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N¼nNp«³.sWäv £Sf_nªp. bns¶ fsäm^p knhvfnS fpiqÀ¯¯n AkÄ A]mapsX AV^s¯ S³s_ IqXpÅ km]n hzoN^n¨p. knlnãfm] temKyw tbms` AkÄ A]mapsX AV^w b`]mkÀ¯n NXn¨pk`n¨o¼n.
bns¶ A]mapsX fpOw S³s_ fm_nX¯nt`¡v Smjv¶pk^p¶Sv hnhn`n N*p. AkapsX DÅv SpXn¨p. tim ..F{SWmam]n fm_n bp^pg³s_ IqXpÅ hvbÀlf_nªn«v–! fp`¡®pNÄ koÀ¯v SXn¨pk^p¶Ska_nªp. hpON^fm] H^p sIm_n¨n fp`¡®nÂ. tim…iyqhv…
AkapsX ho¡m^lÐw ^knl¦_nsW ko*pw bpaNnSWm¡n.
Njp¯n Wn¶v- A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX fm_nt`¡njªp.
“”hnhn`n,””
A]mÄ knan¨p.
“”Ft´m,””
AkÄ knantN«p.
“”Mm³ ..Mm³ CknsX ..CknsX D½…D½ sk¡s«?””
Ip*pNÄ ¢otkKv SpX§p¶nX¯v F¯n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
ASnWp¯^fm]n AkÄ A]mapsX ln^Ên³s_ bn¼n C^pssNNapw sNm*p Ipän¸nXn¨v A]mapsX fpOw AkapsX fm_n`fÀ¯n.
knNm^knt£me¯m AkÄ AV^w AfÀ¯n¡Xn¨p. Sbn¡p¶, bjp¯pfp_pNm³ SpX§n] AkapsX Wn_fm_n A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ fm_n fm_n]fÀ¶p. IpwdW¯n³s_ {em´fm] tSt^m«¯n AkapsX hm^n¯p¼v fm_n Wn¶v- Smtj¡v ko\p. Ipk¶ s»uhnÂ, ASn³s_ Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] emP¯vNqXnNm\mkp¶ koÀ¯pWn_ª fpjp¯ fp`NÄ N®pNÄ fmämsS ^knl¦À tWm¡n¡*p.
s»uhnWN¯v Ak koÀ¸pfp«n D]À¶p`]pN]m\v. Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] B s»uhnWN¯v frUp`fm], Sp_n¨psS_n¨ fmwhatPma§Ä WOþU´£S§Ä¡v tk*n koÀ¸pfp«n Nm¯pNnX¶p. Ip*pNans` Sos] hzoN^n¡m³ Ak sk¼Â bq*p. N^p¯pä, b^p¡³ ssNNapÅ bp^pg³s_ ssNNapsX `maW]_n]pkm³ B fpjp¯ fp`NÄ UmimÀ¯^m]n.
FknsX]m\v M§sa `man¡pkmWpÅ ssNNÄ? FknsX]m\v M§apsX fmwhaSs] sM¡nsM^p¡pkmWpÅ Ip*pNÄ? FknsX]m\v M§apsX IqXnsW, APvWns] W¡n]\]v¡pkmWpÅ Wmkpw km]pw F¶v- hnhn`n]psX fp`NÄ A£ft]msX tImUn¨psNm*n^p¶p…
F{S tW^fm\v Nm¯n^n¡p¶Sv F¶v- AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. B Wnfngw Ss¶ ^knl¦_n³s_ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX s»uhn³s_ NpXp¡pNÄ Ajn¨p. kas^t]s_ hv{SoNapsX s»uhpw {dm]pw AWm]mhfjn¨n«pÅ A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ KoknS¯n`mUyfm]n kn_bq*p.
s»uhv fpjpk³ Ajn¡pkm³ A]mÄ B{Pin¨nÃ. Ipk¶ s»uhnWNs¯ Ipk¶ {dm A]man So bXÀ¯n. Fs´m^p ewPn! Fs´m^p ln¸Im^pS! Fs´m^p {bt`meWo]S! F´m\v sIt¿*Sv? N*psNm*n§sW]n^n¡t\m? D]À¶pSp_n¨pWn¡p¶ fmwhknXkn WmknXt\m? AWpWnfngw D]À¶pSbn¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡v tf Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯t\m?
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