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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm^y¯n Wà N¸mhnän Ds*¶p tSm¶p¶p. tfma½]psX bNpSn em^w tbm`pw D*mknà C]mÄ¡v. C§sW Hmt^m¶p In´n¨n^n¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ DÅnt`¡v k¶p. ‘tIm_p kna¼s« hmt_’ AkÀ tImUn¨p. Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS N¿n`n^p¶ ¥mhv Nm`n]m¡n. ‘CSp Njn]s«Xn. F¶n«mkmw Du\v’ tI«³ b_ªp.

‘tU hmt_ Ct§^p CSp So^pt¼mÄ AXp¯ Np¸n FXpt¯m*v k^pw. At§À¡v e£\w H¶pw tk*. l^o^w N*m A_n]ntÃ?’ F¶n«p AkÀ A]mtamXv b_ªp. ‘Wn§Ä Cu sNm¨Wv NqXpS sNmXp¡tÃ. lo`w D*mknÃ’ FWn¡v AsSm^p Wm\t¡Xm]n tSm¶n. Mm³ tI«tWmXv tImUn¨p. ‘tks_ Np¸n Dt*m? Csæn Mm³ tbm]n km§n k^mw’ tI«³ In^n¨p. ‘C^n¸p*p hmt_. Mm³ ^s*®w km§n. Nt*mXo, AXn¡p¶ks^ N*m FWn¡_n]mw.’

‘Fs´¦n`pw Bks«. Wn§Ä Du\v Njns¨¦n FWn¡v tbm]n Npan¡mfm]n^p¶p’ tfma½ b_ªp. ‘M§Ä kna¼n Njnt¨mam. Wo tbm]n Npant¨m’ tI«³ b_ªp.

A]]n NnX¶ H^p tSmÀ¯pw FXp¯p tfma½ Npan¡mWm]n koXnWp bp_Nn DÅ Npanfp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. fUyw ko*pw Fsâ hn^Nan Nmfw D\À¯n]n^p¶p. AkÀ tbmNpt¼mÄ Ak^psX Np`p§p¶ sNmSw tWm¡n Mm³ C^p¶p. Np®¡p«³ sK«n¡pÅn sM^n]m³ SpX§n. ‘MmWnt¸m k^mw tI«m’ F¶p b_ªp Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p sK«n Du^n fmän Sn^nsN k¶p. Cs¸m `p¦n]pw Xo gÀ«pw fm{Sw. hpOw. Np®]pw SXkn C^p¶v skÅfXn¡mw. Ct§s^ cnäv B¡n NnX¯n]m H^pbt£ tfma½s] ka¡m³ bänt]¡pw. Nan¡m³ Nn«n]m D{P³ fpS`m\v. AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ¡nX]n NnX¶p B I¡ fp`NÄ I¸n NpXn¡p¶Sv HmÀ¯p Mm³ C^p¶p. bs£ hwekn¨Sv f_n¨m\v. cnäv B]Sv Mm³. At§^v bm_¡p Nmäp bnXn¨ tbms` NqÄ B]n C^n¡p¶p Hjn¡p¶p AXn¡p¶p. Fsâ S`¡p NWw sk¨p SpX§n. ‘FWn¡v fSn]m]n tI«m.’

tI«³ Du\v kna¼n. Njn¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ Npan Njnªp k¶p. `p¦n fm{Stf DÅp. ASp fp`N¨ tbms` Ipän]n^n¡p¶p. N¿n A`¡n] Sp\nNÄ. AkÀ Wfp¡v bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶v Sp\n A]]n kn^n¡m³ SpX§n. WWª fpXn Ajn¨n«n^n¡p¶p. fp«äw Nãn¨p F¯p¶ `p¦n¡p Smsj skap¯p SXn¨ N\wNm`pNÄ. bn¶nt`¡v BhmfmWyfm]n D´n Wn¡p¶ D^p* I´nNÄ. Fsâ Np«³ `p¦n¡pÅn sk«n]mXn. fp¶n tfl DÅSv sNm*v B^pw Nm\nÃ.

‘Du\v Njn¡v hmt_’ emÀPk³ tI«sâ lÐw Fs¶ eqfn]n F¯n¨p. Mm³ tfma½]psX sNmSw tWm¡n C^n¡p¶Sv bpÅn N*n«p*mk\w. Wm\t¡Xm]n. A]mapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv