N¼nNp«³.sWäv hfmVmWw bmsX sSän¡m³ tbm¶ B kmÀ¯- Fs¶ A_n]n¨Sv.
“”B hotfsX Nm^yw fim Nãfm C¨m]m’
H^p ^m{Sn]n Fsâ NpSn^làn WÂNn] hpOw AWpekn¨v ASnsâ B`hy¯n NnX¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Dw?’ Aksa¸än DÅ F´pw tNÄ¡m³ sNmSn]p*m]n^p¶ Mm³ bp_tf A`hfm]n fqan.
“”AkWntÃ..B ^mtK{µ³..AkWv ftäSv sbm§¯nÃ..’ AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”ftätSm’ FWn¡v AkÄ b_ªSv fWhn`m]nÃm]n^p¶p.
“”tU CSv..Nps_ tW^w fp³bv Ck³ fqÀOsWt¸ms` Wn¶v BXn]ntÃ..ASptbms` AktâSv sbm§¯nsöv’ Fsâ SaÀ¶p NnX¶ `nwP¯n bnXn¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
FWn¡v NmÂkn^ fpS H^p S^n¸v tUisfm«msN bXÀ¶p bnXn¡p¶Sv MmW_nªp. ^mtK{µWv `nwtPm²m^\w CtÃ? At¸mÄ hof? Fsâ fWhv ImXn¯pÅp¶Sv bp_tf em^y A_n]mSn^n¡m³ Mm³ sbXm¸mXv sb«p. B kmÀ¯ FWn¡v WÂNn] BËmUw Wn§Ä¡v Duin¡m³ bänÃ. MmsWm^p hmZnÌv Bt\m Btkm!
“”tbmXo..B^m Cu NÅw b_ªp*m¡n]Sv?’ bp_tf SmÂb^yfnÃm]vf WXn¨v Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”tks_ B^v b_]m³…hof Ss¶]m\v Ft¶mXnSv b_ªSv. N`ym\w Njnªv H^p sNmÃfm]n«pw kntlgw H¶pw D*mNmsS k¶t¸mÄ SÅ Aksa f¨n F¶v knan¨t{S. ASm\v– AkÄ¡v tUgyfp*mNm³ Nm^\w. Akav Ip« f_pbXn Ss¶ sNmXp¯p SÅ]v¡v’
“”F´v b_ªp AkÄ’
“”tfmsâ NpªnsW¯s¶ tk\sf¦n FkntX`pw sNm*ptbm]n AksW InNnÕn¡mWpw ASà tks_ B^psXs]¦n`pw fSn F¦n ASv b_]mWpw’
Fsâ DÅn Fs´ms¡t]m hwekn¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.
“”AkÄ A§sW b_tªm’
“”b_ªp..A¶pfpS Ak³ GtSm B]pÀtkU¡ms^ N*p InNnÕn¡p¶p*v. bs£ C¶s` N*t¸mjpw Akav b_ªp fmäw H¶pfnsöv..C{S hpµ^n]m] H^p sb®nsâ PSntNsX’
fäm^psXs]¦n`pw sNm¨nsW fSns]¦n b_]m³! ASnWÀ°w tk*n k¶m eÀ¯mknWÃmsS tks_ BÀ¡pw bq_p sNmXp¡m³ AkÄ S¿m_m\v F¶tÃ? Fsâ I¦nXn¸v bXbXm NqXn. B In´ WÂNn] D±obW¯n Mm³ em^ys] H^pk«w NqXn b\nªp. hof]m\v Fsâ H¸w NnX¡p¶Sv Ft¶mÀ¯psNm*m]n^p¶p Fsâ A¦w.
sKÊn ASv b_ªSpfpSÂ Mm³ hofs] SWn¨v Nn«m³ tk*n WX¯m¯ {lf§Ä CÃ. bs£ AkapsX e{UNman A½m]n]½ Nm^\w Aksa H^n¡Ât¸m`pw SWn¨v Nm\m³ FWn¡v hmVn¨nÃ. AWpUnWw NqXp¶ AkapsX SpXp¸pw huµ^ykpw Fs¶ {em´v bnXn¸n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A§sW]n^n¡p¶ hf]¯m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv