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N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^`k`mSn fmZ¯nsâ WnSwd¯n N^S`ffÀ¯n F¶v- knIm^n¡pN.
km«v?
F¶v- sk¨m I´n¡v bnXn¡pN.
tKmdn]psX Sj¡kpw bj¡kpfpÅ N^p¯pä b^p¡³ ssNNÄ F³s_ I´ns] hpON^fm]n tkUWn¸n¨v sM¡n.
“”F¶n«v ssN¿ns`m¶pfnÃtÃm tI«m,””
tKmdn b_ªSnWv dm¡n]m]n Mm³ b_ªp.
“”ASnWp k^n¡¨¡s]ms¡ FknsX Nn«mWm F³s_ Ak_m³ tI«m?””
tKmdn]psX ssN F³s_ ftä I´n]nt`¡v Wo§n.
H^p kÃm¯ bpa]p¶ hpOw Fs¶ tSXnk¶p.
dÊnt`]pw sb^p¶mapNant`]pw DÕk§ant`]pw Sn^¡pNan fsäÃm sb¬Np«nNsa]pw tbms` F³s_ fp`]v¡pw I´n¡pw H^pbmXv sM¡`pw Nl¡`pw Nn«n]n«p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw CSv tbms` H^p Af_³ Nj¸³ hpOw BUyfm]n«m]n^p¶p.
F{S sb®p§apsX I´nNapw fp`Napw sM¡n Sn^p½n DX¨v Nl¡n hzÀ¤w Nm\n¨p Sj¡kpw b^nI]kpw k¶ ssNNam\v tKmdntI«³s_.
tKmdnt¨«³s_ N^`maWNtaäv fp`Napw I´nNapw k`n¸w sk¨ Nq«pNm^nNÄ FWn¡p*m]n^p¶p.
AkÀ¡v tI«sW¸än b_]pt¼mÄ Wq_p WmkpNam\v.
“”F³s_ A¨q, fp`Nt®Â bnXn¨p H^p Sn^p½p*v , tKmdn tI«³,””
tSm«¯ns` hpf H^n¡Â b_ªn^p¶p.
M§Ä hpf]psX kmjt¯m«¯ns` bpÃpkaÀ¶ Sn«n Im^nWn¶v b^hvb^w bq_n kn^`n«v hpOn¡pN]m]n^p¶p At¸mÄ.
hpf Fs¶¡mÄ A©p k]Êv fq¯Sm\v.
Njnª kÀgfm\v– AkÄ Fs¶]pw Nq«n kmjt¯m«¯n tbmNm³ SpX§n]Sv.
Fs¶ N*m BÀ¡pw ASn e]¦^fm] NXn]pw Nmfmhàn]pfpÅ sb®ms\¶v BÀ¡pw tSm¶pfm]n^p¶p.
hpf]v¡pw tSm¶n]Sn ASnlt]màn]nÃ.
H^p Unkhw H^pfn¨p bpj]n Npan¡pt¼mÄ hpf In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”WÃ fpjp¯ fp`]m\tÃm sbt® Wn³s_,””
tImUyw tN«p Mm³ Wm\n¨p.
Mm³ H^p tSmÀ¯pw gn½ohpfm]n^p¶p At¸mÄ C«n^p¶Sv.
“”WÃ]mam Ft¶mXv tImUn¡ps¶! tI¨n]psX fp` F´m tfmlfmt\m?””
ASv tN«v hpf In^n¨p.
“”Dw? F´m In^n¡t\?””
hpftI¨n Fs¶s]m¶v bmantWm¡n.
AkÄ skap¯ H^p {dm]pw WoafpÅ tSmÀ¯pfm\v DXp¯n^p¶Sv.
skůpÅnNÄ Wn_ª fp«³ Nó fp`NÄ {dm]v¡pÅn diaw sk¨p.
“”FWn¡v Ct{Sw k`n¸w k^m³ ASnl]fnÃ. Wns¶¡mÄ {bm]fp*v FWn¡v. b¯n^pb¯nWm`v k]Êv {bm]fm]n. F³s_ SXn¨ tUi¯nWv Cu sfm` Hs¡ hmVm^\]m. sWW¡v bSntWjv– AtàbSnsW«v k]Êv {bm]ftà HÅq. F¶m sS_n¸m. W¶m]n NXn¨p fq¯v Njs¸aNn Wn¡p¶ sfm`]m Wn³s_. sNmt_t¸^v N¼nNp«³.sWäv