N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmkw Wnsâ Npªn sb®v BsN CXn¨v N`§n NnX¡pN BNpw, ASnsâ kngf¯n 2 Unkhw b\n fpX¡n]Sv BNpw ‘
‘ B, CSv tN«m tSm¶pw MmWm _Ìv sNmXp¡m¯Sv F¶v.. AÅm Fs´ms¡ bpNn`m]n^p¶p.. hSym]n«pw Mm³ C{S¡v H¶pw {bSo£n¨nà ‘
‘ i i i Fsâ A¨phpw A¨qhnsâ Npªn sb®pw AsSms¡ WtÃm\w BhzUn¨ntÃ? ‘
‘ bns¶ CÃmsS, Mm³ C§v tbm¶Sv H¶pw B Npªn sb®v A_nªnÃm¶v tSmWp¶p.. C¡msW Nm\\w F¶v b_ªv– AkÄ CknsX NnX¶v N^]pkm’
‘ Bt\m, CknsX H^mÄ Bt\ D_§msS, Fsâ B¨n FknsX F¶pw tImUn¨v Sn^]p¶p*v’
‘ AkWv H^p½ sNmXp¡m³ tSm¶pkm C¡ ‘
‘ F¶m Mm³ At§m«v tbm^s« ‘
km..’
tcm\n`qsX b^hvb^w D½Napw ^Sn{NoZ knk^\§apw fp_pNp¶SnWWph^n¨v Fsâ ssN kn^`pNÄ fm_n`pw bq_n`pw HjpNn WX¶p. B^pw AkntX¡v k^nà F¶ knlzmh¯n Ip^nUmÀ bmânWv ANt¯¡v, bmân V^n¡m¯ Fsâ hwPf ØmW¯v C¡nan C«p. t]mWn]psX b^fmkVn Bj¯nt`¡v Fsâ WXpkn^ Duan]n«p. HXpkn C¡s] HmÀ¯p H^p ^Sn fqÀJ.. C¡m¡v H^p D½ NqXn sNmXp¯p, Sn^n¨v _qfnt`¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n] Mm³ Fsâ fp¶n Wn¡p¶ H^p ^qbw N*v sM«n kn_¨p, tcm¬ Smsj ko\p.
‘B… iv.. Hmiv Wo B]n^pt¶m, tbXn¨p’
‘F´mXn CSv Ø` Nm` tdmVw tk\w, fWpgy³ CknsX k]än H¶pw CÃmsS Wn¡pt¼mam AkapsX H^p bqän`nXÂ, CSmt\m Øn^w Wnsâ kn^`nX tN{µw’
‘Wo Nps_ tW^w Bt]m k¶n«p?’
‘ti]v Wo tbXn¡* Mm³ H¶pw tN«nÃ, WnW¡v sNt«ymsâ SmXn bq_n D^¡\sf¶v b_ªSpw, Aksâ fpjpk³ B]n km]n`m¡pw F¶v b_ªSpw, Np*n¡N¯v NqXn AXn¨p S^m³ Wo sNMvKn]Spsfm¶pw Mm³ tN«nà ‘
H^p NÅ In^nt]msX sÌcn b_ªp.
‘ Nps_ tW^w B]tà ..F¶m H¶v lÐw D*m¡n NqsX ‘
‘ Ip½m F´nWm Wn§sa ZnÌÀdv sI¿p¶Sv F¶v N^pSn.. sk_psS AÃ WnW¡v C{S Np*o, FXn AknsX Spa C«Sv Sq_m³ B\v, AÃmsS Np® AXn¨p tNämWÃ’
‘Jo.. Wos]´m D_§ms¯’
‘knl¶n«v D_¡w k^p¶nÃ, Wo C§v km H^p b\n D*v ‘
‘ FkntX¡m?
‘Wfp¡v SÅv go`]psX _qfnsâ kmSn`nWp fpNan DÅ Pym¸n`qsX Np_¨v skÅw Hjn¡mw’
‘Wo tbms], MmsWm¶pfnÃ. Atà Ss¶ D*m¡n] {blvWw H¶v tbm^mªv’
‘Ip½m b_ªSmXn, Wfp¡v sfÊn N]_n tWm¡mw, ASnsâ H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv