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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n. Np¸n FXp¯p Sn^nsN k¶t¸mÄ N* NmjvI-! tfma½]psX `p¦n A^ªm\w tbms` NnX¡p¶p. tI«³ tfma½]psX SpXNÄ¡v fpNan C^p¶v skap¯p sNmjp¯ sNmSw fpjpk³ Npj¼n«p SXkp¶p. AkapsX D^p*p SXn¨ SpXNÄ¡v fpNan C^n¡p¶ sf`nª B fWpgy³ fUy `i^n]n BXp¶p*v. Mm³ Np¸n]psX AX¸v Sp_¶v A]mapsX A^nNn sI¶p. tfma½]psX H^p ssN AkapsX l^o^¯nWXn]n B\v. sbm`]mXn N´v M^XpN]ms\¶p tSm¶p¶p. A^s¡«v Sma¯n AW§p¶p. ‘tI«³ Wà bqhm]tÃm. CWn tk*m]n^n¡pw’ Mm³ b_ªp.
‘Wo tbmXm f]ns^’ Npjª km¡pNÄ. Mm³ In^n¨p. F¶n«p Np¸n A]mapsX Ip*n fp«n¨p sNmXp¯p. “”tI«³ NpXn tI«m’ A]mÄ ^*p NknÄ C_¡n]t¸mÄ Ipf¨p. Np¸n]n Wn¶pw fUyw tfma½]psX I´nNan ko\p. “”At¿’ F¶p b_ªp Mm³ tfma½]psX I´nNpX§Ä ssN sNm*v SXkn. tdmVfnÃm¯ B fWpgy³ ASpw tWm¡n AkapsX SpX]n C^n¡pN]m\v. tfma½ Sn^nªp tWm¡n b_ªp. “”ASp hm_v SpXt¡*. emÀPk³ tI«³ W¡n NpXnt¨mapw’ Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n. “”tfma½ b_ªSp tN«nsÃXm Sm]mao? AkapsX tNmS¯n ko\ NÅv W¡n NpXns¡Xm. Mm³ A`_n. A]mÄ Ak^psX bp_¯p Wn¶pw C_§n Nm fp«n C^p¶v B sW]v–Np*n W¡pkm³ SpX§n. Mm³ Np¸n]n Wn¶pw ko*pw fUyw AkapsX I´n]n Hjn¨p. tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v CSp tWm¡n NnX¶p. Mm³ tfma½]psX A^nNn C^p¶v– AkapsX S` Fsâ fXn]n sk¨p. AkÄ Fsâ `p¦n¡pÅn ssN C«v– Fsâ N¼n Np® bnXn¨p sSm`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. tfma½ emÀ¤ksâ fpO¯v tWm¡n b_ªp, “”I´n bp_¯p fm{Sw AÃ. NqSn knXkn`pw NÅp ko\n«p*v. sbma¶p sk¨p W¡n SpX]vNv emÀPPtk«m.’ F¶n«v Ft¶mXv b_ªp, “”bmk¯nWv bäp¶nà hmt_. Fsâ sNmSw hms_m¶v sbma¶p bnXn¨p sNmXp¯m At§À¡v AsSm^p him]w B]n^n¡pw’ Mm³ ko*pw Fjpt¶äv tI«sâ AXp¯p sI¶v tfma½]psX fpjp¯ sNmSw ^*p ssN sNm*pw bnaÀ¶p bnXn¨p sk¨p. “”Ws¡Xm CkapsX So« Npjn’ “”H¶p Ip½mSn^n hmt_ So«w H¶pw Cà AknsX. AsSms¡ kr¯n]m]n kn^`n«p NjpNo«m Mm³ Ct§m«p k¶Sv’ tfma½ b_ªSv hSyw B]n^p¶p. Wà t_mhv Wn_¯n`pÅ f`Uzm^w. A]mÄ AknsX Wmkn«v Ipjäp¶p. tdmVw Csæn`pw W¡m³ A_n]mw.
ko*pw tfma½, “”Ct§^nSv F´m sI¿pt¶? C§Wmt\m sNmSw W¡p¶Sv? hms_m¶p Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¯.’ AkÀ fp«p Np¯n sNmSw sbma¶p Wm`p Nm`n Wn¶p S¶p. H^p SXn¨ blpknsW tbms` AkÀ Wn¡p¶p. tUi¯p »uhv fm{Stf DÅp. “”tI«m, C§sW AÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv