പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*v b`t¸mjpw AkÄ b_]pfm]n^p¶p, CsSÃmw Nr{Snffms\¶v. CsSÃmw AWpekn¡mWpw BhzUn¡mWpw Njn]psf¶v AkÄ fWÊn`m¡pw. Ak³ AXp¯pÅt¸mÄ fn¡km_pw Aksa ht´mgn¸n¡mWm\v Mm³ fp³ssNs]Xp¯Sv. Nm^\w 18 kÀgw AsSÃmw AWpekn¡m³ FWn¡v Njnªp. MmsW\oäv khv{SwV^n¨p AXp¡a]nÂtbm]n fq¶pN¸v Nm¸n]pfm]n k¶p. Ak^psX N¸pNÄ fqXnk¨tlgw Fsâ Nm¸n]pw b{Skpfm]n Mm³ Sn®]ns` shän]n`n^p¶p. Npt_tW^w Njnªp bp_¯pk¶ Aksâ bp_NnÂ, Aktâ]pw AkaptX]pw hvO`Ww SpX¨p N_bnXn¨n^p¶ ssWän V^n¨pk¶ AkapsX fpO¯v BUy^m{Sn]n f\n]_]nÂWn¶v bp_¯pk^p¶ sb¬Np«n]psX emkfm]n^p¶p. tfl¸p_s¯ N¸pIq*n Mm³ b_ªp, “” S\p¡pw, FXpt¯maq””. AksWm^p Ns¸Xp¯p Fsâ]^nNn k¶n^p¶p. Fsâ tSman Im^n]n^p¶v H^pNp«ns]t¸ms` Ak³ Nm¸n Wp\ªp. FWn¡v Nm¸n]p*mt¡*nk¶ NpätdmV¯m`mkpw AkÄ fXn¨p fXn¨p Ns¸Xp¯p M§apsX bp_Nn k¶pWn¶p. FSnt^]pÅ Nth^ Iq*n Ak³ b^nihn¨p, “” bm_pk½¡v B Nth^ tbm^m¶pt*m?”” AkÄ fXn¨p, M§Äs¡Sns^]n^p¶p Nm¸n NpXn¨p. St` ^m{Sn]ns` hwek§sam¶pw M§apsX hwhm^¯n NX¶pk¶nÃ. Nm¸nNpXn¨p AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbmNp¶ AkapsX sIkn]n Mm³ b_ªp, “”B ssWän fmänt]¡v. ASpfpjpk³ F´ms\¶v A_n]mftÃm?”” Wm\n¨pNpWnªp AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. bn¶oXv Ak³ Sn^n¨p tbmNp¶Spks^]pÅ Unkh§an M§apsX NnX¸_]n b^o£n¡s¸Xm¯Sm]n H¶pfp*m]n^p¶nÃ. Ak³ Sn^n¨p tbm]n¡jnª Unkh§an bm_p¡p«n H^pbmXv UpxOnS]m]n^p¶p. Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨pNnX¡p¶ AkapsX N®o^v b`t¸mjpw Fsâ ssWän WW]v¡p¶Sv MmW_nªp. bns¶ Unkh§Ä hmVm^\ f«n`m]n. bt£ M§apsX hzNm^ySNÄ¡nX]n {bSngvYn¡m³ H^p KokWpÅ dnwdw S¶n«m\k³ tbm]Sv; kÃt¸mjpfpÅ Aksâ Sn^n¨pk^kn Kok³ k]v¡p¶ dnwdw.

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