N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo f_¡^pSv.. H^p tklyt]mXv sb^pfm_p¶ tbms`]m\tÃm Wo Ft¶mXv sb^pfm_p¶Sv.””
“”Fsâ Xo¨s_.. CsSms¡ C{S Nm^yfm¡n FXpt¡*.. Mm³ Fsâ Inäs] Asà sg]À sI¿pt¶… Ak³ Aksâ C¯fms^ ks^ FWn¡v bnXn¡m³ S¶n«p*v..””
“”tR…”” {bfoa¡p S` N_§p¶ tbms` tSm¶n.
“”As¸m Wo fWxbqÀkw N¸n¨pNq«n AksW knan¨p k^p¯n]Sm\tÃ..””
“”hSyfm]pw AÃ.. Wà NXn]pÅ Nq«¯n`ms\¶p Ak³ Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶p. bs£ Ct{Sw NXn]p*m]n^p¶ Nm^yw C¶v `mdn sk¨v fWhn`m¡n. Mm³ Aà Xo¨s_ sNm*v tbm]Sv. Xo¨À B\v Fs¶ knan¨v `mdn tNän]Sv.””
{bfoa AsN kn]À¯p. Aksâ ssN CSntWmXNw Xo¨_psX fp`Nsa Smt`m`n¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p.. {bfoa BUyw Hs¡ S«n fmäns]¦n`pw Akapw ASv BhzUn¨pSpX§n]n^p¶p. “” F´m Xo¨s_ h½Sfmt\m.?””
“”F´nWp… “”
“”hSyw b_]mtÃm.. Fsâ hpµ^n Xo¨s_ Nan¨v fSn]m]n«nÃ.. C¶v k*n]n tN_pt¼m ^m{Sn l^n¡pw H^p Nan fWÊn N*n^p¶p. “” Aksâ AbNzfm] hwhm^w tN«v {bfoa Xo¨À BsN A´man¨p.
“”Wo Fs´ms¡]m dm`p Cu b_]pt¶. WnWs¡´m {em´mt]m. B dgoÀ tks_ Bt^msX¦n`pw b_ªmÂ… bns¶ Fsâ ØnSn F´mkpw F¶v WnW¡_nt]m. “”
Xo¨À b_ªSv l^n]m\v F¶v dm`pknWv tSm¶n. dgo_nWv fWÊn hqNngn¡mWpÅ Njnkv CÃm]n^p¶p.. tNmtaKns` {lo tUkn fnÊnsW WãvXsbXm³ Nm^\w Ss¶ AkWm\v. H^p knVw ka¨p sNm*v k¶Sm\v. B Wm^n]psX Wm¡v Nm^\w Cs¸m AXp¸n¡p¶nÃ. dm`p H¶v l^n¡pw Bt`mIn¨p. CSv fäpÅks^ tbms` AÃ. NpXpwdfmWw N¸`v tN_pw. At¸mtj¡pw dgoÀ k*n]pfm]n k¶p. ssdNv.. “”F´pkmtX]v.. Cu ssd¡n F§Wm fq¶v tbÀ tbmNps¶. “” sSm«pbn¶ms` tks_ 2 ssd¡pw NqXn k¶p. tWm¡n]t¸m Nq«pNmÀ Ss¶.. fmÀ«nWpw knKn¯pw.. “”Zm Wo Cu k*n]pw sNm*v sbmt¡m.. Mm³ Ck^psX k*n]n Sn^n¨v sbmt¡mamw.””
“”Ht¡Xm.. As¸m Wn§Ä ko«n tbmNp¶ntÃ.””
“”G]v CkÀ¡v fnWn tI¨ns] H¶v b^nI]sbXp¯\w..”” lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.
“”F¶m M§Ä tbmkm.. PpZv ssWäv Xo¨À.””
“”PpZv ssWäv.”” {bfoa Xo¨_pw Sn^n¨p b_ªp. dm`p ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp. {bfoa Xo¨À bp_Nn tN_n. Aksâ fp³emPt¯¡v– ssN C«p Aksâ SpXNan ssN sk¨v C^p¶p. Xo¨_psX frUp`fm] ssNNÄ SpX]n AfÀ¶t¸mÄ AkWn H^p tNm^n¯^n¸v AWpeksb«p. “”Zm ss`h³hv H¶pw CÃtÃm. tbm`ohpNmÀ F§mWpw ssN Nm\n¨m sb«p.”” “”AsSm¶pw D*mknÃ.”” Ak³ ssd¡v FXp¯p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv