Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 24 [Smitha]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p. """"FÃm^pw F_§v,'' hSogv b_ªp. """"CWn WX¡\w. CSm, CSv kjn]m\kÀ tbm]Sv!'' fqk^pw NmXnWpÅnt`¡v kn^ Iq*n. lnO^§Ä tIÀ¶v bn\ªv Sp^¦¯n³s_ BNrSn]n H^p Nm«pbmS Nm\s¸«p. """"Cul^m!'' Unky S`]n ssNsk¨p. """"ko^Imfp*³s_ f`]nt`t¡m?'' Nq«pNm^pw e]s¸«v b^hv¸^w tWm¡n. tPm{S kÀ¤ knlzmhfWph^n¨v f{´kmUnNapsX ssUkw ko^Imfp*Wm\v B f`]psX AVnb³. AknsX AWkVn Ppimt£{S§ap*v. Hmt^m t£{S¯n³s_]pw fVyemP¯v bt^S^m] tPm{S^mKm¡·m^psX l^o^§Ä ""f½n""Nam]n hq£n¡p¶p. knlzmhnNapw bp^mkhvSplmhv{SÚ³fm^pw PtkgN^pw knUymÀTnNapw AknsX Øn^fm]n hµÀln¡m_p*v. AkÀ Wn¶n^p¶ Nm«pbmS]n Wn¶v- GNtUlw fq¶v- Nnt`mfoäs_¦n`pw fpNant`¡v WX¡\w; f`fpNans` Ppimt£{S§Ä¡^nNns`¯m³. kW¯nWp WXpkn`qsX]pÅ Sp^¦¯n³s_ BNrSn]n`pÅ Nm«pbmS]n`qsX ^*p f\n¡qÀ SpXÀ¨]m]n WX¡\w. Nm«pbmS]v¡n^pklfpÅ f^§apsX lnO^§Ä S½n bn\ªv kaªpWn¶n^p¶p. ""hmÀ,"" tZmÀ Sp_¶v- bp_¯n_§ns¡m*v `¯ocv ^mip`nsW knan¨p. ""Np_ªSv H¶v- ^*v f\n¡qs_¦n`pw WX¡\w...ASpw NmXnWpWXp¡v ...C§Ws¯ kjos¡msX...Np¯v N]äfm\v. Wà fªpw Nmäpw D*v.