N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn\¡w. l^n¡pw Np«nNsatbms`. ASpN*v hSy¯n FWn¡v In^n k¶p. ASnsW b\ns¸«X¡n Mm³ SpXÀ¶p.
“” bns¶.. Wn§ant{Ssfms¡ b_ªSpsNm*v H^p N¬hnXt_g³ S^mw… Cu ^m{SnSs¶ _qsfXp¯v fqkm]n^¯n]ªq_nWv Fs¶ knan¡msf¦n fm{Sw tkt\m¦n MmWns¸m sI]vSpS^mw…’
‘ fqkm]n^¯n]ªqt_m? Wo N®mXo tWm¡m_ntÃ?’ A]mapsX hz^¯n H^p b^nimhw. bns¶ SpXÀ¶p. “”Wo]m^v h®n `nt]mt\m? B]n^w.. A{Ss¡mÅtSs]mÅp Wo..’
“” B]n^¯nWv Fsâ Nq… f\¸n¡m³… Rvim… Fs¶s¡ms*m¶pw b_]n¡*… dÊm]nt¸m]n.. Wm\fnÃsÃm hmt_… tkgw fmWysâ]pw hzemkw bn¨¡m^sâ]pw. CsSms¡ k¨v B dtÌm¸ns` NpXn]sW´p teUw. NqsXsIÃmsf¦n A]mav ^*m]n^w S^m¶v b_ªSm’ MmsWm¶v WnÀ¯n.
“” F¶m`§v sbm¡qXm^pt¶m? Bt^`pw b_tªm tbm*m¶v’ bpÅosX Wym]fm] tImUyw. Mm³ H¶v sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.
“” Òw.. fSn]m]n^p¶p. F´p sI¿mw. BsaN*s¸m C{S F¨n]ms\¶v tSm¶n]nÃ. Nãw. bnt¶]v… ASnWv fp¼v b_ªSv… ASymkly¯nWpÅ huµ^ysfms¡ FWn¡p*v. tNt«m… AsSs¶ Nm\p¶ B^pw b_]pw. Wn§samjnsN. bns¶ C¡m^y¯n`v `q¡nÃsÃm, kÀ¡nÃtà Nm^yw. Nm^yw WX¶pNjn]ps¼m Wn§Ä¡v fWÊn`mkpw Cu fqkm]n^¯n]ªqs_m¶pw tbms^¶v.’
“” Hm… F´v b*m^sf¦n`pw B]nt¡ms«… CsSms¡ N*mfSn At¶^w… Òw… Mm³ dm¡n ^*m]n^¯n]ªq_v Naªptbm]o¶v knIm^nt¨mamw.. ‘ A`vbtW^s¯ Wnldv–US. bns¶ ko*pw hwhm^w.
“” Cs¸m H¶v ssN¿n bnXn¨pS^\pt*m Wo]v’ A]mÄ¡v £f sNXp¶Sptbms`.
“” Hm… A§sW Naªptbm]ns¶m¶pw knIm^n¡* hm_v. Cãfpt*Â… WÃfWÊpt* fm{Sw fSn CsSms¡.’ MmsWm¶v WnÀ¯n. ‘ bns¶… SoÀ¶nÃ. FWn¡v H^p N¬ZogWqsX]p*v.’
“” Hm.. CWofpt*m…?! F¶m b_.. tN¡«v’
B hz^¯n H^p bpÑfntÃ. B… Dt*Ss¶ FWn¡v tS§]m. MmWSv Nm^yfm¡msS Fsâ AXp¯ N¬Zog³ k¨p.
“” Mm³ AXn¨pS^mw. bt£ skÅw Na]nÃ. skÅw tbm]n¡jnªm Wn§¡v In`s¸m km¡p fmämWpw CWn]ns¸m ko«ntbm]n NnXs¶m¶v D_§n]mfSo¶pw Hs¡ tSm¶pw. HXp¡w {co]m]n«v km\fXn¨pS¶ Mm³ f*n. A§sWs]s¶ Hmhm³ Mm³ h½Sn¡¯nÃ. dhv NXk{´ F¯p¶ ks^ hvboZv Nq«n]pw Np_¨pw AXn¨pS^mw. bt£ skÅw Na]nÃ. At{S H¡q.. h½Sfmt\m?’
A]mÄ Np_¨ptW^w fn*mSn^p¶p. bns¶ PSn]nÃmsS b_ªp.
“” B.. F´p Np´tf`pw sI¿v.. AÃmsS MmsW¶m b_]mWm…’
MmsWm¶v W¶m]n In^n¨p. H^p ]p²w N¼nNp«³.sWäv