N¼nNp«³.sWäv fqan. F¶n«v Mm³ Fjpt¶äv Nn\än³ N^]nt`¡v WX¶p. tfma½s] Ct¸mÄ Mm³ hfmVmWn¸n¡m³ s{lfn¨m ASp NqXpS kgamkpNs] DÅp. Mm³ sI¶v Nn\än Im^n Wn¶p tfma½s] tWm¡n. t`lw NpWnªp Wn¶v skÅw sNm^pt¼mÄ Hmt^m k`n¡pw B sNmjp¯p^p* I´nNÄ BXp¶Sv– Nm\m³ Ss¶ H^p AjNm. »uhnWpÅn {dm CÃmsS koÀ¸p fp«p¶ fpjp¯ fp`NÄ. sSanªp Nm\p¶ fp`¡m¼pNÄ. Akt^mXpÅ Fsâ Nmfw H^n¡`pw So^nà F¶p tSm¶p¶p. BUyw N*t¸mÄ D*m]n^p¶ AtS sNmSnt]msX Ss¶]m\v Mm³ Aks^ C¶pw tWm¡p¶Sv. H^p bj] »uhv B\v C«n^n¡p¶Sv. S¿`pNÄ AknXknsX kn«p SpX§n.
A´^o£w H¶p `QqN^n¡pkmWpw kng]w fmäpkmWpw Mm³ tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p. “”””tI¨n]psX »uhv Hs¡ bj]Sm]tÃm.”
“”””B… bj]Sm]n. ^s*®w Wo k`n¨p Nos_w sI]vSntÃ?” tfma½ In^n¨p. At¸mjm\v Mm³ Nan¡nX]n k`n¨p No_n] tfma½]psX »uhnsâ Nm^yw HmÀ¯Sv. MmWpw In^n¨p. “”””tks_ bpSn]Sv S]v¸n¡^ptSm?”
tfma½ b_ªp, “”””Sp\n km§n sk¨n«v Nm`w Nps_ B]n. S]v¸n¡m³ sNm*p sNmXp¡m³ bän]nÃ. S¿mÄ¡m^sâ koXv Np_¨p Uqs^]m. k]`v NX¶v Nps_ WX¶p tbm\w. MmW§p fXn¨p.”
“”””Wfp¡v Cs¸m tbm]mt`m? Wfp¡v tbm]n«p k^mw . tlme CknsX Wn¡s«”
skÅw sNm^p¶Sv WnÀ¯n tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n. “”””FXm, Wo Cs¸m CSp b_ªSv F´nWm Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. Wo tlmes] Nan¡p¶SnWv FWn¡v H^p FSnÀ¸pw CÃ. Wo Fs¶ kn«p tbmknà F¶v– FWn¡v Mm³ FXp¡p¶ lzmht¯¡mÄ knlzmhw D*v. Wo kngfn¡msSXm. Wo Fsâ sI¡³ AtÃ? F´m]m`pw Wo b_ªSp sl^n]m. DXp¸v S]v¡\w. FkntX`pw tbmNpkmt\ CXm³ Wà tkgw tkt*? Wfp¡v tbm]n«p k^mw. tlmet]w Nq«mw. AkÄ¡pw ht´mgw BNpw. Wfp¡v H^pfn¨v H^p WX¸pw BkpftÃm. Nan Wfp¡v ^m{Sn SNÀ¡mXm-!”
Mm³ tfma½s] sN«n¸nXn¨v H^p D½ sNmXp¯p. tfma½]pw tlme]pw Npans¨m^p§n k¶t¸mÄ koXpw bq«n M§Ä fq¶p tb^pw C_§n. tlme]pw tfma½]pw `p¦n]pw »uhpw B\v tkgw. sW©¯qsX tSmÀ¯n«v Akapfm^psX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ f_¨n«p*v. Mm³ `p¦n]pw XogÀ«pw. sK«n CXm³ sfWs¡«nÃ. koXnWp bp_Nn DÅ CXkjns] tbm]m bmXw B]n. bmXk^¼¯qsX M§Ä Hs^m¶p b_ªp WX¶p. At¸mÄ fp¶n Wn¶pw H^p fWpgy³ em^ys]]pw Nq«n M§Ä¡v FSns^ WX¶p k^p¶Sv N*p. H^Xn fm{Sw koSn]pÅ k^¼¯p NqXn A]mÄ¡v M§sa NX¶p tbmkpN {b]mhw B\v. fj¡m`w B]Sp sNm*v bmXw skÅkpw sIan]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv