N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cu ^m{Sn]n`pw IqXv tSm¶n. kn]Às¸mjpNm³ SpX§n. hnÂd´nNÄ k¶p ssN NjpNn tbm]n. ASns`m^p hnÂd´n NpWnªp Wn¡p¶ PwP]psX I´nNsa N®nt`¡p Bkmin¡p¶Sv C^pansâ f_kn Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ e{U³ N*p. H¸w Aksâ N®v NqÀ¯pWn¡p¶ bß]psX D^p* fp`Nant`¡pw. ^m{Sn¡pÅ ssNb\n]psX BkmiWf{´w bYns¨Xp¡pN]ms¶¶p e{UWv fWhn`m]n. bß Fjpt¶äp Np*n]pw S«n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. hnÂd´nNÄ D½_¯ms\¶v fWhn`m¡n] e{U³ bSns] ssb¸nsâ AkntX¡p WX¶p. C^pan Wn¶v bSp§n k^p¶ Bsa N*v H^pWnfngw PwP bN¨p tbms]¦n`pw e{UWms\¶p fWhn`m]t¸m bSnª hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”At¿m.. sbmt¡m.. C¶v H¶pw WX¡nÃ… bß]p*v fpNanÂ… “”
“”B]nt¡ms«.. AkÄ fpNanÃtÃ.. PwP Smsj NnX¶m fSn… B^pw Nm\msS DÅn tN_p¶ Nm^yw Mm³ Gäp.. Cs¸m Mm³ Cu Npanfp_n]n tN_n Wn¡mw… “” e{U³ dmSv–_qfn tN_n Wn¶p.
“”bßvtf… tfmta.. “” PwP kmÕ`yt¯msX knan¨p. bß ImXn SpÅn k¶p..
“”Wo Cu bm{S§Ä AXp¡a]nt`¡v kt¨m.. WnW¡v NnX¡m_m]ntÃ..””
“”DÆv.. WÃ D_¡w k^p¶p.. “”
“”F¶m Wo tbm]n NnXt¶m.. Mm³ fpÅn]n«v kt¶mamw… “” bm{S§apw sNm*v bß DÅn tbm]n.. PwP tWs^ dmSv–_qfn tN_n.
dmSv–_qfn tN_n]Spw e{U³ Aksa bnXn¨v k`n¨v fpOs¯ms¡ D½ sk¡m³ SpX§n… “”WnÀ¯v.. WnÀ¯v.. C¶v tk*Xm..”” bSnª hz^¯n PwP b_ªp..
“”A§sW b_ªm F§Wm.. b\n WX¯m³ k¶n«v b\nSntàFsâ Np®¡v kngfmkpw..””
“”Bim.. Bt¶m.. A§sW]mt\ kà kmtj`pw Hm«]p*m¡n tNäXm…”” PwP Nan]m]n b_ªp.
“”bns¶… Wns¶ tbms` bq_pw kn^n]n¨v WX¡p¶ AÊ N« CknsX DÅt¸m tks_ kmj F´nWm… Wà Wo^v CSnWpÅn CtÃ.. “” Ak³ AkapsX SpX¡nX]n ssN C«v sM^n¨n«v b_ªp.. PwP H¶v bpaªp… AkÄ Aksâ `PmWn Djnªp… e{U³ sgZv–Zn C«n^p¶nÃ.. b\n¡nX]n Bt^`pw k^pkmt\Â… gZn S¸n WX¡m³ bäq`tÃm..
“”S¿m_m]tÃm.. sfmS`v.. “” AkÄ Ip*v WW¨v b_ªp.
e{U³ AkapsX fp*nsâ Np¯jn¡m³ tWm¡n. SXªp sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp..
“”£fn¡v Fsâ sbms¶… Ct{Sw hmVn¨ntÃ… sk_psS H^p kjnkmXv tbms` Nan¨ns«´m Nm^yw… ASpsNm*v tks_ H^p Unkhw Bkmw..””
AkÄ Aksâ Np® Djnªp sNm*n^p¶p…. e{U³ BsN AhzØWm]n…
“”CSptbms` H^p Akh^w tks_ Nn«nÃ… “”
“”Wnsâ Nj¸v FWn¡v l^n¡p fWhn`mkp*v.. Fsâ sN«nt]mtWmXpÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv