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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p.

“”””Wns¶ Cs¸m Nm\n¨p S^mw’ F¶ emk¯n AfrS sSm«p bp_Nn`pw.

“”””F´p?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”””Wo AkapsX fpXn]ns` bq f\¯¶m b_]p¶p; ASpNjnªp. F´m G«¯n? Ss¶ b_”, AfrSs] tWm¡n AMvK`n b_ªp. “”””ASv…”” Wm\n¨v AkapsX fpOw Ipf¶p.

“”””F´m]m`pw AkapsX AXp¯v A{S hzmS´ysfm¶pw Wo FXp¡*” CSp b_ªv fm]mkSn WX¶p. “”Wo N*tÃm’ F¶ emk¯n Fs¶ H¶p Sn^nªp tWm¡n Akapw…

AMvK`n]psX h½St¯msX Nn^¬ b²Sn]n«p. bntä¶p skap¸nWv Nn^¬ AfrS NnX¡p¶ _qfn tbm]n. NSNv AX¨n^p¶p, bt£ Npän]n«n«nÃ. kas^ bSns] H¨]p*m¡msS Nn^¬ NSNp Sp_¶p. AkÄ Wà D_¡fm\v. bpS¸v D_¡¯n hz¸w fm_n¡nX¶n^p¶SnWm AkapsX NnX¸v D·mUfp\À¯p¶Sm]n^p¶p. hm^n bmkmX N\¦m`pNsa l^n¡p f_¨nÃ. »uhnWp fpNan Np¼n Wn¶ fp`NÄ. imkp… dÊn]_nsâ skap¯ kÅn H^p emP¯p Njp¯nsâ kl¯p Nm\mw… H^p Wnfngw Mm³ tWm¡n Wn¶p. bt£ hq£n¨p tk\w {bkÀ¯n¡m³; Aksa§mWpw CXªm H¶pw WX¡msS k^pw. kn_]v¡p¶ IpkXpNtamsX Mm³ N«n`nWXp¯p sI¶p. Nps_È]m]n AkÄ¡^nNn NnX¶p. A¸w fm_n¡nX¶n^p¶ bqS¸pv bSns] bSns] k`n¨p. Mm³ ^*p tb^psX]pw bp_¯m]n kn^n¨p. tW^w skap¡m³ CWn]pw hf]fp*v. AkapsX AXp¯p NnX¶ Mm³, kas^ hmkNmlw, C©n©m]n AkapsX AXpt¯]v¡ Wn§n sSm«p sSm«nà F¶ knV¯n`m]n. D_¡¯n AfrS CsSm¶pw A_nªnÃ. AXp¯Xp¯p Mm³ Aksa sSm«p^p½n¡nX¶p. GNtUlw sN«n¸nXn¨pNnX¡p¶Sp tbms` ssNk¨p. bns¶ Nn^¬ D_¡w WXn¨pNnX¶p.Npt_tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ sbs«¶v AMvK`n k¶p NSNp Sp_¶p. ‘ Nn^¬ CknsX]pt*m? Mm³ FknsXs]Ãmw Sn^ªp ‘ AMvK`n D_s¡ tImUn¨p. CSp tN«v AfrS D\À¶p. Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨tbms` sSm«p^p½n¡nX¶ Fs¶ A¼^¸msX tWm¡n Fsâ ssN S«n fmän Fjpt¶än^p¶p. “”””ipw, As¸m CSm Nm^yw, AtÃ.” AMvK`n D_s¡ tImUn¨p.

“”””Wn§sX kj¡pw sNm*v F³_Xp¯p k^pw; F¶n«v MmW_n]m¯t¸m ^*pw NqXn CSm b^nbmXn”

AMvK`n, CsSm¶p tNÄ¡pv Fs¶ sSän²^n¡sÔ, Fs¶ S«n fmän Fjpt¶äv AfrS sN©n¸_ªp, “”””FWn¡_n]nà Nn^t\«³ CknsX F§sW ks¶¶pv”

“”””AMvK`n M§Ä ^m{Sn sI_pSms]m¶p, AMvK`n CSv Bt^mXpw b_]^pSv: H^d²w bän¸m]n” hf]w bmjm¡msS N¼nNp«³.sWäv