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N¼nNp«³.sWäv koXv AkapsX]pw koXm\t{S..NYnWfm] UpOt¯msX Unky kn§n¡^ªp. b\¡m^n]pw b^ngvNm^n]pfm] WP^ hpµ^ns] N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ f_¶n^n¡p¶p kmhptk«³. C{St] DÅp B\p§apsX hvtWiw. C{S tW^fm]n«pw Ss¶ H¶v k¶pNm\m³ tbm`pw kmhptk«³ {lfn¨nÃtÃm..F´nWp knan¡\w..Ss¶s¡m*v kà Bklykpw Ds*¦n Asà AsSms¡ sI¿q. kmhptk«³ Ss¶ f_¶n^n¡p¶p..Unky Nfnjv¶pNnX¶v G§`Xn¨p. AkÄ b_ªSv tN«ntÃ..F{S]pw sbs«¶pSs¶ Akant§m«p k^psf¶v..ASnWÀ°w kmhptk«sâ em^y]m]n F¯psf¶tÃ..ASpsNm*tà AkÄ CSv Ssâ NqXn koXm\v F¶v b_ªSv. Ssâ hzbvWshuVw H^p InÃpsNm«m^w tbms` SNÀ¶p kojp¶Sv Unky N*p. C¶s` B Nmbm`nN·mÀ Ss¶ tk«]mXn]t¸mjpw ^£sbXmWpÅ DuÀÖw `en¨Sv kmhptk«sâ H¸fpÅ KoknSw F¶ hzbvW¯n Wn¶pfm]n^p¶p. ASnWptk*n]m\v Sm³ Ak^n Wn¶pw Ssâ l^o^w bkn{Sfm]n hq£n¡mWm]n f^\¸m¨n WX¯n]Sv. bs£ AsSms¡ sk_pw bmjv tk` B]n^p¶p F¶v Ct¸mjm\v– fWhn`mNp¶Sv. kmhptk«Wv Ss¶ CWn tk*..CSm Nt*mXn Fsâ sb®nsW F¶v Fs¶ Nm\n¡mWtà kmhptk«³ Aksa]pw Nq«n F¯n]Sv? Ct¸mÄ Sm³ FknsX F¶v tbm`pw Sn^¡msS sk«n knjp§p¶p. A`vbsf¦n`pw hvtWiw St¶mXv Nm\pw F¶m\v Sm³ N^pSn]n^p¶Sv..CÃ..kmhptk«Wv St¶mXv A`vbw tbm`pw hvtWifnÃ..tk*..SWn¡m^pw tk*. AÑWpw Ss¶ tk*m]n^p¶p..bs£ C¶v B fWhv fm_n]t¸mÄ SWn¡v kmhptk«sW Wãfm]n^n¡p¶p..CWn F´nWm\v Sm³ Kokn¡p¶Sv! Unky NYnWfm] UpOt¯msX G§`Xn¨p WnlÐfm]n N^ªp.
“”””tim..C{S]VnNw e£\w Mm³ Cu AXp¯ Nm`s¯m¶pw Njn¨n«nÃ..^pIn Nm^\w ]msSm^p AakpfnÃSm\v S«nkn«Sv..C§sW b¯p Unkhw Njn¨m Mm³ Pp*pf\n tbms` BNpw”
Bim^w Njn¨p ssNNjpNn] tlgw tZm\ tbmNm³ S]ms_Xp¯p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””tfmÄ A{Ss]m¶pw Njn¨nÃ..Np_¨pNqXn Njn¡mfm]n^p¶p” ^pNvfn\n bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”””t¿m..Fât½..fSn..k]_p sbm«m_m]n..CtStbms` ^pInN^fm] Bim^w fp³bv MmsWsâ fpwSmhnsâ ko«n Wn¶pw fm{Sfm\v Njn¨n«pÅSv…” ASv b_]pt¼mÄ tZm\]psX fpO¯v UpxOw k¶p fqXn]n^p¶p.
“”””F¶m M§Ä C_§s« As½..Unkyt]mXv hq£n¡m³ b_]\w..bp_¯v tbmNpt¼mÄ Wà N^pS tk\w..Fhv sFs] N* tlgw In` So^pfmW§Ä FXp¡mWp*v..F¶n«v Mm³ knan¡mw.. F´v {blvWw D*m]m`pw Fsâ sfmssd`n knan¨p knk^w A_n]n¡\w” kmhp b_ªp.
“”””l^n tfmsW..Wo CX]v¡nsX k¶m ASv M§Ä¡v k`n] Blzmhfm]n^n¡pw” ^pNvfn\n N¼nNp«³.sWäv