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N¼nNp«³.sWäv HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p,”” Kho´]pw ASpSs¶t]mÀ¯p. fp`NÄ ^*pw W¶m]n Ca¡n, I´nNÄ l^n¡pw Np`p¡n, IqXv bnXn¨ tUikpfm]ÃmsS Sm³ Ft¸msj¦n`pw PÌvNapsX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n«pt*m? sZ]vhn Fjpt¶äp. “”FknsXt¸mNpkm?”” Kho´ tImUn¨p. “”fpÅ\w f½n. sNmt_ tW^km]n,”” “”f½o MmWn{¸mklyw F´nWm k¶sS¶v- f½n tImUn¨nÃtÃm,”” A¯mjw Njnªv Xo kn]psX fp¼n C^n¡tk sZ]vhn tImUn¨p. “”l^n]m\tÃm, Cs¸m F´n³s_ sks¡gWm?”” D¯^w b_]msS sZ]vhn A¸tW^w sPu^k In´]n`m*p. bns¶ So^pfmWn¨Sv tbms` AkÄ A½s] tWm¡n. “”MmWo b_]m³ tbmNp¶ Nm^yw tN«v f½n tbXn¡pNs]m¶pw sI¿^pSv. A{S hpOskmÅ Nm^yw H¶pkÃ,”” Kho´ l^n¡pw e]s¸«p. “”Nt*m! b_ªp WmskXp¯nÃ, ASnWp fp¼v Ss¶ sSmX§n NTNan]nt`Sv tbms` s^u{Uw eoeÕw eoN^w ^h§sams¡. F³s_ f½n F³s_ t{bm»whv Hs¡ f½nt]mXÃmsS tks_ Bt^mXm FWn¡v hzØkm]n b_]m³ bäpN? A¸w C§sW tbXn¨m FWn¡v b_]m³ bäptkm?”” “”tfmsa sX³gWXn¸n¡msS b_]p¶pt*m Wo?”” “”Mm³ f½osW Npäs¸Xp¯pkÃ,”” {ihz Bt`mIW]v¡v tlgw sZ]vhn b_ªp. “”Asæn Fs¶ KWn¸n¨ tlgw NX¶p Naª B fimsW]pw Npäs¸Xp¯pkÃ. bs£ Nm^yw F´m¶p sk¨m, B Npªv {bm]¯n Wn§¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw tSm¶n] B knNm^knÃt]m, AsSWn¡v A¸w NqXpS`m. A`v¸fÃ. AbNXfmw knV¯n NqXpS`m. sFw F t{Nm\nNv WnwtcmfmWn]m¡v f½o,”” Kho´]psX lzmhPSn kÀ²n¨p. “”F¶v- sk¨p F³s_ bYWs¯, _nh«nsW H¶pw ASv dmVn¡nÃ, f½n tbXn¡p¶ tbms`. Wà H^p tdhv HÅSv sNm*v. bs£ AXn]´n^ InNnÕ Nn«n]ntàMm³ SNÀ¶v- S^n¸\fm]nt¸mNpw. ASnsWmÅ kjn tSXn k¶Sm Mm³. ^*p Nm^y§Ä D*v. H¶v VymWw. hvbn^n¨pkÂ. AknsX sc]n B]m Wà H^p sshNym{XnÌn³s_ AXp¯v…”” KÊo´]psX b^n{efw ko*pw kÀ²n¨p. “”Cu C^pbSmw k]Ên FWn¡v b^nInSfÃm¯ H^p sh£z BNvävfnÃ. C¸¯s¶ tWm¡nt¡ F³s_ {ZÊv F¶Sm¶v! tSmtXsX bNpSn ks^ F¯m¯ h-vNÀ«v. sfm` ^*pw l^n¡v Nm\n¡p¶ C_p¡n¸nXn¨ tXmbv–. AXo bmâv_ow CÃ. {dm]pw CÃ. F¶v- sk¨m FN-vhndngWnÌv. f½n N*ntà CX¡nsX Mm³ sfm`¡t® bnXn¨p sM¡ps¶? Bs^¦n`pw Nm¬sN A§sW Hs¡ sI¿p¼w kÃm¯ NXn]m. bns¶ doÌn]m`nhw…”” “”AsS¶Sm tfmsa?”” “”doÌv F¶v- sk¨m frPw. b«otWw bqs¨tWw Hs¡s¡m*v bq_pW¡n¡pN…”” BUyfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv