NmÀ¯nNv ^m{Sn Njn¡mWpÅ e£\kpw km§n ssd¡n k^sk t^gvf]psX koXnWp fp¶n F¯n]t¸mÄ A_n]msS AknsXs¡m¶p tWm¡n. l^n¡pw Aksa fnhv sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p AkWv. AkapsX N`ym\w Njnªn«v Ct¸mÄ ^*p fmht¯maw BNp¶p. BUysfms¡ BsN Häsb«Sp tbms` B]n^p¶p. N`ym\w Njnªp H^p ^*mjvI Njnªp t^gvf tNmtaKn k¶p SpX§n]t¸mjm\v fWhnWv H^p Blzmhw B]Sv. UnkthW Aksa Nm\m³ Nn«p¶p*tÃm. Ft¸mÄ FÃm¯ntWmXpw H¶v AZvKÌv B]n k¶n«p*v.

t^gvf AXp¯nÃmSm]n^p¶t¸mjpw H^p Blzmhw B]n^p¶Sv AlzSn B]n^p¶p. l^n¡pw H^p NmfpNn NmfpN·mÀ B]n Njnªn^p¶p Ak^nt¸mÄ. tNmtaKn FÃmtb^pw Ct¸mÄ fWhn`m¡n Njnªn^p¶p Ak^psX dÔw. B^y FÃmw fWhn`m¡n Hjnªp Wn¡pN]m FÃm¯n¶pw.

l^n¡pw AkWv CSpks^ fWhn`m¡m³ Njnªn«nÃm¯Sv B^ys] B\v, NmfpNn]psX tkgw AkÄ Ajn¨p fmän]n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ l^n¡pw H^p Bß hpir¯nsW tbms`]m\v AkÄ sb^pfm_p¶Sv, AkÀ S½n H^p S^¯n`pw H^p kjnkn« dÔw D*m]n^p¶Sm]n AkÄ emkn¡p¶sS CÃ.

NmÀtbmÀ¨n ssd¡v sNm*v WnÀ¯n tZmÀ Sp_¶p Ak³ koXnWNt¯¡v WX¶p. hÔy B]n tW^w C^p«n SpX§p¶tS DÅp. tim«`n Wn¶pw km§n] cpZv AXp¡a]n sNm*v k¨v iman thmc]n k¶n^p¶k³ änkn Hm¬ sI]vSp. AÑWpw A½]pw t^gvf]psX AÑWpw NqXn Pp^pkm]qÀ tbm]n^n¡pN]m\v. CWn Wmsa sskNns« Sn^n¨p k^pÅq. ^m{Sn tUml D*m¡n Njn¡m³ fmkv C^n¸p*v.. bs£ sfm¯¯n H^p fXn.ASpsNm*v tim«`n tbm]n cpZv km§ns¡m*p k¶p. ImW fmän fmän tWm¡n«v Wà b^nbmXnNÄ H¶pw CÃ. B^ys] knan¨ms`m¶p knIm^n¨p tcm¬ ssN]n FXp¯t¸mjm\v bp_¯p H^p Nm^v k¶p Wn¡p¶ hu*v tN«Sv. NmÀ¯nNv bp_t¯¡p sI¶v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ t^gvf]pw AÀKpWpw B\v k¶n^n¡p¶Sv.

Nm_n Wn¶pw C_§n] t^gvfs] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ Ipk¶p N`§n C^n¡p¶p. Hä tWm«¯n Ss¶ AkWv fWhn`m]n AkÄ N^ªn«ps*¶v. Nm_n Wn¶pw C_§n koXnWNt¯¡v N]_n k^p¶ t^gvf]psX Ak³ tImUn¨p.

“”F´v bän s^¨p… F´nWm Wo N^tª?””

AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS AksW f_nNX¶v ANt¯¡v N]_n tbm]n.

AÀKp³ Aksâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”F´v bän tI«m?””

AÀKp³ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”Ssâ s^¨p Ct{S Csöp Mm³ A_nªnÃ. Mm³ sbs«¶pÅ tUgy¯n sI_pSms]m¶p kj¡p b_tªWm Cu N^¨nÂ.””

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