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N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp. AOn _qw FÃmw hhqgvfw ko£n¨p H^p koXnsâ fmÌÀ sdZv_qfnsâ A{S]pw k`p¸w D*v hnwPnÄ sdZpw Nth^]pw C«n«pw C^n¡mWpw Wn¡mWpw FÃmw Wà Ø`w D*v, _qfnWv bp_Nn`m]n NÀ«³ C« H^p fq¶v bman]psX KWm`]pw D*v. “”CSn k`Sp kl¯Sv F CXSv dn tfmWv GSm\v tk*Sv?”” Ipäpw tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ AOn`nsW tWm¡n UmtfmU^³ tImUn¨p. “”FWn¡v dn fSn tI«m”” AOn f_pbXn b_ªp. “”F¶m l^n tfmsW tfm³ Cu dmPv CknsX sk¨n«v Fsâ NqsX k^p Wfp¡v B tcmw Hs¡ cn sI¿mw”” _qfn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v WX¶v sNm*v b_ªp. AOn`pw dmPv AknsX sk¨v UnkNm^sW bn´pXÀ¶p. “”tfm³ tbmNm^t]m?”” AXp¯ _qfn Wn¶pw WX¶v k¶ skap¯v sf`nª ]pknknsW tWm¡n UmtfmU^³ tImUn¨p. “”AsS tI«m C¶v H^p hpir¯nsW Nm\m³ D*v”” In^n¨v sNm*v A]mÄ D¯^w b_ªp. “”CSv AOn bpSn] AZvfng³ B\v”” _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n k^p¶ AOn`nWv tWm¡n sNm*v UmtfmU^³ b_ªp. “”im]v AOnÂ.. Mm³ {loKn¯v CknsX sh{N«_nt]än ¢À¡v B\v”” AOn`nWv ihvSUmWw WÂNn sNm*v {loKnSv b_ªp. “”im]v {loKnSv”” ANn`pw {loKn¯nsW ihvSmUmWw sI]vSp. “”F¶m l^n H^`vbw Sn^¡p*v sskNpt¶^w Nm\mw, At¸mÄ Zossä B]n b^nI]s¸Xmw”” CSv b_ªv sNm*v {loKn¯v UrSn]n tPmk\n C_§n tbm]n. “”km tfmsW..”” AOn`nsW knan¨v sNm*v UmtfmU^Wpw bp_sN tPmk\n C_§n, AOn`pw UmtfmU^sW bn³SpXÀ¶p. “”At¿m tImUn¡m³ f_¶p tfmsâ WmXv FknsX]m”” tPmk\n C_§p¶SnWnX]n UmtfmU^³ tImUn¨p. “”SrlqÀ”” AOn f_pbXn WÂNn. Ip^p§n] hf]w sNm*v UmtfmU^Wns` N¨kX¡m^sW AOn Sn^n¨_nªn^p¶p, AsS Wo* kÀgs¯ thkWw At±is¯ H^p Wà N¨kX¡m^³ B¡n]n^p¶p. UmtfmU^sâ B fnXp¡m\v Cu tkW AkVn¡m`¯pw CknXs¯ Sn^¡nWv Nm^\w. _mhn]n`qsX AOn CknsX F¯n]Spw Cu N¨kX¡m^sâ fnXp¡m\v. “”tfmsW B Nth^]n C^pt¶maq”” UmtfmU^³ Ssâ Nth^]n C^p¶v sNm*v fp³bns` Nth^ Iq*n b_ªp. “”l^n tI«”” F¶v b_ªpsNm*v AOn Nth^]n C^p¶p. “”tfmsW Cu tcmw H¶v cn sI¿\w”” Ssâ tfl]n Wn¶pw H^p tcmfpw tbW]pw FXp¯v AOn`nWv WÂNnsNm*v UmtfmU^³ b_ªp.
AOn B tcmw km§n bq^n¸n¨p tlgw Sn^n¨p WÂNn. UmtfmU^³ Ssâ N®mXn FXp¯v sk¨p sNm*v H^p tb¸À tWm¡n FXp¯v AOn`nWv WÂNn. “” CSv CknXs¯ Wn]f§Ä B\v H¶v km]n¨v tWm¡ns¡mÅp”” CSpw b_ªp UmtfmU^³ AOn bq^n¸n¨ tcmw hq£n¨v tWm¡n. “”2 tcmt«m]pw bns¶ GsS¦n`pw H^p sFZn {bqcpw tNm¸n FXp¯n«v sskNpt¶^w N¼nNp«³.sWäv