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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko«nt`¡v tbmNmw.”
fj H¶v NqXn]n^ps¶¦n Cksa tIÀ¯p bnXn¡mfm]n^p¶p. H¶p sSmXm³ H^p fmÀ¤w Nn«p¶nÃ. M§Ä sfsà ko«nt`¡v WX¶p. ko*pw N¿m` N]_m³ DÅ Ø`w F¯n]t¸mÄ Mm³ H¶v Wn¶p. “”””tI¨n Wn¡v. Mm³ BUyw C_§mw. F¶n«v tI¨ns] bnXn¨n_¡mw”
“”””tk* hmt_ Mm³ C_§ns¡mÅmw”
Mm³ ImXn Smsj C_§n. dmPpw NpX]pw S_]n sk¨v, AkÀ¡v tWs^ ssN Wo«n. AkÀ H^p ssN Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨v f_p ssN Fsâ tSma¯p sk¨v C_§m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Ak^psX A^s¡«n ssN sk¨p Sm§n sNmXp¯p. AkÀ ASv {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. Fs¶ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ fpOw sNmXp¡msS Ak^psX I´n]n Ipän bnXn¨v sbm¡n Fsâ AXpt¯¡n_¡n. I´n¡v fpNan Ss¶ ssN b^¯n sk¨v Mm³ NpWnªp dmsPXp¯k^psX N¿n sNmXp¯p. Mm³ NpX bnXn¨p. tf^n]psX I¡ tNmS¯n bnXn¨v Aks^ Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯p WnÀ¯n Mm³ WX¶p. tf^n¡v A¼^¸p*ms]¦n`pw ASkÀ fpO¯p Nm\n¨nÃ. Np_¨p Uq^tf DÅp ko«nt`¡v. bs£ kas^ bSps¡]m\v M§Ä WX¶Sv. “”””tI¨n Fs´ms¡ AhpO§am {bmÀ°n¨p teUfm¡ps¶?” tf^n]psX I´n bman]n sfsà SXkns¡m*m\v Mm³ tImUn¨Sv.
“”””A§sWs]m¶pw CÃ. NqXpS`pw fmWhnNfm]n Fs´¦n`pw {blv–W§Ä DÅkÀ¡v tk*n]m”
Fsâ fWÊn H^p AZmÀ sFZn] fn¶n.
AS§sW]m. NÅskXn SpX§n Njnªm bns¶ AWym] dp²n B\v. f\`v sNm*pw N]_p bn^n¡pw.
Mm³ WX¸v WnÀ¯n. bs£ Ak^psX sNmS¯n Wn¶pw ssN bn³k`n¨nÃ. “”””tI¨o, FWn¡v tk*n H^mapsX H^p fmWhnN {blvWw H¶p {bmÀ°n¨p fmämtfm?”
“”””B^psX?”
“”””bäptfm CÃt]m F¶v b_]v BUyw”
“”””{lfn¨p tWm¡mw F¶tà b_]m³ bäq hmt_. BÀ¡m? F´m {blvWw?”
“”””ASp bnt¶… Mm³ F§sW]m tI¨nt]mXv b_]pN? Np_¨p tfmlw Nm^yfm\v. tI¨n sSän²^n¡^pSv”
“”””CÃmt¶… hm_v b_tªm F´p Nm^yw Bs\¦n`pw. Mm³ F{S tb^psX Nm^y§Ä sN«n«pÅSm. sSän²m^\ H¶pw D*mknÃ. hm_v km. AN¯n^p¶p hwhm^n¡mw.”
“”””At¿m AN¯p tk*. AknsX B sb\vNp«n Hs¡ CtÃ? Aksam¶pw tN«m sl^n]mknÔ Mm³ SpXÀ¶p “”””ASpfmSn^n Nm^yfm tI¨o”
“”””hm_v km”
tf^n ko«nt`¡v N]_n. sb\vNp«n AXp¡a]n D*m]n^p¶p. tf^n AktamXv b_ªp. “”””Wn½o, FWn¡pw hm_nWpw H^p {bmÀ°W]psX Np_¨p Nm^y§Ä hwhm^n¡m³ D*v. M§Ä fp_n]n C^n¡mw. Wo At§m«p k¶p l`ys¸Xp¯^pSv” AkÄ S`]m«n. tf^n Fs¶]pw Nq«n H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv