Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv A½]v¡Sp Cãs¸XnÃ. kr¯ntNXmkpw"". ""Fsâ CãmWnã§Ä Wo]mt\m So^pfmWn¡p¶Sv?"" Mm³ sImXn¨p. ""CknXs¯ lo`§Ä WnWs¡§sW]_n]mw? CknsX WnWs¡s´¦n`pw fp¶Wpek§apt*m?"" Csö_n]msf¦n`pw Mm³ tImUn¨p. ""Fsâ]_nkn CSv SnN¨pw bmÝmSyfm\v. C´y]n CsSm¶pw bSnknÃ. CknsX FWn¡v b^nI]fpÅ b`^pw CSv b^o£n¨p tSmäk^m\v"". ""Wo]nt¸mÄ sI]vSSv CknsX bSnkpÅSmt\m? Nn«p¶sSÃmw fX¡ns¡mXp¡\sf¶Sv Wnsâ AÑsâ WnÀtUlfm\v. ASpsNm*v FWn¡Sp fX¡n¯t¶ fSn]mkq. MmsWm¶v b^o£n¨p tWm¡p¶Sn WnWs¡s´¦n`pw FSnÀ¸pt*m?"" MmWksâ Wm¡X¡n. WmkpWo«n, Ip*pWW¨p, MmWksâ Np® km]nt`¡Xp¸n¨p. Fsâ Wmkn³Sp¼v-- Aksâ Np®]psX bnaÀ¸n NX¶t¸mÄ Aksâ A^s¡«p fpt¶m«p Wo*p. dmt`«Wv H^pbmXnãs¸« B tbmhns` Fsâ sbÀtcmf³hv Aksâ h¦Â¸¯nWpw ASoSfm]n^p¶p. H^pssN Aksâ A*n]n`pw f_pssN Np®]n`pw, Wm¡v Np®]psX dÄdn`pw Ht^hf]w Km`knUy Nm\n¡pt¼mÄ Aksâ l^o^w D¸qän]nÂWn¶p]À¶p sb^pkn^`pNan sbm§nWn¶p. DfnWo^n NpSnÀ¶ Np® NXks^ Du¼n sSm*]n Np¯nWn¡pt¼mÄ Aksâ N®pNÄ AÛpSt¯msX knXÀ¶p. bns¶, SnN¨pw hzmemknNfm]n AksWsâ km]n Bªp b®n. CX]v¡nsX Aksâ Np®s]