N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbXn¨p bnt¶m«v sk¨v tbm]n.
A]mÄ Nmfw Wn_ª Ipk¶ N®pNapfm]n fpt¶m«pk¶p. A]mapsX kr¯nioWfm] ssNNÄ AkapsX ssWän]nt`¡v bnXn¡mWm]n Wo§n.
sbs«¶m\v ASv hwekn¨Sv. H^`À¨t]msX WmPÑmfn f`À®mXn¨p ko\p. ASv tKmhq«n]psX ssNNam]n^p¶psk¶p ^mVnN Sn^n¨_nªp. Wn`¯nko\ WmPmImfn¡v Np_¨p hf]t¯¡v H¶pw fWhn`m]nÃ. H^p NqXw k¶p S`¡v ko\ tbms`. GsSms¡t]m emP¯pWn¶v Nnan tbm]tbms`.
“”Mm³ Wo FknXw ks^ tbmNpsf¶v tWm¡pkm]n^p¶p. NÅ bm*n…WnWs¡sâ tI¨n]psX l^o^w tk\ftÃ..””tKmhq«n ASpw b_ªp WmPmImfn]psX tNma_n bnXn¨p sbm¡n. A^nlw fq¯ B Sfnj³ tKmhq«ns] AXn¡mWm]n ssN Hm§n. tKmhq«n ASv fWhn`m¡n Aksâ ssN Ssâ k`SpssN sNm*v bnXn¨p N^\w tWm¡n Hm§n H¶v sNmXp¯p. B Hä AXn¡pSs¶ Aksâ km]o¶pw fq¡o¶pw tIm^ k^m³ SpX§n. bns¶ AksW bnXn¨p bp_t¯¡v k`ns¨ms^_v. H^p bq b_ns¨_n]p¶ `mQkt¯msX.
“”WnW¡v tk*Sv CsSm¶pfÔ” F¶pw b_ªp Ak³ WmPImfn]psX hmfmW¯nWp Ss¶ làfms]m^p Ikn«p sNmXp¯p. Sfnjsâ ^*p N®pNapw Sp_n¨p skan]n k¶p. ssNNÄ sNm*v Aksâ B*n]pw sbm¯n¸nXn¨p AknXn^p¶ptbm]n.
“”tI¨n.. AN¯ptbm]n C¨n^n fpaNpsbmXn FXp¯p km..CkWnSv tbm^m.”” tKmhq«n ^mSnNt]mXm]n b_ªp. AkÄ Cu t`mNs¯§pfÃm]n^p¶p. tKmhq«n l^n¡pw Aksa AÔman¸n¨n^n¡p¶p. Ak³ H^p bm© bmkfms\¶m\v AkÄ N^pSn]Sv. bs£ tKmhq«n FÃmw fmän]n^n¡p¶p.
“”tk* tKmhq«n. AksW knt«¡v..”” AkÄ tbXnt]msX b_ªp.
“”CÃ tI¨n..tI¨ns] Aksâ Nmf N®pNÄ sNm*ptWm¡n] Aksâ N®pNÄ CWn tk*..tI¨n tbm]n FXp¯n«v km..””
^mVnN bns¶ f_ps¯m¶pw b_]msS BN¯ptbm]n fpaNpsbmXn]pfm]n k¶p.
“”H¶pw b®nXmsS hmÀ. Wm\o Dus^ Na¼n tbm]nXmw hmÀ.””Sfnj³ f`]makpw Sfnjpw N`À¶ ^oSn]n b_ªp.
“” AStÃ`pw Wo tbm\w. Wns¶ Cu Wm«ns`¶Ã, tN^a hwØmW¯p N*m D¶psX A*n sI¯n Mm³ b«n¡n«psNmXp¡pw. F¶m`pw CSnWp WnW¡v ln£ tk\w. Ak³ ssNNan A¸w fpaNpsbmXn FXp¯p. WmPÑmfn ssN sNm*v fpOw sbm¯n. tKmhq«n Nm`psNm*v k]_nWp H^p sSmjnNqXn sNmXp¯p. Ak³ tkUW sNm*v ssN k]_n AfÀ¯nbnXn¨p. B S¡¯nWp Aksâ N®pNan fpaNpsbmXn knS_n.
“”At¿m…A½m..””Sfnj³ N®pw sbm¯n Wn`knan¨p.
“”HmXXm…Wns¶ CWn H^n¡`pw Nm\^pSv. Mm³ CWn CknXp*mNpw..”” tKmhq«n AksWm^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv