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N¼nNp«³.sWäv f³hqÀ sNmSnt]msX tImUn¨p. H^p ^ihyw b_]p¶ f«n hmw Aksâ sIkn¡^nNn k¶p b_ªp

“”hms_, Njnª fmhw CknsX H^p hm]n¸v F¯ns¸«p. A]mÄ¡v– Mm³ Cksa shäv B¡n sNmXp¯¯m. b\n]pw Njnªp AkÄ tbm]SnWp tlgw At§^v Ft¶msX´m b_ªsS¶v A_n]ptfm? sbm¶p hmtf CSv tbms` Nj¸pÅ H¶nsW Mm³ Fsâ KoknS¯n N*n«nà F¶v. BwÌÀZmfpw Sm]v`³Zpw Hs¡ b`Np_n N_§n] Bams\¶p HmÀ¡\w. AkÄ A]msa D_§m³ kn«nà hms_. 3 {bmklyw b` b` tbmhpNan Nan¨p bqän skÅw tbm] tlgw AkÄ A]msas¡m*v AkapsX sNmS¯n`pw AXn¸n¨p tbm`pw. A]mapsX Np® sbm§p¶nà F¶v b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ A]mapsX bn¶n`qsX A]mapsX NpSn¯pa W¡n kXn¨p ssNNÄ Np®tf bnXn¨p AXn¨p sNmXp¯p tbm`pw. hm]vbv Ft¶mXv b_ª Nm^y§Ä FÃmw b_ªm hm_nWp Ct¸mÄ skÅw tbmNpw, W½psX Nm^yw H¶pw WX¡nÃ… iii”” H^p knX¨n^nt]msX hmwNp«n b_ªkhmWn¸n¨p.

CSn NqXpS Sm§m³ DÅ tlgn f³hq_nWv CÃm]n^p¶p. H^p {bmklyw CSv hpfns] ISn¡`tà F¶ In´ AksW SaÀ¯mSn^p¶nÃ. F¶m Nmf{em´v N]_n]n^p¶ fWÊp AsSm¶pw tNÄ¡m³ S¿m_m]n^p¶nÃ. “” 3 k^vgw Wo Nm¯p f³hqÀ. 3 {bmklyw ssUkfm]n«p ASv S«n Wo¡n. CsSm^p Wnfn¯w B]n^n¡pw. C{S]pw B{Nm´¯n Wo hpfns] {bmbn¨m ASkÄ¡p Sm§m³ bäns]¶p k^nÃ. CSmkpt¼mÄ B^pw A_n]nÃ. Cu sbm«ns]m`n¡p¶ Nmfmtklw H¶v lfn¸n¨ tlgw Wmsa fpS bqÀ\fm]pw hpfn]psX eÀ¯mkm]n fm_mw…”” In´n¡p¶SnWp k`n] t`mKnNv H¶pw Csæn`pw W½Ä sI¿p¶ sSäpNsa B hf]s¯¦n`pw Wym]oN^n¡m³ W½psX fWÊnWv {btSyN Njnkm\tÃm.

500 ^qb AZzm³hv f³hqÀ hmwNp«ns] G`vbn¨p. b_ªp_¸n¨ dm¡n 4500 ^mkns` AkÄ¡p tW^n«v sNmXp¡mw F¶pw So^pfmWn¨p.

“”hms_ bm¡äv GSp {dm³Zv tk\w?””

“”Hm AsSm¶pw tk\sf¶nà hmw””

“”At¿m hmt_ ASnÃmsS sI¿msWm¶pw WoW h½Sn¡¯nÔ” WoW þ As¸m ASm\v AkapsX tb^v.

“”AsSms¡ Fsâ N¿n D*v hmw”” H^p sI_n] I½t`msX f³hqÀ b_ªp. hmwNp«n sbm«n¨n^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp “” ASv sNmÅmw. hm_v bYn¨ NÅWm AsÃ. CsSÃw N¿n sk¨n«m\v hmÀ BUyw sbm«³ Nan¨Sp””. AkW_n]nÃtÃm hpfn]pfm]n H^p fmhw A^vfmUn¡m³ DÅ FÃm sFäwhpw km§n]m\v Ssâ k^sk¶v. 6 cvt`tkjvhv C DÅ tNm*whv, b`S^w t_mÄ t¹]v tkg§Ä, ^*p ZnÂtZm, K¸mWn Wn¶pw DÅ hvsbgy Wq_p fÊmKv Hm]vÂhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv