N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ N^w k`ns¨Xp¯v k`s¯ fp`]n sk¨p. Mm³ fmkv Npj¡pw tbms` B I¡ fp` MknXns¡m*v Ak^psX Wmkv Mm³ k`n¨p NpXn¨p. B_Xnt]maw D]^w DÅ B sWXpko^³ I^¡nsâ D´n Wn¶ bq_n Fsâ Ip«p bjp¯ N¼n¡p® Np¯ns¡m*p. B Wn¸n Ss¶ tfma½s] WnÀ¯n b®m³ Mm³ B{Pin¨p bs£ S_]n F® B\v. dm`³hv sSän tbmt]¡mw. Mm³ tfma½s] Ipän]n^p¶ ssN A]¨p. Fsâ km]n Wn¶pw WmskXp¯ tfma½ tlmet]mXv b_ªp. “”FXn Ak^mVn Nq¯n¨n…. CkWv Fs´¦n`pw bän]n^ps¶¦n Wns¶ Mm³ sk«n sNm¶p NatªsW. fm¸p b_s]Xn.’ tlme S_]n NnX¶p sNm*p Ss¶ Ft¶mXv b_ªp , “”hmt_ Fsâ tI«sâ fp¶n sk¨p Ss¶ Cu hv{So C§sW Hs¡ sI]vSt¸mÄ Fsâ Wn]{´\w kn«p tbm]n. Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w….’
Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡n^p¶p. tSman bnXn¨p tlmes] S_]n tWs^ C^p¯n. tfma½]pw AknsX Ss¶ C^p¶p. tfma½ ssN Wo«n Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p sSm`n¨p sk¨v D*Nan F® tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ Np®]psX fNpXw Ipk¶p SpXp¯p Sna§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. tfma½ Fs¶ S_]n f`À¯n NnX¯n. Fsâ H^p kl¯p tfma½]pw f_pkl¯v– tlme]pw C^n¡p¶p. ^*p tb^psX]pw N®pNÄ Fsâ Np® fNpX¯nÂ. tfma½ Fsâ tft`¡v Imª tlgw Ak^psX N¿n C^p¶ Fsâ sSm`nª Np® fp` sM«n D^]v¡pkm³ SpX§n. Ak^psX F®]n fp§n WWª I¡ fp`]n Fsâ Np® D^]pt¼mÄ Mm³ hpOw sNm*v N®X¨ptbm]n. tfma½ ^*p fp`Napw ssN sNm*v Sm§n Fsâ N¼n Np® Ak^psX fp`¨m`n sk¨v, B eofmNm^fm] sW]v fp`NÄ sNm*v Fsâ Np® sbmSnªp bnXn¨p. Mm³ f`À¶v NnX¶p sNm*p Ss¶ Ak^psX bm¡pX§sa b®m³ SpX§n. “”tI¨o…. F´m CSv?… tlme tImUn¨p. tfma½ H¶pw fn*msS {bkÀ¯n SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ tfma½]psX fp`]nXp¡n Bªp b®ns¡m*p tlmet]mXv b_ªp… ‘hm^fnà tlmte… tI¨n¡v Nj¸v fq¯p tbm]Sv sNm*tÃ?’ Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”tfma½ tI¨o… Cu tlme F´m C§sW? Nj¸v F´ms\¶v tbm`pw A_n]ntÃ?’ tfma½ Fsâ Nm`³ Np® Ak^psX fp`NÄ¡nX]n sM^n¨p sk¨v S` D]À¯n M§sa tWm¡n. “”AkÄ¡v AS_n]mfm]n^p¶p F¦n AkapsX sN«nt]m³ bm*n bq_p tSXn tbmkpfm]n^pt¶m?’ tlme]psX S` NpWnªp tbm]n. AkÄ Fjpt¶äv NnX¸v fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. MmWpw tfma½]pw Fjpt¶äp. tUiw fpjpk³ F®]m\v. hf]w ^m{Sn 12 BNp¶p. “”Wfps¡m¶v Npan¨mt`m? tfma½ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. Fsâ ssN bnXn¨v tfma½ fp¶n WX¶p. Ak^psX sNmjp¯p^p* sNmSw Sma¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv