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N¼nNp«³.sWäv CWn Npj¸fnÃtÃm,””
hpf tI¨n In^n¨psNm*v F³s_ bq_nt`¡v ssN Wo«n.
A§sW]m\v hpf tI¨n]pfm]pÅ F³s_ dÔw SpX§p¶Sv.

tKmdn tI«³s_ ssN F³s_ ^*p I´nNapw fm_nfm_n Sn^p½pN]m\v.
F³s_ Nm`pNÄ hpOkpw Nj¸pw Nm^\w FWn¡v Nm`pNÄ Sa^p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n.
“”k^n¡ I¡ FksX Nn«mWmt¶m?””
Ak_m³ tI«³ tImUn¨p.
“”i! AsS¶m tImUykmXmtÆ? Cu Wn¡p¶ A¨ptfmÄsX koXn³s_ {c*n¯s¶s]m*tÃm Wà ^*v hq¸À ¹mkv. AtS`mt\ W¶m]n skaª I¡NÄ C¶t`wsNmsX N*Sm Mm³. Wo tImUn¨p tWm¡v. Ip½m Nn«ptN`. sk` sNmXp¡\w,””
“”ASv tW^m,””
tKmdn tI«³s_ ssN bn¼n`qsX F³s_ gZv[n kNªpfmän, IqXpÅ, b^p¡³, sbu^pgfpÅ kn^`pNÄ Cänäp kojp¶ Wo^p_ks] hfobn¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.
hpOw sNm*v Mm³ koÀ¸pfp«n.
Sn^nªp Wn¶v- tI«³s_ Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p Ipwdn¡mWpw F³s_ I´n knXkn At¸mjpw NWw sk¨v D^p½nkn_]v¡p¶ tI«³s_ Np®s] H¶v- bnXn¨p SjpNmWpw koZnt]m]n fm{Sw N*n«pÅSptbms` Asæn Nq«pNm^nNÄ sI]vSn«pÅsS¶v- AkÀ hpOn¸n¨p knk^n¨Sv tbms` tI«³s_ Np® H¶v- km]ns`Xp¯v ^pIn¨p tWm¡pkmWpw F³s_ fWÊv ASn]m]n sNmSn¨p.
bq_n³s_ Umiw Wnfngw Njn]pt´m_pw Ahiyfmkp¶p.
bq_n tfmsa, H^p {bmklysf¦n`pw H^p Np®s]Wn¡v FknsX Wns¶¦n`pw sNm*pk¶v SmXo ssft^ F¶v- N`nt¸msX bq_v H¨s]Xp¡p¶p.
F³s_ tUko..F¶m\v FWn¡v AsSm¶p A_n]m³ bäpN…””
B Wnfngw tKmdn tI«³s_ kn^Â F³s_ kjpkjp¸nsW sSm«p.
F³s_ t^mf§apsX CX]n`qsX kn^`pNÄ fpt¼m«v– A^n¨p N]_n.
AXp¯ Wnfngw FWn¡v hzÀ¤¯nWpf¸p_s¯ hpOWnfng§Ä h½mWn¨v–sNm*v tI«³s_ kn^`pNÄ F³s_ {Shn¡p¶, knSp¼p¶, S^n¡p¶, Nj¡p¶, NXn¡p¶, Nmf¯o]n N¯n]p^pNp¶ N´nsW sSm«p.
F{S NrSyfm]m\v tI«³s_ kn^`pNÄ N´nt`¡v Ss¶ tbm]Sv.
Mm³ hz]w bnXn¨v SjpNpt¼mjpw hpftI¨n CX¡nsX bnXn¨pS^pt¼mjpw Nn«p¶ hpOw N^p¯Wm] H^p bp^pg³ S^p¶ hpO¯nWp fp¼n H¶pfà F¶v- At¸mÄ Mm³ A_nªp.
FWn¡v hpOw sNm*v H¨s]Xp¡\sf¶p tSm¶n.
H¶p_s¡ Af_\w.
Nm_\w.
Nmf¯na¸nsW Hmt^m Wnfngkpw sNmXpfpXnN]äp¶ hpOw So InS_n¡p¶ lЯn {bNXn¸n¡\w….
fp³emP¯v tks_m^mÄ hmVWw km§n¡m³ k¶Sv sNm*v Ak_m³ tI«³ A]mapsX tWs^ Sn^nª S¡¯nWv tKmdn tI«³ ftäss¡sNm*v– F³s_ C^p fp`Napw fm_n fm_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv