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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wfp¡v tkPw Blpb{Sn]n F¯n¡\w”
tdmV^inS]m]n NnX¶ Unky]psX A^nNns`¯n AkapsX N®pNÄ Sp_¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v tZm\ b_ªp. F´m\v Unky]v¡v hwekn¨Sv F¶ In´t]msX Wn¶n^p¶ kmhp ^pNvfn\ns] tWm¡n.
“”””tk* tfmsa..C¶s` ^m{Sn AkÄ Nps_ fj WWªStÃ..sI_n] bWn]p*v..KokWpw fmWkpw ^£n¡m³ tk*n Fsâ Npªv HmXn] Hm«w FWn¡v HmÀ¡m³ NqXn k¿….B £o\w Ct¸mjpw Aksa fm_n]n«nÃ.. Fsâ fmWw Nm¡m³ tk*n]m\v Fsâ tfmÄ hz´w Kok³ b\]s¸Xp¯n]Sv..” kn§t`msX ^pNvfn\n b_ªp.
“”””F¶m`pw As½..Wfp¡v GsS¦n`pw timhvbnä`n tbmNmw..ASpsNm*v Npj¸sfm¶pw CÃtÃm..” tZm\ Unky]psX Nknan SjpNns¡m*v b_ªp.
“”””C¸w tk*..tWm¡s«..bWn Np_ªnsæn bn¶oXv sNm*v sbmt¡mamw…”
^pNvfn\n l¦^sâ him]t¯msX Unkys] DÅnt`¡v sNm*ptbm]n. tZm\ tImUyemk¯n kmhpknsW tWm¡n. Ak³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
^pNvfn\n F¶ A½ F´psNm*m\v fNÄ¡v tdmV£]w D*m]Sv F¶_nªn«p Ss¶]m\v Aksa Blpb{Sn]n sNm*ptbmtN* F¶v b_ªSv. kmhp tZm\]psX H¸w ssd¡n F¯p¶ hf]w ks^ AfnSfm] DÕmit¯msX AksW¯s¶ Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p Unky. At¸mÄ AkÄ¡v ]msSm^p {blvWkpw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. bs£ kmhpknsâ ssd¡v bXnNX¶p k^pN]pw Aksâ bn¶n C^p¶ hpµ^n]m] sb¬Np«ns] Nm\pN]pw NqXn sI]vStSmsX AkapsX fpO¯v fn¶nf_ª emk§Ä Sm³ N*Sm\v. H^p Up^´¯nsâ kmSn¡ F¯n]Sv sNm*v AktamXpÅ sk_p¸pw bN]pw f_¶v l¦^³ Aksa hvtWin¨p SpX§n] A¶pSs¶]m\v kmhp A_n]msS Bs\¦n`pw AkapsX fWhnsW bmsX SNÀ¯psNm*v N]_n k¶Sv. H^n¡`pw fWhpOw knVn¨n«nà Ssâ Cu bmkw fNÄ¡v.
l¦^³ Aksa N«n`n NnX¯n]n«v bp_t¯¡v tbm]t¸mÄ ^pNvfn\n SaÀ¶p NnX¡p¶ Unky]psX A^nNn kyTt]msX C^p¶p. kmhpknsâs]m¸w B sb¬Np«ns] N*Sv Akan`p*m¡n]n^n¡p¶ BQmSw F{S k`pSm\v F¶v AkÄ¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. kas^ frUpkm] fWhm\v Ssâ sbmt¶mfW fNÄ¡v. hvtWin¡m³ SpX§n]m bns¶ AÔfm]n hvtWin¨pNa]pw. kmhpknsW AkÄ hzKoktW¡mÄ Db^n]m]n hvtWin¡p¶p*v. AkWm\v C¶v AkapsX KoknS¯nsâ tN{µdnµp. AkWptk*n]pw Ak³ fpOm´n^kpfm\v AkÄ tfmls¸« KoknS ^oSn]n Wn¶pw W·]nt`¡v b^nkÀ¯nS]m]Sv. l^o^kpw fWhpw kmhpknWv tk*n hz]w AÀ¸n¨p Kokn¡p¶ Cu bmkw Ct¸mÄ FÃmw Wãs¸«ksat¸ms` fWÊn C^pÄ N]_n ko\p tbm]Sm\v. ^pNvfn\n]psX N®pNan Wn¶pw ^*p SpÅn N®oÀ DSnÀ¶p ko\p.
“”””tfmsa..Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv