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N¼nNp«³.sWäv hzbv–W§Ä, sNm*pk¶ cn`nwhv, tNmÌpwhv, FÃmw SssTk !”” bs£ ssUkw B hf]¯p CSntW¡mÄ {bVmWs¸« fsät´m IÀ¨]n`m]n^n¡\w. Asæn A½m]n A¸³ ImNm³ NnX¡pt¼mÄ, Nan fpX§msS]n^n¡m³ tk*n fm{Sw {bmÀ°n¨ Aksâ ^oSn At§À¡nãs¸«n«p*mknÃ. F´m]m`pw fWvhq_pw D¸]pw Sn^n¨p ko«n F¯p¶SnWp fpt¶ Ss¶ Aksâ tcm\n hpfn]psX knan k¶p. BÀ¯`¨ H^p N^¨n`pw, km¸ tbm]n C¡ F¶pÅ H^p kn`mbkpw. Aksa Blzhn¸n¨p b`Spw b_tªNn`pw tcm¬ sk¨ tlgw Ak³ St¶mXv Ss¶ b_ªp “”NÅ Nnak³, f^\¯n`pw Wà bm`pw skůn`pÅ b\n S¶m tbm]Sv. sS*n ! “”

F´ntWs_ b_]p¶p, B {bmklykpw H¶pw WX¶nÃ. km¸ f^n¨ h¦X¯n Wn¡p¶ AktamXv F§sW ss`wPnN dÔw Bklys¸Xpw. Ss¶ ssUks¯t¸ms` Nm\p¶ sb®m\v hpfn. AkavNnãt¡Xp*m¡p¶ H^p Nm^yw Bklys¸Xm³, H¶v hqIn¸n¡m³ tbm`pw tSm¶n]nà f³hq_nWv. f^\m´^ IX§pNapw ASnWp tlgfpÅ f_ NnX¡`pw FÃmw Njnªt¸mtj¡pw AkWp tbmkmWpÅ hf]kpfm]n. Ak³ Sn^ns¨¯n H^p fmhw Njnª tlgw hpfnt]mXv hwhm^n¨t¸mjm\v AkWp bän] Ad²w Sn^n¨_n]p¶Sv. f^\w Njnªp Wm`©p Unkhw h¦Xw Hs¡ D*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw ASnWp tlgw AkÄ¡pw shN-vhv sI¿m³ tfmiw D*m]n^p¶s{S. H^p Unkhw Nmfw AX¡m³ Njn]msS AkÄ kn^`nXpN tbm`pw sI]v–St{S. “”Fsâ sbm¶p hpfn, WnWs¡m^p km¡v, H^p tWm«sf¦n`pw…”” f³hq_nsâ km¡pNÄ CX_n. “”Fsâ sbm¶n¡m, Wn§Ä¡m hf]¯p A§nsW H^p In´ Csæn Fs¶ bän F´v N^pSpw? km¸ f^n¨p H^mjvI Njn]p¶Sn¶v fp¼v Ss¶ Nj¸v N]_n WX¡p¶ H^p tSknXnÈn Bs\¶v knIm^n¡ntà “”. F´v b_]m³? t]mPfnÃ.

CsSms¡ bj] NT. C{bmklyw H^p {blvWkpw D*mknà F¶kWv D_¸p tSm¶n. F{S]ms\¶v sk¨m\v ssUkpw Np®]pw Nj¸n¨p WX¡p¶, fsäm^p Uplo`kpw CÃm¯ H^p bmkw sI_p¸¡m^sW Nãs¸Xp¯pN. fm{SfÃ, C{bmklyw fsäm^p hq{Skpw sNm*m\v Ssâ k^kv. huUn]n k¨v N* sg]vOv lwhp²o³ Hu`n] WÂNn] fm{´nN SNnXv. ASv V^n¡p¶ktWmXv AkWnãsbXp¶ sb®p§Ä¡v ASn]m] Nmfw tSm¶mWpÅ hvsbgy SNnXv. hpfn¡v A§nsW {btSyN SNnXnsâ H¶pw Bklyw D*m]n«Ã. AkÄ¡p St¶¡mtas_ Nj¸ps*¶_n]mw. tfs` N]_n Fsâ Np® I¸n kXn]m¡n WWsªm`n¨ bqän N]än tS§m sbmSn¡mWpÅ sNmSn]pfm]n WX¡pN]m\kÄ. F¶m`pw NnX¡s« H^p ZdnÄ s{bm«£³.

knfmWw C_§n td]n F¯mWpÅ £f tbm`pw D*m]nà f³hq_nWv. knfmWw Wn`w sSm«Spw Ak³ImXnF\oäp.tW^s¯SsâNp®]nÂssNsk¨F]ÀtimÌhvAksW^q£fm]nH¶vtWm¡n.””C§sWtWm¡tÃtfmsa.Wns¶N*pFWns¡§mWpwCãvXs¸«mÂbns¶SNnXnsâlànNm^\w WoFs¶CknsXsk¨vSs¶b®pw””

BIn´WÂNn]bp©n^nIp*¯pw,hpfns]BªmªpNan¡mWpÅsNmSnfWÊn`pfm]nf³hqÀknfmW¯nÂWn¶pwtN^af®nÂNm`pNp¯n.Np`¨pWn¡p¶Np®]pfm]n….

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