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N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp “”Wo b_s]Xm hpWns`, tfma½ WnW¡v AkapsX bq_p S¶m? Wns¶ Mm³ Sp`]v¡psfXm Sms]mao’
H^p fn¶Â tbms` D]À¶ Fsâ ssN A´^o£¯n A^nkmÄ BNrSn]n I`n¨p. Aksâ Nknapw sIkn]pw tI^p¶nX¯p Fsâ ssN¸¯n, IpänN tbms` bSn¨t¸mÄ Aksâ N®n B]n^w kn¹k W£{S§Ä.
S` f^kn¨p Wn¶p tbm] fp^an Aksâ ssN sNm*v knhn tNÄ¡p¶ sIkn sbm¯n bnXn¨p. Mm³ CXSp NmÂbmUw S_]n Du¶n k`SpNm ka¨p koln Aksâ CXt¯ km^ns]ÃpNÄ sM^n¡p¶ H^p sbÀscÎv s_u*v iuhv Nn¡v– sI]vSp.
CSpks^ Wn§tamXp Fs¶ Np_n¨p b_]m¯ H^pbmXv Nm^y§an H¶m\v Fsâ A`fm^]n Mm³ hq£n¨n«pÅ H^p N^ms« »m¡v– sSÀZv Zm³ sdÂäv.
Ak³ A`¨p SÃn S_]n ko\p.
Mm³ A`_n “”FXm NjptkÀX tfmsW… t]mÀ W¯n³ C³ {c*v Hmcv fo ]q »Zn {bn¡v…W¯nRv… Wnsâ Wm_n Sq_n] kn^«v CknXs¯ bmk§tamXv fSn. Fs¶ WnW¡_n]nà Fsâ dm¡v{Pu*v WnW¡_n]nà Ikn«n F¨n`m¡pw bp*¨n tfmtW’ Mm³ Nm`p]À¯n]t¸mÄ Ak³ S_]n NnX¶v ssN Nq¸n. Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n H^p lzmhw k`n¨p kn«p.
fp^an CknsX H^p k`n] tWSmkm\v. Ak³ Fs¶ bm^vXn¡ms^ kn«v– Sn^n¨p b\n]pw. tbXn CÃ. bs£ Cu kN A`s¼ms¡ WnÀ¯n A½¡v km¡pw sNmXp¯n«m\v Mm³ B`¸pj]n Wn¶pw Ct§m«p k¶Sv. CknsX FÃmk^psX]pw fp¶n Mm³ H^p hmVp B\v. ASp sNm*p Ss¶ B\v fp^an sIm_n]m³ k¶Spw. {blWw SoÀ¡\w. Mm³ tbm¡än Wn¶v tcm¬ FXp¯v fp^an]psX bmÀ«n]psX B`¸pj KnÃm sh{N«_n Nrgvt\«sW knan¨p. fp^an]pfm]n D*m] {blvW§Ä b_ªp. FÃmw tN« tlgw fp^an]psX N¿n tcm¬ sNmXp¡m³ Nrgvt\«³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ Sn^nsN fq{S¸p^]n N]_n]t¸mÄ fp^an AknsX Ipf^pw Im^n S_]n C^p¶v sW©p SXkpN]m\v. Mm³ A]mÄ¡p tWs^ tcm¬ Wo«n. A]mÄ km§n. “”sl^n Nrgvt\«m …’ Fs¶ms¡ Nps_ {bmklyw b_ªp. CX¡v AÛpSt¯mXpw e]t¯mXpw Fsâ fpO¯v tWm¡p¶p*v. “”H^p {blvWkpw CÃm’ F¶v b_ªp tcm¬ N«p sI]vSv Fsâ N¿n S¶p. Fsâ Wo«n] N¿n bnXn¨v A]mÄ Fjpt¶äp. “”Nrgvt\«Wpfm]n C{S AXp¸w hpWn`nWv Ds*¶v Ft¶mXv b_]m³ tf`m]n^pt¶m?’ Mm³ f_pbXn b_]msS Hmcohnt`¡v tbm]n. Nrgv–t\«³ ko*pw Fs¶ knan¨p. “”hpWns` Wo B_p fmhw B]n ko«nt`¡v k¶n«nà F¶v Wnsâ Aѳ b_ªp. sl^n]mt\m?’
“”tbmNm³ bän]nà tI«m’
“”H¶pw b_]*. Wmsa Wo CknsX F¯\w. MmWnt¸mÄ Wnsâ A½s] knan¨n^p¶p. WnW¡v AÑWpfm]n DÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv