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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Njnªp t_mdn³ Fjpt¶äp ss`äv C«p. N«n`n NnX¶ Aksa tWm¡n. Ajnªp NnX¡p¶ fpXnNtamsX AkÄ sdZnsâ fVy¯m]n NnX¡p¶p. Aksa D\À¯mWm]n.Ak³ skÅw NpXn¨ ¥mhv lÐt¯msX tXdnan sk¨p. bqK N®v Sp_¶p tWm¡n. ss`äv sNXp¯n] AsS sh¡³Zn t_mdn³ bqK]psX tfs` ImXn ko\p. AkapsX ssNNÄ ^*pw C^pklt¯¡v knXÀ¯n Ip*pNÄ km]v¡pÅn B¡n I¸n k`n¨p. FSnÀ¡pkmWm]n AkÄ {lfns¨¦n`pw FÃmw knc` {lf§Ä B]n AkhmWn¨p. AkapsX Ip*n Wn¶pw t_mdn³ Ip*pNÄ tkÀsbXp¯n AkapsX NmSn f{´n¨p. “”H¨ D*m¡msS NnX¡v fpt¯. B^pw A_n]msS W½p¡v CSv AkhmWn¸n¡mw.”” “”AkhmWn¸n¡msfXm Wm_n… F\o¨p fms_Xm b«o…”” ASpw b_ªkÄ Nm`pNÄ sNm*v Aksâ AXnk]_n Ikn«n.tkUW sNm*v kn_¨ t_mdn³ AkapsX ssNNÄ tfmIn¸n¨p. t_mdn³ Aksa tWm¡pt¼mÄ N^ªpsNm*v fp_n Sp_¶p A½]psX fp_n]nt`¡v tbmNp¶Sm Nm\ps¶. bqK A½t]mXv t_mdn³ AkapsX fq`w AXn¨p bq^mXw B¡m³ {lfn¨p F¶v knlzhn¸n¨p. Sn^nsN fp_n]n tbmNm³ A½ WnÀdÔns¨¦n`pw AkaSv sIknsNm*nÃ. Cu H^p hwekt¯msX NqsX hv{So F¶ kÀPs¯ t_mdn³ sk_p¯p.

At¶^w Aksâ N¿n B AOn`nsW F§mWpw Nn«n]n^pt¶Â F¶k³ B{Pin¨p. bntä Unkhw ^mkns` A½m]n A½ B]n^p¶p t_mdnsâ fp_n]nt`¡v Im]]pw B]n tbm]Sv. AkÀ t_mdnsW knan¨p\À¯n. “”tfmsW… C¶v Wn§Ä A§v tbmNpN AsÃ… “” “”B”” “”C§sW H^p AkØ]n AkÄ k^ptfm Fs¶m¶pw A_n]nÃ. Mm³ F´m]m`pw At§m«v Np¯nSÅn knXpw. sN«p Njnªp fq¶nsâ A¶v sb®v ko«n Wn¶m Wm\t¡Xv B\v ^*p Nq«À¡pw.”” “”As¸m Np_¨p Njnªms\ BNmw F¶v.”” “”ASmNmw. H^p F«p fmhw Hs¡ BNpt¼mÄ sb®nsW sb®nsâ ko«pNmÀ {bhk¯nWp Nq«n sNm*v k^pw. A§sW H^p kntlgw BNpt¼mÄ fm{Stf M§Ä Aksa Nq«nsNm*v k^pkm³ AknsX k^pÅq. bnt¶ tfmsW FÃm¯nWpw Hmt^m hf]w D*v. BUyw A£^w bnt¶ dm`bmYw F¶n«v fSn NT]pw tWmk`pw Hs¡ bYn¡ps¶.”” ASpw b_ªp hmkn{Sn H¶v In^n¨psNm*v _qfn Wn¶v C_§n tbm]n. At¶ Unkhw Hmcohn F¯n] t_mdn³ BUyw Sn^ªSv ^mtK«³ B\v. hm_nsW N* DX³ Ak³ knan¨psNm*v Bav Hjnª fq`]v¡v sNm*v tbm]n. “”F´m]n? Wµn b_]m³ Bt\ B^pw tNÄ¡msS CknsX sk¨p b_ªp dp²nfp«*.”” Zm… Zm… Zm… b¶ f`tkXm… Mm³ B]n sN«n bXp¯p]À¯n] H^p Wnt`w knt`w D*v FWn¡nknsX. AÃm]n^pt¶… t_mdnsâ fWÊn ^mKt]mXpÅ tUgyw C^¨p N]_n “”…F´p bän ?”” hwekn¨ N¼nNp«³.sWäv