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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ss¶ AkÀ sS_n b_ªv HmXn¡pN]m\v D*m]sS¶v emhv¡^sâ Nm`pbnXn¨p b_ªp.
“”Hm, AsSms¡ N^¡m^p Hmt^m¶v b_ªp*m¡p¶Sm Ak_m³ tI«m. Wn§s¡ms¡ Fs¶ A_n]¯nÃnt]m?””
F³s_ bn¼n l^ns¡m¶fÀ¶p sNm*v tKmdn b_ªp.
Ak³s_ Np® N«n sk¨n^p¶p.
bmkmX]psX bp_¯pNqXn]m]n«v tbm`pw F³s_ I´n]psX fnWphfpÅ C_¨n ASn³s_ IqX_nªp.
bq_n³s_ kn§Â NqXn. fp` N®pNÄ H¶pNqXn NÃn¨p UrZfm]n.
fp` N®pNÄ¡v Ipäpw hpOfpÅ H^p sIm_n¨n MmW_nªp.
AknsXs]m¶p sIm_n]m³, Bs^s]¦n`pw sNm*p H¶v- sIm_n]n¡m³ Mm³ kÃmsS B{Pin¨p.
At¸mjm\v– Ak_m³ tI«³ bn¼ns` sgÂcn sk¨n^p¶ knÂhv hnPs^äv– FXp¡m³ Sn^nªSv.
B S¡¯nWv F³s_ fWÊv km]n¨ns«t¶m\w Wà hvboZn ssN¿p]À¯n tKmdn F³s_ fp`¡®v- Nq«n k`Sv fp`]n l^n¡v sM¡n Nl¡n.
Ak_m³ tI«³ Sn^n]p¶SnWv fpWvbv Ak³ ssN Smsj]n«p.
ASn³s_ hpO¯n MmsWm¶p bpaªp.
bq_n So N¯n.
Mm³ Wµnt]msX F³s_ I´nNÄ Ak³s_ A^s¡«nt`¡v SÅns¡mXp¯p.
Ak³ ASntWmXNw l^n¡v N¼n]m] Np® F³s_ I´nknXknt`¡v SÅn]fÀ¯n.
“”Wns¶ l^n¡_n]mkp¶ sNm*Ãnt]mXm tKmdo MmWSv tImUnt¨? Atà tfmsa?””
“”Hm! tKmdn tI«³ A§sW tfmlskm¶pkà Ak_m³ tI«m,””
I´nknXkn Ak³ S^p¶ hpOw BhzUn¨psNm*v Mm³ b_ªp.
“”§vti?””
Ak_m³ AUvepSt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”A¸w tfmapw CkWv ht¸mÀ«v Bt\m?””
“”A¨qWv knk^skm*v Ak_m³ tI«m,””
hnP^äv N¯n¨psNm*v tKmdn b_ªp.
“”F¸jm ht¸mÀ«v St^s*¶v A¨qWv NrSykm]n A_n]mw,””
ASv b_ªpNjnªv Ak³ F³s_ I´nknXknt`¡v l^n¡pw Np®fpW Bªp Np¯n.
Mm³ I´n kn^n¨pbnXn¨p Ak³s_ A^s¡«nWp tWs^ SÅn]fÀ¯nWn¶p.
“”FXm Wnt¶mXtà Wà k^n¡¨¡]pt* sNm_¨v sNm*¯^m³ b_sª? Wos]¶m kmjs¡m` fm{Stk Nt¨mXw sI¿s¯mtÅm?””
Ak_m³ tImUn¨p.
“”F³s_ ssN¿ns`mÅSv kmjs¡m`]m,””
A^s¡«v SÅn]fÀ¯ns¡m*v tKmdn b_ªp.
ASnWnX]n fsäm^p Nm^yw WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ tNm^n¯^nt¸msX]_nªp.
CXSv ssN Smtj¡n«v tKmdn ssN Smsj¡n«v F³s_ bmkmX k`n¨psbm¡n.
F³s_ BW¨´n]n Ak³s_ ssN]fÀ¶p.
NX]n sk¨n^p¶ Xo kn]n B£³ iot_m dnKp hnWnf]m]n^p¶p At¸mÄ.
CSm^m fmX¯n³s_?
ssf ihvd*v.
fmZ¯n³s_ eÀ¯mkpw fmZkpw NqXn sskNn«v WX¡mWn_§pt¼m N¼nNp«³.sWäv