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âL©$rsrhv$p¡ L$l¡ R>¡ L¡$ S>„Ngp¡_p¡ rh_pi, h^sy„ S>sy„ âv|$jZ, lhpdp_dp„ \sp a¡fapfp¡- Ap b^y„ dmu_¡ A_¡L$ `nu, âpZu A_¡ ÆhS>„syAp¡_¡ _pdi¡j L$fu füp„ R>¡. v$fhj£ k¢L$X$p¡ âÅrs gyàs \su Åe R>¡. L$ÃR>_p rhriô$ âpZu KV$_u v$ip rhi¡ ÅZhp âL©$rsip÷ cZhp_ue S>ê$f _\u. A¡L$ kde¡ Äep„ lÅfp¡_u k„¿epdp„ KV$p¡ rhQfsp„ lsp„ A¡ L$ÃR>_p MX$uf rhõspfdp„ dp„X$ kp¡-khpkp¡ KV$X$uAp¡ flu R>¡.
KV$ âL©$rs_y„ A¡L$ rhriô$ kS>®_ R>¡. qv$hk_u Akü Nfdu A_¡ fps_u L$prsg W„$X$u A¡ Æfhu Åe R>¡. A¡ qv$hkp¡ ky^u `pZu `u^p rh_p V$L$u iL¡$ R>¡. ApL$X$p rkhpe_u b^u S> h_õ`rs A¡_p¡ Mp¡fpL$ R>¡. L$ÃR> S>¡hp k|L$p, AX$^p fZ rhõspf dpV¡$ A¡ Apv$i® âpZu R>¡. A¡L$ kde¡ L$ÃR>_p KV$`pgL$p¡ V$p¡mpb„^ KV$ DR>¡fsp A_¡ _fbÃQp„_¡ h¡Qsp. _f KV$ M¡sudp„ A_¡ dpghl_dp„ s¡d S> khpfu dpV¡$ h`fpsp. dpv$p KV$ L¡$ KV$X$uAp¡_p¡ DR>¡f L$fpsp¡ A_¡ âS>__ dpV¡$ A¡ D`ep¡Ndp„ g¡hpsu. KV$X$uAp¡_p„ V$p¡m¡V$p¡mp„ MX$ufdp„ Å¡hp dmsp„.
MX$uf A¡V$g¡ Äep„ lX$à`_L$pm_p Ahi¡jp¡ dmu Apìep R>¡ A¡ ^p¡mphufp_p¡ rhõspf. R>¡ëgp A¡L$ v$peL$pdp„ KV$X$uAp¡_u k„¿epdp„ dp¡V$p¡ OV$pX$p¡ _p¢^pep¡ R>¡. Ðep„ KV$ `pm_pf-Qpf_pf_¡ KW$pX$u L$l¡ R>¡. (L$ÃR>u bp¡gudp„ KV$_¡ "DÌ$' L$l¡hpdp„ Aph¡ R>¡.) Aphp„ A¡L$ KW$pX$u, Mpfp¡X$p_p fl¡hpku ê$`tkl kp¡Y$p_¡ `|R¹>ey„ L¡$ KV$X$uAp¡_u k„¿ep ApV$gu TX$`\u L¡$d OV$u NC? Ðepf¡ s¡Z¡ O¡fp Ahkpv$ kp\¡ L$üy„ L¡$, "MpÆ' _pd_p¡ fp¡N OZuMfu KV$X$uAp¡_¡ cfMu Nep¡. hmu Np„X$p bphm_p Ap¾$dZ_¡ L$pfZ¡ Ap rhõspf_u d|m h_õ`rsAp¡_y„ âdpZ OV$sy„ S>hp\u Mp¡fpL$_u s„Nu `Z kÅ®C. A^|fpdp„ `|fy„ c|¿ep„ KV$ A¡ bphm_u amu MpC S>X$bp„_u A_¡ v$p„s_u _yL$kp_u hlp¡fu g¡sp„ lp¡e R>¡. KV$_p„ `N_p„ `lp¡mp„ srmep„ Npv$uhpmp„ lp¡e R>¡. fZ_u f¡sudp„ kfmsp\u A¡ Qpgu iL¡$ R>¡, `Z bphm_p L$p„V$p A¡_p dpV¡$ M|b sL$guav$peu b_u füp R>¡.
Al]_p `iy`pgL$p¡ tk^ A_¡ fpS>õ\p_\u Aphu_¡ õ\peu \e¡gp R>¡. Aphp A¡L$ `iy`pgL$ L$pfyÆ M¢NpfÆ cË$u L$l¡ R>¡, ""Al]_y„ hpsphfZ A_¡ QqfepZ `iy`pg_ dpV¡$ ep¡Áe S>Zpsp„ Adpfp `|h®Å¡A¡ Ap rhõspf `f `k„v$Nu Dspfu lsu. Al] d¡v$p_p¡ A_¡ Xy„$Nfpm rhõspf b„_¡ lsp„. s¡dp„\u d¡v$p_p¡dp„ M¡su h^su NC A_¡ bpL$u_p rhõspfp¡ S>„Ng Mpsp_p L$bÅdp„ S>sp füp A¡V$g¡ QqfepZ OV$u Nep„.''
"X$pOp' sfuL¡$ Ap¡mMpsp _f KV$ h¡Qhp Al]_p dpg^pfu R>¡L$ fpS>õ\p_ ky^u S>sp. õ\pr_L¡$ `Z KV$gpfuAp¡ dpV¡$ s¡_u dpN lsu. M¡sudp„ V²¡$¼V$fp¡_p¡ h`fpi hÝep¡ A_¡ dpghl_ dpV¡$ KV$gpfu_p õ\p_¡ "R>L$X$p' h`fphp dp„X$ép A¡V$g¡ KV$_u dpN kph OV$u NC.
KV$X$uAp¡_p„ V$p¡mp„ gC_¡ Qpfhp S>sp "KW$pX$u'_u tS>v$Nu cpf¡ sL$guacf¡gu lp¡e R>¡. KV$X$uAp¡_p„ V$p¡mp„_¡ fp¡S> dpCgp¡ ky^u a¡fhhp„ `X¡$ R>¡ A_¡ s¡_u TX$`u Qpg kp\¡ fl¡hp fuskf v$p¡X$sp„ fl¡hy„ `X¡$ R>¡. kp„S>¡ KV$X$uAp¡_¡ v$p¡lu dp¡V$u_p hpkZdp„ v|$^ Nfd L$fu_¡ `uhy„ A¡ s¡_p¡ fp¡S>_p¡ Mp¡fpL$ lp¡e R>¡! OZu hpf ^udp sp` `f ApMu fps v|$^ d|L$u fpMu "L$qY$eg' b_phpe R>¡. A¡ dpg^pfu_u rdS>bp_u NZpe R>¡. bpS>fu_p fp¡V$gp Mphp_p¡ hpfp¡ dp„X$ `p„Q-kps qv$hk¡ Aph¡ R>¡!
KV$_u OV$su dpN A_¡ budpfu s\p buÅ„ L$pfZp¡_¡ gu^¡ KV$X$uAp¡_u TX$`c¡f OV$su k„¿ep_¡ L$pfZ¡ Aphp KW$pX$uAp¡ A_¡ dpg^pfuAp¡ `p¡sp_p cprh A„N¡ rQ„rss bÞep R>¡. S>„Ngu N^¡X$p A_¡ tQL$pfp_¡ frns Ål¡f L$fu s¡d_u k„¿ep h^pfhp `Ngp„ g¡hpe R>¡, `Z A¡L$ îdÆhu hN®_p ApÆrhL$p_p kp^_ kdp KV$ âÐe¡ L$p¡C_y„ Ýep_ _\u. Aphy„ Qpgsy„ fl¡i¡ sp¡ L$ÃR>_p„ bpmL$p¡A¡ `Z KV$ Å¡hp Adv$phpv$ L¡$ dy„bC_p âpZubpNdp„ S>hy„ `X$i¡!
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