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N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs¶ l^o^¯nWv kn`]nXm³ k^p¶p. Fsâ irU]w sb^p¼_ fpj¡n. lzmhfX¡n Mm³ Wn¶p.
“” AtS]v…’
sbs«¶m\Sv hwekn¨Sv. bn¶nÂWns¶m^p fp^XW¡w! l^n¡pw Mm³ sM«n¯^n¨ptbm]n. bn¶nt`¡v Sn^nªSnsWm¸w B fpOw N*v Mm³ H^p IpkXv bnt¶m«v fm_n. Ipk¶pN`§n] N®pNapw sNm¼³fol]pw b^p¡³ fpOkpsfms¡]m]n Ft¶¡mapw D]^w Np_ª N^nko«ntbms` N_ps¯m^p fWpgy³. NmKmdoZn k`n¨v N_p¸pbnXn¨ Ip*v. A`£yfm]n sN«n]pXp¯n^n¡p¶ ssN`n]pw sW©pks^ Sp_¶n« Ajp¡v bnXn¨ gÀ«pw. SWn t`m¡Â. A]msa BsNs]m^p fUy¯nsâ PÔw. Fsâ sS_n¨pWn¡p¶ fm_nX¯nt`¡v tWm¡n A]mÄ skÅfn_¡pN]m\v. AknXps¯ tIm^ fpjpk³ Duän¡pXn¡p¶ fmSn^n]pÅ sNmSn Wn_ª tWm«w. l^n¡pw Fsâ I¦nXn¨ptbm]n. Mm³ B`n`tbms` Wn¶pkn_¨p.
“” k^pt¶m? _qsfm*v’ bm_¸p_¯v In^«]p^]v¡p¶ tbm`pÅ lÐw.
MmsWm¶pw fn*n]nÃ. Ipäpw b^SntWm¡n. Fsâ A^nNnt`¡v k^nN]m]n^p¶ sKânÂfm³ H^p Wnfngw bN¨pWn¶p. sbs«¶v F´psI¿\sf¶v A]mÄ¡pw H^p ^qbfnÃm¯tbms`. fWhm¶nVyw kos*Xp¯v A]msa H¶v N®X¨p Nm\n¨p. bns¶ k`t¯¡v tWm¡n. So bm_p¶ N®pNtamsX M§sa Ss¶ tWm¡ns¡m*n^n¡pN]m\v fäp skXnNÄ. Ak^psX Øn^w NÌfs_]m\v Mm³ Iq*n]n^n¡p¶sS¶v kyàw. H^p N¯n Nn«n]n^pt¶Â Aks^s¶ sNmt¶sW. A{S]v¡v AfÀgfp*v B fpO§anÂ. NqXpS tW^f§sW A]msa FsâXp¯v WnÀ¯p¶Sv b´n]söv FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.
“” C…CÃ..’ Mm³ bmXpsb«v b_sªm¸n¨p.
“” ^*m]n^w S^mw. Hä f\n¡q_t¯¡v S¶mfSn.’ sNmSn¡®pNtamsX A]mÄ ko*pw b_ªp.
“” CÃ.. Mm..MmWnknsX H^msa Nm\m³ k¶Sm’ fp^XW¡n Mm³ F§sWt]m km¡pNÄ DSnÀ¯p. F§sWs]¦n`pw A]mÄ AknXps¶m¶v Hjnkm]n Nn«n]m fSns]¶m]n FWn¡v. F¶n«pw tbmkm³ Nq«m¡msS, H^p Wm\kpfnÃmsS A]msaWn¡v kn`tbln. Fsâ Abvh^huµ^ykpw l^o^kXnkpNapw A{St]s_ A]msa tfmin¸n¨n^n¡\w.
Mm³ kj§p¶nsöv N*s¸m A]mÄ H¨]n«p.
“” bns¶´nWmXo bq_ntfmsa Wo Ip*n`v Imt]mw tS¨n_§ns] Cu bmSn^m{So`v? AtÃ, Aksam^p lo`mkSn If]p¶p!’
Mm³ l^n¡pw tbXn¨ptbm]n. sKânÂfm³ M§apsX tWs^ WX¶Xp¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. B fpOw Ipk¶n^p¶p. fpãn Ip^p«n¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶p.
“” Hm… Wo fmWyfm^psX NqtX tbmkq.. AtÃ?’ sKânÂfmsW]pw tWm¡nWn¡p¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n NpXn]³ fp^*p.
“” F{S]mt\`pw sSmjn CSpSs¶]sÃ. sNX¶v sNmXp¯v Ss¶]tÃXn f]nt^ Wo Kokn¡ps¶?’ N¼nNp«³.sWäv