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N¼nNp«³.sWäv B knXkn H¶v HmXn¨ tlgw S` bn_Nnt`¡v k`n¨p Ak³ Aksa Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n.

H^p bmXptbm`pw CÃmsS skap¯ AkapsX fmwh tPma§an H¶n Ak³ bn¨m]n emPw Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p. Ak³ AknsX H¶v ssN HmXn¨p. AkÄ sI_pSm]n tkUWn¨ns«¶tbms` H¶W§n, Ak³ S` AkntX¡p AXn¸n¨p B Ipk¶ bmXn D½ k¨p.

At¸mtj¡pw AkWp HXnª ssN tkUW FXp¯p SpX§n]n^p¶p. Ak³ S` bn¶nt`¡v k`n¨p, AkWp Ft´m bän F¶v fWhn`m] AkÄ Sn^nªp Wn¶v tImUn¨p.

“”F´v bän NmÀ¯n?””

“”ssN tkUWn¡p¶p.””

“”Wo NnXt¶ AknsX, l^o^w AW§n« ssN tkUWn¡ps¶.””

Wà tkUW tSm¶n]n^p¶SnWm AkWpw FSnÀ¯v H¶pw b_]msS NnX¶p. AkÄ {ZÊv FÃmw tWs^ B¡n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Ak³ N®X¨v NnX¡p¶p, AkÄ bSps¡ Aksâ AXp¯m]n N]_n NnX¶p. Ft¸mtjm H¶v f]§n tbm]n.

NSNn Bt^m fp«p¶Sv tN«m\v f]¡¯n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äSv.

NmÀ¯n¡nsâ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Ak³ Ft¸mjpw f]¡¯n B\v, AkÄ Fjpt¶äp tbm]n tZmÀ Sp_¶t¸mÄ t^gvf Wn¡p¶p.

ANt¯¡v N]_p¶SnWv CX]n t^gvf b_ªp.

“”WnW¡pw NqXn DÅ cpZv Mm³ sNm*v k¶n«p*v, Njn¨n«v tbmNmw.””

B^y¡pw knl¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p, AkWp BN-vhnZâv bäns]¶_nªt¸mÄ sbs«¶v HmXn k^pkm]n^p¶p.

t^gvf]psX ldv–Uw tN«v NmÀ¯nNv D_¡¯n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp. fpOw NjpNmWm]n Ak³ tbm]n.

t^gvf ^*p t¹än`m]n tIm_v FXp¡p¶Sv N*p B^y tImUn¨p.

“”Wo Njn¨n«mt\m k¶Sv?””

“”AÃ..””

“”F¶n«p ^*p t¹än Asà tIms_Xp¡p¶pÅp.””

“”F´m]m`pw CkWv km^n sNmXp¡\w. At¸mÄ M§Ä H^p t¹än Wn¶pw Njnt¨maw.””

NmÀ¯nNv fpOw NjpNn Njn¡mWm]n k¶n^p¶p.

AkÄ AkWp tIm_v km^n sNmXp¡p¶Sv N*v B^y b_ªp.

“”^*p fq¶p BjvIt¯¡v WnW¡v b\n B]tÃm. Nm`¯pw D¨¡pw ^m{Sn]pw FÃmw sNm¨p§Ä¡p cpZv sNmXp¡p¶Sv tbms` CkWv km^n sNmXp¡m³ Wn¡mtÃm””

“”Fsâ s^¨pWp CsSms¡ H^p b\n Bt\m? F{S Unkhw tk\sf¦n`pw AkÄ FWn¡v km^n S^pw, AsÃXn?””

“”S^pw S^pw.. Fsâ N`ym\w Njn]p¶Sv ks^ Bs\Wv fm{Sw. ASv Njnªm FWn¡v km^n sNmXp¡m³ tks_ Bap*v.””

ASv tN«v B^y In^n¨p.

“”WnÑ]w Njnªt¸mtj CkÄ Fs¶ SÅn b_ªp SpX§n, At¸mÄ N`ym\w Njnªm N¼nNp«³.sWäv