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N¼nNp«³.sWäv S^pt¼mÄ MmsW´nWm sk_psS B\p§sa tSXpt¶¶m Cs¸m In´n¡ps¶,””
F³s_ fp`Napw sM¡ns¡m*v f½n b_ªp.
“”f½o FWn¡v sfmt`w bq_pw fm{Stk HÅq. ASv sk¨v H^p sb®m] f½n¡v cpÄ hpOw S^m³ bä¯nÃ. ASnWv Np® tk\w. tKmdn tI«³s_ tbms` Wà N«ns]mÅ Np®. sK]nwhv fmgn³s_ Np® F§Ws¯]ms\s¶Wn¡_n]nÃ. ASv sNm*m Mm³ tKmdn tI«³s_ Np®s]¸än b_sª,””

B_pf\n]m]t¸mÄ sK]nwhv fmgv– k¶p.
N¿n H^p sI_n] dmPv D*m]n^p¶p.
At¸mjm\v– Mm³ Bsa l^n¡v H¶v- {l²n¡p¶Sv.
f½n b_ªSv F{S l^n]m\v!
H¯ H^mam\v sK]nwhv fmgv.
GSv sb®pw tfmin¡p¶ shuµ^yw.
fmgn³s_ gÀ«nWN¯v sNm´fm` NnX¡p¶Sv skan]n Nm\mw.
Mm³ bphvSNkpsfXp¯v k^m´]nt`¡v k¶p.
fmgv– Nth^]n`n^n¡p¶p.
C]Àtcm¬ sk¨v bm«v tNÄ¡pN]m\v.
Fs¶¡*v A]mÄ bp©n^n¨p.
FWn¡mUyw I½Â D*m]n^p¶p.
N`p¦nWXn]n A]mÄ Fs¶ bn_¶bXn N* ^wPw F³s_ fWÊnt`t¡mXn k¶p.
F¶m AsSm¶pw A]mÄ In´n¡p¶nÃms]¶p A]mapsX fpOw knan¨p b_ªp.
f½n b_ªSv tbms` fWyWm\n]mÄ.
fäms^¦n`pfm]n^pt¶Â Ct¸mÄ AÀTw sk¨v Fs¶ tWm¡pfm]n^p¶p.
Nan]m¡n In^n¡pfm]n^p¶p.
“”PpZv CukWnwPv fmtg,””
Mm³ b_ªp.
A]mÄ H^p h¶ymhns]t¸ms` bp©n^n¨p.
“”GSv bm«m fmtg?””
A]mÄ C]À tcm¬ sIkn]n Wn¶v- tkÀsbXp¯pt¼mÄ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”tNÄ¡t\m A¨qWv?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
Mm³ S`Np`p¡n.
A]mÄ C]Àtcm\pw sfmssd`pw F³s_ tWs^ Wo«n.
Mm³ C]Àtcm¬ sIkn]n sk¨p.
bm«nWp NmtSmÀ¯p.
“”A¶m sbhim Sn^pWmanÂ
NÀ¯mk^pan] N¸WtbmÂ
Sn^pWmf¯n tIÀ¶oXmw
H^pft]mXo d`n ]À¸n¡mw…””
Mm³ knhvf]t¯msX sK]nwhv fmgnsW tWm¡n.
“”WÃ bm«mt\m?””
A]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
FWn¡v F´m\v b_t]*sS¶v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.
Fs¶t¸ms`]pÅkÀ hUmhf]kpw Nmfkpw tfmikpfm]n WX¡pt¼mÄ CSm H^p sI_p¸¡m^³…
A]mapsX BËmUsfÃmw Culz^Wm\v.
WX¸n`pw hwhm^¯n`pw In´]n`psfÃmw.
Mm³ sk_psS bp©n^n¨p.
¢mhv SpX§n.
WÃ AVymbN³.
Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp.
F{S `anSfm]m\v kngfw bnXn¨ emP§Ä b_ªp fWÊn`m¡p¶Sv.
fn¡km_pw emP§Ä FWn¡_n]mkp¶k]m]n^ps¶¦n`pw f½n]psX Bkly¯nWv tk*n Aks]ms¡ A_n]nÃm¯Sms\¶v Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv