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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn_s] fn«m]n km^n]n«v, tVm¯n Ipän, tf`n tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p At±ifksa ]m{S]m¡n. sI¯pNÃnsâ bXnNan_§n CXkjn]nt`m«p N]_p¶Spks^ At±ifksa tWm¡nWn¶p.

f{´fpPv²Wm]nWn¶ Fs¶ tfQ Ipf`n sSm«p\À¯n. MmsWm^p fm]mt`mN¯m]n^p¶p. AkapsX N®pNan AX¡n¸nXn¨ In^n. A¶mUyfm]n Aksasâ fp³kl¯p ssN]fÀ¯n. Fsâ kWyfm] D²m^\¯n AkÄ dÀfqZ¡p fpNan`qsX Ipän¸nXn¨p. “”””Wo l^n¡pw BhzUn¨tÃm-” AkapsX NphrSn¨n^n. “”””km, Wfp¡v tbmNmw”. b{Sw fp³bnÂk¨v, Uqt^¡ptWm¡n, GtSm HmÀfNan fpjpNn]n^n¡p¶ fm\nhm_nsW NX¶ptbm]t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp,
“”””H^n¡Â MmWpw f\nhm_nsâ fn«m]n km§m³ tbm]n«p*v”
”F¶n«v ? Wo]pw C§sWs]ms¡ sI]vtSm?”
“”””C{S]pw bmY§Ä Npt_¡jnªmt` bYn¡m³ bäq. Mm³ Hä Unkhw fm{Stf tbm]n«pÅq”
“”””bns¶t´ WnÀ¯n]Sv?”
“”””Fsâ H^p Nq«pNm^n b_ªn«m\v Mm³ tbm]Sv. f\nhmÀ H^pNp«n¡v BjvI]n H^pUnkhw fm{Stf sNmXp¡q. ASpsNm*v C¶nWn fäm^pw CknsX k^nÃ. MmWkapsX Unkhfm\v tbm]Sv. AkÄ b_ªn«ms\¶v b_ªt¸mÄ At±isfs¶ AN¯psNm*ptbm]n fn«m]n S¶p. AkÄ b_ªtbms` MmWpw K«n]nXmsS]m\v tbm]Sv. At±iw kas^ N^pS`pÅ Bam\v. Bs^]pw A¸wtbm`pw tWmkn¡nÃ. fp³bv sI]vSn«nÃm¯SpsNm*v At±i¯nsâ kn^ Fsâ bq_n N]_n]nÃ. bt£ At±iw Fsâ N´n kn^`p^hn FWn¡v HmÀPmhfp*m¡n. A§sW H^k]kw Fsâ l^o^¯n MmWmUyfm]n A_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. bns¶ Fs¶ fXn]n`n^p¯n, bq_nsâ Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n, ASnWnX]n At±i¯nsâ Np® k¨v Fsâ Nm`pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨p. Npt_tW^w At±ifSv AknsX]n«p^¨p. FWn¡v e]¦^ hpOwtSm¶n. Npt_¡jnªt¸mÄ At±i¯nsâ A^s¡«nsâ tkPS NqXn. A¸wNqXn Njnªt¸mÄ At±i¯nWv skÅwk¶p. ASnWnX]n FWn¡pw H¶n`VnNw {bmklyw HmÀPmhfp*m]n. ASn Nps_ Fsâ fpO¯pko\t¸mÄ MmWSv SpX¨pNaªp. bns¶ Fs¶ tVm¯nsNm*p SpX¨p fn«m]n]pw S¶pkn«p”.
“”””A{S hpOfms\¦n ko*pw tbmNmªsSt´?”
“”””AXp¯Unkhw MmWSv Fsâ fsäm^p Nq«pNm^nt]mXv b_ªp, AkaSv AkapsX tI¨nt]mXpw. AkapsX tI¨n Fs¶ tbXn¸n¨p. B\p§Ä AXp¯ Akh^¯n Ak^psX Np® sb®nsâ bq_n Np¯n]n_¡psf¶pw ASv e]¦^ tkUW]p*m¡psf¶pw AkÀ b_ªp. ASpsNm*v Mm³ bn¶oXnknsX k¶nÃ. Mm³ CX]v¡nX]v¡v ASv l^n]mt\ms]¶_n]m³ CknsX k¶p tWm¡m_p*v. CSpks^ f\nhmÀ Hä sb¬Np«nt]]pw A§sW sI]vSn«nÃ. AkÀ¡p tk*sSÃmw At±iw N¼nNp«³.sWäv