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N¼nNp«³.sWäv emkn¨p.
ASnWnsX f½n b` Sk\ Im] sNm*pk^pkmWpw b`im^§Ä sNm*pk^pkmWpw skÅw sNm*pk^pkmWpw M§apsX]Xp¯v k¶p.
At¸mÄ Mm³ {l²n¨p.
f½n hm^n kas^ C_¡n]m\v Np¯n]n^n¡p¶Sv.
DXp¯ hm^nt]m kas^ hpSm^yfm]Spw.
F¶m sK]nwhv fmgv– AsSm¶pw {l²n¡p¶Sm]n tSm¶n]nÃ.
Gj^]m]t¸mÄ ¢mhv Njnªp.
A¸tW^w fmgv– hwhm^n¨n^p¶p.
At¸mÄ f½n A]mÄs¡Sns^]m]n^p¶p C^p¶Sv.
b^fmkVn fp`NÄ SÅn¸nXn¨v…
“”F¶m MmWn_§pkm tI¨o,””
fmgv– Fjpt¶äp.
Wn`mknt`¡n_§n.
“”Fs´m^p WÃ fWpgy³,””
Wn`mkn`qsX A]mapsX ^qbw tPäv NX¡pt¼mÄ f½n b_ªp.
“”tk* tfmsa. Ft¸mjpw Culz^³s_ Nm^yw fm{Sfm B fWpgy³s_ kÀ¯mW¯nÂ. ASv tbms` H^msa kloN^n¨m Culz^ tNmbw Nn«pw,””
FWn¡pw ASv l^n]m\v F¶v- tSm¶n.
“”AsSs´¦n`pfmNs«,””
Mm³ f½n]psX tSman bnXn¨p.
“”hf]w F«mNm_m]n. skl¡p¶p. Ft´`pw Njn¡mw. ASv Njnªv C¶`s¯tbms` Cu hpµ^ns¸®n³s_ bq_pw Np*ow FWn¡v Cãw tbms` Njn¡mWpÅSm…””
f½n In^n¨p.
Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p.
M§Ä ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
e£\w Njnªv tNmjn¡qXv AX]v¡m³ Mm³ bp_¯n_§n]t¸mjm\v k^m´]n tfl¸p_t¯¡v sK]nwhv fmgv– sNm*p k¶ dmPv C^n¡p¶Sv N*Sv.
At¸mÄ f½n]pw bp_t¯¡v k¶p.
F³s_ tWm«w N*v– f½n]pw tfl¸p_t¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”At¿m fmgv– dmPv FXp¡m³ f_¶ptbm]tÃm,””
f½n b_ªp.
“”AS§v FXp¯v AN¯v skt¨s^ tfmsa,””
“”l^n f½n,””
Mm³ dmsPXp¯v ANt¯¡v N]_n.
F³s_ bn¶ms` f½n]pw k¶p.
Mm³ dmPn³s_ hnºv k`n¨p.
“”AsS´nWm sSm_¡ps¶?””
f½n Cãt¡tXmsX tImUn¨p.
“”CSnWm¯v Ft´m CaNp¶p. Ip½m tWm¡p¶tSs]mtÅ…f½osX NmfpN³s_ H¶pw FXp¡p¶ntÃ…””
Mm³ In^n¨p.
f½n]pw.
Mm³ dmPv Sp_¶p.
ASnWpÅn H^p tXmÀ¨v B]n^p¶p.
“”Hm, CSm^pt¶m?””
Mm³ ASv Sn^n¨v dmPnt`¡nXm³ SpX§n.
“”Wn¡v Wn¡v..!””
f½n Fs¶ kn`¡n.
Mm³ f½ns] hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”C§v St¶ ASv,””
Mm³ tXmÀ¨v f½n]psX ssN]nt`¡v sNmXp¯p.
“”CSv…””
f½n hwl]t¯msX B tXmÀ¨nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”CSv Ss¶..tfmsa ..Cu tXmÀ¨v Ss¶]m Mm³ A¶v- N*Sv…tWm¡nt¡ MmW¶v b_ª tbms` “”sK”” F¶v- FjpSnt]¡ps¶ Nt*m?””
Culz^m….-
F³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv