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N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_]ptfm F¶m]n^p¶p Fsâ tbXn. Nmfw fm_n FWn¡v e]w bnXn¨p. A½ A_nªm Fs¶ sNm¶Sv Ss¶. H¸w Wm\t¡Xv fn¨kpw.Mm³ ko*pw tI¨ns] tWm¡n. tI¨n Ft´m km]n¡pN]m\v. tI¨n]psX fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw hwekw Cãfm]n Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. “”””sÈmFs´ms¡]m CSn FjpSn]n^n¡p¶Sv ‘ tI¨n hz]w b_ªp. tI¨n tbKv f_n¨p. ASnt`¡v tI¨n BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. tI¨n Ip*v f`À¯n NXn fq¯v ASnt`¡v tWm¡n. SpXNÄ ^*pw tI¨n AN¯pN]pwAXp¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSp. Mm³ Han N®n«p bphvSN¯nt`¡v tWm¡n.f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ H^p sb®nsâ bq_p W¡p¶In{Sfm]n^p¶p ASv. tI¨n]psX fp`NÄ D]À¶pSmjp¶Spw fp`NapsX knÅ`nt`¡v kn]À¸p HjpNn C_§p¶Spw Mm³ N*p. Fsâ DÅn Wn¶pw e]w fm_n Nmf knNm^w ko*pw c\w knXÀ¯n. CX]v¡v H¶v S` Smjv¯n] Fsâ Np«³ bqÀÆVnNw làn]n ko*pw S` D]À¯n. tI¨n]psX fpOs¯ Bhàn Mm³ Sn^n¨_nªp. NqsX ¡qsX SpXNÄ AN¯p¶Sn Wn¶pw bq_p NXn¨p SpX§n F¶v Mm³ D_¸n¨p. CWndm¡n DÅ tbKpNan sfm¯w CSp tbms`]pÅ bX§am\v F¶v FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p.””””sÈm…”” AXp¯ tbKp tWm¡n tI¨n b_ªp. H^psb®nsâ sNmSw W¡p¶bXfm]n^p¶p ASnÂ. fp«pNp¯n b«n]psX hvssä`n Wn`v¡p¶ sb®nsâ sNmSw bnaÀ¯nW¡p¶ In{Sw. tI¨n]psX N£§ans` kn]À¸v NqXp¶Sv Mm³ N*p.tI¨n : Wo CsSÃmw Nt*m ?Mm³ Dw… F¶p fqan. NXn fq¯v tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n. Fsâ sSm* k^*n^p¶p.tI¨n : F´v ^hfm CsSms¡ Nm\m³. Asà ?lÐw Smjv¯n B\v tI¨n ASp tImUn¨Sv. Mm³fqan. Fsâ ^àw Sna¨pf_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. ko*pw tI¨n tbKp f_n¨p.””””Ducv….” tI¨n AXp¯ bXw tWm¡n b_ªp “”””Um..CSv Nt*m” tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n. Fs¶ AXpt¯¡v knan¡pN]m]n^p¶p tI¨n. Mm³ kn_]v¡p¶ l^o^t¯msX Fjpt¶äv sI¶v tI¨n]psX AXp¯p Wn¶p. Fsâ Np«³ Wn¡_nsâ DÅn D´n Wn`v¡p¶Sv Mm³ HmÀ¯tS CÃ. A{S¡v Nmfw F¶n N¯n Kz`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.tI¨n : Wo CSp Nt*m ?tI¨n NnS¨psNm*v b_ªp. Mm³ tWm¡n. H^p sb®nsâ bqänt`¡v CXn¨p N]_p¶ SXn]³ Np®]psX bXfm]n^p¶p ASv.tI¨n : F´v fpjp¸v. Asà ?ASp b_]pt¼mÄ tI¨n]psXIp*pNÄ f`À¶p. Ipk¶p SpXp¯ B fmwhbpXw NXn¨p Sn¶mWpÅ sNmSn FWn¡p*m]n. fpNan Wn¶pw tWm¡pt¼mÄ tI¨n]psX fp`NÄ ^*pw FWn¡v kyàfm]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. tI¨n AXp¯ tbKpw f_n¨p. ASn H^p sb®v Np® Du¼p¶ In{Sfm]n^p¶p.tI¨n : Èq… CSv tWm¡nt¡…ASpw b_ªp tI¨n NXn fq¯v Fs¶ tWm¡n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv