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N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm] hv{So Nm¸n]pfm]n tbmNpWSv AkÀ N*p.
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“”””F¶n«v?” sbut`mhv tImUn¨p. ^mkns` l¦^³ Wm«pNm^n H¶p^*psbs^]pw Nq«n tWs^ tbm`ohv tÌgWn F¯n]Sm]n^p¶p.
“”””hmt_ Fsâ tfmÄ BUyw CknsX knan¨p..bns¶ MmWpw ^*p Sk\ knan¨p..k*n]nsöpw F¯m³ {lfn¡mw F¶pfm\v tcms\Xp¯ hm_v b_ªSv..CSptbms` H^p Bb¯v k^pt¼mjtà hmt_ tbm`ohv KW§apsX NqsX WnÂt¡*Sv..emPyw sNm*m\v M§Ä ^£sb«Sv..sk_pw emPyw sNm*v..Fsâ sbm¶ptfmÄ N^NknsªmjpNp¶ bpj]nt`¡v FXp¯v ImXn]Sv fmWw ^£n¡mWm]n^p¶p hÀ..AkÄ KoktWmsX ^£sb«Sv Culz^Nrb H¶psNm*v fm{Sfm\v….” l¦^³ AkhmWw knSp¼nt¸m]n.
sbut`mhv sdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n. H^p tbm`ohpNm^³ k¶p h`yq«v WÂNn.
“”””FsXm..B ^ko{µsW knan¡v..A]mtamXv DX³ l¦^sâ ko«n F¯m³ b_]\w..DX³..” sbut`mhv BÚmbn¨p.
“”””hÀ” A]mÄ bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.
“”””A]mw thm_n..A{St] FWn¡v b_]m³ bäq..Wn§Ä knan¨t¸mÄ CknsX Wn¶pw B^pw F¯mªSnsâ D¯^kmUnSzw Cu tÌg³ HmcohÀ F¶ Wn`]n Mm³ GsäXp¡p¶p…Wn§Ä sbm]vt¡m…b^mSn Mm³ Wn§apsX ko«ns`¯n FjpSn km§nt¨mamw.. Wn§apsX ko«n ASn{Nfn¨p N]_n]kÀ B^m]m`pw, Ak·ms^ Mm³ sbm¡n]n^n¡pw…H^n¡Â¡qXn tbm`ohnWp tk*n Mm³ fm¸v tImUn¡p¶p..” sbut`mhv b_ªp.
“”””Wµn hÀ..A§s]t¸ms` DÅ DtUymPØÀ tbm`ohn DÅSpsNm*m\v M§Ä¡v Ct¸mjpw Cu sfgoW_n]n knlzmhfpÅSv…” l¦^³ ssNNÄ Nq¸n]m\v ASv b_ªSv. AkÀ sfsà bp_t¯¡n_§n.
“”””tfmsa..Cu Im] NpXn¡v”
bWnbnXn¨p SaÀ¶p NnX¶ Unky]psX A^nNn C^p¶p ^pNvfn\n AkapsX ln^hn St`mXns¡m*v b_ªp. St`¶pk¶ hpf F¶ ]pkSn ^mkns` Ss¶ ^pNvfn\ns] him]n¡m³ ko«n F¯n]n^p¶p. Akam\v {bemSe£\w Hs¡ D*m¡n WÂNn]Sv. ^m{Sn k¶ Wm«pNmÀ ^mkns` F¯n Unky]psX kntlg§Ä Hs¡ Sn^¡n A_nªn«m\v tbm]Sv. Bt^m H^mÄ AXp¯pÅ timfnt]m tZmÎs_ Nq«ns¡m*pk¶v AkÄ¡v f^p¶pw WÂNn]n^p¶p.
Unky sfsà Fjpt¶än^p¶p Im] NpXn¨p.
“”””tI¨n bq^n]pw N_n]pw D*m¡n k¨n«p*v..FXp¯v Njn¡t\..Mm³ ko«nt`m«p tbm]n«v k^mw…tI«tWmXv b_ªp CknXps¯¡v Np_¨p fo³ km§n¡\w..tIms_ms¡ Mm³ k¶n«v kt¨mamw tNt«m”
hpf ^pNvfn\nt]mXv b_ªp. ^pNvfn\n Wµn hvcp^n¡p¶ fpOt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n. Unky]pw Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”””tim Fsâ tfmsa N¼nNp«³.sWäv