N¼nNp«³.sWäv WÃ knl¸pw D*v, FÃm^pw H¶v _n`mN-vhv BkpN]pw sI¿pw’
‘Hmiv, ASnWnt¸m Wn§sX lpbmÀl tk\ftÃm, Wà tim«Â N*m WnÀ¯n e£\w Njn¡mw F¶v M§Ä Hs¡ tW^s¯ So^pfmWn¨Sm’
Cu sb®v- Mm³ ko*pw 2 tf«v AkapsX S`]v¡n«v sNmXp¯p, AkÄ Sn^nªv C^p¶v Fs¶]pw AXn¡m³ tWm¡n. Mm³ Hjnªv fm_n, Fsâ sbs«¶pÅ Im«¯nWv AWph^n¨v AXn]n {co B]n NnX¶n^p¶ Fsâ fp` b´pNapw ImXn Nan¨p. Aen N®mXn]n tWm¡n ASv BhzUn¡p¶Sv N* FWn¡v DÅn In^n k¶v–. M§apsX diaw tN«v D½ Fjpt¶äp.
‘ F´mXo CSv ^*pw NqXn, tbm¯v tbms` kaÀ¶tÃm, F¶pw AXn Ss¶ F¶n«v’
D½ F\oätSmsX AkÄ tWs^ C^p¶p. WsÃm^p s_tÌm_âv N*t¸mÄ ASnsâ bmÀ¡n§nt`¡v Aen k*n WnÀ¯n. FÃm^pw C_§p¶ hf]w Aen]psX Nfâv.
‘A³gn, Zn¡n]n Ft´`pw Ds*¦n`pw FXpt¯m tNt«m ‘
Mm³ BsN Iqan tbms]WvNn`pw D½m¡pw AWoh ¡pw H¶pw Nm^yw fWÊn`m]nÃ. Mm³ H¶v I´n D]À¯n, sNmS¨m`nt`¡v N]_n tbm] bÀ± k`n¨v tWs^]n« tlgw B\v C_§n]Sv.
‘Zn¡n]n Wn¶v Fs´Xp¡mWm? ‘ D½m¡v hwl]w.
‘ HmÄsX `tPKv Hs¡ AknsX AsÃ, Ft´`pw FXp¡m³ Dt* FXpt¯ms« F¶v N^pSn b_ªSm C¯m’
‘Ft´`pw FXp¡m³ Dt*m tfmsa?
‘ CÃp½m..’ Mm³ Ipf Nq¨n.. Aen Fs¶ tWm¡n H^p B¡n] In^n.
‘Bsa Wm\w sNXp¯nt] AX§q AsÃ? ‘
tim«`nsâ ANt¯¡p WX¡pt¼m D½]pw AWoh]pw Np_¨v dmNn Bs\¶v N*p Mm³ tImUn¨p.
‘Cs¸m A§sW Bt]m FÃm^pw N*p Wm\w sNX* F¶v N^pSn b_ª Mm³ Npä¡m^Wmt]m, A{S]v¡v Wm\w DÅ Bav– C§Ws¯ {Zhv C«v WX¡^pSv’
‘ bÀ± F´m tfmlw Bt\m, FÃm^pw CXp¶Sv AsÃ’
Mm³ H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` tImUn¨p.
‘bÀ± FÃm^pw CXp¶Sv B\v, bt£ ASnWXn]n`pw FÃm^pw CXpw, C§sW DÅn CXmsS kn¯u«v B]m AsSms¡ NnX¶v Np`p§n Wm\w sNXpw ‘
‘ Jo, B^m b_sª, Mm³ DÅn Hs¡ C«n«p*v ‘
‘ Hmtim, Sp\n Ngv\w A§v tN_n tbm]t¸mapw k*n]n Wn¶v hmWn] fnÀhm]psX sX¶ohv tdmÄ ImXn Nan¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ fWÊn`m]n AsSWn¡v, PÄcns` cmg³ Bt\m CSv ‘
‘ Fsâ {Zhv Hs¡ A`¡n]Sv D\§n]nÃ, ASv sNm*m’
Aent]mXv SÀ¡n¨n«v Nm^yfnÃ, AXn]n Nm`n Bs\¶v DÅ Nm^yw AkWv l^n¡pw fWÊn`ms]¶p tSm¶n]Sv– N¼nNp«³.sWäv