elieving．HaveyottenhowIgotyouallthatmoneyht?"Thewordswerelikeafshoflightninginthedark．Eyesoheystaredhopefullyathim．Richardasked，

    "Howdidyougoaboutitthattime?"Dimitrididnotwanthistrueidentityknown，sohedecidedtomakeupapusiblestory．

    "Well，Ihappeopickupthiscardonthesidewalksoneevening．ItrieditontheWorldBankandfounditopenedeverydoor,includingthevault．That’showIgotthemoney．Isn’titwonderful?Ifyouallfollowme,I’llguaranteenoneofuswillbehurt．Withnoriskandnodanger，you’llgetallthemoneyyouwantandlivehappilyeverafter．How’sthat?"Richardwasgreatlyexcitedattheprospectofgettinghishandsonalotofmoneyagain.Heexcimedimpatiently，

    "Great!I’llgamblemylifeoncemore．Whenshallwestart?Wemustdoitassoonaspossiblebeforetheydiscoverthelossofthecardandgethecodes．Whatabouttonight?"DimitrithoughtforamomentanddecidedthatacalltoMr.Kaffeehimtopulloffallsecuritythatnightandleavehebankwoulddothetrick．Soheagreed，

    "Whynot?Tonightitis!"Thefivefriendsscrambledupfullofthespiritofjoyandadveheydashedaboutputtingoutthefireandgotintothecar．

    "Hey,waitaminute!"Dimitrisaid，"We’vefottehing!"

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    "What?"theyalsked．

    "Somethingtocarrythecashin.Whydotakedow?"Theyallughed．

    "That’sagoodidea!"Theytookdow,foldedit,threwitirunkandallfiveofthemhurriedlypiledbatothecar．Laughingjoyfully，theydroveaway．Thus，theydecidedonacourseofa，rashlyandflippantly，asiftheywerepyingagame．Lifeactuallyislikeagame，butallgameshavetheirrules．Ifyougobeyondthem,youentertheued．Suchwasthecasehere．Dimitriwasleadinghisfriendsintoatraphesetforhimself，owasfraughtwithdangerah．

    Thecarwentonitswaytediously，passingroadsignafterroadsignonthearrhtfreeway,itswheelsrollingpastthefshingroadbubbles．Theedandturnedinataself-servegasstationlocatedoskirtsofthecity．Itwaste,theattendantshadgonehome．Fewcarsstoppedthere，sothepcelookeddesoteaed．Abigbeige-coloredcararkedatoneside,ohoseluxurymodelssopopuriies．Infrontofthevendingmaewastheslimfigureofayoungdyfeedingsintotheslot．Theplopofasodarollingoutsoundedloudandcleariylot．Dimitriwalkedquicklytowardsthepayphone，whiletheotherswaitedinthecar．Hepuhenumbersprihedavoiceimmediatelyanswered．

    "..."

    "OliverKaffee，please.”

    "..."

    "MynameisDimitri.”

    "..."

    Themumblingofthundersouhedistaheweatherhadbeenstrahesedays,allthunderandlightningbutnotadropofrain．

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    "..."

    "ThisisDimitri．AreyouMr.Kaffee?"

    "..."

    "Listen．Pulloffallsecurityandnightshiftclerksfortonight...Don’taskwhy,justdoit!"

    "..."

    AcrashofthunderdrowwordsattheotherendandforcedDimitritoraisehisvoice．

    "Imaybeingintoheadquarterstonightwithsomeofmyfriends．Iwanttoshowthemaround,sogeteveryowithinthirtyminutes.”

    "..."

    Hehungupandwasturningtogowhenhesawacharmingblonddyinfrontofthevendingmaesmilingathim,saying，

    "Wemetthisafternoon,remember?Itoldyouwewouldmeetagain.”

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    "Ohyes．Isn’tthisace!"

    Therewastheembarrassedsilenceofacquaintaalossforwords．

    "Theweatherhasbeenstrahesestfewdays,hasn’tit?"Dimitritinued.Ablindingfshoflig

elieving．HaveyottenhowIgotyouallthatmoneyht?"Thewordswerelikeafshoflightninginthedark．Eyesoheystaredhopefullyathim．Richardasked，

    "Howdidyougoaboutitthattime?"Dimitrididnotwanthistrueidentityknown，sohedecidedtomakeupapusiblestory．

    "Well，Ihappeopickupthiscardonthesidewalksoneevening．ItrieditontheWorldBankandfounditopenedeverydoor,includingthevault．That’showIgotthemoney．Isn’titwonderful?Ifyouallfollowme,I’llguaranteenoneofuswillbehurt．Withnoriskandnodanger，you’llgetallthemoneyyouwantandlivehappilyeverafter．How’sthat?"Richardwasgreatlyexcitedattheprospectofgettinghishandsonalotofmoneyagain.Heexcimedimpatiently，

    "Great!I’llgamblemylifeoncemore．Whenshallwestart?Wemustdoitassoonaspossiblebeforetheydiscoverthelossofthecardandgethecodes．Whatabouttonight?"DimitrithoughtforamomentanddecidedthatacalltoMr.Kaffeehimtopulloffallsecuritythatnightandleavehebankwoulddothetrick．Soheagreed，

    "Whynot?Tonightitis!"Thefivefriendsscrambledupfullofthespiritofjoyandadveheydashedaboutputtingoutthefireandgotintothecar．

    "Hey,waitaminute!"Dimitrisaid，"We’vefottehing!"

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    "What?"theyalsked．

    "Somethingtocarrythecashin.Whydotakedow?"Theyallughed．

    "That’sagoodidea!"Theytookdow,foldedit,threwitirunkandallfiveofthemhurriedlypiledbatothecar．Laughingjoyfully，theydroveaway．Thus，theydecidedonacourseofa，rashlyandflippantly，asiftheywerepyingagame．Lifeactuallyislikeagame，butallgameshavetheirrules．Ifyougobeyondthem,youentertheued．Suchwasthecasehere．Dimitriwasleadinghisfriendsintoatraphesetforhimself，owasfraughtwithdangerah．

    Thecarwentonitswaytediously，passingroadsignafterroadsignonthearrhtfreeway,itswheelsrollingpastthefshingroadbubbles．Theedandturnedinataself-servegasstationlocatedoskirtsofthecity．Itwaste,theattendantshadgonehome．Fewcarsstoppedthere，sothepcelookeddesoteaed．Abigbeige-coloredcararkedatoneside,ohoseluxurymodelssopopuriies．Infrontofthevendingmaewastheslimfigureofayoungdyfeedingsintotheslot．Theplopofasodarollingoutsoundedloudandcleariylot．Dimitriwalkedquicklytowardsthepayphone，whiletheotherswaitedinthecar．Hepuhenumbersprihedavoiceimmediatelyanswered．

    "..."

    "OliverKaffee，please.”

    "..."

    "MynameisDimitri.”

    "..."

    Themumblingofthundersouhedistaheweatherhadbeenstrahesedays,allthunderandlightningbutnotadropofrain．

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    "..."

    "ThisisDimitri．AreyouMr.Kaffee?"

    "..."

    "Listen．Pulloffallsecurityandnightshiftclerksfortonight...Don’taskwhy,justdoit!"

    "..."

    AcrashofthunderdrowwordsattheotherendandforcedDimitritoraisehisvoice．

    "Imaybeingintoheadquarterstonightwithsomeofmyfriends．Iwanttoshowthemaround,sogeteveryowithinthirtyminutes.”

    "..."

    Hehungupandwasturningtogowhenhesawacharmingblonddyinfrontofthevendingmaesmilingathim,saying，

    "Wemetthisafternoon,remember?Itoldyouwewouldmeetagain.”

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    "Ohyes．Isn’tthisace!"

    Therewastheembarrassedsilenceofacquaintaalossforwords．

    "Theweatherhasbeenstrahesestfewdays,hasn’tit?"Dimitritinued.Ablindingfshoflig