N¼yq«À tfm\n«_ns` {Pmcn hhq£fw tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mKtlO^kÀ½.
S³s_ hfob¯v Bt^m Wn¡p¶Sm]n tSm¶n]t¸mÄ At±iw Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
kmSn¸Xn]n Unky Wn¡p¶Sv At±iw N*p.
F´v bän F¶ AÀ°¯n At±iw Aksa tWm¡n.
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_]Xpt¯¡v k¶p.
""dnhn]mt\m?""
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
""Soˬ]m]pw,""
At±iw sPu^k¯n b_ªp.
""AXp¯ H^p f\n¡q_n kmÀ\À {dtUjvhvfm]n H^p foänwPv. `*WnÂ. bns¶ KW_ tfmt«mjvhn³s_ kn^p¶v- h¡m^w. BfvÌÀZmw. ASv Njnªv dnÂtPävhvfm]n H^p NqXn¡mjvI tNm¸³--tiPWnÂ,""
Unky B Sfml tN«v fpOw tNm«n¡m\n¨p.
""hm^fnÃ, hf]w AWpkUn¨n^n¡p¶p, Ntfm¬!""
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_ sSm«Xp¯v, bn¼ns`¯n, C^pssNNapw tIÀ¯v sN«n¸nXn¨p.
""ZmZnt]mXv H^p Nm^yw Bklys¸Xm³ k¶Sm Mm³,""
""AsSWn¡v tSm¶n,""
Ss¶ Ipän¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ AkapsX ssN¿n At±iw bnXn¨p.
""F´m Nm^yw?""
AkÄ At²is¯ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
""ZmZn, FWn¡v CknsX bYn¨m fSn,""
AkÄ b_ªp.
""CknsX sh]n³äv tf^ohnÂ,""
^mKtlO^ kÀf C^n¸nX¯n Wns¶jpt¶äp.
""At¸mÄ Ìoc³hnt`¡v Sn^n¨ptbmNt*?""
At±iw tImUn¨p.
""ssft{Nmdt]maKn]psX ^mKys¯ sdÌv Zn¸mÀ«vsfâv AknsX]m\v Fs¶ms¡ b_ªn«v--?""
""ZmZn, ASv f½n WnÀdÔn¨n«v-- Mm³ h½Sn¨StÃ? f½ow f½osX tKymÕWpw?""
AkÄ A¸w Wo^ht¯msX b_ªp.
""FWn¡v sZÂio bYn¡* ZmZn. Ct{Sw Nm`w Mm³ ZmZotXw f½osXw NqsX¶v- fm_n Wn¶ntÃ?""
At²i¯n³s_ ssN¿nÂWn¶v- bnXnknXmsS AkÄ b_ªp.
""fm{SfÃ, CknXnt¸mÄ DX³ Ss¶ cw§vgWpfp*mkntÃ? Pp^pKn DXtWSs¶ fpiqÀ¯w S¿m_m¡psf¶tà b_ªSv? At¸mÄ GSm]m`pw FWn¡pXsW ZÂio tbmNm³ bänÃtÃm,""
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_ fpOt¯¡v BNmw£t]msX tWm¡n.
H^p s{X]n bj§apfm]n Pm]{SntUkn k^p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
""sh]n³ävhv tf^ohn tIÀ¶n«v?""
At±iw tImUn¨p.
""cnhnN-vhv FXp¡pw,""
""H^p dÔkpfnÃm¯ Nm^y§Ä WnWs¡§sW b_]m³ Njn]p¶p tfmsa?""
t{X tfl¸p_¯v sk¨SnWp tlgw Pm]{SntUkn Unkyt]mXv tImUn¨p.
""BUyw b_ªp AZvfnWnhvt{XgWn`m\v tX]vÌv F¶v-. bns¶¸_ªp dnhnsWhv fmtWKvsf³_v. ASp Njnªv tNÄ¡p¶p ssft{Nmdt]maKn. C¸w CSm cnhnN-vhv! Wn³s_ S`¡v Nm^yfm] Ft´m SN^m_p*v,""
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