N¼nNp«³.sWäv . fpjp¯ fp`]m\kapsX. AkÄ fpXn sN«mWm]n ssN FXp¯t¸mÄ fp` fp¶nt`¡p´n … Kmhn ASn bnXn¨p sM^n¡p¶SkÄ N*p .. fp`]n sM^n¨p sNm*v Kmhn B sb¬Np«ns] Smsj¡n^p¯n. Ak³s_ N_p¯v SXn¨ Np® AkÄ km]ns`s¡Xp¯p
‘ Bivhv ..’ Hm¡mWn¨p sNm*kÄ bp_Nnt`¡v k`nªp . Ak³ AkapsX fpXn]n bnXn¨p Np® Soän¨t¸mÄ AkÄ¡v lzmhw fp«n Nm\pw .. hvs_à ko*pw C]Àtcm¬ H^p sIkn]nt`¡v sk¨p
“”tZmÎs_ Mm³ sI]vtSmamw .. tkUWs]Xp¸n¡Ã¶p b_ “”
ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n Kmhn Aksa k`n¨p tfs¯¡n«p , F¶n«v AkapsX Ip*pNÄ NXn¨o¼n . B sb®v AksW SÅnfmäp¶p*m]n^p¶p. tZmÎs_ AknsX§pw Nm\p¶p*m]n^p¶nà . AkapsX SÅn] Np*nNan Kmhn ^*p ssN sNm*pw sM^n¨p sNm*v H^p kn^ SÅn N]än]t¸mÄ B sb®ksW SÅn fmän . Ak³ ssN koln Aksa]Xn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ kÀ¡n bÃv sM^n¨p sNm*v sfmssd FXp¯p
“” dmhv_mÀZv’”” kÀ¡n Fs´ms¡t]m bp`¼n sNm*ms^t]m knan¡p¶Sv hvs_Ã]pw tUkNn]pw N*p .
“” im .. h¼s¯ … Mm³ ..”” kÀ¡n bp_s¯¡n_§n]SnWm AkÀ¡v tNÄ¡mWm]nà Ak³ b_]p¶Sv .
kÀ¡n ko*pw ANt¯¡v k¶p `m¸ns`¡v tWm¡n ..
“” Bksa sNmt¶m B sIä ?’ sdZn AW¡fnÃmsS NnX¡p¶ sb®n³s_ BhW¯ns`¡v Ak³ S³s_ Np® N]äp¶Sv N*k³ hvs_Ãt]mXp tImUn¨p .
“” SÃn sNmÃ\w B b«nNsa …’ hvs_Ã]psX km¡n`pw N®n`pw So F^n]pN]m]n^p¶p
“” bmkw sb®nsW ..Akav h½Sn¨Stà … F¶n«pfm b«n …F{S AXn]m sNmXps¯ F¶_n]mtfm …hms_ ..knan¨p b_ … tbm`ohpNÀ¡pÅ ssbh Mm³ sNmXpt¯mamw ..’
“” b«n¡jptkÀX tfmsW …’ kÀ¡n sb«¶v S³s_ dWn]³ FXp¯nXp¶Sv N*p hvs_à `m¸ns`¡v tWm¡n …
Wn`¯p NnX¡p¶ B sb®n³s_ tft`¡v Ak³ fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶Sm\v hvs_Ã N*Sv ..
“”B ..hmt_ … “” Ko³hv CXmWm]n H^p Nm Wn`¯q¶n]t¸mÄ kÀ¡n tkUW sNm*v bpaªp ..Ak³ sk¨v kojm³ tbm]t¸mÄ tUkNn]ksW Sm§n .
“” Cu k¿m¯ Nm`pw sk¨v hm_v tbmN* ..””
‘ hm_ntWmXv tbmNWà b_ªSv …hvs_gWnt`¡v knan¨p b_]v– “” kÀ¡n ko*pw tbmNmtWm^p§p¶Sv N*p hvs_à Ak³s_ N¿n bnXn¨p .
“” bns¶ ? kÀ¡n sb®p§sa sI]vSn«p*v … AÂbw d`fm]pw sI]vSn«p*v … bs£ I¯ tbms` WnÀÖokfm]n NnX¶m kÀ¡n tk*m¶p sk¡pw … CSv tbm`s¯ sIäNsa N¼nNp«³.sWäv