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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ CSp b_]p¶Sv tN«t¸mÄ AkÀ H¶p bp©n^n¨p.
fpä¯p Nm`W¡w tN«p. ‘At§^p ks¶¶v tSm¶p¶p. hm_nknsX Cu sd©n k¶n^n¡v. C§sW Wn¶m `p¦n¡pÅn Np® N¼n B]n C^n¡p¶Sv At§^p Nm\pw.’ Mm³ Sotfl]psX sd©n C^p¶p. tI«³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶p. ‘hm_nknsX C^n¡pkmt\m? Mm³ N^pSn ko*pw bp_t¯¡p tbms]¶v.’ N¿n`n^p¶ NkÀ tI«³ tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p. ^*p cpÄ. H^p bm¡äv fn¨À.
‘Wn§Ä ^*pw ko*pw NpXn¡m³ DÅ b^nbmXn Bt\m?’ tfma½ tS§m A^¡p¶SnWnX]n tImUn¨p. ‘hÔy hf]¯v AXp¡a]n C^p¶v NpXn¡*. Wn§Ä fp¶n`s¯ fp_n]nt`¡v C^pt¶maq’ tfma½ CSp b_ªt¸mÄ B\v Mm³ hf]s¯ bän tdmVkm³ B]Sv. B_^ BNp¶p. Wmsa Sn¦amjv¨ B\v. tKm`n¡p tbmtN*Sm. CSp sfm¯w NpXn¨m In`t¸mÄ ^mkns` S` sbm§nÃ. ‘tI«m Wmsa b©m]¯n tbmtN*StÃ. Mm³ ^s*®tf AXn¡p¶pÅq. tI«³ bqhm]nt¡m.’ tI«³ Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n ‘Hm.. Hä¡v bqhm]m F´m H^p ^hw?’ M§Ä ^*p tb^pw H^p Np¸n]pw skÅkpw Hs¡ FXp¯v fp¶ns` fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. fq¶v fp_nNÄ B\v B ko«n D*m]n^p¶Sv. H¶n Mm³, fsäm¶n AkÀ ^*ptb^pw. fq¶mfs¯ fp_n]n H¶pw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. N«n tbm`pw. fp_n]psX H^pemP¯p H^p KWm` D*v. tI«³ ASp Sp_¶n«p. F¶n«p M§Ä fp_n]psX WXpkn S_]n C^p¶p. tI«³ ¥mÊn _w Hjn¨p. At¸mta¡pw tfma½ H^p bm{S¯n k_p¯ foWpw B]n k¶p. f_pN¿n H^p Np¸n D*v. N£Sv H^p bpÂbm] Ip^p«n sk¨n«p*v. ‘Bim Wn§Ä sk_pw S_]n C^pt¶m?’ CSpw tImUn¨p sNm*v– AkÀ bm] KWm`]psX emP¯v Ipf^nWXv tIÀ¯v kn^n¨p. bm] kn^n¡m³ NpWnªt¸mÄ Ak^psX eof³ fp`NÄ Sq§n BXp¶p*m]n^p¶p. tI«Wv bp_Nn B]SnWm FWn¡v fm{Stf Nm\m³ Nj]q. At¸mam\v Mm³ ASv s{l²n¨Sv. »uhnsâ Wm`p iq¡pNan fpNan DÅ ^s*®w Ajn¨n«n^n¡p¶p. Asæn Ss¶ Cu »uhv A_pkm\n¨n]psX fp`]psX bNpSn fm{Stf f_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶pÅq. Ct¸mÄ fp¡m`pw skan]n B\v fpNan NqXn. »uhnWpÅn sM§n kn§n C^n¡p¶ k¼³ fp`NÄ dm¡n]pÅ iqNv sbm«n¨p bp_¯p ImXpw F¶v– FWn¡p tSm¶n.
KWm`]pÅ Ipf^n Im^n AkÀ B bm]]n Nm`p Wo«n C^p¶p N¿n DÅ Np¸n Sp_¶p. VWz´n^w Npj¼nsâ irUyfm] PÔw fp_n]n Wn_ªp. tI«³ Sn^nªv– Aks^ tWm¡n. ‘Wo CknsX C^p¶v Npj¼p tS¡m³ tbmNpkmt\m?’ tfma½ `p¦n D]À¯n SpXNapsX bNpSn ks^ B¡n sk¨n«v b_ªp, ‘Fsâ Nm`ns`ms¡ Wà tkUW D*v fWpgym. N¼nNp«³.sWäv