N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cu Wm_p¶ km]n S¶m\tÃm tfmav Wmkn«p W¡n]Sv?’ MmWpw kn«nÃ.
‘ASv MmWm]SpsNm*tÃ… dm¡n DÅk^psX Nm^yfm Mm³ b_ªSv.Fsâ NmfpNsâ km]v FWn¡v H^n¡`pw Wm_nÃ.’ ASv b_ªp AkÄ Fsâ Ip*n H¶pNqsX Ipwdn¨p.
F¶n«p Fsâ km]nt`]v¡v{dgv sk¨p. ‘Wn¡v CSv B^psX {dgv B\v?’
‘CSv Fsâ]m fmtg… Fs´ {blvWfpt*m?’
‘F¶m Hmt¡ At¸mÄ Fsâ km]nÂCWn Wnsâ km]psX f\w B]n^n¡pftÃm… CWn B^pw km]vWmäw F¶v Npäw b_]nÃ.’
‘AsS´m Fsâ km]v¡v A{S WÃ f\fmt\m?’
‘Dw… Cs¸m D½ sk¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v FXp¡m³ tSm¶m¯Sv ASpsNm*tÃ…’
‘F¦n km Sp_¡v… tS¡s«…’ AkÄ Fsâ bÃp tS¨p S^m³ SpX§n.
‘F´m Wo b_sª? fmaqsW sN«n¨p S^mtWm? FWn¡v h½Sw. CWn fmaqsW]pw Fsâ sN«nt]msW]pw Wo h½Sn¸nt¨m… F´m???’
‘fmaqsW h½Sn¸n¡m³ Fap¸fm bs£ Wnsâ sN«nt]mtWmXv Mm³ F´v b_]mWm? tKm`n ss{ZkÀ, BVm^w tbm`pw b\]¯n`pÅ koXv. Cs¸m sN«n¨p S^pw.’
‘i i… AÃ fmaqsW F§sW h½Sn¸n¡psf¶??? Fs¶ kas¨Xp¯ tbms` Fap¸fm\v F¶v knIm^nt¨m???’
‘ASnWp Mm³ Cu I^¡nsW ka¨nÃtÃm… Fs¶]tà ka¨Sv?’
‘Dw… sl^n CWn fmapknsW kas¨Xp¯p Hant¨mXpkmt\Â Fs¶]pw NqsX Nq«\w tNt«m…? AtÃÂ Wfp¡v Hant¨mXn]mt`m???’
‘A¿Xm Cu Nnaknt]w sNm*v Hant¨mXn«p FWns¡´m Nm^yw’
AkapsX fpOw kmXn. ‘sl^n]m…H^p b¯p sNmÃw WnW¡v hpOw Nn«pw. bns¶ Mm³ H^p em^fmkpw’AkÄ b_ªp.
‘tlm… Fsâ NmfpNn bn\§tÃ…’
‘tbmXm… tbm]v km]v NjpNv. Mm³ F®s]Xp¯n«p k^mw.’ AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`]v¡v WX¶p.
ssWän]n AkapsX Np*n Np`p§p¶p. C¶v ASv AXn¨p sbman¡p¶Sp HmÀ¯t¸mÄ FWn¡v kÃmsS N¼n]m]n. Mm³ km]v NjpNn. AkÄ F®]pfm]v k¶p.
‘AÃ… Wo bÃp tS¨nÃtÃm?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
‘tS¨tÃm…’ AkÄ b_ªp.
‘ASv tbm^m…Mm³ tS¨p S^mw… C^n¡v.’ Mm³ Aksa thmc]n C^p¯n.
‘CWn {dsgXp¡v’ Mm³ b_ªp.
AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ Fsâ hnbv Iq*n¡m«n.AkÄ tWm¡n F¶n«p bp©n^n¨p.
‘AsSms¡ k¶n«v’ AkÄ b_ªp.
F¶n«p Fjpt¶Â¡m³ {lfn¨p.Mm³ Aksa SÅn AknsX Ss¶]n«p.
‘k¶n«v Wo bns¶]pw bÃp tSt¨m…’ Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv