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N¼nNp«³.sWäv S\p¸v AWpekn¡mWtà W½Ä CknXw ks^ kt¶. Cu IqXn Wn¶pw S\p¸nt`¡v fm_p¶Sv FWn¡v AWpekn¨_n]\w.

AkÄ NpXn¨p SoÀ¶ Im] ¥mhv Aksâ ssN]nt`¡v sNmXp¯p.

AkÄ b_ª B S\p¸v AWpekn¨_n]m³ AkWpw Km¡äv CXmsS ]m{S SpXÀ¶p.

f`N]_n SpX§n Np_¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw S\p¸v Ak^psX l^o^¯nt`¡v A^n¨n_§n, f`]psX Smjzm^s¯ NmjvINÄ AkapsX fWw Nk^p¶Sm]n^p¶p. AksW sN«nbnXn¨n^p¶p AkÄ B NmjvINÄ BhzUn¨p. ssi t_©v bNpSn B]t¸mtj¡pw NqX fªp C_§n SpX§n. bns¶ Ak³ hvboZv Np_¨p {l²n¨p B\v ssd¡v HmXn¨Sv. B S\p¸nWnX]n`pw AkapsX l^o^s¯ IqXv Ak³ Sn^n¨_nªp. C^pÄ b^¶p SpX§n]t¸mtj¡pw AkÀ sNmssX¡Wm F¯n. bns¶ ssN]n D*m]n^p¶ As{ZÊv S¸n N*p bnXn¨p AkÀ dp¡v sI]vSn^p¶ ko«n F¯n.

H^p fVy k]h-vN³ Aks^]pw Nm¯p AknsX C^n¸p*m]n^p¶p. NmÀ¯nNv A]mtamXv Nm^y§sams¡ hwhm^n¨p, A¿mÄ ssN]n AkÀ¡m]n N^pSn]n^p¶ cpZv Aksâ ssN]n sNmXp¯p AknsX Wn¶pw tbm]n.

^*p fp_nNapw imapw DÅ sI_ns]m^p koXv B]n^p¶p ASv. _qfn Ss¶ AämIvZv dm{Sqw D*m]n^p¶p.

koXnWpÅn N]_n] DX³ Ss¶ NmÀ¯nNv t^gvfs] knan¨p AknsX F¯nt¨À¶ knk^w A_n]n¨p.

“”A¨p.. Wo Npan¡p¶ntÃ?””

“”Cu S\p¸m\v B\v CWn Npan¡p¶Sv, tI«³ H¶v tbms].””

AkWpw B S\p¸n Npan¡m³ fXn bnXn¨n^n¡]m]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*k³ bns¶ H¶pw b_]m³ tbm]nÃ. ^*ptb^pw fpOw NjpNn e£\w Njn¡mWm]n C^p¶p. I¸m¯n]pw In¡³ N_n]pw B]n^p¶p, Wà knl¸p*m]n^p¶SnWm AkÀ k]_p Wn_s] Njn¨p.

Bim^w Njn¨p SoÀ¶pX³ Ss¶ AlzSn N«n`nt`¡v tbm]n NnX¶p.

CSv N* NmÀ¯nNv tImUn¨p.

“”Zn.. Wo s{Zhv H¶pw fm_p¶ntÃ?””

“”WÃ WXptkUW FXp¡p¶p tI«m.. FWn¡nWn H¶nWpw k¿.””

Ak³ sdZn AkapsX AXp¯m]n C^p¶p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Wo Sn^nsªm¶p NnXt¶.””

AkÄ Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p.

Ak³ AkapsX tXmbnWp fpNan NqXn Ws«Ãn NqXn ssN HmXn¨p. Ws«¶p AkhmWn¡p¶nXSv F¯m_m]t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.

“”FknsX]m tI«m WÃ tkUW.””

Ak³ AkapsX tXmbv fpNant`¡v D]À¯n. l^o^w N«n`n Wn¶pw D]À¯n AkÄ ASntWmXv hiN^n¨p.

tXmbv H^pbmXv Wo¡s¯ AkÄ¡p tkUWn¡p¶p F¶v b_ªnXwks^ fm{Sw Ak³ tXmbv N¼nNp«³.sWäv