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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ..Mm³ A§sW H¶pw CWn b_]nÃ…””
H¶v- G§`Xn¨SnWv tlgw AkÄ Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”tbmXm H¶v-!””
AkÄ Ak³s_ tSma¯v làn]m]n AXn¨p.
“”A½nª F¶v- b_ªn«m Mm³ N^ªsS¶v B^m b_sª? A½nª F¶m sNmÅptN`m¯ hmVWw ktÃmw Bt\m?””
“”bns¶?””
“”Hm..! CksWt¸ms` H^p tbm¯v! FXm N`ym\w Njnªn«v CSv ^*mw sNmÃkm. A_n]mtkm, ^*mw sNmÃw! F³s_ H¸w N`ym\w NjntªmÀ¡v C¸w f¡Ä F{S]ms]¶m Wn³s_ knIm^w?””
“”F{S]m]m`pw ^*n NqXnÃ. ^*p kÀgw sNm*v H^p hv{So¡v ^*n¡qXpS {bhkn¡pN F¶Sv AhmVyfm\v,””
sZ¶nhv kas^ HutUymPnNfm] hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”Wo Nan]m¡nt¡m. sWW¡v CsSms¡ NanSfml]m. F³s_ skgfw H¶pw sWW¡v A_n]*tÃm,””
“”F³s_ sbm¶v tI¨n,””
Ak³ Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨v AkapsX Nknan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.
fmwhafm] ssN¯*]n sM¡n¸nXn¨p.
“”F³s_ I¡^ tI«¯n]t½…B^v b_ªp skgfw CÃm¶v? skgfw CÃm^pt¶Â Mm³ k]t_ sSm«v H^p Npªmk tk\w F¶v- b_]pkm^pt¶m Mm³?””
B IpwdWw tfjvhn]n tNm^n¯^n¸v D*m¡ns]¶v- sZ¶nhv N*p.
Ak^psX sNmjp¯ fmUNfm] ssN¯*]ns` t^mf§Ä Fjpt¶äv Wn¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.
bns¶ fsäm¶pw.
ssWän¡v bp_¯v fp`¡ÃpNÄ NqÀ¯v SXn¡p¶Spw.
“”F³s_ D½ tI¨n¡v H¯n^n Cãfm]n AtÃ?””
Ip*pNÄ Nknan Wn¶v- tkÀsbXp¯n Ak³ tImUn¨p.
ssN¯*]ns` fmwhaS]n Wn¶v- bs£ bnXp¯w kn«nÃ.
“”F³s_ sN«nt]m³s_ AWn]³s_ D½]tÃ?””
AktWmXp A¸wNqXn tIÀ¶v- AfÀ¶v- Wn¶psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”tbm^m¯SnWv hpµ^³….Wà fhn Hs¡]pÅ hq¸À tdmZn. FWns¡§sW Wn³s_ D½ Cãs¸XmSn^n¡m³ bäpw?””
Ak³ Aks^ AXp¯pÅ thmc]n C^p¯n.
“”F¶m fhn`mXm…! Wo Kn½ns`ms¡ tbmNp¶pt*m?””
Ak³s_ t^mf§Ä kaÀ¶v- SpX§n] ewPn]pÅ kn^nª fm_n Nt¿mXn¨psNm*v tfjvhn tImUn¨p.
“”G]v– CÃ tI¨n…tKmPnwPv…bns¶ sX¶ohv Nan…””
AkapsX NmSnt`¡v Ip*pNÄ AXp¸n¨psNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”AsS¶m Wo D½ Cãs¸t«m F¶v- tImUnt¨?””
Ak³s_ Ip*nWv kas^]Xp¯v Ip*pNaXp¸n¨p sNm*v tfjvhn tImUn¨p.
“”Cu Wà hpµ^³ Nknan AfÀ¯n¡Xn¨v D½sk¨t¸mÄ tI¨osX tf¯v sfm¯w t^mfm©w k^p¶Sv Mm³ N*p,””
AkapsX Nknan³s_ SpXp¯ fmwhaS]n AfÀ¯n sM¡ns¡m*v sZ¶nhv b_ªp.
“”Nt*m…CSv tbms`…””
At¸mjpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv