N¼nNp«³.sWäv C§sW IqtXm. “”AkÄ Fsâ tSman Im^n b_ªp.
“”ASpbns¶ Wns¶tbms`m^p sb®v C§mWn^p¶m Fs¶tbms`m^p B\nsâ l^o^w IqXmkmsS C^n¡ptkm. “”Mm³ H^p NphrSn In^nt]msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”A¿Xm..””AkÄ ASpw b_ªp ANt¯¡v tbm]n. Np_¨pNjnªt¸m Nm«n`n`vWn¶p N¼nan]pw FXp¯psNm*pk¶p.
“”F´m]m`pw FWn¡v WÃ S\p¸v””F¶pw b_ªp FâXp¯n^p¶p. AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”Du^Xm AKptk«m Cu gÀ«v.””AkÄ Fsâ sgÀXv sbm¡nsNm* b_ªp.
Mm³ fWhn`mNm¯ tbms` Aksa tWm¡n.
AkÄSs¶ Fsâ gnÀ«q^n Fsâ fXn]n`n^p¶p Fs¶ tIÀ¯v N¼nan bpS¨p. AkÄ Fsâ sW©n S`sk¨p NnX¶p. Cs¸m M§apsX l^o^w bpS¸nWpÅn`m\v. FWn¡v fWhnsW Wn]{´n¡m³ CWn]pw Njn]nà F¶v tSm¶n. AkapsX ssN kn^`pNÄ Fsâ sI_pSm]n t^mfw Wn_ª sW©n HmXn WX¡pN]m\v. AkapsX IpXpWnlzmhw Fsâ Njp¯n AXn¡p¶p. CsSms¡ sNm*v AXn]n Fsâ Np«Wpw D]À¶n^n¡pkm\v. AkÄ Fsâ fXn]n`m]SpsNm* AkÄ¡v W¶m]n fWhn`mNp¶p*mNpw. AkÄ Fsâ Nknan AkapsX bknjmV^§Ä tIÀ¯v NXn¨p. “”FXm NÅ sS½mXn AKq«m””AkÄ H^p NphrSn¨n^nt]msX Fsâ N®pNan tWm¡n. AkapsX N®pNan {b\]kpw Nmfkpw CXN`À¶ emkfm]n^p¶p. FWn¡nWn]pw bnXn¨pWn¡mWmkpfm]n^p¶nÃ.
“”Sm\p¡pkm¶tà b_sª. Fsâ l^o^¯ns` IqXv Np_¨p S^mw. Cu Xn gÀ«q^s«.””Mm³ AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡n tImUn¨p. Wm\t¯msX]pÅ H^p fqa`m]n^p¶p f_pbXn. `qhm]n^p¶SvsNm*v ASnNw bmZv sbtX*nk¶nÃ. bpS¸nWpÅnÂsk¨pSs¶ MmWSv Du^n. AkÄ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p. Fsâ t^mfNqb§Ä FjpsW¡p¶tbms` tSm¶n. Mm³ tks_ GtSm t`mNs¯¯n]tbms`.b_ª_n]n¡m³ Njn]m¯ AWpeqSn. AkÄ {dm C«n^p¶nÃ. AkapsX k`n] HSp¡fpÅ fmÀVktf_n] fp`¡pX§Ä Fsâ sW©n AfÀ¶n^p¶p. B fp`sM«pNÄ Fsâ sW©n Npant^Nn.
“”F¶mXn Nans¸t®. Wo {dm C«ntÃ.””Mm³ Nmfw Wn_ª N®pNtamsX tImUn¨p.
“”AsSms¡ WWªnsÃXm sbm«m..”” AkÄ sNm©t`msX b_ªp Fsâ Nknan NXn¨p.
“”As¸m AXo`pw H¶pw Nm\¯n`m]n^n¡pw AsÔ” Mm³ AkapsX sIkn]n bSps¡ NXn¨psNm* tImSn¨p. “”fv”” AkÄ bSps¡ H¶v Np_pNn.
“”tbmXm b«n””
Mm³ AkapsX sIkn]n`pw NknapNapw Ip*pw fq¡pw sk¨p^¨p. MmWkapsX fmVNPÔw BhzUn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. B hSyw H^p `i^nt]msX MmW_nªp. AsS, t`mN¯n GsSm^m\nsW]pw f¯pbnXn¸n¡p¶, Gäkpw k`n] `i^n bN^p¶ PÔw ,ASv hv{So]psX PÔfm\v. AkapsX l^o^¯n bXÀ¶pN]m_m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv