N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nn«n] Akh^w fpS`m¡n.
KmZ]n Ss¶ fpt¶m«p WX¶p N]_n Mm³ fim_m\ns] k\§n , kmSn Sp_¶p. k`n] S¦¨nt]msXm¸w ^mKmkpw, bXWm]N³ {blv–IÞ`nwPWpw, fim_m\n]psX AwP Wm]nN hq^y{be]pw, ^mKPp^p {lo {lo `nwPmWµ Sn^pkXnNapw ANt¯¡v N]_n. NqsX MmWpw. bp_¯p N®pw SÅn Wn¡p¶k·ms^ H¶p NqXn bpÑt¯msX tWm¡n]n«v Mm³ kmSn AX]v¡pkmWpÅ d«³ AfÀ¯n… “”b«n b^ngNÄ!”
CknsX FWn¡v F´pfmNmw. Nm^\w, Wyq¢n]À A_NapsX hw^£\kpw b^nbm`Wkpw Fsâ D¯^kmUn¯w B\v. sNm«m^w Nm^yس B]Sp sNm*v Mm³ Ft¸mjpw sNm«m^¯n Nm\pw F¶pÅSp fm{Sfm\v Cu AVnNm^¯nWpÅ Fsâ t]mPyS. F¶m`pw, f{´n b^ngNapsX fp¶n Bamkm³ CSp Ss¶ Vm^maw. Mm³ fp¶n Ss¶ WX¶p kmSn`pNÄ Sp_¶p sNmXp¯p. ]pVfp_n]n FÃmk^pw {btkln¨p. ]p²fp_n F¶mÂ, ]p² S{´§Ä sfW]p¶ fp_n. H^p foänRv _qw F¶p b_]mw. At{S DÅp. AÃmsS Fsâ Nq«pNm^³ b¦p`nwP³ N^pSp¶Sv tbms` ]p²w sI]vSp bYn¡p¶ fp_ns]m¶pfÃ.
k`n] tfl]psX Ipäpw DÅ Nth^Nan AkÀ C^p¶p. Mm³ fm_n kmSn¡ Wn¶p.
“”””AknsX WnÂt¡*. bp_¯n_§n Wn¡q” hq^y{be Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”””hm^fnÃ, Ak³ AknsX Wn¡s«… Nm^yfp*v” ^mKPp^p hq^y{bes] SXªp. Ssâ N¿n`n^p¶ bphvSN sN«v {blv–IÞ`nwP³ tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p ^mKmkntWmXv Nm^y§Ä b_]pkm³ SpX§n. ^mKPp^p Pp^pk^pan Hanªn^n¡p¶ Sm¡oSpNÄ knlUoN^n¨p. Mm³ H¶pw {l²n¡m³ tbm]nÃ. Fsâ N®pNÄ hq^y{be]n`m]n^p¶p. Nmfw AÃ. kntVzgw.
hq^y{be]v¡v Ft¶mXv ssk^mPyfm\v. BUyfm]n Aksa N*t¸mÄ Mm³ AkapsX huµ^ykpw fmVNSzkpw N*p f]§n AktamXv– kas^ Zohâv B]n H¶p tImUn¨p tbm]n…. Du¡m³ S^psfm¶v. Akap ssN]mt\m Nm`mt\m D]À¯n]Sv F¶p sl^n¡p Nm\m³ NjnªnÃ. bns¶ tdmVw k¶p N®p Sp_¶t¸mÄ Mm³ sNm«m^w sskUylm`]ns` F® tSm\n]n B]n^p¶p. Mm³ A_ntªm CkÄ fim_m\n]psX bX Wm]nN Bs\¶v. tkgw D*m]n^ps¶¦n bns¶]pw fWÊn`mt]sW. Mm³ Nm\pt¼mÄ CkÄ Npa NXkn Wq dÔw CÃmsS sk® tSm¡p¶ DX`pfm]n Wn¸m]n^p¶p. km`y¡m^nNÄ Bt^m Bs\¶v N^pSnt¸m]n. ASnt¸m kÀgw Nps_ B]n. F¶m`pw AkÄ¡v Fs¶ Nm\pt¼mÄ … F´m b_]pN… b«n bq¨s] N*Sv tbms`]m\v. bt£… Aksam^p knlnã temKyw Ss¶]m\v… sW¿n NpSnÀ¯p tkkns¨Xp¯ C_¨n tbms` sNmSn]q_n¡pw bp^pg·ms^. fpjp¯ fp`Napw D^p* sNmSkpw d`ngvYfm] SpXNapw tblo d`fpÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv