N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNm³ tW^w fUÀ WÂNn] Np_¨p ^qb]pw.
CWn Ssâ Hä¡pÅ KoknSw SpX§pkm\v.ASpks^ Ssâ NqsX Wn¶ FÃmks^]pw Ak³ Wµnt]msX HmÀ¯p. SWn¡p h¼mUn¨p tWXns¡mXp¡pkm³ H^p NpXpwdfp*v, Ss¶t¸ms` AWmT^m] Np_¨p Np«nNÄ D*v. dÊn`n^n¡pt¼mÄ b`knV¯n`pÅ In´NÄ AkWn`qsX NX¶ptbm]n.
AkWp scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ koXv Ns*¯m³ {b]mhs¸tX*n k¶nÃ. knan¨ Hmt«m¡m^³ Ss¶ NrSyfm]n AksW AknsX sNm*pkn«p. AknsX FÃmk^pw dipfmWt¯msX Nm\p¶ Bam]n^p¶p scÀ\m*hv. {bu[n knant¨mSp¶ H^p k`n] sNm«m^Sp`yfm]n^p¶p B koXv. k`n] tPäpw knlm`fm] bqt´m«kpw k`n] fpäkpw.
tPänWp fp¶n Wn¶t¸mÄ Ss¶ shNyq^nän k¶p .
B^m””
“”Mm³ tKmhv. scÀ\m*hv hmÀ b_ªn«v k¶Sm. “”Ak³ scÀ\m*hv hmÀ S¶ NmÀZv Nm\n¨p.
shNyq^nän AksW ANt¯¡v NXSnkn«p. “”sI¶v sdÃXn¨m fSn.hmÀ AknXp*v.””
tKmhq«n A]mÄs¡m^p bp©n^n h½mWn¨v ANt¯¡v N]_n. Ak³ knlm`fm] B koXnsâ fp¶ns`¯n sdÃfÀ¯n. Ak³ Ipäpw ko£n¨p. Ct{Sw k`n] H^p koXv Ssâ KoknS¯n N*n«nÃ.
sb«¶v sNm«m^hmUrlyfm] B koXnsâ kmSn Sp_¡s¸«p. kmSn Sp_¶ Bsa Ak³ tWm¡n. Aksâ l^o^¯n H^p S^n¸Wpeks¸«p. Fs´m^p huµ^yw. t`mN¯p C§sW]pw hpµ^nNapt*m. H^p Xn gÀ«pw {So tcmÀ¯pw B\v tkgw. tdmdv sI]vS hpµ^fm] fpXn. Sna¡fpÅ N®pNÄ, Wo* fq¡v, Bs^]pw sNmSn¸n¡p¶ S^¯n`pÅ Ip*pNÄ. AkWp Ss¶ Ss¶ ssNkn«ptbmNptfm F¶v tSm¶n. AkWp H¶pw fn*m³ Njn]p¶nÃ.
“”B^m, F´v tk\w”” AkapsX NnanWmSsf¯n.
Ak³ sb«¶v b^nh^tdmVw kos*Xp¯p.
“”F´m, Ssâ km]n Wm¡ntÃ. SmWnSpks^ sb®p§sa N*n«ntÃ. tNm`n Sp\n Ipänsk¨m`pw skÅfn_¡nWn¡p¶ H^p kÀPw.””
AkapsX B km¡pNÄ l^n¡pw Aksâ DÅn Ss¶ sNm*p.
“” £fn¡\w fmZw, Mm³ scÀ\m*hv hmÀ b_ªn«v k¶Sm. tb^v tKmhv.””Ak³ b_sªm¸n¨p.
“”fv, Mm³ b¸s] knan¡mw. CknsX Wn¡v.””AkÄ ASpw b_ªp tUgyt¯msX ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
tKmhq«n¡v kngffm\v tSm¶n]Sv. BUyfm]m\v H^mÄ Ssâ fpO¯ptWm¡n C§sW b_]p¶Sv. Aksa tWm¡nWn¶ hf]s¯ Ak³ lbn¨p. Sm³ F{Stbs^ N*n«p*v. CSpks^ Ssâ fWhv ssNkn«n«nÃ.
F¶n^p¶m`pw A¸tW^w tWm¡nWn¶SnWp C§sW IqXmkWvsX Bklyfpt*m..Aksâ fWhn`qsX b`knV In´Napw NX¶ptbm]n.
“”B, tKmhq«n B]n^pt¶m. AkÄ tKmhv F¶v b_ªt¸m Mm³ knIm^n¨p tks_ Bt^m N¼nNp«³.sWäv