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N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bN¼W§Ä D*m¡n. H^p k³f^w NXbpjNn kojpt¼ms`, BsN¯aÀ¶ ekmWn Fsâtf ko\pNnX¶p. A§sW WPvW^m]n bp`^ptkmaw NnX¡\sf¶v Blns¨¦n`pw tfm³ D\^p¶Nm^ytfmÀ¯t¸mÄ ko*pw ssWän V^n¨v M§Ä UoÀQfm]n D_§n. h¦Â¸§Ä¡ptbm`pw A¸p_¯m]n^p¶p B AWpeksf¶v AkÄ bn¶oXv Ft¶mXpb_ªp, KoknS¯ns` BUys¯ ]TmÀ°kpw So{kkpfm] ^SnfqÀJ F¶nÂWn¶m\v AkÄ¡p Nn«n]sS¶pw. ASpks^ hz]wtemP¯nsâ sNm¨p kr¯¯n`m]n^p¶p AkÄ.

BUys¯ Fsâ NpätdmVw AkapsX ]pàn¡pfp³bn b^mK]s¸«p. “”””sNm¨t½, f^n¨ BapNÄ tbm]tÃm. sNm¨½¡v– W½psX Np«n¡ptk*n Kokn¡t*? l^o^wsNm*v Kokn¡pt¼mÄ l^o^¯nsâ Bkly§Ä NqXn tWm¡t*? Bim^w Njn¡pwtbms` CSpw H^mklyftÃ?” AkapsX ]pàntdmVw NrSykpw AhmfmWykpfm]n^p¶p. bn¶oXpÅ WmapNÄ, tfmWp_§n¡jnªmÂ, AXp¯ NnX¡fp_n]n M§Ä b^hvb^w b¦pk¨p. H^pWmÄ, BUyfm]n MmWkÄ¡v h½mWn¨ kUWhp^S¯nsâ `i^n]nÂWn¶p\À¶v Aksas¶ sN«n¸nXn¨pN^ªp. hz´w l^o^¯nWv C§tW]pw Npt_ hm²ySNaps*¶p H^p Wm«p¼p_¯pNm^n¡v In´n¡m³ Njn]nÃm]n^p¶p. “”””sNm¨½ emPykSn]m\v. CsSÃmw At±i¯nÂWn¶v AWpekn¡m³ NjnªtÃm?”, Aksam^p tS§t`msX b_ªp. AXp¡a]nt`¡pÅ f`¡_nt]msXm¸w M§apsX NrSyfm] Aakn`pÅ kjpSW§]pw Nm^äpw AkÄ {btSyNw km§pfm]n^p¶p. A©m_p kÀg§Ä Njnªt¸mÄ, tfm³ hz´w fp_n]nt`¡v fm_n. bns¶ Aksâ fp_n]ns` kna¡\ªtlgw fm{Stf M§Ä M§apsX Unkhw SpX§pN]pÅq. ko*pw ^*pfq¶p kÀg§Ä tkP¯nt`mXnt¸m]n. AkWnt¸mÄ H³bSmw ¢mÊn`m\v. sskNpt¶^w ko«ns`¯n]m MmWksâ bmY§apfm]n ^m{Sn H³bSpf\nks^ AktWmsXm¸w D*mkpw. bns¶ ekmWn Bim^w Njn¡m³ knan¡pt¼mÄ bmYw Wn_p¯n MmsW\o¡pw. ASnWptlgw Ak³ hz]w bYn¡pw. bYn¯¯n AksW¶pw H¶mfWm]n^p¶p. ko«n MmWksâ A½]pw, ekmWn Npª½]pfm]n^p¶p.

H^kVnUnkhw. ekmWn fmÀs¡änÂWn¶pk¶p, km§n] hmVW§Ä Fs¶ Nm\n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. hzNm^yBkly§Ä¡pÅ kjpSW§]pw Nm^äpw, H^p In^nt]msX AkÄ fmänk¨p. “”””CSv l^n¡pw fXp¯p, sNm¨t½! F´m]m`pw KokWpÅSntWmaw k^ptfm CsSÃmw?”, AkÄ H^¸w shânsfâ`ms\¶v fWÊn`m]n. “”””bt£, Wfp¡ntS b_ªn«pÅq ekmWo” MmWksa Blzhn¸n¡m³ {lfn¨p. AkapsX fpOemk¯nÂWn¶v Ft´m dp²nfp«pÅ Nm^yw AkÄ¡p b_]mWps*¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Npt_tW^¯nWptlgw MmWktamXv tImUn¨p, “”””WnWs¡t´m b_]mWps*¶v tSm¶p¶p. Ft¶mXv F´pb_]mWpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv