N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI«³ bSnkv tbms` fqs¶®w b¨¡v kn«v bX]¸ tfmZn`m]n. Mm³ BUy sb¤pw N¿n bnXn¨v tWm¡n C^p¶p.
H^p f\n¡qÀ Njnªp Nm\pw M§Ä hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ N¿n H^p t¹än bpjp§n] N¸]pfm]n F¯n. bn¶ms` tlme]pw. N¿n fo³ N_n. AXnsbman! tlme {Zhv fm_n]n^p¶p. tfma½]psX »uhpw `p¦n]pw. `p¦n sbm¡nanWp fpNan N]än sk¨m\v DXp¯n^p¶Sv. tfma½]psX »uhv AkÄ¡v `qhm\v. F¶p sk¨m N¿pw k®kpw `qhv. bs£ AkapsX fpjp¯p^p* b¸m] fp`NÄ Nm^\w »uhnsâ fp³emPw k`nªp fp_pNn Ss¶ C^p¶p. tfma½]psX N¿n DÅ Gäkpw sI_n] »uhv B\v AsS¶p tSm¶p¶p. ^*p tb^pw Npan Njnªn«p*v. ASm\v C{S]pw sskNn]Sv . tfma½]pw tkgw fm_n]n«p*v. tfma½ bq_nWv sSm«p fpNan sk¨m\v `p¦n DXp¯n^n¡p¶Sv. bn¶n Wn¶v tWm¡n]m Ak^psX Wn_ªp sNmjp¯ I´nNapsX fpNÄ emPkpw tNmS Im`nsâ fpNaäkpw Nm\mw. `p¦n¡pÅn Wn_ªn^n¡p¶ D^p* SpXNÄ. Nãn¨p fp«nWp Smsj ks^t] Ak^psX `p¦n C_¡w DÅp. NpWnªp N¸ S_]n sk¨t¸mÄ Ak^psX fmUN fp`NÄ »uhn Wn¶pw bp_¯p ImXpw F¶v– FWn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ B k^n¡¨¡Nan tWm¡n Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨Sv tlme N*p Nm\pw. tlme fo³N_n S_]n sk¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªm\v Wn¶Sv. fp` Nm\m³ Njnªnà bs£ AkapsX `p¦n Wn_ªp Wn¶ tNmS ewPn Mm³ tWm¡n C^p¶p tbm]n. AXn]n bmâohv Cà Ct¸mÄ. Hmt^m sI_n] AW¡¯n`pw AkapsX fpjp¯ sNmSw skÅw Wn_¨ d`q\pNÄ tbms` Spap¼p¶Sv Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n. ^*p tb^pw C^p¶p. tfma½ tI«sâ hfob¯v C^p¶t¸mÄ tlmet]mXv Mm³ “”C^n¡p’ F¶p b_ªv Fsâ AXp¯v ssN Nm\n¨p. MmWn^p¶ sshZn tlme]pw C^p¶p. H^p ssN Wn`¯p Np¯n A`vbw I^nªm\v C^n¸v.
“”tI«³ F{S\w B]n?’ tfma½ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. Mm³ 5 F¶v BwPyw Nm\n¨p. tfma½ Wà NXp¸¯n Hs^®w Hjn¨p tI«sâ N¿n bnXn¸n¨p. “”tI¨n]pw Hs¶mjn¨p AXn¡p tI¨o. C¶v Wfp¡v ht´mg¯nsâ Unkhw AsÃ?’ Mm³ b_ªp. tI«³ D_s¡ In^n¨p. “”CkÄ Cu hmVWw km]n sNm*m As¸m Ss¶ lÀ±n¡pw’
“”Bt\m tI¨o’ Mm³ tImUn¨p “”km]n hmVWw sNm*m tI¨n lÀ²n¡ptfm?’ tlme Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡nSv bänà hmt_. tU CkÄ AXn¡pw. Hjn¨p NpXns¡Xn Wm\n¡msS’
Mm³ Ss¶ Hs^®w Hjn¨v tlme¡v sNmXp¯p. tlme tI«sW tWm¡n. tI«³ Hmcv B]n SpX§n]n^p¶p. A]mÄ Ip½m C^p¶p In^n¡p¶p.
“”tI«m … C¶v tfma½ tI¨ns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv