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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms` AkÀ fpt¶m«pWo§n, Ipf^nW^nNns` Nth^]psX Im^n ssNNp¯n NpWnªpWn¶p. A]mÄ Ak^psX bn¶ns`¯n Ak^psX I´nbnaÀ¸pNÄ k`n¨Nän. AknsX H^pIpk¶ Smf^ knXÀ¶pWn¶p. A]mÄ ^*pkn^`pNÄ ASnWNt¯¡v N]än]n_¡n. bns¶, b¯nknXÀ¯n]mXp¶ A]mapsXNp® ASnWNt¯¡v bSps¡ N]än. bSps¡ A]mapsX Np® Ak^psX bq_n f_]p¶Sv Mm³ tWm¡nWn¶p. fpjpk³ AN¯pN]_n]t¸mÄ Ak^psX UoÀQlzmhw FWn¡v tNÄ¡mw. bns¶s]Ãmw kas^ tkP¯n`m]n^p¶p. A]mapsX Np® AN¯pw bp_¯pfm]n Ak^psX bq_nsW DjpSpf_n¨p. A]mapsX ssNNÄ Ak^psX I´n]n`pw, A^s¡«n`pw fp`Nan`pw fm_nfm_n sM¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. CX]vs¡t¸mtjmHs¡ Ak^psX I´n bp_Nnt`¡v Woap¶Spw Mm³ N*p. AÂbwNjnªt¸mÄ A]mapsX A^s¡«nsâ tkPS {em´fm]n NqXn. Ak^psX I´nNan A]mapsX A^s¡«v BªXn¡pt¼mjpÅ “”””¹Nv ¹Nv” lÐw D]À¶p. bns¶, Ak^psX I´n]nt`¡v AfÀ¯nk¨ A^s¡«pfm]n A]mÄ Ak^psX bp_¯pSaÀ¶pNnX¶p. A`vbwNjnªp A]mÄ WnkÀ¶t¸mÄ Ak^pw WnkÀ¶pWn¶p. bns¶, NpjªpNnX¶ A]mapsX Np®]nÂWn¶pw Ak^m D_ k`n¨q^n. ASnÂWn_s] skap¯psNmjp¯ A]mapsX skÅw Wn_ªpWn¶p. Ak^Sv KWm`]n`qsX bp_t¯s¡_nªp; M§apsX AXp¯pSs¶. A^]n Ip^p«nk¨n^p¶ Ak^psX tVm¯n WnkÀ¯n, ASnsâ AäwsNm*v AkÀ A]mapsXA*nNapw Np®]pw SpX¨pkr¯n]m¡n. SpX]n Smjv¯nk¨n^p¶ A]mapsX K«nsbm¡n, B SaÀ¶ Np® ASnWN¯m¡n. bns¶ sbm¡nk¨n^p¶ A]mapsX tVm¯n Smjv¯n]n«v A]mapsX gÀXv AkÀ l^n]m¡nsNmXp¯p. A]mÄ H^p bp©n^nt]msX Aks^ sN«n¸nXn¨p Ak^psX fp`Nan fpOffÀ¯n H^p WnfngwWn¶p. bns¶ tbm¡änÂWn¶v Nps_ tWm«pNsaXp¯p Ak^psX ssNskÅ]n k¨psNmXp¯p. AsS{Ss]¶ptbm`pw tWm¡msS, AkÀ A`fm^]psX fq`]n k¨p. AkÀ Sp_¶psNmXp¯ kmSn`n`qsX bp_¯n_§n, Ak^psX tSman S«n, A]mÄ tbm]n.

fp¶ns` fm]¡mjvINapw, bn¶ns` Fsâ bp_¯p sM^nªp^hp¶ tfQ]psX fp`Napw tIÀ¶v ko*pw Fsâ dÀfqZ H^n¡Â¡qXn WWªp. F{S ^hN^fm] fqkn]m]m`pw bXwNjnªm Sot]ä_nWv bp_¯p tbmNmWpÅ H^p VrSn]p*tÃm? MmWpw AknX¶v tbmNmWpÅ Sn^¡n`m\v. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, “”””Hmt^m shgWptlgkpw AkÀ BänÂtbm]n Npan¡pw. DXp¯n^p¶ Sp\n]`¡pw. AkÀ kas^ lp²n]pÅ H^p hv{So]m\v. Wo]Âbw sk]näpsI¿p. Ct¸man_§n]m AkÀ Nm\pw”. Mm³ Nm¯n^p¶p. AÂbw Njnªt¸mÄ, kmSn`X¡msS AkÀ Bänt`¡v WX¶p. AkÀ tbm]n¡jnªt¸mÄ AkÄ tImUn¨p, “”””WnW¡]mapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv