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N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX l^o^¯n`nÃ. fp`Nan NqXpS hf]w sI`knXp¶SpN*v– AkÄb_ªp, “”tkPw, tf`p\§nt¸mNpw, bns¶ ko*pw WWt¡*nk^pw””. MmWÛpSs¸«p, C¶s`]m\v MmWmUyfm]n H^psb®nsW Sp\n]nÃmsS Nm\p¶Sv. Njnª H^pkÀgfm]n Fsâ fWÊn`pÅ hv{SoWPvWS F¶Sv B tI^n]n MmW¶pN* sb¬Np«n]psX fpXnfpa]v¡m¯ bq_v fm{Sfm\v.ASnsâ bqÀ\fm] Dbt]mPwtbm`pw FWn¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. l^n¡pw C¶s`fm{Sfm\v MmsWm^p bp^pgWms\¶v fWÊn`m]Sv, ASpw tfQ Nm\n¨pS¶t¸mÄ fm{Sw. MmWkapsX Hmt^m emPkpw, H^nXwknXmsS thm¸ptS]v¨p. AkapsX fp³bnÂ, thm¸pbS]nÂfp§n, sbm§n]mXp¶ Np®]pfm]n Np¯n]n^p¶v AkapsX Nm`pNan thm¸ptS]v¨pbnXn¸n¨p. bns¶ F\oäv AkapsX bq_v kn^ÂsNm*v knXÀ¯n ASnWN¯p thm¸v tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX N´n thm¸pbSbp^* kn^ÂsNm*v Mm³ AfÀ¯ntS]v¨p. Aksasâ tSman Imªp. C¡nansNm*v AkÄ¡v Nm`pWn`¯p_¡p¶nÃ. Fsâ WXpkn^ AkapsX bq_n N]_n]t¸mÄ B Nm`pNÄ NqXpS knXÀ¶p. WWªpNpSnÀ¶ ASnWNt¯¡v Mm³ Iq*pkn^ÂNqXn NX¯n.Fsâ tSman fp`NafÀ¯n Aksasâtf ImªpNnX¶p. Fsâ kn^`pNan AkÄ A^s¡«p]À¯n b®ns¡m*n^p¶p. AkapsX bq_nWNs¯ hvO`W{hkw Fsâ kn^`pNa_nªp. Fsâ tSman SaÀ¶p NnX¡p¶ Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p MmWkapsX I´nNan St`mXn. Npt_¡jnªp S`]p]À¯n Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, “”Sm¦yqZm, FWn¡v k¶ptbm]n. thm_n””. gkÀ Sp_¶v M§Ä ^*ptb^pw Npan¨p. MmWkapsX S`]pw tf`pw XkÂsNm*v SpX¨p. AksatâSpw. At¸mjpw N¼n]m]nWn¡p¶ Fsâ Np® tSmÀ¯ns¡m*kÄ b_ªp, “”WnW¡v tk*sSÃmw Mm³ hvsbgy`m]n St¶mamw””. FWn¡_n]mw, AksaWn¡v S^p¶sSÃmw hvsbgy`m\v.

NpanNjnªp AksaWn¡v H^p `p¦n Ipän]pXp¯pS¶p. Aksam^p ssWän S`]n`qsX k`n¨n«p. “”CSm\v huN^yw. Fap¸w Du^ns]Xp¡mw”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*pb_ªp. C¶`s¯t¸ms` H^p Nth^]n`n^p¶v AenfpOfm]n« fsäm¶n Fs¶]n^p¯n. Fsâ `p¦n¡Xn]n At¸mjpw sbm§nWn¶ Np® tWm¡n AkÄb_ªp, “”sb®p§Ä¡v fÄ«n¸nÄ HmÀPmhfp*mkpw, H¶nWpbn_Nns`m¶m]n. bs£ B\p§Ä¡v H^n¡Â tbm]m bns¶ Nps_t]s_ tW^wtk*nk^pw AXp¯v s_Zn]mkm³. ASpsNm*m\v WnW¡v k^p¯msS Mm³ tWm¡p¶Sv. Fsâ hzmÀ°S]m\Sv. £fn¨pNa. ASpsNm*v Wfp¡nWn H^pbmXv Nm^y§Ä sI¿mWp*v”” AkapsX N®pNan GtSm WnPq[S.
“”MmWnt¸mÄ sbm¶½t¨¨n]psX ko«pkntlgw b_]t«?”” AkapsX N®pNan D¡\vY]m\v. Fsâ]nãw Ns*¯mWmkpw. Mm³ S`]m«n. “”Wo b_]p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv