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N¼nNp«³.sWäv skÅw Nm\t*?’ Akam tNm*w ssNWo«ns]Xp¯p. ASv S`Nojm]nbnXn¨p ASnÂWn¶qÀ¶n_§n] sNmjp¯skÅw kn^ÂsNm*v sSm«ptWm¡n. Ct¸mjSnWv skap¸pWn_fnÃ. “”””CSk^psX bq_n ko\n^ps¶¦n AkÀ¡v Np«n]p*mkpfm]n^p¶p” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*Sv Uqs^s]_nªp. NXkn`qsX sbm¶½ Bän`n_§n]t¸mÄ M§sa\oäp. AkÄ b_ªp, “”””sbm¶½]psX NpanNm\m³ b`t¸mjpw CknXs¯ b¿·mÀ k^m_p*v. AkÀ W¶m]n tf`ptS¨pNpan¡pt¼mÄ CknXps¯ f^§apsX bp_NnÂWn¶ptWm¡n Cu b¿·mÀ Wm\fnÃmsS bnXn¨p k^p¯pw. WnW¡Sv Nm\t*?” AkapsX AX¡n] In^n. Cu_WpXp¯pk¶ sbm¶½s] tWm¡m³knXmsS N®psbm¯n¸nXn¨ tfQ]mt\m CSv tImUn¡p¶sS¶v FWn¡ÛpSw. bt£, AkÄ FWn¡v Nm\n¨pS¶sSÃmw AbqÀkfm] NmjvINam]n^p¶p. Cu Akh^w Na]m³ FWn¡v fWÊv k¶nÃ. Mm³ b_ªp, “”””Nm\\w”. Aksasâ I´n]n WpÅns¡m*v b_ªp, “”””km Nm\n¡mw”. Ct¸makÄ FsâssNbnXn¨pv WX¡pN]Ã, bn¶nÂWns¶s¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p, Fsâ H^ptSman fp`]fÀ¯n WX¡pN]m\v. AkapsX fp`]psX hvbÀlw Fsâ dÀfqZ]n Nm\mw. Npt_sI¶tlgw Aksas¶ H^pk`n] D§pf^¯nsâ bn¶n bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n. sbm¶½tI¨n Bän fp§pN]m\v. A]mÄ k¶t¸mÄ DXp¯n^p¶ tVm¯n]m\v Ak^psX fp`¡¨. fp§nWnkÀ¶ AkÀ N^]nt`¡pN]_n thms¸Xp¯p tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. N^]nt`¡pSn^nªp fp`¡¨]ns` sN«jn¨p AkÀ fp`Nan thm¸ptS]v¨pbnXn¸n¨p. sN«jn¨ tVm¯n]n Ak^psX fp³klw fpjpk³ WPvWfm\v. ^*pssNsNm*pw fp¶n`pw bn¶n`pw AkÀ thm¸ptS]v¨p. bns¶ Nm`pNaNän bq_nsâ Ip*pNÄSp_¶v ASnWNw tS]v¨p. Ak^psX ^*pkn^`pNÄ bq_nWpÅn A]mapsX Np® N]_n] emPw W¶m]n NjpNn kr¯n]m¡n. tfQ Fsâ tSman sSm«pknan¨p. AkÄ Nps_ fp³bn`pÅ H^pf^w Iq*n¡m«n. ASnsâ bn¶n dÀfqZ fp«pks^ Smjv¯n, Bänt`¡ptWm¡n, N¼n]m]Np® bnXn¨Xn¡p¶ H^pb¿³. NXkns` H^pNÃn H^pNm`p]À¯nk¨p AkÀ SpX]v¡nX]n`pw I´n¸naÀ¸n`pw thm¸ptS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. Sn^nªpskůn`n_§n. Ct¸mÄ B b¿sâ A^s¡«v fp³tbm«pkaªn^n¡p¶p. Aksâ ssN ASn{UpSw I`n¡p¶p; N®pNÄ AXªn^n¡p¶p; A`vbhf]¯nWpÅn Aksâ sNm¨pNp® JÀ±n¨pSaÀ¶pNnX¶p. AkhmWs¯ SpÅn]pw sM¡nbp_¯m¡n Ak³ dÀfqZ D]À¯n. bns¶ CXkjn]n_§n Ak³ tbm]n. “”””C¶v C{S]pw fSn. km, Wfp¡ptbmkmw”, Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨p.

ko«ns`¯n]t¸mÄ H^pf\n Njnªn^p¶p. Aksas¶ ssZWnRv tXdnan bnXn¨n^p¯n. A½m]n S]m_m¡n]n^p¶ Bim^w AkÄ ^*p bvtaäpNan`m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv