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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tKm`n]pw AkÀ H^pfn¨v sI¿\w B]n^p¶p. A¶v ^m{Sn ks^ hmVm^\ tbms` NX¶ptbm]n
^m{Sn B]t¸mÄ Mm³ fp_n]n N]_n D_§m³ NnX¶p. D_¡w bSns] Fsâ N®pNant`¡v k¶p SpX§n]n^p¶p. Np_¨p hf]w Njnªt¸mÄ hpfSn k¶p fp_n]ns` ss`äv Hm¬ B¡n. D_§nt]m tfmsW? Mm³ Cà F¶v f_pbXn b_ªp. Dw WnW¡v Np_¨p Nm^y§Ä NqXn bYn¸n¨p S^m³ D*v. hpfSn b_ªp. F´v Nm^y§Ä?Mm³ ko*pw tImUn¨p. H^p bp^pgWm]n fm_p¶SnWp fp³bv Wo A_nt]* In` Nm^y§Ä D*v. Cu H^p sI_n] f_pbXn]n AkÀ hwhm^w HSp¡n. Fsâ bpS¸v FXp¯v fmän. tlgw {Xuh_pw Du^nfmän.Fsâ Np®s] bSns] St`m`n¡m³ SpX§n]kÀ. FWn¡v Wà hpOw tSm¶n. “”Dw,C{S]pw fpjp¯ H^p Np® N*m GSv sb®nWpw knNm^w D*mkpw,hpWnSs] sSäv b_]m³ bänà . FWn¡v tbm`pw CSv N*n«v hin¡m³ bäp¶nÔ”. AkÀ b_ªp. hpWnS]fm]n DÅ Nan Wnsâ tUis¯ms¡ tkUW S¶p Nm\pw AsÃ?AkÀ tImUn¨p.Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. AkÀ Fsâ Np® N¿n FXp¯v AXn¨p sNmt*]n^p¶p. FWn¡v k^m_m]n Mm³ b_ªp. Cà Np«m A§sW H¶pw DXsW k^nÃ,CSv b_ªpsNm*v AkÀ Np®]n`v bnXn A]¨p.hmVWw At¸mapw Wà N¼n B]n Wn¸m\v bs£ bm`v k^m³ SpX§n F¶v tSm¶n]Sv A§v fm_pN]pw sI]vSp. hpfSn bSps¡ Ak^psX Sp\n Hmt^m¶m]n Ajn¨p S_]n C«p. {bm]w ]msSm^p tbm_`pw G`vbn¡m¯ l^o^w B]n^p¶p Ak^ptXSv. IÀfw N*m {bm]w tSm¶nà F¶ b^hy kmINw Ck^psX Nm^y¯n A¨«m\v.Jm]m In{S¯n N* koWhnsâ ^qbs¯ AWphvf^n¸n¨p Ak^psX tfWn. fp`NÄ H¶pw Sp§n]n«nÃm Wà ÌZn B]n Wn¡p¶p. Wà Nvao³ tgkv sI]vS bqÀ. ASn sNm¨pNp«n]psX Np®]psX k`n¸¯n SÅn Wn¡p¶ N´v. A{S]pw k`n] bp_t¯¡v SÅn] N´v tks_m^p bq_n`pw bn¶oXv Mm³ N*n«nÃ. AkÀ bSns] Fsâ fpNan N]_n NnX¶p. Ak^psX WPvWl^o^kpw Fsâ WPvWl^o^kpw tIÀ¶t¸mÄ FWn¡msN Npan^v tNm^n. AkÀ Fsâ sWän]n fp¯fn«p.
Ak^psX tUi¯v Wn¶pw myosr` sfn_fi thm¸nsâ hpPÔw k¶p. Ak^psX ^*p fp`Napw fm_n fm_n AkÀ Fsâ km]n sk¨v S¶p. Mm³ ^*pw I¸n NpXn¨p. Aks^ Nan]v¡m³ DÅ Btkl¯n B]n^p¶p Mm³
.bs£ hpfSn kas^ hmkVmWw B]n^p¶p Nm^y§Ä sI]vSSv. Ak^psX fNÄ sI]vStbms` Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¡p¶ ^oSn]n Aà hpfSn sI]vSSv. Mm³ Ak^psX fp`]pw,Np*n]pw fäp l^o^ emP§Ä FÃmw bnXn¨p sM¡n sNm*n^p¶p. AkÀ bs¿ Fsâ Np®s] Ak^psX bq_n NX¯n Nps_ tW^w AXn¨p. HXpkn AkÀ¡v k¶p SaÀ¶p Fsâ tUit¯¡v ko\p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv