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N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp ‘fp³bv sNmXp¯Snsâ ssbh b©m]¯n Wn¶pw CSp ks^ Nn«o«nÃ’

‘Wmsa ^mkns` At§m«p km tI«m. ssbh Mm³ bmhm¡n S^mw. ssV^ym]n«p tbms^’ Mm³ CSv b_ªt¸mÄ tI«sâ N®n `Íp sbm«n. At¸mÄ bp_Nn Wn¶pw tfma½]psX tImUyw, ‘Aà hmt_, Mm³ blpknsW km§m³ DÅ b²Sn]n Atb£n¨n«v B_p fmhw B]n. hm_v knIm^n¨m AsSm¶v sl^n]m¡n S^m³ bäntÃ?’ fpS`m¡mWpÅ s{lfw B\v sbm`]mXn. ‘bns¶´m, ASpw bmhm¡n S^mw’ ^*p tbÀ¡pw ht´mgfm]n. FWn¡nt¸mÄ F´m? NpXpwd¯n Wn¶pw FXp¯p sNmXp¡p¶sSm¶pw AÃtÃm. tfma½ Fs¶ NX¶v Mm³ C^p¶ bXn¡p Smsj DÅ bXn]n fpät¯¡v tWm¡n C^p¶p. F¶n«p H^p Io¸v sNm*p fpXn fm_t¯¡n«p IoNm³ SpX§n. fpSpNv C_¡n sk«n] »uhnWv fpNan Ak^psX WPv–Wfm] bp_w tWm¡n Mm³ C^p¶p. Njp¯nWp bp_Nn A`vbw Wo^v– fpj¨p Wn`vbp*v. ‘tI¨n]psX Njp¯n Wo^p*tÃm’ Mm³ H^p kn^ sNm*v AknsX sSm«p ‘tkUW Dt*m?’

‘tkUW CÃ. bs£ Wo^v– tbmNp¶nÃ’ AkÀ b_ªp. At¸mÄ tI«³ Np_¨p Uqt^¡v tbm]n^p¶p. AknsX Np`¨p Wn¡p¶ H^p kmj¡v ht¸mÀ«v sNmXp¡m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\v. CsSm^p Akh^w B\v F¶v Fsâ fWÊp f{´n¨p. Mm³ Fsâ ^*p ssNNapw tfma½]psX tSman sk¨p. ‘H¶v AfÀ¯n Djnªm Cu Wos^ms¡ tbmNpw’ Mm³ bSps¡ b_ªp. ‘B^v Sn^p½n S^mWm hmt_? At§t^mXv b_ªm sI¿¯nÃ’

‘Mm³ sI]vSp S^mw’ CSp b_ªp Mm³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw tfma½]psX Njp¯pw bp_kpw AfÀ¯n Djn]m³ SpX§n. ‘Mm³ CSp sI¿p¶Sv tI«³ N*m {blvWw BNptfm tI¨n?’

‘hm_nWp A{S tbXn Bs\¦n tk*. H¶p tbm hmt_. Fsâ tfmWv hm_nsâ {bm]tf DÅp. At§^v H¶pw b_]¯nÃ. hm_v W¶m]n AfÀ¯n H¶p Sn^p½ns]. Wà hpOw.’

Mm³ dt_m« fmkv Npj¡pwtbms` Ak^psX bp_w Sn^p½n. »uhnWv fpNan NqXn Fsâ ssNNÄ Ak^psX N£t¯¡v NX¯n. AknsX kn]À¸nsâ WWkp*m]n^p¶p. ‘kn]À¸nsâ Wmäw Bkpw hm_nsâ N¿nÂ. AknsX SXk* hmt_’ AkÀ b_ªp. ‘A{S Wmäw Dt*m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. ‘bns¶ kn]À¸nWv bqf\w Bt\m D*mkpN?’ AkÀ In^n¨p.

‘Mm³ H¶v tWm¡s«’ F¶p b_ªp Mm³ Ak^psX k`Sp ssN D]À¯n, NpWnªv B N£w f\¸n¨p. tfma½ ASp {bSo£n¨nà F¦n`pw NpS_ns]m¶pw CÃ. ‘At¿ Cu hm_nsâ H^p Nm^yw’ Mm³ Fsâ fq¡pw Ip*pw AkapsX N£¯n sI_pSm]n D^¨p. tI«³ Sn^nsN k^p¶p*v. Mm³ WnkÀ¶n^p¶p. bNv–tg Njp¯p SXkp¶Sv WnÀ¯n]nÃ. ‘tU N¼nNp«³.sWäv