N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p. ”Ft¸mjm Wfp¡p tbmtN*Sp??
AOn`³ H¶pf_n]mStbms`. ”FknsX??”
At¸mÄ Wo`p sI_n] tUgyw Nm\n¨psNm*p ”Hm H¶pfnÃ..”
”Mm³ Ip½ b_ªSm\mâo Wfp¡p sskNn«p 6 f\n¡p tlgw tbmNmw.. At¸m AknsX Sn^s¡m¶pw D*mNnÃ..”
”A{S]pw sskNt\m?? H^pbmXp sskNn]mt`m??”
”AsSm¶pw Npj¸fnÃmâo.”
”FXm A{Ss]ms¡ tkt\m??”
”Bâns]´nWm tbXn¡p¶Sp. Mm³ CÃ NqsX??”
A¶v sskNpt¶^w AOn`³ Wo`pknsW]pw sNm*v tSmfm¨sâ Ip^nUmÀ Ìn¨nwPv shâ_nt`¡v tbm]n. KwPvgWns` Sn^¡n Wn¶pw A`vbw fm_n fpNan`s¯ Wn`]n`m]n^p¶p Ìn¨nwPv shâÀ.
Npt_ tW^w tSmfm¨Wpw Wo`pkpw AOn`Wpw NqXn hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. HXpkn AOn`³ b_ªp. ”Bâo, F¶m Wfp¡p SpX§n]mt`m..?”
Wo`p Wm\n¨p sNm*p S` Np`p¡n. F¶n«p tSmfm¨sW knNm^t¯msX tWm¡n.
tSmfm¨³: ”BUyw B Ip^nUmÀ tXm¸v Ajn¨pfmäq” F¶n«]mÄ Aakp tX¸v N¿ns`Xp¯p.
Wo`p Ip^nUm_nsâ tXm¸v bSps¡ Ajn¨p fmäm³ SpX§n. AOn`³ lzmhw bnXn¨n^n¡pN]m\p. Wo`p tXm¸v Du^n. DX³ Ss¶ tSmfm¨³ b_ªp. ”CWn Ip^nUm_nsâ bmâpw Ajn¡v…”
Wo`p ASpw Ajn¨p fmän AOn`Wpw tSmfm¨Wpw Aäm¡v k^psf¶p tSm¶n tbm]o.ASptbm`pÅ NmjvI]m\p AkÀ N*Sp. skap¯p SpXp¯ Fsâ Wo`p… N_p¯ gÍn]pw {dm]pfn«p Wn¡p¶p. {dm]n HSp§m¯ SpXp¯ fp`NÄ. AÂbw ImXn] k]_n k`n] Bjtf_n] sbm¡nÄ Npjn… Wà k®fpÅ SpXp¯ D^p* SpXNÄ.. tim.. Fs´m^p NmjvI.
AOn`³ gmKns] tWm¡n. A]mÄ A´w kn«p km]pw sbman¨n^n¡p¶p. Wo`p km¡p bm`n¨n^n¡p¶p. AOnhWpsfm¯v Xu\n tbm]n km§n¨ gÍn]pw {dm]pw B\p C«n^n¡p¶Sp.
AOn`sâ hmVWw gÍn sbm«n¨p bp_¯p ImXm³ s_Zn]m]n^n¡p¶p. tSmfm¨³ Ssâ fp*nsâ CX]n NqXn sfsà Np® SXknsNm*n^n¡p¶p. F¶n«v ssN¿n tX¸pfm]n Fjpt¶äpWn¶p b_ªp.
”CWn B {dm]pw NqXn fmänt¡map.”
ASp tN«v Wo`p AOn`sW tWm¡n. Ak³ N®p sNm*p hnPv–W sNmXp¯p fmämWm]n. Wo`p {dm]pw fmän. AOn`sâ N®p SÅn tbm]n. Wà skap¯p SpXp¯ D^p*v WXp¡p Wà N_p¸p Wn_¯n`pÅ fp`¡®p½m]n Ssâ hz´w Wo`p Bân]psX WPv–Wfm] B^pw Nm\m³ B{Pin¡p¶ fp`NÄ CSm M§Ä ^*ptbt^]pw bnXn¨p sNmÅt\ F¶p b_]p¶Sp tbms` {dm]n Wn¶p skan]nt`¡p ImXp¶p.
Nn^mS³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv