N¼nNp«³.sWäv f^p¶v- b_ns¨Xp¯SnWv tlgw AkÀ SnXp¡¯n fäpÅkt^msXm¸sf¯n.
fX¡]m{S ASnUpgv¡^fm]n^p¶p.
“”hmÀ kntWmUv tftWm³ FknsXt¸m]n¡m\pw?””
Unky Sn^¡n.
“”F³s_ AWpfmWw A]mÄ K]Nrgv\sW bm¼v– NXn¡p¶Sv N*n^n¡mw. e]¶v- Ø`w kn«n^n¡mw…Hm …- tWm…-“”
sbs«¶v- H^p bpSn] Bl]w Nn«n]Sv tbms` ^mip lÐfp]À¯n.
“”Mm³ Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv Ss¶]mt\m hm_pw Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv?””
`¯ocv tImUn¨p.
^mip tImUy^qb¯n `¯ocnsW tWm¡n.
“”ASm]Sv…””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”kntWmUv SWns¡Sns^ k^mkp¶ sSankpNÄ hm£nNÄ Hs¡ Wln¸n¡pN]m\v! ssd fÀZÀ! tNmÄZv »ZZv fÀZÀ- BUyw B bm¼m«ns]! W^nfä¯nsW…-AkhmWfnSm K]Nrgv\sW-“”
Nq«pNmÀ hw{efhweoS^m]n.
“”hm_nsW Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ Dbt]mPn¨ AtS ^oSn,””
kn³sh³äv HmÀ½n¸n¨p.
“”CWn F´m]n^n¡mw kntWmUv tftWm³s_ AXp¯ ¹m³?””
BdnUv Sn^¡n.
“”F³s_ Duiw l^n]m\v F¦n A]mÄ f^ymU bp^ptgm¯fWmNpkm³ tbmNp¶p,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”S¼p^m³ A]mapsX bnSrSzw b^hyfm]n skans¸Xp¯m³ tbmkpN]tÃ? A¸w CWn f^ymUmbp^ptgm¯f³ BNmsS bänÃ,””
`¯ocv b_ªp.
“”S¼p^m³s_ bp{SWm¶v bp_¯v b^hyfm]n ¡jnªv Unky¡v Ft´`pw bän]m t`mNw sfm¯w Ss¶ hwl]n¡q¶p B dp²nfmWv A_n]mw,””
“”ASpsNm*v,””
^mip dm¡n b_ªp.
S¼p^m³s_ fq¯ bp{S³ F¶ Wn`¡pÅ Wn]fb^fm]n SWn¡v `en¡mkp¶ hz¯n`m\v Ct¸mÄ A]mapsX tWm«w,””
“”ASm]Sv,””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”AIypSw tNlkw ^mfWm^m]\w bmXn hÔym kµWkpw sImÃn f^ymUmbp^ptgm¯f³ B]n Kokn¡m³ sc`nN-vhv fpt¼ b_ª I´p tftWm³s_ f¨¼n kntWmUv tftWm³ So^pfmWn¨n^n¡p¶p,””
“”At¸mÄ,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”…At¸mÄ S³s_ bj] Nq«manNÄ emkn]n Ss¶ »m¡v sf]n sI¿m³ hmVyS]p*v. ASv hwekn¡m³ bmXnÃ. ASpsNm*v Aks^ Hmt^m^p¯^m]n sNms¶mXp¡pN]m\v A]mÄ-“”
“”bs£ hmÀ, `¯ocv UmUm,””
sg_n³ b_ªp.
“”sP]nfnWn cpÅm]pw W½psX N¿n`tÃ?””
A]msX S`f* tWm¡n]Xn]v¡mWpÅ b´v W½sX N¿n`ntà C¸w? K]Nrgv\³!””
“”bs£ b´n³s_ »mZÀ sbm«n!””
ftWmKv– b_ªp.
“”AtSmÀ¯v B^pw tbXn¡*,””
hSogv– In^n¨p.
“”bN^w bpSn] H¶m´^w H^p »mZÀ Unky fmWpcmNv¨À sI¿p¶p*v. ASnWp tlgw Akav ASn`v H¶m´^w bypkÀ F]_pw sW_]v¡pw,””
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