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“”hpVn tbm]tÃm A¨q… Wns¶ knan¨ntÃ?”

“”””CÃtÃm…””

“”F´p bän..? ^*p tb^pw bn\§nt]m? ‘

“”CÃ.ssih-vNqan F¯n]Sn bns¶ hpVn¡v Ft¶mXv bj] Nq«nà A¸¨n..AkWnt¸m bpSn] Npt_ Nq«pNms^ Nn«otÃm…ipw…””

“”ASv Fsâ Nm´m^nNp«ns] Aksâ knNrSn¯^§Ä¡v bj] tbms` Nn«m¯tSm*mkpw..H^p {bm]w B]t¸mÄ Wnsâ knNrSn Np_ªp…. AkWv NqXn]nt« DÅq…F¶mtkm AksWm¶p W¶mkm…”” “”AksW Mm³ W¶m¡ns]Xp¡mw s«m A¸¨n…”” `£vfn]psX Nknan H^p WpÅpw sNmXp¯v A¨p h-vNqant`¡v HmXn… `£vfn A¨pknsâ Hm«w N*p In^nt¨m*v AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n…

A¨pkpw hpVn]pw Ct¸mÄ H¼Smw ¢mÊn`m\v..A¨pknsâ knNrSn Hs¡ Np_ªp.. Npªp NphrSnNsams¡ Nm\n¡psf¦n`pw bYn¡m³ dip fnXp¡n]m]n..hpVn bj]Sn`pw k`n] knÃWpw B]n.. h-vNqans`¯n ¢mÊns`m¶pw A¨p hpVns] N*nÃ… Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ {Pu*n H^p diaw tN«p… tWm¡n]t¸mÄ hpVn Ak^psX ¢mÊv–tfäv ^mip`pfm]n kj¡p*m¡p¶p… ^*p tb^pw NqXn At§m«pw Ct§m«pw AXn¡p¶Sv N*v A¨p tbXn¨p…Bs^ms¡ CXsb«n«pw AkÀ AXn WnÀ¯n]nÃ… HXp¡w siZvfmgv k¶v– ^*p tbÀ¡pw N\¡nWv sNmXp¯p…hpVn]psX ]q\ntcmw fpjpk³ Ian bp^*n^p¶p… ¢mÊn C^n¡pt¼mÄ A¨pknWv e]¦^ h¦Xw tSm¶n…hpVns] FÃmk^pw Npäw b_]p¶Sv tN«v AkÄ BsN AhzØ]m]n…h-vNqÄ kn«p hpVn]psX NqsX ko«nt`¡p tbmkpt¼mÄ A¨p CX¡nX¡v hpVns] tWm¡n..Ak³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ…

“”hpVo…Cu gÀ«v– B ssb¸n H¶v NjpNns¡m…A¸¨n N*mÂ…””

“”N*m ko\Sms\¶v b_]pw…AknsX D*m]Sp ktÃmw b_ªm Wnsâ km]n bÃp*mknÃ… tN«tÃm…””

“”Mm³ b_]p¶nÃ… hpVn F´nWm kj¡p*m¡ns]?” “”””AsSms¡]p*v… Wo A_nt]*..”

“”””B]nt¡ms«.. hpVn¡v Ct¸mÄ Ft¶mXv bj] Nq«nÃ..” A¨p b^nekw Nm\n¨p..

“”””B CÃ… Wo]nt¸m k`y hSyemf]tÃ… B A¸pknsâ bmS bn´pXÀ¶v…””

“”hpVn¡pw Cu kj¡pw knNrSn]pw Hs¡ WnÀ¯n Wà Np«n B]n¡qsX? A¸¨n¡v Wà kngfw D*v. ‘

“”huN^yfnÃ… Wo]m^mXn Fs¶ DbtUln¡m³..? Wo Wnsâ Nm^yw tWm¡n]m fSn..”

bns¶ A¨p H¶pw fn*n]nÃ… ko«ns`¯n tf`v NjpNn timwkÀ¡v– sI]vSp SpX§pt¼mtj¡pw tUkn A¨pknsW knan¨p..

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