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N¼nNp«³.sWäv t^gvf]pw iman Ss¶ C^p¶p. AXp¡a]n tbm] AlzSn A½]pfm]n hwhm^n¨p Wn¶ tlgw AkÄ¡p Njn¡mWpÅ b`im^w t¹än`m¡n imant`¡v k¶p.

CSv N*v t^gvf tImUn¨p.

“”At¸mÄ M§Ä¡v Njn¡m³ Wo FXp¯ntÃ?””

“”FWn¡v knlt¶m* Mm³ AXp¡a]n Ss¶ N]_n]Sv, At¸mtj CWn Wn§Ä¡p NqXn FXp¡p¶Sv.””

“”NmÀ¯n… C¡\¡nWp Bs\¦n CkapsX ko«n FWn¡v H^p H¶v H¶^ Wm¯q³ tbm^v FXpt¡*n k^pw.””

ASptN«p NmÀ¯nNv H¶v In^n¨p. At¸mtj¡pw AkÀ¡p Njn¡mWpÅ b`im^kpw Im]]pfm]n ‘A½ AkntX¡p k¶p.

b`im^sfms¡ Njn¨p Njnªp NmÀ¯nNv t^gvft]mXv b_ªp.

“”s^¨p.. Cksa Wnsâ ko«n sNm*v tbm]n dm{Sqw Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡v. Npan¡t* AkÄ¡v””

F¶n«v AlzSns] tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”AtSm.. WnW¡v Npan¡p¶ bSnskms¡ Dt*m?””

fpO¯v tUgy emkw k^p¯n AkÄ NmÀ¯nNntWmXv b_ªp.

“”tI«sW tbms` AÃ Mm³. Unkhw ^*p tW^w Npan¡pw Mm³.””

“”ssUk¯nW_n]mw.””

“”F¦n sZ]n`n km.. Mm³ Npan¡ptfm CÃt]m F¶v Nm\n¨p S^mw.””

Ak³ Sfml]m]n b_ªp.

“”Mm³ sZ]n`n k¶p Wo Npan¡p¶Sv tWm¡mw.””

“”tI¨o.. Cu tI«³ Bav l^n]Ã. sb\vbntÅ^psX Npan ho³ bnXn¡m³ WX¡]m.””

t^gvf ASv tN«p In^n¨p sNm*v Aksa]pw knan¨p ko«nt`¡p WX¶p.

AkÀ tbm]n Njnªt¸mÄ AkWpw Npan¡m³ tbm]n. Npan Njnªp Ak³ tWs^ tbm]Sv t^gvf]psX ko«nt`¡m\v. t^gvf]psX Aѳ dnhnWhv Bknly¯nWm]n ZÂin]n tbm]n^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v AknsX t^gvf]pw AlzSn]pw AÃmsS tks_ B^pw CÃm]n^p¶p.

NmÀ¯nNv N]_n sIÃpt¼mÄ t^gvf]psX _qfnsâ tZmÀ Sp_¶p NnX¸p*v. t^gvf Npan Njnªp N®mXn]psX fp¶n Wn¶pw fpXn Io¸pkm]n^p¶p.

Ak³ AkapsX sdZnt`¡p NnX¶psNm*v AktamXv tImUn¨p.

“”AlzSn FknsX?””

“”AkÄ Npan¡pkm.””

_qfns` Aäm¨Zv dmSv–_qfn skÅw kojp¶ ldv–Uw Ak³ {l²n¨p.

“”fn*mbq¨s] tbm`n^p¶ sb®m, Ct¸mÄ AkapsX hwhm^w N*ntÃ?””

sdZn Aksâ AXp¯m]n k¶n^p¶p sNm*v t^gvf b_ªp.

“”Cu hwhm^w fmt{S DÅZm.. bmkw B\v AkÄ””

“”AknsX N]_n sIÃp¶SnWp fp³bv Ss¶ Wm¯qtW ht¸mÀ«v sI]vSp hwhm^n¡pkm\tÃm.””

“”Wo tbmXm…””

AkÀ Hmt^m¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv