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N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ tNmfZn]v¡v Ct{Sw fmÀ¡äv H*m^pt¶m? F¶m hn²o¡v hm_nsW N*v– AXp¯ bX¯n H^p Im³hv tImUn¡m\tÃm,””
A]mÄ hnhn`n]n Wn¶v- tWm«w fmän dndntW tWm¡n.
“”Wn§av B^m?””
dndnsâ fpO¯v hwl]§Ä fn¶nf_ªp. Ct±is¯ FWn¡_n]mftÃm. FknsXs]m N*n«p*tÃm. Bt^m b_ªv tN«n«p*tÃm. bs£ ..bs£ …Hm …sh_n{dtf HmÀ½S^q…Nn«nt¸m]n! sku-
“”hm_v ^knl¦À hm_tÃ?””
A]mÄ dndntW AUvepSt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”sWWs¡§sW]m Fs¶ A_n]mkps¶? MmWnknsX BUyw k^pkm\tÃm. F³s_ Sn^ptfm´ A§sW b{S¯n`pw Xo ko`pw H¶pw k^m_nÃtÃm,””
dndn³ bp©n^n¨p.
“”hmt_, Mm³ t^\ptNsX ¢mÊn`m. F³s_ tb^v dndn³,””
^knl¦_n³s_ {Np²emkw fm_p¶Spw A]mapsX fpO¯v AUvepSw knX^p¶Spw bns¶ bp©n^n knX^p¶Spw FÃmk^pw N*p.
“”tUs*Xm, sfmS`man In^n¡p¶p..””
sfm«¯`]³ ftä]mapsX sIkn]n NplpNplp¯p. At¸mÄ bp©n^n fmän ^knl¦À sfm«¯`]³s_ tWs^ ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
“”Ums*, bnt¶w btj tbms`]m]n,””
Ak³ ko*pw AX¡w b_ªp.
“”In^n¡mSn^n¡m³ MmsW¶m C©ow NXn¨n^n¡p¶ sNm^§Wmt\mXm? fn*^pSv. kjo¶v- SÃpw tfXn¨v!””
bns¶ shuirUemk¯n dndntW tWm¡n.
“”sWW¡v AkÄsX NqsX H¶v- ko«n k^m³ bmXn`m^pt¶m?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Hm!””
dndn³ S` sIm_nªp.
“”f½o, CSv ^knl¦À hm_m. F³s_ ¢mÊn bYn¡p¶ t^\ptNsX A¨³. hm_v k`n] H^p ¹m³äm,””
dndn³ Sm¸^yt¯msX sh`ntWmXv b_ªp.
“”t^\ptNsW]tà tfm³ sbmtj¶v- ^£s¸Xp¯oSv?””
“”^£s¸Xp¯n Fs¶m¶pw b_]tà f½n. B tW^¯v Mm³ AknsX H*m^p¶p. A¸w …ASn¸w FWn¡m\v A§sW hwekn¡pt¶Â Bt^`pw k¶v-..Ft¶w…””
^knl¦À Ak³s_ km¡pNÄ AUvepSt¯msX tNÄ¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
hwekw C§sW]m\v. tNmtaKn Wn¶v- F³ Fhv Fhv kaâv_nt]jvhv Npa§Ä lpIoN^n¡p¶ tKm`n]n`m]n^p¶p. A¸w Uqs^]ÃmsS. ASnWnX]n t^\pN Nm`psSän hfob¯pÅ bpj]nt`¡v ko\p. ASn³s_ Bjs¯¸än BÀ¡pw A{S {PmiyfnÃm]n^p¶p. Nq«¯ns` sb¬Np«nNÄ Wn`kna¡p¶p. B¬Np«nNÄ WnÀt±l§an`pw ^wPw koZnt]m]n In{SoN^n¡p¶Sn³s_]pw Sn^¡nÂ. At¸mÄ Xow `oZ_n³s_]Xp¯]n^p¶ dndn³ diaw tN«v HmXnk^nN]m]n^p¶p. Nm^yw fWÊn`m¡n¡jnªv Ak³ H¶pw Bt`mIn¨nÃ. Npa¯nt`¡v FXp¯p ImXpN]m]n^p¶p. k`n] H^p Wo´Â¡m^sWm¶pfÃmSn^p¶n«vNqXn Ak³ Aksa k`n¨pN^]v¡Xp¸n¨p.
“”Bsa N¼nNp«³.sWäv