അഖിലിന്റെ പാത 2 600

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A§sW ssd]À B]n Ø`kpw B]n CWn N¨kXw WX¯n N½og³ km§n]m fSn. BUyw tbm]n knWm]NnsW N*v Ø`¯nsâ Nm^yw D_¸n¡\w. Mm³ tbmNm³ tk*n s_Zn B]n C_§n bp_¯v tbmNpt¼mÄ UmtfmU^tWmXv b_]m³ Mm³ f_¶nÃ. Ct¸mÄ hf]w 11:00 BNp¶p. ]qdÀ knan¨m\v Fw.Kn t_mZn DÅ knWm]Nnsâ Fhv BÀ _n] FtÌäv GK³hn]nt`¡v Mm³ tbm]Sv. Mm³ GK³hn]nt`¡v fp¶n C_§n Fhv BÀ _n] FtÌäv F¶ tdmÀZv FjpSn] sN«nX¯nt`¡v tbm]n bp_¯v Wn¶v Nm\pt¼mÄ Ss¶ ØmbWw kas^ sI_pSms\¶v fWÊn`mNpw. Mm³ ANt¯¡v WX¶p, N]_n Np_¨v sf`nªv N_p¯ 30 tWmXv {bm]w tSm¶n¡p¶ H^mÄ fm{S AknsX D*m]n^p¶pÅp. “”im]v PpZv tfmÀWnPv, Mm³ AOn ^mkns` knan¨n^p¶p”” Mm³ Fs¶ b^pI]s¸Xp¯n. “”PpZv tfmÀ\nwPv, hÀ Ct§m«v C^pt¶maq”” knWm]Nv Aksâ fp¶ns` sI]À Nm\n¨p sNm*v Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “” Mm³ b_ª Ø`¯nsâ ZossäÂhv FÃmw H¶v b_]mtfm, C fo³ ss{bhv B³Zv sshäv ¹m³”” Mm³ tWs^ Nm^y¯nt`¡v NX¶p. hÀ B Ø`w H^p fnÌÀ PwPmS^sâ DXfØS]n`pÅ Ø`fm\v ASnsâ sshäv ¹m³ Fsâ ssNklw Cà Wfp¡v ASv FXp¡mw bns¶ ASnsâ t_äv 7.5 tNmXn]m\v b_]p¶Sv Wfp¡v ASv H^p 6 tNmXn ^qb ks^ Smjv¯n sI¿mw bns¶ Mm³ tW^s¯ b_ªtÃm B t¹m«n Nm³hv{X£³ H¶pw sI¿m³ Njn]nà tZmNyqsfâhn bmXw F¶m\v b_ªn^n¡p¶Sv. ASv sNm*v F§sW]pw knäv Nn«m³ tk*n]m\v DXfس Wn¡p¶Sv.”” AksW hhqgvfw ko£n¡p¶ Ft¶mXv knWm]Nv Aksâ Aen{bm]§Ä b¦v sk¨p. “”B Ø`w tks_ tbmNm³ bmXnà ASv Wfp¡v Ss¶ Nn«\w Sm¦apsX Nm^yw Mm³ ssds]t_mXv {btSyNw b_ªv H^p Wà Ffu*v N½og³ km§n Sm^w.”” Mm³ Fsâ Bklyw A_n]n¨p. “”A§sW]ms\Nn Wfp¡v Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ tbm]n Ø`kpw N*v sshäv ¹mWpw dm¡n]pÅ tZmNypsfâv ZossäÂhpw DXfØmWn Wn¶pw km§mw”” knWm]Nv sbs«¶v Sm`vb^yw NqXn]Svtbms` b_ªp. “”F¶m Wfp¡v tbmNmw, F§sW k*n Sm¦apsX N¿n Dt*m? Mm³ ]qdÀ XmN-vhn]n B\v k¶Sv.”” Mm³ AktWmXv b_ªp. “”F¶m Wfp¡v Fsâ ssd¡n tbmNmw, CknsX AXp¯m\v”” Ak³ Smt¡m FXp¯SvsNm*v b_ªp. “”F¶m sl^n tbmNmw”” Mm³ b_ªp. MmWpw knWm]mNpw bp_¯v C_§n knWm]Nv Hmcohn bq«n]nà AXp¯ tÌm_ns` b¿tWmXv bp_¯v tbmNpN]m\v k^m³ sskNpw F¶v fm{Sw b_ªp. MmWpw knWm]mNpw Aksâ hvs¹³ZÀ ssd¡n sshänt`¡v Sn^n¨p.
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