Chapter Title : മദിരാക്ഷി [Mango]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶nt¸m]n. W½psX AWn]³ tZmÎÀ¡v N^ansâ b\n A{S klfnsöp tSm¶p¶p. ASm\v f*³ Ft¶mXv NpXn WnÀ¯m³ b_ªSv! A_n]nsæn A_n]nsöv b_]\w. AÃmsS t^mPnNsa C§sW fnhv ssPZv sI¿^pSv! CWn Ak³ kymK tZmÎÀ Bt\m? bpÃv! Ft´`pw Bks«. """"F¶m bns¶ Wfp¡v Wmsa Ss¶ sNm¨n¡p kn«mt`m fmÌs_?'' fmÌÀ ko*pw In^n¨p """"AtS]sS... Wmsa AknsX tbm]n WsÃms^®w cnäv sI]vSv fsä¶mÄ Ss¶ Sn^n¨n§p tbm^mw. AtÃ?'' """"Du^msS fmÌs_... Wn§Ä¡v Sfml. Fsâ kngfw FWn¡_n]mw. F{S Wmam]n H¶v fWÊ_nªp NpXn¨n«v....'' """"Fsâ sbm¶v fmt¦m..."" fmÌÀ Fsâ tSma¯p ssN sk¨p. Fsâ hpir¯p¡Ä Fs¶ ""fmt¦m' ¶m knan¡m_v. fmt¦m]n¡Â F¶ NpXpwdt¸^n Wn¶pw AkÀ hvtWit¯msX b_ns¨Xp¯ ""fmt¦m' """"N^Ä fmä lhv{S{Nn] Ds*¶p fm{Stf Mm³ b_ªpÅp. F¶p sk¨m I¯p f`]v¡pw F¶ tbXn WnW¡v tks*¶v. AkhmWw ASp sI¿mftÃm''