N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨n FWn¡v tk*n tI«tWmXv NÅw b_ªm fSn.””
t^gvf Np_¨p tW^w Bt`mIn¨p, F¶n«p NmÀ¯nNnsW tWm¡n.
Ak³ FÃmw AkapsX CãvXw F¶v b_ªp.
AkÄ AlzSns] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ H^p sNm¨p Np«n A½]n Wn¶pw h½Sw km§m³ Wn¡p¶ fpOemkt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p.
t^gvf bp©n^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”Cu Hs^mä {bknlt¯¡p fm{Sw Mm³ h½Sn¡p¶p.””
AlzSn ht´mgw sNm*v t^gvfs] sN«nbnXn¨p.
B^y tImUn¨p.
“”Cu 3 Unkhw sNm*v Wn§Ä FknsX]m ssd¡n tbm]n k^pt¶?””
AlzSn H«pw Bt`mIn¡msS b_ªp.
“”tN^a¯n DÅ FÃm f`]manNapw H^n¡s`¦n`pw tbm]n«pÅSpw Mm³ CSpks^ tbm]n«nÃSpfm] Ø`w…. sNmssX¡WmÂ.””
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AlzSn]psX cv`män C^n¡pt¼mÄ NmÀ¯nNv In´n¨p.
‘FÃmw H^p htkmbvWw tbms` tSm¶p¶p. AlzSns] ssd¡n St¶mXv tIÀ¯v C^p¯n ]m{S sI¿\sf¶Sv H^p htkmbvWfm]n^p¶p. BUyfm]n AkÄ ssd¡n H¸w k¶t¸mÄ H¶pw DÄs¡mÅmWpÅ fmWhnNmkØ]n B]n^p¶nÃ. bs£ Ct¸mÄ 3 Unkhw AkÄ Ft¶msXm¸w B^ptX]pw Wn]{´\¯n`nÃmsS.’
AlzSn AkapsX]pw NmÀ¯nNnsâ]pw Np_¨p s{ZÊpNÄ dmPn`m¡n FXp¯p tSman`n«p.
B^y AktWmXp tImUn¨p.
“”NmÀ¯n.. tks_ Fs´¦n`pw FXp¡t\m?””
“”H¶pw tk*. dn¡n`tà tbmNp¶Sv. dmPn NqXpS t`mZv CÃm¯Sp B\v WÃSv.””
t^gvf]psX fpOs¯ sX³g³ N*p AlzSn b_ªp.
“”F´nWm tI¨n C§sW tbXn¡ps¶? M§Ä fq¶v Unkhw sNm*v C§p k^ntÃ? ASpks^ tI¨n tI«³ A_n]msS B^y tI¨ns¡m¸w CknsX H¶v Wn`v¡p.””
“”A¨p..””
AlzSn t^gvfs] sN«nbnXn¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”tI¨n tbXn¡*, M§Ä Np^p¯t¡sXm¶pw H¸n¡nÔ”
AkÀ _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n ssd¡nWp AXpt¯¡v WX¶p. NmÀ¯nNv ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v B¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Aksâ bn¶n N]_n C^p¶p. AkÄ H^p Wo` NaÀ Ko³hpw bn¦v NaÀ tXm¸pw B]n^p¶p C«n^ps¶.
ssd¡v AknsX Wn¶pw Wo§n]t¸mÄ AlzSn ssN koln Nm\n¨p, t^gvf]pw B^y]pw Sn^n¨pw ssN koln. At¸mjpw t^gvf]psX fpO¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv