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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§Ä F´nWm AksW C§sW Nq«n`n« tbms` kaÀ¯ps¶? AtSm*tà AkWpw Wn§Ä¡pw Hs¡ C{S tbXn?’
fUy `i^n]nÂB]n^p¶ Mm³ B Hjp¡n A§sW A§v hwhm^n¨p.

‘i i…’ {bSo£n¡m¯ ftWmi^fm] B In^n FWn¡pw kÃm¯ ht´mgtfNn.

‘Mm³ CknsX Hä]v¡mX sI_p¡m… At¸mÄ bns¶ Ft´`pw Bt`mIn¨p sX³g³ AXn¡t*? tfm³ AkWp H¶v sNmXpt¯… ^mQtk«³ b_ªn^p¶p ^Kognsâ H¸fm DÅSv tbXnt¡* Nm^ytf Csöv. F¶m`pw Ct{Sw tW^w B]n«p knan¨n«p Nn«mSn^p¶t¸mÄ tbXn]m]n. bns¶ ^mQtk«sW]pw knan¨n«v Nn«p¶nÃ… At¸mjm Wnsâ W¼À DÅSv HmÀ½ kt¶…’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘AtSSm]m`pw W¶m]n… tI¨nsX W¼À FWn¡v Nn«n]tÃm…’

‘Bim… ^mQtk«³ b_ªn^p¶p Wo Bsam^p kn^pS³ Bs\¶v, Ct{Sw {bSo£n¨nÃ…’

‘Hmtim… As¸m CWn tfmsW Fsâ NqsX WnÀ¯m³ tbXn B]n^n¡pftÃm?’

‘Dw… sI_ns]m^p tbXn SpX§n. Ft´m {blvW¯n`m\tÃm DÅSv AStà Ak³ tcm¬ FXp¡m¯Spw Mm³ b_ªn«pw AkWp tcm¬ sNmXp¡m¯Spw’

‘Biv… C¨n^n {blvW¯n`m… CknsX sI_ns]m^p skÅfXn bmÀ«n]…Bav AXn¨p cnävB]n NnX¡pkm…’ fUy `i^n]n B]n^p¶ Mm³ B huirU hwemg\w W¶m]n«v SpXÀ¶v sNm*ptbmkmWpÅ SnXp¡¯n Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¨p.

‘sâ Nrgv\m… ^Kotg, Nan b_]tà tfmtW…’ ^mVnN]psX lЯn H^p b^n{efw.

‘i i… tbXn¡* tI¨n, M§Ä C¯n^n skÅfXn¡pkm. Ak³ Ip½m M§apsX AXp¯p k¶n^ps¶s¶ DÅp. ASnsâ f\w tcm\n`qsX Wn§Äs¡ms¡ Nn«ptkm¶v tbXn¨p Bav tcm¬ Hs¡ _qfn bq«n skt¨¡pkm… F´nWm tI¨n C§sWms¡ tbXn¸n¨p kaÀ¯nt]¡ps¶?’ B b^n{efw fmämWm]n Mm³ b_ªp.

‘ASpsNms*´m… Wns¶t¸ms` kga³ B]nÃmt`m. Nq«pNm^sâ A½t]mXm Wo C§sWms¡ hwhm^n¡ps¶¶v tdmVfpt*m? MmWpw Wnsâ A½]tÃ…?’

‘i i… A§sW Ipapkn Fsâ A½]mk*. AtÃ`pw A½]mkmWpÅ {bm]sfm¶pw ^mVntN¨n¡v CÃ. Mm³ N*n«pÅStÃ… Ct¸mjpw sI_p¸w’

‘Zm Zm… fSn fSn Aksâ b©m^]Xn. Fsâ tfmsâ {bm]tf DÅq… AÃ, Wo F¸jm Fs¶ N*Sv? Mm³ CSpks^ Wns¶ N*n«nÃmt`m?’

‘Dw… Nm\m³ sNmÅmkp¶ks^ Hs¡ B¬bntÅÀ tWm¡n sk¡pw. bns¶ Fs¶ ^mVntNIn¡v CWn knlUfm]n«v Nm\mtÃm’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Dw… fSn fSn. Wo AkWp sNmXpt¯… Wnt¶mXv AVnNw hwhm^n¨m l^n]mknÃ’ AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv