N¼nNp«³.sWäv bns¶´m D_¸m]pw sNm*ptbmNpw.”
AkamsN ht´mg¯n`m]n^p¶p At¸mÄ. Ak³s_ tSmant`¡v Im^n NnX¶psNm*m\v Akat¸mÄ WX¶n^p¶Sv. Ak^psX FSns^ H^p NmÀ k^p¶Sv N*p i^n sbs«¶v AkapsX CXp¸n Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¯p. bt£ AkÄ sbs«¶p Ss¶ Ak³s_ ssNbnXn¨v S³s_ CXp¸nt`¡v tIÀ¯pk¨p. Ak³ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v hq£n¨p tWm¡n.
AkÄ AksW tWm¡msS S` Smtj¡v NpWn¨v Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
i^n tImUn¨p.
“””” Wfp¡v Sn^n¨p WX¶mt`m?
AkÀ fqan.
Aksa St¶mXv tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p WX¡p¶SnWnX]n i^n AktamXv tImUn¨p.
“””” WnW¡v Ft¶mXv Fs´¦n`pw b_]mWpt*m?
“””” D*v..”
“””” F´m b_]mWpÅSv?”
“””” bn¶osXm^n¡Â b_]mw. ^m{Sn]psX Nq^n^p«n NqX fªn³s_ bpNf_]v¡pÅn AkÀ ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p WX¶p sNm*n^p¶p.
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kngfn¨n^n¡p¶ i^ns] N*v tUkp b_ªp.
“””” Wo C§sW sX³gWXnt¡*.. Wfp¡v C¶v AkapsX koXv ks^ tbmNmw.”
“””” H^mjvI]m]n tNmtaKn AkÄ k¶n«v, knan¨n«v tcm\pw FXp¡p¶nÃ.”
tUkp Ak³s_ ssN]n bnXn¨p b_ªp.
“”””In`t¸mÄ AkapsX ko«n Fs´¦n`pw t{bm»w Nm\pw, Wo km Wfp¡v tbm]n tWm¡mw.”
tUkp i^ns]]pw knan¨v ssd¡nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
H^mjvIfp¼v _mfn³s_ tI¨n]psX N`ym\w Njnªp ko«n sNm*m¡pt¼mjm\v AkÀ AkhmWfm]n sKhns] N*Sv. bns¶ CSpks^ sKhn tNmtaKn k¶n«nÃ. i^n H^pbmXv Sk\ knans¨¦n`pw AkÄ tcm¬ FXp¯n^p¶nÃ.
tUkpknsW]pw bn¶n`n^p¯n sKhn]psX ko«nt`¡v ssd¡n bmªptbmNpt¼mÄ Aksa Np_n¨pÅ In´NÄ Ss¶]m]n^p¶p Ak^psX fWÊnÂ.
sKhn]psX ko«ns`¯n NmanwPv sdÃXn¨t¸mÄ f½n]m\v k¶v kmSn Sp_¶Sv. Wà {bh^n¸v D*m]n^p¶ f½n]psX fpOfmsN tNm`w sN«v C^n¡p¶Sv N*t¸mtj i^n¡v fWÊn`m]n B ko«n Fs´ms¡t]m {blvWfps*¶v.
i^ns]]pw tUkpknsW]pw N*v f½n bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“””” Wn§am]n^pt¶m… tN_n km f¡sa.”
i^n AknsX Wn¶p Ss¶ tImUn¨p.
“””” sKÊn CknsX]ntÃ? F´m AkÄ tNmtaKn k^m¯Sv?”
f½n kngft¯msX b_ªp.
“””” AkÄ CWn tNmtaKn k^nà tfmsW..”
i^n N¼nNp«³.sWäv