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N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]_n. AkapsX fp_n¡Xps¯¯n]t¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp, “”Wfp¡n¶v H^pfn¨p Npan¨mt`m?”” Aksas¶ A^]nÂIpän¸nXn¨p tf`n tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n b_ªp,
“”Wmsa fSn. Cs¶sâ bq_v kn§nWo_p¶p. H^pfn¨p Npan¨m F´mkpsf¶v WnW¡_n]mftÃm? C¶p^m{Sn Wfp¡v ^*ptbÀ¡pw SWns] Npan¡mw””. bns¶ FsâfpOw AkaptXSn tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p AX¡n] hz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp,
“”MmWpÅt¸mÄ Fsâ hm¶n²y¯n`ÃmsS Wo Wnsâ Np®]n sSmXm³ bmXnÃ, fWÊn`m]tÃm?”” AkapsX N¸W.
“”At¸mÄ ^m{Sn fq{Ssfmjn¡\sf¶v tSm¶n]mt`m?”” Fsâ NphrSn.
“”ASnWp fm{Sw sSmt«m””, Mm³ S`]m«n. ASnWp fmäfp*mkm³ bmXnÃ. Aksasâ Ip*n AfÀ¯n D½k¨p, fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n kmSn Im^n. bp`^nks^ Wo*pWn¶ H^p Pm[Wn{U.

^mkns` F«pf\n¡v tfQs]s¶ Np`p¡n]p\À¯n. fnjn¨ Fsâ N®pNant`¡v DäptWm¡n, WmkpsNm*v Ip*pWW¨p Fsâ Nknan H^p WWª D½S¶p. bpS¸pk`n¨pfmän, ØmWwsSän¡nX¶ `p¦n kl§ant`¡v kNªp, bNpSnsbm§nWn¶ Fsâ Np®]n AkÄ ssNIpän¸nXn¨p. Wnfng§Ä¡pÅn ASkapsX ssN¡pÅn Wn_ªp Wn¶p. Aäs¯ sNmjp¯WWkn kn^`p^hn AkÄb_ªp,
“”Wo C¶s` km¡psSänt¨m F¶_n]mWm\v””.
“”FWn¡v Wnt¶mXv Häkmt¡]pÅp, sSäm¯ km¡v””, MmWksa Fsâ sW©nt`¡v k`n¨n«p. AkapsX Sn§nWn¶ fp`NÄ FsâsW©n sM^p§n. FsâssNNÄ, bn¶n`qsX AkapsX ko\¡pXwtbm`pÅ I´nNan kn^`fÀ¯n AÚmSfms]m^p ^mPw km]n¨psNm*n^p¶p. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Nojv¨p*nsW D_n©nk`n¨psNm*n^p¶p. Npt_¡jnªp AkÄ Fsâ bnXnknXpkn¨p F\oän^p¶p.
“”Ct¸mjnSpfSn. MmWmsN WWªpNpSnÀ¶p. A½]v¡v hv–Nqan tbmNm³ sskNn. tkPw Npan¨n«v Smsjkm””. F\oäv bp_¯ptbmNp¶ AkapsX AXnkhv{SfnÃm¯ bmkmX]psX bn³emP¯p WWkp*v. Mm³ tkPw Npan¨ps_Zn]m]n Smsjs]¯n. ssZWnRv tXdnan IqXv bp«pw NX`¡_n]pw kna¼n A½m]n Nm¯n^n¡p¶p. sbs«¶pSs¶ Akapw Smsjs]¯n. M§Ä Njn¨pSpX§n]t¸mÄ A½m]n b_ªp,
“”MmWn_§p¶p. FXo, AXp¡a]ns` FÃm bm{S§ant`]pw N_nNsaXp¯p D¨¡kWv sNmXp¡\w. bn¶oXv Wo]Sv N*nÃms]¶p b_]^pSv””. A½m]n C_§n]t¸mÄ Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp,
“”Wos]s¶ ko*pw WW¨p. ASpsNm*v ko*pw H^n¡Â¡qXn Npant¡*nk¶p””. {bmS Njnªp Mm³ A½m]n]psX bqt´m«¯nt`¡v C_§n. bm{S§Ä NjpNnk¨p Akapw k¶p.
“”Wfps¡m¶v IpänWX¶v, lp²km]p lzhn¨pk¶mt`m”” AkapsXtImUyw.
“”tbmkmw. bs£ sbm¶½t¨¨n]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv