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N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNms¨ ^*p ¥mhpw skÅkpw FXpt¯Xn.” A½ B b\n FWn¡v S¶p.

Mm³ AXp¡a]n Wn¶v ^*p ¥mhpw H^p tfm´]n skÅkpfm]n sIÃpt¼m DXpSp*n CÃmsS Wn¶v KW`n NqsX fpÅn sNm*p Wn¡pkm^p¶p Aѳ.

“WnW¡v tkt\mXn sNms¨?” A½ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.

“tk*.”

Aѳs_ tbm¡än Wn¶v H^p doZn FXp¯p k`nt¨m*n^p¶ A½ FWn¡v tWs^ doZn Wo«n. CX¡v CSp tbms` FWn¡pw k`n¡mWpw NpXn¡mWpw Hs¡ A½ S^m_p*v. Mm³ doZn k`n¡p¶SnWnX¡v Aѳ fq{S Np® sM^Xn sNm*p At½sX tWÀ¡v k¶p.

“CsS¶mXn Njn¡m³ H¶pfntà CSn³s_ NqsX?”

“sNm¨p sI¶v fo³ I«n]n Wn¶v Ima N_n FXpt¯m*v km.”

Mm³ AXp¡a]n tbm]n Sn^n¨p k^pt¼mÄ F³s_ A½¨n Aѳs_ A*n I¸n sNmXp¡p¶Sm\v Nm\p¶Sv. b` Sk\ N*n«ps*¦n`pw BUyfm]n«m\v C{S AXp¯p¶p Mm³ Nm\p¶Sv. Mm³ bm{Sw AknsX k¨v Sn^n¨p WX¡m³ SpX§n]Spw.

“FXn sNms¨ B ¥mÊnt`m«p H¶v Hjn¨n«p tbmXn.”

Mm³ NpWnªp Wn¶v fUyw Hjn¡m³ SpX§n]Spw F³s_ I´n]n Bt^m SXkp¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡pt¼m AÑWm\v. fm_n Wn¡\w F¶v FWn¡v D*m]n^psW¦n`pw NmfhpOw A_n]m³ sNmSn¨n^p¶ F³s_ fWhv AWpkUn¨nÃ. F¦n`pw Mm³ ^*p ¥mhn`pw fUyw bNÀ¶p sNmXp¯n«p F³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Aѳs_ ssN Ct¸mapw F³s_ Np*n Im`n C¡nan BNp¶ tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ sK«nNv AN¯p ssN C«p sI_p t^mf§Ä Wn_ª F³s_ bqÀ¨m`n kn^t`mXn¨p. b_ª_n]n¡m³ Njn]m¯ hpOw. Mm³ ssN sNm*p AfÀ¯n F³s_ h½mWw sM^Xn hpOn¨p NnX¡pt¼mÄ At½sX H¨.

“Wo H_§nt]mXn sNms¨?”

“CÃ…””

“”Wn³s_ AÑWv C¶v Wn³s_ NqsX NnX¡\w F¶v.”

Mm³ H^p A^nNnt`¡v Wo§n NnX¶p. A½ Fs¶ sNm*v ¥mhns` fUyw cpÄ NpXn¸n¨p. Aѳ N«n`n³s_ H^p fq`]v¡v C^p¶p doZn k`n¨p SÅpN]m\v. fUyw S`¡p bnXn¨ FWn¡v b^nh^w N_§p¶ tbms` tSm¶n. F³s_ A½ Fs¶ Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p Wn_p¯n F³s_ »uhn³s_ ip¡pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du^n. sbäntNm«pw bmkmX]pw Du^n. sg[n]n Wn¡p¶ F³s_ sNm¨p fp`Nsa A½ sM^n¨p. F³s_ Nan¨p Wn¶ fp`¡®n Wmkp sNm*v A½ C¡nan B¡n. fUy`i^n]pw Nj¸pw Fs¶ fsäm^p t`mN¯m\v F¯n¨Sv.

“tfmsa hpOfpt*m?”

“Òvfv…”” Mm³ fqapN fm{Sw sI]vSp.

Aѳs_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv