N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´v AWph^\]ms\¶v.’
‘^Knt]«sW fm{Sfà Fs¶]pw Wà AWph^\]m…’ AkÄ ASv b_ªpsNm*v B t¹änWv fpNan Np´p Nm`n C^p¶p ASnt`]v¡v fq{Ssfmjn¨p.
‘W¡n¡pXns¡Xm gdoÀ b«n.’ AkÄ b_ªp.
gdoÀ ASpw W¡n¡pXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. ASv tWm¡ns¡m*v fpwSmhvFsâ Nm`nWnX]n C^p¶p Fsâ Np® Du¼m³ SpX§n.
‘Zm b«n…’Mm³ knan¨p. gdoÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n.
‘tbm]v km]pw N¿pw NjpNn km’ Mm³ b_ªp.
Ak³ Fjpt¶äv tbm]n. Mm³ fpwSmhnsâ S`]n bnXn¨p Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v Bªp tIÀ¯psNm*n^p¶p. gdoÀ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ AktWmXp Fsâ Nm`nWXp¯p Wn`Sn^n¡m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p. Ak³ AknXn^p¶p.
‘Wnsâ dokn Fsâ Np® Du¼p¶ Nt*mXm Np*m?’
‘Biv’
‘F¶m AkÄ¡p H^p D½ sNmXpt¯…NknanÂ.’ Ak³ AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p.
‘Zn bq_n. Fsâ Np® Wnsâ km]n`ps*¶p Ak³ A_n]s« D½ sk¡pt¼m… H¶psX D½ sk¸n¡v’
AkÄ Fsâ Np® k`Sv Nknan`qsX fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ ^oSn]n km]n`m¡n F¶n«v AknsX sSm«p Nm\n¨p. Ak³ AknsX Ipwdn¨p. Mm³ AkapsX fpXn]n bnXn¨p k`n¨pNp® bp_s¯Xp¯p.
‘Zm Fsâ Np® H¶v f\s¯’
Ak³ fpwSmhnsâ Sp¸`n NpSnÀ¶ Np® f\¯p.
‘Wnsâ doknsX Sp¸Â f\¡p¶pt*m’
‘Dw’ Ak³ S`]m«n.
Mm³ Aksas¡m*v ko*pw Du¼n¨p. F¶n«v Np® sSm`n¨p AkapsX Ip*n D^¨p tS¨p.
‘Zm CWn Wnsâ sNt«ymsa H¶v {c©v AXnt¨… Fsâ Np®]v¡p Wnsâ sfm©¯n]psX Ip*nsW¡mÄ tXÌv Dt*m¶v A_n]mtÃm.’
AkÀ b^hvb^w Ip*pNÄ tIÀ¯vWp\ªp. Ak³ AkapsX Ip*v W¶m]n BhzUn¨p Wp\ªp. Ip*pNÄ AXÀ¯n]t¸mÄ fpwSmhv Aksâ km]nt`]v¡v NmÀ¡n¨p Sp¸n. Ak³ ASv C_¡pw fp³tb AkÄ ko*pw Fsâ Np® W¶m]n I¸n]n«v ko*pw Aksâ km]nt`]v¡v Sp¸n. Mm³ Fjpt¶äp.
‘Wnsâ doknsX km]nÂMm³ b®p¶Sv Nm\t* Zm Wms] WnW¡v?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
Ak³ S`]m«n.
‘bp*¨ntfmsW… kmSp_¶v b_s]Xm… Fsâ fp¯qsâ km]n b®n¯m ^Kn F¶v’ Mm³ Aksâ fpO¯p Bªp Ikn«ns¡m*p b_ªp.
Ak³ H^p klt¯]v¡v I^nªptbm]n. ko*pw Fjpt¶äv Wm`pNm`n Wn¶v.
‘^Kn… Fsâ fpwSmhnsâ km]n Wnsâ C^p¼p Np®]n«p b®nS^ptfm Mm³ H¶v Nm\s«.’
‘Dw CSm Nm\p bq_ntfmsW…’
Mm³ AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv