N¼nNp«³.sWäv sb®ms\¶v fWhn`m¡n Bs^¦n`pfo Nm`¯v hvtWin¡ptfm ? CWns]m^p bs£ , tKmans] sNm`s¸Xp¯m³ tk*n AkWmkptfm A¶v tUkNn]psX ko«n k¶Sv ? S³s_ NmfpNns] Wln¸n¨ktWmXpÅ {bSnNm^w SoÀ¡mWm]n H^p bs£ hvs_Ãs] Ss¶ sNmÃm³ k¶Smt\m ? Bkpw .. h-vNqan`pw AkÄ B]n^pt¶sW Ak³s_ XmÀPäv …WX¡msS tbm]t¸mÄ tUkNn]psX ko«n … AkWm^m\v? A¶v dpÅän SWn¡v tWs^ k¶Spw AkWmNptfm ?’
kÀ¡n¡v H¶pw kyàfm]nà .
B_^ B]t¸mÄ fm] k¶p AkÀ¡pÅ cpZpfm]n … AkapsX N¿n `m¸pw D*m]n^p¶p .
tUkNn At¸mÄ Npan¡mWm]n N]_n]Sm]n^p¶p .
‘ fm] .. Asà …A¶v N*n^p¶p … S³s_ tcm\n dm`³hv Dt*m H^p tNmÄ sI¿m³ D*m]n^p¶p “”
kÀ¡ns] H¶v tWm¡n]SnWp tlgw hvs_Ãt]mXp kÀ¯fmWw b_ªn^p¶ fm]]psX N¿n Wn¶v kÀ¡n tcm¬ km§n G´n bp_¯p k¶p
AkW^f\n¡qÀ Njnªm\v AN¯p k¶Sv . tUkNn NpanNjnªp k¶p fm] sNm*v k¶ hm^n DXp¡pN]m]n^p¶p . Wo` Na_n DÅ AXn¸mkmX]pw Wo` s»uhpw C«p hm^n sMm_nªpXp¡p¶ Aksa kÀ¡n sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n S³s_ Np®]n Sn^p½n . hvs_à fm]s] WpÅn Ak³s_ Sn^p½Â Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p .
‘ As½ .. F´nWm Cu bmXpsb«pXp¡ps¶ …. CknsX H^mÄ Ajnt¨m*n^n¡pkm””
fm] knan¨p b_ªt¸mÄ tUkNn Ak^psX tWs^ Sn^nªp .fmwhafm] k]_ns` Npjnª bp¡nan Ss¶ S³s_ Np® bmSn]pw N]_psf¶v kÀ¡n¡v tSm¶n .
“” Mm³ tbmNpkm As½ …CWn]nknsX Wn¶m kÀ¡n hm_n³s_ tSt^m«¯nWp MmWpw hm£n]mkpw “”
“” Zn .. Wnt¶ Mm³ “” tbmNmWm]n Fjpt¶ä fm]s] kÀ¡n k«w bnXn¨p S³s_ sW©nt`¡v Im]v¨p ..
“” H¶v tbm …hms_ ..”” fm] ]msSm^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS AksW SÅn sdZns`¡n«p .. H^p Nm`n fm{Sw d`w sNmXp¯v Wn¶ kÀ¡n sdZnt`¡v ko\p tbm]n .
“” C¶v CknsX Wn¡p¶Sn FWn¡v kngftfm¶pfnà .. Mm³ k^pw ..hm_nsW tSXn At§m«v– … M§apsX KoknS¯nWp tf bXÀ¶ NmÀtfOw sb]vtSmjnªn«v …. ASnWpw fm] h½Sw km§n Njnªp “”
AkWptf NpWnªp Wn¶v hwhm^n¨ fm]]psX fp`NÄ fp¶nt`¡v SÅn …
“” im ..”” kÀ¡n hm^n]pw s»uhpw Nq«n AkapsX CXs¯ fp`]n bnXn¨p sM^n¨p .
“” kÀ¡n¡v Wn³s_ Hmlm^w tk* ….H^p ssN¡q`n B]n«m Wo FWn¡v Wns¶ S^p¶sS¦n FWn¡v tk* .””
Ak³s_ sM^n¡`n fp` tkUW FXp¯t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv