N¼nNp«³.sWäv bs£ sS§n³ NÅp NpXn¡nÃ. N^ansâ F³Kn³ b\n Njnªn«v tk\w CWn NpXn¡m³. tkt\Â ss`äm]n«p dn]À AXnt¨mam³ tZmÎÀ b_ªSm. A§Wnt¸m tk*. BW sf`nªm`pw BW, BW Ss¶]m.
Sn^nsN ko«n F¯n]t¸m `mhÀ b_ªp. “”””F¶m¸ns¶ A§Wms«… Wn§av knt«m C^p«pw fpt¶ koXv bnXn¡mt`m”
fmÌ_psX N®pNÄ Ipäpw b^Sn WX¶p. B`ohnsW AknsX§pw Nm\mWnÃ.
k*n]n Wn¶pw Fsâ dmPv Blm³ FXp¯v koXnWv AN¯p sk¨p.
“”””As¸m sl^n Xm… M§Ä Mm]_mjvI k^mw” fmÌÀ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p b_ªp
Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p “”””s]´nWv?”
f_pbXn b_ªSv BlmWm\v “”””Wnsâ lkw sNmt*mkm³”
Mm³ BlmsW]pw sN«n bnXn¨p. Blmsâ N®pNan WWkp*m]n^p¶p!
“”””At¿… tU fmÌs_… Blm³ N^]p¶p” Mm³ b_ªp. fmÌÀ In^n¨nÃ
“”””tbmXm f]ns^… skXn C_¨n Sn¶ ssN sNm*v N®p Sn^p½n]Sm… Mm³ F¶m¯nWmXm DsÆ N^]ps¶? Wn§av ^s*®w Imkpt¼m tbm`pw Mm³ N^]nÃ. bn¶Ã!”
AkÀ tbm]n. fWÊn H^p WoäÂ. AN¶p tbmNp¶ Nm_nt`¡v tWm¡n Wn¶t¸mÄ fWÊn H^p {bmÀ°W fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅp. “”Aan]sâ Nm_nWv H¶pw bä^psS…’
SpX^pw