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N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.
NdoÀ D_¡fp\À¶v k^p¶Spw N*v AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p. Np_¨p Njnªv Mm³ sshänt`¡pw ..
sskNo«v k¶SnWp tlgw FWns¡t´m Aksa tchv sI¿m³ H^p fXn tSm¶n. AkÄ S¶ Im]]pw NpXn¨v Mm³ fp_n]n N]_n NnX¶p.
“”””XNv XNv XNv” Sp_¶v NnX¶n^p¶ kmSn`n Skn’sNm*paa AkapsX sNm«v tN«m\v Mm³ N®v Sp_¶Sv.
“”””AtS, CknsX tk`¡ms^s]m¶pw WnÀ¯n]n«nÃtÃm.. k¶v N_ns¡s´¦n`pw A^nªv S¶m N_n]pw Nq«n tIm_v Sn¶mw.. b_ªnsöv tk*..”
F¶v b_ªv AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. At¸mam\v FWn¡v Blzmhfm]Sv.. emPyw AkÄ¡v tUgysfm¶pfnÃ.. Mm³ tkPw s{ZÊv sI]vMvKv sI]vSv AXp¡a]nt`¡v HmXn.

At¸mÄ NdoÀ, S³sä fp_n]n hvsN¨v S¿m_m¡p¶ Sn^¡n fpjpNn]n^n¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*n^p¶p.
In^n¨ fpOt¯msX AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_nsI¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n]n«v AkÄ “”””ipw” Fs¶m^p Wnlzmhfn«p.
b¸Xw k_p¯v Xn¶n`m¡nsNm*n^p¶ AkÄ, b¸Xw’Np¯n’ Wo«n sNm*v fpO¯v H^p Naa lp\vYnt]msX b_ªp
“”””tU CSv N*tÃm.. N®v Np¯n sbm«n¡pw Mm³.. fv HmÀ½]n^n¡t«…””
“”fv Mm³ HmÀt¯mamw.. Mm³ S` Smjv¯nsNm*v b_ªp.
b¸XwNp¯n sNm*v F³sä ssN]ns`m^p Np¯pS¶ AkÄ In^nsbm«p¶SX¡nsNm*v b_ªp, “”””Wn¶p In\p§msS B b¨N_n A^ns]tXm fWpgym..”
“”””iq….” Fs¶m^p Wnlzmhw kn«psNm*v Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v b¨¡_nNan bnXp¯fn«p. Akapw Fs¶ tWm¡n H¶p In^n¨p.
“”””FWns¡m^p b¸Xw S^ptkm bq¨¡p«o…”” Mm³ sNm¨pNp«nNsat¸ms` sNmMvKns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
ASp b_]m³ Mm³ f_¶p Cu]nsX]m]n«v AkÄ¡v MmWn« tb^m\v “”bq¨¡p«n’.

bq¨Np«ns] bp`n]m¡^pSv tNt«m” b¸XwNp¯n Wo«nbnXn¨v N®v fnjn¨v AkÄ fp^*p. CSv N* Mm³ sbm«n¨n^n¨p. NqsX In^nsbm«n] Akapw.
sb«¶v DÄknan D*m]Sv tbms`, AknX Wn¶v imans` t¢m¡nt`¡v tWm¡n] AkÄ “”””At¿m 7A^ Njnªp F¶v b_ªv Ìu Hmcv sI]vSv imant`t¡mXn. HmXpw kjn Mm³ AkapsX I´n¡ns«m^p sI_n] AXn sNmXp¯p.
“”””CSnWpaaSv Mm³ S^m«m..”F¶v bSnª lЯn b_ªn«v tbm] AkÄ sI¶v Xn.kn Hm¬ sI]vSp.
tckt_äv ho^n]Â Nm\mWpaa Hm«fm]n^p¶p ASv.
XNXNm skKnädnÄhv N«v sI]vSv SoÀ¯n«v MmWpw iman tbm]n C^p¶p.. F³sä bq¨¡p«nt]]pw tWm¡nsNm*v…

^m{Sn e£\w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ Fs¶s]m¶v tWm¡n]n«v Ndo_ntWmXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv