N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_s]Xo Ip½m A_n]m³ AsÃ, AknsX sI¿m_pt*m?’
‘ fv.. CX¡v ‘
‘ i i i sb®nsâ Wm\w Nt*m.. At¸m tN«Sv hSyw B\tà ‘
‘ F´v tN«Sv? ‘
‘Wn§apsX Nm¡mfmÀs¡ms¡ Np*n koNvsWhv Bs\¶pw, Sm¯mfmÀ¡v AknsX]pw AXn Nn«n]ms` H¡¯pÅq F¶pw ‘
‘ tbmXo, FWn¡pw Fsâ C¡m¡pw Cãm.. At{S DÅp.. F¶v sk¨v FÃm^pw A§sW BN\w Fs¶m¶pw CÃ ‘
FWn¡v Np_¨v tUgyw k¶p.
‘ Cutlmt], ASnWp Wo F´nWm Ft¶mXv IqXmNpt¶, FÃmk^pw b_]p¶Sv tN«Sv tN«v b_ªSv Asà ‘
‘ B^m Cu FÃmk^pw? ‘
‘ ASv…W½psX ¢mÊns` bntÅÀ Ss¶ b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p… Wo PÄcn B]n^p¶t¸mÄ, Wnsâ Np*n AknsX sbman]p¶p*mNpsf¶v, i i i’
‘tbmXo b«o, AVnNw Nan]m¡*, Wo]pw sN«pN M§sX Nq«¯ns` sI¡sW AsÃ? ‘
‘ Bim.. ASm^m Mm³ A_n]msS Fs¶ sN«p¶ “”M§sX Nq«¯ns` sI¡³””?
‘_n]mhn¡… Wo]pw Hm^pw t{bfw AsÃ’
‘i i i… Wo C{S f*n Bt\m, Wo b_ª Cu “”Hms^”” Mm³ sN«m³ H¶pw tbmNp¶nÃ’
‘F´mXo Wo Cu b_]p¶Sv, bns¶ F´nWm _n]mhn¡]pfm]n Ipän WX¡p¶Sv?’
H^msa hvtWin¨n«v A]msa N`ym\w Njn¡nà F¶v b_]p¶Sv FWn¡{S Uin¨nÃ. A§sW DÅkÀ Hs¡ tfml¡mÀ Bs\¶v fWÊn DÅSv sNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ B AWnãw AktamXv {bNXfm¡n.
‘ FXo f*qsh, FWn¡v AksW Cãw Hs¡ Ss¶]m, F¶v sk¨v KoknS Nm`w fpjpk³ Aksâ NqsX Njn]m³ Bt\m hvtWin¡p¶Sv, Ak³ tbm]m tks_ Bsa hvtWin¡\w… i i i.. AksW F¶Ã Mm³ Bs^]pw N`ym\w Njn¡nÃ’
‘As¸m Bs^s]¦n`pw N`ym\w Njn¡\w Fs¶m¶pw tSm¶n]ntÃ, A§sW tSm¶mSn^pt¡m? ‘
‘ hSyw b_ªm H^mtamXv fm{Sw A§sW tSm¶o«p*v. ‘
‘ Bim.. ASm^m? ‘
‘ ASv.. A¿X ASnt¸m tfmav A_nt]* ‘
.’ b_s]Xo, WÃ tfmatÃ’
. AkapsX Nknan kn^ sNm*v– C_psN bnXn¨p sNm*v– Mm³ tImUn¨p. N`ym\w tk* F¶v b_ªn«pw AkapsX fWÊn H^map*v F¶v b_ªt¸mÄ FWn¡v Wà BNmw£ tSm¶n
‘b_]t\m? iv.. fv.. Wo tks_ Bt^mtX`pw b_]ptfm? ‘
‘ CÃ… Mm³ Bt^mXv b_]mWm…’
AkapsX fpOw Fâ fpO¯v tIÀ¶v k¶t¸m Mm³ N^pSn]Sv AkÄ Ft´m ^ihyw b_]m³ Bs\¶m\v. bs£ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Ip*pNsa WpN^pN]m\v sI]SSv, Fsâ NknapNapw bnXn¨p Fsâ AV^§sa AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv