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N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp_¯p Nm\mw. Mm³ sK«n C«n«pÅSv sNm*v Np® kXn B]Sp bp_¯_n]nÃ. Mm³ tWm¡n C^ns¡ AkÀ fo³ sk«n NjnMv Fjpt¶äp.

Fsâ km Sp_¶p tbmNmSn^n¡m³ Mm³ bmXv sbXp¶p*m]n^p¶p. Fs´m^p sshhv Fsâ A½¨n! k]_p fpjpk³ bp_¯p Nm\p¶ ^oSn]n B\v AkÀ `p¦n DXp¯n^p¶Sv. H^p sI_pWm^§m k`p¸w DÅ sbm¡nÄ, Np_¨p fpt¶m«p ImXn sNmjp¯ sMm_nkpNÄ DÅ k]À.

“”hm_v Npans¨¨pw km. Mm³ fo³N_n fpaNn«p sk]v¡t\m AtSm k_p¯^¡t\m? F§sW sk]v¡p¶Sm hm_nWnãw?””

“”F§sW sk¨m`pw FWn¡v Cãfm””

tPmbn BlmWv fWÊn Wµn b_ªp sNm*v Mm³ Npanfp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. Npanfp_n]n N]_n] bmsX Mm³ tfma½¡p H^p km\w sNmXp¡m³ S¿m_m]n. sK«n Du^n]t¸mÄ ASn Np®]psX WWkv bXÀ¶n^p¶p. Np«³ sk«n BXn Wn¸m\v. Np_¨p thm¸v tS¨p km\w AXn¡mw F¶pÅ ¹mWpfm]n Mm³ Wn¡pt¼mÄ Npanfp_n]psX kmSn`n Bt^m S«n.

“”At¿m Mm³ b_]m³ f_¶p. hm_nWp Npan¡m³ IqXv skÅw tk\sf¦n CknsX bp_¯n^n¸p*v. At§À¡p sk¨Sm.”” kmSn`nWp skan]n Wn¶p tfma½ D_s¡ b_ªp.

“”hm^fnà tI¨n, Mm³ S\p¯ skůn Npant¨mamw. ASp tI«³ Ss¶ FXpt¯ms«””

“”At§^p k^pt¼mÄ¡pw F´m]m`pw CSp S\p¯p tbmNpw. ASp Mm³ tks_ sNmXp¡mw. hm_v NSNp Sp_t¶. Mm³ CSv FXp¯p ANt¯¡v sk¨p S^mw””

Mm³ sbs«¶v `p¦n FXp¯pXpSv NSNp Sp_¶p. gÀ«v CÃmsS `p¦n fm{Sw DXp¯p Wn¡p¶ Fs¶ tfma½ H^p k«w H¶v tWm¡n]n«v NpWnªp skÅw Wn_¨ I^pkw FXp¯p.

“”Mm³ FXp¡mw tI¨o””

“”tk* hmt_ bm{S¯n A¸Xn N^n B\v. Mm³ FXp¯p AN¯p sk¨p S^mw.””

AkÀ AWm]mhfm]n B bm{Sw Sm§n FXp¯v Npanfp_n¡NSv N]_n. AkÀ B\p§sa tbms` `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n]n^p¶p. sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ bNpSn]pw Nm\mw.

Npanfp_n¡pÅns` hvamdnWv fpNan sk]v¡m³ B]n AkÀ bm{Sw H¶p NqXn D]À¯n. sbs«¶v Nm`p sSän]ns«m dm`³hv tbm]ns«m F¶_n]nà AkÀ At¿m Fs¶m^p knant]mXv NqXn bn¶nt`¡v kojm³ SpX§n. kmSn¡ Wn¶ Mm³ S¡ hf]¯p bp_Nn Wn¶pw Ipän bnXn¨SnWm ko\nÃ.

bs£ I^pk¯n C^p¶ skÅw f_nªp M§apsX bp_t¯¡p ko\p. Ak^psX fp³emPw sfm¯fm]n WWªp. Nn«n] Akh^w fpS`m¡n Mm³ Fsâ Np® `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn B fmVN_m\]psX tNmS¨m`n AfÀ¯n sk¨p. AkÀ `p¦n¡Xn]n fsäm¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv