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N¼nNp«³.sWäv bt£ H^p Nm^yw, Fs¶ Wo sk«n`m¡^pSp; Wo… Wn Aksa d`mÕwPw sI¿^pSv. A§sW sI]vSm W½Ä ^*p tb^pw sk«n`mNpw.”,

“”””CÃ, Mm³ H^n¡`pw d`mÕwPw sI¿¯nÃ.d`mÕwPw sI]vSm ASnsâ hpOw tbmNpw; bs£ k*nk¶m AÃ_ InÃ_ d`w {bt]mPn¡pw.”

“”””Npj¸fm¡ÃXm Np«m FWn¡p Wns¶ CWn]pw tk*Sm”, A^s¡«p fÂt¸m«p SÅn fm]kSn Nn^\nsW km^n¸p\À¶p.

Cu hpkÀ®mkh^w bmjm¡^psS¶p MmWpw D_¨p. Cu sNm¨p sb®v CknsX AVnNWmÄ D*mknÃ. Cu hµÀew CWn H¯p k^ptfm? FÃmw Wn]{´n¡p¶ k`n]½]pw AMvK`n]pw SWn¡v AWpNq`w

CWns]´p tk\w ? Nn«n] hµÀew fpS`m¡pN Ss¶! Aæn MmsWm^p knZv[n]m]nt¸mNpw. ASpsNm*v H^¸w ssV^yw Nm\n¡m³ Ss¶ Nn^¬ Sn^pfmWn¨p.

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bN fp_n]n`p*m^p¶ A`fm^n]n Sp\n AXp¡n k]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p AfrS. NSNp Sp_¶m\ NnX¶n^p¶Sv. Nn^¬ H¨]p*m¡msS sI¶p. AfrSs] tWm¡n. Wo* fpXn Ajn¨n«n«p*pv. fpXn]n Sn^pNn] H^p fpjw fpà fm`]n Wn¶p WnÀ¤fn¨ hpPÔ. AkapsX ]ukWmwP§an Wn¶pSnÀ¶Spfm¸ms` tSm¶n Sm^p\yw kn«v ]ukW¯nt`]v¡p NX¡p¶ b^pkw. hzbvW§Ä Wn{U]n Nmk¡m^m]n Wn¡p¶ W]W§Ä f·T³_ bpgvbdm\§am]n WnÈÐfm]n bp_Nn sI¶v B NmÀNq´Âs¡«p N¿ns`Xp¯v Nn^¬ B hpPÔw BhzUn¨p. sbs«¶kÄ bp_w Sn^p¯t¸mÄ Fs¶¡*p. “”””Rmim, Nn^\«Wm]n^pt¶m?, Nn^t\«Wv bq¡apsX f\w k`y Cãfms\¶p tSm¶p¶p!”

“”””DÆv. bs£ ASn`pw Cãw AfrS]psX hpPÔfm\v”, AkÄ Wm\n¨p S` NpWn¨p.

sbs«¶m\p Nn^¬Sp sI¿Sv; AkapsX Njp¯nsâ bp_Np klw Nn^¬ Ip*fÀ¯n f\w bnXn¨p; H¸w AkapsX WnSwd¯n frUpkm]n, bt£ W¶m]n, SXkn. AkapsX tf`msN k¶ t^mfm©w Nn^¬ {l²n¨p.

“”””Wn³_ hpPÔw bq¡apsXSntW¡mÄ F{St]m sf¨w. sbs«¶p b^nh^tdmVw k¶ AkÄ sImXn¨p. “”””Hm, H^p Nkn k¶n^n¡p¶p. Nn^t\«³ Wo knIm^n¡p¶ tbm`s¯ Hb®m¶pfà Mm³. tWm¡pv, MmWnSpv AMvK`nt]mXp b_]pw.”

“”””¹ohv AfrS, AMvK`nt]mX b_]Ã, ¹ohv..” Mm³ sN©n.

“”””Mm³ b_]pw” AkÄ A¸w tUgy¯n C_§n¸m]n

AMvK`ns]]pw sNm*m\v AkÄ k¶Sv.

“””” Nn^¬, F´m CsSÃmw? F´m Ckap b_]ps¶?” AMvK`n A¸w NXp¸¯n¯s¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv