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N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^ap¶p.”
skÅw FXp¡m³ Fjpt¶äp tbmNpt¼mÄ tf^n Nk]v¡nX]n sIm_n]p¶Sv Mm³ N*nà F¶m\v AkÀ N^pSn]Sv. S^n¨p tbm]n¡m\pw. bp_¯v Wà fj D*v. Cksa Np_¨p tW^w NqXn Hmt^m¶p b_ªp im`na¡\w. Mm³ bmâhnWpÅn ssN]n«v N¼n]m]n kn§p¶ Np®s] tKm¡n¡v skan]nt`¡n«p. Cs¸m bmâhnWv fp¶n Np®]psX fpjp¸v sl^n¡pw W¶m]n Nm\mw. tf^n skÅkpfm]n k¶p. Mm³ NpXn¨p Njnªt¸mÄ tf^n ko*pw FWn¡v fp¶n N«n`n C^p¶p.
“”””tfma½]psX eÀ¯mkntWmXv Mm³ Cu hwekw b_ªp. A]mÄ B\v Ft¶mXv b_ªSv Bs^s]¦n`pw knan¨v Cu dmV H¶v Hjn¸n¡m³. tI¨n H¶p k¶p {bmÀ°n¨m AkÀ¡v hpOw BNpw F¶v Fsâ fWÊv b_]p¶p.”
“”””AkÀ¡v eÀ¯mkp*tÃm. A]mtamXv Ss¶ b_ªm tbms^ Ak^psX Nj¸v SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡m³” tf^n “”Nj¸v’ F¶ km¡v b_ªSp Mm³ s{l²n¨p.
“”””AkÀ¡v A]msa tk* tI¨o. AStà {blvWw. AkÀ¡v Fsâ Np® Nm\\w Ft¸mjpw. CSp tbms`m^p Np® KoknS¯n N*n«nà Fs¶ms¡ Ft¸mapw b_]pw… Wm\fnÃmsS hv{So” Mm³ S` NpWn¨p “”””e]¦^ Nj¸m\v AkÀ¡v. Mm³ tWm¡* Fs¶ms¡ Ft¸mjpw knIm^n¡pw. bs£ B sW]v fpän] sNmjp¯ sNmSw Nm\pt¼mÄ Fsâ Np® N¼n B]nt¸mkpw. emÀPk³ tI«sW HmÀ¯n«m. Asæn Mm³ B sW]v I^¡nsâ sNmSkpw bq_pw b®n No_nt]sW… Bt`mIn¡pt¼mÄ Ss¶ N¼n Bkp¶p.”
CSp b_ªp Mm³ Fsâ bmâhnWv fpNan NqXn Np® Djnªp. tf^n¡v ASnsâ sshhv sl^n¡pw Nm\m³ bmN¯nWm\v Mm³ C^p¶Sv. bmâhnWpÅn fpj¨n^n¡p¶ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n] tf^n, AkapsX SpXNÄ H¶v tIÀ¯p^¨p.
Mm³ Nth^]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv KWm`]v¡Â sI¶p Wn¶v bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n “”””e]¦^ fj!” Mm³ tf^n¡v tWs^ Sn^nªp Wn¶p. “”””tI¨n H¶pw b_ªnÃ?”
“”””ASv– hmt_… hm_v b_ªsSms¡ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. bs£ Mm³ C§sW H^p Nm^y¯nWv {bmÀ°n¡m³ k¶m B hv{So¡v ASv Cãs¸XnÔ
“”””AsSm¶pw HmÀ¯p tI¨n kngfn¡*. MmWpw emÀ¤tk«Wpw Aks^ FÃmw b_ªp fWÊn`m¡ns¡mÅmw. tI¨n C¶p sskNpt¶^w H^p 7 f\n BNpt¼mÄ At§m«v k¶m fSn.”
“”””C¶v Ss¶t]m?”
“”””ASymklyw B]Sp sNm*tà tI¨o. FWn¡v ko«nt`¡v tbmNm³ Ss¶ tbXn]m. Aks^s¶ NXn¨p Sn¶pw”
“”””hm_ntWmXv fm{Stf AkÀ C§sWs]ms¡ sI¿p¶ptÅm AtSm FÃm B\p§tamXpw C§sW Ss¶]mt\m?”
“”””fäpÅkt^mXv F§sW Bs\¶v FWn¡_n]nà tI¨o. bs£ Ft¶mXv AkÀ Ft¸mjpw Np® Nm\\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv