N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”””sb®tà hmt_… Cãs¸XmsS C^n¡ptkm?” MmWpw In^n¨p “”””ASp sl^n]m… In` sb®p§Ä¡v Cãfm bq_p sbma¶p sk¨v SXkn sNmXp¡p¶Spw W¡n sNmXp¡p¶Spw Hs¡” bm_p¡p«n Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ blpknsâ bqän C^p¶ Ak^psX N¿n H¶p sSm«p. “”””CSnsW Nmas] sNm*v b\n]n¨mt\m PÀen\n B¡p¶Sv?”
“”””Aà hmt_… Np¯nsk]v¸m… CSp§Äs¡m¶pw emPyw CÔ bm_p ko*pw In^n¨p.
“”””ASp l^n]m…”” Mm³ b_ªp “”””Np® N]_p¶ hpOw Np¯nsks¸Xp¯m`v Nn«nÃtÃm” ko*pw bm_p¡p«n Fs¶ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Ak^psX fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n Wm¡p NXn¨p sNm*v Fsâ Np® `p¦n Nq«n Djnªp. bm_p¡p«n ASp N*nà F¶p WXns¨¦n`pw N*p F¶v FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p.
“”””Fs´m^p k`n] sfm`]m tI¨o…”” bm_p sM«n Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n “”””…tI¨osX blpknWv… F{S `näÀ bm`v Nn«pw?”
“”””Hmiv …! 10þ12 `näÀ Nn«pw hmt_” I½Â Han¸n¨p sNm*v AkÀ b_ªp. blpknsâ sN«jn¨v ASnsW sSmjp¯nt`¡v sNm*p tbm]n. MmWpw NqsX sI¶p. bm`v N_¡m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\v. AkÀ H^p bm{S¯n sk¨n^p¶ skans¨® FXp¯v blpknsâ ANnXn tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. ASnWp tlgw AXn¸mkmX fpNant`¡v sS^p¯p N]än blpknsâ kl¯m]n Np¯n C^p¶p. sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ bmSn]pw Nm\mw. Mm³ Ak^psX bn¶n`m]m\v Wn¡p¶Sv. A§sW C^p¶p sNm*v AkÀ blpknsâ ANnXv W¶m]n F® tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. Mm³ A¸p_s¯ klt¯¡v AkÀ¡v FSn^m]n sI¶p Wn¶p. bm_p Nm`p Nk¨p sk¨n«v C^p¡pkms\¦n`pw bmkmX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p Nq«n Sn^pNn]n^n¡p¶SnWm bq_p Nm\m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. Mm³ bm_p C^n¡p¶SnWv tWs^ FSnÀ kl¯p sI¶v Np¯n]n^p¶v bm_pknsW tWm¡n. `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n]n^p¶SnWm Mm³ C^n¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ Np®¸jw sfm¯fm]pw AkÄ¡v Nm\m³ Njn]p¶ knV¯n Nm`p Nk¨m\v Mm³ C^p¶Sv. bm_p H^p Wnfngw I`Ww Aäv C^p¶ptbms]¦n`pw H¶pw hwekn¡m¯Sv tbms` F®]nX SpXÀ¶p. “”””sfm`]n F®]n«m bm`v N_¡pt¼mÄ tkUWn¡nÃm]n^n¡pw Asà tI¨o?” bm_p H^p In^nt]msX bmÂbm{Sw FXp¯v ANnXnWp Nojn sk¨v fp`¡m¼pNan fm_n fm_n k`n¨p bm`v N_¡m³ SpX§n. “”””tI¨o… Mm³ H¶v tWm¡s«?” Mm³ Fsâ ssNNÄ bm`v N_¡m³ F¶ tbms` ANnXn sk¨v, bm_pknsâ kn^`pNan sSm«p. bm_p H¶pw fn*msS N_¶p sNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ bm_pknsâ ssNNÄ Fsâ ssN¡pÅn`m¡n AkapsX N¿psX I`W§Äs¡m¸w Wo¡n. bm`v N_¡p¶ps*¦n`pw bm_pknsâ N®pNÄ kn_¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv