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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo F§sW]mXm CSptbms` b¨¡v sS_ns]ms¡ b_]ps¶?””
“”At¸m Ft¶mXv tUgyskm¶pkntÃ?””
“”Dt*mt¶m? WÃ sbX sbX]v¡pkm tkt*,””
“”bns¶ sbX]v¡ms¯ F¶m?””
“”ASv bns¶ F¶m¶_o¯nà tUgys¸XmtWm sbX]v¡mtWm tSm¶p¶nÃ,””
“”F¶v sk¨m?””
“”F¶v- sk¨m Np´w! Wo tbm!””
“”tk* tk*..AVnNw AenW]w tk*…. f½ns¸®v- AenW]n¨p Iafm¡*….Wo Fs´ms¡ Han¸n¡p¶p f½ns¸t®…””
“”MmsW¶Sm Han¸n¡ps¶? tbmXo H¶v-! Wo kÃy ZnäNväokv!””
“”AsS Mm³ ZnäNväokm. APSm {NnÌosX sb]vt_m«v. sNmWm³ tZm]`n³s_ sgÀ`Nv timwhv..bns¶ hm£m sK]nwhv tdm*v–…bns¶ f`]manNapsX hz´w hn sF Zn fqhm….XfmÀ bXmÀ …At¿m it½…B skXn]p* F³s_ tWs^]m\tÃm Io_n¸mªp k^p¶Sv…fm_mw…tim ^£s¸«p….Hmw {iow ….DuÀ½nas¸®n³s_ fWÊn`pÅSv skans¸Xp¯q…..””
“”sWWs¡¶m sbt®? k«mt]m?””
“”lyq””
Mm³ f½n]psX Ip*n kn^ tIÀ¯v Aks^ WnlÐ]m¡n.
Bkly¯n NqXpS hf]w Mm³ kn^ Ak^psX Ip*¯v sk¨p.
bSns] AknsX AfÀ¯n Ip*pNapsX frUpSzf_nªp.
F³s_ kn^`n³s_ IqXv Ip*pNsa A_n]n¨p.
“”fWÊn`pÅSv WÃ sbmÅp¶ Nmffm\tÃmXo…WÃ Nj¸m\tÃmXo….Wn³s_ sNmjp¯ l^o^w H^p fnÌÀ C´y¡v sNmXp¡m³ S¿ms_Xp¡pkm\tÃmXo….””
At¸mjpw F³s_ kn^Â Ak^psX Ip*pNan`n^p¶p.
“”ASnWtà sK]nwhv fmgnsW knans¨?””
f½n tImUn¨p.
“”ASnWmt\Â Mm³ s_Zn f½n timw XyqgWv…Wmsa¯s¶…””
“”Cs¸m tk* F¶v- tSm¶p¶p tfmsa,””
“”§vti? AsS´m?””
“”Ft´m Wnt¶mXv sg]À sI]vSv Njnªt¸mÄ …At¸mÄ fpS tk* Fs¶m^p tSm¶Â….””
“”hm^fnà f½n…f½osX tdmZn]v¡v…fWÊnWv…sX³g³ ..AsSms¡ Np_]v¡m³ ASymklyfm…hm^fnÃ…H^p NpätdmtVmw tk*..skl¡p¼w e£\w Njn¡p¶ tbms`…Umin¡pt¼mÄ skÅw NpXn¡p¶ tbms`…KÌv A§sW N*m fSn….sK]nhv fmgv– A½ b_]p¶tbms` Wà Bam. F¸jpw {bmÀ°tWw fäpÅkÀ¡v Wà Nm^y§Ä DbtUln¨pw WX¡p¶]mÄ. fm{Sfà AVymbNWpftÃ…H^n¡`pw Wmän¡p¶ b\n sI¿ptk`…sFw kn¯v– ]q…””
f½n sbs«¶v- Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p.
Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ f½n]psX N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNpN]m\v.
Mm³ H^p tS§Â tN«p.
“”CsS´v Nq¯m? F´v bän?””
Ak^psX SmXnbnXn¨p]À¯ns¡m*v Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”…Wo F³s_…tfmaÃ..F³s_ A½ B]n^nt¡*]mam…””
“”sJ…ASm^pt¶m…tcmÀsPäv..Cäv–….A½]m¶v- N¼nNp«³.sWäv