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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sm¦Ä {l²n¡\fm]n^p¶p. GSm]m`pw Sm¦Ä C{S]pw b_ª ØnSn¡v Mm³ b_]p¶Sv NqXn tNt«map.”” _oW Fs¶ Nan]m¡n In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
_oW¡v Fsâ emNw fWÊn`m¡n sNmXp¡m³ tk*n FWn¡v ko*pw hwhm^n¡mfm]n^ps¶¦n`pw _oW]psX emNw tN«n«v D¯^w sNmXp¡mw F¶v So^pfmWn¨p ASm\v ASnsâ l^n]pw.
“”fmZw bvaohv N*nWyp Fsâ sSäpNÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡mftÃm””. Mm³ kas^ knWoSWm]n b_ªp.
“”fnÌÀ AOn Sm¦Ä sNm*v k¶ t¹m«v ASv GSms\¶pw ASnsâ {blvW§apw fWÊn`m¡m³ FWn¡v sk_pw fnWpävN fSn. C¶s` AOn`nsâ sf]n k¶t¸mÄ Ss¶ Mm³ ASv AtWzgn¨p. Ct¸mÄ H^p Dbt]mPkpw CÃm¯ BU^¯n bmXw F¶v t^Os¸Xp¯n] Ø`w. ASv Wn]f {bNm^w ]msSm^p WnÀfm\ {bkÀ¯W§apw WX¯m³ bmXnÃm¯ Ø`w ASnWmt\m Sm¦Ä b_ª sSm®q_v tNmXn ^qb Nn«m³ tbmNp¶Sv. H^p Dbt]mPkpw CÃm¯ Ø`w Fsâ S`]n sk¨v b\w S«m³ B]n^p¶p Ssâ b²Sn AsÃ?””. _oW]psX N®pNan Fs¶mXpÅ tNmbw APvWn tPmaw tbms` Kz`n¨p.
“”fmZw fmZ¯nsâ lrwO` F{St¯maw k`pSms\¶v FWn¡v A_n]mw ASv sNm*v Ss¶]m\v F{S]pw tkPw fZ¯nsW Nm\m³ Mm³ B{Pin¨Spw fäms^¦n`pw Mm³ CWn b_]m³ tbmNp¶Sv fmZ¯nsW A_n]n¨n^ps¶¦n Cu NqXn¡mjv¨¡v H^p Dbt]mPkpw D*mNnÃ]n^p¶p””. Mm³ kas^ lm´fm] lЯn b_ªp.
“”bnXn¡s¸«t¸mÄ NÅw b_ªv ^£sbXm³ {lfn¡pN]m\tÔ” _oW tNmbw DÅns`mSp¡n b_ªp.
“”Mm³ CWn b_]p¶Sv tN«n«v fmZ¯nsW So^pfmWn¡mw Mm³ NÅw b_tªm F¶v. B Ø`¯nsâ BU^¯n bmXw F¶v Ss¶]m\v b_]p¶Sv ASv sNm*m\v Wfp¡v C{S]pw Np_ª b\¯nWv ASv Nn«p¶Sv. F¶m B Ø`¯v Nrgn WX¶n«v H^p Wm`vbSv kÀgw F¦n`pw Njnªp Nm\pw ASv tbms` C¶s¯ B Ø`¯nsâ hmiI^yw sk¨v Nrgn sI¿p¶Spw AhmVyfm\v. A§sW k^pt¼mÄ Cu Ø`w WnÀ½m\ {bkÀ¯W§Ä¡v Dbt]mPn¡m³ AWpkUn¡m³ ZnkngW _kWyq HmcohÀ¡v Njn]pw ASpfm]n dÔs¸«v tN^a ssit¡mXSn D¯^kpÅSm\v. fX¯nWv hwl]w Ds*¦n Cu ssc b^ntlmVn¡mw ASn Mm³ b_ªSnsâ FÃm sSankpw D*v.”” Mm³ sNm*v k¶ ssc _oW¡v WÂNn.
AkÄ ASv km§n Hmt^m tb¸_pw km]n¨p. km]W Njnªv AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n AkapsX N®pNan NpätdmVw FWn¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.
“”AOn sF Bw thm_n Mm³ H¶pw A_n]msS…””. AkÄ¡v ASv bqÀ¯oN^n¡m³ NjnªnÃ.
“”At¿m fmZw fms¸m¶pw b_]* fmZ¯nsâ ØmW¯v MmW]m`pw C§sWs] _n]mNväv sI¿q. hSy¯n sSäv Fsâ Ss¶]m\v Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv