N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_nªp.
AV^§Ä b^hvb^w AfÀ¶p^ªp.
WWªp.
bns¶ Ak³s_ bÃpNÄ S³s_ AV^s¯ sNm¯ntkUWn¸n¡p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
B hpO¯nÂ, ASn³s_ bm^fy¯n AkÄ fp`NÄ ko*pw làn]m]n Ak³s_ sW©n AfÀ¯n.
sbs«¶v- bp_¯pWn¶v- ssd¡pNapsX lÐw tN«pSpX§n.
“”At¿m..`¯ocv UmUms]ms¡ k^p¶p*v!””
AkÄ ImXns]jpt¶äp.
S`fpXn fmXns]mSp¡n.
en¯n]ns` N®mXn]n fpOw tWm¡n.
Wnfng§Ä¡pÅn `¯ocpw hwQkpw fpä¯v– k¶p.
hn²mÀ°Wpw Fjpt¶äp.
“”t_mhv! hn²q! Ntfm¬ -“”
kn³shâv knan¨pb_ªp.
“”Ft´m Nm^yfp*v!””
t_mhv–`n³ f{´n¨p.
hn²mÀ°Wpw t_mhv–`nWpw fpät¯¡v C_§n Ak^psX]Xps¯¡v sI¶p.
“”km, Wfps¡m^nXw ks^ tbmN\w!””
^mKp b_ªp.
t_mhv–`n³ sg_n³s_ ssd¡n`pw hn²mÀ°³ `¯ocn³s_ ssd¡n`pw N]_n.
hwQw WUoSo^t¯¡v bmªp.
t£{S¸Xkn AkÀ F¯nt¨À¶p.
hwQw bp¸^¸n`pw bXkn`pw C^p¶p.
“”sh]n³_v tf^ohns` bpSn] `NvI_À ^mip Wm^m]\sW W½Ä b`Sk\ tNm{dminÂhn N*p. ^m{Sn]pw bN`pw…””
`¯ocv b_ªp.
“”ASv H^p Nm^yw D_¸n¡p¶p. A]mÄ k¶Sv WnVn `£yfm¡n]m\v. A¯^¡mÀ¡v Wmw WÂNn]n«pÅ ln£ H^n¡Â¡qXn BkÀ¯n¡pN]m\v,””
hwQmwP§Ä BsktlmÖz`^m]n.
“”A]mÄ Ct¸mÄ sft{Xmt¸manä³ ¢ºn D*v,””
“”F´m ¹m³?””
BdnUv tImUn¨p.
“”W½Ä Ct¸mÄ ¢ºnt`¡v tbmNp¶p,””
Unky b_ªp.
“”A]msa bp_t¯¡v knan¸n¡p¶p. BUyw PmÔnKn]psX Ainwh. F¶v- sk¨m Nm^y§Ä b_ªv fWÊn`m¡n C¶v- Ss¶ Ø`w Nm`n]m¡m³ W½Ä Bklys¸Xp¶p. ASnW]mÄ kj§n]nsæn bns¶ tI Pptk^]psX hm]pVkn¹kw. hÀ¡m^n³s_ knN`mwPs¸Wvg³ b«nN]n A]mapsX tb^pNqXn ØmWw bnXn¡p¶p,””
Nq«pNmÀ B^kt¯msX fpãnIp^p«n AkapsX km¡pNÄ¡v bn´p\t]Nn.
“”CWn tNm{dmin`hns`¡v h©^n¡m³ A]mÄ¡v Nm`pNÄ D*mN^pSv!””
AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”`¯ocv UmU]psX tUi¯v ssNsk¨n«p sManªp WX¡p¶ B fmWytUi¯n³s_ Sn^phz^qbw FWns¡m¶v- Nm\\w!””
AkapsX N®pNan tUgyw InS_n.
“”F¶n«v AXn¨p b^¯\w A]mÄsX tfm´m]w! KWn¸n¨ SÅ]v¡v tbm`pw Sn^n¨_n]m³ bäm¯ ^oSn]nÂ!””
tXmfn b_ªp.
“”In`t¸mÄ A]mapsX NqsX H^p tcmjvhv Ss¶ Nt*¡mw. ASpsNm*v FN-vhvsbNväv– U kjvÌv-“”
`¯ocv HmÀ½n¸n¨p.
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