Ad¡ Å¡ey„ R>¡ L¡$ v¡$i R>p¡X$u_¡ rhv¡$idp„ hku Nep `R>u dpZkp¡ S>fp h^pf¡ ^prd®L$ \C Åe R>¡. cNhp_ `f_u îÙp h^u Åe R>¡, cpfsue k„õL©$rs `°Ðe¡_p¡ Alp¡cph `Z h^u Åe R>¡. Ad¡ A¡L$ qv$' Adpfp hMsL$pL$p_¡ L$u^y„ L¡$, "Ap`Z¡ sp¡ W$uL$, Ap`Zp A¡_ApfApBey„ Ap`Zp L$fsp„ h^pf¡ ^prd®L$ R>¡ lp¢!'

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drl_p_p¡ `|fp¡ `Npf gC_¡ v$k qv$hk S>¡V$gy„e L$pd _ L$fhy„ A¡_¡ b¡Cdp_u L$l¡hpe. A_¡ hmu S>¡ Ap¡qakp¡dp„ gp¡L$p¡_y„ L$pd L$fu Ap`hp_p¡ `Npf dmsp¡ lp¡e, R>sp„ "Qp-`pZu' rh_p L$pd _ L$fu v¡$hy„ A¡ sp¡ lpX$p¡lpX$ A`°pdprZL$sp L$l¡hpe. `Z Aphy„ `p` L$fhp_p¡ sd_¡ sp¡ QpÞk S> ¼ep„ dm¡ R>¡?

sd¡ gp¡L$p¡ `p` L$fu L$fu_¡ iy„ `p` L$fu iL$p¡? sd¡ gp„Q gC iL$p¡? gp„Q Ap`u iL$p¡? A\hp L$lp¡ L¡$ sdpf¡ gp„Q Ap`hp_p¡ hpfp¡ Aph¡ Mfp¡? gp„Q g¡hp L¡$ Ap`hp_p `p`dp„ sdpf¡ `X$hy„ lp¡e sp¡e _ `X$u iL$p¡!

buÅ_p¡ l½$ R>u_hu g¡hp S>¡hy„ L$p¡C dp¡Vy„$ `p` _\u. `R>u cg¡_¡ f¡gh¡ qfTh£i__u gpB_dp„ O|k L¡$d _ dpfu lp¡e! A¡_p gu^¡ gpB__p R>¡hpX¡$ Ec¡gp A¡L$ S>Z_p¡ l½$ sp¡ R>u_hpe S> R>¡ _¡? `Z Ad¡ sp¡ f¡gh¡ A¡S>ÞV$_¡ A\hp Ly$gu_¡ `¥kp Ap`u_¡ Ap `p` kfmsp\u L$fu gCA¡ R>uA¡. sd¡ Ðep„ L$fu iL$p¡?

Ðep„_p rhL$k¡gp v¡$ip¡dp„ flu_¡ sd¡ ip¡jZ L$fu iL$p¡? L$pmu dl¡_s_u L$dpZu Q|L$hhpdp„ v$p„X$pC L$fu iL$p¡? S>¡Z¡ sdpfp `f rhïhpk d|¼ep¡ lp¡e s¡_u kp\¡ R>¡sft`X$u L$fu iL$p¡? cgp-cp¡mp, kpv$p-ku^p dpZk_¡ v$Np¡ v$C iL$p¡? Ad¡ sp¡ vy$L$pm-fplsL$pddp„ dS|>>fu L$fhp Aphsu r_dp®ëe `°Å kp\¡ Ap b^y„ S> L$fu iL$uA¡ R>uA¡!

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sd¡ L$l¡ip¡ L¡$ cpC, Al]_p L$pev$p S> A¡hp R>¡ L¡$ Apdp„_y„ L„$C \pe S> _l]! sp¡ ^d® iy„ R>¡? A¡ L$p¡X$-Ap¡a-L$ÞX$¼V$ _\u?

Ad_¡ Al] ¼epf¡L$ kp„cmhp dm¡ L¡$ Ðep„ sp¡ dp¡V$p¡ cpC `Z B[ÞX$ep\u _hp khp Aph¡gp _p_p cpC_¡ `p¡sp_p Ofdp„e _ fpM¡! `qfZpd¡ _p_p cpCA¡ Åsdl¡_s L$fu_¡ `p¡sp_u L$dpZu Ås¡ L$fu g¡hu `X¡$! lp cpC lp, `Z W$p¡L$f MpC_¡ _p_p¡ cpC hfk-b¡ hfkdp„ sp¡ `Ncf \C Åe R>¡ _¡? Aphu ìehõ\p_¡ L$pfZ¡ dp¡V$p¡ cpC _p_p cpC D`f "D`L$pf' _\u L$fu iL$sp¡. A_¡ s¡\u S> D`L$pf_p Arcdp__y„ `p` `Z s¡Z¡ cp¡Nhhy„ _\u `X$sy„!

sd¡ gp¡L$p¡ Al]\u Aph¡gp v¡$iuAp¡_¡ dv$v$ L$fp¡ R>p¡. `Z s¡ v$p_ _\u, D^pfu _\u; "gp¡_' R>¡! A_¡ A¡ S> L$pfZ¡ bÞ_¡ ìe[¼sAp¡ rb_S>êfu cpfdp„\u dy¼s flu iL¡$ R>¡. sdpfu dv$v$_u sdpf¡ sL$suAp¡ _\u gNpX$hu `X$su!

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