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“𝘐, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘊. 𝘔𝘤𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 (𝘚𝘤𝘖), 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 8 𝘵𝘰 9 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 (2.43 𝘵𝘰 2.74-𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳) 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘛 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 27-𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘓𝘊𝘊). 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘛 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘜𝘚 𝘕𝘈𝘚𝘈 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘛 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘛 𝘞𝘈𝘚 𝘈𝘕 𝘌𝘛 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱!

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𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘔𝘤𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦? 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴! 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘕𝘈𝘚𝘈 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵.

𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘹𝘺𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩.

𝘈 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 8 𝘵𝘰 9 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘛 𝘐𝘕𝘚𝘐𝘋𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘗𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘛𝘛𝘓𝘌 𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘞 𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛! 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘚𝘗𝘈𝘊𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘛𝘛𝘓𝘌! 𝘉𝘖𝘛𝘏 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘋 (𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯) 𝘛𝘖𝘗 𝘚𝘌𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘛 (𝘛𝘚) 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴!

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘐’𝘮 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺.