N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn¶ms` Wo`nf]pw.
fm] tImUn¨p.
“””” l^t¯«³ D¨]v¡v Njn¡m³ k^ptfm?”
“”””In`t¸mtj k^q.. H^p foänwPv D*v.”
F¶n«v l^¯v Wo`nft]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo C¶pSs¶ tbmN]mt\m?”
“”””sskNpt¶^w Ss¶ tbmN\w tI«m. Wmsa ¢mhv DÅSm\v.
tNmtaKn ¢mhv SpX§n ^*mjvI Njnªt¸mÄ ^*p Unkhs¯ AkVn tIÀ¯v Nn«n]Sv. AkÄ At¸mÄ Ss¶ ko«nt`¡v k^pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”””At¸mÄ Mm³ sskNpt¶^w WnW¡v tbmNmWm]n NmÀ F¶v b_ªp knt«¡mw.”
“”””l^n.. tI«m.”
l^Sv fm]t]mXv b_ªp.
“”””Wo C§sW AXp¡a]n Ht^m¶v sI]vSpsNm*n^n¡msS _Ìv FXp¡\w. tZmÎÀ b_ªSv A_n]mftÃm Cu hf]fm\v NqXpS hq£nt¡*Sv.”
ASv tN«v fm] l^¯nsW tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨p. AkÀ Ct¸mÄ fq¶pfmhw {bPvW³_v B\v.
l^Sv Nm_nÂtN_n tbm]t¸mÄ fm]pw Wo`nf]pw AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.
“”””Wo i^ns] N*n^pt¶m?”
“”””tI¨n]psX AWn]sW N* Nm^yw H¶pw b_]m¯Sv WÃSv.”
“”””AsSt´?”
“”””tNmtaKn N]_ns¨Ãpt¼mÄ BUyw N*Sv i^nt]«³ H^p¯³s_ fq¡nXn¨p sbm«n¡p¶Sm\v.”
“”””Culz^m.. CksW Nm^\w k¿. bs*ms¡ sbs«¶v tUgyw k^psf¶v D*m]n^p¶p, C{S]pw {blvWfnÃm]n^p¶p.”
Wo`nf Njn¨pNjnª t¹säXp¯v fm] NjpNn.
“”””i^nt]«³s_ NqsX Ft¸mjpw H^p sb®nsW Nm\mw tI¨n.”
“”””ASv tUknN]m]n^n¡pw.”
“””” B.. ASv Ss¶. B^m\Sv?”
“”””AkÄ M§apsX koXnWXp¯pÅ sNm¨ns` sSmt« Ak³s_ NqsX Nan¨p kaÀ¶Sv.”
Wo`nf BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.
“”””AkÀ S½n {c*vgn¸v fm{Stf DtÅm? AtSm t{bfw kÃSpfpt*m?”
“”””F³s_ A_nkn AkÀ Nq«pNm^m. CWn AkÀ S½n Cã¯n`m\v F¦n`pw Npj¸fnÃ.. Wà Np«n]m\kÄ.”
Wo`nf]pw fWÊn knIm^n¨p.
“”tUknNs] Nm\msWms¡ Wà ewPn]m\v. i^n]psX hzemk¯nWv tUknN b_ªm fm{Stf Ak³ tNÄ¡q.. bt£ _mfpfm]n tUknN Cã¯n`ms\¶v tNmtaKn hwhm^w. F´m]n^n¡pw hSymkØ?’
Øn^w tbmNp¶ kjn]n Wn¶pw tks_ _q«nt`¡v tbmNp¶Sv N*v ssd¡n i^n]psX bn_Nn C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ tUknN tImUn¨p.
“””” Wo CSv FkntX¡m\v tbmNp¶Sv?”
“”””fmt]¨n koXpks^ sIÃm³ knan¨pb_ªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv