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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tlgw Mm³ ko*pw tI«³s_ C^p¼pNp®]n bnXn¡m³ ssN bn¼nt`¡v sNm*ptbm]n.
fNpXw l^n¡pw ssNsNm*v Djnªv b^fmkVn {bo Nw ssN¿n bän¡m³ Mm³ {lfn¨p.
C¶v- Mm³ F³s_ ssN NjpNpN]nÃ.
N¿n H«n¸nXn¨ tI«³s_ skÅw FWn¡v Btkmaw f\¡\w.
B kn^`pNÄ sNm*v N´pw bq_pw SXk\w.
kn^`n D\§n¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ tI«³s_ fUn¸n¡p¶ f\fpÅ skÅw FWn¡v F³s_ bqäns` fUK`¯n `]n¸n¡\w.
N´n³s_ IqXnt`¡v F®tbms` Hjn¡\w.
ASpsNm*v Mm³ fNpX¯n l^n¡v AfÀ¯nsM¡n tKmdn tI«³s_ skÅw fpjpk³ N¿ns`Xp¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”Ak_m³ tI«³ b_ªSv tW^m,””
tKmdn tI«³ bns¶]pw b_ªp.
“”WÃ ^*v shm]¼³ ¹mkp*v Cu A¨q³s_ ko«nÂ. B^pw tWm¡n Wn¶ptbmNpw. Mm³ Ss¶ Ft´s^ {bmlw tWm¡n skÅsk_¡oSm…””
“”Wos]¶mXm Np¯pw tNmapw sk¨v b_]ps¶? Mm³ ¹mkn³s_ Nm^ykm b_sª. CsSm^p sNm¨m. ASnsWm¶pw fWÊn`mNptk` F¶v- N^pSn Ip½m tKmdns] skX¡v kÀ¯kmWskm¶pw Cu sNm¨nknsX Wn¡p¼w F³s_ tNs¡ Wo b_sª¡Ãv tNt«m,””
“”sly, CsS¶m tI«m,””
tKmdn tI«³ F³s_ I´n¡nX]nt`¡v Np® ko*pw Bªp SÅn.
Mm³ AtS d`¯n I´nNÄ bnt¼m«p SÅns¡mXp¯p.
“”Mm³ ¹mkn³s_ Nm^yw Ss¶]m b_sª. sI«sW¶m DtUlnt¨? t¨…NãvXw! Ct{Sw {bm]skmÅ tI«³ NqXn C§sW sSmX§n]m….””
Ak_m³ tI«³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
“”Mm³ N*ns«m*p tI«m,””
tKmdn SpX˦p.
“”^*p ¹mtk`pw WÃ fpjp¯ I¡NÄ knaªp sNXs¸m*v. AtS¸nXn¡m³ tbm`pw h½Sn¡ptkm¶m F³s_ sZu«v,””
“”FWn¡v h½Skm,””
Ak_m³ tI«³ tNÄ¡msS Mm³ tKmdn tI«tWmXv b_ªp.
“”tI«Wv CãskmÅt¸msjms¡ k¶p I¡t]m fm§t]m F´v tkt\`pw bnXn¡ptkm b_n¡ptkm sI]vtSm,””
fsäm^mÄ NqXn hmV§Ä km§m³ fpWvemP¯v k¶p.
“”^*p ¹mtkt`w I¡ b_nt¨mt«?””
ko*pw F³s_ I´nNant`¡v ssN sNm*v k¶v- tI«³ tImUn¨p.
Ak_m³ tI«³s_ {l²fm_n] S¡¯nWv F³s_ ssN]pw bn¼nt`¡v tbm]n.
B tImUy¯n H^mhmfmWy N¼n]p*v.
tI«³s_ Np®s] Btklt¯msX SjpNp¶SnWnX]n MmtWmÀ¯p.
fäms^¦n`pfm]n^ps¶¦n tUlys¸Xpfm]n^p¶p.
f½ns]]pw Fs¶]pfm\v tKmdn tI«³ Dt±ln¨Sv–.
bs£ A tImUyw bqän Wn¶pÅ Wo^p_k]psX Hjp¡v Nq«pN]m\v sI]vSSv.
f½nt]]pw Fs¶]pw H^pfn¨p sI¿pN!
B ^wPw F³s_ Nmfsk_n Nq«n.
bq_p N¼nNp«³.sWäv