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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Smt¡m km§ns¡m*v sbm]n. Aksâ AÑWv sNm]¼¯q^n tKm`n B]Sv sNm*v AkÀ ko«n Nm\nÃ. AknsX sI¶v sk_psS än.kn tWm¡n C^n¡ps¼mÄ B\p H^p dp²n N¯n]Sv… ^tf¨ns] Nm\m³ tbm]ms`m? l^n]mknÃ… Cs¸m ^tf¨n]psX ko«n sbm]m Bs^¦n`pw Hs¡ Nm\pw. Mm³ koXp bq«n Smka¯nt`¡v WX¶p. Npa¡^]n Npan¡p¶k^psX Nq«¯n ^tf¨ns] Nm\mªSv Fs¶ Wn^mls¸Xp¯n. sk_psS H^p hnP^äpw N¯n¨v AknsX C^p¶t¸mÄ fSn`nsâ A^nNn Wn¶pw H^p lÐw. “”C¶v sNmtaKn sbm]ntÔ ^tf¨ns] N*v Fsâ DÅn ht´mgw sbm«ns]¦n`pw Mm³ bp_¯v Nm\n¨nÃ. “”hpOfnÃ… ASp sNm*v Sn^n¨v k¶Sm” Mm³ NÅ AhpOw AenW]n¨v sNm*v b_ªp. “”Wà S`tkUW. Njp¯p ks^ tkUWn¡p¶p” “”F¶n«ms\m Cu bpNs]ms¡ k`n¨v N]äps¶. Cu Np{´m*w Nm^\w B\v Hms^m AhpO§Ä k^ps¶” “”DbtUln¡p¶SÃsS H¶p Sn^p½n S^mw F¶p b_]p¶nÃsÃm ^tf¨n” Mm³ b^nekw WXn¨p. “”knNv–hv dmw Dt*m. Mm³ Sn^p½n S^mw” ^tf¨n fSn`nWXpt¯¡v WX¶v sNmH*v b_ªp. “”CknsX Wn¶ms\m Sn^p½ps¶. tk* tk* ^tf¨n¡v tks_ b\n Nm\pfm]n^n¡pw. sbm]v–t¡maq” Mm³ b_ªp “”l^n Mm³ ANt¯¡v k^mw. AknsX tks_ Bs^¦n`pw Dt*m?” ^tf¨n sImUn¨p. “”CknsX B^pw CÃ. Mm³ fm{Stf DÅq.” tSXn] kÅn Nm`n Ipän] hs´mg¯n Mm³ ko«nt`¡v WX¶p.^tf¨n H¶p hwl]n¨v ko«nWNt¯¡v k¶p. “”Mm³ dmw FXp¯n«v k^mw” Mm³ hpWn`nsâ fp_n]nt`¡v sbm]n. dmw FXp¯v Mm³ Smsjm«v k¶t¸mÄ ^tf¨n NmÀsbän C^p¶v än.kn Nm\p¶p. »uhnWpw `p¦n¡pfnX]n fX¡pNÄ B]n NnX¡p¶ WPvWfm] k]À… N_p¯ »uhnWpÅn koÀ¸pfp«n Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ… A`hfm]n sN«nsk¨n^n¡p¶ fpXn. Mm³ ^tf¨n]psX AXps¯¯n C^p¶p… F¶n«v S` B fXn]n Im]v¨p. “”CsS´m… fXn]nt`m«v N]_n NnX¡pkms\m?” ^tf¨n sImUn¨p “”bns¶ F§sW]m dmw tS¡ps¶” Mm³ Wngv–Na¦fm]n tImUn¨p. “”½vw… NÅsâ Dt±lw l^n]à tNt«m…”” Fsâ Nknan WpÅn ^tf¨n b_ªp. dmw Sp_¶v ASv Fsâ sWän]n tS¨p bSps¡ Sn^p½n. “”Sn^nªv NnX¡p… Njp¯n tS]v¡t*” Mm³ H^p klt¯¡p Sn^nªp…Cs¸mÄ ^tf¨n]psX k]_p Fsâ fpO¯nWp tWs^. ^tf¨n Fsâ Njp¯n dmw tS¨p Sn^p½ns¡m*v C^p¶p. Mm³ sfsà B k]_nt`¡p fpOw AXp¸n¨v sbm¡nanWp Smsj H^p D½ sNmXp¯p. sbm¡nanWp Smsj DÅ B fX¡v Mm³ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ¡v CX]n`m¡n… Fsâ Wm¡v Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n C^n¡p¶ B fmwhNgv\¯n Cjªp… H^p bpan¸pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv