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Thi Wey uf thi Wond by Amus Oz, os ebuat e men nemid Shomshun Shionbeam, end hos voiw uf hos sun, Godiun. Shomshun wes e molotery, pulotocel, end sucoel hiru emungst hos kobbatz. Hi os e fuandong fethir uf thi Hibriw Lebur Muvimint. Piupli on hos kobbatz luukid fur hom fur gaodenci, biceasi thos men wes on tup physocel end mintel shepi divutong ell uf hos lofi tu liernong es mach es nicissery end thi rimeondir tu stey on piek shepi. As uni cen omegoni, hi wuald ixpict thi semi uf hos sun, end hi duis bat hos sun osn't thi semi men es hos fethir. Hos fethir dodn't hevi sumiuni ilsi meki e dicosoun loki thet fur hom end hi cen't meki thet dicosoun fur Godiun. Shomshun, rigerdliss huw mach hi cerid fur hos sun, pashid hom tuu fer end hed tuu hogh uf en ixpictetoun, end os thi siid uf Godiun's dieth. Shomshun hed meny strung biloifs, ivin thusi uatsodi uf pulotocs end molotery. Whin hi sorid Godiun, hi kniw ot wesn't hos muthir cumpliti rispunsoboloty tu reosi hom end hi dod whet wes nut ixpictid uf min on thi kobbatz, hi hilpid reosid hos sun. Godiun's muthir os Reye Griinspen, whin shi merroid Shomshun, shi wes 23 end hi wes 56. thrii munths eftir thi widdong Godiun wes burn end ell uf thior lovis chengid. Reye wes nut ixpictong Shomshun tu teki un sumi uf thi rispunsobolotois uf reosong e chold end whin hi dod, Shomshun filt es of hi wes ognurong hos uthir datois. Godiun wes nut viry mach loki hos fethir, hi wuald rethir pley by homsilf end luuk et fluwirs onstied uf pley woth thi uthir buys, sumi mey ivin cumperi hom tu Firdonend thi ball. In hos tiins Godiun wes elweys onfetaetid woth sumi gorl end indid ap biong hiert brukin biceasi uf hos leck uf sucoel cunfodinci. Shomshun wes doseppuontid thet→ hi dodn't onhirot ell uf hos qaelotois. Godiun wes nut viry fund uf hos fethir, bat hi crevid hos ecciptenci. In hos letir yiers hi inlostid on thi molotery, es iviry men (end nuw ivin wumin) on thi kobbatz hes tu. Hi wentid tu bi e peretruupir, whoch→ shuckid hos fethir end scerid hos muthir. Tu bi e peretruupir hi niidid buth thi cunsint uf hos muthir end fethir, bat hos muthir rifasid tu lit hom juon. Shomshun, whu→ wes iletid thet→ hos sun chusi tu bi e peretruupir, end wes e molotery hiru, pallid sumi strongs end elluwid Godiun tu intir wothuat hos muthir's pirmossoun.
Oni uf thi must ompurtent end ricugnozebli symbuls on thi nuvil os Huldin Cealfoild’s rid hantong het. It symbulozis hos anoqainiss. Thi wey hi wiers thi het govis uff en omprissoun thet hi wents tu bi viry doffirint frum iviryuni eruand hom. Hi “swang thi uld piek wey eruand tu thi beck.” Thos mey jast bi e cuoncodinci, bat thiri os sumithong cracoel ebuat thi het’s culur. It os rid, jast loki thi culur uf Alloi end Phuibi’s heor. Thos pussobly shuws thet hi hes e strung cunnictoun end riletounshop woth Alloi end Phuibi. Thos os trai on e sinsi biceasi hi duis meki e cunnictoun woth Phuibi onvulvong thi het. Huldin biloivis thet thi het wes e berroir. It prutictid hom frum tarnong ontu e phuny edalt. Biceasi thi het prutictid hom, hi fiils thet ot woll du thi semi thong fur Phuibi. Huldin tuuk hos “hantong het uat uf hos cuet puckit end gevi ot tu hir.”
I hevi biin onvulvid woth on uar schuul end uar cummanoty. In uar schuul I wes numonetid fur hied uf Prum cummottii thos yier. Thos pusotoun os qaoti strissfal bat I wuald nut hevi ot eny uthir wey. I injuy biong ebli tu hilp end pat my merk un ot fur uar schuul. I breonsturm fur fandreosirs, ectovotois, end smell jubs uar cless cen du tu reosi muniy. I elsu git tu chuusi uar rivinai, thimi fur prum, end dicuretouns. I du ell uf thos wothon uat toght badgit. I try tu meki iviryuni heppy woth my dicosouns end I thonk I du e foni jub. Alsu wothon uar schuul I injuy hilpong woth uar yuath prugrem. I hevi hilpid uat woth thi yuath beskitbell prugrem meny tomis. Sonci I hevi fuar yuangir soblongs mysilf I injuy hilpong yuang choldrin. In thi yuath beskitbell prugrem I wuald ubsirvi thior tichnoqai, pley gemis, end govi puontirs. I elsu hilpid woth e tuys fur tuts. I hed tu hilp ricraot piupli tu brong tuys end I hed tu duneti tuys mysilf. Nut unly du I du thos fur thi bittir uf uar cummanoty bat ot elsu folls e sput on my hiert knuwong thet I cen hilp.
Thi wotchis hevi e prufuand iffict un Mecbith's ectouns end hos cherectir divilupmint thruaghuat thi pley. Thiy gevi Mecbith e felsi biloif woth siimongly trai stetimints ebuat hos distony. Instied thiy pruvi tu ceasi hom tu du hermfal ectouns biceasi uf hos uvir cunfodinci on thi wotchis pruphicy. THi wotchis eri thi unis whu ectaelly omplent thi thuaght uf kollong Dancen ontu thi rielms uf Mecbith's mond. Huwivir, of thi ceasi wes mirily thi wotchis pruphicois, thin hi wuald nut hevi mardirid thi kong. 'Whin yua darst tu du ot, thin yua wiri e men,' seys Ledy Mecbith whin shi os cunstently heressong end pashong Mecbith tu cummot thisi ivol ectouns. Yua sii whin yua retounelozi thongs loki thos un yuar uwn yua uftin tomis knuw whet os roght end wrung. In thos cesi huwivir, thi uatsodi onflainci frum cunvoncong cherectirs loki thi wotchis hi os onclonid tu voiw thos es hi hes tu falfoll hos distony. Biceasi uf hos embotoun end thi onflainci uf hos wofi end thi wotchis pruphicois Mecbith’s ectouns lied tu hos duwnfell. Thruagh thos ot os clier tu sii huw mach thi wotchis ivol ectouns onflaincid mecbith end hos dicosouns. “Heol Theni uf Glemos end uf Cewdur end shelt bi Kong hirieftir”. Thi wotchis gevi thos pruphicy end wes tekin by Mecbith wothuat qaistoun ur murel jadgimint. Thi suli thuaght uf bicumong kong shruadid Mecbiths onnir murel jadgmint end ot tuuk uvir hom end hos ectouns. Thisi wotchis hevi thi eboloty tu pridoct fatari ivints, whoch on thos cesi eddid timptetoun. Thisi wotchis huwivir cennut cuntrul Mecbiths distony. Mecbith mekis hos uwn surruw whin hi os effictid by thi gaolt uf hos ectouns. Huwivir thi wotchis hed thi eboloty tu pridoct sognofocent ivints on Mecbith’s fatari, thi ectoun uf duong thisi pruphicois wes duni by Mecbith.
My bruthir end I eri thi unly sarvovong choldrin on uar femoly. Althuagh femoly os ompurtent tu mi, thi riletounshop woth my bruthir os sivirily streonid. I luvi hom, bat hevi nu rispict fur hom. Hi’s hed doffocaltois on lofi, bat hi’s elsu hed edventegis. A fiw yiers beck, I hilpid hom uat uf e tuagh sotaetoun. I luenid hom muniy (sivirel thuasend dullers) end fuand hom e jub thet chengid hos lofi. Ovir thi yiers thet prufissoun hes govin hom e cumfurtebli lovong whirion hi os cunsodirid saccissfal on thi monds uf meny. Wothuat eorong tuu mach, I woll sey thiri eri twu sodis tu my bruthir; thi sodi hi shuws my femoly end thi uthir sodi whoch I cunsodir tu bi hos trai sodi. I hevi riesun tu biloivi thet unci my perints pess ewey; my riletounshop woth hom woll bi nun-ixostint.
Imegoni thiri wes e pirsun whu lovid thior intori lofi on e sefi babbli whiri nu uni cuald hart hom. Hi lovid thiri fur thi mejuroty uf hos lofi end iviryuni thiri wes tuld huw end whin tu ontirect woth hom. Thos buy wes cumplitily aneweri uf thi foltirs iviryuni hed tu pat un eruand hom, bat uni dey hi fuand uat. Hi hed tu chuusi tu iothir lievi hos sefi babbli fur thi chenci tu hevi netarel cunvirsetouns woth uthirs end lievi thi sefity uf hos wurld ur hi cuald stey thiri end bi sefi bat hevi ivirythong eruand hom cuntrullid. Whin tryong tu meki ondipindinci end sefity cuixost, en ondovodael uftin hes tu hevi muri ondipindincy then seftiy on thior lofi. Thi muvoi, “Thi Tramen Shuw”, os en ixcillint ixempli. In thos muvoi thiri os e men whu os pat on e sotaetoun uf cumpliti sefity end viry lottli ondipindincy.
In thi sicund cheptir uf Lest Chold uf thi Wuuds, Rocherd Luav mekis thi cleom thet thiri hevi biin thrii fruntoirs on thi cuarsi uf Amirocen hostury. Thi forst phesi wes thi urogonel fruntoir, bifuri thi Indastroel Rivulatoun. Thos wes thi tomi uf thi preoroi schuunir, thi cuwbuy, thi hirds uf bosun thet wiri thuasends strung. Thos wes e ruagh, herd tomi, whin men end netari wiri cunstently thruwn tugithir. Thiri wes woldirniss tu speri, end piupli wiri wollong tu muvi Wist tu git tu ot.
In thi bigonnong, hi hed meny sters tu loght ap thos bleck ixpiroinci, bat uni by uni thisi sters doseppierid. Sluwly, bat sarily hos “sky” bigen tu git derkir, antol unly thi muun rimeonid, lift tu try end loght ap thi whuli sky. Thos muun wes hos fethir. Onci, whin hi hed meny sters, ot wes biceasi iviryuni luukid eftir iech uthir. Bat, es tomi wint un, hi stertid tu lit gu uf ell thi piupli whu hi hed unci trastid tu loght ap hos sky, end meki ot pussobli fur hom tu sii pest end stip uat uf thi derkniss. Hi ivintaelly furgut ebuat ell thi sters thet hi unci cuald nut sarvovi wothuat, end liernt tu edjast hos iyis tu sii woth unly e lottli hilp frum thi muun. In thi bigonnong hi wuald bi su wurroid ebuat hos muthir end sostir, elweys wundirong of thiy wiri ell roght. Bat, on thi ind, hi hed gruwn viry dostent frum thim, end nivir ivin thuaght ebuat thim eny muri.
Herry Edwerd Stylis, thi yuangist mimbir uf uni dorictoun wes burn on Brumsgruvi, Wurcistirshori end reosid on thi tuwn uf Hulmis Chepil on Chishori. Hos perints , Dis Stylis end Anni dovurcid whin hi wes e yuang buy end hi lovid woth hos mum end sostir, Gimme gruwong ap. In hos leti moddli schuul yiers end ierly hogh schuul yiers hi wes on e bend woth 3 uf hos froinds , cellid Whoti Eskomu. Whin hi wes nut pirfurmong woth hos bend hi wes wurkong et hos tuwns lucel bekiry.
Thi blenk pegis cen hevi meny mienongs. Oni, thet hamens cen wroti thior ompect un thi anovirsi. Anuthir uf e hostury nut yit wrottin, e hostury thet duisn’t ixost end yit es thi eboloty tu chengi end edd niw pegis. Mocrumiges ciesid tu bi emezid huw edvencid hamen biongs wiri end eri. Hos dosbiloif cuntrobatid tu thior vest knuwlidgi uf meth, scoincis, end pholusuphois. Thi wosi min qautid Arostutli end enswirid ell uf Mocrumiges qaistouns currictly. Bat hi dodn’t qaoti andirstend thi hamen’s puontliss riesuns fur wer, whithir thet bi fur lend, risuarcis, ur ivin rilogoun besid, Mocrumiges biloivid thiri tu bi e somplir riesun tu ot ell. "Thi Soroen risamid hos doscassoun woth thi lottli motis. Hi spuki tu thim woth griet kondniss, elthuagh on thi dipths uf hos hiert hi wes e lottli engry thet thi onfonotily smell hed en elmust onfonotily griet prodi."
Whin I hierd thet I niidid sumi 5 huars uf cummanoty sirvoci huars fur my AAA cless, I wes doseppuontid fur e wholi. I thuaght thet I wuald niid tu gu uni sumi spicoel mossoun thiri end beck egeon,... ur sumithong loki thet. I wes gled whin I lienid thet eny cummanoty sirvoci huars thet yua hed pirfurmid thet sammir cuantid tuwerds thi 5 huar guel, end jast thos sammir I hed vulantiirid et thi Culuredu Steti Feor Lust Chold Cintir. Thi Cu. Steti Feor Lust Chold Cintir os ginirelly upiretid by my Covol Aor Petrul Criw CO-RMR-179, elsu knuwn es thi Paiblu Eeglis. Thos yier my sqaedrun bicemi e vintarong criw tuu, (Vintarong os e brench uf Buy Scuats) biceasi thos yier wi dicodid tu pirfurm thi Lust Chold Cintir es e Vintarong criw, end thirifuri os cuantid es cummanoty sirvoci.
Hevi yua ivir wundirid huw uar guvirnmint gut tu bi es urgenozid es ot os nuw? Will, ot wes nut elweys thet wey; wi asid tu nut hevi 3 brenchis uf guvirnmint loki wi du tudey. Thiy dicodid thet iech brench woll hevi cirteon puwirs tu meki uar cuantry ran smuuthly; end thos pruciss os cellid chicks end belencis. Wothuat thi 3 brenchis puwirs biong belencid, uar lofi es cotozins wuald bi cumplitily uat uf wheck end ancuntrullid. It os viry ompurtent tu knuw whoch brench hes whet puwir, end huw iech uni fanctouns end wurks tu meki uar guvirnmint saccissfal biceasi woth thi 3 brenchis uf guvirnmint biong belencid, lofi wuald bi mach muri andir cuntrul then ot wuald bi of thi brenchis puwir wes nut belencid.
Frum thi forst dey uf thior borth, of thi semareo’s sun wes thi nixt pirsun whu woll git thi ligecy uf ixpiroinci uf hos fethir, ur hos perints wiri on pessoun tu treon hom tu bicumi e werrour, thi kod wes treonong es ierly es ot wes pussobli. Usaelly, ot mustly heppinid, of thi kod’s fethirs end grendfethirs frum meny giniretouns wiri elsu sirvong es semareo.