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N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^n¡ptkm¶pw tk*. Fsâ sSmX N*m hm_nWp Np® sbm§ptkm¶pw CÃ. Asà hmt_?’ Mm³ In^n¨p. ‘tI«³ W¶m]n H¶v Djnªp sNmXp tI«m. W½Ä C{S]pw AXp¸¡m^tà Cs¸m? Mm³ Ns*¶p sk¨p {blvWw H¶pw CÃ’ Mm³ tfma½t]mXpw b_ªp ‘tI¨n H^p Nm^yw sI]v. bm]]n f`À¶v NnX¡v–. At¸mÄ tI«Wv SXkmWpw Fap¸w D*tÃm’ tNÄt¡* Smfhw tfma½ f`À¶p NnX¶p. Nm`pNÄ Np_¨p AN¯n sk¨p. `p¦n Np_¨p NqXn sbm¡n. Ct¸mÄ gZn C«Sp tbms` B\v tfma½]psX `p¦n. AkÄ k`Sp ssN sk¨p `p¦n bq_nsW sbmSn]pw tbms` bnXn¨p. F¶m AkÀ `p¦n bnXn¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶Sv Asöpw Ak^psX CZv[`n bq_nsW bq*X¡w bnXn¨p Nl¡n hpOn¡pN]ms\¶pw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. FWn¡p bp_w Sn^nªn^p¶m\v tI«³ AkapsX Nm`p Sn^p½p¶Sv. ASnWm A]mÄ¡v Fs¶ Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ. bs£ Mm³ CSv N*v BhzUn¨p C^n¡pkms\¶v– A]mÄ¡p W¶m]n A_n]mw. CSnWnX]n tfma½ ‘kÃm¯ sW©v F^n¨nÂ’ F¶pw b_ªp H^p ssN sNm*v H^p ssN sNm*v sW©n SXkm³ SpX§n. H¶p ^*p k«w SXkn] tlgw AkÄ H^p fp`]n ssN sk¨v fp` làn]m]n MknXn bnjnªpsNm*n^p¶p. Fs´m^p NmjvI! eÀ¯mknsW sNm*p Nm`p SXkn¡p¶ hf]¯pw fUm`hm]m] B sW]v I^¡v H^p AWy bp^pgsâ fp¶n f`À¶p NnX¶v H^p ssN sNm*v bq_pw f_p ssN sNm*v fp`]pw sM^n¨p Npj¨v ^hn¡p¶p -! Mm³ Fsâ `p¦n bmanNÄ AN¯n N¼n]m] Np® skan]n FXp¯v tfma½ Nm\vsN sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. tfma½ S` sI^n¨p BÀ¯nt]msX Fsâ Np® tWm¡n f`À¶v NnX¶p. AkÀ Wmkp bp_t¯¡v– Wo«n Ssâ Ipk¶p SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ W¡n SpX¨p. ‘fSn]tÃm AsÃ?’ tI«³ tImUn¨p. ‘Nm`nsâ bp_Np klw NqXn’ F¶pw b_ªp tfma½ Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p. D]À¶p Wn¡p¶ I´n NpX§Ä. I´n fm{Stf `p¦n f_]v¡p¶pÅq. bnWv SpXNÄ bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw. H¶v– AXp¯p Nm\\w. Mm³ ko*pw H^p ¥mÊn _w Hjn¨v Fjpt¶äv tI«sâ AXps¯¯n. ‘Um tI«m… bnXn¸n¡v’ Mm³ sNmSn¨ Fsâ ssS Nnakn sW]v sbm`]mXn Fsâ H^p ssN¸mXNs`! AkapsX CXs¯ bn³ SpX]n H^p f_pNv–. ^*pw N`vbn¨v Mm³ ASn sSm«p ‘tI«m CknsX Ft´m bän C^n¡p¶p’ A]mÄ sM«nt¸m]n. ‘AsSm^p f_pNm hmt_’ tfma½ b_ªp. Bt\m F¶v tImUn¨p sNm*p Mm³ ASv WpÅn FXp¡m³ tWm¡n. ‘sim! tWmkn¡msS hmt_’ ,tfma½.
tI«³ At¸mta¡pw Wà cnäv B]n^p¶p. BXp¶p*v. SXkp¶SnWpw d`w CÃ. H¶p NqXn sNmXp¯m kojpw. ‘tI«m hmVWw SoÀ¶p. Mm³ AXp¡a]n tbm]n ftä Np¸n FXp¯p k^mw.’ Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv