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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§Ä F´m]m`pw CknsX C^p¶p NpXn¡pktÃ? CX¡v Fsâ Nms`m¶v Sn^p½n sNm*v NpXnt¨maq. At§t^mXv H¶p b_]q hmt_’ AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n.
‘SXkn sNmXp¡v tI«m…’ Mm³ b_ªp ‘Nm`nWv Nj¸p*mkpw.’ A]mÄ H¶pw fn*msS ¥mhv Nm`n]m¡n AXp¯Sv Hjn¨p. ‘tU Wn§Ä SXkn]nsæn Mm³ hm_nsW sNm*p SXkn¡pw. B sNm¨Wv tbm`pw fWÊn`m]n Fsâ Nj¸v’ tI«³ fpOw NXp¸n¨v C^n¡pN]m\v. Hä k`n¡v AXp¯Spw A]mÄ Nm`n]m¡n. tfma½ SpX]n AXn¨p Smaw bnXn¨v C^p¶p. Hmt^m AXn]n`pw B sNmjp¯ SpX Spap¼p¶Spw tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp. ‘Mm³ CknsX C^n¡p¶Sv {blvWw Bs\¦n Mm³ A¸p_t¯¡v tbmNmw tI«m’ tI«³ Nãs¸«p fpOs¯m^p In^n k^p¯n. ‘Hm bnt¶. Fsâ fp«n A`vbw Npj¼p tS]v¡p¶SnWp hms_´nWm bp_¯p tbmt\? At§^p tS¨p S^pw.’
‘Sn^p½n sNmXp¡v tI«m’ F¶p b_ªpsNm*v Mm³ Np¸n FXp¯p ¥mhpNÄ ko*pw Wn_¨p. Fsâ ¥mÊn fm{Sw skÅw Hjn¨p. tks_ kjn CÃm¯Sp Nm^\w ASpw NqXn AXn¨n«v tI«³ tfma½]psX tWs^ Sn^nªn^p¶p. tfma½ `p¦n A`vbw NqXn sS^p¯p N]än Nm`pNÄNv CX]nt`¡v Sn^pNn sk¨v Nm`N¯n C^p¶p sNmXp¯p. F¶n«p Npj¼v N¿n FXp¯v k`Sv– bmU¯n Wn¶pw fp«p kjn SpX]psX bNpSn ks^ Hjn¨p. ‘sSmX]n Wn¶pw bmU¯nt`¡v Sn^p½ns].’ tI«³ ^*p ssNNam`pw Sn^p½n SpX§n. “”SpX””¡v bN^w tfma½ “”sSmX”” F¶p b_ªSv FWn¡v A§p Cãs¸«p. tI«sâ ^*p ssN¸¯n tIÀ¶m`pw tfma½]psX H^p SpX]psX bNpSn Ipäakv tbm`pw NkÀ BknÃ. Mm³ ¥mhv N¿n FXp¯v FSnÀ kl¯pÅ Ipf^n Im^n C^p¶v– Cu ho³ BhzUn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ A]mtamXv b_ªp ‘tI«m… sSmX W¶m]n Nl¡n Sn^p½\w. F¦nt` Nm^yfpÅp.’ tfma½]pw b_ªp ‘sl^n]m… sSmX W¶m]n AfÀ¯n tk\w SXkm³.’ F¶n«v AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p, ‘Fsâ sSmX¡p NWw NqXpS Bt\m hmt_?’ B tImUyw Mm³ {bSo£n¨nÃ. F¦n`pw Mm³ Akh^¯nWv H¯p]À¶p. ‘F]v– NqXpS H¶pw AÃ. C{Ss]ms¡ tkt* sb®p§am]mÂ?’ tI«³ H¶pw fn*msS NpWnªn^n¡pN]m\v. tfma½ b_ªp ‘F¶m`pw FWn¡v In`t¸mÄ tSm¶pw Fsâ sSmX]pw tNmSkpw Hs¡ H¯n^n k`pSms\¶v.’ CSpw b_ªp tfma½ CXs¯ Nm fX¡n Np¯n sk¨p. Ct¸mÄ FWn¡v fX¡n sk¨ Nm`nsâ bn³ SpX I´n ks^ Nm\mw. ‘Nm`p Wo«n sk]v–s¡Xn.’ tI«³ fp^*p. ‘ASnWp Wn§Ä k`Sp Nm Asà Sn^pfpt¶? ‘ A]mÄ d`fm]n tfma½]psX CXSp Nm`pw k`n¨p Wo«n sk¨n«v ASn`pw Npj¼p tS¨p. ‘tU fWpgym, Wn§Ä C§sW tfm´ C_¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv