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N¼nNp«³.sWäv NnX¡p¶ bÃpNÄ N*t¸mÄ Ak³ ko*pw A_n]msS Wn`knan¨p tbm]n. kmhpknsâ ssN ko*pw Aksâ fpO¯v bSnªp. AXp¯ H^p bÃpNqXn CaNn]Sv sM«t`msX ^Sogv– A_nªp.

“”””C_§Xm skan]nÂ…Wns¶ Wnsâ ko«pNms^ FWn¡v G¸n¡\w..C_§Xm..”

kmhp AksW AtSbXn k`n¨p fp_n¡v bp_¯n_¡n. Aksâ Sp\nNÄ AksWs¡m*v FXp¸n¨v gÍn fm{Sw V^n¸n¨v t_mZn`qsX WX¯n¡m³ B]n^p¶p Aksâ Dt±lw.

“”””Wns¶ Cu ^qb¯n Mm³ Wm«pNmÀ¡v C«psNmXp¡m³ tbmNpN]m\v..Wnsâ ko«pNm^v bYn¡\w f¡sa F§sW]m\v kaÀt¯*sS¶v..” AksW bnXn¨p SÅns¡m*v kmhp b_ªp.
“”””tI«m ¹ohv..£fn¡\w..A_n]msS H^d²w bän]Sm..¹ohv” ^Sogv– ssNNÄ Nq¸n N^ªpsNm*v– b_ªp.

“”””Ad²w! AtÃXm? Ad²¯n Bt\mXm Wo koZnt]m FXp¯p sNm*n^p¶Sv? sb®nsW Wln¸n¨v hpOn¡pN]pw H¸w AkapsX KoknSkpw WnW¡v Sp`]v¡\w AtÃXm? C¶v Wo]pw Wnsâ ko«pNm^pw Wm_p¶Sv Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw..WX¡Xm….”

kmhp bÃpNÄ sM^n¨psNm*v Aksâ Njp¯nWp bnXn¨p SÅn. Bt^m Ssâ Nm`n bnXn¡p¶S_nªp Ak³ Smtj¡v tWm¡n. Unky Cjªp k¶v Aksâ Nm`pNan fpOw AfÀ¯n N^]pN]m]n^p¶p. kmhp Aksa H^p WnNrãKokns] F¶Sv tbms` Uqt^¡v tSm*n F_nªp.

“”””WX¡Xm..” Ak³ ko*pw ^Sognsâ tWs^ Sn^nªp. Unky Wn`¯v Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv bNt]msX, NnS¨psNm*v AksW tWm¡n.

“”””AtSXm..Wo AksW Sp\n CÃmsS t_mZn`qsX WX¯v..F¶n«v Wns¶ C{S Wmapw Soä S¶p kaÀ¯n] Fsâ A½s] Wo Wmän¡v..Wo Ht¶mÀt¯m..A§sW Wo sI]v–Sm B Wnfngw MmWnknsX Sq§pw…Fsâ f^\¯nWp¯^kmUn Wo]m\v Fs¶jpSn k¨n«v..”

AkÄ Io_ns¡m*v b_ªp. kmhp H^p Wnfngw Aksa tWm¡n Wn¶p. AkÄ b_ªSnsâ sPu^kw At¸mjm\v Aksâ fWhn`pw F¯n]Sv. AksW F´v b_ªm\p Sm³ t_mZn`qsX WX¯n¡pN? Unky]pfm]n Sp\n]nÃmsS bnXnNqXn F¶v b_tªm? AtSmsX Cu koXnsâ ØnSn F´mNpw? AhzØSt]msX kmhp ssNNÄ Nq«n¯n^p½n. b\ns¸«v Ak³ tNmbw Wn]{´n¨ tlgw hmkNmlw AsS¸än ko*pw In´n¨p. tk*..SmWm]n«v ASv sI¿*. AkÄ kà NXpwssN]pw sI]vSm A½ SNÀ¶p tbmNpw. fNapsX kjnkn« KoknSw A_nªm`pw A½]psX fWhv SN^pw. A½]v¡v tUmgfp*mNp¶ ]msSm¶pw Sm³ sI¿m³ bmXnÃ. Ct¸mÄ A^pSm¯Sv H¶pw WX¶n«nÃ; S¡ hf]¯v SmsW¯n]Sv sNm*v AkapsX Im^n{Syw Wãfm]n«nÃ. ASpsNm*v S¡m`w B^pfnSv A_n]*. A§sW fWÊn So^pfmWn¨psNm*v Ak³ sk_pt¸msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv