N¼nNp«³.sWäv sk¨v Skas] tbms` Fsâ Nm kn^`n C^p¶p. AkapsX kn§p¶ bq_nt`¡v Fsâ Nm`ns` SÅ kn^ NX¶p. AkÀ Fsâ Np®]n Ip*fÀ¯n km] Sp_¶ tlgw ASp fpjpkWm]n km]nt`¡v NX¯pkm³ SpX§n. Fsâ Np® fNpXw Ak^psX A®m¡n S«n]Sv FWn¡v co sI¿m³ Njn]p¶p*v. Fsâ Np®]psX k`n¸¯n`pw Woa¯n`pw FWn¡v Ai¦m^w tSm¶n. fp¡m emPw fm{Stf tfma½]psX km]v¡N¯pÅq. F¶m Nan ko^¯n]m] tfma½ bn·m_n]nÃ. AkÄ S` Smtj¡p SÅn]t¸mÄ A®m¡pw NX¶v tfma½]psX Njp¯nWpÅnt`¡v Fsâ Np® h©^n¡m³ SpX§n]Sv Mm³ AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡n C^p¶p. “”Biv… Fs´m^p hpOfms\³s_ ePkmsW… Fsâ sbm¶p kmbq_o…’ Mm³ bpaªp Np¯n. tfma½ SÅn] N®pNÄ D]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n.
Mm³ A¶v ks^ A_n]m¯ Ft´m H¶v sSm«_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. tfma½ Fsâ D*Nan bnXn¨p sNm*v fpOw H¶p NqXn F¶nt`¡v– SÅn. Fsâ sWXpko^³ sNm¼³ bqÀ®fm]pw B fpSpNj¸n]psX km]¡pÅn`m]n. AkapsX SXn¨p f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ b_n]psX NX]v¡Â F¯n]t¸mÄ ASnsâ fNpXw AkapsX sSm* Npjn]n NX¶v kn§pN B]n^p¶p. GSmWpw sh¡âpNÄ A§sW Ss¶ AkÀ C^p¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ Njn]msS B]n. skXn sbm«nt¸m]n. Ak^psX S` Ipän bnXn¨p Np®]nt`¡v tIÀ¯v Mm³ C^p¶p kn_¨p. Fsâ Np®¸m AkapsX sSm*]n NqXn tWs^ k]änt`¡v tbm]n¡m\ptfm F¶p Mm³ In´n¨p. Mm³ AkapsX S`]n Wn¶pw bnXn kn«p. tfma½ Fsâ Np® fpjpk³ km]v¡pÅn Wn¶pw Du^n FXp¯t¸mÄ H^p SpXw sNmjp¯ skÅw AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v k¶p. AkÄ Ipf¨p tbm]n^p¶p. S_]nt`¡v f`À¶v Nm`p Wo«n C^p¶p NnS¨p “”sim! … FWn¡v lzmhw fp«nt¸m]n… sb^p¼m¼nsW knjp§p¶ tbms` D*tÃm Xm. im…. Fsâ sSm* sbm«ns]¶m tSm¶ps¶.’ AkÄ sSm* SXkn. AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw H`n¨ F³s_ Np®¸m`pw AkapsX DfnWo^pw N`À¶ sNmjp¯ fn{lnSw Njp¯n NqXn fp`Nant`¡v HjpNp¶p… Mm³ AÛpSt¯msX tfma½s] A_n]pN B]n^p¶p. Nj¸naNn] Cu fUm`hs] F´m Mm³ sIt¿*Sv? tfma½]pfm]n F´p sI]vSm`pw F{S tW^w AkapsX H`n¡p¶ sNmjp¯ NXn bqän b®n f_n¨m`pw fSn]mknà F¶v– FWn¡v tSm¶n. Ak^psX NnS¸v fm_n]n«nÃ. Mm³ S_]nt`¡v C_§n AkapsX AXp¯n^p¶p. B SpXp¯ NknapNan Mm³ H^p Npªp fp¯w sNmXp¯p. “”Fsâ sbm¶p tfmsa…’ tfma½s] Mm³ hvtWin¡m³ SpX§nt]m F¶v tbm`pw FWn¡v tSm¶n.
In`t¸mÄ KoknSw NTNant`¡mÄ knIn{Sfm\v. W½psX FÃmw DÅn B^pw Sn^n¨_n]m¯, N¼nNp«³.sWäv