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N¼nNp«³.sWäv h¼m_n Skn C«na¡p¶ tbms` Mm³ sI]vSp. AkÀ H^p tSmÀs¯Xp¯p Fsâ tWs^ F_nªp. ‘SpX¨p kr¯n Bs¡Xm hmt_’ sfm´ tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p Mm³ tSmÀs¯Xp¯p Np® W¶m]n SpX¨p. tfma½ tfltf Wn¶pw B sfm´ FXp¯v ASn Wn¶pw Mm³ Np® NjpNn] skÅw Ak^psX km]nt`¡v Hjn¨v NpXn¨p. AÔman¨p tbm]n Mm³. dipfmWw sNm*mt\m Nmfw sNm*mt\m F¶_n]nÃ. Fsâ Np«³ ImXn F\oäv– h`yq«v AXn¨p Wn¶p tbm]n AkapsX Np®Umiw N*n«v. N¼n Np®]pw bnXn¨p Wn¶v Mm³ b_ªp. ‘tI«³ k^pw fpt¼ H¶p Sm tI¨o’ AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n ‘FXm, Cu kN tbXn¯q_nNsa Fsâ Nk¡nX]n Mm³ N]äm_nÃ. WnW¡v ssV^yw Ds*¦n At§^v CknsX DÅt¸mÄ Fs¶ b®m³ km. Wo b_]p¶Sv FÃmw Mm³ sI¿mw. NÅskXn sk]v¡m³ GSp b«n¡pw bäpw. ASo tfma½]psX AXp¯p WX¡nÃ.’
‘FWn¡v ssV^yw CÃmªn«Ã. tI«³ N*m {blvWw BNntà tI¨o?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p. tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶v– Ak^psX bq_p sIm_nªp. ‘N*m {blvWw BNpw. ASnsâ S^¯n ASp sI¿p¶Sv Wnsâ fnXp¡v. F´m]m`pw Han¨n^p¶v b®m³ FWn¡v Sos^ SmÂb^yfnÃ’ AkÀ SpXÀ¶p ‘WnW¡v B\¯w Dt*m F¶p Mm³ tWm¡s«. GSp sb®pw sNmSn¡p¶ H^p Nm`³ Np® WnW¡p*v. bs£ ASp fm{Sw tbm^ hmt_. sk_pw S_]n Fs¶ SÅn C«v, Fsâ S` S_]n Ikn«n bnXn¨v Fsâ sNmSw No_n b®m³ WnW¡v Njn]\w. ASnWv Np®¡p_¸v fm{Sw tbm^m. I¦nWv D_¸v tk\w.’ CSpw b_ªv AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n Ak^psX fp` Nl¡n sM^n¨p. »uhnWv fpNan NqXn fp` sM«p WpÅn k`n¨p. f_pN¿m bq_p MknXn Npj¨p. ‘FXm Sm]mao, Nj¸v fq¯p Wn`vNpN]m Mm³. Fsâ fpSp bqän Wnsâ Caw Np® NX ks^ N]än Ca¡m³. bm`n WWª Wnsâ hmVWw Fsâ I¡ tNmS Spa]n BªXn¸n¡m³. tNmS¯n Wn¶pw ASv k`n¨q^n FXp¯v A®m¡v sbm«pw ks^ Du¼m³. Mm³ CSnsWms¡ sNmSn¨v BÀ¯nt]msX C^n¡pkm. bs£ C§sW Han¨n^p¶p Nan¡m³ DÅ Dt±lw sk¨v Wo CWn Fsâ AXp¯p k¶m Mm³ Wnsâ b_n sk«n b«n¡v sNmXp¡pw’ AkÀ H^p {em´ns] tbms` Wn¶v NnS¨p. C§sW H^p Nj¸ns] Mm³ A¶mav ks^ h¦`vbn¨n«p tbm`pw CÃm]n^p¶p.Ct¸mÄ Cksa b®m³ Nn«n]m tbm`pw CkÄ Fs¶ b®n sNm¶pNa]pw F¶v FWn¡p tSm¶n. NX`p tbms` Bj¯n Nj¸pÅ bq_n B\v. Ck^psX Nj¸v SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡\w. AhmfmWyfm] Bt^mPyw Cu {bm]¯n`pw AkÀ¡v D*v. Nn«n]m b®n f^n¡mw. ‘tI¨o, Wo tWm¡nt¡m. Wns¶ Mm³ tNm\]v¡pw. Fsâ b_n sbm«ns¯_n¡pw ks^ Wns¶ Mm³ tNm\]v¡pw.’ BSv-fknlzmht¯msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv