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N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqt´m«¯n`pw Ak^psX ssNfp{U Nm\mWp*m]n^p¶p. C¶s`^m{Sn AkÄ b_ª “”Nm\m¯ NmjvINÄ’ F´mkpsf¶v Bt`mIn¡]m]n^p¶p MmWt¸mÄ. “”””AÂbw £fn¡v, Nm\n¨pS^mftÃm. b¯pf\n]mks«”, AkapsX Ip*n AX¡n¸nXn¨ bp©n^n. fq¶pk]ÊnWp fq¸ms\¦n`pw Np«n¡m`w fpS MmWksa tb^pb_ªm\v knan¡m_v. M§apsX AXp¸w N*v bt* A½m]n b_]pfm]n^p¶p, “”””AkÄ Wnsâ {bm]sf¦n`pw B]n^ps¶¦n MmWksa WnW¡v sN«n¨pS^pfm]n^p¶p; AkÄ Wnsâ fp_s¸®tÔ. Np«n¡m`s¯ AkVnNan Akams\s¶ Npan¸n¡p¶Spw DXp¸nXo¡p¶Spw. M§Ä¡pS½n ^ihy§ta CÃm]n^p¶p. Njnª AkVn]n k¶t¸mÄ AkÄ fp«pks^s]¯p¶ A^¸mkmX]m\v DXp¯n^p¶Sv. Ct¸mÄ N\¦mÂks^]pÅ Woa³ bmkmX]pw Woa³ »uhpfm\v AkapsX tkgw. k¶]pXsW MmWkapsX sIkn]n tImUn¨p, “”””Wnsâ A^¸mkmXs]Ãmw No_nt¸mt]m?” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*pb_ªp, “”””{bm]fm]n¡jnªm fpjp¸mkmX DXpt¯ bäq”. FWn¡Sv fWÊn`m]nÃ. “”””Wos]§Wm {bm]fm]Sv?” “”””fn*mSn^ns]Xm, fäm^pw tNÄ¡*. Mm³ bn¶oXv b_ªpS^mw”, AkÄ N®n_p¡n In^n¨p.

b¯pf\n Njnªp. Aksas¶ knan¨p. “”””W½amUyw siZvfmÌ_psX ko«nWXpt¯¡m\v tbmNp¶Sv. AknsX F¯n¡jnªm Wo hwhm^n¡m³ bmXnÃ. Fs´¦n`pw tImUn¡mWps*¦n AknsXWn¶v tbm¶tlgw fSn”. siZvfmÌs_ FWn¡_n]mw. Wm«ns` ssihv–Nqan Wn¶v H^pbmXpkÀgw fp³bv _n«]_m] H^p hmSznN{dmÒ\³. Nps_kÀgw fp³bv At±i¯nsâ em^y f^n¨ptbm]Sm]n tfQ b_ªn^p¶p. At±i¯nsâ ^*pf¡apw Atf^n¡]n`m\v. As¶sâ Wm«ns` H^pkoXnWpw fSn`pNanÃm]n^p¶p. bp^pg·ms^Ãmw b\n]nX§ant`¡v tbm]n¡jnªmÂ, CXkjnNsaÃmw lqWyfmkpw. kÃt¸mjpw Bän Npan¡mtWm A`¡mtWm tbmNp¶ Häs¸« hv{SoNÄ fm{Stf AknsX]p*mkq. b_¼pNan Sn§nWn¶ kmj¡q«kpw, sWs©m¸w kaÀ¶ f^¨oWn]nX§apw CX]v¡pÅ fpawNq«kpw Smjv¶ InÃNapÅ fmkpNapw, Han¨pNan¡pÅ M§apsX Han]nX§am]n^p¶p. M§apsX Øn^w A`¨n`pNan CXkjnNÄ H^n¡`pw Dbt]mPn¡m_nÃm]n^p¶p. AkÄ fp³kls¯ NSNpIm^n Fsâ ssNbnXn¨n_§n. (A¶knsX Npan¡m³ Bän tbmNpt¼mtjm, AXp¯koXpNan tbmNpt¼mtjm H¶pw B^pw NSNp bq«m_nÃm]n^p¶p. ^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼mÄ kmSn`pNÄ AN¯pWn¶v hm£]nXm_m\v bSnkv). bSnkptbms` b_¼pNÄ fp_n¨p NX¶v, Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨v Np_¨Ns`]pÅ siZvfmÌ_psX ko«nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p. Mm`n¸qksâ]pw bma]t´mX³s_]pw kmj¡q«§Ä Sn§nWn_ªpWn¡p¶ H^p ka¸n`m\t±i¯nsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv