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N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ ssUktf..Fs¶ A§v sNmÃv..C§sW Wm\n¡msS f½n, …Nm^yw Mm³ f½osX tfmWm. bs£ MmWpw H^p sI_p¸¡m^Wm. FWn¡pw tSm¶pw. C§sW BNp¶ Nm^y§Ä,”
Ak³ fpãn `wdfm]n A´^o£¯nt`¡v D]À¯n.
“”””Wo H¶v- tbmXm, Wns¶ FWn¡_n]ntÃ? bns¶ dndn³ tfmtW, H^p Nm^yw. Wn³s_ f½n Bs^t]`pw sN«m³ fp«n Wn¡pskm¶pkÃ.F¶v- sk¨v FWn¡o {bm]¯ns` co`n§vhv– H¶pw Cà F¶Ã. B co`nwPvhnsW¡mÄ FWn¡v k`pSm F³s_ tfm³s_ NqsX C§sW Naow NphrSow Hs¡ b_ªv Kokn¡ps¶. Wo Fjp¯pNm^WtÃ? XmtPm_nWv tlgw hminSy¯nWpÅ tWmd h½mWw C´y]nt`¡v sNm*pk^mWpÅ BatÃ? WnW¡v Mm³ b_]p¶Sv l^n¡pw fWÊn`mkpw; CtÃ?”
“”””fWÊn`mkpw,”
Ak³ b_ªp.
bns¶ Ak³ AkapsX sWän]n AfÀ¯nIpwdn¨p.
Nm^yw A§sW b_sª¦n`pw dndn³ hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶Sv– N*tlgw hnhn`n]psX hN` hUmIm^h¦Â¸§apw Nmän b_¶p tbm]n^p¶p. ASv ks^ AkÄ f^n¨p tbm] eÀ¯mkv t`m_³hnsW fm{Sw HmÀ¯p Njn]p¶ fNsW bYn¸n¡p¶SnÂ, kaÀ¯p¶Sn BWµw Ns*¯p¶ H^p hmVm^\ hv{So]m]n^p¶p. bs£ ASnWp tlgw AkapsX fWÊv bqÀ®fm]pw ssNkn«ptbm]n F¶v- tk\sf¦n b_]mw. knkmi¯nWv fp¼v hmVm^\]nt`s_ ss`wPnNmhàn]pÅ H^p sb®v- B]n^p¶p. hnhn`n. bSnW©p k]Êm]t¸mÄ fpS Ss¶ B\p§Ä Aksa sSmXmWpw bnXn¡mWpw k^pt¼mÄ AkÄ kn`¡pfm]n^p¶nsöv fm{SfÃ, AsSms¡ AkÄ BhzUn¡pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶p. B\p§Ä BUyfm]n fp`¡v bnXn¨t¸mÄ AkÄ ASv Gs_ BhzUn¨p. bns¶ Ak^psX N^hvbÀlw S³s_ fp`NÄ¡v Nn«p¶ Akh^§Ä¡v AkÄ Nm¯n^p¶p. bSnWm_p k]ÊmNp¶SnWv fp¼v l^o^¯n³s_ GSm*v FÃm emP¯pw Ss¶ B\p§Ä bnXn¨p sM¡n¡jnªn^p¶p.
bns¶ t`m_³hnsW knkmiw Njn¨SnWv tlgfm\v AkapsX ss`wPnN In´NÄ¡pw hzbvW§Ä¡pw H^p Wn]{´\fp*mNp¶Sv. H^p fmSrNm bÅneàWm]n^p¶p A]mÄ. tWm]¼pw {bmÀTW]pw `pSnWn]]pfpÅ AXn]p_¨ bÅneà³. dndn³ KWn¨Sn¸ns¶ Akans` bNzS bqÀ®fm]n. H^p Wà hv{So]v¡v tk* D¯f fmSrN]m]n b`^pw Aksa Iq*n¡m\n¨n^p¶p.
t`m_³hn³s_ f^\w hnhn`ns] kÃmsS SaÀ¯ns]¦n`pw dndn³ AkapsX KoknS¯n ko*pw {bNmlw Wn_¨p. ko«n {bn]s¸« fN³ fm{Sfm]n^p¶nà Ak³. Wà Wm«pNm^Wpw Wà hibmYn]pw Wà knUymÀTn]pw NqXn]m]n^p¶p Ak³. bSnW©mw k]Ên¯s¶ fmSreqfn BjvI¸Sn¸n dm`bwàn]n Ak³s_ BUys¯ sI_pNT A¨Xn¨p k¶p. bn¶oXv b` fpOyVm^m fmhnNNan`pw.
t`m_³hn³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv