N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko\p. A]mÄ tkIv FjptWäp KokWpw sNmt*m«n.
AknXpÅks^Ãmk^pw AÛpSt¯msX]m\v FÃmw tWm¡n Wn¶Sp. Nm^\w WmPmImfns] FÃmk^v¡pw A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. H¶nWpw fXn]nÃm¯ H^p A_p sbj. sb®p§sa sSmX`pw bnXn¡`pfm\v {bVmW b\n.
Z]mW l^n¡pw ASnl]n¨p Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p. tKmhq«n]psX fsäm^p fpOw. H^p bmk¯mWpbN^w NqsX]pÅks^ hw^£n¡m³ tbm¶ H^m\nsâ ]TmÀ° fpOw. tKmhq«n]psX N^p¯p AkÄ¡p ASn`qsX fWhn`m]n. tKmhq«ns] H¶v sN«n¸nXn¨p B NknapNan H^p hvtWiIpwdWw sNmXp¡m³ AkapsX DÅw SpXn¨p. ASpks^ Z]mWs] sNm¯nk`n¨n^p¶ NjpN³ N®pNsaÃmw bn³k`nªn^p¶p. tKmhq«n]psX N^q¯v tW^n N*Sn`pÅ BQmSw. NX¡m^³ tbm`pw dipfmWt¯msX]m\v AkÀ¡p cpZv sNmXp¯Sv.
“”tfmsW´m]m`pw sI]vSSv W¶m]n. H¶qsX sNmXp¡*Sm]n^p¶p. CSksâ Øn^w b^nbmXn B\v. “” NX¡m^Wm\v ASv b_ªSv.
“”fv.. hm^nÃ..CWn N*m sNmXp¡mw. “”Ak³ H¶v In^n¨p
Z]mW sbs«¶v Ss¶ Njn¨p. tKmhq«n bSps¡]m\v Njn¨Sv.
“”F´mXo ..H¶qsX b_]t\m..””Ak³ bp©n^nt]msX tImSn¨p.
“”tk*..WntâSn Wn¶v Njnt¨mamw.””AkÄ Aksâ bm{S¯n Wn¶pw FXp¯p Njn¡pkm³ SpX§n.
“”AÃ..WnWs¡§sW A]msa A_n]mw. Wns¶¡*p A]mÄ H¯n^n tbXn¨tÃm”” AkÄ hwl]t¯msX tImSn¨p.
“”ASv Ak³ H^pUnkhw Cu Nj¸pwsNm*p ^mVnN tI¨osX AXp¯v sI¶m]n^p¶p. As¸m MmWpw NqsX D*m]n^p¶p. A¶v Mm³ ^s*®w sNmXp¯m]n^p¶p.”” Ak³ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.
sbs«¶m\v Aksâ tcm¬ _nRv sI]vSSv. Ak³ sfmssd FXp¯p tWm¡n. ^mVnN tI¨n B\v. Ak³ Aä³Zv sI]vSp.
“”it`m””
“”tKmhq«n..MmWnknsX sh]nâv tf^ohv timhvbnä`n B\v. sbm¶qhnsWm^p bWn. k¶t¸m Cs¶m^p Unkhw CknsX NnX¡s« F¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªp. Ckamt\ CknsX C^n¡sbm_pSn S^p¶nÃ. Wns¶ Ct¸m Nm\\w F¶pw b_ªp dia. Wo bäpsf¦n CknXw ks^ H¶v k^mtfm..”” ^mVnN b_ªp..
“”Mm³ sbs«¶v k^mw. sbm¶qhnWv Npjt¸m¶q`tÃm”” Ak³ A`vbw b^n{eft¯msX tImSn¨p.
“”G]v..tks_ Npjt¸m¶q`.. Wns¶ N*m fSn. “” AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F¶m l^n”” Ak³ NmÄ N«v sI]vSp.
“”FWn¡v ASymklyfm]n timhvbnä ks^ H¶v tbm\w. ^mVnN tI¨osX tfmav timhvbnä`n B\v. tks_ Npjtbmkpsfm¶pfnÃ.Mm³ Z]mWs] ko«n B¡mw.”” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”tk*…MmWpw k^mw.”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv