N¼nNp«³.sWäv Asà … Òvfw … Cs¸m fmZs¯ tbms` .. K]Nm´³ hmÀ , Wn§sa]o tNm`¯n , M§sXw A¨m]sâw Hs¡ fp¶n C§sW C^p¯m³ h½Sn¡p¶ntà … “”
“” Òvfw …ASv sl^n]m\v … bs£ K]³ F³s_ BUy eÀ¯mkv Aà … BUy NmfpNWpw … F³s_ eÀ¯mknWv Mm³ W¶m]n s{Zhv sI¿p¶tSm , tf¡¸v sI¿p¶tSm , FjpSp¶tSm H¶pw Cãfm]n^p¶nà …””
“” bns¶ ?’ AWpkpw hm{µ]pw H^pfn¨p tImUn¨p .In{S]t¸mÄ Wà D_¡¯n`m]n^p¶p.
‘ B hf]¯m\v Mm³ K]sW Nm\p¶Spw b^nI]s¸Xp¶Spw .. GSm*v Ht^ In´mPSn]psfms¡ B]Sp sNm*v M§Ä fm^o sI]vSp . “”
‘ Hm ..At¸mÄ .. A]mÄ ..B bj] Bapt*m ? A]mant¸mÄ FknXm ?’
“” CknsX]p*v “” A¨m]³ b_ªt¸mÄ AkÀ Sn^nªp tWm¡n .
“” FknsX ?’
“” CknsX Ss¶ .. Cu Mm³ Ss¶ … “”
“” tR … “” ^*p tb^pw A´w kn«p km sbman¨t¸mÄ A¨m]³ tbm«n¨n^n¨p.
‘ WÃs]m^p sb®nsW Nn«n]t¸m Mm³ Ai¦^n¨p .. H^p bmXv .. H^pbmsX¶p sk¨m H^p bmXv hvtWin¨p .. bs£ At{Sw hvtWiw tk*m^p¶p F¶v FWn¡v bn¶oXm fWhn`ms] ..ASkÀs¡m^p koÀ¸p fp«`m¶p … Mm³ bnt¶w H¶qXn sN«n]t¸m B\v ASv tl^n¡psfWn¡v fWhn`ms] ‘ A¨]³s_ N\vYw CX_n .. A]msajpt¶äp H^p hnP^änWp So sNmap¯n .
“” F´m A¨m]m CSv .. sÈ ..”” khpÔ^ Fjpt¶äv ss`äÀ N¯n¨p A]mapsX hnP^änWp So sNmap¯n . F¶n«]mapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p . AkapsX fp`NÄ A]mapsX sW©n`fÀ¶p.
‘ AsS§Wm hmt_ .. fmZw … A¨m]³ {NnhvSymWn]pw fmZw inµpkpw ?’
‘ fSw tWm¡n]mt\m knkmiw Njn¡ps¶ .. shN-vhv sI¿pt¶? …ASv Cãsb« Ban³s_ NqsX]tà tkt* .. AÃmsS `£w S¶m`pw CãfnÃm¯ Ban³s_ NqsX Wn§av tbmNptfm b_]v– .. “” K]Nm´³s_ Pmweo^y hz^w fpj§n .
“” Mm³ {NnhvSy³ Ss¶]m\v tfmsa …hm_ tKm¬ ..Ct¸mjpw AsS ..hÀ«ncn¡än`psfÃmw … K]sW knkmiw Njn¡mWm]n Mm³ fSw fm_n]Spfnà … khpÔ^ ..AsS³s_ Sq`nNm Wmfw B\v ..K]sâ ko«pNmÀ ..Aks^ms¡ bj] BapNatà ..Ak^§sW knan¡p¶p …””
‘ bns¶ Wn§sa§sW H¶m]n ko*pw ‘
‘ A¨m]Wpw MmWpfm]pÅ ssZtkmjvh-vNps_ WmÄ Njnªt¸mÄ B\v K]³ A¨m]sW AknIm^nSfm]n Nm\p¶Sv … . K]³ hwhm^n¨t¸mÄ B\v A¨m]³s_ ^*mw knkmikpw HjnªSv MmW_nªSv … Mm³ tWm¡p¶ tbms` ..hvtWin¡p¶ tbms` AkÀ A¨m]sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv