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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv?””

AlzSn In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”sNm¨p bntÅÀ ASv A_n]m_m]n«nÃ.””

“”Hmiv.. l^n… ASptbms«, tI¨nsX sNm¨mt\m NmÀ¯nNv tI«³ fXn]n NnX¯n C§sW D_¡m³?””

“”Bs\Wv kt¨m.. In` hf]¯p Fsâ tNm¨m]n^n¡pw, In`t¸mÄ Fsâ htimU^³, In`t¸mÄ Fsâ Nq«pNm^³, A§sW b` hf]¯pw b`Sm\v FWn¡nk³.””

ASv tN«p AkÄ In^n¨p.

t^gvf AktamXv tImUn¨p.

“”A½m]n A½s] thm]v¸nXmWmt\m AXp¡a]n him]n¡m³ N]_n]Sv?””

AlzSn AÛpSt¯msX tImUn¨p.

“”A½m]n A½t]m?””

“”bn¶ÃmsS? NmÀ¯n¡nsâ ‘A½ Wnsâ emkn A½m]n ‘A½ AsÃ? A¶v CkWv BN-vhnZâv bän] Unkhw Wo F´m CktWmXv b_ªsS¶v FWn¡_n]mw.’

“”ASv.. tI¨o.. Mm³..””

“”NqXpSÂ NnX¶p D^pa* Wo.””

AlzSnsX NknapNÄ Wm\w sNm*v Ipk¶n^p¶p.

“”bs£.. FWn¡v NqXn CãvXsbXp¶ H^p sb®nsW fmt{S Ck³ sN«pÅp.””

At¸mÄ Ss¶ Cãftà F¶pÅ emk¯n AlzSn t^gvfs] tWm¡n.

“”BUyw N*t¸mÄ bmkw B]n^ps¶¶p tSm¶n]n^ps¶¦n`pw Wnsâ hwhm^w Ft¸mÄ Np_¨p NqXpS Bs\¶ FWn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv. “”

ASv tN«t¸mÄ AkapsX fpOw kngfw sNm*v C^p*p.

ASv N*v t^gvf b_ªp.

“”F´v sNmt¨.. Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm.. Ck³ Wns¶ sN«p¶Sn FWn¡v H^p Npj¸kpw CÃ.””

CsSms¡ N*v NmÀ¯nNv sbm«n In^n¨p.

AlzSn NmÀ¯n¡nsâ ssN]n AXn¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.

“”^*p tb^pw NqXn Fs¶ bän¨Sm\tÃ?””

bn¶oXv AknsX b^hvb^w Nm`n]m¡¡kpw diakpw B]n^p¶p. CSnWnX]n Hmt^m^p¯^m]n B thmcNan NnX¶p Ss¶ D_¡fm]n.

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Np_¨p Unkhfm]n NnXt¶mXp¶ sWt«m«¯nsâ AkhmWfm\v Np_¨p fnWnäpNÄ¡Nw Cu fÞb¯n WX¡m³ tbmNp¶sS¶v Ak³ HmÀ¯p. AXp¯ dÔp¡sams¡ fÞb¯nWp AXp¯m]n Ss¶ D*v. fpiqÀ¯ hf]w AXp¯v, t^gvf Wn`kna¡pfm]n AkntX¡p WX¶p k¶p. Be^§Ä FÃmw A\nªp Ipk¶ hm^n]n Wn¡p¶ Aksa Nm\m³ H^p tUkSs] tbms` Ss¶ Ds*¶p AkWp tSm¶n. ^mkns` sSm«pÅ Hm«¯nWnX]n H^p§n Njnª t^gvfs] Nm\m³ AkWp hf]w Nn«n^n]p¶nÃ.

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