As ??in ?????? ??l?ntl?ssl? ???m t?? ???? ski?s, I c????t si??t ?? ? m?t??? ??? ???ntic?ll? ??cin? n??? ? ??s??t?? ?ll??. H?? ???s, ?ill?? wit? ?n??is? ?n? ????, mi?????? t?? ??s????t? sit??ti?n s?? ??c??. B?si?? ???, ? sm?ll, t??m?lin? ????? s????t ?????? ???inst t?? ?itin? c?l?. It w?s ? ????t-w??nc?in? si??t t??t sti???? ? ???? s?ns? ?? ?m??t?? wit?in m?, i?nitin? ?n ?nw?v??in? ??s?lv? t? int??v?n?.

Wit? ? ???v? ????t, I ??????c??? t?? m?t??? ???, ?????in? ? ??ntl? v?ic? ?n? ? c?m???tin? t??c?. T??st w?s ? ????il? ??i??? t? ??il?, ??t ?s I ?xt?n??? m? ??n?, s?? c??ti??sl? ?cc??t?? m? ???s?nc?. It w?s ? ?iv?t?l m?m?nt, ?s I kn?w ??inin? ??? t??st w?s c??ci?l ??? t?? s?cc?ss??l ??sc?? ?? ??? v?ln????l? ???s??in?. T?????? ??ti?nc? ?n? ??ntl? c??xin?, I l?? t?? m?t??? ??? t? ? w??m, s??lt???? ???? w???? I ????? t? ?in? s?l?c? ??? ??t? ??? ?n? ??? ?????.

Wit? t?? m?t??? ??? s???l? s?ttl??, I t??n?? m? ?tt?nti?n t? t?? st??n??? ?????. As I ??????c???, I c??l? s?? t?? ???? in its ???s, ? ???l?cti?n ?? t?? ???s? ???liti?s it ??? ?n?????. T?n???l? sc???in? it ??, I c???l?? t?? ????il? c???t??? in m? ??ms, ?nv?l??in? it in w??mt? ?n? s?c??it?. Un???st?n?in? t?? ????nc?, I s????t imm??i?t? v?t??in??? c??? t? ?ns??? t?? ?????’s w?ll-??in?, t?kin? t?? n?c?ss??? st??s t? ?????ss ?n? ???lt? c?nc??ns ??isin? ???m t??i? ?x??s??? t? t?? ?l?m?nts.

Ov?? tim?, t?? m?t??? ??? ?n? ??? ????? ????n t? ???l, ??t? ???sic?ll? ?n? ?m?ti?n?ll?. In t?? c?m???t ?? ? l?vin? ?nvi??nm?nt, t??i? ?nc?-??????l ??m??n?? t??ns???m?? int? t??st ?n? ????cti?n. T??i? ??sili?nc? ?n? c???cit? t? ???l s??v?? ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? t?? inc???i?l? st??n?t? ?? ?nim?ls in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?.

As t?? ???s t??n?? int? w??ks, t?? ??n? ??tw??n t?is m?t??? ???, ??? ?????, ?n? m?s?l? ???w st??n???. Witn?ssin? t??i? t??ns???m?ti?n ???m ??s??i? t? ????in?ss ??????t imm??s????l? j?? t? m? ????t. T???t???, w? ?m???k?? ?n ? j???n?? ?? ???lin?, ???wt?, ?n? c?m??ni?ns?i?. T?? m?t??? ???’s ?nw?v??in? l???lt? ?n? t?? ?????’s ?l????l s?i?it ??c?m? ? c?nst?nt ??min??? ?? t?? ??????n? im??ct ? sin?l? ?ct ?? c?m??ssi?n c?n ??v? ?n liv?s t??t ??? ??s????t? ??? ??l?.