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   “nhIN gurcrn, qUM ieMj Ausdf iqRskfr krky TIk nhIN kIqf.” Bjn AusnUM tYlIÌon ‘qy smJf rhI hI sI.

   “pqf nhI kdy kdy mYQoN kI ho jFdY.” Auh afpxI mfnisk asmrwQf Ëfhr kr rhI sI.

   “vyK mYN qyrIaF BYxF vrgI hF. qyry dwuK drd nUM cMgI qrF smJdI hF. qUM ijMny ipafr ivhUxy pl iekwl ivc ivqfey, Auh mYnUM pqY. mYN qF ikrpfl nUM jfxdI vI nhI. ho skdY, Auh vI iksy rohI dy ruK dI qrF iksy ipafr dy somyN dI AuzIk krdf irhf hovy. pr jy qUM inBfAux jogI nhIN sI qF aYnI dUr jfky AusdI cfhq nhIN sI jgfAuxI.”

   ”pr Bjn, awj dy Ëmfny ivc kwcy kuafry sfkF df twutxf koeI nvIN….”

   “pr qusIN dovyN qF Aus sImf qoN ikMny awgy vD cuwky sI. ijwQoN qwk mYN socdI hF, qyry pRqI Ausdf snyh syj-sFJ qoN bhuq Aucf sI. ijs qrF df syvf Bfv qy cfa mlHfr df jËbf Aus bMdy ivc qUM afp dwisaf sI, qUM qF koeI moqI puMn kIqy hoxy aYN ijhVf quhfzf sMjog ho igaf.”

   “pqf nhI mYN ikMnI ku TIk hF, pr sfzI ivcfr-Dfrf ivc iek vwzf Ìrk hY. AusnUM pqnI cfhIdI hY, qy mYnUM kyvl iek kmpYnIan. kuJ vryH iek pqI dIaF bMdÈF qoN mukq ho ky mYN mihsUs kIqf hY ik aOrq iksy nfl bwJ ky ikMnf kuJ kurbfn krdI hY.”

   “gurcrn, eys vyly iËd ivc qUM qsvIr df iewko pfsf vyK rhI hYN. mMn ilaf ik qUM afriQk pwKoN sOKI hYN, pr sdIvI iekwl iensfn nUM Gux vFg KFdI hY. Auh nf hovy ik jdoN qYnUM ies df aihsfs hovy qF bhuq dyr ho cuwkI hovy.”

   “ho skdY mYN iËMdgI dy aYsy cOrfhy qy KVHI hF, ijwQy iksy pfsy nUM jfx dy vI spÈt sMkyq nhI imldy.”

   “vyK! jy Auh GVI GVI qYnUM Ìon krdf hY. Auh qyrI afvfË suxn nUM awj vI qrsdY. qyrf ivCoVf nf shfrdy hoey Aus ny qyry jnm idn qy mubfrk dyx leI do Èbd sFJy krny cfhy, Aultf qUM AusnUM pulIs dI DmkI dy ky cuwp krf idwqf. eyhI iswiKaf hY asIN amrIkf dI klcr ‘coN?”

   “qUM afp hI dws mYN kI krdI, jy myry bwcy hI Aus nUM…?”

   “iehnF bwicaf ny AuzfrI mfridaF ibMd nIN lOxf gurcrn. iensfnI kdrF kImqF nUM prKxf iswK. awj koeI qYnUM eynf cfhuMdf hY ik AusnUM qyrI Èkl qoN ibnf hor koeI Èkl nhIN idsdI. qyry nfm qoN ibnf hor koeI nfm Xfd nhIN. qUM do awKr ipafr dy ilK ky Byj dyh, Aus ny qyry sfry ÉUn muafÌ kr dyxy ny.”

   “Pyr qF Esy dI ijwq hoeI.”

   “ipafr ivc kdy koeI ijwq hfr df svfl nhIN huMdf kmlIey. jy ieh tuwtI gMZI geI qF quhfzI dohF dI hI ijwq ho jfxI hY.”

   gurcrn qy Bjn pwkIaF shylIaF sn. dovyN kdy inAUjrsI dy aYilËbYQ tfAUn ivc kol kol rihMdIaF sn, qy ‘inAUklIar mYzIsn’ dy iek afiÌs ivc kMm krdIaF sn. hr sMzy kdy ‘ibRjvftr’ gurdvfry cly jfxf, kdy ‘ircmMz-ihwl’ inAUXfrk dy lMgr dI syvf krn. AuhnF ivc eynF gUVH sI ik skIaF BYxF lgdIaF sn. dohF dy bwcy iek dUsry dy hfxI sn. dovyN hI iewko gwloN pryÈfn sn, ik ‘amrIkf kI afey, bwcy hwQoN inwkl gey.’

   kuJ sfl iekwTy rihx mgroN Bjn dy pqI imhr isMG ny afpxf ibËnYs ‘aflbnI’ Èihr jf ky ÈurU kr idwqf. ijs krky Bjn nUM vI nOkrI AuQy jf ky lwBxI peI. pr dohF df ipafr eyny Ìfsly dy bfvjUd vI Gwt nf hoieaf. gurcrn hr gurpurb ’qy prvfr smyq zrfeIv krky Bjn kol, ‘awp-styt’ gurdvfry clI jFdI. Pyr jdoN Ausdf pqI jsvMq, ‘ikznIË’ dI Gfqk bImfrI qoN gRisq sI, Bjn hÌqf hÌqf afpxy kMm df hrjf krky vI Aus df hwQ vMzfx jFdI.

   jsvMq dI cfr sfl lMmI bImfrI ny ijvyN gurcrn df lwk qoV idwqf hovy. Ausdy pqI dy do gYs-styÈn sn. Auh afpxI nOkrI krdI. ibËnYs dy pRbMDF bfry krmcfrIaF nfl qfl myl rwKdI. bwcy qy Gr sMBfldI hoeI pqI dI qImfrdfrI krdI. idny rfq iek cwkI vFg ipsdI rihMdI. sUKm ijhf srIr, pr pqf nhI rwb ny AusnUM ikMnI ÈkqI idwqI hovy.

   afKr jsvMq iek idn Ausdf sfQ Cwz igaf. jvfnI dI isKr ‘qy pqI dI mOq koeI mfmUlI hfdsf ikvyN ho skdf sI? nf Aus df koeI jIvn bImf. iksmq nfl, Bjn qy Ausdy pqI dy shfry ny AusnUM zolx nf idwqf. imhr isMG dI sUJ bUJ nfl gYs styÈnF df sOdf sfZy iqMn lwK zflrF ivc ho igaf. awDI rkm Ausny ‘imAUcUal ÌMzË’ ivc pf idwqI, qy bfkI pYsy leI pMj sflF dIaF ikÈqF kr leIaF. so afriQk pwKoN AusdI zoldI neIaf kuJ siQr vyg nfl Pyr qurn lwg peI.

   gurcrn dI qflIm BfvyN AusdI nOkrI dI ‘spYiÈaYiltI’ qoN vwKrI sI, pr Aus dI lgn, gRihx krn dI ÈkqI aqy hr mn ipafry cwj-afcfr kfrn Auh afpxI ‘lYbfrtrI’ ivc iek suGV ‘tYknIÈn’ mMnI jFdI sI. Bjn dy ‘jfb’ Cwzx ipwCoN AusdI QF iek gorI kuVI ‘rfibn’ ny lY leI. ‘rfibn’ qlfk Èudf sI, gurcrn dI hfnx. ijs qrF aksr amrIkx lok lMmy nfm lYx qoN kqrFAuNdy ny, Ausdy nfl kMm krn vflIaF kuVIaF AusnUM gurcrn dI QF, ‘ÈYrn’ kih ky bulfAuNdIaF. iPr hOlI hOlI AuhdIaF ieMzIan shylIaF ny vI Esy nfm nfl swdxf ÈurU kr idwqf. ‘rfibn’ kMm ivc ‘ÈYrn’ df pUrf sihXog idMdI. dovyN ‘lMc’ ‘qy kwTIaF jFdIaF. Ausdy mnmohk rveIey ny gurcrn dI iekwl df duK hor vI Gtf idwqf. Auh afpxy ‘buafey-ÌrYNzË’ bfry cuskIaF lY lY ky dsdI rihMdI. aksr kuVIaF vFg pVdy vflIaF gwlF krky, AuhnF ivckfr sFJ Bjn vFg hI gUVHI huMdI geI.

   “pItr’ BfvyN ivafihaf hoieaf hY, pr jdoN vI imlx afAuNdf hY, Aus ivc kuJ aYsI kiÈÈ hY ik mYN ipafr ivc iKwcHI jFdI hF. ‘iriËst’ nhI kr skdI.” ‘lMc’ qoN vfps afAuNidaF iek idn Auh afpxy ‘plMbr’ dosq bfry gurcrn nUM dws rhI sI.

   “ikMny icr qoN jfxdI hYN qUM Aus nUM?”

   “koeI do ku sfl ho gey, iek idn myry ‘bfQrUm’ dI tUtI TIk krn afieaf sI. mYN qF pihlI qwkxI ‘qy hI Aus nUM cfhux lwg peI sF.”

   “Pyr?”

   “Pyr kI hoxf sI, Aus qoN bfad Auh hr hÌqy afAux lwg ipaf.”

   “tUtI TIk krn jF qYnUM?”

   “E Èwt-awp.’ Auh hws ky bolI. “pr myrI bytI ‘vYlrI’ nUM Auh bVf ipafr krdf hY.”

   “ieh qF clfk bMidaF dy KyKn huMdy ny.”

   “nhI ‘ÈYrn’ Auh swc muwc bVf hI ‘svIt’ ivakqI hY.”

   “kdy ivafh bfry koeI gwl nhI hoeI?”

   “eyhI qF AulJn hY. kihMdY mYN afpxf twbr nhI Cwz skdf.”

   “pr ieh vMizaf vMizaf ipafr qYnUM ikvyN cMgf lgdY?” gurcrn ny gMBIr ho ky pwuiCaf.

   “pqf nhI. vYsy mYN mn nfl smJOqf kr ilaY. myrI sohxI nOkrI dy huMidaF pYsy dI qF koeI QuV nhIN, eys imlfp ivc myrI afqmk iqRpqI qF ho jFdI hY.”

   “qy ÈrIrk?”

   “qUM bVI KcrI hYN…. qYnUM hr gwl df jvfb cfhIdY….” Ausny hsidaF hsidaF Aus dy moZy qy ptokI mfrI.

   “qUM dws BfvyN nF, pr qyry hfsy df aMdfË sB kuJ ibafn kr irhY.”

   “aVIey! romFs df vI afpxf hI svfd hY. jdoN Auh Èfm nUM tYlIÌon qy GMtf GMtf gwlF krdY, pqf nhI ikEN icwq hI nhI Brdf.”

   “tYlIÌon kMpxI vfly Auhdy dosq hoxy ny, nhIN qF Ìon ibwl ikhVy Gwt afAuNdy hoxgy?”

   “kuJ vI kih, Ìon nfl awDf imlfp qF ho hI jFdY.”

   “qy ‘srivs-kfl’ krn vyly Auh bfkI df Gr pUrf kr jFdf hoxY.”

   “jfh prHy! mYN awgy qoN qyry nfl koeI gwl nhIN krnI.” qy hsdI hsdI afpxy kmry vwl clI geI.

   koeI iqMn ku vjy gurcrn nUM imisË sMGf df Ìon afieaf.

   “ÈYrn!’ ibËI qF nhI?”

   “QoVHI jhI. pr kI gwl?”

   “awj qUM kMm qoN ivhlI hoky myry Gr huMdI jfvyNgI?”

   “koeI Kfs gwl hY?”

   “hY qF Kfs hI, pr….”

   “mYnUM tYlIÌon qy nhIN dws skdy?”

   “dwsFgI qF qUM guwsy ho jfxY.”

   “aYsI ikhVI gwl hY?”
   “qyry irÈqy bfry….”
   “kI ? qusIN koeI mËfk …?”
   “nhIN ‘ÈYrn!’ qUM mYnUM afpxI vwzI BYx smJdI hYN nF….”
   “hF pr….”
   “bws Pyr sux. mYN qy qyyry jIjy ny ‘ieMzIaf- tribAUn’ dy ‘vIklI’ aKbfr ivc qyry irÈqy bfry ieÈiqhfr….”

   “vyt ey imint’ imisË sMGf. jsvMq nUM guËiraF ajy do sfl vI nhI hoey. lokIN kI…?”
   “qdy qF mYN qYnUM Ìon ‘qy nhI sI dwsxf cfhuMdI. ‘Eky sI XU lytr.”

   AusnUM imisË sMGf qy ikMnf icr guwsf afAuNdf irhf. CyqI CyqI ‘lYb’ df hwQlf kMm Kqm krky Auh Gr afAuNdI hoeI socdI rhI. ‘myry leI irÈqf lwB ky AuhnF nUM koeI injI lfB qF hoxf nhIN. Auh dovyN pqI pqnI, jdoN qoN sfzy guaFZ afky vwsy hn, mYnUM swc muwc BYx Brf vrgf ipafr hI dyNdy hn. AuhnF dy snyh nfl myry ivDvf jIvn dy do sfl suKfly inkly hn. AuhnF dI dUrdrÈqf kfrn hI mYN afpxy byty ‘ivwlI’ dI ÈfdI, Aus bMgflx kuVI bMdnf nfl hoxI svIkfr kr leI sI.’

   AusnUM AuhnF dIaF khIaF gwlF ajy vI sfÌ Xfd sn.‘gurcrn! iehnF mulkF ivc jdoN DI puwqr jvfn ho jfx, qF jy AuhnF dI mrËI anusfr nf cwlo qF Auh irÈqy iqVkx lwg jFdy ny. kI qUM afpxy muMzy leI iswKF dI kuVI ilaf ky Aus nUM bdl skyNgI? Auh qF pMjfbI vI nhI bol skdf. Èukr kr koeI mym nhI ilaf irhf. qy jy ilafvy vI qF qUM rok nhI skyNgI. hF jy cMgI sohxI ihMdusqfnI kuVI AusdI psMd hY, qF nFh nf krIN.’

   ‘Èfied AuhnF TIk hI ikhf sI.’ Aus soicaf. ‘Èukr hY, mYN AuhnF dy afKy lwg geI, qy ‘ivwlI’ mYQoN dUr nhI ho igaf. qy hux Auh myry irÈqy bfry….’ Aus muskrfeI.

   Ausny kfr sMGf prvfr dy ‘zrfeIv-vy’ ivc pfrk kr idwqI. imisË sMGf AusdI qIbrqf nfl AuzIk kr rhI sI. aMdr afAuNidaF hI Auh acMBq rih geI. ‘ilivMg-rUm’ dI myË qy pMj swq qsvIrF peIaF hoeIaF sn, qy kuJ KulHy hoey ilÌfÌy.

   “mYN qYnUM ‘srprfeIË’ dyxf cfhuMdI sF.” imisË sMGf ny Aus nUM kol ibTfAuNidaf ikhf.

   “iet ieË ey plYËYNt srprfeIË.” muskrFdI hoeI gurcrn icwTIaF ivc afeIaF qsvIrF nUM cuwk ky vfrI vfrI ghu nfl vyK rhI sI. koeI nf jcdI vyK ky Aus ny ÌotoË vfps myË qy rwK idwqIaF.

   “mYN ikhf sI nf, ‘ÈYrn’ dI ‘cOies’ kuJ hor hI hY.” sMGf sfihb ny Aus dI inrfÈ qwkxI nUM vyK ky afpxI pqnI nUM ikhf.

   “hYn qF ieh vI iswK prvfrF qoN, pr ‘klIn- Èyvz’ ny.”

   “imisË sMGf, plIË zoNt mfeINz.’ myrf iek ‘iemyj’ hY ik kdy vI myry jIvn sfQ ivc koeI afvy, qF Ausdy isr qy dsqfr hovy, qy dfVHI kys hox.”

   “jy ieh gwl hY qF ies nUM iÈkfgo vfly srdfr dI Auh icwTI ivKf, ijs ivc Ìoto nhI afeI.” imisË sMGf ny Auh icwTI PVf idwqI. pVHdI pVHdI Auh kdy muskrfvy, qy kdy Èrmfvy.

   “Ërf AucI pVH ky iehnF nUM vI suxf, ijhVf Qwly pMjfbI ivc iliKaf hY.” imisË sMGf ny Aus nUM Auqsfihq kridaF ikhf.

   “mYN dr asl aYsy sfQ dI Bfl ivc hF, ijsdy mD Bry nYxF ivc qwkidaF ieh pqf hI nf lwgy ik bfkI df jIvn kdoN lMG igaf.” qy sfry hws pey.

   ÈYrn nUM ieh Kq pVH ky dUsry hor KqF jF qsvIrF ivc koeI rucI nhI sI mihsUs ho rhI.
   “AusnUM ‘kfl’ krky dwsIN.”

   ÈYrn ny iksy hor iKafl ivc mgn, imisË sMGf dI gwl df koeI Auqr nf idwqf.
   “dwsyNgI”?

   “kI?” Auh awBV-vfhy bolI.

   “lE! ies nUM aFhdy ny, ‘lv aYt Ìst rIizMg.” qy Pyr sfry hws hws dUhry ho gey.

   “qUM qF Éq pVH ky hI afpxf afp Buwl geI. beI mMnxf pvygf, ieh Éq ilKx vfly kol ilKx df afrt ËrUr hY.” imisË sMGf bolI.

   “hux mYN cwlF”? icwTIaF smytdI gurcrn ny afigaf mMgI.

   “cfh qF pI jfh.”

   “hux ies nUM cfh suJdI ey? tYlIÌon krn dI cfh jo idl ivc pYdf ho geI.” sMGf sfihb ny ikhf.

   Gr af ky Auh iswDI bYzrUm ivc clI geI, qy iÈkfgo df nMbr ‘zfiel’ krn lwg peI.

   “hYlo!” Ausdf idl qyËI nfl DVk irhf sI.
   “my afeI spIk tU imstr ikrpfl isMG?”
   “ids ieË ikrpfl, hU ieË kfilMg plIË?”

   “siq sRI akfl!” AusdI DVkx hor vDI qy glf suwk igaf. kol pey pfxI dy iglfs ‘coN Guwt Brky Aus ny ikhf. “myrf nfm gurcrn kohlI hY. mYN ‘aYilËbYQ-inAUjrsI’ qoN ‘kfl’ kr rhI hF.

   ‘mYtrImonIal-aYz’ leI ilKy quhfzy Éq bfry.”

   “E XYs! siq sRI akfl jI. myry DMn Bfg.”

   qy Aus Èfm, koeI pOxf GMtf Auh tYlIÌon qy lwgI rhI. jdoN ‘kfl’ Éqm hoeI qF iek Aulfs dI avsQf ivc sI.

   svyry kMm qy puwjI qF Ausdy bulHF qy iek ajIb muskrfht sI. ‘rfibn’ qfV geI. Aus nUM gurcrn dy ichry dI Auh qbdIlI bVI axoKI lwgI. pr kuJ puwCy ibnf hI ‘lMc’ qwk kMm krdI rhI. gurcrn df icwq Aus nUM kuJ dwsx nUM krdf sI.

   “qyrf ichrf dwsdY ijvyN qyrI lftrI lwg geI hovy.” ‘rfibn’ ny ‘kYÌytyrIaf’ dI myË qy ‘lMc-try’ rwKidaF afiKaf.

   “nft rIalI’, pr ies qoN vI vDyry rock gwl hY.”

   “afr XU ien lv?”

   gurcrn ny ibnF kuJ ikhF, hF ivc isr ihlfieaf. ijvyN Auh bulHF ivc afpxI KuÈI Guwt Guwt ky rwKxf cfhuMdI hovy.

   “ikwQy imlI sI qUM Aus nUM?”
   “ajy imlI nhI.”
   “Pyr?”

   Ausny prs ‘coN icwTI kwZ ky Aus nUM pVHn leI PVf idwqI.
   “mfeI gfz hI ieË sm rfeItr.”
   “rfeItr hI nhI, qUM AusdI afvfË suxygI qF afKyNgI, kI jfdU hY Aus ivc.”
   “no vMzr!’ qUM qF sfrI rfq suÌny lYNdI rhI hovyNgI.”
   “suÌny kI lYxy sI? nINd hI nhIN afeI.”

   ikrpfl dy iËd krn qy gurcrn ny afpxI Ìoto Byj idwqI. jdoN ikrpfl dI Ìoto afeI qF ikDry BulyKy ivc AusdI bytI ‘svItI’ ny icwTI KolH leI. icwTI pMjfbI ivc ilKI hox krky pVH qF nf skI. pr ikMnf icr Ìoto vyKdI rhI, qy iPr ‘zfeIinMg-tybl’ qy rwK idwqI.

   “sOrI mfm! jldI nfl mYN…. Ausny Gr vVdI mF nUM icwTI PVFidaF afpxI ÊlqI mMn leI.”
   “iets Eky.” hlkf ijhf muskrFidaF Auh icwTI lY ky afpxy kmry vwl clI geI. qy icwTI pVHidaF ikMnf icr Aus Ìoto vwl qwkdI rhI. jdoN bfhr inwklI qF ‘svItI’ ijvyN bUhy qy AusdI AuzIk hI kr rhI sI. Aus ny mF dy ichry qy iek ajIb lfj BrI rMgq vyKI.

   “iksdf Éq hY mfm?”

   Auh ibnf kuJ ikhF, muskrFdI hoeI ikcn vwl clI geI. ‘svItI’ AusdIaF awKF ivwcoN Ausdf jvfb pVHnf cfhuMdI sI.

   “qUM Ìoto vyKI hY nf icwTI ivc?”gurcrn bolI.
   “hF, kOx hY ieh?”
   “hY koeI.”
   “qusIN ikwQy imly sI?”
   “ajy imly nhI. qYnUM Ìoto kYsI lwgI?”

   “hI sImË aflrfeIt.’ nwk Ërf vDyry…. kI Auh iÈkfgo qoN eyQy imlx afvygf?”
   “nhIN Ausny mYnUM EQy bulfieaf hY.”
   “kdoN?”
   “Èfied do iqMn hÌiqaF qwk jfvF.”
   “Auh ikEN nhI af jFdf?”
   “ afpxy ibËnYs kfrn ibËI hY, myrI eyar itkt Byj irhY.”
   “afr XU ikwizMg? kI qusIN afpxI Ìoto ByjI sI?”
   “Èfied Aus Ìoto df hI kmfl hY.”

   “qdy mYN vI khF, awj kwlH qusIN GMtf GMtf tYlIÌon….” qy hsdI hoeI svItI ny mMmI nUM jwPI ivc lY ilaf. “swc dwsF mfm? mYN ikMny icr qoN quhfnUM kihx kihx krdI sF. ‘XU mst go afAUt, XU nIz kMpnI.”

   gurcrn nUM pUrI afÈf sI ik amrIkf ivc ply Ausdy dovyN bwcy aYsI qbdIlI nUM jI afieaF kihxgy. pr mn ivc Ërf iJjk sI, jo hux jFdI rhI. Ausdy byty ‘ivwlI’ ny qF pihlF hI mF nUM mËfk krnf ÈurU kr idwqf sI.

   “mfm mYN bVf KuÈ hf. afiKr aYny icrF bfad koeI muskfxF pYdf krn vflf dosq quhfnUM ‘kfl’ krdY. zr lgdY, sfzI mfm hux ies Gr ivc QoVHy icr dI hI mihmfn hY.”

   “ikDry qUM qy qyrI vhutI, myry jfx leI duafvF qF nhI krn lwg pey?” Auh puwqr dI gwlH qy cUMZI vwZ ky bolI.

   “nhIN mfm, mYN qf cfhvFgf ik Auh eyQy hI af ky rihx lwg jfey. sfnUM rotI pkfAux df iÌkr qF nf hovygf.”

   Pyr iek idn AusdI shylI Bjn df ‘kfl’ afieaf.

   “kI gwl , awj klH qyrf Ìon hI nhI imldf. mYN keI idnF qoN trfeI kr rhI hF.”
   “ mYN qF qYnUM afp ‘kfl’ krnf sI, pr….”

   “cwl JUTI! aVIey jI krdf huMdf qF dÌqroN Ìon kr skdI sYN.”
   “nhI Bjn Êlq nf smJIN. mYN qF sgoN qyrI slfh lYxI sI.” qy Ausny imisË sMGf dy Auprfly nfl ikrpfl nfl bxdy irÈqy bfry sfrI gwl Aus nUM ibafn kIqI.

   "iokrpfl lgdf qF bhuq ieMtrYsitMg hY, pr pqf nhI eys Aumr ivc kuJ iJjk jhI lgdI hY qy zr vI.”
   “zr kfhdf?”
   “eyhI jy gwl isry nf cVHI. nfly lokIN kI…?”

   “gurcrn iek gwl dwsF, jy lokF dI Èrm kryNgI, qF BuwKI hI mr jfvyNgI. sfzy lokIN nf iksy nUM cMgf KFidaF vyK ky KuÈ, nf pihnidaF. jy sfrI Aumr qUM kwlI rihxf cfhuMdI hYN qF qyrI mrËI. mYN qF qYnUM afp hI kihxf cfhuMdI sI, beI ‘soÈylfeIË’ kr, pfrtIaF ivc jfh. iksy dy mUMh mwQy lwgyNgI, qfhINEN koeI sfQ imlygf. hux mF bfp qF eyQy afky Ègn lfAuxoN rhy. jy ikrpfl ny qYnUM ‘ienvfeIt’ kIqf hY qF ËrUr clI jfh. mYnUM af ky dwsIN, kI hoieaf. jy qyrI gwl bxdI hovy qF Aus nUM kih dyvIN ik hox vflI sflI df sUt nf Buwly.” qy hsdI hsdI ny Ìon rwK idwqf.

   iÈkfgo dy pihly Pyry ivc hI ijvyN gurcrn qy ikrpfl dI sFJ pIZI ho geI. Auh cfr idn dI vYkyÈn ‘qy afeI sI. ikrpfl dy afdr siqkfr ny Ausdf idl ijwq ilaf. turn qoN pihlF ikrpfl ny afpxy ‘rmfzf ieMn’ hotl dy sfry stfÌ nfl AusdI jfx pihcfx bVy grv nfl krvfeI.

   Auh iÈkfgo qoN qF af geI, pr ijvyN afpxf idl EQy hI Cwz afeI hovy. ikrpfl AusnUM kMm ‘qy hI iek do vfrIN ‘kfl’ kr lYNdf. ‘ kYsI qbIaq hY? iËafdf kMm kr ky Qwikaf nf kr. mYN rotI Kfx bYTf sF, kwly df Kfx nUM jIa nhI sI krdf. qUM kol huMdI….’ ieqafid.

   hux Ausdf kMm ivc vI icwq nhIN sI lwgdf. Gr afAuNdI qF bws Ìon lY ky bYT jFdI. kMm qy iek idn ‘rfibn’ ny AusnUM CyVdy hoey puwiCaf, “kYsI rhI qyrI pihlI ‘zyt?”

   “supr.”

   “kuJ dwsyNgI vI ik buJfrqF hI pfeI jfvyNgI.”

   “ieh smJ lY ik bws mYN arÈF dI sYr kr ky muVI hF. AusdI ÈKsIaq ivc eynf inwG, imlfp ivc eynf svfd.”

   “ieh gwl hY? pihlI ‘zyt’ qy hI…?”
   “qUM afpxI gwl Buwl geI?”
   “ikwQy ikwQy lY ky igaf qYnUM?”
   “qUM ieh puwC, ikwQy nhI lY ky igaf. myrI KuÈI leI qF Ausny pYsf pfxI vFg roiVHaf.”
   “qUM iksmq vflI hY, qYnUM eynf amIr dosq imilaY.”
   “rfibn, ieh qF afdmI dy idl dI gwl huMdI hY. keIaF kol pYsf huMdf vI hY, qy puwCdy ny    ‘brgr-ikMg’ cwlIey ik ‘mYkzfnlz’? nfly Auh eynF ‘romFitk’ hY ik kuJ nf puwC….”
   “puCx dI loV hI nhIN. Auh qF qyrIaF mdhoÈ awKF ‘coN hI nËr af irhY.” ‘rfibn’ ny vfrI df vwtf lfh idwqf.

   do hÌiqaF bfad hI ikrpfl ny Aus nUM iÈkfgo afAux leI Pyr itikt Byj idwqI. ies vfrIN dovyN ieqvfr nUM gurdvfry gey. Aus ny vyiKaf, ikrpfl dy mn ivc Drm pRqI ikMnI ÈrDf hY. Ausny iblizMg ÌMz leI pMj hËfr zflr df cYk kwt idwqf. Pyr kihx lwgf, “cwl mYnUM afpxI mrËI dy sUt psMd kr dyh.” qy Auh iqafr ho ky ‘mysI’ dy ‘zIpfrtmYNtl’ stor ivc phuMc gey. jFdy jFdy gurcrn ikDry ‘lyzIË sYkkÈn’ ivc ruk geI. Ausdy nFh nFh kridaF vI ikrpfl ny Aus leI ‘kOsmYitks’, blfAUËF, pYNtF, prsF, sYNzlF dI KrIdfrI kr ky Zyr lf idwqf. Auh Aus dI diraf-idlI qy KIvI huMdI jf rhI sI.

   “asIN qF quhfzy sUt KrIdx afey sI, qusIN afpxy leI qF kuJ vI nhI ilaf.”
   “jy mYN qYnUM qyry leI ÈfipMg vfsqy kih ky ilafAuNdf, mYnUM pqY qUM kdy nhI sI afAuxf.”
   “aYnIaF sfrIaF cIËF myry Coto jhy sUt-kys ivc ikwQy afAuxgIaF?”
   “eysy vfsqy hËUr asIN ‘lgyj- zIpftmYNt” vwl jf rhy hF.” qy Auh Aus nUM iKcH ky sUt-kys KrIdx lY igaf.
   “ieMzIaf ivc aYsI KrIdfrI aksr lVkI dy mF bfp krdy ny.”

   “ qYnUM qF pqY, ik amrIkf ivc sB kuJ Aultf hI huMdY.” qy dovyN hsdy hsdy stor ivcoN bfhr inkl afey. Auh soc rhI sI, ieh jsvMq nfloN vI vDyry ÌrfK idl iensfn inwkilaf.

   Èfm nUM jdoN ‘cI-cI’ mYksIkn rYstorYNt ivwcoN dovyN iznr Kf ky inwkly qF acfnk brÌ qoN gurcrn df pYr iqlk igaf, qy Auh ipwT dy Bfr izwg peI. ikrpfl ny AusnUM sMBfilaf qy hOlI hOlI tor ky kfr ivc ibTfieaf. Gr afAuNidaF hI Aus nUM plMG qy iltf ky ‘hIitMg-pYz’ nfl syk kIqf. kdy afKy ‘aYspRIn ilafvF?’ kdy khy, ‘grm duD pI lY.’ Ërf drd nfl pfsf prqdI qF Ausdf idl QoVHf huMdf. sfrI rfq Aus dy isrHfxy bYTy ny awK nhI sI lfeI, ijvyN ikMny virHaf qoN Aus nfl ivafihaf hovy.

   aYilËbYQ af ky Aus ny Bjn nUM ‘kfl’ kIqf.
   “ho afeI hYN afpxy buafey ÌrYNz koloN?” Bjn ny puiCaf.
   “ieh qF dUsrI vfr geI sI. myrf qF jIa nhI sI krdf, vfps afAux nUM.
   “iesdf mqlb hY qUNM muklfvy jf ky afeI hYN.” qy dovyN hws peIaF.
   “aYqkIN qF dfj vI nfl lY afeI hF.”
   “bs hux qUM sfzy kMmoN geI.”

   “qYnUM itwcrF qoN ibnf kuJ hor vI suJdY?” Pyr kuJ Tihr ky bolI. “ikrpfl nUM ijMnf nyVy ho ky vyKdI hF, mYN afpxy afp nUM bhuq KuÈiksmq smJdI hF.”

   “mYN qF swcIN ieh jfxky afp bVI KuÈ hF. eyny ipafry bMdy nfl ivafh hoieaf qF Ausny qYnUM mMjy qoN pYr nhI lfhux dyxf.”

   “lgdf qF kuJ eysy qrF hI hY.” qy Ausny brÌ qoN ‘silwp’ hoky izwgx aqy ikrpfl vwloN AusdI syvf df pUrf ibrqFq suxfieaf.

   “hux qUM vI pUrf iDafn rwKIN qy Ausdf Xog sQfn dyx ivc Ërf vI ksr nf CwzIN.”
   “sbwb dI gwl hY, QoVHy jhy idnF dIaF tYlIÌon kflF qy kyvl do mulfkfqF ivc hI asIN virHaF df sÌr pfr kIqf lgdY. pqf nhI sB kuJ eynI CyqI CyqI ho irhY, mYnUM qF bVf acMBf ijhf lgdY.”

   “iks gwl df?”
   “eyhI jo kuJ ho irhY.”
   “pr kI qUM ieh nhIN sI cfhuMdI?”
   “pqf nhIN, Auh qF mYnUM ‘aYNgyjmYNt’ bfry vI aYqkIN kih irhf sI. pr mYN kuJ ‘zbl-mfeINizz’ jhI mihsUs kr rhI hF.”
   “eynf awgy vDx qoN bfad hux ipwCy ikvyN htyNgI?”
   “EhI socdI hF kI krF? drasl mYN ÈfdI….”
   “kI? qUM ÈfdI nhI krfAuxf cfhuMdI?”
   “nft rIalI.”
   “vt afr XU tfikMg?”
   “mYN TIk kih rhI hF Bjn. jy ÈfdI kr leI qF mYN jsvMq dI ‘ivDvf-pYnÈn’ nhI vsUl kr skFgI.”

   “qyrI mwq qF nhI mfrI geI? ‘ivwzo pYnÈn’ dy iek hËfr zflr leI qUM afpxI sony vrgI iËMdgI dfa qy lgfAuxf cfhuMdI hY? jy ikrpfl eynf amIr hY ijMnF qUM dwisaf hY, ivafh qoN bfad Auhny qYnUM sony ivc qol dyxY.”

   “iek gwl hor dwsF, Auh bVf ‘poËYisv’ hY. myrI sfrI afËfdI Kqm ho jfxI hY. zr lgdY, jy ÈfdI qoN bfad sfzf inBfa nf ho sikaf.”

   “jy mihlF df rfj cfhuMdI hYN qF afpxy isrqfj dI aDIngI qF svIkfr krnI hI pvygI…. pr qUM acfnk eyny ‘nYgyitv’ idRÈtI kox nfl ikEN socx lwg peI hYN?”
   “kdy kdy mYN socdI hF, jy kuJ sfl asIN ibnf ivafh qoN hI iekwTy….”

   “gurcrn, qUM hoÈ dI dvf kr! qYnUM ‘kYroiln’ vrgIaF amrIkn aOrqF df pfh lwg igaf jfpdY. qUM ikvyN Bul skdI hYN ik qUM iek ihMdosqfnI aOrq hY. mYN BfvyN kuJ vI nf khF pr qYnUM pqY, gurdvfry ivc qyrIaF ikMnIaF gwlF bxngIaF?”

   “smJ nhI afAuNdI, mYN bVI ‘kniÌAUËz’ hF. mYN afpxI nOkrI vI qF nhIN Cwzxf cfhuMdI. ikDry jy kuJ AucI nIvIN gwl ho geI, mYnUM nvyN isr nOkrI ikwQoN imlxI aYN?”

   “qyrf iKafl hY ik ikrpfl eynf byvkUÌ hovygf ik afpxf cMgf Blf kfrobfr Cwz ky, ibnf ivafh dI ‘kimwtmYNt’ dy, qyry kol iek ainsicq ijhf jIvn ÈurU krygf? hrigË nhI….”

   agly mhIny ikrpfl ny inAUXfrk iksy mIitMg ‘qy afAuxf sI. Ìfslf iËafdf dUr nf hox krky, Auh Ausdy kol aYilËbYQ hI Tihr igaf. gurcrn ny AusdI afE Bgq ivc koeI ksr nf CwzI. ikrpfl nUM do idnF ivc hI mihsUs ho igaf ik Auh afpxI bytI ‘svItI’ hwQoN byhwd pryÈfn hY.

   “pqf nhI, Auh Èfm nUM rotI Kfx qoN bfad kfr lY ky ikwQy clI jFdI hY, qy rfq dy bfrF iek vjy qoN pihlF Gr nhIN prqdI.” gurcrn ny icMquq lihjy ivc dwisaf.

   ‘kdy puwiCaY, ikwQy jFdI hY?”
   “eynf hI dwsdI hY ik afpxI shylI kol pVHn leI jFdI hY.”
   “kI Auh shylI df aYzrYs jF tYlIÌn nMbr qYnUM dyNdI hY?”
   “nf.”
   “ieh ikMny icr qoN cwl irhY?”
   “koeI zyZ sfl qoN, jdoN df Aus ny skUl Éqm kIqY. awj klH kimAUintI kfilj ivc iekf dukf kors lY rhI hY.”
   “pVHfeI ivc kYsI hY?”
   “mYN qF AusnUM kdy piVHidaF nhI vyiKaf. ‘gRyzË’ vI eyny cMgy nhI huMdy.”
   “awgy pVHn bfry Aus df kI plfn hY?”

   “kdy kihMdI hY, mYnUM apfrtmYNt lYx leI Krcf idE, mYN bfstn XunIvristI ‘c pVHnf cfhuMdI hF.”
   “jy Grdy suK afrfm dy bfvjUd, lokl kfiljF ivc cMgy ‘gRyzË’ nhI ilaf skdI qF bfhr jf ky kI pUrIaF pfeygI?”

   “kihMdI hY jy apfrtmYNt df Krcf nf idEgy qF mYN GroN clI jfvFgI aqy Ìon nMbr vI nhI idaFgI.”

   “jy qUM mMny qF mYN iksy ‘zItYkitv’ dI ÌIs dy ky pqf krvf idaF ik Auh swc muwc ikwQy jFdI hY, qy iks nUM imldI hY?”

   “nhI ikrpfl, jy AusnUM iksy gwl dI iBxk pY geI qF iblkul hI hwQoN clI jfvygI.”
   “hux ikhVf qyry hwQ ivc hY Auh?”
   “smJ nhIN afAuNdI.”
   “kdy ‘ivwlI’ ny AusnUM smJfieaY?”

   “ivwlI’ nUM afpxI rMn qoN ivhl nhIN. Auh kuVI eynI ‘sYliÌÈ’ hY, kdy rotI vfsqy afKFgI qF myry leI byhI rotI rwK jfvygI, qy afpxy dohF leI swjrI lfh ky afpxy kmry ivc jf vVygI. ijvyN mYN koeI bybs buwZI aOrq hovF. eyQy iksy nUM myrI koeI icMqf nhI. keI vfr kih cuwkI hF ik zfktr ny myrI ‘alrjI’ dI hflq kfrn mYnUM koeI JfVn pUMJx, jF ‘vYikAUm’ vgYrf krn qoN mnFH kIqf hY. pr nf bytI, nf bhU, nf puwqr, iksy dy isr ivc jUM qwk nhI srkdI. kMm qoN afky mYnUM hI Kpxf pYNdf hY.” qy Auh ro peI.

   ikrpfl ny Aus nUM bfhF ivc lYky idlfsf idwqf qy awQrU pUMJy.

   aglI svyr Ausny sfry twbr nfl bYT ky bRykÌfst kIqf qy turn vyly kihx lwgf, “mYnUM ‘Elz-ÌYÈnz’ nf smJxf. ‘sOrI, mYN jldI ivc ‘svItI’ qy bMdnf leI koeI Auphfr nhI KrId sikaf, so dohF bwcIaF nUM myry vwloN….” qy Ausny sO sO zflr dy do not kwZ ky gurcrn nUM dy idwqy.
   “rihx idE qusIN.”
   “nhI gurcrn, ieh bwcy myry vI qF kuJ lgdy ny.”

   kuJ idnF ipwCoN ‘mdrË-zy’ ‘qy ikrpfl ny AusnMU iek pfrsl Byijaf. Aus ivc gurcrn leI Auphfr vjoN iek sony df sYt aqy grIitMg kfrz sI. Aus qoN ielfvf iek cfr pMny df Éq AusdI bytI leI ilK ky ikhf ik ‘svItI’ nUM dyx qoN pihlF Auh afp pVH lvy. Éq ivc Aus nUM iek ipqf vFg nsIhqF kIqIaF. qy iek bytI nUM mF pRqI, Ausdf krqwv drsfAuNidaF Ausny iksy duryzI QF jfx dI Qf, mF dy kol hI pVHfeI jfrI rwKx aqy AusdI qMdrusqI vwl iDafn dyx leI pRyiraf.
   Éq pVHidaF hI ‘svItI’ awg BbUkf ho geI.

   “ieh kOx huMdY mYnUM ies qrF ilKx vflf? ‘hI ieË nft mfeI Ìfdr.”
AusnUM TIk idRÈtI qoN smJx dI QF ‘svItI’ ny ivdRoh dI Bfvnf df pRgtfvf kIqf, qy ‘ivwlI’ mUhry Éq suwtH ky kfr lY ky ikDry clI geI.

   ‘ivwlI’ ny pwqR pVHn AupRFq ‘svItI’ dI gwl dI hI pRoVHqf kridaF afpxI vhutI nUM ikhf. “mF dy buafey ÌrYNz df ‘svItI’ nUM ies qrF ilKx df kI hwk bxdf hY? ‘iet ieË ribÈ’. ‘svItI’ AunI sfl dI hY, qy afpxI lfeIÌ bfry ÌYslf krn df Aus nUM pUrf hwk hY. Èukr hY ieh afdmI ajy sfzy prvfr df aMg nhI bixaf.”

   gurcrn ikcn ivc KloqI sfrIaF gwlF sux rhI sI. Auh sfrI dupihr iksy nfl boly bÊYr hI ikMnf icr socdI rhI. ‘svItI’ Aus Èfm rotI Kfx vI nf afeI. rfqIN iek vjy jdoN AusdI kfr dI afvfË suxI, qd jf ky AuhdI mF dI awK lwgI.

   svyry jdoN ‘lYbfrtrI’ phuMcI qF Ausdf kMm krn df rqf vI ‘mUz’ nhI sI. ‘rfibn’ ny kfrn puwiCaf qF Aus ny mn df qOKlf dwisaf.

   “ÈYrn’! sfzy jhIaF bwicaF vflIaF mfvF df jIvn iehnF sMisaF krky hI ‘sYt’ nhI ho skdf. asIN bwcy nhI Cwz skdIaF, cMgy hox BfvyN mfVy.”
   “myry idl df zr TIk hI jfpdY ik ieh irÈqf isry nhIN cVHnf. pqf nhIN, myrI koeI vI KuÈI mYnUM nhI pcdI.”
   “qUM qF vYsy vI ‘lIgl mYryj’ nhI krnf cfhuMdI. nfly Ausdy iÈkfgo ijMnI dUr rihx krky quhfzf pfrsipRk imlfp eynf sOKf nhIN. myrf buafey ÌrYNz eysy Èihr ivc hox krky, asIN BfvyN jdoN mrËI iml skdy hF.”
   “ rfibn’ jy ieh gwl tuwt geI…?” Ausny icMqf- jnk lihjy ivc ikhf.
   “km-afn ‘ÈYrn’! dyar ieË ey lOt afÌ iÌÈ ien dI EÈn.’ qUM myry nfl bfhr cwilaf kr. qyrI KubsUrqI nfl qF ‘buafey-ÌrYNzF’ df vfr nIN afAuxf.”
   “pr mYN Aus koloN eyny Auphfr lY cuwkIN hF.”
   “qUM qF nhI sn mMgy. Aus ny afp hI KuÈI nfl idwqy sn.”
   “nhIN, mYN Aus nUM sfÌ khFgI, ik mYN AuhnF cIËF dI hwkdfr nhIN hF.”
   “ AuNj BfvyN Aus jhy amIr afdmI nUM icwq cyqf vI nf hovy, pr qyry ies qrF afKx nfl jy Ausny qyrf ‘tYst’ krn leI mMg ley qy qUM iksy lflc vws nf moV skI, qF qUM AusdIaF nËrF ivc igr jfvyNgI.”
   gurcrn kuJ khy ibnf iKVkI ivwcoN bfhr qwkdI rhI. ‘rfibn’ ny Pyr afpxI gwl jfrI rwKidaF ikhf.
   “qohÌy qF BfvyN vfps kr vI dyvyN ‘ÈYrn’, kI Ausdy ipafr df muwl qfr skyNgI? AusdI inÈkfm syvf df? jy qUM Ausdy sdIvI sfQ leI ‘sIrIas’ nhI sI jF duicqI ivc sI, qF qYnUM iÈkfgo jfxf hI nhIN sI cfhIdf.” gurcrn afpxy aMdr iek Gutn jhI mihsUs krdI Clk peI qy kmry qoN bfhr clI geI.
   Èfm nUM ikrpfl df Ìon afieaf. Ausny afdq anusfr gwl ÈurU kIqI.
   “kI hfl hY sfzI sohxI df?”
   “TIk hY.” gurcrn ny irvfjn jhy Auqr idwqf.
   “agly mhIny iPr ‘aYNgyjmYNt’ pwkI hY nf?”
   Auh kuJ nf bolI.
   “myrf pfrsl imilaf?”
   “hF, ‘QYks Ìfr aYvrI iQMg.”
   “gly df sYt kYsf lwgf?”
   “sohxf aYN.”
   “qy kfrz?”
   “Auh vI.”
   “ gurcrn, afr XU aflrfeIt?’ lLgdY qUM awj gwl krn dy ‘mUz’ ivc nhIN aYN.”
   “quhfnUM Auh icwTI ‘svItI’ nUM nhIN sI ilKxI cfhIdI.”
   “km-afn’ gurcrn! mYN qF icwTI qYnUM ByjI sI qyrI qrÌdfrI leI. qy ikhf sI ik jy pVHky TIk smJyN qF hI dyvIN. ‘plIË zont blym mI.’ kI Ausny qYnUM kuJ burf Blf ikhf?”
   “mYnUM qF nhIN. pr eynf kih geI ik qusIN kOx huMdy ho ies qrF ilKx vfly.‘XU afr nft hr Ìfdr.”
   “qy qUM vI Esy dy vFg socdI hYN?”
   “Ausdy vFg qF nhI, pr Aus Éq dy keI Èbd bVy hI sÉq sn.”
   “gurcrn! jy Es kuVI nUM ÈurU qoN hI TIk ZMg nfl ‘hYNzl’ kIqf jFdf qF Auh hwQoN nf inwkldI.”
   Auh kuJ nf bolI.
   “gurcrn!”
   “XYs.”
   “qF qUM eysy kfrn BrI pIqI bYTI hYN?”
   “afeI ivl tfk tU XU lytr.” qy Aus ny Ìon rwK idwqf.

   Auh sfrI Èfm Audfs rhI. Ausdy mn ivc ajIb ajIb ivcfr AuT rhy sn. pRoVH avsQf ivc hox vfly ivafh Èfied eysy kfrn isry nhIN cVHdy. mYN ‘svItI’ nUM iks qrF Cwz skdI hF. Êlq jF shI, Auh myrI DI hY. ‘ivwlI’ dy ÈbdF qoN qF lgdY ijvyN Auh ikrpfl dy ‘ajy ies prvfr dy aMg nf bxn’ ivc hI KuÈ hY. ieh sB kI ho igaf? Pyr mYN vI qF Aus nfl kfnUMnI ivafh dy hwk ivc nhIN hF. ivafh ipwCoN myrI sfrI svqMqRqf vI Kwus jfvygI. kI Auh ies qrF dy by-svfdy mfhOl nUM, ibnf ivafh kIqy svIkfr krn ivc rfËI ho jfvygf?’ qy Auh rfq dy do vjy qwk socdI rhI.

   agly idn kMm ‘qy ikrpfl df Ìon afieaf. gurcrn ny EQy huMidaF vI sYkrytrI rfhIN sunyhF dy idwqf ik Auh awj jldI CuwtI kr geI. Ausny Gr ‘kfl’ krky ‘afnsirMg-mÈIn’ ‘qy ‘mYsyj’ Cwz idwqf. gurcrn ny Ausdf koeI Auqr nf idwqf. agly idn kMm qy Pyr Ìon afieaf. ‘afpRytr’ ny kih idwqf ik Auh ‘ibËI’ hY, aqy gwl nhI kr skdI. ikrpfl nUM Ausdf rveIaf bVf aXog lwgf. iPr Èfm nUM Ausdf Ìon Gry afieaf qF ‘ivwlI’ ny cuwikaf. “sOrI aMkl, mMmI ny ‘mYsyj’ idwqf hY ik Auh quhfzy nfl koeI gwl nhIN krnf cfhuMdI.”

   “afr XU Èoar?”
   “pfËyitv.”

   ikrpfl dy isr qy ijvyN swq GVy pfxI pY igaf hovy. AusnUM kdI vI ieh AumId nhIN sI. ijhVI iesqrI kuJ idn pihlF qwk, idn ivc sO vfrI ‘afeI lv XU’ kih kih ky ipafr jqFdI sI, Auh eyny Coty idl vflI inwklI.

   agly sMzy ikrpfl ny svyry svyry Ìon kIqf. gurcrn ny rIsIvr cuwikaf.
   “hYlo.”
   “gurcrn , mYN ‘kfl’ kr irhf hF.”
   “quhfnUM ‘ivwlI’ ny mYsyj nhI idwqf?”
   “hF, pr mYN EhI qyry mUMhoN suxnf cfhuMdf hF. Auh qyrf ipafr acfnk nÌrq ivc ikvyN bdl igaf?”
   “ikrpfl, mYN nÌrq nhIN krdI.”
   “Pyr Auh sfry rMgIn suÌny, sfrI sfrI rfq jfg ky iek dUsry dIaF bfhvF ivc isrjIaf pRym khfxIaF, vÌf dy vfhdy, kI hoieaf AuhnF df?”
   “keI rfqF afpxy aMqihkrx df shI jfieËf lfAuNdI mYN ies iswty ‘qy puwjI hF ik Auh sfzf ipafr nhI, sgoN ÈrIrk iqRpqI df iek Jwl sI. ijs ivc asIN dovyN vih qury. ‘iet vfË ienÌYcUeyÈn, nft lv.”
   “pr mYN qF kdy qYnUM qyrI mrËI dy ivruwD nhI sI pRyiraf.”
   “nhI ikrpfl, ieh iksy dy vws dI gwl nhI sI. ieh iewk hfdsf sI.”
   “hYN, eynf hsIn hfdsf?”
   Auh kuJ nf bolI.
   “kI asIN Pyr kdI vI nhI iml skFgy?”
   “jy iksmq nUM mnËUr hoieaf qF.”
   “qYnUM kI mnËUr hY?”
   “bws awj qoN ipwCoN qusIN ‘kfl’ nf krnf.” qy Ausny tYlIÌon eyny KVfk nfl rwiKaf, ikrpfl nUM lwgf ijvyN Ausdy mUMh qy cpyV vwjI hovy.”

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