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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Npt_t¸s^ Nm\n¨pS^mw. Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw sktÆs_ Sm`vb^y§am\v–. H^mÄ sI¿p¶Sptbms`]à fsäm^mÄ. sbm¶½t¨¨n¡v AsSÃmw W¶m]_n]mw. ASpsNm*m\v BapNÄ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k^p¶Sv. l^n¡pw sbm¶½t¨¨n H^p hÀkN`mlm`]m\v. Hmt^m BÄ¡pw tk*Spfm{Sw sNmXp¡p¶p. Nq«¯n Ak^pw BhzUn¡p¶p. WmsafpS Mm³ WnW¡Sv Nm\n¨pS^mw””.
“”Wfp¡nWn AknsX tbm*. Wos]Ãmw N*pbYn¨StÃ? Wos]Wn¡v knlUfm]n b_ªpS¶m fSn””. tW^n«pNm\p¶SntW¡mapw FWn¡kapsX km¡pNan`qsX A_n]mWm\nãw.
“”tW^n«v Nm\p¶Snsâ {Sn Mm³ b_ªpS¶ms`§sW Nn«pw?””
MmsWm^p NphrSn tImUyw AkapsX tWt^ F_nªp,
“”Cu_WpXp¯pk¶ sbm¶½t¨¨ns] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wos]´nWm\v Fsâ N®psbm¯n]Sv?””
“”Wo Fsâ]ÃmsS fsäm^psb®nsâ WPvWS Nm\p¶Sv FWn¡nãfÔ”, AkapsX fpOw N_p¯p.
“”bns¶´nWm N* B\p§Ä Aks^ sI¿p¶Sv Fs¶ Nm\n¡p¶Sv–?””
“”ASv WnW¡v bYn¡m³ tk*n]tÃ? Wnsâ]nãw F´ms\¶v FWn¡_n]nÃtÃm. hSywb_ªm MmWnsSÃmw N*pbYn¨Sv– Wo Bklys¸Xp¶sSÃmw S^mWm\v””. MmWksa A_n]msS sN«n¸nXn¨ptbm]n. AkapsX Hmt^m km¡ptNÄ¡pt¼mjpw MmWksa NqXpS NqXpS Cãs¸Xm³ SpX§p¶p.
“”Wo b_]p¶sSÃmw fWÊn`m¡n Mm³ sI¿p¶ntÃ?”” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”ASv Wo FWn¡ptk*nfm{Sw sI¿p¶Sm\v. FWn¡ptk*Sv WnW¡nãs¸« Nm^y§Ä sI]vSpS^nN]m\v. WnW¡nt¸mÄ H¶pw A_n]nÃtÃm. fäpÅks^ N*m`tà Wnsâ]nãw WnW¡v Sn^n¨_n]m³ Njn]q””. MmWksa H^pbmXnãs¸«p. AkapsX N®pNans` BßmÀ¸\w Fs¶ tSm¸n¨p. F\oäv AkapsX fpOw bnXn¨p]À¯n, AkapsX knXÀ¶ fnjnNant`¡ptWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp,
“”WnWs¡s´ms¡]mt\m Cãw, AsSÃmw Ftâ]pw Cã§am\v””. AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. Fs¶]kÄ ko*pw AkapsX sW©nt`¡v k`n¨n«v ssNNÄsNm*v k^nªpfp_p¡n. Fsâ bp_w St`mXn AkÄ b_ªp,
“”Fsâ hzbvW§ant`¡mÄ H^pbmXv H^pbmXv {bn]s¸«kWm\v l^n¡pfpÅ Wo. sbm¶½]psX ko«ns` kntlg§Ä Wmsa¸_]mw””. Nth^]n Im^n¡nX¡p¶ AkapsX fXn]n`n^p¶v, {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡ptf fpOffÀ¯n MmsWm^pbmXptW^w NnX¶p, D\Àkn`pw D_¡¯n`pfm]n.Akapw CX]vs¡t¸mtjm Nps_ f]§ns]¶ptSm¶n. f\n¡q_pNÄ¡ptlgw SmsjWn¶v A½m]n]psX NmanwPvsd tN«m\v M§Ä F\oäSv. sskNpt¶^s¯ Im] NpXn¨pNjnªp AkÄ b_ªp, “”M§an¶v Npt_ WX¶p At½. ASpsNm*v k`n] £o\w. M§Ä tW^t¯ NnX¡pw””. tW^t¯ A¯mjw Njnªp M§Ä fpNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv