N¼nNp«³.sWäv s_t¡mÀZv sI]vSn^p¶p. sb³ss{Zkv Xokn]nt`¡v Mm³ N\Îv sI]vSp Nm\m³ H^p§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ _qw knXm³ H^p§n. Fsâ em^y]psX Ajnªm«w Ak³ N*m tfmlftà F¶ co`nwPv. b*v H^pfn¨p Sp*v N*Spw skXnt] bqÈn]Spsfms¡ Mm³ H¶v HmÀfn¸n¨t¸mÄ Aksâ l¦ fm_n. fnÊnhv AWn tSmfhnsW H^p skXn]m]n h¦`vbnt¨mam³ b_ªp, bän]m CtS tim«`n sk¨v Aksa bql\w. knbn³ `mbvtXm¸v FXp¯p AWn tSmfhnsW bän sWän H¶v shÀ¨v sI]vSp. BN-vhnhv dm¦nsâ _oKn]\ fmtWKÀ, B^y]psX hoWn]À B]m\v bYn¨Sv. Aksâ schvdqNv s{bmssc`n CkÀ ^*p tb^psX Wn¡p¶ bj] bX§Ä D*m^p¶p, N*n«v bj] NmfpNn NmfpN³ shäbv tbms` tSm¶n. Aksâ sskcv sf_n³ kÀ¡n þ ko«½, Cu I^¡v ko«n D*m]n«mt\m b¶ sbm`]mXntfm³ Fsâ em^ys] Du¡p¶Sv? Cu Bt`mIWNÄ S`]nt`mXpt¼mÄ B]n^p¶p knbn³ H^p Nm^yw b_ªSv. C¶s` ^m{Sn AWn _qw tdmt]mXv ssi Bkm³ bän] {ZPv ktÃmw Nn«ptfm¶p tImUn¨p tbm`pw. C§sW _nNv–khv_v `en¨m BUyw fmtWKs^ A_n]n¡\w F¶Sp sNm*v Ak³ knbntWmXv b_ªp. bpSns]m^p ¹m³ Fsâ fWÊn DXs`Xp¯p þ ^m{Sn AkÀ¡p _qcnhv sNmXp¡mw þ tZäv t_¸v {ZPv F¶v sbmSpsk A_n]s¸Xp¶ hmVWw. fpwssd WP^¯n Nn«m³ ]msSm^p {b]mhkpfnÃ. hwekw Njn¨m bntä¶p F®n¡pt¼mÄ St`¶v ^m{Sn WX¶sSm¶pw HmÀf Nm\nÃ. AkÄNv sNmXp¡m³ bän] F«nsâ b\n ASv Ss¶. ¹m³ knbnWpw Hmt¡ b_ªp, HmhnWp AkWp Np® hpOw `en¡m³ tbmkpwtbmÄ Ak³ F´nWp tWm b_]\w? ASnWp {bSnc`w F¶ ^oSn]n Ak³ H^p sFZn] FWn¡v S¶p þ fq¶v Unkhw NqsX AWn`pw B^y]pw tim«`n Nm\pw, F´v sNm*v FWn¡v sf_nsW ka¡m³ tWm¡nNqXm? AWn S¶ b\n AsS ^oSn]n Sn^n¨p sNmXp¡mw. hwekw sl^n]ms\¶p FWn¡pw tSm¶n. ss{X sI¿pN Ss¶. BUyw B^y]psX NqSn Nj¸v tW^n«v Nmt\*Sv Ss¶. Mm³ Xokn]n koZnt]m t¹]v sI]vSp.
hzn½nRv bqan Wn¶v N]_n] C^pk^pw tWs^ tbm]Sv _qfnt`¡m\v. ^*p tb^pw Pu¬ Ajn¨p Naª tlgw dmSv_qfnt`Nv WX¶p. tbmNp¶ kjn]n BsN D*m]n^p¶ {dm bmân B^y]pw, hzn½nRv {X¦v AWn`pw Ajn¨p Naªp bn_¶ bXn AkÀ dmSv_qfnt`Nv WX¶p. AXp¯ koZnt]m dmSv–_qfn Wn¶pÅSm]n^p¶p Np`¨ Np®]pfm]n AWn dmSv Xºn NnX¡p¶p. Aksâ fpNant`¡v N]_n NnX¶p. dm¯v Xºn skÅw bSns] Wn_ªp SpX§n. hzn½nRv bqan NnX¶p tcmÀ t¹]v WX¯n] sNm*v AkÀ ^*p tb^pw skäv B]n^p¶p. Aksâ fpNant`¡p NnX¶p sNm*v Np® N¼nNp«³.sWäv