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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko«nÂWn¶v k¶Unkhw, Wns¶t¸ms` MmWpw b^o£\§Ä SpX§n. At±i¯nsâ kn^t`mXn] CX§ans`Ãmw MmWpw kn^t`mXn¨p. bs£ At±i¯nsâ kn^`pNÄ Fsâ ^ihyemP§an sSmXp¶Sv FWn¡nãs¸«nÃ. WnW¡_n]mtfm, Fsâ ^ihy§saÃmw Wo A_n]p¶Sm\v FWn¡nãw. ASptbms` Fsâ ^ihyemP§ans`Ãmw Wo sSmXp¶Sm\v FWn¡nãw. (fWÊpsNm*v MmWksa B]n^wk«w sN«n¸nXn¨p). A¶p^m{Sn, Mm³ Wns¶ fWÊn VymWn¨p. AÛpSwtbms` Wos]sâ AXps¯¯n. ASpfpS Mm³ hzNm^yfm]n B{Pin¡p¶sSÃmw tW^t¯ A_n]mkp¶Sptbms` Fsâ h¦Â¸¯n Wos]Wn¡v sI]vSpS^pfm]n^p¶p. C¶v l^n¡pw Wo]Sv sI¿pt¼mÄ FWn¡v {em´ptbms` B]n^p¶p. bns¶, bpSn] Nm^y§Ä WnW¡v b_ªpS^mWm]n^p¶p Mm³ sbm¶½t¨¨ns] Ns*¯n]Sv””. MmWksa B^mVWt]msX tWm¡n]n^p¶p.

“”CWn Mm³ b_ª h½mWw S^mw””, F\oäv N£¯n`qsX ssNNX¯n Fs¶ sbm¡ns]\o¸n¨psNm*kÄ b_ªp. H^pssNsNm*v Fs¶]kapsX WPvWfm] fm_n tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. f_pssN bn_Nn`qsX Fsâ A^s¡«ns`¯n, I´nbnXn¨p AkapsX A^s¡«n tIÀ¯p. Fsâ sW©n AkapsX fp`NapsX fÀ±kpw A^]n AkapsX bq_ns` CXSqÀ¶ fpXn]pw tIÀ¶v FWn¡v D²m^\fp*mkpsf¶v tSm¶n. MmWkapsX sIkn]n b_ªp, “”FWn¡v N¼n]m]m Npäw b_]tÔ”. AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v Fsâ sIkn]n b_ªp, “”FXm f*m, B\nsW N¼n]m¡mWm\v sb®p§Ä C§sWs]ms¡ sI¿p¶Sv. WnW¡v N¼n]m]nsæn Fsâ Nm^y§Ä F§sW WX¡pw?”” Aksasâ I´nbnXn¨p AkapsX A^]n tIÀ¯p^hn. Fsâ Np®]psX BUys¯ I`WwfpS H¸ns]Xp¡msWt¶m\w Aksas¶ AkapsX A^]n tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. ASv sk«nkn_¨psNm*v AkapsX SpX]nXp¡n Np¯nWn¶p. AkapsX N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p. Aksas¶ sW©nÂWn¶v fmän, Fsâ k`SpssNbnXn¨p AkapsX CXs¯ fp`]n bnXn¸n¨p. bns¶ AkÄ hz´wssNsNm*v k`Spfp`]n Ipän¸nXn¨p. ssN fpNant`¡pWo¡n, sb^pkn^`pw Iq*pkn^`pwsNm*v fp`¡®n frUpkm]n sM¡n¡m\n¨p. AsSWn¡pÅ bmYfms\¶_n]mw. MmWkapsX ssNfmän, ^*pfp`Nta]pw AkÄ Nm\n¨pS¶tbms` sM¡n¸njnªp. Aksasâ A^s¡«v bnXn¨Xp¸n¨p. Fsâ N¼n]m] Np® AkapsX k]änÂ, sbm¡nÄks^ sM^p§nWn¶p. Npt_¡jnªp Aksasâ ssNNÄ bSps¡ bnXn¨pfmän, Fsâ fpOw AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v Smjv¯n. ASv Mm³ tW^s¯ sI]vSSm]SpsNm*v FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. MmWkapsX Hmt^m fp`Nam]n D_n©nk`n¨p NpXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX kl§an bnXn¨n^p¶ Fsâ ssNNÄ AkÄ Smtjm«pWo¡n I´n]n bnXn¸n¨p. AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv