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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASpSs¶]m]n^p¶p Fsâ fWÊn`pw”” AkÄ AÛpSt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n. “”ASn`n{S AUvepSsf´m? Wo]mUyw b_ª hwekw WnW¡v Gäkpw Cãs¸«Sm]n^n¡pw. ASv Mm³ b_sªt¶]pÅq”” Mm³ b_ªp. “”H^p bSnfq¶pNm^sâf«n hwhm^n¨mÂfSn Wo”” AkapsX NbXtNmbw. “”MmWnknsX BUyfm]n k¶t¸mÄfpS Fs¶ A¸n]nXo¨p NjpNn]Spw Npan¸n¨SpsfÃmw Wo]tÃ? WnW¡_n]m¯ F´m Fsâ ssN]n`pÅSv? Mm³ In´n¡p¶Spw Wns¶t¸ms`]mkpw””. Aksas¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p.
“”l^n, Mm³ sbm¶½t¨¨n]mkmw”” AkÄ b_ªp.
“”ASptk*, MmWmUyw B k]ÊWmkmw. bn¶oXv Wo tI¨n]m]m fSn. bns¶, MmWnt¸mÄ CknsX k¶tlgfm\v H^psb®nsW Sp\n]nÃmsS Nm\p¶Sv. FÃmw Wos]Wn¡p b_ªpS^\w””. AkÄ S`]m«n. Aksasâ `p¦n Ajns¨Xp¯p. Fsâ N¼n]m] Np®]pw A*nNapw AkÄ AX¡n¸nXn¨p. Fsâ A^s¡«v AkaptXSntWmXv tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p Aksas¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p. AkapsX A^s¡«v Fsâ N¼n]m] Np®]v¡pIpäpw kr¯w k^¨psNm*n^p¶p. Fsâtf`pÅ bnXnkn«v AkÄ ssWän Du^mWm]n sbm¡n. MmWksa SXªp.
“”C¶s` Mm³ b_ªntÃ, Fsâ b\nNÄ Wo sIt¿s*¶v?”” AkÄ In^n¨p. NpWnªp MmWkapsX ssWän sbm¡n. Hmt^m C©pw sbm§pt¼mÄ AWmkrSfmkp¶ AkapsX Hmt^m Ak]kkpw Mm³ N®pfnjn¨p N*p, BUyfms]¶tbms`. ssWän Du^n]tlgkpw ssNsbm¡nWn¶ AkapsX N£§apw fp`Napw Mm³ D_n©n. sN«n¸nXn¨p fp`]p_n©ns¡m*v MmWkapsX I´n¸naÀ¸pNÄ knXÀ¯n, bq_n kn^`n«pNan¨p. AkÄ Nm`nsâ sb^pkn^`q¶n sbm§pN]pw SmjpN]pw sI]vSp. MmWksa tfl]psX k¡n`n^p¯n Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n Nth^]n«n^p¶p. Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n AkapsX bqÀ¨p*pNÄ Mm³ kn^`pNÄsNm*v Sp_¶p.
“”CSn F§sW]m A]mÄ sI]v–SsS¶v– b_ªpSm””, Mm³ tImUn¨p. AkÄ k`SpIq*pkn^ AkapsX bq_nsâ DĨp*n`qsX HmXn¨p Nm\n¨p. N´nWXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ Npt_s]s_tW^w AkaSn kn^`n¶äwsNm*v D^hn. AknsX NqXpS {l² tk\sf¶v FWn¡v fp¶_n]n¸v S^m³tk*n]mkpw. bns¶ sb^pkn^`pw Iq*pkn^`pw sNm*v AkÄ N´nsW tft`m«pw Smtjm«pw k`n¨p. ASpNjnªp AkapsX WXpkn^ Smsj, bq_nWpÅnt`¡v sfsà NX¯n. {Ntf\ ASnsâ tkPS NqXpN]pw H^pkn^ÂNqXn ASnWpÅnt`¡v N]_n]n_§pN]pw sI]vSp. AkÄ Bklys¸Xp¶sSÃmw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. bns¶ AkÄ ssNNaNän Nm`pNÄ FWn¡m]n Sp_¶pS¶p.

MmWkapsX bqÀ¨p*pNÄ sfsïp_¶p. l^n¡pw AknsX H^p Smf^¸q knXÀ¶pWn¡p¶p. H¶n`VnNw {bmklyw N*n«pw MmWmUyfm]n Nm\pt¼ms` AknsX tWm¡nWn¶p. bns¶ AkÄ Nm\n¨pS¶tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv