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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`ns` SÅkn^ sNm*p Mm³ tfma½]psX CXs¯ bmU¯n H¶p sSm«p. emkteUw H¶pw CÃ. Mm³ Fsâ NmÂkn^`pNÄ sNm*v Ak^psX bmUw SjpNm³ SpX§n. tI«³ Fs´ms¡t]m tImUn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Fs´ms¡t]m f_pbXnNÄ sNmXp¯p.

‘hm_nsâ fpOw hm_nsâ A½]psX tbms`]m’ tfma½ b_ªp. ‘Bt\m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p ‘At¸mÄ FWn¡v sb®p§apsX fpOw Bt\m’ F¶v tImUn¨p sNm*p Mm³ Fsâ Nm kn^ AkapsX `p¦n¡pÅn NqXn N\wNm`n SjpNm³ SpX§n. Fs¶ AÛpS sbXp¯n sNm*v AkÀ Fsâ tWs^ Nm`p Wo«n sk¨p S¶p. Mm³ bns¶]pw Nm`p]À¯n Ak^psX fp«n`qsX sNmjp¯ SpX]nt`¡v F¯n¨p. tfma½ H¶v– CaNn C^p¶p. SpXNÄ AN¯n sk¨p. Fsâ bmUw AkapsX SpXNÄ¡v CX]n B\v Ct¸mÄ. Np_¨p NqXn SÅn]m bqän sSmXm³ Njn]pw. bs£ AkÀ Sp_¶p sk¨ Nm`pNÄ AXp¸n¨p. Fsâ NmÂbmUw AkÀ B BW SpXNapsX CX]n sk¨v sM^n¨p. Mm³ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n Wmkp sNm*v hz´w Ip*pNÄ W¡n SpX¨p. At¸mta¡pw tI«³ skÅw FXp¡mWm]n FjptWä¯nWm Mm³ Nm`p bn³k`n¨p. Du\v Njnª tfma½t¨¨n Fsâ N®pNan tWm¡n C^p¶v– kn^`n bän] tIm_p W¡n. F¶n«p kn^`pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du¼m³ SpX§n. ^*p kn^ H^pfn¨v A®m¡v ks^ N]än Np® Du¼p¶ tbms` AkÀ Du¼ns]Xp¯p. Fsâ Np«³ sNmXnf^w tbms` Wn¶p kn§ns¸m]n. bp_s¯Xp¯ WWªp NpSnÀ¶ kn^`pNÄ AkÀ W¡n SpX¨p. Fs¶ tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÀ kn^ AN¯n B knXknt`¡v Wm¡v NX¯n kn_¸n¨p Nm\n¨p. bq_p W¡p¶ tbms`. hz´w eÀ¯mkv bn_Nn Wn¡pt¼mÄ C§sW fsäm^p bp^pgsW tWm¡v Du¼n Nm\n¡p¶ Ck^psX Nj¸v Abm^w. Np® Umin¨p WX¡p¶ sW]v¡nakn bq_n.

‘F^nkv NqXnt¸m]n Asà hmt_?’ tfma½ In^nt]msX tImUn¨p sNm*p Fjpt¶äp. ‘Cu F^nkv FWn¡nãfm. CWn]pw NqXn]m`pw Npj¸fnÃ.’

‘FWn¡pw F^nkm\v Cãw’ AkÄ b_ªp ‘^m{Sn sk]v¡pt¼mÄ Np_¨p NqXn Nq«n sk]vNmw’ Sn^nªp WX¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ CXs¯ ssN sNm*v `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn Ak^psX I´n¸manNÄ¡v CX]n sIm_nªp. NqSn Spa]n kn^ C«na¡p¶ tbms` tSm¶n FWn¡v.

‘Wfp¡v fp¶nt`¡v C^n¡mw hmt_’ tI«³ b_ªp.

Mm³ fp¶n tbm]n D½_¯v fpät¯¡pÅ bXn]n C^p¶p. fpä¯v kaw D*m¡pkm³ DÅ Im\Ns¸mXn D\¡m³ C«n«p*v. tI«³ ASp H^p N¼v sNm*p Ca¡n CXm³ SpX§n. ‘Cu kaw b©m]¯n sNm*p tbm]n kn¡m³ DÅSm. fj B]Sp sNm*v D\¡m³ bmXm]n.’ tI«³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv