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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo M§sa Nps_ So Soän¨p Naªp..F¶m`pw ssUkw H^p tbm_ tbm`pw G¸n¡msS Wns¶ B Nm«ma·m^psX ssN]n Wn¶pw Nm¯tÃm….” UoÀQWnlzmht¯msX A§sW b_ªn«v hpf tbm]n.
bp_¯v H^p Hmt«m k¶p Wn¡p¶Sv N*p ^pNvfn\n KW`n`qsX tWm¡n. l¦^Wpw NqsXt¸m]k^pw C_§n k^p¶Sv N*v AkÄ Fjpt¶äp.
“”””Fhv sF F´v b_ªp tI«m?” ^pNvfn\n tImUn¨p.
“”””At±iw A_nªnÃXn CsSm¶pw. tÌgWn C¶s` ^m{Sn ImÀÖv D*m]n^p¶Sv ^ko{µWm\v..A]mÄ fWbqÀÆw Ct§m«v k^mSn^p¶Sm\v..F´m]m`pw Fhv sF DX³ CknsX¯pw..WX¶Sv ASptbms` At±it¯mXv b_ªp sNmXp¡\w tNt«m” l¦^³ sI¶p Unky]psX A^nNn C^p¶p.
“”””tfmsa..tfmÄ AÑtWmXv £fn¡\w… Fsâ sbm¶ptfmsa Mm³ H^pbmXv kngfn¸n¨p..CWn H^n¡`pw Aѳ tfmsa kngfn¸n¡nÃ..H^n¡`pw..” kmÕ`yt¯msX AkapsX ln^Ên SjpNns¡m*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””hm^fnà AÑm..ssUkw Wfp¡v Sp\]p*v…CÃm]n^ps¶¦n MmWnt¸mÄ..” AkÄ b_ªSv bqÀ¯n]m¡m³ hmVn¡msS knSp¼n.
bp_¯v H^p h-vNq«_n ^ko{µ³ k¶Sv l¦^³ N*p. A]mapsX fpO¯v Wà e]fp*m]n^p¶p. l¦^³ Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ tbm`ohv kmiW¯nsâ C^¼Â A]mÄ tN«p. sbut`mhpw fq¶m`v tbm`ohpNm^pw AknsX¯n k*n]n Wn¶pw C_§n.
^ko{µ³ Fhv sFs] N*t¸mÄ h`yq«v WÂNn. sbut`mhv A]msa ^q£fm]n H¶v tWm¡n] tlgw l¦^sâ ko«pk^m´]nt`¡v N]_n. l¦^³ tkPw Nth^ sNm*pk¶v C«p. sbut`mhv C^p¶p.
“”””C^n¡v l¦^m…FsXm..SmWnknsX km” sbut`mhv ^ko{µsW knan¸n¨p.
“”””ss_äÀ..tbW]pw NX`mhpw C]mÄ¡v sNmXp¡v…l¦^m..WX¶ hwek§Ä b_…C]mÄ FjpSpw….” sbut`mhv b_ªp.
l¦^³ WX¶ hwek§Ä AtSbXn b_ªp. ^ko{µ³ kn_]t`msX FÃmw FjpSns]Xp¡p¶p*]n^p¶p.
“”””fNÄ¡v F§sW]p*v?” l¦^³ b_ªp Njnªt¸mÄ sbut`mhv tImUn¨p.
“”””Npj¸fnà hÀ”
“”””Ntfm¬.FWn¡v Np«ns] H¶v Nm\\w” sbut`mhv b_ªp.
l¦^³ A]mapsX NqsX DÅnt`¡v N]_n. Fhv sFs] N*t¸mÄ Unky tkPw Fjpt¶än^p¶p.
“”””F§Wp*v tfmsa? BÀ ]p HmÄ ss_äv?” sbut`mhv bp©n^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”””DÆv hÀ”
sbut`mhv H^p Nth^ k`n¨v AkapsX A^nNn C^p¶p. l¦^Wpw ^pNvfn\n]pw AknsX Wn¶tS]pÅq.
“”””tfmsa..Wns¶ BUytf Mm³ AenWµn¡p¶p.. Wnsâ AhmfmWyfm] fWhm¶nVyw sNm*m\v Wnsâ A½]psX fmWw WãfmNmsS C^p¶Sv..Wnsâ ssV^yfm\v Wns¶ Ak^psX ssN]n Wn¶pw ^£n¨Sv…Cu N¼nNp«³.sWäv