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N¼nNp«³.sWäv WoW¡p bs*t¶m tN« A_dn¡T]ns` Abvh^Ênsâ ^qbfm]n^p¶p.

ko*pw hzbvW^mKyt¯¡p tbm] Ak³ eqfn]nt`¡v Sn^nsN k¶Sv– Np®¡v tf Fhn]psX S\p¯ NmäXn¨t¸mjm\v. Aksâ sgZv–Zn At¸mtj¡pw AkÄ AkapsX WmkpNÄ sNm*v Ss¶ Ajns¨Xp¯n^p¶p. ASv H^p Kok³ tbm] bm¼nsWt¸ms` Aksâ Nm`pNÄ¡p Ipäpw NnX¶p. AkapsX Caw IqXpÅ Ip*pNÄ Aksâ tNm`nsW sbmSnªp. Ak³ hpOw sNm*v fSn f_¶p. Hä Wnfngw sNm*kÄ 7 þ8 C©v WoafpÅ `nwPs¯ fpjpkWm]n knjp§n. CSv tbms`m^p AWpekw fWvhq_nWnSmUyfm]n^p¶p. hpfn tbm`pw A`vbw Wm\t¯msX]pw A`vbw A_t¸msX]pw NqXn]m\v Aksâ Np® km]ns`Xp¡m_v. CSv tbms` B^pw Aksâ l^o^s¯ hvtWin¨n«nÃm]n^p¶p, CSv ks^.

WoW]psX Wmkp Aksâ Aäw fp_n¨ Np®]n fmKnNv Nm\n¡m³ SpX§n. AkÄ ASnsW Ht^ hf]w fpjpkWm]n knjp§pN]pw AsS hf]w Wmkp sNm*v `nwP¯nsâ b` emP¯pw In{Sw k^¡mWpw SpX§n. F§nsW B\kÄ ASv fpjpkWm]pw knjp§n]sS¶kWv fWÊn`m]nÃ. Np®]psX Aäw AkapsX A®m¡n fp«p¶Sv Ak³ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Wm`©p fnWnäv CSv sI]vSSnWv tlgw AkÄ Np® km]n Wn¶pw Sn^nsN FXp¯p. AkÄ H¶v Ipf¨p F¶n«p H^p UoÀQ lzmhw FXp¯p.

“”tI«\nSv Cãs¸t«m?””

“”Fsâ I¡s^… hzÀPw N*p tbm]n..””

“” F¶m N®X¨v NnXt¶m… Mm³ SpX§n]nt« DÅp””

Ak³ N®X¡pt¼mtj¡pw Aksâ D*NÄ ^*pw AkapsX km]n`m]n. Np® AkapsX frUp`fm] kn^`pNÄ¡pÅn`n^n¶p sM^nªp. SpXNapsX hwPf hv–TmW¯p AkapsX kn^`pNÄ HmXn WX¶p. D*Nan Wn¶pw tNm`nsâ NX ks^ AkÄ W¡n tSmÀ¯n. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ tf]m¯, AkapsX DfnWoÀ bp^am¯ H^n©p Ø`w tbm`pw Aksâ l^o^¯n AktlgnInÃ. F¶m AksW A¼^n¸n¨Sv CsSm¶pfÃm]n^p¶p. WoW CsSms¡ sI]vSSv Nmlp km§n H^p tKm`n sI¿p¶ f«nt` AÃm]n^p¶p. k^vg§am]n AksW Nm¯n^n¡p¶ H^p NmfpNn]psX f«pw emkkpw B]n^p¶p AkÄ¡p. W¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ AksW tWm¡n In^n¨p. AkapsX Wp\¡pjnNÄ AksW ko*pw Nmtfm±obWm¡n. AkÄ AksW tWm¡n N®X¨p. Aksâ Np® ko*pw H^n©p k®w sk¨p.

“”tfmsa, C§sW Wo Fs¶ hpOnbn¨m FWn¡v AVnNw bnXn¨p Wn`v¡m³ Njn]nÃ. Mm³ b_ªntÃ, ^mkns` fpS`pÅ {bgÀ D*v””

“”F´nWm tI«m bnXn¨p sk¡p¶Sv. Cu ^m{Sn fpjpk³ Wfp¡v hpOn¨p Nan]v¡m³ dm¡n]ntÃ. CsSm^p ÌmÀ«À fm{Sw…”” AkÄ AksW Du¼p¶Snsâ hvboZv Nq«n. `nwPm{Pw Ct¸mÄ sh¡ânWp Wm`v N¼nNp«³.sWäv