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N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmZ¯nsW FÃmw tW^s¯ A_n]n¡\fm]n^p¶p. sF Bw thm_n fmZw.”” Mm³ Aksa hfmUmWn¸n¡mWm]n b_ªp.
CSv NqXn tN«t¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNan N®nWoÀ bp_t¯¡v Ct¸mÄ tk\sf¦n`pw kojmw F¶ ^oSn]n Wn_ªv Wn¶p.
“”Aà AOn Mm³ Sm¦Ä¡v C¶v At¸m]vsfâv Sm^³ Nm^\w Sm¦apsX ^*mfs¯ Csf]n B\v ASn Sm¦Ä Nm\n¨ f^ymU]m\v. F¶m C¶v ^mkns` ASv Mm³ fsäm^msa Nm\n¨p. Fs¶ Ndan¸n¡m³ tk*n]m\v Sm¦Ä Ft¶mXv CÃm¯ dipfmWw Nm\n¡p¶sS¶pw Cu s{bmt¸mh H^p ISn B]n^n¡pw F¶v A]mÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ ASv knlzhn¨nà F¶m bn¶oXv B t¹m«nsW¡p_n¨v A_nªt¸mÄ A]m b_ªSv l^n]ms\¶ FWn¡v tSm¶n ASv Fs¶ kÃmsS kngfn¸n¨p ASm\v Mm³ Sm¦tamXv…. Sm¦Ä Ft¶mXv £fn¡p..”” _oW N®o^nsâ k¡n Ft¶mXv b_ªp.
CWn Mm³ Fs´¦n`pw b_ªm AkÄ N^]pw F¶v FWn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. C{S]pw k`n] ØmW¯n^p¶n«pw AkapsX {bm]¯nsâ bNzS]nÃm]v–fm]pw WngvNa¦fm] fWÊpw FWn¡v B N`§n] N®pNan km]ns¨Xp¡m³ Njnªp.
“”fmZw F¶m fmZ¯nWv A_n]msS bän] sSänWv Mm³ £nfn¨n^n¡p¶p.”” Mm³ Aksa hfvUmWn¸n¡mWm]n b_ªp.
AkÄ Mm³ b_ªSv tN«v In^n¡m³ {lfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p F¶m ko*pw Nm^¨n`nt`¡v tbmNpw F¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡msS b_ªp. AOn Wfp¡v B Ø`w km§mw Wfp¡v WmsaSs¶ ASnsâ AZzm³hv sNmXp¡mw bns¶ H^mjvI¡pÅn {bfm\kpw WX¯mw””.
“”ASm\v fmZw WÃSv C§sW H^pNm^yw fäms^¦n`pw Duin¨m bns¶ Cu Ø`w W½psX ssNkn«v tbmNpw. Wfp¡v {bfm\w WX¯n] tlgw H^p fmhw sNm*v WnÀfm\ {bkÀ¯W¯nWv AWpkmUw tWXns]Xp¡m³ Njn]pw””. Mm³ kas^ ht´mgkmWm]n b_ªp.
“”bns¶ t¹m«nsW kn`]pw Nm^y§apw FÃmw NrSyw F§sW]m\v””. AkÄ tImUn¨p.
fmZw t¹m«nsâ t_äv Gj^ tNmXn]m\v A]mÄ tImUn¡p¶Sv bns¶ {bfm\¯n H^p B_v tNmXn Nm\n¨m fSn dm¡n SpN H^p A³bSv `£w NqXn Nq«n ASm]Sv ^*v tNmXn ^qb N½og³ B]n FWn¡v S^\w ASv b`À¡m]n sNmXp¡m³ DÅSm\v. bns¶ H^p b¯v b{´*v lSfmWw XmNv–hv sNmXpt¡*n k^pw GSm]m`pw sfm¯w H^p H³bSv tNmXn¡v AN¯v Ø`w fZ¯nsâ N¿n Nn«pw.””
“”bns¶ `oP Nm^y§Ä FÃmw fZ¯nsâ k¡o`pfm]n IÀ¨ sI]vtSmap Fs´¦n`pw Bklyw Ds*¦n Fs¶ knan¨m fSn.””
“”F¶m A§sW BNs« AOn”” F¶v b_ªv tcm¬ FXp¯v Bs^t]m knan¨p “”imt`m kÀg H¶v Ct§m«v k^p.”” CSv b_ªv AkÄ tcm¬ N«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv