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N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¨p hpVns] Nm¯p Wn¶p…

“”A¨q… Wo sbmt¡m… Mm³ Np_¨v tW^w Nan¨n«v k^mw..”

“”””hpVn… b^o£ AXp¡m_m]ntÃ..ASp Njnªn«v Nan¡mw.. Wo km… “”

“”WnW¡v b_ªm fWhn`mkntà A¨q…Wo sbmt¡m Mm³ kt¶mamw..” hpVnt]mXv SÀ¡n¨n«v {bt]mKWw Csö_n]mkp¶tSm*v A¨p ko«nt`¡v WX¶p…tbmNp¶ kjn¡m\v A¸pknsâ koXv…AknsX F¯n]Spw ^mV A¨pknsW knan¨p..

“”””tfmta A¨q..Wo Hät¡ DÅq? hpVn FknsX?”

“”””Ak³ Nq«pNm^psX H¸w {Nn¡äv– Nan¡m³ tbm]n A¸¨n..”

“”””tfmav km… A¸¨n I¡ k_p¯p sk¨n«p*v…WnW¡v k`y CãtÃ.. Np_¨v sNm*p sbmt¡m.. kt`y«Wpw I¡ F¶v sk¨m KokWm… “” A¨p ^mV]psX £\w hzoN^n¨p… ^mV AkÄ¡v Np_¨v I¡ k_p¯Sv sNmXp¯p..

“”””A¸¨n… hq¸À B]n«p*v…A¸¨n]psX ssN¸p\yw Mm³ h½Sn¨p S¶p..”

“”””tfmav WtÃm\w e£\w Hs¡ Njn¡\w s«m… ka^p¶ {bm]m.. bns¶ A¨q… WnW¡v A¸pkntWmXv tUgyw Dt*m? B ^mip`nsâ G«³ AK]v A¸pknsâ k`n] hpir¯m…AkWm\s{S tfmta Np_n¨v CÃm¯sSms¡ b_ªSv…ASnWv tlgw A¸p AkWpfm]n«pÅ Nq«v kn«p… “”

“”FWn¡v A¸ptk«tWmXvtUgyw H¶pfnà A¸¨n”

“”””bt£ tfmav AksW N*m H¶p In^n¡p¶p tbm`pw Cà F¶v A¸p b^nekw b_ªp…””

“”ASv Mm³ fWÊv sNm*v A_n]m¯ Nm^y¯nWv A¸ptk«³ Npäs¸Xp¯n]t¸mÄ h¦Xm]n..”

“”””AkWv ASn NpätdmVw D*v..tW^n b_]mWpÅ fXn sNm*v tfmtamXv thm_n b_]m³ Fs¶ G`vbn¨n^n¡y..”

“”””hm^`y..CWn Nm^yw A_n]msS Bs^]pw Npäs¸Xp¯^pSv b_ªm fSn… A¸ptk«³ Ft¸mjm F¯m?”

“”””Ak³ k^m_mkps¶ DÅq..”

“”””Mm³ WX¡s«.. A½ AtWzgn¡p¶p*mkpw…A¸ptk«tWmXv FWn¡v bn\¡w H¶pfnà b_tª¡q A¸¨n… “”

“”sl^n tfmta..”

A¨p ko«nt`¡v WX¶p…Np«nNsaÃmw tbm]n Njnªn^p¶p.. Bsamjnª CXkjn B]Sp sNm*v A¨p tkPw WX¶p…sbs«¶v ^*p ssh¡nÄ A¨pknsâ fp¶n k¶p Wn¶p…

“”^mipÂ…””

“”F´m AlzSn tfmta Wnsâ tdmZn PmÀZv NqsX]ntÃ?” ^mip`pw Aksâ S` sS_n¨ Nq«pNm^pw A¨pknsW kaªp… AkÄ hN` ssV^ykpw FXp¯v HmXm³ SpX§n]Spw ^mip AkapsX N¿n bnXp¯fn«p…

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