N¼nNp«³.sWäv PÔw Fs¶ SjpNn¯t`mXn]n^p¶p.
“”bns¶ Fs´ms¡]p*v tI¨n’ Akan Wn¶pw tWm«w fmän] Mm³ KoW tI¨ns] tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”FXm B Npª½n\n hpOfnÃmsS NnX¡pktÃ; Cktaw Nq«n AknXw ks^ H¶v tbmNmsf¶v k¨p k¶Sm..Wo tkgw fm_n kmXo..Wfp¡v tbmt]¨p sbs«¶n§v k^mw’ tI¨n BPftWmt±lw Fs¶ A_n]n¨psNm*v em^yt]mXv– b_ªp.
“”C¸w Ss¶ tbmt\m tI¨n..’ em^y tImUn¨p.
“”tbm]n«n§p k^msfXn..B tKm`n A§v SoÀ¶m hfmVWmt¯msX C^n¡mftÃm’
“”F¶m Mm³ hm^n DXp¯n«p k^mw’
em^y tkgw fm_mWm]n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. AkÄ k^p¶Sv ks^ MmWpw tI¨n]pw NqXn b`Spw hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. AkÄ H^p§n]n_§n k¶t¸mÄ tI¨n Fjpt¶äp.
“”`oW k^p¶ntÃ’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”Hm..B sb®v k^p¶nsöv AknsX kt¨ b_ªn«m k¶Sv..AkanknsX C^n¡s«..M§av tbmt]¨p tkPw C§p k^mw’ tI¨n b_ªp. ^*ptbÀ¡pw NqXn Wp\NÄ b_ªp tbmNm³ `oW H^p knQmSfmNpw Fs¶Wn¡v fWhn`m]n. ASpsNm*m\v tI¨n Aksa Hjnkm¡p¶Sv.
“”M§av fpNan`m]n^n¡pw. k^pt¼mÄ sdÃXn¨m fSn..Smsj B^pfnÃm¯Sv sNm*v Mm³ NSNv AX]v¡m³ tbmÆm’ Mm³ b_ªp.
“”M§av sbs«¶n§v k^psfXm..’ bp_t¯¡v C_§p¶SnWnsX tI¨n b_ªp.
“”Npt_sÈ NpXn¡t\ fWpgym..’ em^y ^ihyfm]n Fsâ NmSn A§sW f{´n¨n«m\v tI¨n]psX bn¶ms` C_§n]Sv. AkÀ tbm]n¡jnªt¸mÄ NSNX¨n«v Mm³ fpNant`¡pÅ bXnNÄ N]_n.
Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ `oW N«n`n C^p¶psNm*v bphvSNw f_n¨v tWm¡pN]m\v. gmÄ AkÄ tSman Wn¶pw fmän fXn]n C«v N«n`n ssNfp«pNÄ Np¯n t`lw NpWnªm\v C^p¶n^p¶Sv. Smsjk¨v gmansâ DÅn`qsX Akyàfm]n N* fp`NÄ Ct¸mÄ Fsâ N×p¶n¯s¶ skan]nt`¡v SÅn Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p ASnsâ UÀlW làn]n Fsâ Np«³ Aksâ knlz^qb¯nt`¡v {btkln¨p. {dm]psX DÅn S½n sM^nªv– bNpSnt]maw skan]nt`¡v Nm\s¸« B sS_n¨ fp`Nan tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ FWns¡¶Ã, H^p bp^pgWpw hmVn¡pfm]n^p¶nÃ. A{S W]WmWµN^fm]n^p¶p B NmjvI. Fsâ tWm«w Sn^n¨_nª `oW H^p NŨn^nt]msX gmÄ FXp¯v fp`NÄ f_¨p.
“”CsSms¡]m\v km]W AsÃ..Dw sNmÅmw’ AkÄ AÀ°PÀefm]n Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v– b_ªp. Mm³ AkapsX fp³bnÂ, N«n`n C^p¶p.
“”Ft´m¶v’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”CSns`ms¡ ftä hwPSn B\tÃm A¦nta’
“”F´v N¼nNp«³.sWäv