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Temdnbpw BÄ¡mcpw t]mbn. tUmÎÀ, kao]¯pïmbncp¶ HmesI«nad¨
"tlm«Â cmP[m\n' bn \qgv¶pIbdn. Hcp Nmbbv¡v HmÀUÀ sNbvXp.
hymPt\mSpÅ \ockw a\knsemXp¡n Npïnsemcp hymP¨ncnbpambn tlm«epSa
tUmÎtdmSv tNmZn¨p: ""Um«dv R§sfsbms¡ hn«pt]mIzmWv. AtÃ?''
""AsX. t]mIzmWv '' tUmÎÀ
""C\nbnt¸m ]pXpXmbn FhnsS XpS§p¶Xv?''
""tImSXnbpsS t\sc ap¼nemWv XpS§p¶Xv ''.
tlm«epSa¡v AXn\mb BÝcyw. AbmÄ tNmZn¨p: ""tImSXnbpsS ap¶ntem?
tImSXnbpsS ap¶nse´n\m ¢n\nIv?''
tUmÎdpsS adp]Sn. thWw. ¢n\nIv thWw. PUvPn hn[n {]kvXmhn¨mepSs\
{]XnIÄ tamlekys¸«p hogp¶ ImeamWnXv. ap³a{´n _meIrjvW]nÅ tImSXn
bn tamlmekys¸«p hoWp. ssI¡qentIknÂ, PUvPnbpsS hn[n{]Jym]\w
tI«bpS³ {]Xnbmb hntÃtPm^okÀ t_m[clnX\mbn. ssI¡qent¡knÂ
AdÌnemb Hcp tUmÎdpw t_m[clnX\mbncn¡p¶p. (Cu tUmÎÀ¡v t_m[w
sXfnbm\mhiyamb ip{iqj \ÂIm³ k¶²\mb tUmÎÀ ssIIqen Bhiy
s¸«pthm, Bthm..! F´n\[nIw? kn\namXmcw Iem`h³aWnbpw Hcp taml
eky¯n\v hnt[b\mbn. C§s\sb{Xsb{X tamlmeky§Ä C\n hcm\ncn¡p¶p!
tamlmeky§Ä IqSpXepw tImSXnIfnemWv kw`hn¡p¶Xv. AXp sImïmWv
Fsâ ¢n\nIv tImSXnbpsS ap¼nem¡p¶Xv.
tlm«epSa Hcp kvt{Smw§v Nmb tUmÎdpsS ap¶n sh¨p. AXp
sam¯nIpSn¡p¶ Xn\nSbn At±lw ]dªp: "ChnSps¯t¸mse lrZbm¢n\n¡Ã.
t_mÀUn ""tamlmeky ¢n\nIv ''F¶mWv henb A£c¯n AhnsS FgpXn
sh¨n«pÅXv.
AXp tI«v tlm«epSa s]m«n¨ncn¡p¶Xn\nsS NmbbpsS hne tai¸pd¯n«v
tUmÎÀ Cd§n \S¶p.
(]mc: HtÎm_À 2000)
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