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ho-pw ]¯pZnhkw IqSn IgnªmWv tkmWnbpsS tN«³ h¶Xv. AXmbXv an\nbpsS `À¯mhv. B XW¯ aëjysâ sImX¯nepÅ Ifn HcpXc¯nepw an\nsb kwXr]vXns¸Sp¯p¶h Bbncp¶nÃ. an\n¡v Ct¸mÄ tkmWn aXn. tkmWn Fà Znhkhpw cm{Xbn tN«¯nb½sb Du¡ns¡mSp¯p kpJn¨psIm-ncpì. cm{Xn ]{´-paWnbmbm an\n AhfpsS InS¡nÂ\n¶pw Fgpt¶Áv tkmWnbpsS apdnbn sNÃpw. A§ns\ Ah³ tN«¯nb½bpsS ]qÁnepw IqXnbnepw ASn¨p ]WnXp t]mì.

]ntÁ¶v RmbdmgvNbmbncpì. tkmWnbpsS A½ Genbm½ tNS¯n¡v Hcp hbdpthZ\. s]mSnss¡ Hs¡ t\m¡nbn«pw IpdbmsX h¶t¸mÄ knÁnbnepÅ tUmÎsd ImWm³ XoÀ¨s¸Sp¯n. A½¡v Iq«pt]mIm³ an\n X¿mdmbn, ImcWw XncnsI hcps¼m »ukn\v Afhpw sImSp¡matÃm Fì IcpXn. ]Xns\mìaWnbmbt¸mÄ AhÀ t]mbn. B RmbdmgvN thZ]mTanÃmXncp¶Xn\mÂ, Ime¯v A¸tâbpw A½bptSbpw IqsS BitamÄ ]Ånbn t]mbn hì Ignªnêì.

tkmWn ASp¡fbn IS¶v Hcp ¥mÊv Im¸nsbSp¯v IpSn¡phm³ t\m¡t¼mÄ, BitamÄ ISì hì. CubnsS an\nsb Øncw Du¡n¯pS§nbt¸mÄ Ft¸mgpw hnImcamWv tkmWn¡v. Du¡p¶Xnsâ kpJw ]Tn¨p Ignªp. C\n Hcp Znhkw t]mepw Du¡msX Pohn¡m³ hs¿¶mbn. BitamÄ h¶v tkmWnbpsS ap-v ]nSn¨v hen¨p Ifªp. tkmWn BibpsS ]mhmSbn ]nSn¨p hen¨tXbpÅq, Ip¯nbncp¶ hÅnhn«v AXv Ducn t]mì. Bi jVnbpw »ukpaWnªv ASp¡fbn \nì. tN«sâ aIfmsW¦nepw BibpsS Cdp¡apÅ B ]m¯pSIfpw CdpInb jÍnbpw Ip-nbpw I-t¸mÄ, tkmWn¡v a\Ênsemcp Cf¡w. ep¦n¡pÅn Ahsâ kam\w Xes]m¡n. Ah³ Bitamsf ]nSn¨v Ahsâ ImepIÄ¡nSbn tNÀ¯p \ndp¯n Ah³ Ahsf icocamsI XgpIn. Bi¡v Hcp {]tXyI kpJw tXm¶n. tkmWn BibpsS \n¡À Ducn amÁn. Ah³ B sIm¨p N¡bpsS \Sphn D½ sImSp¯p. Bi A\§msX \nì sImSp¯p. AhÄ HcpXcw sNdnb kpJ¯nembncpì. Nm CdpIn \n¡p¶ B sIm¨p]qdn apgph³ Ah³ \¡n. Ah³ XpSIfnepw XpSIfpsS ]pdInepw N´nbnepw N´nbpsS hnShnepw ho-pw \¡n. ]ns¶ BsIm¨p]qÁn hnc tIÁn Cf¡n. Cf¡nbt¸mÄ Bi¡v hÃm¯ kpJw In«nbXmbn tkmWn¡v tXm¶n. Bi Imev Ih¨psh¨v \Sphv XÅn¨p \nì. sIm¨p]qÁn sIm¨pIp® tIÁn Du¡p¶Xpt]mse hnc IbÁn thKw thKw Nen¸n¨p sImSp¯p tkmWn. Bi icocw hnd¸n¨p XpS§n. Ahfpw GtXm cXnkpJw Aë`hn¡pìs-¶v tkmWn¡p a\Ênembn. tkmWn ]ns¶ atÁ I¿nsâ Hcphnc AhfpsS IqXnbnepw IbÁn Cf¡n¯pS§n.

Ipd¨pt\cw AhÄ¡v A§ns\ ]WnXp sImSp¯p Ah³. tkmWn Fgpt¶Áv \n¶v ep¦nbpsS CSbneqsS Ahsâ Ip®sbSp¯v BibpsS I¿n sImSp¯p. Bi AXp ]nSn¨p ]ns¶ sXmen¨p ]ns¶ ASn¨p. AhÄ \à A`ymknsbt¸mse Ahsâ XSnb³ Ip® hmWaSn¨p sImSp¯p. tkmWn Bisb ]nSn¨v \ne¯v InS¯n. Ah³ ssIIp¯n AhfpsS h®apÅ XpSIÄ¡p tase InSì. F¶n«v B XpSIÄ AIÁn sh¨p. Ah³ aq¯p\n¶ Ip® AhfpsS XpSIfptSbpw sIm¨p]qdntâbpw CSbn tNÀ¯psh¨p. ]ns¶ XpSIÄ ASp¸n¨psh¸n¨p. Nnc]cnNnXsbt¸mse Bi XpSIÄ tNÀ¯p Cdp¡n¸nSn¨p. tkmWn FÃmw ad¶v BibpsS XpSIÄ¡nSbn XSnb³ Ip® tIÁnbpw Cd¡nbpw h-nsI«n. ]¯pan\nÁp t\cw Ip-nIpe¡n BªSn¨t¸mtg¡pw, AhfpsS s\¿v t]mepÅ XpSIfneqsS Ahsâ ]ishÅw Hen¨nd§n. tkmWn Ahsf ]nSns¨gpt¶Â¸n¨v, Hcp XpWnsbSp¯v AhfpsS XpSbpw \ne¯p hoW ]mepw XpS¨p Ifªp.

Bisb ]nSn¨v \ndp¯nbn«h³ B sIm¨p]qÀ ]nt¶bpw \¡nsImSp¯p, AXnsâ t]mfIÄ ssIsIm-v AIÁn¸nSn¨v B Cfw N¡bpsS DÅv \¡n¡pSn¨p. A§ns\ BÀ¯ntbmsS \¡pt¼mÄ AhfdnbmsX Hcåw aq{Xw CÁp hoé. tkmWn AXhfpsS ]qÁn \nìw NmSnb ]m t]mse \¡n¡pSn¨p tXmÀ¯n. Hcn¡Â¡qSn Xncn¨p\ndp¯n AhfpsS N´nhnShpIfpw aeZzmchpw Ah³ \¡nsbSp¯p. ]ns¶ Ahsf \n¡À CSo¸n¨psImSp¯v, ]mhmS DSp¸n¨p. ]o¶oSv AhfpsS sNhnbn ]dªp.

"tamÄ CXmtcmSpw ]dbcpXv'

"CÃ ]m¸m'

"tamġnjvSamtbm?'

"CjvSmbn'

"ckw ht¶m?'

"\Ã ckmêì'

"Fs¸mgm'

"Fsâ kam\¯n\I¯v ]m¸³ hnc tIÁpt¼m \à kpJmêì'

"tamsf C§s\ Bsc¦nepw sN¿pthm?'

"Mm....sN¿pw'

"Bcm?'

"A¸m¸³'

"·apsS A¸m¸t\m?'

"Mm... A¸m¸³'

"F´p sN¿pw'

" Fs¶ I«nen InS¯o«v A¸m¸³ tasetIdn¡nS¶v CXpt]mse samÅp¶ kq{Xw sXmtS sh¨v ASn¡pw'

"H¯ncnt\cw ASn¡pthm'

"H¯ncn t\cw. HSphn C¸w h¶t]mse sImgp¯ shÅw hêw. AXp sXmS¨p Ifbpw'

"]ns¶?'

"]ns¶ Fsâ It¿s¡m-v ]nSn¸n¨v ASn¡m³ ]dbpw. Rm³ C«v ASn¨psImSp¡pw. sImtdt\cw Igo¼w I¿v Ig¡pw'

"At¶cw F¶m sN¿pw tamÄ'

"Rm³ \nÀ¯pw'

"]ns¶?'

"]ns¶ B kq{Xw \¡m³ ]dbpw, Rm³ \¡nsImSp¡pw'

"tamÄsS hmbn sh¨v Du¼m³ ]dbptam?'

"H¯ncn XhW Du¼o«p-v, sFkv{Iow t]mse Rm³ Xnìw'

"sImgp¯ shÅw hcptam?'

"Mm...hcpw'

"F¶n«v?'

"AXp IpSnt¨mfm³ ]dbpw, Rm³ IpSn¡pw'

"tamÄsS IqXnbn sh¡ptam?'

"Cà ]m¸³ sNbvXXpt]mse \m¡v tIÁpw'

"]ns¶....?'

"]ns¶ H¶qÃ'

"F{X XhW H-v tamsf?'

"Hcp]mSv XhW H-v'

Bitamsf Øncw Fsâ A¸³ h-nsI«p¶ B IY tI«t¸mÄ F\n¡v AXnibambn. ]ns¶ Rm³ Nn´n¨p, Fìw Bi A¸sâ IqsSbmWv InS¡p¶Xvv At¸mÄ \à kuIcyamWtÃm. CsXms¡ HmÀ¯t¸mÄ ho-pw Fsâ I® I¼nbmbn. Rm³ C¯hW Ip® BibpsS I¿n sImSp¯p. AhÄ hfsc XmfmßIambn hmWaSn¨p Xì. ]ns¶ I¿v Ig¨t¸mÄ AhÄ ]dªp Xn¶msa¶v. Rm³ AhÄ ]dªXpt]mse AhfpsS hmbn sImSp¯p. BitamÄ \à hotdmsS, hnêtXmsS Fsâ Ip® hmbn sh¨v Du¼n¯ì. F\n¡v AhfpsS Np-pIÄ Cdp¡n]nSn¨pÅ Du¼Â ckw Xì. Fsâ Ip® AhfpsS hmbn ]m NoÁn. AhÄ AXv IpSn¨nd¡n. Cìw Rm³ tN«¯nb½tbbpw Bitbbpw Ifn¡pì. Bi¡v Ct¸mÄ ]Xn¶mep hbÊmWv.

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