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N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶v b_]pw. Fsâ Np® N*m`pw N*m`pw fSn k^nà tbm`pw”
H¶p WnÀ¯n]n«v Mm³ tf^nt]mXv b_ªp. “”””tI¨o.. H¶nt§m«v k^mtfm?”
tf^n Fjpt¶äv Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p. Fs¶ tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n. “”””tI¨o… Fsâ Np®]psX Fs´¦n`pw Npj¸w sNm*mt\m AkÀ Ft¶mXv C§sW sb^pfm_p¶Sv?” Mm³ hndv Smjv¯n. tf^n b^n{efn¨p Ipäpw tWm¡n.
“”””F´p Npj¸w hms_´m Cu…”” tf^n b_ªp So^pw fpt¶ Mm³ Fsâ sNm¼sW bp_s¯Xp¯v sSm`n¨p bnXn¨p. tf^n]psX N®p SÅn sbm]n. Sp_¶p tbm] km] AkÄ kn^`pNÄ sNm*p sbm¯n bnXn¨p.
“”””Aà tI¨o, Fsâ Np®]v¡v Fs´¦n`pw Npj¸tfm Npätfm Np_tkm Dt*m? CWn F§mWpw tfma½ Fs¶ Nan]m¡m³ tk*n B]n^n¡ptfm Ft¸mjpw CSp Nm\\w F¶p b_]p¶Sv?” tf^n H¶pw fn*p¶nÃ. AXp¡a]n Wn¶v Wn½ns]§mWpw k¶mt`m Fs¶m^p e]w Ak^psX fpO¯p*v. Mm³ Ak^psX fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶v Fsâ Np® Djn]m³ SpX§n. “”””bm_]v tI¨o… Fs´¦n`pw Npj¸w Dt*m?”
“”””H^p Npj¸kpw CÃ. CSv– H¯n^n k`pSm\v. ASp sNm*m]n^n¡pw AkÄ¡v Ft¸mjpw Nm\\w F¶v tSm¶p¶Sv.”
“”””Cs¸m CS{S k`pSm]n«nà tI¨o… tfma½]psX bq_pw sfm`]psfms¡ Nm\pt¼mÄ CSntW¡mÄ k`pSmkpw.”
“”””Bt\m? Cs¸m Ss¶ CsSm^p BW b_n]m hmt_. CWn]pw F´p k`pSmkmWm?”
“”””tI¨n¡v hwl]w Dt*m?”
“”””CÃ. CWn CSp k`pSmknÔ
“”””Bkpw tI¨o. tI¨n tWm¡nt¡m. bnt¶ tI¨osX I« H¶p sbm¡ns]”
tf^n A¼^¶p. “”””tbm hmt_… hms_¶m Fs¶ bän knIm^nt¨?”
“”””At¿m… I« sbm¡n sfm`s]m¶pw Nm\nt¡*. Np_s¨m¶p sbm¡n]m fSn. tI¨osX sbm¡nÄ H¶p Nm\pt¼mÄ Ck³ kn^n]p¶Sv tI¨n Ss¶ Nt*m”
tf^n¡v CSntWmXNw WÃ Nj¸v N]_n]n«ps*¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Cs¸m bnXn¨p NnX¯n b®n]m`pw AkÄ hiN^n¡pw. bs£ ASv tbm^tÃm. “”””H¶p Nm\n¡v tI¨o…””
Mm³ Fsâ CXSp ssN sNm*v tf^n]psX I« Np_s¨m¶v sbm¡n. AkapsX k]_n sbm«¡n\À tbms` BjfpÅ sbm¡nÄ tWm¡n Mm³ Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨p. tf^n¡v D]^w Np_km]SnWm F³s_ Np®]v¡v tWs^ fp¶n B\v AkapsX sbm¡nÄ. hzbvWw Nm\p¶Sv tbms` tf^n Fsâ Np® tWm¡n Wn¶p. AkapsX km] sI_pSm]n Sp_¶n^p¶p. “”””tWm¡q tI¨o… tI¨osX Cu Npjn]³ kX N*t¸mÄ hmVWw ko*pw k`pSm]n.” AkapsX I«]n bnXn¨n^p¶ ssN kn^ Mm³ sbm¡nanWpÅnt`¡v Bjv¯n. Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v Np® Wo«n Np®]psX fNpXw AkapsX sbm¡nan N¼nNp«³.sWäv