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N¼nNp«³.sWäv kojmsS Sm§n bnXn¨p.

At¸mÄ fpS Ft¸mÄ ks^ AlzSn¡v F´m¶v hwekn¨sS¶v NmÀ¯n¡nWv fWhn`m]n«nÃ. t^gvf]psX]pw A^vKpsâ]psfms¡ fpOw N*n«v Ft´m k`n] Npj¸w Ds*¶p fm{Sw fWhn`m]n.

Ak³ t^gvft]mXv tImUn¨p.

“”s^¨p… Wos]¦n`pw b_.. F´m AlzSn¡v bän]sS¶v.””

t^gvf N®pNÄ SpX¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“” Mm³ Np_¨p Unkhw fp³bv N^ªpsNm*v ko«n k¶Sv WnW¡v HmÀf]ntÃ?””

“” D*v..””

“” A¶v Mm³ tI«tWmXv Wnsâ]pw AlzSn]psX]pw Nm^yw b_ªn^p¶p. At¸mÄ tI«³ Ft¶mXv b_ªt¸mjm Mm³ fWhn`m¡p¶Sv AlzSn¡v CWn AVnNw B]phnsöp.””

CSv tN«v NmÀ¯n¡nsâ fpOw kna_n skap¯p.

“”s^¨p… Wo F´m b_ªSv?””

“” hSyfm\v NmÀ¯n.. AkapsX InNnÕ¡m]n«m\v CkÀ PÄcn Wn¶pw Wm«n k¶p shän B]Sv, CkntX]pw tZmÎÀfmÀ b_ªSv B]phv Np_¨pWmÄ Wo«n sNm*v tbmNmsf¶ÃmsS Kok³ ^£n¡mWmNnà F¶m\v.””

NmÀ¯nNv H¶pw fn*mWmNmSn^p¶p.

“” Mm³ ko«n k¶Snsâ bn¶ms` A¶v Akapw Fsâ bn_sN k¶Sv CsSm¶pw Wns¶ A_n]n¡^psS¶p b_]mWm]n^p¶p… CkÄ¡v tk*n B\v AÀKp³ tI«³ sbs«¶v N`ym\w tk\sf¶v W½tamXv Bknlysb«Sv–.””

At¸mtj¡pw NCZ kn Wn¶pw tZmÎÀ bp_t¯¡p k¶vAÀKptWmXv Ft´m b_ªp. AlzSns] Nm\mWm]n AÀKpWpw AÑWpw A½]pw NCZ t`¡v N]_n. Np_¨p Njnªp AkÀ bp_t¯¡p C_§n«p AÀKp³ NmÀ¯n¡nsâ AXp¯v k¶v b_ªp.

“”AkÄ¡p Wn§sa Nm\\sf¶p b_ªp.””

NmÀ¯nNv t^gvf]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AkÄ N®pWoÀ SpX¨p NmÀ¯n¡nsâ ssN]pw bnXn¨p NCZ t`¡v WX¶p. tN«sSÃmw H^p NT fm{Sfm]n^n¡mw Ak³ {bmÀ°n¨p.

NCZ t`Nv N]_n sI¶ NmÀ¯nNv N*Sv C¶s` ks^ N* AlzSns] B]n^p¶nÃ.fpOsfÃmw kna_n H^p Wo` kÀ\w bXÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. N®nWp Ipäpw N_p¸v Wn_w N`À¶p.

AlzSn Aks^ tWm¡n UpÀd`fm]n H¶v In^n¡m³ tWm¡n.H¶pw fn*mWmNmsS Np_¨p tW^w AkÀ A§sW Ss¶ Wn¶p. NmÀ¯nNv AkapsX ssN]n fp_psN bnXn¨p. AkapsX N®n Wn¶pw H^näp N®pWoÀ Smtjs¡mjpNn.

AkÄ b_ªp.

“”Fs¶ tSXns]¯p¶ f^\s¯ Mm³ F¶pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶Sm\v. tI«sW C§sW kngfn¸n¡\w F¶v Mm³ N^pSn]n^p¶nÃ. W½Ä S½n CãvXs¸«m tI«³ C§sW kngfnt¡*nk^psf¶p FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*p Mm³ b^fmkVn N¼nNp«³.sWäv