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”F´m\nSv ePkSn… SWn¡v t`m«_n AXn¨Smt\m AtSm hzbvWtfm…” ^fy sW©¯v ssNsk¨p. bs£ AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]n SmWnSnWNw bpSn] H^p fWpgyWm]n fm_n]n^n¡p¶p. Wm«ns` HmÀ½Nan Fs´ms¡t]m AkyàSNÄ. sbmt¶mfWNapsX]pw eÀ¯mknsâ]pw fpOw CX]v¡nsX ftWmfpNp^¯n sSan]p¶ps*¦n`pw ASv AVnN Wnfngw Wo*p Wn¡p¶nÃ. Cu AÛpS t`mN¯nsâ fm]m{be Aksa Nojv–s¸Xp¯n¡jnªn^p¶p.
Wo`Wn_¯ns` `m¨]m]n^p¶p ^fy]psX tkgw. SWn skÂskäv–sNm*v Sp¶n] B Sp\n AkapsX BNm^kXnkpNÄ kyàfm]n¡n]n^p¶p. N¿n`pw NmSn`pw Njp¯n`pw bmU¯n`pw NnX¶ AkapsX Be^\§Ä AkÀ Du^nfmän]n^p¶p. ASv ^fy Nm¬sN Ss¶ Hmcohv fp_n]psX t`m¡_n e{Ufm]n sk¨p. H¸w AkapsX {XmkÂdmPpw. Sm³ Wm«n Wn¶pw sNm*pk¶ Sp\ns]m¶pw CknsX Bklyfnsöv g¡o` sI_pIn^nt]msX ^fyt]mXv b_ªp.
BUyfm]n A_dn e£\w Njn¡pN]m\v.
”Wm«n Ss¶ FÃm^pw ^fy tI¨ns]¶m\v knan¨n^p¶StÃ…” g¡o` e£\w Njn¡p¶SnWnsX AktamXv tImUn¨p.
”AtS…”
”ASm\v AÅmsâ Nrb… {bm]fpÅk^pw bntÅ^psfÃmw Wns¶ At¶ dipfmWn¨n^p¶p… bs£ C¶m\v Wo l^n¡pw ^mKNpfm^n]mkm³ tbmkp¶Sv…”
At¸mÄ H^p tcm¬ tNmÄ k¶p. NmaÀ sFZn]n W¼ÀtWm¡n]n«v g¡o` ^fyt]mXv b_ªp ”tWmÀ¡]n Wn¶m\v. f`]manNam]n^n¡pw knan¡p¶Sv… CknsX Wo iuhv–No¸nwPv tKmdv Bs\¶v b_]\w. f`]maohv Hs¡]ps*¶pw b_]\w… CSpks^ WX¶ H^p Nm^ykpw b_]^pSv…” tcm¬ FXp¯v AkÀ ^fy]v¡v tWs^ Wo«n.
g¡o` b_ªSptbms` Ss¶ ^fy b_ªp.
^fy]psX fWÊn Ct¸mÄ l^n¡pw e]w k¶p. AkÄ e£\w fSn]m¡n Fjpt¶äp. Ft´m sN\n]n`m\v Sm³ sb«n^n¡p¶Sv. bs£ CkÀ Ss¶ Db{Ukn¡nÃ… b\¯nWpw Np_kp*mknÃ… bs£ A^pSms¯s´ms¡t]m sIt¿*n]n^n¡p¶p… AkapsX fpOw kmXn.
”F´v bän ^fy¡p«m… fpOw kÃm*m]tÃm…”
”l^n¡pw CknsX´m\v WX¡p¶Sv…?” ^fy SmXn¡v ssNsNmXp¯p. AkapsX Njp¯nWv WÃI´fp*m]n^p¶p. cn`nss¸WnNÄ H^p¡n]tSmsX B I´w C^«n¨n^n¡p¶p. Np_pNnSXn¨ NpX¯nsâ Njp¯ptbms`]pÅ Njp¯v.
A¶v sskNpt¶^w N¼nNp«³.sWäv