kXy¯n C¶sesb¶t]mse A¼Xp hÀjw ap¼p \S¶ kw`hw HmÀ¡p¶p. Rm³ A©mw ¢mÊn ]Tn¡p¶p. \´ym«pIp¶w (hS¡³ ]dhqÀ) FÂ.]n. kvIqÄ C¶pw Fsâ HmÀ½bn sXfnªpXs¶ \n¡p¶p. A¶v \gvkdn kvIqfpIÄ \m«nenÃ. aq¶p hbÊmbm ho«n A½tbm AÑt\m aäp ImcWh·mtcm Fgp¯n\ncp¯pw. A§s\bmWv FgpXn¯pS§p¶Xv. AXp Ignªm A©phbÊn kvIqfn tNÀ¡pw. Hmtcm \m«n³]pd¯pw Hmtcm ss{]adn kvIqfpw A¶v DWvSmbncp¶p. Fsâ ss{]adn kvIqfnte¡v F\n¡v GXmWvSv H¶cIntemaoäÀ \S¡Wambncp¶p. C¶nt¸mÄ AcIntemaoäÀ bm{Xbv¡pt]mepw Hmt«m dn£sbbpw Imdns\bpw B{ibn¡p¶ \½psSbmfpIfpsS ioew ImWpt¼mÄ, \mw AdnbmsX ]gb Imcy§Ä HmÀ¯pt]mIpw. an¡hcpw Hcp]mSv \S¶mWv kvIqfn A¶p t]mbncp¶Xv.
sIm¨¸³kmdmbncp¶p A¶p R§fpsS kvIqfnse slUvamÌÀ. A½p®n¸nÅ kmÀ IW¡p ]Tn¸n¡m³ hcp¶Xpw ad¡mhXÃ. At±lw N´n]nSn¨v Hcp ]n¨p X¶m AdnbmsX \new sXmSmsX s]m§nt¸mIpw. IW¡psXän¨m ssIapdp¡n \pÅn N´nsbSp¯pIfbpw. F¶mepw A½p®n¸nÅkmdns\ F\n¡njvSambncp¶p. Ipfn¨v Ipdnbn«v \à sFizcyt¯msS F¶pw kvIqfn hcp¶ kmdn\v ]ntÅsc CjvSambncp¶p. ]Tn¡m¯Xn\v Fgpt¶ev]n¨p \nÀ¯pIbpw _©nsâ apIfn Ibän \nÀ¯pIbpw ¢mÊn\p shfnbnem¡pIbpsams¡ sN¿p¶Xv A¶v A²ym]IcpsS A[nImc¯nÂs¸« in£mhn[nIfmbncp¶p. hnZymÀ°nIÄ¡msW¦n A¶Xv henb \mWt¡Spambncp¶p. cWvSv ASn In«nbmepw kmcney, ¢mÊn\p ]pd¯p \n¡p¶Xv Aklyamb Imcyambncp¶p A¶v. C¶v hnZymÀ°nIÄ t\sc adn¨mWp Nn´n¡p¶Xv. IgnhXpw ¢mÊn\p ]pdt¯¡p t]mIp¶XmWhÀ¡njvSw. A²ym]IÀ¡v ]gb t]mse hnZymÀ°nIsf imkn¡mt\m ASn¡mt\m BImXmbn«papWvSv. Imew hcp¯p¶ amä§Ä KpWtam tZmjtam F¶p ]dbmdmbn«nÃ. As¶ms¡ FÃm hnZymÀ°nIfpsSbpw c£nXm¡Ä A²ym]ItcmSv Bhiys¸Sp¶Xv, "amtj Chs\ \¶mbn ASnt¨mfq. ASn sImWvSmte Ch³ icnbmIq' F¶mWv. C¶v Hcp ]nXmhpw A§ns\ ]dbp¶pWvSmInà F¶p am{XaÃ, Fsâ aIs\ ASn¨m hnhcadnbpw F¶v s\©qt¡msS ]dbp¶ c£nXm¡fpsS F®hpw hÀ²n¨ncn¡p¶p.
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Hcn¡Â kmÀ Fs¶ hnfn¨p]dªp. ASp¯bmgvN kvIqÄ B\nthgvkdnbmWv. \ap¡v Hcp ]cn]mSn AhXcn¸n¡Ww. (A¶v A©mw ¢mkv aebmf]pkvXI¯n thep¯¼nZfhbpw A½bpw X½nepÅ Hcp kw`mjW iIew DWvSmbncp¶p.) thep¯¼nsbbpw A½tbbpw tÌPn AhXcn¸n¡mw. R§Ä FÃmhcpw tI«ncp¶p. \à Imcysa¶pw ]ecpw ]dªp. ]t£ sshIn«mbt¸mÄ tiJc¡pdp¸p kmÀ Ft¶mSp ]dªp, ""\o thep¯¼nbpsS A½! taml\³ thep¯¼n.''
Rm³ sR«nt¸mbn. \mSItam, IYtbm temItam Adnbm¯ Hcp ]¯p hbÊpImc³ ]¿³ thep¯¼nZfhmbpsS A½bmhpI! '' C¶p Xs¶ UbtemKv ImWm¸mTw ]Tn¨v \o \msf Fs¶ ]dªp tIĸn¡Ww.'' Rm³ A¶v Xs¶ FÃmw ImWmsX ]Tn¨p. tiJc¡pdp¸p kmdn\pw aä²ym]IÀ¡pw CjvSambn F¶v tÌPv s]Àt^ma³kv IgnªbpS³ a\Ênembn. F¶nse \mSIIr¯ns\bpw \Ss\bpw IsWvS¯nb B kmÀ C¶nÃ. F\ns¡m¶pw ]Icw Xcm\nà kmÀ.