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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssNNant`¡v Ak³ Ssâ ssN k¨p. sFhv tbms` S\p¯p_ªn^n¡p¶p AkapsX ssNNÄ. ^*p Unkhw fp³bv B ssN]pw l^o^kpw SWn¡p bNÀ¶p S¶ IqXv Aksâ HmÀf]ns`¯n.

GSphf]kpw H^p In^nt]msX skap¯p SpXp¯p C^p¶ AkapsX fpOw N_p¯v SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p.

Ak³ NpWnªp B S\p¯p_ª sWän]n D½ k¨p.. H^näp N®pWoÀ Aksâ NknapNan NqXn HjpNn AkapsX sWän]n ko\p.

sbs«¶v AsSm^p sbm«n¡^¨n`m]n fm_n. Ak³ Fjpt¶äp N^ªpsNm*v tkPS]n bp_t¯¡p WX¶p. ASv N* t^gvf AknsX Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp HmXns¨¶p Aksâ ssNNan bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n.

“” NmÀ¯n.. Wo FknsX tbmNp¶p.. CknsX Wn¡v.””

N^¨n`nWnX]n Ak³ tImUn¨p.

“” F´nWv?.. CkapsX l^o^w So]n sk´nÃSmNp¶Sv Nm\t\m?””

t^gvf]psX ssNNÄ S«nfmän Ak³ bp_t¯¡p tbm]n ssd¡v FXp¯p `£ytdmVfnÃmsS HmXn¨psNm*n^p¶p.

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FN-vhmw Njnªp ssd¡nWXpt¯¡p k^ptdmÄ B^y AksW]pw Nm¯p AknsX Wn¡p¶p. AlzSn]psX f^\w Njnªp fmh§Ä Njnªn^p¶p. f^\¯nWp tlgw ^*p fq¶p Sk\ fm{Sfm\v Ak³ B^yt]mXp hwhm^n¨n^p¶Sv. AkWnt¸mÄ Bt^mXpw A§sW hwhm^n¡m_nÃm]n^p¶p.. t^gvft]mXv tbm`pw.

ssd¡nWXp¯p F¯n] Ak³ B^ys] F´m Nm^yw F¶pÅ ^oSn]n tWm¡n. Akapw AksW sfm¯¯n H¶pw tWm¡n. BsN fm_n]n^n¡p¶p Ak³, {ZÊn§ns`m¶pw H^p {l²]pw CÃ.. fpO¯v A`hfm]n SXn kaÀ¶p Wn¡p¶p, b*s¯ H^p sFlz^yw Aksâ fpO¯nt¸mÄ CÃ.

“”Mm³ AkhmWfm]n Wnt¶mXv H¶v hwhm^n¡m³ k¶Sm.””

Ak³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

“”Wmas¯ AkhmW FN-vhmw Njnªm ^*p Unkh¯nWpÅn Mm³ Updm]nt`¡v tbmNpw, bns¶ Ct§m«p H^p fUvdPn k^kv D*mNnÃ, W½Ä S½n bns¶ Nm\nÃ.””

“” N`ym\w DXsW Nm\ptfm?””

AkÄ H^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.

“”N`ym\w… AsSms¡ WXt¡* hf]¯p WX¡pw.””

Aksâ fpO¯v {btSNn¨p H^p emk fmäkpw D*m]nÃ.

‘ FWn¡_n]mw NmÀ¯n.. AlzSn]psX ØmW¯p WnW¡nWn Bs^]pw Nm\m³ Njn]nsöv, B H^p ØmWt¯¡v NX¶p k^³ MmWpw B{Pin¡p¶nÃ…. Wn¶n Wn¶pÅ hvtWiw, ASv N¼nNp«³.sWäv