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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw, F¶p b_ªp Mm³ A]msa fmän C^p¯n. tfma½]psX bp_Nn fp«p Np¯n Wn¶ Mm³ NpWnªp AkapsX tNmS bmanNÄ¡nX]n fpOw AfÀ¯n. ^*p ssN sNm*pw I´n bnaÀ¯n sk¨v Fsâ Wmkp Mm³ Wo«n AkapsX NqSn Spa]n fp«n¨p kn_¸n¨p. tfma½ H¶p sManªp “”Biv… hmt_’ Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv B Spa¡pÅnt`¡v Np¯n N]än Ipjän. “”Biv… Fs´m^p hpOfmXm Sms]man hmt_… bq_pw NqXn Sns¶Xm Nq¯n¨n tfmtW…’
NqSn]n Wn¶pw Mm³ Smtj¡v– W¡n C_¡n Wmkv AkapsX bnaÀ¶n^p¶ bqänt`¡v N]än. “”f`À¶v NnXt¡Xm Bim…’ tfma½ A`_n. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n f`À¶p NnX¶p. AkÄ WWªp NpSnÀ¶ bq_v Fsâ fpOt¯¡v AfÀ¯n. “”N´v I¸n k`nt¡Xm hmt_…’ Ak^psX N´nWv b_t§*n]psX k`n¸w D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASp km]v¡N¯m¡n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. At¸mtj¡pw emÀPk³ Npjªv bm]]n ko\n^p¶p. tfma½ Fjpt¶äp. »uhv AkÀ k`n¨p No_n F_nªp. f¯§m fp`NÄ Np`p§n BXn. AkÀ Fsâ bp_t¯¡p N]_n Fsâ Np®tf C^p¶p. ¹Nv Fs¶m^p lÐt¯msX Fsâ Np® B fmUN_m\n]psX bqänt`¡v NX¶p. Np®]n Np¯n C^p¶ AkÀ H^p {em´ns] tbms` kn^nª A^s¡«p]À¯n sbmSn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ hpOw sNm*v– bpaªp. “”B… BªXn¡v.. BªXnt¡Xn sW]v– Nnako…’
‘F´mXm Sms]mao, Cu Nnakn]psX fpSp bq_nWv Wns¶ hpOn¸n¡m³ b«nsÃXm…. Biv… At½… Fs´m^p fpjp¯ Np®]mXm bq_ntfmsW WnW¡v…. Nj¨p tN_ps¶Xm’ Ak^psX bqän Wn¶pÅ H`n¸v Fsâ A^s¡«msN WW¨n^p¶p. “”Bim…’ H^p Wn`knant]mXv NqXn AkÀ Fsâ sW©nt`¡v A`¨p ko\p. “”tbms]mXn WnW¡v–?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”tbms]Xm… WnW¡p tbm]ntÃ?’
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Mm³ Aks^ bm]]n NnX¯n Ak^psX S` AknsX NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶ emÀ¤ksâ fm_¯p sk¨p. “”NmÂfp«p Np¯n sNmSw D]À¯n NnX¡v– tfma½ tI«¯n…’ Mm³ b_ªSv tbms` AkÀ NnX¶p. I´n f` tbms` D]À¶p Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ Np_¨p Npj¼v FXp¯v Ak^psX NqSn Spa]n tS¨p. “”b¶ bq_n tfmsW… Wo Fsâ sNm¯n`Xn¡m³ tbmNpkmt\m.’
“”AtSXo Ak^mVo. fn*msS NnXt¶m\w’ “”tks*Xm C¶nWn tk*m.’ Mm³ AkapsX bn¶n Fjpt¶äv Wn¶p. H^p Nm`p sNm*p AkapsX S`]n Ikn«n S` emÀ¤ksâ sW©n tIÀ¯p sk¨n«v AkapsX sW]v Np*n]n sbmÅp¶ H^p AXn sNmXp¯p. N^ªp tbm]n bmkw. Fsâ Np®]psX S¡man fNpXw B NqSn Spa]n sk¨fÀ¯n. Npj¼nsâ Hjp¡n Np® sS¶n ANt¯¡v Wo§n. H^p bn̳ tbms` Fsâ Np® Ak^psX sW]v Np*n]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv