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“”A¿Xm… As¸m Cu sI]vSSp WÃbnÅm^p Nm\n¡p¶Ssà ‘ – hpWn “”H¶pw b_]*… FÃmw b_ª sbms`… GätÃm?” – ^kn tks_ H¶pw b_]mWnÃm¯Sv sNm*v Mm³ fqan. Mm³ km\fXn¡p¶Sp Ck^p l^n¡p N*pNm\psfm? AtSm Ip½m H^p Duiw b_]p¶Ss\m… Iv–sJ tfmlfm]n -! ^tf¨ns] b^nbmXn WX¯ps¼mÄ Cks^ knant¡*n k^ptfm? Fsâ N¿n S«n hnP^äv S¶p sNm*v hpWn sImUn¨p “”it`m… CknsX Ds*m BlmsW… GSp t`mN¯m” “”^mkns` k¶ I^¡nsâ Nm^yw Bt`mIn¡pN]mkpw… CSn`qsX Nm_n bmªp tbmNp¶Sp N*p Np_¨p tW^s¯” ^kn]psX sImUyw. “”G]v ASm sNmS]m… N`ym\n… A½mksâ tfmÄ. Mm³ W½psX ^tf¨n]psX Nm^yw Bt`mIn¡pN]m]n^p¶p” hnP^äv N¯n¨p sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp. “”Rm B WX¡s« WX¡s«… Wo Aksa b^nbmXn B¡p¶Sp N*m fSn… bs£ C¡\¡nWp sbm]m Wnt¶¡mapw fpt¶ Mm³ Aksa Nan¡pw tfmtW…”” ‘A§sW ImXns¡_n H^msa Nan¡m³ bäpsfm Fsâ ^ko… FÃmw H¶p H¯p k^t*” “”Rm Wo C§sW W¼q^n fÀ½w sWm¡p¶ tbms` C^p¶m tks_ B¼ntÅÀ `ksa]pw sNm*p sbmNpw” hpWn Aksâ Aen{bm]w b_ªp.””CSn`pw NqXpS Akap £\n¡t\m… Wo H^p… Asæn`pw AXn¡m³ A_n]mkp¶ksâ N¿n kXn Nn«nÃtÃm…”” ^kn]psX b^nSmbw. ^kn b_]p¶Sn`pw Nm^yfp*v… A¶s¯ B NpanhoWnWp fp³bv hpWn`pw ^kn]pw sgÍn D*m]n^p¶t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv