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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tNÄ¡m³ Wn¡nÃ. Mm³ HmXn sI¶v Hmt«m]psX bn³ hoän N]_n. CWns]´m b^nbmXn? A]mÄ tImUn¨p. Cu tNm`¯n ko«n sI¶p N]_m³ bänÃ. Nq«pNmt^ Bt^`pw knan¡msf¶p k¨m tcm\pw dymPpw Hs¡ skůn tbm]n. Mm³ BsN A¦`m¸n`m\v B sI_p¸¡m^sâ fp¶n bmâow {dm]pw fm{Sfm]n. Mm³ NjnkSpw Fsâ l^o^w f_]v¡m³ bmXp sb«p. AtS…. Ct{Sw Nãs¸tX*, Mm³ Wn§sX Ft§m«pw tWm¡p¶nÃ… tbmt^? Asæn Ss¶ CWn Ft´m¶v f_]v¡mWm W½Ä…i…i…i… H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw CknXXp¯m Fsâ koXv. ko«n B^pfnà k¶m Cu {ZÊpfm_n WÃsSt´`pw DXp¡mw. bns¶ Nq«pNmt^ Bt^`pw knan¡mw. F¶m`pw Cu sb^pfj]¯v. ASntW¡mÄ WÃSv Fsâ ko«n tbm]n {ZÊpfm_n H^p hm^n DXp¯v ko«n tbm k*n f_nªp skůn ko\p. bns¶ bnXn¨p tN_n F¶p b_ªm fSn. F´m tbmt^? A]mÄ b_ªp. fv…. MmsWm¶p fqan. A]mapsX km¡pNÄ FWn¡pw In^n k¶p. Ft¶ bnXn¨p N]äp¶SnWnX]n A]mapsX WWª K«n]v¡pÅn fpj¨p Wn¶ A]mapsX hmVW¯n MmWpw ssNk¨n«p*m]n^p¶p. H^p sk«w AsSsâ N¿n sbXpN]pw sI]vSp.. AtSmÀ¯v MmWpw In^n¨p. tim Sm³ k¶nÃm]n^p¶p F¦n C¶p SoÀt¶tW FÃmw. Sm¦vhv tNt«m? Mm³ A]mtamXv b_ªp. Hm… Hs¡ NÀ¯mkv S¼p^m³ knVn¡p¶StÃ? H^p hpµ^nt] ^£n¨SnWv FWo¡v NÀ¯mkv hzÀ¤¯n H^p hoäv S^pfm]n^n¡pw. ASp b_ªv A]mÄ N®mXn]n`qsX Ft¶ tWm¡n N®X¨p Nm\n¨p. Hm….bnt¶ SoÀ¨]m]pw , MmWpw {bmÀ°n¡mw tbmt^…. Mm³ A]mtamXv tIÀ¶p. At¸mtj¡pw Fsâ Wm\sfms¡ tbm]n^p¶p. Mm³ fp¼v b^nI]fpÅ H^mtXmsX¶ tbms` kas^ Nqam]n A]mtamXv hwhm^n¨p.. Ft´? f_¨p k]v¡p¶ntÃ?…. A]mÄ H^p In^nt]mtX N®mXn]n`qsX tWm¡n tImUn¨p. AtSmsX Mm³ »uhn Wn¶v bnXnkn«v fp¶n Hmt«m]psX N¼n]nt`¡v ssN¿q¶n C^o¡pN]m]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ Fsâ fp`NÄ Hmt«m]psX Np`p¡¯nsWm¯v W¶m]n SmafnXp¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASnt`¡v tWm¡n]m\v A]mÄ tImUn¨Sv.? Hm…. Sm³ b_ªtbms` CWn F´m Sm³ Nm\m¯Sv. H¶pfntÃ`pw Fsâ Kok³ ^£n¨ BatÃ? Sm³ N*m`pw k`y Npj¸fnÃ… Mm³ H^p sI_p In^nt]msX b_ªp. Hm…..Ct¸m A§Wmt]m? F¶m¸ns¶ B WWªSpw Ct«m*n^n¡p¶sS´nWm, A§v Du^n¡aªqsX? A]mÄ ASp b_ªv D_s¡ In^n¨p? A¿Xm….B bqSn A§v fWhn k¨m fSn ..½v…..Mm³ A]mapsX Nknan H^p WpÅp sNmXp¯p. A]mÄ C^p¶p In^n¨p. k*n H^p _º_n³Nm«n`qsX sI¶v HmXn« H^p sI_n] koXnWp fp¶n WnÀ¯n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv