N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^nªpWX¶]pXsW Sn^ptfWn bqKmfp_n]n Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡pNX¶v Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWns] tcm\n dÔs¸«p.
“”W½psX hwl]w l^n]m\v. CknsX]p*v Sn^ptfWn, Fsâ N×p³bnÂ.””
“” l¦^m sb«¶v H^p timfNpÞw S¿m_m¡n Sm¡m`nNfm]n B BßmknsW dÔn¸n¡q.
tlgw AfmkmhnNjnªv fimhpUÀlWtimfw WX¯n Aksa]pw Bkmin¡mw.
bns¶ {btSyNw {l²n¡\w
Cawf^¯n tk\w B\n]Xn¨v dÔn¡m³
W½psX kXt¡N*s¯ sI¼Nf^¯n`mNpw WÃSv.””
“”DÆv Sn^ptfWn, C¶v hÔyNjnªpÅ
‘]£]mf’¯n f{´nN¸p^]nt`¡v MmWmBßmknsW knan¡pw.””
“”l¦^m, H^pNm^ywNqsX. dÔWf{´tfm, Aæn hvSweWf{´tfm B]n^n¡\w Dbt]mPn¡m³. Nm^\w Bßmknsâ tNmbw AX¡n Sm¡m`nNfm]n«m\v dÔn¡p¶Sv.
AfmkmhnNjnªv dÔWw tkÀsbXp¯n hpUÀlWtimf¯n`qsX ko*pw dÔnt¡*Sp*v.””
“”DÆv Sn^ptfWn A_n]mw..””
“”F¶m ASnWpÅ H^p¡§Ä SpX§nt¡maq. “”
tcm¬ N«v sI]vSv l¦^³Sn^ptfWn UoÀQlzmhsfXp¯p.
bSnkptbms` ^mkns` A½pkpw Pu^n]pwNqsX Npan¨v A¼`¯nt`¡v tbm]n.
tbmNp¶kjn]ns`ms¡]pw A½pknsW {l²n¨psNm*m]n^p¶p Pu^n WX¶Sv.
“”bj]tbms`¯s¶ H^pfmäkpfnÃ, bs£ C¶s` Mm³N* Nmjv¨.
Mm³N* hzb§Ä, hSyfmt\m AsSms¡..””
“”F´m Put^y¨n, t´`pw b_tªm?””
Sn^nªpWn¶v A½ptImUn¨p.
“”G]v– CÃym,..””
“”fv, Mm³ ^mkns`fpSÂ {l²n¡p¶p*v Put^y¨ns],””
“”H¶pà Wo kt¶,””
^*ptb^pw bXnªms_ tPäv kjn A¼`¯nWpÅnt`¡pNX¶p.
^hoSv Nu*_n Wn¶pw hwhm^n¨psNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ AWns] N*t¸mÄ Pu^n At§m«v sI¶ptImUn¨p.
“”G«m, Fsâ fp³K·w B^ms\¶v B BtamXv tImUn¡m³ btäm, Aà H¶pà Ip½m A_n]mWm]n^p¶p.””
tSXn]kÅn NmanÂIpän.
AWn AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n bp©n^nsbmjn¨p.
“”AXp¯ Afmkmhn A_n]m³ bäpw. A¶ptbmNmw. bs£ ^m{Sn]ns` tbmNm³ bäq..””
“”At¿m F¶m tk*, “”
Pu^n bn¶nÂWn¶pw fpXn]njNsa tNm^ns]Xp¯v fp³bnt`¡v C«psNm*v b_ªp
AWn]psX NmfwWn_ª N®pNÄ Pu^ns] AXnfpXntWm¡n.
“”A§sW]ms\Nn Wfp¡v ^mkns` tbm]mt`m?..””
tSman NnX¡p¶ gÀ«v A]msaXp¯pV^n¨p.
“”B, A§sW]ms\¦n tWm¡mw””
Pu^n]psX f_pbXntN« AWn ht´mgt¯msX Ipä¼`¯nÂWn¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv