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N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶pw ^tf¨n A§sW Sp_¶p Nm\n¨n«nÃ… Fs¶msXm^p {btSyN Cãw DÅSp sNm*tà ^tf¨n Ssâ ^ihy§Ä FÃmw FWn¡p fp¶n Sp_¶Sp. Fs¶ tWm¡n]pÅ B Wm\n¨ In^n]pw WOw NXn¡`pw FÃmw H^p £\ftÃ… HmÀ¡pt´m_pw FWn¡v ^tf¨ns] Nm\\w F¶ B{Piw NqXn¡qXn k¶p… F´p k¶m`pw C¶p ^m{Sn H^p ssN sWm¡pN Ss¶ F¶p Mm³ D_¸n¨p. knk^w ^tf¨ns]mXv F§sW b_]pw… Umfpsk«sâ Im]¡X]n ^tf¨n D¨¡v bm`p sNmXp¡m³ sbmNp¶Sv Mm³ HmÀ¯p… N_k¡m^³ ^mQk³ ^tf¨n]psX ko«ns` N_k Njnªv Cu kjn B\v ko«ns`¡p Sn^n¨v sbmNp¶Sv. A]msa Nm\pt¼mÄ C_§n]m ^tf¨ns] Im]¡X]n Nm\mw. hpWn`pw ^kn]pfm]n N¯n]Xn¨v Mm³ AknsX Nm¯n^p¶p. fpjpk³ hf]kpw ^mQk³ sbmNp¶Spw tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p F¶p b_]*sÃm.sNm¨pbphvSNw.tNmw AkhmWw ^mQk³ ASm k^p¶p… Mm³ hpWn`nsWmXv b_ªp… ‘FXm… Wfp¡v Umfpsk«sâ NX]n sbm]n kÃSpw Njn¨n«v k^mw. knl¡p¶p…”” hpWn h½Sn¡m³ Mm³ Wn¶nÃ… Fjps¶äv k*n]psX tWs^ WX¶p. “”k*n FXp¡t\mXm… WX¶m sbmt^… 10 fnWn«v Asà DÅq.” hpWn fXn b_ªp. “”Hm WX¡msWm¶pw k¿… k*nt] sbmNmw…”” Mm³ b_ªp. “”Rm M§ap bp_sN k^p¶p… Wo knt«m.” ssd¡v Im]¡X]psX A^nNn S\`¯v WnÀ¯n]n«v Mm³ ANt¯¡p N]_n. “”§mim… CSm^m KnWp¡p«sWm…Rm hpWn`pw D*sÃm… Cu kjns]ms¡ Wn§ap f_¶pNm\pw F¶m Mm³ knIm^ns¨…”” Umfpsk«³ Npl`w b_ªp… ‘AsS´m Umfptk«m… A§W§v f_¡m³ bäpsfm? bns¶ Cs¸m sNmtaKv sfmX¡tÃ……”” Mm³ b_ªv WnÀ¯n “”Fs´ms¡]p*v Umfpsk«m kntlg§Ä… NXs]ms¡ F§sW sbm\p?” F¶p sImUn¨v hpWn`pw ANs¯¯n. C^p¶SnWp slgw Mm³ hpWn`nsWmXv ^kns]knsX F¶v sImUn¨p. “”AkWnknsX bäp Nps_ sNmXp¡mWp*v… fp§n WX¡pkm.” hpWn AX¡w b_ªp.
hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^nt¡ ^tf¨n bm`pfm]n F¯n… bmÂbm{Skpfm]n Umfptk«³ ANs¯¡p sbm]n… ^tf¨n Ct§m«v tWm¡mWm]n Mm³ Nm¯n^p¶p… ^£]nÃ… bm{Skpfm]n Umfpsk«³ Sn^n¨p k¶p. NX`mhn Fs´m Np_n¨v sNmXp¯p sNm*v ^tf¨ns]mXv b_ªp “”C¶p Nmln^n¸nÃ… Wmsa ^*pw Nq«n S^mw” S`]m«n ^tf¨n C_§m³ SpX§n. “”GXm… Mm³ k*n]psX Smt¡m ASn Ss¶ f_¶p sks¨¶m sSm¶ps¶” sbm¡äv S¸ns¡m*v Mm³ b_ªp. “”Cs¸m k^mw…”” ‘FXm F´m\v sk*sS¶p b_ªn«v tbm…”” hpWn bn¶n Wn¶pw knan¨v b_ªp. “”tU k^ps¶Xm…”” Mm³ HmXn ^tf¨n]psX AXps¯¯n.. bSps¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv