N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXsªjpt¶äp.
Mm³ Nm`pNÄ H¶pNqsX k`n¨p. AkÄ ASptbms` Ss¶ sdZnt`]v¡v ko\p.
‘NpªnsW tk\sf¶v b_ªp N^ªtÃm… Ct¸mÄ AkWnÃm¯t¸mjpw tNm*w CXt\m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
‘ASv… ^Knt]«m… C¡ b_ªn«p*v. sskNo«v k^pt¼m… W½ap Nan¨ tNm*w C¡]v¡v tk\sf¶v.’ AkÄ A`vbw Wm\t¯msX b_ªp.
B b_¨n tN«v FWn¡pw In^n k¶p. gdoÀ C{S]pw Du¼Wm]n^pt¶m? F´m]m`pw Fs¶ A§v hzÀPw Nm\n¡pN]m\v ^*ptb^pw. sNmÅmw…
‘sl^n… tbm]v FXpt¯m*v km… tkPw tk\w’ Mm³ b_ªp.
AkÄ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp Np*n]pw Np`p¡ns¡m*p HmXnt¸m]n.
AÂb tW^w Njnªn«pw Nm\mSm]t¸mÄ Mm³ At§m«v sI¶p. AkÄ sgÂcn Hs¡ b^Sns¡m*n^n¡pN]m\v. sIkn]n tcm\p*v.
‘F´mXn bq_ntfmsa Nn«n]ntÃ?’ Fsâ tImUyw tN«v AkÄ Sn^nªp.
‘CsÃtXm CknsX§pw Nm\p¶nÃ… C¡s] knan¨n«p FXp¡p¶pfnÃ.’ AkÄ b_ªp.
‘F¶m C§p km… F¶n«v Du¼ns¡m*n^n¡v. B ssf^³ Ct§m«p knan¡s«.’ AkÄ In^n¨p.
F¶n«p tcm¬ sIkn]n sk¨psNm*v Ss¶ Fsâ fp³bn k¶p fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. F¶n«p Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶p. Nps_ _nRv sI]vSn«pw FXp¡mSm]t¸mÄ AkÄ tcm¬ Smsj sk¨p F¶n«p bqÀ\fm]pw Np®]q¼`n {l²n¨p. W¶m]n I¸n k`n¨p km]v F¯m¯ emP§an W¡n WW¨p tdmÄhv km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp AkÄ Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶p. sbs«¶v tcm¬ _nRv sI]vSp.
‘it`m C¡m… FknsX tbm]n^n¡pkm]n^p¶p F{S tW^fms]¶_nt]m knan¡p¶p.’ AkÄ Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶ km]v FXp¯p hwhm^n¨p.
‘Biv… sl^n, tNm*w bm]v¡v Hs¡ FknXm skt¨?Mm³ ASv Nps_ Sn^ªp. tU ^Knt]«³ CknsX tUgys¸«p Wn¡pkm… Mm³ tks_m¶pw sI¿mWnÃm¯SpsNm*v Du¼ns¡mXp¡pkm…’ AkÄ ASv b_ªp Fs¶ tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨psNm*v ko*pw Np® km]n`m¡n. Ak³ tNÄ¡m³ tk*n AkÄ Bªp I¸n. ASnsâ lÐw fpj§n.
Fsâ Np® km]n sk¨psNm*v Ss¶ AkÄ ^*pfq¶p k«w ‘Dw… Dw…’ F¶v fqan. fqapt¼mÄ Fsâ Np®]n B sskt{dg³ Fs¶ hpOn¸n¨p. Mm³ Nm`nsâ SÅkn^ sNm*v AkapsXbq_n St`mXn. sfsà ASpsNm*p bq_n H¶v AfÀ¯n. AkÄ Np® km]n Ss¶ sk¨psNm*v Fs¶ tWm¡n Fsâ NphrSn BhzUn¨tbms` Nmft¯msX In^n¨p.
CXSp ssN]n bnXn¨psNm*p km]nt`]v¡v sk¨ Fsâ Np®. k`SpssN]n sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯psk¨ sfmssdÂ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv