A ??w w??ks ???, ? m?n ??ivin? in Sik?st?n, Miss???i s?w C???li? ?n t?? si?? ?? t?? ????.
“H? [C???li? Sik?s] w?s ???n? in ? ?itc? wit? l????, ???n, ???in? w??n?s ??ll ?? m????ts ?ll ?v??. A G??? S?m??it?n ???n? ?im ?n? ?i? n?t k??? ??ivin?. H? ??ll?? ?v?? ?n? l????? ?im in ?is c??, n?t kn?win? w??t t?? n?xt st?? w??l? ??,” St??? R?sc?? ?? St. L??is w??t? ?n t??i? F?c????k ????.
C???li? Sik?s ??sc??? ???m ? ?itc?.
T??t n?xt st?? w?s ???c?in? ??t t? St??? R?sc?? ?? St. L??is.
On? l??k ?t ?im in t?? ??ck ?? ?is c?? ?n? it w?s cl??? C???li? ??s????t?l? n????? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n.
As t?? m?n ???v? C???li? t? t??i? s??lt??, st??? s????? ?ict???s ?? C???li? wit? ?is s?vi?? ?n? w??t?, “His j???n?? t? ? n?w li?? is ?n???w??. H?’ll ?? ???? s??n ?n? w? will k??? ??? ??st??, ??’s ??in? t? n??? ???? l?v? ?n? ??????s.”
An? it w??l? ?? t??c? ?n? ?? ?n ?is ?i?st ni??t. His w??n?s w??? s? ?????ic ?is ??sc???s ??t?? n?t t? s???? m?n? ?? t??m ?n s?ci?l m??i?. B?t s??in? ?im s? ??tt???? ?n? w??n??? c?m?l?t?l? ???k? t??i? ????ts. B?t C???li? Sik?s ??ll?? t??????!
C???li? Sik?s n?w s???ts ??n????s ?ll ?v?? ?is ???? ?n? ??s ??? m?lti?l? t???tm?nts t? ?is t???i?l? w??n?s.
“M? l???, ?is EYES ??? s? ????ti??l! Y?? c?n t?ll ??w sw??t ?? is j?st ?? t?? s???? ?? ?is ???s,” St??? R?sc?? s?i? in ?n ????t? ????t C???li?.
T??? ?ls? ??st?? ?ict???s ?? ?im smilin? ??? t?? c?m???. T??? w??t?, “T?is ?i?-?????? ?n??l ??? ??s st?l?n ??? ????ts. H? is still ??ttin? ??n???? c??n??s ?v??? ?t??? ??? ??? t?? w??n?s t??t ??? ?ll ?v?? ?is ????.”
D??in? t?? ??st ??w w??ks m?n? ????l? ??v? st????? ?? t? ??l? t?? ??? in ?is ??c?v???.
St??? R?sc?? s?i? t??? ??c?iv?? ?n inc???i?l? ??n?ti?n ???m Jim ?t N?xt?? H??lt? w?? w?lk?? int? t?? s??lt?? wit? $5000 w??t? ?? w??n? c??? ?????cts ?n? s???li?s t??t will ?i??ctl? ??l? in C???li?’s ??c?v???.
An? C???li? Sik?s’ s?i?its ??? li?tin? t??.
“C???li? Sik?s is ???lin? s? w?ll! H? ??t t? l??v? wit? ?n? ?? ??? v?l?nt???s, ??t ??t ?? t?? clinic, ?n? ?? t? t?? ???k ??? ? s???t w?lk,” St??? R?sc?? s????? in ?n ????t?. “S?? s?i? s?? ??? t? ??l? ?im ??ck ??c??s? ?? ???ll? w?nt?? t? ??n! T?is mi??cl? ??? is ???lin? GREAT!!”
In ??ct C???li? Sik?s is ??in? s? m?c? ??tt?? w?’?? ???tt? s??? ??’ll ?? ????? ??? ??st?? ?? ????ti?n s??n!
In t?? m??ntim?, c?nsi??? s?????tin? ???s lik? C???li? in t??i? ??c?v??? ?? m?kin? ? ??n?ti?n t? St??? R?sc?? ?? St. L??is.
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C???li? Sik?s is ????? ??? ? m??ic?l ??st??. T?? s??lt?? st??? w?it?: “Ri??t n?w, t?is littl? l?v?? is l??kin? ??? ? m??ic?l ??st?? wit? n? ?t??? ?nim?ls, AND ??’ll n??? t? c?m? in tw?-t???? tim?s w??kl? ??? ??n???? c??n??s. B?t s?mm?? is ????, s? w? t?????t it w?s w??t? ?skin?!! Onc? ??’s m??ic?ll? cl????? – ?n? ???’?? m??l? in l?v? wit? ?im – ??’ll ?? ????? ??? ????ti?n! (F?st??s ??t ?i?st ?i?s :)) St?????sc??.???/??st??
Onc? t?? ??? ??c?iv?s m??ic?l c???, it m?? ????i?? ? n??t??in? ?n? s??? ?nvi??nm?nt t? ??c?v?? ?n? ???l. T?is c??l? ?? ???vi??? ?? ? ??st?? ??m? ?? ?n ?nim?l ??sc?? c?nt??, w???? it c?n ??c?iv? ?n??in? c??? ?n? ?????ilit?ti?n.
T?? st??? ?? t?? ??? wit? ?x??s?? inj??i?s ?isc????? int? ? ?itc? s??v?s ?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? ?li??t ?? ???n??n?? ?n? inj???? ?nim?ls. It ?m???siz?s t?? im???t?nc? ?? ??in? vi?il?nt ?n? ??s??nsiv? t? ?nim?ls in n??? ?n? t?? c?itic?l ??l? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ?m??t?? in s?vin? liv?s.
B? ??v?c?tin? ??? ?nim?l w?l????, s?????tin? ??sc?? ????niz?ti?ns, ?n? ??in? ????ctiv? in ???vi?in? ?i? t? ?nim?ls in ?ist??ss, w? c?n w??k t???t??? t? c???t? ? w??l? w???? n? ?nim?l is l??t t? s????? ?l?n? ?n? ?nn?tic??.