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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssN ko*pw Kho´]psX NknÄ tSXns]¯n. “”f½n¡n¸w fp¸¯m_tà {bm]w? Cu {bm]¯n`m Gäkpw NqXpS {blvWw,”” AkÄ H^p NphrSn¨n^n In^n¨p. “”ASpsNm*tà FWn¡n¶s` H^p hq¸À Zq¸À ho³ Nm\m³ emPyw H*ms]?”” Kho´ ko*pw `Öm`pkm]n. “”f½o W½Ä Wà NnXp¡m¨n {c*vhv BNm³ tbmNpkm¶v b_ªnÃt]m? ASv sNm*v Cu Wmt\mw I½`pw H¶pw tk*. bN^w Mm³ tImUn¡pt¶Wv Wà b¨ f`]ma¯n f_pbXn b_ªms«?”” “”Wos]´p tImUn¡m³ tbmNpkm tfmsa?”” Kho´]psX fpO¯v ko*pw b^n{efw bXÀ¶p. “”Cu f½osX H^p Nm^yw!”” sZ]vhn sImXn¨p. “”F´nWm Ct{Sw tbXn¡ps¶? ASpw f½osX FÃm Ipän¡anNÄ¡pw cpÄ b¨s¡mXn Nm\n¡p¶ Fs¶?”” Kho´]psX b^n{efw fm_n. F¶n«v tImUn¡q F¶ AÀ°¯n AkÄ fNsa tWm¡n. “”C¶s` N* BapsX tbs^´m?”” ko*pw `Ö]psX Sn^¯Å AkapsX fpOSn^¼n. “”CÀcm³,”” “”{Nn¡äv Nan¡m^³ CÀcm³ b¯mtWm hnWnfm WX³ CÀcm³ OmtWm?”” “”W£{S KzÃ_n DXf CÀcm³ _mkp¯À,”” “”F¶n«v? A^]ns`m^p A^ªm\w Hs¡ sN«n¯t¶m? AtàNm`n bmUh^sf¦n`pw?”” Kho´ ssWän]psX A^emP¯v bnXn¨p Nm\n¨p. “”Hm, At¸mÄ A^ªm\fm\v. ASv NnXp¡n. H^p Nmt^ymknÃmsS Nk]N¯n sNmXp¡^pSv–. sI`^v b_]pw A¸w W½apw tktlyw S½ns`mÅ Znc_³hv F´pkm¶v. ASns`m¶pw H^p Nmt^ymknÃ. f½n A^ªm\w S¶mt` f½osX tdmZn S^q Fs¶m¶pw A]mtamXv b_ªn«nÃtÃm. f½osX tdmZosX km`yp sk¨v tWm¡p¼w H^p A^ªm\t¯Â H¶pw So^p¶SÃ. bt£ H^p Nm^yskm*v…”” sZ]vhn H¶v WnÀ¯n A½s] tWm¡n. Kho´ BsN A´w kn«n^n¡pN]m\v. fNapsX emg Aksa A¼^¸n¨p. hpµ^n]m] S³s_ fm`mO¡pªÃ, b^nI]kpw AWpekkpfpÅ H^p tklym`]w WX¯n¸pNm^n]m\v hwhm^n¡p¶sS¶v tSm¶nt¸mNpw. “”W½Ä tImUn¡msS Ct§m«v S^p¶k·ms^ fm{Stk AXp¸n¡mkq,”” sZ]nhn A½]psX {bSnN^\¯nWp Nm¯p. “”CÀcm³ AÃmsS tks_…”” Kho´ UpÀº`fm]n Cà F¶ AÀ°¯n S`]m«n. “”H^p S`¡Wkpw CÃm¯ S`]m«`m]nt¸m]tÃm f½o ASv,”” sZ]nhn In^n¨p. “”tbms« AsSms¡ Mm³ bns¶ N*pbnXnt¨mamtk. knIm^\ sI¿msWm¶pkà tNt«m. H^p ^h¯nWv. Cu tKm`ns¡sX ASymklyw bn¨pw fm´pw Hs¡ Nn«m_ntà f½o,”” Kho´ bp©n^n¨p. “”CtÃ?”” sZ]nhn ko*pw tImUn¨p. “”DÆv tfmsa. _nhbvgWnÌv A§sWs]ms¡ tk\w Fs¶ms¡]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv