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N¼nNp«³.sWäv dm¡n]m]n AknsX Wà tkUW… AksW H¶p A]¨nXmsf¶p knIm^n¨v ssN FXp¯s¸mÄ sS¶n Smsj. AkÄ Nt¿msX bnXn¨p F¶v b_ªm fSn]sÃm” Mm³ ØnSnPSnNÄ knk^n¨p. “”½vw hwPSn ho^n]Êv B\sÃm.” hpWn kn`]n^p¯n. “”A½t]mXv b_]psf¶m eog\n. F§mWpw b_ªmÂ…bns¶ Sq§pNs] kjn DÅq. Akam]Sp sNm*m tbXn. In`¸w knan¨v b_]pw” “”G]v… A§sW k^m³ kjn]nÃ… Aka{S StâXn B]n^pt¶Â Wnsâ sINnXs¯m¶p IqsXmsX sbm«nt¨sW. Wo k^p¶ ks^ AkÄ fp_n¡p bp_¯n_§n]nà F¶tà b_tª… As¸m Akap b_]m³ hmVyS CÃ.” hpWn`nsâ Aen{bm]w l^n]ms\s¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. H^p bs£ AkÄ b_]nÃm]n^n¡pw. F´m]m`pw ^m{Sn¡p fp³sb ko«ns`¡v tbmN* F¶p Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p. fq¶mfs¯ _u*v Hjn¨Spw SoÀ¯Spw Mm³ A_nªtS CÃ… bn¼n^n B]n D_§n sbm]Spw A_nªnÃ…… ‘km… kÃSpw Njn¨n«v k^mw… knl¡p¶p…”” Fs¶ S«n Fjps¶Â¸n¨v sNm*v hpWn b_ªp. tW^w hÔy]m]n… C^p«p fqXn SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p. S`¡nt¸mjpw H^p fµn¸v. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv hpWn`nsâ bn¶ms` WX¶p… Fsâ Nm`p l^n¡v Wn`¯p_¡p¶nÃ. Umfptk«sâ Im]¡X]n tbm]n tbmt_m«]pw In¡³ N_n]pw Njn¨v ^*v ¥mÊv Wm^§m skÅw NpXn¨s¸mÄ B\v C¯n^n Blzmhfm]Sv. bns¶ ko*pw hpWn`nsâ ko«ns`s¡¯n Aksâ fp_n]ns`¡v F¯n. ¥mÊpNÄ FXp¯v H^p hv–tfmÄ Hjn¨v FWns¡m¶p Wo«n hpWn b_ªp. “”CSpw NqXn sNänt¡m… FÃmw Woäm]ns¡mÅpw.” ¥mÊv km§n Häk`n¡v ASp AN¯m¡n Mm³ N«n`nt`¡n^p¶p.

^m{Sn sskNp¶Sp ks^ Ht^m hv–tfmapNÄ AN¯v sbm]ns¡m*n^p¶p. “”FXm… Mm³ ko«ns`¡p tbm\p…”” hpWn`nsWmXp b_ªv Mm³ Fjps¶äp. “”Cu Wn`]n Wo sbmN*. C¶nknsX NnXt¶m” “”G]v… FWn¡v Npj¸sfm¶pw CÃ. ko«n tbm\w.” Mm³ S¸nS¸n bXnNÄ C_§n ssd¡nW^nNn F¯n. ÌmÀ«m¡m³ Ss¶ C¯n^n bmXpsb«p. Nm`pNapw N¿pw kj§p¶nÃ… ssd¡psfXp¯v Mm³ brps¡ ko«ns`s¡mXn¨p… Np_¨ S\p¯ Nmäv AXn¨s¸mÄ C¯n^n Blzmhw tSm¶n SpX§n. ko«n N`ym\n D*m¡ns]¡mkp¶ eqN¼§sa Np_n¨m]n^p¶p At¸mjpw In´. kjns] H^p bm*n t`m_n¡m^sâ sS_n tNs«¶ÃsS fäp Npj¸§Ä H¶pfnÃmsS ko«ns`s¡¯ns¸«p. ssd¡v sgZn sk¨v Mm³ Fsâ N¿n DÅ Imkn sNm*v NSNv Sp_¶v ANs¯¡v N]_n. Mm³ {bSo£n¨ tbms`m¶pw B^pw Nm¯n^n¸nÃ… D_¡fms]¶v tSm¶p¶p. Mm³ AVnNw lÐfp*m¡msS fp_n]ns`¡v WX¶p. fp_n]ns` C^p«n Mm³ Np_¨v tW^w C^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv