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N¼nNp«³.sWäv hwl]n¨p.
“”i! ´m H^v Wm\w! sU´mt¸m Fs¶ N*n«ntÃy Uv ks^ fmZw?””
“”l^t¯«m tk*mt«m,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”s¶ kÃm*§v NaymsNzm¶pw tk*mt«m,””
“”t¿! lm`nWn¡ps«y Mm³ Naymt¡zm?””
“”bns¶ s¶ fmZ¶v knan¨tSm?””
“”H^p ^Êtà ASv ? lm`ntWyt¸ms` Wà B^pw sNmSn¡\ hpµt^ymsa bns¶ sbt® FXo s¶ms¡ knan¡m³ btäzm?””
B km¡pNÄ Aksa tNm^n¯^n¸n¨p.
t^mf§Ä tUi¯v Fjpt¶äp Wn¶p.
l^t¯«³ Ss¶ hpµ^n F¶v- knan¨n^n¡p¶p.
B^pw sNmSn¡p¶ hpµ^n F¶v-!
tUiw WWªv NpSn^p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
“”l^t¯«m Mm³ tbm\q. bnt¶w bnt¶w l^t¯«³ s¶ NaymNzm,””
“”t¨…CSv tbms` H^v sSm«mkmXns¸®v-! bSnsW«v Njnªntà lm`ntWy sWW¡v? sNm_t¨msX Hs¡ tdmÄZv Bkt*? sN«n¡m_m]n…””
“”tbm , l^t¯«m..t¿..! s´s¡m]m C¸t_s\? Wn¡ysSm¶pw CãÃmt«m,””
Fs¶s¡«m³ tbmNp¶Sv– fäm^pfÃtÃm l^t¯«Wtà F¶v- AkÄ¡v tImUn¡\sf¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”´m C¡p«n C¸t_s\? Wos]´m C§sW Smtj¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¡t\? fpOt¯¡v H¶v- tWm¡q,””
“”At¿…Mm³ tWm¡nÃy….Npant¨m*v C^n¡ypt¼m tWm¡mtWm…?t¿..Cu l^s¯«Wv H^p Wmt\mknÃy,””
l^¯v D_s¡ In^n¨p.
“”Hmt¡, l^n..¶m Np«n sbm]vt¡maq..B\p§av Npan]v¡\ N*v– ³s_ Np«n Io¯ymk*m,””
At¸mÄ AkÄ fpOfp]À¯n A]msa tWm¡n.
F³äolz^m, Fs´m^p ewPn]m l^t¯«Wv! Fs´m^p sbu^pgw! B N®pNant` {bNmlw, tIÀ¶n^n¡p¶ ewPn]pÅ Ip*pNÄ, fmwhtblnNÄ NknSs]jpSp¶ N^p¯pä tUiw, d`nãfm] ssN Nm`pNÄ, bns¶ A^s¡«ns` fpjp¯p^p* B emPkpw.
l^¯n³s_ tWm«w AkapsX fpO¯v Wn¶v- fm_n]t¸mÄ AkÄ H^p Sk\ NqXn A]mapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n.
CWn]pw tWm¡n]m S³s_ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n HjpNn]q_n¡qXp¶ {b\] ^h¯nWv Wn]{´\fnÃmsSk^psf¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ AkÄ tWm«w fmän.
“”l^t¯«m, Mm³ tbm\q,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”B]nt¡ms« Npt«y,””
tUit¯¡v skÅw sS_n¸n¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
F´m l^t¯«³ Ss¶ Ct¸mjpw Np«n F¶v- knan¡p¶Sv?
tNÄ¡m³ Wà ^hfms\¦n`pw kÃm¯ H^p kmÕ`yw B knan]n Spap¼n¡pSnÀ¶p fpj§p¶ps*¦n`pw FXo Fs¶ms¡ H¶v- AVnNm^t¯msX knan¨m F´m?
ASm\v– SWn¡nãw.
{btSyNn¨v l^t¯«sWt¸ms`, Sm³ H^p kn{Pis¯t¸ms` sNm*p WX¡p¶ fWpgy³.
F¦n`pw Ct¸mjpw SWn¡m N¼nNp«³.sWäv