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Sm³ fWhm kmIm A_n]m¯ Nm^y§Ä B\tÃm CkÀ b_]p¶Sv. hmkn{Sn In^n¡pN B]n^p¶p hp^en]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v. “”hp^en AkÄ¡p NnX¡m³ huN^y¯nWv Du^n sk¨Sms\¶v. sbm«n sb®v. fNsa Cu tNm`¯n Aѳ B\v N*sS¦nÂ… Culz^m HmÀ¡m³ NqXn k¿.”” “”hmkn{Sn Mm³ N^pSn CksW§mWpw…”” “”…G]v. CkÄ Ct¸mjpw sNm¨p Np«n]m f`tbms` kaÀ¶n«pw S`¡N¯p BÄ Smfhw CÃm.”” F¶pw b_ªpsNm*v AkapsX fpXn]n ssÉZv Np¯n.t_mdn³ CSnWNw _qfn Wn¶p bp_¯p tbm]n. A§sW IX§pNÄ FÃmw Njnªp t_mdn³ Nm¯n^p¶ B hpµ^ Wnfngw ks¶¯n. BUy^m{Sn! shäv hm^n DXpSv fpà bqskms¡ IqXn H^p¥mhv bm`pfm]n Wm\t¯msX fµw fµw bXnkmSn N]_n k¶p “”G«m bm`v “” F¶v Wm\t¯msX]pÅ knan. B H^p Wnfng¯nWm]n A£fWm]n t_mdn³ S`]\]pw fXn]n sk¨v C^n¡pN B]n^p¶p. bt£ bqK]psX k^kv t_mdnsW sM«n¨p. H^p ssWän. bqkv tbm]n«v H^p bq_pw ssf^n`nÃ.N¿ns`m^p ¥mhv bm D*v. bqK bm t_mdnWv sNmXp¯ tlgw kmSn`pw KW`pw AX¨p Npän CXp¶Sv N*t¸mÄ t_mdnWv fWÊn H^p NpanÀfj sb]vSp. t_mdn³ bm bNpSn NpXn¨ tlgw bqK¡v Wo«n. “”FWn¡v tk*m.”” “”F´m bm NpXn¡ntÃ?”” “”NpXn¡pw… CSn A½ dSmw A^¨v tIÀ¯n«p*v. FWn¡nãfÃ.”” “”Wo Nt*m?”” “”Dw.”” “”Wo NpXn¡nsæn WnW¡v b_ªp*m]n^pt¶m dSmw tIÀt¡s*¶p.”” “”F¶n«v tk\w Fs¶ FÃm^pw NqXn Nan]m¡m³. A½ F§mWpw CsSsâ tfmWp tk*n Bs\¶v b_ªm SoÀ¶p.”” “”Dw”” “”FWns¡m«pw k¿ Mm³ NnXs¡]m.”” t_mdn³ sM«n CkÄ k¿m¶p b_]mt\m AtSm N`mb^nbmXn¡v fp³bpÅSv Hjnkm¡n Ss¶ B l^o^t¯¡v £\n¡pN Bt\m? bqK sfmssd hzn¨vHmcv sI]vSp sdZnWp A^nNn DÅ Xot¸m]n sk¨ tlgw en¯nt]mXv tIÀ¶v H^p klw I^nªp Np*n]pw NmÂbmUkpw bn_Nnt`¡v SÅn fp«v fp¶nt`¡v ka¨p NnX¶p. t_mdn³ CXn¡p¶ irU]kpfm]n ss`äv A\¨p Ak¡^nNn NnX¶p. BUyfm]n tNm¡vbnänWpÅn N]_n] ssb`änsâ AkØ B]n^p¶p t_mdnWv Aksâ fWÊn In` sNmWãv tImUy§Ä sbm«nfpa¨p. Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv