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N¼nNp«³.sWäv 1000 S^\w F¶v WnÀdÔw Bs\¦n Mm³ km§nt¨mamw.”

“F´m Wn³s_ tb^v?”

“goW. bs£ CknsX sb«nk*n F¶ FÃm^pw Fs¶ knan¡pt¶. FÃm skXnNÄ¡pw D*mkpftÃm H^p tb^v. W½Ä hpOw tfmin¨Ã. ko«n AXp¸p bpN]t* hms_. ASnWm Cu b\n¡p C_§n]Sv.”

“Ft´m^w b\n]p*v tks_. FÃm^pw CSv sI]vSsÃmt`m Kokn¡pt¶?”

“bSnWm`mw k]hn NpXn¨n«v k¶ F³s_ ^*mw AÑWv Nan]v¡m³ F³s_ Nm`p Nk¨p bnXn¨p sNmXp¯v F³s_ A½]m. A§sW DÅ FWn¡v tks_ F´v b\n] hms_ CSn`pw WÃSp Nn«m³. sN«n]k³ Dtb£n¨p tbm]n. ^*p f¡apw A]mapsX Nnakn SÅt]]pw MmWm tWm¡t\. Nnakn¡p f^p¶nWp S¶ tk\w fmhw WsÃm^p SpN.”

F³s_ N¼n FÃmw tbm]n. ASv fWhn`m¡n sNm*p goW In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“F³s_ NT tN«m hm_nâ Cu Np®]n Wn¶v AÃ. N®n Wn¶v skÅw k^pw. knt«¡v hms_. W½p¡v Ft´`pw N¼n b_ªp skÅw Na]mw.”

kngv\p tbm¡än Wn¶v H^p B]n^w AkÄ¡p sNmXp¯p. bs£ tfXn¡m³ Nq«m¡n]nÃ. Mm³ tfXn¨p ASpw AkapsX »uhn WnÀdÔn¨p Sn^pNn k¨p. ssN Mm³ Np®]n Wn¶p FXp¸n¨p AkapsX.

“hm^fnà tI¨n. tI¨n sbms¡map. Mm³ kngv\ptWmXv k*n Sn^n¡m³ b_ªp.

“MmWpw k^p¶p Wn§apsX NqsX. Wn§Ä sk_pw Nmf {em´·mÀ Aà F¶v FWn¡v bqÀ\ knlzmhw D*v.”

AÂb tW^w M§Ä b^hvb^w H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

“goW tI¨n¡v Mm³ H^p dn]À Njn¡p¶Sn knt^mVw Dt*m?”

“D*v. FWn¡v S^msS Njn¨mÂ…””

Mm³ f_pbXn b_ªnÃ. hoänWp AXn]n Wn¶v H^p Np¸n sbm«n¨p AkÀ¡v sNmXp¯p. Hs^®w MmWpw FXp¯p. BUy k`n¡p Ss¶ AkÀ bNpSn AN¯m¡n.

“tI¨n WÃ skÅw AXn Bs\tÃm?”

skÅw AXn fm{SfÃ. N©mkv FÃmw D*v. In`À¡v Nan]v¡m³ `i^n WnÀdÔw B\v. A§sW Mm³ b`Spw Db]mPn¨p SpX§n. H^p bmXv AWpek§apw. Cu ]m{S sNm*v b_ªp So^nà F³s_ NTNÄ. bs£ Mm³ C¶v ht´mgkSn]m\v. F³s_ Cu KoknSw Mm³ BhzUn¨p SpX§n^n¡p¶p. ASp sNm*p Ss¶ Wn§sa tbms` DÅ Wà sI¡·m^psX NqsX Mm³ NnX¶p sNmXp¡p¶Sv F³s_ bqäns` Nj¸v fmäm³ NqsX Ss¶]m. goW ko*pw dn]À Np¸n Ip*ntWmXv tIÀ¯v Wm`v A©p NknÄ NpXn¨p. fj¯pÅnNÄ HjpNn C_§p¶ Nm_n³s_ ¥mÊn`qsX AkÄ FSns^ k^p¶ k*n]psX skan¨¯nt`]v¡p tWm¡n WnÊwPfm]n C^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv