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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^qbw ASn ftWmi^fm] H^p ln¸w tbms` F³s_ fp¼n Wn¶p.
“”H¯n^n WÃSm tI¨n. H¯n^ns]m¯n^n WÃSv,””
IqXv Wn_ª lЯn Mm³ b_ªp.
“”F´m H¯n^n WÃSv?””
IqXpÅ lЯn Ss¶ tI¨n]pw tImUn¨p.
“”ASv…””
Mm³ hpf tI¨n]psX fp`Nant`¡v N®pNÄ Nm\n¨p.
“”AsS´ms\¶v- b_]q, Np«o,””
“”tI¨osX sfm` H¯n^n WÃSm. tI¨osX sfm` Ft´m^w fpjp¯Sm. F´v ^hm tI¨osX sfm` Nm\m³,””
Wn]{´\w Wãs¸« Mm³ SpXNÄ Nq«nsM^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”Ajn¡v,””
A¸w NqXn AXp¯v k¶v F³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n tI¨n b_ªp.
Mm³ Ipäpw tWm¡n.
“”B^pw k^nÃ. B\p§sa fmt{S tbXn¡mWpÅq. Ak^v Han¨n^p¶v Nm\pw. tfmÄtXw Ftâw sfm` tWm¡n ^hn¡pw. F´v ^hm W½psX sfm` tWm¡n B\p§av ^hn¡p¶p*v F¶_n]pt¼m….Ajn¡v tfmsa,””
Mm³ F³s_ gn½ohv Ajn¨p.
“”Hm…!””
tI¨n]n Wn¶v- ASnl]s¸« H^p lÐw Mm³ tN«p.
tI¨n fnjn¨p tWm¡pN]m\v.
bnaÀ¶ km]v AkÄ ssN¯`w sNm*v f_¨p.
“”³s_ ePkSo…””
AkÀ b_ªp. AkÄ N®pNÄ fmämsS F³s_ fp`Nan Ss¶ tWm¡pN]m\v.
“”WÃSmt\m?””
hpf tI¨nsI]vSSv tbms` BUyw kl§an`pw bns¶ Smsj¶v- fpNant`¡v SjpNn fp`Nsa Ca¡n I`n¸n¨psNm*v Mm³ tImUn¨p.
F³s_ fp` N®pNapw NqÀ¯v kn§n. At¸mÄ skůnWXn]n CX¡nsX foWpNÄ sNm¯p¶Sn³s_ hpOw A_nªpsNm*n^p¶ bq_v S^n¨pNj¨p.
“”F³s_ tfmsa…C{S Wà fpjp¯ tg¸pÅ NXn sfm` Mm³ BUym]m Nm\ps¶. Hm..N*n«v hin¡y\nà …””
hpf tI¨n ko*pw thm¸v bq_nt`¡v sNm*ptbm]n.
bq_nWN¯v kas^ tW^w ssNkn^`n«p Ca¡ns¡m*v AkÄ F³s_ fp`Nant`¡pw N®pNant`¡pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.
F³s_]pw N®pNÄ bq_n tkP¯n I`n¨psNm*n^p¶ Ak^psX ssN]n`m]n^p¶p.
FWn¡pw bq_n kn^`nXm³ tSm¶n.
Nj¨psbm«n S^n¡pN]m\v.
N´v fp^*p SpX§n]n^p¶p.
fp` N®pNapw Af_n knan¡p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n.
“”tSmÀ¯v– Du^n bq_p NjpNv tfmsa,””
tI¨n skůn Nk¨p Wn¶psNm*v b_ªp.
Nk¨pWn¶t¸mÄ bq_v A¸w NqXn bnaÀ¶p.
Ct¸mÄ fq¶v- kn^`pNÄ AN¯n«m\v tI¨n NjpNp¶Sv.
“”tI¨o…””
AkapsX km¡pNÄ tN«p Mm³ A¼^¶p.
“”F´m tfmsa?””
“”tI¨n F´m b_sª?””
“”tfmÄ tN«ntÃ?
“”tN«p,””
“”bns¶´nWm Mm³ F´m b_sª F¶v- tImUnt¨?””
Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv