N¼nNp«³.sWäv CknsXm¶pw Han¡p¶nÃ… Wos]ms¡ F{S ImXn]m`pw H^p sb®nWv H^p B\v sNmXp¡p¶ AXp¸w sNmXp¡m³ bäpÃtÃm?’
‘inÃm…’
‘Biv As¸m bns¶ fmaqWv Ft¶mXv Fs´ms¡t]m tSm¶n]Sn`v Wo sSäv b_]m³ bäpÃtÃm…’ ASv tN«Spw AkapsX fpOs¯ emkw fm_n.
‘Hmiv… A§sWs]ms¡ Bt]m Nm^y§Ä? Dw… F¶n«v–…’
‘F¶ns«´m… AkapsX A½]v¡pw AsS co`nwPv. CSv fmap Nm\p¶p… bns¶ H^£^w Bav Ft¶mXv fn*o«nÃ…’ Mm³ b_ªp.
fMvKpknsâ fpOw BsN kna_n. Ft´m A^pSm¯Sp tN«Sptbms` AkapsX emkw.
‘Fsâ Nrgv\m… Fs´ms¡]m CSv… FWn¡nsSm¶pw tNÄ¡m³ kt¿…’ AkÄ b_ªp. Mm³ In^n¨p.
‘im… CsSms¡ sNm*m Mm³ b_]mSn^pt¶…’
‘im… sl^n… Wmsa M§av ¢mhv N«v sI¿pw. Blm³ M§sa bn¡v sI¿m³ kt¶¡\w. fmaqsâ bn\¡w fm_ptkm¶p W½¡v tWm¡mw’ AkÄ b_ªp.
‘tks*Xn… AsSm¶pw sl^n]mknÃ’ Mm³ b_ªp.
‘sl^n]mkpw. tfm³ f^ymU]v¡v Wmsa Mm³ knan¡pt¼mÄ k¶m fSn’ AkÄ b_ªp.
‘im…sl^n… CWn Mm³ k^mªn«ms\¶p b_]*…’Mm³b_ªp.
‘Hmiv… sl^n. F¶m tfm³ sIÃq… sk_psS Fs¶ Wm«pNms^s¡m*v Io¯t¸^v tNĸn¡*…’ AkÄ b_ªp. F¶n«v Ft¶msXm¸w Nm_nsâ tZm_nWXp¯p k¶p. Mm³ Nm_n N]_n Aksa tWm¡n. H^p bp©n^nt]msX AkÄ Nm_nsâ tZm_nt`]v¡v NpWnªp Wn¶p. AkapsX f\w F¶nt`]v¡v C^¨pN]_n. Ip^nUm_nWpÅn`qsX AkapsX fp`¨m`nsâ B^we emPw Urlyfm]n.
‘bnt¶… Mm³ b_ªSv Nan]m]ns«Xp¡*… fmaqsW]pw t^O Bâns]]pw Hs¡ t{bfn¨p Njnªm`v W½sas]ms¡ H¶v ssf³Zv sI¿t\… H^p F©nWn]s_ sN«p¶Sn C]mÄ¡v knt^mVw Ds*¦n tk*…’ ASv b_]pt¼mÄ Ft¸mjpw B fpO¯pÅ NphrSn D*m]n^p¶nÃ, Akans` sb®nsâ {b\]w B fpO¯v D*m]n^p¶p.
‘WnW¡v WÃ sI¡·ms^ tks_ Nn«mªn«mt\m…?’ H^p Wnfngw ssNkn«p tbms]¦n`pw Mm³ ASpf_¨p sNm*v AktamXv tImUn¨p.
‘Nn«pw. C]mÄ¡v tks_ sb®ntW]pw Nn«pw. bs£ ^KognWv fMvKpsW]pw, fMvKpWv ^KognsW]pw Nn«nÃ’ AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡n.
AkapsX ftWmi^fm] tWm«w. AVnN tW^w B N®pNsa tWm¡n Wn¡mWpÅ làn FWn¡nsöp fWÊn`m¡nMm³ N®pNÄ bn³k`n¨p.
‘Wmsa Nm\mw…’ ASv b_ªp Mm³ k*n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp. GtSm Unkm hzbvW¯n B]n^p¶p F¶tbms` Akapw N¼nNp«³.sWäv