N¼nNp«³.sWäv kmtksâ b¯p k]hpk^s] AkÄ¡v B]php*m]n^p¶pÅp F¦n`pw ASpks^ AkÀ b^hvb^w KokWm]n^p¶p. tf^n¡p«n Aksa sbm¶ptbms`]m tWm¡nt]. tf^n¡p«n tbms]bns¶ Fsâ tfmav BsN fm_n. Bt^mXpw k`y fn*m«fnÃ. FÃm¯ntWmXpw tUgyw…tNmtaKn bmXn¡pt¼m tbm`pw AVnNw {c*vhv H¶pfnÃm]n^p¶p..F¸jpw Hä¡n^n¡pw. AsSms¡ fm_m³ tk*n]m dnhnWhv Nm^y§Ä Aksa]pw NqXn G`vbns¨.. Ct¸mjpw CX]v¡p _qfn Hä¡n^p¶p tf^n¡p«nsX k]`nWpw sN«n¸nXn¨n^n¡pw…Cs¶t´m…AkapsX ht´mgw Nm\pt¼m FWn¡pw fWhnsWm^p NpanÀf tSm¶p¶p*v…””A]mÄ ASv b_ªp N®pNÄ SpX¨p..
tKmhq«n Sn^ns¨m¶pw b_ªnÃ. FÃmw sN«psNm*pfm{Sw C^p¶p. At¸mtj¡pw tPmfSn Im]]pfm]n k¶n^p¶p. AkÀ Im] NpXn¨p.
“”B tKmhq«n..Mm³ k^m³ b_ªSv Wmas¯¡ptk* Np_¨p c] G`vbn¡mWm\v. tKmhq«n AsSm¶p tWm¡n Wmsa Ss¶ A]¡\w..MmWSv FXp¯pk^mw”” scÀ\m*hv ASpw b_ªp ANt¯¡v tbm]n. sbs«¶pSs¶ A]mÄ c] sNm*pk¶p tKmhq«ns] G¸n¨p. “”
“”AÃ….tKmhq«n ssdNv sNm*pk¶nà s`…^mK³ bp_¯ptbm]n^n¡pkm\tÃm…Mm³ tfmtamXv b_]mw H¶v sNm*ptbm]m¡m³…”” A]mÄ ANt¯¡v tbmNmWm]n emkn¨psNm*p b_ªp..
“”At¿m tk* hmÀ.. fmZw b_ªn^p¶p Sn^n¨p sNm*pk^msf¶p. F¶m`pw tk*..fmZ¯nsW dp²nfp«n¡*m..CknXXp¯tÃ..t_mZn`n_§n]Â Hmt«m Nn«pw. Mm³ sbm]vs¡mÅmw..””Ak³ ASpw b_ªp ]m{Sb_ªn_§n…
Np_¨p Njnªt¸mjm\v bp©n^nt]msX fqan¸m«pw bXn Z]mW C_§n k¶Sv. AknsX tKmhq«ns] Nm\m¯SpsNm*p AkÄ Ipäpw tWm¡n. AkapsX fpOs¯ ht´mgemkw FknsXt]m HmXn f_ªp…sSanª BNmlw NmÀtfQw k¶pfqXn]tbms` AkapsX fpOw C^p*p…Akan k¶ fmäw scÀ\m*hv {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p..
“”F¶m kmtk..F¶m bän WnW¡v..””A]mÄ hvtWibqÀÆw tImSn¨p…
“”tKmhq«n FknsX..””AkÄ tImSn¨p.
“”tKmhq«n tbm]tÃm..ASnsW´m…””
“”tbmt]m..Mm³ Sn^n¨psNm*pknXmsf¶p b_ªSm\tÃm…”” ASv b_]pt¼mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p.
“”F´m tfmsa..Ak³ tfmsa dp²nfp«n¡*m F¶v b_ªp Hmt«m knan¨p tbmNpkm]n^p¶p..”” A]mÄ Aksa Blzhn¸n¡ms\t¶m\w b_ªp..
bs£ AkÄ ASptN«nÃ… tUgyt¯msX Nm_nsâ tZmÀ k`n¨pSp_¶p k*ns]Xp¯p AkÄ bmªp tbm]n. CsSÃw N*p H¶pw fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` scÀ\m*hv Wn¶p.
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