N¼nNp«³.sWäv frUp`fm] I´n bmanNÄ. M§apsX Wm¡pNÄ bm¼pNsa tbms` sN«n bn\ªp. tfma½]psX ssNNÄ Fsâ bmâhnWpÅn kn§n sbm«n Wn¡p¶ Np®s] bnXn¨p Npj¨p. KoknS¯n BUyfm]m\v Mm³ Cu {SntNm\ Wmkq¼Â WX¯p¶Sv. tfma½]pw tlme]pw fÕ^n¨p Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. Mm³ Ak^psX]pw. F{S tW^w M§Ä CSp sI]vSp F¶_n]nÃ. bnXn kn«p fm_pt¼mÄ M§Ä b^hvb^w tWm¡n Wn¶p NnS]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
Mm³ Aks^ ^*p tbs^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n. Nj¸naNn] H^p fUm`h `p¡v B\v tfma½]vs¡¦n sFlz^yw Spap¼p¶ fpO{lo]m\v tlme]v¡v. Cus]m^p kySymhw AkÀ ^*p tb^psX]pw emk§an`pw kas^ {bNXfm\v.
tfma½ FWns¡m^p `p¦n FXp¯p S¶v AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ bmâvhpw A*Àsk]_pw fmän `p¦n DXp¯p tlmes]]pw Nq«n AXp¡a]n F¯pt¼mÄ tfma½ Im]]v¡v skÅw Sna¸n¡pN]m\v. fpO¯v H^p ¾mWS. Mm³ tlmet]mXv Sm¸^yw Nm\n¡p¶Sv tfma½]v¡v kngfw D*m¡p¶p*v. MmWpw tfma½]pw S½n fmWhnNfm]n kas^ AXp¯n^p¶p Cu Unkh§Ä¡pÅnÂ. b`Spw b_]msS Ss¶ fWÊn`m¡m³ M§Ä¡v b^hvb^w Njn]p¶p*v. tfma½s] tbms`m^p fqtl« hzemk¡m^n¡p fWÊn kngfw tSm¶pN F¶p b_]p¶Sv Ss¶ H^p AÛpSfm\v. Mm³ tfma½]psX bn¶n sI¶v, Ak^psX tSmapNan ssN sk¨v Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯p. bn¶n NqXn Ak^psX Nknan NknÄ tIÀ¯p Mm³ tImUn¨p “”””F´p bän Fsâ sb®nWv?” H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. H^p sI_p In^n fm{Sw. tlme M§sa tWm¡n sd©n C^p¶p. “”””b_s]Xn… F´p bän sbs«¶v?”
“”””H¶pà Xm” tfma½ b_ªp “”””Wo AknsX tbm]n^n. Mm³ Im] S^mw”
Mm³ fm_n]nÃ. `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn Ak^psX sNmS¨m`n Np® tIÀ¯p Mm³ Wn¶p. Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯ns¡m*v tfma½]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. sbs«¶v Ss¶ N®p Sn^p½n AkÀ b_ªp, “”””sim! sbmN]Xn¨p N®p Wo_p¶p. Wos]m¶p fm_n Wnt¶. tbm]n tlme]psX AXp¯n^n.”
Fsâ fWÊv sbmÅn. BUyfm]m\v tfma½]psX N®p Wn_]p¶Spw lÐw kn_]v¡p¶Spw. Mm³ tlme]psX AXpt¯¡n^p¶p. tfma½ H^p d¡äpw FXp¯p Nn\_nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
“”””tI¨n¡v Wns¶ k`n] CãfmXm” tlme b_ªp. “”””tI¨n ASp b_]m¯Sm. Wo Fs¶ sSmXp¶Sv Aà tI¨n¡v {blvWw. Wnsâ fWÊn Ft¶mXv hvtWiw tSm¶p¶Sm”
“”””FWn¡_n]mw”
“”””tfma½ tI¨ns] Wo kngfn¸n¡^pSv. Fs¶ tbms` AÃ AkÀ. tI¨n Bs^]pw hvtWin¨n«nÃ. FÃm B\p§tamXpw bpÑw fm{Sw B\v. WnW¡v Mm³ b_]p¶Sv fWÊn`mkp¶pt*m?”
Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv