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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bt\`pw Nm\¯ntà kn^pS·mÀ? Xo¨À fms^ Hs¡ b©m^ AXn¡pt¶m½m^v?””
“”bns¶ Nm\ntÃ? kgav Nm`ktÃ. Cu sfmssd`pw CâÀsWäpw Hs¡ Bs^]m Io¯]m¡ms¯?””
“”f½otWw?””
“”F´m? sfmssd`v Ft¶w Io¯]m¡ot¶m? Wns¶ Mm³…!””
“”AÃ f½o. f½otWw b©m^]Xn¡pt¶m½m^v Nm\¯ntÃ?””
hnhn`n H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
l^n]m]n^n¡mw. In` B\vNp«nNsa¦n`pw f½ns] A^pSm¯ ^oSn]n tWm¡n]n«p*mk\w. dndn³ Duin¨p.
hnhn`n]pw ASpSs¶t]mÀ¡pN]m]n^p¶p. kngfkpw h¦Xkpfm]n^p¶p AsSms¡ HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ¡v. b¯v do]n bYn¡p¶kWm\v sPuSw emhv¡^³. W¶m]n bYn¡pw. bm«pbmXpw. hvtbmÀ«vhv, hmwhv¡m^nN b^nbmXnNan Hs¡ hKokw. Vm^maw hpir¯p¡Ä. bSnWm_pk]sh¦n`pw H¯ H^m\n³s_ D]^w. FÃmk^v¡pw Aen{bm]fpÅ Wà B¬Np«n F¶ Wn`]n hnhn`n]pw AksW {l²n¨n^p¶p. Sm³ bYn¸n¡p¶ Cw¥ogv kng]¯n fp³Wn^]n¯s¶]m]n^p¶p AksW¶Sv sNm*p H^p {btSyN b^nP\W]pw W`vNnt¸m¶n^p¶p.
bs£ H^p Unkhw tWm«psNmXp¡p¶SnWnX]n ¢mÊn`qsX At§m«pfnt§m«pw WX¡tk S³s_ bn¼nÂ, I´n]psX sshZn H^p hvb^vlWf_nªp.
sbs«¶v- sM«n¯n^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ sZhv¡n³s_ sshZn Wn¶v- sPuSw N k`n¡p¶SkÄ N*p.
“”thm_n Xo¨À,””
Ak³ b_ªp. Ak³s_ N®pNan l^n¡pÅ NpätdmVfm]n^pt¶m F¶kÄ IpjnªptWm¡n. ASv bs£ AkWn AkÄ¡v Ns*¯m³ NjnªpfnÃ.
ASn¸ns¶ b`Sk\ A_ntªm A_n]msSt]m ssN]nt`m tSmant`m Hs¡ Ak³s_ hvbÀlWfWpeks¸«n«p*v. A_n]msS hwekn¡mkp¶ IpäpbmXpNan`m]SvsNm*v AsSm¶pw hm^fm¡n]nÃ. bs£ B hvb^vlW§an Ft¸mjpw H^p A^pSm]vN AkÄ¡v AWpeks¸«n^p¶p. Ìmcv _qfn bt^m£fm]n A¯^w {blvW§Ä AkS^n¸n¨t¸mÄ FÃmk^v¡pw sPuSfnsW¸än Gäkpw Wà Aen{bm]fm\v.
bs£ St¶mXpÅ sb^pfmä¯n Ft¸mjpw hnhn`n Ak³s_ FÃm sI]vSnNan`pw Ns*¯n.
¢mhv FXp¡pt¼mÄ S³s_ N®pNan Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^n¡pN. Sm³ tWm¡m¯vSt¸mÄ S³s_ fm_n`pw bn¼n`pw tWm¡pN. tWm«pNÄ sI¡v sI]vSv Njnªv G¸n¡pt¼mÄ, sXÌv– tb¸_pNapw täfnW b^o£NapsX tb¸_pNÄ sNmXp¡pt¼mjpw kn^`n AfÀ¯n sSmXpN….
F´vsNmt*m hnhn`n¡v dndntWmXv AsSm¶pw b_]m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.
“”tfmtW ..sNmt_ tW^km]n Nt{*mÄ sI]vSv Wn¡pkm. thcv B] H^p Ø`w tWm¡pkm^p¶p. k*n H¶v- WnÀ¯nt¡,””
“”F¶m fpÅWmt\m?””
ssd¡n³s_ tkPS Np_¨psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Dw,’
hnhn`n N¼nNp«³.sWäv