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N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ tUgys¸«pÅ hvssf`n A]¨p.

‘in in… I¡^ Cs¸m A]¨ koZnt]m Nt*m?’

‘½vfv..’

‘Cãmt]m?’

‘Dw…’

‘FWn¡v C§WpÅ koZnt]m B\v Cãw ssf {c*v–hv tim«v tfmw’

‘ASv A_n]mw…’

‘F§sW?’

‘CsSms¡ N*n«m\tÃm Cs¸m C§sW tk*m¯ In´Nsams¡’

‘F§sW?’

‘At¿mXm… A_n]ntÃ…?’

‘CÃ…’

‘F¶ A_n]*’

‘i b_ I¡t^’

‘Wnsâ sdÌv {c*nsâ A½]m\v Mm³ F¶v kà knIm^kpw Dt*m?’

‘sdÌv {ct*m? Cu bmÂNp¸nt]m?’

‘bmÂNp¸nt]m?’

‘Biv Wnsâ tfmsW M§Ä knan¡p¶ tb^m… At½sW Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp N^]p¶ bm¡p¸n’

‘tbmXm Fsâ tfmsW Nan]m¡*’

‘sl^n, Cs¸m tks_m^p bm¡p¸n D*v CknsX… ASpw KnWpsâ A½s] Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp N^]pkm’

‘???’

Mm³ sbs«¶v dmSv–_qfn N]_n ss`äv C«p. `p¦n fmän Np® sSm`n¨p H^p tcmt«m FXp¯p A]¨p.

AkÄ ASv _oZv sI]vSp. ssX¸nwPv F¶v Nm\n¨p. Mm³ irU]fnXnt¸msX Nm¯n^p¶p.

‘C§sW N^]p¶ bm¡p¸n Bt\m Fsâ tfmsW Nan]m¡p¶Sv?’

B _nss¹ Fsâ Np®s] H¶pNqXn N¼n]m¡n.

‘in in… F¦n N^¨n`v fmän Sm…’

‘Mm³ F§sW fmämWm?’

‘AkWp Wns¶ N*m fm_pw’

‘A¿Xm A§Wnt¸m fm_*’

Mm³ AtSmsX Np® sSm`n¨p AXn¡m³ SpX§n.

‘H¶v Nm\n¨p SmXn… Ck³ Wn`knan¨p N^]pkm’

‘A§Wnt¸m Nm\*’

FWn¡v At¸mtj]v¡pw £f CÃmSm]n^p¶p. Mm³ AksaNmÄ sI]vSp. AÂb tW^w Njnªm\vAkÄ NmÄ FXp¯Sv.

‘F´nWm knan¡ps¶?’ FXp¯bmsX AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘H^p tcmt«m A]¨p SmXn WÃ fqZn`m Mm³ AXn¡pkm…’

‘tU tbms]… tfmlfm CsSms¡’

‘CtÃÂ Wo H¶v WtÃm\w N¼n b_.Mm³ H¶v Na]s«Xn’

‘tcm¬ skt¨… KnWp tN«m bns¶ Mm³ Sq§n¨mtk*n k^pw’

‘bnt¶… AksW§mW_n]mWm Akâ½t]mXm Mm³ N¼n b_]ps¶¶v’

‘¨n… Wo sk¨n«v tbm. kr¯nsN«k³’

‘ZnH¶v b_s]Xn. Mm³ H¶v AXn¨p Na]s«’

‘Dw…’

‘Cu Dw tNÄ¡mWà b_, Mm³ Wm«n k¶m At§m«v k^pw. FWn¡v NnX¶v S^qtÃ…?’

‘F´nWp?’

‘Wns¶ b®m³’

‘Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv