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thmWp AknlzhWo]St]msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”Sp_¶v b_..F´m\v Aksâ {blvWw’
“”FWn¡v ASv b_]m³….’ Mm³ AÀt²màn]n WnÀ¯n]n«v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”b_..FWn¡_n]\w’
AkÄ Nk¨p k¨n^p¶ Nm`pNÄ tWs^]m¡n. Mm³ AkÄ C^p¶SnWv tWs^ FSns^ NnX¶ thmc]n C^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ Fsâ fp³bn SpXNÄ AN¯n C^n¡pN]m\v thmWp. AkapsX N®pNÄ Fsâ AÀ²WPvWtfWn]n W¶m]n¯s¶ h©^n¡p¶pfp*v. B SpXNapsX k®kpw Wn_kpw SpXp¸pw Fsâ hfWn` sSän¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”Ft¶mXk³ fäp In` Nm^\§Ä B\v b_ªSv..bs£ H^n¡Â B sb®nsW N*p hwhm^n¡m³ FWn¡nX]m]n..Akam\v ASv b_ªSv”
“”F´v..’ DtUzPt¯msX thmWp Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”ASv..thmWp CSv AktWmtXm Bt^mXptfm b_]^pSv..’
“”CÃ..’
“”Ak³ Bav bmkw B\v..WÃ l^o^kpw fWÊpw Hs¡]m\v..bs£..bs£ AkWv..AkWv H^p sb®nsâ NqsX Kokn¡mWpÅ NjnknÃ’
b_ªv H¸n¨ tlgw AkapsX fpOemkw Mm³ tWm¡n. AknsX H^pS^w WnhwPS kna]mXp¶Sv Mm³ N*p. AtSm Aka§sW WXn¨tSm? WnhwPSm emkt¯msX Ss¶ AkÄ k`Sp Iq*pkn^Â km]nt`¡v NX¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n. H¸w AXp¸n¨p k¨n^p¶ SpXNÄ AN¯mWpw AXp¸n¡mWpw B^wen¨p.
“”F¶v b_ªmÂ?’ thmWp lÐw Smjv¯n tImUn¨p.
“”Sp_¶v b_tªms«..’
AkÄ S`]m«n.
“”thmWp..AkWv..AkWv C_£³ Sos^ Np_km\v’
kas^ bSnª lЯn`m\v MmWSv b_ªSv. b_ªn«v AkapsX emkf_n]m³ Mm³ tWm¡n. thmWp km]n k¨n^p¶ kn^ Nojv¨p*nt`¡v fmän, ASv Smtj¡v A_n]msS]¶tbms` f`À¯n. H^p bqknsâ CSav tbms` ASv Smtj¡v knXÀ¶p. NXpw Ipk¸v Wn_fpÅ t_mhmUaw tbms`. AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ D]À¶ lzmhPSn¡Wph^n¨v D]^mWpw SmjmWpw SpX§n.
“”hSyfmt\m..Aka§sW b_tªm’ f{´n¡p¶Sv tbms`]m]n^p¶p AkapsX tImUyw.
“”b_ªp..Asæn MmsW§sW A_n]mWm\v..hz´w NjnkptNXv f_¨pk¨v Ak³ sb¬Np«nNsa ISn¡m³ WX¡p¶kWm\v’
“”At¸mÄ Fsâ hwl]w l^n]m\v..WoI³’ thmWp bNt]msX b_ªp.
“”WnW¡v A§sW hwl]w D*m]n^pt¶m’
AkÄ S`]m«n. bns¶ SpXNÄ W¶m]n AN¯n]n«v thmc]nt`¡v Im^n¡nX¶p. Fsâ N®pNÄ AkapsX bq_nsW tSXn sIÃp¶Sv AkÄ sPuWn¨nÃ.
“”F§sW?’ AkÄ b_]ptfm F¶_n]mWm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv