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N¼nNp«³.sWäv ewPn]pÅ C^pWn^t¯mXv NqXn] hv{So. hm^n]m\v tkgw. k`n] fm_nXkpw fp´n] I´nNapw B hv{So]psX l^o^s¯ ftWmi^fm¡p¶p.AkÄ ^mKsW N*p H¶v In^n¨p.
“” F´m ^mtK«m, Ct§ms«ms¡ C_§m³.””
AkapsX lÐSkpw ftWmi^fm]n^p¶p.
CSv tKmhq«n. CknsX bpSn] tKm`n¡m]n k¶Sm\v. “” ^mK³ tKmhq«ns] Iq*n b_ªp. At¸mjm\v AkÄ bp_Nn Wn¡p¶ tKmhq«ns] Nm\p¶Sv. Np_¨p hf]w AkÄ AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡n Wn¶p. BsN H^p A´man¨ Wn`vbv.
“”F¶mXn, C§sW km]pw sbman¨p Wn¡p¶Sv.”” ^mKsâ B km¡pNam\v AkÄ¡v tdmVw sNmXp¯Sv.
ASv…H¶pfnÃ. l^Sv G«³ b_ªm^v¶p bpSn] Ahn. fmtWKÀ k^psf¶v. AkÄ ASpw b_ªp I½n]tbms` tbm]n.
“”CknXps¯ Ìmcm. thmcn]. bmkfm, H^p sbm«nsb®p. CknsXÅk^pw H^p NpXpwds¯ AwP§sa tbms` B\v. ASpw b_ªp ^mK³ H^p _qfnsâ kmSn Sp_¶p. fpNan`m]n fmtWKÀ Fs¶jpSn]n^n¡p¶Sv tKmhq«n km]n¨p.AN¯p Nth^]n`m]n H^p 35 tWmXXpSv {bm]fpÅ H^mÄ. Nm\m³ C^pWn_w. sI_n] Ng*n.
“”B ^mtK«m, N]_n C^n¡v. CStà tKmhq«n. scÀ\m*hv hmÀ knan¨n^p¶p. C^n¡v tKmhq«n”” At±iw bp©n^n¨psNm* b_ªp. Wà hufyfmÀ¶ hwhm^w. tKmhq«n fWÊn In´n¨p.
“”F¶m l^s¯, Mm³ tbms]¡pkm. B dpsÅänsâ No tKmhq«ns] G¸ns¨¡v””
ASpw b_ª ^mK³ bp_t¯¡v tbmNmWn_§n.
“”B ^mtK«m, hmÀ b_ªn^p¶p.”” l^Sv f_pbXn b_ªp. ^mK³ bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.

“”bns¶ tKmhq«n CSnWp fp¼v kÀ¡v sI]vSn«pt*m.””
“” Cà hmÀ. BUyfm]m\””v. Ak³ Ssâ hn .kn l^¯nsW G¸n¨p.
“”FsXm, Fs¶ hms_ Fs¶m¶pw knant¡*.l^Sv F¶v knan¨ fSn. Atàtk*. Sm³ ]Rv AsÃ. FÃm^pw knan¡p¶ tbms` l^t¯«³ F¶v knan¨ fSn. CknsXÅk^pw A§sW]m. B^pw hmt_ knans]m¶pw CÃ. “”l^Sv bp©n^n¨psNm*m\v ASv b_ªSv.
tKmhq«n ASnWp f_pbXn Ft¶m\w H¶v bp©n^n¨p. k¶t¸mÄ thmcn] l^t¯«³ F¶v knan¨tSmÀ¯p.
FÃv`mk^pw Ak^k^psX tKm`n W¶m]n sI¿pw . ASpsNm*v H^p {blvWkpw BÀ¡pw CÃ. AÃm, Sm³ Z]mWs] b^nK]s¸«]n^pt¶m,”” l^Sv tImUn¨p.
“” Z]mWt]m, ASm^m..”” tKmhq«n fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` tImUn¨p.
“”scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ tfmav. “”
Hm, B Np«ns] N*n^p¶p ko«n sk¨v.””
“”N*t¸m F´v tSm¶n”” l^Sv BNmwgt]msX tImUn¨p. bns¶ SpXÀ¶p. “”tks_m¶pw tSm¶^pSv tKmhq«n. Mm³ FÃmt^mXpw C§sW]m. kas^ {co B\v. Ss¶ WsÃm^p {c*v A]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv