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N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¸³ Aksa tWm¡n N®p^p«n tbXn¸n¡p¶p. Hmt^m tbmhn`pw AkÄ t_mdnsâ l^o^¯n fp«msS Wn¡m³ Nãs¸Xp¶Sv N* fWp. Mm³ CknsX Wn¡p¶Sm\v Cu AN¨¡v Nm^\w F¦n Mm³ tbmt]¡mw. sk_psS t{dms] kngfn¸n¡*. Zo bnt¶ Ct¸m Nm\n¡p¶ Cu AN¨]p*tÃm, CSptbms` AN¨ Nm\n¨nSm WnSy tI¨n]pw sN«p NjntªÂ bnt¶ sN«nt]m³ Dt* fp_o¶v bp_¯n_§mt_ CÃ… ^q£fm]n AksW H¶v tWm¡n bqK kn^«n. At½w AÑWpw SWn¡v Ns*¯n] sb®v knkmi tlgsf¦n`pw Sm³ knIm^n¡p¶ tbms` St¶mXv CXbjNptfm F¶ Bl¦ t_mdnWn KWn¨p. VWpkns` WsÃm^p fpiqÀ¯n N`ym\w WX¯pkm³ So^pfmWn¨p. sskNpt¶^w IX§pNsaÃmw Njnªp t_mdn³ ko«ns`¯n. sfmssd`n H^p NmÄ. “”ssi t{dm, fWpkm…”” “”im]v fWp”” “”F´p*v kntlgw, Wo ko«n tbmt]m AtSm AknsX Dt*m?”” “”CSv Fs¶ AtWzgn¡p¶Sv Bt\m AtSm bqKs]t]m?”” “”Mm³ tImUns¨s¶ Daaq”” “”f¨mWv tcm¬ kn`¡v D*tÃ?”” “”Ft´?”” “”H¶pfnà A¦nÄ A¸p_¯m Mm³ AkÄ¡p sNmXp¡mw. Wn§Ä hwhm^n¡q. A¦nÄ bj©Wm ASpsNm*m thm_n t{dm… “” “”F]v tWm t{bm»w.”” “”bnt¶ A¦nansâ N®v sk«n¨m knan¡ps¶ Ft´`pw Hs¡ B]m Mm³ ssN f`À¯pw Wn§tamXv Bt\ tImUn¡nà ASpsNm*m\v tN«m…”” “”Dw…Wo sNmXp¡v.”” “”VrSn Bt]m? Dw WX¡s«, WX¡s«”” fWp AkÄ¡p tcm¬ sNmXp¯p. t_mdn³ kn_]mÀ¶ hz^¯nÂ. “”it`m…”” “”it`m…”” “”F´p*v… “” “”F]v H¶qÔ” “”bnt¶…”” “”At¿m Aѳ… “” tcm¬ N«m]n.

t_mdn³ A] ko«ns` fn`n«_n UnkmN^sW B\v BUyw tWm¡n]Sv. At§^psX C^«¡pj tSm¡pw sNm*p tbm]n At¸mÄ Ssâ A½m]nA¸sW kXn B¡n]mt`m F¶m In´n¨Sv. Np_¨p Unkh§Ä¡v tlgw b\n¯n^¡pNÄ¡nX]n t_mdnsâ tcm¬ H¶v lÐn¨p. bqK… Sn^nsN knan¡m³ ss{bkhn CÃm ASpsNm*v Ak³ Nps_ Njnªm\v knant¨. “”it`m Cs¶´pbän?”” “”MmWm Wnsâ A½m]n Aѳ. AkÄ Npan¡m³ N]_n.”” “”AÑm ASv… “” “”AkapsX tcm¬ Mm³ A§v km§n. AkÄ¡nt¸m ¢mÊv Hs¡ NjnªntÃ. CWn F´nWm tcm¬. AkÄ¡nt¸m CSn tMm* NqXpS`m.”” N* Km¼sâ Nm`s¯ A½m]nA¸sW SWn¡p Nn«n]SnWp ssUk¯nWp hvSpSn b_ªp sNm*k³ tNmÄ N«m¡n.bnt¶ t_mdn³ Aksa knan¡m³ sfWs¡«nÃ. F¶m`pw AkÄ F´nWmNpw knan¨Sv F¶_n]pkm³ Ak³ sNmSn¨p. Unkh§Ä kas^ tkPw NX¶p tbm]n.A§sW VWpfmh¯ns` bq]w Wman WsÃm^p fpiqÀ¯¯n N`ym\w Njnªp. IX§pNÄ FÃmw Njnªp fWpknsâ]pw ^*v ko«pNm^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv