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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tks_ FknXp¶pw Nn«nÃtÃm, A§sW A]¨Sm... Mm³ knIm^n¨p Cãkpsf¶v'

'Hmtim... tks_ H^p Up^pt±lkpw Cà tÃ? FWn¡v Nm\m³ A]t¨¡p¶p.' 'Hmiv... thm_n. CWn tf`n D*mknÃ' Mm³ ASv b_ªp tcm¬ sk¨p. bns¶ ASnsW bän Mm³ Bt`mIn¨nÃ. bs£, AkÄ GsS¦n`pw ^oSn]n fX§n k^psf¶v FWn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. Wm`mw Wman H¯n^n sskNn AkapsX sftÊKv. 'Ct¸mjpw D_§n]ntÃ? AXp¯ k`]nX`nWp {lfn¡pkmt\m?' 'H^p k`]nX`pw CtÃ... W½psX Hs¡ k`]n B^v kojmWm\v' 'Hmiv... KnWpF´m b^nbmXn?' 'Wn§sX tfm³ C^p¶p bYn¡pkm... F´m sNmXp¡t\m?' 'At¿m tk*. Mm³ knan¨Sm... WnW¡v bYn¡m³ H¶pfntÃ?' 'FWn¡nt¸m bYn¡m³ huN^yfnÃ... Fs´?' 'Biv Cu ssXfn Sos^ huN^yw D*mknÃtÃm... k` CXt*?' 'Fsâ sbm¶p tI¨n, Mm³ Cs¸m tI¨ns] At§m«v dp²nfp«ns¨m¶pfnÃtÃm? bns¶ F´nWm Ft¶mXv C§sW Ct§m«p k¶p AbkmUw b_]pt¶?' 'Hm... C{S ho^n]hv B¡*... Mm³ tbmt]¡mw' 'Biv ASm WÃSv' AkÄ bns¶ fn*n]nÃ... Nps_ sskNn]t¸mÄ Mm³ H^p Sp*v AkÄ¡]¨p. 'Hmiv... tW^s¯ k`n] Znfm³Zv Nm\n¨ Bav ^m{Sn]m]t¸mÄ tk*m¯ In´NÄ k¶p tÃ?' AkapsX _nss¹. 'ASÃ... tW^s¯ KnWp D_§n«nÃ. Ak³ N*ms`m¶v tbXn¨n«m' 'Hm' 'Biv... Aà Wo]n§sW bmSn^m{Sn kmXvh¸ns`ms¡ Ipän¡_§n]m ^mQtk«³ bnXn¡ps`?' 'Hmtim Fs¶ Wo F¶pw ^mQtk«sW ^mQtk«³ F¶pw AsÃ?' 'ASv W½psXAXp¸w sk¨n«v...' 'Ft¶¡mÄ fp³tb WnW¡p ^mQtk«tWmXv AXp¸w D*m]n^p¶tÃm?' 'ASptbm`mt\m CSv?' '½vfv...' 'Ft´m¶v Dw, tImUn¨SnWv _nss¹ Nn«n]nÃ...' 'Hm... At§^p CsSm¶pw tWm¡m³ tbm\nÃ. bns¶ Mm³ A§sW tk`n ImXp¶ Nq«¯n`pw AÃ' 'DtÆ... F¶n«m\tÃm fNsâ {bm]fpÅ H^p¯³ A]¨ koZnt]m Hs¡ tWm¡n kn^`n«Sv' 'tbmXm... Mm³ kn^`ns«m¶pfnÃ' 'bns¶ bjfmt\m C«Sv--?' 'tbmXm' 'b_ I¡t^...' 'I¡^t]m A¿Xm...' 'F´m, Fsâ I¡^]tÃ?' 'Aà Mm³ ^mQtk«sâ I¡^]m' 'i i... A{S I¡^]m]tSm*mkpw Wns¶ CknXm¡n A]mav A¡s^ tbm]Sv' ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv