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N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ k`n¡pt¼mÄ D½]psX Ip*pNÄ A`vbw knUÀ¶n^p¶p. k^vg§av¡p fp¼p MmWpw C¡]pw KokmfrSw WpNÀ¶p. B fp`NÄ C¶v C¡ NmfmÀ¯nt]msX WyqW]p¶Sv. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ ASpks^ AX§n^p¶ C¡msX fp`NÄ D½msX sNmjp¯p SXn¨ fp`]n N]_n bnXn¨p. C¡ ASv bnXn¨p Sn^n¡mWpw AfÀ¯mWpw SpX§n]tSmsX D½]psX Ip*n Wn¶pw tWÀ¯ In` lÐ§Ä k¶Sptbms` tSm¶p¶p. C¡msX b^m{Nfw N*m D½msX fp`NÄ fpjpkWm]n knjp§m³ DÅ b²Sn Bs\¶v tSm¶pw. bs£ D½msX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ C¡msX N¿n sSän Nan¨p. ASpks^ SpX¶ C¡msX fp` I¸Â Wn¶p. C¡ WnÀ¯n]t¸mÄ ASpks^ ^¯n]m{S]n B]n^p¶ D½ C¡msX tWs^ tWm¡n tImUn¨p:””Ft´……… Np«Wv fSnt]m””. “”Akt`PmWpw N]_n k^ptfm””C¡ tImUn¨p.ASnWp F¶pw knUymeymh dÔp H¶pw CÃmt`m”” D½ f_pbnXn]pw WÂNn. sF¡ F´m]m`pw D½msX fp`]n bnXn¡m³ fpSnÀ¶nÃv`. bns¶ Mm³ N*Sv C¡ N«n`n FjptWäp Wn`vNp¶Sm\v. C¡ C«n^p¶ Xn gÀ«v Du_n F_nªp . At¸mtj¡pw D½ ^*p N¿pw sbm¡n bnXn¨p. C¡ NpWnªp D½msX sWän sfsà sbm¡n Du_n Wm«n . D½ C«n^n¡p¶ N_p¯ {dm Nm\mw D½msX H^p fp` bp_¯pw Hs^®w AN¯pw B\v. C¡ Sp Du_n fmän. F¶n«p Ft´m. D½t]mXv b_ªp. ASv tN«Spw D½ C^p¶p D*m]n^p¶ bmâohpw Du^n fmän. D½ hz´w fNsâ fp¼n bqÀ\ WPv–W]m]n C^n¡p¶ NmjvI N*p Fsâ N®v SÅn.. bns¶ Dw½ H^p Wm\kpw CÃmsS H^p H^p W`vNm`ns] tbms` N«n`n Wn¶p. C¡ D½msX AXp¯v k¶p C^p¶p. D½]psX Sq§n NnX¡p¶ fp`NÄ NWX` tSWo¨]psX NqXp f^¯n Wn¶v Sq§n NnX¡p¶Sv tbms` D*v. C¡ D½msX 2 fp`]n`pw bnXn¨p k`n¡m³ SpX§n.Mm³ knIm^n¨p C¡ WnÀins]¶p. FknsX C¡Nv knXm³ H^p b^nbmXn]pw CÃ. A§sW C^n¡pt¼mam\v H^p knan:””FXn sbs® , Wo AknsX F¶m b\n]”” D½]m\v tXm]v–`än N]_n]n«v A_ f\n¡qÀ Njnªp. Mm³ sbs«¶v. Npan¨p bp_¯n_§n. ssZWn§v iman D½ Nm¸n k¨n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv Njn¨p.Mm³ CX]v¡p D½s] tWm¡n. H^p fmäkpw CÃmsS B\v D½ C^n¡p¶Sv. B koZnt]m N*SpsNm*p fm{Sfm\v CsSms¡ knlzhn¡p¶Sv. Csæn CsSm¶pw Mm³ H^n¡`pw knlzhn¡nÃ. A§sW e£\w Njn¨ tlgw Mm³ Sn^n¨p fp_n]nt`¡p tbm]n. kmSn AX¨p Mm³ N«n`n NnX¶p. F¶n«p koZnt]m s_hyqtf sI]vSp. C¡ D½]psX 2 fpaNsa]pw bnXn¨p k`n¡pN]m\v. N*n«v H^p N_k Nm^sâ t_mÄ C¡ sI¿p¶Sv F¶v tSm¶p¶p. Ft´m C¡ b_]p¶p*v . bs£ tNÄ¡¯nÃ. C¡ D½s] N«n`n N¼nNp«³.sWäv