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‘ASp bänà tI«m.’ Mm³ tbjvhn Wn¶pw B]n^w ^qb FXp¯p tI«sâ N¿n bnXn¸n¨p. ‘tI«³ CSp km§\w’ A]mapsX em^ys] tNm\¡m³ tbmNp¶Snsâ H^p NpätdmVw Fsâ fWÊn FknsXt]m D*m]n^p¶p. AS§p fm_pftÃm. AN¯p Wn¶pw k¶ tfma½ CSp N*p. AkÀ k¶p A]mapsX N¿n Wn¶pw B b\w bnXn¨p km§n. ‘hmt_ Ct§s^ ssbh G¸n¨m As¸m Ss¶ Np¸n km§m³ tbmNpw. CSp Mm³ hq£nt¨mamw’ AkÀ ssbh]pw km§n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. tI«sâ fpOw f§n. Mm³ ko*pw H^p Aªq_nsâ tWms«Xp¯p tI«sâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. ‘CSp kmXN AÃ. tI«³ tbm]n ^*p Np¸n FXp¯p km. _w fSn. Wfp¡v ^m{Sn AXn¡mw’ b^fmWµw! tI«³ dWn]Wpw C«p Nk`]nt`¡p tbm]n. H^p Wnfngw AknsX C^p¶ tlgw Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n. Ct¸mÄ Cu ko«n MmWpw H^p fUm`h Nj¸n]pw fm{Sw.
tfma½ AXp¡a]n B\v. Mm³ AXp¡a kmSn`n Im^n Aks^ tWm¡n Fsâ bmSn N¼n B] Np® M^Xn Wn¶p. tfma½]psX tWÀ¯ »uhn NqXn fp` sM«nâ kr¯w kyàfm]n Nm\mw. fp´n^n k`n¸w DÅ fp` Nm¼v NÃn¨p fp¶nt`¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p. AkÀ tS§m A^¡pN]m\v. A^¡pt¼mÄ fpt¶m«pw bnt¶m«pw BXp¶ sb^pwI´nNÄ. kn^nª A^s¡«v. `p¦n¡pÅn Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶ SXn¨p^p* SpXNÄ. NXn¨p b_n¨p Sn¶m³ tSm¶n FWn¡ks^.
‘tI«³ Nk`]nt`¡p tbm]n’ Mm³ b_ªp. AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n]nÃ. ‘tI¨o…’ Mm³ knan¨t¸mÄ AkÀ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ `p¦n¡pÅn Wn¶pw Np® bp_t¯s¡Xp¯p Nm\n¨p. ‘tkt*?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n AkÀ D_s¡ In^n¨p. ‘CSp NjpNmsS WX¡pkmt\m kr¯n tN«ksW?’ At¸mjm\v Mm³ ASp s{l²n¨Sv. Fsâ Np®tf fpjpk³ Np®¸m D\§n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. At¶^w tfma½]psX `p¦n tf DÅ sbmSn¸p Njnªv A¸msX C_§n bp_t¯¡v tbm]StÃ. NjpNm³ f_¶p. tdmVw tkt*?
AkÀ H^p sfm´ skÅw FXp¯p S¶p. ‘WsÃm^p H`n¸³ Np®]m Wnsâ. ASp kr¯n]m]n sNm*p WX¡m³ BUyw bYn¡v Wo. Um NjpNv’
Mm³ sfm´ km§n bp_t¯¡p tbmNm³ SpX§n. ‘bp_¯p tbm*. AknsX Wn¶p NjpNn]m fSn. Wnsâ Np® sSm`n¨p sfm´¡pÅnt`¡p C_¡v.’ AkÀ Ak^psX ^*p N¿pw CXp¸n Np¯n H^p fpS`mans] tbms` Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. D´n] k^n¡ I¡ fp`NÄ H¶p NqXn SÅn bnXn¨v A`vbw sManªm\v Wn¸v.
Mm³ Fsâ Np® H^p ssN sNm*v sSm`n¨p bnXn¨p f_pN¿n C^p¶ sfm´]ns` S\p¯ skůnt`¡v C_¡n. Wà hpOw. ‘CWn Np® sk¨p Wo B skÅw N`¡v’ AXp¯ HmÀZÀ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv