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N¼nNp«³.sWäv WÂNnÔ
“”””Hm..AsSt´m BNs«..FWn¡v knl¡p¶p..H^p BWs] Sn¶mWpÅ knl¸p*v..”
“”””Wo GsS¦n`pw WsÃm^p _tÌm_ân WnÀ¯v..Njn¨n«v tbmNmw….”
“”””k`y NX]ns`m¶pw tN_m³ b\fnÃ..kà S«pNX]n`pw N]_mw…”
“”””b\w HmÀ¯v Wo tbXn¡*..CãfpÅ tim«`n N]_nt¡m”
“”””A§sW Wnsâ b\w sNm*v FWn¡v Sn¶*..AkWksâ AVzmWc`w fm{Stf Sn¶mkq..MmW§Wm…” kmhp AkÄ b_ª SSzw AkapsX tf Ss¶ {bt]mPn¨p.
“”””tim..A§Wmt\m..l^n l^n..hm_nWp CãfpÅnX¯p tN_nt¡m..MmWpw AknXp¶v Ss¶ Njnt¨mamw…..”
ssitk]n`qsX bmª dpÅäv t_mZ^pNn A`vbw DÅnt`¡v fm_n]pÅ H^p sI_n] S«pNX]psX fp³bn F¯n Wn¶p. AknsX Sn^¡v Sos^ D*m]n^p¶nÃ. kmhp ssd¡v Ìmân k¨ tlgw sI¶p ssNNjpNn. tZm\]pw ssNNjpNn]n«v C^p¶p.
“”””hÀ..sbmt_m«..docv..tUml..In¡³ N_n..I¸m¯n…” NX¡m^³ sfWp b_ªp.
“”””H^p A©p I¸m¯n..H^p docv…” kmhp Ssâ HmÀZÀ WÂNn.
“”””FWn¡v ^*p tUml]pw IXv\n]pw…bns¶ H^p N«³ Nm¸n]pw” tZm\ b_ªp.
NX¡m^³ tbm]t¸mÄ kmhp tZm\s] tWm¡n.
“”””^*p tUmlt]m? Fs´Xp¡mWm?”
“”””D¨]v¡v D*Sv Ss¶ NqXpS`m]n^p¶p..^m{Sn Mm³ AVnNw Njn¡nÃ….”
“”””Wo Njn¡*..AsSms¡ Mm³ sI]vtSmamw”
Bim^w F¯n]t¸mÄ kmhp WnfngtW^w sNm*v I¸m¯n]pw docpw SoÀ¯n«v ko*pw H^p As©®w NqXn b_ªp; H^p N_n]pw. tZm\ N®pSÅn AksW tWm¡n.
“”””FXm..Wo At¸mÄ ko«n k¨v AenW]n¡pN]m]n^p¶p AsÃ?” AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””AenW]n¨SÃ..knl¸v tSm¶n]nÃ..Unky A§sW NnX¡p¶Sv HmÀ¯t¸mÄ kngfw tSm¶n..Akapw H¸w Njn¡m³ CÃm¯Sv sNm*v FWn¡v Ft´m H^p fqZv– tSm¶n]nÃ…” kmhp b_ªp. tZm\ H¶pw fn*msS tUml Njn¨p.
At¸mÄ _m¸v fyqhn¡nsâ NmSX¸n¡p¶ lÐw tNĸn¨psNm*v H^p tfÂfqXn CÃm¯ Ko¸v AknsX¯n Wn¶p. ASn Wn¶pw A©p {co¡·m^m] sI_p¸¡mÀ ImXn C_§n.
“”””hmt_..Ak·m^v {blvW¡mÀ B\v..Wn§Ä tkPw Njn¨n«v sbmt¡m..CknXps¯ hUmIm^ tbm`ohpNm^m…”
NX¡m^³ ^ihyfm]n kmhpknsâ NmSn f{´n¨p. D¨¯n`pÅ fyqhn¡v At^mINfm]n tSm¶n]SnWm tZm\ Aks^ AWnãt¯msX H¶v tWm¡n. ASnsâ Sma¯n l^o^w I`n¸n¨psNm*v Aks^¯n kmhpkpw tZm\]pw C^p¶n^p¶ tfl]psX A¸p_¯pÅ tfl]v¡v Ipäpfm]n C^p¶p.
“”””F´v l`yfm\v CSv..CkÀ¡v tNÄ¡m³ DÅSv fäpÅks^ NqXn tNĸn¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv