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N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶v AkapsX sshZns` Émdn N]_n]n^p¶p.
“”””FN-vhÀsshhv C{S tkPw Njntªm?”
“”””tfmanÃmsS FWn¡v FN-vhÀsshhv sI¿m³ fXn. tfmav NqXn km…””
“”A¿Xm ASnWp C]mapsX sN«n]ksa tbm]v knan¡v”
“”””ASnWv FWn¡v sN«n]ksaknsX]m F³sä bq¨¡p«o??”
“”””F¶mt` N`ym\w Njn¡v F¶n«v knan¡v..”
“”””Òv Mm³ CWn F´m]m`pw tfmsa tbms` Ss¶]n^n¡p¶ H^p sb¬Np«nt]t] N*pbnXn¨v sN«q..”
“”””tR.. Fs¶… tbms`]n^n¡p¶ sb¬Np«nt]t]m??”
“”””B..fv.. F³sä bq¨¡p«ns]t¸m`paa H^p Np«ns]..”
F¶p b_ªv ImXn]n_§n] Ft¶mXv kn^Â Iq*nsNm*v AkÄ b_ªp. “”””tU ko*pw F³sä sf¡n«v tN_^pSptNt«m.. tbm]v gÀs«Xp¯nXv..”

AXp¯ Wnfngw Ss¶ Aksa Mm³ F³sä sWMvtKmXv tIÀ¯v km^n¸p\À¶p.. F¶n«v AkapsX AÃnIp*n AfÀ¯n D½sk¨p.
“”””sF`kyq tfmaq..”
“”””tfmaq.. WnW¡v Fs¶ CãvXftÃ?” MmWkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p..
“”””CãvXfsöv Mm³ Ft¸msj¦n`pw b_ªn«pt*m ZmWnt]mXv…””
CSptN«v MmWkapsX fpOw IpwdW§ÄsNm*v fqXn.
bSnkptbms` Ss¶ NpanNjnªv Cu_³ fpXn tSmÀ¯psNm*v Ip^p«nsN«nsk¨n^p¶ AkapsX tfWn]n Wn¶p]À¶ h´qÀ thm¸n³sä hpPÔw Fs¶
f¯pbnXn¸n¨p.
Cu_Wnän_§p¶ AkapsX WPvWfm] A^]¶ Njp¯n Mm³ IpwdW§Ä sNm*v NknSs]jpSn.
AkapsX ko\¡pXw tbm`paa WnSwd¯n C^pssNNapw AfÀ¯n] Mm³ AkapsX sk®I´n sM¡n AfÀ¯n sM^n¨p..
“”””sJ.. ZmWo.. F´m]oNm\n¡p¶Sv.. AknXp¶v knt«..” F¶p b_ªt¸mtj¡pw Mm³ F³sä Ip*pNÄ sNm*v AkapsX Ip*v ho`v sI]vSp..
AkÄ F³sä ssNNÄ bnXn¨pfmäm³ tWm¡ns]¦n`pw MmsW³sä N^p¯pä ssNNÄsNm*v AkapsX sk®¡p*n Nl¡nsM^n¨psNm*v AkapsX Ip*v km]n`m¡n I¸nWp\ªp.
F¶n«v, F³sä fm_n AfÀ¶v NnS]v¡p¶ AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v Mm³ bSns] fpOw bqjv¯n..
bp_t¯¡v SaanWn¶ fp`NapsX WXpkn fq¡v bqjv¯n] Mm³ AkapsX fp`Nan fpOfn«na¡nsNm*v AkapsX Np*nb´pNÄ sM^n¨fÀ¯n.
D³fmUmkØ]ns`¶tbms` Mm³ Aksa¸nXn¨v Sn^n¨v WnÀ¯n]n«v Aksa bn¶n Wn¶pw sN«n¸p\À¶v fp`Nan bnXp¯fn«p.

AkapsX sNmjp¯ I´n]n Np®fpjp¸v AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨v, Ip^nUm_nWp fpNan`qsX Mm³ AkapsX fp`NÄ bnXn¨psM^n¨p..
“”””B..kv.. ZmWo.. Òv.. bSps¡..” AkapsX S^anSfm] NnanWmUw F³sä N¼nNp«³.sWäv