N¼nNp«³.sWäv sKânÂfm³ Fs¶ Ss¶ N®pwW«n^p¶Sp sNm*mk\w CsSms¡ N*Spw {bSnN^n¨Spw. F´m]m`pw Fsâ lzmhw tWs^ ko\p.
AXp¯ tÌm¸n k*n WnÀ¯n]]pXsW sNak³ C_§nWX¶p. H^pbt£ Ft¸mtj A]mÄ¡n_t§* tÌm¸v F¯n]n^p¶n^n¡\w. Fs¶ Km¡n k]v¡p¶]m hpO¯n ]m{S Wo«n]Sm]n^n¡\w. Wm_n. AknsX bns¶]pw Bs^ms¡t]m C_§ns]¦n`pw ASnsâ ^*n^«n BapNÄ ANt¯¡v SÅnN]_n. F¶n ko*pw tW^n] Bl¦ Wn_ªp. F¶m C¯k\ Bt^]pw Fsâ bn¶nt`¡v N]_m³ AkUn¡msS sKânÂfm³ Ss¶ hz]w Fsâ bn¶n k¶pWn¶p. sbs«¶v MmW_n]msS Sn^nªv b_ªptbm]n.
“” sim… C¸j¦n`pw Cu dp²n tSm¶n]sÃm.’ Fsâ fWÊn`pÅSv bp_¯pk¶p. sbs«¶_n]msS A]mtamXv C{S]pw {co]m]n«v CXbjNnt¸m]Snsâ Ian¸v fWÊnt`¡v CXn¨pN]_n.. km¡pNÄ fp_n¨v MmW]msa tWm¡n H^p I½n] In^n In^n¨p.
“” F´m… F´m b_sª?’ tN«sS´ms\¶v H¶pNqXn D_¸n¡msWmt¶m\w A]msam¶v In^n¨v tImUn¨p.
“” Rpwipw… H¶qÃ…’ A`vbw sk]vän«v Mm³ S`Sn^n¨v tWs^ Wn¶p. M§apsX l^o^§Ä S½n sSmX^psS¶ kmlnt]msX Mm³ fpt¶m«pImªv N¼n]n {l²n¨v bnXn¨p.
F¦n`pw hf]f`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ A]mÄ Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶pWn¶v Fsâ tSmant`¡v fpOw Smjv¯p¶Spw Njp¯ns` kn]À¸nsâ f\w sNmSnt]msX B fq¡nt`¡v k`n¨pN]_p¶SpsfÃmw Mm³ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Òw.. C^ k`]n kos\¶v tSm¶p¶p. Fsâ Ip*pNan Pq[fmt]m^p bp©n^n A^ns¨¯n. bp_¯pWn¶v Wà S\p¯ Nmäv kolp¶p*v. bSnkÃmsS C¶v fj sb¿psf¶v tSm¶p¶p. Rpw… sb¿s«. F¦ns` Nm^y§Äs¡ms¡ H^p Dgm_p*mkq. ewPn]m]n fmXn]n«n^p¶ Fsâ fpXn]njNÄ B fj¡män AWph^\]nÃm¯ A¸q¸³SmXntbms` A]mapsX fpOt¯¡v bm_n kojp¶p*m]n^p¶p. Fsâ si]Àgm¼qknsâ fpøqf\kpw BhzUn¨v A]mÄ ASn fSnf_¶§sW Wn¡pN]ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.
“” ^mKokv… ASm\sâ tb^v’ bSnªhz^¯n A]msasâ NmSn f{´n¨p.
“” F´m tb^v?’
MmsWm¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
“” Duf]mt\m??’
iim… Wà kan¨ Sfml. H¶v tbmtXm tNmjn… iv… N* sb®p§tamXv b©m^]Xn¡m³ kt¶¡p¶p…! Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. bns¶ A]msa SoÀ¯pw AkP\n¨v Pu^kemk¯n fp¶nt`¡v tWm¡nWn¶p.
sbs«¶v dhn BsN]p*m]n^p¶ ss`äpw cohm]n. skan¨w f§n. Cs¸m BsN dÊv tbmNp¶kjn]ns` NXNan Wn¶pÅ {bNmlw fm{Sw. ASpw Wt¶ Np_kv. F§pw AÔNm^sf¶pSs¶ b_]mw.
ASnsâ NqsX sbs«¶v WsÃm^p CXnsk«n. sMmXn]nX]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv