""F³s_ A¨q C¶s` ^m{So`pw KWms`sX AXp¯v A]mav k¶p,"" CÍ`n]nt`¡v IXv\n Hjn¨v sNm*v f½n b_ªp. tW^n] e]w Ak^psX fpO¯v Mm³ N*p. ""KW`v AX¨nXm¶p sk¨m F¶m H^p IqXm! AStàAS§v AXs¨¡m^p¶p,"" ""F³s_ f½o,"" Ak^psX e]w fmäm³ Mm³ b_ªp. ""GtS`pw M^¼v t^mPn]m. ho³ bnXn¡m³ k¶Sm. AS§v N*v-- Ak½m^v sbmt¡mapw. f½n tbXn¡msS,"" Mm³ skÅsfXp¯v NpXn¨p. ""fm{Sfà C{bmklyw B tXmÀ¨v Mm³ kyàfm]n N*p. H^p fª tXmÀ¨v. Wà Woafp*v. AtS ""Xn"" F¶v- Cw¥ogn FjpSo«pw H*v,"" ""ASm^m^n¡pw?"" f½n A`v¸ hf]w Bt`mIn¨p. ""tks_ B^pfà tfmsa. CSm bp¯³bpt^s` tKmdn Ss¶]m. AksWt¸ms` H^p t`mN sbj tks_ Ht*m?"" ""N¬tcw BNmsS Bt^mXpw b_]*,"" Mm³ b_ªp. ""f½n F´nWm tbXn¡ps¶? W½av Häs¡m¶pkÃtÃm Smfhn¡ps¶? sSm«Xp¯v-- Ss¶]tà FÃm^pw? sNm¨¨·m^pw fmf·m^pw FÃm^pw. F´v Ss¶]m]m`pw Aks^ms¡ HÅ Nm`t¯maw W½av thcv Atà f½n?""

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