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N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bSmbWpw Akapw sM«nfm_n. Mm³ fp¼lt¯¡v HmXn k¶n«v A¨tWmXv tkPw tbmNmw F¶v- b_ªp. At¶^w A]mav Ak¡sX NmfpN³ B§a F³s_ tWs^ HmXn k¶p. e]¦^ Wotamw sbmt¡mw HÅ e]¦^³ H^p¯³. N*m sNmt«g³ Xow Bs\¶v tSm¶pw. M§av At¶^w s_]nÂtk ss`Wn³s_ AXp¯m^p¶p. A]mav b_ªp. Wn§sa FWn¡_n]mw. Wn§av hpf]psX `kÀ AtÃ? Wn§sa bäns]ms¡ hpf b_ªns«m*v–. km ko«nt`¡v tbmNmw F¶v- b_ªp. FWn¡v tUgyw Sna¨p k¶p. c! b«n Wm\skmt*mXm sbm_sN k^m³ F¶v- Mm³ tImUn¨p. At¶^w Ak³s_ f«pw emtkmw fm_n. tI«m AsSm^p Ad²km Bt^mXpw b_]Ãv fmWw tbmNpw. H¶pw A_n]nÃmSn^p¶ A¨³ Ft¶mXv Nm^yw F¶Sm¶v tImUn¨p. b_]^psS¶v- b_ªv Ak³ F³s_ km sbm¯n. ASv Fs¶ SÃmWm\v F¶v N^pSn A¨³ SX]m³ k¶p. As¸m ASns` s{X]n³ tbmNp¶p*m]n^p¶p. Ak³ AÑsW bnXn¨p SÅn….””
bmÀÆSn]pw hmkn{Sn]pw bN¨n^p¶p.
“”tfmtW…F¶n«v …A¨³…””
bmÀÆSn tImUn¨p.
hmkn{Sn A½s] kn`¡n.
“”tk* At½…””
hmkn{Sn A½s] kn`¡n.
“”dm¡n F´m D*mt]¶v- Wfp¡_n]mtÃm,””
A]mÄ A¸ hf]w H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
“”Akav Nm^\km FWn¡v AÑsW Wãs¸s«. ASn¸ns¶]m MmWn§sW Hs¡ M^¼v Bs]…””
A]mapsX lÐw CX_n]Sv AkÀ {l²n¨p.
“”tNhos¶ms¡ Ak³ Cuhn]m]n Du^nt¸m¶p. AkWp tk*n k¡m`¯nWp WÃ fpäv Xosfms¡ H*m^p¶p. Ak^v Nmsl_nªp Nan¨p. C¸jpw H*v ssUkt¯w skÃpknant¨m*v,””
dhv Wn¶p.
hmkn{Sn bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n.
Nmkn¸p_w.
“”At½, km. Nmkn¸p_fm]n,””
hmkn{Sn Fjpt¶äp.
“”F¶m tI«m, M§av CknsX C_§pkm. knan¨m fSn. M§av b_ªnX¯v Nm\pw. Wmsa,””
A]mÄ S`Np`p¡n.
“”B^pw Nm\msS tkt\Â At½tXw Ftâw sfmt`t`m Np*nt]t`m H¶v- sM¡nt¡m,””
AkÄ A]msa fp«n D^p½n Wn¶psNm*v b_ªp.
hpPp\³ Ipäpw tWm¡n BapNÄ Nm\p¶nà F¶v- D_¸v k^p¯n bmÀÆSn]psX bmÀÆS WnSwd§an`pw hmkn{Sn]psX fp`Nan`pw sM¡v Nl¡n.
AkÀ Nmkn¸p_¯v C_§n.
B Nk` knKWfm]n^p¶p.
“”^mkns` B] sNm*m H^p NtXw sSm_¶nÃtÃm,””
Ipäpw tWm¡n bmÀÆSn b_ªp.
“”hmVm^\ Im]¡XNÄ skap¸nsW sSm_¡p¶Sm\tÃmZo,””
At¸mjm\v– ssh¡nan H^p b¿³ ASnt` k¶Sv.
“”FXm Np«¸m Cs¶¶m bän? F¶m NXt]m¶pw sSm_¡ms¯?””
“”A¸w A_nªntÃ? C¶o b©m]¯n iÀ¯m`m,””
“”A¶n«v– C¸w CtSs¡msX dhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv