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N¼nNp«³.sWäv kr¯n Hs¡ DÅ _qfpw B\v. f³hqÀ At¸mÄ Ss¶ kmXN sNmXp¯p H^p _qw FXp¯p

sb«n FXp¯p H¶mw Wn`]nt`¡pÅ _qfnt`¡v AksW sNm*v tbm]Sv B t`mZvKn`pÅ H^p _qw tdm]v B\v. tb^v hmw Np«n. sb«n Hs¡ AXp¡n k¨ AkWp f³hqÀ 50 ^qb Xn¸v B]n WÂNn. Aksâ fpOw knXÀ¶p.

“”hm_nWp NpXn¡msWs´¦n`pw? “”

“”H^p hvt{Xm§v Im] sNm*v km hmw Np«n””. b¯p fnWnänWNw Ak³ Bkn b_¡p¶ Im]]pfm]n F¯n. Im] _qfn sk¨ tlgkpw hmw Np«n AknsX Hs¡ Ipän bän Wn¶p. f³hqÀ Bs\¦n BsN kn_an bnXn¨n^n¡pN]m\v. hpfn]pw, CXnsk«v F]À timÌhpw, NmfPÔw DÅ N_p¯ gÀ«pNm^n]pw FÃmw tIÀ¶p AksW H^p fm]nN {bb©¯n F¯n¨n^p¶p. CWn H¶v ssN bnXn¨p Wà 2 km\w kn«mt` S` H¶v tWs^ Wn¡q. ASnWms\¦n Cu Wmlw bnXn¨ sI_p¡³ H¶v tbm]n S^t*?

“”hm_nWp tks_ Fs´¦n`pw tkt\m? fXn¡msS b_tªm hmt_?””

“”CWn ^m{Sn e£\w AsÃ, ASv H^p 8 f\n B]n«v fSn hmw””.

“”AÃ, ASÃ hmt_, Hä¡n^n¡m³ fXn]ms\¦nÂ…””

“”NÅbp`]mXn tfmsW, Fs¶ H¶v Hä]v¡v kn«m FWn¡v Wo«n 2 km\w AXn¡mfm]n^p¶p”” fWÊn A§nsW b_sª¦n`pw A_n]m¯ Wm«n F´nWp H^p {blvWfp*m¡\w F¶v knIm^n¨p, “”””tk*” F¶v b_ªp. Ak³ F¶n«pw knXm³ DÅ f«nÃ.

“”Wà N¼Wn S^m³ Bap*v hmt_… t_äv Hs¡ W½p¡v H^p bmN¯nWv sNmXp¯m fSn””.

At¸mjm\v f³hq_nWv Ak³ b_ªp k^p¶Snsâ Pp«³hv fWÊn`m]Sv. BUyw tSm¶n]Sv Aksâ fpOw AXs¨m^p AXn sNmXp¯p AksW bp_¯m¡mWm\v. F¶mÂ, fn¡ hf]§an`pw S`t¨mÀ Dbt]mPn¨v In´n¡p¶ fWpgy³, In` {btSyN hmiI^y§an Np® Dbt]mPn¨v In´n¡m³ SpX§pw. CSv ks^ hpfn AÃmsS H^p sb®pfm]n H^p dÔ¯nsW¸än Bt`mIn¨n«v tbm`pfnÃm¯ Bam]n^p¶p f³hqÀ. ssN bnXn¡m³ In` hnWnfNÄ Nm\pN]pw, In` WXnfms^t]m Hmcohn DÅ In` I^¡pNsat]m bän Bt`mIn¡pw F¶ÃmsS B In´NÄ Ft¸msj¦n`pw {bmÎn¡Â B¡\sf¶v Ak³ H^n¡`pw In´n¨n«p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Ht¶m ^*p {bmklyw Aksâ hpir¯m] sfm]v–So³ AksW In` skXnNapsX AXpt¯¡v £\n¨n«ps«¦n`pw f³hqÀ CSv ks^ ASnsWm¶pw tbm]n«nÃ. huUn]n ko«p ss{ZkÀ B]n tKm`n¡p N]_n] Nm`¯p AÀdmdnsâ fq¶mw em^y AktWmXp b` {bmklyw sNm©nNpj]m³ {lfn¨n«ps*¦n`pw Ak³ S{´bqÀkw Hjnªp fm_n]nt« DÅp.

F¶m AsSms¡ bj] NT. D* Wn_¨pw lp¢kpw, bo^¦n tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv