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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n .
Mm³ FXp¡m³ tbm]nÃ. Mm³ sI¶v Npan¨n«v Sn^n¨pk¶t¸mjpw Im] AknsXSs¶]n^n¸p*v..
MmsWXp¯nÃ.. Xn.kn Hm¬ sI]vSv thmc]n`n^p¶ Mm³ fyqhn¡v ImW`pNÄ fmänfmän Wà `u’thm§pNÄ BhzUn¨v fWÊpNpanÀ¸n¨p sNm*n^p¶p..
Np_¨p Njnªv AXp¡a]n Wn¶v k¶ AkÄ, Sm³ sNm*pk¶v sk¨n^p¶ Im] ASptbms`Ss¶ tXdnan C^n¡p¶Sv N*p.
“”””ZmWn.., F´m Im] NpXn¨ntÃ??”
Aksa ssf³Zv sI¿msS fpO¯v tUgyw emkn¨ Mm³, _ntfm«v Wo«n Xn.kn]psX tkman]w Nq«n..
F³sä ssN]n Wn¶pw AkÄ, _ntfm«v bnXn¨p km§n Xn.kn Hmcv sI]vSp.
“”””tImUn¨Sv tN«ntà ZmWo?? F´m Im] NpXn¡m¯Sv??” Wn_N®pNtamsX AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””NpXn¡m³ FWn¡v fWÊnÃ.., Wn³säs]m^p Aknª Im]… FXpt¯m*pw tbmXo..” Mm³ N`n¸n¨v b_ªp..

Asæn`pw Ft¶mXv tUgyw tSm¶m³ Hmt^mt¯mÀ¡pw Hmt^m Nm^\§ap*tÃm..”
CSv b_]pt¼mÄ AkapsX sSm* CX_p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
_ntfm«v F³sä tft¯¡v F_nªn«v AkÄ Im]]psfXp¯v h¦Xt¯msX AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbmNm³ Sn^nªp.
“”””bq¨Np«o.., B Im] CRv St¶¨pw tbm bq¨Np«o..”
CSv tN«v AkÄ Sn^nªv Fs¶s]m¶v tWm¡n. AkapsX Wn_fnjnNan NphrSn kn^n]p¶Sv Mm³ N*p..
“”””Im] Atà tk*Sv.. Mm³ S^m«m.. C¶m ‘ F¶v b_ª AkÄ F³sä sWMvKt¯¡v B S\p¯ Im] koln Hjn¨p..

MmsWjpt¶äv sI¶v H¶pNqXn Npan¨v s_Zn]m]n sshänt`¡n_§n.
sskNo«v Sn^n¨p k¶t¸mÄ bSnknWv knb^oSfm]v ^*pfq¶v Sk\ tNmanwPv sdÃXn¨n«pw AkÄ kmSn Sp_¡p¶nÃ.
gq _m¡v N*n«v Ndo_pw k¶ `£\fnÃ. FWn¡v BVn]m]n.
Mm³ tNman§v sd Sp^pSp^m AfÀ¯n.
“”””X¡v” kmSn`nâvs_ tdmÄ«v fmäp¶ hu*v tN«p..
N^ªpN`§n] N®pNapw, kmXn]fpOt¯mXpfpaa Aksa]m\v Mm³ At¸mÄ N*Sv. AkapsX sWän]n knN-vhpw bp^«n]n«p*m]n^p¶p.
AkÄ F³sä fpOt¯s¡m¶v tWm¡pNtbm`pw sI¿msS tWs^ AkapsX fp_n]nt`¡v N]_nt¸m]n.

Mm³ thmc]n Ss¶ C^p¶p. bn³t{Zm¸v ssh`³äv B]n^p¶p At¸mÄ AknsX. Xn.kn]pwsk¨n«nÃ.. AkapsX Nan]pw In^n]pfnÃ.. koXnWN¯v BsN NW¯ WnlÐS fm{Sw.
Np_¨p tW^w Njnªv Mm³ thmc]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv AkapsX _qfnWv fp¶n sI¶v kmSn`n fp«n..
“”””tfmaq… tfmaq….”
f_pbXns]m¶pfnÃ. “”tfmaq”” F¶v knan¨v H¶pNqXn kmSn`n fp«n]t¸mÄ, Npän]n«n«nÃm]n^p¶SnWm N¼nNp«³.sWäv