N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ DÅn In^n¨p.
‘MmWpw H^mapw sb]À BNmw, dm¡n DÅkÀ ht¸mÀ«okv B]n Nan¨m fSn ‘
‘ Wo t_mgsW CXw N®n«v b_]pNs]m¶pw tk*, Ak³ Ss¶ Wnsâ pflr. F´m sb®nsâ AXkv ‘
‘ tbms], Mm³ b_ªnÃtÃm, t_mg³ tI«³ Fsâ pflr BN\w F¶v… WnVn³ tI«³ B]nt¡m, Mm³ Ft´`pw b_ªntWm? ‘
‘ b_]*tÃm, D®ns] N*m A_nªqsX… ‘
‘ Hmiv… Ip½m Hmt^m¶v b_ªm Mm³ tbmNpw tNt«m, bns¶ 1,2…5,At¿m bns¶]pw 5 tb^pt*m? ‘
‘Fs¶ Nq«*, Mm³ CÃ ‘
_n]mhn¡ B\v. At¸mÄ B\v {l²n¨Sv bpÅn]psX ssN sÌcn]psX tXm¸nWpÅn B\v. Ak³ W¶m]v sM¡n sNmXp¯p, AkÄ hpOn¨p C^n¡pN B\v, sk_psS Aà H¶pw fn*msS C^n¡p¶Sv, Fs¶ CSn k`n¨n«v hpOn¨p C^n¡p¶p Upã. Ak³ bnXn¨p bnXn¨p fp`]psX bNpSn bp_¯v– W¶m]n Nm\mw, AkÄ Bt\ Nqh`nÃmsS hpOn¨p C^n¡p¶p.
‘Zm, AsS´m Wo Cs¸m CÃs¯?
‘ Cs¸m AÃ, Mm³ tW^s¯ b_ªSm’
‘ B CÃm¯kÀ tk*, Bs^]pw WnÀdÔn¡*’
ko*pw t_mg³ tI«³ CXsb«p.
‘ AsS, Wfp¡v Wmsa fpS SpX§mw, C¶nt¸m hf]w B]n, timÌ`n N]_m³ ‘
‘ CknsX NnXt¶m Wn§Ä, Wfp¡nknsX cpÄ Nan ]m]n NqXmw’
‘A¿m “”
. Zm³hv Nan]m DtUln¨Sv, Wos]´m DtUln¨Sv? ‘
‘ Mm³ H¶pw Dt±ln¨nà Fsâ tI«m’
Mm³ sfsà Fjpt¶äp,’ km sÌcn tbmNmw, Wmsa fpS `mÌv H^p bn^oZv N«v sI¿mw, F¶mt` hf]w Nn«q ‘
‘Xm ASnsâ ANnXn Wn¶v knXv, dm¡n Wmsa N_¡mw… Ak^v tbmNs« ‘
^Knt¯«sâ Nfâv
Fjpt¶äp I´n ]ns` sbmXn Hs¡ S«n hvs_cn]psX tImUyw d ‘H^p bn^oZv N«v B¡n] fSnt]m? D¨¡v tlgw cpÄ N«v B¡msfXo’
‘ ASv Wo kt¶m, Mm³ `mÌv ikÀ f{Stf C_§q ‘
As¸m l^n.. ämäm
A§sW Zm³hv bYn¯¯nsâ BUys¯ Unkhw A§sW Njnªp.
^*mw Unkhw fpS`m]n^p¶p l^n¡pÅ {blvWw. AkÀ knan¨n«m\v Mm³ tbm]Sv F¦n`pw, FWn¡v tk*n B\v AkÀ sI¿p¶Sv F¶ ftWmemkw B\v AkÀ¡v Hs¡.
‘ Fsâ WnTntW«m, H¶v tcm¬ sk¡¸m…’
‘Um… Zn k¶p, Wn§Ä SpX§nt¡m’
A§sW AÃ, tU tWm¡p.. 1…2…3…4…, Hms¡, Nm BUyw Np_¨v AN¯n sk¨v… B F¶n«v ssN Wo«n bnXn¡v… A§sW Aà tI«m, tU tWm¡nt]… N¼nNp«³.sWäv