N¼nNp«³.sWäv N^p¯pä N_p¯ tUiw H^p Ipk¶ tSm^v¯p fp*n`v fm{Sw f_ªv Wnk^v¶v Wn`v¡p¶p. A]mapsX fp¼n`v, sSmjp¯nsâ fp¼n`v sk¨n^p¶ Im¡psN«pNan`v Im^n f`^v¶v NnX¡p¶ frUp`.
SXn¨psNmjp¯ fUm`h]m] frUp`]psX s»uhv bq^v®fm]pw Ajnªp NnX¡p¶p. Sp_¶v NnX¡p¶ s»uhnWv skan]nt`¡v ImXn¡nX¡p¶ k`n] NqäWv fp`Nav. ^mkn`s¯ S\p¸n`v fp`¡®pNav ^*pw Nq^v¯v fq^v¯v Np¸n¨nÃptbms` sbm§nWn`v¡p¶p.
“”F¶m sfm`]mXn ssft^ Wnsâ!””
^*p fp`Napw Ht^ hf]w sM¡n¡pj¨psNm*v t`m_Wvhv b_ªp.
“”CsS¶pw b_]p¶StÃ? tks_ Ft´`pw bpSn]Sv Ht*`v b_ tI«m,””
gimW F´v sI¿\sf¶_n]msS bN¨pWn¶p. ^*v {bm]bq^v¯n]m] BapNav b^hv¸^w CãvXs¸«psNm*v ^Sn]nt`^vs¸XpN]m\v. AknsX HanªptWm«kpfm]n Wn`v¡p¶Sm\v NpäN^fm] Nm^yw. Akav sbs«¶v bn´n^n]mWv emkn¨p.
“”F¶m W½sX bpSn] Smfh¡m^n Fhv bn fmZ¯nsâ sfmt`sX Nm^yw b_]mXn…””
gimW]v¡v sbs«¶v tUgyw C^¨pN]_n. bs£ sbs«¶v Ss¶ Akans` tbm`ohv DtUymPØ f_ªp. bN^w ^àkpw fmwhkpfpÅ H^p AÊ`v sb®m]n Akav fm_n. fp¼ns` NmjvI A{S ftWmi^fm]n^p¶SnWm`v Wn]fw `wQn¡p¶Sv ^hN^fm] Nm^yfm]n fm_n.
“”Hm Fhv bn fmZ¯nsâ sfm` Hm^v¯¸¯s¶ t`m_Wvhv tI«m..Np® H¶pw sNmsX d`w sk¨tÃm…””
tSm^v¯v kNªv fmän d`w sk¨v Io^v¯ Np® sbm§nk^p¶Sv N*v frUp` b_ªp.
“”H¶v bnXns¡Xo…””
A]mav b_ªp.
frUp` ssNs]¯n¨v t`m_Wvhnsâ Np®]n`v bXn¨p. SjpNn. Smtj¡pw fpNant`¡pw AXn¨p. frUp`]psX sNmjp¯pWo* kn^`pNav¡nX]n`v t`m_Wvhv F¶ lp¸m*n]psX Np® ko*pw Io^v¯p.
“”t`m_Wvhv tI«Wv Fhv bn fmZ¯nsâ sfm` Hm^vt¯m*m^pt¶m Np® bnXnt¨m*n^ps¶ MmWn¶s` Imt]w sNm*v k¶¸w?””
fp`Nav ko*pw ko*pw Nl¡n Ss¶ hpOn¸n¡p¶, hz]w hpOn¡p¶ t`m_WvhntWmXv Akav tImUn¨p.
“”AsÃXo…””
AkapsX ssN{bt]mP¯n`v hpOn¨v t`m_Wvhv b_ªp.
“”At¶^w W½sX AMvKW tI¨osX sfm`]m Hm^vs¯””
B km¡pNav gimWt] AUvepSs¸Xp¯n.
bs£ B AUvepSw AVnNw Wo«ns¡m*ptbmNmWv Akav¡m]nÃ.
AkapsX sfmssd`v tcm\v _nwPv sI]vSp.
A_n]nÃm¯ W¼^v B\v!
Akav tcm\v NmtSmXv tI^v¯p.
“”it`m!””
“”Fhv bn fmZw?””
H^p bp^pg lÐfm\v.
“”s]hv, hvbo¡nwPv!””
“”fmZw N\vhv{X£Wv WX¶psNm*n^n¡p¶ tN Fhv {Pq¸nsâ sN«nX¯n`v H^p f^vZ^v!””
gimW AXp¯ km¡pNav¡vNmtSm^v¯p.
“”fmZw!””
“”b_]qtNav¡p¶p*v.B^m?””
“”{loNpfm^v^ko{µm{Pq¸vCWvZh{Xohnsâsskhv{bhnXâv_v!””
gimWA]mapsXhz^wtN«p.
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