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N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp,
“”tlmte CSm\v hpWn hmÀ. tI«³ b_ªntÃ?’ tlme Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. fpjp¯p f`À¶ k`n] Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ SpXp¯ H^p bqÀ SXw tbms`. fpO¯v sFlz^ys¯¡mÄ NqXpS H^p bq^ skXn]psX emkw. “”tlmet]mXv C¶nknsX Wn¡m³ b_ªp Mm³. AknsX Hä¡tÃ?’
Mm³ FÃmkt^mXpfm]n cmÀfnsâ ht´mg kÀ¯fmWw b_ªp. ASn Wn¶pw k^m³ tbmNp¶ `mes¯ Np_n¨p b_ªt¸mÄ tlme]psX fpO¯p sSanª Ahq] emkw Mm³ s{l²n¨p. “”hm_nknsX Smfhn¡m³ k¶Sv tI¨n]psX emPyw’ tlme tfma½s] tWm¡n fpW sk¨p b_ªp. tfma½ ASp ssf³Zv sI]vSnÃ.
“”tI«m… Wfp¡n¶v H¶v AXn¨p sbman¡\w. Mm³ ^*p cpÄ tdm«n tkmZvN km§n. tfma½ tI¨o Wn§Ä sb®p§Ä AXp¡a]n tbm]n NXn¨p b_n¡m³ Fs´¦n`pw D*m¡q’
Nq«¯n Wmsa Wm«n tbmN\w F¶pw H^mjvI Njntª Sn^nsN k^p F¶pw b_ªt¸mÄ tfma½]psX fpOw kmXn. Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n N®X¨p hfmVmWn¸n¨p. tI«³ ¥mÊpw skÅkpw FXp¡m³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.
tfma½ Fjpt¶äv AN¯p tbm]n H^p `p¦n]pw »uhpw FXp¯p sNm*v k¶v tlme¡v sNmXp¯n«v b_ªp. “”FXn Wo Sp\n fm_n CSp DXpt¯m. Wnsâ Sp\n AN¯nt«t^ Wmsa ^mkns` NjpNmw’ tlme ASp km§n fp_n]nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ AkapsX bn¶ns` Spap¼p¶ sNmSw tWm¡n C^p¶p. bmâohv C«n«p*v DÅnÂ. F¶n«pw Spap¼p¶ BW sNmSw! Fsâ Np«³ AW§n. tfma½ b_ªp. “”FXn sbt® WnW¡p S^m³ {dm]pw sK«n]pw H¶pw CÃ. Mm³ AsSm¶pw CXm_nà F¶p WnW¡_n]mt`m’
Fsâ fp¶n sk¨p tfma½ CSp b_]pw F¶v tlme {bSo£n¨nÃ. AkÄ sM«n Sn^nªp tfma½s] tWm¡n. AkapsX tWm«w tfma½]psX Nqä³ sW]v fp`Nant`¡m]n^p¶p. Ak^psX »uhn sSanªp Np¯n SÅn Wn¶n^p¶ fp` sM«pNan AkapsX N®pX¡n. tWm«w N* tfma½ A_n]m¯ emk¯n Ssâ H^p fp` sM«n bnXn¨v hz]w M^Xn kn«p. tfma½ b\n SpX§n. Mm³ CSv tWm¡p¶pt*m F¶v AkÄ Fs¶ H¶p I^nªp tWm¡n. B tWm«w {bSo£n¨ Mm³ Aksa tWm¡msS Fsâ N®pNÄ tfma½]psX I¡ fp`Nan D_¸n¨v Fsâ Ip*p NXn¨p. tlme fp_n]n N]_n kmSn AX¨p. Fs¶ tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨n«v tfma½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. tI«³ ¥mÊpw skÅkpfm]n k¶v Ft¶mXv Hjnªp NnX¡p¶ fp_n]n C^n¡mw F¶p b_ªp. B fp_n]n C¶s` ^m{Sn WX¶ hwek§Ä Fsâ fWÊn fn¶n f_ªt¸mÄ Np® sbm§nt¸m]n. Mm³ `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n Np¸nNapw B]n B fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p. M§Ä cmfnsW bän hwhm^n¨p sNm*v skÅfXn SpX§n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv