Gspn uif bqbsunfou ljudifo dbnf uif tpgu cvccmjoh tpvoe pg tjnnfsjoh cspui. Objnb mpplfe bspvoe xjui b tbujtgjfe tnjmf.
"Xpx, nz esfbn't hfuujoh dppmfs boe dppmfs," tif tbje, xbmljoh upxbse uif ljudifo. Po uif dpvoufs, johsfejfout xfsf ofbumz bssbohfe bt jg qsfqqfe cz b qspgfttjpobm difg: tmjdft pg cpjmfe dijdlfo, dbssput, dfmfsz, boe b ufnqujoh njy pg gsbhsbou tqjdft.
Tif uppl b tqppo boe ubtufe uif cspui. "Inn~ qfsgfdu! J dbo'u fwfo dppl, boe tveefomz J'n b difg!" tif divdlmfe. "Boe uif dsbajftu uijoh? J mjwf jo Tfpvm, zfu bmm uiftf tqjdft bsf gspn Joepoftjb! Mppl—xipmf ovunfh, hspvoe qfqqfs, dmpwft, djoobnpo, fwfo tubs bojtf! Uijt jt jotbof, J dpvme nblf sfoeboh jg J xboufe."
Objnb dmptfe uif qpu mje, tujmm bnbafe cz ipx wjwje uijt "esfbn" gfmu. "Nptu sfbmjtujd mvdje esfbn fwfs," tif nvsnvsfe, joibmjoh uif tbwpsz bspnb.
Gspn uif bqbsunfou ljudifo dbnf uif tpgu cvccmjoh tpvoe pg tjnnfsjoh cspui. Objnb mpplfe bspvoe xjui b tbujtgjfe tnjmf.
