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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tIÀ¯p.

“”bs£. NmÀ¯n.. Wo ASnWp fp³bv B^y]pfm]n CSnsW Np_n¨v hwhm^n¡\w””

Ak³ H¶v fqapN fm{Sw sI]vSp.

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timhvbnä`n Wn¶pw ko«ns`¯n«p H^mjvI BNp¶p. ssN tWs^ B]n«v tNmtaKn tbmNmWm\v Aksâ So^pfmWw. t^gvf ¢mÊn tbm]n ^m{Sn tWmXvhv FÃmw AkWp b_ªp sNmXp¡pw. ko«ns`¯n ^*p Unkh¯nWpÅn Ss¶ {c*vhpw dÔp¡apw FÃmw Nm\m³ k¶n«p tbm]n. AlzSn]pw AÀKpWpw CSnWnsX ^*p Unkhw ko«n k¶n^p¶p. AÀKp³ NqsX DÅSv sNm*v AkWp AlzSnt]mXp H¶pw hwhm^n¡m³ NjnªnÃ. B^y CSpks^ Nm\m³ k¶nÃtÃm F¶v knIm^n¨n^n¡pt¼mjm C¶s¯ AkapsX k^kv. h¬–tZ B]Sp sNm*v t^gvf]pw ko«n D*v.

_qfn k¶p AXp¯v G_p¶SÃmsS B^y CSpks^ H¶pw fn*n]n«nÃ. At¸mjm\v t^gvf D¨¡v Njn¡mWpÅ tIm_pfm]n AkntX¡p k¶Sv.

t^gvf]psX tWs^ t¹änWm]n ssN Wo«nsNm*p B^y b_ªp.

“”s^¨p C¶v Mm³ CkWv tIm_v sNmXp¡mw””

t^gvf NmÀ¯n¡nsâ H¶v tWm¡n. Ak³ sNmXpt¯¡p F¶pÅ ^oSn]n N®v Nm\n¨p.

AkÄ B^y]psX ssN]n tIm_v sNmXp¯n«p _qfn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡p tbm]n.

“”Wo F´m C{S]pw Unkhw Fs¶ Nm\m³ k^mªSv?””

Aksâ km]nt`¡v tIm_v k¨p sNmXp¡p¶Snsâ CX]n AkÄ b_ªp.

“”Wns¶ tchv sI¿m³ bän] H^p AkØ]n B]n^p¶nà Mm³. Ct¸mÄ Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p H^p So^pfmW¯n F¯o«p*v.””

F´m F¶pÅ AÀ°¯n Ak³ Aksa tWm¡n.

“”WnW¡v AlzSns] H^pbmXv CãftÃ?””

Ak³ H¶v fqan.

“”Mm³ C§sW Wn¡p¶Sv sNm*m\v Wo H^p So^pfmW¯n F¯m³ BNmsS Wn¡p¶sS¶v FWn¡_n]mw.””

Aksâ Ip*n bän]n^p¶ tIm_v SpX¨p sNm*kÄ SpXÀ¶p.

WnW¡ksa Cãfms\¶p Wo AktamXv b_]\w. Wn§am\v H¶nt¡*Sv.””

Ak³ AkapsX fpO¯v Wo¡n]t¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p.

“”Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p FXp¯ So^pfmWw B\v NmÀ¯n CSv. Mm³ H^n¡Â WnW¡v km¡v S¶n^p¶p H^n¡`pw N`ym\w Njn¡msW¶p Bknlysb«p Mm³ Wns¶ l`ysbXp¯nsöp. B km¡v FWn¡v bm`n¡\w.’

“”Wo fsäm^p N`ym\w Njn¡ptfm?””

“”FWn¡_n]nÃ.. In`t¸mÄ FÃmw f_¡mWm]n Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv