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t__nIsfbpw am[ya ]penIsfbpw Nph¶ ]chXm\n hncn¨v Fgp¶Ån¡p¶p.
\½Ä sImbvXm hnf tamiamIpsa¶pw Cu "an¶pw sh¬ Xmc§Ä' sImbvXv hnfhv
Cc«nbm¡p sa¶pamWv hnizmkw.

""CXv tIcfamWv. ChnsS Cu ]cn¸v thIptam? kplr¯nsâ tNmZyw. At¶cw
A]c³ ]dªp; ]cn¸v thIpItbm thImXncn¡pItbm sN¿s«. AXÃ Imcyw. Cu
Xmc§sfsbms¡ koäv sImSp¯v hnPbn¸n¡p¶Xv F´n\msW¶m Xsâ [mcW?
Xm³ Hcp ]t£ a\Ênem¡nbn«pïmInÃ. Rm³ ]dbmw. Cu ASp¯ Ime¯mbn
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adn¨nSpI. UbÊn Ibdn \n¶v A`ymkw ImWn¡pI. a{´namsc XSbpI...
CsXms¡ C\nbpw XpScm³ km[yXbpïv. a[yhbkvIcmb t\Xm¡³amtcm,
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"t\{Xn'Itfm, Cu ImbnIm`ymk¡fcnbn hnPbn¡pI {]bmkw. B \yq\X
]cnlcn¡m\mImw shÅn¯ncbnse "B£³ lotdm' amsc¯s¶ Akw»nbnÂ
AwKam¡p¶Xv. At¸mÄ C\n Akw»n¡It¯m ASpt¯m sh¨mImw jq«nwKv.''

At¶cw A]c³ {]XnIcn¨p: ""Imcyw Dd¨p hnizkn¡mw. Cu kn\namXmc§tfm
{In¡äv Xmc§tfm AgnaXn sN¿nÃ. AhcpsS ssI¿n btYãw ]Wapïv. ]ns¶
sb´n\mWv hoïpw ]Wapïm¡p¶Xv?''

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kw_Ôns¨mcp temIXXzapïv. "]¯p In«pIn \qdpaXnsb¶pw iXamInÂ
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]¯pcq]tbm, \qdpcq]tbm AÃ. ]¯v tImSn, \qdv tImSn, kl{ktImSn
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sImSn sI«m\pw PmYbn ]s¦Sp¡m\psam¶pw Rm\nÃ. AsXms¡ C\n Xmc§Ä
sN¿pasÃm''.

""Dw sN¿pw, sN¿pw, AXn\v Bsf thsd t\mt¡ïn hcpw''.

""Hm, AXpicn. As¸m Cu ]pXnb _mÔhw, ]gb Imes¯ kw_Ôw t]mse
F¶v ]dbmw: Zm¼XykpJapïv, F¶m D¯chmZnXzanÃ''.

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Cu sh¬Xmc§Ä¡pw am[yahmNmeIÀ¡psams¡ tIcfs¯¡pdn¨v F´dnbmw?
ChnSps¯ cm{ãotbmÂ_p²X, ChnSps¯ kmaqlyt_m[w, ChnSps¯ sXmgnÂ
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