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_p_L$X$p¡ _Vy$ R>¡ëgu b¢Q\u fbfb¡ÞX$dp„ L$pNm_p Vy$L$X$pAp¡ cfphu_¡ b^p_¡ kX$X$.... kË$ dpfsp¡ lsp¡.
Adpfp¡ v$p¡õs "`„qX$s' L$p¡C R>p¡L$fp_¡ dp¡V¡$\u L$l¡sp¡ lsp¡, ""Å, Å Aëep hp„v$p! kp`p¡rgep! sy„ `l¡g¡\u S> N„^pfp¡ R>¡!'' (A¡ hp„Qhp„Q L$f¡ R>¡ A¡V$g¡ Ad¡ A¡_¡ `„qX$s L$luA¡ R>uA¡.)
A_¡ `¡gu R>p¡L$fuAp¡ sp¡ ipL$dpL£$V$dp„ lp¡e A¡d Qpf¡bpSy> afhp _uL$mu lsu.
lz„ A_¡ rbr`_ "bb|_' A¡L$buÅ_u ap„v$dp„ O|kp dpfsp lsp. Ðep„ sp¡ dpfp¡ lp\ AV$L$u Nep¡. Adpfp\u \p¡X$u b¢Q ApNm ê$`g L$fu_¡ R>p¡L$fu b¡k¡ R>¡.
d_¡ rhQpf Apìep¡ L¡$ ê$`g¡ L¡$hp„ kpfp„ L$`X$p„ `l¡ep¯ R>¡...
`R>u d_¡ gpÁey„ L¡$ ApMp hN®dp„ l„d¡ip„ ê$`g A_¡ lz„ S> kpfpdp„ kpfp¡ eyr_ap¡d® `l¡fuA¡ R>uA¡.
ê$`g cpf¡ W$õkpv$pf lsu. v$k-bpf R>p¡L$fuAp¡ Ecu lp¡e, sp¡ ê$`g dp¡f S>¡hu A_¡ buÆ b^u L$b|sf S>¡hu gpN¡.
lz„ ê$`g_p blz rhQpf L$fsp¡ \C Nep¡. A¡_p bv$pdu hpm sfa lz„ Qpgy r`qfeX¡$ Å¡ep L$fsp¡, `Z A¡ d_¡ Sy>A¡ sp¡ `¡V$dp„ NX$NX$ \C S>sy„.
ê$`g dpfp `f L$C fus¡ qav$p \C Åe A¡_u ey[¼sAp¡ lz„ ip¡^sp¡ lsp¡. Ðep„ sp¡ gpN dmu Nep¡. Adpf¡ A¡L$ Nus Np¡Mhp_y„ lsy„.
V$uQf gspb¡_¡ L$üy„ L¡$ Nus bp¡gip¡ sp¡ `Z Qpgi¡ _¡ Npip¡ sp¡ `Z Qpgi¡. d¢ Ap Nus_p¡ fpN bfpbf iuMu gu^p¡. `R>u Adpfp N¡f¡S>dp„ O|ku_¡ L$p¡C kp„cm¡ _l] A¡hu fus¡ â¡[¼V$k L$fu gu^u.
kfk Nus NpC_¡ ê$`g kpd¡ dpfp¡ hV$ `pX$ui. hpl, fpS> Mp„X$hpmp!
`R>u sp¡ d¢ hN®dp„ ggL$pey¯,
""`¡...gp, `¡gp `„Mu_¡ Å¡C d_¡ \pe,
A¡_p S>¡hu Å¡ `p„M dmu Åe,
sp¡ qv$_-fps EX$ép L$fy„, bk EX$ép L$fy„.''
gspb¡_¡ Myi \C_¡ kpfp dpL®$ Apàep. `Z ê$`g awk... awk... L$fu_¡ lku `X$u. A¡Z¡ ^ud¡\u bpSy>hpmu R>p¡L$fu_¡ L$üy„, ""Mp„X$hpmp_¡ `„Mu_u `p„M sp¡ dmu _l], `Z L$pNX$p_p¡ AhpS> _½$u dmu Nep¡.''
Ap kp„cmu_¡ dpfy„ dp¡Yy„$ qa½y„$ `X$u Ney„. qfk¡kdp„ d¢ _põsp¡ `Z _l] L$ep£, _¡ fdhp bu _l] Nep¡.
`Z d_¡ buÅ¡ dp¡L$p¡ sfs S> dmu Nep¡.
hpsp®_p¡ ApNm_p¡ cpN Aphsu L$pg¡
hp„Qsp fl¡ip¡
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¡.