N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wm¯qsâ fp¶n Np_s¨¦n`pw bnXn¨p Wn¡* fmsg?””
“”ASnWn F{S H^p§n]m`pw Fsâ s^¨psâ A{S dm¡n Nm\nÃ.””
“”Hmiv.. h½Sn¨p Fsâ sbms¶.””
sI_p¡³ ko«pNmÀ k¶tSmsX IX§pNÄ sbs«¶v B^wen¨p.
A½]v¡pw B^y]v¡pw H¸w t^gvf IX§p WX¡p¶nXt¯¡p k¶p. N\n]m³ KmSN sbm^p¯w km]n¨p tNĸn¨ tlgw tfmSn^w CXp¶ IX§nt`¡v NX¶p.
t^gvf]psX N®v Ipäpw Bs^t]m Sn^]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASv Ss¶]ms\¶v fWhnWp`m¡n] NmÀ¯nNv AkÄ Nm\¯¡ ^oS]n fpt¶m«p N]_n Wn¶p. AkÄ AksW tWm¡n]t¸mÄ H^p Npj¸kpw Cà F¶pÅ ^oSn]n Ak³ N®pNÄ AX¨p Nm\n¨p. AkÄ ssN kn^`pNÄ Wo«n, AÀKp³ AkapsX ftWmi^fm] kn^`pNan tfmSn^w A\n]n¨p.
NmÀ¯n¡nsâ AXp¯v Wn¶ AlzSn Sfml]m]n AktWmXp tImUn¨p.
“”C¿mapsX h½Sw CÃmsS tI¨n tfmSn^w CXm³ h½Sn¡ntÃ?””
AkÄ AksW tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
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¢mhv Njnªp ko«n tbmNm³ NmÀ k^p¶Spw tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p AlzSn. AkÄ¡p Nq«v B]n NqsX Ss¶ NmÀ¯n¡pw t^gvf]pw D*m]n^p¶p.
Ct¸mÄ AlzSnt]mXpÅ tfmiw GNtUlw Dtb£n¨ Wn`]n`m\v NmÀ¯nNv. Nm^\w AkapsX NpXpwdkpfm]n D*m]n^n¡p¶ bpSn] dÔw.. bns¶ AlzSn]n Wn¶pw AksW CãvXfms\¶ ^oSn]n DÅ H^p hqIWNsam¶pw Ct¸mÄ Nn«p¶nÃm]n^p¶p.
AlzSn BßPSw F¶tbms` b_ªp.
“”Cu ss{ZkÀ F´m F{S t`äv BNp¶Sv.””
t^gvf NmÀ¯n¡nsâ tSmant`¡v Im^n C^p¶psNm*v b_ªp.
“”FWn¡v W¶m]n knl¡p¶ps*Xm.;
“”‘A½ F¶v sskNpt¶^w sIÃpt¼mÄ sskW C`]¸w D*m¡n k]v¡msf¶p b_ªn^p¶p.””
CSv tN« AlzSn,
“”sskW C`]¸w Sn¶ Nm`w f_¶p.””
ko«nt`¡p k¶m S^msf¶p NmÀ¯nNv b_ªp.
“”tI«tWmXv CWn tImUn¡\w AknsX k^\sf¦nÂ.””
“”tI«sW Wo tcm¬ knan¨p S^pN]ms\Nn Mm³ b_ªp h½Sn¸nt¨maw.””
CSv tN« AlzSn b_ªp
“”N`ym\ WnÝ]w Njnªp ^*mjvI NjnªnÃ.. At¸mtj¡pw Fsâ tI«sW tI¨n b_]p¶Sv AWph^n¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv