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N¼nNp«³.sWäv hm_v C^p¶m Cu {bmÀ°W WX¡nÔ
“”””AsS´m?”
“”””B hv{So¡v Ak^psX eÀ¯mkntWmXv Sm`vb^yw D*m]m fm{Stf Ak^psX Nmfw kn«p fm_q. ASnWp In` {Nn]NÄ Hs¡ D*v. hm_n^p¶m AkÀ¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw AsSm^p dp²nfp«mNpw. ASpsNm*m”
“”””A§sW H^p dp²nfp«pw BknÃ. Wn§sa CknsX sNm*p k¶Sv MmWtÃ? Fsâ fp¶n sk¨p sI¿m³ bäp¶Sv sI]vSm fSn”
“”””hmt_, hm_v Mm³ b_]p¶Sv H¶v fWÊn`m¡q”
tf^n H^p knV¯n`pw kj§p¶nÃ. Mm³ b_ªp. “”””Hm.. Wn§Ä Ft´m DXm]n¸v b^nbmXn Nm\n¨n«v {bmÀ°W F¶p b_]m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\tÃ? B bmk§sa bän¡m³ Fap¸w B\tÃm”
tf^n]psX fpOw Ipk¶p. “”””hms_¶m Cu b_]pt¶? CSv– hSyfpÅ Nm^yfm. In` {Nn]Nan Sp\n Hs¡ Ajnt¡*n k^pw. b^hvb^w AkÀ¡v BNÀg\w tSm¶n¡pkm³.” Fsâ fWÊn `Íp sbm«n. tf^n SpXÀ¶p “”””hm_n^p¶m AkÀ¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw ASp bän F¶p k^nÃ.
W]¯n Wn¶ms` Nm^yw WX¡q F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. “”””Hmtim… ASp b_]t*? Mm³ knIm^n¨p tf^n tI¨n Fs¶ HjnkmNpkms\¶v. bt£ tI¨o, Mm³ C^p¶nsæn B tI«³ C^n¡nÃ. tbXn]m. Mm³ H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw. Cs¸m AN¯p N]_n Np_¨p tW^w C^n¡mw. tI¨n Cs¸m b_ª {Nn] SpX§pt¼mÄ Mm³ A§p tbmt]¡mw. ASp tbms^?”
tf^n ASp h½Sn¨p. M§Ä ANt¯¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ tI«³ tImUn¨p “”””F´m hmt_ Fs´¦n`pw {blvWw Dt*m?”
“”””F]v– H¶pà tI«m, ANt¯¡n^n¡mw” M§Ä fp_n]nt`¡v N]_m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ tfma½ bn¶n Wn¶pw AXp¡a kjn Npan Njnªv ANt¯¡v k^p¶p. skap¯p sNmjp¯ tUi¯v, fp`]n Ipän H^p tSmÀ¯p fm{Stf DXp¯n«pÅq. ASms\¦n A§pw C§pw F¯p¶nÃ. Nãn¨p bq_p f_]v¡pw F¶p b_]mw. fpXn fsäm^p tSmÀ¯n sbmSnªv NpXpfn tbms` S`]v¡p fpNan sN«n sk¨n^n¡p¶p. “”””B Cks^¯nt]m?” tfma½ tImUn¨p. H^p AWy bp^pgWm] Fsâ fp¶n B_Xn sbm¡kpw sNmjp¯ tfWn]pw DÅ B sWXpko^³ fUm`h Cu tkg¯n k¶p Nqh`nÃmsS Wn¡p¶Sv N* tf^n]pw Wn½n]pw AÔman¨p Wn¶p tbm]n.
tfma½ Sp\n fm_m³ Ak^psX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶t¸mÄ Mm³ B sW]v tNmS¯nsâ B«w tWm¡n Ip*p WW¨Sv Wn½n {l²n¨p. tI«Wpw tf^n]pw Wn½n]pw fp_n¡pÅn N]_n C^p¶p. Mm³ tbm]n koXnsâ fp¶n`s¯]pw bn¶n`s¯]pw NSNpNÄ AX¨p Npän C«p bq«n. Mm³ Sn^nsN fp_n]n F¯n]t¸mÄ tfma½]pw fp_n]n F¯n]n«p*v. tfma½ H^p N_p¯ »uhpw bpSns]m^p NÅn `p¦n]pw DXp¯n^n¡p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv