N¼nNp«³.sWäv tN«t¸mjm NmÀ¯n¡p¶Spw Blzmhw B]Sv. Ft´m k`n] t{bm»w D*ms]¶ Ak³ N^pSn]n^ps¶.
“”CknsX B^pw Aksa A§sW kj¡p b_ªn«nÃ. ASmNpw…””
“”BUyw N^¨n B]n^p¶p. bns¶ CknsX k^\sf¶pÅ kmln. CknsX sNm*v k¶nsæn C¶v FWn¡v D_§m³ bäqÃ. ASm Cµp sNm*v kt¶.””
“”CknsX B^pw CÃ, Aks^ms¡ Pp^pkm]qÀ tbmt]¡p¶p, CWn Wmsas] k^q.””
“”Npj¸fnÃ, Wo FknXp*tÃm. Akan¶p CknsX Wn¡s«. Wmsa Mm³ Nq«nsNm*p sbm]vs¡mÅmw.””
bns¶ AÀKp³ NqXpSÂ tW^w AknsX Wn¶nÃ. AktWmXp ]m{S b_ªp AknsX Wn¶pw C_§n.
NmÀ¯nNv _qfn tbm]n tWm¡pt¼mÄ sdZn Nfnjv¶p NnX¡p¶ t^gvfs] B\v Nm\p¶Sv. sdZnsâ sshZn C^p¶psNm*k³ AkapsX tSman ssN k¨p. AkÄ S` Sn^n¨p AksW H¶v tWm¡n. F¶n«v Fjpt¶än^p¶p AksW sN«nbnXn¨p N^ªp.
“”F´m s^¨p CSv.. tI«³ H¶p kj¡p b_ªSnWmt\m C§sW N^]ps¶?””
Aksa S¶n Wn¶pw ANän Nknan NqXn HjpNnsNm*n^p¶ N®pWoÀ SpX¨psNm*k³ b_ªp.
“”WnWs¡m^p fmäkpw CÃmtÃmXn, N`ym\w Njnªt¸msj¦n`pw C¯n^n sfIyp^nän D*mNpsf¶v Mm³ N^pSn. FknsX?… Wnhm^ Nm^y§Ä¡p Ct¸mjpw N^¨n Ss¶.””
AkÄ H¶v In^n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”tI«³ CSpks^ Fs¶ kj¡p b_ªn«nÃ.. C¶v BUyfm]n b_ªt¸mÄ sbs«¶p kngffm]n.””
“”Zn sbm«n.. em^y eÀ¯m¡·mÀ BNpt¼mÄ C¯n^n kj¡pw AXn]psfms¡ tkt*. F¦n`tà AsSm^p ss`cv BNq.””
AkÄ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
H¶p Npan¨p {cgv B]mt` AkÄs¡m^p fmäw D*mNpÅq¶p AkWp tSm¶n.
AkapsX fpXn]n NqXn ssN HmXn¨psNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”F´v tNm`w B³Zn CSv?.. N^ªp N®pw Nknapsfms¡ Ipk¶v, s{ZÊn Bs\¦n kn]À¸p hvsf`pw.. tbms]m¶p Npant¨ Wo.””
Aksa bnXn¨p Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p dmSv_qfns` AXpt¯¡v Ak³ WX¶p.
“”Wo Npan¨p C_§ptdmtj¡p fm_n CXmWpÅ {ZÊv Mm³ FXp¯psNm*p k^mw.””
t^gvf dmSv–_qfn N]_n]t¸mÄ AkÄ¡nXmWpÅ {ZÊv FXp¡mWm]n Ak³ AkapsX ko«nt`¡p WX¶p.
At¸mjpw Aksâ In´ AÀKp³ F´nWm]n^n¡pw Aksa kj¡p b_ªSv F¶m]n^p¶p.
t^gvf]psX tImUn]v¡m³ AkWp tSm¶n]nÃ. Nm^\w ASv Ak^psX cmfn`n fmäÀ B\v. St¶mXv b_]mkp¶Sv B]n^ps¶¦n AkÄ BUytf b_tªsW.
‘CWn N¼nNp«³.sWäv