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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡p¶ skXnko^Wpw 3 fUm`hNÄ NmfKz^tfäp¶ fWhpfm]n Wn¡p¶ H^p fWpgyWv F§nsW lm´Wm]n In´n¡m³ Njn]pw? F¶n«pw H^p I½t`msX “”AsSm¶pw tk* hmw þ kà Npj¸w bnXn¨ tNhpw B]n^n¡pw”” F¶v f³hqÀ b_ªp. F¶m C^]psX FÃm `£\kpw A_n]p¶ hmwNp«n knXptfm?

“”Fsâ sbm¶p hmt_ CS§Ws¯ AhpOw k¶ A½¨nfms^m¶pw AÃ. Wà Wà tNmtaKpNan bYn¡p¶ I^¡pNam\v. H^p 19þ20 k]Êv Nm\pw. Ko³hpw Xn gÀ«pw Hs¡ C«m\v WX¸p. Cw¥ogv FÃmw Wà f\n f\n tbms` b_]pw. hm_nWv bäm¯ Ioav tNhpNav Mm³ b_]ptkm hmt_””

“”F¶m`pw….””

“”hm_v Cu tcmt«m H¶v tWm¡nt¡…”” hmwNp«n Aksâ tcm¬ Sp_¶p H^p Np«n]psX tcmt«m hmfnsW Nm\n¨p.

tcmt«m N* f³hq_nsâ fWÊn H^p skÅnXn sk«n. Wà H^p Bä³ I^¡p. hnWnf WXn fn]s]t¸ms` C^n¡pw. Aksa¡mÄ sI_p¸w. H^p A©^ AXn sbm¡w Nm\pw. fp_p¡w DÅ gÀ«v V^n¨n^n¡p¶SnWm AkapsX tdmZn tg¸v NrSyfm]n A_n]mw. 36hn F¦n`pw D*mkpw fp`. HSp§n] A^sN«p. D´n Wn¡p¶ bn³emPw B^pw H¶v ssN sk¡m³ sNmSn¡pw. Ip*pNÄ A`vbw knXÀ¶p NXnIo¼³ bmN¯n Wn`vNp¶p. Ak]n`qsX AkapsX sNm¨^n¸ÃpNapw Nm\mw. f³hqÀ ko\p F¶v fWÊn`m¡n] hmwNp«n bSps¡ tcm¬ sshzbv sI]vSp. AXp¯ tcmt«m N* f³hq_nWp tdmV£]w k^psf¶v tSm¶n. tW^s¯ N* Np«n Ss¶. F¶m Ct¸mÄ H^p tWÀ¯ {Now NaÀ {dm]pw bn¦v bmân]pw fm{Stf C«n«pÅp. fp`NÄ¡v tW^s¯ N*SntW¡mÄ fpjp¸p*v Ct¸mÄ. tWÀ¯ {dm¡pÅn`qsX k`n] fp`N®pNÄ sSanªp Nm\mw. b^¶ A\nk]À. H¯ WXp¡m]n Bs^]pw sNmSn¸n¡p¶ sbm¡nÄsNmXn. t]mWn SXw fpjpkWm]n f_¡m³ bäm¯ bmâohnWp fpNan`qsX AkapsX NXn {btUls¯ t^mf^mKn]psX SpX¡w tbm`pw Nm\mw. BUys¯ tcmt«m]n bp©n^n¨p Wn¡p¶ tbmhv Bs\¦n CSn Ip*p NXn¨p, Fs¶ H¶v sbs«¶p Nan¡q F¶v £\n¡p¶ fpOemkw.

F¶m`pw CSpw tkt\m F¶v f³hq_nsâ S`t¨mÀ tImUn¨p. CSv tbm`pÅ H^p I^¡nsW Nan]v¡m³ H^p Im³hv Nn«n]]n«p Na]p¶ Wo Hs¡ B\mt\m F¶v Aksâ Np® Sn^n¨p tImUn¨p.

“”hmw Fs´¦n`pw {blvWw? Aà tcmt«m]n Nm\p¶ tbms` BNptfm l^n¡pw Nm\m³?””

“”hms_ hmÀ N*p Cãs¸«n«p Aksa _qfnWp AN¯p tNän]m fSn. FÃm b^nbmXn]pw Njnªp Wmsa Nm`¯p AkÄ tbmNpt¼mÄ Nmlv sNmXp¯m`pw fSn””

“”AÃ CkÄ FÃm Nm^y¯nWpw hiN^n¡ptfm?”” At¸mtj¡pw Wm\w ssNkn«n^p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv