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N¼nNp«³.sWäv .. N`ym\¯nWm]n«v sWÂh¬ Npªv– FXp¯Sm …W½¡v {Sm\n]ntÃ`pw NpªnWv tfml¡m^Wmkm³ bäm¯nÃtÃm …””‘ A]mÄ km§ns¡m*p k¶ Be^\s¸«nNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Sp_¶v hz´wNjp¯n`pw N¿n`psfms¡ sk¨p tWm¡pN]m\½ .

“””” tim .. CSnsWms¡ H¯n^n ssbh]m]n Nm\pw Asà Nptª “””” A]msas]m¶p tWm¡n]n«v k`n] bm`¡m fm` FXpt¯m\v k¶p Njp¯n`n«p fm_n Wn¶v ewPn tWm¡n A½ . A½]psX N®v Wn_ªt¸mÄ bmkw tSm¶n . H^p N\¡nWv tWm¡n]m A½s] sSäpb_]m³ Bkptfm? hz´w f¡Ä Wà Wn`s¡¯\sf¶m\tÃm GsSm^½]pw B{Pin¡pN

“”‘ Nptª … F§sW]p*v ?”’ sWÂhsâ tWs^ tWm¡n A½ tImUn¨t¸mam\v A]mant`¡v N®v tbm]Sv .

“”‘ sNmÅmw ..hm_mt½sX tfmatÃym..sNm]¸sfm*mNptfm ?”’ Ssâ A^]nt`¡v tWm¡n]]mÄ b_ªt¸mÄ Nm_n¯p¸Wm\v tSm¶n]Sv . S_mb_msNm]mfm]m ¶pÅ hwhm^w ..FknXp¶v Nn«nt]m ASv ..G¨pw Np_p¡ow b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡pt¼mtj lÀ²n¡m³ k^pw . A]msa¶m As½ A§sW hwhm^n¡ps¶s]¶v BWntfmav tImUn¨Sv tN« A]mÄ b_ªSv Ct¸mjpw HmÀf]p*v

“””” Mm bt] Wm«nt¼m_¯pNm^Wt`ym CtS dm]o d^q “”””
F¶n«v sMansªm^p Wn¸pw

“””” tim .. Atf^n¡]ns`ms¡ tbm]n«pw sWÂh¬ hm_nWv Wm«ps¼m_s¯ emg]m Cãw “”‘ NÅpsI¯pNm^³ N_¼³ ^mQk³ B\Sv b_ªSv . CX¡m]mapw N_¼Wpw NqsX k]k]m¶p b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡mw .

“”‘ Wo Npan¡p¶ntà ?”’ dmSv_qw Sp_¶v hm_ bp_t¯¡v k¶t¸mjm\v N¿n s{ZÊpw bnXn¨p Wn¶mt`mINan Wn¶p\À¶Sv . Aka½s] H¶v tWm¡n . Njp¯n_¡w DÅ H^p Éokv–s`hv Pu¬ .ASpw tUi¯n_pNn bnXn¨p NnX¡p¶Sv . Np*n]pw fp`]psfms¡ SÅn Wn¡p¶psk¶Sv fm{Sfà , fp`]psX Im`pw AN¯n«n^n¡p¶ N_p¯ {dm]pw ASns`mSp§m¯ fp`Napw Hs¡ Nm\mw bp_t¯¡v

“””” A½¡v tks_ s{ZsÊm¶pfntà ?”’

“””” btjsSÃmw ko«n`m … CSv Npªv– tfXn¨p S¶Sm .. C¸js¯ Hmt^m b^ngv–Nm^§sa..Aiv .. Npªv– Atf^nt¡`pw fäpw kaÀ¶Stà … bns¶ NmslmÅ Npª½ms^ms¡ CSptbm`s¯]m CXps¶¶v ..tW^mXo tfmsa … kXt¡s` sh`oWm½]pw ko«n`nSptbm`s¯]m CXps¶ .. W½¡nsSm¶pw bj¡fnÃmt¯m*m … Rm ..Wo kÀ¯mWw b_ªp Wn¡msS Npan¡m³ tWm¡v . hUy¡m^v dm¡n S¶ Bim^fpÅsSÃmw sWÂh¬ Npªv– B AWmTm`]¯nWv sNmXp¯p … Npªnsâ Wà fWhm .. bmks¸s«ms^ him]n¡pw .. N*ntà .. tkt\ Wà b\¡m^v sb®p§sa Nn«m¯ntà N¼nNp«³.sWäv