tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50700453853223499072024-03-14T03:41:01.404-07:00Leopold and MilaDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755990264988921091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070045385322349907.post-22927473390649408092008-06-18T08:24:00.000-07:002009-08-13T09:06:50.920-07:00<div align="center"><br /><h3 style="COLOR: black">Leopold and Mila<br />Part One: The Stranger's Daughter</h3><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepZDKj2QuMCV6B8Le3HK1TAZZImRrCJFZf2347DGEZUBDnk6A1sNyUEgjfKYGIwOAgVC4AIMoHUNRfLxkUmHL2BGqPwQRDQrmpaLz2JGCFPQCRqGQQQtiulqccSwoB4ddeIn15d3nJ_RW/s1600-h/town1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212981707368649458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepZDKj2QuMCV6B8Le3HK1TAZZImRrCJFZf2347DGEZUBDnk6A1sNyUEgjfKYGIwOAgVC4AIMoHUNRfLxkUmHL2BGqPwQRDQrmpaLz2JGCFPQCRqGQQQtiulqccSwoB4ddeIn15d3nJ_RW/s400/town1.jpg" border="0" /> </a>It was the beginning of fall when Leopold set out to seek his fortune. He went from town to town, farther and farther away from home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHe3Kw5Kr-iIHmgrfsJo97zkxbH1FZVz5w7OUwumTqy0x8n6YOVcHgEt06vIovZggnGPUCYuDP9QZ3y-tmQGR7tz4Pyjsix8RsFcwBLTGn4nUv5hBbN1LkZ9I4M63BlyC-vrmbwyq2rcr/s1600-h/stranger1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212888837184100482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHe3Kw5Kr-iIHmgrfsJo97zkxbH1FZVz5w7OUwumTqy0x8n6YOVcHgEt06vIovZggnGPUCYuDP9QZ3y-tmQGR7tz4Pyjsix8RsFcwBLTGn4nUv5hBbN1LkZ9I4M63BlyC-vrmbwyq2rcr/s400/stranger1.jpg" border="0" /> </a>One day, a stranger called his name.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6uEhu-9PgULvuzJcAKsmS0okgmjX5aD_Pgr7LVTN9Rp01ftmjFdBiB9VMz0xS1INJRhj2F_MUG62KCfoADJ8HJkc_l7dK53dwlTJ1_MgKgRkvV7NiQGd2090xi6HuqvunTQUhZLSppX7/s1600-h/coins1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212982971973275714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6uEhu-9PgULvuzJcAKsmS0okgmjX5aD_Pgr7LVTN9Rp01ftmjFdBiB9VMz0xS1INJRhj2F_MUG62KCfoADJ8HJkc_l7dK53dwlTJ1_MgKgRkvV7NiQGd2090xi6HuqvunTQUhZLSppX7/s400/coins1.jpg" border="0" /> </a>He tried to buy the puppet, but Leopold refused.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiowf2LZwIsy1sFBi3l2bHe6qq8ftXwW-cP823eoKXguYaj3RgDaEgcQgYgEgr2Ghtz04HssypADITILtfKiLK7vnAMLbR7XDgkaGUqa28GrygvqfK2ssqWX1ATW9lQ5ifPoNT66R3GExj/s1600-h/oldman1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212983338746654482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiowf2LZwIsy1sFBi3l2bHe6qq8ftXwW-cP823eoKXguYaj3RgDaEgcQgYgEgr2Ghtz04HssypADITILtfKiLK7vnAMLbR7XDgkaGUqa28GrygvqfK2ssqWX1ATW9lQ5ifPoNT66R3GExj/s400/oldman1.jpg" border="0" /> </a>He tried to take it. An old man happened along and the stranger disappeared.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AyazJ63MUZ-LmObDVMNmvlihZfm29VdCMP8J79ud7EECHVTT2rN8qmNhlgdFIiDO3DvH2MmSfWTfFW9Yk6pPupcBymOyz3LkzdB3-xh0DrQIrwLtgQlqTwd7XBfnhvJhvVhCn4bTGcNQ/s1600-h/coracle1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212984075100020722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AyazJ63MUZ-LmObDVMNmvlihZfm29VdCMP8J79ud7EECHVTT2rN8qmNhlgdFIiDO3DvH2MmSfWTfFW9Yk6pPupcBymOyz3LkzdB3-xh0DrQIrwLtgQlqTwd7XBfnhvJhvVhCn4bTGcNQ/s400/coracle1.jpg" border="0" /> </a>The old man gave Leopold his coracle so he could escape.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9g98Dpg4vv-t-SM1hqaOFiLcv8MaiJUStCug9VMBfS4ZtVeOtRgfnp1twl7VVSX7pTeXIEYbQSyIY9NL22aH2gAyBOGhiv5KyHjkKLLPw6rUjujQkZY4PyrvdEscT2ib8C5KUCAKmqcO/s1600-h/deep1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212984082939970242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9g98Dpg4vv-t-SM1hqaOFiLcv8MaiJUStCug9VMBfS4ZtVeOtRgfnp1twl7VVSX7pTeXIEYbQSyIY9NL22aH2gAyBOGhiv5KyHjkKLLPw6rUjujQkZY4PyrvdEscT2ib8C5KUCAKmqcO/s400/deep1.jpg" border="0" /></a>The wind stopped. Everything was still. The water was very deep and very clear. Leopold thought he was dreaming.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLGmiJVa9blvYMDUiD1n3Z8BEp-nElvAtWX428st0cihUBWHKPBDykRop94OmocioOwFE9eBDB99Fuzcbt38fMJ7RWn92OTgtf4t6TlEvvAbjN7oGN_AWaqQvo_1raGK29IEfbPNPUMc6/s1600-h/underwater1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212984085395904146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLGmiJVa9blvYMDUiD1n3Z8BEp-nElvAtWX428st0cihUBWHKPBDykRop94OmocioOwFE9eBDB99Fuzcbt38fMJ7RWn92OTgtf4t6TlEvvAbjN7oGN_AWaqQvo_1raGK29IEfbPNPUMc6/s400/underwater1.jpg" border="0" /></a>He fell in. The stranger had tricked him.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvxy29f0_YUwqqWGNX-RUYYaEGKyVdpC4hfgdjwjpqR_JBquq2hc5LLIKEz3EEMUlw_gBnzUn2XyUa3m2G3UbjMGrbDL5ZIhlQ_iaQQ6xpcjTBweBFkwHksDfTigUKnhOF741hLEfO22T/s1600-h/flyingboat1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212984088204017618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvxy29f0_YUwqqWGNX-RUYYaEGKyVdpC4hfgdjwjpqR_JBquq2hc5LLIKEz3EEMUlw_gBnzUn2XyUa3m2G3UbjMGrbDL5ZIhlQ_iaQQ6xpcjTBweBFkwHksDfTigUKnhOF741hLEfO22T/s400/flyingboat1.jpg" border="0" /></a>He stole everything.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiji3QZNoa3fq1iJX8m6ouhr2ndPrqjA1s8-TqgT5cSDlJOHUG0gx9rnQUOgTQAvuvK4R7vKklqUJBTz3QjxKJ8L_6vPAMHftv307YUFFgh7HDNKRUWTZtilMqhyURpnYmdIg6N_MvTO1tE/s1600-h/hole1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212984090324875714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiji3QZNoa3fq1iJX8m6ouhr2ndPrqjA1s8-TqgT5cSDlJOHUG0gx9rnQUOgTQAvuvK4R7vKklqUJBTz3QjxKJ8L_6vPAMHftv307YUFFgh7HDNKRUWTZtilMqhyURpnYmdIg6N_MvTO1tE/s400/hole1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Leopold chased after him. The boat left a trail of water that led to a hole.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg234W345TSNfOieh9IEf1oZLpGHjb-zPA8LFJKvmSKnrIM4NhrrNgqGREWBAIMOLD9rb2EZ5UwQsDdWrYQcInNGrQGzaR0z9Unt0pxeBwO0RNhr7cty8dvjQQM_ElH14RTq8l3I-kK7WTO/s1600-h/underground1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212997080303596002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg234W345TSNfOieh9IEf1oZLpGHjb-zPA8LFJKvmSKnrIM4NhrrNgqGREWBAIMOLD9rb2EZ5UwQsDdWrYQcInNGrQGzaR0z9Unt0pxeBwO0RNhr7cty8dvjQQM_ElH14RTq8l3I-kK7WTO/s400/underground1.jpg" border="0" /></a> He climbed down and down and down the rickety ladder, down into a gloomy twilight underworld. There he found the stranger's ramshackle cottage.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4qbVIMaXccfvK8UlH1x3j9gJ8PGtZCBYTzHyfsdlxtK_hB4jf4d3z7upG7lMY6VqQttb_0QQZ386j_svkhtOmbttqlyeEbapcBksTzdVyoDLbcKJRJWu5M77v4oskEwMVpyecRx77htp/s1600-h/daughter1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212989539859681330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4qbVIMaXccfvK8UlH1x3j9gJ8PGtZCBYTzHyfsdlxtK_hB4jf4d3z7upG7lMY6VqQttb_0QQZ386j_svkhtOmbttqlyeEbapcBksTzdVyoDLbcKJRJWu5M77v4oskEwMVpyecRx77htp/s400/daughter1.jpg" border="0" /></a> He creapt quietly up to the window and looked in. The stranger's daughter loved Leopold's puppet. Leopold watched her for play sweetly for a long time. Then he turned around and climbed slowly back up the ladder, empty handed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h3 style="COLOR: black">Part Two: Mila</h3><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g85URuia7RkW5rWbxD7Ts2WEyJCQSI06ekonlxSILyofAVUphhSB2MeysXfQPL3gDlklmXzy1YL0LewttPLRVmivPR_MS6hOBAH6YzlLAUKtpRAGd0B_P_zdi_RDymyDUGRpZzpl840Y/s1600-h/thorns1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212990460538924018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g85URuia7RkW5rWbxD7Ts2WEyJCQSI06ekonlxSILyofAVUphhSB2MeysXfQPL3gDlklmXzy1YL0LewttPLRVmivPR_MS6hOBAH6YzlLAUKtpRAGd0B_P_zdi_RDymyDUGRpZzpl840Y/s400/thorns1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Leopold had nothing. He started walking. His path disappeared in a thicket of brambles.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDu6f76KmfYtokEidDqp3E_lbew2timCNCQvkXPiRsQeUQNnl_ltd4o13alNVs1xn3JTVH3Yl2pwLxsVGrbZBO-gt3VsvSFOGVhCXNxa6ICMCRExIXxfCf1u-YtnevyGjpb3AyoPPTGGa/s1600-h/box1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212990915293131842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDu6f76KmfYtokEidDqp3E_lbew2timCNCQvkXPiRsQeUQNnl_ltd4o13alNVs1xn3JTVH3Yl2pwLxsVGrbZBO-gt3VsvSFOGVhCXNxa6ICMCRExIXxfCf1u-YtnevyGjpb3AyoPPTGGa/s400/box1.jpg" border="0" /></a> In the middle of nowhere he found an old wooden box. His heart was pounding.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_4Brd1BlbFgkn4GBmYIRKVht60gGMqtEEollmDYeegfTXaGMlB-eHcKF46jV1hZstb-5Sc0O5G_d9bBa79x_REksoyt2IY9ZSYjGo1zVtlDaA3BMCJiNHbzcar0aqONv1q3BgZEfgwSn/s1600-h/crows1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212991243014692290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_4Brd1BlbFgkn4GBmYIRKVht60gGMqtEEollmDYeegfTXaGMlB-eHcKF46jV1hZstb-5Sc0O5G_d9bBa79x_REksoyt2IY9ZSYjGo1zVtlDaA3BMCJiNHbzcar0aqONv1q3BgZEfgwSn/s400/crows1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Three crows hectored him for miles.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwM0HHzrpSQXDNynIjXiBqzhg81hVsUcTaWspIMBkNLRVXwvEhd6RP2uBUlYuNgQT1GBSPd2vrjGAuaymPclY_zA2FNHpWmBK6MsuTOx_JP_vcPrMrz66sTHX7-6a_Ud_LZsUI2HVSFum/s1600-h/concertina1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212991479677759714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwM0HHzrpSQXDNynIjXiBqzhg81hVsUcTaWspIMBkNLRVXwvEhd6RP2uBUlYuNgQT1GBSPd2vrjGAuaymPclY_zA2FNHpWmBK6MsuTOx_JP_vcPrMrz66sTHX7-6a_Ud_LZsUI2HVSFum/s400/concertina1.jpg" border="0" /></a> When he finally got to a quiet clearing and opened the box, he was delighted with what he found. He set up a comfortable camp and stayed there through the winter, resting and learning to play the concertina.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwhyphenhyphen-4naRl6TZX4oTgGo24ciPPOj8frV1-QF6LRAFFnzc520wPzTiJtbFXJur-x5n_fgn2V_3TOwdrT97oTeh5aDxZvuwx9Xv9vq1B_2d48997uO_GhIwj2UgTDPIlJnAI6hq6YD0tjdO/s1600-h/mila2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212991791383774530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwhyphenhyphen-4naRl6TZX4oTgGo24ciPPOj8frV1-QF6LRAFFnzc520wPzTiJtbFXJur-x5n_fgn2V_3TOwdrT97oTeh5aDxZvuwx9Xv9vq1B_2d48997uO_GhIwj2UgTDPIlJnAI6hq6YD0tjdO/s400/mila2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Come spring, he set out again. One morning he heard sweet music coming over a hill. That was how he met Mila.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_1RSi59FzwfuphC-OwgxkKGJtZrzHKolvuyg7UORaYDSSd4_aQNun7GZwtNkwEqNOxR5vXj9GYVkN8ecvULpOqwHwJj7eE_RL_hmtf0s3IoRIYhd4h44O9EG1UH5KtiShybXIkvmungt/s1600-h/duet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212992876634146978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_1RSi59FzwfuphC-OwgxkKGJtZrzHKolvuyg7UORaYDSSd4_aQNun7GZwtNkwEqNOxR5vXj9GYVkN8ecvULpOqwHwJj7eE_RL_hmtf0s3IoRIYhd4h44O9EG1UH5KtiShybXIkvmungt/s400/duet.jpg" border="0" /></a> They sounded good together.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2x-4dThQQAWZWvEcz4-SjWYgTsJxkEagsGYXrcndYIHOkRqOl13ot7Xw0TXFgpT-gcNw0J0UZMAt1Qm0j_WXxEcgYReoaiNnSw2yA2-_rd_VDi2lkFww3gkYOY77jeu-ruZJdwBuguF7/s1600-h/river1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212993010220058562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2x-4dThQQAWZWvEcz4-SjWYgTsJxkEagsGYXrcndYIHOkRqOl13ot7Xw0TXFgpT-gcNw0J0UZMAt1Qm0j_WXxEcgYReoaiNnSw2yA2-_rd_VDi2lkFww3gkYOY77jeu-ruZJdwBuguF7/s400/river1.jpg" border="0" /></a> She was on her way to live with her aunt, and Leopold decided to accompany her.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNcJb9XR0bBbMRK4OtC-wy1KeMSafyOohJ4BhIqF5TzSJTCZ2oXtkGlV1VJ-4_uouH3O1lgNDrQqWE-APZnlZz5OuVL15dFoa-2LLBWaR2Qm-T5daLTvfEhEJIzpRSGDd3TwsHcThBb8p/s1600-h/birds1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212993120303553490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNcJb9XR0bBbMRK4OtC-wy1KeMSafyOohJ4BhIqF5TzSJTCZ2oXtkGlV1VJ-4_uouH3O1lgNDrQqWE-APZnlZz5OuVL15dFoa-2LLBWaR2Qm-T5daLTvfEhEJIzpRSGDd3TwsHcThBb8p/s400/birds1.jpg" border="0" /></a> They got to her aunt's house, but she had moved away, nobody knew where. Mila had two delicious birds for her. She let them go.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjStfofAiGrugaVI8maDWdsiWvcsLFxY8JNI34uCGrdjEUOmo3sWArNzoVRZHXPU6ZRauZjuMWH3mukMC9_DvLwx51YKSBwHSetRQO8CouRUrKekBnDvA-DzXr_SSiTPxCq7cxlPwMYCU/s1600-h/road1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212993223075811746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjStfofAiGrugaVI8maDWdsiWvcsLFxY8JNI34uCGrdjEUOmo3sWArNzoVRZHXPU6ZRauZjuMWH3mukMC9_DvLwx51YKSBwHSetRQO8CouRUrKekBnDvA-DzXr_SSiTPxCq7cxlPwMYCU/s400/road1.jpg" border="0" /></a> The weather was good for walking. Leopold and Mila set off down the road.<br /><br /></div>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755990264988921091noreply@blogger.com0