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N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXpt¯m«p sIÃv. Aѳ hpOn¸n¡pw tfmsa sl^n¡pw.”

Mm³ Aѳs_ AXpt¯Nv WX¶v sI¶p. F³s_ ssN]n bnXn¨p k`n¨p N«n`n NnX¯n. C^s] Nn«n] tk« frP¯n³s_ lu^yt¯msX F³s_ tUiw BhN`w D½NÄ sNm*v sbmSnªp. F³s_ sI_pWm^§m k`p¸fpÅ fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n I¸n NpXn¡pN]pw sI_pSm]n NXn¡pN]pw sM^Xn DX¨pw F³s_ Nj¸v Nq«n. Mm³ F´v sI¿\w F¶v A_n]msS B hpO¯n NnX¶p sNmXp¯p. F³s_ sbm¡nÄ Ipjn]n Wm¡n«t¸m FWn¡v C¡nan B]n. Mm³ D_s¡ In^n¨p tbm]n. As¸m F³s_ A½ hvtWit¯msX F³s_ AXpt¯¡v NnX¶p.

“NÅn WnW¡v C{S fp«n Wn¡pkm^psW§n tW^s¯ H¶v A½¨nt]mXp b_ªm tbm^m^pt¶m?”

Mm³ In^n¨p. A½¨n F³s_ fp`Nan SXkn. Aѳ BÀ¯nt]msX F³s_ gZn Du^n F_nªp. F³s_ ^*p Nm`pNÄ F³s_ sW©nt`¡p SÅn. F³s_ A^sN«p A`vbw sbm¡n F³s_ Np*n fpS bq_p ks^ W¡pN]m\v. B W¡`nWv CX¡v FWn¡v tgm¡v AXn¨ tbms` tSm¶n. Mm³ H¶v bpaªp. F³s_ bq_nWN¯p Wn¶pw Ft´m H`n¡p¶ tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. F³s_ Aѳ Cs¸m bq_nWp AN¯p Wm¡p tNän AknXp¶v F´v I¸n FXp¡pkm\v.

“FXn Wn³s_ fNÄ¡v kt¶Xn.” Aѳ At½s] tWm¡n b_ªp.

“bns¶ k^p¯m³ tk*n Ss¶ Asà fWpgy Wn§Ä F³s_ sNm¨n³s_ Nm`n³s_ CX Sn¶Sv.”

A½ F³s_ Nknan D½ k¨p.

“F³s_ tfmÄ Aѳs_ km]n Ss¶ Hjn¨p AsÃ?”

FWn¡v H¶pw fWhn`m]nÃ. F³s_ Nm`n³s_ CX]n Wn¶v Aѳ Cjªp k¶p F³s_ Ip*n I¸n. Aѳs_ Np® F³s_ bqän D^¡pN]m\v Aѳ.

“tfmÄ N*n«ns` Aѳ At½sX bqän Np® sNäp¶Sv. Wà hpOw Nn«pw. tfmapsX Npªn bqän`pw tNtät*?”

Mm³ bSps¡ fqan.

“BUyw tNäpt¼m A`vbw tkUW]p*mkkpw. A½¨n W¶m]n F® bp^«n¯^mw. As¸m tkUW Np_]pw.”

A½ AXp¡]nt`¡p F® FXp¡mWm]n tbm]n. AÑWpw MmWpw b^hvb^w Ip*pNÄ I¸n ^hn¨p. A½ F®¡p¸n]pfm]n k¶p.

“fWpgy A^ sbm¡n bnXnt¨.”

AѳF³s_ fpNan`m]n b«n Wn¡p¶ tbms` Wn¶p. Aѳs_ A*n Sp§n NnX¶mXpN]m. A½ ssN]n F® FXp¯p Aѳs_ hmfmWw M§apsX BXn³s_ bm N_¡p¶Sv tbms` k`n¨p F® tS¡p¶p. Np_¨p F® F³s_ bqän`pw B¡n ssN sNm*v F³s_ bqÀ Im`n At½sX ssN sNm*v tS¨p. H^p ssN sNm*v F³s_ bqän`pw ftä ssN sNm*v Aѳs_ Np®]pw A½ W¶m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv