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A¡L$ L$pNX$p¡ A_¡ L$pNX$u A¡L$ Of_p armepdp„ TpX$ `f fl¡sp„ lsp„.
s¡ Of_p dprgL¡$ A¡L$ `p¡`V$ `pm¡gp¡. `p¡`V$ kuV$u hNpX¡$. ÅsÅs_p AhpÅ¡ L$f¡. "fpd, fpd kuspfpd' bp¡g¡ _¡ dÅ L$f¡.
Ap Å¡C_¡ L$pNX$p¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Ap `p¡`V$ `p„S>fpdp„ R>¡ sp¡e L¡$d Ap_„v$dp„ fl¡ R>¡? Qpg Ap`Z¡ s¡_u `pk¡ S>C_¡ s`pk L$fuA¡.'
b„_¡ EX$sp„ EX$sp„ `p„S>fp `pk¡ Apìep„ A_¡ Å¡ey„ sp¡ `p¡`V$ v$pX$d Mpe, dfQp„ Mpe, Ådam Mpe A_¡ Nus duW$p„ Npsp¡ Åe.
gpN Å¡C_¡ L$pNX$p¡-L$pNX$u `p„S>fp_u _uQ¡ am_p _p_p _p_p Vy$L$X$p `X$ép lsp s¡ Mphp gpÁep„. s¡d_¡ am_p Vy$L$X$p blz cpìep.
L$pNX$p¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Å¡ey„_¡! `p¡`V$_¡ dprgL$ duW$p„ duW$p„ am Mphp Ap`¡ R>¡. Ap`Z¡ Ap `p¡`V$_u S>¡d `„Mu_u Års_p„ S> R>uA¡ sp¡ `Z A¢W$hpX$ Mphp S>CA¡, A¡V$g¡ Ap`Z_¡ DX$pX¡$ R>¡. Ap ¼ep„_p¡ Þepe?'
L$pNX$uA¡ L$üy„, "sd_¡ iy„ Mbf `X¡$? Ap`Zpdp„ A_¡ s¡_pdp„ blz S> dp¡V$p¡ a¡f R>¡. s¡ duWy$„ duWy„$ bp¡gu_¡ dprgL$_y„ d_ bl¡gph¡ R>¡. A¡_p L$pfZ¡ dprgL$ s¡_¡ hlpg L$f¡ R>¡, _¡ duW$p„ am MhX$ph¡ R>¡.'
L$pNX$p¡ L$l¡, "A¡_¡ duW$p„ duW$p„ am Mpsp¡ Å¡J Ry>„ _¡ d_¡ A¡_u Av¡$MpC Aph¡ R>¡. A¡_p L$fsp„ Qpg_¡ Ap`Z¡ buS>¡ fl¡hp S>sp„ fluA¡.'
L$pNX$u L$l¡, "`Z sfs S> dpmp¡ L¡$hu fus¡ bp„^uiy„? hmu Ap TpX$ `f OZp kde\u fluA¡ R>uA¡. d_¡ sp¡ A¡_u blz dpep R>¡.'
L$pNX$p¡ L$l¡, "A¡ b^y„ sp¡ W$uL$ R>¡. spf¡ Aphhy„ lp¡e sp¡ Aph. lz„ sp¡ Ap Qpëep¡.' L$lu L$pNX$p¡ EX$u Nep¡.
rbQpfu L$pNX$u `Z ^ud¡ ^ud¡ `pR>m EX$u. b„_¡ buÅ Of_p TpX$ `f Aphu Nep„.
L$pNX$p¡ L$l¡, "lpi! Å¡ Al] L¡$hu r_fp„s R>¡? lh¡ dprgL$ `p¡`V$_¡ cg¡ S>¡ MhX$phhy„ lp¡e s¡ MhX$ph¡. Ap`Z¡ v¡$Mhy„e _l] _¡ v$pThy„e _l].'
L$pNX$u L$l¡, "`Z L$pNp fpZp, Sy>Ap¡ sp¡ Mfp, Al] Ap _p_L$X$p Of S>¡hy„ blpf armepdp„ iy„ R>¡?'
Ðep„ sp¡ Ap„NZpdp„ A¡L$ dfOu s¡_p„ `ugp„ (bÃQp„)_u V$p¡mu kp\¡ Ap„V$p dpfsu lsu.
Of_p dprgL$ lk_L$pL$p s¡_¡ Sy>hpf_p v$pZp MhX$phsp lsp. bpSy>dp„ S> `pZu_y„ L|$„Xy„$ `X$éy„ lsy„. s¡dp„\u dfOu A_¡ s¡_p„ `ugp„ `pZu `usp„ lsp„.
L$pNX$p¡ Ap Å¡C_¡ L$p... L$p... L$fhp gpÁep¡.
L$pNX$p_¡ Å¡C_¡ lk_L$pL$p_¡ \ey„, "L$pNX$p¡ L$v$pQ dfOu_p„ `ugp„_¡ `L$X$u_¡ gC S>i¡ sp¡?'
A¡V$g¡ s¡dZ¡ `\fp¡ dpfu L$pNX$p_¡ DX$pX$hp âeÐ_ L$ep£.
L$pNX$p¡ EX$u Nep¡.
`Z `R>u sp¡ L$pNX$pA¡ Aphy„ b¡Qpf qv$hk Å¡ey„ A_¡ `\fp_p¡ dpf Mp^p¡ A¡V$g¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Ap dfOu_¡ sp¡ Å¡, lk_L$pL$p L¡$V$gp l¡s\u fpM¡ R>¡. s¡_¡ Ap„NZpdp„ R|>V$\u lfhpafhp v¡$ R>¡. _¡ Ap`Z¡ Al] TpX$ `f `Z s¡_¡ _X$uA¡ R>uA¡. s¡ Ap`Zu sfa `\fp a¢L$u_¡ Ap`Z_¡ DX$pX¡$ R>¡.'
L$pNX$u L$l¡, "L$pNp fpZp, sd_¡ Mbf R>¡? Ap dfOu s¡d_¡ fp¡S> spÅ„ IX$p„ Ap`¡ R>¡ A_¡ s¡ IX$p„ h¡Qu_¡ lk_L$pL$p s¡d_y„ NyS>fp_ Qgph¡ R>¡. `R>u sp¡ lk_L$pL$p_¡ A¡ dfOu Nd¡ S> _¡?'
L$pNX$p_¡ kpQu A_¡ X$plu hpsp¡ Ndu _l] A¡V$g¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Qpg, dpf¡ Ap Ofdp„ _\u fl¡hy„. Ap`Z¡ Al]\u EX$u_¡ buS>¡ fl¡hp S>sp„ fluA¡.'
L$pNX$u kdÆ NC L¡$ Ap L$pNp fpZp_¡ _l] `lp¢Qpe. d|„Np dp¢A¡ s¡_u kp\¡ _uL$mu `X$u.
L$pNX$p¡ EX$sp¡ EX$sp¡ buÅ A¡L$ Ofdp„ Apìep¡. Ðep„ Ap„NZpdp„ dp¡V$p TpX$ `f "d^`|X$p' gV$L$sp lsp. L$pNX$p¡ Ðep„ Nep¡ A_¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Al]ep„ Ap`Z_¡ dÅ Aphi¡.'
L$pNX$u buÅ TpX$ `f S>C_¡ L$l¡, "Sy>Ap¡, Ap TpX$ `f d^`|X$p gV$L$sp _\u dpV¡$ Al] Ap TpX$ `f S> Ap`Z¡ flu S>CA¡.'
s¡ TpX$ `f L$pNX$p¡ L$pNX$u kp\¡ fl¡hp gpÁep¡.
Ap Of_p¡ dprgL$ d^_p¡ h¡`pf L$fsp¡ lsp¡. dprgL$ d^ g¡hp Apìep¡. s¡ d^ g¡sp¡ lsp¡ Ðepf¡ d^dpMuA¡ X„$M dpep£, sp¡ `Z s¡ dpZk d^ g¡sp¡ g¡sp¡ lkhp gpÁep¡.
L$pNX$p¡ Ap Å¡C_¡ L$p... L$p... L$fhp gpÁep¡. A¡V$g¡ s¡_p dprgL$¡ L$pNX$p_¡ DX$pX$hp `\fp dpep®. A¡L$ `Õ\f L$pNX$p_¡ hpNsp„ kl¡S>dp„ flu Nep¡.
L$pNX$p¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Å¡ sp¡ Mfu, `¡gu d^dpMu X„$M dpf¡ R>¡ A_¡ A¡ dpZk `\fp Ap`Z_¡ dpf¡ R>¡. v$uhp_u v$pT¡ L$p¡qX$ep_¡ bV$L$p cf¡ R>¡. S>fp `Z ifd hNf_p¡ R>¡.'
L$pNX$u L$l¡, "d^dpMu s¡_¡ X„$M dpf¡ R>¡ A¡ X„$M_u kp\¡ kp\¡ Ad©s S>¡hy„ d^ `Z Ap`¡ R>¡. d^dpMuA¡ OZu dl¡_s¡ c¡Ny„ L$f¡gy„ d^ s¡ dpZk gC g¡ R>¡ A_¡ s¡ d^ h¡Qhp\u A¡ dpZk_¡ M|b `¥kp dm¡ R>¡.'
L$pNX$p¡ Ap„Mp¡ b„^ L$fu_¡ L$l¡, "_p, bpbp _p, dpfp\u sp¡ Ap _l] Å¡hpe. Qpg Ap`Z¡ Al]\u buS>¡ fl¡hp S>sp„ fluA¡.'
L$pNX$p¡ A_¡ L$pNX$u EX$sp„ EX$sp„ A¡L$ hpX$pdp„ Apìep„ A_¡ Ðep„ TpX$ `f fl¡hp gpÁep„.
s¡ hpX$p¡ A¡L$ Np¡hpm_p¡ lsp¡. s¡Z¡ Y$p¡f_¡ bp„^hp s¡_p Of `pk¡ S> hpX$p¡ b_pìep¡ lsp¡.
kp„S>¡ Np¡hpm Npe v$p¡lhp b¡W$p¡. Npe cpf¡ dpfL$Zu lsu A¡V$g¡ Npe_p `N v$p¡fX$p\u bp„^u v$u^p. `R>u bp¡OfÏ„ gC_¡ v|$^ v$p¡lhp b¡W$p¡. sp¡e Npe hmu `pR>p„ tiNX$p„ dpfhp gpNu.
Ap Å¡C L$pNX$p¡ L$p... L$p... L$fhp gpÁep¡.
Np¡hpm Npe v$p¡lu_¡ S>¡hp¡ Ecp¡ \ep¡ L¡$ L$pNX$p_y„ Aphu bÞey„. Np¡hpm dp„X$ép¡ s¡_¡ DX$pX$hp. L$pNX$p¡ Äep„ b¡k¡ Ðep„\u DX$pX$sp¡ bp¡ghp gpÁep¡, "Ap L$pNX$p¡ Äepf¡ lz„ Npe v$p¡lz„ Ry>„ Ðepf¡ L$p... L$p... L$fu_¡ d_¡ b¡Ýep_ L$f¡ R>¡ A¡V$g¡ dpf¡ Npe_p„ tiNX$p„_p¡ dpf Mphp¡ `X¡$ R>¡. s¡_¡ Al]\u DX$pX$é¡ S> R|>V$L$p¡ R>¡.'
L$pNX$p¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Agu, Å¡ sp¡ Mfu, Ap Np¡hpm `Z Mfp¡ R>¡. Npe tiNX$p„ dpf¡ R>¡ A_¡ DX$pX¡$ R>¡ Ap`Z_¡? s¡_¡ L„$C Mbf `X$su gpNsu _\u. kph byqÙ rh_p_p¡ R>¡.'
L$pNX$u L$l¡, "Npe sp¡ Np¡hpm_¡ duWy„$ v|$^ Ap`¡ R>¡. s¡dp„\u v$l], R>pi, dpMZ A_¡ Ou b_¡ R>¡. s¡_p¡ s¡ h¡`pf L$f¡ R>¡. `R>u bp¡gp¡ s¡ Npe_¡ dpf¡ L¡$hu fus¡?'
L$pNX$p¡ L$l¡, "Ap Np¡hpm Ap`Z_¡ S>„`hp v¡$sp¡ _\u. A¡V$g¡ Qpg, Ap`Z¡ Of\u v|$f dpZkp¡_u hkrs\u v|$f M¡sfdp„ S> fl¡hp S>sp„ fluA¡. Ðep„ L$p¡C Ap`Z_¡ l¡fp_ _l] L$f¡.'
L$pNX$p¡ A_¡ L$pNX$u EX$sp„ EX$sp„ A¡L$ M¡sfdp„ `lp¢Qu Nep„. Ðep„ A¡L$ TpX$ `f fl¡hp gpÁep„.
L$pNX$pA¡ Å¡ey„ sp¡ ApSy>bpSy> L$p¡C dpZk _ lsp. L$pNX$p_¡ ÅZ¡ lh¡ r_fp„s \C.
buS>¡ qv$hk¡ M¡X|$s M¡sfdp„ Apìep¡. Ðep„ L$pbf L$gbg L$fhp gpNu. M¡X|$s lm lp„L$hp hpÁep¡, A¡V$g¡ L|$v$L$ L|$v$L$ L$fsu L$pbf M¡X|$s_p `Ng¡ dpV$udp„\u L$uX$p, d„L$p¡X$p _uL$m¡ s¡ `L$X$hp gpNu.
Ap Å¡C_¡ L$pNX$p¡ L$p... L$p... L$fhp gpÁep¡. A¡V$g¡ M¡X|$s Nyõk¡ \ep¡ A_¡ L$pNX$p sfa dpV$u_p„ Y¡$Mpmp„ a¢L$u_¡ bp¡ëep¡, "Ap L$pNX$pA¡ dpfy„ dp\y„ QX$phu v$u^y„.'
Ap kp„cmu_¡ sfs S> L$pNX$p¡ L$pNX$u_¡ L$l¡, "Å¡ey„? `¡gu L$pbf ¼epf_ue L$gbg L$fu_¡ s¡_u `pR>m af¡ R>¡ _¡ lz„ Al] b¡W$p„ S>fpL$ bp¡ëep¡ Ðep„ sp¡ s¡_y„ dp\y„ QX$u Ney„, L¡$hp¡ rMÅC_¡ Ap`Zu sfa dpV$u_p„ Y¡$Mpmp„ a¢L¡$ R>¡?'
L$pNX$u L$l¡, "`Z Sy>Ap¡ sp¡ Mfp, L$pbf L$uX$p-d„L$p¡X$p `L$X$u_¡ s¡_p `pL$_y„ fnZ L$f¡ R>¡. dpV¡$ s¡_p¡ L$gbg AhpS> M¡X|$s_¡ Nd¡ R>¡.'
L$pNX$p¡ L$l¡, "bp` f¡! Al] sp¡ bp¡ghp_ue R|>V$ _\u. lh¡ iy„ L$fhy„? Ap vy$r_epdp„ ¼ep„ S>C_¡ fl¡hy„?'
L$pNX$u L$l¡, "Qpgp¡, Ap`Z¡ kp¥\u `l¡gp„ fl¡sp„ lsp„ s¡ Of_p TpX$ `f S>sp„ fluA¡. cg¡_¡ dprgL$ `p¡`V$_¡ duW$p„ am Ap`¡ A¡dp„ Ap`Z¡ ip dpV¡$ rMÅhy„ Å¡CA¡? Ap`Z¡ `Z L$p¡C_¡ D`ep¡Nu \CA¡ A¡hp„ b_uiy„ sp¡ buÅ_¡ Nduiy„.'
L$pNX$p_¡ lh¡ Ap hps Ndu A_¡ L$pNX$p¡-L$pNX$u b„_¡ Dd„Nc¡f L$p... L$p... L$fsp„ kp¥\u `l¡gp„ Äep„ fl¡sp„ lsp„ s¡ TpX$ `f fl¡hp dpV¡$ EX$u _uL$þep„.
hpQL$rdÓp¡, sd¡ `Z dS>¡v$pf bpmhpsp®Ap¡ dp¡L$gu iL$p¡ R>p¡.
L¡$hu fus¡? ÅZhp dpV¡$ Al] [¼gL$ L$fp¡.