N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sfml Bs\¦n`pw tNÄ¡p¶kWv F{St¯maw tkUW WÂNpsf¶v b_]p¶kÀ¡v A_n]nÃ. sb®v Np¯n tWmkn¸n¡p¶Sv tbms` fämÀ¡pw H^m\nsW tWmkn¡m³ Njn]nÃ. ASv AXp¯nXbjNp¶kÀ NqXn Bt\Â… (Sn^n¨pw A§sW]m\v tNt«m .NTm hµ^ve¯nWv AWph^n¨v b_sª]m B^pw C§Xv NpSn^ N]_* {btSyNn¨v scfnWn¨nNav ) t_mdn³ Hmcohn F¯n]m huirU hwemg\¯nWv H¶pw bnXnsNmXp¡msS tWs^ tbm]n tKm`n SpX§pw . sskNpt¶^w Sn^nsN tbmNp¶ kjn dm_n Wn¶v ^*v sI_pSpw AXnImNpw ko«nt`¡pÅ ]m{S. ^m{Sn]pw ^mkns`]pw A½]psX DbtUlw. t_mdnWv b¯p k]ÊpÅt¸mav AÑWv f^n¨p . NpXpwd¡m^pfm]n FÃmw Wà dÔ¯n`v B]Sp sNm*v bnt¶ B^pw B kjn¡v sIÃms_ Cà . A¯mjw Njn¡pt¼mav Ss¶ ^mkns`SSnWs_ dm¡n hp^en SpX§n . “”tfmsW tUk³ knan¨n^p¶p. sbm^p¯w Ds*¶p b_ªp. Wfp¡v H¶v tbm]n N*n«v k¶mt`m Wmsa Mm]^v AtÃ? Wfp¡v tbmNmw “” “”FWns¡m¶pw k¿ CWn MmWv knkmiw Njn¡nÃ. Akav¡p Zntkmjvhpw sNmXp¡nÔ” “”tfmsW Fsâ Nm`w Njn]p¶ks^ WnW¡v hpOfm]n Njn]mw , Wnsâ kmÀ²Ny¯n Wo F§sW Kokn¡pw ? FÃm fmSmbnSm¡·mÀ¡pw Ak^psXSm] D¯^kmUnSzw D*v tfmsW .
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