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N¼nNp«³.sWäv £fn¡p , Ck³ CX]n N]_p¶Sv.

BÄ¡v frUp`t]mXp Unky {b\]w B]n^ps¶¶p tSm¶p¶p. Mm³ Wm«ns` Fsâ I¦v Nq«pNm^³ fnTptWmXv Cksa¸än Imäv sI]vSSv bns¶ Fsâ Pm`_n]ns` Wà AXnsbman koZnt]mhv AX¡w sNm*v Nm\n¨p.

Cu ssf^³ F§sW Fsâ tcm¬ fp¡n Fs¶m¶pw H^p bnXn]pw CÃ. F´m]m`pw Blm³ Fsâ ss`³ Wà ^oSn]n sbm«n¨p S¶p. F¶n«p Blm³ frUp`s]s¡m*v hSyw sI¿n¨p. DÅn Nan¨Sp AkWms\¶v Ft¶mXv b_]^psS¶v.
frUp`]psX W·]v¡p tk*n]m\p KnWp C{S SymPt¯msX Cu knk^w A_n]n¡p¶sS¶p.

frUp`s] ^*p fpjp¯ sS_nNÄ b_ªt¸mÄ Cu knk^sfms¡ f\n f\n tbms` bp_¯pk¶p… H¸w Wà AÊ`v N^¨n`pw. bns¶ Cu sb®nsâ km`n bnXn¨p Sq§n WX¡m³ CãfÃm¯SvsNm*v B AVym]w AknsX AkhmWn¸n¨p.

bs£, BlmWnt¸mjpw A_n]nà t«m Mm³ CsSms¡ A_nª Nm^yw. B f*³ AenW]w Nm\pt¼mÄ FWn¡v B N\¡pän AXn¨p sbm«n¡m³ tSm¶pw.

A§sW Unkh§Ä NX¶ptbm]n. tNmtaKn ASymklyw A`¼pw fäpfm]n AXnsbman]m]n tbm]n.

timÌ`n _mPn§nsâ hf]sfms¡ Njnªt¸mÄ bns¶ tKman B]n^p¶p.
bns¶ W½psX NTmWm]NWpw Bav tfmlfà t«m… BÄ¡v Fs¶t¸ms`m^p AÊ`v N¼Wn CÃm¯SpsNm*v Wln¨ptbm]Sm\v. C{¼qkv B]n k^p¶p.

A§Wm\v BUys¯ skÅfXn hf]w. A`vbw fUy `i^n]n B]t¸mjm\v Fsâ tcm\n H^p NmÄ k^p¶Sv. b^nI]fnÃm¯ W¼À B]SnWm Mm³ B _qfn Wns¶jpt¶äp bp_t¯¡p WX¶p. NmÄ Aä³Zv sI]vS Mm³ tcm¬ sIkn]nt`¡v tIÀ¯v. Fsâ sIkn]n Bt^m Ipwdn¨Sptbm`m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. A{S]pw fVp^fm] lÐw.

‘it`m’

B hz^w BhzUn¨p f_pbXn b_]m³ tbm`pw Mm³ f_¶p.

‘it`m… ^Kogv…’

AÂb hf]w Njnªn«pw f_pbXn tNÄ¡mSm]t¸mÄ ko*pw B fmhvf^nN lÐw. B Np]n WmUw tbm`pÅ lЯnsâ DXf]v¡v Fsâ tb^v A_n]msf¶p Ss¶ Fs¶ NpanÀ sNmÅn¸n¨p.

‘Biv… B^m?’ Mm³ A`vbw B`hyt¯msX]m\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.

‘^Kogv… Mm³ ^mVnN]m\v’ f_pbXn k¶p.

‘^mVnN?’ H«pw b^nI]fnÃm¯ B tb^ntWmXpÅ hwl]w Fsâ lЯn D*m]n^p¶p.

‘^Kogv… Mm³ KnWpknsâ A½]m\v ^mVnN… Aksâ tcm\n knan¨n«p Nn«pt¶]nÃ, tfm³ FknsX]m? AkWp H¶v sNmXp¡mtfm?’ H«pw CXtka]nÃmsS B fVp^ lÐw HjpNn.

‘Hmiv… Wn§am]n^pt¶m? Ak³ Fsâ NqsX D*v. H¶pw bän]n«nà N¼nNp«³.sWäv