N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ Wn¶p kn_¨p. bs£ Mm³ WnÀ¯n]nÃ. SaÀ¶ tfma½ hv–`mdnt`¡v Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p. tNmS¯n NqXn b®\w F¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ tfma½ SaÀt¶m F¶p hwl]n¨v Mm³ Np® Du^n FXp¯p. “”WnW¡p tbm]nÃtÃm Xm…’
‘hm^fnÃ… dm¡n Wfp¡v AN¯p sI¶n«mkmw.’ Mm³ b_ªp. M§Ä Npan Njnªp SpkÀ¯n. “”FXm Wo ANt¯¡v sIÃp. Mm³ H¶v N¡qhn tbm]n«v k^mw.’
Mm³ In^n¨p “”Sq_n W¶m]n sNmSw Njnkns] k^mkq… Fsâ Np®]n So«w B¡^pSv’
“”AsS´mXm Fsâ So«w WnW¡v A_¸mt\m?’
Mm³ Aks^ sN«n bnXn¨p. “”Fsâ tfmat½… Wns¶ tbms`m^p I^¡nsâ tUi¯p Wn¶pw So«w tbm`pw sk_psS Na]m³ CÃXo’
tfma½ Fs¶ tSmÀ¯pXp¸n¨p. “”tfm³ tbm. tlme AknsX F´p sI¿pkm F¶_n]nÃ. Aksa C§sW sk_p¸n¨p kn«m sl^n]mknÃ. Wo tbm]n AktamsXm¶v hwhm^n¡q. Mm³ tkPw k^mw.’
Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v NX¡pt¼mÄ tlme N«n`n Nfnjv¶p NnX¡pN]m\v. `p¦n¡pÅn ^*p cpXvdmÄ sk¨Sv tbms` Fjp¶p Wn¡p¶ Np*n f`NÄ. AkapsX sf`nª l^o^¯n ASv Sos^ t]mKn¡m¯ H^p cnänRv B]n^p¶p F¦n`pw GsSm^p B\m]n bn_¶kWpw B I´n f`NÄ¡nX]n fpOw bqjv¯m³ sNmSn tSm¶nt¸mNpw.
Mm³ AXp¯n^p¶p knan¨p. “”tlme tI¨o…’
AkÀ fpOw sbm¡n Fs¶ tWm¡n. tNmbw sNm*v– kn_]v¡p¶ tIm^ Ip*pNÄ. “”Njntªm ^*nsâ]pw Nqs¯ms¡?’
Mm³ I½Â WXn¨p. “”ASp bns¶, tlme tI¨o… tfma½ tI¨n]psX tNmSkpw sfm`]pw Hs¡ NqXn N*t¸mÄ.. bänt¸m]n’ Mm³ b¨¡v b_]p ¶Sv tN«t¸mÄ tlme H¶p bS_n F¦n`pw AkapsX tWm«w Mm³ DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯nt`¡v H¶p tbm]Sv Mm³ s{l²n¨p. Mm³ SpXÀ¶p “”F¶m H^p Nj¸n]m tfma½… sim! HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ ko*pw Np® N¼n Bkp¶p. Ak^psX H`n¡p¶ bqän Np® AXn¨Xn¨p F{S tW^w tkt\`pw NnX¡mw.’ Mm³ tSmÀ¯p Nq«n Fsâ Np® H¶pjnªp. “”sNmSn]mkp¶p’
“”Cs¸m sNmSn So^pw ks^ Aks^ b\n]n«tà hm_nt§m«p k¶Sv? Mm³ lÐw tN«p bp_¯p k¶t¸mÄ N*p Npan fp_n¡pÅn ^*pw NqsX b_n]pw bq_pw sNm^p¡p¶Sv.’ tlme tNmbt¯msX tImUn¨p “”F¶n«pw sNmSn Bkpt¶m ?’
tlme N*n^n¡p¶p. Hm, ASnWnt¸m F´m…
‘Npanfp_n]n Mm³ tfma½ tI¨ns] b®n bs£, skÅw tbm]nà tlmte’ Mm³ Fsâ k`Sp ssN¸¯n tlme]psX CXt¯ I´n]psX fpNan sk¨p. Fs´m^p fmÀVkw! tlme ASp s{l²n¨nà F¶p tSm¶n. AkÄ tImUn¨p “”AsS´m?’
“”ASp bns¶…’ Mm³ H¶v WnÀ¯n. tlme N¼nNp«³.sWäv