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I ʍօքɛɖ ɨռ ʍʏ ɮɛɖ ʄօʀ tɦɛ ռɛxt ʄɛա ɖaʏs աɦɛռ ʍʏ քɦօռɛ աɛռt օʄʄ.

'Baɮɛ, I'ʍ sօʀʀʏ ʄօʀ աɦat I ɖɨɖ a ʄɛա ɖaʏs aɢօ aռɖ I աaռt ʏօʊ tօ ʟօօҡ օʊt օʄ ʏօʊʀ աɨռɖօա.' Tɦɛ tɛxt ʀɛaɖ aռɖ I ɢʀօaռɛɖ ռօt աaռtɨռɢ tօ ɢɛt ʊք.

'Cօʍɛ օռ ʟaʐʏ քɛʀsօռ ɢɛt ʊք aռɖ ʟօօҡ.' Aռօtɦɛʀ ʀɛaɖ aռɖ I ɢɛt օʊt օʄ ɮɛɖ աɨtɦ ռօ օtɦɛʀ ċɦօɨċɛ.

I օքɛռ tɦɛ աɨռɖօա aռɖ sɛɛ Jօɦռ ɦօʟɖɨռɢ a ɮʟaċҡ ʀօsɛ.

"Gɛt ɖʀɛssɛɖ aռɖ ċօʍɛ ɖօառ." Jօɦռ ʏɛʟʟs aռɖ I ɢɛt ɖʀɛssɛɖ, ɢʀaɮɮɨռɢ ʍʏ քɦօռɛ aռɖ աaʟҡɨռɢ օʊt.

As I աaʟҡ օʋɛʀ tօ ɦɨʍ, ɦɛ ɦaռɖs ʍɛ tɦɛ ʀօsɛ aռɖ a քɨɛċɛ օʄ քaքɛʀ.

It ʀɛaɖs, 'Oҡ, ռօա աɦɛʀɛ ɖɨɖ I asҡ ʏօʊ օʊt? Gօ tɦɛʀɛ."

Tɦɛ sċɦօօʟ քaʀҡɨռɢ ʟօt.

I ɢɛt ɨռ ʍʏ s-10 aռɖ ɖʀɨʋɛ tɦɛʀɛ, sɛɛɨռɢ Maɖɨsօռ, sɦɛ ɦas aռօtɦɛʀ ɮʟaċҡ ʀօsɛ.

"Wɦɛʀɛ ɖɨɖ ʏօʊ ɦaʋɛ ʏօʊʀ ʄɨʀst ҡɨss?" Sɦɛ asҡs aռɖ I sɨɢɦ.

"Tɦɛ ċaʄɛ." I saʏ aռɖ ɢɛt ɮaċҡ ɨռ ʍʏ tʀʊċҡ, ɖʀɨʋɨռɢ tօ tɦɛ ċaʄɛ.

Tʏʟɛʀ ɨs sɨttɨռɢ ɨռ օʊʀ ɮօօtɦ աɨtɦ a ɮʟaċҡ ʀօsɛ aռɖ a ռօtɛ.

"Oҡ, ʟast օռɛ. Wɦɛʀɛ ɖɨɖ աɛ ɦaʋɛ օʊʀ ʄɨʀst tɨʍɛ?" It saʏs aռɖ I ɦʊɢ Tʏʟɛʀ.
 
"Tɦaռҡs ɖʊɖɛ." I saʏ aռɖ աaʟҡ tօ ʍʏ tʀʊċҡ, ɖʀɨʋɨռɢ tօ ɦɨs ɦօʊsɛ.

I քaʀҡ ɨռ ɦɨs ɖʀɨʋɛաaʏ aռɖ sɛɛ Isaaċ ɦօʟɖɨռɢ a ʋasɛ օʄ ɮʟaċҡ ʀօsɛs, ɦɛ taҡɛs tɦɛ tɦʀɛɛ I ɦaʋɛ aռɖ քʊts tɦɛʍ ɨռ աɨtɦ tɦɛ օtɦɛʀs aռɖ ɦaռɖs ɨt tօ ʍɛ.

"Hɛ's ɨռsɨɖɛ." Isaaċ saʏs aռɖ I ռօɖ.

"Tɦaռҡs." I աaʟҡ ɨռ aռɖ sɛɛ Etɦaռ քaċɨռɢ.

"I ɦaʋɛ sօʍɛtɦɨռɢ tօ tɛʟʟ ʏօʊ." Hɛ saʏs, ʟօօҡɨռɢ sɛʀɨօʊs.

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