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N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¶v Ss¶ S^mw.” fphvSc kn_¨psNm*v b_ªp.
kmhp b\w FXp¯v F®n.
“”””CSv FjpbSnWm]n^w..dm¡n H¶v b¯v Ft¸mÄ S^pw?”
“”””NtX k¶m fSn..C¶pSs¶ S^pw..”
“”””l^n..D¨]v¡v H^pf\n¡v Mm³ F¯pw..”
“”””DÆv..”
“”””F¶m Wo tbm..”
fphvSc tkPw Ss¶ ssd¡v WnkÀ¯m³ {lfn¨p. hmVn¡msS k¶t¸mÄ kmhp AksW him]n¨p. ssd¡v tWs^]m¡n ÌmÀ«v– sI]vSv Ak³ b_b_¶p. Wn`¯v f`À¶p ko\ ^ko{µ³ D^p*pbn^*v Fjpt¶äp. tNmbw sNm*v {em´pbnXn¨ AkØ]n`m]n^p¶p A]mÄ.
“”””FXm Wms]..Wos]s¶ SÃn AsÃ..MmsWm^p hÀkohn C^n¡p¶ tbm`ohpNm^³ Bs\¦n Wnsâ Hmt^m FÃpw Mm³ HXn¨n^n¡pw..Wo sIknt] WpÅnt¡mXm S´]v¡v bn_¡m¯ksW….” A]mÄ b\ns¸«v Fjpt¶äv Wn¶psNm*v b_ªp.
kmhp A]mapsX AXp¯p sI¶p N^\w SoÀ¯v H¶v sNmXp¯p. A]mÄ ko*pw S`N_§n Wn`¯v ko\p.
“”””Ip½m tN_n S´]v¡v knan¡^pSv..ktÃmw sI¿mWps*¦n sI]vSv Nm\n¨m fSn” Ak³ b_ªp.
DÅn CSpN*v e]¶p tbm] Unky A_n]msS fq{Sw Hjn¨p tbm]n^p¶p. Ssâ bmâohv WWªv SpX]n`qsX fq{Sw tbm]Sv kn_]t`msX Aka_nªp. AkapsX bÃpNÄ S½n Nq«n]nXn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. fphvSc]psX ^àw bp^* fpOkpw A]mÄ bÃpNÄ Sp¸n NaªSpfm] ^wPw HmÀ¡pt´m_pw AkapsX eoSn AWn]{´nSfm]n kÀ²n¨p.
“”””St´w tfmWpw DXm]n¸pw sNm*v CWn C_§tÃ…C_§n]m AkhmWw InS]n k]v¡m³ dm¡n H¶pw Nm\¯nÃ..b_tª¡mw…”
tbmNmWm]n h-vNq«_nsâ hfobsf¯n] kmhp b_ªp. At¸mjm\v– Unky]psX ssh¡nÄ Aksâ Urãn]n sb«Sv. Ak³ H¶pNqXn tWm¡n; AsS AkapsX ssh¡nÄ Ss¶. CsS§sW CknsX¯n F¶mt`mIn¨psNm*v Ak³ Sn^nsN]n_§n k¶p. Ak³ Ssâ ssh¡nÄ Sn^n¨_nªp F¶v fWhn`m]t¸mÄ Unky]v¡v l^o^w Sa^p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. Ss¶ CknsX N*m F´mNpw Cu AkØ]n Aksâ {bSnN^\w F¶kÄ¡v Duin¡m³ tbm`pw hmVn¡pfm]n^p¶nÃ. Wn`¯v NnX¶p M^§p¶ ^ko{µsW f_nNX¶p kmhp koXnsâ DÅn N]_n. AknsX ASnsslSy¯n F¶tbms` Wn¶p kn_]v¡p¶ ^SognsW Ak³ N*p.
“”””CknsX kmXm…” kmhp AksW knan¨p.
^Sogv– ssNNÄ Nq¸n N^ªpsNm*v Aksâ A^nNns`¯n.
“”””Fs¶ H¶pw sI¿tÃ..¹ohv..” Ak³ Wn`knan¨p N^ªp.
“”””km]X]v¡Xm Wms]..bp_¯n^n¡p¶ ssh¡nÄ Unky]psX AtÃXm?”
“”””Bt\..”
“”””AkÄ FknsX?”
“”””Um B fp_n]n D*v..”
Ak³ b_ªSv tN«p Unky bq¡p` N¼nNp«³.sWäv