1. Reread pages 93-94 and answer the following question. The last statement in this chapter says, "...they had not left everything behind." What do you think the author is trying to say by this statement?
2. What is the significance of the "loose" step at Uncle Henrik's house? How did Lois Lowry use the author craft foreshadowing to hint at the importance of the step?
3. How does Annemarie's running to Uncle Henrick's boat like the famous children's story, "Little Red Riding Hood"?
4. Why does Annemarie's mother tell her if she is stopped on the path by Nazi soldiers that she should act as a "airheaded" child? Who does Annemarie try to imitate and why?
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Number the Stars
24 comments:
JGM21
1. I think it means that they still have each other and they still have hope and pride so while they still have those things even when they have barrowed clothing food from Uncle Henrik and they have left behind their sources of pride they still hold their heads high.
2. She foreshadows the step by saying that the old man in Peter's group tripped on it. The step is important because without it Mr. Rosen would never have tripped and dropped the package and Annemarie would never have been called upon for courage.
3.She was running through the woods trying to get dommething tjo Unkle Henrik and Little Red Riding Hood was running through the woods to get something to her Grandma.
4. If she acted like an "airhead child" the Nazis wouldn't expect her of any thing. Annemarie imitates Kirtsi because Kirsti is almost an "airhead child"
Mary kate <3
1) "They had to leave everything behind" means that the Rosens had to leave everything from items they held special to their home, money, and they had little of their pride left with them. And they had to leave all this behind to be safe once again.
2) Lois Lowry did this by in the beginning have the mother to say to be careful of the broken step and then in the end have Mr.Rosen trip on the step and the packet fall out of his pocket and if Annemarie had not found it the plan would have failed.
3) Running to Uncle Henrik is like the child story " Little Red Riding hood is the same by one Annemarie was bering food ha-ha j.k. and also when Red hood was stopped by the wolf it is like when the soldiers stopped Annemarie in the woods.
4) Mama tells Annemarie to act like a air headed child because if Annemarie acts like she is just a child bering lunch to her Uncle the soldiers with not be as curious. Annemarie acted like Kristi when the soldiers on the corner stopped her, Ellen and Annemarie.
bag12
1. The author was trying to say that the Rosens had not lost their pride. For example on pg. 94 it says, “But their shoulders were as straight as they had been in the past: in the classroom, on the stage, at the Sabbath table. So there were other sources, too, of pride, and they had not left everything behind." This means that they had left behind a lot of things, but they still had as much pride as they had before, so they hadn't lost that.
2. The significance of the loose step was that Mr. Rosen stumbled on it and accidentally dropped the important package, unnoticed. Lois Lowry uses the author craft foreshadowing to hint the importance of the step on pg.
95,"Mr. Rosen tripped on the loose step outside the kitchen door." This is when Mr. Rosen dropped the envelope. Normally, authors wouldn't write in a tiny detail like that. Also, on pg. 71, it says,"...the step is broken,..." when Mama is cleaning, foreshadowing that it has a meaning later.
3. Annemarie's running to Uncle Henrik's boat is like the famous children's story "Little Red Riding Hood" because Little Red Riding Hood's Mother asks her to carry a basket of food to her grandmother through the woods. Annemarie's Mother asks her to bring "Uncle Henrik's lunch", or the package to Uncle Henrik through the woods. Annemarie is referring to the soldier's German Shepherds as the wolfs in the woods Little Red Riding Hood goes through.
4. Annemarie's mother tells her to act as a "airheaded little girl" if she gets stopped because she doesn't want anyone to get suspicous and steal the basket. Annemarie acted like Kirsti because Kirsti wasn't scared of the soldiers, and acted like they were regular people, which would make them less suspicous than if someone was stuttering and nervous. The soldiers were "amused by Kirsti and kind of let Annemarie, Ellen and Kirsti go, forgetting about them running.
MG#11
1. I think the author is trying to say even though they had no belongings and special idems they had friendship and hope.
2. when lois lowery foreshadows about the loose step it is signeficant because when the first walk upto the house mama says whatch out for the loosse step then when the old man falls and then when mr.rosen trips and looses the packetso they made it lead up to when mr.rosen fell.
3.It is like little red riding hood because for example when she was running threw the woods and when she remembers telling the story when she heared the bushes move when she turned the corner the four nazi officers were standing in the woods in the path.
4. Mama tells annemarie if she gets stopped on the path to Henricks boat to be a silly young child because annemarie is scared so she is imitateing kirsti because she isn't scared of the nazis because she is a young girl so annemarie trys to act like he so she will not give away the plan.
STG #8
1. I think that the author is trying to say that even though the Rosens are gone, their memorys with them will last forever.
2.The loose step at Uncle Henriks house is important because when he tripped over the step, the envelope was visable in his pocket and it fell out of his shirt pocket.
3. That scene is like "little red riding hood" because Annemarie was running to somebody to give him food and the envelope. Then she heard a deep growl and it turned out to be two police dogs and four Nazi men.
4. When the Nazi soldiers stopped Annemarie, Annemarie pretends to be Kirsti. She pretends to be Kirsti because she remembers the day when they were stopped while running and Kirsti was easily let off.
JCG#9
1. In This statement the author is trying to say that they had left behind everything such as jobs and material things but they hadn't left behind their bravery. They continued to hold there shoulders high evan if they were a litttle bit scared. none of them had left their bravery behind.
2. The significance of the "loose" step is that many people tripped on it and when Mr. rosen tripped he lost the impotant paper and without that the Jews hidden on the boat wouldn't have surved and made it to safty. lois lowry used foreshadowing to hint at the importance of the step by having mentioned it when Annemarie and Ellan first came into the house from looking around. Also, by having the old man and Mr. Rosen trip.
3. Anemarie running to Uncle Henricks boat is like the story "Little Red Riding Hood" because she is running through the forest to give her Uncle lunch and little Red Riding Hood ran through the forest to give her Grandmother food. Annemarie is stopped by soldiers who represent the wolf and she finally gets past them and gets to her Uncle. She was now safe just as Little Red Riding Hood was in the end of the story.
4. Annemaries mother tells her to act like a "airheaded" child if she was stopped on the path by a Nazi soldier because usually young children won't have trouble telling the truth and the Nazi soldiers will belive her better. She try to imitate kirsti because Kirsti is just a young child and she knows how to act like her. Kirsti isn't afraid of the Nazi soldiers and would say anything to them she would evan go blabbering on about her new shoes.
SC#4 (Blouse Boy)
1. I think Lois Lowry means that the Jews still have their pride and memories lingering with them. If they didn't have these things still with them, they would have nothing left worth fighting for.
2. The loose step showed that it was dark outside and trecherous enough to cause trip-ups. Eventually, Mr. Rosen did fall and lost the vital packet.
3. Lois Lowry uses the comparision between Annemarie in the forest and Little Red Riding Hood because it explains what Annemarie is feeling, seeing and hearing on her journey to the boat like when Little Red Riding Hood was in the forest. Also, the wolf is like the Nazi soldiers.
4. Annemarie acts like her young, naive, immature sister Kirsti because she was fearless of the Nazi soldiers. Also acting like this made it seem like she had no more incentive rather than to give her uncle lunch,do they might let her go.
JRC#5
1. This means that they had not left there pride behind, they were standing tall and not disaponted.
2. its forshadowing that somthing big is coming which is the packet why would they just delay this. the inportents of the step was if it were not for that step the old man would not sumble and lose the packet.
3. Annmarie running is alike little red ridding hood because when the nazi soldiers came, the bushs were shaking from the dogs and the snorting was them smeeling her.
4. annmary is told to act like an airheaded girl because the nazy will not be suspicious is she is nervous and serious.
JH #15
1. What he author is tring to say by this statement is that you may not have much food or clothing but the feelings of pride and shoulders as straight as they had been in the past, as it says on page 94, are what really matters.
2. The significaces of the "loose" step at Uncle Henrik's house is that when Mr. Rozen tripped over the step and the packet fell out of his pocket without knowing and then Annemarie tripped in that spot and that is how she discoverd the important packet for Uncle Hendrik's wich was a big part of the story wich is the segnifacents of the scene.
3. Annemarie's running to Uncle Henrik's boat is like the famous children's story, "Little Red Riding Hood" because when she gets stopped by the soldiers the soldiers represent the wolf who askes her all these questions and in the book she is sent with a basket full of food and under neath is the packet and in the story "The Little Red Riding Hood" she is ent with a basket of varius things just like Annemarie.
4. Annemarie's mother tells her if she is stopped on the path by Nazi soldiers that she should act like a "airheaded" child because airheaded children are children that don't think before they talk and do things that aren't so bright and if Annemarie acts like that then the soldiers possibly won't get suspicious of her and if she is hiding something from them that she doesn't want them to worry about.
CE7
1. I think the author means that they had nothing but their pride left. For example, 93-94 talks about how they acted, and how PROUD they were.
2. The author foreshadowed when Mr. Rosen stumbled. This is when he drops the secret package, so Annemarie has to bring it to Uncle Henrik. The author hinted that Mr. Rosen stumbling might be a problem.
3. While Annemarie is running, she imagines telling Little Red Riding Hood to Kirsti. It really is like the story when the 4 soldiers and 2 dogs stop her. This is like the wolf in the story.
4. Annemarie acst airheaded so if the soldiers stopped her, they would not be suspicious, and think that she is just a silly little girl. She tried to imitate Kirsti because she is a silly, airheaded girl.
OB1 (Kanobie)
(1)The last statement in this chapter says, "...they had not left everything behind." I think the author is trying to say by this statement is that, even in the bleak times that they are in, they haven't lost pride in who they are, because they authour talks about how Ellen and her family had always had a proud posture or stance before this had happened,and now, exculded from every public place, they still have that proud posture, Thus not leaving everything behind.
(2)the significance of the "loose" step at Uncle Henrik's house was that it was a foreshadow about the rest of the book. When Mr.Rosen triped, it told that reading that something had happened, even though at the time, you thought it was just a simple little thing, to make the author use a paragraph or two, extra.
(3)Annemarie's running to Uncle Henrick's boat is like the famous children's story, "Little Red Riding Hood" because she felt as though she was little red, the "innocent" little girl with a basket of "Goodies", Naiz's where the wolf, ready to punce on the unsuspeting prey,and uncle henrick, The grandma, wating for the basket, whom needed the basket.
(4)Annemarie's mother tell her if she is stopped on the path by Nazi soldiers that she should act as a "airheaded" child because trhe Nazis will not be suspicos if a girl is just giving her uncle lunch, than if she didn't they might have been even more suspicios. Annemarie trys to imitate Kristi because Kristi is exscatly what Mama means,she has to try and act like a cute little child, who knows nothing and is used to Nazis
mjg10
1. The last statement in this chapter says, "...they had not left everything behind." Before this statment it said that the Rosens still held their heads high meaning that the German Soldiers did not break their spirit which was one of their tactics.
2. The significance of the loose step at Uncle Henrik's house was a foreshadow of the next occurring events when Mr. Rosen trips on the steps and the package falls out. Lois Lowry used foreshadowing by mentioning the loose step before the event happenned.
3. Little Red Riding Hood ran through the woods with a cake for her grandmother. Annemarie in the same way ran to Uncle Henrick's boat with a package. Little Red Riding Hood was stopped by a wolf on the way and Annemarie was stopped by three Nazi soldiers.
4. Annemarie's mother tells her to act as an "airheaded" child so the German soldiers will think she is not smart and they will not question her or get suspisious of her. Therefore they would not open up the package and find out what is in it.
AH#14
1.
I think what the author is trying to say that you don't need every thing to have pride in your family or yourself. In pg 94 it says" So there were other sources too, of pride, and they had not left everything behind.
2.
The loose step is significant because before Peter fell on the step and the hankerchief fell out of his pocket, Annemarie also tripped on the step. That is how the whole packet trend began and people used it on the soldier's dogs to kill their sense of smell so they couldn't find the hidden jews under the deck of the boat.
3.Anne's running to Uncle Henricks boat is similar to the Little Red Riding Hood story because in the story she is delivering somthing to her Grandmother just like Anne and Little Red Ridinghood got stopped by the wolf and Anne got stopped by the soldiers and the dogs. Also, the wolf tryed taking the food and that is what the soldiers tryed to do to Anne with the cheese and apples.
4.
Anne tried to imitate Kirsti because kirsti isn't very intelligent because she is just five or six years old. Also, Anne imatated Kirst because earlier in the book Kirsti tryed to yell at the nazi soldiers.
CC3
1. The last statement in the chapter says, "they had not left everything behind". I think what the author is saying is that although the Rosen's and the other people at the fake wake where going to place for a better future, they may have faced many problems such as not talking when having to crouch in the bottom of the ship, or putting the baby on drugs so the baby didn't whine and many other difficulties. Also, I think this quote shows that although they are leaving they are also going somewhere else. They are leaving memories, but will make new ones when they get to their destination.
2. I think the significance of the "loose" step at Uncle Henrik's house is a very important hint that foreshadows the scene when Mr. Rosen drops the packet when he looses his balance on the steps. This scene gives the reader the hint that something also is going to happen that involves this bad step and will be important. Also, I believe that both of these scenes are similar in a way, both using the step and both people fall. In conclusion, I think the author uses the author craft technique (foreshadowing) to let the reader know there will be something with the step coming up and giving them a clue.
3. I think the scene where Annemarie runs to Uncle Henrik's boat and is compared to the famous children's story "Little Red Ridding Hood" is true. I think this because in Red Ridding Hood, the girl is running in the woods and is bringing food to her Grandma and in Number the Stars a girl (Annemarie) is running to the woods to give her Uncle a basket that has a very important package inside of it and there is food in it to cover the package. I really thought the author did a nice job comparing these 2 scenes. Therefore, these 2 scenes are compared because of carrying items to their relatives and going into the woods alone.
4. When Annemarie’s mother tells her that if she is stopped by Nazi soldiers that she should act as a "airhead" child means that try to act like you don't really know what is going on, just your mom told you what do to do and try not to act scared. I think who Annemarie is supposed to be imitated is her younger sister Kristi. I think this because in one of the first chapters of the book it shows that Kirsti wasn't afraid of the soldiers and hardly knew what was going on. Also, everyone who knew Kirsti knows how young she is and her actions, and because of that try to act like a very innocent, sweet not scared of anything child. In conclusion, the person who Annemarie is supposed to imitate is her sister Kirsti. A sweet, innocent child just bringing lunch to her Uncle.
MBI #16
1. I think the author is saying that Even though they had left most of their things behind in Copenhagen they still had pride. For example on page 93 it says, " But their shoulders were as strait as they had been in the past: in the class room, on the stage, at the Sabbath table. So there were other sources too, of pride..."
So Elellen's family still had pride and had npt left it in Copenhagen.
2. The significance the loose step in Uncle Hendriks house is that when Mr. Rosen trips on it the secret package falls out. That is significant because without the package they could have all died because Mr. Rosen triped. The author uses for shadowing by having Annemarie see the package and Mr. Rosens jacket and having her see him falling. This is foreshadowing because later Annemarie finds the package were it droped out of Mr. Rosens jacket.
3. Annemarie's running to Uncle Hendrik is like little red riding hood because Annemarie was little red riding hood and was going to to give Uncle Henrik the hankerchief, like little red ridding hood was going to give her grandmother cookies. The Nazi soldiers were the wolf tring to get Annemarie like the wolf wanted to get little red riding hood.
4. Annemarie's mother says to act like a little airheaded child because the Nazis would not bother with just little girl giving her Uncle his lunch. They would bother with a girl that looked scared and was giving her Uncle his lunch. Annemarie imitates Kirsti because she is not afraid of the soildiers and says anything she wants to them and she is not a little bit scared because she did not know what they could do to people like her. This is what Annemarie wants to be at that moment when she is with the soldiers.
SL 18 1. the ather is trying to say that they still have hope. another thing is that they have pride.
2. the significance of the "lose" step is that you think that it isn't a big problem but then you find out that he dropped the packege and that momma says that it could change the plan.
3. It is like the story because she is walking thru the woods and that she is caring a basket of food. It is also like the story because she heres a nose in one of the bushes just like in the story.
4. Annemarie's mother tells here to act like an "airheaded" child because if she dosent the soldiers may get suspishish. Annemarie trys to imitate it because she dosent want them to think that she is trying to hide something.
ab#2
1. I believe the author is showing how although the Rosens may have had to leave material items and regular life behind, but they did not leave spirit, pride, and hope. For example, the Rosens had to leave their regular life, doings, and schedule behind and trade it for a life of cautiousness, and hiding. Leaving everyday life, but not their beliefs, hope, dreams, spirit, and traits that made them themselves.I believe it is similar to Esperanza in Esperanza Rising and how she left all material items and her regular traditions, but was still Esperanza, and still kept her soul, spirit, and hope. Although Esperanza's change may have been a bit more drastic, and for the rest of her life, I believe it is still similar to the Rosens Lastly, the Rosens left behind material items, but not soul and spirit.
2. The significance of the loose step is the reason why the package containing the handkerchief was dropped, thus creating the final scene of Annemarie bringing it to Uncle Henrik (the dangerous mission that is spoken of on the back of the book). Also, the loose step is important because the mission Annemarie must take because of it shows how Annemarie must change and lie effectively to trick the German Nazi soldiers. I believe Lois Lowry uses the foreshadowing technique to notify the reader that the loose step exists and to have the idea of the loose step in the back of their mind so later the reader can make the connection.
3. I believe that Annemarie's sprint to Uncle Henrik is similar to the children story "Little Red Riding Hood" is similar in many ways, and characters in Number the Stars represent characters from Little Red Riding Hood. Annemarie, of course, represents Little red riding hood who also must race through the woods on a mission. The German soldiers are the wolf, on hunt for the Jews or any helping Jews as the wolf is after Little red.As you can see, the story " Little Red Riding Hood" relates greatly to Annemarie's dash to the docks and I believe paints a wonderful picture of what Annemarie is thinking of and allows the reader to fully understand Annemarie's emotions and worries during this intense scene.
4. Annemarie's mother tells her to act as an "air headed' child if she is stopped to try to make sure that Annemarie doesn't seem to smart or focused enough to be on an important mission, but to be a silly little girl paying no mind. If Annemarie seems light headed then the Nazi soldiers will assume she is not worthy of being checked or being suspicious of her. Annemarie imitates Kirsti which I believe was smart because the soldiers at the street corner took to Kirsti's attitude and let the children go on their way. Also, Kirsti is light headed most of the time and to act like a light headed girl Kirsti is a good model.
BR22
1. I think what the author meant by saying that is how the Rosens had to leave everything behind them when they fled Copenhagen from the Nazis. But when she said they hadn't left everthing behind I think the author means that even though they left there material possessions behind them they still had had their pride.
2. The author used forshadowing when Mr.Rosen stumbled on the step, like the infamous T MARZINI said, (not quote) Mr.Rosen stumbled on the step to forshadow that the very important packet that critically needed to get to Uncle Henrik had fallen out of his pocket when he stumbled and that Annemarie would have to make a daring race to get the packet to Uncle Henrik.
3. <--(Henrik is spelled wrong)
Annemarie running to Uncle Henriks boat relates to the story Red Riding Hood because she is running through the forest and is stopped by Nazi soldiers who represents the wolf because they were both evil characters trying to get Annemarie. (Little Red Riding Hood)
4. Annemaries mother tells her its important that if she is stopped by soldiers she must be nothing more than a carefree little girl who is taking lunch to an old fisherman. It is important she does this so if she acts more carefree and silly then the soldiers will be distracted from whats in the basket and pay less attention to her. Annemarie attempted to act like Kirsti, a carefree 5 - year old who had little troubles. She wanted to act like this again because she thought back to when Kirsti wasn't afraid of the Nazis way back on Osterbrogade when she was angry at the soldier for touching her hair.
RHS23
1.What the auther is sayinig is that even though Elen Mr.Rosen and Mrs.Rosen had flead out of Copenhagen doesn't mean they left all of there memories in Copinhagen.2.The auther used the foreshadowing to show that since Henrik fell it makes you think maybe he droped something which he did and that is what we find out later in the book.3.This is like little red riding hoodbecause in little red riding hood the girl is running lunch over to her grandmother and she hasd to go through the woods. This is what Anermarie did except she was running over something secret in a basket with lunch and she was kbringing it to her uncle instead of her grandmother.4.Annermirie is told to do this so that she looks like a normle girl not doing anything wrong just bringing lunch to her uncle. SHe does this so that she doesn't look scared, suspicious or search the basket. She is acting like Kirsti who doesn't really care what she does to the soildiers and isn't catious. She also treats them like normle people and the nazi's ussually laugh and ignor her.
1. When she said this she was referring to the pride of the Jews and how even rough the were in hiding and in the process of being hunted by the Nazi's they still had their pride to believe what they believe and they could and would hide in the bottom of a boat that reeked of fish guts but they still could get out with the pride of knowing that they had escaped the Nazi's and were free.
2. The significance of the loose step is that because of this loose step it caused not only they way of getting out but also held the fate of all the Jews on board any of the ships smuggling hold. So this also set up the confrontation of the Nazis and the dogs sniffing the basket and the loose step had been the foreshadow of this all and the thickest plot of the book.
3. I think that the author used this story of "Little Red Riding Hood" because first everyone knows it but also because it shows and adds to the suspense of the whole scene of the Nazis in the woods and also because it uses the metaphor of how the wolf came out of the of the bushes growling and this was to symbolize the extent fear of Annemarie had of "The Big Bad NAZIS!"
4. The mother says this piece of information to Annemarie because if she was to get stopped and act how she did with the soldiers in Coppenhagen then they would suspect something because she would stutter and act freaked out but acting like a silly little girl would pose that she was just indeed taking food to her uncle who had foolishly forgotten his lunch for the day. This is why she was told this.
BS24
KGL#17 1.The Rosens left most of their pride in Copenhagen, but not all of it. Just like Annemarie said, their shoulders were as straight as before and they were all filled with dignity. In that way they did not leave everything behind.
2. In my opinion the step is not the significance. The step was not important itself. The fact that the package fell out when Mr. Rosen tripped was important and the significance was there. Lois Lowry foreshadowed by saying that Mr. Rosen tripped, as simple as that, just to let you know that something would build off of that.
3. Annemarie is thinking that she is Little Red Riding Hood, the messenger carrying the important package to Uncle Henrik instead of food to her Grandma. The wolf though, the person that will stop or slow down her heroic journey, was not a wolf, it was the Nazi's...
4. Annemarie needs to act empty headed so the Nazi's won't be suspicious about anything, also to convince the Nazi's that she doesn't know anything about the package. All in all the Annemarie did do a very convincing job, which is why the Nazi's didn't suspect so much. Annemarie has to imitate Kristi because of how empty-headed and not aware of danger she is around the Nazi's.
PG#13
1.)What I think the author is saying is that even if the Jews fleeted to Sweden their spirit, love, and soul still remains in Copenhagen and that will never change even if they are not there.
2.) The significance of the loose step at Henrik's is when Mr. Rosen trips on the step and drops the package that was supposed to go to Henrik.
3.) It's like "little Red Riding Hood," because when Annemarie is running through the woods she faces everything that Little Red faced, for example when she ran through the woods to get something to Uncle Henrik like Little Red when getting something to her grandma, also when Little Red hears a noise in the woods which is similar to when Annemarie running into the Germans.
4.) Mama tells Annemarie to be an airhead because the more information she knows would make it harder for her to lie because she would know the lie wasn't true. Annemarie imitates Kirsti because back in Copenhagen on the corner Kirsti was as cool as a cucumber and wasn't afraid to stand up to the soldiers, and if Annemarie had that courage it would be so much easier for her to stay calm, cool, and collected.
CAL #62
1. I think this statement means that even though the nazis have taken their holiday away and everything they had, no matter what they had to resort to doing, their pride still stayed with them.
2. I think it's a metaphor for their journey will be rocky from here on or get a bit difficult.
3. This is like the story of little red riding Hood because when Annemarie was running to bring the package to Uncle Henrik's boat the soldiers that stopped her resembled the wolf in the story and of course she was little red riding hood. I also personally think that Uncle Henrik resembles the "Grandma" in the story.
4. I think she told her this because if she was stopped and acted "airheaded" then maybe the Nazis would not want to waste their time by asking the ignorant girl questions.
AMD#6
1.I think what the author was trying to say was they never left behind their friendship with the Johansen family and also their memoires from the past.
2. ?
3. It is like that story because Anne was walking in the woods, in the night where there are wolves in the woods(the soldiers) on a dark path and was wearing a red cloak. That is just like the story of Little Red Riding Hood.
4. Mama tells Anne that if Anne acts like the person she is, the soldiers would know she was up to something and look in the basket. When Mama said to act like an airhead she remmembered to talk and be like Kirsti because Kristi then the soldiers will leave her alone and think she's just another dumb girl.
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