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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nmän AkapsX Ipäpw fqX fªp k¶p fqXn.

AkapsX Np_¨p bn¶n Wn¶v sNm*v Ak³ knan¨p.

“”A¨p…””

AkÄ sbs«¶v Sn^nªp tWm¡n.

D_§n FjptWäp Npan¨p k¶t¸mtj¡pw AkapsX fpOs¯ £o\sfÃmw fm_n]n^p¶p. bj] sFlz^yw Sn^n¨p k¶p B fpO¯v.

SqskÅ s{ZÊn skap¯p SpXp¯ fpOt¯msX fqX fªnWN¯p Wn¡p¶ Aksa N*t¸mÄ H^p fm`mOs] tbms` tSm¶n AkWv.

“”tI«³ Fjpt¶täm… C¶s` ^m{Sn cpZv sNm*v S¶ Bav ^mkn Nm¸n]pfm]n k¶p knan¨t¸mÄ Mm³ FjptWäp. tI«³ Wà D_¡w B]SnWm knan¡m³ tSm¶nÃ.

“”WnW¡v S\p¡p¶ntà Cu fªSv C§sW Wn¶n«v.

AkÄ ssNNÄ Nq«n Sn^p½n sNm*v b_ªp.

“”S\p¡p¶p*v… bs£ Cu S\p¸nWv H^p hpOfp*v.””

Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”Cu S\p¸m\v C¶v ssd¡n tbmNpt¼mÄ CSnWpw hpOw B]n^n¡pw.””

“”tI«m sbs«¶v tbm]n Npan¨p s_Zn BNm³ tWm¡nt].. Cu H^p Unkhtf DÅp Wfp¡nknsX Ipän Nm\pkm³, Wmsa ^mkns` Ss¶ Sn^n¨p tbmtN*Sm.””

ASv In´n¨t¸mÄ Ak³ sbs«¶p tbm]n Npan¨p s_Zn B]n. Nm¸n NpXn¨pX³ AkÀ AknsX Ipän N_§mWm]n C_§n.

k`n] Sn^¡nÃm¯ Unkhw B]SnWm D¨t]m]nZv Ss¶ AkÀ ssb³ tcms_Ìpw, hq]nsshZv tbm]nâpw HsN Ipän N*p.

D¨¡v tim«`n Wn¶pw Bim^w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”CWn FknsX]m W½Ä tbmNp¶Sv.””

“”CknsX N*n«pÅSn FWn¡v Gäkpw CãvXfpÅ Ø`w. tZmÄcn³ tWmhv.””

“”AsS´p hwekfm?””

“”ASv hhvsb³hv, WnW¡v Nm\ptdmÄ fWhn`mNpw. bs£ ssd¡n A§pks^ tbmNm³ bänÃ, Np_¨p Uq^w WX¡mWp*v.””

“”ASv Npj¸fnÃ. tI«sâ CknXs¯ tckss_äv t¹hv H¶v N*p Na]mw.””

“”ASv Njnªp Wfp¡v tdm«n§nWp tbmNmw.””

“”Hmt¡””

cpZv Njn¨p Njnªp AkÀ tZmÄcn³ tWmhnt`¡p ]m{S SpX§n. ssd¡v tbmNp¶nXt¯maw sNm*v tbm]n«v AkÀ AknsX Wn¶pw WX¶p SpX§n.

H^p NmXnWN¯p NqXn DÅ kjn B]n^p¶p. Wà S\p¸pw. AlzSn NmÀ¯n¡nsâ ssN]n IpänbnXn¨p AktWmXp tIÀ¶v WX¶p.

Np_¨p tW^s¯ ]m{Ss¡mXpkn AkÀ AknsX F¯nt¨À¶p. tk_m^pw AknsX D*m]n^p¶nÃ. sNm¡]nt`¡v Wo*p Wn¡p¶ H^p bm_¡Ãm]n^p¶p tZmÄcn³ tWmhv.NãvXn¨p ^*ptbÀ¡p tIÀ¶v WX¡mkp¶ koSn]pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv