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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm^ykm]m`pw Mm³ Cu eqfpO¯v C§sW Kokn¨n^n¡ps¶ dndn³ Nm^\km F³s_ At½,”

hnhn`n ¥mÊpNant`¡v Im]s]Xp¯v tfl¸p_¯v sk¨v Aksa tWm¡n ko*pw bp©n^n¨p.
“”””dndnWv sI`kp sI¿m³ DtVln¡pt*m?”
“”””sI`kv…?”
hnhn`n sgÂcn³s_ Gäkpw fpNan Wn¶v- H^p hvcXnNe^\ns]Xp¯v tfl¸p_¯v sk¨p. ASn³s_ fqXn Sp_¶v- A¨¸kpw fp_p¡pw I¡^k^«n]pw H^p ¥mhv bm{S¯nt`s¡Xp¯p. FWn«v– ko*pw t^\pNs] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”””F´v bän?”
AkapsX fpO¯v kn^nª WnPqZfm] fjkn ewPn]nt`¡v tWm¡n hnhn`n tImUn¨p.
“”””sI`kv sI]vSm So^nà At½…FWn¡v …A½]v¡pw dndnWpw Cãvs¸Xpsf¦n FWn¡v…. H^p h½mWw S^\w F¶p*v.”
fnjnNan Wn_Uob§Ä sSan¨v t^\pN hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
“”””F´v h½mWw?”
AkÄ¡v tWs^ b`im^¸m{Sw Wo«ns¡m*v hnhn`n tImUn¨p.
“”””ASt½…MmWSv b_ªmÂ..A½]v¡v ..Ft¶mXv…”
“”””F´m tfmsa? Nm^yw F´m]m`pw tfmÄ b_]q…”
“”””A½]v¡v Fs¶ Cãfmt\m?”
“”””Mm³ k¶¸w fpS tfmÄsX tUi¯q¶pw fpOSq¶pw N®v fmäo«nÃ. F¶n«v tImUnNym\v Cãfmt\m F¶v-!”
“”””F¦n …Mm³ Fs¶¯s¶ S^s«?”
hnhn`n]psX tWm«w t^\pN]psX N®pNan AfÀ¶p. N®pNan bknj¯na¡w Wn_¨v AkÄ hnhn`ns] tWm¡n. sbs«¶pÅ t^\pN]psX tImUyw hnhn`ns] A¼^¸n¨p. A¯^¯n Fs´¦n`psfm¶p hwekn¡psf¶v tW^s¯ tSm¶n]n^ps¶¦n`pw.
t^\pN hnhn`nt]mXv A¸w AXp¯p.
“”A½]v¡v Fs¶ Cãfm\v F¦nÂ. dndnWpw,””
AkÄ hnhn`n]psX fpOt¯mXv S³s_ fpOw AXp¸n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
hnhn`n]v¡v knNm^w Wn]{´n¡m³ hmVn¨nÃ. AkÄ sbs«¶v- t^\pNs] tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. Blzmh Wnlzmh§apSnÀ¯psNm*v AkÄ hnhn`n]psX sW©n S` Im]v¨p. At¸mÄ hnhn`n]psX ssN¯`w kmÕ`yt¯msX AkapsX S`fpXn]n SjpNn.
“”F³s_ tfmWv Wns¶ tk\sf¦n bns¶ FWns¡´m\p SXÊw, F³s_ tfmta,””
hpOUfm] Wnfng§Ä AkhmWn¡^psS¶m{Pin¨psNm*v t^\pN em^w fpjpk³ Akan`À¸n¨p Wn¶p.
“”Mm³ dndntWmXv CSpks^ b_ªn«nà At½. b_]mWm\v Mm³ k¶Sv , BUyw A½t]mXv b_ªn«v,””
AkapsX fpOw S³s_ ssNNans`Xp¯v hnhn`n AktamXv– b_ªp. bns¶ S³s_ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX tb`kfm] Nknan AfÀ¯n D½sk¨p.
“”AkWnãfmNpw tfmsa. BÀ¡m tfmsa CãfmNm¯Sv–?””
NrSÚSt]msX t^\pN hnhn`n]psX N®pNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv