k`n] H^p £fmb\t¯mXpNqXn]m\v Mm³ Cu bmÀXv SpX§p¶Sv.. kas^t]s_ Smfhn¨p.. thm_n… Nm^\§Ä b`Sm\v… hf]fnÃm¯Spw F§sW fpt¶m«p sNm*ptbmN\w F¶ hwl]kpw fWÊn hµ^ve§av sSan]m¯Spw FÃmfm\v B Nm^\§Ä… F§tWm FjpSn]Sm\v… Cãs¸Xptfm F¶_n]nÃ.. knfÀlW§Ä SoÀ¨]m]pw b_]pN…. ko*pw fm¸v…

knlm`fm] BNmlknSmW¯n I{µ³ Ssâ bq^v\^qb¯n hpµ^n]m] eqfn]nt`¡v N®pwW«n^n¡pN]m\v… NqsX N®pNÄ In½n¡m\n¨p H^pbmXv Sm^N§apw… B Wn`m{be]n tfma½]psX fXn¯«n S`¨m]n¨p hm´zWw tSXpN]m\v tXmfn¨³.. b`]nWw sIXnNapw ASn kn^nªp Wn¡p¶ bq¡apw Ak b^¯p¶ hpPÔkpw Hs¡ B A´^o£s¯ hpµ^fm¡p¶ps*¦n`pw Aksâ fWhns` Alm´n fmämWm]nÃ… B PmÀZWnÂ… Aksâ tfma½]psX fXn]n S`¨m]n¨n^n¡pt¼mÄ FÃmw f_¡p¶Sm\v…. UpxO§Ä HmXns]man¡p¶Sm\v… bs£ C¶v… Ak]vs¡m¶pw fWhnsâ Woä fm]n¡mWmkp¶nÃ…

tfma½ Aksâ fpXn]njNan bSns] St`mXns¡m*n^p¶p… AksW¡p¶ sI_n] sI_n] fmä§Ä tbm`pw B A½]psX DÅnWv Sn^n¨_n]mfm]n^p¶p…. D^pNns]mjpNp¶ Aksâ fWhv B A½¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p…

“”fps¯… “” AkÀ hvtWit¯msX knan¨p..

“”fv..””Ak³ ASnWp bSns] H¶v fqapN fm{Sw sI]vSp…

“”CSpks^ Wo Ft¶mXv H¶pw f_¨psk¨n«nÃ… bs£ C¶v Wo Ft¶mXv H¶pw b_]p¶nÃ… Wo C¶v k¶p tN_n]¸w fpS Mm³ {l²n¡p¶Sm Cu fmäw… H¶pw Njn¨n«ptbm`pfnÃ… F¶m bäns]Xm… A½t]mXv b_… “” AkÄ Aksâ sWän]n Ns¿mXn¨p. ASv bSns] Aksâ Nknan St`mXn.. B ssNNÄ Aksâ N®pNanÂWn¶pw DuÀ¶n_§n] WWkv Sn^n¨_nªp …

“”tXmfn¨m… Wns¶ C§Wà Mm³ kaÀ¯ns]… Wà Ip\]pÅ B\vNp«n]m]n«m… F{Sk`n] kngf¯n`pw B¬Np«nNÄ N^]m³ bmXnÃ… kngf§Ä D*mNpw tfmsW.. ASv tW^nXpN Ss¶ tk\w.. Wo BUyw F¶m Nm^yw F¶v A½t]mXv b_… “” AkÄ AksW ko*pw WnÀdÔn¨p…

“”Fsâ {blvWw ^mVnN]m tfmat½.. “” Ak³ bSns] b_ªp..

“”F´v {blvWw..”” AkÄ fWhn`mNm¯tbms` b_ªp..

Ak³ A¶v hwekn¨ FÃm Nm^y§apw Sp_¶p b_ªp… tfma½ FÃmw {l²t]msXSs¶ tN«n^p¶p…

“”FWn¡_n]nà tfmat½ Aksa´m A§sW b_ªsS¶v… bs£ Fsâ ^mVnN … AkÄs¡t´m k`n] {blvWw D*v… C¶s`ks^ FsâNqsX ht´mgn¨n^p¶kam… AkÄ¡p C§sWm^p fmäw hwekn¡\sf¦n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ft¶`pw Nm^yfm] {blvWfp*mNpw… “” Ak³ Bt`mIWt]msX b_ªp..

“”tbms«Xm… AkÄ A§msWms¡ b_sª¦n Wo ASv knXv…. F¶n«p F¶pwtbms` im¸n B]n^n¡p.. Fs´ms¡ {blvW§Ä Dt*`pw Wn§apsX hvtWiw hSyfms\¦n ssUkw Wn§sa H^pfn¸n¨n^n¡pw… Wn§Ä b^hvb^w F{SSs¶ fpOw Sn^n¨m`pw KoknS¯ns` Hmt^m fmÀPkpw Wn§sa b^hvb^w AXp¸n¨psNm*n^n¡pw… ASpsNm*p A½]psX fp¯v CWn kngfn¨n^n¡Ãp.. “” tfma½ Aksâ Nknan hvtWit¯msX St`mXn..

Ak³ tfma½s] AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡n… Nm^\w Aksâ fWhnWv B km¡pNÄ HmSn^nt]s_ hm´zWw WÂNn]n^p¶p…. k^*p\§n] fWhnsâ SX§ant`¡p Npan^vfj sb]vSn_§n]tbms`…. ASn bpNªpsNm*n^p¶ h¦X¡W`pNÄ tN«X§n]tbms`… Ak³ B fXn]n S` H¶pNqXn AfÀ¯n NnX¶p.. tfma½]psX kn^`pNÄ Aksâ fpXn]njNan b^vSns¡m*n^p¶p…

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Nymwbhns` Hmt^m bpÂt¡mXn¡ptbm`pw hpb^nInS]m]n Njnªn^p¶p ^mVnN… Aksa A_n]m¯k^m]n B^pfnà C¶knsX.. tNmtaKns` PÔÀÆNpfm^sâ NmfpNn B]n«pw AtShf]w fWhnsW Npan^m\n]n¡p¶ hz^fmVp^yfpÅ kmW¼mXn B]pw… Cs¸m fsäm^p ØmWw NqXn D*v… tNmtaKv dyq«n Nzo³… CsSÃmw sNm*pw AkÄ FÃmk^psX]pw fWÊn Ct¸mÄ ØmWw tWXn]n«p*v…

¢mÊn h¦Xw SawsN«n] fpOkpfm]n ftätSm t`mNs¯§mtbms` C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN… AkapsX N®pNÄ tSm^msS sb¿pN]m]n^p¶p F¶v AkapsX B N®pNÄ N*m A_n]mw.. sfm¯¯n H^mklS B]N^p¶p Aksa N*mÂ.. f^n] ¢mhn k¶pN]_n]t¸mÄ ^mVnN]psX B C^n¸v Akan tkUW]pw AÛpSkpw hrãn¨p.. Nm^\w Np_¨p Unkh§am]n AkÄ Nm\p¶ Gäkpw ht´mgkSn ^mVnN B]n^p¶p… AkÄ kas^ DÕmikmSn]m]n^p¶p… tXmfn¨tWmXpÅ {b\]kpw Ak³ WÂNp¶ N^pS`pw Aksa kÃm*v fmän f_n¨n^p¶p… F¶m Cs¸m AkapsX Cu fpOw f^n]]psX fWhnWv Sn^n¨_n]mWm]nÃ..

“”F¶mXm bäns].. Wos]¶m C§sW kmÃm*n^n¡ps¶…”” f^n] HmXn k¶p AkapsX SmXn]nÂbnXn¨p D]À¯ns¡m*p tImSn¨p…

^mVnN ASnWp f_pbXn H¶pw b_ªnÃ… Aksa S` D]À¯n H¶v tWm¡n ko*pw bj]bXn Ss¶ C^p¶p…

“”Wo Nm^yw b_ sbs®… tXmfn¨Wm]n Ft¶`pw {blvWw D*mt]m… A§mWmt\Â Mm³ hwhm^n¡mw… “” f^n] ko*pw b_ªp…

“”tk*… FWn¡m^pfm]pw {blvWfnÃ… “” A`vbw Pu^k¯n`m\v AkÄ ASv b_ªSv..

“”bns¶´m Wo C§sW kngfn¨n^n¡ps¶… Wo Nm^yw b_]p¶pt*m… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Asà km.. tXmfn¨³ Cs¸m k^pw.. W½p¡v bp_¯p tbm]n Wn¡mw..””

“”tXmfn¨³ k^ps¶Wv Wns¡¶m… Wn Aksâ Nm^yw Ft¶mXv b_]*m…”” A`vbw tUgyemk¯n`m\v ^mVnN ASv b_ªSv..

AkapsX km¡pNÄ l^n¡pw f^n]]n AÛpSw hrãn¨p.. C¶s`ks^ CÑm]³ F¶v fm{Sw knan¨kÄ… tXmfn¨sW¡p_n¨p b_]pt¼mÄ Wm\t¯msX]pw ht´mgt¯msX]pw bq¯p`ªkÄ… Hmt^m Unkhkpw AkWm]n Nm¯n^p¶kÄ… Akan k¶n^n¡p¶ Cu fmäw.. sbs«¶v hvtWiw fm_n sk_p¸v DXs`Xpt¯m… F´m\v CSnsWms¡ Nm^\w.. tXmfn¨sW]pw ^mSnNs]]pw SWn¡_n]mw.. ^*ptb^pw hvtWin¡m³ fm{Sw A_n]mkp¶kÀ.. AkÀ¡nX]n Nm^yfm]n Ft´m hwekn¨n«p*v… bs£ B^psX emNSm]n^n¡pw kojvI hwekn¨n^n¡p¶Sv.. f^n]]psX fWhn`qsX b` tImUy§apw NX¶ptbm]n….

“”tU ^mVntN.. FWn¡v tUgyw k^p¶p*v t«m.. Ft´m {blvWw Ds*¶p FWn¡v fWhn`m]n.. F¶m\v F¶v Ft¶mXv b_.. tXmfn¨Wm]n Ft¶`pw {blvWfpt*Â W½p¡v hwhm^n¡mw…”” f^n] ko*pw b_ªptWm¡n..

“”tk*¶tà b_sª.. Wn¡v Bt^mXpw {blvtWm¶q`y.. Cgv–tXm`y.. tXmfn¨sW Nm\mWà Mm³ ¢mhn k^t\… Wn¡v bYn¡\w.. CWn WnW¡v t¶mXv hvtWtimt* Aksâ Nm^yw b_]^pSv… Wn¡Sv CãvXÃy..”” ^mVnN ASpw b_ªp S` Np¼n«n^p¶p…

H^p Wnfngw f^n] AknsX WnÝ`]m]n Wn¶p… Fs´ms¡]m\v hwekn¡p¶Sv F¶v AkÄ¡p H^p ^qbkpw Nn«n]nÃ… Cu Akh^¯n ^mVnNt]mXv H¶pw tImUn¨n«v Nm^yfnÃ.. tXmfn¨³ k^pt¼m AktWmXp Ss¶ tW^n«v tImSn¡mw F¶kÄ So^pfmWn¨p… AkÄ S` Np¼n«p NnX¡p¶ ^mVnNs] H¶pNqXn tWm¡n bp_t¯¡p WX¶p…
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ssd¡v HSp¡n bSns] WX¶pk^nN]m]n^p¶p tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw.. tXmfn¨sâ fpOkpw {bh¶fm]n^p¶nÃ… DÅn D_skXp¯ kngf§Ä fpO¯v sI_pSms]¦n`pw {bSnc`n¨n^p¶p… ASpsNm*m]n^n¡mw.. f^n] S§apsX tWÀ¡v WX¶pk^p¶Sv Ns*¦n`pw AksWm¶p fpO¯ptWm¡n In^n¡m³ tbm`pw NjnªnÃ..

“”F¶m tXmfn¨m CSv.. F¶m Wn§av S½n {blv–Ww..”” A`vbw Pu^k¯n`m\v f^n] ASv tImSn¨Sv.. AkapsX tImUyw tN«v _n]mhv tXmfn¨sâ fpO¯v tWm¡n..

“”As¸m ASm\tÃ… MmWpw HmÀ¯p.. C¶v N*t¸m fpS H^p bpÃpw Cu ssf^³ fn*n]n«nÃ… H^pfmSn^n A*n tbm] A®msWtbms`… F´m Wn§sX {blvWw..”” _n]mhv tXmfn¨sâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

“”As¸m Wnt¶mXv Aksam¶pw b_ªntÃ..”” A`vbw AÛpSt¯msX tXmfn¨³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f^n]s] tWm¡n tImSn¨p..

“”Mm³ k¶t¸mfpS tImUn¡p¶Sm.. AkÄ Ft¶`pw b_ªn«ptkt*… AkÄ¡p CWn Wns¶ hvtWin¡m³ Njn]nà F¶v fm{Sw b_]p¶p.. ASnsW¶m Nm^\w F¶v tImSn¨ b_]nÃ.. As¸m Wnt¶mXv tImUn¡mw F¶v N^pSn]m HmXn kt¶… b_..F¶m {blvWw.. “”

tXmfn¨³ Bt`mIWt]msX S` Np¼n«p Wn¶p.. f^n]]pw _n]mhpw b^hvb^w tWm¡n.. AkÀ¡p H¶pw fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ..

“”hSy¯n F´m {blvWsf¶v FWn¡pw A_n]nÃ… Ft´m Nm^yfm]n hwekn¨n«p*v..”” ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨³ Aks^ tWm¡n.. ASnWp tlgw ^mVnN]psX ko«n tbm]Spw AknsX k¨p*m] Nm^y§apw Ak³ Akt^mXp b_ªp..

_n]mhpw f^n]]pw FÃmw AÛpSt¯msX tN«n^p¶p. AkÀ¡pw H¶nWpw D¯^fp*m]n^p¶nÃ.. FÃmw H^p Up^qiS tbms`..

“”CWn]nt¸m F¶m sI]vN..MmsWt¶`pw sI¿t\m.. “” f^n] kngft¯msX tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n..

“”tk*… CWn Fs¶¡p_n¨p b_]ptkm Aksa NqXpS kngfn¸n¡ptkm tk*.. f^n] AkapsX NqsX¯s¶ tk\w.. F´v {blvWfpt*`pw M§sa A_n]n¡\w… CWn F´m]m`pw MmWm]n Aksa kngfn¸n¡p¶Sv l^n]Ã.. f^n] F¶m]m`pw AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sIÃp.. M§Ä kt¶mamw..”” tXmfn¨³ f^n]t]mXm]n b_ªp..

f^n] Aks^ H¶pNqXn tWm¡n Sn^nªp WX¶p…

¢mhn Bs^]pw {l²n¡msS S`]pw Np¼n«p NnX¡pkm]n^p¶p ^mVnN.. DÅn Wp^ªpsbm´p¶ h¦X Sn^]na¡w Aksa kÃmsS SaÀ¯p¶p*m]n^p¶p.. F¶m`pw Bt^mXpw H¶pw b_]m³ Njn]m¯ AkØ.. f^n]t]msX¦n`pw FÃmw H¶v Sp_¶p b_]m³ AkÄ B{Pin¨p.. bs£ In`t¸m AkÄ FÃmw tXmfn¨tWmtXm _n]mhntWmtXm b_tª¡pw.. ASv bmXnÃ.. Cu kngfw Mm³ hz]w AWpekn¡\w.. CWn]pfnWn]pw Ssâ CÑm]sW kngfn¸nt¡*n k^pftÃm Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ AkapsX DÅw SNÀ¶p..

sbs«¶v Ssâ tSman H^p N^S`w AfÀ¶S_nªp AkÄ S` D]À¯n tWm¡n.. hm´zWw Spap¼p¶ tWm«kpfm]n Ssâ {bn] f^n].. f^n] AkapsX AXp¯n^p¶p…

“”F´mXo WnW¡v bäns].. F´v kngfms\`pw M§Ä NqsX Wn¡ntÃ… bns¶´m..””

f^n]]psX km¡pNÄ {bSnc`n¨Sv ^mVnN]psX N®pNan`m\v.. B N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNn.. ^mVnN f^n]]psX tSmant`¡v Imªp.. AkapsX kngfw A\sbm«n HjpNp¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp…. AkapsX Cu AkØ f^n]m¡p hin¡m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.. Ft´m Nm^yfm]n hwekn¨n«p*v.. SSvNm`w CWn ASv tImSn¨p Aksa NqXpS kngfn¸n¡m³ bmXnà F¶kÄ So^pfmWn¨p.. tXmfn¨³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªtbms` AkÄs¡m^p Sm§m]n NqsX Wn¡pN.. f^n] ^mVnNs] AkapsX tSman`vWn¶pw AXÀ¯nfmän.. F¶n«p AkapsX N®pNan D^pkm] N®pWoÀ SpX¨p.. bp©n^n SqNp¶ fpOt¯msX f^n] ^mVnNs] tWm¡n..

“”tbms«. hm^nÃ.. WnsâNqsX AsS´nWmt\`pw MmWp*mNpw.. CWn F´m {blvWsf¶v Ft¶mXv b_]m³ tSm¶pt¼m b_ªm fSn. Cs¸m Wo Cu N^¨n Hs¡ fmän H¶v Dgm_m]n C^n¡v…””.. f^n] Aksa Blzhn¸n¡m³ {lfn¨p..

^mVnN hz]w N®pNÄ SpX¨p tWs^ C^p¶p.. AkapsX N®pNÄ A_n]msSt¶m\w kmSn¡t`¡v tbm]n.. N*p AkÄ B C{µWo`¡®pNsa.. AkapsX CÑm]sW.. H^p Wnfngw FÃmw f_¶p HmXnsI¶v B fm_n fpOw bqjv¯m³ AkÄ sNmSn¨p… B fXn]n C^p¶p B ssNNapsX `maWw G¡m³ AkapsX fWhv sk¼n.. bs£.. bmXnà F¶v fWhv b_]p¶tbms`… DÅn DXs`Xp¯ {b\]¸q¡sa AkÄ WngvN^p\w sM^n¨pX¨p.. ASn AkapsX ^àw sbmXn]p¶Sptbm`m\v AkÄ¡p tSm¶n]Sv..

sbs«¶v AkÄ fpOw Sn^n¨p Smtjm«ptWm¡n Wn¶p.. B N®pNant`¡v tWm¡m³ SWn¡p {Sm\n]nà F¶kÄ A_nªn^p¶p.. Nm^\w Sm³ ASn fp§ntbmNpw… ASv fpjpk³ H^p fimhfp{Uw tbms`]m\v AkÄ¡p tSm¶n]Sv.. AaknÃm¯ hvtWi¯nsâ hmP^w..

Akan sbs«¶v k¶ emkfmä§Ä tXmfn¨³ {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p… Ss¶ N*t¸mÄ B N®pNÄ Sna§n]tbms`.. fpO¯v H^p {bNmlw DUn¨tbms`.. bs£ Ak³ sbs«¶pSs¶ Akan`vWn¶pw tWm«w fmän.. bmXnÃ.. Aksa H^p tWm«wsNm*ptbm`pw tkUWn¸n¡mtWm l`ys¸Xp¯mt\m bmXnà F¶k³ So^pfmWn¨n^p¶p..

B Unkhw fpjpk³ A§sW NX¶ptbm]n.. ^mVnN]pw tXmfn¨Wpw b^hvb^w tWm¡m³ {lfn¡msS.. fn*msS..^*b^nInSs^tbms`…

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sskNn«v ko«ns`¯n ^mVnN kn{lffnÃmsS b\ns]Xp¡m³ {lfn¨p.. tXmfn¨sW¡p_n¨p HmÀ¡mSn^n¡m³ AkÄ¡p fsäm¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ.. F§sW]pw B HmÀ½Nsa S^\w sI¿m³ AkÄ {lfn¨p.. AÑsâ _qw kr¯n]m¡n f^p¶v sNmXp¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mjm\v AkÄ ASv {l²n¨Sv.. f^ps¶Ãmw So^m_m]n^n¡p¶p… CWn Nãn¨v ^*p Unkht¯¡v NqXn Nm\pw.. AkÄ f^p¶v sNmXp¯p AXp¡a]nt`¡p WX¶p.. ^m{Sn]nt`¡p tIm_nXm³ A^nbm{Sw tWm¡n]t¸m ASpw Njn]m_m]n^n¡p¶p… CWn A½t]mXv b_]\w.. ASnWp Nps_ tNt¡*n k^psf¶v AkÄ¡_n]mw.. hm^n`ym.. b_ªntàAÑWv bns¶ F¶m sNmXp¡pkm… AkÄ ^m{Sn]nt`¡ptk* A^n]pw C«p lm^U]psX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p..

N«n`n bj] H^p km^nN]pw km]n¨psNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lm^U..

“”As½””.. ^mVnN]psX knantN«v Cãs¸Xm¯f«n lm^U kmSn¡t`¡v tWm¡n..

“”F¶mXn… Wnâѳ It¯m..”” lm^U]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v B fpOs¯m^mXn sk¨psNmXp¡mWm\v ^mVnN¡p tSm¶n]Sv.. bs£ AkÄ ASv Ws¶bmXpsb«p Wn]{´n¨p.. bs£ b`t¸mjpw C§sWs]Ãmw tSm¶n]n«ps*¦n`pw H¶pw sI¿m³ AkÄ¡p Njn]nà F¶Sm\v hSyw.. AkÄ¡p A{S]v¡v tbXn]m]n^p¶p lm^Ss]…

“”AÑsâ f^p¶pw bns¶ A^n]pw SoÀ¶p.. Wmsa tfXnt¡*n k^pw. “” ^mVnN kas^ bSns] tbXnt]msX b_ªp..

“”Bim… SoÀt¶m… W¶m]n.. tfmÄ¡v H¯n^n ht´mgw WÂNp¶ H^pNm^yw b_]m³ C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³.. “” l^S bpÑt¯msX]m\v ASv b_ªSv..

^mVnN N®pNÄ D]À¯n tbXnt]msX lm^Ss] tWm¡n..

“”CWn AÑtWw tfmtaw l`ys¸Xp¯*m F¶Rv So^pfmWnIq Mm³.. Wmsa Mm³ Fsâ ko«nt`¡p tbmkm\v.. Wo]pw Wnsâ]m SaÀkmSw bnXn¨ S´]pw F§sW`pw Koknt¨m.. Wo Hmt^m tSmWykmh§sams¡ Nm\n¨pNq«pt¼m ASnsâ dm¡n AWpeknt¡*nk^p¶Sv MmWpw NqsX]m.. FWn¡nt¸m ASnWp hf]fnÃ.. ASpsNm*p MmW§p tbmNpw.. Wo bYn¡ptkm AÑsW InNnÕn¡ptkm A^ntfXn¡ptkm F¶m¶psk¨m sI]vtSm.. FWns¡Wm]m`pw CWn ASnsWm¶pw bänÃ.. FâXp¯p CWn ASnsWm¶pw NmlpfnÃ.. “” ASpw b_ªp lm^U ko*pw km^nN]nt`¡p {l² Sn^n¨p..

^mVnN H¶pw fn*msS Sn^nªp WX¶p.. A½s] Cãfsæn`pw AkÀ b_ª km¡pNÄ AkapsX sW©p SNÀ¡m³ sbm¶k]m]n^p¶p.. A½ tbm]mÂ… b_¼n Wn¶pw CWn AXps¯m¶pw kà BVm]kpw Nn«psf¶v knIm^nt¡*… FÃmw A½ sNmXp¯p Nmlv tfXn¨Sm\v.. ASv CWn Nn«mWpw tbm\nÃ.. AÑsâ f^p¶v SoÀ¶p.. A^n]nÃ… Gäkpw NqXpS Aksa kngfn¸n¨Sv CWn fpS SWn¡p tNmtaKn tbmNm³ Njn]nà F¶ khvSpS]m\v… CSpks^ Fs´ms¡b_ªm`pw A½ CknXp*v Fs¶¦n`pw b_]mÀ¶p.. CWn.. SmWÃmsS fäm^pfnà AÑsâ NqsX Wo¡m³..

fWÊn fpa¨ In´NÄ AkapsX DÅp No_nfp_n¨p.. Ssâ KoknS¯ns` ht´mgWnfng§Ä F¶t¶¡pfm]n SoÀt¶m… GSmb¯n`pw NqsX]p*mkpsf¶p N^pSn] Ssâ N®³ HmXns]mant¨m… CWn Cu KoknSw fpt¶ms«§sW sNm*ptbmNpw.. AkapsX fWhv tImUy§apsX ssN`mhw N]_n.. bs£ AknsX§pw ASnWpÅ D¯^§Ä AkÄ¡p `en¨nÃ..

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tNmtaKn S\`vf^§Ä¡p Ipk«n Bt`mIWt]msX C^n¡pN]m\v tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw f^n]]pw… ^mVnN Cs¸m tNmtaKn k¶n«v fq¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Unkhfm]n.. H^p knk^kpw CÃ.. In`t¸m Ft¶`pw sI_n] Nm^\§Ä sNm*mNmw F¶v BUyw knIm^ns¨¦n`pw CSnt¸m fq¶p Unkhw.. tXmfn¨Wv BsN C^n¡tbm^v¯n CÃm¯ AkØ]m]n^p¶p.. F´mt\`pw H¶pw fn*n]ntÃ`pw ^mVnN tNmtaKn k^pt¼m H¶v Nm\pNs]¦n`pw sI¿mfm]n^p¶p.. CSnt¸m.. H¶v knan¨ptWm¡m³ tcmt\m Cà AkapsX N¿nÂ.. CWn]nt¸m tW^n«ptbm]n AtWzgn¡pNs] kjn]pÅq F¶kW_n]mfm]n^p¶p..

“” F¶mXm sI¿m.. Cs¸m fq¶p Unkhm]n.. Aksa´m k^ms¯..”” tXmfn¨³ hwl]t¯msX _n]mhnsW]pw f^n]s]]pw tWm¡n.. AkÀ¡p ASnWp¯^fnÃm]n^p¶p..

“”Zm Aan]m.. CWn]nt¸m H¶pw tWm¡*m… Wo H¶v tbm]n tWm¡v.. ASm WÃSp.. AkapsX AkØ F´m¶_n]mt`m..”” _n]mhm\v ASv b_ªSv…

“” l^n]m tXmfn¨m.. H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw.. MmWpw k^mw… tXmfn¨³ ko«nt`¡p k^*m.. Mm³ tbm]n Nm^yw Sn^¡n k^mw.. “” f^n] AkapsX Aen{bm]w b_ªp..

“”MmWpw ASm]n^p¶p Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv… Fs¶ N*m In`t¸m AkÄ¡p NqXpS kngfw Bks¯ DÅp.. C¶v ¢mÊn N]_*m.. F´m]m`pw Ct{Sw B]ntÃ. f^n] km..”” ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨³ Fjpt¶äp..

“”Wn§Ä CknXntàMmWnknsX C^p¶ns«¶m Nm^yw… Mm³ ko«nt`¡p tbms]¡pkm.. sI¶n«p Nm^yw A_nªp knan¡v.. “” _n]mhv ASpw b_ªp WX¶p.. tXmfn¨³ dpÅäv FXp¯p.. f^n] AkWp bp_Nn C^p¶p.. ASv ASntkPw bmªptbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n _n]mhpw WX¶p..

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f^n] ^mVnN]psX ko«nt`¡p N]_pt¼m kÃm¯ H^p WnlÐS AknsX SawsN«n Wn¶n^p¶p.. B lm´fm] A´^o£w tbm`pw ht´mgfà h½mWn¡p¶Sv.. Ft´m fWhv f´n¸n¡p¶ kÃm¯ H^p UpxObq^nSfm] AkØ AknsX Wn_ªpWn¡p¶Sptbms`]m\v f^n]¡p tSm¶n]Sv.. In`t¸m ^mVnN]psX h¦X§Ä A_n]mkp¶SpsNm*p tSm¶p¶Smkpw F¶kÄ In´n¨p.. AkÄ ko«nt`¡p N]_n… Bs^]pw Nm\p¶nÃ… f^n]¡p ^mVnNs] knan¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.. AkÄ ANt¯¡v N]_n.. Ipäpw N®pNÄ bm]n¨t¸mÄ C^p«n tfltf S` Im]v¨p NnX¡p¶ H^p hv{So^qbw AkapsX N®pNan DX¡n.. f^n] bSns] At§m«v WX¶p.. KWm`NÄ¡pÅnÂNqXn k^p¶ sI_n] sk«tf iman DÅp.. f^n] bSns] B ^qb¯nsâ tSman ssNk¨p… sbs«¶v H^p kn_]t`msX sM«n Fjpt¶ä B ^qbw H^p bNt¸msX f^n]s] tWm¡n.. AsS ASv ^mVnN Ss¶]m]n^p¶p… BsN fm_n] ^qbw.. fpOs¯ San¨w f§n]n^n¡p¶p.. sI_pSm]n N®pNÄ Npjnªn«p*v.. l^o^w W¶m]n sf`nªp.. N*m fWhv SN^p¶ NmjvI.. Aksa DÅpsNm* N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hvtWin¡p¶ B^ptX]pw irU]w SNÀ¡p¶ NmjvI.. f^n]]psX N®pNÄ A_n]msS Wn_ªp.. tXmfn¨³ Ct§m«p N]_n k^m¯Sv W¶m]n F¶kÄ¡p tSm¶n.. AkWo NmjvI N*m SaÀ¶ptbmNpw..

AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡nWn¡p¶ ^mVnNs] f^n] ssNNam Ipän sN«n¸nXn¨p.. f^n]]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp N®oÀ¡§Ä ^mVnN]psX Njp¯nt`¡p C«pkojp¶Sv AkÄ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p..

“”F¶mXo bäns]…. Unkhw F{S]m]n Wo tNmtaKn k¶n«v… CsS¶m tNm`km Wnsâ.. F¶m bäns] C§sWms¡ k^m³.. “”

f^n]]psX tImUyk^vg§Ä ^mVnN tNs«¦n`pw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.. AkÄ f^n]s] In«n¸nXn¨p N^ªp… Ssâ {bn] Nq«pNm^n Ss¶ tSXn k¶n^n¡p¶p.. B ht´mg¯n`m]n^p¶p AkapsX N®v Wn_ªSv….

f^n] Aksa AXÀ¯nfmän AkapsX fpOw ssNNp¼nan`m¡n.. sI_pSm]n H«n] Nknan\]n`qsX N®pWoÀ Vm^]m]n HjpNn]n_§p¶p… AkÄ B N®pWoÀ SpX¨p ^mVnN]psX tSman bnXn¨p ko*pw B Nth^]n C^p¯n….

“”CWn b_.. F¶m tNmtaKn k^ms¯..”” f^n] kas^ frUpkm]n tImSn¨p…

“”Wn Mm³ tNmtaKn k^p¶nà f^ns]..”” ^mVnN Wn_ª fnjnNtamsX f^n]s] tWm¡n b_ªp..

f^n] knlzmhw k^msS AÛpSemkt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n… F´m Nm^\w F¶v AkapsX N®pNÄ tImUn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p..

“”A½ M§sa kn«ptbm]n… A½]psX ko«nt`¡p.. Wn Mm³ tNmtaKn k¶m AÑsW tWm¡m³ tk_m^q`y f^ns].. AÑsâ f^ps¶Ãmw SoÀ¶n^nNy.. AXp¸pNq«mWpw H¶q`y… ^*p Unkhw fp¼v bÅo PokÀPoh¨sâ N¿o¶v Np_¨p Nmlv tfXn¨n«m CSpks^ tbm]Sv… F¸jpw At§mt«§msW]m sIÃpkm.. Wn¡_n]nà f^ns] Wo ´m sI¿s*¶p..”” ^mVnN]psX km¡pNÄ f^n]]psX N®pNÄ Wn_¨p.. Ct{Sw tfmls¸« AkØ]n`m\v CkÄ F¶v A_n]n`m]n^p¶p.. Cs¸m CkÄ¡v A`vbsf¦n`pw BlzmhtfNm³ tXmfn¨sW Njn]q F¶v f^n]¡_n]mw.. AkÄ HjpNn]n_§n] N®pNÄ SpX¨p…

“”Wo AÑsâ f^p¶nsâ Io«ns§Xp¡p…. “” f^n] sbs«¶v b_ªp..

^mVnN fWhn`mNm¯tbms` Aksa tWm¡n..

“”tWm¡n Wn¡msS FXp¡p sbs®…”” AkÄ bnt¶w b_ªp..

^mVnN A_n]msS Ss¶ A`fm^]n C^p¶ f^p¶pIo«p AkÄs¡Xp¯psNmXp¯p…

“”Wo CknXn^pt¶m… MmWnt¸m k^mw..”” ASpw b_ªp f^n] sbs«¶v Ss¶ bp_t¯¡n_§n.. ^mVnN¡p H¶pw b_]pkmtWm tImUn¡pkmt\m NjnªnÃ… AkÄ H^p ln`N\s¡ f^n] tbmNp¶Spw tWm¡nWn¶p..

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Np_¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm_n]m]n^p¶p tXmfn¨³ Wn¶n^p¶Sv… f^n] k^p¶Sv ANt`s¶ Ak³ N*p.. AkapsX AXpt¯¡v HmXns¨¶p Ssâ ^mVnNs]¡p_n¨_n]pkm³ Aksâ fWhv sk¼n… Ak³ fpt¶m«p WX¶p..

“”F¶m f^ns].. Fsâ ^mVnN¡p F¶m bäns]… “” ASv tImUn¡pt¼mÄ Aksâ N®pNan`pw hz^¯n`pw BNmwg Wn_ªpWn¶n^p¶p…

f^n] ^mVnNs] N* AkØ AksW b_ªp tN¸n¨p..

“”tXmfn¨m… B bmkw kÃm¯ Nã¯n`m… WnW¡v fmt{S Ft¶`pw sI¿mWmkq.. Mm³ AkapsX AÑsâ f^p¶nsâ Io«p FXp¯n«p*v…”” AkÄ b_ªp SoÀ¶t¸mtj¡pw tXmfn¨³ k*n]n N]_n]n^p¶p.. F¶n«p f^n]s] tWm¡n.. N]_p F¶v fuWfm]n b_]p¶Sptbms`…. f^n] AkWpbp_Nn N]_n..

sbs«¶v tXmfn¨³ k*n WnÀ¯n f^n]s] tWm¡n.. Aksâ fpO¯v Ft´m H^p tImUyw Wnj`n¨n^p¶p..

“”f^ns].. dmPn D¨¡s¯¡ptk* cpZv Dt*m.. “”

AkÄ D*v F¶ AÀ°¯n S`]na¡n.. F¶n«p F´m F¶ emk¯n AksW tWm¡n.. tXmfn¨³ H¶pw fn*msS k*n fpt¶ms«Xp¯p.. Ak³ k¶kjn]Ãm*v tks_ kjn¡v Sn^nªSv N* f^n]m¡p ko*pw hwl]fm]n..

“”CsSt§m«m tbmNps¶ tXmfn¨m.. W½Ä Cu kjn]ÃtÃm kt¶..”” AkapsX hwl]w AkÄ f_¨pk¨nÃ…

F¶m tXmfn¨³ H¶pw fn*msS k*n fpt¶ms«Xp¯p… NmknWXps¯ B k`n] f^¯nWXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ Ak³ ssdNv WnÀ¯n… AknXw knKWfm]n^p¶p.. Ak³ Ipäpw tWm¡ns]¦n`pw Bs^]pw Nm\m³ NjnªnÃ.. hwl]emk¯n AksW tWm¡p¶ f^n]s] tWm¡n Ak³ C_§m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p… Akapw tXmfn¨Wpw C_§n..

“”it`m.. tI«m.. “” tXmfn¨³ D_s¡ knan¨p.. B^pw B knan tN«Sm]n tSm¶n]nÃ.. Ak³ bnt¶w bnt¶w knan¨p.. f^n] H¶pw fWhn`mNmsS tWm¡n¶n¡pN]m\v.. sbs«¶v f^§Ä¡nX]n`qsX H^p BÄ^qbw WX¶pk^p¶Sv f^n] N*p.. kas^ e]wtSm¶n¡p¶ ^qbw.. N_¯psf`nªp SmXn]pw fpXn]pw W^¨p Wo*p fpgnª tkgVm^n]m] H^p fWpgy³.. AkÄ tbXnt]msX At§m«v ssN Iq*n.. tXmfn¨³ At§m«v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ N*p.. {bSo£n¨]m WX¶pk^p¶Sv.. Aksâ fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p.. A]mÄ b½n¸fn B\v At§m«v k¶Sv..

“” Wnsâ cpZv C§p Sm..”” tXmfn¨³ f^n]m¡ptWs^ ssN Wo«ns¡m*p b_ªp.. AkÄ dmPv Sp_¶p bm{Sw FXp¯p AkWp sNmXp¯p. AkapsX bN¸p At¸mapw fm_n]n^p¶nÃ.. Ak³ AXp¯pN* H^p sI_pkmj]n Wn¶pw C` b_ns¨Xp¯p A]mÄ¡v Wo«n.. kn_sNmÅp¶ ssNNtamsX A]mÄ ASpkm§n.. tXmfn¨³ bm{Sw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sp_¶p ASns` tIm_v fpjpk³ B C`]nt`¡p bNÀ¶p.. A]mÄ ASpfm]n B f^¨pk«nt`¡n^p¶p Njn¡m³ SpX§n.. Ak³ A]msa H¶v {l²n¨p.. l^o^w kÃmsS sf`nªn^n¡p¶p.. Np_¨pUnkhfm]n ^mVnN k¶n«nÃtÃm… Ak³ A]msa tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨p…

“”^mkns` CknsX Wn¶m fSn.. Mm³ e£\w sNm*pkt¶mamw.. ^mVnN¡p hpOfnÃ..ASm AkÄ k^ms¯”” ASv b_ªt¸mÄ A]mÄ AksW tWm¡n.. B fpO¯p h¦Xw Wnj`n¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.. Ak³ H^p bp©n^n]pw h½mWn¨p Sn^nªp WX¶p..

f^n] BsN A¼^¸n`m]n^p¶p.. AkÄ¡p H¶pwSs¶ fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ..

“”B^m tXmfn¨m ASv..”” k*n fpt¶m«p Wo§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ tImSn¨p..

“”ASv ^mVnN]psX Nm^p\y¯n Kokn¨n^p¶ H^p ]mIN³ F¶v b_]mw.. AkÄ tNmtaKn k^pt¼m Cu kjn k¶p A]mÄ¡v cpZv sNmXp¡pfm]n^p¶p… Np_¨pUnkhfm]n AkÄ k¶n«nÃtÃm.. A]mÄ F¶pw Aktaw {bSo£n¨n^p¶n^n¡pw… AkÄ¡ptk*n MmWnSp sI¿\w..”” Ak³ b_ªp.

ASv f^n]]psX N®v Wn_¡pkm\v sI]vSSv..

“”F{S WÃkam\v Fsâ f^n]… AkÄ¡p F´nWm C§sW ln£ sNmXp¡p¶Sv.. tXmfn¨m.. Fs´ms¡ hwekn¨m`pw ssNknt«¡tà Aksa.. Fs´ms¡ b_ªm`pw AkapsX DÅpfpjpk³ Wo]m..”” f^n] ASv b_]pt¼mÄ AkapsX hz^w CX_n]n^p¶p..

tXmfn¨³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.. ssdNv fpt¶m«p Wo§ns¡m*n^p¶p..

Xu\n AkWp b^nI]fpÅ H^p b`I^¡p NX]nt`¡mWp AkÀ tbm]Sv.. AknXp¶v A^n]pw Bklyfm] FÃmknS hmVW§apw AkÀ FXp¯p… tXmfn¨³ sfZn¡Â tgm¸n`vWn¶pw Bklyfm] f^p¶pw tfXn¨p… ASnWptlgw Ak³ tbm]Sv sSm«Xp¯pÅ Hmt«m Ìmânt`¡m\v.. {bSo£n¨tbms` ^mKotk«³ AknXp*v…. 55 k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ H^p fVyk]hv–N³.. b¯n H^pfn¨p bYn¨ ^mip`nsâ Aѳ.. A¶v kas^ dp²nfp«n`m]n^p¶ AkÀ¡p b`t¸mjpw S¶m Njn]p¶ him]w tXmfn¨³ sI]vSn«p*v… ASnWm hz´w tfmsW tbms`¯s¶]m]n^p¶p AksW B ko«n N\¡m¡n]n^p¶Sv… bYn¡m³ tfmlfm]n^p¶p ^mipÂ.. b¯n tSmäp.. bns¶ sI_n] b\nNÄs¡ms¡ tbmNp¶p..

tXmfn¨³ tWs^ ^mKotk«sâ AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.. AksW N*¸Å A]mÄ In^nt]msX AXpt¯¡pk¶p..

“”Zm tfmsW.. Np_¨m]n Wns¶ N*n«v.. Cs¸m ko«nt`¡pw k^m_nÃtÃm.. “” A]mÄ b_ªp..

“”ASpbns¶ ^mKnsk«m…. tNmtaKntÃ.. ASpsNm*m… ^mKotk«³ kt¶.. H^p Hm«fp*v..”” Ak³ ASpw b_ªp Hmt«m]n N]_n.. A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp Ak³ Nm\n¨nXs¯¡p kn«p.. NX]n`vWn¶pw A^n]pw FÃm hmVW§apw Hmt«m]n N]än… f^n]]pw N]_n… tXmfn¨³ tbjvhn Wn¶pw Aªq_nsâ ^*p tWms«Xp¯p f^n]m¡p sNmXp¯p..

“”CSv sNmXpt¯¡p.. Wo Ft¶`pw b_ªm fSn..”” Aksâ km¡pNÄ f^n] S`Np`p¡n h½Sn¨p.. F¶n«p Ak³ ^mKotk«sW tWm¡n tbmtN* Ø`kpw FÃmw b_ªpsNmXp¯p.. bpÅosX N¿n`pw Ak³ Aªq_nsâ HmXv tWm«v G¸n¨p…

“”^mKnsk«m… bns¶ CSv B ko«n H¶v FXp¯psNmXp¡\w.. bns¶ Cksa CkapsX ko«n sNmXptbm]n knXpN]pw tk\w.. “”

“”AsSms¡ Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmXm.. “” A]mÄ ASpw b_ªp Hmt«m ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp.. tXmfn¨³ f^n]s] tWm¡n sbm]v–s¡mÅm³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p..

“”Ft¶`pw Dt* knan¨m fSn f^ns].. “” Hmt«m tbmNm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ sbs«¶v b_ªp.. Ak³ Sn^nsN k¶p dpÅän N]_n tWs^ H^p F Xn Fw `£yfm¡n Wo§n..

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^mVnN H¶pw fWhn`mNmsS tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m\v.. AkÄ H«pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶nà CSv.. Hmt«m¡m^³ A^n]pw fäp e£\hmf{PinNsaÃmw ANt¯¡v sk¡pN]m\v… f^n] A]mÄ¡p FÃmw b_ªpsNmXp¡p¶p.. H^pbmXv Wmas¯¡ptk* hmVW§Ä FÃmw D*v..

“”tI«³ k*n]n Wnt¶maq.. MmWnt¸m k^mw..”” f^n] ^mKotk«sW tWm¡n b_ªp..

“”l^n tfmsa..”” ASpw b_ªp A]mÄ fpät¯¡n_§n..

f^n] dmPv Sp_¶p f^p¶nsâ NkÀ ^mVnNs] G¸n¨p..

“”Zo CsSÃmw.. FknXp¶m WnW¡v ssbh…”” ^mVnN Wn_N®pNtamsX]m\v ASv tImSn¨Sv..

“” A¸¨³ FWn¡v {ZÊv tfXn¡m³ Np_¨p b\w S¶n^p¶p.. bns¶ FâXp¯p H^p bj] tfmSn^w D*m]n^p¶p.. ASv b\]w k¨p… Cs¸m Wnsâ Bkly§am k`pSv… CSv kt¨m… Ft¶`pw Bklyw k¶mÂ.. “” ASpw b_ªp f^n] tXmfn¨³ WÂNn] B]n^w ^qb Aksa G¸n¨p..

“” tk* f^ns].. Cs¸m Ss¶ Wo H^pbmXv In`km¡n]n^nNy Wn¡ptk*n.. “” ^mVnN HjpNn]n_§n] N®pWoÀ SpX¨psNm*p b_ªp..

“”sk_psS Nm^]m*v CSv bnXn Wo..”” ASpw b_ªp f^n] WnÀdÔbqÀÆw B ssbh Aksa G¸n¨p..

^mVnN N®pWot^msX f^n]s] sN«n¸nXn¨p..

“”Wn¡_n]n`y f^ns].. §sW]m Wnt¶mXv SnsWms¡ Wµn b_]m¶p..”” ^mVnN]psX CX_n] hz^w..

“”Wo H¶v Ip½mSn^n sbs®.. f^ymU¡v ktÃmw sk¨p*m¡n W¶m]n Njn¡p.. CWn Mm³ k^pt¼m Wnsâ]m bj] tNm`w FWn¡v Nm\\w…”” f^n] ^mVnNs] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSman`vWn¶pw AXÀ¯nfmäns¡m*p b_ªp..

“”MmWn_§pkmXm… Hmt«m¡m^³ tWm¡nWn¡pkm.. Wo kngfn¡*m… WnW¡v bYn¡m³ Ft¶`pw H^p fmÀPw sSan]pw.. Cu hfm]sfms¡ fm_pw.. MmWnX¡p¶p k^mw.. “” ASpw b_ªp f^n] bp_t¯¡p WX¶p.. tbmNp¶tbm¡n AkÄ H¶pNqXn Sn^nªptWm¡n ^mVnNs] bp©n^nt]msX N¿p]À¯n Nm\n¨p..

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tXmfn¨³ tWs^ tbm]Sv PokÀPoh¨sâ AXpt¯¡m]n^p¶p… f^n] b_ªSpsk¨p At±ifm\v ^mVnNs] FÃm Nm^y§an`pw him]n¡p¶Spw fäpw.. Ak³ k`n] B bÅn]psX fp¶n dpÅäv HSp¡n.. kas^ ftWmi^fm] tUkm`]fm\v… fpä¯p sI_n] bqt´m«kpw FÃm]nXkpw ftWmi^fm]n bpÃpw bnXn¸n¨n^n¡p¶p… Ak³ fp¶nt`¡v sI¶v Ipäpw tWm¡n.. A¼Sp k]hp {bm]w tSm¶n¡p¶ H^mÄ bÅn]psX sshsXÃmw Sq¡p¶p.. tXmfn¨³ A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p..

“”tI«m…. FWn¡v Pok^vPohvAÑsW H¶v Nm\\w..””

tXmfn¨sâ hz^w tN«v A]mÄ Sn^nªptWm¡n…

“”Aѳ bÅn_qfn`p*v.. fp¶nÂs¨¶p sdÃXn¨m fSn..”” H^p bp©n^nt]msX A]mÄ b_ªp.. tXmfn¨³ Wµn]pw b_ªp A]mÄ Nm\n¨ emPt¯¡v WX¶p.. AknsX sI_n] H^p koXptbms`… Nm\m³ ftWmi^fm\v.. Ak³ sdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n… b£n In`¡p¶tbms` H^p lÐw….

“”H^p fnWnäv… Vm k^p¶p.. “” kas^ Pm¼o^yfpÅ H^p hz^w bp_t¯¡pk¶p..

A`vbhf]¯nWp tlgw t`miV^n¨p H^p sskUoN³ bp_t¯¡pk¶p… Wà sFlz^yfpÅ fpOw… H^p A_pbSp k]hp tSm¶n¡pw… fpXn]pw SmXn]pw fol]pw FÃmw W¶m]n W^¨n«p*v… A`vbw k]_p ImXn]n^n¡p¶p.. sfm¯¯n Wà H^p tSKhv… At±iw tXmfn¨sW N*t¸mÄ ftWmi^fm]n H¶v bp©n^n¨p… Ak³ Sn^nIpw..

“”Cutlm fnlnim]n¡p hvSpSn]m]n^n¡s«..”” Ak³ hvSpSn sImÃn..

“”Ct¸mjpsft¸mjpw hvSpSn]m]n^n¡s«..”” At±iw H¶v WnÀ¯n.. A`vbw Bt`mIn¨p ko*pw SpXÀ¶p..””FWn¡t§m«p fWhn`m]nÃ… B^m..”” Aѳ tImSn¨p.. “”

“”At¨m.. Mm³ tXmw tSmfhv.. bq¸_¼ns`]m..”” Ak³ knW]bqÀÆw f_pbXn b_ªp..

“” B… bq¸_¼n tSmfm¨sâ tfmWm… tXmfn¨³ AsÃ… “” At±iw bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.. “” ANt¯¡v km.. C^p¶p hwhm^n¡mw.. “”

Aѳ ANt¯¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ AkWpw bp_sN N]_n…

“”AÑWv Fs¶ A_n]mtfm..”” _qfn N]_n At±iw Iq*n¡m\n¨ Nth^]n C^p¶psNm*v AÛpSt¯msX Ak³ tImSn¨p..

“”i..i..”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv At±iw H¶v In^n¨p.. “” skan¨¸mXnsW FÃm^v¡pw A_n]mw.. skan¨¸mXv FÃmt^]pw A_nªntÃ`pw.. b`^pw tfmsW¸än b_ªn«p*v.. bns¶ CknsX CXkN]ns` In` sb¬Np«nNapw… tfmsâ tNmtaKn Ss¶ bYn¡p¶ Np«nNÄ.. “” At±iw ko*pw H¶v In^n¨p… AkWpw..

“”{bm]fmt]`pw CknsX CXkN]ns` ]pkm¡Ä¡pw ]pkmSnNÄ¡pw Mm³ Wà hpir¯nsWtbms`]m… Aks^ms¡ b_ªn«p*v tfmsW¸än.. tNmtaKns` PÔÀÆWms¶ms¡.. Ct¸m fWhn`m]n.. Np«nNÄ b_ªSn Nm^yfp*v.. “”

bp©n^nt]msX]pÅ AÑsâ km¡pNÄ¡p AkWpw H^p bp©n^n fm{Sw h½mWn¨p..

“”At¨m.. Mm³ k¶Sv ^mVnN]psX Nm^yw b_]mWm.. AÑW_n]mt`m Aksa W¶m]n.. Fsâ NamÊn`m\v ^mVnN bYn¡p¶Sv.. Cs¸m AkapsX AkØ kas^ Nã¯n`ms\¶p AÑW_n]mftÃm… Fsâ N¿n Np_¨p b\fp*v… ASv Aѳ Aksa G¸n¡\w.. Aѳ sNmXp¡p¶tbms` sNmXp¯m fSn.. Mm³ S¶Sms\¶ b_]*.. “”

Aѳ Aksâ tWs^ tWm¡n..

“”F¶m tfmsW.. ASn H^p klbnlNv–tbms`.. ^mVnN tfmsâ B^m..”” At±iw hwl]emk¯n tImSn¨p..

“”AÑtWmXv MmsWm¶pw f_¡p¶nÃ.. FWn¡ksa Cãfm\v.. AkÄ¡p Fs¶]pw.. bs£ Np_¨p Unkhfm]n AkÄ kÃm¯ AN¨ Nm\n¡p¶p… F´m]m`pw AkÄ kngfn¡p¶Sv Nm\m³ FWn¡v k¿.. Cs¸m AkÄ tNmtaKn`pw k^p¶nÃ… AkapsX Cu kngf§Ä A_nªp MmsW§sW]m Ip½mSn^n¡pN… MmWm]n sNmXp¯m AkÄ tfXn¡nÃ.. ASpsNm*p Aѳ sNmXp¯m fSn.”” ASpw b_ªp tbjvhn Wn¶pw A¿m]n^w ^qb FXp¯p Ak³ AÑWv sNmXp¯p..

At±iw ASv bp©n^nt]msX tfXn¨p.. “”

Mm³ tfmsW Npäw b_]nÃ… KmSn]pw fSkpw Hs¡ tks_ Bt\`pw Cu Nm^y¯n Mm³ Wns¶ ht¸m« sI¿pw.. Nm^\w A{S]v¡v Wà Np«n]m ^mVnN.. F¶m Njn]p¶ ^oSn]n Mm³ him]n¡p¶p*v… bns¶ FÃmw Fsâ N¿o¶v FXp¯n«m.. bÅos¶Xp¡m³ FÃmk^psX]pw h½Ssfms¡ tk\w.. bns¶ tks_ fSfm]SpsNm*p {bfm\nfms^ms¡ FSn^pWn¡pw… FWn¡v Nn«p¶ k^pfmW¯n A`vbw sNmXp¯m Mm³ ^mVnNs] him]n¡p¶Sv.. F´m]m`pw ssUkw Wn§sXNqsX D*mkpw.. “”

At±i¯nsâ km¡pNÄ AkWp H¯n^n Blzmhfm]n tSm¶n..

“”tfmWn^n¡p.. {cnZvKn Kyqhv C^ns¸m*p.. Mm³ FXp¯p k^mw.. Cu IqX¯p WÃSm..”” Aѳ ASpw b_ªp Fjpt¶äp..

“”At¿m tk* AÑm.. “” Ak³ Wn^hn¡m³ {lfn¨p.

“” im.. Wo AknsX C^ns]Xm sI¡m.. “” ASpw b_ªp Aѳ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ANt¯¡v NX¶p.. Np_¨pNjnªt¸mÄ ^*p ¥mhn Wà Hm_© Kyqhv At±iw sNm*pk¶p.. bp©n^nt]msX Ak³ H^p ¥msÊXp¯p NpXn¨p.. tk*m F¶v b_sª¦n`pw B D¨hf]¯p ASv AkWp kat^ Blzmhfm]n tSm¶n..

Np_¨p tW^w NqXn hwhm^n¨p AÑtWmXv ]m{S]pw b_ªp tXmfn¨³ C_§n…

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tNmtaKn BsN fXp¸m]n^p¶p tXmfn¨Wv.. ¢mhn {l²n¡mtWm… C^n¡mtWm tbm`pw tSm¶p¶nÃ.. ^mVnN Aksâ Hmt^m lzmh¯n`pw Wn_ªpWn¡p¶Sm]n tSm¶n AkWp.. AkapsX sNm©`pw CJm]m F¶pÅ knan]pw sI_n] b^nek§apw CÃmsS Aksâ fWhv Sa^p¶Sptbms`…

bSnkptbms` SWm`vf^¯nWp Ipk«n`n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw f^n]]pw..

“”F¶m`pw F{S Bt`mIn¨n«pw ^mVnN]psX fmä¯nWv H^p Nm^\w Nn«p¶nÃtÃm Aan]m…””_n]mhm\v ASv b_ªSv..

“”ASv knXp.. ASà {bVmWw.. ^mVnN¡p hz´fm]n H^p k^pfmWw tWXm³ hmVn¡\w.. F¶mt` AkapsX {blvW§Ä H^pknVw So^p.. ASnsWm^p fmÀPfm\v Mm³ Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv…””

“”ASnWnt¸m F¶m sI]vN… Ft¶`pw tKm`n s_Zn B¡n sNmXp¯m AÑsW tWm¡m³ B^v Wn¡pw.. bns¶ AkapsX bYn¯w fpX§pw..”” f^n] hwl]t¯msX b_ªp tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n..

tXmfn¨³ Wo* Bt`mIWm]n`m]n^p¶p..

“”km.. tWm¡mw…”” ASpw b_ªp Ak³ Fjpt¶äp.. NqsX _n]mhpw f^n]]pw..

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Cs¸m AÑsW lp{hqgn¡Â fm{Sfm\v ^mVnN]psX b\n.. Nps_ Wmas¯¡ptk* A^n]pw hmfmW§apw Nn«n]SpsNm*p B Nm^y¯n kngfn¡*m.. ASv NjnªmÂ..

AkapsX CÑm]³ sNmXp¯ N®sâ fp¶n`m]n^p¶p AkÄ.. Wn_N®pNtamsX AkÄ N®sW tWm¡n..

“”sâ CÑm]³ s¶ f_t¶m N®m… bä\nÃytÃm N®m Wn¡v f_¡m³.. N®X¨m In^n¡\ B fpOm… Cs¸m CÑm]³ s¶bän In´n¡p¶p*mtkm..”” AkÄ AkapsX N®tWmXv hwhm^n¨psNm*n^p¶p..

sbs«¶v Np_¨p Nm`Xn lÐ§Ä tN«Sm]n AkÄ¡p tSm¶n.. fpä¯p Bt^m Wn¡p¶tbms`… fWhv ANm^\fm]n fnXn¡p¶.. CWn]m Pp*NÄ.. AkapsX fWhv e]s¯ bp\À¶n^n¡p¶p..

“”it`m.. B^ptà CknsX…””

bp_¯pWn¶pÅ lÐw AkapsX NmSpNan bSn¨p.. B^m\Sv… b^nI]fnÃm¯ hz^fm\v… F´m]m`pw B Pp*NaÃ.. hufyfm] hz^fm\v.. AkÄ bSns] bp_t¯¡p WX¶p..

H^p Wnfngw fpä¯pWn¡p¶ BsaN*p sM«nt¸m]n ^mVnN.. AkÄ¡p Ssâ N®pNsa knlzhn¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ… SmWo Nm\p¶Sv hSyfmt\m.. Xn kn]n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmhnNNan`pw fm{Sw N*p fWÊn bSnª fpOw.. CWn At±iw Ss¶]mt\m.. H^p Wnfngw hwl]w tSm¶ns]¦n`pw ASv Sm³ B^mVn¡p¶ ^mQk³ fmÌÀ Ss¶.. lp²fm] hwPoSw f`]man¡v h½mWn¡p¶… hwPoSs¯ hvtWin¡p¶ Hmt^m fWhn`pw NpXnsNmÅp¶ B fim {bSne… SWn¡p Gäkpw {bn]s¸« bm«pNsaÃmw Ss¶ At±i¯ntâSm\v… At±iw CknsX.. Ssâ ko«nÂ… AkÄ¡p H¶pw fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ…

^mVnN b^nh^w Ss¶ f_¶n^p¶p.. Wm¡v I`n¡p¶nÃ.. AÛpSw Nq_n] N®pNÄ At±i¯n Ss¶]m\v…

H^p 50 Hm 55 Hm k]hp {bm]w tSm¶n¡pw ^mQk³ fmÌÀ¡v.. fpXns]Ãmw sI_pSm]n W^¨n«p*v…Npän]m] SmXn]pw A`vbw NqXn N«n]pÅ fol]pw.. fpO¯v H^p {bh^n¸p*v. Wn_ªpWn¡p¶ bp©n^n fpO¯nWv sFlz^yw Nq«p¶p. H^p Ko³hv– bmâvhpw Kpº]pfm\v tkgw.. NqsX fsäm^mÄ NqXn]p*v.. 35 k]hp tSm¶n¡pw..

“”^mVnN AÛpSs¸tX*… fWÊn knIm^n¡p¶ BÄ Ss¶]m\v Mm³.. ANt¯¡v N]m_mt`m s`..”” At±iw AkapsX fpOs¯ bN¸pw BÝ^ykpw N*p In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp..

AkÄ sbs«¶v b^nh^w A_nªp bp©n^n¨p..

F¶m`pw Ct±i¯nWv Fs¶ F§sW fWhn`m]n.. tb^v knan¨n^n¡p¶p.. Ss¶ Nm\m³ k¶Sv F´nWmkpw.. AkapsX fWÊn b`knV tImUy§apw D]À¶p..

AkÄ sbs«¶v In´Nan Wn¶pw D\À¶p.

“”N]_n k^q hmÀ.. Wns¡´m b^m]s*¶_n]n`y.. fWhnÂtbm`pw WnW¨n«n`y C§sWm^p Akh^w.. ASpw hmÀ Ct§m«p k^y knlzhn¡m³ bä\nÃy Wn¡v.. “” kn_¨psNm*m\v ^mVnN ASv b_ªSv..

^mQk³ fmÌÀ H^p bp©n^nt]msX ANt¯¡v N]_n.. NqsX]pÅ Bapw..

“”CsSsâ ss{ZkÀ B\v.. ^tfl³..”” NqsX]pÅ Bsa b^nK]s¸Xp¯ns¡m*p At±iw b_ªp…

AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.. F¶n«p Ft´m HmÀs¯¶tbms` ANt¯¡v tbmNmsWm^p§n…

“”Mm³ Im] CXmw hmÀ.. bm`nÃ.. hmÀ NpXn¡pftÃm s`..””

“”tk* tfmsa… k^p¶ kjn¡v H¶v NpXn¨Sm.. bns¶ A§sW lo`kpfnÃ.. k¶ Nm^yw b_ªn«v tkPw C_§\w.. “” At±iw ASpw b_ªp Aksa tWm¡n.. F¶n«p ko*pw SpXÀ¶p.. “”Mm³ ^mVnN]psX bm«p tN«n^p¶p.. tNmtaKn bmXn]Sv.. Fsâ H^p hpir¯nsâ N¿n`vWn¶m\v ASv Nm\m³ CX]m]Sv.. Wà SmafpÅ hz^fm\v Np«osX.. Mm³ bpSpSm]n Nt¼mhv sI¿p¶ bm«nWp tfmÄsX hz^w W¶m]n f¨mkpw.. ASpsNm*p tfmsas¡m*p ASv bmXn¸n¡\w F¶m\p Mm³ knIm^n¡p¶Sv.. tfmÄ¡v FSnÀs¸m¶pfnÃtÃm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv s`.. “”

CSv hzbvWfmt\m… Cu km¡pNÄ Fs¶¦n`pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶Smt\m.. H^n¡`pfnÃ.. C§sWm¶pw B{Pin¡pN NqXn sI]vSn«nÃ… H^n¡`pw hwekyfÃm¯Sp sNm*pSs¶.. bs£ Cs¸m… hwekyfÃm¯Sp hwekn¨n^n¡p¶p.. hwPoSs¯ A_n]p¶ GsSm^mapsX]pw hzbvWfm]n^n¡pw CSv.. FÃmw f_¶p H¶v SpÅn¨mX\sf¶p tSm¶n ^mVnN¡p.. fWÊn Wn_ªpsbm´p¶ ht´mgw AkapsX N®pNan A_nªp.. BWµSpÅnNam]n ASv bp_t¯¡p k¶p.. AkÄ N®pNÄ SpX¨p bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p..

“”Cu N®pWoÀ ht´mg¯ntâSms\¶p fWhn`m]n.. As¸m S¿m_m]nt¡map… AXp¯ BjvI B\v s_t¡mZnRv.. F¶pb_ªm AXp¯ sImkmjvI.. Sn¦amjvI ^mkns` ^tfl³ k^pw k*n]pfm]n.. NqsX k¶m fSn.. A¶v _ntijvh tWm¡n sImkmjvI skap¸nWv Wm`pf\n¡v s_t¡mZnRv.. CknXXp¯pÅ ÌpZnt]m]n Ss¶]m\v… Sn¦Ä AknsX tim«`n S§mw.. s_t¡mÀZn§nWv fp¼p ]m{S tk*.. bns¶ CWns]m¶pw ^mkns` Fjpt¶äv hmVNw sI¿\w.. “” At±iw b_ªp WnÀ¯n..

F¶n«p Kpº]psX tbm¡än Wn¶pw H^p sI¡v FXp¯p AkapsX N¿n k¨psNmXp¯p.. CSv BUys¯ {bSnc`ftÃ.. ht´mgt¯msX hzoN^n¨psNmÅp..

AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p… sI¡nt`¡p tWm¡m³ AkÄ¡p tSm¶n]nÃ… fWhv fpjpk³ knNm^¯n_]n`m¡¯m Wn_ªn^n¡pN]m\v…

^mQk³ fmÌÀ bp©n^nt]msX FjptWäp.. kmÕ`ybqÀkw AkapsX ln^hn St`mXn Sn^nªp WX¶p.. At±iw N®n Wn¶pw f_ªt¸mjpw AkÄ k^m´]n Ss¶ Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p… F{S k`n] Akh^fm\v k¶n^n¡p¶Sv.. S`fp_NapsX hpNrSw tk\w C§sW H^p Akh^w Nn«m³.. AkÄ At±iw WÂNn] sI¡nt`¡p tWm¡n.. H¶pw fWhn`mNp¶nÃ.. Wn_ª N®pNÄ SpX¨psNm*p AkÄ ko*pw tWm¡n… 50000.. ^qb.. AkÄ ASv sWt©mXp tIÀ¯v k¨p…

sbs«¶m\v AkapsX fWhn`qsX N«n`n SaÀ¶pNnX¡p¶ AÑsâ fpOw fn¶nk¶Sv..
Aѳ.. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ A_n]msS f{´n¨p.. H^p Wnfngw tbm`pw CknXp¶p fm_nWn¡m³ Njnt]m SWn¡p.. AÑsW tWm¡s*.. fWhns` ht´mgw FknsXt]m tbms]man¨p..

AÂb tW^w AÑsW]pw FÃm {blvW§apw f_¶p.. CWn]nt¸m F´v sI¿pw.. b\kpw tfXn¨p. B ht´mg¯n H¶pw HmÀ¯nÃ.. F´m]m`pw AÑsW SWn¨m¡n SWn¡p tbmNm³ hmVn¡nÃ… Ss¶ ss{ZkÀ Nq«m³ k^pt¼m sI¡v Sn^nt¨`vbn¨p Nm^yw b_]mw… AÃmsS fsäm¶pw sI¿mWnÃ… F¶m`pw C§sW H^kh^w S¶n«v ASv Wãs¸Xpt¯*n k^pkm\tÃm N®m Wn¡v..”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX DÅw tS§n… AkapsX l^o^w en¯n]nt`¡p Im^n N®pNaX¨p AkÄ Wn¶p HjpNn]n_§n] N®pNÄ SpX¡msS..

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A¶v lWn]mjvI B]n^p¶p… AÑWv e£\w km^ns¡mXp¯p Wn`w SpX¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN…

“”^mkns` SpX§nt]mZo Wnsâ b\n… “” bp_Nn`vWn¶pÅ hz^w tN«v ^mVnN Sn^nªp tWm¡n.. bp_Nn bp©n^nt]msX f^n].. ^mVnN Fjpt¶äp f^n]s] sN«n¸nXn¨p… Aksa Nm\p¶sS ht´mgfm\v ^mVnN¡p… Ft¸mjpw Ssâ NqsX Wn¶p¡ Ssâ {bn] hOo..

f^n] ^mVnN]psX fpOw ssNNan tNm^ns]Xp¯p…

“”fv.. Cs¸m bj] B Ipµ^nNp«n]m]n«p*v… CWn f^ymU¡v ktÃmw Njnt¨m\w.. “”
^mVnN H¶v bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p… fWhns` h¦X§Ä SNp«nWp¡p¶SnWm H^p kna_n] In^n]m\v AkapsX fpO¯v k¶Sv…

“”F´m H^p kngfw… Ft´m {blvWfp*tÃm.. F´mt\`pw Sp_¶pb_.. DÅn kt¨m*n^p¶m Mm³ h½Sn¡nÃ…”” f^n] AkapsX fpO¯ptWm¡n tImSn¨p..

^mVnN WX¶sSÃmw b_ªp.. ^mQk³ fmÌÀ k¶Spw bm«pbmXm³ Akh^w S¶Spw sI¡v S¶Spw FÃmw.. f^n] FÃmw {l²t]msX tN«n^p¶p..

“”CSp§mWpw fnÊv sI]v–Sm sbm¶p tfmsa.. bns¶ Wnt¶mXv Mm³ fn*nÃ… f^ymU¡v tbm]n bmXnt¡m\w.. AÑsW HmÀ¯p kngfn¨n^n¡m³ Mm³ h½Sn¡nÃ… Ct{Sw Wà Akh^w C{S Wnhm^ Nm^y¯nWptk*n Na]m³ Mm³ knXnÃ.. ^*p Unkhs¯ Nm^yw AsÃ.. WnâÑWp H^p Np_kpw k^msS Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw.. Mm³ Wnt¶mamw CknsX.. “”

f^n]]psX km¡pNÄ AÛpSfq_p¶ fnjnNtamsX]m\v ^mVnN tN«n^p¶Sv.. SWn¡ptk*n F´pw sI¿m³ S¿m_m\v AkÄ… F¶n^p¶m`pw….

^mVnN]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp..

“”Wo N^]msS tfmsa.. CWn CSptbms`m^p Akh^w In`t¸m Nn«nÃ… bms«ms¡ bmXn CWn]pw b\sfms¡ Nn«pw.. WnâÑsW InNnÕn¡t* WnW¡v.. bYn¡t* WnW¡v… FÃm¯nWpw DÅ kjn]m CSv.. Cs¸m N¿n ASymklyw Nmlv D*tÃm.. W½p¡v ASpNjnªp WsÃm^p timwtWjvhnsW sk¡mw AÑsW tWm¡mw.. bns¶ WnW¡v Akh^w Nn«pt¼msjms¡ bmXm³ tbmkmt`m.. CWn fsäm¶pw Bt`mInt¡*… Mm³ b_]p¶Sv At§m«v tN«m fSn..””

f^n] b_ªSv l^n]ms\¶v ^mVnN¡p tSm¶n… tbm\w.. bmX\w.. F¶kÄ D_¨ So^pfmWsfXp¯p…

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Sn¦amjvI ^mkns` Ss¶ f^n] ^mVnN]psX ko«ns`¯n]n^p¶p.. f^n]m¡p Bklyfm] Nm^y§sams¡ ^mVnN b_ªpsNmXp¯p.. f^p¶pw sNmXpt¡* hf]kpw FÃmw.. Ssâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®sâ ^qb¯nWpfp¶n {bmÀ°n¨p f^n]s] sN«n¸nXn¨p ]m{S]pw tImSn¨p ^mVnN C_§n… bpSn] H^p KoknS¯nsâ SpX¡¯nt`¡pÅ Nms`z]v¸m]m\v AkÄ¡p tSm¶n]Sv… hzbv–W§Ä Wn_¨ fWhnsâ k`n] em^kpfm]n k¶ ^mSnNs]]pw kin¨p B kmiWw bmªptbm]n..

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BjvINÄ Njnªp…

SWm`vf^§Ä¡nX]n`qsX hq^y³ F¯ntWm¡p¶p… B hz^v\{be C`NÄ¡nX]n`qsX tXmfn¨sâ fpO¯v k^\w ImÀ¯p¶p.. SWm`vf^§Ä¡p Ipk«n Ft´m Bt`mIWt]msX C^n¡pN]m\v tXmfn¨³.. NqsX _n]mhpw f^n]]pw..

sbs«¶m\v tXmfn¨sâ tcm¬ sskt{dä sI]vSSv.. Ak³ FXp¯ptWm¡n.. Znhv–s¹]n ^mQtk«³ F¶ tb^v sSanªp.. Ak³ tcm¬ ht´mgt¯msX Aä³Zv sI]vSp..

“”tXmfn¨m… ASnNw b_]m³ hf]fnÃ.. ^mVnN bmXn] bm«p C¶v k¶n«p*v… tN«ptWm¡p.. bns¶ sNmÅmw tNt«m Wo S¶ Np«n.. bm«nWp WÃ s_hvtbm¬hv Nn«p¶p*v.. CWn Akav N¯nt¡_ns¡mÅpw… H¶pw tbXn¡*m.. “”

At±i¯nsâ km¡pNÄ Aksâ DÅn Fs´¶nÃm¯ ht´mgw Wn_¨p..

“”^mQtk«m.. F§Wm Wµn b_]pNm F¶_n]nÃ… l^n¡pw H^p sb¬Np«n]psX KoknSm ^mQtk«³ D]À¯ns¡m*pk¶Sv.. “” tXmfn¨³ kas^ ht´mgt¯msX b_ªp..

“”FXm tfmsW.. Wnt¶mXv Mm³ F{SNm`fm]n b_]p¶Sm Cu Nm^yw.. Wnât{Sw lp²fm] H^p hz^w Mm³ tks_ tN«n«nÃ.. ssUkw S¶ B Njnkv sk_psS Na]^pSv.. “”

“”tk* ^mQtk«m.. hnWnf]n bmXmsWm¶pw MmWnÃ.. “”

“”CWn]pw Wnt¶mXv Mm³ b_]p¶nÃ.. Mm³ skt¨¡pkm… ASnsâ sF Zn Wnsâ kimXvhm¸n A]¨n«p*v””

ASpw b_ªp f^pS`¡Â tcm¬ N«v B]n.. _n]mhpw f^n]]pw F´m F¶]À°¯n tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n..

“”^mVnN]psX bm«p C¶v _n`ohv B]n«p*v.. ^mQtk«³ ASpb_]mWm knant¨.. “” ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨³ sWäv Hm¬ sI]vSp.. kimXvhm¸n A]¨ sFZn]n bm«p s¹]v sI]vSp..

N®v WW]n¡p¶ hwPoSfm]n^p¶p AkÀ tN«Sv. ^mVnN]psX hz^fmVp^yw l^n¡pw AkÀ\Wo]fm]n^p¶p.. ftWmi^fm] B hwPoSw Njnªt¸mÄ tXmfn¨³ ht´mgt¯msX _n]mhnsW tWm¡n.. F¶m Aksâ fpO¯v B ht´mgw {bNXfm]nÃ..

“”F´mXm.. “” tXmfn¨³ tImUy^qb¯n _n]mhnsW tWm¡n..

“”Aan]m.. b_]p¶ tN¡v… FÃmw ^mVnN A_n]\w… Wo sI]vS Nm^y§sam¶pw fsäm^mapw sI¿nÃ… AkapsX Hmt^m dp²nfp«n`pw Aksa him]n¨Spw bmXm³ Akh^w D*m¡ns¡mXp¯Spw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶pw AkÄ A_n]msS tbmkÃp.. Akav bmXm³ tbm] Unkhw AkapsX AÑsW sbm¶ptbms` tWm¡n]Sv CkaÃ.. Wo]m\v F¶ka_n]\w.. “” _n]mhnsâ N®pNÄ Wn_]p¶Sv Ak³ N*p..

“”C¡ b_]p¶Sv l^n]m tXmfn¨m.. B ^*p Unkhkpw MmWm AkapsX AÑsW tWm¡n]Sv F¶m Akav In´n¡ps¶… AkÄ hSyw A_n]\w..””

f^n]]psX km¡pNÄ AksW A¶s¯ hwek¯nt`¡p sNm*ptbm]n..

AÑsW tWm¡m³ DÅSpsNm*v AkÄ tbmNnà F¶_n]mkp¶SpsNm*m\v f^n]s] A¶v ^mVnN]psX AXpt¯¡]¨Sv.. f^n] Wn¡msf¶p b_ªp ^mVnNs] tbmNm³ S]m_m¡n.. bs£ knk^§Ä b_ªt¸mÄ fsäm^p ko«n A§sW knXm³ f^n]s] ko«pNmÀ AWpkSn¨nÃ… Fs´¦n`pw NÅw b_ªp k^msf¶p f^n] b_ªSm… SmWm\v b_ªSv tk*ms]¶p.. HXpkn Fsâ ^mVnNm¡ptk*n Mm³ Ss¶ Wo¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p… ^mkns` f^n] ^mVnNs] ]m{S]m¡n Np_¨p Njnªt¸mam\v Sm³ tbm]Sv.. bntä Unkhw ^mVnN F¯p¶SnWp fp¼p f^n] Sn^n¨pk¶p… tfma½¡p tbm`pw A_n]nà Cu Nm^yw.. Nq«pNm^sâ ko«n tbmNpkm¶pÅ tb^n ImXn]Sm\v.. “”

“”Wo F´m Bt`mIn¡ps¶..”” F¶ _n]mhnsâ tImUyfm\v tXmfn¨sW In´]n Wn¶pw D\À¯n]Sv..

“”tk* Aan]m… ^mVnN H¶pw A_n]Ãp… Fs¶ sk_p¡mWpÅ Nm^\w B\v BUyw A_nt]*Sv.. In`t¸m CsSms¡ A_nªm AkÄ¡p Ft´`pw Np_¨n co sI¿pw .. ASv tk*.. bns¶ W½Ä hvtWin¡p¶k^psX ht´mgw Nm\pt¼mÄ DÅ W½psX ht´mgftà k`pSv.. “”

Aksâ km¡pNÄ tN«v _n]mhv H¶pw bns¶ b_ªnÃ.. b_ªn«v Nm^yfnà F¶kW_n]mw..
AkÀ fqk^pw Fjpt¶äp ¢mÊnt`¡v WX¶p..

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