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N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^ sNm*v AfÀ¯n WpÅn k`n¨p. ‘iu-!’ AkÀ sManªp tbm]n. ‘tWmkn¡pt¶mXm Sm]mao’ Mm³ bnXn kn«p ‘hmt_ knan Hs¡ SoÀt¶m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘Fsâ sfm`]n Sq§n NnX¡p¶ Wns¶ Mm³ hms_¶p knan¡\w AsÃXm bq_m?’ hwPSn Npafm]n F¶m\v Mm³ N^pSn]Sv. bs£ AkÀ H^p ssN bp_Nnt`¡v N]än Fsâ Np®]n `p¦n AX¡w bnXn¨p. B frUp`fm] N¿n NnX¶v Fsâ sNmXnf^w sk«n kn_¨p. AkÀ f`À¶v Fsâ fpO¯p tWm¡n. F¶n«p `p¦n DĸsX Fsâ Np® sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. ‘F{S tW^fms]Xm Wo CSp N¼n B¡n sk¨n^n¡p¶p? WnWs¡´m skÅw tbmNms¯? ASymklyw skÅw tbmNm³ DÅsSms¡ Mm³ WnW¡p Nm\n¨p S¶ntÃ?’

‘ASp bns¶, Npanfp_n]n sk¨p Mm³ H^p km\w kn«m]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*mkpw’ Mm³ b_sªm¸n¨p. AkÀ In^n¨p ‘ASp kn«pNm\pw Fs¶Wn¡v A_n]mw. At¶^w fq¯p Wn`vNpkm]n^p¶tÃm. F¶m`pw CSnt¸mÄ Nps_ tW^w B]ntà Fsâ fp¯pN¯p Wo D^¡p¶p?’

‘fpSpNs¯m¶pw tbmknà Fsâ tfmas½. Wnsâ CZv[`n bqän Ss¶ tbm\w’ Mm³ b_ªp. ‘A§sW Bt\m? AsSm¶v A_n]\ftÃm’ CSpw b_ª AkÀ Np®]n Wn¶pw bnXn kn«p. Nn\än³ N^]n Wn¶ tI«sW tWm¡n knan¨p b_ªp, ‘tU.. Wn§Ä kmj¡v skÅkpw tNm^n Wn¡msS tbm]n bm`p km§n km. hm_nWp Im] sNmXp¡mWpÅSm’ CSp tN«Spw fpäs¯ A]]n NnX¶ H^p dWn]Wpw FXp¯n«v AWph^\ DÅ b«ns] tbms` A]mÄ bp_t¯¡p tbm]n.

FWn¡v ht´mgfm]n. ‘tI¨n¡v Abm^ dp²n Ss¶. Wfp¡v ANt¯¡v tbm]mt`m?’

‘FXm fm]ns^ bm`v km§p¶Sv sSm«¸p_s¯ ko«n Wn¶m. At§^nt¸mÄ C§p k^pw. WnW¡p Np®¸m`v Naªm tbms^? ASnWp tk*n ANs¯m¶pw tbmtk* Nm^yw CÃ’

CSpw b_ªv AkÀ ko*pw Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¯fn«p. `p¦n¡p skan]nt`¡v AksW FXp¯p. C^p¶nX¯p Wn¶pw H¶p sbm§n Ak^psX BW sNmSw Fsâ Np® fpNan sk¨p. ‘tI¨o, tI¨osX `p¦n sbm¡n k¨n«v Np®]n C^n¡v’ Mm³ b_ªp. ‘Sp\n tbmNmsS Nan¡m³ WnW¡p Mm³ bYn¸n¨p S^msfXm Sm]mao’ AkÀ Fsâ Np® `p¦n DĸsX Ak^psX tNmS bmanNÄ¡nX]n N]än. ‘tWm¡n C^n¡msS Fsâ I´n Wnsâ ssN sk¨p sbma¶p bnXnt¡Xm.’

Mm³ Fsâ ^*pssNNam`pw Ak^psX I´nNpX§Ä Sm§n k`n¨N¯n sk¨p. AkÀ Fsâ Np® Ak^psX tNmS Im`n NqXn NqSn Spa]n`pw bqän`pw D^¡mWv SpX§n. S¡man tbms` DÅ Fsâ sSm`nª Np®]psX fNpXw, `p¦n ]n D^ªt¸mÄ FWn¡v sI_pSm]v– tkUWn¨p. D^¸p WnÀ¯n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv