Read my award-winning short story, “Robins Can Fly,” in both English and Bengali, below. Keep scrolling.

Rumki Chowdhury's YA novel/thriller, Secrets in the Windwas released on February 15th, 2023 by Djarabi Kitabs Publishing! It won "Distinguished Favorite" for Multicultural Fiction at The NYC Big Book Awards, "Runner-Up 2023" for YA Fiction at The New York Book Festival, "Honorable Mention 2023" for YA Fiction at The London Book Festival, Bronze for Multicultural YA Fiction at The Independent Publisher's Book Awards, "Finalist" in the Teenage Category at the UK Wishing Shelf Awards 2023, "Distinguished Favorite" for Multicultural Fiction at The Independent Press Awards 2025! "Secrets in the Wind" has also won Fofky's "Reader's Choice" Awards for "Best Thriller" and has made it to "Finalist" for the Strange Incorporated Podcast 2023 Book Awards! Secrets in the Wind and Rumki were both featured on the New York City Times Square Billboard!

She has experience as Editorial Director for Strange Incorporated Publishing, Online Assistant Editor for Hayati Magazine, Editor-in-Chief of the World Hijab Day Organization Blog and Chief Editor of the Bengalis of New York (BONY) Blog. Moreover, she contributes to Brown Girl Magazine. In addition to freelancing for various media, Rumki actively gives writing advice through her social media. She also offers editing services. Among her edited works is a #1 New Release on Amazon entitled, Just One: A Journey of Perseverance and Conviction by Dr. Nour Akhras.

Furthermore, her articles have been published in various media including most recently, www.northjersey.com. 

Her debut  YA novel, Her Feet Chime is the first and only Bangladeshi version of a Cinderella story written in English. It was critically acclaimed by media such as Asiana Magazine UK, East London Newspaper, The Daily Star Bangladesh. 

Her second novel, So Complicated, is a romantic fiction that gained honorable mention at The New York Book Festival, won The Red Ribbon for most enjoyable read from The UK Wishing Shelf Awards and became a finalist in The Pacific Book Awards for Humor.

Unveiledalso award-winning, is her first collection of poetry published by Djarabi Kitabs Publishing. It is highly recommended by bloggers and influencers worldwide. 

Her short non-fiction story about her brother, "Robins Can Fly," won her the NisaHub short story writing contest. Not to mention, she has published a short poem in Hijri and a short memoir in Your Story with Musart. 

She was born in Bangladesh and raised in the Bronx, New York and Paterson, New Jersey. She attained a BA in English Writing from William Paterson University of New Jersey, an MA in English Literature from the Queen Mary University of London and a Teaching Degree from HÃļgskolan Gävle of Sweden. Yes, she speaks Swedish fluently!

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✒ Rumki Chowdhury believes editing is more than just correcting spelling,    punctuation and grammar. It is also about context and consistency. It is about structure and significance.   It is about helping your text develop its full writing potential. Let her join you on your journey getting there.

✒ You are talented and passionate so if you have begun putting words together on a document, consider yourself a writer! However, diligence is the making of an author. Rumki uses her educational (MA in English Literature) and professional experiences in the media and publishing worlds, to guide you.

✒ What makes Rumki's editing services unique is that she caters her services based on your personal needs.

✒ If you are interested in receiving more information or a quote, contact Rumki below or email her via rumkic2024@gmail.com. Please include an approximate word count, a short description of your project and a deadline.

Fantastic service which I have every intention of using again. Efficient and extremely easy to communicate with.

-Noor Nursery Books

 When it comes to editing, Rumki edits with her heart and soul. She goes above and beyond to get the job done. She is detail-oriented and takes her role seriously. Her service is highly-recommended.

​-World Hijab Day Organization

If you really want to experience an ego-shattering phenomenon, hand what you think is your best work to an unbiased, excellent editor like Rumki Chowdhury. She helped polish up all of the rough edges. 

​-Nour Akhras, MD, Author of Amazon Best New Release: Just One: A Journey of Perseverance and Conviction

Rumki is a brilliant and gifted editor who really understands how to get the best out of people. Rumki crafted and edited a number of amazing pieces of writing content I had the pleasure of reading. Even with the most intense and sensitive pieces of writing, Rumki knew how to effectively communicate both complimentary feedback as well as constructive advice. I highly recommend her for any editing needs and look forward to our continued working relationship.

​-Global Bookshelves Intl. Publishing

Rumki’s services have immensely helped me in editing my first novel. I needed an expert in the English language who could see through each word and pull out the obscurities. This was why I contacted Rumki and I am so glad I did. Not only did she edit my entire manuscript for me, word for word, but she also gave me suggestions on important aspects of my work. She was always available when I had any questions.

​-A.R. Raazol, Published Author

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Robins Can Fly

My award-winning short story dedicated to my brother, Robin Ryhan (rest his soul).

My name is Robin and I’m an alcoholic. Let’s try again. My name is Robin and I am an addict. Let’s give it one more try. My name is Robin and I am an alcoholic and an addict! Fine, fine, let’s try one last time; the truth is that my name is Robin and I am disabled. Better yet, my name is Robin and I have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Although, alcoholism and addiction seem to be less worse considering they are curable. My name is Robin and I have an incurable muscular disorder called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and...I hate it. I hate it! I hate it! I-HATE-IT.

I hate it as little as most kids hate broccoli. I hate it as much as watching someone on their deathbed. Oh, wait...I am actually on my bed. I will skip the word “death,” here. I literally just sit or sleep in my bed all day, all night. Not depressing enough? If you want to compete with how miserable my life is, then imagine DMD, the abbreviation for my disease, like a house fire:

You and your family have just had the most delicious dish of lasagne for dinner. You go to bed, unaware that the oven, in which that delicious dish was baked, is still on. Imagine hearing the fire alarm in the middle of the night. You wake up to see that everything and everyone is surrounded by smoke. That smoke is slowly cooking you; it attacks your lungs before the fire can even attack your body. That is DMD. It is slowly cooking me alive until I become burnt.

I already feel burned out as it is. My parents, sister and I discovered my disease when they realized something was wrong with my legs. I used to walk normally before the age of four. That is like having lasagne for dinner.

At the age of four, I began waddling like a duck. It wasn’t long before I needed to support myself against walls in order to stand on my own two feet. That is like going to sleep at night, unaware that the oven is still on.

By the age of seven, I was mostly in a wheelchair. That is like waking up to a fire alarm.

By the age of ten, I was completely in a wheelchair. That is like seeing smoke surrounding my entire family and myself. Eventually, I couldn’t breathe completely on my own and needed an oxygen tank at home. That is like the smoke attacking my lungs. One of my lungs eventually collapsed and I now have a hole in my neck and a tracheostomy. I would say the fire is attacking my body, but I am not there...yet. I am at the point where there is a fire burning within me and it’s not the normal kind of fire; in other words, it’s not the fire of passion, although I am very passionate about a lot of things. That fire is not full of goals, ambitionsâ€Ļ not even dreams. Rather, my heart is melting in this fire called, Rage! I am outraged, mad, angry! At DMD.

Sometimes, I have had enough. I scream. I cry. I talk about what I want to do without being able to do it. I want to throw things, but my hands are too limp to lift up. I want to run into something, but my legs are too stiff to stretch them. So...I scream. I cry. I talk about what I want to do without being able to do it. There is progress, though. I don’t ask the trillion-dollar question anymore: “Why did God do this to me?” I don’t even ask anymore, “Why...ME? And, why notâ€Ļ?” I have an older sister, by the way. I don’t fully comprehend what it must feel like to be a family member of someone like me. But, I suppose it’s like being able to walk, but not really being in the mood for it.

The most interesting part about my DMD is that I still manage to have a social life, if not on the Internet, then in-person. Nowadays, I have relatives and family friends who visit me quite often. Knowing I am a “food connoisseur,” they will bring me just that...food. I even get to meet new people. I ask each one a lot of questions, perhaps because it is easier asking questions than it is answering them. It would be as dry as a desert if someone were to ask me questions like, “Do you go to college? Do you work? Is there someone special in your life?” The answer would be “No,” “No” and “No.” As I interview new guests, I memorize their faces and our conversations, together. That way, when we meet again, I can ask them follow-up questions, hoping they might ask me something I can answer.

If someone were to ask me about my hobbies, the sand would suddenly fill up with water and maybe, even...fish. For example, “I love to sing!” I’d say, followed by, “I sang a Justin Timberlake song for my high school talent show. My sister helped me rehearse it at home.” She also taught me how to read. She also left me...not on purpose. She got married. On her wedding day, I wanted to cry. She cried and cried and cried. Meanwhile, I swallowed balls of tears down my esophagus. I wanted to be brave for her just as she had always been for me.

I could still get married, and have children. However, my parents feed me, shower me, take me to the bathroom, change my tracheostomy, take me to my doctor’s appointments, take me to my therapy sessions. I even have a night nurse. Sometimes, she comes during the day to take me out to the movies or to the mall. I would never put what my parents are going through, on someone else. The closest thing I have to experiencing love is my family. I accept it like a gift wrapped up into a cylinder box and upon opening it, I would find a nest...my nest.

Nest. That reminds me of my name and my name reminds me of a bird. The problem is that I can’t fly like robins do. Although my wings are clipped now, they weren’t always. I can tell you that I have met Beauty and the Beast, backstage, after their performance in Disney World. I’ve even ridden the rickshaws (bicycle carriages) of Bangladesh. Not to mention, I have seen how tall the Eiffel Tower and the London Eye are. I have ridden the boat toward the Niagara Falls and wandered the markets of Montreal. Washington D.C. has the best museums! Furthermore, the most meaningful experience of my life was circling the Kaba during the Muslim holy pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, although my father had to carry me most of the journey.

Evidently, I have flown, but it has been many, many years since then. Regardless, my parents knew that it wouldn’t be long before we couldn’t fly anymore so we lived in the “now,” then. I say, “we” because where I am, they are. Even my sister and nieces visit me all the way from Sweden and stay for at least two months at a time. I have never seen Sweden, but that is just one of the many reasons why my chest is fiery red, like a robin.

As I said earlier, my name is Robin and I have an incurable muscular disorder called, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Despite DMD being its initials, I would have called it something like, “Dumb and Mad Dumber,” “Dark Morose Depressing,” or better, yet, “Disastrous Monstrosity of a Disorder.” And...I hate it. I hate it! I hate it! I-HATE-IT.

Let’s try this again. My name is Robin and I have loving family, relatives and friends. My name is Robin and I have a collection of toy model cars displayed in my bedroom. My name is Robin and I love good food with good company. That puts me in a good mood, which gets me singing! Even more, watching my nieces play and grow is the highlight of my life. I love it. I love it! I love it! I-LOVE-IT.

THE END

Read Bangla (Bengali) version below

Translated by Tahsin Khandakar

āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύāϰāĻž āĻ‰ā§œāϤ⧇ āϜāĻžāύ⧇

āϰ⧁āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āϚ⧌āϧ⧁āϰ⧀


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āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻāϤāϟāĻž āϘ⧃āĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϝāϤāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āϘ⧃āĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āφāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āϤāϤāϟāĻž, āϝāϤāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āω āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻļāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϐ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϘ⧃āĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋāĻ“ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āĻļāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿāχ āφāĻ›āĻŋ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦā§‹āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ, āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇āχ āĻŦāϏ⧇, āĻļā§ā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϕ⧀, āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻž? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻž āύāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āĻļā§‹āϚāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϰ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϰ⧂āĻĒ DMD’āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāχ āϧāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•, āϝāĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻž āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ 

āϧāϰ⧁āύ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āϞāĻžāϝāĻžāύāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϘ⧁āĻŽā§‹āϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āϭ⧇āύāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϙ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āωāϠ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇, āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϕ⧇ āϧ⧁āρ⧟āĻž āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϧ⧁āρ⧟āĻž āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰāϕ⧇ āφāϗ⧁āύ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĢ⧁āϏ⧁āĻĢ⧁āϏāϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻšāϞ⧋ DMDāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻšāϞ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āĻ­āĻ¸ā§āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻ— āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ 

āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻ—ā§āϧ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž-āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ āφāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ– āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ āϚāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϟāϤ⧇ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤ⧃āĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϞāĻžāϝāĻžāύāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤāĨ¤ āĻŦ⧟āϏ āϝāĻ–āύ āϚāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāρāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āφāĻļā§āϰ⧟ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧋āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āϭ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϘ⧁āĻŽā§‹āϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤ 

āϏāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿāχ āĻšā§āχāϞāĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧋, āĻāϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝ⧇āύ āĻļ⧁āύāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšā§āχāϞāĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧇āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϧ⧁āρ⧟āĻž āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āύāĻŋāσāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž, āϘāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ āϏāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϤ⧋āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āϧ⧁āρ⧟āĻžāϰ āĻĢ⧁āϏāĻĢ⧁āϏāϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĢ⧁āϏāĻĢ⧁āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ⧇āĻ• āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ…āϕ⧇āϜ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§œā§‡, āφāϰ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĢ⧁āρāϟāĻž āφāϛ⧇, āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ“āĻŸā§‹āĻŽāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋āĨ¤ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ, āφāϗ⧁āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ­āĻ¸ā§āĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋ; āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāϤ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āφāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϗ⧁āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāϗ⧁āύ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āĻ›ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āφāĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧁āύāĻ“ āύ⧟, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡āχ āĻāχ āφāĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĨ¤ āĻ āφāϗ⧁āύ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻ­āϰāĻĒ⧁āϰ āύ⧟, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§‹āϰ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚, āĻāχ āφāϗ⧁āύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āϭ⧁āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻ⧟āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—āϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇, āϝāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŋ, āϰāĻžāĻ—! āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϗ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϧ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦ āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻāχ DMD āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤

āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ“āϠ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžā§Ÿ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŦ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŋ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϛ⧁āĻā§œā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇āϜ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻāĻžāρāĻĒāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒ⧜āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ…āύ⧜ āĻĒāĻž āϤāĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŋ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϤ⧋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāϰ āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž, “āϕ⧇āύ? āφāĻŽāĻŋāχ āϕ⧇āύ...? āϕ⧇āύ āφāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāĻš āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇āχ āĻāĻŽāύāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ?” 

āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦ⧜ āĻŦā§‹āύāĻ“ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁, āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āĻ…āύ⧁āϭ⧁āϤāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻšā§Ÿ āϝ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāρāϟāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϛ⧇āύ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āχ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻšāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āχāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ DMD’āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϞ⧋, āĻāϤ⧋ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāύ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āχāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϜāύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āύāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āĻ­ā§‹āϜāύ āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•, āϤāĻžāχ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϏ⧇āϟāĻžāχ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϏ⧇āύ; āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡āϤ⧋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻ“ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŦāϤ āĻāχ āϝ⧇, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϟāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋāϤ⧋ āĻŽāϰ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϰ⧁āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ-āϖ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧇āω āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇, ‘āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϞ⧇āĻœā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“? āϜāĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧋? āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāϞ āϕ⧇āω āφāϛ⧇?’ āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āύāĻž, āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āφāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻĨāύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĨ¤ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇āύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ; āĻāχ āφāĻļāĻžā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ“ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ 

āϕ⧇āω āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ– āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āύāĻŋāϰāϏ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϰāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§‹, ‘ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāύ āϟāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛â€™āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϤ⧇āĻ“ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ›ā§‡ā§œā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇āĻ“ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ... āχāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧟ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϘāϰ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āφāĻĒāύ āĻ¨ā§€ā§œā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāϛ⧇ āϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāϛ⧇āχāĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻļā§āϰ⧁āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϭ⧁āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ†ā§œāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ⧀ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāϤāĻž āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ŸāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ, āĻŦāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧋ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧋āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž-āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āύ, āĻŦāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āϟāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāύ, āĻĨ⧇āϰāĻžāĻĒāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āύāĻžāχāϟ āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻ“ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āϏ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžā§ŸāĻ“ āφāϏ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻŽāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž-āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻˇā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻŋ āϤāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ, āĻ°â€ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‹ā§œāĻžāύ⧋āĨ¤ āϝāĻž āϖ⧁āϞāϞ⧇āχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§€ā§œ... āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¨ā§€ā§œāĨ¤

āĻ¨ā§€ā§œ! āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ, āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ‰ā§œāϤ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāϜ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻāĻŽāύāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āφāϛ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāωāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāύāĻŋ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžā§āϚāĻžā§Ÿāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāĻ“ āĻšā§œā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āφāχāĻĢ⧇āϞ āϟāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āφāϰ āϞāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāύ āφāχ āĻ•āϤ āωāρāϚ⧁ āϤāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϚāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻž āĻĢāϞāϏ⧇ āύ⧌āĻ•āĻž āĻšā§œā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āĨ¤ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāωāϜāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ•āϤ⧋āχāύāĻž āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤ āφāϰ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āωāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§āĻŦ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻš āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻļāϰāĻŋāĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϤ⧋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇āχ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϏāĻŽā§Ÿāχ āϕ⧋āϞ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤  

āϤ⧋ āĻšāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ‰ā§œā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āĻ‰ā§œāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ‰ā§œāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§‹ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāχ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āύāĻž āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύāϕ⧇āχ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ ‘āφāĻŽāϰāĻžâ€™ āĻŦāϞāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ, āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āύāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧁āχāĻĄā§‡āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻĻā§â€™āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧁āχāĻĄā§‡āύ! āϏ⧁āχāĻĄā§‡āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁, āĻāχ āφāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻ“ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋āĨ¤ 

āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāϟāĻž āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻļ⧇āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϝ⧁āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĢāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĻ⧁āϰāĻžāϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤ DMD āĻāϰ āχāύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϞ āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ; āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ ‘āĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻšāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻžâ€™ (Dumb and Mad Dumber), āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž ‘āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŖā§āĻŖāϤāĻžâ€™ (Dark Morose Depressing),  āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āφāϰ⧋āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋, ‘āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻĻāĻžāύāĻŦā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϧāĻŋ’ (Disastrous Monstrosity of a Disorder). And I hate it. I hate it! I hate it! I-HATE-IT.

āϚāϞ⧁āύ, āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϜāύ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšāĻļā§€āϞāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϞāύāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžā§œāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āĻ•āĻļāύ āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύ āφāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ, āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦ⧜, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āύāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ“ āĻŦā§‡ā§œā§‡ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāχāϞāĻžāχāϟāĨ¤ And I love it. I love it. I love it! I-LOVE-IT.