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N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”F´m tWm¡ps¶?’
“”AkÄ¡v F{S ssbh At§^p sNmXp¡pw F¶_n]t*?’ Mm³ tfma½]psX fp*nWp fpNan NqXn AkapsX knXÀ¶ tNmSIm`n Np® tIÀ¯v Spap¼p¶ k]_n Ipän bnXn¨p. ^*p kn^`pNÄ tfma½]psX Wm^§m k«w DÅ sbm¡nan C_¡n Ca¡n. “”Ip½mSn^n hmt_, tlme tbms«’
At¸mjm\v Mm³ AknsX k¶ hv{Sos] sl^n¡pw H¶p tWm¡n]Sv. skap¯ Wn_w. 45þ50 k]Êp*mkpw. emÀPk³ tI«sW tbms` Ss¶ sf`nªp Wo* l^o^w. sf`nª sb®p§tamXv FWn¡v– k`n] Sm¸^yw H¶pw Cà bs£…. Fsâ sSm* k^*p. AkapsX sf`nªp Wo* l^o^¯n AhmfmWyfm]n fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ k`n] b¸m] fpjp¸pÅ fp`NÄ. I´nNÄ Bs\¦n ASnsâ fq¶n^«n-! tfma½t]maw k^nsæn`pw AkapsX fp`]pw tNmSkpw GNtUlw tfma½]psXSnsâ A{Ss]ms¡ k^pw. F¶m l^o^¯nWv k®w CÃm¯SnWm B fpjp¯p Spap¼p¶ fp`Napw I´n NpX§apw FXp¯p D´n Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ A_n]msS b_ªp tbm]n. “”Fs´m^p tNmSfmXo Wnsâ Wm¯qWv?’ tfma½ bp_Nn`qsX N¿n«v bmâv–hv Nq«n bnXn¨v Fsâ D*NÄ bnjnªp… ‘Biv…’ tkUW sNm*v Mm³ ImXnt¸m]n
AkÀ bnXn kn«p. Mm³ AkapsX sNmjp¯ I´n]n AXn¨n«v b_ªp, “”sb®nsâ H^p Ahq]!’
“”Ahq] H¶pw CÃ. Akav fp«³ I^¡v Ss¶]m. Ft¶mXv sN_pkms\¦n`pw B Nm^y¯n Mm³ Aksa h½Sn¨p. bs£ f¨n]m Xm. sb_¯nÃ. AStà AkapsX sN«nt]m³ Aksa]pw Naªn«v C§sW N* Sfnj¯nNsa Nm\m³ tbmNp¶Sv!’
“”Hmtim A§sW Bt\m? Nn«ptfm?’
Mm³ hvs{X]näm]n«v A§p tImUn¨p. “”WnW¡p tkt\m?’ tfma½ A§sW tImUn¡pw F¶p Mm³ N^pSn]nà “”Fs¶ AkÄ¡v Sos^ N*qXm. WnW¡v Fsâ fp¶n sk¨v Aksa b®m³ bäptfm?’
Mm³ tfma½s] sN«n bnXn¨p. AkÀ b_ªp. ‘ Mm³ C¶v AktamXv– CknsX Wn¡m³ b_]mw. Wfp¡v AkÄ ka]ptfm Fs¶m¶v tWm¡mw. emÀ¤tk«³ A_n]^pSv.’ Mm³ S` Np`p¡n ko*pw tlme]psX Spap¼n Wn¡p¶ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n. tfma½ SpXÀ¶p, “”bs£ Wo Akapfm]n F´p sI]vSm`pw ASv– Fsâ N¬sk«¯n tk\w. bns¶ H^n¡`pw AkÄ Fs¶ e^n¡m³ ssV^ys¸X^pSv’
“”Fs´¦n`pw WX¶m AsÃ?’ Mm³ b_ªp. “”ASp Wnsâ fnXp¡v’ F¶pw b_ªv tfma½ bp_t¯¡n_§n. Mm³ fp_n]n N]_n {Zhv fm_n. `p¦n]pw dWn]Wpw C«p.
Mm³ Sn^nsN F¯pt¼mÄ AkÀ fq¶p tb^pw D½_¯v C^n¡pN]m\v. tfma½ tlmet]mXv hvtWit¯msX Hs¡ hwhm^n¡p¶p*v. tlme]psX fpOs¯ tlmN emkw fm_n]n«p*v. tI«Wpw im¸n B]n C^n¡p¶p. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ tfma½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv