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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ft´m b_ªp In^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p t^gvf At¸mÄ.

“”AkapsX fpO¯v Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶ B ht´mgw F¶pw AktamsXm¸w Nm\\sf¶v fm{Sfm Fsâ B{Piw.””

At¸mtj¡pw Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v AlzSn k¶p.

“”F´m Nq«pNmÀ ^*pw fm_n C^ps¶m^p hwhm^w?””

NmÀ¯nNv b_ªp.

“”s^¨psâ AXp¯v Wo Wm¯q³ tbm^pfm]n sI¶m Wns¶ F§sW HSp¡\sf¶p M§Ä ¹m³ sI¿pkm]n^p¶p.””

“”F¶n«v Fs¶ HSp¡m³ tWm¡p¶ BapsX N®v Wn_ªn^n¡pkm\tÃm?””

ASnWpÅ f_pbXn B^y B\v b_ªSv.

“”Aksâ Koksâ bmSn] C¶v Wnsâ ko«n k`SpNm k¨p N]_m³ tbmNp¶Sv.””

NmÀ¯n¡nsâ ssN]n bnXn¨p sNm*v AlzSn b_ªp.

“”tI¨n¡v M§apsX ko«n H^p Np_kpw k^nÃ. Fsâ tI«³ tI¨ns] sbm¶ptbms` tWm¡ns¡mÅpw.””

B^y AktamXv tImUn¨p.

“”CSv tbms` F¶ CWn Wn§apsX N`ym\w?””

AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”M§apsX N`ym\w HsN hos{NXv B]n«m]n^n¡pw, BÀ¡pw bs¦Xp¡m³ bänÃ?””

“”AsS´m A§sW?””

“”tN«n«ntà PÔÀk knkmiw F¶v, ASm M§aptXSv.””

ASv tN« B^y In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”PÔÀksW knkmiw Njn¨m Np_¨p WmÄ Njnªp Hä¡m¡n sbm]v¡a]psf¶ b_]p¶Sv.””

“”CknsX PÔÀksW MmWm Hä¡m¡n tbmNm³ tbmNps¶, PÔ^zWpw H^p Sk\ AWpekn¡s« kn^i UpxOw.””

“”NmÀ¯n.. b*v fn*m bq¨s] tbms` WX¶ sb®v H¶Xp¯t¸mÄ Nt*m km]mXn B]Sv.””

NmÀ¯nNv AlzSnt]mXp b_ªp.

“”A¨p.. t^gvfs] sbs«¶v Ss¶ Nm_n sNm*v tbmt\ Wo. AkÄ Wn¶v N^ªm MmWpw N^ªp tbmNpw.””

“”AsSms¡ Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw tI«m.””

ASpw b_ªp AkÄ AknsX Wn¶pw tbm]n.

^*p f\n B]t¸mtj¡pw tbmNmWpÅ S¿ms_Xp¸m]n. At¸mtj¡pw A{S]pw tW^w In^n¨p sNm*v Wn¶ t^gvf]psX fpOw kmXn SpX§n.

Nm_nWXp¯p F¯n] AkÄ FÃmt^]pw sN«nbnXn¨p Wn_N®pNtamsX ]m{S b_ªp. NmÀ¯n¡nsâ fm{Sw AkÄ AknsX N*nÃ.

AkÄ A½t]mXv tImUn¨p.

“”As½. NmÀ¯n FknsX?””

Np_¨p bn¶n`m]n Wn¶n^p¶ NmÀ¯nNv AkapsX fp¶nt`¡v N]_n k¶p.

AksW H¶v tWm¡n Wn¶ tlgw AksW sN«n bnXn¨p AkÄ sbm«n N^ªp. A{S]pw tW^w bnXn¨p k¨ h¦Xs¯ AkÄ¡p AksW N*t¸mÄ HSp¡mWm]nÃ. Cu N¼nNp«³.sWäv