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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ¹m³ GNtUlw fpjpkWm]n FWn¡v bnXnNn«n. Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. sSm«pbp_sN Akapw k¶p.
“”””Ak³ bnXn¡p¶SpN*m sNm¨½¡v– tUgyw k^ptfm?”
“”””F´nWv? AsSÃm B¬Np«nNapw sI¿psf¶tà Wo b_ªSv?”
“”””l^n, CWn sNm¨½ Ak³ tImUn¡p¶ hwl]§Ä¡v NrSyfm]n f_pbXn sNmXp¯m fSn. AksW Mm³ bYn¸n¨n«p*v. bns¶, Nm^y§Ä b_ªpsNmXp¡m³ fm{SfpÅSÃ, Nm\n¨psNmXp¡mWpw NqXn]m\v. CWn sNm¨½ Aksâ Im]]pfm]n Aksâ fp_n]n tbm]m fSn”.
AkÄ fp_n]psX kmSn Npän]n«v FsâsWt^ Sn^nªp. Aksasâ ssWän sbm¡n. AXn¸mkmX]pw {dm]pw AkÄ Ajn¨pNaªp.
“”””CsSms¡ AhuN^yftà sNm¨t½?. bmYw bYn¸n¡m³ tbmNpt¼mÄ ASnsWm¯ huN^yfpÅ tkgftà WÃSv?” Im]]p*m¡mWm]n Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`¡p N]_pt¼mÄ AktamXnk¶p.
“”””sNm¨½]nt¸mÄ kn]À¡m³ bmXnÃ. Im] MmWnXmw”. Im]¡v– skÅwk¨n«v AktamXnk¶p. A`fm^n]nÂWn¶pw hvt{bs]Xp¯v, ssWän sbm¡n, Fsâ N£¯pw SpX]nXp¡n`pw ASXn¨p.
“”””Fsâ sNm¨½]psX ^*mfs¯ BUy^m{Sn]tà Ct¸mÄ? W½psX NpªnWv ht´mgfmks«”.
H^p N¸n Im]s]Xp¯p Aksasâ fp³bn k¨p. bns¶ Fsâ Ip*n`pw fp`Nan`pw Akap½k¨p. H^p fuW{bmÀTWt]msX Akam Im]¡¸v Fsâ ssN]n S¶p.
“”””sNm¨½ H^pWnfngw Wn¡v. Mm³ b_ªn«v At§m«ptbm]m fSn”.
AktamXn Aksâ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä¡ptlgw Akan_§n k¶p. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp,
“”””NpªnWmsN sX³g³. AkWp N¼n]mNp¶nÃ. MmsWsâ fp` AkWp bnXn¡m³ sNmXp¯p, bns¶ Sp\nsbm¡n bq_pw Nm\n¨p. Ct¸mÄ kà knVkpw H¶pN¼n]m]n Nn«n. CWn sNm¨½ sskN*, sb]vt¡maq”.

FÃm ssUk§ta]pw {bmÀTn¨psNm*v MmWksâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Im^n]n^p¶ kmSn sfsïp_¶p AN¯pN]_n. FWn¡v bp_wSn^nªn^p¶p Ak³ bnXn¡p¶p. MmWksâ fp³bns`¯n]t¸mÄ Ak³ sbs«¶v sdÀfqZ k`n¨pN]än Np® f_¨p. Im] tfltf k¨v MmWksâ fp³bn`pÅ Nth^]n`n^p¶p. A^s¡«psbm¯n]n^p¶ Aksâ ssNNÄ MmsWsâ ssN]ns`Xp¯p. At¸mjpw Aksâ Np® sdÀfqZ¡pÅn sbm§nWn¡p¶p. N®n A`ntkmsX Mm³ b_ªp:
“”””Wo sI]vSn^p¶ Nm^yw CX]v¡v Wn_p¯m³ bmXnÃ. ASmUyw bqÀ¯n]m¡v”. sdÀfqZ Smjv¯n MmWm N¼n]m] Np® ssN]ns`Xp¯p. frUpkm]n MmWSv AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Aksâ N®n NpätdmVw N*p. ekmWn]psX ¢mhpNÄ¡v ASv f_]v¡msWm¯nÃ.
“”””At½, Npª½ fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶Sv MmWo KWm`]n`qsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv