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N¼nNp«³.sWäv tks_ FknXp¶pw Nn«nÃtÃm, A§sW A]¨Sm… Mm³ knIm^n¨p Cãkpsf¶v’

‘Hmtim… tks_ H^p Up^pt±lkpw Cà tÃ? FWn¡v Nm\m³ A]t¨¡p¶p.’

‘Hmiv… thm_n. CWn tf`n D*mknÃ’ Mm³ ASv b_ªp tcm¬ sk¨p.

bns¶ ASnsW bän Mm³ Bt`mIn¨nÃ. bs£, AkÄ GsS¦n`pw ^oSn]n fX§n k^psf¶v FWn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p.

Wm`mw Wman H¯n^n sskNn AkapsX sftÊKv.

‘Ct¸mjpw D_§n]ntÃ? AXp¯ k`]nX`nWp {lfn¡pkmt\m?’

‘H^p k`]nX`pw CtÃ… W½psX Hs¡ k`]n B^v kojmWm\v’

‘Hmiv… KnWpF´m b^nbmXn?’

‘Wn§sX tfm³ C^p¶p bYn¡pkm… F´m sNmXp¡t\m?’

‘At¿m tk*. Mm³ knan¨Sm… WnW¡v bYn¡m³ H¶pfntÃ?’

‘FWn¡nt¸m bYn¡m³ huN^yfnÃ… Fs´?’

‘Biv Cu ssXfn Sos^ huN^yw D*mknÃtÃm… k` CXt*?’

‘Fsâ sbm¶p tI¨n, Mm³ Cs¸m tI¨ns] At§m«v dp²nfp«ns¨m¶pfnÃtÃm? bns¶ F´nWm Ft¶mXv C§sW Ct§m«p k¶p AbkmUw b_]pt¶?’

‘Hm… C{S ho^n]hv B¡*… Mm³ tbmt]¡mw’

‘Biv ASm WÃSv’

AkÄ bns¶ fn*n]nÃ… Nps_ sskNn]t¸mÄ Mm³ H^p Sp*v AkÄ¡]¨p.

‘Hmiv… tW^s¯ k`n] Znfm³Zv Nm\n¨ Bav ^m{Sn]m]t¸mÄ tk*m¯ In´NÄ k¶p tÃ?’ AkapsX _nss¹.

‘ASÃ… tW^s¯ KnWp D_§n«nÃ. Ak³ N*ms`m¶v tbXn¨n«m’

‘Hm’

‘Biv… Aà Wo]n§sW bmSn^m{Sn kmXvh¸ns`ms¡ Ipän¡_§n]m ^mQtk«³ bnXn¡ps`?’

‘Hmtim Fs¶ Wo F¶pw ^mQtk«sW ^mQtk«³ F¶pw AsÃ?’

‘ASv W½psXAXp¸w sk¨n«v…’

‘Ft¶¡mÄ fp³tb WnW¡p ^mQtk«tWmXv AXp¸w D*m]n^p¶tÃm?’

‘ASptbm`mt\m CSv?’

‘½vfv…’

‘Ft´m¶v Dw, tImUn¨SnWv _nss¹ Nn«n]nÃ…’

‘Hm… At§^p CsSm¶pw tWm¡m³ tbm\nÃ. bns¶ Mm³ A§sW tk`n ImXp¶ Nq«¯n`pw AÃ’

‘DtÆ… F¶n«m\tÃm fNsâ {bm]fpÅ H^p¯³ A]¨ koZnt]m Hs¡ tWm¡n kn^`n«Sv’

‘tbmXm… Mm³ kn^`ns«m¶pfnÃ’

‘bns¶ bjfmt\m C«Sv–?’

‘tbmXm’

‘b_ I¡t^…’

‘I¡^t]m A¿Xm…’

‘F´m, Fsâ I¡^]tÃ?’

‘AÃ Mm³ ^mQtk«sâ I¡^]m’

‘i i… A{S I¡^]m]tSm*mkpw Wns¶ CknXm¡n A]mav A¡s^ tbm]Sv’

ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv