പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

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“”””sSäms\¦n A½ £fn¡\w. A½ Npan¡pt¼mÄ fq¶m`pk«w Mm³ HanªptWm¡n]n«p*v”. FWn¡_n]mkp¶ Nm^yfm\Sv. Aksâ {bm]¯n`pÅ B¬Np«nNÄ¡v hv{SoWPvWS Nm\mWpÅ Btkls¯¡p_n¨p dmt`«³ FWn¡v b_ªpS¶n^p¶p. BUyfm]n Npanfp_n]psX kmSn`nWXn]n Aksâ bmU§Ä N*t¸mÄ MmWmUyw sM«ns]¦n`pw, fsäm^nX¯p Ak³ HanªptWm¡p¶Sv FWn¡v In´n¡mtW NjnªnÃ. ASpsNm*pSs¶ Aksâ hm¶n²yf_nªp Mm³ AksWÃmw Nm\¯¡k®w Npan¨n_§n. bn¶oXpw b`k«w CSmkÀ¯n¨n^p¶p. Hmt^mk«kpw Npan¨n_§n Aksâ fp_n]psX Smt¡mÂUzm^¯n`qsX Aksâ hz]wtemPw Mm³ N*n^p¶p. bp_¯p b_ªnsæn`pw B Unkh§an Fs¶ SrbvSns¸Xp¯m³ dmt`«³ H^pbmXv dp²nfp«n]n«p*mkpw. bt£ Fs¶¡p_n¨p F´v knIm^n¨mkpw Ak³ sI]vSn^n¡s]¶v MmsW¶pw AUv–epSs¸«n^p¶p.
“”””Wo sSäpsI]v–sS¶v B^m\v b_ªSv? kaÀ¶pk^p¶ B¬Np«nNapsX knNm^§sa¸än dmt`«³ FWn¡v knlUfm]n b_ªpS¶n^p¶p. B {bm]¯n hv{SoWPvWS Nm\mWpÅ Ak^psX BNmw£]pw FWn¡v fWhn`mkpw. fsäm^nX¯p HanªptWm¡n, bnXn¡s¸«m`pÅ Wm\t¡Xv F{Sfm{Sw k`pSm]n^n¡psf¶pw FWn¡_n]mw. Wo]mUyfm]n Fsâ Npanfp_n]n HanªptWm¡n]t¸mtj MmWSv A_nªn^p¶p. Wo tWm¡n] Unkh§ans`Ãmw H^p hv{Sol^o^w fpjpkWm]n WnW¡v Nm\m³ bmN¯n`m\v Mm³ Npan¨n^p¶Sv. CWns]m^n¡ÂNqXn bj] Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯ptWm¡n]m WnW¡Sv fWÊn`mkpw. F´m l^n]tÃ?” Fsâ knk^\§apw tImUykpw AksW sM«n¨p. Ak³ Npt_tW^w Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶p. bns¶ fnjnNaX¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv