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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssXtf…”” bntÅ^psX BßPSw. s{Xman sNm*p Nm_nsâ AXp¯p sI¶p hmVW§Ä Hms^m¶p Mm³ Zn¡n]ns`¡p fmän. AkÄ sNm¨½ sbms` tWs^ Nm_nsâ bn¶n N]_n C^p¶p. “”MmsW´m CkapsX ss{Zks_m… CkÄs¡m¶p fn*n]ms`´m km]n Wn¶pw fp¯p sbmjn]psfm? Ai¦m^¯nsâ eÞm^w Ss¶…”” Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp.
“”sbmNp¶ kjn¡v Nm¸n kÃSpw Njn¡s\m” NmÀ F]ÀsbmÀ«v kn«s¸mÄ Mm³ H^p DbIm^¯nWp sImUn¨p. “”tWm WoZv…”” N`ym\n sfmjnªp.
“”Hm… Aksam^p fUm½… Cw¥ogp fm{Stf km]n Wn¶pw sbmjn]q…”” F¶p b_]\w F¶p*m]n^p¶p, b_ªnÃ… ko«n F¯p¶Sp ks^ bns¶ M§Ä H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

ko«n F¯n]t¸mÄ A½]pw AÑWpw Nm¯p Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Npl`§Ä Hs¡ b_ªp ANt¯¡p sbmNps¼mÄ A½ knan¨p b_ªp… ‘KnWp… AkapsX sb«ns]ms¡ fpNans` fp_n]n skt¨¡q.” “”Hm… AkapsX “”sb«n’ Nn«ns]¦n H¶p “”sk¡mfm]n^p¶p’.Gs´m^p sb«n…(Np*n¡v sb«n F¶p H^p Ab^Wmfw Wm«n`p*v) CkÄ¡v C{S]pw “”knk^kpw knUymeymhkpw’ D*m]n^p¶nÃtÃm Mm³ AkhmWw N*s¸mÄ…”” Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. sb«ns]ms¡ fpNan sk¨p Mm³ Stj¡n_§ps¼mÄ A½]pw N`ym\n]pw hwhm^n¨v sNm*p fpNans`¡p k^p¶p. “”At½ Mm³ hpWn`nsâ koXp ks^ sbm]n«p k^mw.” “”Wo Du\p Njn¡m³ F¯ntÃ?” “”In`s¸mÄ sskNpw… F{S]pw tkPw k^m³ sWm¡mw” “”§m… NÃpsfmÄ DÅStÃ… M§Ä sW^s¯ Njn¡pw…”” ‘B l^n…”” Mm³ ssd¡psfXp¯v tWs^ hpWn^mkns` fpS H^p bpN DÅn sIÃm¯Snsâ kngfw. k]`nsâ Aä¯m\v hpWn`nsâ koXv… koXnsâ bn¶n`pÅ tSm«¯n sS§pw fmkpw Hs¡ B]n Wà S\ B\v. tSm«Snsâ Aäs¯ fSn`n C^p¶m b©m]¯p Npakpw Npa¡Xkpw Hs¡ Nm\mw. fSn`nsâ H^p A^nNn DÅv H^p sNm¨p sgZv B\v M§apsX Smkaw. bpNk`n]pw AknsX sI¯p¶ s{cgv NÅpw bns¶ NXkn Npan¡m³ k^p¶ sb®p§apw… ASv M§apsX Øn^w tN{µw BNm³ tks_´v tk\w. MmWpw hpWn`pw bns¶ sI¯pNm^³ ^kn]pw AknsX NqXm¯ Unkh§Ä Np_km\v. ssd¡v tSm«Snsâ bp_¯v sk¨p Mm³ tWs^ Smka¯nt`¡p kn«p. “”FknsX B]n^ps¶Xm CSp ks^… NÅv bpan¨p Nm\pw…”” NÅpNpXw Wo«ns¡m*v hpWnÂ. “”H^p fUm½s] F]ÀsbmÀ«n sI¶p BW]n¡m³ sbm]Sm. Wo B k`n]ns§Xpt¯.” “”^tf¨nWns¶ tWm¡n CknsX Ipän¸än Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p… 10 fnWn«v fp³sb sbm]tS DÅq.” “”Iv–sJ… ^mkn`s¯ N\n]pw b©m^]pw sbm]sÃm…”” Npa¡Xkns` Fsâ Øn^w Npän]m\v ^tf¨n N¼nNp«³.sWäv