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N¼nNp«³.sWäv km………N¿n bnXnt¨m…tkPw… H^p knVw Mm³ B ssN¿n F¯n¸nXn¨p. skůn ko\ptbm]t¸mÄ sk{bma¯n Fsâ hm^n Ajnªp tbm]n^p¶p. C_¡n sk«n] »uhnsâ Njp¯n`qsX Fsâ fp¸¯n ktWh]psX B_v dn N¸n HSp¡n k¨n^p¶ skap¯ N^o¡p tbms`]pÅ fp`NapsX fpjp¸p fpjpk³ A]mapsX fp¶n AWmkrSfm]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw Kok³ ^£n¡mWpÅ S{S¸mXn AsSm¶pw Mm³ Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. hÀÆ làn]psfXp¯v B k«]n bnXn¨p Sq§n. A]mapsX ssN¿n bnXn¨v F§sWs]¦n`pw k`nªp tN_m³ tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³ F¶m Mm³ C«n^p¶ WWtªm«n] AXn¸mkmX SX]p¶SnWm FWn¡v Nm`p]À¯n B NWm Sn«]n Ikn«m³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. A]mÄ¡pw ASp tdmVyfm]n^p¶p. ASv tbm¡n k¨v tN_v…A]mÄ B fj]psX ho¡m^¯nWnX]n A§sW knao¨p Nqkn. B hf]¯v fmWw tWm¡n]n«v Nm^yfnà F¶_n]mkp¶SnWm Mm³ H^p ssNsNm*v Fsâ bmkmX k`n¨p tbm¡n k¨p. AtSmsX Fsâ skap¯ sk®¯pXNÄ A]mÄ N*p. H^p N_p¯ bmân B]n^p¶p MmWn«n^p¶Sv. Nm`p Nk¨p k¨v B Sn«]n Ikn«nt¡_pN F¶Sv kas^ {lfN^fm] tKm`n B]n^p¶p. Hmt^m {bmklyw Mm³ Ikn«n N]_m³ tWm¡pt¼mjpw sS_p¯p k¨ bmkmX Ajnªv Fsâ fpt«m¸w ko\v l`yfp*m¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. Mm³ ko*pw ko*pw ASv sS_p¯v N]än k`ªp. A]mÄ H^p Énw B]n^p¶p ASnWm Mm³ NqXn {lfn¡msS A]mÄ¡v Ft¶ k`n¨p N]äm³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. tbm^m¯SnWv B k«]n bnXn¨m\v M§Ä ^*p tb^ptX]pw Wn¸v. ^q£fm] fj]pw. ASjn¨p Na]m³ bäptfm? A]mÄ knao¨p tImUn¨p. FWn¡v F´p sI¿\sf¶_n]m¯ b^p§`n`m]n bmkmX tbm]m Aktlgn¡p¶Sv. »uhpw {dm]pw bmân]ptf DÅp. A]mapsX fp¶nt`¡v F§sW]m B tNm`¯n N]_n sIÃp¶Sv. tim…NÀ¯mtk CSv kÃm¯ sI]v¯m]n tbm]n. bns¶ Bt`mIn¨t¸m A]manWn F´m Nm\mWpaSv. fpNan`s¯ ^*p iq¡naNn Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶ »uhn`qsX Fsâ fp`NÄ GSm*v bqÀ®fm]pw bp_¯v Ss¶]m\v. bmkmX sbm¡n k¨v k`nªp N]_m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]msasâ bmânfm{SfpÅ A^s¡«pw N*p. bns¶ Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ A]mÄ b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡p¶Sm\v WÃSv. fj NXp¡pN]m\v. Cu k«f^¯n bnXn¨v AVnN tW^w NnX¡m³ bänà . tkt_ Bs^¦n`pw NqXn Hs¡ k¶m sfm¯¯n Wm_pw .ASn`pw teUw C]mÄsX fp¶n fm{Sw Wm_p¶Sm\v. ASpfm¯fÃ. A]mÄ ftäm¶pw knIm^n¡psf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ…tkPw…
A]mÄ A`_n, NWm`ns` skůnsâ Hjp¡p NqXns¡m*n^p¶p. fj]pw.. sbs«¶p H^p ssNsNm*v bmkmX]psX I^Xv k`n¨jo¨p. sN«jnª fm{S]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv