N¼nNp«³.sWäv Du¼p¶Sn`pw ftWmi^fm]n gdoÀ Fsâ Npj DuSn.
sbs«¶v fpwSmhnsâ IqXpÅ sNmjp¯ Sp¸Â Fsâ Np®]n`pw Aksâ fpO¯pfm]n ko\p. Ak³ H^p emk teUkpw CÃmsS B Sp¸`pw tIÀ¯v Fsâ Np®]q¼p¶p.
Mm³ fpwSmhnsW tWm¡n. AkÄ In^n¡p¶p.
Cu U¼SnNÄ Fs¶ A¼^s¸Xp¯m³ tbmNps¶ DÅpsk¶v B In^n]n Ds*s¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. Mm³ Aksa AXpt¯m«p tIÀ¯p.
‘Wo]pw Wnsâ sN«nt]mWpw sNmÅmsÃmXn’
‘F´m ^Knt]«m… BUys¯ tUgysfms¡ FknsX? Fsâ sN«nt]m³ A{S W¶m]n Np®]q¼n¯^p¶pt*m?’ AkÄ Fs¶ Nan]m¡ntImUn¨p.
‘Ds*Xn bq_n. Wns¶¡mÄ W¶m]n Du¼p¶p*v.’
‘Bim… Ban{S WÃ Du¼Wms\¶p Mm³ A_nªnÃ’ AkÄ gdo_nsWtWm¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.
gdoÀ Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v Du¼Â SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ fpwSmhnsâ H^p Nm sbm¡n Fsâ fXn]nt`¡v C^p¯n. ASv F´nWms\¶v fWÊn`m]Sptbms` gdoÀ Du¼Â WnÀ¯n. F¶n«p fpwSmhnsâ bq_p W¡n¯pX¨p F¶n«v Fsâ Np® AkapsX bqänt`¡v Sn^pNnsk¨p. fpwSmhvsfsà sfsà A^s¡«p D]À¯n Smjv¯n FWn¡v AXn¨p S^m³ SpX§n. gdoÀ AXn]n Wn¶vFsâ tdmÄhpw AkapsX bq_pw AXn¡nX]n bp_¯mkp¶ Fsâ Np®]psX emP§apw fm_n fm_n W¡n¯^m³ SpX§n. Akapw MmWpw hpO¯n B_mXn. AkÄ N®pNÄ bmSn]X¨p Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p FWn¡v sbmSn¨p S^p¶p. AkapsX shN-vhn FN-vhvs{bgWpNapw Akan Wn¶pw D]^p¶ fmhvf^nN lЧapw AXn]ns` gdo_nsâ {bkr¯nNapw fpwSmhnsâ bq_ns` IqXpw… Fs¶ hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn]n F¯n¨p.
AVnN hf]w bnXn¨p Wn¡mWmNnsöp fpwSmhpw fWÊn`m¡n¡m\\w. AkÄ bs¿ AXn WnÀ¯n. Fsâ Np®]n fpjpkWm]n AfÀ¶n^p¶p AkÄ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p F¶n«v Fsâ Njp¯n`pw sW©n`pw W¡n. F¶n«p AkÄ H^p Nm sNm*v gdo_nsW S«n. gdoÀ M§apsX AXn]n Wn¶v fm_n H^p klt¯]v¡v C^p¶p.
‘C¡m…
sdZv–_qfn D*v M§Ä C¶v Nan¨ tNm*w. FXpt¯m*v km’ AkÄ b_ªp.
gdoÀ Fjpt¶äv tbm]n. Mm³ AkapsX fp`]n NXn¨p.
‘CWn]pw B bq_ntfmsW Wo F´nWmXn C¡m F¶v knan¡ps¶???’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
‘ASv bns¶… Mm³ F§Wm… Fsâ sN«nt]m³ AsÃ?’
‘sN«nt]mtWms¡¯s¶… F¶v sk¨v C§sWm^p Du¼sW C¡m¶p knan¡t\m? FWn¡nksW CWn gdoÀ ¶p tbm`pw knan¡m³ tSm¶nÃ’ ASv b_ªp Mm³ AkapsX ftä fp`]pw Du¼n k`n¨p.
gdoÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv