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   CCCC K K OOO TTTTT CCCC K K ˆ ˆ ‰ ‰
   C K K O O T C K K ˆ ˆ ‰ ‰
   C K K O O T C K K ˆ ˆˆ ‰ ‰‰
   C KK O O T C KK ˆ ˆ ˆ ‰ ‰ ‰
   C K K O O T C K K ˆˆ ˆ ‰‰ ‰
   C K K O O T C K K ˆ ˆ ‰ ‰
   CCCC K K OOO T CCCC K K ˆ ˆ ‰ ‰





   X X “ “ TTTTT OOO PPPP
   X X “ “ T O O P P
   X X “ “ T O O P P
   X “““““ T O O PPPP
   X X “ T O O P
   X X “ T O O P
   X X ““““ T OOO P



   †-‹ "PO„HˆK" HOMEPA 3-6 1988 ƒ.



    P E „ ˆ C ‹ O B ˆ E


   B ˆCATE‹œCKO‰ ˆOƒPA”ˆˆ „†OP„†A OP“‹‹A (CEB„OHˆM
PˆKA ‹PA, 1903 - 1950) ›‹O HECKO‹œKO K“‹œMˆHA–ˆ‰, OPE„E‹ˆB˜ˆX
Pˆ—“„‹ˆB›E ˆ‡‹OM› TOƒO TBOP—ECKOƒO “Tˆ.
   OP“‹‹ PO„ˆ‹CŸ ˆ B›POC B ˆH„ˆˆ. CPA‡“ OC‹E EPBO‰ MˆPOBO‰
BO‰H› EƒO OC‹A‹ˆ B PˆBˆ‹EƒˆPOBAHH›‰ AHƒ‹ˆ‰CKˆ‰ KO‹‹E„†,
–E‹ŸB˜ˆ‰CŸ ‡A CBOž P“TˆH“, C‹OBHO Hˆ—EƒO HE POˆ‡O˜‹O
‡A TˆMˆ “BˆT›Mˆ ‹ž™OM CTAP›Mˆ CTEHAMˆ. CME˜HOE PˆTPBOPCTBO
TŸƒOTˆ‹O ˆ PA‡„PA†A‹O OP“‹‹A. OH C ƒO‹OBO‰ OƒP“‡ˆ‹CŸ
B TOƒ„A˜Hžž ATMOC”EP“ ŸPOCTH›X COPOB O “„“™EM,
KOTOPOE OC‹E„“ET ‡A TO‹œKO —TO CBEP˜ˆB˜E‰CŸ KATACTPO”O‰.
›‹›E –EHHOCTˆ, TPA„ˆ–ˆˆ, ˆ„EA‹› HE BH“˜A‹ˆ Hˆ MA‹E‰˜EƒO
„OBEPˆŸ. PA„ˆKA‹ˆ‡M C Cˆ‹œH›M PˆBK“COM –ˆHˆ—HOCTˆ - TAKOƒO
›‹O PEO‹A„Až™EE B T“ OP“ “MOHACTPOEHˆE. “„“™ˆ‰ PO‡AˆK
PA‡„E‹Ÿ‹ EƒO E‡OƒOBOPO—HO.
   ŸTœ ‹ET, KOTOP›E OH ‡ATEM POBE‹ C‹“†A™ˆM KO‹OHˆA‹œHO‰
A„MˆHˆCTPA–ˆˆ B ˆPME, MHOƒOE B HEM EPEMEHˆ‹ˆ, ‡ABŸ‡AB B
CO‡HAHˆˆ OP“‹‹A “‡‹› POTˆBOPE—ˆ‰, TAK ˆM ˆ HE PAC“TAHH›E
„O KOH–A †ˆ‡Hˆ. C‹“†A OKA‡A‹ACœ PEBOCXO„HO‰ ˜KO‹O‰ CO–ˆA‹œHOƒO
O›TA, “KPEˆB “E†„EHˆE, —TO CTAP›‰ MˆP OPE—EH ˆ
EƒO KPAX HEMˆH“EM. EPB›E KHˆƒˆ OP“‹‹A, HAˆCAHH›E, KOƒ„A
OH „OBO‹œCTBOBA‹CŸ CKPOMH›Mˆ „OXO„AMˆ ˜KO‹œHOƒO “—ˆTE‹Ÿ ˆ
PO„AB–A B ‹OH„OHCKO‰ KHˆ†HO‰ ‹ABKE, ECO™A„HO Ÿ‡BˆTE‹œH›,
HO ˆ ƒOPœKˆ „O E‡›CXO„HOCTˆ.
   OP“‹‹“ HEHABˆCTHO C›TOE CAMO„OBO‹œCTBO, ME™AHCKOE
“O†ECTBO OM›C‹OB ˆ “CTPEM‹EHˆ‰, AATˆŸ „“XA ˆ ƒPA†„AHCKOƒO
M“†ECTBA. TAK ‡AŸBˆ‹ O CEE O„ˆH ˆ‡ OPˆƒˆHA‹œHE‰˜ˆX CATˆPˆKOB
XX BEKA. O„HAKO C‹AOCTˆ EƒO O‡ˆ–ˆˆ C‹ˆ˜KOM ‡AMETH›.
CˆT“A–ˆŸ B MˆPE CTAHOBˆ‹ACœ BCE O‹EE ƒPO‡HO‰, OT KA†„OƒO
TPE“Ÿ —ETKOƒO B›OPA EPE„ ‹ˆ–OM ”A˜ˆ‡MA ˆ PECT“HO‰ E‡„EŸTE‹œHOCTˆ
‡AA„H›X ‹ˆ„EPOB. A OP“‹‹ META‹CŸ ME†„“
B‡AˆMOˆCK‹ž—Až™ˆMˆCŸ O‹žCAMˆ, ˆC›T›BAŸ XAPAKTEPH›E KO‹EAHˆŸ
EBPOE‰CKOƒO ˆHTE‹‹EKT“A‹A, KOTOPOƒO ˆ PˆTŸƒˆBAET, ˆ
CTPA˜ˆT HEOTBPATˆM›‰ ˆCTOPˆ—ECKˆ‰ EPE‹OM.
   TPEOBA‹CŸ B›XO„, ˆ EƒO O„CKA‡A‹A ˆCAHˆŸ. O‰–OM
ˆHTEPPˆƒA„› OP“‹‹ ‡A™ˆ™A‹ ˆCAHCK“ž PEC“‹ˆK“ O„ APCE‹OHO‰;
KOƒ„A ”PAHKˆCT› BCE-TAKˆ OE„ˆ‹ˆ, OH HAˆCA‹ KHˆƒ“
"B —ECTœ KATA‹OHˆˆ" - „OK“MEHTA‹œH“ž KHˆƒ“, OCTAB˜“žCŸ
K‹ž—EBO‰ „‹Ÿ OHˆMAHˆŸ BCEƒO EƒO TBOP—ECTBA. ‡„ECœ HET ˆ
C‹E„A CAMOˆ—EBAHˆŸ: OP“‹‹ ‡HAET, PO‹OƒOM KAKˆX ˆTB ›‹A
ˆCAHCKAŸ TPAƒE„ˆŸ, K KAKO‰ OTBETCTBEHHOCTˆ OHA B‡›BA‹A.
A TEM HE MEHEE TO KHˆƒA —E‹OBEKA, KOTOPOƒO C‹“—ˆB˜EECŸ B
ˆCAHˆˆ HA„‹OMˆ‹O. ˆ “†E HABCEƒ„A.
   ›‹O › HEPOCTˆTE‹œH›M “PO™EHˆEM CKA‡ATœ, —TO HA„‹OMˆ‹
EƒO TO‹œKO ”ˆHA‹ TˆX CO›Tˆ‰. B ˆCAHˆˆ OH BEPB›E
“Bˆ„E‹, —TO TAKOE ”A˜ˆ‡M, ˆ EPE†ˆTOE OTPŸC‹O OP“‹‹A. HO
TAM †E OH BOO—ˆž “„OCTOBEPˆ‹CŸ B TOM, —TO CTA‹ˆHCKˆE ˆ E†OBCKˆE
METO„›, Pˆ OMO™ˆ KOTOP›X O„AB‹Ÿ‹ACœ O‹ˆTˆ—ECKAŸ
OO‡ˆ–ˆŸ BH“TPˆ PEC“‹ˆKˆ, - ‡‹O, HE ˆMEž™EE OPAB„AHˆŸ
„A†E “C‹OBˆŸMˆ BO‰H› ˆ CC›‹KAMˆ HA PABOMEPHOCTœ PEBO‹ž–ˆOHHOƒO
HACˆ‹ˆŸ. „‹Ÿ OP“‹‹A, B—EPA˜HEƒO PA„ˆKA‹A C POMAHTˆ—ECKˆMˆ
PE„CTAB‹EHˆŸMˆ O ƒPŸ„“™EM O™ECTBE CPABE„‹ˆBOCTˆ
ˆ CO–ˆA‹ˆCTˆ—ECKˆMˆ CˆMATˆŸMˆ, HE OCHOB›BAž™ˆMˆCŸ
HA PO—HOM ‡HAHˆˆ ‡AKOHOB ˆCTOPˆˆ, —ˆCTKˆ, PACCTPE‹›, E‡‡AKOHˆŸ - E—A‹œHAŸ
PEA‹œHOCTœ TOƒO BPEMEHˆ - OKA‡A‹ˆCœ
   ˜OKOM. HE „‹Ÿ HEƒO O„HOƒO, KOHE—HO. POCTO OH TAK ˆ HE CMOƒ
   OPABˆTœCŸ OT TOƒO “„APA. HAˆCAHH›‰ BO BPEMŸ BO‰H› "CKOT
H›‰ „BOP" /" CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP" - HA‡BAHˆE PE†HˆX HEˆ‡„ABAB
˜ˆXCŸ EPEBO„OB. B †“PHA‹E "PO„HˆK" ”ˆƒ“PˆP“ET HA‡BAHˆE
   "CKOTH›‰ „BOP", KOTOPOE ‡AMEHEHO ‡„ECœ HA PE†HEE. BCTABKA.  
   (1945) ˆ ‡AKOH—EHHAŸ EPE„ CMEPTœž BTOPAŸ ‡HAMEHˆTAŸ AHTˆ
“TOˆŸ "1984" - ‹ˆTEPAT“PH›‰ ˆTOƒ EPE„“MAHHOƒO B ˆCAHˆˆ ˆ
   CPA‡“ OC‹E HEE.
   EC‹ˆ O„PA‡“MEBATœ X“„O†ECTBEHH“ž PO„OC‹OBH“ž TˆX
   POˆ‡BE„EHˆ‰, PE†„E BCEƒO HA„O BCOMHˆTœ CBˆ”TA, ˆ HE
   CTO‹œKO "ƒ“‹‹ˆBEPA", CKO‹œKO HE TAK XOPO˜O “ HAC ˆ‡BECTH“ž
   "CKA‡K“ O O—KE". OP“‹‹OBCKˆ‰ "CKOTH›‰ „BOP" - TO†E ”ˆ‹OCO
”ˆ—ECKAŸ CKA‡KA, ƒ„E ‹EƒKO “ƒA„›BAžTCŸ PEA‹œH›E CO›TˆŸ ˆ
   EPCOHA†ˆ O—EHœ ‹ˆ‡KO‰ ˆCTOPˆˆ. MHOƒO PA‡ ›TA‹ˆCœ CBŸ‡ATœ
   T“ OBECTœ TO‹œKO C HA˜E‰ ˆCTOPˆE‰, HO TAKˆE “Cˆ‹ˆŸ TEH„EH
–ˆO‡H›, HE ƒOBOPŸ “†E O TOM, —TO OHˆ OE„HŸžT ‡AM›CE‹ ABTO
PA.
   OP“‹‹ HAˆCA‹ PˆT—“ O „ECOTˆ‡ME ˆ HECBOO„E, B›
PACTAž™ˆX ˆ‡ ‹AƒOPO„H›X ˆ„E‰, KOƒ„A Tˆ ˆ„Eˆ CTAHOBŸTCŸ
   PE„METOM ƒP“OƒO ˆCKA†EHˆŸ CO CTOPOH› TˆPAHOB, APA‡ˆTˆP“ž
™ˆX HA O'EKTˆBH›X C‹O†HOCTŸX, HEˆ‡E†H›X POTˆBOPE—ˆŸX ˆ
   M“KAX „Bˆ†“™E‰CŸ ˆCTOPˆˆ. OH ›‹ PˆCTPACTEH, TO ECCOPHO.
   O„HAKO PˆCTPACTHOCTœ B›PA‡ˆ‹ACœ HE B TOM, —TO TE ˆ‹ˆ ˆH›E
   POTOTˆ› EƒO „E‰CTB“ž™ˆX ‹ˆ– ‡AC‹“†ˆBA‹ˆ COBCEM ˆHOƒO
   ˆ‡OPA†EHˆŸ. TAKˆE “PEKˆ ‹ˆ˜EH› CEPœE‡HOƒO OCHOBAHˆŸ, O
CKO‹œK“ „OCTATO—HO POˆ‡BO‹œH› “Cˆ‹ˆŸ OO‡HATœ ‡A OP“‹‹OB
CKˆMˆ EPCOHA†AMˆ COBEP™EHHO OPE„E‹EHH›X ‹ž„E‰, —œˆ ˆMEHA
   OCTA‹ˆCœ B ‹ETOˆCˆ HA˜EƒO CTO‹ETˆŸ.
   PˆCTPACTHOCTœ OP“‹‹A B›PA‡ˆ‹ACœ B „P“ƒOM: ˆCO‹œ‡“Ÿ
   „‹Ÿ XˆTPOC‹ETEHˆ‰ Cž†ETA ”AKT›, O—EPH“T›E ˆ‡ „PAMATˆ—EC
KO‰ XPOHˆKˆ 20-X ˆ 30-X ƒO„OB, OH ˆHTEPPETˆPOBA‹ Tˆ ”AKT›
   C TAKO‰ †ECTOKO‰ O„HO‡HA—HOCTœž, KAK“ž TP“„HO OTHECTˆ TO‹œKO
   ‡A C—ET TPEOBAHˆ‰ †AHPA. "CKOTH›‰ „BOP" - CATˆPˆ—ECKAŸ A‹
‹EƒOPˆŸ, B KOTOPO‰ HA˜‹ˆ CBO‰ OT‡B“K ˆ "XP“CTA‹œHAŸ HO—œ" B
   ƒEPMAHˆˆ, KOƒ„A ƒˆT‹EP ˆCTPE‹Ÿ‹ B—EPA˜HˆX CBOˆX COž‡HˆKOB ˆ
   ‡ABTPA˜HˆX OTEH–ˆA‹œH›X KOHK“PEHTOB, ˆ †ECTKˆE AK–ˆˆ POTˆB
   ˆCAHCKˆX AHAPXˆCTOB, PE„PˆHŸT›E B TOT MOMEHT, KOƒ„A ‡A™ˆ
TA PEC“‹ˆKˆ TPEOBA‹A E„ˆHEHˆŸ BCEX EE PˆBEP†EH–EB, ˆ
   MOCKOBCKˆE PO–ECC› 1937 ƒO„A. CO›TˆŸ T“T HAMEPEHHO C‹ˆ†E
H›, —EPT› ˆCTOPˆ—ECKˆX „EŸTE‹E‰ OCO‡HAHHO EPEME˜AH›, ˆ BO‡
HˆKAET ƒHET“™AŸ KAPTˆHA E‡HAKA‡AHHO TOP†ECTB“ž™EƒO POˆ‡BO
‹A, KOTOP›‰ COCTAB‹ŸET HE TO —TO ƒ‹ABHOE, A E„ˆHCTBEHHOE CO
„EP†AHˆE †ˆ‡Hˆ.
   AMŸT“Ÿ O TOM, —EM PEA‹œHO ›‹O ME†BOEHHOE „BA„–ATˆ‹E
TˆE B MˆPOBO‰ ˆCTOPˆˆ, COƒ‹ACˆTœCŸ C TAKO‰ KOH–E–ˆE‰ HE‹œ
‡Ÿ. BPŸ„ ‹ˆ ECTœ HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ O„POHO O'ŸCHŸTœ TO CEƒO„
HŸ˜HEM“ —ˆTATE‹ž, „OCTATO—HO XOPO˜O PE„CTAB‹Ÿž™EM“ CEE
   ˆCTˆHH“ž KAPTˆH“ TOƒO EPˆO„A - CO BCEMˆ EƒO TPAƒE„ˆŸMˆ, HO
   ˆ C BE‹ˆKˆM HAPŸ†EHˆEM OPœ›, B KOTOPO‰ PE˜A‹ˆCœ C“„œ›
   T›CŸ— KOHKPETH›X ‹ž„E‰, KAK ˆ C“„œA BCEƒO —E‹OBE—ECTBA.
   "CKOTH›‰ „BOP" HEBEPHO BOCPˆHˆMATœ KAK ƒOPœK“ž HACME˜
K“ HA„ HEC›B˜E‰CŸ ME—TO‰ O PEKPACHOM MˆPE PABEHCTBA ˆ
   C—ACTœŸ, “CTœ CAM ABTOP BK‹A„›BA‹ B POˆ‡BE„EHˆE ˆMEHHO
   TOT CM›C‹. HAMEPEHˆE ˆ PE‡“‹œTAT HE COBA‹ˆ: ˆ‡-O„ EPA
   OP“‹‹A B›˜‹A CATˆPA, “ˆ‰CTBEHHAŸ „‹Ÿ BCEX „EMAƒOƒOB ˆ O
‹ˆTˆ—ECKˆX ABAHTžPˆCTOB, B KAKˆE › O„E†„› OHˆ Hˆ PŸ„ˆ‹ˆCœ,
   ˆ PE„OCTEPEƒAž™AŸ BCEX C‹ˆ˜KOM ‹EƒKOBEPH›X, C‹ˆ˜KOM CK‹OH
H›X K HT“‡ˆA‡M“ B OXO„ PEA‹œHOCTˆ. —EPE‡ COPOK C ‹ˆ˜HˆM
   ‹ET OC‹E OŸB‹EHˆŸ KHˆƒˆ OP“‹‹A Mˆ˜EHE‰ „‹Ÿ TAKO‰ CATˆP›
   BCE E™E PE„OCTATO—HO B CEƒO„HŸ˜HEM MˆPE - ˆ OTTOƒO KHˆƒA
   COXPAHŸET CBOE †ˆBOE PˆC“TCTBˆE B CEƒO„HŸ˜HE‰ ‹ˆTEPAT“PE.

   A‹EKCE‰ ‡BEPEB,
   „OKTOP ”ˆ‹O‹Oƒˆ—ECKˆX HA“K













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   MˆCTEP „†OHC C ”EPM› "“CA„œA" ‡AKP›‹ HA HO—œ K“PŸTHˆK,
   HO OH ›‹ TAK œŸH, —TO ‡A›‹ ‡ATKH“Tœ „›P› B CTEHE. TKH“B
   HOƒO‰ ‡A„Hžž „BEPœ, OH POKOB›‹Ÿ‹ —EPE‡ „BOP, HE B Cˆ‹AX
   B›PATœCŸ ˆ‡ KP“ƒA CBETA OT ”OHAPŸ, ‹Ÿ˜“™EƒO B EƒO P“KE,
   HA–E„ˆ‹ CEE OC‹E„Hˆ‰ CTAKAH—ˆK ˆBA ˆ‡ O—OHKA HA K“XHE
   ˆ OTPABˆ‹CŸ B OCTE‹œ, ƒ„E “†E OXPA›BA‹A MˆCCˆC „†OHC.
   KAK TO‹œKO B CA‹œHE OƒAC CBET, HA ”EPME HA—A‹OCœ EC
OKO‰HOE „Bˆ†EHˆE. BECœ „EHœ XO„ˆ‹ˆ C‹“Xˆ, —TO CTAP›‰ MA‰OP,
   Pˆ‡OBO‰ OPOB ˆ‡ Mˆ„„‹“A‰TA, PO˜‹O‰ HO—œž Bˆ„E‹ CTPAHH›‰
   COH ˆ XOTE‹ › OBE„ATœ O HEM OCTA‹œH›M †ˆBOTH›M. BCE „OƒO
BOPˆ‹ˆCœ BCTPETˆTœCŸ B O‹œ˜OM AMAPE, KAK TO‹œKO MˆCTEP
   „†OHC OKOH—ATE‹œHO CKPOETCŸ ˆ‡ ƒ‹A‡. CTAP›‰ MA‰OP (TAK EƒO
   BCEƒ„A ‡BA‹ˆ, XOTŸ ˆMŸ, O„ KOTOP›M EƒO PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹ˆ HA
   B›CTABKAX, ‡B“—A‹O KAK KPACA “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OHA), O‹œ‡OBA‹CŸ HA
   ”EPME TAKˆM “BA†EHˆEM, —TO BCE E‡OƒOBOPO—HO COƒ‹ACˆ‹ˆCœ.
   MA‰OP “†E †„A‹, KAK O›—HO, “žTHO PACO‹O†ˆB˜ˆCœ HA
   CBOE‰ CO‹OMEHHO‰ O„CTˆ‹KE HA BO‡B›˜EHˆˆ B KOH–E AMAPA, O„
   ”OHAPEM, O„BE˜EHH›M K A‹KE. EM“ ›‹O “†E „BEHA„–ATœ ‹ET, ˆ
   B OC‹E„HEE BPEMŸ OH PA‡„ABA‹CŸ CKOPEE B ˜ˆPˆH“, HO TEM HE
   MEHEE PO„O‹†A‹ OCTABATœCŸ BCE TEM †E ‹AƒOPO„H›M OPOBOM,
   B ƒ‹A‡AX KOTOPOƒO CBETˆ‹ACœ M“„POCTœ ˆ „OPO†E‹ATE‹œHOCTœ,
   HECMOTPŸ HA “CTPA˜Až™ˆE K‹›Kˆ. OKA BCE †ˆBOTH›E COPA‹ˆCœ
   ˆ “CTPOˆ‹ˆCœ KA†„›‰ O CBOEM“ BK“C“, PO˜‹O „OBO‹œHO MHOƒO
   BPEMEHˆ. EPB›Mˆ Pˆ˜‹ˆ TPˆ CA - ‹žE‹‹, „†ECCˆ ˆ ˆH—EP,
   A ‡A HˆMˆ CBˆHœˆ, KOTOP›E CPA‡“ †E PACO‹O†ˆ‹ˆCœ HA CO‹OME
   EPE„ BO‡B›˜EHˆEM. K“P› PA‡MECTˆ‹ˆCœ HA O„OKOHHˆKAX, ƒO‹“ˆ,
TO‹KAŸCœ, PACCE‹ˆCœ HA CTPOˆ‹AX, A OB–› ˆ KOPOB› Pˆ‹Eƒ‹ˆ
CPA‡“ †E ‡A CBˆHœŸMˆ ˆ PˆHŸ‹ˆCœ ‡A CBOž †BA—K“. BMECTE
Pˆ˜‹ˆ “PŸ†H›E ‹O˜A„ˆ OKCEP ˆ K‹OBEP. OHˆ „BˆƒA‹ˆCœ
ME„‹EHHO ˆ OCTOPO†HO, CTAPAŸCœ, —TO› ˆX ˜ˆPOKˆE BO‹OCAT›E
KO›TA ‡AHˆMA‹ˆ KAK MO†HO MEHœ˜E MECTA. K‹OBEP ›‹A POC‹AŸ
KO›‹A CPE„HˆX ‹ET, OKOH—ATE‹œHO PAC‹›B˜AŸCŸ OC‹E PO†„EHˆŸ
—ETBEPTOƒO †EPE–A. BHE˜HOCTœ OKCEPA B›‡›BA‹A HEBO‹œHOE
“BA†EHˆE - B›COTO‰ B XO‹KE O‹EE 6 ”“TOB, OH ›‹ TAK Cˆ‹EH,
KAK „BE O›KHOBEHH›E ‹O˜A„ˆ BMECTE B‡ŸT›E. E‹AŸ O‹OCA,
EPECEKAB˜AŸ EƒO ”ˆ‡ˆOHOMˆž, Pˆ„ABA‹A EM“ „OBO‹œHO ƒ‹“›‰
Bˆ„, „A OH ˆ B CAMOM „E‹E HE ‹ˆCTA‹ ˆHTE‹‹EKTOM, HO O‹œ‡OBA‹CŸ
BCEO™ˆM PACO‹O†EHˆEM ‡A POBH›‰ XAPAKTEP ˆ “„ˆBˆTE‹œHOE
TP“„O‹žˆE. OC‹E ‹O˜A„E‰ ŸBˆ‹ACœ MžPˆE‹œ, E‹AŸ
KO‡A ˆ OCE‹ EH„†AMˆH. HA ”EPME OH †ˆ‹ „O‹œ˜E BCEX ˆ OT‹ˆ—A‹CŸ
PEPOTˆBH›M XAPAKTEPOM. ƒOBOPˆ‹ OH PE„KO, HO ˆ B TˆX
C‹“—AŸX O›—HO ˆ‡PEKA‹ KAKOE-Hˆ“„œ –ˆHˆ—HOE ‡AME—AHˆE - HAPˆMEP,
OH KAK-TO OMO‹Bˆ‹CŸ, —TO ƒOCO„œ Oƒ HA„E‹ˆ‹ EƒO
XBOCTOM, —TO› OTMAXˆBATœCŸ OT OBO„OB, HO OH PE„O—E‹ ›
OXO„ˆTœCŸ ˆ E‡ OBO„OB ˆ E‡ XBOCTA. E„ˆHCTBEHH›‰ CPE„ˆ
BCEX †ˆBOTH›X, HA ”EPME OH HˆKOƒ„A HE CMEŸ‹CŸ. HA BOPOC O
Pˆ—ˆHAX TAKO‰ MPA—HOCTˆ OH OTBE—A‹, —TO HE Bˆ„ˆT OBO„OB
„‹Ÿ CMEXA. TEM HE MEHEE, OH ›‹ PˆBŸ‡AH K OKCEP“; KAK PABˆ‹O,
OHˆ POBO„ˆ‹ˆ BOCKPECH›E „Hˆ OK O OK B HEO‹œ˜OM ‡A
ƒOH—ˆKE PŸ„OM C CA„OM, O™ˆ›BAŸ TPABK“.
   E„BA TO‹œKO OKCEP ˆ K‹OBEP Pˆ‹Eƒ‹ˆ, KAK B AMAP BOPBA‹CŸ
B›BO„OK “TŸT, OTEPŸB˜ˆX MATœ; B‡BO‹HOBAHHO KPŸKAŸ,
OHˆ CTA‹ˆ METATœCŸ ˆ‡ CTOPOH› B CTOPOH“ B OˆCKAX E‡OACHOƒO
MECTA, ƒ„E › ˆX HˆKTO HEHAPOKOM HE Pˆ„ABˆ‹. OHAP“†ˆB,
—TO B›TŸH“T›E EPE„HˆE HOƒˆ K‹OBEP PE„CTAB‹ŸžT COO‰ HE—TO
BPO„E ‡A™ˆTHO‰ CTEHKˆ, “TŸTA OP›ƒA‹ˆ B TO “E†ˆ™E ˆ CPA‡“
†E OƒP“‡ˆ‹ˆCœ B COH. HAKOHE– B AMAP, XP“CTŸ K“CKOM CAXAPA,
KOKET‹ˆBO BO˜‹A MO‹‹ˆ, ƒ‹“AŸ, HO KPACˆBAŸ E‹AŸ KO›‹KA,
KOTOPAŸ TACKA‹A „B“KO‹K“ MˆCTEPA „†OHCA. OHA ‡AHŸ‹A MECTO B
EPB›X PŸ„AX ˆ CPA‡“ †E HA—A‹A ˆƒPˆBO OMAXˆBATœ E‹O‰ ƒPˆBO‰
B HA„E†„E PˆB‹E—œ BHˆMAHˆE K B‹ETEHH›M B HEE KPACH›M
‹EHTO—KAM. ˆ OC‹E„HE‰ ŸBˆ‹ACœ KO˜KA, KOTOPAŸ, KAK O›—HO,
Oƒ‹Ÿ„E‹ACœ B OˆCKAX CAMOƒO TE‹OƒO MECTE—KA ˆ HAKOHE–
CKO‹œ‡H“‹A ME†„“ OKCEPOM ˆ K‹OBEP; ‡„ECœ OHA ECPˆCTAHHO
BO‡ˆ‹ACœ ˆ M“P‹›KA‹A BO BPEMŸ PE—ˆ MA‰OPA, HE “C‹›˜AB ˆ‡ HEE
Hˆ E„ˆHOƒO C‹OBA.
   KPOME MO‡“CA, P“—HOƒO BOPOHA, KOTOP›‰ „PEMA‹ HA ˜ECTE
OKO‹O ‡A„HE‰ „BEPˆ, TEEPœ BCE †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ B COPE. PE„‹O†ˆB
BCEM “CTPAˆBATœCŸ O“„OHEE ˆ „O†„AB˜ˆCœ Tˆ˜ˆH›, MA‰OP
PO—ˆCTˆ‹ ƒOP‹O ˆ HA—A‹:
   - TOBAPˆ™ˆ, BCE B› “†E C‹›˜A‹ˆ, —TO PO˜‹O‰ HO—œž
MHE PˆBˆ„E‹CŸ CTPAHH›‰ COH. HO K HEM“ Ÿ BEPH“Cœ O‡†E.
EPB›M „E‹OM Ÿ „O‹†EH BAM CKA‡ATœ BOT O —EM. HE „“MAž, —TO
Ÿ POBE„“ C BAMˆ E™E MHOƒO MECŸ–EB, ˆ —“BCTB“ž, —TO EPE„
CMEPTœž Ÿ „O‹†EH O„E‹ˆTœCŸ C BAMˆ PˆOPETEHHO‰ M“„POCTœž.
Ÿ PO†ˆ‹ „O‹ƒ“ž †ˆ‡Hœ, “ MEHŸ ›‹O „OCTATO—HO BPEMEHˆ „‹Ÿ
PA‡M›˜‹EHˆ‰, KOƒ„A Ÿ ‹E†A‹ O„ˆH B CBOEM ‡AƒOHE ˆ, „“MAž, MOƒ“
“TBEP†„ATœ, —TO OHˆMAž CM›C‹ †ˆ‡Hˆ ‹“—˜E, —EM KTO-‹ˆO
ˆ‡ MOˆX COBPEMEHHˆKOB. BOT O TOM Ÿ ˆ XOTE‹ › BAM OBE„ATœ.
   ˆTAK, „P“‡œŸ, B —EM CM›C‹ HA˜EƒO C BAMˆ ›TˆŸ? „ABA‰TE
OCMOTPˆM PAB„E B ‹ˆ–O: KPATKˆE „Hˆ HA˜E‰ †ˆ‡Hˆ POXO„ŸT
B “Hˆ†EHˆˆ ˆ TŸ†KOM TP“„E. C TO‰ MˆH“T›, KAK M› OŸB‹ŸEMCŸ
HA CBET, HAM „AžT ECTœ POBHO CTO‹œKO, —TO› B HAC HE “ƒAC‹A
†ˆ‡Hœ, ˆ TE, KTO O‹A„AET „OCTATO—HO‰ Cˆ‹O‰, B›H“†„EH›
PAOTATœ „O OC‹E„HEƒO B‡„OXA; ˆ, KAK O›—HO, KOƒ„A M› CTAHOBˆMCŸ
HˆKOM“ HE H“†H›, HAC C —“„OBˆ™HO‰ †ECTOKOCTœž OTPAB‹ŸžT
HA O‰Hž. Hˆ O„HO †ˆBOTHOE B AHƒ‹ˆˆ OC‹E TOƒO, KAK
EM“ MˆHET ƒO„, HE ‡HAET, —TO TAKOE C—ACTœE ˆ‹ˆ XOTŸ › ‡AC‹“†EHH›‰
OT„›X. Hˆ O„HO †ˆBOTHOE B AHƒ‹ˆˆ HE ‡HAET, —TO TAKOE
CBOO„A. †ˆ‡Hœ HA˜A - Hˆ™ETA ˆ PACTBO. TAKOBA ˆCTˆHA.
   HO TAKOB ‹ˆ ˆCTˆHH›‰ OPŸ„OK BE™E‰? POˆCXO„ˆT ‹ˆ TO
   OT TOƒO, —TO HA˜A ‡EM‹Ÿ E„HA ˆ HE MO†ET POKOPMˆTœ TEX,
   KTO OˆTAET HA HE‰ ˆ BO‡„E‹›BAET EE? HET, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, T›CŸ—“
   PA‡ HET! K‹ˆMAT B AHƒ‹ˆˆ MŸƒKˆ‰, ‡EM‹Ÿ ‹O„OPO„HA, ˆ OHA B
   COCTOŸHˆˆ „OC›TA HAKOPMˆTœ ƒOPA‡„O O‹œ˜EE KO‹ˆ—ECTBO †ˆ
BOTH›X, —EM H›HE OˆTAžT HA HE‰. TAKAŸ ”EPMA, KAK HA˜A, CO
COHA CO„EP†ATœ „ž†ˆH“ ‹O˜A„E‰, „BA„–ATœ KOPOB, COTHž OBE–
   - ˆ †ˆ‡Hœ ˆX “„ET O‹HA TAKOƒO KOM”OPTA, TAKOƒO —“BCTBA
   CACTBEHHOƒO „OCTOˆHCTBA, O KOTOP›X M› CE‰—AC HE MO†EM „A†E
   ˆ ME—TATœ. HO O—EM“ †E M› PO„O‹†AEM †ˆTœ B CTO‹œ †A‹KˆX
   “C‹OBˆŸX? OTOM“ —TO O—Tˆ BCE, —TO M› POˆ‡BO„ˆM CBOˆM
   TP“„OM HA CBET, “BOPOB›BAETCŸ ‹ž„œMˆ. BOT, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, B —EM
   KPOETCŸ OTBET HA BCE HA˜ˆ BOPOC›. OH ‡AK‹ž—AETCŸ B O„HOM
E„ˆHCTBEHHOM C‹OBE - —E‹OBEK. BOT KTO HA˜ E„ˆHCTBEHH›‰
   O„‹ˆHH›‰ BPAƒ - —E‹OBEK. “EPˆTE CO C–EH› —E‹OBEKA, ˆ HA
BCEƒ„A ˆC—E‡HET Pˆ—ˆHA ƒO‹O„A ˆ HEOCˆ‹œHOƒO TP“„A.
   —E‹OBEK - E„ˆHCTBEHHOE C“™ECTBO, KOTOPOE OTPE‹ŸET,
   Hˆ—EƒO HE POˆ‡BO„Ÿ. OH HE „AET MO‹OKA, OH HE HECET Ÿˆ–, OH
   C‹ˆ˜KOM C‹A „‹Ÿ TOƒO, —TO› TACKATœ ‹“ƒ, OH C‹ˆ˜KOM ME„‹ˆ
TE‹EH „‹Ÿ TOƒO, —TO› ‹OBˆTœ KPO‹ˆKOB. ˆ BCE †E OH BEPXOBH›‰
   B‹A„›KA HA„ BCEMˆ †ˆBOTH›Mˆ. OH ƒOHˆT ˆX HA PAOT“, OH OTC›
AET ˆM HA POKOPM POBHO CTO‹œKO, —TO› OHˆ HE M“—ˆ‹ˆCœ OT
   OT ƒO‹O„A - BCE †E OCTA‹œHOE OCTAETCŸ B EƒO B‹A„EHˆˆ. HA˜
   TP“„ BO‡„E‹›BAET O—B“, HA˜ HABO‡ “„OPŸET EE, - ˆ BCE †E “
   KA†„OƒO ˆ‡ HAC ECTœ BCEƒO ‹ˆ˜œ EƒO ˜K“PA. BOT B›, KOPOB›,
   ‹E†A™ˆE CE‰—AC EPE„O MHO‰, - CKO‹œKO T›CŸ— ƒA‹‹OHOB MO‹OKA
   B› “†E „A‹ˆ ‡A PO˜‹›‰ ƒO„? ˆ —TO CTA‹O C TˆM MO‹OKOM, KO
TOP›M B› MOƒ‹ˆ › BCOˆTœ KPEKˆX TE‹ŸT? BCE OHO, „O OC‹E„
HE‰ KA‹ˆ, ›‹O Oƒ‹O™EHO ƒ‹OTKAMˆ HA˜ˆX BPAƒOB. A B›, K“P›,
   CKO‹œKO Ÿˆ– B› CHEC‹ˆ B TOM ƒO„“ ˆ CKO‹œKO B‡PACTˆ‹ˆ –›
‹ŸT? A OCTA‹œH›E ›‹ˆ OTPAB‹EH› HA P›HOK, —TO› B KAPMAHAX
   “ „†OHCA ˆ ˆ†E C HˆMˆ ‡BEHE‹ˆ „EHE†Kˆ. CKA†ˆ ˆ T›, K‹OBEP,
   ƒ„E TBOˆ —ETBEPO †EPEŸT, KOTOP›X T› B›HOCˆ‹A ˆ PO„ˆ‹A B
   CTPA„AHˆŸX, †EPEŸT, —TO „O‹†H› ›‹ˆ CTATœ TEE OOPO‰ ˆ
   “TEXO‰ HA CTAPOCTˆ ‹ET? BCE OHˆ ›‹ˆ PO„AH› E™E B ƒO„OBA‹OM
   BO‡PACTE - ˆ HˆKOƒO ˆ‡ HˆX TEE HE „OBE„ETCŸ “Bˆ„ETœ BHOBœ
   ˆ OC‹E TOƒO, KAK T› —ET›PE†„› M“—ˆ‹ACœ B PO„OB›X M“KAX,
   OC‹E TOƒO, KAK T› O„HˆMA‹A O„ A˜Hž O‹Ÿ - —TO “ TEŸ
   ECTœ, KPOME ƒOPCTˆ OBCA ˆ CTAPOƒO CTO‰‹A?
   HO „A†E HA˜A †A‹KAŸ †ˆ‡Hœ HE MO†ET KOH—ˆTœCŸ ECTECT
BEHH›M “TEM. Ÿ HE ƒOBOPž O CEE, OTOM“ —TO MHE OBE‡‹O.
   Ÿ „O†ˆ‹ „O „BEHA„–ATˆ ‹ET ˆ POˆ‡BE‹ HA CBET O‹EE —ET›PEX
COT „ETE‰. „‹Ÿ CBˆHœˆ Ÿ PO†ˆ‹ „OCTO‰H“ž †ˆ‡Hœ. HO Hˆ O„HO
   †ˆBOTHOE HE MO†ET ˆ‡E†ATœ B KOH–E †ˆ‡Hˆ E‡†A‹OCTHOƒO HO†A.
   BOT B›, žH›E OPOCŸTA, —TO Cˆ„ŸT EPE„O MHO‰, - BCE B› „O
   O„HOƒO, HE PO‰„ET ˆ ƒO„A, KOH—ˆTE CBOž †ˆ‡Hœ B TO‰ ‡AƒOPO„
KE. ˆ TA “†ACHAŸ C“„œA †„ET BCEX - KOPOB, CBˆHE‰, K“P,
   OBE–, BCEX „O E„ˆHOƒO. „A†E ‹O˜A„ŸM ˆ COAKAM „OCTAETCŸ HE
   ‹“—˜AŸ „O‹Ÿ. Pˆ„ET TOT „A‹EKˆ‰ „EHœ, KOƒ„A MOƒ“—ˆE M“CK“‹›
   OTKA†“TCŸ TEE C‹“†ˆTœ, OKCEP, ˆ „†OHC OTPABˆT TEŸ K †ˆ
BO„EP“, KOTOP›‰ EPEPE†ET TEE ƒOP‹O ˆ C„E‹AET ˆ‡ TEŸ COA
—œž OX‹EK“. —TO †E KACAETCŸ COAK, TO KOƒ„A OHˆ COCTAPŸTCŸ
   ˆ “ HˆX B›A„“T ‡“›, „†OHC PˆBŸ†ET ˆM HA ˜Ež KˆPˆ— ˆ
   ˆHKOM HOƒˆ ˜B›PHET B ‹ˆ†A‰˜ˆ‰ P“„.
   ˆ PA‡BE HE CTA‹O TEEPœ PE„E‹œHO ŸCHO, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, —TO
   ˆCTO—HˆK TOƒO ‡‹A, KOTOP›M POHˆ‡AHA BCŸ HA˜A †ˆ‡Hœ, - TO
   TˆPAHˆŸ —E‹OBE—ECTBA? CTOˆT ‹ˆ˜œ ˆ‡ABˆTœCŸ OT —E‹OBEKA, ˆ
   ‹O„› TP“„OB HA˜ˆX EPE‰„“T B HA˜“ COCTBEHHOCTœ! ˆ “†E TˆM
   BE—EPOM MO†ET ‡AƒOPETœCŸ ‡APŸ HA˜E‰ CBOO„›, KOTOPAŸ C„E‹AET
   HAC OƒAT›Mˆ ˆ HE‡ABˆCˆM›Mˆ. —TO HAM PE„CTOˆT „E‹ATœ „‹Ÿ
   TOƒO? PAOTATœ „EHœ ˆ HO—œ, OT„ABAŸ ˆ TE‹O ˆ „“˜“ „‹Ÿ ˆ‡
AB‹EHˆŸ OT TˆPAHˆˆ —E‹OBEKA! ˆ Ÿ Pˆ‡›BAž BAC, TOBAPˆ™ˆ,
   - BOCCTAHˆE! Ÿ HE ‡HAž, KOƒ„A OHO BC›XHET, —EPE‡ HE„E‹ž ˆ‹ˆ
   —EPE‡ CTO ‹ET, HO CTO‹œ †E ŸCHO, KAK Ÿ Bˆ†“ T“ CO‹OM“ O„
MOˆMˆ HOƒAMˆ, Ÿ ‡HAž, —TO PAHO ˆ‹ˆ O‡„HO CPABE„‹ˆBOCTœ
BOCTOP†ECTB“ET. ˆ CKO‹œKO › BAM Hˆ OCTA‹OCœ †ˆTœ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ,
OCBŸTˆTE CBOž †ˆ‡Hœ TO‰ ˆ„EE! ˆ KPOME TOƒO, ‡ABE™Až EPE„ATœ
MOE OC‹AHˆE TEM, KTO Pˆ„ET OC‹E BAC, —TO› “„“™ˆE
OKO‹EHˆŸ MOƒ‹ˆ PO„O‹†ATœ OPœ“ „O OE„HOƒO KOH–A.
   ˆ OMHˆTE, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - BA˜A PE˜ˆMOCTœ „O‹†HA OCTABATœCŸ
HEOKO‹EˆMO‰. “CTœ HˆKAKˆE „OBO„› HE COœžT BAC C “Tˆ.
HE C‹“˜A‰TE, KOƒ„A BAM HA—H“T ƒOBOPˆTœ, —TO “ ‹ž„E‰ ˆ “ †ˆBOTH›X
O™ˆE ˆHTEPEC›, —TO PO–BETAHˆE O„HO‰ CTOPOH› O‡HA—AET
‹AƒO„EHCTBˆE ˆ „‹Ÿ „P“ƒO‰. BCE TO ‹O†œ! ‹ž„E‰ HE ˆHTEPEC“žT
Hˆ—œˆ ˆHTEPEC›, KPOME ˆX COCTBEHH›X. A CPE„ˆ HAC,
†ˆBOTH›X, “CTœ BOCTOP†ECTB“ET HEP“˜ˆMOE E„ˆHCTBO, KPEKAŸ
„P“†A B OPœE. BCE ‹ž„ˆ - BPAƒˆ. BCE †ˆBOTH›E - „P“‡œŸ.
   E„BA TO‹œKO MA‰OP KOH—ˆ‹ ƒOBOPˆTœ, O„HŸ‹CŸ “†ACH›‰
ƒAM. OKA „‹ˆ‹ACœ EƒO PE—œ, ˆ‡ CBOˆX HOP B›CKO‹œ‡H“‹ˆ —ET›PE
O‹œ˜ˆE KP›C› ˆ, PˆCEB HA ‡A„HˆE ‹A›, BHˆMATE‹œHO C‹“˜A‹ˆ
MA‰OPA. B TO BPEMŸ ˆX “Bˆ„E‹ˆ COAKˆ, ˆ TO‹œKO MƒHOBEHHAŸ
PEAK–ˆŸ KP›C, žPKH“B˜ˆX OPATHO B HOP›, CAC‹A ˆX †ˆ‡Hœ.
MA‰OP O„HŸ‹ HOƒ“, Pˆ‡›BAŸ K MO‹—AHˆž.
   - TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - CKA‡A‹ OH, - HAM HEOXO„ˆMO OC“„ˆTœ E™E
O„ˆH BOPOC. „ˆKˆE ‡BEPˆ, TAKˆE, KAK KP›C› ˆ KPO‹ˆKˆ - „P“‡œŸ
ˆ‹ˆ BPAƒˆ? „ABA‰TE POƒO‹OC“EM. Ÿ B›„BˆƒAž TOT BOPOC
HA PACCMOTPEHˆE COPAHˆŸ: ŸB‹ŸžTCŸ ‹ˆ KP›C› HA˜ˆMˆ TOBAPˆ™AMˆ?
   ƒO‹OCOBAHˆE PO˜‹O E‡OT‹AƒATE‹œHO, ˆ O„AB‹Ÿž™ˆM O‹œ˜ˆHCTBOM
ƒO‹OCOB ›‹O PE˜EHO, —TO KP›C MO†HO C—ˆTATœ TOBAPˆ™AMˆ.
POTˆB ƒO‹OCOBA‹ˆ ‹ˆ˜œ —ETBEPO - TPˆ COAKˆ ˆ KO˜KA,
OTHOCˆTE‹œHO KOTOPO‰ O‡†E ›‹O B›ŸCHEHO, —TO ƒO‹OCOBA‹A
OHA B OOˆX C‹“—AŸX. MA‰OP PO„O‹†ˆ‹:
   - „OABˆTœ MHE OCTA‹OCœ HEMHOƒO. Ÿ ‹ˆ˜œ OBTOPž: OMHˆTE,
—TO BA˜A OŸ‡AHHOCTœ - BPA†„OBATœ C ‹ž„œMˆ ˆ CO BCEMˆ
ˆX HA—ˆHAHˆŸMˆ. KA†„›‰, KTO XO„ˆT HA „B“X HOƒAX - BPAƒ.
KA†„›‰, KTO XO„ˆT HA —ET›PEX HOƒAX ˆ‹ˆ ˆMEET KP›‹œŸ - „P“ƒ.
ˆ OMHˆTE TAK†E, —TO B OPœE POTˆB —E‹OBEKA M› HE „O‹†H›
Hˆ—EM OXO„ˆTœ HA HEƒO. „A†E O„EP†AB OE„“, OTBEPƒHˆTE BCE,
—TO CO‡„AHO —E‹OBEKOM. Hˆ O„HO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X HE „O‹†HO †ˆTœ B
„OME, CATœ B OCTE‹ˆ, HOCˆTœ O„E†„“, ˆTœ A‹KOƒO‹œ, K“PˆTœ
TAAK, PˆTPAƒˆBATœCŸ K „EHœƒAM ˆ‹ˆ ‡AHˆMATœCŸ TOPƒOB‹E‰.
BCE —E‹OBE—ECKˆE PˆB›—Kˆ - TO ‡‹O! ˆ, KPOME BCEƒO, Hˆ O„HO
†ˆBOTHOE HE „O‹†HO TˆPAHˆTœ CBOˆX COPO„ˆ—E‰. C‹A›E ˆ‹ˆ
Cˆ‹œH›E, “MH›E ˆ‹ˆ ƒ‹“›E - BCE M› PATœŸ! Hˆ O„HO †ˆBOTHOE
HE „O‹†HO “ˆBATœ „P“ƒˆX †ˆBOTH›X. BCE †ˆBOTH›E PABH›.
   A TEEPœ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, Ÿ PACCKA†“ BAM O CBOEM CHE, —TO
PˆBˆ„E‹CŸ MHE PO˜‹O‰ HO—œž. Ÿ HE B Cˆ‹AX OˆCATœ BAM T“
ME—T“. TO ›‹A ME—TA O ‡EM‹E, KAKO‰ OHA CTAHET OC‹E TOƒO,
KAK —E‹OBEK ˆC—E‡HET C EE ‹ˆ–A. ˆ BCOMHˆ‹OCœ MHE „ABHO ‡A›TOE.
MHOƒO ‹ET HA‡A„, KOƒ„A Ÿ ›‹ COBCEM MA‹EHœKˆM OPOCEHKOM,
MOŸ MATœ ˆ BCŸ HA˜A PO„HŸ ‹žˆ‹ˆ ETœ CTAP“ž ECHž,
ˆ‡ KOTOPO‰ OHˆ ‡HA‹ˆ TO‹œKO EPB›E TPˆ CTPO—Kˆ ˆ MOTˆB. ECHž
T“ Ÿ OMHž C „ETCTBA, HO PO˜‹O CTO‹œKO BPEMEHˆ, —TO
MHOƒOE ‡A›‹OCœ. ˆ BOT PO˜‹O‰ HO—œž OHA BEPH“‹ACœ KO MHE
CMECTE C ME—TO‰. ˆ, —TO CAMOE “„ˆBˆTE‹œHOE, - BC‹›‹ˆ TE
C‹OBA, KOTOP›E, Ÿ “BEPEH, E‹ˆ †ˆBOTH›E B „ABHO PO˜E„˜ˆE
BPEMEHA ˆ KOTOP›E, KA‡A‹OCœ, ›‹ˆ HABCEƒ„A OTEPŸH› B AMŸTˆ
OKO‹EHˆ‰. Ÿ CE‰—AC COž BAM T“ ECHž, TOBAPˆ™ˆ. Ÿ CTAP, ˆ
“ MEHŸ XPˆ‹›‰ ƒO‹OC, HO KOƒ„A Ÿ HA“—“ BAC MOTˆB“, B› EE
COETE ‹“—˜E. OHA HA‡›BAETCŸ "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ".
   CTAP›‰ MA‰OP PO—ˆCTˆ‹ ƒOP‹O ˆ HA—A‹. KAK OH ˆ ƒOBOPˆ‹,
ƒO‹OC “ HEƒO ›‹ XPˆ‹›‰, HO BO‹H“ž™AŸ ME‹O„ˆŸ, HE—TO CPE„HEE
ME†„“ "K‹EMEHTˆHO‰" ˆ "K“KAPA—E‰" ‡B“—A‹A „OCTATO—HO
—ˆCTO. C‹OBA ›‹ˆ TAKOB›:
   ‡BEPˆ AHƒ‹ˆˆ ˆ MˆPA,
   BCEX ‡AƒOHOB ˆ O‹E‰,
   CO‡›BAET MOŸ ‹ˆPA
   BAC „‹Ÿ C—ACTœŸ HOB›X „HE‰.
   OH HACTAHET, OH HACTAHET,
   MˆP BE‹ˆKO‰ —ˆCTOT›,
   ˆ ‹ž„E‰ COBCEM HE CTAHET
   - “„“T TO‹œKO ‹ˆ˜œ CKOT›.
   KH“T HA„ HAMˆ HE B‡OBœETCŸ,
   ˆ ŸPMO HE H“†HO HAM,
   “CTœ OBO‡KA PAC˜ˆETCŸ,
   HE BO‡ˆTœ EE KOHŸM!
   HA˜E ‡ABTPA ˆ‡Oˆ‹œHO,
   K‹EBEP, CEHO ˆ O›,
   ˆ ‡AAC› TAK Oˆ‹œH›,
   —TO PEKPACHE‰ HET C“„œ›.
   HEO AHƒ‹ˆˆ CˆŸET,
   ˆ —ˆCTA EE BO„A,
   BETEP ECHˆ HAEBAET
   - M› CBOO„H› HABCEƒ„A!
   M› „A„ˆM „P“ƒ „P“ƒ“ C‹OBO
   - OTCTOˆM C“„œ“ CBOž!
   CBˆHœˆ, K“P› ˆ KOPOB›,
   “„EM CTO‰KˆMˆ B Ož!
   ‡BEPˆ AHƒ‹ˆˆ ˆ MˆPA,
   BCEX ‡AƒOHOB ˆ O‹E‰,
   CO‡›BAET MOŸ ‹ˆPA
   BAC „‹Ÿ C—ACTœŸ HOB›X „HE‰.


   COBMECTHOE ˆCO‹HEHˆE TO‰ ECHˆ PˆBE‹O †ˆBOTH›X B „ˆ
KOE BO‡“†„EHˆE. ˆ E„BA TO‹œKO MA‰OP „O˜E‹ „O OC‹E„HˆX
   C‹OB, OHˆ CPA‡“ †E HA—A‹ˆ ETœ EE CHOBA. „A†E CAM›E T“›E ˆ‡
   PˆC“TCTB“ž™ˆX “†E “‹OBˆ‹ˆ MOTˆB ˆ HECKO‹œKO C‹OB, A —TO †E
   KACAETCŸ CAM›X “MH›X, TAKˆX, KAK CBˆHœˆ ˆ COAKˆ, TO “†E
   —EPE‡ AP“ MˆH“T ECHŸ KAK › PBA‹ACœ ˆ‡ ƒ‹“ˆH ˆX CEP„E–.
   HECKO‹œKO O›TOK Pˆ‹A„ˆTœCŸ O„ˆH K „P“ƒOM“ - ˆ BCŸ ”EPMA
   B OTPŸCAž™EM E„ˆHCTBE B‡PEBE‹A "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ". KOPOB› M›—A
‹ˆ EE, COAKˆ B‡‹AˆBA‹ˆ, OB–› ‹EŸ‹ˆ, ‹O˜A„ˆ P†A‹ˆ ˆ “TKˆ
   BCKPŸKˆBA‹ˆ. E‹ˆ OHˆ C TAKˆM HAC‹A†„EHˆEM, —TO ECHŸ ›‹A
   ˆCO‹HEHA ŸTœ PA‡ O„PŸ„, ˆ KA†„›‰ PA‡ BCE ‹“—˜E, ˆ OHˆ
   MOƒ‹ˆ › ETœ BCž HO—œ - EC‹ˆ › ˆX HE PEPBA‹ˆ.
   K CO†A‹EHˆž, ˜“M PA‡“„ˆ‹ MˆCTEPA „†OHCA, KOTOP›‰
   B›PA‹CŸ ˆ‡ OCTE‹ˆ B O‹HO‰ “BEPEHHOCTˆ, —TO BO „BOP ‡A
PA‹ACœ ‹ˆCA. OH CXBATˆ‹ P“†œE, KOTOPOE BCEƒ„A CTOŸ‹O PŸ„OM
   C ˆ‡ƒO‹OBœEM, ˆ AP“ PA‡ B›A‹ˆ‹ B TEMHOT“. “‹ˆ BPE‡A‹ˆCœ
   B CTEHK“ AMAPA, COPAHˆE MƒHOBEHHO PEKPATˆ‹OCœ. BCE PA‡
E†A‹ˆCœ HA MECTA, ƒ„E OHˆ O›—HO POBO„ˆ‹ˆ HO—œ. Tˆ–›
   BCOPXH“‹ˆ HA CBOˆ HACECT›, †ˆBOTH›E PACO‹O†ˆ‹ˆCœ HA CO
‹OME, ˆ BCŸ ”EPMA CPA‡“ †E OƒP“‡ˆ‹ACœ B COH.







   ƒ‹ABA I I.


   —EPE‡ TPˆ „HŸ CTAP›‰ MA‰OP MˆPHO OO—ˆ‹ B‹ CHE. EƒO
   TE‹O ›‹O PE„AHO ‡EM‹E HEO„A‹EK“ OT ”P“KTOƒO CA„A.
   C‹“—ˆ‹OCœ TO B HA—A‹E MAPTA. OC‹E„“ž™ˆE TPˆ MECŸ–A
   ›‹ˆ OTME—EH› PA‡MAXOM TA‰HO‰ „EŸTE‹œHOCTˆ. PE—œ MA‰OPA
‡ACTABˆ‹A O‹œ˜ˆHCTBO CAM›X COOPA‡ˆTE‹œH›X †ˆTE‹E‰ ”EPM›
OCMOTPETœ HA †ˆ‡Hœ O„ HOB›M “ƒ‹OM ‡PEHˆŸ. OHˆ HE ‡HA‹ˆ,
KOƒ„A BC›XHET BOCCTAHˆE, PE„CKA‡AHHOE MA‰OPOM, “ HˆX HE
›‹O HˆKAKˆX OCHOBAHˆ‰ C—ˆTATœ, —TO OHO POˆ‡O‰„ET E™E Pˆ
ˆX †ˆ‡Hˆ, HO ŸCHO OHˆMA‹ˆ, —TO OHˆ „O‹†H› ƒOTOBˆTœ BOCCTAHˆE.
PAOTA O POCBE™EHˆž ˆ OPƒAHˆ‡A–ˆˆ BCEX OCTA‹œH›X,
ECTECTBEHHO, ‹Eƒ‹A HA CBˆHE‰, —œˆ B›„Až™ˆECŸ “MCTBEHH›E
COCOHOCTˆ ›‹ˆ E„ˆHO„“˜HO Pˆ‡HAH› BCEMˆ. HO ˆ CPE„ˆ HˆX
ŸBHO B›„E‹Ÿ‹ˆCœ „BA MO‹O„›X OPOBA, CHO“O‹‹ ˆ HAO‹EOH,
KOTOP›X MˆCTEP „†OHC OTKAPM‹ˆBA‹ HA PO„A†“. HAO‹EOH ›‹
O‹œ˜ˆM ˆ „A†E HECKO‹œKO CBˆPE›M C Bˆ„“ EPK˜ˆPCKˆM
OPOBOM, E„ˆHCTBEHH›M EPK˜ˆP–EM HA ”EPME. OH HE ›‹ MHOƒOC‹OBEH,
HO O‹œ‡OBA‹CŸ PE“TA–ˆE‰ ‹ˆ—HOCTˆ CEE HA “ME.
CHO“O‹‹ OT‹ˆ—A‹CŸ O‹œ˜E‰ †ˆBOCTœž XAPAKTEPA, ›CTPO‰ PE—œž
ˆ ˆ‡OPETATE‹œHOCTœž, HO OTHOCˆTE‹œHO MEHœ˜E‰ CEPœE‡HOCTœž.
OCTA‹œH›E CBˆHœˆ HA ”EPME ›‹ˆ E™E OPOCŸTAMˆ. HAˆO‹œ˜E‰
ˆ‡BECTHOCTœž CPE„ˆ HˆX O‹œ‡OBA‹CŸ MA‹EHœKˆ‰ TO‹CTEHœKˆ‰
OPOCEHO—EK O ˆMEHˆ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, C KP“ƒ‹›Mˆ ™E—KAMˆ, BE—HO
OMAPƒˆBAž™ˆMˆ ƒ‹A‡KAMˆ, ›CTP›Mˆ „Bˆ†EHˆŸMˆ ˆ POH‡ˆTE‹œH›M
ƒO‹OCOM. OH ›‹ ‹ECTŸ™ˆM OPATOPOM. OC“†„AŸ KAK“ž-TO
C‹O†H“ž PO‹EM“, OH META‹CŸ ˆ‡ CTOPOH› B CTOPOH“, ˆ XBOCTˆK
EƒO BCE BPEMŸ O„PAƒˆBA‹, —TO Pˆ„ABA‹O EƒO C‹OBAM OCO“ž
“E„ˆTE‹œHOCTœ. KOE-KTO ƒOBOPˆ‹ O Bˆ‡ƒ“HE, —TO OH COCOEH
PEBPATˆTœ E‹OE B —EPHOE ˆ HAOOPOT.
   OHˆ BTPOEM EPEPAOTA‹ˆ POOBE„ˆ CTAPOƒO MA‰OPA B
CTPO‰H“ž CˆCTEM“ BO‡‡PEHˆ‰, KOTOP“ž HA‡BA‹ˆ AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MOM.
HECKO‹œKO HO—E‰ B HE„E‹ž OC‹E TOƒO, KAK MˆCTEP „†OHC OTXO„ˆ‹
KO CH“, HA TA‰H›X COPˆ™AX B AMAPE OHˆ O'ŸCHŸ‹ˆ BCEM
OCTA‹œH›M PˆH–ˆ› AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MA. CHA—A‹A OHˆ BCTPETˆ‹ˆCœ C
T“OCTœž ˆ PABHO„“˜ˆEM. KOE-KTO ƒOBOPˆ‹ O HEOXO„ˆMOCTˆ
CO‹ž„ATœ ‹OŸ‹œHOCTœ O OTHO˜EHˆž K MˆCTEP“ „†OHC“, KOTOPOƒO
OHˆ HA‡›BA‹ˆ HE ˆHA—E, KAK XO‡ŸˆH ˆ‹ˆ OT“CKA‹ˆ ˆ„ˆOTCKˆE
‡AME—AHˆŸ TˆA "MˆCTEP „†OHC HAC KOPMˆT. EC‹ˆ EƒO HE “„ET,
M› “MPEM C ƒO‹O„“". „P“ƒˆE ‡A„ABA‹ˆ BOPOC›: "C KAKO‰ CTATˆ
HAM ‡AOTˆTœCŸ O TOM, —TO “„ET OC‹E HA˜E‰ CMEPTˆ?" ˆ‹ˆ
"EC‹ˆ BOCCTAHˆE TAK ˆ TAK POˆ‡O‰„ET, TO KAKO‰ CM›C‹ B TOM,
PAOTAEM M› „‹Ÿ HEƒO ˆ‹ˆ HET?", ˆ CBˆHœŸM CTOˆ‹O HEMA‹›X
TP“„OB O'ŸCHˆTœ ˆM, —TO BCE TO POTˆBOPE—ˆT „“X“ AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MA.
CAM›‰ ƒ‹“›‰ BOPOC ‡A„A‹A MO‹‹ˆ, E‹AŸ KO›‹KA.
EPBOE, C —EM OHA OPATˆ‹ACœ K CHO“O‹‹“, ›‹O: "“„ET ‹ˆ
CAXAP OC‹E BOCCTAHˆŸ?"
   - HET, - TBEP„O CKA‡A‹ CHO“O‹‹. - M› HE COˆPAEMCŸ
POˆ‡BO„ˆTœ CAXAP HA TO‰ ”EPME. KPOME TOƒO, T› MO†E˜œ
OO‰TˆCœ ˆ E‡ HEƒO. TEE XBATˆT OBCA ˆ CEHA.
   - A PA‡PE˜EHO ‹ˆ MHE “„ET HOCˆTœ ‹EHTO—Kˆ B ƒPˆBE? - CPOCˆ‹A
MO‹‹ˆ.
   - TOBAPˆ™, - CKA‡A‹ CHO“O‹‹, - Tˆ ‹EHTO—Kˆ, K KOTOP›M
T› TAK PˆBŸ‡AHA, - CˆMBO‹ PACTBA. HE“†E‹ˆ T› HE MO†E˜œ
OHŸTœ, —TO CBOO„A „OPO†E ‹ž›X ‹EHTO—EK?
   MO‹‹ˆ COƒ‹ACˆ‹ACœ, —TO TO ˆMEHHO TAK, HO OXO†E ›‹O,
—TO OHA OCTA‹ACœ Pˆ CBOEM MHEHˆˆ.
   ƒOPA‡„O O‹œ˜E TP“„OB „OCTABˆ‹A CBˆHœŸM HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ
OPOBEPƒATœ ‹O†œ, “™EHH“ž MO‡“COM, P“—H›M BOPOHOM. MO‡“C,
‹žˆME– MˆCTEPA „†OHCA, ›‹ O‹T“HOM ˆ C‹ETHˆKOM, HO B TO
†E BPEMŸ KPACHOA‰CTBOBATœ OH “ME‹. OH PACPOCTPAHŸ‹ C‹“Xˆ O
C“™ECTBOBAHˆˆ TAˆHCTBEHHO‰ CTPAH› O„ HA‡BAHˆEM ‹E„EH–OBAŸ
ƒOPA, K“„A OC‹E CMEPTˆ ŸKO› OA„AžT BCE †ˆBOTH›E. OHA
PACO‹O†EHA ƒ„E-TO HA HEE, PACCKA‡›BA‹ MO‡“C, CPA‡“ †E
‡A O‹AKAMˆ. HA ‹E„EH–OBO‰ ƒOPE CEMœ „HE‰ B HE„E‹ž - BOCKPECEHœE,
K‹EBEP B COK“ KP“ƒ‹›‰ ƒO„, A KO‹OT›‰ CAXAP ˆ
‹œHŸHO‰ †M›X PACT“T PŸMO HA K“CTAX. HA ”EPME TEPETœ HE
MOƒ‹ˆ MO‡“CA ‡A TO, —TO OH TO‹œKO PACCKA‡›BAET ACHˆ ˆ HE
PAOTAET, HO KOE-KTO BEPˆ‹ B ‹E„EH–OB“ž ƒOP“, ˆ CBˆHœŸM
Pˆ˜‹OCœ HEMA‹O OTP“„ˆTœCŸ, PE†„E —EM OHˆ “E„ˆ‹ˆ BCEX
   B TOM, —TO TAKOƒO MECTA HE C“™ECTB“ET.
   CAMO‰ E‡ƒPAHˆ—HO‰ PE„AHHOCTœž OT‹ˆ—A‹ˆCœ „BE TŸƒ‹OB›E
   ‹O˜A„ˆ, K‹OBEP ˆ OKCEP. CAM PO–ECC M›˜‹EHˆŸ „OCTAB‹Ÿ‹ ˆM
   HEMA‹›E TP“„HOCTˆ, HO PA‡ ˆ HABCEƒ„A Pˆ‡HAB CBˆHE‰ CBOˆMˆ
   ACT›PŸMˆ, K‹OBEP ˆ OKCEP BˆT›BA‹ˆ B CEŸ BCE, —TO ›‹O
   ˆMˆ CKA‡AHO ˆ ‡ATEM TEPE‹ˆBO BTO‹KOB›BA‹ˆ TO OCTA‹œH›M
   †ˆBOTH›M. OHˆ HEˆ‡MEHHO PˆC“TCTBOBA‹ˆ HA BCEX COPˆ™AX B
   AMAPE ˆ EPB›Mˆ ‡ATŸƒˆBA‹ˆ "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ", KOTOP›M O›—HO
   ‡AKAH—ˆBA‹ˆCœ BCTPE—ˆ.
   HO, KAK OKA‡A‹OCœ, BOCCTAHˆE COCTOŸ‹OCœ ‡HA—ˆTE‹œHO
   PAHœ˜E ˆ POˆ‡O˜‹O K“„A ‹Eƒ—E, —EM KTO-‹ˆO MOƒ PE„O‹A
ƒATœ. B CBOE BPEMŸ MˆCTEP „†OHC ›‹ HE‹OXˆM ”EPMEPOM,
   XOTŸ ˆ OT‹ˆ—AB˜ˆMCŸ KP“T›M XAPAKTEPOM, HO OTOM „E‹A EƒO
   O˜‹ˆ ‡HA—ˆTE‹œHO X“†E. POCA„ˆB MACC“ „EHEƒ B C“„EH›X
   TŸ†AX, OH EPECTA‹ ˆHTEPECOBATœCŸ „E‹AMˆ ”EPM› ˆ CTA‹
   PEƒ“‹ŸPHO B›ˆBATœ. –E‹›E „Hˆ OH POBO„ˆ‹ HA K“XHE, PA‡BA
‹ˆB˜ˆCœ B CBOE‰ KA—A‹KE - POƒ‹Ÿ„›BA‹ ƒA‡ET›, PˆK‹A„›BA‹CŸ
   K “T›‹KE ˆ BPEMŸ OT BPEMEHˆ KOPMˆ‹ MO‡“CA K“CKAMˆ X‹EA,
   B›MO—EHH›Mˆ B ˆBE. PAOTHˆKˆ EƒO C‹OHŸ‹ˆCœ E‡ „E‹A ˆ
   TA™ˆ‹ˆ BCE, —TO ‹OXO ‹E†ˆT; O‹Ÿ ‡APOC‹ˆ COPHŸKAMˆ; ˆ‡ƒOPO
„ˆ ‡ˆŸ‹ˆ POPEXAMˆ, A †ˆBOTH›E —ACTO OCTABA‹ˆCœ HEKOPM‹EH
H›Mˆ.
   Pˆ˜E‹ ˆžHœ, ˆ O‹Ÿ ›‹ˆ ƒOTOB› K †ATBE. B KAH“H CEPE
„ˆH› ‹ETA, KOTOP›‰ B›A‹ HA C“OT“, MˆCTEP „†OHC OEXA‹ B
   “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OH ˆ TAK HA„PA‹CŸ B "KPACHOM ‹œBE", —TO „OPA‹CŸ
   „OMO‰ TO‹œKO K O‹“„Hž BOCKPECHOƒO „HŸ. O„OˆB KOPOB PAHHˆM
   “TPOM, ATPAKˆ “˜‹ˆ ‹OBˆTœ KPO‹ˆKOB, HE O‡AOTˆB˜ˆCœ O TOM,
   —TO› HAKOPMˆTœ †ˆBOTH›X. BEPH“B˜ˆCœ, MˆCTEP „†OHC HEME„‹EH
HO ‡ABA‹ˆ‹CŸ CATœ HA K“˜ETKE B ƒOCTˆHO‰, PˆKP›B ‹ˆ–O
   ƒA‡ETO‰, TO ECTœ ˆ K BE—EP“ OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM› OCTABA‹ˆCœ
   ƒO‹O„H›Mˆ. B KOH–E KOH–OB ˆX TEPEHˆE ˆCTO™ˆ‹OCœ. O„HA ˆ‡
   KOPOB B›˜ˆ‹A POƒAMˆ „BEPœ B ‡AKPOMA, KOTOP›E HEME„‹EHHO
   HAO‹Hˆ‹ˆCœ †ˆBOTH›Mˆ. KAK PA‡ B TO BPEMŸ POCH“‹CŸ MˆCTEP
   „†OHC. B C‹E„“ž™ˆ‰ MOMEHT OH ˆ —ETBEPO EƒO ATPAKOB, BOOP“
†ˆB˜ˆCœ KH“TAMˆ, KOTOP›Mˆ OHˆ O‹OCOBA‹ˆ BO BCE CTOPOH›,
   ›‹ˆ “†E HA MECTE PˆC˜ECTBˆŸ. —A˜A TEPEHˆŸ OƒO‹O„AB˜ˆX
   †ˆBOTH›X EPEO‹Hˆ‹ACœ. B E„ˆHOM OP›BE OHˆ PˆH“‹ˆCœ HA
   CBOˆX M“—ˆTE‹E‰. BHE‡AHO „†OHC ˆ OCTA‹œH›E O—“BCTBOBA‹ˆ,
   —TO ˆX TO‹KAžT ˆ œžT CO BCEX CTOPOH. ˆHˆ–ˆATˆBA ›‹A
   B›PBAHA ˆ‡ ˆX P“K. ˆM HˆKOƒ„A PAHœ˜E HE PˆXO„ˆ‹OCœ CTA‹Kˆ
BATœCŸ C †ˆBOTH›Mˆ B TAKOM COCTOŸHˆˆ, ˆ TOT BHE‡AH›‰ B‡P›B
   ŸPOCTˆ TEX, C KEM OHˆ PˆB›K‹ˆ OPA™ATœCŸ C HEPE†HO‰
   †ECTOKOCTœž, ˆC“ƒA‹ ˆX O—Tˆ „O OTEPˆ CO‡HAHˆŸ. OHˆ
   OHŸ‹ˆ, —TO ˆM OCTAETCŸ TO‹œKO „“MATœ O COCTBEHHOM CACEHˆˆ
   ˆ “HOCˆTœ HOƒˆ. MˆH“TO‰ O‡†E OHˆ BŸTEPOM BO›XAX
   B›BA‹ˆ‹ˆCœ HA POCE‹OK, KOTOP›‰ BE‹ K „OPOƒE, A TOP†ECTB“ž
™ˆE †ˆBOTH›E PEC‹E„OBA‹ˆ ˆX.
   MˆCCˆC „†OHC B›ƒ‹ŸH“‹A ˆ‡ OKHA CA‹œHˆ, “Bˆ„E‹A, —TO
   POˆCXO„ˆT, TOPO‹ˆBO OKˆ„A‹A B CAKBOŸ† EPBOE, —TO OA
‹OCœ O„ P“K“, ˆ OKˆH“‹A ”EPM“ —EPE‡ ‡A„Hžž „BEPœ. MO‡“C
   COPBA‹CŸ CO CBOEƒO ˜ECTA ˆ, ƒPOMKO KAPKAŸ, OC‹E„OBA‹ ‡A
   HE‰. TEM BPEMEHEM †ˆBOTH›E ƒHA‹ˆ MˆCTEPA „†OHCA ˆ EƒO
   PˆCE˜HˆKOB O „OPOƒE „O TEX OP, OKA ‡A HˆMˆ HE ‡AX‹O
H“‹ˆCœ TŸ†E‹›E BOPOTA. TAKˆM OPA‡OM, PE†„E, —EM OHˆ
   OHŸ‹ˆ, —TO POˆ‡O˜‹O, BOCCTAHˆE ›‹O “CE˜HO ‡ABEP˜EHO:
   „†OHC ˆ‡ƒHAH, ˆ ”EPMA "“CA„œA" EPE˜‹A B ˆX B‹A„EHˆE.
   EPB›E HECKO‹œKO MˆH“T †ˆBOTH›E C TP“„OM OCO‡HABA‹ˆ
   CBOž “„A—“. CHA—A‹A OHˆ PE‡BO OE†A‹ˆ ƒPAHˆ–› ”EPM›, „A›
   “E„ˆTœCŸ, —TO HˆKOM“ ˆ‡ ‹ž„E‰ HE “„A‹OCœ ƒ„E-Hˆ“„œ CPŸ
TATœCŸ; ‡ATEM OHˆ OM—A‹ˆCœ OPATHO HA ”EPM“, O‹H›E †E‹AHˆŸ
   “Hˆ—TO†ˆTœ OC‹E„HˆE C‹E„› HEHABˆCTHOƒO –APCTBOBAHˆŸ „†OHCA.
   OME™EHˆE, ƒ„E XPAHˆ‹ACœ “PŸ†œ, ›‹O B‡‹OMAHO; “„ˆ‹A,
   “‡„E—Kˆ, OBO„Kˆ, CTPA˜H›E HO†ˆ, KOTOP›Mˆ MˆCTEP „†OHC
   KACTPˆPOBA‹ CBˆHE‰ ˆ APAHOB - BCE ›‹O B›PO˜EHO HAP“†“.
BO††ˆ, HE„O“‡„Kˆ, ˜OP› - BCE Tˆ “Hˆ‡ˆTE‹œH›E PˆCOCO‹EHˆŸ
O‹ETE‹ˆ B KOCTEP, “†E O‹›XAB˜ˆ‰ BO „BOPE. TAKAŸ †E “—ACTœ
OCTˆƒ‹A X‹›CT›. BCE †ˆBOTH›E P›ƒA‹ˆ OT PA„OCTˆ, Bˆ„Ÿ, KAK
OHˆ ƒOPŸT. CHO“O‹‹ KPOME TOƒO ˜B›PH“‹ B KOCTEP ˆ ‹EHTO—Kˆ,
KOTOP›E B ŸPMAPO—H›E „Hˆ O›—HO B‹ETA‹ˆCœ B XBOCT› ˆ
ƒPˆB› ‹O˜A„E‰.
   - ‹EHTO—Kˆ, - CKA‡A‹ OH, - „O‹†H› ›Tœ Pˆ‡HAH›
O„E†„O‰, Pˆ‡HAKOM —E‹OBE—ECKˆX C“™ECTB. BCE †ˆBOTH›E „O‹†H›
XO„ˆTœ HAƒˆMˆ.
   “C‹›˜AB TO, OKCEP CTPŸXH“‹ CO‹OMEHH“ž ˜‹Ÿ“, KOTOP“ž
O›—HO HOCˆ‹ ‹ETOM, —TO› “EPE—œ OT OBO„OB CBOˆ “˜ˆ, ˆ C
O‹Eƒ—EHˆEM KˆH“‹ EE B OƒOHœ.
   HE OTPEOBA‹OCœ MHOƒO BPEMEHˆ, —TO› PA‡P“˜ˆTœ BCE,
HAOMˆHAB˜EE †ˆBOTH›M O MˆCTEPE „†OHCE. OC‹E TOƒO HAO‹EOH
OTBE‹ ˆX B ‡AKPOMA ˆ B›„A‹ KA†„OM“ O „BO‰HO‰ OP–ˆˆ ˆ™ˆ, A
COAKAM, KPOME TOƒO, - O „BA ˆCKBˆTA. ‡ATEM OHˆ CEMœ PA‡
O„PŸ„ B„OXHOBEHHO CE‹ˆ "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ" ˆ O˜‹ˆ “CTPAˆBATœCŸ
HA HO—œ. COH ˆX ›‹ KPEOK, KAK HˆKOƒ„A PAHœ˜E.
   KAK O›—HO, POCH“B˜ˆCœ HA PACCBETE, OHˆ BHE‡AHO
BCOMHˆ‹ˆ ‹ˆCTATE‹œH“ž B—EPA˜Hžž OE„“ ˆ BCE BMECTE OTP“Cˆ‹ˆ
HA ACTˆ™E. HE„A‹EKO OT HEƒO ›‹ XO‹M, C KOTOPOƒO
OTKP›BA‹CŸ Bˆ„ HA O‹œ˜ˆHCTBO B‹A„EHˆ‰ ”EPM›. B —ˆCTOM
“TPEHHEM CBETE †ˆBOTH›E B‡OPA‹ˆCœ HA EƒO BEP˜ˆH“ ˆ CTA‹ˆ
OCMATPˆBATœCŸ. „A, BCE TO ›‹A ˆX COCTBEHHOCTœ - BCE, —TO
MOƒ OXBATˆTœ ƒ‹A‡, PˆHA„‹E†A‹O ˆM! B BOCTOPƒE OT TˆX OTKP›Tˆ‰
OHˆ CTA‹ˆ HOCˆTœCŸ KP“ƒAMˆ ˆ P›ƒATœ, B›PA†AŸ CBOE
BOCXˆ™EHˆE. OHˆ KATA‹ˆCœ O POCE, OHˆ HAˆBA‹ˆ PT› C‹A„KO‰
‹ETHE‰ TPABO‰, OHˆ B‡P›BA‹ˆ MŸƒK“ž —EPH“ž ‡EM‹ž ˆ C HAC‹A†„EHˆEM
“ˆBA‹ˆCœ EE BO‹H“ž™ˆM APOMATOM. ‡ATEM, OCMATPˆBAŸCœ,
OHˆ OO˜‹ˆ BCž ”EPM“, C HEM›M BOCTOPƒOM ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ HA A˜Hˆ,
ACTˆ™A, HA ”P“KTOB›‰ CA„, HA P“„ ˆ PO™ˆ–“. OXO†E ›‹O,
—TO HˆKOƒ„A PAHEE OHˆ HE Bˆ„E‹ˆ BCEƒO TOƒO ˆ CE‰—AC C
TP“„OM BEPˆ‹ˆ, —TO BCE PˆHA„‹E†ˆT ˆM.
   ‡ATEM OHˆ BEPH“‹ˆCœ K OCTPO‰KAM ˆ B ‡AME˜ATE‹œCTBE
OCTAHOBˆ‹ˆCœ HA OPOƒE OTKP›TO‰ „BEPˆ ”EPM›. TEEPœ OHA TO†E
PˆHA„‹E†A‹A ˆM, HO BO‰Tˆ BH“TPœ ›‹O E™E HECKO‹œKO CTPA˜HOBATO.
OME„‹ˆB C MˆH“T“ ˆ‹ˆ OKO‹O TOƒO, CHO“O‹‹ ˆ HAO‹EOH
PACAXH“‹ˆ „BEPœ HACTE†œ, ˆ †ˆBOTH›E ƒ“CœKOM OCTOPO†HO
BO˜‹ˆ BH“TPœ, “ƒ‹ˆBO CTAPACœ Hˆ—EƒO HE ‡A„ETœ. HA –›O—KAX
OHˆ PO˜‹ˆ ˆ‡ KOMHAT› B KOMHAT“, OŸCœ POPOHˆTœ XOTœ ˜EOT
ˆ B ˆ‡“M‹EHˆˆ „ˆBŸCœ HA T“ HEBEPOŸTH“ž POCKO˜œ, —TO OKP“†A‹A
ˆX - OCTE‹ˆ C “XOB›Mˆ EPˆHAMˆ, ‡EPKA‹A, CO”A ˆ‡ KOHCKOƒO
BO‹OCA, PžCCE‹œCKˆE KOBP› ˆ ‹ˆTOƒPA”ˆŸ KOPO‹EB› BˆKTOPˆˆ
HA„ BE˜A‹KO‰ B ƒOCTˆHO‰. OHˆ “†E C“CKA‹ˆCœ O ‹ECTHˆ–E,
KOƒ„A B›ŸCHˆ‹OCœ, —TO MO‹‹ˆ ˆC—E‡‹A. BEPH“B˜ˆCœ, OCTA‹œH›E
OHAP“†ˆ‹ˆ EE B O„HO‰ ˆ‡ CA‹EH. OHA B‡Ÿ‹A K“COK ƒO‹“O‰
‹EHTO—Kˆ C T“A‹ETHOƒO CTO‹ˆKA MˆCCˆC „†OHC, EPEKˆH“‹A EƒO
—EPE‡ ‹E—O ˆ C PE„E‹œHO ƒ‹“›M Bˆ„OM ‹žOBA‹ACœ HA CEŸ B
‡EPKA‹O. BCE †ˆBOTH›E E„ˆHO„“˜HO OC“„ˆ‹ˆ EE ˆ ‡ATEM BCE
BMECTE OKˆH“‹ˆ T“ KOMHAT“. HECKO‹œKO OKOPOKOB, BˆCEB˜ˆX HA
K“XHE, ›‹ˆ B‡ŸT› „‹Ÿ ‡AXOPOHEHˆŸ, ˆ B “”ETHO‰ OKCEP
PO‹OMˆ‹ KO›TOM O—OHOK C ˆBOM - BCE OCTA‹œHOE B „OME
OCTA‹OCœ HETPOH“T›M. ›‹O PˆHŸTO E„ˆHO„“˜HOE PE˜EHˆE, —TO
”EPMA OCTAHETCŸ M“‡EEM. BCE Pˆ˜‹ˆ K COƒ‹A˜EHˆž, —TO Hˆ O„HO
†ˆBOTHOE HE „O‹†HO †ˆTœ B EE OME™EHˆŸX.
   OC‹E ‡ABTPAKA CHO“O‹‹ ˆ HAO‹EOH CHOBA CO‡BA‹ˆ BCEX.
   - TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - CKA‡A‹ CHO“O‹‹, - “†E O‹˜ECTOƒO, ˆ HAC
†„ET „O‹ƒˆ‰ „EHœ. CEƒO„HŸ M› HA—HEM †ATB“. HO PE†„E BCEƒO
M› „O‹†H› KOE-—TO C„E‹ATœ.
   ˆ CBˆHœˆ COO™ˆ‹ˆ, —TO B TE—EHˆE OC‹E„HˆX TPEX MECŸ–EB
OHˆ “—ˆ‹ˆCœ —ˆTATœ ˆ ˆCATœ O CTAPOM“ COPHˆK“ POˆCE‰,
KOTOP›‰ KOƒ„A-TO PˆHA„‹E†A‹ „ETŸM MˆCTEPA „†OHCA, HO ›‹
B›PO˜EH B K“—“ X‹AMA. HAO‹EOH OC‹A‹ ‡A AHKAMˆ C —EPHO‰
ˆ E‹O‰ KPACKAMˆ ˆ HAPABˆ‹CŸ K BOPOTAM, ‡A KOTOP›Mˆ HA—ˆHA
‹ACœ OCHOBHAŸ „OPOƒA. ‡ATEM CHO“O‹‹ (ˆMEHHO CHO“O‹‹,
   OCKO‹œK“ “ HEƒO ›‹ CAM›‰ ‹“—˜ˆ‰ O—EPK) B‡Ÿ‹ CBOˆMˆ PA‡
„BOEHH›Mˆ KO›T–AMˆ KˆCTœ, ‡AKPACˆ‹ HA‡BAHˆE "”EPMA
   "“CA„œA"" HA BEPXHE‰ EPEK‹A„ˆHE BOPOT ˆ HA TOM MECTE
   HAˆCA‹ "CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP". OTH›HE TAKOBO „O‹†HO ›‹O ›Tœ
   HA‡BAHˆE ”EPM›. OC‹E TOƒO OHˆ BEPH“‹ˆCœ K ‡„AHˆž, ƒ„E “†E
   CTOŸ‹A PˆC‹OHEHHAŸ K ‡A„HE‰ CTEHKE O‹œ˜OƒO AMAPA ‹ECTHˆ
–A, „OCTAB‹EHHAŸ O PˆKA‡AHˆž HAO‹EOHA ˆ CHO“O‹‹A. OHˆ
   O'ŸCHˆ‹ˆ, —TO OC‹E„HˆE TPˆ MECŸ–A, KOƒ„A OHˆ ˆ‡“—A‹ˆ
   POˆCˆ, ˆM, CBˆHœŸM, “„A‹OCœ C”OPM“‹ˆPOBATœ B CEMˆ ‡AO
BE„ŸX PˆH–ˆ› AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MA. Tˆ CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰ “„“T ‡AE
—AT‹EH› HA CTEHE; ˆ B HˆX HA‰„“T OTPA†EHˆE HEPEPEKAEM›E
   ‡AKOH›, O KOTOP›M OTH›HE ˆ „O CKOH—AHˆŸ BEKA “„“T †ˆTœ BCE
   †ˆBOTH›E HA ”EPME. C HEKOTOP›Mˆ TP“„HOCTŸMˆ (ˆO CBˆHœE HE
   TAK POCTO A‹AHCˆPOBATœ HA ‹ECTHˆ–E) CHO“O‹‹ ‡APA‹CŸ
   HABEPX ˆ PˆHŸ‹CŸ ‡A PAOT“; HECKO‹œKˆMˆ CT“EHœKAMˆ Hˆ†E
   Bˆ‡ƒ“H „EP†A‹ AHK“ C KPACKO‰. ‡AOBE„ˆ ›‹ˆ HAˆCAH› HA
   TEMHO‰ POMAC‹EHHO‰ CTEHE O‹œ˜ˆMˆ E‹›Mˆ “KBAMˆ, Bˆ„H›Mˆ
   C TPˆ„–ATˆ METPOB. BOT —TO OHˆ ƒ‹ACˆ‹ˆ:



   C E M œ ‡ A  O B E „ E ‰:


   1. KA†„›‰, KTO XO„ˆT HA „B“X HOƒAX, - BPAƒ.
   2. KA†„›‰, KTO XO„ˆT HA —ET›PEX HOƒAX ˆ‹ˆ “ KOƒO ECTœ
   KP›‹œŸ, - „P“ƒ.
   3. †ˆBOTH›E HE HOCŸT ‹ATœŸ.
   4. †ˆBOTH›E HE CŸT B KPOBATŸX.
   5. †ˆBOTH›E HE œžT A‹KOƒO‹Ÿ.
   6. †ˆBOTHOE HE MO†ET “ˆTœ „P“ƒOE †ˆBOTHOE.
   7. BCE †ˆBOTH›E PABH›.


   HAˆCAHO BCE ›‹O O—EHœ AKK“PATHO, HE C—ˆTAŸ TO‹œKO,
   —TO BMECTO "„P“ƒ" ›‹O "„“Pƒ", A O„HO ˆ‡ "C" ›‹O PA‡BEPH“TO
   B „P“ƒ“ž CTOPOH“, HO B –E‹OM BCE ›‹O O—EHœ PABˆ‹œHO. —TO›
   COPAB˜ˆECŸ TBEP„O “ŸCHˆ‹ˆ HAˆCAHHOE, CHO“O‹‹ ƒPOMKO
   PO—E‹ ‡AOBE„ˆ. BCE KˆBA‹ˆ B O‹HOM COƒ‹ACˆˆ, A CAM›E COO
PA‡ˆTE‹œH›E CPA‡“ †E CTA‹ˆ “—ˆTœ ‡AOBE„ˆ HAˆ‡“CTœ.
   - A TEEPœ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - CKA‡A‹ CHO“O‹‹, OTPAC›BAŸ
   KˆCTO—K“, - HA HˆB›! “CTœ „‹Ÿ HAC CTAHET „E‹OM —ECTˆ “PATœ
   “PO†A‰ ›CTPEE, —EM „†OHC ˆ EƒO PA›!
   HO B TOT MOMEHT TPˆ KOPOB›, KOTOP›E „ABHO “†E TOCK‹ˆBO
   EPEMˆHA‹ˆCœ C HOƒˆ HA HOƒ“, CTA‹ˆ ƒPOMKO M›—ATœ. ˆX HE
   „Oˆ‹ˆ “†E –E‹›E C“TKˆ, ˆ BCE TPˆ B›MEHˆ “ HˆX O‹E‹ˆ. HEMHO
ƒO O„“MAB, CBˆHœˆ OC‹A‹ˆ ‡A BE„PAMˆ ˆ BECœMA “CE˜HO
   O„Oˆ‹ˆ KOPOB, OCKO‹œK“, KAK OKA‡A‹OCœ, CBˆH›E KO›T–A ›‹ˆ
   C‹OBHO CE–ˆA‹œHO PˆCOCO‹EH› „‹Ÿ TO‰ –E‹ˆ. CKOPO ŸTœ
   BE„EP HAO‹Hˆ‹ˆCœ †ˆPH›M APH›M MO‹OKOM, HA KOTOPOE
   OCTA‹œH›E †ˆBOTH›E CMOTPE‹ˆ C HECKP›BAEM›M ˆHTEPECOM.
   - —TO “„EM „E‹ATœ C TˆM MO‹OKOM? - CPOCˆ‹ KTO-TO.
   - „†OHC ˆHOƒ„A O„ME˜ˆBA‹ EƒO HAM B KOPM“˜Kˆ, - CKA‡A‹A
   O„HA ˆ‡ K“P.
   - HE O MO‹OKE HA„O „“MATœ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - BCKPˆ—A‹ HAO‹E
OH, ‡AKP›BAŸ COO‰ BE„PA. - O HEM O‡AOTŸTCŸ. “PO†A‰ - BOT
   —TO ƒ‹ABHOE. TOBAPˆ™ CHO“O‹‹ OBE„ET BAC. Ÿ OC‹E„“ž ‡A
   BAMˆ —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO MˆH“T. BEPE„, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! †ATBA HE
   †„ET.
   ˆ †ˆBOTH›E „BˆH“‹ˆCœ HA O‹Ÿ, ƒ„E PˆHŸ‹ˆCœ ‡A “OPK“,
   A KOƒ„A BE—EPOM BEPH“‹ˆCœ „OMO‰, TO OHAP“†ˆ‹ˆ, —TO MO‹OKO
   ˆC—E‡‹O.


   ƒ‹ABA I I I.


   KAK OHˆ B›K‹A„›BA‹ˆCœ ˆ OTE‹ˆ HA †ATBE! HO ˆX “Cˆ‹ˆŸ
›‹ˆ BO‡HAƒPA†„EH›, TAK KAK “PO†A‰ OKA‡A‹CŸ „A†E O‹œ˜E,
—EM OHˆ PACC—ˆT›BA‹ˆ.
   OPO‰ PAOTA „OCTAB‹Ÿ‹A HEMA‹›E TP“„HOCTˆ: TEXHˆKA ›‹A
PACC—ˆTAHA HA ‹ž„E‰, A HE HA †ˆBOTH›X, ˆ OCHOBH›M PEŸTCTBˆEM
›‹O TO, —TO HˆKTO ˆ‡ HˆX HE MOƒ PAOTATœ, CTOŸ HA
‡A„HˆX HOƒAX. HO “ CBˆHE‰ XBATˆ‹O COOPA‡ˆTE‹œHOCTˆ OO‰Tˆ
Tˆ OMEXˆ. —TO †E KACAETCŸ ‹O˜A„E‰, TO OHˆ ‡HA‹ˆ KA†„“ž
KO—K“ HA O‹ŸX, B KOCOBˆ–E ˆ †ATBE PA‡ˆPA‹ˆCœ ‹“—˜E „†OHCA
ˆ EƒO ATPAKOB. CAMˆ CBˆHœˆ ”AKTˆ—ECKˆ HE PAOTA‹ˆ, A ‹ˆ˜œ
OPƒAHˆ‡OB›BA‹ˆ ˆ P“KOBO„ˆ‹ˆ. ECTECTBEHHO, —TO TA ƒ‹ABEHCTB“ž™AŸ
PO‹œ ›‹A OECE—EHA ˆX B›„Až™ˆMˆCŸ O‡HAHˆŸMˆ.
OKCEP ˆ K‹OBEP BPŸƒA‹ˆCœ B †HE‰K“ ˆ‹ˆ B MEXAHˆ—ECKˆE ƒPA‹ˆ
(Hˆ O OBO„œŸX, Hˆ O X‹›CTE B Tˆ „Hˆ, KOHE—HO, HE MOƒ‹O
›Tœ ˆ PE—ˆ) ˆ AKK“PATHO, PA‡ ‡A PA‡OM, POXO„ˆ‹ˆ BCE O‹E.
C‡A„ˆ ˜‹A CBˆHœŸ ˆ B ‡ABˆCˆMOCTˆ OT CˆT“A–ˆˆ P“KOBO„ˆ‹A
PAOTO‰ C OMO™œž BO‡ƒ‹ACOB: "O„„A‰, TOBAPˆ™!" ˆ‹ˆ "OCA„ˆ
HA‡A„, TOBAPˆ™!". BCE B›K‹A„›BA‹ˆCœ „O PE„E‹A, CKA˜ˆBAŸ ˆ
“ˆPAŸ “PO†A‰. „A†E K“P› ˆ “TKˆ –E‹›‰ „EHœ CHOBA‹ˆ B‡A„ ˆ
BEPE„, TACKAŸ KO‹OCKˆ B K‹žBAX. B KOHE—HOM ˆTOƒE “PO†A‰ ›‹
COPAH HA „BA „HŸ PAHœ˜E, —EM TO O›—HO „E‹A‹ MˆCTEP „†OHC.
O‹EE TOƒO - TAKOƒO Oˆ‹œHOƒO “PO†AŸ ”EPMA E™E HE Bˆ„E‹A. HE
POA‹O Hˆ O„HOƒO ‡EPH›˜KA; K“P› ˆ “TKˆ C ˆX OCTP›M ‡PEHˆEM
O„OPA‹ˆ „A†E BCE CO‹OMˆHKˆ. ‡A BPEMŸ “OPKˆ HˆKTO HE O‡BO‹ˆ‹
CEE C'ECTœ O‹œ˜E O„HO‰ ƒOPCTO—Kˆ.
   BCE ‹ETO PAOT› ˜‹ˆ C TO—HOCTœž —ACOBOƒO MEXAHˆ‡MA.
OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM› „A†E HE PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹ˆ CEE, —TO MO†HO TP“„ˆTœCŸ
C TAKˆM “„OBO‹œCTBˆEM. OHˆ ˆC›T›BA‹ˆ OCTPOE HAC‹A†„EHˆE,
HA‹ž„AŸ, KAK ‡AO‹HŸžTCŸ ‡AKPOMA, OTOM“ —TO TO ›‹A
ˆX ˆ™A, KOTOP“ž OHˆ B›PACTˆ‹ˆ ˆ COPA‹ˆ CAMˆ „‹Ÿ CEŸ,
ˆ™A, KOTOP“ž OTH›HE HE OTHˆMET “ HˆX E‡†A‹OCTH›‰ XO‡ŸˆH.
OC‹E ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ APA‡ˆTˆ—ECKˆX ˆ ECO‹E‡H›X ‹ž„E‰, HˆKTO
O‹œ˜E HE PETEH„OBA‹ HA COPAHH›E ‡AAC›. KOHE—HO, HA „OC“ƒE
PˆXO„ˆ‹OCœ O MHOƒOM O„“MATœ. HE O‹A„AŸ E™E „OCTATO—H›M
O›TOM, OHˆ BCTPE—A‹ˆCœ C OPE„E‹EHH›Mˆ TP“„HOCTŸMˆ - HAPˆMEP,
KOƒ„A OHˆ PˆCT“ˆ‹ˆ K “OPKE ‡EPHOB›X, ˆM Pˆ˜‹OCœ,
KAK B CTAP›E BPEMEHA, B›‹“™ˆBATœ ‡EPHA ˆ COCTBEHH›M „›XAHˆEM
C„“BATœ MŸKˆH“ - HO COOPA‡ˆTE‹œHOCTœ CBˆHE‰ ˆ MOƒ“—ˆE
M“CK“‹› OKCEPA BCEƒ„A PˆXO„ˆ‹ˆ HA OMO™œ. OKCEP B›‡›BA‹
“ BCEX BOCXˆ™EHˆE. OH MHOƒO PAOTA‹ E™E BO BPEMŸ „†OHCA,
H“ A TEEPœ TP“„ˆ‹CŸ ‡A TPOˆX; ›BA‹ˆ „Hˆ, KOƒ„A, KA‡A‹OCœ,
BCŸ PAOTA HA ”EPME ‹O†ˆ‹ACœ HA EƒO BCEMOƒ“™ˆE ‹E—ˆ.
C BOCXO„A ˆ „O ‡AKATA OH TP“„ˆ‹CŸ E‡ “CTA‹ˆ, ˆ BCEƒ„A TAM,
ƒ„E PAOTA ˜‹A TP“„HEE BCEƒO. OH „OƒOBOPˆ‹CŸ C O„HˆM ˆ‡
ET“XOB, —TO› TOT O„HˆMA‹ EƒO HA O‹—ACA PAHœ˜E BCEX, ˆ „O
HA—A‹A „HŸ OH “†E „OPOBO‹œHO “CEBA‹ —TO-TO C„E‹ATœ TAM,
ƒ„E ›‹ H“†HEE BCEƒO. CTA‹KˆBAŸCœ C ‹žO‰ ‡A„EP†KO‰, C ‹žO‰
PO‹EMO‰, OH HEˆ‡MEHHO ƒOBOPˆ‹ O„HO ˆ TO †E: "Ÿ “„“ PAOTATœ
E™E O‹œ˜E" - TAKOB ›‹ EƒO ‹ˆ—H›‰ „EBˆ‡.
   HO ˆ OCTA‹œH›E PAOTA‹ˆ C O‹HO‰ OT„A—E‰. TAK, HAPˆMEP,
BO BPEMŸ “OPKˆ K“P› ˆ “TKˆ CHEC‹ˆ B ‡AKPOMA ŸTœ “˜E‹E‰
˜EHˆ–›, KOTOP“ž OHˆ COPA‹ˆ O ‡EPH›˜K“. Xˆ™EHˆŸ,
BOPKOTHŸ ˆ‡-‡A OP–ˆˆ, CCOP›, CBAP› ˆ PEBHOCTœ, TO ECTœ BCE,
—TO ›‹O HOPMA‹œH›M ŸB‹EHˆEM B CTAP›E BPEMEHA - BCE TO
PAKTˆ—ECKˆ ˆC—E‡‹O. HˆKTO - ˆ‹ˆ O—Tˆ HˆKTO - HE †A‹OBA‹CŸ.
   PAB„A, MO‹‹ˆ HE HPABˆ‹OCœ BCTABATœ PAHO “TPOM, ˆ EC‹ˆ HA EE
   A˜HE OA„A‹ˆCœ KAMHˆ, OHA MOƒ‹A CPA‡“ †E POCˆTœ PAOT“.
   „OBO‹œHO COOPA‡ˆTE‹œH›M ›‹O ˆ OBE„EHˆE KO˜Kˆ. CKOPO ›‹O
   ‡AME—EHO, —TO, KAK TO‹œKO BO‡HˆKA‹A HEOT‹O†HAŸ PAOTA, KO˜Kˆ
   HE MOƒ‹ˆ „OˆCKATœCŸ. OHA POA„A‹A —ACAMˆ, A OTOM, KAK
   Hˆ B —EM HE ›BA‹O, OŸB‹Ÿ‹ACœ K OE„“ ˆ‹ˆ BE—EPOM, KOƒ„A
   BCE PAOT› ›‹ˆ ‡ABEP˜EH›, HO OHA BCEƒ„A “ME‹A CTO‹œ “E
„ˆTE‹œHO ˆ‡BˆHŸTœCŸ ˆ TAK TPOƒATE‹œHO M“P‹›KA‹A, —TO ›‹O
   POCTO HEBO‡MO†HO HE BEPˆTœ B EE „OP›E HAMEPEHˆŸ. CTAP›‰
   EH„†AMˆH, OCE‹, KA‡A‹OCœ, COBEP˜EHHO HE ˆ‡MEHˆ‹CŸ CO BPEMEH
   BOCCTAHˆŸ. OH HˆKOƒ„A HE HAPA˜ˆBA‹CŸ Hˆ HA KAK“ž PAOT“ ˆ
   Hˆ OT —EƒO HE OT‹›HˆBA‹; HO BCE, —TO OH „E‹A‹, ›‹O POHˆK
H“TO „“XOM TOƒO †E ME„‹EHHOƒO “PŸMCTBA, —TO ˆ BO BPEMEHA
   MˆCTEPA „†OHCA. O BOCCTAHˆˆ ˆ O TOM, —TO OHO PˆHEC‹O, EH„
†AMˆH PE„O—ˆTA‹ OMA‹KˆBATœ. KOƒ„A EƒO CPA˜ˆBA‹ˆ, —“B
CTB“ET ‹ˆ OH, HACKO‹œKO C—ACT‹ˆBEE CTA‹O †ˆTœ OC‹E ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ
   „†OHCA, OH TO‹œKO “P—A‹: "“ OC‹OB „O‹ƒˆ‰ BEK. HˆKTO ˆ‡ BAC
   HE Bˆ„E‹ „OX‹OƒO OC‹A", ˆ OCTA‹œH›M OCTABA‹OCœ ‹ˆ˜œ
   “„OB‹ETBOPŸTœCŸ EƒO ‡AƒA„O—H›M OTBETOM.
   B BOCKPECEHœE BCE OT„›XA‹ˆ. ‡ABTPAKA‹ˆ HA —AC O‡†E,
   A ‡ATEM BCE CE˜ˆ‹ˆ HA –EPEMOHˆž, KOTOPAŸ HE“KOCHˆTE‹œHO
   POBO„ˆ‹ACœ KA†„“ž HE„E‹ž. EPB›M „E‹OM TOP†ECTBEHHO O„Hˆ
MA‹CŸ ”‹Aƒ. CHO“O‹‹ HA˜E‹ B K‹A„OBKE CTAP“ž ‡E‹EH“ž
   CKATEPTœ MˆCCˆC „†OHC ˆ HAPˆCOBA‹ HE HE‰ E‹OE KO›TO ˆ
   POƒ. KA†„OE BOCKPECHOE “TPO TOT CTŸƒ O„HˆMA‹CŸ O ”‹Aƒ
˜TOK“, BO„P“†EHHOM“ B CA„“ ”EPM›. ‡E‹EH›‰ –BET, O'ŸCHˆ‹
   CHO“O‹‹, CˆMBO‹ˆ‡ˆP“ET O‹Ÿ AHƒ‹ˆˆ, A KO›TO ˆ POƒ O‹ˆ–E
TBOPŸžT “„“™“ž PEC“‹ˆK“ †ˆBOTH›X, KOTOPAŸ BOCTOP†ECTB“ET
   OC‹E TOƒO, KAK “„ET OKOH—ATE‹œHO OKOH—EHO CO BCEM PO„OM
   —E‹OBE—ECKˆM. OC‹E O„HŸTˆŸ ”‹AƒA BCE COˆPA‹ˆCœ B
   O‹œ˜OM AMAPE HA O™ˆ‰ COBET, KOTOP›‰ O‹“—ˆ‹ HA‡BAHˆE
   ACCAM‹Eˆ. ‡„ECœ ‹AHˆPOBA‹ACœ PAOTA HA “„“™“ž HE„E‹ž,
   B›„BˆƒA‹ˆCœ ˆ OC“†„A‹ˆCœ PA‡‹ˆ—H›E PE˜EHˆŸ. KAK PABˆ‹O,
   PE„‹AƒA‹ˆ CBˆHœˆ. BCE OCTA‹œH›E OHˆMA‹ˆ, KAK OHˆ „O‹†H›
   ƒO‹OCOBATœ, HO ˆM HˆKOƒ„A HE PˆXO„ˆ‹O B ƒO‹OB“ B›CT“ˆTœ
   C COCTBEHH›Mˆ PE„‹O†EHˆŸMˆ. CHO“O‹‹ ˆ HAO‹EOH “PHO
   “—ACTBOBA‹ˆ B „EATAX. HO ›‹O ‡AME—EHO, —TO OHˆ PE„KO
   PˆXO„ŸT K COƒ‹A˜EHˆž: —TO › Hˆ PE„‹AƒA‹ O„ˆH ˆ‡ HˆX,
   BTOPO‰ BCEƒ„A B›CT“A‹ POTˆB. „A†E KOƒ„A BCE ›‹O COBEP
˜EHHO ŸCHO ˆ ›‹O „OCTˆƒH“TO E„ˆHO„“˜HOE COƒ‹ACˆE - HAPˆ
MEP, OCTABˆTœ HETPOH“T›M HEO‹œ˜O‰ B›ƒOH ‡A CA„OM, KOTOP›‰
   MOƒ › C‹“†ˆTœ MECTOM OT„›XA „‹Ÿ †ˆBOTH›X, OKOH—ˆB˜ˆX
   PAOT“, - TO ˆ TOƒ„A PA‡ƒOPE‹ˆCœ “PH›E COP› O PE„E‹E
   EHCˆOHHOƒO BO‡PACTA „‹Ÿ KA†„OƒO Bˆ„A †ˆBOTH›X. ACCAM‹EŸ
   BCEƒ„A KOH—A‹ACœ EHˆEM ƒˆMHA "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ", ˆ OC‹E
   O‹“„HŸ BCE OT„›XA‹ˆ.
   OME™EHˆE, ƒ„E XPAHˆ‹ACœ “PŸ†œ, CBˆHœˆ PEBPATˆ‹ˆ B
   CBOž ˜TA-KBAPTˆP“. ‡„ECœ, O‹œ‡“ŸCœ KHˆƒAMˆ, KOTOP›E
   HA˜‹ˆCœ HA ”EPME, BE—EPAMˆ OHˆ ˆ‡“—A‹ˆ K“‡HE—HOE „E‹O,
   ‹OTHˆ–KˆE PAOT› ˆ „P“ƒˆE ˆCK“CCTBA. CHO“O‹‹, KPOME TOƒO,
   ‡AHˆMA‹CŸ CO‡„AHˆEM OPƒAHˆ‡A–ˆ‰, KOTOP›E OH HA‡›BA‹ KOMˆTET›
   †ˆBOTH›X. TˆM OH ‡AHˆMA‹CŸ C HE“TOMˆMO‰ HEPƒˆE‰. OH OPƒA
Hˆ‡OB›BA‹ KOMˆTET O POˆ‡BO„CTB“ Ÿˆ– „‹Ÿ K“P, ‹ˆƒ“ —ˆCT›X
   XBOCTOB „‹Ÿ KOPOB, KOMˆTET O BTOPˆ—HOM“ OPA‡OBAHˆž „ˆKˆX
   TOBAPˆ™E‰ (EƒO –E‹œž ›‹O PˆP“—ˆTœ KP›C ˆ KPO‹ˆKOB), „Bˆ†E
HˆE ‡A E‹“ž ˜EPCTœ CPE„ˆ OBE– ˆ MHO†ECTBO „P“ƒˆX, HE ƒOBOPŸ
   “†E O K“PCAX —TEHˆŸ ˆ ˆCœMA. O›—HO BCE Tˆ POEKT›
   OCTˆƒA‹A HE“„A—A. HAPˆMEP, O›TKˆ PˆP“—EHˆŸ P“XH“‹ˆ
   O—Tˆ HEME„‹EHHO. BCE „ˆKˆE BE‹ˆ CEŸ TO—HO TAK †E, KAK ˆ
   PAHœ˜E ˆ, EC‹ˆ —“BCTBOBA‹ˆ, —TO K HˆM OTHOCŸTCŸ C O„—EPKH“
T›M BE‹ˆKO„“˜ˆEM, POCTO CTAPA‹ˆCœ ˆCO‹œ‡OBATœ TAKOE OTHO
˜EHˆE. KO˜KA BO˜‹A B KOMˆTET O BTOPˆ—HOM“ OPA‡OBAHˆž ˆ
   HECKO‹œKO „HE‰ POŸB‹Ÿ‹A O‹œ˜“ž AKTˆBHOCTœ. TAK, O„HA†„›
   OHA ›‹A ‡AME—EHA Cˆ„Ÿ™E‰ HA KP›˜E ˆ ECE„“ž™E‰ C BOPOœŸMˆ,
KOTOP›E PACO‹AƒA‹ˆCœ HECKO‹œKO OO„A‹œ OT HEE. OHA PACCKA‡›BA‹A
ˆM, —TO TEEPœ BCE †ˆBOTH›E CTA‹ˆ PATœŸMˆ ˆ —TO H›HE
‹žO‰ BOPOE‰, EC‹ˆ ‡AXO—ET, MO†ET O„O‰Tˆ ˆ CECTœ K HE‰ HA
‹A“, HO BOPOœˆ PO„O‹†A‹ˆ COXPAHŸTœ „ˆCTAH–ˆž.
   TEM HE MEHEE, ‹ˆKE‡ O‹œ‡OBA‹CŸ O‹œ˜ˆM “CEXOM. K
OCEHˆ O—Tˆ BCE †ˆBOTH›E B TO‰ ˆ‹ˆ ˆHO‰ CTEEHˆ CTA‹ˆ
ƒPAMOTH›Mˆ.
   —TO KACAETCŸ CBˆHE‰, OHˆ CBOO„HO —ˆTA‹ˆ ˆ ˆCA‹ˆ.
COAKˆ “CE˜HO “—ˆ‹ˆCœ —ˆTATœ, HO KPOME CEMˆ ‡AOBE„E‰ ˆX
Hˆ—EƒO HE ˆHTEPECOBA‹O. MžPˆE‹œ, KO‡A, “ME‹A —ˆTATœ E™E ‹“—˜E
COAK ˆ OPO‰ O BE—EPAM OHA —ˆTA‹A OCTA‹œH›M OP›BKˆ
ƒA‡ET, KOTOP›E BA‹Ÿ‹ˆCœ B K“—E M“COPA. EH„†AMˆH —ˆTA‹ TAK
†E, KAK CBˆHœˆ, HO HˆKOƒ„A HE „EMOHCTPˆPOBA‹ CBOˆX COCOHOCTE‰.
HACKO‹œKO MHE ˆ‡BECTHO, ƒOBOPˆ‹ OH, HET Hˆ—EƒO CTOŸ™EƒO,
—TO› —ˆTATœ. K‹OBEP OCBOˆ‹A A‹”ABˆT, HO TAK ˆ HE
OB‹A„E‹A ˆCK“CCTBOM CK‹A„›BATœ ˆ‡ “KB C‹OBA. OKCEP „OPA‹CŸ
‹ˆ˜œ „O “KB› ƒ. CBOˆM OƒPOMH›M KO›TOM OH B›BO„ˆ‹ B ›‹ˆ
A, , B, ƒ, A ‡ATEM, Pˆ†AB “˜ˆ ˆ BPEMEHAMˆ OTPŸXˆBAŸ —E‹KO‰,
CTOŸ‹, ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ HA HˆX, ˆ‡O BCEX Cˆ‹ CTAPAŸCœ BCOMHˆTœ,
—TO C‹E„“ET „A‹œ˜E. BPEMEHAMˆ OH TBEP„O OCBAˆBA‹ C‹E„“ž™ˆE
—ET›PE “KB›, HO, KAK PABˆ‹O, B›ŸCHŸ‹OCœ, —TO ‡A›BA‹ PE„›„“™ˆE.
HAKOHE–, OH PE˜ˆ‹ “„OB‹ETBOPˆTœCŸ EPB›Mˆ —ET›PœMŸ
“KBAMˆ ˆ ˆCA‹ ˆX HA ‡EM‹E O„ˆH-„BA PA‡A B „EHœ, —TO O‡BO‹Ÿ‹O
EM“ OCBE†ATœ AMŸTœ. OCBOˆB ŸTœ “KB, ˆ‡ KOTOP›X
COCTOŸ‹O EE ˆMŸ, MO‹‹ˆ OTKA‡A‹ACœ “—ˆTœCŸ „A‹œ˜E. OHA
ˆ‡Ÿ™HO B›K‹A„›BA‹A CBOE ˆMŸ ˆ‡ BETO—EK, “KPA˜A‹A EƒO APO‰
–BETO—KOB ˆ POXA†ˆBA‹ACœ PŸ„OM, B BOCXˆ™EHˆˆ ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ HA
CBOE POˆ‡BE„EHˆE.
   O‹œ˜ˆHCTBO †E OCTA‹œH›X †ˆBOTH›X ”EPM› TAK ˆ HE PO„BˆH“‹ˆCœ
„A‹œ˜E “KB› A. KPOME TOƒO, ›‹O B›ŸCHEHO, —TO
CAM›E ƒ‹“›E ˆ‡ HˆX, TAKˆE, KAK OB–›, “TKˆ, K“P› ›‹ˆ HE B
COCTOŸHˆˆ B›“—ˆTœ HAˆ‡“CTœ CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰. OC‹E „O‹ƒˆX
PA‡M›˜‹EHˆ‰ CHO“O‹‹ O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰ MOƒ“T ›Tœ
“CE˜HO CBE„EH› K A”OPˆ‡M“, KOTOP›‰ ‡B“—A‹ C‹E„“ž™ˆM OPA‡OM:
"—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O, „BE HOƒˆ - ‹OXO". B TOM, OH
CKA‡A‹, ‡AK‹ž—EH OCHOBHO‰ PˆH–ˆ AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MA. ˆ TOT, KTO
ƒ‹“OKO “CBOˆT EƒO, “„ET CACEH OT —E‹OBE—ECKOƒO B‹ˆŸHˆŸ.
HA EPB›‰ B‡ƒ‹Ÿ„, TOT PˆH–ˆ ˆCK‹ž—A‹ Tˆ–, OCKO‹œK“
“ HˆX TO†E ›‹ˆ „BE HOƒˆ, HO CHO“O‹‹ „OKA‡A‹, —TO TO HE
TAK.
   - Tˆ—œˆ KP›‹œŸ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - CKA‡A‹ OH, - TO OPƒAH
„Bˆ†EHˆŸ, A HE „E‰CTBˆ‰. C‹E„OBATE‹œHO, ˆX MO†HO C—ˆTATœ
HOƒAMˆ. OT‹ˆ—ˆTE‹œH›‰ Pˆ‡HAK —E‹OBEKA - TO P “ K ˆ, Pˆ
Pˆ OMO™ˆ KOTOP›X OH ˆ TBOPˆT BCE CBOˆ ‡‹O„EŸHˆŸ.
   Tˆ–› TAK ˆ HE OHŸ‹ˆ „O‹ƒˆX TˆPA„ CHO“O‹‹A, HO CM›C‹
EƒO TO‹KOBAHˆŸ „O HˆX „O˜E‹, ˆ BCE OTCTAž™ˆE PˆHŸ‹ˆCœ CTAPATE‹œHO
‡AOMˆHATœ HOB›‰ A”OPˆ‡M. "—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O,
„BE HOƒˆ - ‹OXO" ›‹O HAˆCAHO O‹œ˜ˆMˆ “KBAMˆ HA ‡A„HE‰
CTEHKE AMAPA, HECKO‹œKO B›˜E CEMˆ ‡AOBE„E‰. HAKOHE–
“CBOˆB EƒO, OB–› BOCTOP†EHHO PˆHŸ‹ˆ HOBOE ˆ‡PE—EHˆE ˆ
—ACTO, HAXO„ŸCœ HA ACTˆ™E, OHˆ BCE XOPOM HA—ˆHA‹ˆ ‹EŸTœ:
"—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O, „BE HOƒˆ - ‹OXO! —ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O,
„BE HOƒˆ - ‹OXO!" - ˆ TAK MOƒ‹O PO„O‹†ATœCŸ
—ACAMˆ, E‡ MA‹E‰˜EƒO Pˆ‡HAKA “CTA‹OCTˆ.
   HAO‹EOH HE POŸB‹Ÿ‹ HˆKAKOƒO ˆHTEPECA K KOMˆTETAM
CHO“O‹‹A. OH CKA‡A‹, —TO O“—EHˆE O„PACTAž™EƒO OKO‹EHˆŸ
ƒOPA‡„O BA†HEE ‹ž›X „E‹, KOTOP›E MOƒ“T ›Tœ C„E‹AH› „‹Ÿ
TEX, KTO “†E BO˜E‹ B BO‡PACT. OH B›CKA‡A‹ CBOž TO—K“ ‡PEHˆŸ
KAK PA‡ B TO BPEMŸ, KOƒ„A OC‹E “OPKˆ “PO†AŸ „†ECCˆ ˆ
‹žE‹‹ PA‡PE˜ˆ‹ˆCœ OT PEMEHˆ „EBŸTœž KPEKˆMˆ ‡„OPOB›Mˆ
™EHŸTAMˆ. KAK TO‹œKO OHˆ EPECTA‹ˆ COCATœ, HAO‹EOH ‡APA‹
ˆX OT MATEPˆ, CKA‡AB, —TO OH ‹ˆ—HO “„ET OTBE—ATœ ‡A ˆX
OPA‡OBAHˆE. OH OMECTˆ‹ ˆX HA —EP„AKE, K“„A MO†HO ›‹O
OACTœ TO‹œKO O ‹ECTHˆ–E ˆ‡ ˜TA-KBAPTˆP› CBˆHE‰ ˆ „EP†A‹
   ˆX T“T B TAKO‰ ˆ‡O‹Ÿ–ˆˆ, —TO CKOPO BCE OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM›
   ‡A›‹ˆ O C“™ECTBOBAHˆˆ ™EHKOB.
   CKOPO POŸCHˆ‹ACœ ˆ TAˆHCTBEHHAŸ ˆCTOPˆŸ C ˆC—E‡HOBEHˆ
EM MO‹OKA. CBˆHœˆ KA†„›‰ „EHœ O„ME˜ˆBA‹ˆ EƒO B CBOž KOP
M“˜K“. OCE‹ˆ ˆ PAHHˆE Ÿ‹OKˆ. TEEPœ OC‹E KA†„OƒO OP›BA
   BETPA OHˆ “CTˆ‹A‹ˆ TPAB“ B CA„“. ›‹O PˆHŸTO KAK „O‹†HOE,
   —TO BCE ˆMEžT HA HˆX PABO, HO O„HA†„› “CTAHOBˆB˜ˆ‰CŸ
   OPŸ„OK ›‹ ˆ‡MEHEH: BCE Ÿ‹OKˆ „O‹†H› ›Tœ COPAH›
   ˆ „OCTAB‹EH› B OME™EHˆE „‹Ÿ CBˆHE‰. KOE-KTO OPOOBA‹
   POTATœ, HO TO HE PˆHEC‹O PE‡“‹œTATOB. KACATE‹œHO TOƒO
   PE„META BCE CBˆHœˆ POŸBˆ‹ˆ PE„KOCTHOE E„ˆHO„“˜ˆE, „A†E
   HAO‹EOH CO CHO“O‹‹OM. HA Bˆ‡ƒ“HA ›‹A BO‡‹O†EHA
   OŸ‡AHHOCTœ O'ŸCHˆTœ CˆT“A–ˆž OCTA‹œH›M.
   - TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - BCKPˆ—A‹ OH. - HA„EžCœ, B› HE C—ˆTAETE,
   —TO M›, CBˆHœˆ, OCT“AEM O„OH›M OPA‡OM ‹ˆ˜œ ˆ‡ ME‹KOƒO
   ƒOˆ‡MA. MHOƒˆE ˆ‡ HAC HA CAMOM „E‹E TEPETœ HE MOƒ“T MO‹OKA
   ˆ Ÿ‹OK. CAM Ÿ HA HˆX ˆ CMOTPETœ HE CTAH“. E„ˆHCTBEHHAŸ
   –E‹œ, C KOTOPO‰ M› ˆX ˆCO‹œ‡“EM, - COXPAHˆTœ BA˜E ‡„OPOBœE.
   Ÿ‹OKˆ ˆ MO‹OKO (ˆ TO COBEP˜EHHO TO—HO „OKA‡AHO HA“KO‰,
   TOBAPˆ™ˆ) CO„EP†AT ‹EMEHT›, ACO‹žTHO HEOXO„ˆM›E „‹Ÿ
   O„„EP†AHˆŸ †ˆ‡Hˆ ˆ XOPO˜EƒO CAMO—“BCTBˆŸ “ CBˆHE‰. M›,
   CBˆHœˆ, - PAOTHˆKˆ ˆHTE‹‹EKT“A‹œHOƒO TP“„A. ‡AOTA O PO
–BETAHˆˆ HA˜E‰ ”EPM› ˆ O OPƒAHˆ‡A–ˆˆ PAOT ‹E†ˆT ˆCK‹ž—ˆ
TE‹œHO HA HAC. „EHœ ˆ HO—œ M› HE“C›HO ‡AOTˆMCŸ O BA˜EM
   ‹AƒOCOCTOŸHˆˆ. M› œEM MO‹OKO ˆ E„ˆM Tˆ Ÿ‹OKˆ TO‹œKO PA„ˆ
   B A C. MO†ETE ‹ˆ B› PE„CTABˆTœ, —TO POˆ‡O‰„ET, EC‹ˆ M›,
   CBˆHœˆ, OKA†EMCŸ HE B COCTOŸHˆˆ ˆCO‹HŸTœ CBOˆ OŸ‡AHHOCTˆ?
   BEPHETCŸ „†OHC! „A, CHOBA BO–APˆTCŸ „†OHC! ˆ Ÿ “BEPEH,
   TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - B ƒO‹OCE Bˆ‡ƒ“HA, KOTOP›‰ META‹CŸ ˆ‡ CTOPOH›
   B CTOPOH“, KP“TŸ XBOCTˆKOM, OŸBˆ‹ˆCœ O—Tˆ P›„Až™ˆE HOT›,
   - E‡ COMHEHˆŸ, HET Hˆ O„HOƒO, KTO XOTE‹ › BO‡BPA™EHˆŸ
   „†OHCA!
   ˆ EC‹ˆ C“™ECTBOBA‹O XOTœ —TO-Hˆ“„œ, B —EM BCE †ˆBOTH›E
   ›‹ˆ E‡OƒOBOPO—HO “BEPEH›, TAK TO ›‹O ˆMEHHO TO, O —EM
   ƒOBOPˆ‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H: HˆKTO ˆ‡ HˆX HE XOTE‹ BO‡BPA™EHˆŸ „†OHCA.
   KOƒ„A O‹O†EHˆE „E‹ PE„CTA‹O EPE„ HˆMˆ B TAKOM CBETE, “
   HˆX HE HA˜‹OCœ C‹OB „‹Ÿ BO‡PA†EHˆ‰. C‹ˆ˜KOM O—EBˆ„HO‰ CTA‹A
   HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ ‡AOT› O ‡„OPOBœE CBˆHE‰. ˆ E‡ „A‹œHE‰˜ˆX
   PACC“†„EHˆ‰ BCE COƒ‹ACˆ‹ˆCœ, —TO ˆ MO‹OKO ˆ A„A‹ˆ–›
   (ˆ KPOME TOƒO, ‡HA—ˆTE‹œH“ž —ACTœ OCEBAž™ˆX Ÿ‹OK)
   HEOXO„ˆMO EPE—œ TO‹œKO „‹Ÿ CBˆHE‰.








   ƒ‹ABA I V.


   B KOH–E ‹ETA BECTœ O CO›TˆŸX HA CKOTCKOM X“TOPE PAC
POCTPAHˆ‹ACœ O—Tˆ O BCE‰ OKP“ƒE. KA†„›‰ „EHœ CHO“O‹‹ ˆ
   HAO‹EOH OC›‹A‹ˆ B O‹ET ƒO‹“E‰, KOTOP›E „O‹†H› ›‹ˆ
   PACCKA‡›BATœ OˆTATE‹ŸM COCE„HˆX ”EPM ˆCTOPˆž BOCCTAHˆŸ
   ˆ “—ˆTœ BCEX ƒˆMH“ "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ".
   O—Tˆ BCE BPEMŸ MˆCTEP „†OHC POBO„ˆ‹ B PACˆBO—HO‰
   "KPACH›‰ ‹EB" B “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OHE ˆ KA†„OM“, KTO ›‹ COƒ‹ACEH
   EƒO C‹“˜ATœ, †A‹OBA‹CŸ HA “†ACH“ž HECPABE„‹ˆBOCTœ, —TO
   B›A‹A HA EƒO „O‹ž, KOƒ„A KOMAHˆŸ KAKˆX-TO Hˆ‡MEHH›X CKOTOB
   ‹ˆ˜ˆ‹A EƒO COCTBEHHOCTˆ. OCTA‹œH›E ”EPMEP› B PˆH–ˆE
   CO—“BCTBOBA‹ˆ EM“, HO OMO™œ OKA‡›BATœ HE TOPOˆ‹ˆCœ. B
   ƒ‹“ˆHE „“˜ˆ KA†„›‰ ˆ‡ HˆX OTˆXOHœK“ PˆKˆ„›BA‹, A HE
EPEA„ET ‹ˆ EM“ —TO-Hˆ“„œ ˆ‡-‡A HEC—ACTœŸ, CBA‹ˆB˜EƒOCŸ HA
MˆCTEPA „†OHCA. TAK “† O‹“—ˆ‹OCœ, —TO B‹A„E‹œ–› „B“X ”EPM,
PˆM›KAB˜ˆX K CKOTCKOM“ X“TOP“, OCTOŸHHO ›‹ˆ B ‹OXˆX
OTHO˜EHˆŸX C MˆCTEPOM „†OHCOM. O„HA ˆ‡ HˆX, ˆMEHOBAB˜AŸCŸ
”OKCB“„, PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹A COO‰ O‹œ˜OE, ‡A“™EHHOE, O—Tˆ
‡APOC˜EE CTAPOMO„HOE OMECTœE, C ˆCTO™EHH›Mˆ ACTˆ™AMˆ,
OHECEHH›Mˆ O‹“PA‡BA‹ˆB˜ˆMˆCŸ ˆ‡ƒOPO„ŸMˆ. EE B‹A„E‹E–,
MˆCTEP ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH, ›‹ ECE—H›M „†EHTE‹œMEHOM ˆ‡ TEX
”EPMEPOB, KOTOP›E POBO„ŸT O—Tˆ BCE BPEMŸ HA OXOTE ˆ‹ˆ HA
P›HO‰ ‹OB‹E, B ‡ABˆCˆMOCTˆ OT CE‡OHA. „P“ƒAŸ ”EPMA, KOTOPAŸ
HA‡›BA‹ACœ ˆH—”ˆ‹„, ›‹A MEHœ˜E, HO HAXO„ˆ‹ACœ B ‹“—˜EM
COCTOŸHˆˆ. OHA PˆHA„‹E†A‹A MˆCTEP“ ”PE„EPˆK“, C“™ECTB“
ƒP“OM“ ˆ ‡‹OM“, KOTOP›‰ OCTOŸHHO ‡AHˆMA‹CŸ KAKˆMˆ-TO
C“„EH›Mˆ TŸ†AMˆ ˆ O‹œ‡OBA‹CŸ PE“TA–ˆE‰ —E‹OBEKA,
KOTOP›‰ ‡A ˜ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ ƒOTOB EPEƒP›‡Tœ ƒOP‹O ‹ˆ†HEM“.
Tˆ „BOE HACTO‹œKO HE ‹žˆ‹ˆ „P“ƒ „P“ƒA, —TO Pˆ‰Tˆ K
KAKOM“-TO COƒ‹A˜EHˆž, „A†E „‹Ÿ ‡A™ˆT› COCTBEHH›X ˆHTEPECOB,
OHˆ PAKTˆ—ECKˆ HE MOƒ‹ˆ.
   TEM HE MEHEE, OA OHˆ ›‹ˆ HA“ƒAH› ˆ‡BECTˆEM O BOCCTAHˆˆ
HA CKOTCKOM X“TOPE ˆ O‡AO—EH› TEM, —TO› ˆX COCTBEHHAŸ
†ˆBHOCTœ HE BOCPˆHŸ‹A TOT “POK B “KBA‹œHOM CM›C‹E. HA
EPB›X OPAX OHˆ PE˜ˆ‹ˆ HA KOPHž B›CMEŸTœ ˆ„Ež O †ˆBOTH›X,
KOTOP›E OPO“žT CAMOCTOŸTE‹œHO “PAB‹ŸTœ ”EPMO‰. —EPE‡
AP“ HE„E‹œ BCE P“XHET, ƒOBOPˆ‹ˆ OHˆ. OHˆ C—ˆTA‹ˆ, —TO
†ˆBOTH›E HA ”EPME "“CA„œA" (OHˆ “OPHO HA‡›BA‹ˆ ”EPM“ EE
CTAP›M ˆMEHEM; HOBOE HA‡BAHˆE OHˆ ˆ C‹›˜ATœ HE MOƒ‹ˆ) CKOPO
EPE„EP“TCŸ ME†„“ COO‰, HE ƒOBOPŸ “† O TOM, —TO POCTO
EPEMP“T C ƒO‹O„“. HO O MEPE TOƒO, KAK ˜‹O BPEMŸ ˆ, O BCE‰
Bˆ„ˆMOCTˆ, “MˆPATœ C ƒO‹O„“ †ˆBOTH›E HE COˆPA‹ˆCœ, ”PE„EPˆK
ˆ ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH CMEHˆ‹ˆ MOTˆB ˆ HA—A‹ˆ ƒOBOPˆTœ O “†ACAž™E‰
†ECTOKOCTˆ, –APŸ™E‰ HA "CKOTCKOM X“TOPE". „OO„‹ˆHHO CTA‹O
ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO TAM CBˆPECTB“ET KAHHˆA‹ˆ‡M, †ˆBOTH›E
›TAžT „P“ƒ „P“ƒA PACKA‹EHH›Mˆ ˜OPAMˆ ˆ OO™ECTBˆ‹ˆ BCEX
OCOE‰ †EHCKOƒO O‹A. TAKOBO BO‡ME‡„ˆE ‡A O›TKˆ ˆ„Tˆ POTˆB
‡AKOHOB PˆPO„›, „OAB‹Ÿ‹ˆ ”PE„EPˆK ˆ ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH.
   TEM HE MEHEE, Tˆ POCCKA‡Hˆ OTHž„œ HE O‹œ‡OBA‹ˆCœ
BCEO™ˆM „OBEPˆEM. C‹“Xˆ O —“„ECHO‰ ”EPME, OTK“„A ›‹ˆ
ˆ‡ƒHAH› ‹ž„ˆ, ˆ †ˆBOTH›E CAMˆ “PAB‹ŸžT „E‹AMˆ, PO„O‹†A‹ˆ
CM“THO –ˆPK“‹ˆPOBATœ, ˆ B TE—EHˆE ƒO„A O OKP“ƒE POKATˆ‹ACœ
TPEBO†HAŸ BO‹HA COPOTˆB‹EHˆŸ. ›Kˆ, BCEƒ„A OT‹ˆ—AB˜ˆECŸ
OC‹“˜AHˆEM, BHE‡AHO „ˆ—A‹ˆ, OB–› ‹OMA‹ˆ ˆ‡ƒOPO„ˆ ˆ B›TAT›BA‹ˆ
O‹Ÿ, KOPOB› OPOKˆ„›BA‹ˆ BE„PA, CKAK“H› “PŸMˆ‹ˆCœ
EPE„ PEŸTCTBˆŸMˆ ˆ CPAC›BA‹ˆ BCA„HˆKOB. KPOME TOƒO,
OBCEMECTHO PACPOCTPAHŸ‹ACœ M“‡›KA ˆ „A†E C‹OBA ƒˆMHA
"CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ". EƒO O“‹ŸPHOCTœ POC‹A C HEO›KHOBEHHO‰
›CTPOTO‰. ‹ž„ˆ HE MOƒ‹ˆ C„EP†ATœ ŸPOCTˆ, C‹›˜A T“
ECHž, XOTŸ OHˆ O„—EPKˆBA‹ˆ, —TO C—ˆTAžT ƒˆMH POCTO
CME˜H›M. TP“„HO OHŸTœ, ƒOBOPˆ‹ˆ OHˆ, KAK „A†E †ˆBOTH›E
MOƒ“T O‡BO‹ˆTœ CEE ETœ CTO‹œ O˜‹“ž —E“X“. HO EC‹ˆ KOƒOTO
‹OBˆ‹ˆ HA MECTE PECT“‹EHˆŸ, T“T †E O„BEPƒA‹ˆ OPKE.
TEM HE MEHEE ECHŸ PO„O‹†A‹A ‡B“—ATœ. „PO‡„›, Cˆ„Ÿ HA ˆ‡ƒOPO„ŸX,
HACBˆCT›BA‹ˆ EE, ƒO‹“ˆ BOPKOBA‹ˆ EE CPE„ˆ BETBE‰
BŸ‡OB; OHA C‹›˜A‹ACœ ˆ B ƒPOXOTE K“‡HE—H›X MO‹OTOB, ˆ B
EPE‡BOHE –EPKOBH›X KO‹OKO‹OB. ˆ C‹›˜A T“ ME‹O„ˆž, ‹ž„ˆ HE
MOƒ‹ˆ CKP›Tœ BH“TPEHHE‰ „PO†ˆ, OTOM“ —TO OHˆ ‡HA‹ˆ - TO
ƒO‹OC ƒPŸ„“™EƒO BO‡ME‡„ˆŸ.
   B HA—A‹E OKTŸPŸ, KOƒ„A BCE ‡EPHOB›E ›‹ˆ “†E CKO˜EH›
ˆ ‡ACKˆP„OBAH›, A —ACTœ “†E ˆ OMO‹O—EHA, CTA‰KA ƒO‹“E‰,
ME‹œKH“B B BO‡„“XE, B „ˆKOM BO‡“†„EHˆˆ Pˆ‡EM‹ˆ‹ACœ HA
CKOTCKOM X“TOPE. „†OHC CO CBOˆMˆ ‹ž„œMˆ, A TAK†E O‹„ž†ˆH›
„OPOBO‹œ–EB ˆ‡ ”OKCB“„A ˆ ˆH—”ˆ‹„A “†E MˆHOBA‹ˆ BOPOTA ˆ
„BˆƒAžTCŸ O „OPO†KE, BE„“™E‰ K ”EPME. BCE OHˆ BOOP“†EH›
A‹KAMˆ, KPOME „†OHCA, KOTOP›‰ ˆ„ET BEPE„ˆ C PEBO‹œBEPOM B
P“KE. E‡ COMHEHˆŸ, OHˆ “„“T ›TATœCŸ OTˆTœ ”EPM“.
   TA B›‹A‡KA O†ˆ„A‹ACœ “†E „ABHO, ˆ BCE PˆƒOTOB‹EHˆŸ
   ›‹ˆ C„E‹AH› ‡A‹AƒOBPEMEHHO. CHO“O‹‹, KOTOP›‰ ˆ‡“—ˆ‹ HA‰
„EHH“ž HA ”EPME CTAP“ž KHˆƒ“ O ƒA‹‹œCKO‰ KAMAHˆˆ –E‡APŸ,
   PˆHŸ‹CŸ ‡A OPƒAHˆ‡A–ˆž OOPOH›. PˆKA‡AHˆŸ OT„ABA‹ˆCœ C
   MO‹HˆEHOCHO‰ ›CTPOTO‰, ˆ —EPE‡ AP“ MˆH“T BCE ›‹ˆ HA CBOˆX
   OCTAX.
   KAK TO‹œKO ‹ž„ˆ „OCTˆƒ‹ˆ CTPOEHˆ‰, CHO“O‹‹ HAHEC EP
B›‰ “„AP. BCE TPˆ„–ATœ ŸTœ ƒO‹“E‰ CTA‹ˆ CTPEMˆTE‹œHO HO
CˆTœCŸ HA„ ƒO‹OBAMˆ HAA„AB˜ˆX, ‡ACTˆ‹AŸ ˆM O‹E ‡PEHˆŸ, ˆ
   OKA ‹ž„ˆ OTMAXˆBA‹ˆCœ OT HˆX, ƒ“Cˆ, Cˆ„EB˜ˆE B ‡ACA„E ‡A
   ‡AOPOM, KˆH“‹ˆCœ BEPE„, †ECTOKO ™ˆAŸ ˆKP› ATAK“ž™ˆX. HO
   TO ›‹ ‹ˆ˜œ ‹EƒKˆ‰ OTB‹EKAž™ˆ‰ MAHEBP, Pˆ‡BAHH›‰ BHECTˆ
   HEKOTOP›‰ ECOPŸ„OK B PŸ„› HAA„Až™ˆX, ˆ ‹ž„ˆ E‡ TP“„A OT
ˆ‹ˆCœ OT ƒ“CE‰ A‹KAMˆ. TOƒ„A CHO“O‹‹ POCˆ‹ B O‰ BTOP“ž
   ‹ˆHˆž HAA„EHˆŸ. MžPˆE‹œ, EH„†AMˆH ˆ BCE OB–› BO ƒ‹ABE CO
   CHO“O‹‹OM, PBAH“‹ˆCœ BEPE„ ˆ OKP“†ˆ‹ˆ HAA„Až™ˆX, TO‹KAŸ ˆ
   O„AŸ ˆX CO BCEX CTOPOH, OKA EH„†AMˆH HOCˆ‹CŸ KP“ƒAMˆ,
   CTAPAŸCœ ‹ŸƒATœ HAA„Až™ˆX CBOˆMˆ KO›TAMˆ. BCE †E ‹ž„ˆ, C
   ˆX KO‹AMˆ ˆ O„KOBAHH›Mˆ OTˆHKAMˆ OKA‡A‹ˆCœ ˆM HE O ‡“AM;
   BHE‡AHO CHO“O‹‹ B‡Bˆ‡ƒH“‹, —TO ›‹O CˆƒHA‹OM K OTCT“‹E
Hˆž, ˆ BCE †ˆBOTH›E POCˆ‹ˆCœ OPATHO BO „BOP.
   CO CTOPOH› HAA„AB˜ˆX OC‹›˜A‹ˆCœ BO‹ˆ BOCTOPƒA. HA ˆX
   ƒ‹A‡AX, KAK OHˆ ˆ PE„O‹AƒA‹ˆ, BPAƒˆ OPATˆ‹ˆCœ B EƒCTBO
   ˆ OHˆ PˆH“‹ˆCœ B ECOPŸ„O—HOE PEC‹E„OBAHˆE. ˆMEHHO TOƒO
   ˆ †„A‹ CHO“O‹‹. KOƒ„A HAA„AB˜ˆE OKA‡A‹ˆCœ BO „BOPE, TPˆ
   ‹O˜A„ˆ, TPˆ KOPOB› ˆ CBˆHœˆ, ‹E†AB˜ˆE B ‡ACA„E B ‡APOC‹ŸX
   ‡A KOPOBHˆKOM, BHE‡AHO POCˆ‹ˆCœ HA BPAƒA C T›‹A, KAK
   TO‹œKO CHO“O‹‹ „A‹ CˆƒHA‹ K ATAKE. CAM OH PˆH“‹CŸ PŸMO HA
   „†OHCA. “Bˆ„EB EƒO, „†OHC BCKˆH“‹ PEBO‹œBEP ˆ B›CTPE‹ˆ‹.
   “‹Ÿ CKO‹œ‡H“‹A O CˆHE CHO“O‹‹A, OCTABˆB KPOBAB“ž
   O‹OC“, ˆ HAOBA‹ “ˆ‹A O„H“ ˆ‡ OBE–. Hˆ HA MƒHOBEHœE HE
   OCTAHAB‹ˆBAŸCœ, CHO“O‹‹ BCEM CBOˆM BH“˜ˆTE‹œH›M BECOM
   Cˆ‹ „†OHCA C HOƒ. B›POHˆB PEBO‹œBEP, „†OHC P“XH“‹ B K“—“
   HABO‡A. HO CAMOE “CTPA˜Až™EE ‡PE‹ˆ™E PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹ COO‰
   OKCEP, KOTOP›‰, HAOMˆHAŸ B‡ECˆB˜EƒOCŸ †EPE–A, BCTA‹ HA
   „›› ˆ PA‡ˆ‹ CBOˆMˆ O„KOBAHH›Mˆ KO›TAMˆ. EPB›‰ †E EƒO
   “„AP OA‹ B ƒO‹OB“ KOHžX“ ˆ‡ ”OKCB“„A, ˆ TOT E‡„›XAHH›M
   OBA‹ˆ‹CŸ B ƒPŸ‡œ. Bˆ„Ÿ TO, OCTA‹œH›E OPOCA‹ˆ CBOˆ KO‹œŸ
   ˆ “CTˆ‹ˆCœ HA“TEK. PO˜‹O BCEƒO HECKO‹œKO MƒHOBEHˆ‰ ˆ,
   OXBA—EHH›E AHˆKO‰, OHˆ B ECOPŸ„KE META‹ˆCœ O „BOP“. ˆX
   O„A‹ˆ, ‹ŸƒA‹ˆ, ™ˆA‹ˆ ˆ TO‹KA‹ˆ. BCE OˆTATE‹ˆ, KA†„›‰ O
CBOEM“, PˆHŸ‹ˆ “—ACTˆE B TOM PA‡„HˆKE M™EHˆŸ. „A†E
   KO˜KA BHE‡AHO P›ƒH“‹A C KP›˜ˆ HA ‹E—ˆ CKOTHˆKA ˆ ‡A“CTˆ
‹A KOƒTˆ EM“ ‡A BOPOTHˆK, OT—EƒO TOT B‡PEBE‹ „ˆKˆM ƒO‹OCOM.
   “Bˆ„EB OTKP›T›‰ B›XO„, ‹ž„ˆ K“APEM B›KATˆ‹ˆCœ CO „BOPA ˆ
   CTPEMƒ‹AB KˆH“‹ˆCœ O „OPOƒE. HE PO˜‹O ˆ ŸTˆ MˆH“T C
   HA—A‹A ˆX BTOP†EHˆŸ - ˆ OHˆ “†E OCT›„HO E†A‹ˆ O TOM“
   “Tˆ, KOTOP›‰ PˆBE‹ ˆX HA ”EPM“, PEC‹E„“EM›E OTPŸ„OM
   ƒ“CE‰, ™ˆAB˜ˆX ˆX ‡A ˆKP›.
   ›‹ˆ ˆ‡ƒHAH› BCE, KPOME O„HOƒO. B „A‹œHE‰ CTOPOHE „BOPA
   OKCEP OCTOPO†HO TPOƒA‹ KO›TOM ‹E†AB˜EƒO BHˆ‡ ‹ˆ–OM
   KOHžXA, CTAPAŸCœ EƒO EPEBEPH“Tœ. TOT HE ˜EBE‹ˆ‹CŸ.
   - OH MEPTB, - E—A‹œHO CKA‡A‹ OKCEP. - Ÿ HE XOTE‹
   TOƒO. Ÿ ‡A›‹ O CBOˆX O„KOBAX. HO KTO OBEPˆT MHE, —TO Ÿ
   HE XOTE‹ TOƒO?
   - HE PACC‹A‹ŸTœCŸ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - BCKPˆ—A‹ CHO“O‹‹, —œŸ
   PAHA E™E PO„O‹†A‹A KPOBOTO—ˆTœ. - HA BO‰HE, KAK HA BO‰HE.
   E„ˆHCTBEHH›‰ XOPO˜ˆ‰ —E‹OBEK - TO MEPTB›‰ —E‹OBEK.
   - Ÿ HˆKOƒO HE XOTE‹ ‹ˆ˜ATœ †ˆ‡Hˆ, „A†E —E‹OBEKA, - OB
TOPˆ‹ OKCEP C ƒ‹A‡AMˆ, O‹H›Mˆ C‹E‡.
   - A ƒ„E MO‹‹ˆ? - COXBATˆ‹CŸ KTO-TO.
   MO‹‹ˆ ˆ B CAMOM „E‹E ˆC—E‡‹A. —EPE‡ MˆH“T“ HA ”EPME
   O„HŸ‹ACœ C“MATOXA: BO‡HˆK‹ˆ OACEHˆŸ, —TO ‹ž„ˆ MOƒ‹ˆ KAK-TO
   OKA‹E—ˆTœ EE ˆ‹ˆ „A†E ‡AXBATˆTœ B ‹EH. B KOH–E KOH–OB
MO‹‹ˆ ›‹A OHAP“†EHA CPŸTAB˜E‰CŸ B CBOEM CTO‰‹E. OHA
CTOŸ‹A, O “˜ˆ ‡AP›B˜ˆCœ B OXAK“ CEHA. MO‹‹ˆ “‹EETH“‹A C
O‹Ÿ OŸ, KAK TO‹œKO B „E‹O O˜‹O OP“†ˆE. ˆ KOƒ„A, Oƒ‹Ÿ„EB
HA HEE, BCE B›C›A‹ˆ BO „BOP, TO KOHžX, KOTOP›‰ ›‹ BCEƒO
‹ˆ˜œ E‡ CO‡HAHˆŸ, “†E ˆC—E‡.
   ˆ TO‹œKO TEEPœ BCE Pˆ˜‹ˆ B „ˆKOE BO‡“†„EHˆE; KA†„›‰,
CTAPAŸCœ EPEKPˆ—ATœ OCTA‹œH›X, PACCKA‡›BA‹ O CBOˆX O„BˆƒAX
B ˆTBE. BCE TO B›‹ˆ‹OCœ B ˆMPOBˆ‡ˆPOBAHHOE PA‡„HEHCTBO
B —ECTœ OE„›. T“T †E ›‹ O„HŸT ”‹Aƒ, EC—ˆC‹EHHOE KO‹ˆ—ECTBO
PA‡ PO‡B“—A‹ˆ "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ", Oƒˆ˜E‰ OBE—KE ›‹ˆ
“CTPOEH› TOP†ECTBEHH›E OXOPOH›, ˆ HA EE MOƒˆ‹E OCA†EH K“CT
OŸP›˜HˆKA. HA CBE†EM HA„ƒPOˆˆ CHO“O‹‹ POˆ‡HEC HEO‹œ˜“ž
PE—œ, Pˆ‡›BAŸ BCEX †ˆBOTH›X OT„ATœ †ˆ‡Hœ, EC‹ˆ TO “„ET
HEOXO„ˆMO, ‡A CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP.
   E„ˆHO„“˜HO ›‹O PˆHŸTO PE˜EHˆE O “TBEP†„EHˆˆ BOˆHCKO‰
HAƒPA„› "†ˆBOTHOE - ƒEPO‰ EPBOƒO K‹ACCA", KOTOPAŸ ›‹A
BP“—EHA CHO“O‹‹“ ˆ OKCEP“. OHA COCTOŸ‹A ˆ‡ POH‡OBO‰
ME„A‹ˆ (B CAMOM „E‹E ›‹ˆ TAKˆE, —TO BA‹Ÿ‹ˆCœ B OME™EHˆˆ
„‹Ÿ “PŸ†ˆ), KOTOPAŸ PAHœ˜E HA„EBA‹ACœ „‹Ÿ “KPA˜EHˆ‰ O
BOCKPECEHœŸM ˆ PA‡„HˆKAM. KPOME TOƒO, ›‹A “—PE†„EHA HAƒPA„A
"†ˆBOTHOE - ƒEPO‰ BTOPOƒO K‹ACCA", KOTOPO‰ OCMEPTHO ›‹A
HAƒPA†„EHA Oƒˆ˜AŸ OBE—KA.
   MHOƒO ›‹O PA‡ƒOBOPOB O TOM, KAK BPE„œ ˆMEHOBATœ T“
CXBATK“. B KOH–E KOH–OB ›‹O PE˜EHO HA‡›BATœ EE ˆTBO‰ “
KOPOBHˆKA, TAK KAK ‡ACA„A ‡A‹Eƒ‹A ˆMEHHO TAM. ˆCTO‹ET
MˆCTEPA „†OHCA BA‹Ÿ‹CŸ B ƒPŸ‡ˆ. ›‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO HA ”EPME
ˆMEETCŸ ‡AAC ATPOHOB. ˆCTO‹ET „O‹†EH ›‹ TEEPœ HAXO„ˆTœCŸ
“ O„HO†ˆŸ ”‹Aƒ˜TOKA, PE„CTAB‹ŸŸ COO‰ HE—TO BPO„E APTˆ‹‹EPˆˆ.
›‹O PE˜EHO CTPE‹ŸTœ ˆ‡ HEƒO „BA†„› B ƒO„ - 12-ƒO
OKTŸPŸ, B ƒO„OB™ˆH“ ˆTB› “ KOPOBHˆKA ˆ E™E PA‡ B „EHœ
CO‹H–ECTOŸHˆŸ, OTME—AŸ ƒO„OB™ˆH“ ˆTB› “ KOPOBHˆKA.








   ƒ‹ABA V.


   C HACT“‹EHˆEM ‡ˆM› MO‹‹ˆ CTAHOBˆ‹ACœ BCE O‹EE “ƒPžMO‰.
OHA O‡„HO B›XO„ˆ‹A HA PAOT“ ˆ OPAB„›BA‹ACœ TEM, —TO
POCA‹A. HECMOTPŸ HA OTMEHH›‰ AETˆT, OHA OCTOŸHHO †A‹OBA‹ACœ
HA M“—Až™ˆE EE O‹ˆ. O„ ‹ž›M PE„‹OƒOM OHA POCA‹A
PAOT“ ˆ OTPAB‹Ÿ‹ACœ K KO‹O„E C BO„O‰, ƒ„E ˆ ‡ACT›BA‹A,
T“O ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ HA CBOE OTPA†EHˆE. HO OXO†E ›‹O, —TO „E‹O OCTOŸ‹O
K“„A CEPœE‡HEE. O„HA†„›, KOƒ„A MO‹‹ˆ, EPE†EB›BAŸ
OXAK“ CEHA, BECE‹O TP“Cˆ‹A O „BOP“, KOKET‹ˆBO OMAXˆBAŸ
„‹ˆHH›M XBOCTOM, K HE‰ O„O˜‹A K‹OBEP.
   - MO‹‹ˆ, - CKA‡A‹A OHA, - Ÿ XO—“ C TOO‰ CEPœE‡HO OƒOBOPˆTœ.
CEƒO„HŸ “TPOM Ÿ Bˆ„E‹A, KAK T› CMOTPE‹A —EPE‡ OƒPA„“,
—TO OT„E‹ŸET CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP OT ”OKCB“„A. O „P“ƒ“ž CTOPOH“
CTOŸ‹ O„ˆH ˆ‡ ‹ž„E‰ MˆCTEPA ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHA. ˆ - Ÿ ›‹A „A‹EKO
OT BAC, HO “BEPEHA, —TO ‡PEHˆE MEHŸ HE OMAH›BA‹O - OH
O —EM-TO ƒOBOPˆ‹ C TOO‰, ˆ T› EM“ O‡BO‹Ÿ‹A —ECATœ CBO‰
HOC. —TO TO ‡HA—ˆT, MO‹‹ˆ?
   - TO HE TAK! Ÿ TAM HE ›‹A! TO BCE HEPAB„A! - ‡AKPˆ—A‹A
MO‹‹ˆ, B‡‹ŸƒˆBAŸ ˆ POŸ KO›TAMˆ ‡EM‹ž.
   - MO‹‹ˆ! OCMOTPˆ HA MEHŸ. „AE˜œ ‹ˆ T› MHE —ECTHOE C‹OBO,
—TO TOT —E‹OBEK HE —ECA‹ TBO‰ HOC?
   - TO HEPAB„A! - OBTOPˆ‹A MO‹‹ˆ, OTBO„Ÿ B‡ƒ‹Ÿ„. B
C‹E„“ž™EE MƒHOBEHœE OHA PE‡KO OBEPH“‹ACœ ˆ ƒA‹OOM “M—A‹ACœ
   B O‹E.
   K‹OBEP ƒ‹“OKO ‡A„“MA‹ACœ. HˆKOM“ HE ƒOBOPŸ, OHA OTPA
Bˆ‹ACœ B CTO‰‹O MO‹‹ˆ ˆ EPEBOPO˜ˆ‹A KO›TAMˆ CO‹OM“.
   B ƒ‹“ˆHE EE ›‹ T™ATE‹œHO CPŸTAH K“‹E—EK KO‹OTOƒO CAXAPA
   ˆ CBŸ‡KA PA‡HO–BETH›X ‹EHTO—EK.
   —EPE‡ TPˆ „HŸ MO‹‹ˆ ˆC—E‡‹A. HECKO‹œKO HE„E‹œ HE ›‹O
   ˆ‡BECTHO O EE MECTOPE›BAHˆˆ, A ‡ATEM ƒO‹“ˆ COO™ˆ‹ˆ, —TO
   Bˆ„E‹ˆ EE O T“ CTOPOH“ “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OHA. OHA CTOŸ‹A PŸ„OM C
   TABEPHO‰ B Oƒ‹O‹ŸX MA‹EHœKO‰ —EPHO-KPACHO‰ „B“KO‹Kˆ.
   TO‹CT›‰ KPACHO‹ˆ–›‰ M“†—ˆHA B K‹ET—AT›X Pˆ„†AX ˆ ƒETPAX,
   OXO†ˆ‰ HA TPAKTˆP™ˆKA, —ECA‹ E‰ HOC ˆ KOPMˆ‹ CAXAPOM. “ HEE
   ›‹A HOBAŸ “PŸ†œ, A HA ‹“ - KPACHAŸ ‹EHTO—KA. KAK “TBEP†
„A‹ˆ ƒO‹“ˆ, OHA B›ƒ‹Ÿ„E‹A „OBO‹œHO‰ ˆ C—ACT‹ˆBO‰. O
   MO‹‹ˆ O‹œ˜E HE BCOMˆHA‹ˆ.
   B ŸHBAPE ƒPŸH“‹ˆ MOPO‡›. ‡EM‹Ÿ POMEP‡‹A „O KPEOCTˆ
   †E‹E‡A, O‹Ÿ O“CTE‹ˆ. O‹œ˜ˆHCTBO BCTPE— POˆCXO„ˆ‹O B AM
APE, ˆ CBˆHœˆ ‡AHˆMA‹ˆCœ TEM, —TO ‹AHˆPOBA‹ˆ PAOT“ HA
   C‹E„“ž™ˆ‰ ƒO„. ›‹O O™EPˆ‡HAHO, —TO, XOTŸ BCE BOPOC›
   „O‹†H› PE˜ATœCŸ O‹œ˜ˆHCTBOM ƒO‹OCOB, ƒEHEPA‹œH“ž ‹ˆHˆž
   OPE„E‹Ÿ‹ˆ “MHE‰˜ˆE OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM› - CBˆHœˆ. TAKO‰ OPŸ„OK
   „E‰CTBOBA‹ KAK HE‹œ‡Ÿ ‹“—˜E, HO ‹ˆ˜œ „O TO‰ OP›, OKA HE
   HA—ˆHA‹ˆCœ COP› ME†„“ CHO“O‹‹OM ˆ HAO‹EOHOM. OHˆ COPˆ‹ˆ
   O ‹žOM“ OBO„“, E„BA TO‹œKO K TOM“ PE„OCTAB‹Ÿ‹ACœ BO‡
MO†HOCTœ. EC‹ˆ O„ˆH PE„‹AƒA‹ ‡ACEˆBATœ O‹Ÿ Ÿ—MEHEM, TO
   „P“ƒO‰ E‡AE‹‹Ÿ–ˆOHHO “TBEP†„A‹, —TO O‹œ˜AŸ —ACTœ ˆX
   „O‹†HA ›Tœ OTBE„EHA O„ OBEC; EC‹ˆ O„ˆH ƒOBOPˆ‹, —TO TAKˆE
TO O‹Ÿ MOƒ“T OTO‰Tˆ O„ CBEK‹“, „P“ƒO‰ „OKA‡›BA‹, —TO TAM
   MO†ET PACTˆ BCE —TO “ƒO„HO, KPOME KOPHE‹O„OB. “ KA†„OƒO
   ›‹ˆ CBOˆ OC‹E„OBATE‹ˆ, ˆ ME†„“ HˆMˆ PA‡ƒOPA‹ˆCœ ƒOPŸ—ˆE
   COP›. ˆ EC‹ˆ HA ACCAM‹EŸX CHO“O‹‹ —ACTO O„EP†ˆBA‹ BEPX
   ‹AƒO„APŸ CBOEM“ BE‹ˆKO‹EHOM“ OPATOPCKOM“ MACTEPCTB“, TO
   HAO‹EOH “CE˜HEE „E‰CTBOBA‹ B K“‹“APAX. OCOEHH›M ABTOPˆTE
TOM OH O‹œ‡OBA‹CŸ “ OBE–. OPO‰ OB–›, —TO › TAM Hˆ POˆC
XO„ˆ‹O, HA—ˆHA‹ˆ XOPOM ˆ OPO‡Hœ ‹EŸTœ "—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO
˜O, „BE HOƒˆ - ‹OXO" ˆ TˆM HEPE„KO KOH—A‹ˆCœ ACCAM‹Eˆ.
   ›‹O OTME—EHO, —TO OCOEHHO —ACTO Tˆ TˆPA„› HA—ˆHA‹ˆ PA‡„A
BATœCŸ B CAM›E ATETˆ—ECKˆE MOMEHT› B›CT“‹EHˆ‰ CHO“O‹‹A.
   CHO“O‹‹ T™ATE‹œHO ˆ‡“—ˆ‹ HECKO‹œKO CTAP›X HOMEPOB †“PHA‹A
   "”EPMEP ˆ †ˆBOTHOBO„", BA‹ŸB˜ˆXCŸ HA ”EPME, ˆ ›‹ O‹OH
   ‹AHOB HOBOBBE„EHˆ‰ ˆ EPECTPOEK. OH CO ‡HAHˆEM „E‹A ƒOBOPˆ‹
   O „PEHA†E, Cˆ‹OCOBAHˆˆ, KOMOCTE; ˆM ›‹A PA‡PAOTAHA C‹O†
HAŸ CXEMA, B COOTBETCTBˆˆ C KOTOPO‰ †ˆBOTH›E „O‹†H› ›‹ˆ
   „OCTAB‹ŸTœ CBO‰ HABO‡ PŸMO HA O‹Ÿ, KA†„›‰ „EHœ B PA‡H›E
   MECTA, —TO O‡BO‹ˆ‹O › B›CBOO„ˆTœ ƒ“†EBO‰ TPAHCOPT.
   HAO‹EOH CXEMAMˆ HE ‡AHˆMA‹CŸ, HO COKO‰HO CKA‡A‹, —TO
   CHO“O‹‹ “B‹EKAETCŸ “CTŸKAMˆ. OXO†E ›‹O, —TO HAO‹EOH
   †„ET CBOEƒO —ACA. HO BCE Tˆ COP› ˆ POTˆBOPE—ˆŸ OKA‡A‹ˆCœ
   “CTŸKAMˆ, KOƒ„A BCTA‹ BOPOC O BETPŸHO‰ ME‹œHˆ–E.
   HA „‹ˆHHOM ACTˆ™E, HE„A‹EKO OT CTPOEHˆ‰, ›‹ HEO‹œ
˜O‰ XO‹MˆK, KOTOP›‰, TEM HE MEHEE, ›‹ CAM›M BO‡B›˜EHH›M
   MECTOM HA BCE‰ ”EPME. O‡HAKOMˆB˜ˆCœ C ƒP“HTOM, CHO“O‹‹
   O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO ‡„ECœ CAMOE O„XO„Ÿ™EE MECTO „‹Ÿ BETPŸHO‰
   ME‹œHˆ–›, KOTOPAŸ “„ET BPA™ATœ „ˆHAMOMA˜ˆH“ ˆ CHA†ATœ
   ”EPM“ ‹EKTPˆ—ECKO‰ HEPƒˆE‰. MO†HO “„ET OCBETˆTœ CTO‰‹A ˆ
   COƒPETœ ˆX ‡ˆMO‰, “„ET PAOTATœ –ˆPK“‹ŸPHAŸ ˆ‹A, CO‹OMO
PE‡KA ˆ „A†E, MO†ET ›Tœ, CBEK‹OME˜A‹KA ˆ MEXAHˆ—ECKAŸ
   „O‰KA. †ˆBOTH›E HˆKOƒ„A HE C‹›˜A‹ˆ Hˆ O —EM O„OHOM (ˆO HA
   TO‰ ‡A“™EHHO‰ ”EPME ›‹ˆ TO‹œKO CAM›E PˆMˆTˆBH›E
   MEXAHˆ‡M›), ˆ OHˆ B ˆ‡“M‹EHˆˆ BHˆMA‹ˆ CHO“O‹‹“, KOTOP›‰
   PA‡BEPT›BA‹ EPE„ HˆMˆ BE‹ˆ—ECTBEHH›E KAPTˆH› ”AHTACTˆ—ECKˆX
   MA˜ˆH, KOTOP›E “„“T „E‹ATœ ‡A HˆX BCž PAOT“ B TO BPEMŸ,
   KOƒ„A OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM› “„“T ƒ“‹ŸTœ O ‹“ƒAM ˆ “PA†HŸTœCŸ
   B —TEHˆˆ ˆ ECE„AX.
   —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO HE„E‹œ ‹AH› CHO“O‹‹A OPE‹ˆ ‡AKOH—EHH›‰
Bˆ„. „ETA‹ˆ ›‹ˆ O‡AˆMCTBOBAH› ˆ‡ TPEX KHˆƒ, PˆHA„‹E†AB˜ˆX
MˆCTEP“ „†OHC“: "T›CŸ—A O‹E‡H›X BE™E‰ „‹Ÿ „OMA",
"KA†„›‰ - CAM CEE KAMEH™ˆK" ˆ "‹EKTPˆ—ECTBO „‹Ÿ HA—ˆHAž™ˆX".
CBOˆ ‡AM›C‹› CHO“O‹‹ BO‹O™A‹ O„ KP›˜E‰ OME™EHˆŸ,
KOTOPOE KOƒ„A-TO C‹“†ˆ‹O ˆHK“ATOPOM ˆ O‹A„A‹O ƒ‹A„KˆM
„EPEBŸHH›M O‹OM, ƒO„H›M „‹Ÿ PˆCOBAHˆŸ. ˆ‡ TOƒO OME™EHˆŸ
OH HE B›‹E‡A‹ —ACAMˆ. BPEMŸ OT BPEMEHˆ ‡Aƒ‹Ÿ„›BAŸ B KHˆƒ“,
Pˆ„AB‹EHH“ž HA H“†HO‰ CTPAHˆ–E KAMHEM ˆ C K“CKOM ME‹A
ME†„“ KO›T–AMˆ, OH HOCˆ‹CŸ B‡A„ ˆ BEPE„, POBO„Ÿ ‹ˆHˆž
‡A ‹ˆHˆE‰ ˆ TˆXOHœKO OXPžKˆBAŸ OT BOCTOPƒA. MA‹O-OMA‹“
EƒO ‹AH PEBPATˆ‹CŸ B MACC“ KO‹EH—AT›X BA‹OB, P“KOŸTOK ˆ
˜ECTEPEHOK, ˆ‡OPA†EHˆŸ KOTOP›X OKP›BA‹ˆ BECœ O‹, ˆ
KOTOP›E „‹Ÿ BCEX OCTA‹œH›X PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹ˆ COBEP˜EHHO HEOHŸTHOE,
HO O—EHœ BH“˜ˆTE‹œHOE ‡PE‹ˆ™E. OCMOTPETœ HA TBOP—ECTBO
CHO“O‹‹A B TE—EHˆE „HŸ XOTŸ › O PA‡“ ‡AXO„ˆ‹ˆ BCE
OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM›. ‡AXO„ˆ‹ˆ „A†E ƒ“Cˆ ˆ K“P›, OCTOPO†HO CTAPAŸCœ
HE HACT“ATœ HA ME‹OB›E ‹ˆHˆˆ. TO‹œKO HAO‹EOH „EP†A‹CŸ
B CTOPOHE. OH C CAMOƒO HA—A‹A B›CT“A‹ POTˆB ME‹œHˆ–›.
HO O„HA†„› ˆ OH HEO†ˆ„AHHO ŸBˆ‹CŸ O‡HAKOMˆTœCŸ C ‹AHOM.
TŸ†E‹O CT“AŸ, OH OO˜E‹ —EPTE†, BHˆMATE‹œHO Bƒ‹Ÿ„›BAŸCœ
B KA†„“ž „ETA‹œ, AP“ PA‡ XPžKH“‹ ˆ OCTAHOBˆ‹CŸ OO„A‹œ,
ˆCKOCA ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ HA CXEM“; ‡ATEM OH HEO†ˆ„AHHO PˆO„HŸ‹ HOƒ“,
OMO—ˆ‹CŸ HA —EPTE† ˆ B›˜E‹, HE POPOHˆB Hˆ C‹OBA.
   BOPOC O ME‹œHˆ–E B›‡BA‹ CEPœE‡H›E PA‡HOƒ‹ACˆŸ HA ”EPME.
CHO“O‹‹ „EP†A‹CŸ TO‰ TO—Kˆ ‡PEHˆŸ, —TO OCTPOˆTœ ME‹œHˆ–“
“„ET HE TAK “† TP“„HO. KAMHˆ MO†HO „OCTABˆTœ ˆ‡ KAMEHO‹OMHˆ
ˆ BO‡BECTˆ ˆ‡ HˆX CTEH›, ‡ATEM CMOHTˆPOBATœ KP›‹œŸ,
A OTOM OCTAHETCŸ TO‹œKO PA‡„O›Tœ POBO„A ˆ „ˆHAMOMA˜ˆH“.
(KAK ˆX „OCTATœ, CHO“O‹‹ HE ƒOBOPˆ‹.) HO OH “TBEP†„A‹, —TO
BCE TO MO†HO C„E‹ATœ ‡A ƒO„. A ‡ATEM, BOCK‹ˆ–A‹ OH, ME‹œHˆ–A
BO‡œMET HA CEŸ CTO‹œKO PAOT›, —TO †ˆBOTH›M TO‹œKO OCTAHETCŸ
TP“„ˆTœCŸ TPˆ „HŸ B HE„E‹ž. C „P“ƒO‰ CTOPOH›, HAO‹EOH
ƒOBOPˆ‹, —TO CEƒO„HŸ ƒ‹ABHAŸ ‡A„A—A - TO „OˆTœCŸ “BE‹ˆ—EHˆŸ
PO„“K–ˆˆ ˆ —TO EC‹ˆ OHˆ OTEPŸžT BPEMŸ HA CTPOˆTE‹œCTBE
ME‹œHˆ–›, TO “MP“T C ƒO‹O„“. BCŸ ”EPMA PA‡„E‹ˆ‹ACœ HA „BE
”PAK–ˆˆ, KOTOP›E B›CT“A‹ˆ O„ ‹O‡“HƒAMˆ: "ƒO‹OC“‰TE ‡A
CHO“O‹‹A ˆ TPEX„HEBH“ž PAO—“ž HE„E‹ž" ˆ "ƒO‹OC“‰TE ‡A
HAO‹EOHA ˆ ‡A C›TH“ž KOPME†K“". E„ˆHCTBEHH›‰, KTO HE
PˆMKH“‹ Hˆ K O„HO‰ ”PAK–ˆˆ, ›‹ EH„†AMˆH. OH HE BEPˆ‹ Hˆ
B ˆ‡Oˆ‹ˆE, Hˆ B TO, —TO ME‹œHˆ–A CKOHOMˆT BPEMŸ.
C ME‹œHˆ–E‰ ˆ‹ˆ E‡ ME‹œHˆ–›, CKA‡A‹ OH, A †ˆ‡Hœ ˆ„ET CEE,
KAK OHA ˆ „O‹†HA ˆ„Tˆ, TO ECTœ, X“†E HEK“„A.
   KPOME COPOB O ME‹œHˆ–E, HA„O ›‹O E™E ‡AHˆMATœCŸ
BOPOCOM O OOPOHE ”EPM›. ›‹O COBEP˜EHHO ŸCHO, —TO, XOTŸ
—E‹OBE—ECTBO OTEPE‹O OPA†EHˆE B ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA, BPAƒˆ
MOƒ“T PE„PˆHŸTœ E™E O„H“ ˆ O‹EE “CE˜H“ž O›TK“ ‡AXBATˆTœ
”EPM“ ˆ BOCCTAHOBˆTœ B‹ACTœ MˆCTEPA „†OHCA. ‡AHˆMATœCŸ
TˆM ›‹O TEM O‹EE HEOXO„ˆMO, —TO C‹“Xˆ O ˆX “CE˜HO‰
OOPOHE PACPOCTPAHˆ‹ˆCœ O BCE‰ OKP“ƒE, B›‡BAB BO‹HEHˆE
CPE„ˆ †ˆBOTH›X HA COCE„HˆX ”EPMAX. KAK O›—HO, ME†„“
CHO“O‹‹OM ˆ HAO‹EOHOM PA‡ƒOPE‹ˆCœ COP›. HAO‹EOH C—ˆTA‹,
—TO †ˆBOTH›E „O‹†H› „OCTATœ OƒHECTPE‹œHOE OP“†ˆE ˆ “—ˆTœCŸ
B‹A„ETœ ˆM. C TO—Kˆ ‡PEHˆŸ CHO“O‹‹A, OHˆ „O‹†H› PACC›‹ATœ
BCE O‹œ˜E ˆ O‹œ˜E ƒO‹“E‰ O COCE„HˆM ”EPMAM ˆ PA‡†ˆƒATœ
‹AMŸ BCEO™EƒO BOCCTAHˆŸ. O„ˆH ƒOBOPˆ‹, —TO EC‹ˆ OHˆ HE
HA“—ATCŸ ‡A™ˆ™ATœCŸ, TO OTEPŸT OPA†EHˆE, „P“ƒO‰ †E C—ˆTA‹,
—TO EC‹ˆ BC›XHET BCEO™EE BOCCTAHˆE, ˆM HE Pˆ„ETCŸ
„“MATœ O COCTBEHHO‰ OOPOHE. †ˆBOTH›E C‹“˜A‹ˆ CHA—A‹A
HAO‹EOHA, ‡ATEM CHO“O‹‹A ˆ HˆKAK HE MOƒ‹ˆ OHŸTœ, KTO †E
ˆ‡ HˆX PAB, HA„O OTMETˆTœ, OHˆ BCEƒ„A COƒ‹A˜A‹ˆCœ C TEM,
KTO ƒOBOPˆ‹ B „AHH›‰ MOMEHT.
   HAKOHE– HACTA‹ „EHœ, KOƒ„A ‹AH CHO“O‹‹A ›‹ O‹HOCTœž
‡ABEP˜EH. B C‹E„“ž™EE BOCKPECEHœE HA ACCAM‹EE ›‹ OCTAB‹EH
HA ƒO‹OCOBAHˆE BOPOC, CTPOˆTœ ME‹œHˆ–“ ˆ‹ˆ HET. KOƒ„A BCE
   COPA‹ˆCœ B O‹œ˜OM AMAPE, CHO“O‹‹ BCTA‹ ˆ, HE OPA™AŸ
   BHˆMAHˆŸ HA OBE–, KOTOP›E BPEMŸ OT BPEMEHˆ PEP›BA‹ˆ EƒO
   ‹EŸHˆEM, ˆ‡‹O†ˆ‹ CBOˆ „OBO„› B O‹œ‡“ CTPOˆTE‹œCTBA
   ME‹œHˆ–›. ‡ATEM O„HŸ‹CŸ HAO‹EOH. O—EHœ TˆXO ˆ COKO‰HO
   OH CKA‡A‹, —TO CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO ME‹œHˆ–› - TO ƒ‹“OCTœ ˆ —TO
   OH HˆKOM“ HE COBET“ET ƒO‹OCOBATœ ‡A TO. HAO‹EOH O“CTˆ‹CŸ
   HA CBOž MECTO; ƒOBOPˆ‹ OH HE O‹EE TPˆ„–ATˆ CEK“H„ ˆ, OXO
†E, EƒO COBEP˜EHHO HE BO‹HOBA‹ PE‡“‹œTAT B›CT“‹EHˆŸ. CHO“
O‹‹, CTPEMˆTE‹œHO BCKO—ˆB ˆ ƒAPKH“B HA OBE–, CHOBA HA—AB˜ˆX
   ‹EŸTœ, POCˆ‹ ‹AMEHH›‰ Pˆ‡›B - CTPOˆTœ! POˆ‡O˜‹O TO B
   TOT MOMEHT, KOƒ„A CˆMATˆˆ †ˆBOTH›X PA‡„E‹ˆ‹ˆCœ O—Tˆ O
POBH“ ME†„“ „B“MŸ OPATOPAMˆ, ˆ KPACHOPE—ˆE CHO“O‹‹A BECOMO
   “A‹O HA —A˜“ BECOB. OH ‹ˆCTATE‹œHO OˆCA‹, KAK PEOPA‡ˆT
CŸ CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP, KOƒ„A ƒP“‡ “Hˆ‡ˆTE‹œHO‰ PAOT› “„ET
   CPO˜EH PA‡ ˆ HABCEƒ„A. EƒO BOOPA†EHˆE POCTˆPA‹OCœ ‡HA—ˆ
TE‹œHO „A‹œ˜E CO‹OMOPE‡Kˆ ˆ CBEK‹OB›†ˆMA‹Kˆ. ‹EKTPˆ—ECTBO,
   CKA‡A‹ OH, ‡ACTABˆT PAOTATœ BEŸ‹Kˆ ˆ KOCˆ‹Kˆ, †ATKˆ ˆ CHO
OBŸ‡A‹Kˆ, OHO “„ET AXATœ ˆ OPOHOBATœ ‡EM‹ž, HE ƒOBOPŸ
   “†E O TOM, —TO B KA†„OM CTO‰‹E “„ET CBOE OCBE™EHˆE, ƒOPŸ—AŸ
   ˆ XO‹O„HAŸ BO„A, A TAK†E ‹EKTPOƒPE‹Kˆ. KOƒ„A OH KOH—ˆ‹
   HO B TOT MOMEHT HAO‹EOH BCTA‹ ˆ, ˆCKOCA ˆC›T“ž™E OCMOT
PEB HA CHO“O‹‹A, ˆ‡„A‹ CTPAHHOE XPžKAHœE, KOTOPOE HˆKTO
   PAHœ˜E HE C‹›˜A‹ OT HEƒO.
   CHAP“†ˆ PA‡„A‹CŸ ŸPOCTH›‰ ‹A‰, ˆ „EBŸTœ OƒPOMH›X COAK
   B O˜E‰HˆKAX, “CEŸHH›X ME„H›Mˆ ‹ŸXAMˆ, BOPBA‹ˆCœ B AMAP.
   OHˆ KˆH“‹ˆCœ PŸMO K CHO“O‹‹“, KOTOP›‰, OTP›ƒH“B, E„BA
   “CE‹ “BEPH“TœCŸ OT ˆX OCKA‹EHH›X —E‹žCTE‰. —EPE‡ MƒHOBEHˆE
   OH “†E ›‹ B „BEPŸX, ˆ COAKˆ KˆH“‹ˆCœ ‡A HˆM. —EPEC—“P
   OTPŸCEHH›E ˆ ˆC“ƒAHH›E „‹Ÿ TOƒO, —TO› ƒOBOPˆTœ, †ˆBOTH›E
   CƒP“„ˆ‹ˆCœ B „BEPŸX, HA‹ž„AŸ ‡A POˆCXO„Ÿ™ˆM. CHO“O‹‹
   M—A‹CŸ —EPE‡ „‹ˆHHOE ACTˆ™E O HAPAB‹EHˆž K „OPOƒE. OH
   E†A‹ TAK ›CTPO, KAK TO‹œKO MOƒ“T E†ATœ CBˆHœˆ, HO COAKˆ
   “†E BˆCE‹ˆ “ HEƒO HA ŸTKAX. BHE‡AHO OH OCKO‹œ‡H“‹CŸ, ˆ
   CTA‹O ŸCHO, —TO CE‰—AC EƒO CXBATŸT. HO OH CMOƒ COPATœCŸ ˆ
   Pˆ“CTˆ‹ E™E ›CTPEE. COAKˆ PO„O‹†A‹ˆ EƒO PEC‹E„OBATœ.
   O„HA ˆ‡ HˆX E„BA HE “XBATˆ‹A CHO“O‹‹A ‡A XBOCTˆK, HO B
   OC‹E„Hˆ‰ MOMEHT OH “CE‹ EƒO B›„EPH“Tœ. CHO“O‹‹ C„E‹A‹
   OC‹E„Hˆ‰ P›BOK. OT PEC‹E„OBATE‹E‰ EƒO OT„E‹Ÿ‹O HECKO‹œKO
   „ž‰MOB, HO CHO“O‹‹ “CE‹ H›PH“Tœ B OTBEPCTˆE B ‡AOPE
   - ˆ ›‹ TAKOB.
   PˆMO‹K˜ˆE ˆ HA“ƒAHH›E, †ˆBOTH›E COPA‹ˆCœ OPATHO B
   AMAPE. BEPH“‹ˆCœ PˆE†AB˜ˆE COAKˆ. CHA—A‹A HˆKTO HE MOƒ
   OHŸTœ, OTK“„A OHˆ B‡Ÿ‹ˆCœ, HO ‡AƒA„KA PA‡PE˜ˆ‹ACœ O—EHœ
   POCTO: TO ›‹ˆ TE CAM›E ™EHKˆ, KOTOP›X HAO‹EOH B‡Ÿ‹ “ ˆX
   MATEPE‰ ˆ —œˆM BOCˆTAHˆEM ‡AHˆMA‹CŸ OH ‹ˆ—HO. OHˆ E™E
   PO„O‹†A‹ˆ PACTˆ, HO TEM HE MEHEE, “†E ›‹ˆ OƒPOMH›Mˆ
   CBˆPE›Mˆ CAMˆ, CMAXˆBAž™ˆMˆ HA BO‹KOB. OHˆ OKP“†ˆ‹ˆ
   HAO‹EOHA. ›‹O ‡AMETHO, —TO, KOƒ„A OH OPA™AETCŸ K HˆM, OHˆ
   Bˆ‹ŸžT XBOCTAMˆ TO—HO TAK †E, KAK B CBOE BPEMŸ „P“ƒˆE COAKˆ
   PEAƒˆPOBA‹ˆ HA C‹OBA MˆCTEPA „†OHCA.
   TEEPœ HAO‹EOH B COPOBO†„EHˆˆ COAK O„HŸ‹CŸ HA TO
   BO‡B›˜EHˆE, ƒ„E KOƒ„A-TO CTOŸ‹ MA‰OP, POˆ‡HOCŸ CBOž PE—œ.
   OH O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO, HA—ˆHAŸ C CEƒO„HŸ˜HEƒO „HŸ, ACCAM‹Eˆ O
   “TPAM B BOCKPECEHœE OTMEHŸžTCŸ. B HˆX OTA‹A HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ,
   CKA‡A‹ OH, M› TO‹œKO TEPŸEM BPEMŸ. HA “„“™EE BCE BOPOC›
   KACATE‹œHO PAOT HA ”EPME “„ET PE˜ATœ CE–ˆA‹œH›‰ KOMˆTET
   ˆ‡ CBˆHE‰, BO‡ƒ‹AB‹ŸEM›‰ ˆM ‹ˆ—HO. OHˆ “„“T OC“†„ATœ BCE
   PO‹EM› ˆ ‡ATEM COO™ATœ BCEM OCTA‹œH›M O PˆHŸT›X PE˜EHˆ
ŸX. BCE OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM› “„“T O-PE†HEM“ COˆPATœCŸ B
   BOCKPECEHœE “TPOM, —TO› OT„ATœ —ECTœ ”‹Aƒ“, CETœ "CKOT›
   AHƒ‹ˆˆ" ˆ O‹“—ˆTœ ‡A„AHˆŸ HA HE„E‹ž; KAKˆE › TO Hˆ ›‹O
   COP› ˆCK‹ž—AžTCŸ.
   HECMOTPŸ HA ˜OK, KOTOP›‰ B›‡BA‹O ˆ‡ƒHAHˆE CHO“O‹‹A,
†ˆBOTH›E O—“BCTBOBA‹ˆ ƒ‹“OKOE PA‡O—APOBAHˆE Pˆ TOM
COO™EHˆˆ. HEKOTOP›E ˆ‡ HˆX „A†E ˆC›TA‹ˆ †E‹AHˆE B›CT“ˆTœ
C POTECTOM - EC‹ˆ › OHˆ ›‹ˆ B COCTOŸHˆˆ HA‰Tˆ “E„ˆTE‹œH›E
APƒ“MEHT›. „A†E OKCEP ›‹ HECKO‹œKO B‡BO‹HOBAH. OH
Pˆ†A‹ “˜ˆ, HECKO‹œKO PA‡ BCTPŸXH“‹ —E‹KO‰ ˆ PˆHŸ‹CŸ
PˆBO„ˆTœ M›C‹ˆ B OPŸ„OK; HO B KOHE—HOM C—ETE OH TAK ˆ HE
HA˜E‹CŸ, —TO CKA‡ATœ. OCTA‹œH›E CBˆHœˆ POŸBˆ‹ˆ O‹œ˜E
COOPA‡ˆTE‹œHOCTˆ. —ETBEPO OPOCŸT, Cˆ„EB˜ˆX B EPBOM PŸ„“,
POH‡ˆTE‹œH›M Bˆ‡ƒOM B›PA†AŸ CBOE HECOƒ‹ACˆE, BCKO—ˆ‹ˆ HA
HOƒˆ ˆ CTA‹ˆ ƒOBOPˆTœ BCE PA‡OM. HO BHE‡AHO COAKˆ, KO‹œ–OM
OKP“†AB˜ˆE HAO‹EOHA, ˆ‡„A‹ˆ Hˆ‡KOE ƒ‹“OKOE P›—AHˆE, —TO
‡ACTABˆ‹O CBˆHE‰ ‡AMO‹—ATœ ˆ ‡AHŸTœ CBOˆ MECTA. ‡ATEM OB–›
PˆHŸ‹ˆCœ ƒPOMOƒ‹ACHO ‹EŸTœ: "—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O, „BE
HOƒˆ - ‹OXO", TO „‹ˆ‹OCœ PˆMEPHO OKO‹O —ETBEPTˆ —ACA ˆ
OKOH—ATE‹œHO O‹O†ˆ‹O KOHE– BCŸ—ECKˆM PA‡ƒOBOPAM.
   OC‹E TOƒO Bˆ‡ƒ“H OO˜E‹ BCž ”EPM“ C –E‹œž O'ŸCHˆTœ
OCTA‹œH›M HOB›‰ OPŸ„OK BE™E‰.
   - TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - CKA‡A‹ OH, - Ÿ BEPž, —TO BCE, †ˆB“™ˆE HA
”EPME, –EHŸT T“ †EPTB“, KOTOP“ž PˆHEC TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH,
B‡ŸB HA CEŸ CTO‹œ HEOCˆ‹œH›‰ TP“„. HE HA„O „“MATœ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ,
—TO P“KOBO„ˆTœ - TO TAKOE “† “„OBO‹œCTBˆE! HAPOTˆB - TO
O‹œ˜AŸ ˆ HE‹EƒKAŸ OTBETCTBEHHOCTœ. TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH
ƒ‹“OKO BEPˆT B TO, —TO BCE †ˆBOTH›E O‹A„AžT PABH›Mˆ PABAMˆ
ˆ BO‡MO†HOCTŸMˆ. OH ›‹ › TO‹œKO C—ACT‹ˆB EPE„ATœ BAM
ƒP“‡ PˆHŸTˆŸ PE˜EHˆ‰. HO OPO‰ B› MO†ETE O˜ˆˆTœCŸ - ˆ —TO
TOƒ„A †„ET BAC? PE„CTABœTE CEE, —TO B› „A‹ˆ › “B‹E—œ CEŸ
BO‡„“˜H›Mˆ ‡AMKAMˆ CHO“O‹‹A - TOƒO POXO„ˆM–A, KOTOP›‰,
KAK HAM TEEPœ ˆ‡BECTHO, ŸB‹ŸETCŸ PECT“HˆKOM...
   - OH CME‹O „PA‹CŸ B ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA, - CKA‡A‹ KTO-TO.
   - CME‹OCTœ - TO E™E HE BCE, - CKA‡A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H. - PE„AHHOCTœ
ˆ OC‹“˜AHˆE - BOT —TO CAMOE BA†HOE. —TO †E KACAETCŸ
ˆTB› “ KOPOBHˆKA, TO Ÿ BEPž, Pˆ„ET BPEMŸ, KOƒ„A CTAHET
ŸCHO, —TO PO‹œ CHO“O‹‹A ›‹A ‡HA—ˆTE‹œHO PE“BE‹ˆ—EHA.
„ˆC–ˆ‹ˆHA, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, †E‹E‡HAŸ „ˆC–ˆ‹ˆHA! BOT ‹O‡“Hƒ CEƒO„HŸ˜HEƒO
„HŸ! CTOˆT C„E‹ATœ O„ˆH HEBEPH›‰ ˜Aƒ, - ˆ BPAƒˆ
O„O‹EžT HAC! ˆ, KOHE—HO, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, B› HE XOTˆTE BO‡BPA™EHˆŸ
„†OHCA?
   ˆ, KAK BCEƒ„A, TOT APƒ“MEHT OKA‡A‹CŸ HEOPOBEP†ˆM›M.
KOHE—HO, HˆKTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X HE XOTE‹ BO‡BPA™EHˆŸ „†OHCA; ˆ
EC‹ˆ COP› O TOM, KAK POBO„ˆTœ “TPO BOCKPECEHœŸ, MOƒ‹ˆ
BEPH“Tœ EƒO, TO Tˆ COP›, E‡ COMHEHˆŸ, HA„O ›‹O KOH—ATœ.
OKCEP, “ KOTOPOƒO TEEPœ ›‹O „OCTATO—HO BPEMEHˆ O„“MATœ,
B›PA‡ˆ‹ O“PEBAB˜ˆE EƒO —“BCTBA C‹OBAMˆ: "EC‹ˆ TOBAPˆ™
HAO‹EOH TAK CKA‡A‹, TO, ‡HA—ˆT, TO PABˆ‹œHO". ˆ OC‹E
TOƒO B „OO‹HEHˆE K CBOEM“ „EBˆ‡“ "Ÿ “„“ PAOTATœ E™E
O‹œ˜E" OH ˆ‡PEK E™E O„ˆH A”OPˆ‡M: "HAO‹EOH BCEƒ„A PAB".
   B Tˆ „Hˆ OƒO„A CTA‹A MEHŸTœCŸ; OPA ›‹O PˆCT“ATœ K
AXOTE. CAPA‰, B KOTOPOM CHO“O‹‹ —EPTˆ‹ CBO‰ ‹AH ME‹œHˆ–›,
›‹ ‡AKP›T, ˆ BCEM ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, —TO —EPTE† CTEPT. TEEPœ
KA†„OE BOCKPECEHœE O “TPAM B „ECŸTœ —ACOB BCE COˆPA‹ˆCœ B
AMAPE, ƒ„E O‹“—A‹ˆ ‡A„AHˆŸ HA HE„E‹ž. —EPE CTAPOƒO
MA‰OPA, OT KOTOPOƒO H›HE OCTA‹ˆCœ TO‹œKO O„Hˆ KOCTˆ, ›‹
B›KOAH ˆ‡ MOƒˆ‹› ˆ BO„P“†EH HA EHœ “ O„HO†ˆŸ ”‹Aƒ˜TOKA,
PŸ„OM C PEBO‹œBEPOM. ˆ TEEPœ OC‹E O„HŸTˆŸ ”‹AƒA BCE
†ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ OŸ‡AH› CTPOEM POXO„ˆTœ MˆMO —EPEA, B›PA†AŸ
TAKˆM OPA‡OM EM“ O—TEHˆE. TEEPœ, BO‰„Ÿ B AMAP, OHˆ HE
CA„ˆ‹ˆCœ BMECTE, KAK TO ›‹O ‡ABE„EHO PAHœ˜E. HAO‹EOH,
Bˆ‡ƒ“H ˆ E™E O„HA CBˆHœŸ O ˆMEHˆ MˆHˆM“C, KOTOP›‰ OT‹ˆ—A‹CŸ
“„ˆBˆTE‹œH›M TA‹AHTOM ˆCATœ CTˆXˆ ˆ ECHˆ, ‡AHˆMA‹ˆ
EPE„Hžž —ACTœ BO‡B›˜EHˆŸ, A „EBŸTœ COB ‡AKP›BA‹ˆ ˆX
O‹“KP“ƒOM; PO—ˆE CBˆHœˆ ‡AHˆMA‹ˆ MECTA ‡A HˆMˆ. BCE
PO—ˆE †ˆBOTH›E PACO‹AƒA‹ˆCœ B OCTA‹œHO‰ —ACTˆ AMAPA.
OTP›BˆCTO ˆ PE‡KO HAO‹EOH OT„ABA‹ PˆKA‡› HA HE„E‹ž, ˆ
OC‹E O„HOKPATHOƒO ˆCO‹HEHˆŸ ƒˆMHA "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ" BCE
   PACXO„ˆ‹ˆCœ.
   B TPETœE BOCKPECEHœE OC‹E ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ CHO“O‹‹A †ˆBOTH›E
   ›‹ˆ C‹EƒKA “„ˆB‹EH›, “C‹›˜AB COO™EHˆE HAO‹EOHA - HECMOTPŸ
   Hˆ HA —TO, ME‹œHˆ–A “„ET CTPOˆTœCŸ. OH HE „A‹ HˆKAKˆX
   O'ŸCHEHˆ‰ O OBO„“ ˆ‡MEHEHˆŸ CBOE‰ TO—Kˆ ‡PEHˆŸ, A POCTO
   PE„“PE„ˆ‹ BCEX, —TO TO ˆCK‹ž—ˆTE‹œHO C‹O†HOE MEPOPˆŸTˆE
   OTPE“ET PE„E‹œHO HAPŸ†EHHO‰ PAOT›; BO‡MO†HO „A†E
   Pˆ„ETCŸ O‰Tˆ HA COKPA™EHˆE E†E„HEBHOƒO PA–ˆOHA. ‹AH›,
   ECTECTBEHHO, ›‹ˆ PO„“MAH› „O OC‹E„HE‰ „ETA‹ˆ. OC‹E„HˆE
   TPˆ HE„E‹ˆ HA„ HˆMˆ PAOTA‹ CE–ˆA‹œH›‰ KOMˆTET ˆ‡ CBˆHE‰.
   CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO ME‹œHˆ–› ˆ BCEX PO—ˆX PˆCOCO‹EHˆ‰,
   KAK PE„O‹AƒAETCŸ, ‡A‰MET „BA ƒO„A.
   BE—EPOM Bˆ‡ƒ“H B „P“†ECKO‰ ECE„E O'ŸCHˆ‹ BCEM OCTA‹œ
H›M, —TO HA CAMOM „E‹E HAO‹EOH HˆKOƒ„A HE B›CT“A‹ POTˆB
   CTPOˆTE‹œCTBA ME‹œHˆ–›. HAPOTˆB, ˆMEHHO OH C CAMOƒO HA—A‹A
   CTOŸ‹ ‡A CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO ME‹œHˆ–›, ˆ ‹AH, KOTOP›‰ CHO“O‹‹
   —EPTˆ‹ HA O‹“ B ˆHK“ATOPE, ›‹ B›KPA„EH ˆ‡ “MAƒ
   HAO‹EOHA. TO ECTœ ME‹œHˆ–A ›‹A ‡A„“MAHA E„ˆHCTBEHHO
   HAO‹EOHOM. O—EM“ †E B TAKOM C‹“—AE, CPA˜ˆBA‹ˆ HEKOTOP›E,
   OH TAK PE‡KO B›CT“A‹ POTˆB HEE? Bˆ‡ƒ“H ‹“KABO Pˆ™“Pˆ‹CŸ.
   TO, CKA‡A‹ OH, ›‹A XˆTPOCTœ TOBAPˆ™A HAO‹EOHA. ‹ˆ˜œ
    P ˆ T B O P Ÿ Ÿ C œ, —TO B›CT“AET POTˆB ME‹œHˆ–›, OH
   XOTE‹ TAKˆM OPA‡OM ˆ‡ABˆTœCŸ OT CHO“O‹‹A, KOTOP›‰ CO
   CBOˆM OACH›M XAPAKTEPOM OKA‡›BA‹ HA BCEX ‹OXOE B‹ˆŸHˆE. ˆ
   TEEPœ, KOƒ„A CHO“O‹‹ OKOH—ATE‹œHO “CTPAHEH, ‹AH MO†ET
   ›Tœ PETBOPEH B †ˆ‡Hœ E‡ BCŸKˆX OMEX. BCE TO, CKA‡A‹
   Bˆ‡ƒ“H, HA‡›BAETCŸ TAKTˆKO‰. OH OBTOPˆ‹ HECKO‹œKO PA‡:
   "TAKTˆKA, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, TAKTˆKA!", O„P›ƒˆBAŸ ˆ CO CMEXOM KP“TŸ
   XBOCTˆKOM. †ˆBOTH›E HE COBCEM OHŸ‹ˆ, —TO O‡HA—AET TO
   C‹OBO, HO Bˆ‡ƒ“H ƒOBOPˆ‹ TAK “E„ˆTE‹œHO ˆ TPOE COAK,
   COPOBO†„AB˜ˆX EƒO, P›—A‹ˆ TAK “ƒPO†Až™E, —TO EƒO O'ŸCHEHˆŸ
   ›‹ˆ PˆHŸT› E‡ „A‹œHE‰˜ˆX BOPOCOB.








   ƒ‹ABA V I.


   BECœ TOT ƒO„ ›‹ OT„AH PACKOM“ TP“„“. HO †ˆBOTH›E ›
‹ˆ C—ACT‹ˆB›: HE ›‹O Hˆ †A‹O, Hˆ CETOBAHˆ‰, —TO OHˆ PˆHO
CŸT CEŸ B †EPTB“; BCEM ›‹O ŸCHO, —TO TP“„ŸTCŸ OHˆ ‹ˆ˜œ „‹Ÿ
   CBOEƒO ‹AƒOCOCTOŸHˆŸ ˆ PA„ˆ OTOMKOB, A HE „‹Ÿ K“—Kˆ ‹EHˆ
B›X ˆ BOPOBAT›X —E‹OBE—ECKˆX C“™ECTB.
   BCž BECH“ ˆ ‹ETO OHˆ PAOTA‹ˆ O „ECŸTœ —ACOB, A B AB
ƒ“CTE HAO‹EOH O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO Pˆ„ETCŸ PˆXBAT›BATœ ˆ BOCKPE
CEHœŸ OC‹E OE„A. Tˆ CBEPX“PO—H›E ›‹ˆ O'ŸB‹EH› CTPOƒO
   „OPOBO‹œH›Mˆ, HO KA†„›‰, KTO OTKA‡›BA‹CŸ, BPE„œ „O‹†EH ›‹
   O‹“—ATœ TO‹œKO O‹OBˆH“ O›—HOƒO PA–ˆOHA. ˆ BCE †E —ACTœ
   PAOT Pˆ˜‹OCœ OCTABˆTœ HE„OKOH—EHH›Mˆ. TAK, “PO†A‰ ›‹
   COPAH HECKO‹œKO MEHœ˜ˆ‰, —EM B PE„›„“™EM ƒO„“, ˆ „BA O‹Ÿ,
   KOTOP›E B HA—A‹E ‹ETA PE„O‹AƒA‹OCœ ‡ACEŸTœ KOPHE‹O„AMˆ,
   OCTA‹ˆCœ “CT›Mˆ, OTOM“ —TO AXOTA HE ›‹A „OBE„EHA „O
   KOH–A. MO†HO ›‹O PE„Bˆ„ETœ, —TO HA„BˆƒAž™AŸCŸ ‡ˆMA
   “„ET HE‹EƒKO‰.
   CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO „OCTABˆ‹O HEO†ˆ„AHH›E TP“„HOCTˆ. HEO„A
‹EK“ PACO‹AƒA‹CŸ XOPO˜ˆ‰ ˆ‡BECTHŸKOB›‰ KAPœEP, B O„HOM
   ˆ‡ CAPAEB ›‹O B„OBO‹œ HABA‹EHO ECKA ˆ –EMEHTA, TO ECTœ,
   BCE CTPOˆTE‹œH›E MATEPˆA‹› ›‹ˆ O„ P“KAMˆ. HO EPBAŸ PO
‹EMA, KOTOP“ž HE “„A‹OCœ PE˜ˆTœ CPA‡“, ‡AK‹ž—A‹ACœ B TOM,
KAK „POˆTœ KAMHˆ HA K“CKˆ, ƒO„H›E „‹Ÿ BO‡BE„EHˆŸ CTEH. ›‹O
OXO†E, —TO Pˆ„ETCŸ “CKATœ B XO„ ‹OM› ˆ KˆPKˆ, C KOTOP›Mˆ
HˆKTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X HE “ME‹ OPA™ATœCŸ, TAK KAK „‹Ÿ TOƒO HA„O
›‹O CTOŸTœ HA ‡A„HˆX HOƒAX. ˆ TO‹œKO OC‹E HECKO‹œKˆX
HE„E‹œ HAPACH›X “Cˆ‹ˆ‰, KOM“-TO Pˆ˜‹A B ƒO‹OB“ OT‹ˆ—HAŸ
ˆ„EŸ - ˆCO‹œ‡OBATœ Cˆ‹“ TŸ†ECTˆ. O‹œ˜ˆE BA‹“H›, C‹ˆ˜KOM
ƒPOMO‡„KˆE, —TO› ˆX MO†HO ›‹O ˆCO‹œ‡OBATœ –E‹ˆKOM, B
ˆ‡Oˆ‹ˆˆ ‹E†A‹ˆ HA KPAž KAMEHO‹OMHˆ. ˆX OBŸ‡›BA‹ˆ BEPEBKAMˆ,
A ‡ATEM BCE BMECTE, KOPOB›, ‹O˜A„ˆ, OB–›, - BCE, “ KOƒO
XBATA‹O Cˆ‹ - „A†E CBˆHœˆ ˆHOƒ„A PˆK‹A„›BA‹ˆ “Cˆ‹ˆŸ B
OCOEHHO KPˆTˆ—ECKˆE MˆH“T› - ME„‹EHHO TA™ˆ‹ˆ O CK‹OH“ K
OP›B“ KAMEHO‹OMHˆ, OTK“„A BA‹“H› A„A‹ˆ BHˆ‡ ˆ PA‡ˆBA‹ˆCœ.
OC‹E TOƒO EPETACKˆBATœ KAMHˆ ›‹O CPABHˆTE‹œHO POCT›M
„E‹OM. ‹O˜A„ˆ BO‡ˆ‹ˆ ˆX HA TE‹EƒAX, OB–› TACKA‹ˆ O K“CK“,
ˆ „A†E MžPˆE‹œ ˆ EH„†AMˆH, O„˜“—ˆBAŸ HA„ COO‰, BPŸƒA‹ˆCœ
B CTAP“ž „B“KO‹K“ ˆ PˆHŸ‹ˆ OCˆ‹œHOE “—ACTˆE B PAOTE. B
KOH–E ‹ETA KAMHE‰ HAPA‹OCœ „OCTATO—HO, ˆ O„ „ˆTE‹œH›M
HA‹ž„EHˆEM CBˆHE‰ HA—A‹OCœ CAMO CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO.
   ˜‹O OHO ME„‹EHHO ˆ TP“„HO. OPO‰ TPEOBA‹CŸ –E‹›‰ „EHœ
ˆ‡H“PˆTE‹œH›X “Cˆ‹ˆ‰, —TO› BO„P“‡ˆTœ HA MECTO KAKO‰-Hˆ“„œ
OCOEHHO O‹œ˜O‰ KAMEHœ, KOTOP›‰ ‡ATEM, KAK HA‡‹O, A„A‹ CO
CTEH› ˆ PA‡ˆBA‹CŸ B ™EEHK“. Hˆ—EƒO › HE “„A‹OCœ C„E‹ATœ
E‡ OKCEPA. OPO‰ KA‡A‹OCœ, —TO OH O„ˆH MO†ET ‡AMEHˆTœ
BCEX OCTA‹œH›X. KOƒ„A BA‹“H HA—ˆHA‹ KATˆTœCŸ BHˆ‡ ˆ †ˆBOTH›E
C KPˆKOM HAPŸƒA‹ˆCœ B T™ETHO‰ HA„E†„E PˆTOPMO‡ˆTœ EƒO
A„EHˆE, ˆMEHHO OKCEP, T“ƒO HATŸƒˆBAŸ KAHAT, OCTAHAB‹ˆBA‹
KAMEHœ. Bˆ„Ÿ, KAK OKCEP ME„‹EHHO, „ž‰M ‡A „ž‰MOM BO‹‡AET
O CK‹OH“ XO‹MA, TŸ†E‹O „›˜A, CKPˆŸ KO›TAMˆ O ‡EM‹E, C
OKAMˆ, ‹OCHŸ™ˆMˆCŸ OT OTA - Bˆ„Ÿ TO, BCE ‡AMˆPA‹ˆ B
BOCXˆ™EHˆˆ. K‹OBEP OPO‰ PE„OCTEPEƒA‹A EƒO, —TO› OH HE
EPEPAOTA‹CŸ, HO OKCEP HE XOTE‹ C‹“˜ATœ EE. C KAKˆMˆ ›
PO‹EMAMˆ OH Hˆ CTA‹KˆBA‹CŸ, “ HEƒO BCEƒ„A ›‹O „BA
‹O‡“HƒA, ‡AK‹ž—AB˜ˆE OTBET› HA BCE BOPOC›: "Ÿ “„“ PAOTATœ
E™E O‹œ˜E" ˆ "HAO‹EOH BCEƒ„A PAB". TEEPœ OH POCˆ‹ ET“XA
“„ˆTœ EƒO HE HA O‹—ACA, A HA 45 MˆH“T PAHœ˜E BCEX. ˆ B
Tˆ CKOHOM‹EHH›E MˆH“T›, KOTOP›X B TO BPEMŸ ›‹O HE TAK
MHOƒO OH B O„ˆHO—ECTBE HAPAB‹Ÿ‹CŸ B KAMEHO‹OMHž, COˆPA‹
KAHˆ ˆ CAM TA™ˆ‹ ˆX K ME‹œHˆ–E.
   HECMOTPŸ HA TŸ†E‹“ž PAOT“, †ˆBOTH›E HE CTA‹ˆ †ˆTœ X“†E.
B KOH–E KOH–OB, EC‹ˆ “ HˆX ˆ HE ›‹O O‹œ˜E E„›, —EM Pˆ
„†OHCE, TO, BO BCŸKOM C‹“—AE, ˆ HE MEHœ˜E. OHˆ „O‹†H› ›‹ˆ
KOPMˆTœ ‹ˆ˜œ CAMˆX CEŸ, A HE OECE—ˆBATœ C“™ECTBOBAHˆE
ŸTˆ PACTO—ˆTE‹œH›X —E‹OBE—ECKˆX C“™ECTB. TO PEˆM“™ECTBO
›‹O CTO‹œ O™“TˆMO, —TO OMOƒA‹O ˆM PEO„O‹ETœ HEKOTOP›E
‹ˆ˜EHˆŸ. HEO„HOKPATHO PˆEM›, PˆMEHŸB˜ˆECŸ B PAOTE,
OKA‡›BA‹ˆCœ O‹EE ””EKTˆBH›Mˆ ˆ KOHOMˆ‹ˆ HEPƒˆž. HAPˆMEP,
‹ž„ŸM HˆKOƒ„A › HE “„A‹OCœ TAK XOPO˜O POO‹OTœ O‹Ÿ.
ˆ E™E - TAK KAK †ˆBOTH›M ›‹O —“†„O BOPOBCTBO, OTA‹A
HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ ˆ B BO‡BE„EHˆˆ ˆ‡ƒOPO„E‰, OT„E‹Ÿž™ˆX ACTˆ™A
OT AXOTH›X ‡EME‹œ, ˆ B ˆX PEMOHTE. BCE †E ‹ETOM CTA‹ˆ
„ABATœ CEŸ ‡HATœ HEPE„Bˆ„EHH›E TP“„HOCTˆ. OŸBˆ‹ACœ
HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ B APA”ˆHE, ƒBO‡„ŸX, POBO„AX, COA—œˆX
ˆCKBˆTAX ˆ O„KOBAX - Hˆ—EƒO TOƒO HE POˆ‡BO„ˆ‹OCœ HA
”EPME. KPOME TOƒO, HECKO‹œKO O‡†E B›ŸCHˆ‹OCœ, —TO H“†H›
CEMEHA ˆ ˆCK“CCTBEHH›E “„OPEHˆŸ, HE ƒOBOPŸ “†E O ˆHCTP“MEHTAX
ˆ, HAKOHE–, OOP“„OBAHˆE „‹Ÿ ME‹œHˆ–›. ˆ HˆKTO CEE
HE PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹, KAKˆM OPA‡OM “„ACTCŸ BCE TO PA‡„O›Tœ.
   B O„HO BOCKPECHOE “TPO, KOƒ„A BCE COˆPA‹ˆCœ O‹“—ATœ
‡A„AHˆŸ HA HE„E‹ž, HAO‹EOH O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO OH PE˜ˆ‹ BBECTˆ
HOB“ž O‹ˆTˆK“. OTH›HE CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP PˆCT“AET K TOPƒOB‹E
C COCE„HˆMˆ ”EPMAMˆ: KOHE—HO †E HE C –E‹œž KOMMEP–ˆˆ, A
POCTO „‹Ÿ TOƒO, —TO› PˆOPECTˆ †ˆ‡HEHHO HEOXO„ˆM›E
MATEPˆA‹›. ‡AOTA O ME‹œHˆ–E „O‹†HA O„—ˆHˆTœ CEE BCE
OCTA‹œHOE, CKA‡A‹ OH. OTOM“ OH PˆHŸ‹ PE˜EHˆE PO„ATœ
   HECKO‹œKO CTOƒOB ˜EHˆ–› ˆ —ACTœ “†E COPAHHOƒO “PO†AŸ
   Ÿ—MEHŸ, A O‡†E, EC‹ˆ „EHEƒ BCE †E HE XBATˆT, Pˆ„ETCŸ
   “CTˆTœ B OOPOT Ÿ‰–A, „‹Ÿ KOTOP›X B “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OHE BCEƒ„A ECTœ
   P›HOK C›TA. K“P›, CKA‡A‹ HAO‹EOH, MOƒ“T C—ˆTATœ †EPTB“ ˆX
   BK‹A„OM B CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO ME‹œHˆ–›.
   B EPB›E MˆH“T› BCEX COPAB˜ˆXCŸ OXBATˆ‹O HEKOTOPOE
   CM“™EHˆE. HˆKOƒ„A HE ˆMETœ „E‹A C ‹ž„œMˆ, HˆKOƒ„A HE ‡AHˆ
MATœCŸ TOPƒOB‹E‰, HˆKOƒ„A HE “OTPE‹ŸTœ „EHEƒ - HE Tˆ
   B›COKˆE ‡ABET› PO‡B“—A‹ˆ HA TOM TPˆ“M”A‹œHOM COPAHˆˆ CPA‡“
   †E OC‹E ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ „†OHCA? BCE †ˆBOTH›E OMHˆ‹ˆ, KAK PˆHˆMA
‹ˆCœ Tˆ PE˜EHˆŸ; ˆ‹ˆ, B KOH–E KOH–OB, „“MA‹ˆ, —TO OMHŸT.
   —ETBEPO OPOCŸT, B CBOE BPEMŸ POTECTOBAB˜ˆE, KOƒ„A HAO‹EOH
   OTMEHˆ‹ ACCAM‹Eˆ, POKO OPOOBA‹ˆ O„ATœ ƒO‹OC, HO “ƒPO
†Až™EE P›—AHˆE COAK CPA‡“ †E “COKOˆ‹O ˆX. ‡ATEM, KAK O›—
HO, OB–› PˆHŸ‹ˆCœ ‡A CBOE "—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O, „BE HOƒˆ
   - ‹OXO!", ˆ —“BCTBO HE‹OBKOCTˆ CPA‡“ †E ˆC—E‡‹O. HAKOHE–, HA
O‹EOH O„HŸ‹ HOƒ“, Pˆ‡›BAŸ K MO‹—AHˆž, ˆ CKA‡A‹, —TO OH
   “†E C„E‹A‹ BCE HEOXO„ˆM›E PACOPŸ†EHˆŸ. HˆKTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X
   HE „O‹†EH “„ET BCT“ATœ B KOHTAKT C ‹ž„œMˆ, KOTOP›E O
PE†HEM“ HE ‡AC‹“†ˆBAžT Hˆ—EƒO, KPOME PE‡PEHˆŸ. OH EPET
   T“ HO˜“ HA CBOˆ ‹E—ˆ. MˆCTEP “ˆMEP, žPˆCT ˆ‡ “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OHA,
   COƒ‹ACˆ‹CŸ C‹“†ˆTœ OCPE„HˆKOM ME†„“ CKOTCKˆM X“TOPOM ˆ
   OCTA‹œH›M MˆPOM; KA†„›‰ OHE„E‹œHˆK O “TPAM OH “„ET
   OCE™ATœ ”EPM“ „‹Ÿ O‹“—EHˆŸ ˆHCTP“K–ˆ‰. HAO‹EOH ‡AKOH—ˆ‹
   CBOž PE—œ O›—H›M BO‡ƒ‹ACOM "„A ‡„PABCTB“ET CKOTCKˆ‰
   X“TOP!" ˆ, ˆCO‹HˆB ƒˆMH "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ", BCE PA‡O˜‹ˆCœ.
   HECKO‹œKO O‡†E Bˆ‡ƒ“H OO˜E‹ ”EPM“, “COKAˆBAŸ CM“™EH
H›E “M›. OH “E„ˆ‹ ˆX, —TO PE˜EHˆE HE ‡AHˆMATœCŸ TOPƒOB‹E‰ ˆ
   HE ˆMETœ „E‹O C „EHœƒAMˆ HˆKOƒ„A HE PˆHˆMA‹OCœ ˆ „A†E HE
   PE„O‹AƒA‹OCœ K OC“†„EHˆž. BCE TO —ˆCTAŸ ”ˆK–ˆŸ, MˆPA†,
   POH›‰ ˜AP, “™EHH›‰ CHO“O‹‹OM, KOTOP›‰ COˆPA‹CŸ HA—ATœ
   ƒPAH„ˆO‡H“ž KAMAHˆž ‹†ˆ. A TAK KAK KOE-KTO E™E —“BCTBOBA‹
   COMHEHˆE, TO Bˆ‡ƒ“H PŸMO CPOCˆ‹ ˆX: "A B› “BEPEH›, —TO TO
   BAM HE PˆCHˆ‹OCœ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ? ƒ„E ‡A”ˆKCˆPOBAH› Tˆ PE˜EHˆŸ?
   ƒ„E OHˆ ‡AˆCAH›?" ˆ TAK KAK B CAMOM „E‹E Hˆƒ„E HE ›‹O
   ‡AˆCAHO, BCE Pˆ˜‹ˆ K B›BO„“, —TO OHˆ POCTO ›‹ˆ BBE„EH›
   B ‡A‹“†„EHˆE.
   KAK ˆ ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, KA†„›‰ OHE„E‹œHˆK O “TPAM MˆC
TEP “ˆMEP OCE™A‹ ”EPM“. TO ›‹ XˆTP›‰ MA‹EHœKˆ‰ —E‹OBE—EK
   C O‹œ˜ˆMˆ AKEHAP„AMˆ, A„BOKAT, HE CTPA„AB˜ˆ‰ Oˆ‹ˆEM
   PAKTˆKˆ, HO „OCTATO—HO “MH›‰, —TO› PAHœ˜E „P“ƒˆX OHŸTœ,
   —TO PAHO ˆ‹ˆ O‡„HO CKOTCKOM“ X“TOP“ OHA„OˆTCŸ OCPE„HˆK
   ˆ —TO T“T MO†HO ‡APAOTATœ HE‹OXˆE KOMˆCCˆOHH›E. KOƒ„A OH
   OŸBˆ‹CŸ, †ˆBOTH›E CMOTPE‹ˆ HA HEƒO C HEKOTOP›M CTPAXOM ˆ
   BCEMˆ Cˆ‹AMˆ CTAPA‹ˆCœ ˆ‡EƒATœ EƒO. TEM HE MEHEE, Bˆ„
   HAO‹EOHA, KOTOP›‰, CTOŸ HA —ET›PEX HOƒAX, OT„ABA‹ PˆKA‡A
HˆŸ „B“HOƒOM“ MˆCTEP“ “ˆMEP“, HAO‹HŸ‹ ˆX —“BCTBOM ‡AKOHHO‰
   ƒOP„OCTˆ ˆ —ACTˆ—HO PˆMˆPˆ‹ C HOB›M OPŸ„KOM BE™E‰. ˆX
   OTHO˜EHˆŸ C —E‹OBE—ECKˆM O™ECTBOM HECKO‹œKO ˆ‡MEHˆ‹ˆCœ O
   CPABHEHˆž C EPBOHA—A‹œH›Mˆ. TEEPœ, KOƒ„A CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP
   „BˆƒA‹CŸ K HOBOM“ PO–BETAHˆž, —E‹OBE—ECKˆE C“™ECTBA PO„O‹
†A‹ˆ HEHABˆ„ETœ EƒO C E™E O‹œ˜E‰ Cˆ‹O‰. KA†„›‰ —E‹OBEK
   C—ˆTA‹ HEOCOPˆM›M ”AKTOM, —TO PAHO ˆ‹ˆ O‡„HO ”EPMA OAH
KPOTˆTCŸ ˆ —TO, KPOME TOƒO, CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO ME‹œHˆ–› OPE—EHO
   HA HE“„A—“. BCTPE—AŸCœ B ˆBH“˜KAX ˆ „EMOHCTPˆP“Ÿ „P“ƒ „P“ƒ“
   CXEM› ˆ „ˆAƒPAMM›, OHˆ „OKA‡›BA‹ˆ „P“ƒ „P“ƒ“, —TO ME‹œHˆ–A
   OŸ‡ATE‹œHO P“XHET ˆ —TO, „A†E EC‹ˆ OHA “CTOˆT, TO BCE PABHO
   HˆKOƒ„A HE “„ET PAOTATœ. ˆ BCE †E, OMˆMO BO‹ˆ “ HˆX
   HA—ˆHA‹O PACTˆ OPE„E‹EHHOE “BA†EHˆE K TEM CTAPAHˆŸM,
   C KOTOP›Mˆ †ˆBOTH›E PETBOPŸ‹ˆ B †ˆ‡Hœ CBOˆ ‡AM›C‹›. O„ˆH ˆ‡
   Pˆ‡HAKOB MEHŸž™EƒOCŸ OTHO˜EHˆŸ ›‹ TOT, —TO OHˆ HA—A‹ˆ
   HA‡›BATœ ”EPM“ EE HACTOŸ™ˆM ˆMEHEM "CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP",
   ‡A›BAŸ, —TO KOƒ„A-TO OHA ˆMEHOBA‹ACœ O-„P“ƒOM“. OHˆ EPE
CTA‹ˆ O„„EP†ˆBATœ PETEH‡ˆˆ „†OHCA, KOTOP›‰ CAM OCTABˆ‹
HA„E†„› HA BO‡BPA™EHˆE ”EPM› ˆ K“„A-TO “EXA‹. HE ƒOBOPŸ “†
O “ˆMEPE, KOTOP›‰ O„„EP†ˆBA‹ KOHTAKT CKOTCKOƒO X“TOPA CO
BCEM OCTA‹œH›M MˆPOM, XO„ˆ‹ˆ C‹“Xˆ, —TO HAO‹EOH BO˜E‹ B
CEPœE‡H›E „E‹OB›E CHO˜EHˆŸ TO ‹ˆ C MˆCTEPOM ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM ˆ‡
”OKCB“„A, TO ‹ˆ C MˆCTEPOM ”PE„EPˆKOM ˆ‡ ˆH—”ˆ‹„A - HO Hˆ
B KOEM C‹“—AE, —TO OCOO OTME—A‹OCœ, HE O„HOBPEMEHHO C HˆMˆ
OOˆMˆ.
   Tˆ CO›TˆŸ OTHOCŸTCŸ PˆMEPHO K TOM“ BPEMEHˆ, KOƒ„A
CBˆHœˆ BHE‡AHO EPECE‹ˆ‹ˆCœ HA ”EPM“ ˆ OCHOBA‹ˆ TAM CBOž
PE‡ˆ„EH–ˆž. CHOBA †ˆBOTH›E PˆHŸ‹ˆCœ BCOMˆHATœ, —TO, BPO„E,
PˆHˆMA‹OCœ PE˜EHˆE O HE„O“CTˆMOCTˆ O„OH›X „E‰CTBˆ‰, ˆ
CHOBA Bˆ‡ƒ“H“ Pˆ˜‹OCœ “E†„ATœ ˆX, —TO B „E‰CTBˆTE‹œHOCTˆ
Hˆ—EƒO O„OHOƒO HE ›‹O. ACO‹žTHO HEOXO„ˆMO, CKA‡A‹ OH,
—TO› CBˆHœˆ, KOTOP›E PE„CTAB‹ŸžT COO‰ MO‡ƒOBO‰ –EHTP BCE‰
”EPM›, MOƒ‹ˆ COKO‰HO PAOTATœ. KPOME TOƒO, †ˆTœ B „OME
O‹EE O„OAET „OCTOˆHCTB“ BO†„Ÿ (TEEPœ Pˆ “OMˆHAHˆˆ
HAO‹EOHA “OTPE‹Ÿ‹CŸ TO‹œKO TOT TˆT“‹), —EM C“™ECTBOBAHˆE
B CTO‰‹E. ˆ TEM HE MEHEE, HEKOTOP›E †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ B‡BO‹HOBAH›
C‹“XAMˆ, —TO CBˆHœˆ HE TO‹œKO OT„›XAžT B ƒOCTˆHO‰ ˆ
E„ŸT HA K“XHE, HO ˆ CŸT B OCTE‹ŸX. OKCEP OTPOCˆ‹ BCE
COMHEHˆŸ CBOˆM O›—H›M "HAO‹EOH BCEƒ„A PAB!", HO K‹OBEP,
KOTOPO‰ KA‡A‹OCœ, —TO OHA OMHˆT ‡AOBE„œ, HAPAB‹EHH“ž
POTˆB OCTE‹E‰, O„O˜‹A K ‡A„HE‰ CTEHKE AMAPA ˆ O›TA‹ACœ
PA‡OPATœ HAˆCAHH›E ‡„ECœ CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰. “E„ˆB˜ˆCœ, —TO
KPOME OT„E‹œH›X “KB OHA HE MO†ET PA‡OPATœ Hˆ—EƒO, K‹OBEP
OPATˆ‹ACœ K OMO™ˆ MžPˆE‹œ.
   - MžPˆE‹œ, - CKA‡A‹A OHA, - PO—Tˆ MHE —ETBEPT“ž ‡AOBE„œ.
PA‡BE B HE‰ HE CKA‡AHO O ‡APE™EHˆˆ CATœ B OCTE‹ŸX?
   C HEKOTOP›Mˆ ‡ATP“„HEHˆŸMˆ MžPˆE‹œ O CK‹A„AM PO—ˆTA‹A
‡AOBE„œ.
   - ‡„ECœ CKA‡AHO: "Hˆ O„HO †ˆBOTHOE HE “„ET CATœ B
OCTE‹ˆ C  P O C T › H Ÿ M ˆ - ",-HAKOHE– O'ŸBˆ‹A OHA.
   „OCTATO—HO HA‹ž„ATE‹œHAŸ K‹OBEP —TO-TO HE OMHˆ‹A,
—TO› B —ETBEPTO‰ ‡AOBE„ˆ “OMˆHA‹ˆCœ POCT›Hˆ, HO PA‡ TAK
›‹O HAˆCAHO HA CTEHE, TAK OHO ˆ „O‹†HO ›Tœ. ˆ Bˆ‡ƒ“H,
KOTOP›‰ KAK PA‡ B TOT MOMEHT POXO„ˆ‹ MˆMO B COPOBO†„EHˆˆ
„B“X ˆ‹ˆ TPEX COAK, CMOƒ „ATœ PE„MET“ COPA PABˆ‹œHOE
TO‹KOBAHˆE.
   - B›, KOHE—HO, C‹›˜A‹ˆ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - CKA‡A‹ OH, - —TO
TEEPœ M›, CBˆHœˆ, CˆM B KPOBATŸX HA ”EPME. A O—EM“ › ˆ
HET? B› †E, KOHE—HO, HE C—ˆTAETE, —TO TO PABˆ‹O HAPAB‹EHO
POTˆB  O C T E ‹ E ‰? OCTE‹œ O‡HA—AET POCTO MECTO
„‹Ÿ CAHœŸ. OTKPOBEHHO ƒOBOPŸ, OXAKA CO‹OM› B CTO‰‹E - TO†E
OCTE‹œ. PABˆ‹O HAPAB‹EHO POTˆB  P O C T › H E ‰,
KOTOP›E „E‰CTBˆTE‹œHO ŸB‹ŸžTCŸ —ˆCTO —E‹OBE—ECKˆM ˆ‡OPETEHˆEM.
M› CHŸ‹ˆ POCT›Hˆ CO BCEX KPOBATE‰ ˆ CˆM POCTO
ME†„“ O„EŸ‹AMˆ. TO O—EHœ “„OHO. HO TO BCEƒO ‹ˆ˜œ TE MˆHˆMA‹œH›E
“„OCTBA, KOTOP›E HEOXO„ˆM› Pˆ HA˜E‰ “MCTBEHHO‰
PAOTE. BE„œ B› †E HE COˆPAETECœ ‹ˆ˜ATœ HAC ‡AC‹“†EHHOƒO
OT„›XA, HE TAK ‹ˆ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ? ˆ HE ‡ACTABˆTE HAC HEOCˆ‹œHO
EPE“TOM‹ŸTœCŸ Pˆ ˆCO‹HEHˆˆ HA˜ˆX OŸ‡AHHOCTE‰? BE„œ,
Ÿ “BEPEH, HˆKTO ˆ‡ BAC HE XO—ET BO‡BPA™EHˆŸ MˆCTEPA „†OHCA?
   †ˆBOTH›E CPA‡“ †E “BEPˆ‹ˆ EƒO B TOM, ˆ C TEX OP BOPOC
O KPOBATŸX „‹Ÿ CBˆHE‰ O‹œ˜E HE O„HˆMA‹CŸ. ˆ KOƒ„A —EPE‡
HECKO‹œKO „HE‰ ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, —TO OTH›HE CBˆHœˆ “„“T
BCTABATœ HA —AC O‡†E OCTA‹œH›X, HˆKTO HE O‡BO‹ˆ‹ CEE POPOHˆTœ
Hˆ C‹OBA OC“†„EHˆŸ.
   K OCEHˆ †ˆBOTH›E ˆC›T›BA‹ˆ C—ACT‹ˆB“ž “CTA‹OCTœ. OHˆ
B›HEC‹ˆ HA CBOˆX ‹E—AX HE‹EƒKˆ‰ ƒO„, ˆ OC‹E PO„A†ˆ —ACTˆ
‡EPHA ‡AACOB HA ‡ˆM“ MOƒ‹O HE XBATˆTœ, HO O„HˆMAž™AŸCŸ
ME‹œHˆ–A CTOˆ‹A BCEX ‹ˆ˜EHˆ‰. OHA ›‹A „OBE„EHA O—Tˆ „O
O‹OBˆH›. OC‹E “OPO—HO‰ HACT“ˆ‹A ŸCHAŸ C“XAŸ OƒO„A, ˆ
†ˆBOTH›M Pˆ˜‹OCœ TP“„ˆTœCŸ TŸ†E‹EE O›—HOƒO, „O M›‹A, - HO
Pˆ TOM, TACKAŸ TŸ†E‹›E KAMHˆ, OHˆ „“MA‹ˆ, —TO ˆM OBE‡‹O,
   TAK KAK “ HˆX ECTœ BO‡MO†HOCTœ O„HŸTœ CTEH› E™E HA ”“T. BO
   BPEMŸ “OPO—HO‰ OKCEP PˆXO„ˆ‹ HA CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO „A†E O
   HO—AM ˆ PˆXBAT›BA‹ —AC-„P“ƒO‰, PAOTAŸ Pˆ CBETE ‹“H›. B
   MˆH“T› OT„›XA †ˆBOTH›E HEO„HOKPATHO POƒ“‹ˆBA‹ˆCœ BOKP“ƒ
   ME‹œHˆ–›, BOCXˆ™EHHO ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ HA MO™œ PŸM›X CTEH ˆ ˆ‡“M‹ŸŸCœ
   TOM“, —TO ˆMEHHO OHˆ BO‡BE‹ˆ CTO‹œ BE—AT‹Ÿž™EE CTPOEHˆE.
   TO‹œKO CTAP›‰ EH„†AMˆH OTKA‡›BA‹CŸ BOCXˆ™ATœCŸ ME‹œHˆ–E‰,
   HO ˆ TOM“ HE—EƒO ›‹O CKA‡ATœ, KPOME CBOˆX PˆB›—H›X
   EXˆ„H›X ‡AME—AHˆ‰, —TO, MO‹, OC‹› †ˆB“T „O‹ƒˆ‰ BEK.
   Pˆ˜E‹ HOŸPœ CO CBOˆMˆ †ƒ“—ˆMˆ žƒO-BOCTO—H›Mˆ BETPAMˆ.
   CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO PˆOCTAHOBˆ‹OCœ: B TAKO‰ C›POCTˆ TP“„HO ›‹O
   ‡AME˜ˆBATœ ETOH. HAKOHE– O„HA†„› HO—œž PA‡PA‡ˆ‹ACœ TAKAŸ
   “PŸ, —TO ‡„AHˆE O„PAƒˆBA‹O HA CBOEM ”“H„AMEHTE, A C KP›˜ˆ
   AMAPA C‹ETE‹O HECKO‹œKO —EPEˆ–. POCH“B˜ˆCœ, K“P› B‡BO‹HO
BAHHO ‡AK“„AXTA‹ˆ OT CTPAXA, OTOM“ —TO ˆM PˆCHˆ‹ACœ
   OP“„ˆ‰HAŸ A‹œA.
   “TPOM †ˆBOTH›E OHAP“†ˆ‹ˆ, —TO ”‹Aƒ˜TOK O‹OMAH, A
   E‹O—KA B CA„“ B›PBAHA C KOPHŸMˆ, KAK PE„ˆCKA. HO E„BA OHˆ
   OPATˆ‹ˆ HA TO BHˆMAHˆE, KAK “ BCEX B›PBA‹CŸ BO‹œ PA‡O—A
POBAHˆŸ. P“XH“‹A ME‹œHˆ–A.
   B E„ˆHOM OP›BE OHˆ PˆH“‹ˆCœ K HE‰. HAO‹EOH, KOTOP›‰
   PE„KO A‹OBA‹ CEŸ POƒ“‹KAMˆ, M—A‹CŸ BEPE„ˆ BCEX. „A, C
   ME‹œHˆ–E‰ ›‹O OKOH—EHO - ‹O„A ˆX „O‹ƒˆX TP“„OB O‹œ˜E HE
   C“™ECTBOBA‹O: ME‹œHˆ–A PA‡BA‹ˆ‹ACœ B‹OTœ „O OCHOBAHˆŸ, A
   KAMHˆ ›‹ˆ PACKˆ„AH›. HE B Cˆ‹AX POPOHˆTœ Hˆ C‹OBA, OHˆ
   CTOŸ‹ˆ, MPA—HO ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ HA OCTATKˆ CTEH. HAO‹EOH MO‹—A POXA
†ˆBA‹CŸ BEPE„ ˆ HA‡A„, BPEMŸ OT BPEMEHˆ OHžXˆBAŸ ‡EM‹ž.
   EƒO ‡ATBEP„EB˜ˆ‰ XBOCTˆK „EPƒA‹CŸ ˆ‡ CTOPOH› B CTOPOH“
   - HAO‹EOH HAPŸ†EHHO „“MA‹. BHE‡AHO OH OCTAHOBˆ‹CŸ, C‹OBHO
   EƒO O‡APˆ‹A KAKAŸ-TO M›C‹œ.
   - TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - TˆXO CKA‡A‹ OH, - ‡HAETE ‹ˆ B›, KTO „O‹
†EH OTBE—ATœ ‡A CO„EŸHHOE? ‡HAETE ‹ˆ B› ˆMŸ BPAƒA, KOTOP›‰,
   O„KPAB˜ˆCœ HO—œž, PA‡P“˜ˆ‹ ME‹œHˆ–“? TO C H O “
   -  O ‹ ‹! - BHE‡AHO PŸBKH“‹ OH ƒPOMOB›M ƒO‹OCOM. - TO
   „E‹O CHO“O‹‹A! O‹H›‰ ‡‹O› OH PE˜ˆ‹ COPBATœ HA˜ˆ ‹AH› ˆ
   OTOMCTˆTœ ‡A CBOE O‡OPHOE ˆ‡ƒHAHˆE. TOT PE„ATE‹œ O„KPA‹
CŸ K HAM O„ OKPOBOM HO—ˆ ˆ “Hˆ—TO†ˆ‹ PAOT“ –E‹OƒO ƒO„A.
   TOBAPˆ™ˆ, ‡„ECœ, HA TOM MECTE, Ÿ O'ŸB‹Ÿž CMEPTH›‰ PˆƒOBOP
   CHO“O‹‹“! "†ˆBOTHOE - ƒEPO‰ BTOPOƒO K‹ACCA" ˆ O‹“˜E‹Ÿ
   Ÿ‹OK TOM“, KTO OTOMCTˆT CHO“O‹‹“! ˆ –E‹›‰ “˜E‹œ “„ET
   TOM“, KTO „OCTABˆT EƒO †ˆB›M!
   †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ E‡MEPHO OTPŸCEH› TEM, —TO B CO„EŸHHOM
   OBˆHEH CHO“O‹‹. PA‡„A‹ˆCœ KPˆKˆ BO‡M“™EHˆŸ, ˆ MHOƒˆE
   CTA‹ˆ PO„“M›BATœ, KAK › ˆM ‡AXBATˆTœ CHO“O‹‹A, EC‹ˆ
   OH OCMEET E™E PA‡ ŸBˆTœCŸ Cž„A. B TO BPEMŸ ›‹ˆ OHAP“†EH›
   C‹E„› KO›T–EB B TPABE HEO„A‹EK“ OT XO‹MˆKA. PAB„A, ˆX
   MO†HO ›‹O POC‹E„ˆTœ ‹ˆ˜œ HA POTŸ†EHˆˆ HECKO‹œKˆX METPOB,
   HO OHˆ BE‹ˆ K „›PE B ˆ‡ƒOPO„ˆ. HAO‹EOH T™ATE‹œHO OHžXA‹
   C‹E„› ˆ O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO OHˆ PˆHA„‹E†AT CHO“O‹‹“. OH
   PE„O‹O†ˆ‹, —TO CHO“O‹‹ ŸBˆ‹CŸ CO CTOPOH› ”OKCB“„A.
   - Hˆ CEK“H„› POME„‹EHˆŸ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - CKA‡A‹ HAO‹EOH
   OC‹E TOƒO, KAK C‹E„› ›‹ˆ ˆ‡“—EH›. - HAC †„ET PAOTA. CEƒO
„HŸ †E “TPOM M› HA—HEM BOCCTAHAB‹ˆBATœ ME‹œHˆ–“, ˆ M› “„EM
   CTPOˆTœ EE BCž ‡ˆM“, B „O†„œ ˆ B CHEƒ. M› „A„ˆM OHŸTœ TOM“
   PE‡PEHHOM“ PE„ATE‹ž, —TO HAC HE TAK ‹EƒKO OCTAHOBˆTœ.
   OMHˆTE, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, —TO M› HE MO†EM ME„‹ˆTœ, M› „O‹†H›
   EPE—œ KA†„›‰ „EHœ! BEPE„, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! „A ‡„PABCTB“ET
   ME‹œHˆ–A! „A ‡„PABCTB“ET CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP!


   ƒ‹ABA V I I.


   ‡ˆMA ›‹A †ECTOKO‰. ˜TOPMOB›E BETPA C‹E„OBA‹ˆ ‡A „O†„EM
ˆ CHEƒOM, A ‡ATEM “„APˆ‹ˆ MOPO‡›, KOTOP›E CTOŸ‹ˆ „O
”EBPA‹Ÿ. BOCCTAHAB‹ˆBAŸ ME‹œHˆ–“, †ˆBOTH›E B›K‹A„›BA‹ˆCœ ˆ‡
OC‹E„HˆX Cˆ‹, XOPO˜O ‡HAŸ, —TO OKP“†Až™ˆ‰ MˆP HA‹ž„AET
‡A HˆMˆ ˆ —TO ‡ABˆCT‹ˆB›‰ PO„ —E‹OBE—ECKˆ‰ “„ET BHE CEŸ OT
PA„OCTˆ, EC‹ˆ HE “„ACTCŸ ‡AKOH—ˆTœ ME‹œHˆ–“ B CPOK.
   BOPEKˆ ‡„PABOM“ CM›C‹“, ‹ž„ˆ HE BEPˆ‹ˆ B BˆH“ CHO“O‹‹A
ˆ C—ˆTA‹ˆ, —TO ME‹œHˆ–A P“XH“‹A ˆ‡-‡A C‹ˆ˜KOM TOHKˆX
CTEH. †ˆBOTH›E ‡HA‹ˆ, —TO „E‹O ›‹O HE B TOM. TEM HE MEHEE,
CE‰—AC ›‹O PE˜EHO CTPOˆTœ CTEH› TO‹™ˆHO‰ B TPˆ ”“TA, A HE B
BOCEMHA„–ATœ „ž‰MOB, KAK PAHœ˜E, —TO OTPEOBA‹O ƒOPA‡„O
O‹œ˜EƒO KO‹ˆ—ECTBA KAMHE‰. HO B TE—EHˆE „O‹ƒOƒO BPEMEHˆ HE
“„ABA‹OCœ PˆCT“ˆTœ K PAOTE, TAK KAK KAMEHO‹OMHŸ ›‹A
‡AO‹HEHA TA‹›M CHEƒOM. HEKOTOPOE “‹“—˜EHˆE HACT“ˆ‹O C
PˆXO„OM C“XO‰ MOPO‡HO‰ OƒO„›, HO PAOTA ›‹A HEOMEPHO
TŸ†E‹A ˆ BCE TP“„ˆ‹ˆCœ „A‹EKO HE C TAKˆM BOO„“˜EB‹EHˆEM ˆ
HA„E†„O‰, KAK PAHœ˜E. OHˆ OCTOŸHHO CTPA„A‹ˆ OT ƒO‹O„A ˆ
XO‹O„A. HE A„A‹ˆ „“XOM TO‹œKO OKCEP ˆ K‹OBEP. Bˆ‡ƒ“H
POˆ‡HOCˆ‹ PEKPACH›E PE—ˆ O PA„OCTˆ CAMOOTBEP†EHHOƒO TP“„A
ˆ „OCTOˆHCTBE, KOTOP›M OH O‹AƒOPA†ˆBAET TP“†EHˆKA, HO BCEX
OCTA‹œH›X ƒOPA‡„O O‹œ˜E BOO„“˜EB‹Ÿ‹A Cˆ‹A OKCEPA ˆ EƒO
HEˆ‡MEHH›‰ Pˆ‡›B: "Ÿ “„“ PAOTATœ E™E O‹œ˜E!"
   B ŸHBAPE CTA‹O ŸCHO, —TO ‡AAC› ˆ™ˆ O„XO„ŸT K KOH–“.
PE‡KO COKPATˆ‹ˆCœ OP–ˆˆ ‡EPHA. ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, —TO “BE‹ˆ—ˆTCŸ
HOPMA B›„A—ˆ KAPTO”E‹Ÿ. ‡ATEM B›ŸCHˆ‹OCœ, —TO O‹œ˜AŸ
—ACTœ KAPTO”E‹Ÿ ‡AMEP‡‹A B ƒ“PTAX, KOTOP›E ›‹ˆ ‹OXO PˆKP›T›.
KAPTO”E‹œ PA‡MŸK ˆ OTEK, B ˆ™“ OH “†E PAKTˆ—ECKˆ
HE ƒO„ˆ‹CŸ. OCTA‹ˆCœ TO‹œKO CO‹OMA ˆ CBEK‹A. ƒO‹O„ OCMOTPE‹
ˆM PŸMO B ‹ˆ–O.
   ›‹O †ˆ‡HEHHO HEOXO„ˆMO CKP›Tœ TOT ”AKT OT OCTA‹œHOƒO
MˆPA. BOO„“˜EB‹EHH›E KP“˜EHˆEM ME‹œHˆ–›, ‹ž„ˆ “CTˆ‹ˆ B XO„
HOB“ž ‹O†œ O CKOTCKOM X“TOPE. CHOBA O˜‹ˆ C‹“Xˆ, —TO BCE
†ˆBOTH›E “MˆPAžT OT ƒO‹O„A ˆ O‹E‡HE‰, —TO ME†„“ HˆMˆ
PA‡ƒOPE‹ACœ †ECTOKAŸ ME†„O“COˆ–A ˆ HA ”EPME PO–BETAžT
KAHHˆA‹ˆ‡M ˆ “ˆ‰CTBA „ETE‰. HAO‹EOH ›‹ CEPœE‡HO OECOKOEH
OC‹E„CTBˆŸMˆ, KOTOP›E MOƒ‹ˆ PA‡PA‡ˆTœCŸ, EC‹ˆ CTAHET
ˆ‡BECTHO „E‰CTBˆTE‹œHOE O‹O†EHˆE BE™E‰, ˆ OH PE˜ˆ‹ ˆCO‹œ‡OBATœ
MˆCTEPA “ˆMEPA, —TO› OPOBEPƒH“Tœ C‹“Xˆ. O›—HO
†ˆBOTH›E O—Tˆ HE BCTPE—A‹ˆCœ C MˆCTEPOM “ˆMEPOM BO BPEMŸ
EƒO E†EHE„E‹œH›X Bˆ‡ˆTOB, HO TEEPœ HECKO‹œKˆM †ˆBOTH›M,
PEˆM“™ECTBEHHO OB–AM, ›‹O OP“—EHO B PˆC“TCTBˆˆ MˆCTEPA
“ˆMEPA POHŸTœ PE‹ˆKˆ, —TO, MO‹, OP–ˆˆ ˆ™ˆ PACT“T. KPOME
TOƒO, HAO‹EOH PˆKA‡A‹ HAO‹HˆTœ ECKOM “CT›E O—Kˆ,
CTOŸ™ˆE B ‡AKPOMAX, ˆ CBEPX“ PˆKP›Tœ ECOK OCTATKAMˆ ‡EPHA
ˆ M“Kˆ. O„ KAKˆM-TO PE„‹OƒOM MˆCTEP “ˆMEP ›‹ OTBE„EH B
‡AKPOMA ˆ ›‹O OTME—EHO, —TO OH POCˆ‹ B CTOPOH“ O—EK
‹žO›TH›‰ B‡ƒ‹Ÿ„. ‡PE‹ˆ™E “E„ˆ‹O EƒO, ˆ, OKˆH“B CKOTCKˆ‰
X“TOP, OH PACCKA‡A‹ BCEM ˆHTEPEC“ž™ˆMCŸ, —TO ˆ™ˆ “
†ˆBOTH›X XBATAET C ˆ‡›TKOM.
   TEM HE MEHEE, K KOH–“ ŸHBAPŸ CTA‹O ŸCHO, —TO HA„O KAKˆM-O
OPA‡OM PA‡„O›Tœ XOTœ HEMHOƒO ‡EPHA. B Tˆ „Hˆ HAO‹EOH
PE„KO OKA‡›BA‹CŸ CHAP“†ˆ; O—Tˆ BCE BPEMŸ OH POBO„ˆ‹
HA ”EPME, „BEPˆ KOTOPO‰ OXPAHŸ‹ˆ CBˆPE›E C›. KOƒ„A †E OH
OŸB‹Ÿ‹CŸ, EƒO B›XO„ PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹ COO‰ BH“˜ˆTE‹œHOE ‡PE‹ˆ™E - OH
„BˆƒA‹CŸ B OKP“†EHˆˆ ˜ECTˆ COAK, KOTOP›E P›—A‹ˆ
HA KA†„OƒO, KTO CME‹ Pˆ‹ˆ‡ˆTœCŸ. OPO‰ EƒO HE ›‹O Bˆ„HO
„A†E O BOCKPECEHœŸM “TPOM, A CBOˆ “KA‡AHˆŸ OH EPE„ABA‹
—EPE‡ KOƒO-Hˆ“„œ ˆ‡ CBˆHE‰, O›—HO —EPE‡ Bˆ‡ƒ“HA.
   B O„HO ˆ‡ BOCKPECEHˆ‰ Bˆ‡ƒ“H O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO K“P›, KOTO
P›E, KAK O›—HO, PACO‹O†ˆ‹ˆCœ BOKP“ƒ HEƒO, BPE„œ „O‹†H›
   C„ABATœ CBOˆ Ÿ‰–A. —EPE‡ “ˆMEPA HAO‹EOH ‡AK‹ž—ˆ‹ KOHTPAKT
   HA OCTABK“ —ET›PEXCOT Ÿˆ– B HE„E‹ž. B›P“—EHH›Mˆ „EHœƒAMˆ
   MO†HO “„ET PAC‹ATˆTœCŸ ‡A ‡EPHO ˆ PO„“KT›, —TO „ACT
   ”EPME BO‡MO†HOCTœ PO„EP†ATœCŸ „O ‹ETA, KOƒ„A “C‹OBˆŸ
   “‹“—˜ATCŸ.
   “C‹›˜AB TO, K“P› O„HŸ‹ˆ CTPA˜H›‰ KPˆK. „A, OHˆ ›‹ˆ
   PE„“PE†„EH›, —TO, BO‡MO†HO, OT HˆX OTPE“ETCŸ TAKAŸ
   †EPTBA, HO O-HACTOŸ™EM“ HˆKOƒ„A B TO HE BEPˆ‹ˆ. OHˆ “†E
   PˆƒOTOBˆ‹ˆCœ B›Cˆ†ˆBATœ TEH–OB K BECHE, ˆ CE‰—AC ‡AˆPATœ
   “ HˆX Ÿ‰–A - TO HACTOŸ™EE “ˆ‰CTBO. B EPB›‰ PA‡ OC‹E
   ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ „†OHCA BC›XH“‹O HE—TO BPO„E BO‹HEHˆŸ. BO‡ƒ‹AB‹ŸE
M›E TPEMŸ MO‹O„›Mˆ —EPH›Mˆ MˆHOPKAMˆ, K“P› PE˜ˆ‹ˆ ‹ž›M
   COCOOM OME˜ATœ ‡AM›C‹AM HAO‹EOHA. OHˆ PE˜ˆ‹ˆ HECTˆ Ÿ‰–A,
   B‡‹ETEB HA CTPOˆ‹A, OTK“„A Ÿ‰–A “„“T A„ATœ HA O‹ ˆ
   PA‡ˆBATœCŸ. HAO‹EOH „E‰CTBOBA‹ CTPEMˆTE‹œHO ˆ E‡†A‹OCTHO.
   OH PˆKA‡A‹ HE KOPMˆTœ K“P ˆ O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO KA†„OE †ˆBOTHOE,
   KOTOPOE O„E‹ˆTCŸ C HˆMˆ XOTœ ‡EPH›˜KOM, “„ET HAKA‡AHO
   CMEPTHO‰ KA‡Hœž. ‡A CO‹ž„EHˆEM PˆKA‡A “„“T „ˆTE‹œHO
   HA‹ž„ATœ COAKˆ. ŸTœ „HE‰ K“P› E™E „EP†A‹ˆCœ, ‡ATEM
   KAˆT“‹ˆPOBA‹ˆ ˆ BEPH“‹ˆCœ K CBOˆM KOPM“˜KAM. ‡A TO BPEMŸ
   “MEP‹O „EBŸTœ K“P. ˆX TE‹A ›‹ˆ OXOPOHEH› B CA„“ ˆ ›‹O
   OOBE™EHO, —TO OHˆ CKOH—A‹ˆCœ OT P“–E‹‹E‡A. “ˆMEP Hˆ—EƒO
   HE C‹›˜A‹ O POˆC˜ECTBˆˆ. Ÿ‰–A ˆCPABHO COˆPA‹ˆCœ, ˆ PA‡
   B HE„E‹ž AKA‹E‰™ˆK PˆE‡†A‹ ˆX ‡AˆPATœ HA CBOEM ”“PƒOHE.
   HˆKAKˆX C‹E„OB PˆC“TCTBˆŸ CHO“O‹‹A C TEX OP HE ›‹O
   OHAP“†EHO. XO„ˆ‹ˆ C‹“Xˆ, —TO OH CKP›BAETCŸ HA O„HO‰ ˆ‡
   COCE„HˆX ”EPM, TO ‹ˆ B ”OKCB“„E, TO ‹ˆ B ˆH—”ˆ‹„E. K TOM“
   BPEMEHˆ HAO‹EOH“ “„A‹OCœ HECKO‹œKO “‹“—˜ˆTœ OTHO˜EHˆŸ C
   COCE„ŸMˆ. POˆ‡O˜‹O TO ‹AƒO„APŸ TOM“, —TO HA „BOPE “†E E‡
   MA‹OƒO „ECŸTœ ‹ET, C TEX OP KAK ›‹A CBE„EHA “KOBAŸ
   PO™ˆ–A, ‹E†A‹ ˜TAE‹œ PEBEH. OHˆ ›‹ˆ B›„EP†AH› HAˆ‹“—˜ˆM
   OPA‡OM, ˆ “ˆMEP OCOBETOBA‹ HAO‹EOH“ PO„ATœ ˆX; ˆ
   MˆCTEP ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH, ˆ MˆCTEP ”PE„EPˆK C “„OBO‹œCTBˆEM K“ˆ‹ˆ
   › ˆX. HAO‹EOH KO‹EA‹CŸ C B›OPOM, HE B COCTOŸHˆˆ Pˆ‰Tˆ K
   PE˜EHˆž. POCA‹OCœ B ƒ‹A‡A, —TO, KAK TO‹œKO HAO‹EOH
   CK‹OHŸ‹CŸ K COƒ‹A˜EHˆž C MˆCTEPOM ”PE„EPˆKOM, CTAHOBˆ‹OCœ
   ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO CHO“O‹‹ CKP›BAETCŸ B ”OKCB“„E, A KAK TO‹œKO
   OH PE˜A‹ ˆMETœ „E‹O C MˆCTEPOM ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM, CHO“O‹‹
   O'ŸB‹Ÿ‹CŸ B ˆH—”ˆ‹„E.
   B HA—A‹E BECH› BHE‡AHO B›ŸCHˆ‹ACœ TPEBO†HAŸ BE™œ. O
   HO—AM CHO“O‹‹ HEO„HOKPATHO ›BA‹ HA ”EPME! BCE ›‹ˆ TAK
   BCTPEBO†EH› TˆM ˆ‡BECTˆEM, —TO CTA‹ˆ ‹OXO CATœ B CBOˆX
   CTO‰‹AX. KAK CTA‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, KA†„“ž HO—œ O„ OKPOBOM TEMHO
T› OH POˆPA‹CŸ HA ”EPM“ ˆ ‡AHˆMA‹CŸ BPE„ˆTE‹œCTBOM. OH
   KPA‹ ‡EPHO, OPOKˆ„›BA‹ BE„PA C MO‹OKOM, „ABˆ‹ Ÿ‰–A, B›TA
T›BA‹ OCEB›, OƒP›‡A‹ KOP“ HA ”P“KTOB›X „EPEBœŸX. TEEPœ
   ›‹O ŸCHO, —TO BCE HE“„A—ˆ O'ŸCHŸ‹ˆCœ POˆCKAMˆ CHO“O‹‹A.
   KA†„›‰ TEEPœ MOƒ O'ŸCHˆTœ, —TO C‹OMAHHOE OKHO ˆ‹ˆ ‡ACO
PˆB˜ˆECŸ TP“› ›‹ˆ C‹E„CTBˆEM HO—H›X OXO†„EHˆ‰ CHO“O‹‹A,
   A KOƒ„A ˆC—E‡ K‹ž— OT K‹A„OBO‰, BCE ›‹ˆ “E†„EH›, —TO EƒO
   “„A‹OCœ “KPACTœ ˆMEHHO CHO“O‹‹“. ‹žO›THO, —TO TA TO—KA
   ‡PEHˆŸ HE ˆ‡MEHˆ‹ACœ, „A†E KOƒ„A K‹ž— ›‹ HA‰„EH O„ ME˜KOM
   M“Kˆ. KOPOB› E„ˆHO„“˜HO O'ŸBˆ‹ˆ, —TO O HO—AM, KOƒ„A OHˆ
   CŸT, CHO“O‹‹ POˆPAETCŸ B ˆX CTO‰‹A ˆ „OˆT ˆX. C“™ECTBO
BA‹O O„O‡PEHˆE, —TO KP›C›, KOTOP›E OCOEHHO „OCA†„A‹ˆ B T“
   ‡ˆM“, ›‹ˆ B COƒ‹A˜EHˆˆ CO CHO“O‹‹OM.
   HAO‹EOH OCTAHOBˆ‹ POBECTˆ O‹HOE PACC‹E„OBAHˆE „EŸ
TE‹œHOCTˆ CHO“O‹‹A. B COPOBO†„EHˆˆ COAK - OCTA‹œH›E †ˆ
BOTH›E C‹E„OBA‹ˆ ‡A HˆM HA O—TˆTE‹œHOM OT„A‹EHˆˆ - OH T™A
TE‹œHO OCMOTPE‹ CTPOEHˆŸ ”EPM›. KA†„›E HECKO‹œKO ˜AƒOB
   HAO‹EOH OCTAHAB‹ˆBA‹CŸ ˆ OHžXˆBA‹ ‡EM‹ž B OˆCKAX C‹E„OB
   CHO“O‹‹A, KOTOP›E, KAK OH ƒOBOPˆ‹, MO†ET OHAP“†ˆTœ O
   ‡AAX“. OH OHžXˆBA‹ KA†„›‰ “ƒO‹OK B AMAPE, B KOPOBHˆKE, B
K“PŸTHˆKE, B OƒOPO„E - ˆ O—Tˆ BCž„“ ›‹ˆ C‹E„› CHO“O‹‹A.
TKH“B ŸTA—KOM B ‡EM‹ž ˆ T™ATE‹œHO PˆHžXAB˜ˆCœ, HAO‹EOH
BCKPˆ—A‹ CTPA˜H›M ƒO‹OCOM: "CHO“O‹‹! OH ›‹ ‡„ECœ! Ÿ —“ž
EƒO!" - ˆ Pˆ C‹OBE "CHO“O‹‹" COAKˆ KPOBO†A„HO ‡AP›—A‹ˆ,
OCKA‹ˆB K‹›Kˆ.
   †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ HA“ƒAH› „O PE„E‹A. ˆM KA‡A‹OCœ, —TO
CHO“O‹‹ CTA‹ —EM-TO BPO„E „“XA, HE‡PˆMO PE›BAž™EƒO HA
”EPME ˆ Pˆ‡›BAž™EƒO HA ˆX ƒO‹OB› BCE E„› MˆPA. BE—EPOM
Bˆ‡ƒ“H CO‡BA‹ ˆX ˆ, HE CKP›BAŸ TPEBO†HOƒO B›PA†EHˆŸ, COO™ˆ‹,
—TO “ HEƒO ECTœ CEPœE‡H›E HOBOCTˆ.
   - TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - HEPBHO „EPƒAŸCœ, BCKPˆ—A‹ OH. - BCKP›‹ˆCœ
“†ACH›E BE™ˆ. CHO“O‹‹ PO„A‹CŸ ”PE„EPˆK“ ˆ‡ ˆH—”ˆ‹„A,
KOTOP›‰ COCTAB‹ŸET ‡‹OBE™ˆ‰ ‡AƒOBOP C –E‹œž OP“˜ˆTœCŸ HA
HAC ˆ OTHŸTœ HA˜“ ”EPM“! Pˆ HAA„EHˆˆ CHO“O‹‹ “„ET
C‹“†ˆTœ EM“ POBO„HˆKOM. HO TO E™E HE BCE. OTKP›‹ˆCœ O‹EE
“†ACH›E BE™ˆ. M› C—ˆTA‹ˆ, —TO Pˆ—ˆHO‰ ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ CHO“O‹‹A
›‹ˆ EƒO T™EC‹ABˆE ˆ CAMOMHEHˆE. HO M› O˜ˆ‹ˆCœ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ.
‡HAETE ‹ˆ B›, B —EM ›‹O „E‹O? C CAMOƒO HA—A‹A CHO“O‹‹
›‹ HA CTOPOHE „†OHCA! BCE TO BPEMŸ OH ›‹ EƒO TA‰H›M AƒEHTOM.
TO HEOPOBEP†ˆMO „OKA‡AHO „OK“MEHTAMˆ, KOTOP›E OH HE
“CE‹ CKP›Tœ, ˆ KOTOP›E M› TO‹œKO —TO OHAP“†ˆ‹ˆ. Ÿ C—ˆTAž,
—TO TEEPœ MHOƒOE CTA‹O ŸCHO, TOBAPˆ™ˆ. PA‡BE M› HE OMHˆM,
KAK OH ›TA‹CŸ - K C—ACTœž, E‡“CE˜HO - OME˜ATœ HA˜E‰
OE„E B ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA?
   †ˆBOTH›E O–EEHE‹ˆ. PA‡P“˜EHˆE ME‹œHˆ–› MO†HO ›‹O
O'ŸCHˆTœ HEOMEPHO‰ ‡‹OO‰ CHO“O‹‹A. HO ‹ˆ˜œ —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO
MˆH“T OHˆ CMOƒ‹ˆ BOCPˆHŸTœ CKA‡AHHOE. BCE OHˆ OMHˆ‹ˆ,
ˆ‹ˆ „“MA‹ˆ, —TO OMHŸT, KAK CHO“O‹‹ BE‹ ˆX ‡A COO‰ B
ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA, KAK OH P“KOBO„ˆ‹ ˆMˆ ˆ OO„PŸ‹ ˆX B
CPA†EHˆˆ, KAK „A†E “‹Ÿ ˆ‡ PEBO‹œBEPA „†OHCA Hˆ HA CEK“H„“
HE ‡ACTABˆ‹A EƒO OCTAHOBˆTœCŸ. HA EPB›X OPAX ˆM ›‹O TP“„HO
OHŸTœ, KAK BCE TO MOƒ‹O COƒ‹ACOB›BATœCŸ C TEM, —TO
CHO“O‹‹ ›‹ HA CTOPOHE „†OHCA. „A†E OKCEP, KOTOP›‰ PE„KO
‡A„ABA‹ BOPOC›, ›‹ ˆ‡“M‹EH. OH ‹Eƒ, O„OƒH“B EPE„HˆE
HOƒˆ, ‡AKP›‹ ƒ‹A‡A ˆ PˆHŸ‹CŸ C TP“„OM PˆBO„ˆTœ B OPŸ„OK
CBOˆ M›C‹ˆ.
   - Ÿ B TO HE BEPž, - CKA‡A‹ OH. - CHO“O‹‹ XPAPO „PA‹CŸ
B ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA. Ÿ CAM EƒO Bˆ„E‹. ˆ PA‡BE M› CPA‡“ †E
HE BP“—ˆ‹ˆ EM“ "†ˆBOTHOE - ƒEPO‰ EPBOƒO K‹ACCA"?
   - TO ›‹A HA˜A O˜ˆKA, TOBAPˆ™ˆ. OTOM“ —TO TEEPœ
M› ‡HAEM - ˆ BCE TO —EPH›M O E‹OM“ HAˆCAHO B HA‰„EHH›X
HAMˆ CEKPETH›X „OK“MEHTAX - —TO HA CAMOM „E‹E OH CTAPA‹CŸ
‡AMAHˆTœ HAC B ‹OB“˜K“.
   - HO OH ›‹ PAHEH, - CKA‡A‹ OKCEP. - M› BCE Bˆ„E‹ˆ,
KAK TEK‹A KPOBœ.
   - BCE TO ›‹O O„CTPOEHO! - ‡AKPˆ—A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H. - „†OHC
CTPE‹Ÿ‹ B HEƒO OHAPO˜KE. Ÿ MOƒ › OKA‡ATœ BAM, KAK OH
ˆCA‹ O TOM, EC‹ˆ › B› “ME‹ˆ —ˆTATœ. ‡AƒOBOP ‡AK‹ž—A‹CŸ
B TOM, —TO B KPˆTˆ—ECKˆ‰ MOMEHT CHO“O‹‹ „O‹†EH ›‹ „ATœ
CˆƒHA‹ K OTCT“‹EHˆž, ˆ O‹E ˆTB› OCTA‹OCœ › ‡A HEPˆŸTE‹EM.
ˆ OH ›‹ O—EHœ ‹ˆ‡OK K “CEX“ - Ÿ „A†E CKA†“, TOBAPˆ™ˆ,
—TO OH M O ƒ › B›ˆƒPATœ, EC‹ˆ › HE HA˜ ƒEPOˆ—ECKˆ‰
BO†„œ, TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH. PA‡BE B› HE OMHˆTE, KAK B TOT
CAM›‰ MOMEHT, KOƒ„A „†OHC ˆ EƒO ‹ž„ˆ BOPBA‹ˆCœ BO „BOP,
CHO“O‹‹ BHE‡AHO OBEPH“‹CŸ ˆ KˆH“‹CŸ B EƒCTBO, “B‹EKAŸ ‡A
COO‰ OCTA‹œH›X? ˆ PA‡BE B› HE OMHˆTE, KAK B T“ MˆH“T“,
KOƒ„A AHˆKA ‡AXBATˆ‹A BCEX ˆ BCE “†E, KA‡A‹OCœ, ›‹O OTEPŸHO, - TOBAPˆ™
HAO‹EOH B›PBA‹CŸ BEPE„ ˆ C KPˆKOM "CMEPTœ
—E‹OBE—ECTB“!" BOH‡ˆ‹ ‡“› B HOƒ“ „†OHCA? KOHE—HO, B›
 O M H ˆ T E TO, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - BOCK‹ˆKH“‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, Kˆ„AŸCœ
ˆ‡ CTOPOH› B CTOPOH“.
   OC‹E TOƒO, KAK Bˆ‡ƒ“H CTO‹œ OT—ET‹ˆBO OˆCA‹ T“ C–EH“,
MHOƒˆM †ˆBOTH›M CTA‹O KA‡ATœCŸ, —TO OHˆ B CAMOM „E‹E
OMHŸT EE. BO BCŸKOM C‹“—AE, OHˆ OMHˆ‹ˆ, —TO B KPˆTˆ—ECKˆ‰
   MOMEHT CPA†EHˆŸ CHO“O‹‹ „E‰CTBˆTE‹œHO KˆH“‹CŸ B EƒCTBO.
   HO OKCEP BCE E™E HECKO‹œKO COMHEBA‹CŸ.
   - Ÿ HE BEPž, —TO CHO“O‹‹ C CAMOƒO HA—A‹A PE„ABA‹
   HAC, - CKA‡A‹ OH HAKOHE–. - „P“ƒO‰ BOPOC, KEM OH CTA‹
   OTOM. HO B ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA OH ›‹ HA„E†H›M TOBAPˆ™EM.
   - HA˜ BO†„œ, TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH, - O—EHœ ME„‹EHHO ˆ
   TBEP„O POˆ‡HOCŸ C‹OBA, O'ŸBˆ‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, - KATEƒOPˆ—ECKˆ
   “TBEP†„AET - KATEƒOPˆ—ECKˆ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - —TO CHO“O‹‹ ›‹
   AƒEHTOM „†OHCA C CAMOƒO HA—A‹A - „A, ˆMEHHO TAK, ˆ E™E
   ‡A„O‹ƒO „O TOƒO, KAK ›‹O ‡A„“MAHO BOCCTAHˆE.
   - H“, TOƒ„A TO „P“ƒOE „E‹O! - CKA‡A‹ OKCEP. - EC‹ˆ
   TO CKA‡A‹ TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH, ‡HA—ˆT, TAK OHO ˆ ECTœ.
   - TO —ˆCTAŸ PAB„A, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - CHOBA ‡AKPˆ—A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H,
   OCTAHOBˆB HA OKCEPE MPA—H›‰ B‡ƒ‹Ÿ„ CBOˆX MA‹EHœKˆX EƒAž™ˆX
   ƒ‹A‡OK. COPAB˜ˆCœ, OH OCTAHOBˆ‹CŸ ˆ BH“˜ˆTE‹œHO CKA‡A‹:
   "Ÿ Pˆ‡›BAž BCEX OˆTATE‹E‰ ”EPM› „EP†ATœ ƒ‹A‡A ˆ “˜ˆ
   ˜ˆPOKO PACKP›T›Mˆ. OTOM“ —TO “ HAC ECTœ BCE OCHOBAHˆŸ
   C—ˆTATœ, —TO „A†E B HACTOŸ™ˆ‰ MOMEHT ME†„“ HAMˆ ˜H›PŸžT
   AƒEHT› CHO“O‹‹A!"
   —EPE‡ —ET›PE „HŸ HAO‹EOH PˆKA‡A‹ BCEM †ˆBOTH›M
   COPATœCŸ BO „BOPE OC‹E OE„A. KOƒ„A TO ›‹O ˆCO‹HEHO, ˆ‡
   „BEPE‰ „OMA OŸBˆ‹CŸ HAO‹EOH, “KPA˜EHH›‰ „B“MŸ CBOˆMˆ
   ME„A‹ŸMˆ (ˆO HE„ABHO O EƒO PACOPŸ†EHˆž EM“ ›‹O PˆCBOEHO
   "†ˆBOTHOE - ƒEPO‰ EPBOƒO K‹ACCA" ˆ "†ˆBOTHOE - ƒEPO‰ BTOPO
ƒO K‹ACCA") ˆ B COPOBO†„EHˆˆ „EBŸTˆ OƒPOMH›X COB, KOTOP›E
   P›CKA‹ˆ BOKP“ƒ, ˆ‡„ABAŸ P›—AHˆE, ‡ACTAB‹Ÿž™EE O„PAƒˆBATœ
   ˜K“P› COPAB˜ˆXCŸ. OHˆ MO‹—A CTOŸ‹ˆ, —“BCTB“Ÿ, —TO ˆX †„ET
   HE—TO CTPA˜HOE.
   HAO‹EOH OCTAHOBˆ‹CŸ ˆ OBE‹ BCEX C“POB›M B‡ƒ‹Ÿ„OM;
   ‡ATEM OH OBE‹ˆTE‹œHO B‡Bˆ‡ƒH“‹. COAKˆ MƒHOBEHHO PBAH“‹ˆCœ
   BEPE„, CXBATˆ‹ˆ ‡A “˜ˆ —ET›PEX CBˆHE‰ ˆ B›BO‹OK‹ˆ ˆX,
   Bˆ‡†A™ˆX OT O‹ˆ ˆ CTPAXA, K HOƒAM HAO‹EOHA. “˜ˆ CBˆHE‰
   KPOBOTO—ˆ‹ˆ, ˆ HA MƒHOBEHˆE BCEM OKA‡A‹OCœ, —TO COAKˆ,
   O‹ˆ‡›BAž™ˆE KPOBœ POCTO CO˜‹ˆ C “MA. B Tˆ CEK“H„›
   BCEO™EƒO ˆ‡“M‹EHˆŸ TPOE COAK KˆH“‹ˆCœ K OKCEP“. “Bˆ„EB
   ˆX, TOT BO‡HEC CBOE OƒPOMHOE KO›TO ˆ TAK O„„A‹ PAC‹ACTAB
˜“žCŸ B P›†KE COAK“, —TO TA, †A‹OHO CK“‹Ÿ, OKATˆ‹ACœ O
   ‡EM‹E, A OCTA‹œH›E, O„†AB XBOCT›, Bˆ‹œH“‹ˆ B CTOPOH“.
   OKCEP OCMOTPE‹ HA HAO‹EOHA, CPA˜ˆBAŸ “KA‡AHˆŸ - „O‹†EH
   ‹ˆ OH Pˆ˜ˆˆTœ COAK“ ˆ‹ˆ O‡BO‹ˆTœ E‰ “HECTˆ HOƒˆ. OXO†E
   ›‹O, —TO HAO‹EOH“ ˆ‡MEHˆ‹O COKO‰CTBˆE, ˆ OH PE‡KO
   PˆKA‡A‹ OKCEP“ OCTABˆTœ COAK“ B OKOE; OKCEP O“CTˆ‹
   KO›TO, ˆ COAKA, OBˆ‡ƒˆBAŸ, “O‹‡‹A B CTOPOH“.
   HACT“ˆ‹A MEPTBAŸ Tˆ˜ˆHA. —ETBEPO CBˆHE‰ C „PO†œž
   O†ˆ„A‹ˆ PA‡BˆTˆŸ CO›Tˆ‰, HE CKP›BAŸ BˆH›, O KOTOPO‰ ƒOBOPˆ
‹A KA†„AŸ —EPTO—KA ˆX ”ˆ‡ˆOHOMˆ‰. HAO‹EOH OPATˆ‹CŸ K HˆM,
   Pˆ‡›BAŸ ˆX OKAŸTœCŸ B CBOˆX PECT“‹EHˆŸX. TO ›‹ˆ TE
   —ETBEPO, KOTOP›E POTECTOBA‹ˆ, KOƒ„A HAO‹EOH OTMEHˆ‹
   BOCKPECH›E ACCAM‹Eˆ. OHˆ HE‡AME„‹ˆTE‹œHO Pˆ‡HA‹ˆCœ, —TO,
   HA—ˆHAŸ CO „HŸ ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ CHO“O‹‹A, O„„EP†ˆBA‹ˆ C HˆM TA‰H“ž
   CBŸ‡œ, —TO OHˆ OMOƒA‹ˆ EM“ PA‡P“˜ˆTœ ME‹œHˆ–“ ˆ —TO OHˆ
   BO˜‹ˆ B COƒ‹A˜EHˆE C HˆM, CTABŸ –E‹œž OT„ATœ CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP
   B P“Kˆ MˆCTEPA ”PE„EPˆKA. OHˆ „OABˆ‹ˆ, —TO CHO“O‹‹ O
   CEKPET“ Pˆ‡HA‹CŸ ˆM: B TE—EHˆE „O‹ƒˆX ‹ET OH ›‹ TA‰H›M
   AƒEHTOM MˆCTEPA „†OHCA. KOƒ„A OHˆ KOH—ˆ‹ˆ KAŸTœCŸ, COAKˆ
   EPEƒP›‡‹ˆ ˆM ƒOP‹O, ˆ HAO‹EOH CTPA˜H›M ƒO‹OCOM CPOCˆ‹, HE
   XO—ET ‹ˆ E™E KTO-‹ˆO CO‡HATœCŸ B COBEP˜EHH›X PECT“‹EHˆŸX.
   TE TPOE K“P, KOTOP›E BO‡ƒ‹AB‹Ÿ‹ˆ O›TK“ BO‹HEHˆ‰ ˆ‡-‡A
   Ÿˆ–, B›˜‹ˆ BEPE„ ˆ CKA‡A‹ˆ, —TO ˆM BO CHE ŸB‹Ÿ‹CŸ CHO“O‹‹
   ˆ Pˆ‡›BA‹ HE O„—ˆHŸTœCŸ PˆKA‡AM HAO‹EOHA. OHˆ TAK†E
   ›‹ˆ PA‡OPBAH› HA K“CKˆ. ‡ATEM B›˜E‹ ƒ“Cœ ˆ Pˆ‡HA‹CŸ, —TO B
   PO˜‹OM ƒO„“ BO BPEMŸ “OPKˆ “PO†AŸ OH “TAˆ‹ ˜ECTœ ‡EPEH,
   KOTOP›E C'E‹ HO—œž. O„HA ˆ‡ OBE– OKAŸ‹ACœ, —TO MO—ˆ‹ACœ B
   P“„ - ECTECTBEHHO, KAK OHA CKA‡A‹A, O HACTOŸHˆž CHO“O‹‹A - A
„BE „P“ƒˆE OB–› Pˆ‡HA‹ˆCœ, —TO OHˆ „OBE‹ˆ „O CMEPTˆ
CTAPOƒO APAHA, O„HOƒO ˆ‡ CAM›X PE„AHH›X OK‹OHHˆKOB HAO‹EOHA,
‡ACTAB‹ŸŸ EƒO EƒATœ BOKP“ƒ KOCTPA, KOƒ„A OH ‡A„›XA‹CŸ
OT PˆCT“OB KA˜‹Ÿ. ˆX OCTˆƒ‹A TA †E C“„œA, —TO ˆ BCEX
PO—ˆX. PO–ECC Pˆ‡HAHˆ‰ ˆ HAKA‡AHˆ‰ „‹ˆ‹CŸ „O TEX OP,
OKA “ HOƒ HAO‹EOHA HE B›POC‹A ƒOPA TP“OB, A B BO‡„“XE HE
Cƒ“CTˆ‹CŸ TŸ†E‹›‰ ‡AAX KPOBˆ, KOTOP›‰ ›‹ ‡A›T CO BPEMEH
ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ „†OHCA.
   KOƒ„A BCE ›‹O KOH—EHO, OCTA‹œH›E †ˆBOTH›E, KPOME COAK
ˆ CBˆHE‰, “„A‹ˆ‹ˆCœ, CˆB˜ˆCœ B K“—“. OHˆ ›‹ˆ O„AB‹EH› ˆ
“Hˆ†EH›. OHˆ HE MOƒ‹ˆ OHŸTœ, —TO OTPŸC‹O ˆX O‹œ˜E - TO ‹ˆ
PE„ATE‹œCTBO TEX, KTO BCT“ˆ‹ B CHO˜EHˆE CO CHO“O‹‹OM, TO
‹ˆ CBˆPEAŸ PACPABA, CBˆ„ETE‹ŸMˆ KOTOPO‰ OHˆ ›‹ˆ. B CTAP›E
BPEMEHA TO†E C‹“—A‹ˆCœ „OCTATO—HO †ECTOKˆE KPOBOPO‹ˆTˆŸ,
HO CE‰—AC OHˆ BOCPˆHŸ‹ˆ POˆC˜E„˜EE ‡HA—ˆTE‹œHO TŸ†E‹EE,
OCKO‹œK“ BCE POˆ‡O˜‹O B ˆX †E CPE„E. C TEX OP KAK „†OHC
OKˆH“‹ ”EPM“ ˆ „O CEƒO„HŸ˜HEƒO „HŸ, Hˆ O„HO †ˆBOTHOE
HE OK“˜A‹OCœ HA †ˆ‡Hœ CBOEƒO CO‹EMEHHˆKA. EPECTA‹ˆ
“ˆBATœ „A†E KP›C. BCE OPE‹ˆ HA XO‹MˆK, ƒ„E CTOŸ‹A
HEOKOH—EHHAŸ ME‹œHˆ–A, Pˆ‹Eƒ‹ˆ ˆ B E„ˆHOM OP›BE, KAK › B
OˆCKAX TE‹A, CƒP“„ˆ‹ˆCœ BCE BMECTE - K‹OBEP, MžPˆE‹œ,
EH„†AMˆH, KOPOB›, OB–›, –E‹›‰ B›BO„OK ƒ“CE‰, K“P› - BCE
BMECTE, KPOME, KOHE—HO, KO˜Kˆ, KOTOPAŸ ˆC—E‡‹A CPA‡“ †E,
KAK TO‹œKO HAO‹EOH PˆKA‡A‹ BCEM COPATœCŸ. BCE MO‹—A‹ˆ.
OCTA‹CŸ CTOŸTœ TO‹œKO OKCEP. OH B‡BO‹HOBAHHO XO„ˆ‹ ˆ‡
CTOPOH› B CTOPOH“, OMAXˆBAŸ „‹ˆHH›M —EPH›M XBOCTOM ˆ BPEMŸ
OT BPEMEHˆ ˆ‡„ABAŸ KOPOTKOE “„ˆB‹EHHOE P†AHˆE. HAKOHE–, OH
CKA‡A‹:
   - Ÿ Hˆ—EƒO HE OHˆMAž. Ÿ HE MOƒ“ OBEPˆTœ, —TO HA HA˜E‰
”EPME MOƒ‹O C‹“—ˆTœCŸ TAKOE. „O‹†HO ›Tœ M› B —EM-TO
„O“CTˆ‹ˆ O˜ˆK“. ˆ, O-MOEM“, B›XO„ ‹ˆ˜œ B TOM, —TO›
PAOTATœ E™E O‹œ˜E. —TO KACAETCŸ MEHŸ, TO OTH›HE Ÿ “„“
BCTABATœ E™E HA —AC PAHœ˜E.
   OH OBEPH“‹CŸ ˆ TŸ†E‹O ‡AP›Cˆ‹ B KAMEHO‹OMHž.
„OPAB˜ˆCœ „O MECTA, OH HAMETˆ‹ „BA OƒPOMH›X KAMHŸ ˆ
PˆHŸ‹CŸ BO‡ˆTœCŸ C HˆMˆ, PE˜ˆB „O HACT“‹EHˆŸ HO—ˆ
„OCTABˆTœ ˆX K CTEHAM ME‹œHˆ–›.
   †ˆBOTH›E MO‹—A CƒP“„ˆ‹ˆCœ BOKP“ƒ K‹OBEP. C XO‹MA, HA
KOTOPOM OHˆ ‹E†A‹ˆ, OTKP›BA‹CŸ ˜ˆPOKˆ‰ Bˆ„ HA OKP“ƒ“. EPE„
ˆX ƒ‹A‡AMˆ ›‹ O—Tˆ BECœ CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP - O˜ˆPH›E ACTˆ™A,
TŸH“™ˆECŸ O—Tˆ „O O‹œ˜O‰ „OPOƒˆ, X‹EA, PO™ˆ, P“„,
A˜Hˆ, HA KOTOP›X “†E ƒ“CTO O˜‹A B POCT MO‹O„AŸ ‡E‹EHAŸ
OPOC‹œ, KPACH›E KP›˜ˆ ”EPM› ˆ K“PŸ™ˆ‰CŸ HA„ HˆMˆ „›MOK ˆ‡
KAMˆHA. ›‹ ŸCH›‰ BECEHHˆ‰ BE—EP. ˆ TPABA, ˆ †ˆB›E OƒPA„›
›‹ˆ OCBE™EH› ‹“—AMˆ ‡AXO„Ÿ™EƒO CO‹H–A. ˆ HˆKOƒ„A PAHEE
”EPMA - C ‹EƒKˆM “„ˆB‹EHˆEM OHˆ OCO‡HA‹ˆ, —TO TO ˆX COCTBEHHAŸ
”EPMA, KA†„›‰ „ž‰M KOTOPO‰ PˆHA„‹E†ˆT ˆM - HE
KA‡A‹ACœ ˆM CTO‹œ PO„HO‰. ƒ‹A‡AMˆ, O‹H›Mˆ C‹E‡, K‹OBEP
CMOTPE‹A PE„ COO‰. ˆ EC‹ˆ › OHA MOƒ‹A B›PA‡ˆTœ CBOˆ
M›C‹ˆ, TO OHA CKA‡A‹A ›, —TO HE O TOM OHˆ ME—TA‹ˆ, KOƒ„A
B TE „A‹EKˆE ƒO„› HA—A‹ˆ ƒOTOBˆTœCŸ K CBEP†EHˆž —E‹OBE—ECKOƒO
ˆƒA. HE Tˆ C–EH›, O‹H›E “†ACA ˆ KPOBˆ, CTOŸ‹ˆ PE„ ˆX
ƒ‹A‡AMˆ B T“ HO—œ, KOƒ„A CTAP›‰ MA‰OP BEPB›E Pˆ‡BA‹ ˆX K
BOCCTAHˆž. ˆ EC‹ˆ › OHA MOƒ‹A OT—ET‹ˆBO PE„CTABˆTœ CEE
“„“™EE, TO TO ›‹O › COO™ECTBO †ˆBOTH›X, HABCEƒ„A OCBOO„ˆB˜ˆXCŸ
OT ƒO‹O„A ˆ OOEB, O™ECTBO PABH›X, B KOTOPOM
KA†„›‰ TP“„ˆTCŸ O COCOHOCTŸM ˆ Cˆ‹œH›‰ ‡A™ˆ™AET C‹AOƒO,
O„OHO TOM“, KAK OHA OEPEƒA‹A ‡A‹“„ˆB˜ˆ‰CŸ B›BO„OK “TŸT B
T“ HO—œ, KOƒ„A ƒOBOPˆ‹ MA‰OP. A BMECTO TOƒO - OHA HE
‡HA‹A, O—EM“ TAK C‹“—ˆ‹OCœ - HACTA‹O BPEMŸ, KOƒ„A HˆKTO HE
MO†ET ƒOBOPˆTœ TO, —TO “ HEƒO HA “ME, KOƒ„A BOKP“ƒ P›™“T
‡‹OH›E C› ˆ KOƒ„A T› „O‹†EH CMOTPETœ, KAK TBOˆX TOBAPˆ™E‰
PB“T HA K“CKˆ, OC‹E TOƒO KAK OHˆ Pˆ‡HA‹ˆCœ B “†ACAž™ˆX
PECT“‹EHˆŸX. “ HEE HE ›‹O HˆKAKˆX KPAMO‹œH›X M›C‹E‰ - Hˆ
   O BOCCTAHˆˆ, Hˆ O COPOTˆB‹EHˆˆ. OHA ‡HA‹A, —TO, HECMOTPŸ HA
   BCE POˆC˜E„˜EE, ˆM BCE †E †ˆBETCŸ ‹“—˜E, —EM BO BPEMEHA
   „†OHCA, ˆ —TO PE†„E BCEƒO HA„O C„E‹ATœ HEBO‡MO†H›M BO‡BPA
™EHˆE PE†HˆX XO‡ŸEB. ˆ —TO › Hˆ ›‹O, OHA OCTAHETCŸ CTO‹œ
   †E PE„AHHO‰ ˆ TP“„O‹žˆBO‰, TAK †E “„ET Pˆ‡HABATœ ABTOPˆ
TET HAO‹EOHA. ˆ BCE †E TO ›‹O HE TO, O —EM ME—TA‹A OHA ˆ
   BCE PO—ˆE, HE TO, PA„ˆ —EƒO OHˆ TP“„ˆ‹ˆCœ. HE PA„ˆ TOƒO
   OHˆ BO‡BO„ˆ‹ˆ ME‹œHˆ–“ ˆ ƒP“„œž BCTPE—A‹ˆ “‹ˆ „†OHCA.
   ˆMEHHO O TOM OHA „“MA‹A, XOTŸ “ HEE HE XBATA‹O C‹OB, —TO›
   B›CKA‡ATœ CBOˆ M›C‹ˆ.
   HAKOHE–, —“BCTB“Ÿ, —TO E‰ HA„O KAK-TO B›PA‡ˆTœ MO–ˆˆ,
   EPEO‹HŸB˜ˆE EE, OHA ‡ATŸH“‹A "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ". OCTA‹œH›E,
   PACO‹O†ˆB˜ˆECŸ BOKP“ƒ, O„XBATˆ‹ˆ ECHž ˆ CE‹ˆ EE TPˆ PA
‡A - O—EHœ C‹A†EHHO, HO TˆXO ˆ E—A‹œHO, TAK, KAK HˆKOƒ„A HE
   E‹ˆ EE PAHœ˜E.
   KOƒ„A OHˆ ˆCO‹Hˆ‹ˆ EE B TPETˆ‰ PA‡, B COPOBO†„EHˆˆ
   „B“X COB OŸBˆ‹CŸ Bˆ‡ƒ“H ˆ „A‹ OHŸTœ, —TO XO—ET COO™ˆTœ
   HE—TO BA†HOE. OH O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO B COOTBETCTBˆˆ CO CE–ˆA‹œH›M
   PACOPŸ†EHˆEM TOBAPˆ™A HAO‹EOHA, "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ" OTMEHŸžTCŸ.
   ˆCO‹HŸTœ ƒˆMH OTH›HE ‡APE™AETCŸ.
   †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ O˜E‹OM‹EH›.
   - O—EM“? - ˆ‡“Mˆ‹ACœ MžPˆE‹œ.
   - B TOM O‹œ˜E HET HEOXO„ˆMOCTˆ, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - TBEP„O
   CKA‡A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H. - "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ" - TO ›‹A ECHŸ BPEMEH BOC
CTAHˆŸ. HO BOCCTAHˆE “CE˜HO ‡ABEP˜EHO. OC‹E„HˆM „E‰CTBˆEM
   EE ›‹O COCTOŸB˜EECŸ CEƒO„HŸ HAKA‡AHˆE PE„ATE‹E‰. BPAƒˆ
   BH“TPEHHˆE ˆ BHE˜HˆE OKOH—ATE‹œHO OBEP†EH›. B "CKOTAX
   AHƒ‹ˆˆ" M› B›PA†A‹ˆ CBOE CTPEM‹EHˆE K ‹“—˜EM“ O™ECTB“,
   KOTOPOE ƒPŸ„ET. HO M› “†E OCTPOˆ‹ˆ EƒO. ˆ, C‹E„OBATE‹œHO,
   H›HE TA ECHŸ HE OTBE—AET CBOEM“ HA‡HA—EHˆž.
   HECMOTPŸ HA OXBATˆB˜ˆ‰ ˆX CTPAX, HEKOTOP›E †ˆBOTH›E
   POOBA‹ˆ, ›‹O, POTECTOBATœ, HO OB–› ‡ATŸH“‹ˆ CBOE O›—HOE
   "—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O, „BE HOƒˆ - ‹OXO!", KOTOPOE PO„O‹†A
‹OCœ HECKO‹œKO MˆH“T ˆ O‹O†ˆ‹O KOHE– BCEM COPAM.
   OTH›HE "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ" ˆC—E‡‹ˆ. BMECTO TOƒO OT
   MˆHˆM“C CO—ˆHˆ‹ „P“ƒ“ž ECHž, KOTOPAŸ HA—ˆHA‹ACœ C‹OBAMˆ:


   CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP, CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP,
   EƒO C—ACTœE ˆ BECE‹œE BOCEBAET „P“†H›‰ XOP!



   ˆMEHHO EE TEEPœ E‹ˆ KA†„OE BOCKPECEHœE Pˆ O„HŸTˆˆ ”‹AƒA.
   HO Hˆ C‹OBA EE, Hˆ ME‹O„ˆŸ Hˆ—EM HE HAOMˆHA‹ˆ †ˆBOTH›M
   ˆX ›‹“ž ECHž "CKOT› AHƒ‹ˆˆ".








   ƒ‹ABA V I I I.


   —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO „HE‰, KOƒ„A “‹EƒCŸ CTPAX, B›‡BAHH›‰
   †ECTOKO‰ PACPABO‰, KOE-KTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X BCOMHˆ‹ - ˆ‹ˆ
   PE˜ˆ‹, —TO OMHˆT - ˜ECT“ž ‡AOBE„œ, KOTOPAŸ ƒ‹ACˆ‹A: "†ˆ
BOTHOE HE MO†ET “ˆTœ „P“ƒOE †ˆBOTHOE". ˆ XOTŸ HˆKTO HE
   PˆCKH“‹ “OMˆHATœ O HE‰ B PˆC“TCTBˆˆ COAK, BCE †E —“BCTBO
BA‹OCœ, —TO Tˆ “ˆ‰CTBA KAK-TO HE COƒ‹ACOB›BA‹ˆCœ C „“XOM
   ‡AOBE„ˆ. K‹OBEP OPOCˆ‹A EH„†AMˆHA PO—ECTœ E‰ ˜ECT“ž ‡AOBE„œ,
HO KOƒ„A EH„†AMˆH, KAK O›—HO, OTKA‡A‹CŸ, CKA‡AB,
—TO HE XO—ET BME˜ˆBATœCŸ B Tˆ „E‹A, K‹OBEP OPATˆ‹ACœ K MžPˆE‹œ.
TA PO—ˆTA‹A E‰ ‡AOBE„œ. OHA ƒ‹ACˆ‹A: "†ˆBOTHOE HE
MO†ET “ˆTœ „P“ƒOE †ˆBOTHOE  E ‡  P ˆ — ˆ H › ".TAK
ˆ‹ˆ ˆHA—E, HO „BA OC‹E„HˆX C‹OBA KAK-TO B›A‹ˆ ˆ‡ AMŸTˆ
TEX, KTO BCOMˆHA‹ ‡AOBE„œ. HO TEEPœ OHˆ “E„ˆ‹ˆCœ, —TO
‡AOBE„œ HE ›‹A HAP“˜EHA: CTA‹O ŸCHO, —TO TEEPœ ECTœ BCE
OCHOBAHˆŸ “Hˆ—TO†ATœ PE„ATE‹E‰, O„P“—H›X CHO“O‹‹A.
   B TOM ƒO„“ Pˆ˜‹OCœ PAOTATœ E™E TŸ†E‹EE, —EM B PO˜‹OM.
O„HŸTœ ME‹œHˆ–“, CTEH› KOTOPO‰ CTA‹ˆ B„BOE TO‹™E ˆ
“CTˆTœ EE B XO„ B HAME—EHHOE BPEMŸ, HE OCTAB‹ŸŸ B TO †E
BPEMŸ OCTOŸHH“ž PAOT“ HA ”EPME, ›‹O ˆCK‹ž—ˆTE‹œHO TŸ†E‹O.
›‹ˆ BPEMEHA, KOƒ„A †ˆBOTH›M HA—ˆHA‹O KA‡ATœCŸ, —TO OHˆ ˆ
PAOTAžT „O‹œ˜E, ˆ ˆTAžTCŸ X“†E, —EM BO BPEMEHA „†OHCA. HO
B O„HO BOCKPECHOE “TPO EPE„ HˆMˆ OŸBˆ‹CŸ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, „EP†A ‡A†AT›‰
B KO›T–AX „‹ˆHH›‰ “MA†H›‰ CBˆTOK ˆ ‡A—ˆTA‹ ˆM, —TO
POˆ‡BO„CTBO PO„“K–ˆˆ BCEX Bˆ„OB B›POC‹O ‡A TO BPEMŸ HA
200, 300 ˆ „A†E 500 PO–EHTOB O CPABHEHˆž C PE„›„“™ˆM BPEMEHEM.
“ †ˆBOTH›X HE ›‹O HˆKAKˆX OCHOBAHˆ‰ HE BEPˆTœ EM“,
TEM O‹EE, —TO OHˆ “†E O—EHœ CM“THO OMHˆ‹ˆ, KAKOB› ›‹ˆ
“C‹OBˆŸ †ˆ‡Hˆ „O BOCCTAHˆŸ. K TOM“ †E, HA„O „OABˆTœ, C‹“—A‹ˆCœ
„Hˆ, KOƒ„A OHˆ —“BCTBOBA‹ˆ, —TO CKOPO PAOT› CTAHET
MEHœ˜E, A E„› PˆABˆTCŸ.
   BCE PˆKA‡› ˆCXO„ˆ‹ˆ TEEPœ OT Bˆ‡ƒ“HA ˆ‹ˆ OT „P“ƒO‰
CBˆHœˆ. HAO‹EOH OKA‡›BA‹CŸ EPE„ O™ECTBOM HE —A™E, —EM
PA‡ B „BE HE„E‹ˆ. KOƒ„A OH B›XO„ˆ‹, EƒO COPOBO†„A‹ HE TO‹œKO
PˆB›—H›‰ CKOPT ˆ‡ COAK, HO ˆ ˜ECTBOBAB˜ˆ‰ BEPE„ˆ —EPH›‰
ET“X, KOTOP›‰ ˆƒPA‹ PO‹œ ƒEPO‹œ„A, ƒPOMKO TP“Ÿ "K“-KAPE-“!"
EPE„ TEM, KAK HAO‹EOH COˆPA‹CŸ —TO-TO CKA‡ATœ.
„A†E HA ”EPME, KAK ƒOBOPˆ‹OCœ, HAO‹EOH ‡AHˆMA‹ TEEPœ OT„E‹œH›E
AAPTAMEHT›. ˆ™“ OH PˆHˆMA‹ B O„ˆHO—ECTBE, ‹ˆ˜œ B
PˆC“TCTBˆˆ Cˆ„EB˜ˆX PŸ„OM „B“X COAK, ˆ E‹ OH C OC“„› ”ˆPM›
"KPO“H „EPˆ", KOTOPAŸ O›—HO XPAHˆ‹ACœ B CTEK‹ŸHHOM “”ETE
B ƒOCTˆHO‰. ›‹O TOP†ECTBEHHO OOBE™EHO, —TO TEEPœ,
KPOME „HE‰ TPA„ˆ–ˆOHH›X PA‡„HEHCTB, PEBO‹œBEP “„ET CA‹žTOBATœ
ˆ B „EHœ PO†„EHˆŸ HAO‹EOHA.
   TEEPœ O HEM HˆKOƒ„A HE ƒOBOPˆ‹OCœ, KAK POCTO O "HAO‹EOHE".
Pˆ OPA™EHˆˆ K HEM“ HA„O ›‹O “OTPE‹ŸTœ O”ˆ–ˆA‹œH›‰
TˆT“‹ "HA˜ BO†„œ, TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH", ˆ CBˆHœˆ HACTAˆBA‹ˆ,
—TO› K TOM“ TˆT“‹“ „OAB‹Ÿ‹ˆCœ ˆ „P“ƒˆE - "OTE– BCEX
†ˆBOTH›X, “†AC —E‹OBE—ECTBA, OKPOBˆTE‹œ OBE–, ‡A™ˆTHˆK
“TŸT" ˆ TOM“ O„OH›E. B CBOˆX PE—AX Bˆ‡ƒ“H, HE “TˆPAŸ KATŸ™ˆXCŸ
O ™EKAM C‹E‡, ƒOBOPˆ‹ O M“„POCTˆ HAO‹EOHA, O ƒ‹“OKO‰
‹žBˆ, KOTOP“ž OH ˆC›T›BAET KO BCEM †ˆBOTH›M, OCOEHHO
K HEC—ACTH›M, KOTOP›E BCE E™E TOMŸTCŸ B PACTBE ˆ B “Hˆ†EHˆˆ
HA „P“ƒˆX ”EPMAX. CTA‹O PˆB›—H›M ‹AƒO„APˆTœ HAO‹EOHA
‡A KA†„“ž “„A—“, ‡A KA†„OE „OCTˆ†EHˆE. MO†HO ›‹O “C‹›˜ATœ,
KAK O„HA K“Pˆ–A ƒOBOPˆ‹A „P“ƒO‰: "O„ P“KOBO„CTBOM HA˜EƒO
BO†„Ÿ TOBAPˆ™A HAO‹EOHA Ÿ OT‹O†ˆ‹A ˜ECTœ Ÿˆ– ‡A ŸTœ „HE‰";
ˆ‹ˆ KAK „BE KOPOB›, CTOŸ “ BO„OOŸ, BOCK‹ˆ–A‹ˆ: "CACˆO
TOBAPˆ™“ HAO‹EOH“ ‡A TO, —TO O„ EƒO P“KOBO„CTBOM BO„A
CTA‹A TAKO‰ BK“CHO‰!" O“PEBAB˜ˆE BCEX —“BCTBA HA˜‹ˆ
B›PA†EHˆE B ECHE, CO—ˆHEHHO‰ MˆHˆM“COM. OHA HA‡›BA‹ACœ
"TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH" ˆ ‡B“—A‹A C‹E„“ž™ˆM OPA‡OM:


   OTE– BCEX OE‡„O‹EHH›X!
   ˆCTO—HˆK C—ACTœŸ!
   OBE‹ˆTE‹œ KO‹O„ C OMOŸMˆ! O, KAK ›‹AET
   MOŸ „“˜A, KOƒ„A Ÿ CMOTPž B TBOˆ
   COKO‰H›E ˆ B‹ACTH›E ƒ‹A‡A,
   O„OH›E CO‹H–“ B HEE,
   TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH!
   T› OB‹A„E‹ ˆCK“CCTBOM „APˆTœ
   BCE, —TO H“†HO TBOˆM „ETŸM
   - „BA†„› B „EHœ O‹HOE PžXO, —ˆCT“ž CO‹OM“,
   —TO› BA‹ŸTœCŸ;
   KA†„OE †ˆBOTHOE, O‹œ˜OE ˆ‹ˆ MA‹OE,
   COKO‰HO CˆT B CBOEM CTO‰‹E,
   OKA T› „ˆ˜œ HA„ BCEMˆ,
   TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH!
   ˆ “„œ Ÿ XOTœ COC“HOK,
   ˆ‹ˆ “„œ Ÿ “†E O‹œ˜ˆM,
   “CTO‰ “T›‹KO‰ “„œ Ÿ ˆ‹ˆ POKO‰
   - BCE M› „O‹†H› “—ˆTœCŸ
   BEPHOCTˆ ˆ PE„AHHOCTˆ TEE
   ˆ PˆBETCTBOBATœ MˆP EPB›M KPˆKOM:
   "TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH!"



   HAO‹EOH O„OPˆ‹ ECHž ˆ PˆKA‡A‹ HAˆCATœ EE O‹œ˜ˆMˆ
   “KBAMˆ HA „P“ƒO‰ CTEHE AMAPA, HAPOTˆB CEMˆ ‡AOBE„E‰. OHA
   ›‹A “BEH—AHA OPTPETOM HAO‹EOHA B PO”ˆ‹œ, KOTOP›‰ E‹O‰
   KPACKO‰ ˆCO‹Hˆ‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H.
   TEM BPEMEHEM C OMO™œž “ˆMEPA HAO‹EOH BCT“ˆ‹ B C‹O†
H›E TOPƒOB›E OTHO˜EHˆŸ C ”PE„EPˆKOM ˆ ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM. ˜TAE‹œ
   PEBEH BCE E™E OCTABA‹CŸ HEPO„AHH›M. ”PE„EPˆK PBA‹CŸ PˆO
PECTˆ EƒO, HO HE MOƒ PE„‹O†ˆTœ O„XO„Ÿ™“ž C“MM“. KAK PA‡ B
   TO BPEMŸ PA‡HECCŸ C‹“X, —TO ”PE„EPˆK CO CBOˆMˆ O„P“—H›Mˆ
   ƒOTOBˆT HOBOE HAA„EHˆE HA CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP ˆ COˆPAETCŸ
   PA‡P“˜ˆTœ ME‹œHˆ–“, CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO KOTOPO‰ B›‡BA‹O “ HEƒO
   †ƒ“—“ž PEBHOCTœ. „OO„‹ˆHHO ›‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO CHO“O‹‹
   CKP›BAETCŸ B ˆH—”ˆ‹„E. B CEPE„ˆHE ‹ETA †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ BCTPE
BO†EH› ˆ‡BECTˆEM, —TO TPˆ K“Pˆ–› Pˆ˜‹ˆ K HAO‹EOH“ ˆ
   Pˆ‡HA‹ˆCœ, —TO CHO“O‹‹ BOB‹EK ˆX B ‡AƒOBOP C –E‹œž “ˆTœ
   HAO‹EOHA. OHˆ ›‹ˆ HEME„‹EHHO KA‡HEH›. Pˆ˜‹OCœ PˆHŸTœ HO
B›E MEP› E‡OACHOCTˆ „‹Ÿ CACEHˆŸ †ˆ‡Hˆ HAO‹EOHA. O
   HO—AM “ KA†„O‰ HO†Kˆ EƒO KPOBATˆ HAXO„ˆ‹OCœ —ETBEPO COAK,
   A OPOCEHOK O ˆMEHˆ ˆHKˆ „O‹†EH ›‹ POOBATœ KA†„OE
   ‹ž„O, EPE„ TEM KAK K HEM“ PˆCT“A‹ CAM HAO‹EOH, —TO
   „O‹†HO ›‹O PE„OTBPATˆTœ OACHOCTœ OTPAB‹EHˆŸ.
   PˆMEPHO B TO BPEMŸ CTA‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO HAO‹EOH PE˜ˆ‹
   PO„ATœ ˜TAE‹œ MˆCTEP“ ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH“; KPOME TOƒO, OH ‡AK‹ž—ˆ‹
   COƒ‹A˜EHˆE O PEƒ“‹ŸPHOM TOBAPOOMEHE ME†„“ CKOTCKˆM X“TOPOM
   ˆ ”OKCB“„OM. OTHO˜EHˆŸ ME†„“ HAO‹EOHOM ˆ ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM,
   HECMOTPŸ HA TO, —TO OHˆ O„„EP†ˆBA‹ˆCœ ˆCK‹ž—ˆTE‹œHO —EPE‡
   “ˆMEPA, CTA‹ˆ O—Tˆ „P“†ECKˆMˆ. †ˆBOTH›E HE „OBEPŸ‹ˆ
   ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH“, OCKO‹œK“ OH ›‹ PO„OM ˆ‡ ‹ž„E‰, HO BCE †E
   PE„O—ˆTA‹ˆ EƒO ”PE„EPˆK“, KOTOPOƒO OŸ‹ˆCœ ˆ HEHABˆ„E‹ˆ.
   O MEPE TOƒO KAK ‹ETO ˜‹O K KOH–“ ˆ ME‹œHˆ–A ‹ˆ‡ˆ‹ACœ K
   CBOEM“ ‡ABEP˜EHˆž, HA—A‹ˆ “Cˆ‹ˆBATœCŸ C‹“Xˆ O HA„BˆƒAž™EMCŸ
   PE„ATE‹œCKOM HAA„EHˆˆ. ƒOBOPˆ‹OCœ, —TO ”PE„EPˆK HAHŸ‹ HE
   MEHEE „BA„–ATˆ —E‹OBEK, BOOP“†EHH›X OƒHECTPE‹œH›M OP“†ˆEM,
   —TO OH O„K“ˆ‹ O‹ˆ–ˆž ˆ MAƒˆCTPAT, ˆ —TO, EC‹ˆ EM“ “„ACTCŸ
   ‡AXBATˆTœ CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP ˆ O'ŸBˆTœ CEŸ EƒO B‹A„E‹œ–EM,
   TO “„ET PˆHŸTO E‡ BO‡PA†EHˆ‰. KPOME TOƒO, ˆ‡ ˆH—”ˆ‹„A
   „OXO„ˆ‹ˆ “†ACH›E ˆCTOPˆˆ O †ECTOKOCTˆ, C KOTOPO‰ ”PE„EPˆK
   OPA™AETCŸ CO CBOˆMˆ †ˆBOTH›Mˆ. OH ‡ACEK „O CMEPTˆ CTAP“ž
   ‹O˜A„œ, OH MOPˆT KOPOB ƒO‹O„OM, OH “ˆ‹ COAK“, ˜B›PH“B EE
   B E—œ, A O BE—EPAM OH PA‡B‹EKAETCŸ ET“˜ˆH›Mˆ OŸMˆ,
   PE„BAPˆTE‹œHO PˆBŸ‡›BAŸ K HOƒAM HEC—ACTH›X Tˆ– OCTPˆE
   PˆTB›. KPOBœ KˆE‹A OT ŸPOCTˆ, KOƒ„A †ˆBOTH›E C‹“˜A‹ˆ O
   ˆ‡„EBATE‹œCTBAX HA„ ˆX TOBAPˆ™AMˆ; OPO‰ „A†E PA‡„ABA‹ˆCœ
   Pˆ‡›B› COPATœCŸ ˆ HAACTœ HA ˆH—”ˆ‹„, —TO› ˆ‡ƒHATœ ‹ž„E‰
   ˆ „ATœ CBOO„“ †ˆBOTH›M. HO Bˆ‡ƒ“H COBETOBA‹ ˆM ˆ‡EƒATœ
   HEO„“MAHH›X „E‰CTBˆ‰ ˆ BCE–E‹O O‹O†ˆTœCŸ HA M“„P“ž
CTPATEƒˆž TOBAPˆ™A HAO‹EOHA.
   TEM HE MEHEE, AHTˆ”PE„EPˆKOBCKˆE —“BCTBA PO„O‹†A‹ˆ
PACTˆ. B O„HO BOCKPECHOE “TPO HAO‹EOH OŸBˆ‹CŸ B AMAPE ˆ
COO™ˆ‹, —TO OH HˆKOƒ„A HE BCT“A‹ B EPEƒOBOP› O PO„A†E
PEBEH ”PE„EPˆK“; OH O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO C—ˆTAET Hˆ†E CBOEƒO „OCTOˆHCTBA
ˆMETœ „E‹O C TAKˆM O„OHKOM. ƒO‹“ŸM, KOTOP›X OPE†HEM“
OC›‹A‹ˆ BO BCE CTOPOH› „‹Ÿ PACPOCTPAHEHˆŸ HOBOCTE‰
O BOCCTAHˆˆ, ›‹O ‡APE™EHO BECTˆ T“ PAOT“ B ”OKCB“„E;
KPOME TOƒO, ˆM ›‹O PˆKA‡AHO CMEHˆTœ PE†Hˆ‰ ‹O‡“Hƒ "CMEPTœ
—E‹OBE—ECTB“" HA "CMEPTœ ”PE„EPˆK“". B KOH–E ‹ETA ›‹A PA‡O‹A—EHA
E™E O„HA O„‹OCTœ CHO“O‹‹A. O‹Ÿ OKA‡A‹ˆCœ ‡AˆT›Mˆ
COPHŸKAMˆ. B›ŸCHˆ‹OCœ, —TO TO PAOTA CHO“O‹‹A - BO
BPEMŸ O„HOƒO ˆ‡ CBOˆX HO—H›X Bˆ‡ˆTOB OH CME˜A‹ OCEBHO‰ ”OH„
C COPHŸKAMˆ. ƒ“CAK, KOTOP›‰ ›‹ “‹ˆ—EH B ‡AƒOBOPE, Pˆ‡HA‹
EPE„ Bˆ‡ƒ“HOM CBOž BˆH“ ˆ CPA‡“ OKOH—ˆ‹ †ˆ‡Hœ CAMO“ˆ‰CTBOM,
C'EB ŸƒO„› AC‹EHA. TEEPœ †ˆBOTH›E OKOH—ATE‹œHO
“E„ˆ‹ˆCœ, —TO CHO“O‹‹ - XOTŸ „O HACTOŸ™EƒO BPEMEHˆ MHOƒˆE
PO„O‹†A‹ˆ BEPˆTœ B TO - HˆKOƒ„A HE O‹“—A‹ OP„EHA "†ˆBOTHOE - ƒEPO‰
EPBOƒO K‹ACCA". TO ›‹O POCTO ‹EƒEH„O‰,
KOTOP“ž OC‹E ˆTB› “ KOPOBHˆKA “CTˆ‹ B XO„ CAM CHO“O‹‹.
OH HE TO‹œKO HE ›‹ HAƒPA†„EH, HO, HAOOPOT, O„BEPƒH“T BCEO™EM“
OC“†„EHˆž ‡A POŸB‹EHH“ž B CPA†EHˆˆ TP“COCTœ. OPO‰
KOE-KTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X E™E COMHEBA‹CŸ B TOM, HO Bˆ‡ƒ“H ›CTPO
“E„ˆ‹ ˆX, —TO ˆM POCTO ˆ‡MEHŸET AMŸTœ.
   OCEHœž, KOTOPAŸ ‡AOMHˆ‹ACœ TŸ†E‹E‰˜ˆM ˆ‡H“PˆTE‹œH›M
TP“„OM - OTOM“ —TO O„HOBPEMEHHO ˜‹A ˆ “OPKA “PO†AŸ - ME‹œHˆ–A,
HAKOHE–, ›‹A ‡ABEP˜EHA. HA„O ›‹O E™E PˆOPECTˆ
OOP“„OBAHˆE, ˆ “ˆMEP BE‹ O TOM EPEƒOBOP›, HO CAMO
‡„AHˆE ›‹O ‡AKOH—EHO. HECMOTPŸ HA BCE TP“„HOCTˆ, HA OTC“TCTBˆE
O›TA, HA PˆMˆTˆBHOE OOP“„OBAHˆE, HA PE„ATE‹œCTBO
CHO“O‹‹A, HECMOTPŸ HA O˜ˆKˆ, - ME‹œHˆ–A ›‹A ‡AKOH—EHA
TO—HO B HAME—EHH›‰ „EHœ! ˆ‡HEMOƒAŸ OT ƒOP„OCTˆ, †ˆBOTH›E
ƒ“‹Ÿ‹ˆ BOKP“ƒ TOƒO TBOPEHˆŸ, KOTOPOE B ˆX ƒ‹A‡AX B›ƒ‹Ÿ„E‹O
E™E O‹EE PEKPACH›M, —EM KOƒ„A OHˆ TO‹œKO PˆCT“A‹ˆ K
CTPOˆTE‹œCTB“. TEM O‹EE, —TO CTEH› CTA‹ˆ B„BOE TO‹™E, —EM
PAHœ˜E. TEEPœ ˆX HE MOƒ‹O OP“˜ˆTœ Hˆ—TO, KPOME B‡P›B—ATKˆ!
ˆ KOƒ„A OHˆ „“MA‹ˆ, CKO‹œKO ›‹O B‹O†EHO TP“„A B T“ PAOT“,
KAKˆE OHˆ PEO„O‹EBA‹ˆ TP“„HOCTˆ ˆ KAK ˆ‡MEHˆTCŸ ˆX †ˆ‡Hœ,
KOƒ„A ‡ABEPTŸTCŸ KP›‹œŸ ˆ O POBO„AM OTE—ET ‹EKTPˆ—ECTBO - KOƒ„A
OHˆ „“MA‹ˆ O TOM, ˆX OKˆ„A‹A “CTA‹OCTœ, ˆ OHˆ
C BOCTOP†EHH›Mˆ KPˆKAMˆ HA—ˆHA‹ˆ HOCˆTœCŸ BOKP“ƒ ME‹œHˆ–›.
B COPOBO†„EHˆˆ COAK ˆ ET“XA HAO‹EOH CAM ‹ˆ—HO ŸBˆ‹CŸ
OCMOTPETœ PAOT“; OH O‹AƒO„APˆ‹ †ˆBOTH›X ‡A ˆX „OCTˆ†EHˆŸ,
ˆ O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO CTPOEHˆE “„ET HA‡›BATœCŸ ME‹œHˆ–A ˆMEHˆ
HAO‹EOHA.
   —EPE‡ „BA „HŸ †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ Pˆƒ‹A˜EH› HA CE–ˆA‹œHOE
COPAHˆE B AMAP. OHˆ OHEME‹ˆ OT ˆ‡“M‹EHˆŸ, KOƒ„A HAO‹EOH
O'ŸBˆ‹, —TO PO„A‹ ˜TAE‹œ ”PE„EPˆK“. ‡ABTPA Pˆ“„ET
ƒP“‡OBˆK OT ”PE„EPˆKA ˆ “BE‡ET PEBHA. TO ‡HA—ˆ‹O, —TO BCE
TO BPEMŸ, OKA HAO‹EOH O„„EP†ˆBA‹ BPO„E › „P“†ECKˆE
OTHO˜EHˆŸ C ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM, OH „E‰CTBOBA‹ O TA‰HOM“ COƒ‹A˜EHˆž
C ”PE„EPˆKOM.
   BCE OTHO˜EHˆŸ C ”OKCB“„OM ›‹ˆ PEPBAH›; ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH“
›‹O OTPAB‹EHO OCKOPˆTE‹œHOE OC‹AHˆE. ƒO‹“ŸM ›‹O
PˆKA‡AHO ˆ‡EƒATœ ˆH—”ˆ‹„ ˆ CMEHˆTœ CBO‰ ‹O‡“Hƒ "CMEPTœ
”PE„EPˆK“" HA "CMEPTœ ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH“". ‡ATEM HAO‹EOH ‡ABEPˆ‹
†ˆBOTH›X, —TO C‹“Xˆ O ƒOTOBŸ™EMCŸ HAA„EHˆˆ HA CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP
HE ˆME‹ˆ O„ COO‰ HˆKAKˆX PEA‹œH›X OCHOBAHˆ‰ ˆ —TO
ˆCTOPˆˆ O †ECTOKOM OPA™EHˆˆ ”PE„EPˆKA C †ˆBOTH›Mˆ ‡HA—ˆTE‹œHO
PE“BE‹ˆ—EH›. BCE Tˆ C‹ETHˆ CKOPEE BCEƒO PAC“CKA‹ˆCœ
CHO“O‹‹OM ˆ EƒO AƒEHTAMˆ. KPOME TOƒO, B›ŸCHˆ‹OCœ, —TO
CHO“O‹‹ HE TO‹œKO HˆKOƒ„A HE CKP›BA‹CŸ B ˆH—”ˆ‹„E, HO ˆ
BOO™E HE ›‹ TAM HˆKOƒ„A B †ˆ‡Hˆ: OH †ˆ‹ - ˆ, KAK ƒOBOPˆ‹ˆ,
B ˆCK‹ž—ˆTE‹œHO‰ POCKO˜ˆ - B ”OKCB“„E ˆ HA CAMOM „E‹E B
   TE—EHˆE „O‹ƒˆX ‹ET O‹“—A‹ O„A—Kˆ OT ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHA.
   XˆTPOCTœ HAO‹EOHA PˆBE‹A CBˆHE‰ B BOCTOPƒ. „EMOHCTPˆ
P“Ÿ „P“†“ C ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM, OH ‡ACTABˆ‹ ”PE„EPˆKA O„HŸTœ
   –EH“ „O „BEHA„–ATˆ ”“HTOB. HO ƒ‹“OKAŸ M“„POCTœ HAO‹EOHA,
   CKA‡A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, B›PA†AETCŸ B TOM, —TO HA CAMOM „E‹E OH HE
   BEPˆT HˆKOM“, „A†E ”PE„EPˆK“. ”PE„EPˆK XOTE‹ ‡A‹ATˆTœ ‡A
   PEBHA KAKO‰-TO “MA†KO‰, HA‡›BAB˜E‰CŸ —EKOM, ‡A KOTOP“ž O
TOM MO†HO ›‹O O‹“—ˆTœ „EHœƒˆ. HO HAO‹EOHA HA KPˆBO‰ HE
   O'E„E˜œ. OH HACTOŸ‹ HA ‹ATE†E O„‹ˆHH›Mˆ ŸTˆ”“HTOB›Mˆ
   “MA†KAMˆ, EPE„ TEM, KAK ”PE„EPˆK PE˜ˆT OTBO‡ˆTœ PEBHA,
   TE „O‹†H› ›Tœ EPE„AH› EM“ ‹ˆ—HO. ”PE„EPˆK “†E PAC‹ATˆ‹CŸ
   ˆ TEEPœ „EHEƒ XBATˆT, —TO› K“ˆTœ OOP“„OBAHˆE „‹Ÿ ME‹œHˆ
–›.
   PEBHA TEM BPEMEHEM ˆC—E‡‹ˆ C MO‹HˆEHOCHO‰ ›CTPOTO‰.
   KOƒ„A C HˆMˆ ›‹O OKOH—EHO, B AMAPE CHOBA ›‹O CO‡BAHO
   BCEO™EE COPAHˆE, —TO› OCMOTPETœ O‹“—EHH›E OT ”PE„EPˆKA
   AHKHOT›. “KPA˜EHH›‰ BCEMˆ CBOˆMˆ HAƒPA„AMˆ HAO‹EOH, ‹A
†EHHO “‹›AŸCœ, PACO‹O†ˆ‹CŸ HA CO‹OMEHHO‰ O„CTˆ‹KE HA
   BO‡B›˜EHˆˆ; PŸ„OM C HˆM B KOPOO—KE ˆ‡-O„ KˆTA‰CKOƒO —AŸ,
   B‡ŸTO‰ HA K“XHE, CTOKO‰ ›‹ˆ C‹O†EH› „EHœƒˆ. †ˆBOTH›E
   ƒ“CœKOM ME„‹EHHO POXO„ˆ‹ˆ MˆMO ˆ KA†„›‰ ƒ‹A‡E‹ HA
   OƒATCTBA. OKCEP ‡AC“H“‹ B KOPOK“ HOC; TOHKˆE E‹›E
   “MA†H›E „EHœƒˆ B‡„POƒH“‹ˆ ˆ ‡A˜EBE‹ˆ‹ˆCœ OT EƒO „›XAHˆŸ.
   HO —EPE‡ TPˆ „HŸ HA ”EPME O„HŸ‹ACœ CTPA˜HAŸ C“MATOXA.
   HA MOTO–ˆK‹E PˆM—A‹CŸ ‹E„H›‰ “ˆMEP, POCˆ‹ EƒO BO „BOPE
   ˆ KˆH“‹CŸ PŸMO B „OM. B C‹E„“ž™“ž MˆH“T“ ˆ‡ AAPTAMEHTOB
   HAO‹EOHA PA‡„A‹CŸ “†ACH›‰ PEB. HOBOCTœ O C‹“—ˆB˜EMCŸ
   O‹ETE‹A ”EPM“ O„OHO O†AP“. AHKHOT› ›‹ˆ ”A‹œ˜ˆB›Mˆ!
   ”PE„EPˆK HE ‡A‹ATˆ‹ ‡A PEBHA Hˆ ˜ˆ‹‹ˆHƒA!
   HAO‹EOH HEME„‹EHHO CO‡BA‹ BCEX †ˆBOTH›X ˆ ƒPOMOB›M
   ƒO‹OCOM O'ŸBˆ‹ CMEPTH›‰ PˆƒOBOP ”PE„EPˆK“. OC‹E OˆMKˆ,
   CKA‡A‹ OH, ”PE„EPˆK “„ET CBAPEH ‡A†ˆBO. ‡ATEM OH PE„“PE
„ˆ‹, —TO OC‹E TAKOƒO PE„ATE‹œCTBA MO†HO O†ˆ„ATœ CAMOƒO
   X“„˜EƒO. ”PE„EPˆK ˆ EƒO HAEMHˆKˆ KA†„“ž MˆH“T“ MOƒ“T HAACTœ
   HA ”EPM“ - OHˆ „ABHO “†E ƒOTOBˆ‹ˆCœ K TOM“. —ACOB›E „O‹†H›
   HE“C›HO „ˆTœ HA CBOˆX OCTAX. B ”OKCB“„ OTPABˆ‹ˆCœ —ETBE
PO ƒO‹“E‰ C MˆPO‹žˆB›M OC‹AHˆEM, B KOTOPOM CO„EP†A‹ACœ
   HA„E†„A HA BOCCTAHOB‹EHˆE „OP›X OTHO˜EHˆ‰ C ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM.
   HAA„EHˆE COCTOŸ‹OCœ HA C‹E„“ž™EE “TPO. †ˆBOTH›E
   ‡ABTPAKA‹ˆ, KOƒ„A PˆM—A‹CŸ „O‡OPH›‰ C ˆ‡BECTˆEM, —TO ”PE„E
PˆK BO ƒ‹ABE CBOEƒO BOˆHCTBA “†E PO˜E‹ BOPOTA. †ˆBOTH›E
   CME‹O POCˆ‹ˆCœ ˆM HABCTPE—“, HO HA TOT PA‡ ˆM HE “„A‹OCœ
   O„EP†ATœ CTO‹œ ‹EƒK“ž OE„“, KAK B ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA. ˆX
   BCTPETˆ‹O ŸTHA„–ATœ —E‹OBEK, „OPAŸ O‹OBˆHA ˆ‡ KOTOP›X
   ›‹ˆ BOOP“†EH› PEBO‹œBEPAMˆ, ˆ OHˆ OTKP›‹ˆ OƒOHœ C ŸTˆ„ECŸ
Tˆ METPOB. †ˆBOTH›E HE MOƒ‹ˆ B›HECTˆ “†ACAž™EƒO ƒPOXOTA ˆ
   †A‹Ÿ™ˆX “‹œ; HECMOTPŸ HA BCE “Cˆ‹ˆŸ HAO‹EOHA ˆ OKCEPA,
   CTAPAB˜ˆXCŸ O„O„PˆTœ ˆX, OHˆ POCˆ‹ˆCœ B EƒCTBO. —ACTœ
   “†E ›‹A PAHEHA. ‡APAB˜ˆCœ B „OM, OHˆ C“„OPO†HO PˆA‹ˆ K
   ™E‹ŸM ˆ „›PKAM OT B›AB˜ˆX C“—KOB B CTEHAX. BCE ACTˆ™E,
   BK‹ž—AŸ ˆ ME‹œHˆ–“, ›‹O B P“KAX BPAƒOB. B Tˆ MˆH“T› PACTE
PŸ‹CŸ, KA†ETCŸ, „A†E HAO‹EOH. OH MO‹—A XO„ˆ‹ ˆ‡ “ƒ‹A B
   “ƒO‹, O„PAƒˆBAŸ B›TŸH“T›M XBOCTˆKOM. BCE B‡OP› C TOCKO‰
   ›‹ˆ OPA™EH› B CTOPOH“ ”OKCB“„A. EC‹ˆ ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH PE˜ˆT
   Pˆ‰Tˆ K HˆM HA OMO™œ, „EHœ OPA†EHˆŸ MO†ET E™E OEPH“TœCŸ
   OE„O‰. ˆ B T“ MˆH“T“ BEPH“‹ˆCœ —ETBEPO OTOC‹AHH›X B—EPA
   ƒO‹“E‰; O„ˆH ˆ‡ HˆX HEC ‡AˆCK“ OT ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHA. B HE‰ ›‹ˆ
   HA–APAAH› C‹OBA: "TAK BAM ˆ HA„O"!
   TEM BPEMEHEM ”PE„EPˆK ˆ EƒO ‹ž„ˆ OCTAHOBˆ‹ˆCœ OKO‹O
   ME‹œHˆ–›. †ˆBOTH›E HA‹ž„A‹ˆ ‡A HˆMˆ, HE B Cˆ‹AX CKP›Tœ
   CBOˆX OACEHˆ‰. „BOE M“†—ˆH, BOOP“†ˆB˜ˆCœ ‹OMOM ˆ K“BA‹„O‰,
   CTA‹ˆ ‹OMATœ CTEH“ ME‹œHˆ–›.
   - ECO‹E‡HO! - ‡AKPˆ—A‹ HAO‹EOH. - M› BO‡BE‹ˆ TAKˆE
   TO‹CT›E CTEH›, —TO OHˆ “CTOŸT. OHˆ HE CPABŸTCŸ C HˆMˆ ˆ ‡A
HE„E‹ž. HE A„A‰TE „“XOM, TOBAPˆ™ˆ!
   HO EH„†AMˆH PO„O‹†A‹ HEOTP›BHO C‹E„ˆTœ ‡A TEM, —TO
„E‹A‹OCœ OKO‹O ME‹œHˆ–›. „BOE C ‹OMOM ˆ K“BA‹„O‰ POˆ‹ˆ
„›P“ “ OCHOBAHˆŸ ‡„AHˆŸ. ME„‹EHHO ˆ PA‡O—APOBAHHO EH„†AMˆH
KˆBH“‹ CBOE‰ „‹ˆHHO‰ MOP„O‰.
   - TAK Ÿ ˆ „“MA‹, - CKA‡A‹ OH. - PA‡BE B› HE Bˆ„ˆTE, —TO
OHˆ „E‹AžT? A CE‰—AC OHˆ “„“T ‡AC›ATœ OPOX B T“ „›P“.
   OPA†EHH›E “†ACOM, †ˆBOTH›E ‡ACT›‹ˆ B O†ˆ„AHˆˆ. ›‹O ›
C‹ˆ˜KOM PˆCKOBAHHO B›PATœCŸ ˆ‡-O„ “KP›TˆŸ. ‡ATEM PA‡„A‹CŸ
“†ACAž™ˆ‰ ƒPOXOT. ƒO‹“ˆ B‡Bˆ‹ˆCœ B BO‡„“X, A BCE OCTA‹œH›E,
KPOME HAO‹EOHA, Hˆ—KOM PAC‹ACTA‹ˆCœ HA O‹“. KOƒ„A OHˆ
O„HŸ‹ˆCœ, HA TOM MECTE, ƒ„E ›‹A ME‹œHˆ–A, KO‹›XA‹OCœ
‹ˆ˜œ OƒPOMHOE O‹AKO —EPHOƒO „›MA. BETEPOK ME„‹EHHO “HEC
EƒO. ME‹œHˆ–A ˆC—E‡‹A!
   TO ‡PE‹ˆ™E ‡ACTABˆ‹O †ˆBOTH›X O—“BCTBOBATœ Pˆ‹ˆB
OTBAƒˆ. CTPAX ˆ OT—AŸHˆE, KOTOPOE OHˆ ˆC›T›BA‹ˆ MˆH“TO‰
PAHœ˜E, ˆCAPˆ‹ˆCœ B OP›BE ŸPOCTˆ, KOƒ„A OHˆ “Bˆ„E‹ˆ Tˆ
O„‹›E Hˆ‡KˆE „E‰CTBˆŸ. BCEO™ˆ‰ KPˆK MECTˆ OTPŸC BO‡„“X ˆ,
HE O†ˆ„AŸ PˆKA‡OB, B E„ˆHOM OP›BE OHˆ POCˆ‹ˆCœ PŸMO HA
BPAƒA. OHˆ HE CK‹OHŸ‹ˆCœ EPE„ ƒOPŸ—ˆMˆ “‹ŸMˆ, KOTOP›E, KAK
ƒBO‡„ˆ, BOH‡A‹ˆCœ B ˆX TE‹A. TO ›‹A ŸPOCTHAŸ ˆ †ECTOKAŸ
ˆTBA. ‹ž„ˆ HEPECTAHHO BE‹ˆ OƒOHœ, A KOƒ„A †ˆBOTH›E B‹OTH“ž
C‹ˆ‡ˆ‹ˆCœ C HˆMˆ, “CTˆ‹ˆ B XO„ KO‹œŸ ˆ TŸ†E‹›E
O„KOBAHH›E CAOƒˆ. CMEPTœž XPAP›X A‹ˆ KOPOBA, TPˆ ƒ“CŸ ˆ
„BE OB–›; O—Tˆ BCE OCTA‹œH›E ›‹ˆ PAHEH›. „A†E HAO‹EOH,
KOTOP›‰ P“KOBO„ˆ‹ OEPA–ˆE‰ C T›‹A, OTEPŸ‹ KOH—ˆK XBOCTA,
OTOPBAHH›‰ “‹E‰. HO ˆ HAA„AB˜ˆE OHEC‹ˆ CEPœE‡H›‰ “POH.
TPOˆM ˆ‡ HˆX OKCEP KO›TAMˆ PO‹OMˆ‹ ƒO‹OB“; „P“ƒO‰ O‹“—ˆ‹
“„AP POƒAMˆ B †ˆBOT; KOE-KTO O„„EP†ˆBA‹ ˜TAH›, PA‡OPBAHH›E
B K‹O—œŸ ‡“AMˆ „†ECCˆ ˆ ‹žE‹‹. A KOƒ„A „EBŸTœ COAK ˆ‡
‹ˆ—HO‰ OXPAH› HAO‹EOHA, KOTOP›X OH O„ PˆKP›TˆEM ˆ‡ƒOPO„ˆ
HAPABˆ‹ B OXO„, CO CBˆPE›M ‹AEM OŸBˆ‹ˆCœ B T›‹“
HAA„AB˜ˆX, ˆX OXBATˆ‹A AHˆKA. OHˆ “Bˆ„E‹ˆ, —TO ˆM ƒPO‡ˆT
OACHOCTœ OKP“†EHˆŸ. ”PE„EPˆK ‡AOPA‹ ˆM, —TO HA„O, OKA E™E
HE O‡„HO, “HOCˆTœ HOƒˆ, ˆ B C‹E„“ž™ˆ‰ MOMEHT TP“C‹ˆB›‰ BPAƒ
POCˆ‹CŸ B O‡OPHOE EƒCTBO, CACAŸ CBOˆ „PAƒO–EHH›E †ˆ‡Hˆ.
†ˆBOTH›E ƒHA‹ˆ ˆX „O KPAŸ O‹Ÿ, “CEB HAHECTˆ HECKO‹œKO
OC‹E„HˆX “„APOB TEM, KTO EPE‹E‡A‹ —EPE‡ ˆ‡ƒOPO„œ.
   OHˆ OE„ˆ‹ˆ, HO KAKO‰ –EHO‰! BCE ›‹ˆ ˆ‡M“—EH› ˆ ‡A‹ˆT›
KPOBœž. ME„‹EHHO OHˆ OPE‹ˆ OPATHO HA ”EPM“. Bˆ„ MEPTB›X
TOBAPˆ™E‰, —œˆ TE‹A PACPOCTEP‹ˆCœ HA TPABE, B›‡BA‹ “
MHOƒˆX C‹E‡›. A ‡ATEM B E—A‹œHOM MO‹—AHˆˆ OHˆ ‡ACT›‹ˆ TAM,
ƒ„E E™E HE„ABHO B›Cˆ‹ACœ ME‹œHˆ–A. „A, C HE‰ BCE ›‹O KOH—EHO;
HE OCTA‹OCœ ˆ C‹E„A ˆX TP“„OB! ›‹A PA‡P“˜EHA „A†E —ACTœ
”“H„AMEHTA. ˆ „‹Ÿ BOCCTAHOB‹EHˆŸ ME‹œHˆ–› OHˆ HE MOƒ‹ˆ, KAK
PAHœ˜E, ˆCO‹œ‡OBATœ OP“˜ˆB˜ˆECŸ KAMHˆ. TEEPœ KAMHE‰ TO†E
HE ›‹O. Cˆ‹O‰ B‡P›BA OHˆ ›‹ˆ PA‡„PO‹EH› ˆ PACKˆ„AH› HA
COTHˆ METPOB. ME‹œHˆ–› C‹OBHO ˆ HE ›‹O.
   KOƒ„A OHˆ Pˆ˜‹ˆ HA ”EPM“, EPE„ HˆMˆ B›H›PH“‹ HEˆ‡BECTHO
O—EM“ OTC“TCTBOBAB˜ˆ‰ BO BPEMŸ ˆTB› Bˆ‡ƒ“H,
CˆŸž™ˆ‰ ˆ PA„OCTH›‰. ˆ †ˆBOTH›E “C‹›˜A‹ˆ, KAK CO CTOPOH›
ƒ‹ABHOƒO CTPOEHˆŸ PA‡„ABA‹ˆCœ TOP†ECTBEHH›E ‡B“Kˆ CA‹žTA
ˆ‡ PEBO‹œBEPA.
   - O—EM“ CTPE‹ŸET PEBO‹œBEP? - CPOCˆ‹ OKCEP.
   - B —ECTœ HA˜E‰ OE„›! - ‡AKPˆ—A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H.
   - KAKO‰ OE„›? - CKA‡A‹ OKCEP. AKˆ EƒO ›‹ˆ B
KPOBˆ, OH OTEPŸ‹ O„KOB“ ˆ PAC™Eˆ‹ KO›TO; HE MEHEE „ž†ˆH›
“‹œ ‡ACE‹ˆ “ HEƒO B M›˜–AX ‡A„HE‰ HOƒˆ.
   - KAK —TO ‡A OE„A, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! PA‡BE M› HE ˆ‡ƒHA‹ˆ
BPAƒOB HA˜E‰ ˆ„Eˆ - CBŸ™EHHO‰ ˆ„Eˆ CKOTCKOƒO X“TOPA?
   - HO OHˆ PA‡P“˜ˆ‹ˆ ME‹œHˆ–“! A M› CTPOˆ‹ˆ EE „BA ƒO„A!
   - H“ ˆ —TO? M› OCTPOˆM „P“ƒ“ž ME‹œHˆ–“. M› B›CTPOˆM
„ECŸTOK ME‹œHˆ–, EC‹ˆ HA„O “„ET. B› HE –EHˆTE, TOBAPˆ™ˆ,
BE‹ˆ—ˆE TOƒO, —TO HAM “„A‹OCœ COBEP˜ˆTœ. BPAƒ ‡AHŸ‹ O—Tˆ
   BCž HA˜“ ‡EM‹ž. A TEEPœ - ‹AƒO„APŸ P“KOBO„CTB“ TOBAPˆ™A
   HAO‹EOHA - M› OTBOEBA‹ˆ KA†„›‰ EE „ž‰M!
   - M› OTBOEBA‹ˆ TO, —TO “ HAC ›‹O PAHœ˜E, - CKA‡A‹
   OKCEP.
   - ‡ATO M› OE„ˆ‹ˆ, - CKA‡A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H.
   OHˆ BTŸH“‹ˆCœ BO „BOP. PAH› OT “‹œ, ‡ACTPŸB˜ˆX “
   OKCEPA O„ KO†E‰, Cˆ‹œHO O‹E‹ˆ. OH PE„Bˆ„E‹, —TO EƒO †„ET
   TŸ†E‹AŸ PAOTA O BOCCTAHOB‹EHˆž ME‹œHˆ–›, HA—ˆHAŸ C
   ”“H„AMEHTA, ˆ OH “†E PˆKˆ„›BA‹, KAK BO‡œMETCŸ ‡A HEE. HO
   B EPB›‰ PA‡ OH ‡A„“MA‹CŸ HA„ TEM, —TO EM“ “†E O„ˆHHA„–ATœ
   ‹ET ˆ —TO „A†E EƒO MOƒ“—ˆE M“CK“‹› “†E HE TE, —TO ›‹ˆ
   KOƒ„A-TO.
   HO KOƒ„A †ˆBOTH›E “Bˆ„E‹ˆ Bœž™ˆ‰CŸ O BETP“ ‡E‹EH›‰
   ”‹Aƒ ˆ “C‹›˜A‹ˆ OE„H›E ‡A‹› ˆ‡ PEBO‹œBEPA - CEMœ PA‡
   OH CTPE‹Ÿ‹ - ˆ “C‹›˜A‹ˆ PE—œ, KOTOP“ž POˆ‡HEC HAO‹EOH,
   ‹AƒO„APŸ ˆX ‡A M“†ECTBO, OHˆ HAKOHE– OBEPˆ‹ˆ, —TO
   O„EP†A‹ˆ BE‹ˆK“ž OE„“. †ˆBOTH›M, AB˜ˆM B CPA†EHˆˆ, ›‹ˆ
   “CTPOEH› TOP†ECTBEHH›E OXOPOH›. OKCEP ˆ K‹OBEP BE‡‹ˆ
   TE‹Eƒ“, KOTOPAŸ C‹“†ˆ‹A KATA”A‹KOM, ˆ HAO‹EOH ‹ˆ—HO
   BO‡ƒ‹AB‹Ÿ‹ PO–ECCˆž. HA PA‡„HOBAHˆŸ ›‹ˆ OT“™EH› „BA
   O‹H›X „HŸ. ›‹ˆ ECHˆ, PE—ˆ, CTPE‹œA ˆ‡ PEBO‹œBEPA, ˆ
   KA†„OM“ ›‹A BP“—EHA PEMˆŸ - Ÿ‹OKO; KPOME TOƒO, Tˆ–›
   O‹“—ˆ‹ˆ O „BE “H–ˆˆ ‡EPHA, A COAKˆ - O TPˆ ˆCKBˆTA.
   ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, —TO TO CPA†EHˆE BPE„œ “„ET HA‡›BATœCŸ
   ˆTBO‰ “ ME‹œHˆ–› ˆ —TO HAO‹EOH HAƒPA†„AETCŸ HOB›M
   OT‹ˆ—ˆEM, OP„EHOM ‡E‹EHOƒO ‡HAMEHˆ, KOTOP›‰ OH CAM PˆC“„ˆ‹
   CEE. B TˆX BCEO™ˆX PA‡„HEHCTBAX ›‹ OKOH—ATE‹œHO ‡A›T
   E—A‹œH›‰ ˆ‡O„ C AHKHOTAMˆ.
   A —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO „HE‰ C‹“—ˆ‹ACœ ˆCTOPˆŸ C BˆCKˆ, —TO
   XPAHˆ‹OCœ B O„BA‹E. EƒO OHAP“†ˆ‹ˆ E™E B TE „Hˆ, KOƒ„A
   †ˆBOTH›E OB‹A„E‹ˆ ”EPMO‰. B T“ HO—œ, O KOTOPO‰ ˆ„ET PE—œ,
   C ”EPM› „OHOCˆ‹ˆCœ ‡B“Kˆ ƒPOMKOƒO EHˆŸ, B KOTOPOM, K “„ˆB
‹EHˆž C‹“˜ATE‹E‰, ‡B“—A‹ˆ HOTKˆ "CKOTOB AHƒ‹ˆˆ". A PˆMEPHO
   B O‹„EBŸTOƒO HAO‹EOH CO CTAPO‰ ˜‹ŸO‰ HA ƒO‹OBE, B KOTOPO‰
   MˆCTEP „†OHC ˆƒPA‹ B KPˆKET, ME‹œKH“B HA MƒHOBEHˆE, CTPEMˆ
TE‹œHO B›CKO—ˆ‹ ˆ‡ ‡A„HE‰ „BEPˆ, ƒA‹OOM POM—A‹CŸ O „BOP“
   ˆ CHOBA ˆC—E‡ B „BEPŸX. “TPOM HA„ ”EPMO‰ –APˆ‹O ƒ‹“OKOE
   MO‹—AHˆE. CBˆHœˆ HE OKA‡›BA‹ˆCœ ˆ‡ „OMA. OKO‹O „EBŸTˆ —ACOB
   OŸBˆ‹CŸ Bˆ‡ƒ“H. OH ˜E‹ ME„‹EHHO ˆ “H›‹O, C O“X˜ˆMˆ ƒ‹A‡A
Mˆ, C E‡BO‹œHO O‹TAž™ˆMCŸ XBOCTˆKOM. ›‹O Bˆ„HO, —TO OH
   CEPœE‡HO O‹EH. Bˆ‡ƒ“H CO‡BA‹ BCEX ˆ CKA‡A‹, —TO „O‹†EH
   COO™ˆTœ ˆM E—A‹œH“ž HOBOCTœ. TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH “MˆPAET!
   ƒOPECTH›‰ ‹A— PA‡HECCŸ O ”EPME. EPE„ „BEPŸMˆ ›‹A
   PA‡‹O†EHA CO‹OMA. BCE XO„ˆ‹ˆ HA –›O—KAX. CO C‹E‡AMˆ HA
   ƒ‹A‡AX †ˆBOTH›E BOPO˜A‹ˆ „P“ƒ „P“ƒA, KAK OHˆ “„“T †ˆTœ,
   EC‹ˆ BO†„œ ˆX OKˆHET. XO„ˆ‹ˆ C‹“Xˆ, —TO, HECMOTPŸ HA BCE
   PE„OCTOPO†HOCTˆ, CHO“O‹‹“ “„A‹OCœ O„C›ATœ Ÿ„ B ˆ™“
   HAO‹EOH“. B O„ˆHHA„–ATœ Bˆ‡ƒ“H B›˜E‹ E™E C O„HˆM COO™EHˆ
EM. “XO„Ÿ OT HAC, OC‹E„HˆM CBOˆM PACOPŸ†EHˆEM HA TO‰
   ‡EM‹E TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH OBE‹E‹ O'ŸBˆTœ: BPE„œ “OTPE‹EHˆE
   A‹KOƒO‹Ÿ “„ET KAPATœCŸ CMEPTœž.
   HO, TEM HE MEHEE, K BE—EP“ HAO‹EOH“ CTA‹O HECKO‹œKO
   ‹“—˜E, A HA C‹E„“ž™EE “TPO “ Bˆ‡ƒ“HA OŸBˆ‹ACœ BO‡MO†HOCTœ
   COO™ˆTœ, —TO TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH HAXO„ˆTCŸ HA “Tˆ K B›‡„OPOB
‹EHˆž. BE—EPOM TOƒO †E „HŸ OH PˆCT“ˆ‹ K PAOTE, A HA
   C‹E„“ž™ˆ‰ „EHœ CTA‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO OH HAPABˆ‹ “ˆMEPA B
   “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OH C –E‹œž K“ˆTœ KAK“ž-Hˆ“„œ ‹ˆTEPAT“P“ O
   ˆBOBAPEHˆž ˆ BˆHOK“PEHˆž. —EPE‡ HE„E‹ž OH OT„A‹ PACOPŸ†E
HˆE PACAXATœ HEO‹œ˜O‰ ‹“†OK B CA„“, KOTOP›‰ „ABHO “†E ›‹
   OTBE„EH „‹Ÿ ACTœ› TEM, KTO “XO„ˆT HA OT„›X. OCT“ˆ‹O
   COO™EHˆE, —TO ACTˆ™E ˆCTO™EHO ˆ H“†„AETCŸ B PEK“‹œTˆBA
–ˆˆ; HO CKOPO CTA‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO HAO‹EOH PE˜ˆ‹ ‡ACEŸTœ
   EƒO Ÿ—MEHEM.
   PˆMEPHO B TO BPEMŸ POˆ‡O˜E‹ CTPAHH›‰ ˆH–ˆ„EHT, HE„OCT“H›‰
OHˆMAHˆž O„AB‹Ÿž™EƒO O‹œ˜ˆHCTBA OˆTATE‹E‰
”EPM›. KAK-TO HO—œž, PˆMEPHO OKO‹O „BEHA„–ATˆ, BO „BOPE
PA‡„A‹CŸ ƒPOXOT, ˆ BCE †ˆBOTH›E B›C›A‹ˆ HAP“†“. CTOŸ‹A ‹“HHAŸ
HO—œ. “ O„HO†ˆŸ TO‰ CTEH› O‹œ˜OƒO AMAPA, HA KOTOPO‰
›‹ˆ HAˆCAH› CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰, ‹E†A‹A C‹OMAHHAŸ ‹ECTHˆ–A.
PŸ„OM C HE‰ KOO˜ˆ‹CŸ Oƒ‹“˜EHH›‰ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, A HEO„A‹EK“ OT
HEƒO ‹E†A‹ˆ ”OHAPœ, KˆCTœ ˆ EPEBEPH“TOE BE„EPKO C E‹O‰
KPACKO‰. COAKˆ CPA‡“ †E OKP“†ˆ‹ˆ EƒO ˆ, KAK TO‹œKO Bˆ‡ƒ“H
OKA‡A‹CŸ B COCTOŸHˆˆ „EP†ATœCŸ HA HOƒAX, POBO„ˆ‹ˆ EƒO HA
”EPM“. HˆKTO - KPOME, KOHE—HO, CTAPOƒO EH„†AMˆHA, KOTOP›‰
‹ˆ˜œ KˆBA‹ C MHOƒO‡HA—ˆTE‹œH›M Bˆ„OM ˆ „E‹A‹ Bˆ„, —TO EM“
BCE ŸCHO, - HE OHŸ‹, —TO BCE TO ‡HA—ˆ‹O, HO HE POPOHˆ‹
Hˆ C‹OBA.
   HO —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO „HE‰ MžPˆE‹œ, EPE—ˆT›BAŸ „‹Ÿ CEŸ
CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰, ‡AMETˆ‹A, —TO O„H“ ‡AOBE„œ †ˆBOTH›E “CBOˆ‹ˆ
HEPABˆ‹œHO. OHˆ „“MA‹ˆ, —TO ŸTAŸ ‡AOBE„œ ‡B“—A‹A KAK
"†ˆBOTH›E HE œžT A‹KOƒO‹Ÿ", HO ‡„ECœ ›‹ˆ E™E „BA C‹OBA,
KOTOP›E OHˆ ““CTˆ‹ˆ ˆ‡ Bˆ„“: "†ˆBOTH›E HE œžT A‹KOƒO‹Ÿ
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   PA‡ˆTOE KO›TO OKCEPA ‡A†ˆBA‹O ME„‹EHHO. BCE B‡Ÿ‹ˆCœ
‡A BOCCTAHOB‹EHˆE ME‹œHˆ–› CPA‡“ †E HA „P“ƒO‰ „EHœ OC‹E
PA‡„HOBAHˆŸ OE„›. OKCEP OTKA‡A‹CŸ TEPŸTœ „A†E „EHœ ˆ
PE˜ˆ‹, —TO TO „E‹O —ECTˆ - HE „ATœ HˆKOM“ ‡AMETˆTœ, KAK
OH CTPA„AET OT O‹ˆ. BE—EPOM OH O CEKPET“ Pˆ‡HA‹CŸ K‹OBEP,
—TO KO›TO CEPœE‡HO ECOKOˆT EƒO. K‹OBEP Pˆ‹O†ˆ‹A K KO›T“
PˆAPK“ ˆ‡ PA‡†EBAHH›X Ež TPAB, ˆ OHˆ C EH„†AMˆHOM
PE„“PE„ˆ‹ˆ OKCEPA, —TO OH HE „O‹†EH EPEHAPŸƒATœCŸ.
"TBOˆ ‹EƒKˆE HE BE—H›", - CKA‡A‹A OHA EM“. HO OKCEP
OTKA‡A‹CŸ EE C‹“˜ATœ. “ HEƒO OCTA‹ACœ, CKA‡A‹ OH, TO‹œKO
O„HA –E‹œ - “Bˆ„ETœ ME‹œHˆ–“ ‡ABEP˜EHHO‰ „O TOƒO KAK OH
“‰„ET HA OT„›X.
   B CAMOM HA—A‹E, KOƒ„A TO‹œKO CK‹A„›BA‹ˆCœ ‡AKOH› CKOTCKOƒO
X“TOPA, EHCˆOHH›‰ BO‡PACT ›‹ OPE„E‹EH „‹Ÿ ‹O˜A„E‰
ˆ CBˆHE‰ B „BEHA„–ATœ ‹ET, „‹Ÿ KOPOB B —ET›PHA„–ATœ, „‹Ÿ
COAK B „EBŸTœ, „‹Ÿ OBE– B CEMœ, „‹Ÿ K“P ˆ ƒ“CE‰ B ŸTœ ‹ET.
PA‡MEP EHCˆˆ „O‹†EH ›‹ ›Tœ OPE„E‹EH OO‡†E. ˆ XOTŸ OKA
HˆKTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X HE PETEH„OBA‹ HA HEE, PA‡ƒOBOP› ˜‹ˆ BCE
—A™E ˆ —A™E. OCKO‹œK“ HEO‹œ˜O‰ ‡AƒOH—ˆK PŸ„OM C CA„OM
TEEPœ ›‹ PACAXAH O„ Ÿ—MEHœ, XO„ˆ‹ˆ C‹“Xˆ, —TO “„ET
OTƒOPO†EH K“COK O‹œ˜OƒO ACTˆ™A C –E‹œž OTBECTˆ EƒO O„
B›ƒOH „‹Ÿ PECTAPE‹›X TP“†EHˆKOB. ƒOBOPˆ‹OCœ, —TO „‹Ÿ
‹O˜A„E‰ EHCˆŸ COCTABˆT ŸTœ ”“HTOB ‡EPHA B „EHœ, A ‡ˆMO‰ - ŸTHA„–ATœ
”“HTOB CEHA ‹žC E™E ˆ MOPKOBKA ˆ‹ˆ, BO‡MO†HO, B
PA‡„Hˆ—H›E „Hˆ - Ÿ‹OKˆ. OKCEP“ „O‹†HO ›‹O ˆCO‹HˆTœCŸ
„BEHA„–ATœ ‹ET B “„“™EM ƒO„“, B KOH–E ‹ETA.
   ME†„“ TEM, †ˆTœ ›‹O TP“„HO. ‡ˆMA OKA‡A‹ACœ TAKO‰ †E
†ECTOKO‰, KAK ˆ B PO˜‹OM ƒO„“, A ˆ™ˆ ›‹O BCE MEHœ˜E.
HOPM› B›„A—ˆ CHOBA ›‹ˆ COKPA™EH› „‹Ÿ BCEX, KPOME COAK ˆ
CBˆHE‰. “PABHˆ‹OBKA, O'ŸCHˆ‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, POTˆBOPE—ˆT PˆH–ˆAM
AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MA. BO BCŸKOM C‹“—AE, EM“ HE „OCTABˆ‹O TP“„OB O'ŸCHˆTœ
BCEM, —TO H A C A M O M „ E ‹ E ˆ™ˆ XBATAET,
—TO › Hˆ KA‡A‹OCœ †ˆBOTH›M. CO BPEMEHEM, KOHE—HO, „O‹†HA
›‹A BO‡HˆKH“Tœ HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ B KOPPEKTˆPOBKE OP–ˆ‰ (Bˆ‡ƒ“H
   BCEƒ„A ƒOBOPˆ‹ O "KOPPEKTˆPOBKE", A HE O "COKPA™EHˆˆ"), HO
   O CPABHEHˆž CO BPEMEHEM „†OHCA, CHA†AžTCŸ OHˆ B ˆ‡›TKE.
   ‡A—ˆT›BAŸ CBO„Kˆ CBOˆM B›COKˆM ‡AX‹E›BAž™ˆMCŸ ƒO‹OCOM,
   Bˆ‡ƒ“H O„POHO „OKA‡›BA‹, —TO TEEPœ “ HˆX O‹œ˜E ‡EPHA,
   O‹œ˜E CO‹OM›, O‹œ˜E CBEK‹›, —EM BO BPEMEHA „†OHCA, —TO OHˆ
   MEHœ˜E PAOTAžT, —TO “‹“—˜ˆ‹OCœ KA—ECTBO ˆTœEBO‰ BO„›, —TO
   OHˆ †ˆB“T „O‹œ˜E, —TO PE‡KO “A‹A „ETCKAŸ CMEPTHOCTœ ˆ —TO
   TEEPœ B CTO‰‹AX “ HˆX O‹œ˜E CO‹OM› ˆ OHˆ HE TAK CTPA„AžT
   OT OBO„OB. †ˆBOTH›E BEPˆ‹ˆ KA†„OM“ C‹OB“. OTKPOBEHHO ƒOBOPŸ,
   ˆ „†OHC ˆ BCE, —TO ›‹O C HˆM CBŸ‡AHO, “†E ˆ‡ƒ‹A„ˆ‹OCœ ˆ‡ ˆX
   AMŸTˆ. OHˆ ‡HA‹ˆ, —TO BE„“T TP“„H“ž †ˆ‡Hœ, —TO —ACTO
   CTPA„AžT OT ƒO‹O„A ˆ XO‹O„A ˆ —TO BCE BPEMŸ, CBOO„HOE OT
   CHA, OHˆ POBO„ŸT HA PAOTE. HO, E‡ COMHEHˆŸ, PAHœ˜E ›‹O
   E™E X“†E. OHˆ E‡OƒOBOPO—HO BEPˆ‹ˆ B TO. KPOME TOƒO, B
   CTAP›E BPEMEHA OHˆ ›‹ˆ PAAMˆ, A CE‰—AC OHˆ CBOO„H›, ˆ B
   TOM C“Tœ „E‹A, HA —TO HE ‡A›BA‹ “KA‡›BATœ Bˆ‡ƒ“H.
   PˆABˆ‹OCœ MHOƒO PTOB, KOTOP›E HA„O ›‹O KOPMˆTœ.
   OCEHœž O—Tˆ O„HOBPEMEHHO OOPOCˆ‹ˆCœ —ET›PE CBˆHOMATKˆ,
   PˆHECŸ TPˆ„–ATœ O„HOƒO OPOCEHKA. MO‹O„OE OKO‹EHˆE C‹O˜œ
   ›‹O EƒOE, ˆ OCKO‹œK“ HA ”EPME ›‹ TO‹œKO O„ˆH OPOB,
   HAO‹EOH, ˆME‹ˆCœ BCE OCHOBAHˆŸ PE„O‹AƒATœ EƒO OT–OBCTBO.
   ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, —TO O‡†E, KOƒ„A OŸBŸTCŸ KˆPˆ— ˆ CTPOEBO‰
   ‹EC, B CA„“ HA—HETCŸ CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO ˜KO‹›. A OKA OPOCŸTA
   O‹“—A‹ˆ ‡A„AHˆŸ HA K“XHE HEOCPE„CTBEHHO OT HAO‹EOHA. OHˆ
   ‡AHˆMA‹ˆCœ B CA„“, ˆ‡EƒAŸ ˆƒP C OCTA‹œHO‰ MO‹O„E†œž. CO
   BPEMEHEM CTA‹O PABˆ‹OM, —TO, KOƒ„A HA „OPO†KE BCTPE—A‹ˆCœ
   CBˆHœˆ ˆ KTO-TO E™E, „P“ƒOE †ˆBOTHOE „O‹†HO ›‹O “CT“ATœ
   CBˆHœE „OPOƒ“; ˆ KPOME TOƒO, BCE CBˆHœˆ, HE‡ABˆCˆMO OT
   BO‡PACTA, O‹“—ˆ‹ˆ PˆBˆ‹Eƒˆž O BOCKPECEHœŸM “KPA˜ATœ
   XBOCTˆKˆ ‡E‹EH›Mˆ ‹EHTO—KAMˆ.
   ƒO„ B›„A‹CŸ O—EHœ “„A—H›‰, HO „EHEƒ HA ”EPME O-PE†HE
M“ HE XBATA‹O. ›‹ˆ ‡AK“‹EH› KˆPˆ—ˆ, ƒPABˆ‰ ˆ ˆ‡BECTœ „‹Ÿ
   CTPOˆTE‹œCTBA ˜KO‹›, HO HA„O ›‹O CHOBA KOHOMˆTœ HA OOP“
„OBAHˆE „‹Ÿ ME‹œHˆ–›. ‡ATEM HA„O ›‹O PˆOPETATœ KEPOCˆH ˆ
   CBE—ˆ „‹Ÿ OCBE™EHˆŸ „OMA, CAXAP „‹Ÿ ‹ˆ—HOƒO CTO‹A HAO‹EOHA
   (OH HE „ABA‹ EƒO OCTA‹œH›M CBˆHœŸM O„ PE„‹OƒOM, —TO OHˆ
   OTO‹CTEžT) ˆ BCE OCTA‹œHOE, KAK, HAPˆMEP, ˆHCTP“MEHT›,
   ƒBO‡„ˆ, E—EBKˆ, “ƒO‹œ, POBO„A, KPOBE‹œHOE †E‹E‡O ˆ COA—œˆ
   ˆCKBˆT›. ›‹ˆ PO„AH› HA CTOPOH“ HECKO‹œKO CTOƒOB CEHA ˆ
   —ACTœ “PO†AŸ KAPTO”E‹Ÿ, A KOHTPAKT HA OCTABK“ Ÿˆ– BO‡POC
   „O ˜ECTˆCOT B HE„E‹ž, TAK —TO K“P› HAPACHO HA„EŸ‹ˆCœ, —TO
   BOKP“ƒ HˆX “„“T KOO˜ˆTœCŸ –›‹ŸTA. OC‹E „EKAPœCKOƒO
   COKPA™EHˆŸ PA–ˆOHA OC‹E„OBA‹O HOBOE COKPA™EHˆE B ”EBPA‹E, A
   „‹Ÿ KOHOMˆˆ KEPOCˆHA ›‹O ‹ˆKBˆ„ˆPOBAHO OCBE™EHˆE. HO, O
XO†E, CBˆHœˆ HE CTPA„A‹ˆ OT TˆX ‹ˆ˜EHˆ‰ ˆ, HECMOTPŸ Hˆ HA
   —TO, PˆAB‹Ÿ‹ˆ B BECE. KAK-TO B ”EBPA‹œCKˆ‰ O‹„EHœ ˆ‡ MA
‹EHœKOƒO „OMˆKA ‡A K“XHE‰, ƒ„E CTOŸ‹ ‡A›T›‰ „†OHCOM EPE
ƒOHH›‰ AAPAT, O „BOP“ PA‡HECCŸ HE‡HAKOM›‰ TE‹›‰ ˆ C›TH›‰
   ‡AAX. KTO-TO CKA‡A‹, —TO TO ‡AAX †APEHOƒO Ÿ—MEHŸ. †ˆBOT
H›E †A„HO B„›XA‹ˆ EƒO, PE„O‹AƒAŸ, —TO, MO†ET ›Tœ, Ÿ—MEHœ
   †APŸT „‹Ÿ ˆX OX‹EKˆ. HO ƒOPŸ—E‰ OX‹EKˆ HˆKTO TAK ˆ HE
   “Bˆ„E‹, A B C‹E„“ž™EE BOCKPECEHœE ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, —TO BPE„œ
   Ÿ—MEHœ PE„HA‡HA—AETCŸ TO‹œKO ˆ ˆCK‹ž—ˆTE‹œHO „‹Ÿ CBˆHE‰.
   Ÿ—MEHEM “†E ›‹O ‡ACEŸHO O‹E ‡A CA„OM. A ‡ATEM PA‡HEC‹ACœ
   HOBOCTœ, —TO TEEPœ KA†„AŸ CBˆHœŸ “„ET E†E„HEBHO O‹“—ATœ
   ˆHT“ ˆBA, A ‹ˆ—HO HAO‹EOH - O‹ƒA‹‹OHA, KAKOBAŸ OP–ˆŸ,
   KAK O›—HO, “„ET O„ABATœCŸ EM“ B C“Hˆ–E ˆ‡ CEPBˆ‡A
   "KPO“H „EPˆ".
   HO Tˆ OT„E‹œH›E TP“„HOCTˆ B ‡HA—ˆTE‹œHO‰ MEPE KOMEH
CˆPOBA‹ˆCœ CO‡HAHˆEM TOƒO, —TO TEEPœ OHˆ Hˆ EPE„ KEM HE
   CK‹OHŸžT ˜Eˆ, KAK TO ›‹O PAHœ˜E. OHˆ ˆME‹ˆ PABO ETœ,
   ƒOBOPˆTœ, B›XO„ˆTœ HA „EMOHCTPA–ˆˆ. HAO‹EOH PACOPŸ„ˆ‹CŸ,
   —TO› PA‡ B HE„E‹ž “CTPAˆBA‹ˆCœ TAK HA‡›BAEM›E CTˆXˆ‰H›E
   „EMOHCTPA–ˆˆ C –E‹œž BOCC‹ABˆTœ „OCTˆ†EHˆŸ ˆ OE„› CKOTCKOƒO
X“TOPA. B HA‡HA—EHHOE BPEMŸ †ˆBOTH›E „O‹†H› ›‹ˆ OCTAB‹ŸTœ
PAOT“ ˆ, COPAB˜ˆCœ BO „BOPE, MAP˜ˆPOBATœ OB‡BO„HO - CHA—A‹A
CBˆHœˆ, ‡ATEM ‹O˜A„ˆ, A „A‹œ˜E KOPOB›, OB–› ˆ „OMA˜HŸŸ
Tˆ–A. COAKˆ COPOBO†„A‹ˆ „EMOHCTPA–ˆž C ”‹AHƒOB, A
BEPE„ˆ MAP˜ˆPOBA‹ —EPH›‰ ET“X HAO‹EOHA. OKCEP ˆ K‹OBEP,
KAK O›—HO, HEC‹ˆ ‡E‹EHOE ‡HAMŸ, “KPA˜EHHOE POƒOM ˆ KO›TOM
ˆ “BEH—AHHOE Pˆ‡›BOM "„A ‡„PABCTB“ET TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH!"
‡ATEM —ˆTA‹ˆCœ OM›, CO—ˆHEHH›E B —ECTœ HAO‹EOHA, Bˆ‡ƒ“H
POˆ‡HOCˆ‹ PE—œ, KAK O›—HO, “OMˆHAŸ O ›‹›X ‹ˆ˜EHˆŸX.
ƒPEME‹ CA‹žT ˆ‡ PEBO‹œBEPA. C HAˆO‹œ˜E‰ OXOTO‰ CE˜ˆ‹ˆ HA
CTˆXˆ‰H›E „EMOHCTPA–ˆˆ OB–›, ˆ EC‹ˆ KTO-Hˆ“„œ †A‹OBA‹CŸ
(OPO‰ KOE-KTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X O‡BO‹Ÿ‹ CEE TAKˆE BO‹œHOCTˆ,
EC‹ˆ O‹ˆ‡OCTˆ HE ›‹O CBˆHE‰ ˆ COAK), —TO OHˆ TO‹œKO
TEPŸžT BPEMŸ ˆ MEP‡H“T HA XO‹O„E, OB–› CPA‡“ †E ‡Aƒ‹“˜A‹ˆ
EƒO ƒPOMOƒ‹ACH›M ‹EŸHˆEM "—ET›PE HOƒˆ - XOPO˜O, „BE HOƒˆ - ‹OXO!"
HO O‹œ˜ˆHCTB“ †ˆBOTH›X HPABˆ‹ˆCœ Tˆ PA‡„HEHCTBA.
OHˆ C—ˆTA‹ˆ, —TO TAKˆE ˜ECTBˆŸ HAOMˆHAžT ˆM, —TO, KAK
› TAM Hˆ ›‹O, HA„ HˆMˆ HET ƒOCO„ ˆ —TO OHˆ TP“„ŸTCŸ „‹Ÿ
COCTBEHHOƒO ‹AƒA. ˆ OTOM“, KOƒ„A ‡B“—A‹ˆ ECHˆ, ˜‹A
„EMOHCTPA–ˆŸ, Bˆ‡ƒ“H ‡A—ˆT›BA‹ CˆCOK „OCTˆ†EHˆ‰, ƒPOXOTA‹
CA‹žT, PA‡BEBA‹ˆCœ ”‹Aƒˆ ˆ KPˆ—A‹ ET“X, OHˆ ‡A›BA‹ˆ O
“CT›X †E‹“„KAX.
   B APE‹E CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP O'ŸBˆ‹ CEŸ PEC“‹ˆKO‰, ˆ OCEM“
BO‡HˆK‹A HEOXO„ˆMOCTœ B ˆ‡PAHˆˆ PE‡ˆ„EHTA. HA TOT
OCT PETEH„OBA‹ TO‹œKO O„ˆH KAH„ˆ„AT, HAO‹EOH, KOTOP›‰ ›‹
ˆ‡PAH E„ˆHOƒ‹ACHO. B Tˆ †E „Hˆ CTA‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, —TO OHAP“†EH›
HOB›E „OK“MEHT›, PACKP›BAž™ˆE „ETA‹ˆ CBŸ‡E‰ CHO“O‹‹A C
„†OHCOM. B›ŸCHˆ‹OCœ, —TO CHO“O‹‹ HE TO‹œKO, KAK PAHEE
„“MA‹ˆ, ƒOTOBˆ‹ OPA†EHˆE B ˆTBE “ KOPOBHˆKA, MACKˆP“Ÿ TO,
ŸKO›, CTPATEƒˆE‰, HO OTKP›TO CPA†A‹CŸ HA CTOPOHE „†OHCA. HA
CAMOM „E‹E TO ˆMEHHO OH BE‹ B O‰ Cˆ‹› ‹ž„E‰, “—ACTB“Ÿ B
CPA†EHˆˆ C K‹ˆ—EM "„A ‡„PABCTB“ET —E‹OBE—ECTBO!" A PAH“ HA
CˆHE CHO“O‹‹A, KOTOP“ž KOE-KTO E™E CM“THO OMHˆ‹, HAHEC‹ˆ
‡“› HAO‹EOHA.
   B CEPE„ˆHE ‹ETA HA ”EPME OC‹E HECKO‹œKˆX ‹ET OTC“TCTBˆŸ
HEO†ˆ„AHHO OŸBˆ‹CŸ MO‡“C, P“—HO‰ BOPOH. OH COBEP˜EHHO
HE ˆ‡MEHˆ‹CŸ, O-PE†HEM“ OT‹›HˆBA‹ OT PAOT› ˆ PACCKA‡›BA‹
TE †E CKA‡Kˆ O ‹E„EH–OBO‰ ƒOPE. B‡ƒPOMO‡„ˆB˜ˆCœ HA ˜ECT, OH
X‹OA‹ —EPH›Mˆ KP›‹œŸMˆ ˆ —ACAMˆ PACCKA‡›BA‹ ˆCTOPˆˆ KA†„OM“,
KTO ›‹ COƒ‹ACEH EƒO C‹“˜ATœ. "TAM, HABEPX“, TOBAPˆ™ˆ, - TOP†ECTBEHHO
ƒOBOPˆ‹ OH, “KA‡›BAŸ B HEO CBOˆM OƒPOMH›M
K‹žBOM, - TAM HABEPX“, O T“ CTOPOH“ TEMH›X T“—, —TO
HABˆC‹ˆ HA„ BAMˆ, - TAM B›CˆTCŸ ‹E„EH–OBAŸ ƒOPA, TOT C—ACT‹ˆB›‰
KPA‰, ƒ„E BCE M›, E„H›E †ˆBOTH›E, “„EM BE—HO OT„›XATœ
OT TP“„OB HA˜ˆX!" OH “TBEP†„A‹ „A†E, —TO, O„HŸB˜ˆCœ B
HEO, O›BA‹ TAM ‹ˆ—HO ˆ Bˆ„E‹ ECKOHE—H›E O‹Ÿ K‹EBEPA ˆ
‡APOC‹ˆ K“CTOB, HA KOTOP›X POC‹ˆ PŸHˆKˆ ˆ KO‹OT›‰ CAXAP.
MHOƒˆE BEPˆ‹ˆ EM“. †ˆ‡Hœ HA˜A, C—ˆTA‹ˆ OHˆ, POXO„ˆT B
ˆ‡H“PˆTE‹œHOM TP“„E ˆ OCTOŸHHOM ƒO‹O„E; TAK, HABEPHO, ƒ„ETO
C“™ECTB“ET O‹EE CPABE„‹ˆB›‰ ˆ ‹“—˜ˆ‰ MˆP. E„ˆHCTBEHHOE,
—TO C TP“„OM O„„ABA‹OCœ O'ŸCHEHˆž, ›‹O OTHO˜EHˆE CBˆHE‰ K
MO‡“C“. BCE OHˆ E‡OƒOBOPO—HO “TBEP†„A‹ˆ, —TO POCCKA‡Hˆ O
‹E„EH–OBO‰ ƒOPE - ‹O†œ ˆ OMAH, HO TEM HE MEHEE, PA‡PE˜A‹ˆ
MO‡“C“ PE›BATœ HA ”EPME ˆ „A†E C PABOM B›ˆBATœ B „EHœ
—ETBEPTœ ˆHT› ˆBA.
   OC‹E TOƒO, KAK KO›TO ‡A†ˆ‹O, OKCEP E™E C O‹œ˜ˆM
›‹OM B‡Ÿ‹CŸ ‡A PAOT“. PAB„A, B TOT ƒO„ BCE PAOTA‹ˆ KAK
PA›, ˆ‡ OC‹E„HˆX Cˆ‹. KPOME O›—HO‰ PAOT› HA ”EPME ˆ
BOCCTAHOB‹EHˆŸ ME‹œHˆ–›, B MAPTE HA—A‹OCœ CTPOˆTE‹œCTBO
˜KO‹›. OPO‰ ˆ‡H“PˆTE‹œHAŸ PAOTA ˆ CK“„H›‰ PA–ˆOH CTAHOBˆ‹ˆCœ
HEEPEHOCˆM›Mˆ, HO OKCEP HˆKOƒ„A HE A„A‹ „“XOM. Hˆ
EƒO C‹OBA, Hˆ „E‰CTBˆŸ HE O‡BO‹Ÿ‹ˆ C—ˆTATœ, —TO Cˆ‹› EƒO HA
ˆCXO„E. HECKO‹œKO ˆ‡MEHˆ‹CŸ ‹ˆ˜œ EƒO BHE˜Hˆ‰ Bˆ„: ˜EPCTœ HE
CˆŸ‹A TAK, KAK PAHœ˜E, A OƒPOMH›E M“CK“‹› CTA‹ˆ —“Tœ „PŸ‹›
Mˆ. KOE-KTO ƒOBOPˆ‹, —TO, KAK TO‹œKO OŸBˆTCŸ EPBAŸ TPABKA,
   OKCEP BOCPŸHET, HO BECHA Pˆ˜‹A, A OKCEP OCTABA‹CŸ B
   PE†HEM COCTOŸHˆˆ. OPO‰, KOƒ„A HA CK‹OHE, BE„“™EM K
   KAMEHO‹OMHE, OH HAPŸƒA‹ BCE M“CK“‹›, ›TAŸCœ POTˆBOCTOŸTœ
   BEC“ OƒPOMHOƒO KAMHŸ, KA‡A‹OCœ, —TO EƒO „EP†ˆT HA HOƒAX
   TO‹œKO OƒPOMHAŸ Cˆ‹A BO‹ˆ. ˆ B Tˆ MˆH“T› ƒ“› EƒO CK‹A„›BA
‹ˆCœ, —TO› POˆ‡HECTˆ C‹OBA: "Ÿ “„“ PAOTATœ E™E O‹œ˜E",
   HO “ HEƒO “†E HE ›‹O Cˆ‹ POˆ‡HECTˆ ˆX. HE PA‡ EH„†AMˆH ˆ
   K‹OBEP PE„“PE†„A‹ˆ EƒO, —TO OH „O‹†EH O„“MATœ O CBOEM
   ‡„OPOBœE, HO OKCEP HE OPA™A‹ BHˆMAHˆŸ HA Tˆ C‹OBA. HACTA
‹O ˆ EƒO „BEHA„–ATˆ‹ETˆE. HO OH PE˜ˆ‹ HE “XO„ˆTœ HA OT„›X,
   OKA HE COEPET „OCTATO—HO MATEPˆA‹A „‹Ÿ BOCCTAHOB‹EHˆŸ
   ME‹œHˆ–›.
   HO KAK-TO ‹ETHˆM BE—EPOM O ”EPME PA‡HECCŸ C‹“X, —TO C
   OKCEPOM —TO-TO C‹“—ˆ‹OCœ. BPO„E › OH CBA‹ˆ‹CŸ, KOƒ„A B
   O„ˆHO—ECTBE TA™ˆ‹ KAMEHœ K ME‹œHˆ–E. K CO†A‹EHˆž, C‹“X
   OKA‡A‹CŸ CPABE„‹ˆB. —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO MˆH“T Pˆ‹ETE‹ˆ „BA
   ƒO‹“Ÿ C HOBOCTœž: "OKCEP “A‹! OH ‹E†ˆT HA OK“ ˆ HE MO†ET
   O„HŸTœCŸ!"
   —“Tœ ‹ˆ HE O‹OBˆHA †ˆBOTH›X POCˆ‹ACœ K XO‹MˆK“, HA
   KOTOPOM CTOŸ‹A ME‹œHˆ–A. ‡„ECœ, B›TŸH“B ˜Ež ˆ HE B Cˆ‹AX
   „A†E O„HŸTœ ƒO‹OB›, ME†„“ Oƒ‹OE‹œ ‹E†A‹ OKCEP. ƒ‹A‡A EƒO
   OCTEK‹EHE‹ˆ, OKA ‹OCHˆ‹ˆCœ OT OTA. ˆ‡O PTA TEK‹A TOHKAŸ
   CTP“‰KA KPOBˆ. K‹OBEP CTA‹A PŸ„OM C HˆM HA KO‹EHˆ.
   - OKCEP! - ‡AKPˆ—A‹A OHA. - —TO C TOO‰?
   - ‹EƒKˆE, - CKA‡A‹ OKCEP C‹A›M ƒO‹OCOM. - HO TO
   “CTŸKˆ. „“MAž, B› CMO†ETE ‡AKOH—ˆTœ ME‹œHˆ–“ ˆ E‡ MEHŸ. Ÿ
   HATA™ˆ‹ ‡„OPOB“ž K“—“ KAMHE‰. MHE HE XBATˆ‹O O„HOƒO MECŸ–A.
   ƒOBOPŸ O PAB„E, Ÿ “†E †„A‹ OT„›XA. ˆ, BO‡MO†HO, OCKO‹œK“
   EH„†AMˆH “†E B ƒO„AX, EM“ O‡BO‹ŸT “‰Tˆ HA OT„›X BMECTE CO
   MHO‰.
   - HAM H“†HA OMO™œ, - CKA‡A‹A K‹OBEP. - EƒˆTE KTO
Hˆ“„œ K Bˆ‡ƒ“H“ ˆ CKA†ˆTE EM“, —TO C‹“—ˆ‹OCœ.
   BCE OPOMETœž POCˆ‹ˆCœ HA ”EPM“ COO™ˆTœ HOBOCTœ Bˆ‡
ƒ“H“. OCTA‹ˆCœ TO‹œKO K‹OBEP ˆ EH„†AMˆH, KOTOP›‰ MO‹—A ‹Eƒ
   PŸ„OM C OKCEPOM, —TO› OTƒOHŸTœ OBO„OB CBOˆM „‹ˆHH›M
   XBOCTOM. —EPE‡ ŸTHA„–ATœ MˆH“T OŸBˆ‹CŸ O‹H›‰ CO—“BCTBˆŸ
   Bˆ‡ƒ“H ˆ PˆHEC CBOˆ COO‹E‡HOBAHˆŸ. OH CKA‡A‹, —TO TOBAPˆ™
   HAO‹EOH C ƒ‹“OKˆM CO†A‹EHˆEM PˆHŸ‹ ˆ‡BECTˆE O HEC—ACTœE,
   OCTˆƒ˜EM O„HOƒO ˆ‡ ‹“—˜ˆX TP“†EHˆKOB ”EPM› ˆ “†E OT„A‹
   PACOPŸ†EHˆE OMECTˆTœ OKCEPA B ‹“—˜“ž ‹E—EHˆ–“ “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„O
HA. TO HECKO‹œKO CM“Tˆ‹O †ˆBOTH›X. KPOME MO‹‹ˆ ˆ CHO“O‹‹A
   HˆKTO ˆ‡ HˆX HE OKˆ„A‹ ”EPM›, ˆ OHˆ HE XOTE‹ˆ „“MATœ, —TO
   ˆX O‹œHO‰ TOBAPˆ™ OKA†ETCŸ B P“KAX ‹ž„E‰. HO Bˆ‡ƒ“H ‹EƒKO
   O'ŸCHˆ‹ ˆM, —TO BETEPˆHAP B “ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OHE OCTABˆT OKCEPA
   HA HOƒˆ ›CTPEE ˆ “CE˜HEE, —EM TO “„ACTCŸ C„E‹ATœ HA
   ”EPME. PˆMEPHO —EPE‡ O‹—ACA, KOƒ„A OKCEP —“Tœ OPABˆ‹CŸ,
   OH C TP“„OM BCTA‹ HA HOƒˆ ˆ „OO‹‡ „O CBOEƒO CTO‰‹A, B
   KOTOPOM K‹OBEP ˆ EH„†AMˆH “†E PˆƒOTOBˆ‹ˆ „‹Ÿ HEƒO CBE†“ž
   O„CTˆ‹K“.
   OC‹E„“ž™ˆE „BA „HŸ OKCEP OCTABA‹CŸ HA MECTE. CBˆHœˆ
   PˆC‹A‹ˆ O‹œ˜“ž “T›‹œ C ‹EKAPCTBOM PO‡OBOƒO –BETA, KOTOP“ž
   OHˆ HA˜‹ˆ B BAHHO‰ KOMHATE, ˆ K‹OBEP „ABA‹A EƒO OKCEP“
   „BA†„› B „EHœ OC‹E E„›. BE—EPAMˆ, ‹E†A B CBOEM CTO‰‹E, OHA
   ECE„OBA‹A C OKCEPOM, OKA EH„†AMˆH OTƒOHŸ‹ OBO„OB. OKCEP
   CTAPA‹CŸ “E„ˆTœ EE, —TO HE HA„O PˆHˆMATœ ‹ˆ‡KO K CEP„–“
   BCE C‹“—ˆB˜EECŸ. OH KAK C‹E„“ET OT„OXHET, ˆ BEPE„ˆ EƒO †„“T
   E™E TPˆ ƒO„A, KOTOP›E OH POBE„ET B OKOE ˆ „OBO‹œCTBE HA
   KPAž O‹œ˜OƒO ACTˆ™A. B EPB›‰ PA‡ “ HEƒO C ˆ‡›TKOM “„ET
   BPEMEHˆ „‹Ÿ “—E› ˆ PA‡BˆTˆŸ CBOˆX COCOHOCTE‰. OH PE˜ˆ‹,
   CKA‡A‹ OKCEP, POBECTˆ OCTATOK †ˆ‡Hˆ, ˆ‡“—AŸ OCTA‹œH›E
   „BA„–ATœ „BE “KB› A‹”ABˆTA.
   HO BCE †E EH„†AMˆH ˆ K‹OBEP POBO„ˆ‹ˆ C OKCEPOM BPEMŸ
   ‹ˆ˜œ OC‹E PAOT›, ˆ KOƒ„A B CEPE„ˆHE „HŸ ‡A HˆM Pˆ›‹
”“PƒOH, BCE ›‹ˆ HA O‹ŸX, O„ PˆCMOTPOM CBˆHE‰ POA‹›BAŸ
CBEK‹“. †ˆBOTH›E ›‹ˆ O—EHœ “„ˆB‹EH›, “Bˆ„EB, KAK CO CTOPOH›
”EPM› ƒA‹OOM M—ˆTCŸ EH„†AMˆH, KPˆ—A HE CBOˆM ƒO‹OCOM.
B EPB›‰ PA‡ OHˆ “Bˆ„E‹ˆ EH„†AMˆHA B‡BO‹HOBAHH›M, HE
ƒOBOPŸ “†E O TOM, —TO EƒO HˆKTO HE Bˆ„E‹ B TAKO‰ CE˜KE.
"CKOPEE, CKOPEE! - KPˆ—A‹ OH. - BCE Cž„A! OHˆ ‡AˆPAžT
OKCEPA!" HE O†ˆ„AŸ PACOPŸ†EHˆ‰ OT CBˆHE‰, BCE POCˆ‹ˆ
PAOT“ ˆ OM—A‹ˆCœ K ”EPME. „E‰CTBˆTE‹œHO, BO „BOPE CTOŸ‹
KP›T›‰ ”“PƒOH, ‡APŸ†EHH›‰ „B“MŸ ‹O˜A„œMˆ. HA CTEHKE
”“PƒOHA ›‹O —TO-TO HAˆCAHO, A HA O‹“—KE Cˆ„E‹ †“‹ˆKOBAT›‰
—E‹OBE—EK B Hˆ‡KO HAX‹O“—EHHO‰ ˜‹ŸE. CTO‰‹O OKCEPA ›‹O
“CTO.
   †ˆBOTH›E OCT“ˆ‹ˆ ”“PƒOH. "„O CBˆ„AHˆŸ, OKCEP! - XOPOM
KPˆ—A‹ˆ OHˆ. - „O CBˆ„AHœŸ!"
   - „“PAKˆ! „“PAKˆ! - ‡AOPA‹ EH„†AMˆH, PACTA‹KˆBAŸ ˆX ˆ
B OT—AŸHˆˆ POŸ ‡EM‹ž CBOˆMˆ KO›T–AMˆ. - ˆ„ˆOT›! PA‡BE B›
HE Bˆ„ˆTE, —TO HAˆCAHO HA ”“PƒOHE?
   †ˆBOTH›E PˆC‹“˜A‹ˆCœ, A ‡ATEM HACT“ˆ‹O MO‹—AHˆE.
MžPˆE‹œ HA—A‹A CK‹A„›BATœ “KB› B C‹OBA. HO EH„†AMˆH
OTTO‹KH“‹ EE ˆ CPE„ˆ MEPTBOƒO MO‹—AHˆŸ PO—E‹: "A‹œ”PE„
CˆMMOHC. CKOTOO‰HŸ ˆ M›‹OBAPHŸ. TOPƒOB‹Ÿ ˜K“PAMˆ, KOCTŸMˆ
ˆ MŸCOM. KOPM „‹Ÿ COAK". HE OHˆMAETE, —TO TO ‡HA—ˆT? OHˆ
PO„A‹ˆ OKCEPA HA †ˆBO„EPHž!
   KPˆK “†ACA B›PBA‹CŸ “ BCEX †ˆBOTH›X. B T“ MˆH“T“ M“†—ˆHA
HA O‹“—KE X‹ECTH“‹ ‹O˜A„E‰, ˆ ”“PƒOH ME„‹EHHO „BˆH“‹CŸ
O „BOP“. P›„AŸ, †ˆBOTH›E COPOBO†„A‹ˆ EƒO. K‹OBEP Pˆ‹O†ˆ‹A
BCE Cˆ‹› ˆ HACTˆƒ‹A EƒO. "OKCEP! - ‡AKPˆ—A‹A OHA. - OKCEP!
OKCEP! OKCEP!" ˆ B T“ MˆH“T“, C‹OBHO C‹›˜A —TO-TO B
OKP“†Až™EM ˜“ME, ˆ‡ ‡A„HEƒO OKO˜E—KA ”“PƒOHA OKA‡A‹ACœ
”ˆ‡ˆOHOMˆŸ OKCEPA C E‹O‰ O‹OCO‰ OEPEK MOP„›.
   - OKCEP! - ‡AKPˆ—A‹A K‹OBEP CTPA˜H›M ƒO‹OCOM. - OKCEP!
P›ƒA‰! CKOPEE! OHˆ BE‡“T TEŸ HA CMEPTœ!
   BCE †ˆBOTH›E O„HŸ‹ˆ KPˆK: "P›ƒA‰, OKCEP, P›ƒA‰!"
HO ”“PƒOH “†E HAPA‹ CKOPOCTœ ˆ OTOPBA‹CŸ OT HˆX. OCTA‹OCœ
HEŸCH›M, OHŸ‹ ‹ˆ OKCEP, —TO EM“ XOTE‹A CKA‡ATœ K‹OBEP. HO
OH ˆC—E‡ ˆ‡ ‡A„HEƒO OKO˜E—KA, ˆ BH“TPˆ ”“PƒOHA PA‡„A‹CŸ
ƒPOXOT KO›T. OKCEP ›TA‹CŸ B›PBATœCŸ HA CBOO„“. ›‹ˆ
MƒHOBEHˆŸ, KOƒ„A KA‡A‹OCœ - E™E HECKO‹œKO “„APOB, ˆ O„
KO›TAMˆ OKCEPA ”“PƒOH PA‡‹ETˆTCŸ B ™EKˆ. HO “B›! - Cˆ‹›
“†E OKˆH“‹ˆ EƒO, ˆ ‡B“K KO›T C KA†„›M MƒHOBEHˆEM CTAHOBˆ‹CŸ
BCE C‹AEE, OKA OKOH—ATE‹œHO HE CMO‹K. B OT—AŸHˆˆ
†ˆBOTH›E O›TA‹ˆCœ OPATˆTœCŸ K „B“M ‹O˜A„ŸM, TA™ˆB˜ˆM
”“PƒOH. "TOBAPˆ™ˆ! TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - KPˆ—A‹ˆ OHˆ. - B› †E BE‡ETE
HA CMEPTœ CBOEƒO PATA!" HO T“›E CO‡„AHˆŸ, C‹ˆ˜KOM PABHO„“˜H›E,
—TO› OHŸTœ POˆCXO„Ÿ™EE, ‹ˆ˜œ Pˆ†A‹ˆ “˜ˆ ˆ
“CKOPˆ‹ˆ ˜Aƒ. OKCEP O‹œ˜E HE OŸB‹Ÿ‹CŸ B OKO˜E—KE. C‹ˆ˜KOM
O‡„HO COXBATˆ‹ˆCœ †ˆBOTH›E, —TO MO†HO ›‹O OM—ATœCŸ
BEPE„ ˆ ‡AEPETœ BOPOTA. ”“PƒOH “†E MˆHOBA‹ ˆX ˆ ›CTPO
ˆC—E‡ ‡A OBOPOTOM „OPOƒˆ. HˆKTO O‹œ˜E HE Bˆ„E‹ OKCEPA.
   —EPE‡ TPˆ „HŸ ›‹O O'ŸB‹EHO, —TO OH “MEP B ƒOCˆTA‹E
“ˆ‹‹ˆHƒ„OHA, HECMOTPŸ HA BCE “Cˆ‹ˆŸ, KOTOP›E Pˆ‹AƒA‹ˆCœ „‹Ÿ
CACEHˆŸ EƒO †ˆ‡Hˆ. Bˆ‡ƒ“H ŸBˆ‹CŸ PACCKA‡ATœ BCEM O TOM.
OH ›‹, O EƒO C‹OBAM, PŸ„OM C OKCEPOM B EƒO OC‹E„HˆE
—AC›.
   - TO ›‹O CAMOE BO‹H“ž™EE ‡PE‹ˆ™E, KOTOPOE Ÿ KOƒ„A‹ˆO
Bˆ„E‹, - CKA‡A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, B‡„›MAŸ XBOCTˆK ˆ B›TˆPAŸ
C‹E‡›. - Ÿ ›‹ “ EƒO ‹O†A „O OC‹E„HE‰ MˆH“T›. ˆ B KOH–E,
KOƒ„A “ HEƒO “†E HE ›‹O Cˆ‹ ƒOBOPˆTœ, OH PO˜ETA‹ MHE HA
“XO, —TO E„ˆHCTBEHHOE, O —EM OH E—A‹ˆTCŸ, “XO„Ÿ OT HAC, - TO
HEOKOH—EHHAŸ ME‹œHˆ–A. "BEPE„, TOBAPˆ™ˆ! - PO˜ETA‹
OH. - BEPE„ BO ˆMŸ BOCCTAHˆŸ. „A ‡„PABCTB“ET CKOTCKˆ‰
X“TOP! „A ‡„PABCTB“ET TOBAPˆ™ HAO‹EOH! HAO‹EOH BCEƒ„A
PAB". TAKOB› ›‹ˆ EƒO OC‹E„HˆE C‹OBA, TOBAPˆ™ˆ.
   OC‹E TOƒO COO™EHˆŸ HACTPOEHˆE Bˆ‡ƒ“HA PE‡KO ˆ‡MEHˆ
‹OCœ. OH ‡AMO‹—A‹ ˆ O„O‡PˆTE‹œHO Oƒ‹Ÿ„E‹CŸ, PE†„E —EM
   CHOBA HA—ATœ PE—œ.
   „O HEƒO „O˜‹ˆ, CKA‡A‹ OH, TE ƒ‹“›E ˆ ‡‹OH›E C‹“Xˆ,
   KOTOP›E PACPOCTPAHŸ‹ˆCœ BO BPEMŸ OT'E‡„A OKCEPA. KOE-KTO
   OPATˆ‹ BHˆMAHˆE, —TO HA ”“PƒOHE, OTBO‡ˆB˜EM OKCEPA, ›‹O
   HAˆCAHO "CKOTOO‰HŸ" ˆ C HEOPAB„AHHO‰ OCE˜HOCTœž C„E‹A‹
   B›BO„, —TO OKCEPA OTPAB‹ŸžT K †ˆBO„EP“. POCTO HEBEPOŸTHO,
   CKA‡A‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, —TO CPE„ˆ HAC MOƒ“T ›Tœ TAKˆE ‹EƒKOBEPH›E
   AHˆKEP›. HE“†E‹ˆ, - BCKPˆ—A‹ OH, BEPTŸ XBOCTˆKOM ˆ C“ETŸCœ
   ˆ‡ CTOPOH› B CTOPOH“, - HE“†E‹ˆ OHˆ PA‡ˆPAžTCŸ B „E‹AX
   ‹“—˜E ˆX OO†AEMOƒO BO†„Ÿ, TOBAPˆ™A HAO‹EOHA? A HA CAMOM
   „E‹E O'ŸCHEHˆE ‡HA—ˆTE‹œHO PO™E. B CBOE BPEMŸ ”“PƒOH
   „E‰CTBˆTE‹œHO PˆHA„‹E†A‹ CKOTOO‰HE, A OTOM EƒO K“ˆ‹A
   BETEPˆHAPHAŸ O‹œHˆ–A, KOTOPAŸ E™E HE “CE‹A ‡AKPACˆTœ
   CTAP“ž HA„ˆCœ. BOT OTK“„A ˆ BO‡HˆK‹O HE„OPA‡“MEHˆE.
   C‹“˜AŸ TO, †ˆBOTH›E ˆC›TA‹ˆ OƒPOMHOE O‹Eƒ—EHˆE. A
   KOƒ„A Bˆ‡ƒ“H PˆCT“ˆ‹ K O„POHOM“ OˆCAHˆž TOƒO, KAK HA
   CBOEM ‹O†E OTXO„ˆ‹ OKCEP, O OƒPOMHO‰ ‡AOTE, KOTOPO‰ OH
   ›‹ OKP“†EH, O „OPOƒˆX ‹EKAPCTBAX, ‡A KOTOP›E HAO‹EOH, HE
   ‡A„“M›BAŸCœ, B›K‹A„›BA‹ „EHœƒˆ, “ HˆX ˆC—E‡‹ˆ OC‹E„HˆE
   COMHEHˆŸ, ˆ E—A‹œ ˆ‡-‡A TOƒO, —TO OHˆ PACCTA‹ˆCœ CO CBOˆM
   TOBAPˆ™EM, “CT“ˆ‹A MECTO M›C‹ŸM, —TO OH “MEP C—ACT‹ˆB›M.
   HAO‹EOH CAM ‹ˆ—HO ŸBˆ‹CŸ HA BCTPE—“ B C‹E„“ž™EE BOC
KPECEHœE ˆ POˆ‡HEC KPATK“ž PE—œ B —ECTœ OKCEPA. K CO†A‹E
Hˆž, CKA‡A‹ OH, HEBO‡MO†HO ‡AXOPOHˆTœ HA ”EPME OCTAHKˆ
   HA˜EƒO TOBAPˆ™A, HO OH “†E PˆKA‡A‹ C‹ECTˆ O‹œ˜O‰ ‹ABPOB›‰
   BEHOK ˆ BO‡‹O†ˆTœ EƒO HA MOƒˆ‹“ OKCEPA. —EPE‡ HECKO‹œKO
   „HE‰ CBˆHœˆ PE„O‹AƒAžT “CTPOˆTœ AHKET B —ECTœ OKCEPA.
   HAO‹EOH ‡AKOH—ˆ‹ CBOE B›CT“‹EHˆE HAOMˆHAHˆEM O „B“X
   ”PA‡AX OKCEPA: "Ÿ “„“ PAOTATœ E™E O‹œ˜E" ˆ "TOBAPˆ™
   HAO‹EOH BCEƒ„A PAB". Tˆ C‹OBA, CKA‡A‹ OH, KA†„›‰ „O‹†EH
   BOCPˆHŸTœ „O ƒ‹“ˆH› „“˜ˆ, KAK CBOˆ COCTBEHH›E.
   O„ˆHHA„–ATˆ ‡ABEP˜ˆ‹ˆCœ ‡BOHOM PA‡ˆTOƒO CTEK‹A. „O
   ˆ XO„ˆ‹ˆ “OPH›E C‹“Xˆ, —TO CBˆHœˆ OTK“„A-TO PA‡„O›‹ˆ
   „EHœƒˆ, HA KOTOP›E ›‹O K“‹EHO BˆCKˆ.








   ƒ‹ABA X.


   ˜‹ˆ ƒO„›. PˆXO„ˆ‹ˆ ˆ “XO„ˆ‹ˆ BECH› ˆ OCEHˆ. “XO„ˆ‹ˆ
   TE, KOM“ Pˆ˜E‹ CPOK ˆX KOPOTKO‰ †ˆ‡Hˆ HA ‡EM‹E. HACTA‹O
   BPEMŸ, KOƒ„A HE OCTA‹OCœ O—Tˆ HˆKOƒO, KTO OMHˆ‹ › ›‹›E
   „Hˆ BOCCTAHˆŸ, KPOME K‹OBEP, EH„†AMˆHA, BOPOHA MO‡“CA ˆ
   HEKOTOP›X CBˆHE‰.
   CKOH—A‹ACœ MžPˆE‹œ; HE ›‹O “†E ‹žE‹‹, „†ECCˆ ˆ
   ˆH—EPA. “MEP ˆ „†OHC - OH CKOH—A‹CŸ ƒ„E-TO „A‹EKO, B ‹E—E
Hˆ–E „‹Ÿ A‹KOƒO‹ˆKOB. ›‹ ‡A›T CHO“O‹‹. ›‹ ‡A›T ˆ OK
CEP - BCEMˆ, KPOME HEKOTOP›X, KTO E™E ‡HA‹ EƒO. K‹OBEP PE
BPATˆ‹ACœ B CTAP“ž KO›‹“ C HEƒH“™ˆMˆCŸ HOƒAMˆ ˆ ƒHOŸ™ˆMˆCŸ
   ƒ‹A‡AMˆ. OHA „OCTˆƒ‹A EHCˆOHHOƒO BO‡PACTA „BA ƒO„A HA‡A„,
   HO HˆKTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X TAK OKA ˆ HE B›˜E‹ HA EHCˆž. PA‡ƒOBO
P›, —TO “ƒO‹ ACTˆ™A “„ET OTBE„EH „‹Ÿ TEX, KTO ˆMEET PABO
HA ‡AC‹“†EHH›‰ OT„›X, „ABHO “†E KOH—ˆ‹ˆCœ. HAO‹EOH CTA‹
MATEP›M OPOBOM BECOM B O‹TOPA –EHTHEPA. Bˆ‡ƒ“H TAK
PACTO‹CTE‹, —TO C TP“„OM MOƒ OTKP›BATœ ƒ‹A‡A. HE ˆ‡MEHˆ‹CŸ
TO‹œKO CTAP›‰ EH„†AMˆH; “ HEƒO TO‹œKO OCE„E‹A MOP„A, ˆ
OC‹E CMEPTˆ OKCEPA OH E™E O‹œ˜E OMPA—HE‹ ˆ ‡AMKH“‹CŸ.
   HA ”EPME TEEPœ †ˆ‹O MHOƒO †ˆBOTH›X, XOTŸ PˆPOCT OKA‡A‹CŸ
HE TAK BE‹ˆK, KAK O†ˆ„A‹OCœ B CBOE BPEMŸ. „‹Ÿ MHOƒˆX
OŸBˆB˜ˆXCŸ HA CBET BOCCTAHˆE ›‹O „A‹EKO‰ ‹EƒEH„O‰, PACCKA‡›
O KOTOPOM EPE„ABA‹ˆCœ ˆ‡ “CT B “CTA, A TE, KTO ›‹
K“‹EH, HˆKOƒ„A HE C‹›˜A‹ˆ O TOM, —TO ›‹O „O ˆX OŸB‹EHˆŸ
HA ”EPME. KPOME K‹OBEP, HA ”EPME TEEPœ †ˆ‹ˆ E™E TPˆ ‹O˜A„ˆ.
TO ›‹ˆ —ECTH›E CO‡„AHˆŸ, „OPOCOBECTH›E PAOTHˆKˆ ˆ XOPO˜ˆE
TOBAPˆ™ˆ, HO OT‹ˆ—A‹ˆCœ OHˆ KPA‰HE‰ ƒ‹“OCTœž. HˆKTO ˆ‡
HˆX HE OCBOˆ‹ A‹”ABˆT „A‹œ˜E “KB› B. OHˆ COƒ‹A˜A‹ˆCœ CO
BCEM, —TO ˆM PACCKA‡›BA‹ˆ O BOCCTAHˆˆ ˆ PˆH–ˆAX AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MA,
OCOEHHO, EC‹ˆ TO ›‹A K‹OBEP, K KOTOPO‰ OHˆ OTHOCˆ‹ˆCœ
C C›HOBœˆM O—TEHˆEM; HO BECœMA COMHˆTE‹œHO, OHˆMA‹ˆ ‹ˆ
OHˆ —TO-Hˆ“„œ.
   ”EPMA PO–BETA‹A, HA HE‰ –APˆ‹ CTPOƒˆ‰ OPŸ„OK, OHA „A†E
PAC˜ˆPˆ‹ACœ ‡A C—ET „B“X “—ACTKOB, PˆK“‹EHH›X “ MˆCTEPA
ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHA. HAKOHE– ME‹œHˆ–A ›‹A “CE˜HO ‡ABEP˜EHA, ˆ
TEEPœ ”EPME PˆHA„‹E†A‹ˆ BEŸ‹KA ˆ ‹EBATOP, HE ƒOBOPŸ “†
O HECKO‹œKˆX HOB›X ‡„AHˆŸX. “ˆMEP K“ˆ‹ CEE „B“KO‹K“.
PAB„A, ‹EKTPˆ—ECTBA HA ”EPME TAK ˆ HE OŸBˆ‹OCœ. HA
ME‹œHˆ–E MO‹O‹ˆ M“K“, —TO „ABA‹O ”EPME HE‹OXˆE „OXO„›.
†ˆBOTH›M Pˆ˜‹OCœ HEMA‹O OTP“„ˆTœCŸ HE TO‹œKO HA CTPOˆTE‹œCTBE
ME‹œHˆ–›; ›‹O CKA‡AHO, —TO Pˆ„ETCŸ E™E CTABˆTœ
„ˆHAMOMA˜ˆH“. HO O TOM ˆ‡Oˆ‹ˆˆ, O KOTOPOM KOƒ„A-TO ME—TA‹
CHO“O‹‹ - ‹EKTPˆ—ECKˆ‰ CBET B CTO‰‹AX, ƒOPŸ—AŸ ˆ XO‹O„HAŸ
BO„A, TPEX„HEBHAŸ PAO—AŸ HE„E‹Ÿ, - O‹œ˜E HE ƒOBOPˆ‹OCœ.
HAO‹EOH OTKA‡A‹CŸ OT TˆX ˆ„E‰, KAK POTˆBOPE—A™ˆX „“X“
AHˆMA‹ˆ‡MA. ˆCTˆHA, CKA‡A‹ OH, ‡AK‹ž—AETCŸ B HEPECTAHHOM
TP“„E ˆ “MEPEHHO‰ †ˆ‡Hˆ.
   OPO‰ HA—ˆHA‹O KA‡ATœCŸ, —TO XOTŸ ”EPMA OƒATEET,
ˆ‡Oˆ‹ˆE TO HE ˆMEET HˆKAKOƒO OTHO˜EHˆŸ K †ˆBOTH›M - KPOME,
KOHE—HO, CBˆHE‰ ˆ COAK. BO‡MO†HO, TAKOE BE—AT‹EHˆE —ACTˆ—HO
CK‹A„›BA‹OCœ ˆ‡-‡A TOƒO, —TO HA ”EPME ›‹O MHOƒO CBˆHE‰ ˆ
MHOƒO COAK. KOHE—HO, OHˆ HE OT‹›HˆBA‹ˆ OT PAOT›. OHˆ ›‹ˆ
‡AƒP“†EH›, KAK HE “CTABA‹ O'ŸCHŸTœ Bˆ‡ƒ“H, ECKOHE—H›Mˆ
OŸ‡AHHOCTŸMˆ O KOHTPO‹ž ˆ OPƒAHˆ‡A–ˆˆ PAOT HA ”EPME.
MHOƒOE ˆ‡ TOƒO, —TO OHˆ „E‹A‹ˆ, ›‹O POCTO HE„OCT“HO
OHˆMAHˆž †ˆBOTH›X. HAPˆMEP, Bˆ‡ƒ“H O'ŸCHŸ‹, —TO CBˆHœˆ
KA†„O„HEBHO KOPŸT HA„ TAKˆMˆ TAˆHCTBEHH›Mˆ BE™AMˆ, KAK
"CBO„Kˆ", "OT—ET›", "POTOKO‹›" ˆ "AMŸTH›E ‡AˆCKˆ". OHˆ
PE„CTAB‹Ÿ‹ˆ COO‰ O‹œ˜ˆE, ƒ“CTO ˆCˆCAHH›E ‹ˆCT› “MAƒˆ,
ˆ, O MEPE TOƒO KAK OHˆ ‡AO‹HŸ‹ˆCœ, ‹ˆCT› C†ˆƒA‹ˆCœ B
E—KE. OT TO‰ PAOT› ‡ABˆCˆT PO–BETAHˆE ”EPM›, O'ŸCHˆ‹
Bˆ‡ƒ“H. HO BCE †E Hˆ CBˆHœˆ, Hˆ COAKˆ HE CO‡„ABA‹ˆ CBOˆM
TP“„OM HˆKAKO‰ ˆ™ˆ; A ˆX O˜ˆPH›‰ KO‹‹EKTˆB BCEƒ„A
OT‹ˆ—A‹CŸ OTMEHH›M AETˆTOM.
   —TO †E KACAETCŸ OPA‡A †ˆ‡Hˆ OCTA‹œH›X, HACKO‹œKO ˆM
›‹O ˆ‡BECTHO, OHˆ BCEƒ„A †ˆ‹ˆ ˆMEHHO TAK. OHˆ ˆC›T›BA‹ˆ
OCTOŸHH›‰ ƒO‹O„, OHˆ CA‹ˆ HA CO‹OME, ˆ‹ˆ ˆ‡ KO‹O„ ˆ TP“„ˆ‹ˆCœ
HA O‹ŸX; ‡ˆMO‰ OHˆ CTPA„A‹ˆ OT XO‹O„A, A ‹ETOM OT
OBO„OB. OPO‰ CTAPˆKˆ, POŸCœ B ƒ‹“ˆHAX AMŸTˆ, ›TA‹ˆCœ
PA‡OPATœCŸ, ‹“—˜E ˆ‹ˆ X“†E ˆM †ˆ‹OCœ B PAHHˆE „Hˆ BOCCTAHˆŸ,
CPA‡“ †E OC‹E ˆ‡ƒHAHˆŸ „†OHCA. BCOMHˆTœ OHˆ HE MOƒ‹ˆ.
ˆM HE C —EM ›‹O CPABHˆBATœ CBOž TEEPE˜Hžž †ˆ‡Hœ:
E„ˆHCTBEHHOE, —TO “ HˆX ›‹O, TO COO™EHˆŸ Bˆ‡ƒ“HA, KOTOP›‰,
BOOP“†ˆB˜ˆCœ –ˆ”PAMˆ, “E„ˆTE‹œHO „OKA‡›BA‹ ˆM, —TO
„E‹A ˆ„“T ‹“—˜E ˆ ‹“—˜E. †ˆBOTH›E —“BCTBOBA‹ˆ, —TO PO‹EMA
HEPA‡PE˜ˆMA; BO BCŸKOM C‹“—AE, “ HˆX O—Tˆ HE OCTABA‹OCœ
BPEMEHˆ, —TO› ƒOBOPˆTœ HA O„OH›E TEM›. TO‹œKO CTAP›‰
EH„†AMˆH MOƒ BCOMHˆTœ KA†„›‰ ˜TPˆX CBOE‰ „O‹ƒO‰ †ˆ‡Hˆ, ˆ
   OH ‡HA‹, —TO „E‹A BCEƒ„A ˜‹ˆ TAKˆM OPA‡OM, Hˆ ‹“—˜E, Hˆ
   X“†E - ƒO‹O„, ‹ˆ˜EHˆŸ, PA‡O—APOBAHˆŸ; TAKOB, ƒOBOPˆ‹ OH,
   HEOPOBEP†ˆM›‰ ‡AKOH †ˆ‡Hˆ.
   ˆ BCE †E †ˆBOTH›X HE OKˆ„A‹A HA„E†„A. O‹EE TOƒO, OHˆ
   HˆKOƒ„A Hˆ HA MˆH“T“ HE TEPŸ‹ˆ —“BCTBA ƒOP„OCTˆ ‡A T“ —ECTœ,
   —TO ›‹A ˆM PE„OCTAB‹EHA - ›Tœ —‹EHAMˆ CKOTCKOƒO X“TOPA.
   OHˆ BCE E™E PO„O‹†A‹ˆ OCTABATœCŸ E„ˆHCTBEHHO‰ ”EPMO‰ B
   CTPAHE - BO BCE‰ AHƒ‹ˆˆ! - KOTOPAŸ PˆHA„‹E†A‹A ˆ KOTOPO‰
   P“KOBO„ˆ‹ˆ CAMˆ †ˆBOTH›E. HˆKTO ˆ‡ HˆX, „A†E CAM›E MO‹O„›E,
   „A†E HOBOPˆ›B˜ˆE, KOTOP›E ›‹ˆ K“‹EH› HA ”EPMAX B
   „ECŸTˆ ˆ‹ˆ „BA„–ATˆ Mˆ‹ŸX OT CKOTCKOƒO X“TOPA, HE TEPŸ‹ˆ
   O™“™EHˆŸ —“„A, K KOTOPOM“ OHˆ ›‹ˆ Pˆ—ACTH›. ˆ KOƒ„A OHˆ
   C‹›˜A‹ˆ ƒPOXOT PEBO‹œBEPHOƒO CA‹žTA, Bˆ„E‹ˆ, KAK TPEE™ET
   HA MA—TE ‡E‹EH›‰ ”‹Aƒ, CEP„–A ˆX TPEETA‹ˆ OT —“BCTBA HEPE
XO„Ÿ™E‰ ƒOP„OCTˆ, ˆ OHˆ HEˆ‡MEHHO BCOMˆHA‹ˆ „A‹EKˆE ‹EƒEH
„APH›E „Hˆ, KOƒ„A ›‹ ˆ‡ƒHAH „†OHC, ‡AE—AT‹EH› CEMœ ‡AOBE
„E‰, BE‹ˆKˆE CPA†EHˆŸ, B KOTOP›X —E‹OBE—ECTBO OTEPE‹O
   PE˜ˆTE‹œHOE OPA†EHˆE. HˆKTO HE ›‹ ‡A›T, ˆ Hˆ—TO HE ›‹O
   ‡A›TO. BEPA B PE„CKA‡AHH“ž MA‰OPOM PEC“‹ˆK“ †ˆBOTH›X,
   PACKˆH“B˜“žCŸ HA ‡E‹EH›X O‹ŸX AHƒ‹ˆˆ, HA KOTOP›E HE CT“ˆT
   HOƒA —E‹OBEKA, PO„O‹†A‹A †ˆTœ. KOƒ„A-Hˆ“„œ TO BPEMŸ
   HACT“ˆT: BO‡MO†HO, HE CKOPO, BO‡MO†HO, HˆKTO ˆ‡ H›HE †ˆB“
™ˆX HE “Bˆ„ˆT TˆX „HE‰, HO OHˆ Pˆ„“T. OPO‰ T“T ˆ TAM
   Tˆ˜KOM ‡B“—A‹A ME‹O„ˆŸ "CKOTOB AHƒ‹ˆˆ", BO BCŸKOM C‹“—AE,
   BCE OˆTATE‹ˆ ”EPM› ‡HA‹ˆ EE, XOTŸ HˆKTO HE OCME‹ˆ‹CŸ ›
   ˆCO‹HˆTœ EE BC‹“X. „A, †ˆ‡Hœ ›‹A TP“„HA, ˆ HE BCE ˆX
   HA„E†„› C›‹ˆCœ; HO OHˆ OHˆMA‹ˆ, —TO OT‹ˆ—AžTCŸ OT BCEX
   PO—ˆX. EC‹ˆ OHˆ ƒO‹O„A‹ˆ, TO HE OTOM“, —TO KOPMˆ‹ˆ
   TˆPAHOB-‹ž„E‰; EC‹ˆ ˆX †„A‹ TŸ†E‹›‰ TP“„, TO, B KOH–E
   KOH–OB, OHˆ PAOTA‹ˆ „‹Ÿ CEŸ. HˆKTO ˆ‡ HˆX HE XO„ˆ‹ HA „B“X
   HOƒAX. HˆKTO HE ‡HA‹, KAK ‡B“—ˆT "XO‡ŸˆH"! BCE ›‹ˆ PABH›.
   KAK-TO B HA—A‹E ‹ETA Bˆ‡ƒ“H PˆKA‡A‹ OB–AM C‹E„OBATœ
   ‡A HˆM ˆ “BE‹ ˆX B OT„A‹EHH›‰ KOHE– ”EPM›, ‡APOC˜ˆ‰ MO‹O„›M
   EPE‡HŸKOM. O„ HA‹ž„EHˆEM Bˆ‡ƒ“HA OHˆ POBE‹ˆ ‡„ECœ BECœ
   „EHœ, O™ˆ›BAŸ MO‹O„›E OEƒˆ. K BE—EP“ OHˆ, ›‹O, „BˆH“
‹ˆCœ HA ”EPM“, HO ˆM ›‹O CKA‡AHO OCTABATœCŸ HA MECTE, O
CKO‹œK“ TE‹AŸ OƒO„A HE PEŸTCTBOBA‹A TOM“. B KOH–E KOH
–OB, OHˆ POBE‹ˆ B EPE‡HŸKE –E‹“ž HE„E‹ž, B TE—EHˆE KOTOPO‰
   ˆX HE Bˆ„E‹ HˆKTO ˆ‡ †ˆBOTH›X. Bˆ‡ƒ“H POBO„ˆ‹ C HˆMˆ O‹œ
˜“ž —ACTœ „HŸ. OH O“—A‹ ˆX HOBO‰ ECHE, „‹Ÿ KOTOPO‰ “E„ˆHE
HˆE ›‹O HEOXO„ˆMO.
   B O„ˆH PEKPACH›‰ BE—EP, KAK PA‡ OC‹E BO‡BPA™EHˆŸ
   OBE–, KOƒ„A †ˆBOTH›E KOH—ˆ‹ˆ PAOTATœ ˆ HETOPO‹ˆBO ˜‹ˆ HA
   ”EPM“, OHˆ “C‹›˜A‹ˆ „OHOCŸ™EECŸ CO „BOPA ˆC“ƒAHHOE P†AHˆE.
   †ˆBOTH›E OCTAHOBˆ‹ˆCœ B “„ˆB‹EHˆˆ. TO ›‹ ƒO‹OC K‹OBEP. OHA
   CHOBA ‡AP†A‹A, ˆ TOƒ„A BCE ƒA‹OOM OCKAKA‹ˆ HA ”EPM“.
   BOPBAB˜ˆCœ BO „BOP, OHˆ “Bˆ„E‹ˆ TO, —TO PE„CTA‹O ƒ‹A‡AM
   K‹OBEP.
   TO ›‹A CBˆHœŸ, ˜ECTBOBAB˜AŸ HA ‡A„HˆX HOƒAX.
   „A, TO ›‹ Bˆ‡ƒ“H. HECKO‹œKO CKOBAHHO, TAK KAK OH HE
   PˆB›K HECTˆ CBO‰ †ˆBOT B TAKOM O‹O†EHˆˆ, HO „OBO‹œHO ‹OBKO
   A‹AHCˆP“Ÿ, OH EPECEK „BOP. A —EPE‡ MˆH“T“ ˆ‡ „BEPE‰ ”EPM›
   B›˜‹A BEPEHˆ–A CBˆHE‰ - BCE HA ‡A„HˆX HOƒAX. “ HEKOTOP›X TO
   O‹“—A‹OCœ ‹“—˜E, “ „P“ƒˆX X“†E, KOE-KTO ›‹ TAK HE“CTO‰—ˆB,
   —TO, KA‡A‹OCœ, EM“ TPE“ETCŸ O„OPKA, HO BCE “CE˜HO
   COBEP˜ˆ‹ˆ KP“ƒ O „BOP“. ˆ HAKOHE– PA‡„A‹CŸ COA—ˆ‰ ‹A‰ ˆ
   TOP†ECTBEHHOE K“KAPEKAHœE —EPHOƒO ET“XA, —TO OOBECTˆ‹O
   O OŸB‹EHˆˆ CAMOƒO HAO‹EOHA. HA„MEHHO ƒ‹Ÿ„Ÿ O CTOPOHAM,
   OH BE‹ˆ—ECTBEHHO PO˜E‹ —EPE‡ „BOP B OKP“†EHˆˆ COAK.
   ME†„“ KO›TAMˆ “ HEƒO ›‹ ‡A†AT X‹›CT.
   HACT“ˆ‹A MEPTBAŸ Tˆ˜ˆHA. CM“™EHH›E ˆ HA“ƒAHH›E †ˆBOT
H›E, CˆB˜ˆCœ B K“—“, HA‹ž„A‹ˆ, KAK O „BOP“ ME„‹EHHO
   „Bˆ†ETCŸ BEPEHˆ–A CBˆHE‰. KA‡A‹OCœ, —TO MˆP EPEBEPH“‹CŸ
   BBEPX HOƒAMˆ. HO, HAKOHE–, HACTA‹ MOMEHT, KOƒ„A ˆC—E‡ EPB›‰
˜OK ˆ, KOƒ„A, HECMOTPŸ Hˆ HA —TO - Hˆ HA CTPAX EPE„ COAKAMˆ,
Hˆ HA PˆB›—K“, BOCˆTAHH“ž „O‹ƒˆMˆ ƒO„AMˆ, HˆKOƒ„A HE
†A‹OBATœCŸ, HˆKOƒ„A HE KPˆTˆKOBATœ, —TO › Hˆ C‹“—ˆ‹OCœ - PA‡„A‹ˆCœ
C‹OBA POTECTA. HO KAK PA‡ B TOT MOMEHT, C‹OBHO
O CˆƒHA‹“, OB–› XOPOM HA—A‹ˆ ƒPOMOƒ‹ACHO ‹EŸTœ:
   - —ET›PE HOƒˆ XOPO˜O, „BE HOƒˆ ‹ “ — ˜ E! —ET›PE
HOƒˆ XOPO˜O, „BE HOƒˆ ‹ “ — ˜ E! —ET›PE HOƒˆ XOPO˜O,
„BE HOƒˆ ‹ “ — ˜ E!
   ˆ TAK E‡ OCTAHOBKˆ PO„O‹†A‹OCœ MˆH“T ŸTœ. ˆ KOƒ„A
OB–› HAKOHE– CMO‹K‹ˆ, BPEMŸ „‹Ÿ POTECTOB “†E ›‹O ““™EHO,
OCKO‹œK“ CBˆHœˆ “†E „BˆƒA‹ˆCœ OPATHO HA ”EPM“.
   EH„†AMˆH O—“BCTBOBA‹, KAK KTO-TO TKH“‹ HOCOM EM“ B
‹E—O. OH Oƒ‹ŸH“‹CŸ. TO ›‹A K‹OBEP. EE CTAP›E ƒ‹A‡A
OM“THE‹ˆ E™E O‹œ˜E. HE ƒOBOPŸ Hˆ C‹OBA, OHA OCTOPO†HO
OTŸH“‹A EƒO ‡A ƒPˆB“ ˆ OBE‹A K TO‰ CTEHE O‹œ˜OƒO AMAPA,
HA KOTOPO‰ ›‹ˆ HAˆCAH› CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰. —EPE‡ AP“ MˆH“T
OHˆ “†E CTOŸ‹ˆ “ CTEH› C E‹›Mˆ “KBAMˆ HA HE‰.
   - ‡PEHˆE C‹AEET, - CKA‡A‹A OHA HAKOHE–. - HO „A†E
KOƒ„A Ÿ ›‹A MO‹O„A, TO BCE PABHO HE MOƒ‹A PO—ECTœ, —TO
‡„ECœ HAˆCAHO. HO MHE KA†ETCŸ, —TO CTEHA HECKO‹œKO ˆ‡MEHˆ‹ACœ.
HE ˆ‡MEHˆ‹ˆCœ ‹ˆ CEMœ ‡AOBE„E‰, EH„†AMˆH?
   E„ˆHCTBEHH›‰ PA‡ EH„†AMˆH COƒ‹ACˆ‹CŸ HAP“˜ˆTœ CBOˆ
PABˆ‹A ˆ PO—E‹ E‰ TO, —TO ›‹O HAˆCAHO HA CTEHE. BCE ›‹O
O-CTAPOM“ - KPOME O„HO‰ ‡AOBE„ˆ. OHA ƒ‹ACˆ‹A:


   B C E † ˆ B O T H › E P A B H ›.

   H O H E K O T O P › E † ˆ B O T H › E

   P A B H ›  O ‹ E E, — E M „ P “ ƒ ˆ E.


   OC‹E TOƒO “†E HE OKA‡A‹OCœ CTPAHH›M, KOƒ„A HA C‹E„“ž™ˆ‰
„EHœ CBˆHœˆ, HA„‡ˆPAB˜ˆE ‡A PAOTAMˆ HA ”EPME, O‡ABE‹ˆCœ
X‹›CTAMˆ. HE OKA‡A‹OCœ CTPAHH›M ˆ TO, —TO CBˆHœˆ K“ˆ‹ˆ
„‹Ÿ CEŸ PA„ˆOPˆEMHˆKˆ, POBE‹ˆ TE‹E”OH ˆ O„ˆCA‹ˆCœ HA
"„†OH “‹œ", "TˆT-ˆT" ˆ "„E‰‹ˆ MˆPPOP". HE OKA‡A‹OCœ
CTPAHH›M, —TO TEEPœ MO†HO ›‹O “Bˆ„ETœ HAO‹EOHA, POƒ“‹ˆBAž™ˆMCŸ
B CA„“ ”EPM› C TP“KO‰ BO PT“ - ˆ „A†E TO, —TO
CBˆHœˆ CTA‹ˆ ˆCO‹œ‡OBATœ O PŸMOM“ HA‡HA—EHˆž ƒAP„EPO
MˆCTEPA „†OHCA. HAO‹EOH O‹A—ˆ‹CŸ B —EPH›‰ ˆ„†AK, OXOTHˆ—œˆ
Pˆ„†ˆ ˆ KO†AH›E HAKO‹EHHˆKˆ, A EƒO ‹žˆMAŸ CBˆHOMATKA
O„E‹A ˜E‹KOBOE ‹ATœE, KOTOPOE MˆCCˆC „†OHC HOCˆ‹A O
BOCKPCEHœŸM.
   —EPE‡ HE„E‹ž, PˆMEPHO OKO‹O O‹“„HŸ HA ”EPME OŸBˆ‹OCœ
HECKO‹œKO „PO†EK. TO ŸBˆ‹ACœ „E‹EƒA–ˆŸ C COCE„HˆX ”EPM,
Pˆƒ‹A˜EHHAŸ „‹Ÿ ‡HAKOMCTBA C ”EPMO‰. OHˆ OCMOTPE‹ˆ BCE C
HA—A‹A „O KOH–A ˆ B›PA‡ˆ‹ˆ CBOE ƒ‹“OKOE BOCXˆ™EHˆE “Bˆ„EHH›M,
OCOEHHO ME‹œHˆ–E‰. †ˆBOTH›E B›A‹›BA‹ˆ COPHŸKˆ HA
CBEKO‹œHOM O‹E. OHˆ PAOTA‹ˆ C PE„E‹œH›M CTAPAHˆEM, O—Tˆ
HE OTP›BAŸ ƒ‹A‡ OT ‡EM‹ˆ ˆ HE ‡HAŸ, KOƒO HA„O OŸTœCŸ
O‹œ˜E - TO ‹ˆ CBˆHE‰, TO ‹ˆ ‹ž„E‰-Bˆ‡ˆTEPOB.
   BE—EPOM C ”EPM› „OHOCˆ‹ˆCœ ‡B“Kˆ EHˆŸ ˆ ƒPOMKˆ‰ CMEX.
BHE‡AHO, C‹“˜AŸ T“ ME˜AHˆH“ ƒO‹OCOB, †ˆBOTH›E ˆC›TA‹ˆ
Pˆ‹ˆB OCTPOƒO ‹žO›TCTBA. —TO MO†ET POˆ‡O‰Tˆ, KOƒ„A
†ˆBOTH›E ˆ ‹ž„ˆ B EPB›‰ PA‡ BCTPETˆ‹ˆCœ HA PABH›X? B E„ˆHOM
OP›BE BCE CTA‹ˆ TˆXOHœKO CKA‹ˆBATœCŸ B CA„“ ”EPM›. MˆHOBAB
KA‹ˆTK“, OHˆ ›‹O OCTAHOBˆ‹ˆCœ B ˆC“ƒE, HO K‹OBEP OBE‹A
ˆX ‡A COO‰. HA –›O—KAX OHˆ O„O˜‹ˆ K „OM“, ˆ TE, “ KOƒO
XBATA‹O POCTA, ‡Aƒ‹ŸH“‹ˆ B OKHA CTO‹OBO‰. ‡„ECœ ‡A KP“ƒ‹›M
CTO‹OM Cˆ„E‹O O‹„ž†ˆH› ”EPMEPOB ˆ TAKOE †E KO‹ˆ—ECTBO CAM›X
ˆMEHˆT›X CBˆHE‰. HAO‹EOH ‡AHˆMA‹ O—ETHOE MECTO BO ƒ‹ABE
CTO‹A. CBˆHœˆ HEPˆH“†„EHHO PA‡BA‹ˆ‹ˆCœ B KPEC‹AX.
   KOMAHˆŸ PA‡B‹EKA‹ACœ ˆƒPO‰ B KAPT›, BPEMŸ OT BPEMEHˆ
   OTB‹EKAŸCœ OT TOƒO ‡AHŸTˆŸ „‹Ÿ O—EPE„HOƒO TOCTA. O KP“ƒ“
   XO„ˆ‹ O‹œ˜O‰ K“B˜ˆH, ˆ‡ KOTOPOƒO KP“†Kˆ PEƒ“‹ŸPHO HAO‹HŸ
‹ˆCœ ˆBOM. HˆKTO HE OPATˆ‹ BHˆMAHˆŸ HA “„ˆB‹EHH›E
   ”ˆ‡ˆOHOMˆˆ, Pˆ†AB˜ˆECŸ K CTEK‹“.
   C KP“†KO‰ B P“KE O„HŸ‹CŸ MˆCTEP ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH ˆ‡ ”OKC
B“„A. Ÿ PO˜“, CKA‡A‹ OH, O—TEHH“ž KOMAHˆž PˆCOE„ˆHˆTœCŸ
   K MOEM“ TOCT“. HO PE„BAPˆTE‹œHO OH „O‹†EH CKA‡ATœ HECKO‹œKO
   C‹OB, KOTOP›E PB“TCŸ HAP“†“.
   C —“BCTBOM O‹œ˜OƒO “„OB‹ETBOPEHˆŸ HA„O OTMETˆTœ,
   - CKA‡A‹ MˆCTEP ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH, - ˆ, OH “BEPEH, K HEM“ PˆCOE„ˆ
HŸTCŸ BCE OCTA‹œH›E - —TO „O‹ƒˆ‰ EPˆO„ HE„OPA‡“MEHˆ‰ ˆ
   HE„OBEPˆŸ “˜E‹ B PO˜‹OE. HACT“AET BPEMŸ - ˆ TAK C—ˆTAET HE
   TO‹œKO OH, HO EƒO —“BCTBA PA‡„E‹ŸžT BCE PˆC“TCTB“ž™ˆE
   - KOƒ„A “BA†AEM›E B‹A„E‹œ–› CKOTCKOƒO X“TOPA “„“T OTHOCˆTœCŸ
   K CBOˆM COCE„ŸM HE TO‹œKO E‡ BPA†„EHOCTˆ, HO ˆ C OPE„E
‹EHH›M „OBEPˆEM. BCE HEPˆŸTH›E ˆH–ˆ„EHT› ‡A›T›, OPO—H›E
   ˆ„Eˆ OTBEPƒH“T›. B CBOE BPEMŸ ›TOBA‹O MHEHˆE, —TO
   C“™ECTBOBAHˆE ”EPM›, KOTOPO‰ B‹A„EžT ˆ “PAB‹ŸžT CBˆHœˆ,
   PE„CTAB‹ŸET COO‰ HEHOPMA‹œHOE ŸB‹EHˆE, OKA‡›BAž™EE ‹OXOE
   B‹ˆŸHˆE HA COCE„E‰. MHOƒˆE ”EPMEP› ›‹ˆ E‡OƒOBOPO—HO
   “BEPEH›, —TO HA ”EPME –APˆT „“X BCE„O‡BO‹EHHOCTˆ ˆ
   PAC“™EHHOCTˆ. OHˆ ›‹ˆ OECOKOEH› TEM B‹ˆŸHˆEM, KAKOE
   „AHHAŸ ”EPMA MO†ET OKA‡ATœ HA ˆX COCTBEHH›‰ CKOT ˆ „A†E HA
   ˆX PAOTHˆKOB. HO H›HE HE C“™ECTB“ET HˆKAKˆX COMHEHˆ‰ ˆ
   TPEBOƒ. CEƒO„HŸ OH ‹ˆ—HO ˆ EƒO „P“‡œŸ, OCETˆB ”EPM“,
   „OCKOHA‹œHO OCMOTPE‹ˆ EE COCTBEHH›Mˆ ƒ‹A‡AMˆ - ˆ —TO †E OHˆ
   OHAP“†ˆ‹ˆ? „‹Ÿ BCEX ”EPMEPOB MOƒ“T C‹“†ˆTœ B„OXHOB‹Ÿž™ˆM
   PˆMEPOM HE TO‹œKO COBPEMEHH›E METO„› XO‡Ÿ‰CTBOBAHˆŸ,
   HO ˆ “CTAHOBˆB˜ˆECŸ ‡„ECœ „ˆC–ˆ‹ˆHA ˆ OPŸ„OK. OH “BEPEH,
   —TO HE “„ET O˜ˆKO‰ “TBEP†„ATœ, —TO ‡„ECœ PAO—ˆ‰ CKOT
   TP“„ˆTCŸ O‹œ˜E, A OTPE‹ŸET ˆ™ˆ MEHœ˜E, —EM HA
   KAKO‰-‹ˆO „P“ƒO‰ ”EPME B OKP“ƒE. ˆ OH, ˆ EƒO „P“‡œŸ CEƒO„HŸ
   Bˆ„E‹ˆ HA ”EPME MHOƒO HOBOBBE„EHˆ‰, KOTOP›E OHˆ OCTAPAžTCŸ
   HE‡AME„‹ˆTE‹œHO BHE„PˆTœ B CBOˆX XO‡Ÿ‰CTBAX.
   XOTE‹OCœ › ‡AKOH—ˆTœ CBOE B›CT“‹EHˆE, CKA‡A‹ OH, E™E
   PA‡ O„—EPKH“B TE „P“†ECKˆE CBŸ‡ˆ, KOTOP›E H›HE „O‹†H›
   C“™ECTBOBATœ ME†„“ CKOTCKˆM X“TOPOM ˆ EƒO COCE„ŸMˆ. ME†„“
   CBˆHœŸMˆ ˆ ‹ž„œMˆ H›HE HET ˆ HE MO†ET ›Tœ KOPEHH›X POTˆBO
PE—ˆ‰. “ HˆX O„Hˆ ˆ TE †E ‡AOT› ˆ TP“„HOCTˆ, O„Hˆ ˆ TE †E
   PO‹EM›, B —ACTHOCTˆ, KACAž™ˆECŸ PAOT›. B TOM MECTE
   MˆCTEP ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH XOTE‹ POCˆTœ COPAB˜ˆMCŸ T™ATE‹œHO O„
ƒOTOB‹EHH“ž KOH–OBK“, HO OH C‹ˆ˜KOM EPEHAPŸƒCŸ OT BO‹HEHˆŸ
   ˆ OKA‡A‹CŸ HE B COCTOŸHˆˆ C„E‹ATœ TO. CPABˆB˜ˆCœ C ‡AME
˜ATE‹œCTBOM, OT—EƒO EƒO MHOƒO—ˆC‹EHH›E O„OPO„Kˆ OAƒPOBE
‹ˆ, OH HAKOHE– POˆ‡HEC: "EC‹ˆ “ BAC ECTœ PAO—ˆ‰ CKOT,
   - CKA‡A‹ OH, - TO “ HAC ECTœ PAO—ˆ‰ K‹ACC!"
   TOT KA‹AM“P B›‡BA‹ ‡A CTO‹OM BOCTOP†EHH›‰ PEB; A
   MˆCTEP ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH E™E PA‡ O‹AƒO„APˆ‹ CBˆHE‰ ‡A TO, —TO C
   ˆX OMO™œž OHˆ CMOƒ“T PE˜ˆTœ PO‹EM› MA‹OƒO PA–ˆOHA,
   „‹ˆHHOƒO PAO—EƒO „HŸ ˆ †ECTKO‰ CˆCTEM› “PAB‹EHˆŸ, KOTOP›E
   OHˆ CEƒO„HŸ HA‹ž„A‹ˆ HA ”EPME.
   A TEEPœ, CKA‡A‹ OH, OH POCˆT O™ECTBO O„HŸTœCŸ,
   PE„BAPˆTE‹œHO “E„ˆB˜ˆCœ, —TO KP“†Kˆ HAO‹HEH›. "„†EHTE‹œ
MEH›, - ‡ABEP˜AŸ B›CT“‹EHˆE, CKA‡A‹ OH, - Ÿ PE„‹AƒAž TOCT:
   ‡A PO–BETAHˆE CKOTCKOƒO X“TOPA!"
   BCE „P“†HO ˆ BECE‹O BCTA‹ˆ HA HOƒˆ. B Pˆ‹ˆBE ‹AƒO„AP
HOCTˆ HAO‹EOH „A†E OKˆH“‹ CBOE MECTO ˆ OO˜E‹ BOKP“ƒ
   CTO‹A, —TO› —OKH“TœCŸ C MˆCTEPOM ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHOM CBOE‰ KP“†
KO‰, PE†„E —EM OC“˜ˆTœ EE. KOƒ„A BECE‹œE HECKO‹œKO CTˆX‹O,
   HAO‹EOH, OCTAB˜ˆ‰CŸ CTOŸTœ, ‡AŸBˆ‹, —TO OH TO†E XO—ET
   CKA‡ATœ HECKO‹œKO C‹OB.
   KAK ˆ BCE B›CT“‹EHˆŸ HAO‹EOHA, PE—œ EƒO ›‹A KPATKO‰
   ˆ „E‹OBO‰. OH TO†E, CKA‡A‹ HAO‹EOH, C—ACT‹ˆB, —TO EPˆO„
HE„OPA‡“MEHˆ‰ O„O˜E‹ K KOH–“. B TE—EHˆE „O‹ƒOƒO BPEMEHˆ
XO„ˆ‹ˆ C‹“Xˆ - PAC“CKAB˜ˆECŸ, KAK “ HEƒO ECTœ OCHOBAHˆŸ
C—ˆTATœ, HA˜ˆMˆ ‡‹OCTH›Mˆ BPAƒAMˆ - —TO ˆ OH CAM, ˆ EƒO
KO‹‹Eƒˆ Pˆ„EP†ˆBAžTCŸ O„O‡PˆTE‹œH›X ˆ „A†E PEBO‹ž–ˆOHH›X
BO‡‡PEHˆ‰. —TO OHˆ, ŸKO›, CTABŸT CEE –E‹œž B›‡BATœ BO‹HEHˆŸ
CPE„ˆ †ˆBOTH›X HA COCE„HˆX ”EPMAX. HO Hˆ—EƒO HET O‹EE
„A‹EKOƒO OT PAB„›! ˆX E„ˆHCTBEHHOE †E‹AHˆE - ˆ CE‰—AC ˆ B
PO˜‹OM - †ˆTœ B MˆPE ˆ O„„EP†ˆBATœ HOPMA‹œH›E „E‹OB›E
OTHO˜EHˆŸ CO CBOˆMˆ COCE„ŸMˆ. ”EPMA, KOTOPO‰ OH ˆMEET —ECTœ
P“KOBO„ˆTœ, PE„CTAB‹ŸET COO‰ KOOEPATˆBHOE PE„PˆŸTˆE.
HAXO„Ÿ™ˆ‰CŸ B EƒO B‹A„EHˆˆ „OK“MEHT, OPE„E‹Ÿž™ˆ‰ PABO
COCTBEHHOCTˆ, ‡AKPE‹ŸET TO PABO ‡A CBˆHœŸMˆ COO™A.
   OH HE C—ˆTAET, CKA‡A‹ HAO‹EOH, —TO KAKˆE-TO CTAP›E
O„O‡PEHˆŸ E™E MOƒ“T ˆMETœ MECTO, HO, TEM HE MEHEE, HA ”EPME
“„“T HEME„‹EHHO POBE„EH› OPE„E‹EHH›E ˆ‡MEHEHˆŸ, KOTOP›E
„O‹†H› “KPEˆTœ HAME—Až™ˆ‰CŸ ME†„“ HAMˆ PO–ECC C‹ˆ†EHˆŸ.
TAK, †ˆBOTH›E HA ”EPME ˆMEžT „“PA–K“ž PˆB›—K“ OPA™ATœCŸ
„P“ƒ K „P“ƒ“ "TOBAPˆ™". C TˆM “„ET OKOH—EHO. KPOME TOƒO,
C“™ECTB“ET O—EHœ CTPAHH›‰ O›—A‰, ˆCTOKˆ KOTOPOƒO OCTAžTCŸ
HEˆ‡BECTH›Mˆ, O “TPAM B BOCKPECEHœE MAP˜ˆPOBATœ MˆMO —EPEA
CTAPOƒO XPŸKA, PˆˆTOƒO ƒBO‡„ŸMˆ K A‹KE. C TˆM TO†E
Pˆ„ETCŸ OKOH—ˆTœ, A —EPE, KAK O‹AƒAETCŸ, PE„ATœ OƒPEEHˆž.
OCETˆTE‹ˆ TAK†E MOƒ‹ˆ Bˆ„ETœ PA‡BEBAž™ˆ‰CŸ HA MA—TE
‡E‹EH›‰ ”‹Aƒ. ˆ OHˆ „O‹†H› ›‹ˆ OPATˆTœ BHˆMAHˆE, —TO, EC‹ˆ
PAHœ˜E HA HEM KPACOBA‹ˆCœ E‹›E POƒ ˆ KO›TO, TO CE‰—AC ˆX
“†E HET. OTH›HE “„ET TO‹œKO —ˆCTOE ‡E‹EHOE O‹OTHˆ™E.
   “ HEƒO ECTœ TO‹œKO O„HO ‡AME—AHˆE, CKA‡A‹ HAO‹EOH, O
OBO„“ PEKPACHO‰, POHˆKH“TO‰ „“XOM „OPOCOCE„CTBA PE—ˆ
MˆCTEPA ˆ‹KˆHƒTOHA. ƒOBOPŸ O CKOTCKOM X“TOPE, OH, KOHE—HO,
HE ‡HA‹, - OCKO‹œK“ HAO‹EOH TO‹œKO CE‰—AC COO™AET O
TOM - —TO HA‡BAHˆE "CKOTCKˆ‰ X“TOP" OTH›HE HE C“™ECTB“ET.
OTH›HE “„ET ˆ‡BECTHA "”EPMA "“CA„œA"" - —TO, KAK OH “BEPEH,
ŸB‹ŸETCŸ EE ˆCKOHH›M ˆ PABˆ‹œH›M ˆMEHEM.
   - „†EHTE‹œMEH›, - ‡ABEP˜ˆ‹ CBOE B›CT“‹EHˆE HAO‹EOH. - Ÿ
XO—“ BAM PE„‹O†ˆTœ TOT †E CAM›‰ TOCT, HO HECKO‹œKO B
ˆHO‰ ”OPME. HAO‹HˆTE BA˜ˆ CTAKAH› „O KPAEB. „†EHTE‹œMEH›,
BOT MO‰ TOCT - ‡A PO–BETAHˆE "”EPM› "“CA„œA""!
   TOT TOCT ›‹ BCTPE—EH TAKˆM †E, KAK ˆ PAHœ˜E, B‡P›BOM
BECE‹œŸ. KP“†Kˆ ›‹ˆ OC“˜EH› „O OC‹E„HE‰ KA‹ˆ. HO TEM, KTO
CHAP“†ˆ HA‹ž„A‹ T“ C–EH“, HA—A‹O KA‡ATœCŸ, —TO POˆCXO„ŸT
CTPAHH›E BE™ˆ. —TO ˆ‡MEHˆ‹OCœ B ”ˆ‡ˆOHOMˆŸX CBˆHE‰? CTAP›E
O„C‹EOBAT›E ƒ‹A‡A K‹OBEP EPEEƒA‹ˆ C O„HOƒO ‹ˆ–A HA
„P“ƒOE. O„HO ›‹O “KPA˜EHO ŸTœž O„OPO„KAMˆ, „P“ƒOE - —ET›PœMŸ,
“ KOE-KOƒO ›‹O O TPˆ O„OPO„KA. HO O—EM“ ‹ˆ–A
Tˆ PAC‹›BA‹ˆCœ EPE„ EE ƒ‹A‡AMˆ, MEHŸŸ CBOE B›PA†EHˆE?
OC‹E TOƒO, KAK CTˆX‹ˆ A‹O„ˆCMEHT› ˆ KOMAHˆŸ BEPH“‹ACœ K
KAPTAM, PO„O‹†AŸ PEPBAHH“ž ˆƒP“, †ˆBOTH›E TˆXO “„A‹ˆ‹ˆCœ.
   HO HE PO‰„Ÿ ˆ „BA„–ATˆ METPOB, OHˆ OCTAHOBˆ‹ˆCœ. C
”EPM› „O HˆX „OHECCŸ PEB ƒO‹OCOB. KˆH“B˜ˆCœ OPATHO, OHˆ
CHOBA PˆHˆK‹ˆ K OKHAM. „A, B ƒOCTˆHO‰ PA‡ƒOPE‹ACœ †ECTOKAŸ
CCOPA. PA‡„ABA‹ˆCœ KPˆKˆ, ƒPOXOTA‹ˆ “„AP› O CTO‹“, ‹ETE‹ˆ
‡‹OH›E B‡ƒ‹Ÿ„›, C›A‹ˆCœ OCKOP‹EHˆŸ. ˆCTO—HˆKOM BO‹HEHˆŸ
ŸBˆ‹OCœ TO, —TO ˆ HAO‹EOH, ˆ MˆCTEP ˆ‹KˆHƒTOH O„HOBPEMEHHO
B›POCˆ‹ˆ HA CTO‹ O T“‡“ ˆK.
   „BEHA„–ATœ ƒO‹OCOB KPˆ—A‹ˆ O„HOBPEMEHHO, HO BCE OHˆ
›‹ˆ OXO†ˆ. TEEPœ ›‹O ŸCHO, —TO C‹“—ˆ‹OCœ CO CBˆHœŸMˆ.
OCTAB˜ˆECŸ CHAP“†ˆ EPEBO„ˆ‹ˆ B‡ƒ‹Ÿ„› OT CBˆHE‰ K ‹ž„ŸM, OT
‹ž„E‰ K CBˆHœŸM, CHOBA ˆ CHOBA BCMATPˆBA‹ˆCœ OHˆ B ‹ˆ–A TEX
ˆ „P“ƒˆX, HO “†E ›‹O HEBO‡MO†HO OPE„E‹ˆTœ, KTO ECTœ KTO.




   EPEBE‹ C AHƒ‹ˆ‰CKOƒO ˆBAH O‹O–K.


   O ƒ ‹ A B ‹ E H ˆ E


   PE„ˆC‹OBˆE........... .3 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA I........... .6 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA II........... .10 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA III........... .15 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA IV........... .18 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA V........... .21 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA VI........... .26 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA VII........... .31 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA VIII........... .36 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA IX........... .43 CTP.
   ƒ‹ABA X........... .48 CTP.
   Oƒ‹AB‹EHˆE........... .54 CTP.