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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nãs¸s«t¶m Ht^ fp_n]n NnX¯m³ “” “”Ft´`pw Wnhm^ {blvWw BNpw. AkapsX AÑW_nªn^ps¶¦n CSv Bey´^ {blvWw Bt]sW. ASpsNm*v Mm³ tfmsa Nm\\w F¶pw b_ªn§p tbm¶p.”” t_mdn³ bs¿ AXp¡]n F¯n. t_mdntWmXv hmkn{Sn¡v hwhm^n¡m³ Ds*¶p b_ªp AksW]pw Nq«n skan]nt`¡n_§n. “”tfmtWmXv Mm³ A¶v b_ªSv Aksa F«mw fmh¯n Nq«nsNm*v k^msW Ct§m«v k^pÅq F¶m\v.”” “”ASv At½… Mm³ C¶s`.”” “”tfmsW KoknSw Ht¶ DÅq Np_s¨ms¡ AZvKÌv sI¿\w ^*ptb^pw, Um¼Sy¯n knÅ ko\m bnt¶ Wn§apsX km¡n`pw {bkÀ¯n]n`pw AsSt¸mjpw {bSnc`n¨p sNm*n^n¡pw. “” “”At½ AkÄ Hmt^m¶v sI¿pt¼mÄ… “” “”tfmsW fp_psN bnXnt¡*nX¯p fp_psN bnXn¨pw A]t¡*nX¯p A]¨pw sNmXp¯p fpt¶_pN AtàNps_ Njnªp KoknS¯nsâ C¶s`Nan Sn^nªp tWm¡pt¼mÄ Wà HmÀ½NÄ H¶pw Nm\nÃ. kmÀ²Ny¯n Wà HmÀ½NÄ A]kn_¡n hzØfm]n kn{lfn¡\w. C¶s` Wo b_ªSn Ft´`pw kmhvSkw Dt*m F¶_n]mWm Mm³ ^mkns` Ss¶ kt¶. Mm³ k¶t¸mÄ AkÄ AXp¡a]n Wn¡p¶p.”” “”At½ ASv C¶v fm{Sfm…”” “”hp^ent]¨n b_ªp AkÄ ^mkns` him]n¡pw F¶v. Zn¡n Sp_¡m³ h½SnInà AtÃ…”” hmkn{Sn H¶v In^n¨p tfmapsX AXpt¯¡v tbm]n. tdm\äp tbm`pw Sp_¡m³ bän]nà F´nWp B d¼À tbm`pw sSm«n«nà bns¶ bns¶]m Zn¡n, b_ªSv N¯n]t¸mÄ t_mdn³ fWÊn b_ªp hmkn{Sn tfmsa]pw DbtUln¨p ko«nt`¡v fX§n. t_mdn³ Npan¡mWm]n dmSv_qfn tbm]n. bqK]psX fmä¯n t_mdnWktamXv XÆ FXp¡pkm³ tk*n b_ªp. bäpsf¦n Aksa ASnWN¯p sk¨p H^p NnÊv. bs£ A½ B]n^p¶p t_mdnWv XÆ FXp¯p sNmXp¯Sv. Ft´m AkWSv Nm^yfm]n«v FXp¯nà e£\w Njnªp _qfnt`m«p tbm] t_mdnWv bn¶ms` bqK]pw N]_n. t_mdn³ Aksa NX¶p bnXn¨p. bqK Aksâ Nm`n làn B]n Ikn«n. “”Biv!… Ft´ms¶Xn?”” “”CWn Fsâ l^o^¯n hvbÀln¨m Mm³ hq]nsshZv sI¿pw.”” “”tR!”” “”FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p C¶v ^mkns` A½ k^psf¶v. ASpsNm*v Ss¶]m Mm³ ^mkns` F\oäv AXp¡ta tN_nt]”” “”As¸m Wo AenW]n¡pN B]n^p¶p AtÃXn…”” “”AsS.”” “”C¶n_§nt¡ma\w CknsX¶p.”” “”Wm«pNmÀ Nms\ Fs¶ AXn¨n_¡p¶Sv ks^ Mm³ CknsX Nm\pw.”” “”As¸m ASm\v Bklyw. Fs¶ Wm\w sNXp¯m³ DÅ Dt±lw. CSnWpw fm{Sw F´v Ab^mVw BXn Mm³ sI]vtS?”” “”In`¡m*v tbmXm.”” “”FXo D^pwsb«ksa…”” “”t_mdn³ AkapsX Nkm`w tWm¡n Hs^®w A§v sNmXp¯p. Biv Fs¶m^p knant]msX AkÄ N®mXn]psX fp¶n tbm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv