T?? ???? littl? ??? c??in?? ?ll ?is li?? is s??kin?, ??n???, ??s????t?, ?n? inn?c?nt. His tin? ???m? t??m?l?s ?n??? t?? w?i??t ?? n??l?ct, ?is ???s ?ill?? wit? ? l?n?in? ??? l?v? ?n? c?m??ssi?n. E?c? ??ssin? ???, ?? ?n????s t?? ???s? ???liti?s ?? ? li?? c?n?in?? t? ? c?l?, l?n?l? c??in, ?is ?nl? s?l?c? ??in? t?? ?l??tin? m?m?nts w??n ? kin? s??l ?????s ? m??s?l ?? ???? ?? ? ??ntl? ??t ?n t?? ????.

Im??in? t?? ??in ?? ???ls, ???sic?ll? ?n? ?m?ti?n?ll?, ?s ?? w?tc??s t?? w??l? ??ss ?im ??. T?? sim?l? j??s ?? ??nnin? ????l? in ? l?s? ????n ?i?l?, c??sin? ??tt???li?s, ?? c??lin? ?? ?? ? w??m ????t? ??? n?t?in? ??t ?ist?nt ????ms ??? t?is ???? c?nin?. His s?i?it, ?nc? vi???nt ?n? ??ll ?? li??, ??s ???n sl?wl? ?????? ?? t?? ????s ?? c?n?in?m?nt ?n? n??l?ct.

B?t ??s?it? t?? c???lt? ?? ??s ?n?????, ?is inn?c?nc? ??m?ins ?nt?int??. H? still w??s ?is t?il, ???in? ???inst ???? t??t s?m??n? will ??c??niz? ?is ?li??t ?n? ??sc?? ?im ???m t?is ???sm?l ?xist?nc?. His ???s, ?ill?? wit? ? mixt??? ?? ???? ?n? ????nin?, sil?ntl? ?l??? ??? ? c??nc? ?t ? ??tt?? li??—? li?? w???? ?? is c???is??? ?n? c???? ???, w???? ?is ?v??? n??? is m?t wit? l?v? ?n? t?n???n?ss.

In ? w??l? t??t ??t?n s??ms in?i?????nt t? t?? s?????in? ?? its m?st v?ln????l? in???it?nts, it is ??? ??t? ?s c?m??ssi?n?t? ??in?s t? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? t? t??s? w?? c?nn?t s???k ??? t??ms?lv?s. T?? littl? ???’s ??s????t? sit??ti?n c?lls ???n ?s t? ?? t?? v?ic? ??? t?? v?ic?l?ss, t? s???k ?? ???inst t?? inj?stic? ?? ?n????s.

I? ?nl? w? c??l? ?n???st?n? t?? ???t? ?? ?is s?????in?, ??????s ??? ????ts w??l? ?? m?v?? t? ?cti?n. W? m?st n?t t??n ? ?lin? ??? t? t?? c??ntl?ss ?nim?ls w?? s????? in sil?nc?, c??in?? ?n? ?????tt?n. T??i? liv?s m?tt??, ?n? t??? ??s??v? ? c??nc? t? ?x???i?nc? t?? j?? ?n? w??mt? t??t ? l?vin? ??m? c?n ???vi??.

S?, I im?l??? ???, ???? ??????, t? ???n ???? ????t ?n? c?nsi??? t?? ?li??t ?? t?is ???? littl? ???. T?k? ? m?m?nt t? ???l?ct ?n t?? ??w?? ??? ??l? t? m?k? ? ?i?????nc? in ?is li??. A sim?l? ?ct ?? kin?n?ss, s?c? ?s ????tin? ?im ?? ??v?c?tin? ??? ?is ??sc??, c?n t??ns???m ?is w??l? ?n? ?iv? ?im t?? ?????t?nit? t? t??iv?.

R?m?m???, t?is ???’s ??t? ??n?s in t?? ??l?nc?, ?n? ???? c?m??ssi?n c?n ?? t?? li??lin? ?? s? ??s????t?l? n???s. L?t ?s j?in t???t??? t? ????k t?? c??ins ?? ?is s?????in?, t? ???vi?? ?im wit? t?? l?v? ?n? c??? ?? ??s??v?s. Em???c? t?? inn?c?nc? ?n? ??sili?nc? ?? t?is ???? littl? ???, ?n? t?k? ?im ??m?, w???? ?? c?n ?in?ll? kn?w t?? w??mt? ?? ? l?vin? ??mil? ?n? ?x???i?nc? ? li?? ?ill?? wit? j?? ?n? c?nt?ntm?nt.