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b{S¯n kà Hant¨m«tfm AkninStfm sNm`bmSNtfm hv{So boZWtfm Dt*m¶v b^Sp¶SnWnsX kmfemP¯nsâ Nnansfmjn tN«p Mm³ S`]p]À¯n tWm¡n. AkÄ ssN]n`p*m]n^p¶ Bkn b_¡p¶ Im] Fsâ tWs^ Wo«n]n«v– H^p WkkVpknsWt¸ms` Wm\n¨v ssNkn^ NXn¨v, NmÂkn^ sNm*v In{Sw k^]v¡m³ SpX§n.

“”F¶SmXn WnWs¡m^p Wmt\mw Np\p§`pw..Wns¶ CknXm^m*v sb®v Nm\m³ kt¶m’ Im] DuSn IqXv fmän H^Âbw NpXn¨n«v Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”MmsWm^p Nm^yw b_ªm C¨m]³ h½Sn¡ptkm?’

AkÄ sNm©t`msX tImUn¨p. Hmtim..At¸mÄ Ft´m Nm^yw hmVn¡mWm\v CkapsX Cu `ÖmWXWw. F´pfmNs« F¶v fWhn b_ªpsNm*v Mm³ fqan.

“”AtS]v…C¶tà A¼`¯ns` DÕkw So^p¶Sv? ^m{So Wfp¡pw bntÅs^ Nq«ns¡m*v H¶v tbmNmw. H¯n^n WmapsNm*pÅ Fsâ H^ml]m..Njnª sNmtÃmw C¨m]m³ M§sa sNm*ptbm]nÃtÃm..’

AkÄ sNm©ns¡m*v Fsâ tSman ssNk¨v b^nekt¯msX b_ªp. AkÄ Nmlv In`kmNp¶ Fs´¦n`pfmNpw b_]m³ k¶sS¶v N^pSn]n^p¶ FWn¡v CSv tN«t¸mÄ Blzmhw tSm¶n.

“”FXn Ct¸m btj tbms`]Ã. KW¡q«w fimtfmlfm\v. Nps_ Ak·mÀ NÅpw N©mkpw AXn¨v hwQw tIÀ¶v C¯^w Ø`§an k^pw. AXnbnXn hv{SoNsa Db{Ukn¡Â SpX§n] kr¯ntNXpNÄ Nm\n¡m³. NpXpwdfm]n C¡m`¯v ^m{Sn DÕkØ`§an tbmNm³ bänÃ..’ Mm³ AkapsX fWhv fmämWm]n hmiI^y§apsX {blvW§Ä knlUoN^n¨p tWm¡n.

“”Hm bns¶..C¨m]³ NqsX Ds*¦n bns¶t´m tbXn¡mWm..tkt_w BÄ¡mÀ NpXpwdfm]n k^pftÃm.. Wfp¡v tbmNmw C¨m]m..¹ohv..Fsâs]m^p tfmiftÃ’ AkÄ b©hm^ Im`n¨v Ft¶mXv ko*pw sN©n.

“”WnW¡v {bm]w NqXpt´m_pw Np«n¡an]pw NqXpN]m\v..Rm Ft´`pw BNs«..tbmNmw..S¡m`w Wo sI¶p kÃSpw Sn¶m³ D*m¡v’ AkhmWw Mm³ b_ªp.

“”hSyw?..tim..^£sb«p..Wà C¨m]³’ AkÄ BËmUt¯msX NpWnªv Fsâ Nknan H^p½ S¶n«v DÅnt`¡v tbm]n.

Fsâ em^y sKÊn C^pWn_fpÅ, Nm\m³ hmfmWy shuµ^yfpÅ H^p sb®m\v–. SXn A¸w NqXpS`p*v F¶pfm{Sw. bs£ AkÄ Bav sk_pw bmkfm\v; Fs¶ k`n] knlzmhkpw. Mm³ H^p hv{So`¼XWm\v F¶pÅ khvSpS AkÄ¡v A_n]nÃ. skap¯p sNmjp¯, shuµ^yfpÅ Caw {bm]¡m^nNÄ Fsâ H^p d`ioWS B\v. dÔ¯n`pÅ I^¡v sb¬Np«nNÄ ko«n k¶m Akt^mXv hvtWiw WXn¨v Fsâ In` N`mb^nbmXnNÄ D*v. Ak^n In`À Fsâ AhpOw fWhn`m¡n AVnNw AXp¸n¡msS N¼nNp«³.sWäv