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N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWpw In^n¨p. Mm³ tcm¬ sNm*ptbm]n KnWpknWv sNmXp¯p.

NnX¶t¸mÄ D_¡w k¶nÃ. fUy `i^n]n B]n^ps¶¦n`pw KnWpknsâ A½t]mXv Fs´ms¡]m\v hwhm^n¨Sv.

Mm³ tcm¬tWm¡n. b{´*^ f\n. kmXvhmbv Sp_¶p. ^mVnN]psX s{bmssc tWm¡n. cpÄ sshhv tcmt«m]m\v. FWn¡v N¼n]m]n.

b`t¸mjpw N`ym\ koXpNan sk¨v ^mVnNs] N*n«p*v. AkapsX fpjp¸pw. hm^n]n bp_¯p Nm\p¶ CXp¸psfms¡ b`t¸mjpw Fsâ Np®s] Np`¸n¡m³ Nm^\w B]n«p*v. bs£ H¯n^n I^¡pNÄ¡nX]n H¶v fm{Sfm]n^p¶p As¶ms¡. ^mQtk«sâ em^y]m\v AsSs¶ms¡ A_n]msf¦n`pw A{S {l²n¨n^p¶nÃ.

Ct¸mÄ KnWpknsâ A½]ms\¶v A_nªSn`Ã, Ak^psX A{S]pw AXp¸t¯msX]pÅ hwhm^w, KnWpkpfm]n kas^ tW^s¯ Ss¶ AXpt¡*Sm]n^p¶p Fs¶m^p tSm¶Â.

Mm³ AkapsX s{bmssc`n foZn] BZv sI¿mWm]n FXp¯p.

‘tfmsW KnWp, Wo Sp`¨ frUp`]v¡p bN^w Wnsâ A½s] Mm³ FXp¡pkmX ssft^…’

Fsâ tcm\n D*m]n^p¶ Np_¨p shN-vhv koZnt]mhvMm³ AkÄ¡p A]¨p. Hmt^m¶pw Abv–t`mZv Bkp¶Sv tWm¡n Mm³ Np® St`mXn. fUy `i^n]n B]n^p¶SnWm ASv k^p¯nt]¡mkp¶ Bb¯p Mm³ In´nt¨ CÃ.

^*p fqs¶®w Abv-t`mZv B]t¸mjm\v Mm³ ASv N*Sv. Aks]Ãmw sZ`nkÀ Bkp¶p. AVnNw sskNmsS Ak _oZv BkpN]pw sI]vSp. Mm³ sM«n. sWäv HmcvsI]vSv. tcm¬ Uqt^]vNv sk¨p.

bntä¶v KnWp knan¡p¶Sv tN«m\vMm³ Fjpt¶äSv. Ak³ s_Zn B]n tNmtaKnt`¡v tbmNm³ H^p§n]n^n¡p¶p.

‘Mm³ CsÃXm…Wo sbm]vt¡mC¶v’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Biv… Wo C¶v k^nÃm¶v FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p’ Ak³ ASpw b_ªp tbm]n.

Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯p.
^mVnN t»m¡v sI]vSp Nm\ptfm?

Mm³ sWäv Hm¬ sI]vSp. AkapsX Imäv FXp¯p. tUgyw Nm\n¨pÅ Nps_ hvssf`n. bns¶ H^p sftÊKpw.

‘Fsâ fN³ BkmWpÅ {bm]tf WnW¡pÅq… f_¡*. S`v¡m`w Mm³ ^mQtk«tWmXv b_]p¶nÃ. CWn C§sW D*mk^pSv’ ASm]n^p¶p sftÊKv.

Mm³ Aksa knan¨p.

‘^mVntN¨n thm_n…Mm³ Imäv fm_n A]¨Sm\v’ H¯n^n tW^s¯ _n§nWp tlgw AkÄ FXp¯ DXsW Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Asöp FWn¡v W¶m]n«v A_n]mw. ASv tbms«… CWn D*mk^pSv. Aà C¶v tbm]ntÃ? KnWp Dt*m AXp¯v?’ Wà tUgy¯n`m]n^p¶p f_pbXn.

‘KnWp tbm]n.tI¨n tUgys¸XtÃ… tI¨n ko«n Hä]v¡tÃ… CsSms¡ tI¨n¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv