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N¼nNp«³.sWäv NbX tUgyt¯msX N®p^p«n AkÄ b_ªp. “”Rm… ^*v k]Ênsâ fqs¸ms¡ ssN¿n skt¨m*n^p¶m fSn.” “”Wnsâ bYn¯w Hs¡ F§sW sbmNp¶p? sh¡âv C]À fpS l^n¡p bYn¡\w. hdvKNväv SpX§pN]sÃ… GSm Wnsâ {dm©v? ‘ ANs¯¡v N]_n Fsâ ÌZn tXdnanWp Smsj Wn¶pw Nth^ k`n¨n«n^p¶v N`ym\n sImUn¨p “”A§sW b_ªv sNmXp¡q sfmta…sNmtaKn F¯n]Sn bns¶ b^o£ AXp¡ps¼mÄ AÃmsS bphvSNw ssN sNm*v sSmXnÃ…”” fp_n]psX kmSn¡ Wn¶v A½. “”ds]ms«Nv–sWmaKn… Mm³ tk* hf]¯v bYn¡p¶p*v. sNmtaKn C{Ss]ms¡]m\v FÃmk^pw bYn¡ps¶” Mm³ Wym]oN^n¨p. “”AtÃ`pw B\p§Ä FÃmw t`hn]m… FNv–hmw k^pt¼mÄ B\v dpNv–hv N¿n FXp¡ps¶.” N`ym\n]psX kN bm^. “”Rm… M§Ä¡v dp¡v knjp§n A¸msX lÀ±n¡p¶ GÀ¸mXnÃ…”” MmWpw kn«psNmXp¯nÃ. “”Hm ]m…. ASp sNm*tà tWm«v–hnWp tk*n FNv–hmw ssXfn tPÄhnsâ bp_sN WX¡ps¶” FWn¡p¯^w fp«n “”Wo km sfmsa. CksW H¶pw DbtUln¨n«v ]msSm^p Nm^ykpw CÃ. km Wfp¡v AXp¡a]ns`¡p tbmNmw. tIm_pw N_n]pw D*m¡p¶SnWnX¡v kntlg§Ä b_]mfsÃm.” N`ym\ns] knan¨v A½ C_§n. sbmNp¶ kjn Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp “”Wo Cksa N*v Fs´¦n`pw Hs¡ bYns¡Xm…”” FWn¡v kngfw sSm¶n…. N`ym\n]psX fp¶n sk¨v Ss¶ A½¡v Fs¶ Np_n¨p Nqäw b_]m³ sSm¶n]pÅq… Ft¸mjpw Akapfm]n Sm^Sfyw sI]vSv Fs¶ CXn¨v Smjv¯n b_]pw. Akan§sW sI]vSp… A§sW sI]vSp… WnW¡pw A§sW B]m F´m… Fs¶ms¡… AsSms¡ f_¶v C¶p ^m{Sn ^tf¨ns] Nm\m³ sbmNp¶SnsW bän HmÀ¡m³ Mm³ {lfn¨p.Fsâ BUys¯ ^Sn C¶p ^m{Sn B]n^n¡psfm… HmÀ¡pwsSm_pw Fsâ AXnk]än Wn¶pw H^p sI_n] kn_] sfs`m«v tN_n… ASnsâ {bN¼W§Ä f\n¡p«Wn`pw F¯n… H^p S^n¸p AWpeks¸Xp¶Sp tbms`. C¶p ^tf¨n C_§n k^psfm? C_§n k¶nsæn -! CWn ^tf¨n ko«pNms^msX§mWpw b_ªv {blv–Wfp*m¡psfm? A§sW Bs\¦n bns¶ Sq§n]m fSn.

^m{Sn 1 f\nt]mXXp¡p¶p… Mm³ ^tf¨n]psXkoXnWp bn¶ns` sSmjp¯n Nm¯p Wn¡pN]m\p. Im\Nkpw blp¡apsX fq{Skpw Wm_n]n«v AknsX Wn¡m³ k¿… A£fWm]n CX¡nsX Mm³ ^tf¨n]psX koXnsâ bn³kmSn¡ tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶p… A^ f\n¡qÀ Njnªs¸mÄ ^tf¨n C_§n k¶p… lÐfp*m¡msS kmSn Im^n ^tf¨n bSps¡ WX¶v sSmjp¯nWXps¯¯n bSps¡ knan¨p… ‘KnWp¡p«m…”” Häk`n¡p ^tf¨ns] ANs¯¡p k`n¨v sN«nbnXn¨v B Ip*pNan H^p D½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv