wen H Advencararz rIasembald apon H rMf i waz fQnd Ht H rimyrkabalI kwIr asYrtmnt v yrtikalz hAd bin selektd bF H vErIas membarz v H pyrtI. nO wan sImd t hAv a vErI klIr FdIa v wat waz rikwFrd, bat Yl hAd brYt samTiN.
H /wogal-/bag hAd tEkan fram its paziSn Ovar H mAntal-pIs in H grEt hYlwE H hed v a /gamp, wic waz adYrnd wiT wFd-spredN Antlarz; n Ts, wiT grEt kEr n grEtar difikaltI, H insekt hAd kErId ap H stErz t H rMf. Hs /gamp rizembald an /elk's hed, OnlI H nOz tarnd apward in a sYsI manar n HEr war wiskarz apon its cin, lFk HOz v a bilI-gOt. wF H /wogal-/bag selektd Hs yrtikal hI kUd not hAv eksplEnd, eksept Ht i hAd arQzd hiz kjarIositI.
/tip, wiT H Ed v H /sY-/hyrs, hAd brYt a lyrJ, aphOlstard sOfa t H rMf. i waz an OldfASand pIs v farnicar, wiT hF bAk n endz, n i waz sO hevI Ht Ivan bF restN H grEtist wEt apon H bAk v H /sY-/hYrs, H bq fQnd himself Qt v breT wen At lAst H klamzI sOfa waz dampd apon H rMf.
H /pampkinhed hAd brYt a brMm, wic waz H farst TiN hI sY. H /skErkrO yrFvd wiT a kql v klOz-lFnz n rOps wic hI hAd tEkan fram H kYrtjyrd, n in hiz crip ap H stErz hI hAd bardan tambald in a hIp apon h rMf n mFt hAv rOld v if /tip hAd not reskjMd him.
H /tin /wUdmAn apIrd lAst. hI YlsO hAd bin t H kYrtjyrd, wEr hI hAd kat fYr grEt, spredN lIvz fram a hjMJ pYm-crI Ht waz H prFd v Yl H inhAbitants v H /emarald /sitI.
"mF dIr /nik!" eksklEmd H /skErkrO, sIiN wat hiz frend hAd dan; "jM hAv bin giltI v H grEtist krFm enI parsan kn kamit in H /emarald /sitI. if F rimembar rFtlI, H penaltI f copN lIvz fram H rqal pYm-crI z t b kild sevan tFmz n Aftarward imprizand f lFf."
"i kn not b helpd nQ," Ansard H /tin /wUdmAn, TrOiN dQn H big lIvz apon H rMf. "bat i mE b wan mYr rIzan wF i z nesesErI f as t eskEp. n nQ let as sI wat jM hAv fQnd f mI t wark wiT."
menI war H dQtfal lUks kAst apon H hIp v misalEnIas matIrIal Ht nQ klatard H rMf, n fFnalI H /skErkrO SUk hiz hed n rimyrkd:
"wel, if frend /nik kn mAnjMfAkcar, fram Hs mes v rabiS, a /TiN Ht wil flF TrM H Er n kErI as t sEftI, Hn F wil AknoliJ him t b a betar mekAnik Hn F saspektd."
bat H /tin /wUdmAn sImd At farst bF nO mInz Sar v hiz pQrz, n OnlI Aftar poliSN hiz fYrhed vigaraslI wiT H SAmwo-leHar did hI rizolv t andartEk H tAsk.
"H farst TiN rikwFrd f H maSIn," sed hI, "z a bodI big Inaf t kErI H entFr pyrtI. Hs sOfa z H bigist TiN wI hAv, n mFt b jMzd f a bodI. bat, SUd H maSIn evar tip sFdwEz, wI wUd Yl slFd of n fYl t H grQnd."
"wF not jMz tM sOfaz?" Askd /tip. "HEr'z anaHar wan Jast lFk Hs dQn stErz."
"Ht z a vErI sensibal saJescn," eksklEmd H /tin /wUdmAn. "jM mast fec H aHar sOfa At wans."
sO /tip n H /sY-/hYrs mAniJd, wiT mac lEbar, t get H sekand sOfa t H rMf; n wen H tM war plEsd tageHar, eJ t eJ, H bAks n endz fYrmd a pratektN rAmpYrt Yl arQnd H sIts.
"eksalant!" krFd H /skErkrO. "wI kn rFd wiHin Hs snag nest kwFt At Qr Iz."
H tM sOfaz war nQ bQnd farmlI tageHar wiT rOps n klOz-lFnz, n Hn /nik /copar fAsand H /gamp's hed t wan end.
"Ht wil SO wic z H frant end v H /TiN," sed hI, grEtlI plIzd wiT H FdIa. "n, rIlI, if jM egzAmin i kritikalI, H /gamp lUks vErI wel Az a figjar-hed. HIz grEt pYm-lIvz, f wic F hAv endEnJard mF lFf sevan tFmz, mast sarv as Az wiNz."
"r HE scroN Inaf?" Askd H bq.