N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX B NnX¸v N* d`^mf³ km bnaÀ¶p tWm¡nt¸m]n. No_n] bmâohn Wn¶pw D´n Wn¡p¶ fpjp¯ bq_nsâ CSapNÄ knXÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. WXpkn skan]nt`¡v SÅn¡nX¡p¶ fmwh CSapNÄ NXn¨p Sn¶mWpÅ Btklt¯msX A]mÄ Aksa hfobn¨Spw bp_¯v Bt^m k^p¶ lÐw tN«v A]mÄ sM«n bn³km§n. N`ym\n H^p Im«¯nWv Smsj C_§n d¡äpw Sp\n]pw FXp¯v kmSn Sp_¶p. i^n bp_¯v Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. Ak³ N`ym\ns] hwl]t¯msX tWm¡p¶Sv N* d`^mf³ Ssâ fWÊnsW tkPw k^pSn]n`m¡n.
“”””Dw..F´mXm..” A]mÄ sPu^kw emkn¨p tImUn¨p.
“”””k`yÑsW Nm\m³ Bt^m k¶n^n¡p¶p..A¼`¯n Wn¶m” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””Dw..C^n¡m³ b_..”
“”””l^n”
Ak³ tbm]t¸mÄ d`^mf³ Blzmht¯msX Wnlzhn¨p. l^o^¯n`pw fWhn`pw N¯n¸XÀ¶n^p¶ Nmfw A]msa koÀ¸pfp«n¨p. N`ym\n..Aksa C{S Fap¸w Nn«pw F¶v hzbvtWbn Sm³ N^pSn]SÃ. Aksa tfmin¡m¯ GSp bp^pg³ D*mNpw? tim..F´m]n^p¶p AkapsX hpOtN{µ¯nsâ AjNv! AkapsX l^o^¯nsâ AwtPmbmwPw AWpekn¡msS CWn SWn¡v Kokn¡mWmknÃ. AkapsX Nm¸mUw fpS ln^Êv– ks^, Hmt^m A\pkpw W¡n ^pIn¡\w. kWyfm] N^pt¯msX Aksa temPn¡\w. Akant`¡v Spaªp N]_n AkapsX NmfmÀ¯n lfn¸n¡\w. Akam\v sb®v!
“”””N`ym\n..^m{Sn Mm³ Wnsâ ko«n k^pw..Wo D_§msS Nm¯n^n¡\w” sskNpt¶^w H^p S©¯nWv Aksa SWn¨p Nn«n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ ^ihyfm]n f{´n¨p.
“”””i^nt]«Wv hwl]w tSm¶n” AkÄ bn_pbn_p¯p. AkapsX tIm^¨p*pNapsX I`Ww d`^mfsW {em´v– bnXn¸n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””Ak³ kÃSpw b_tªm?”
“”””Dw..”
“”””W½sa AkWv hwl]fpt*m?”
“”””Dw..i^nt]«Wv Fs¶ Cãfm\v..”
d`^mf³ ASptN«p sM«n.
“”””F¶v b_ªmÂ?” A]mÄ sM«Â bp_tf Nm\n¡msS tImUn¨p.
“”””Fs¶ N`ym\w Njn¡m³ C^n¡pkm i^nt]«³..”
AkÄ bnX]v¡p¶ N®pNtamsX A]msa tWm¡n. Aksa bnXn¨p NXn¨p Sn¶mWpÅ Nmfw sNmXp¼n^ns¡m*n^p¶ B hf]¯pw dm`^mfmWns` KmSn{em´v D\À¶p. Sm\ KmSn¡m^n]m] N`ym\n bW]¶qÀ S_km«ns` H^msa tkÄ¡pN! ASpw Sm³ sk¸m«n]m¡n k]v¡m³ tfmin¡p¶ CkÄ! CkÄ S_km«ns` Bs^]pw tkÄ¡m³ bmXnÃ! GsS¦n`pw H^p tNm´sWs¡m*v sN«n¨v, Aksa F¶pw SWn¡v AWpekn¡\w. A]mapsX fWÊn {UpSPSn]n N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¶p. A]mÄ Aksa tWm¡n. tim..{em´v bnXn¸n¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv