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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¨p. In^n¨p, CX¡v Aksa Nan]m¡n, tUgyw bnXn¸n¨p. A§sW B Np_¨p hf]w Mm³ H^p {cq«v Kyqhn HSp¡n. D¨tbm`pw BNm¯SnWm tks_ H¶pw Njn¨nÃ.””””CWn Snt]ä_nt`¡v”.. AkÄ In^n¨p. MmWpw. k*n AknsXs¯ bpSpSm]n Hm¸¬ sI]vS Snt]äÀ `£yfm¡n kn«p. AkÄ fp³ hoän`m]n^p¶p C^p¶Sv. AkapsX hvt{b ]psX f\w FWn¡v Ipäpw Wn_ªp, ASv C¯n^n Fs¶ GtSm H^p fqZnt`¡v sNm*ptbm]n.hnWnf Nm\p¶ lo`w AVnNw C`m¯SnWmÂ, Np_¨p kÀg§Ä B]n hnWnf N*n«v. sskcv sâ {bVmW b^mSn]pw ASv Ss¶. C¶v hnWnf Nm\m³ tbm]n F¶_nªm sS_n tNÄ¡pw. ASpsNm*p Mm³ AktamXv hnWnf Nm^yw W½Ä ^*ptb^pw A_nª fSn F¶v b_ªp. AkÄ¡v Nm^yw fWhn`m]n.Snt]äÀ F¯n, bpSn] WX·mÀ WXnfmÀ Bs^ms¡ F¶v k`y A_nknÃ. bpSn] bX§Ä GsS¶p. sk_psS tdm_Xn fmämftÃm F¶v knIm^n¨p h½Sn¨Sv.””””GSm Wà bXw , Mm³ Cu]nsX]m]n bX§sam¶pw Nm\m_nÃ.”b_ªp k¶t¸m, AknsX]pÅ FÃm f`]maw bmX§apw AkÄ N*n^n¡p¶p. AkÄ Iq*n¡m\n¨Sv GtSm H^p inµn bXw . tb^pw fWhn`m]nÃ, WX·ms^]pw. bs£ H^p WXns] FknsXt]m N*Sv tbms`, h®n `nt]m¬ ?? kà N¼n bXw Bt\m, Mm³ F¯n tWm¡n, cmfn`n]pw B]n BÄ¡mÀ B bX¯nWp N]_p¶ N*p, h®n inµn bX§an AenW]n¡p¶ps*Wv tN«n^p¶p. H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` AkapsX fpO¯v tWm¡n, AkapsX fpO¯pw Nm^yffm] {blvW§Ä CÃ. “”””FXn , FWn¡v CSv fWhn`mNpsf¶p tSm¶p¶nÃ, inµn H«pw bp^n]ns`”””””Asà FÃm^pw inµn fWhn`m]n«mt\m inµn bXw Nm\m³ tbmNps¶. H^p FâÀssX³sfâv .. At{Ss¶. Wà ho³hv D*mNpw. sb«¶v tbm]n Xn¡äv FXp¡v . bXw sSmX§m_m]n.” f_pbXn sb«¶v Nn«n.h®n tI¨n]psX tcmt«m N*t¸mÄ Ss¶, C¯n^n H¶v N¼n B]Sm\v , AkapsX Z]t`mPv tN«t¸m fWÊn H^p S^w fqZv N]_n SpX§n. Ft´m Bt`mIn¡p¶ tbms` Mm³ Aksa H¶v I^nªp tWm¡n. Ip^nUmÀ C¯n^n sX]väv B]n^p¶p, fp¶pw bn¶pw Hs¡ W¶m]n fpj¨n^n¡p¶p. Cu In´ FknsX]pw F¯nsöv A_n]p¶Sv sNm*v sb«¶v Sn^n¨p Nm^y¯nt`¡v k¶p. “”””Xn¡äv FXp¡m³ Nyp Wn¡p¶Sv Wm«pNm^mt^`pw N*m b\n BNpftÃm ssUktf.”, H^p sFZn] Nn«n. Xn¡äv Hm¬ss`³ B]n FXp¡mw. As¸m Nyq Wn¡*. bns¶ sfsà B^pw Nm\msS N]_mw. AktamXv– Nm^yw b_ªp.””””A§sW F¦n A§sW, bs£ CSnsWms¡ Wm«pNms^ F´nWm tbXn¡ps¶. C¸vtbm bntÅs^ms¡ tfmtZ¬ B]n, tNmtaKv N«v sI]vS k^p¶ bntÅs^ Nm\\w. W½psX WmsXms¡ kas^ knNhn¨p, N¼nNp«³.sWäv