Nm^y§apsX NnX¸v GNtUlw C{S]pw B]t¸mÄ B\v FWn¡v N¯n]Sv, H¶p {lfn¨m In`t¸m lpes] ka]v¡mw. Nm^yw AkapsX tdm]v{c*pw B]n N`ym\w D_¸ns¨¦n`pw sb®nWv Ft¶mXv sI_n] H^p Ca¡w SpX¡w fpSt` D*v F¶v A_n]mfms]m^p¶p. Nm\mWpw S^t¡XnÃ, St` Bkpw F¶ tbXn]pw tk*. H¯m H¯p.

FknsX SpX§\w F¶mt`mIn¨p S` sb^p¯t¸m H^p hnP^äv N¯n¡mWm]n MmWn_§n. Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸m Df]pw bn_tN k^p¶p.

‘tZknZv Ft§m«m?’

‘Mm³ sk_ptS Nmäp sNmÅm³ tdhvsfâv ks^..’

‘k`n¡mWmt\m?’

‘..AtS’

‘F¶m MmWpw D*v. H^p N¼Wn CÃmsS C^n¡pN]m^p¶p.’

‘Df k`n¡ptkm?’

‘AsS´m, Wn§av B\p§Ä¡v fm{Stf k`n¡m³ bmXpÅq?’

‘ASÃ, Mm³ CSpks^ N*n«nÃ, ASm.’

Df In^n¨p.
‘H^p lo`w AÃ. kÃt¸mjpw H¶p fWhv _n`mN-vhv sI¿m³ k`n¡pw, At{S DÅq.’

Mm³ ^*p hnP^äv FXp¯p N¯n¨p, H¶p Df]v¡v Wo«n.

‘Wfp¡v At§m«v fm_n Wn¡mw tZknZv. B k`n] Sq\nsâ bn_Nn B^pw Nm\nÃ.’

Sq\nsâ f_knt`¡v M§Ä Wo§n. B Ipk¶p SpXp¯ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v hnP^äv sk¨v Df k`n¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Abm^fms]m^p fmUNSzw Mm³ Df]n N*p.

bns¶ AsSm^p lo`w B]n fm_n. Unkhkpw Mm³ hnP^äv k`n¡m³ tbmkpt¼mÄ Df NqsX k^pw. k`n¡pw. b` Nm^y§apw IÀ¨ sI¿pw. hi{bkÀ¯NÀ F¶Sn Db^n Wà hpir¯p¡Ä B]n M§Ä fm_pN]m]n^p¶p.

Df]pfm]pÅ Nm^y§Ä AXp¯ Q«¯nt`¡v F§sW Wo¡pw F¶p Bt`mIn¡p¼sjms¡ lpe]psX km¡pNÄ HmÀf k^pw þ ‘sNmt_ tbÀ {lfn¨Sm\v, WnW¡v Nn«m³ tbm\nÃ’ F¶v. F¶m bns¶ lpe]v¡n«p Ss¶ b\n sNmXp¡mw F¶p tSm¶pw. Npt_ Unkhw Bt`mIn¨n«pw H^p N¨n¯p^p¼pw Nn«n]nÃ. FknsX bnXn¨p N]m_mWm\v! B{Nm´w Nm\n¨p sk_ptS k^mWn^n¡p¶SnsW S«ns¯_n¸n¡*m F¶p fWhp b_ªp.

hw]fWw Nm«n]Sv sk_ptS B]nÃ. H^p Sn¦amjvI lpe Ss¶ Aka_n]msS H^p bnXnkÅn FWn¡n«pS¶p. ^mkns` sZh-vNn F¯n N¼yq«À Hm¬ sI]vSSpw lpe]psX sfthKv.

‘kos¡³Zv F´m]n^p¶p b^nbmXn?’

‘G]v, {btSyNn¨p H¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. hvsb³hÀ ¹mh]n tbm]n sNmt_ tW^w km]vtWm¡n. bns¶ H^p hnWnf]v¡v tN_n.’

‘Bim, GSm bXw?’

‘C³shbv–g³. Cw¥ogm.’

‘Mm³ AVnNw Cw¥ogv hnWnfNÄ Nm\m_nÃ. B^psX]m?’

‘`n]WmÀtZm N¼nNp«³.sWäv