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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^Sn]n sb®nsW H¶n NqXpS Sk\ ^SnfqÀ¨]n F¯n¨ Wm]N·m^psX NTNÄ Hs¡ l^n]ms\m? b`Spw Bs`mIn¨v Mm³ Fs¸msjm Mm³ D_¡¯ns`¡v kjpSn.””KnWq… Wo Fjpt¶äntà CSp ks^… f\n 11 BNp¶p.” A½]psX knan tN«m\v Mm³ D\À¶Sv. “”½vw…”” fqans¡m*v Mm³ Sn^nªp NnX¶p. “”A§sW Wo Sn^nªp NnX¶p_§*. Fjpt¶Â¡v tfmsW. C{S]VnNw D_§n]m tNXm…”” A½ Fs¶ Fjps¶Â¸nt¨ AX§q F¶p fWÊn`m]s¸mÄ Mm³ bSps¡ N®p Sp_¶p. N®v fªan¡p¶ skan¨w…Mm³ ko*pw bpS¸nWXn]ns`¡v k`n]p¶Sv N*v A½ bpS¸p k`n¨p. “”sÈym… H¶v D_§mWpw h½Sn¡nÃ… Cu A½.” Mm³ b^mSn b_ªv Fjpt¶äp tWs^ Npanfp_n]ns`¡p WX¶p. ASv Npän]n«n^n¡p¶p. “”B^m At½ Npanfp_n]nÂ.” “”N`ym\n B]n^n¡pw” “”bns¶ Mm³ F§sW]m bsÃms¡ tS¡ps¶. Akap k^p¶Sp ks^ Mm³ D_§s«…”” ko*pw H^p D_¡¯nWpÅ kjn sSanªsÃm F¶p ht´mgn¨v Mm³ b_ªp “”Smsj]pw D*sÃm Npanfp_n… At§m«p tbmXm…”” fp_n]ns`¡p WX¶ Fs¶ A½ HmXn¨p. Mm³ AknsX Ss¶ S¸n¸nXn¨v Wn¡ps¼mÄ N`ym\n C_§n k¶p. sbänt¡m«v sbms` DÅ H^p Hä]pXp¸m\v tkgw… fp`NÄ SpÅn¨mXp¶Sp N*n«v Smsj H¶pw C«n«nsöp sSm¶p¶p. CÃ… WWknsâ bn¶n AkapsX C^p* Ipk¸p N`À¶ fp`¡®pNÄ Nm\mw… Fsâ sWm«w N*n«v N`ym\n XÆs`Xp¯v fm_nWp Np_psN C«v f_¨p. H¶v Iqans¡m*v Mm³ tWm«w fmän tWs^ Npanfp_n]ns`¡v N]_n. kmSn`X¨v Mm³ fpOw NjpNn {dgn tbÌv FXp¡ps¼mÄ kmSn`n H^p fp«v. “”B^m…”” MmWp_s¡ tImUn¨p “”Cäv–hv fo… kmSn H¶p Sp_¡msfm?” bp_¯v N`ym\n]psX hz^w. “”F´nWm… Cs¸m Sp_¡m³ bänÃ…”” Mm³ b_ªp. “”H^p hmVWw FXp¡mWm..” “”F´v hmVWw Bs\¶v b_” “”ssk tZm*vXv ]q Hm¸¬ U tZmÀ” fUm½ Cw¥ogn SpX§n. “”Mm³ Sq_ns¡m*n^n¡pkm… AtSm*v.” “”Ño… ]q sg]nws`Êv Sn§v… Mm³ bns¶ FXps¯mamw” {dgv km]nt`¡n«v Mm³ Ipäpw tWm¡n. F´m\v AkÄ f_¶Smtkm? Hä sWm«¯n H¶pw N*nÃ. tXm]ns`äv hoän C^p¶t¸mÄ B\Sv Mm³ N*Sv. kmgv–sd]v–hnWp Smsj C^n¡p¶ IkäpsNm«]psX fqXn¡nX]n`qsX SÅn Wn¡p¶ H^p skÅ sbmSn.[l`ws

CsS´m\mskm??? Mm³ Fjpt¶äv fqXn Sp_¶p ASp ssN¿ns`Xp¯p tWm¡n… At¿… sf³hÊv BNps¼mÄ sb®p§Ä Dbt]mPn¡p¶ bmZv…. ASn`¸Xn tIm^… H^p skXp¡p f\kpw. Smsj ko\ bmZv H^ä¯v bnXn¨v Mm³ ASv Sn^n¨v IkäpsNm«]n C«p ssN NjpNn.

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