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N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*p. AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n klyfm]n bp©n^nIp. FWn¡v– F´v– sI¿\sf¶v A_n]msS S` Sn^n¨p.

bns¶ skÅfXn SpX§n. Wng¡pw Wà N¸mhnän B]n^p¶p. FÃmk^pw 2F®w koSw kn«p. F¶n«v– ^mtKgv– H^p hnPs^äv– N¯n¨p. FWn¡v– Bs\¦n k`n¡m³ fp«n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. MmWpw N¯n¨p. Np_¨v– Njnªt¸mÄ Wng ^tKgnsâ hnPs^äv– km§n k`n SpX§n. Mm³ BUyfm]m\p C{S hpµ^n B] H^p sb®p k`n¡p¶Sp N*Sv–. ^mtKgv– B hnPs^äv– Sn^nsN km§n k`n¨t¸mÄ Wng Fsâ hnPs^äv– km§n k`n¨p. F¶n«v– Sn^nsN S¶p. FWn¡v– B hnPs^äv– ko*pw k`n¡pt¼mÄ H^p t^mfm©w AWpeks¸«p.

skÅfXn SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ fq{Ssfmjn¡m³ tbm]n. Sn^nsN k^p¶ hf]¯v– Wng NnIWn Wn¶v Ft´m FXp¡m³ tbmNpN]m]n^p¶p. Fs¶ SXªp WnÀ¯n Fsâ Np«sW tWm¡n b_ªp. “”Mm³ N*p””. F¶n«v– ko*pw klyfm]n In^n¨p. FWn¡v– F´m sIt¿*Sp F¶p A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. Mm³ AknsX Wn¶v Ak^psX ssN S«n fmän dm¡\n]nt`¡v– tbm]n.

Np_¨v– Njnªp AkÀ dm¡\n]nt`¡v– k¶p. F¶n«v– Fsâ AXp¯v– C^p¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n N®p_n¡n Nm\n¨p. At¸msj¡pw ^mtKgv– Wà H^p bm«v– bmXn SpX§n. A§sW FÃmk^pw tIÀ¶v B ^m{Sn BtQmgn¨p. C¶p F´m]m`pw Fsâ hpir¯ntWmXv– Wngs] bän tImUn¡\sf¶v knIm^n¨p_¸n¨p.

A§sW BtQmgw Njnªp AkÀ Ak^psX _qfnt`¡v– tbm]n. tbmNpt¼mÄ ^mtKgnsâ ssN Wng]psX Np*n]n B]n^p¶p. ^*p tb^pw BXn BXn Ak^psX _qfn tbm]n. C¶v AknsX Wà H^p Nan D*mNpsf¶v FWn¡v– fWÊn`m]n.

M§apw _qfn F¯n.

Fsâ hpir¯v– F§sW D*m]n^p¶p F¶v tImUn¨p. Mm³ AXnsbman B]n F¶p b_ªp. F¶n«v–, “”Zm, B Wng Bsa§sW]m?””

“”Wo F´m Dt±ln¡p¶Sv–?””

“”tks_ H¶pw tSm¶^pSv–.. Wà I^¡m\p. Wà Nj¸pfps*¶v tSm¶p¶p.. WnW¡v– kà Im³hv– Nn«n]n«pt*m?””

“”AkÄ Np_¨v– Nm\n¨v– S^pw. bns¶ W½sa W¶m]n fqZv– B¡pw. AÃmsS H¶pw H¯nsÃXm””.

“”F´v– ewPn]mXm.. FWn¡v– N¼n]m]n. AkapsX sfm`]pw Np*n]pw sbm¡napw. Hm H¶pw b_]*m.. Mm³ Ct¸mÄ k^mw. H¶p km\fXn¨n«v–“”

F¶v b_ªp Mm³ bp_s¯ tXm]v–s`än tbm]n. tbmNp¶ kjn Ak^psX sdZv _qfnsâ kmSn`nsâ AXp¯v– tbm]n F´m DÅn WX¡p¶S_n]m³ kmSn`n sIkn tIÀ¯v– sk¨p.

“”^mtKgv–, c¡v– fo imÀZv–. h¡v– N¼nNp«³.sWäv