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was crazy.

But I, not

as

everybody

else,

firmly

believed

that he

would

finally

make it.

That is

Toophan.

That is

why we’ve

been

friends

for so

manyyears.

He has the

courage to

do

anything

he wants

regardless

of others

doubts and

he always

succeeds.

This

courage

and belief

make me

can’t help

but to

follow him

and assist

him as

best as I

can. I’m

always

thinking

that if I

had such

courage

when I was

18, things

would be

great

different

now.

Sofia and

I soon

became

friends

after they

got

married,

which was

not a

surprise

to

Toophan.

He said

that “I

knew you

are the

same kind

of people:

smart,

kind, and

are fond

of books!”

We laughed

for we

both knew

only

himself

did not

notice

that he

was one

that

belonged

to the

same

category.

Sofia, how

luckyyou

are! When

you left

us, at

least the

world was

still

bright and

clean. God

is too

generous

to give me

so much

time, and

let me

suffer

seeing all

the

tortures

and

disasters.

After I

died, who

could

remember

those old

happy days