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N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSns] tSmÀ¯v– Ajn¨p.
Bs^¦n`pw Ipäpfpt*m F¶v- tWm¡msWm¶pw Mm³ tbm]nÃ.
tI¨n b_ªSv tbms` B\p§Ä Bs^¦n`pw k¶m Han¨pWn¶v- Nm\pw.
Nm\s«. Ct{Sw hpµ^³ fpt`w sSmtXw I´ow bq_pw D*m]n«v ASv Bs^s]¦n`pw H¶v- Nm\n¨ntÃÂ ASv tfmlfm\v.
“”AÃ, tI¨n sS_n b_ªt¸mÄ….””
tSmÀ¯v– Ajn¨p bqÀ®WPvWfm]n Wn¶v- sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp.
B ssV^yw F§sW k¶p Fs¶Wn¡_n]nÃ.
At¸mÄ tI¨n]pw tSmÀ¯jn¨p NÃnt`¡v sk¨p.
“”bq_nWv bns¶ bqs_¶ÃmsS bns¶ F´m tfmsa b_¿m?””
F³s_ t^mfw kaÀ¶v- Wn_ª SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v tWm¡n tI¨n b_ªp.
“”Um tWm¡nt¡ Mm³ NjpNp¶tbms` l^n¡v sbman¨p bnXn¨v kn^ l^n¡n«v Ca¡n NjpNv. bqäns` Ian C^p¶m t{bm»fm,””
hpf tI¨n WXpkv ka¨v Nk¨p Wn¶psNm*v bq_n kn^`pNÄ fpjpkWpfn_¡n lÐw tNĸn¨psNm*v NjpNn.
tI¨n sI]vSSv tbms` MmWpw kn^`pNÄ bq_nt`¡v Np¯n]n_¡n lÐw tNĸn¨p.
“”WWªv sNmjp¯v C^n¡pkm^pt¶m?””
bq_ns` kn^an`¡¯n³s_ tkPw Nq«ns¡m*v hpf tI¨n Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.
“”Dw ….AsS tI¨n..H¨ tN«n«v tSm¶n]Smt\m?””
“”bn¶ÃmsS! N*n«v Fs¶¡mÄ Wà Nj¨p fpän] hmVWfm\v Wo F¶v- tSm¶p¶tÃm tfmsa?””
“”ASv ..ASv …””
kn^ bq_n`n«v Np¯p¶Sn³s_ knNm^mtkl¯m F³s_ hz^w kn_¨p.
“”F¸jpw Nj¸m tI¨n..kÃmsS Wo_n¸pN]pw sI`¸w….I¯m fSo¶v tSm¶pw A¸w. ASptbm`s¯ H^p ..H^p …””
“”H^p ssf^v Nj¸v AtÃ?””
In^n¨psNm*v bq_ns` Np¯Â SpXÀ¶v-sNm*v hpf tI¨n tImUn¨p.
“”AsS tI¨n..H^p kÃm¯ ssf^v Nj¸m bqänÂ…ssf^v At¶^w GtS`pw fp^nt¡ tbm]n tN_m³ tSm¶pw. Asæn…””
“”Asæn ..GtS`pw H^p Npt®sW sSmtXw sfmt`w Nm\n¨p knan¨p k^p¯n bq_p A§v sbman¨p sNmXp¡m³ tSm¶pw AtÃ?””
“”AsS..im im im…””
Ahiyfm] hpO¯n Mm³ bpaªp. l^o^w fpjpk³ N_³äXn¨p.
N´n fjknÃpNÄ kn^nªp.
B Wnfngw tk¨ptbm] Fs¶ hpf tI¨n Sm§n¸nXn¨p.
F³s_ k`n] fp`NÄ tI¨n]psX sNmjp¯p fpjp¯ fp`Nan`fÀ¶p. hpftI¨n]psX fp`N®pNan F³s_ fp` N®pNÄ sM^nªfÀ¶p Wn¶p.
“”F´m tfmsa fXpt¯m,””
“”AÃ..ASà tI¨n..C§sW b^hym]n..Ct{Sw sSm_¶ Ø`¯v…fm{Skà tks_m^mÄ Nm¬sN BUym….ASn³s_ H^p FNvsshävsf³_v …ASpsNm*m…””
“”BUys¯ FNvsshävsf³_v SoÀ¶ ØnSn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv