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N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ¡v Nm\SnÃm¯ fq`]nt`¡v fm_n. bm¼nsW kXnsNm*v tSm*ns]Xp¯v bSns] bp_t¯¡v k¶p. k^p¶SnWnsX A^]ns` fpj]n H¶v- sM¡n. Np®]psX k`n¸w Nq«n sk¨p. GSm]m`pw AkÀ N*p. Nm\p¶Sn kÀ¡v kngfkpfnÃ. F¶m l^n¡v Nm\s«. bm¼nsW tSm*ns]Xp¯v bp_t¯¡v k¶t¸mÄ AkÀ e]s¸«p fq`]nt`¡v fm_n. sbs«¶v Ak^psX N®ns` e]w fm_n]Sv Mm³ N*p. Nm^\kpw fWÊn`m]n. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX tWm«w F³s_ A^]ns` fpj]n`m\v. Nnakn BapsNmÅmw! Mm³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.
bm¼nsW]pw sNm*p tNm\n]n_§n Smsjs]¯n ASnsW bp_t¯¡v sNm*ptbm]t¸mÄ Ak^pw bn¶ms` k¶p. bm¼nsW AXp¯pÅ _dÀ¡m«nt`¡v kn«p. ASv CjªptbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n A¸ hf]w Wn¶v Sn^nªptWm¡n]t¸mÄ Fs¶]pw {l²n¨p AkÀ Wn¡pN]m\v.
“”km, tfmtW. Im] NpXn¨n«v tbmNmw,””
“”tk* tI¨n, Mm³ tbmNpkm,””
“”i! km¸m. Wn§ km¶v!””
AkÀ F³s_ ssN]n bnXn¨p k`n¨p. Wà frUpSzfpÅ ssN. Cu {bm]¯n A{S frUpSzsfms¡]p*mkptfm? Mm³ Akt^msXm¸w ANt¯¡v WX¶n«pw AkÀ ssN]nt` bnXnkn«nÃ.
AN¯v N]_n]t¸mÄ AkÀ Fs¶ hzoN^\ fp_n]n C^p¯pw F¶m\v Mm³ {bSo£n¨Sv.
bs£ AkÀ Fs¶]pw sNm*v AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.
“”AW¡v bm¼nsW S¨m³ tbXn]nÃm¶p Wn§ F§sW A_nªnWn?””
AkÀ Im]¡pÅ skÅw ÌÆn sk¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wo ASn`pw fp]p¯ H^p bm¼nsW tbXn]nÃm*v bnXn¡ps¶ W½ N*nWn,””
AkÀ In^n¨p. FWn¡v Ft´m `Ö tSm¶n. Np® bnXn¨p ^hn¨p Wn¶ ^wPw Ak^psX fWÊn Ct¸mjpfp*v.
“”bm¼v– Bsas]m¶pw sNmÃqÃm¶v. bmktà ASv. kXn Nm\n¨v. bm¼v– ASp½ tN_n.””
“”AsSm¶p Aøm,””
bms`mjn¨p Njnªv Im]s¸mXnC«n«v AkÀ NphrSnIn^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”AS§sW hpOn¨v sNX¡p¼w tks_ b^v bm¼nsW N*nWn. tbXn¨nWn. AUs¶ Nm^yw!””
“”ti]v ..BsX tks_ bmt¼m¶pw CtÃ]vWp,””
Mm³ Wngv¡a¦S WXn¨p.
“”Ds*]vWp..WÃ H¶m´n^w fp]p¯ sImk¶ tI^¡p«³…””
“”Wn§ N*nWm,””
“”W½ F¸t] N*nWn!””
AkÀ Im] ¥mÊpNan bNÀ¶p. bns¶ fpNan Wn¶v- e^\nNÄ FXp¯v A¨¸w, D®n]¸w, I¡^ k^«n, F¯¡m Inbvhv SpX§n] sNmSn]q_pw knek§Ä bm{S§ant`s¡Xp¯p.
“”km tfmtW,””
AkÀ bm{S§apw ¥mÊpNapw t{X]ns`s¡Xp¯v k^m´]nt`¡v WX¶p.
k^m´]ns`¯n M§Ä Nth^Nan b^hvb^w AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p. Nth^NÄ¡nX]ns` sI_n] tfltf AkÀ t{X sk¨p.
“”B bm¼v– N¼nNp«³.sWäv