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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ! F´m]m`pw b_]qs¶,””
“”tfmsa sK]nwhv fmgnsW tfmÄ¡v XyqgWv FXp¡m³ knan¨Sv Ss¶ f½n tks_ sI` Nm^yw….””
Mm³ S`]n ssNsk¨p.
DÅn Np^p¯ AUvepSemkw lÐfm]n bp_t¯¡v {bNXn¸n¡m³ B{Pin¨p.
bs£ Mm³ hz]w kn`¡n. tk*.
AXvepSs¸X*.
f½n irU]^ihy§Ä Sp_¶pb_]pN]m\v–.
ASnsW dipfmWn¡pN]m\v tk*Sv.
Asæn f½n bn¶oXv H^p Nm^ykpw Ss¶ knlzhn¨p b_]pN]nÃ.
“”Dw…FWn¡v GSm*v A§sWs]ms¡ tSm¶n]n^p¶p,””
f½n Fs¶ fnjn¨ptWm¡n.
“”tfmÄ¡v tSm¶nt]m? F§sW? F¶n«v f½nt]mXp tUgyw k¶ntÃ?””
“”fq¶v- tImUy¯nWpw D¯^w S^mw. FWn¡v SoÀ¨]m]pw tSm¶n. F§sW tSm¶n? hmfmWyw teUs¸« Cw¥ogv Hs¡ hwhm^n¡m³ FWn¡v bäpw. F¶n«pw f½n hvtbm¡¬ Cw¥ogv bYn¡m³ Fs¶ WnÀdÔn¡p¶p. sXu\n AÃ. ko«nt`¡v Bsa knan¨n«v. fmtgm sK]nwhv fmgpw. Ipų. Wà tdmZn. ASymklyw sb®p§sX fWÊv Ca¡n Np`p¡n¸_n¡m³ S¡ `p¡pw tdmZn]pw Hs¡]p*v. thm U ss`³ Cuhv ¢n]À. bns¶ tUgyw tSm¶nt]m F¶v-. CÃ. H«pw tSm¶oÃ. ssft{NmhvtNm¸v sk¨p N*pbnXnt¡* tUgyw tbm`pw tSm¶n]nÃ. Nm^\w. ]q BÀ dyq«ncpÄ. ]q BÀ Ìn ]§v. ]q imsk sX_n cnNv tdmZn. ]q WoZv– hw k¬ äp tX]vNv tN]À Hmcv Cäv…..””
“”B Cw¥ogn b_ªS{S ¢n¡m]nÃ,””
“”b¨ f`]ma¯n tkt\m?””
Mm³ In^n¨p.
“”FXo f½o. Wo Wà I^¡m. Wn³s_ sfmt`w Np*ow bns¶ bq_pw Hs¡ Bt^`pw sM¡n¸njnªv Nl¡n HX¨v Wn³s_ sNmS¯n`pw bq_n`pw Hs¡ Wà D^p¡v Np® tNän ssft^ Wn³s_ Nj¸v SoÀ¯v Wns¶ Bt^`pw Du¡n ^hn¸n¡\w…””
b_ªp Njnªv Mm³ lzmhw tWs^ kn«p.
f½n]psX N®pNÄ Npjn]n Wn¶v- skan]n ImXpsf¶v tSm¶n¨p.
“”³s_ ePkSo…””
Sp_¶v sbmanª km]v– ssN¯`w sNm*v sbm¯n f½n D¨¯n b_ªp.
C{bmklyw AXn]p_¸m\v, ASnWv fpt¼ Nm¡ kojp¶Sm\v dp²n.
“”F³s_ sbm¶pf½o £fn¡\w,””
Mm³ f½n]psX ssN]n bnXn¨p.
“”BUyw It¡sXw f§msXw Hs¡ Nm^yw b_ªt¸mÄ f½n tUgys¸Xq¶v- Mm³ knIm^n¨p. SÃq¶pw knIm^n¨p. A§sW D*m]nÃ…A¸w ASn`pw tZmhv Nq«n b_]\w¶v N^pSn. A§sW A_n]msS b_ªp tbm]Sm. thm_n thm_n thm_n sk^n sk^n thm_n…¹ohv…””
f½n Fs¶ ASnl]t¯msX tWm¡pN]m\v.
tUgyfà N®pNan`pÅsS¶p Mm³ kyàfm]n N*p.
“”F¶m`pw F³s_ fpt¯, Ct{Sw hpµ^n¡p«n]m] N¼nNp«³.sWäv