N¼nNp«³.sWäv CaNn]mXp¶ fp`NÄ bnXn¨p Nl¡n.
fpwSmhv kÃmsS lÐfp*m¡ns¡m*p bnXªp. AVnNw sskNmsS B bX¡pSn^ SaÀ¶p ko\p. AkapsX NnS¸ntWm¸w BªXn¨psNm*p MmWpw bm Ioän¨p.
AkapsX bp_t¯]v¡p ko\p.
kas^ tW^w M§Ä A§sW Ss¶ NnX¶p. bns¶ AkÄ bSns] Fjpt¶äp.
‘tNm*w Du^s« ^Knt]«m? H¶v Fjpt¶äp Wn¡mtfm?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.
Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. AkÄFsâ Np®]v¡p Nosj km]v Sp_¶p Wn¶p. F¶n«p bSns] Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶pw tNm*w Du^ns]Xp¯p. bp_t¯]v¡p Cäpko\ bm SpÅnNÄ AkapsX N®n`pw Ip*n`pw km]n`psfms¡]m]n.
AkÄ tNm*w tXdnan sk¨n«p fpO¯v B] Np®¸m kXns¨Xp¯p km]n`m¡n.
Wà D_¡¯nWnX]n`m\v Np®]n H^p IqXpÅ hvbÀÈWw AWpeks¸Xp¶Sv. fpwSmhv D_¡fp\Às¶¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ B IqXv BhzUn¨p ko*pw D_¡w bnXn¨p. Fsâ Np®]n WWkv bXÀ¶p. WmkpsNm*v Hmt^m emPkpw Wm¡pN]m\v. sfsà sfsà ASv Np®]psX Sp¼ns`¯n. bns¶ fq{S¯pa]n H¶v Wmkn«p kÃmsS AfÀ¯n. Mm³ bnXsªjpt¶äptbm]n. B NmjvI N*p Mm³ sM«n.
‘bq_ntfmsW… Wos]´p Np®¯^w Nm\n¡pkmXm bpjp¯ b«n…’ Mm³ A`_n.
fpwSmhnsâ Wmkp Bs\¶v N^pSn Mm³ BhzUn¨Sv gdo_nsâ Wmkp Fsâ Np®]n`qsX Cj]p¶Sm]n^p¶p.
diaw tN«v Fsâ A^s¡«n fpOw tIÀ¯v D_§pN]m]n^p¶ fpwSmhpw sM«n Fjpt¶äp.
‘FXn… Wnsâ eÀ¯mkp Du¼³ sI]vSSv F´m¶_nt]m… Cu Np*³…’ Mm³ tUgyw AX¡mWmkmsS Io_n.
AkÄ H¶pw fWhn`mNmsS AksW tWm¡n. gdoÀ BsN kÃmSm]n Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m\v.
‘tImUns¡Xn bp*¨n B ssf^tWmXv. F´v Ak^Sf sI]v–sS¶v…’ Mm³ ko*pw A`_n.
‘F´m C¡ F´v bän?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.
‘fp¯p Mm³ H¶v ^Kn]psX Np® W¡nt¸m]n… Wn§Ä Wà Nan Njnªp NnX¡pktà Wnsâ bq_nsâ tXÌv ^KnsX Np®]n`p*mkpsf¶v N^pSn’ Ak³ H^p hzmemknN Nm^ysf¶tbms` AktamXv b_]p¶Sv N*p FWn¡v A¼^¸m]n.
‘C¡ tbm]v {ZÊv fm_n km… ^Kns]«sW Mm³ fmtWKv sI]vtSmamw… C¡ F¯n]tS DtÅm?’AkÄ tImUn¨p.
‘Aà fp¯p, Mm³ k¶p Wn§Ä Njn¨ bm{Ssfms¡ NjpNn F¶n«p {ZÊv fm_m³ k¶Sm]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ Wn§apsX NnX¸p N*v sNmSn]m]n. ^Kn… thm_n’ Ak³ b_ªp.
Mm³ Aks^ fm_n fm_n tWm¡n A¼^¶p Wn¡pN]m\v.
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