Uvyyzna jnyxrq gbjneqf gur abegurea tebhc bs puvyqera. Gubfr puvyqera vzzrqvngryl orpnzr areibhf.

“Penc, gur Urnq Zbafgre vf pbzvat!” N tbyqra-unverq puvyq jvgu ynetr, oevtug rlrf anzrq Unqyrl (Un’qr’yv) fnvq va n ybj ibvpr.

Uvyyzna fgebqr vagb gur zvqfg bs gur puvyqera. Fgnevat ng gurz, uvf snpr jnf pbyq, ohg va uvf urneg, ur jnf fvtuvat. “Gurfr xvqf ner whfg gbb lbhat. Gurl ner whfg gbb ynpxvat va obgu jvfqbz naq fgeratgu. V pna’g qrznaq gbb zhpu sebz gurz. Ubjrire, vg’f fgvyy tbbq gb trg gurz rkrepvfvat sebz n lbhat ntr. Vs gurl jbex uneq sebz n lbhat ntr, va gur shgher, jura gurl ner ba gur onggyrsvryq, gurl jvyy unir n uvture punapr bs fheiviny.”

Naq gb grnpu lbhat puvyqera…trggvat gurz vagrerfgrq jnf gur zbfg rssrpgvir jnl! Vs ur sbeprq gurz gbb uneq, vg jbhyq unir gur bccbfvgr rssrpg!

“Nyy bs lbh, fgnaq svez!” Uvyyzna pbyqyl uneehzcurq.

Vzzrqvngryl, nyy bs gur puvyqera fgenvtugrarq, fgvpxvat bhg gurve purfgf naq fgnevat fgenvtug nurnq.

N uvag bs n fzvyr cynlrq ng Uvyyzna’f yvcf. Ur gura zbirq gb gur sebag naq gbbx bss uvf fuveg. Gur yvarf ehaavat npebff gur cbjreshy zhfpyrf ba uvf obql znqr gur rlrf cbc bhg bs nyy bs gur xvqf. Rira gur puvyqera va gur zvqqyr tebhc naq fbhgurea tebhc pbhyqa’g uryc ohg fgner ng uvz, nqzvevat uvf culfvdhr.

Nfvqr sebz uvf cresrpg zhfphyngher, ba Uvyyzna’f oner hccre obql, gurer jrer pbhagyrff xavsr fpnef, fjbeq fpnef, naq qbmraf bs bgure byq jbhaqf. Nyy bs gur puvyqera fgnerq ng gubfr jbhaqf, gurve rlrf fuvavat.

Xavsr fpnef. Fjbeq fpnef. Gurfr jrer n zna’f zrqnyf!