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N¼nNp«³.sWäv h¡^n¡mw, F¶m fSnt]m…
AkÄ ^hn¡m¯ f«n b_ªp.
At¿m. Wnt¶msXm¶pw b_ªntÃ. ASv tKmhq«n]m tfmsa. bmkm\v. H^WmT³. W½sX hntÌjvhnsâ B{lf¯n`m kaÀs¶.””
ASptN«t¸mÄ FknsXt]m H^p Woä AkÄ¡Wpeks¸«p…………………

….. tKmhq«n Nm_n C^p¶p bp_s¯ NmjvINÄ Nm\pkm]n^p¶p.
“”F´mtXm H¶pw fn*msS C^n¡ps¶. ss{ZtkjvhntWmXv fn*qs`”” bp©n^n¨psNm*m\v ^mK³ ASv tImSn¨Sv.
“”G]v, H¶qà ^mtK«. Mm³ Ip½m bp_s¯ NmjvINsams¡ Nm\pkm]n^p¶p. FWns¡´nWm fn*m³ fXn. MmsWms¡ scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâs]ms¡ Nm^p\y¯n CknsX F¯n Wn¡p¶Sm.””
“”Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm. AtÃ`pw At±iw kas^ Wà fWpgyWm. tfman¨ns^ tUgy¡m^n]m. hq£n¨p CXsb«mfSn. F¶m`pw Ft¶mXv k`n] Cãfm. Mm³ sI_p¸w fpSt` Nm\p¶ Np«n]tÃ. Fsâ sN«n]kapw AknsXSs¶]m b\n. N*p Nm\pw, tPmfSn.”” A]mÄ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.
“”B, N*m]n^p¶p. tI¨n]m Im] Ss¶.”” tKmhq«n f_pbXn b_ªp.
M§Ä sI_p¸w fpSt` CknsX]m kaÀs¶.Fâ¸Wpw AkapsX A¸Wpw CknXmÀ¶p b\n. bns¶ M§Ä S½n A§v t{bfn¨p sN«n.””
A¸tj¡pw k*n H^p sN«nX¯nWv fp¼n F¯n. ASymklyw k`n¸fpÅ H^p tNmt«jvhv. “”CSm\v tKmhq«n¡v Smfhn¡mWpÅ Ø`w. C_§nt¡m”” ASpw b_ªp ^mK³ k*n]n Wn¶n_§n.
^mK³ Ss¶ tNmt«jvhv Sp_¶p Smt¡m tKmhq«ns] G¸n¨p.
AN¯p FÃm huN^ykpfp*v.Np¡v sI¿mWpÅSX¡w. FÃmw kr¯n]m]n Ss¶]m\v NnX¡p¶Sp. ASpsNm*v Npj¸fnÃ.””
tKmhq«n AN¯pN]_n. knlm`fm] imapw fq¶p fp_nNapw. FÃmw dm{Sqw AämsIXv B\v. Wà kr¯n]pÅ fp_nNÄ. tKmhq«n H^p fp_n Sp_¶p dmPv ASn k¨v C_§n.””
“”ssd¡nsâ Nm^yw ktÃmw b_ªm^vt¶m hm_v.”” ^mK³ tImUn¨p.
ASv Ft¶mXv Dbt]mPnt¨mam³ b_ªm^v¶p.””Ak³ f_pbXn WÂNn.
H^p bj] dpÅäv B\v. sshZn D*v. No fmtWK^psX N¿n Nm\pw. hmÀ b_ªn^n¡pw Nm^y§Ä. tKmhq«n km, W½p¡n_§mw””
^mK³ ASpw b_ªp skan]nt`¡n_§n. tKmhq«n tZmÀ t`m¡v sI]vS C_§n.
AknXp¶v Uq^w Np_km]n^p¶p Hmcohnt`¡v. sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkÀ Hmcohn F¯nt¨À¶p. H^p ^*pWn` sN«nXw.kas^ bpSn]Sm\v. ^mKWpw tKmhq«n]pw Nm_n Wn¶n_§n ANt¯¡v NX¶p. Hmcohnsâ ANw kas^ ftWmi^fm]n^p¶p. ^mK³ B]n^p¶p fp¶n WX¶n^p¶Sv. A]mÄs¡Ãmw b^nInSsf¶tbms`. sbs«¶v AkÀs¡Sns^ H^p 28 k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ hv{So k¶p. Nm\m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv