N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn¶n Wn¶pw Aksa D]À¯pkmWm]n Mm³ AkapsX N£t¯¡v ssNNÄ NX¯n k`n¨p]À¯n. CXSp ssN Mm³ hm^n]psX DÅnt`¡v NX¯n »uhn sbmSnª AkapsX fp`]n knXÀ¯n bnXn¨p.
“”””Ns¿Xpt¡Xm b«o” AkapsX A`À¨ tN«v fmgv Aksa Sm§n bnXn¨v Fs¶ SÅn fmän. B hv{So Fs¶ ^q£fm]n tWm¡n k^¼t¯¡v N]_n, fmgnsâ N¿pw S«n fmän k¶ kjnt] Sn^nsN HmXn. bp_w fpjpk³ sIan. M§sa fq¶p tbs^]pw WnÊim]Wm]n tWm¡n Wn¶ fmgv AkapsX bp_sN tkP¯n WX¶p. F´m]m`pw Ak^psX tbm¡v fpX§n. FWn¡v sI_ns]m^p NpätdmVw tSm¶ns]¦n`pw Mm³ Aksa SÅn sIan]n C«SÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¯p hfmVmWn¨p. M§Ä ko*pw WX¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ b_ªp. “”””FXm, Wo AkapsX I´n¡pw sfm`]n`pw Hs¡ bnXn¡p¶Sv N*n«pw A]mÄ H¶pw b_]mSn^p¶Sv F´p sNm*ms\¶v WnW¡_n]mtkm?”
Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. tfma½ SpXÀ¶p, “”””A]mÄ Fs¶]pw tlmes]]pw tWm¡n]Spw sSm«Spw Wo N*ntÃ? C{S hpµ^n]m] H^p em^y DÅ B fmgnWv F´m M§sa N*t¸mÄ N¼n B]Sv?”
“”””tfma½ tI¨ns] N*m BÀ¡m N¼n Bkm¯Sv?” Mm³ Sn^n¨p tImUn¡p¶Sv tN«v tlme In^n¨p.
“”””AsSm¶pw Aà Xm. Mm³ H^p SXn¨n Nnakn AsÃ? FÃm B\p§Ä¡pw NqsX sNm*p WX¡m³ hpµ^n]m] H^p em^y tk\w. Wm«pNms^ Nm\n¡m³. bs£ Ck·mÀs¡ms¡ Np® Nj¸v fmä\w F¦n Fs¶]pw Aksa]pw tbms` sfm`]pw sNmSkpw Wn_ª sb®p§sa Ss¶ tk\w.”
tlme b_ªp “”””ASp tI¨n b_ªSv sl^n]m. Mm³ A§mXn]n Hs¡ tbmNpt¼mÄ N*n«p*v, Wà hpµ^n sb\vbntÅ^psX sN«nt]m·mÀ Fsâ sfm`]pw I´n]pw tWm¡n NpXn¨n_¡p¶Sv. huN^yw Nn«n]m em^y AXp¯ps*¦n`pw k¶p St«w fpt«w Hs¡ sI¿pw B^pw Nm\msS.” CSp b_ªp tlme WX¡pt¼mÄ Ak^psX `p¦n¡pÅn SpÅn Spap¼p¶ sNmSw tWm¡n Mm³ Np® Djnªp. fmgnsâ em^y]psX I´n¡v bnXn¨t¸mÄ Fsâ N¿n bän] sIan Np®]n bnXn¨t¸mÄ `p¦n]n`m]n. Wmlw.
M§Ä S¿Â¡m^sâ ko«n F¯n. GNtUlw H^p 50 k]Êp k^p¶ H^p fWpgy³ fpä¯p Wn¸p*v. A]mÄ M§sa tWm¡n In^n¨p. C^p Wn_fpÅ D]^w Np_ª H^p fWpgy³.
tfma½ A]mtamXv b_ªp, “”””FXm hpPp\m… FWn¡v H^p 4 »uhv S]v¸n¡\w. Sp\n sNm*v k¶n«p*v. Wo AXp¯]mjvI Ss¶ S^\w. skt¨m*n^n¡^pSv.”
“”””S^mftÃm. b\ns]m¶pw CÃmsS C^n¡pkm]n^p¶p. B^m Cks^ms¡?” A]mÄ tImUn¨p
“”””CSp tlme. Fsâ Wm¯qWm. Wo N*n«ntÃ? bns¶ CSv– b©m]¯ns` hm_m. M§apsX A]Âk¡Sm\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv