N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]msat]m … Agv–_cv– ..AksW³s_ Nq«pNm^Wm … . b¡m t{cmZv ..Ak³ sb®pw sN«n bntÅ^pw DÅSm .,.AkWnSnWp fp¶pw Cksa sNmt*m]n«ps*¶p b_ªn«m Ft¶w knant¨m*v tbms] ….Ak³ Nq«n sNm*v ….k¶]msa tWm¡pt¼m Ckav ..Cksa Mm³ ..Cksa …””…..
‘ At¿m … ISnt¨m NÀ¯mtk “” bp_No¶v A¸m¸³s_ Wn`knan tN«v Sn^nªp tWm¡n] sNm¨¸Wpw kÃmSm]n .
“” A¸m ..Mm³ …”” dnWnt]mXn A¸m¸³s_ AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.
“” FÃmw SNÀ¯ntÃXn tfmsa ..Wo ..F³s_ ssUktf … f_n]m½t]mXv MmWnWn F¶m b_]ptkm… NpXpwd¯n³s_ fmWw NaªtÃmXn Wo]v .. H^p¼t«msa… F³s_ ssUktf .. F³s_ NÀ¯mtk .”” A¸mWknsX]n^p¶p bSwb_ªp N^]m³ SpX§n . .””
A¸m¸³ sW©¯Xn¨p N^]m³ SpX§n .. AWpkmsN kna_n skap¯p Wn¡pkm\v. M§Äs¡´p b_]\sf¶v tbm`pw A_n]nà .sNm¨¸³ A¸m¸tWw Nq«ns¡m*v H^pknV¯n tft`¡v N]_n tbm]n .. N^ªp Wn`knan¨p bp_sN dnWn]pw . M§Ä At§m«v– tbm]nà .. F´v b_ªkt^ hfmVmWn¸n¡pw .
N]_n tbm] DXsW AXn]psX H¨ tN«p .. SÃtà F¶v dnWn N^]p¶Sntâw
“” H¶pw tk*Xn hms{µ …W½¡v tbmNmw .. km ..W½¡v tbmNmw ‘ AWp N^ªp sNms*³s_ ssN bnXn¨p.
“” tbmNmXn … C¨n^n Njn]s« ..W½av NqXn]ntàAk^v dnWns¨¨ns] SÃnsNmÃpw””
Mm³ fpNant`¡v N]_n tbmNm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ dnWns¨¨n Smtj¡n_§n k¶p . N¿ns`m^p dmPp*v . ASn km^n Wn_¨ Sp\nNÄ . fpXn]msN A`t¦m`fm]n«p NnX¡p¶p .Nknan AXnsNm*p Sn\nÀ¯ bmXpNÄ ..
Fs¶ NX¶kÄ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n sdZn`pw sgÂcn`ptfms¡]pÅ s{Zhv km^n dmPn`n«p ..
‘ tI¨n .. “” AWpkmsN h¦Xs¸«p AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p .F´v b_ªmlzhn¸n¨m`pw c`fnÃms]¶_n]mw .
‘ sbXn¡*Xn …Mm³ tbm]n«v k^pw ..FWn¡nãfpÅ BapsX NqsX]tà tbms] .. tR .. ASnsW¶m Npj¸w ..FWn¡v Cãfp*m]n«tà .tR ? B^pw WnÀdÔn¨nt«m¶pfÃtÃm ..tR ? Bt\m ? sNm¨¸tWms¡ F´pfmNmw … Akm^m\p§Ä B\tÃm … sNm¨¸Wpw sb®nsW S¸n]tà ks¶ … ASnWp Npj¸fnà … W½av sb®p§Ä¡v H¶pw sI¿m³ bänÃ…..””
N®n NqXnt]mjpNn] skÅw AkapsX Nknan`qsX HjpNn .
“” W½anãfpÅ H^mapsX NqsX NnX¡ b¦n«m`Sv Nq¯m«w , Nj¸v ..bns¶ W½av tkly .. Asà ….Akm^m\p§Ä sb®nsW S¸n tbm]m ..ASv FâÀsX]n³sf³_v .. Bt¸m N¼nNp«³.sWäv