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N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^`psNm*pw Ip*psNm*pw sI]vSpsNmXp¯m`pw H^n¡`pw At±iw Ak^psX bq_n sI¿m_nÔ.
“”””bns¶ Wos]´psI]vSp?”
“”””At±iw Nm\n¨pS¶ Nm^y§Ä Mm³ SWnt] sI]vSp. WnW¡_n]mftÃm, FWn¡nknsX Wns¶¡qXmsS Nq«pNm^nsöv- MmsWsâ H³bSpk]Êp fpS ASpsI¿p¶p*v. A¶v Wo Sos^ Np«n]m]n^p¶tÃm. ASpsNm*m\v Wnt¶mXv MmWSv b_]mSn^p¶Sv. NjnªkÀgw AkVn¡m`¯nWv– fp³bm\v Mm³ {bm]fm]Sv. NjnªkÀgw Wok^pt¼mÄ ASv b_]mWn^p¶Sm\v. bt£ Wo k¶nÃtÃm”.
“”””{bm]fmkpNs]¶m F´m\v?”
“”””sb¬Np«nNapsX PÀeml]w bqÀ®kaÀ¨s]¯n]m fmh¯n Wm`pUnkhw PÀeml]¯nÂWn¶pÅ tIm^ bq_n`qsX bp_s¯mjpNpw. At¸mÄ M§Ä K«n¡Xn]n WmbvNn³ k]v¡pw, tIm^ bp_¯ptbmNmsS. Mm³ {bm]fm]t¸mÄ A½ b_ªp, CWn bp^pgsâ hvO`Ww CSnWN¯pko\m PÀefp*mkpsf¶pw ASv knkmitlgw fm{Stf bmXpÅpsk¶pw. bp^pghvO`Ww H^n¡Â tW^n«pw bn¶oXv b`{bmklyw AÃmsS]pw N*n«pÅSpsNm*v FWns¡Ãmw fWÊn`m]n”.
Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨pWX¡pN]m\v. AkapsX NX¡®p Fsâ fp³kl¯pv dÀfqZ]n`ms\¶pw Mm³ {l²n¨p. Fsâ fWÊt¸mjpw f\nhm_nsâ N¼n]m]Np® B tb^_n]m¯ sb¬Np«n]psX bqÀ¨p*pNan D^hp¶Spw AkapsX SpX]nXp¡n`qsX sbm§n Smjp¶Spfm]n^p¶p. Fsâ dÀfqZ]v¡p fp¶ns` {UpSI`W§Ä {l²n¨n«mkpw Aksas¶ bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n. GSmWpw Wnfng§ÄsNm*v Fsâ dÀfqZ]psX fp³emPw WWªpNpSnÀ¶p. Npt_tW^w Mm³ tfQ]psX tSman S`Im]v¨pWn¶p. AÂbtW^wNjnªp AkapsX sbm«n¨n^n D]À¶p, “”””WnW¡v tbm]n, AtÃ?”. Mm³ fpOw Smjv¯n. Aksasâ WWª dÀfqZ]v¡v fpNan`qsX St`mXn. AknXs¯ WWkv sSm«pWm¡nÂk¨p. AkÄ k`SpssNsNm*v Fs¶ Ipän¸nXn¨p, CXSpssN sNm*v dÀfqZ]v¡pfpNan`qsX Fsâ SaÀ¶ Np®s] St`mXn.
“”””F§sW]m\v tfQm fpSnÀ¶kÀ sI¿p¶Sv?”
“”””WnW¡v Nm\t\m?”
Mm³ AtSs]¶v S`]m«n. Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨v {Pmf¯nsâ Aät¯¡v WX¶p. fp³bv M§Ä AVnNw WX¶n«nÃm¯ kjn]m]n^p¶p ASv. Bänsâ Hm^w tIÀ¶v M§Ä Nps_ WX¶p. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, “”””CsSsâ AXp¯Nm`s¯ ^hN^fm] N*pbnXn¯fm\v”.

{PmfmSnÀ¯n]ns` Häs¸« H^p sI_n] koXnWptWs^]m\v Aksas¶ sNm*ptbm]Sv. Ht¶m ^t*m fp_nNapÅ HmXn« H^psNm¨pkoXv. kmj¡q«kpw CÃn¡qX`pfpÅ H^psNm¨p ka¸v. Np_¨pUqs^k¨pSs¶ AkÄ b_ªpS¶p, “”””sbm¶½ F¶ptb^pÅ H^p hv{So fm{Sfm\nknsX Smfhn¡p¶Sv. W½psX Wm«ns` Ht^s]m^p tkly]m\kÀ”.
“”””tkly N¼nNp«³.sWäv