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N¼nNp«³.sWäv kmXvhnsâ skan¨kpfm]v knZnt]m¡mÀ. tbm^mªn«v BZwd^w Nm\n¡m³ A©m_p Nnt`m hzÀ\kpw Hmt^m CX¯pw b` ^qb¯n`pw tb^n`pw. ^m{Sn BNpt¼mjm fWhfmVmWw Nn«pt¶.”” “”tI¨n b_]p¶Sv tN« tSm¶pw BUys¯ knZnt]m BÂdw DÅ N`ym\w fWpkntâSm\v.”” “”Wnt¶mXv SÀ¡n¡m³ Mm³ Cà W½¡v ktÃmw Njn¡mw.”” ssZWnRv tXdnan bqK hz´w Nm^yw fm{Sw tWm¡n BklyfpÅSv hz]w kna¼n Njn¨p. fWpknsW tWm¡p¶Sv tbm`pw CÃ. fWpkpw Sn^n¨p A§sW Ss¶. hp^en lm´ns] tWm¡n.lm´n knK]ns] tbms` kan¨ H^p In^n bmhm¡n. e£\w Njnªp t_mdnWpw bqK]pw bqK]psX ko«nt`¡p ^*ohs¯ kn^p¶nWp ]m{S B]n. AknsX Hmt^m^p¯s^ b^nI]s¸«pw A½m]nA¸sâ h-vNqÄ ko^I^nS§Ä FÃmw tN«v hf]w tbm]n. D¨¡v hmkn{Sn A½ f^pfNsW W¶m]n Ss¶ Du«n. D¨f]¡¯nWv t_mdn³ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n]Spw N¼Wn]n Wn¶pw NmÄ F{S]pw tkPw F¯\w F¶v. A§sW N¼Wn]nt`m«v D_¡kpw Naªp tbm]n. AknsX FXp¯m sbm§m¯ Ft´`pw FXm NqXw {bSo£n¨p F¯n] t_mdnWv knan¨ ssf^Wn«p H¶v sNmXp¡mWm tSm¶n]Sv. ÌmcpNÄ FÃmw NqXn In`knWp knan¨p k^p¯n]Sm]n^p¶p. Nps_ ssbh H^p s_tÌm_ân sbmXn sbmXn¸n¨p.FÃmw Njnªp ko«ns`¯n]t¸mÄ C¨n^n sskNn. tNm`m]ns` Im^p Nth^]n C^n¡p¶ A½mksW tWm¡n H^p In^n k^p¯n SoÀ¯p. SnN¨pw bpÑt¯msX]pÅ H^p kan¨ In^n.

fWÊpsNm*v t_mdn³ A½m]n A¸sW H¶na¡n. tfmsa knan¡m³ h½Sn¡ntà b^« Nnakm… C¶v ^m{Sn tfmapsX knan tNÄ¡mw. imans`¯n]t¸mÄ ssZWnRv tXdnan St¶ Nm¯n^n¡p¶ bqK]pw A½m]n]½]pw. Sm³ Njn¨p F¶v Akt^mXp b_ªp t_mdn³ H^p Npan]pw bmhm¡n sdZn bqK¡m]n Nm¯n^p¶p. St`¶s¯tbms` H^p Hmª ssWän]pw C«p Ss¶ AkÄ _qfn N]_n kmSn`X¨p. bqK fpXn km^ns¡«pt¼mÄ t_mdn³ sfsà AkapsX AXp¯v H^p bp©n^nt]msX WX¶p AXp¯p. AkapsX Ipf`n bnXn¨p SWn¡enfpOfm]n WnÀ¯n. ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*v AkÄ Aksâ ssNNÄ S«n fmän.H^p In^nt]msX AkÄ b_ªp. “”Fsâ tUi¯p sSm«m Mm³ H¨sk¡pw.”” “”sSmXmsS F§sW]m?”” “”A…t½….”” AkapsX D¨¯n DÅ knan bp_¯ptbmNmSn^n¡m³ t_mdn³ AkapsX km] sbm¯n. N«n`nt`¡v Aksa k`ns¨_nªp. “”Fs¶ Ft´`pw sI¿mw F¶ kymtfmiw Dt* ASv km§n skt¨^v WX¡nÃ.”” “”Zo Wo CSv F¶m Dt±ln¨m?”” “”tU AknsX NnX¡p¶ bm]ns`§mWpw tbm]n NnX¡v.”” bqK]psX km¡pNÄ t_mdnsW AÛpSs¸Xp¯pN]m\v sI]vSSv. AkÄ AksW sNm*v sSmXo¡nà F¶ Nm^yw N¼nNp«³.sWäv