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// Introduction 
// Story: My Little Pony: An Fluttersparkle Adventrues 
// by fillystian 
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Introduction: how to approach reading Fluttersparkle Adventrues

As an author, I have to answer questions from the readers. Here I will describe all you need to know to begin reading. Feel free to skip this section if you are proficient at reading.

Definitions:

Character - a graphical symbol representing the text's semantics in some way. There are five kinds of characters:

Whitespaces -  .
Letters - a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, в, к, н, ц, ь.
Digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Terminators: ., .., ..., !, ?, ?!, !.., ?.. .
Other: all other characters you encounter.

Word - a finite sequence of letters with optional ' characters inside or on the edges. For example: duck is a word, 'Q'Z'P' is a word, too.

Sentence - a finite sequence of words delimited by whitespaces or other characters and terminated by a terminator. A ! terminator means that the sentence must be read aloud emotionally. A ? terminator means the unsure tone of the sentence. The meaning of the sentence is derived from the context.

Remark - a sentence surrounded with " characters. Remarks only serve for commenting purposes and should be ignored.

Paragraph - a couple of sentences.

Chapter - a bunch of paragraphs.

Story - a collection of zero or more chapters.

There is also a special * asterisk character that has a special meaning for the reader. Asterisk immediately following a word represents a footnote reference. Asterisk starting a sentence represents a footnote description. Asterisk surrounded by whitespaces in the middle of the sentence represents a Wild Card: the reader who encounters a Wild Card is ought to think of a suitable word and replace the Wild Card with it.

Have fun!