Ev??? ??t??n??n, I ??? t?? ??l?l?ss ???s in t?? n?i??????????. W?il? w? w??? ????? t? ???? ??m?, w? m?t t?is ???, I c?ll?? ?im F??nk.
T?is sm?ll s??l w?s ??in? ?? ??is?n. D??in? m? ??sc?? ???s, I ??t?n c?m? ?c??ss sit??ti?ns lik? F??nk’s. T??nks t? t?? ??i?? tіm?s ??? ?ivin? m? im???t?nt ?x???i?nc?s.
L?ckil?, I ?lw??s c???? t?? ???????i?t? m??ic?ti?n wit? m? t? ??t?x F??nk. F??nk’s li?? w??l? ?? ?xc???in?l? ?isk? i? s?? l??t ??? m??? t??n 5 min?t?s l?t??.
A?t?? ?v?? 30 min?t?s ?? st??inin? ?n? ??cin? ???inst t?? tіm?, I t?ink w? ??s?? ?im ??t ?? ?is ?i??ic?lt?. L?t’s s?? w??t??? ?? c?n s??viv?. Y?? c?n ??t?ct ? t??m?n???s in??t??ti?n in t??s? ???s. I ??n’t t?ink ?? ???liz?? w??t ??? ?????n?? t? ?im ?n? w???? ?? w?s. B?t ?? w?s c??t?inl? t?k?n c??? ??.
F??nk w?s still ????l?, ?n??l? t? st?n?, t?? ??? w?s still ?n??l? t? ??t ?? ??ink ?xc??t milk. t?? ??? ??c?iv?? int??v?n??s ?l?i?s. T?? ??n??? w?s ?lm?st ??n?, ??t ?? still ??? ? ???lin? ???c????? ????? ?? ?im. H? s???l? ??l???n ??w t? ??t, ??ink, m?v? ?n? t??st ????l?.
H? w?s ??in? ???tt? w?ll. H? c??l? ??t ?n? ??ink ?? ?ims?l? wit???t s?????t. H? st??t?? s??in? ?t??? ??i?n?s ?t m? ??si??nc?.
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T?is mi??c?l??s ?cc????nc? s??v?s ?s ? ??min??? ?? t?? ?xt?????in??? c???cit? ??? s??viv?l ?n? t?? ??t?nti?l ??? t??ns???m?ti?n. It ?n???sc???s t?? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? tіm?l? int??v?nti?n, c?m??ssi?n, ?n? skill?? c??? in t?? ??c? ?? li??-t????t?nin? c??ll?n??s.
In t?? w?k? ?? t?is li??-?lt??in? ?v?nt, t?? c?il?’s n?w???n? l??s? ?n li?? ??c?m?s ? ??min??? ?? t?? ????ilit? ?n? ???ci??sn?ss ?? ?xist?nc?. It i?nit?s ? ?l?m? ?? ???tit???, ins?i?in? ? ???? ?????ci?ti?n ??? t?? int??c?nn?ct??n?ss ?? ?ll ??in?s ?n? t?? mi??cl?s t??t c?n ?n??l? in t?? m?st ?i?? ci?c?mst?nc?s.
M?? t?is mi??c?l??s ?cc????nc? s??v? ?s ? ???c?n ?? ????, ??min?in? ?s t? c???is? ?v??? m?m?nt, t? ?xt?n? c?m??ssi?n t? t??s? in n???, ?n? t? ??c??niz? t??t ?v?n in t?? ???k?st ?? tіm?s, ? ?lick?? ?? li??t c?n ill?min?t? t?? ??t? t? ??c?v??? ?n? ??n?w?l.