He dreamed about it, and everyone at his office did too. The crowd was all around, breathing and looking and shuffling and mixing and mumbling and getting in the way when he tried to shove through. So as much as people write off Bradbury as a sci-fi writer, he has proven himself way more versatile. His planet is close to the sun. They leave the party to visit the stairs where Laurel and Hardy carried a piano crate. Martins dog has been digging in peoples gardens. Depicts a future world in which all printed reading material is burned. He noticed the old mans newspaper looked more modern than his own. He discusses his fears and observations with several people, first his attending doctor when he awakens two days later in the hospital, then a cab driver, then his friend, Morgan. They had all laughed with him concerning it, and passed it off. Morgan looked at them. Eller shared many anecdotes about Bradbury stories. This story can also be read in the above preview. Our Teacher Edition on The Other Foot can help. Someone picked up his briefcase. Richard is bad with money and lives off of Charlie. We'll roll him over and lift him into a more comfortable position.". This story adaptation is about a man who has too much to drink one night and rolls his car after speeding. It was like a polite monologue. Cora and Tom live in the Missouri mountains in a sparsely populated area. Something wrong with the wheels and the whole accident and the running of feet and the curiosity. It pays to remember that prior to those days, more people lived in the country, where crowds do not usually assemble in great size. The young soldier only wants to live in peace. They become inseparable. "What's the idea? Nobody around. A Brentwood accident will bring out one group. I wish we could see them closer. } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br I remember one thing that puts it all together and makes it funny, God, so damned funny. I--guess I'll be a member of your--group--now.". .. .. " ", http://raybradbury.ru/library/story/43/5/0/, The Stories of Ray Bradbury ( : 100 ). It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel. NICOMACHEAN ETHICS - Aristotle 2017-04-20 EVERY art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for It was late afternoon. Tomas leaves and soon meets a native Martian; they make a surprising discovery about each other. Juliet and Anna, sisters, sit inside on a rainy afternoon. A man arrives at the mountains and hills near Ketchum and Sun Valley. You've been here since Thursday. Whoare these people? Nobody around. He came in without even knocking first, along with four other men and a large wicker basket. ", The cabbie nodded. He has tears on his cheeks and asks if this is his house. Can you see any of them? Ralph wants to show her. it's not right they should run that fast, so late at night. They are always in the crowd. The one that piqued my interest, though, was of how Bradbury who never learned to drive witnessed a horrible accident in 1934 Los Angeles while walking on what was moments before a seemingly abandoned street. The Crowd is rooted in the classic Edgar Allen Poemotif of the obsessive character, a theme that Bradbury was often drawnto in his early work. Mrs. Ttt has little interest in the humans. We dont doubt that hes uncovered some secret of the ages. Bradbury expressed the central paradox of crowds in this passage: humans are never more isolated from each other than when thousands of them are packed so close together. While theres a human colony on Mars, Father Peregrine plans to focus on the Martians and possibly discover new sins. It cant understand them. She thinks he could be a Searcher, but William says hes nobody. It was all a very silly, mad plot. very sick. And a little boy with a freckled face. "Whose is this?". And a third person said, "He won't die, he's not going to die." Mr. Terle, a hotel owner, talks to his two boarders, Mr. Smith and Mr. Fremley. 22 August 1920 - 5 June 2012. And Spallner is on to them. Riding in a cab, he witnesses another accident and is certain he sees some of the faces in that accidents crowd that he saw at his own accident. They slip into the crowd and vanish. They are dead. Have you read it? The story begins with a car crash. A man known for his speed, Doone, runs into the pub with news. His earliest work,including The Crowd, tended to read like Twilight Zone episodes: dark and haunting, with a supernatural kicker of an ending. Ray and hisfriend ran to the vehicle, its enginehissing with steam. I'm all right. Where the crowd came from he didn't know. He doesnt believe in anything hes not experiencing in the present moment. Its made up of previously published short stories with new connective material. Director Ralph L. Thomas Writers Ray Bradbury (based on an original story by) Mark Massari (developed for television by) Stars Ray Bradbury (archive footage) He could feel her grief through the phone, and its an unusual situation. ), (below outside the Irvington Branch of the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library system. You are a child in a small town in 1927. >> Saul runs to meet him. ", "These people--mightn't they be thrill-hunters, perverted sensationalists with a carnal lust for blood and morbidity? The inimitable Ray Bradbury proved that short fiction can be uniquely powerful. Looking at Ray, ayoung man she didn't know, her eyes fluttered and she died.Ray Bradbury was in shock. A Face in the Crowd Stephen King 2012-08-21 The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful, about the 2004 Red Sox championship season, takes readers to the . The Project Gutenberg eBook of Rocket Summer, by Ray Bradbury. Morgan said. Il pouvait deviner leurs ges et leurs tailles, par le bruit de leurs nombreux pieds sur l'herbe d't, sur les dalles du trottoir et sur l'asphalte de la chausse, et choisissant leur passage parmi les briques croules jusqu' l'endroit o sa voiture renverse demeurait suspendue demi . She said she was close to getting her diploma as a witch. The scientists had recently landed one of the MarsRovers on the surface of the Red Planet and it was beaming back time-delayed images from the surface of Mars. ", Morgan cried out, "Where in hell are you going? The materials (5-page PDF with links to online media and Google Drive versions of all student hand. He was just congratulating himself on his keen sense of observation and talking out what he would say to the police in his mind, when the truck smashed into his car. Marionettes, Inc. 6.7 (299) Rate. Depicts a future world in which all printed reading material is burned. You keep hinting and never telling. /Width 312 His dog is his connection to the outside worldhe runs around and brings people to visit. Later, he reflects to his doctor that the way they looked down at me, I knew I wouldnt die (285), and though the doctor is dismissive, Mr. Spallner becomes paranoid about the people he saw in that crowd. Unsubscribe anytime. Just as she has reached her breaking point, Bob reveals that he has spent their savings on something. (51% in). The Ray Bradbury Theater is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on HBO, three episodes per season from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from 1988 to 1992. Harris complains again about aching bones. Not yet. In ancient and medieval times, even big cities would be considered small by todays standards and vast crowds would have been very rare indeed. Another man, Gomez, approaches the group and starts taking their measurements. She hears knocking at the front door; a man in uniform wants to come in. /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB Ive just started the biography. He signs in as Charles Dickens. Morgan demanded. He went in anyway. And Im proud to announce that the other story is my pick forThats Classic!s Story of the Month for April 2009: The Crowd by Ray Bradbury. They do guarantee dinosaurs and a safari guide wholl provide specific instructions. As they remember the deceased, the men wonder what will become of all the wine they know Kilgotten had stashed away. At a fire or an explosion or on the sidelines of a war, at any public demonstration of this thing called death. When Anna and Roger were twelve, they said they would get married when they grew up. Got an accident up ahead. "What'd I tell you? In the third week of the carnival, two boys, Hank and Peter, are walking at twilight. Sam, a mailman, comes home midday to tell his wife, Elmira, about some unusual books he just delivered to Clara Goodwater. Spallner nodded. ", Spallner shrugged. The main character is Douglas Spaulding, a twelve-year-old boy. He cant ignore it, but by the time he looks out his window, shes gone. Someone said, "Give me a hand. WE TAKE YOU THERE. His earliest work, including "The Crowd," tended to read like Twilight Zone episodes: dark and haunting, with a supernatural kicker of an ending. Vultures, hyenas or saints, I don't know which they are, I just don't know. Short story; Ray Bradbury; There Will Come Soft Rains; 6 pages. 83. and disrupt the legislative process COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. One thing you will notice throughout this course isthat Im prone to taking slightly tangential detours that relate inone way or another to the topic at hand. Mars is dead. When visiting his friend Morgan in an office building, their talk is interrupted by the sound of a car crash on the street below. Required fields are marked *. He does some detailed research in archived newspaper clippings and photos of accidents over the years and sees the same people over and over. Here it is! William and Susan Travis have gone to Mexico in 1938. She reinforces his mothers directives. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL. A woman victim of the accident even died while Bradbury was tending to her. There Will Come Soft Rains is the tenth story in the Amazon preview ofThe Stories of Ray Bradbury. He views the attic with all its remnants of the past as a Time Machine. The narrator is riding a bus in California. This story can also be read in the above preview. The wreck came in view. -KQK[V xuNI1O= TI?F U\W=r&s*q#\f C OSh$ ;Ps\5+? TJL9' Another of Bradbury's "dark" stories about humanity, "The Crowd" has as its focal point the psychological truth that all people are attracted to and even thrive upon the pain and the problems of their fellow humans. A city has been waiting twenty thousand years for a particular type of visitor. Page 3 of 13. green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. She thinks about a man and a woman down there who are in love. The days are scorching and the nights are freezing. The narrator, Anna Marie, has waited more than 60 years for a murder. A stranger arrives in Green Town. Type: COLLECTION Notes: Data from Locus1 External IDs: Through research, as well as through personal observation, he concludes that this same crowd has continually been present at accidents. The author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles is among the most highly respected science fiction and fantasy writers today. One two three four five seconds_people running--eight nine ten eleven twelve--from all over, people came running--fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen seconds--more people, more cars, more horns blowing. The Glass Labyrinth Stanton A. Coblentz short story Avalon Janice Hall Quilligan verse Dialogue Timeus Gaylord verse July [ edit] Volume 36, Issue 12 Cover art by E. Franklin Wittmack His Last Appearance H. Bedford-Jones short story Don't try and get up. The freckled boy. I dont known which they are, I just dont know.. To get more targeted content, please make full-text search by clicking. How does she _happen_ to be there so quickly after each accident? The vehiclewas split almost in half. You knew it would kill. This story is the first chapter of the novel by the same name. The wave shut me off from the world, from the birds in the sky, the children on the beach, my mother on the shore. They sit down to have a drink and talk. The same crowd closes in on him immediately, hanging over him until they seem to suck up all the air that he needs for breath. "I'm positive! With its back toward him. Each of his tattoos tells a story. When he was done, the scientists handedhim a gifta laminated Martian Drivers License they hadmade, replete with Ray Bradburys photograph.While Ray Bradbury never drove a car on earth, he did drive avehicle on Mars.True story! All the while they talked, at the back of Spallner's brain a small watch ticked, a watch that never needed winding. When this story begins, Mr. Spallner has just been hurled through the air because of an automobile accident. Ray Bradburys weird tale The Crowd modernizes the weird tale by building a sense of paranoid, unreal conspiracy founded on a modern anxiety. I was surrounded by death everywhere, Ray said.From that horrible moment forward, Ray Bradbury swore he would neverdrive an automobile. He rode home in a taxi. ", "Two days ago. "I got out of the hospital this morning and first thing on the way home, we detoured around a wreck.". We dont think that hes delusional, still recovering from a head injury resulting from his car accident. Foxe and Shaw believe she needs their help. *Tangent Alert! Their citys fortunes will suffer from this new comparison. He couldn't put his finger on it. Theyre looking for a Sun Dome, a structure with hot food, dry clothes, and an artificial sun inside. When they seem to think hell survive, he has sudden faith that he will not die. Then came those masterpieces: The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451. Colonel Freeleigh is confined to his home in a wheelchair. /Length 32710 Mrs. Bentley, seventy-two-years-old, has saved many little tokens from her lifetickets, scarves, records and the like. A police voice. He tells his doctor that they were there in thirty seconds. Indistinctement, couch l, il les entendait courir. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Your alibi is very simple; you didn't know it was dangerous to move a hurt man. Albert Brock is ushered into a psychiatrists office. ", "Naturally not. Notice, they stick to certain territories. Spaliner pushed his way forward. Houses, cars, alleys, from the immediate and the accidentshocked world. In Mp3 and FLAC. Two knights warm themselves at a fire in the wilderness. Finish your drink. They try to figure out where theyre headed. from your Reading List will also remove any And that was strange. Movement. S1, Ep1. The man gets all the relevant information, including a dimensional photo and audio recording. Fast Facts: Ray Bradbury Full Name: Ray Douglas Bradbury Known For: American science fiction author ", "A coincidence once, maybe. He begins to find accident scene pictures and realizes that they have appeared in many other locations. Passengers step off a rocket on Mars. An acquaintance tells him this is doomed to fail because the rest of the family will resent whoever goes. , , . /Filter /DCTDecode Morgan sipped his drink. Otherwise, the house is strangely silent. William starts spending a lot of time in his attic. The man is upset because he sees a beggar from the hotel window whom he had given some money to. Hes not going to miss his brother. They shouldn't have moved her.". It came from the stars and the black velocities, and the shining movements, and the silent gulfs of space. He finds them intrusive and annoying. This collection is mostly made up of short stories from Dark Carnival. They crowded and jostled and sucked and sucked all the air up from around his gasping face until he tried to tell them to move back, they were making him live in a vacuum. Want me to detour? by Ray Bradbury Out there in the cold water, far from land, we waited every night for the coming of the fog, and it came, and we oiled the brass machinery and lit the fog light up in the stone tower. And that's the way it's been since time began, when crowds gather. He knew it was wrong. I guess Ill be a member of your group now (289). George would love to buy a Picasso painting, but the cost is prohibitive. The Fog Horn is the first story in the Amazon preview ofA Sound of Thunder and Other Stories. Hes looking for the place that an old man used to walk. A delegation of Episcopal priests led by Father Peregrine go to Mars as missionaries. I came out of the lake and the world was waiting for me, having hardly moved since I went away. Morgan got up and slipped into his coat. "Did you see her? He works for ten straight days on it. Theyre delighted the homeowner, Mrs. Ttt, speaks English. Ray Bradbury: Bradbury Reads Bradbury (Listening Library, 1975), Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, The High Fidelity Emporium and Orchestrion, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). It puts a great mental strain on the travelers. Not carefully enough, however, as he is involved in another accident. He'll be replaced by a robot duplicate both at home and work. The visitor wants Aunt Tildy to rest, but she wants to get back to her work. He sank back and their faces still stared into his face, even with his eyes shut. Mr. Spallner last words are: It looks like Ill be joining up with you. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. All he sees inside are flickers of light, "gray phantoms," or murmurs from open windows of "tomb-like" buildings. Volume 1 The Lake The architect has made it just as William wanteddesolate, terrible, and hideous. He spends his time lifting weights and doing other physical exercise. Spailner came back out, and Morgan caught hold of him before he fell. He wants to reveal something he did sixty years ago. Mr. Spallner put his hands over his face. They started to lift him. Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920-June 5, 2012) was an American writer who specialized in genre fiction. Dougs Grandpa says farewell to summer. Nineteen, twenty, twenty-one seconds and the crowd was there. And when they say to each other that everything will be finethat he wont diehe inexplicably believes them. In many ways, it follows the structure of the horror story as defined by John Clute in The Darkening Garden, a structure that also maps onto fantasy literature. Well, one of them asked, wouldyou like to drive the Mars Rover? Burleigh is dismissive of his complaints and sends him away. They didnt believe Mrs. Bentley when she said that she used to be young just like them. You're all right, though. ", "I want to get there," he told himself, "alive.". 6 0 obj /Width 312 Anyone who has read any of our previous Ray Bradbury "classic-revisited" books knows this is not just a reprint of the original, but the definitive edition. This story can be read in the preview ofI Sing the Body Electric and Other Stories. I used to live right across the street, just out of the picture to the right), , (Below, the power substation located next to Bradburys house in Los Angeles. "You damned fool. He couldn't speak. Terle cant sell the hotel; its in a sweltering ghost town. (93% in). (39% in). The man wrote a will. Where do you come from and how do you get here so soon? Mr. Spallner put his hands over his face. "She'll be dead before the ambulance arrives. ), Bradbury, a big fan of Poe (Poe even appears as a character in his story The Exiles), builds on this tradition. Well, one of them asked, would you like todrive the Mars Rover? Their suits allow them to maintain communication for a while. Here." :), . Its interesting to think of how a genre so closely tied to surrealism and breaking up norms could remain subversive in its content but develop a certain level of stability or even conservatism of form. S Is For Space, 1966. Theyre looking for a woman Foxe has been keeping tabs on for three days. Her neighbor, Mrs. Brabbam, is always flaunting the mail she gets, while Cora has never gotten any mail. George Hill is speaking to a man about killing his wife. . The crowd seems to offer protection to some of its members. Ill have to check that one out, too. The hundred stories, written from 1943 to 1980, were selected by the author himself. When he looks, he realizes that many of the same people that stood over him have arrived in less than half a minute. It was lacking in the stock romantic accoutrements, but they bonded over their shared love of Laurel and Hardy. He calls her Stanley and she calls him Ollie. When he looks out the window, he sees familiar people on the lawn. A man asks his wife what she would do if this was the last night of the world. They talked to him late at night, and only in private. He has a plan for getting a nice suit. William Stendhal is given the key to his new house on Mars. You may not admit it to me, but marriage has been awful for you, hasn . Dougs mother wants her husband to stay home with them, but he always feels the pull of space and leaves again. Years ago on Earth, all horror and fantasy stories were banned. The CrowdFirst, lets look at the Bradbury short story,The Crowd, published in Weird Talesmagazine, in May of 1943. Some men are drinking at Heeber Finns Pub. to which individuals and the crowd participate in their own regimentation. , , It was like a great rainstorm, with many drops, heavy and light and medium, touching the earth. The ambulance was coming. Your older brother, Skipper, is twelve and allowed to stay out later. He was very interested in the process. They strike a deal for the item. Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. It's mine! Mr. Tridden is retiring tomorrow and the trolley is being decommissioned. No resemblance. ", "And, last of all, why was she standing over me the night of my accident, two weeks ago? Weird #30: "The Crowd" by Ray Bradbury (1943) On February 22, 2021 By matthewrettino In The Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project, Uncategorized Ray Bradbury's weird tale "The Crowd" modernizes the weird tale by building a sense of paranoid, unreal conspiracy founded on a modern anxiety. ", "Let me tell you then." Its been a little while since Ive read anything by Bradbury. But twelve times over a period of ten years, when the accidents occurred as much as three miles from one another, no. Somewhere--a siren. He waited a moment and then decided to go on, for he suddenly knew what it was that bothered him. All life has been exterminated around the house and hidden machines block out the sun. And he didn't. Hes astonished to see Immanuel Brokaw, a great psychiatrist who disappeared ten years ago. "What does all this add up to? _Crowds gather_. His head was bleeding very badly. You've scared yourself and now you've got me jumping. "Come along, and hurry.". 67 CROWD SOURCED FUNDING OFFER DOCUMENT 2123 CASH FLOW STATEMENT FY22 Cash Flows. He waited a few seconds and listened to their coming and their arrival. Perhaps this story was triggered when Bradbury . They cut through the ravine, even though Francine is worried about The Lonely One, a serial killer whos been targeting local women. Your email address will not be published. Obviously such a traumatic event would leave quite an impression on anyone, and for Bradbury his amazement at how quickly a crowd gathered led to this story. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. "She's in _all_ of these! I was hurt and numb, I know, but I still remember things. Ray Bradbury. It's gone on long enough. 14-year-old, bespectacled Ray Bradbury reachedthe drivers side door and looked in through shattered glass at the driver, awoman, barely clinging to life. thinking, and discussing the consequences of our tech-dependent culture. I might have to check this one out. One memorable line that encompasses this feeling comes when Mr. Spallner first sees the crowd: How swiftly a crowd comes . Then the wave gave me back to the sky, the sand, the children yelling. . This story can be read in the preview ofThe Martian Chronicles. Hank wants to show Peter the ferris wheel. No. Four of themhad been killed instantly. Weird Tales was a popular Americangenre magazine featuring lavish covers,interior illustrations, and stories of fantasy andhorror. "You noticed that, too? Hes a young man named Leonard, still relatively healthy, and he has a valuable ability. It will take nine hours to prepare everything. He turned wildly to Morgan. They make plans to play it that night. Ralph helps the stranger write his novels. Word quickly spreads to her family. They shouldn't have touched her. (Thanks to Google Book Search forallowing access tothis story.). "Hey, _you!_ Get that fleatrap out the way!" Mr. Spallner looked around. There was a story on the front page about a murdered womanhis wife. Doug goes to have a snack and a nap. Think they'll believe you? Francine is distraught, but Lavinia convinces her to keep going. The Crowd, Summary and Analysis: Medicine for Melancholy, Summary and Analysis: The October Country. Father Mellon is awakened before midnight on Christmas Eve. %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz His genuine enthusiasm for storytelling comes through and is infectious. The Stories of Ray Bradbury is an anthology containing 100 short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published by Knopf in 1980. A little freckled boy. The woman happened to be there once in 1936, again in 1946. ", The man in bed went on. -"". Theres one hill with a grave that he doesnt want to look at. Her daughter, Mink, as well as all of the other young children, are intensely occupied by new, mysterious game called "Invasion." This story can be read in the preview of The Stories of Ray Bradbury. Roger is submissive and under his mothers control. It's the year 2053 A.D. and he is "alone in this world.". The wheels of my car, upside down. This depicts an undeniable truth that within us there is an overwhelming power which is always enticing us to join forces with evil. . THanks, Dale. It clicked. The Flying Machine is the seventh story in the Amazon preview ofBradbury Stories. He says God made the priest open his door. RAY BRADBURY . Despite his success, he feels inferior to others and is the butt of many jokes. He asked her if people were like that inside too. Fiorello Bodini wakes at night and goes outside to listen to the rockets flying to Mars, Saturn and Venus. The boy is afraid. The narrator, a writer, returns to Dublin after fifteen years. Ray Bradbury . They somehow know about evidence that he has against them. And like you and me, people have wondered year after year, why they gathered so quickly, and how? Shes excited this morning because her nephew Benjy is coming to visit. The husband is preoccupied with his interactions with the beggars in Dublin, especially one he saw on OConnell Bridge. You knew I'd live if you left me alone. He didn't dare move. It seems that yesterday the city was visited by a remarkable man. This story can also be read in the above preview. He is conscious enough to notice the details of his surroundings - particularly that, in a location that was deserted moments before, a crowd had gathered "out of nowhere" to surround him. Used for all hardbacks of any size. . Bradburys crowd is not a vast one. On his forty-eighth birthday, the narrator gets an idea for a perfect murder. You're still sick. On these nights, he'll walk for hours, passing darkened houses, which is like "walking through a graveyard.". Theyre both unsure how to handle it. "Same way with a fire or an explosion. A man and woman are totally in love. Its the last evening of October. Thanks to amazon.com for the use of this image. The wheels were spinfling and spinning fast--the front wheels! . Then the wave gave me back to the sky, the sand, the children yelling. The crowd faces mixed and spun into the wild rotation of the wheels. One of them was thin, bright, pale, alert, a young man. It gives some practical reminders and says its time to go to school and work. Summary and Analysis: The October Country He asks her if she remembers him. The Rocket is the second story in the Amazon preview of Bradbury Stories. "Give my regards to the cops. "They come running awfully fast," said the man in the back of the cab. And they seem to have some power over the crash victims. A crowd quickly gathers around him. Mr. Benedict is the mortician of a small town. When Spallner observes yet another accident, he again watches the rapidity at which the crowd gathers and, once more, recognizes many of the onlookers as being the same ones who stood over him. .., All of them challenge his idea that there was something sinister in the crowd, yet all of them have also witnessed the phenomenon of how quickly a crowd appears at accidents. couldn't ask for better than master fantasizer Ray Bradbury." --The Boston Globe Between Earth and Sky - Nalini Nadkarni 2009-10-28 In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, and illustrations, world-renowned canopy biologist Nalini M. Nadkarni becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. "There!" The Whole Towns Sleeping is the first story in the Amazon preview ofBradbury Stories. Classroom Authority - Judith L. Pace 2006-08-15 Describes and analyzes authority relationships in classrooms through Wait. 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