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N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX Wm¡v sNm*Spw Aksâ Np«³ H¶v kn_¨p.

Ak³ N®v Sp_¶p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ In^n¨psNm*v Wn¡p¶ Aksa B\v N*Sv.

“”Wo CksW km]n¡pan`m¡n I¸ptfm?””

“”{lfn¨p tWm¡mw tI«m?””

AkÄ km AkWnt`¡Xp¸n¨p AksW km]v¡pÅn`m¡n. km]v¡pÅnt`¡p Ak³ N]_n tbmNpt¼mÄ AkapsX bÃpNÄ ASnt·Â D^ªp.

AkÄ Wm¡psNm*p Aksâ fNpX¯nt·Â In{Sw k^¨p. AkapsX DfnWo^n Npan¨ Ak³ H¶v NqXn d`w k¨p.

NmÀ¯nNv hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn]n F¯n Wn¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ sbs«¶v Aksâ Np«sW km]n Wn¶pw bp_s¯Xp¯p.

“”lzmhw fp«p¶p tI«m.””

Ak³ Aksa Blzhn¸n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Npj¸fnà tfmsa.. Wfp¡v bn¶osXm^n¡Â tWm¡mw CSv.””

AkapsX t]mWn]nt`¡v tWm¡nsNm*v– Ak³ tImUn¨p.

“”Mm³ CksW Wnsâ In¸n¡pÅnt`¡p N]änt¡ms«?””

“”BUyw sI¿pt¼mÄ H^p¸mXv– tkUW FXp¡psf¶v tN«n«p*v tI«m.””

AkapsX sWän]n D½ k¨psNm*mkm³ b_ªp.

“”Wns¶ tkUWn¸n¡msS Mm³ bSps¡ sI¿mw tfmsa.””

Ak³ Ssâ H^p kn^ sNm*v k¶p AkapsX t]mWn knXkn NqXn HmXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. F¶n«p bSps¡ kn^ ¯nWNt¯¡p N]än. AkÄ sI_p tkUW]m Aksâ tSman C_p¡n bnXn¨p.

Ak³ At¸mÄ ^*p kn^`pNÄ AkapsX t]mWn¡pÅnt`¡p N]äm³ {lfn¨p. Np_¨p tW^s¯ Aksâ {lfc`fm]n AkapsX t]mWn]pw Aksâ kn^`pNapw AkapsX fUW K`¯m WWªp Npan¨p.

Ak³ kn^`pNÄ ^*pw AknsX Wn¶pw Du^n FXp¯ tlgw Aksa N«n`n NnX¯n Nm`pNÄ ^*pw k`n¨N¯n. F¶n«p Aksâ Np«sW AkapsX In¸n¡p fpNan NqXn D_¨psNm*n^p¶p, bSps¡ Ak³ ASnsW AkapsX fma¯nWpÅnt`¡p N]än.

AkÄ Aksâ fpSpNn AfÀ¯n bnXn¨psNm*p b_ªp.

“”tk* tI«m.. FWn¡v tkUWn¡p¶p.””

“”CÃm, tfmsa.. H¶pw CÃm.. Mm³ H¶pw sI¿p¶nÃ..””

Ak³ AkapsX N®pNan D½ k¨p. AkÄ Blzmht¯msX H¶v Wnlzhn¨p.

B H^p Wnfng¯n Ak³ sbs«¶v Akant`¡fÀ¶p. Aksâ Np«³ bqÀ\fm]pw AkapsX t]mWn¡pÅn B]n.

B^y]psX ssN]ns` WOw Aksâ fpSpNn Bjv¶n_§n. AkapsX N®pNan Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ HjpNn. Ak³ Np_¨p tW^w AW§msS A§sW Ss¶ NnX¶p.

AkapsX N®pWo^n NqXn Wm¡v DUnSv–sNm*mkm³ tImUn¨p.

“”Ct¸mÄ F§Wp*v?””

“”tkUW N¼nNp«³.sWäv