N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*v b_ªp
“”tbmXm.””
“”Wo F´nWm B sNm¨nsW Nman]m¡ps¶? WÃ tNm¨mNpt¼mÄ A§sW Ss¶]m.’
Ak³ H¶v In^n¨p.
“”tfmsW B^ys] t^gvf]psX _qfnt`¡v sNm*v sIÃv.””
Aksa]pw Nq«n Ak³ t^gvf]psX _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
AkÀ tbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¶v Aksâ ‘A½ fWÊn N^pSn.
‘WÃ sFlz^yfpÅ sb\vsNmIv’
_qfnWp fp¶n F¯n]t¸mÄ Ak³ b_ªp.
“”_qfn Wn_s] sb®p§Ä B\v, Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_p¶nÃ.””
Ak³ Smtj¡v tbm]n Hmt^m¶v sI¿p¶SnWnX]n tcm¬ sdÃXn¨p.
FXp¯p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B^y.
“”sit`m..””
“”Zm.. Mm³ t^gvf]m\v.””
“”F´mXn?””
“”Mm³ H^p§n Njnªp. WnWs¡s¶ Nm\t*?””
“”Mm³ _qfnWp bp_¯p Wn¶v N*n^p¶p.””
“”F§Wp*v?””
“”Wo Ft¸mjpw hpµ^n AsÃXn?””
Aksam¶p In^n¨p.
“”Zm.. NmÀ¯n””
“”F´mXn?””
“”FWn¡v Ft´m H^p sX³g³ tbms`.””
“”Wns¶ sN«n¨p knXp¶nsöp b_ªp b^mSn B]n^p¶tÃm, F¶n«nt¸mÄ sX³gtWm?””
“” Wo H¶v tbmXm.. Mm³ FknsX sX³g³ AXn¨p C^n¡pt¼mjm Aksâ H^p Sfml.””
“”F´nWm Ct¸mÄ sX³g³?””
“”FÃmw A§v sbs«¶v B] tbms`.””
Ak³ bp_t¯¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Np_¨p Nm_pNÄ k¶p Wn¶v.
“”Wo Ct¸mÄ H¶pw HmÀ¯p sX³g³ AXnt¡*.. AkÀ C§p F¯n, Mm³ NmÄ NmXv sI¿pkm.””
NmÀ¯nNv sbs«¶v Ss¶ koXnsâ bp_t¯¡p sI¶v. Nm_n Wn¶pw AÀKp³, AlzSn Ak^psX dÔp¡Ä F¶nkÀ bp_t¯¡p C_§n.
Aks^ knan¨p ANt¯¡v sNm*v tbmNp¶SnWnX]n Ak³ AlzSns] {l²n¨p.
H^p `m¨ B]n^p¶p AkÄ C«n^ps¶.
t^gvfs] sb®v Nm\m³ k¶SnWp tlgw NmÀ¯n¡pw AlzSn]pw bj]SnWpw WÃtbms` Nq«v B]n^p¶p. b*v hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ k]hnWp fq¯ H^mÄ¡v sNmXp¡p¶ dipfmWw AkÄ AkWp sNmXp¯n^p¶p hwhm^n¨n^ps¶, F¶m Ct¸mÄ AXp¯ H^p Nq«pNm^tWmsX¶tbms` B\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sp.
NmÀ¯nNv Ss¶ {l²n¡p¶Sv N*p Aksâ AXp¯v sI¶v tImUn¨p.
“”F´m C§sW tWm¡p¶Sv?””
“”e]¦^ hpµ^n B]n«m\tÃm k^kv.””
AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”N`ym\ sI¡sâ AWn]¯n bns¶ sI¯n tkt* Wn`v¡m³.””
‘Hmiv.. A§sW.””
“”Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv