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N¼nNp«³.sWäv B¶p. “” scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ tImUyfm\v AksW D\À¯n]Sv.
tKmhq«n At±is¯ tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨p.
“”St¶mXv AkÄ tUlys¸Xpskm ftäm sI]vtSm, tUgyt¯msX]m ANt¯¡v tbm]Sv,
At±iw sI_p In^nt]msX B\v ASv tImSn¨Sv.
“”Cà hmÀ, A§sWs]m¶pfnÔ” Ak³ F§sWt]m b_sªm¸n¨p.
Ft´`pw b_ªn«pt* Ss¶ ASv Sm³ fWÊn k¡*. B\pw sb®pfm]n Ht¶]pÅq. ASpsNm*v A`vbw `man¨n«p*v. NqXmsS A½]nÃmsS kaÀ¶ Np«n]tÃ. AtSm*m\v.””
At±i¯nsâ km¡pNÄ bp©n^nt]msX B\v Ak³ hzoN^n¨Sv.
“”Sm³ tN_n km,
At±iw AksW knan¨p ANt¯¡v WX¶p. tKmhq«n At±is¯ AWpPfn¨p AN¯p {btkln¨p.scÀ\m*hv H^p k`n] shän]n C^p¶p AktWmXv C^n¡mWm]n BwPyw Nm\n¨p. tKmhq«n AXp¯pÅ fsäm^p shän]n C^p¶p.
“”tPmfSo, ^*p Im],”” At±iw ANt¯¡v tWm¡n knan¨pb_ªp.
Sm³ `tPKv Hs¡ B]m\v k¶Sv AsÃ. H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw. W½p¡v N¼Wn kN tNmt«jvhv D*v. ss{Zkt_mXv Ss¶ AknsX B¡m³ b_]mw. AknsX Ssâ `tPKv Hs¡ sk¨v A]mÄ Ss¶ Hmcohn sNmt*mknt«mapw. Mm³ fmtWKs^ knan¨p b_tªmamw. bns¶ Sm³ tNmt«jvhn Hä]v¡v Smfhnt¡*n k^pw. Hmcohn ÌmcpNapsX FÃmw koXv CknXXp¯m]SpsNm* B^pw tNmt«jvhv ]qhv sI¿p¶nÃ. AknsX H^p ssd¡pw D*v. tKmhq«n ASv FXpt¯maq.”” At±iw b_ªp WnÀ¯n.
A¸tj¡pw tPmfSn I]]pfm]n k¶p. H^p 45 k]hv tSm¶n¡p¶ hv{So. AkÀ Im] sk¨v ANt¯¡v tbm]n. tKmhq«n sbs«¶v Ss¶ Im] NpXn¨p AknXp¶p C_§m³ S¿m_m]n.
“”^mKm”” scÀ\m*hv Wo«n knan¨p.
50 k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ H^mÄ At§m«v k¶p. gÀ«pw fp*pfm\v tkgw.
“”B ^mKm, CSv tKmhq«n. W½psX Hmcohn bpSpSm]n tKm`n¡p k¶Sm. Wo AksW tNmt«jvhv Nm\n¨n«v Hmcohn knXp””.
At±iw ^mKtWmXm]n b_ªp. F¶n«p tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n SpXÀ¶p. “” tKmhq«n, CSv ^mK³, CknXps¯ ss{ZkÀ B\v. C]mapsX NqsX tbm]m fSn.””
“” l^n hmÀ”” tKmhq«n WµnhqINvfm]n H^p bp©n^n h½mWn¨p ^mKWv bp_sN WX¶p. ^mK³ Nm_n N]_n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp. tKmhq«n ^mKsWm¸w s{c*n N]_n. NmÀ bSps¡ AknsX Wn¶pw Wo§n.
scÀ\m*hv ANt¯¡v N]_n. At¸mjm\v Z]mW( ASm\v fNapsX tb^v) Smtj¡v k¶p. “”A]mav tbmt]m””
F´m tfmsa. H^mÄ ko«n k^pt¼mÄ H¶v N]_n C^n¡m³ b_ªqsX WnW¡v””
scÀ\m*hv hvtWibqÀÆw fNtamXv b_ªp.
“”F¶m Mm³ kmjs] tbmNp¶ks^s]Ãmw knan¨n^p¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv