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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm\ptfm? fWÊns` In´NÄ f\n¡p«Wn`pw F¯n. f\n¡p«³ gÍn¡pÅn C^p¶v Fjpt¶äSv H^n¯n^n tkUWt]msX Mm³ A_nªp. gÍn D^]mSn^n¡m³ Mm³ H^p ssN sNm*v gÍn Smtjm«n_¡n AksW skan]ns`Xp¯p. B sk®¡p*nNÄ tWm¡n H^p ssN bnXn¨mt`m Fs¶Wn¡p*m]n^p¶p… bs£ tkUW… ASp sNm*v Mm³ N`ym\n]psX B sk®¡p*nNsa Fsâ fWÊnt`¡v bNÀ¯n. gÍn¡pÅn bmZv sk¨v ASv ko*pw Sn^n¨v CXps¼mÄ N`ym\n]psX I¡^bq_nsâ UÀlWw Nn«psfm F¶p tWm¡n Mm³ Wn¶p. kaÀ¶p sNm*n^p¶ f\n¡p«³ ko*pw tkUWNÄ D\À¯n. H^p ssN sNm*v Mm³ f\n¡p«sW sbmSnªv Blzhn¸n¡ps¼mÄ B\v sbs«¶v f_pssN kjpSn]Sv. I´n]pw SÃn tWs^ bm^¸äns`¡v ko\p. AN¯v NmÂsb^pfmäw… Mm³ fSn`nWXpt¯¡p k`nªp. kmSn`nsâ hm£]psX lÐw tN«v Mm³ tkPw dm¡\n]nt`¡v HmXn fp³ kl¯v Wn¶p. “”Wo F´m CknsX sI¿ps¶…”” kmSn¡ N`ym\n]psX kn_¡p¶ hz^w. Wm\t¡XpwtUgykpw Hs¡ sIÀ¶p fpOw BsN Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p. “”MmsWm¶pw sI¿p¶nÃsÃm…”” f\n¡p«³ SoÀ¯n^n¡p¶ NqXm^w f_]v¡m³ `p¦n tft`m«v sbm¡n¸nXn¨v Mm³ b_ªp.””Wo fp_n]n F¯n tWm¡n]nsÃ? ]q ZÀ«n sshz³…”” N`ym\n Io_n “”Mm³ A½m]ns]mXv b_ªv sNmXp¡p¶p*v…”” Ikn«n sfSn¨v AkÄ WX¶N¶p. kmSn D_s¡ AX¡p¶ lÐw tN«p.
Iv–sJ… H¶pw tk*m]n^p¶p… AkÄ A½s]mXv F§mWpw b_ªmÂ… CsSms¡ AÑWpw A½mkWpw A_nªmÂ… bns¶ Fs¶ KoksWmsX skt¨¡nÃ… Hmt^m hf]¯v tSm¶p¶ UpÀdp²nNÄ… CWn CknsX Wn¶m l^n]mknÃ… A½t]mXv b_ªv Mm³ hpWn`nsâ ko«nt`¡n_§n.

hpWn`nsâ koXXp¡pwsSm_pw FWn¡v AknsX sbmNp¶SnsW bän Bl¦]m]n… Fsâ b^mK]¯nsâ NT AktWmXv b_]m³ Wm\t¡Xv. Mm³ k*n Sn^n¨v tWs^ Umfptk«sâ Im]¡X]ns`¡p kn«p. “”R… F´m KnWq… C¶p Nq«pNm^WntÃ…”” Umfptk«³ sImUn¨p. “”hpWn`nsW C¶p N*nà Umfptk«m… NXp¸¯n H^p Im]… hv–sbgyÂ…”” Mm³ b_ªp “”NXn kÃSpw tkt\m tfmsW” Im] sNm*v sk¨v Umfptk«³ sImUn¨p. “”^*v b^n¸pkX]pw bjw sbm^n]pw sbm^s« Umfptk«m” kmSn¡ hpWnÂ. “”Rm… Mm³ sImUn¨tS DÅq I§mSns]knsX F¶v…”” Umfptk«³ hpWn`ntWmXm]n b_ªp “”Wo k^p¶Spw Cu kjn sbm^p¶Spw Mm³ ko«n Wn¶pw N*p. CknsX¡]n^n¡pw F¶v Duin¨p.” AXp¯p k¶n^p¶v hpWn b_ªp. Mm³ H¶p fqan Im] H^p k`n NpXn¨p. Umfptk«³ NXn sk¨n«p sbm]SnWp tlgw lÐw Smjv¯n Ak³ sImUn¨p “”F´mXm N¼nNp«³.sWäv