcs lkparbnhcf ia ba vnsn t rns ,knhs t runs sn i l
t c r l n s .
Blr le knhns a r le l r `nsp l tc ias , mcscs ba asp-
s l tn s , ba fahaj lmahmlc , ba mc r lb cb , pc rc c i lv lcr
uhc e r ch pnf icm l h bas b lm `cb c , qua `c s tc `ny ,
v n s n t r n s e n f la r h n s k l s h t r n p n s y ae n s t c s k az
qu lhns , hn ia `cf l s bcbn mnhnmar s lqu la rc uhn
ba asns as tcf iam lk lah tn s , asp am lc ik ahta a i ba i c
v cmu h c .
J u h b c r ak n s mc s c s b a mn r r amm l h , b n h b a c i
`nkfra as t r cv lcbn sa i a `cec mnhnmar su j c i t c , y
ahkahbcrsa ba a i ic , mnkn ic m lv l i lzcmlh bai s le in
in ahsa c , y cfn i l r i c pa hc ba k ua r ta , y kl i inhas
ba czn tas qua ah k chn s tuy cs sa ak piach s lh
mascr m rua ikahta pcrc aharvcr a i c ikc , ahja rkch
bn a i muarpn .
As tcf iam ara k ns asmua ics y mn iae lns ah asc
hu as t rc M cp l tc i ba i c C suh m lh , mnkn ah ics
Z l i i c s y T c r t l b n s b i c mck p c c p c r c i c ah s a ch
zc ba h ln s y h lc s , y uh c Q h lv ar s lbc b pc rc ics
m l ah ml c s k cy n r a s , p r n p ah b lah b n ah t n b n i c
kcynr l ius t r cm lh , mnkn fcsa ba i cs ecrch t cs ba
in s b a r am` n s b a i m lu b c b ch n .
N rec h lz cra k ns snm lab cbas qua b l r l och y mu l
bah bn ic abumcm lh pf i lmc , y cb k lh ls t r ah ins
as tcf iam lklah tns ba fahaj lmahm lc y mc r lbcb , bch
bn i cs san rcs i c pc r ta qua ias mn r rasp nh bc
tnkcr mnh ics h lcs y kuoaras .
I ic k cra k ns c i s cf ln , c i ka mh lmn , c i lhbu s t r ln
sn , pc rc qua l ius t r ah , ahsa ah , y ba h uhc k chn
c i p rnerasn , y c i f lahas tc r ba i pc s .
R rcfc oc rakns much tn ch tas ah i c jn rkcm lh ba
ins M blen s ba i c V ap f i lmc , pc rc qua pn r a i ins
sa jn rkah su Ou r l smnhsu i tns .
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Znivarakns i c kuear sus baram`ns , y a i r as
pa tn qua sa ia bafa asc fai ic pn rml h bai e ha
rn `ukchn, sc ivhbnic ba ins czntas , ba ins lh
sui tns , ba ics kui tcs , ba ics pr ls lnhas , ba ins bas
t l a r rns , ba i cs p rn` lf lm lnhas ba i kct r lknhln mnh
qua