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N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶m`m^m tfQm?”
“”””shN-vhv BklyfpÅ B\p§saÃmw AknsX tbmNpw. AkÀ¡p NmlpsNmXp¯m B\p§Ä¡mklyfpÅsSÃmw AkÀsNmXp¡pw. Bs^]pw l`ys¸Xp¯msS Kokn¡p¶ H^pWà hv{So]m\kÀ”.
Aks^ fp³bv N* HmÀf FWn¡nÃm]n^p¶p. tfQ¡p Ft¸mjpw, FÃmNm^y¯n`pw bSnkn¡knª N^pS`p*v. A]`s¯ b_¼v fp_n¨pNX¶v AkÄ IpäpbmXpw tWm¡n. kmSn Sp_¶pNnX¸ps*¦n`pw Bs^]pw AknsX Nm\mWp*m]n^p¶nÃ. H^nÃn¡mXnsâ]pw kmj¡q«¯nsâ]pw CX]n Fs¶ WnÀ¯n AkÄ ko«nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p. AXp¡as]mjnsN H^pÄfp_n fm{Stf B koXnWpÅp. B DÄfp_n]psX Im^n]n^p¶ KWm` AkÄ bmSnSp_¶n«p. Ct¸mÄ Mm³ Wn¡p¶nX¯pWn¶v ASnWNw fpjpk³ Nm\mw. AkÄ sbs«¶v Fsâ]Xps¯¯n. “”””AkÀ Npan¨pNjnªp. B Bä^nNnt`¡v tWm¡nt¡m. Ak^nt¸mÄ k^pw. Bs^¦n`pw k^mWpÅt¸mjm\v AkÀ CX]n Npan¡m³ tbmkpN”. M§Ä H^pkmj]psX D\§n] kmjss¡NapsX DXp¯psN«nWnX]n Han¨p. AÂbwNjnªp WW¨ Sp\nNÄ sW©n`fÀ¯n, Cu_³fp*pIpän] hpµ^n]m] B hv{So HSp¡pNÄ N]_n ko«ns`¯n. ssN]ns` Cu_³Sp\nNÄ fpäs¯ A]]n kn^n¨p Ak^Nt¯¡v N]_n. Ipän]n^p¶ Cu_³fp*nWXn]n`qsX Ak^psX l^o^emP§Ä fn¡km_pw W¶m]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. Sp_n¨p tWm¡n]n^p¶ Fsâ N®pNÄ tfQ ssNsbm¯n f_n¨n«p sIkn]n b_ªp, “”””CSn¡qXpS Aks^ Nm\*”. H^pbs£ DÄfp_n]nÂWn¶v AkÀ tkgw fm_p¶SpsNm*mkpw, tfQ Fsâ N®nÂWn¶v ssNs]Xp¯nÃ. AkÄ ssN fmän]t¸mÄ AkÀ HäfÃpXp¯p, tWÀ¯ tkm]n`nsâ dvauhpfm]n k^m´]n Wn¡p¶p. Bs^t]m {bSo£n¡p¶Sptbms` AkÀ CXkjn]nt`¡v tWm¡nWn¶p.

AÂbw Njnªp, f²yk]ÊpNjnª, sf`nª H^p fWpgy³, fp*pfX¡n¡p¯n, IpäpbmXpw tWm¡n, H^pNÅsWt¸ms`, sfsà HSp¡pN]_n k¶p. Ak^psX Ip*n H^p bp©n^nknXÀ¶p. bt£, A]mapsX fpOw sX³gWn`m]n^p¶p. k^m´]n N]_n IpäpbmXpw H^pk«w NqXn tWm¡n]tlgw A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v NX¶p. Ak^pw DÅnÂNX¶p kmSn`X¨p. bmSnSp_¶ KWm`]n`qsX DÄklw fpjpk³ Nm\m³Njnªt¸mjm\v Mm³ tfQ]psX N^pS`nsW¡p_n¨p NqXpS tdmVkmWm]Sv. AkÀ bp©n^nt]msX A]mtamXv b_ªp, “”””hmÀ tbXnt¡*. Wm«pNm^m^pw Fs¶ Db{Ukn¡t]m Ct§m«p k^nNt]m sI¿nÃ. Bkly¡mÀ fm{Stf CknsX k^q. C{S]pw Nm`fm]n«pw hm_nWnSv fWÊn`m]ntÃ?”. A]mapsX fpOs¯ sX³g³ Np_ªp. AkÀ sNmXp¯ skÅw k`n¨pNpXn¨pNjnªt¸mÄ AkÀ A]mapsXtf`n tIÀ¶pWn¶p. A]mÄ Aks^ k`SpssNsNm*v Ipän¸nXn¨ptIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n, N¼nNp«³.sWäv