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N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpOs¯m^p km«w? Akan¶s` C_§n k¶ntÃ?” “”G]v ASÃ… ko«n H^p {blv–Ww” “”F´v bän? Wo N`ym\n]pfm]n ko*pw DX¡nt]m?” “”½vw” Mm³ fqan. “”FXm Cu DXs¡ms¡ Naªv AktamXv Nq«pNqsXXm… Wnsâ A½mksâ tfmam]Sv sNm*v bpNjv¯pN]Ã… F´m D^p¸Xn… Fs¶ H¶p b^nI]s¸Xps¯Xm” Mm³ fpOs¯m^p In^n k^p¯n ko*pw S` NpWn¨n^p¶p. “”CsSs´m Nm^yfm] DX¡m\sÃm… F´mXm Nm^yw. F´m]m`pw tbms«… km Wfp¡p Smka¯ns`¡v sbmNmw. WsÃm^p shm]¼³ hmVWw H¸n¨n«p*v.”

Im]]pw NXn]pw Hs¡ SoÀ¯v M§Ä Smka¯nt`s¡¯n.AknsX F¯n]s¸mÄ Mm³ H^p hnP^äv N¯n¡ps¼mtj¡v hpWn hmVWkpw B]n F¯n. “”s¥³cnXn¨v” F¶ scm_n³ knhv–NnNapsX S`sSm«¸³ “”CsSknsX¶v H¸n¨p Wo? AXnsbman…”” Np¸n N¿n FXp¯v sNm*v Mm³ sImUn¨p. “”W½psX H^p Nhn³ Updm]n Wn¶pw k^pt¼mÄ sNm*v k¶Sm. ^kns]mXv Mm³ Np_¨v N^n¡v sI¯m³ b_ªn«p*v.” Wnfng§Ä¡Nw N^n¡pNapw sNm*v ^kns]¯n fq¶v N^n¡pNÄ sI¯n ASn`pÅ skÅw bNpSns]maw NÅpNpX¯nt`¡v bNÀ¶v Np¸n sbm«n¨v N^n¡ns`¡v Hjn¨p. Ht^m N^n¡v sbm¡n Int]jv–hv b_ªp FÃmk^pw H^p NknÄ C_¡n. “”knhv–Nn C¯n^n NqXns¸m]nsà F¶m…”” hpWn b_ªp “”G]v C¯n^n Np_ªp sbmt]m¶m…”” ^kn Ssâ Aen{bm]w b_ªp “”§m… Unkhkpw b«]Xn¡p¶ WnWs¡ms¡ A§sWt] tSm¶q” CXs¡m^p bpN]pw N¯n¨v bSps¡ M§Ä H^p N^n¡v Nm`n]m¡n. AXp¯ _u*v Hjn¨p NpXn¨v SpX§n]s¸msj¡pw Mm³ bSps¡ HjpNm³ SpX§n. “”Mm³ sbms«… FWns¡mjn¡*…”” Np¸n A§sW Ss¶ Nfjv¯n H^p NknÄ NpXn¨v ^kn b_ªp. “”FXm… Nq¼v N^nªp sbmNpw Wo C§sW NpXn¨m”hpWn lmhn¨p. “”WnWs¡mjn¡s«…”” Fsâ D¯^¯nWp Nm¯p Wn¡msS hpWn Hjn¨p.
^*mw _u*v Njn¨psNm*v C^n¡ps¼mÄ Fsâ ssN¿n Wn¶pw hnP^äv FXp¯v sNm*v hpWn b_ªp… ‘F´mXm Wo C§sW A*n sbm] A®msW sbms` C^n¡ps¶… In]À A¸v fm³…”” ‘A*n]pw sbm]n fmWkpw sbm]n tfmsW” S`¡p bnXn¨ knhv–Nn S¶ hzS{´¯n Mm³ b_ªp. F¦n`pw C¶`s¯ Wm\t¡XnsW Np_n¨p b_]m³ Fsâ AenfmWw h½Sn¨nÃ. “”C¶v ^mkns` Np«n¡j¸p fq¯p F¶p b_ªm fSn]sÃm… B f_ptSsX fp_n]n MmsWm¶p F¯n tWm¡n” “”FXm NÅm… AksamXv HX¡ms\¶sà Wo b_sª… F¶n«v…”” ‘Rm… H^p d`ioW Wnfng¯n A§sW bäns¸m]n… ho³ bnXn¨t¸mÄ Np® sbm§n” “”hzmemknNw…”” hpWn fpjpfn¨p. “”C¶`s¯ hwek¯nsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv