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N¼nNp«³.sWäv lzmhw bnXn¨p NnX¶p. Ak³ kas^ sfsà WX¶p tXdnanWp AXps¯¯n. bSps¡ Fsâ tcm¬ FXp¯p ko*pw sdZnt`]v¡v tbm]v NnX¶p. tcm¬ bpS¸nWpÅn`m¡n.

Ck³ bYn¨ Nų Ss¶, Fsâ tcm¬ Fsâ AWpkmUw tImUn¨p tbm`pw CSpks^ Ak³ FXp¯n«nÃ. F¶n«pw BlmWv t`m¡v Hs¡ Sp_¡mWmNptfm F¶v Mm³ hwl]n¨p. H¯n^n tW^fm]n«pw bn¶oXv H^p AW¡kpw N*nÃ. Mm³ Ft¸mtjm D_¡¯nt`¡v kjpSn ko\p.

Mm³ Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ KnWp dmSv–_qfnÂB]n^p¶p. tXdnan tWm¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ C¶s` tcm¬ k¨ AsS sbmhngWn B]n^p¶p. Aa¶p fp_n¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶p, fnXp¡³.

A¶v ¢mÊn`n^n¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ {c*vhntWmXv b_ªp. ‘H^p CXnsk«v Bân kaªn«p*v… C¶s` Mm³ D_§nà tfmsW… iq H^p Nj¸n bq_n’

‘Zm W¼À SmXm…’ H^p¯³ b_ªp.

‘BUyw FWns¡m¶p Nan]v¡m³ Nn«s« Zm, bns¶ W¼À Aà B I^¡nsW Ss¶ Wfp¡v Du¡mtÃm’ ASv b_]pt¼mÄ Mm³ KnWpknsW HanªptWm¡n. Ak³ {l²n¡m¯Sp tbms` dp¡n Ft´m tWm¡n C^n¡p¶p.

‘Zm… Fsâ tcm\n ssbh CÃ. Wo tcm¬ H¶v S^ptkm? Sn^n¨p knan¡m³ b_ªn«v sbs«¶v sk]v¡mw.’ Mm³ b_ªp.

Ak³ tcm¬ Wo«n.

Mm³ Aksâ tNm*mÎn Wn¶pw ‘A½’ F¶ tNm*mÎnt`]v¡v knan¨p.

‘Biv tfmtW…’

tcm¬ FXp¯ DXsW AkapsX lÐw.

‘Zn bq_n CSv MmWm ^Kogv. Wo Fsâ tcm\nt`¡v knan. ssbh SoÀ¶p’ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp. Mm³ NmÄ inÌ_n Zn`oäv sI¿msS Ss¶ AkWp Wo«n.

H¯n^n tW^w Njnªm\vAkapsXtcm¬ k^p¶Sv.

‘Wo F´m Nm\nt¨? Sfml Nan¡pkmt\m?’

tcm¬ FXp¯ DXsW AkapsX lNm^w. Mm³ In^n¨p.

‘A§sW Wnsâ W¼À Mm³ N*k^psX tcm\ns`ms¡ thkv sI¿n¡ptfm, ASv Fsâ _qw tfäv B\v. H^p bmk¯mWm… Mm³ knan¨ DXsW W¼À Zn`oäv sI]vSp.’

Ak³ tNÄs¡Mm³ b_ªp.

‘bns¶… Wmsa M§Ä Wm«nt`¡v k^p¶p*v. fq¶p Unkhw `okv B\v. FWn¡v Wns¶ b®\w. Mm³ F´m]m`pw ko«n k^pw, H^p§n Wnt¶ma\w’

AkÄ b_]p¶sSm¶pw
tNÄ¡msS KnWpknsW tNĸn¡mWm]n Mm³ b_ªp. F¶n«p tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp.

‘Zm Mm³ fä¶mÄ ko«nt`¡v k^p¶p*v tNt«m… A¶v knan¨t¸mWnsâ A½ b_ªn^p¶p ko«nt`¡v k^\sf¶v. Wnsâ A½ Fs¶ N*n«nÃtÃm’

AkWp fWÊn`mNp¶ps*¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv