N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`p Nn\]m Sn^n¡pw?.. NpSn^ Npa¼v tbm`pÅ ssi ioÂhv C«tà WX¡p¶Sv.”
B tkUW]v¡nX]n`pw AkÄ Sn^n¨p b_ªp.
“””” CWn sI^n¸nsW Npäw b_tªm.. AÃmsS Wo SÅn]nXm³ tWm¡n]n«Ã.” Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v AkapsX Ip^nUm_nWv bm³_v Np_¨p fpNant`¡v Wo¡n. AkapsX skap¯ NmÂbmU¯n Wo` M^¼pNÄ sSanªp Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. i^n AkapsX NmÂbmU¯n W¶m]n AfÀ¯n Sn^p½n.
sKhn]pw _mfpw Kn¯pkpw CsSÃmw tWm¡ns¡m*v Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.i^n SXkpt¼mÄ AkÄ¡v Wà tkUW FXp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX fpO emP¯pWn¶pw AkÀ¡v ASv fWÊn`m]n.
Nm`v SXkp¶ SnWnX]n i^n Sfml]m]n b_ªp.
“”””CSp Wmsa WÃ Wo^mNpw F¶m tSm¶p¶Sv.”
AkÄ DX³ Ss¶ Sn^n¨p b_ªp.
“”””Wo^m]m`pw FWn¡v H¶pfnÃ… Wo Ss¶ Fs¶ timhvbnä`n sNm*ptbmNpw.”
CSptN«v In^n¨psNm*v sKhn tImUn¨p.
“”””Wn§Ä¡v ^*ptbÀ¡pw Ft¸mjpw AXn NqX¡w Ss¶]mt\m b\n.”
ASnWpÅ f_pbXn tUkp B\v b_ªSv.
“””” bt* DÅ lo`fm\nSv.. Ck³ b_]p¶SnsWms¡ S_pS` b_ªnsæn FWns¡m^p hfmVmWw Nn«nÃ.”
i^n Kn¯pkntWmXv b_ªp.
“”””Zm.. Wn³s_ ssd¡v H¶v sNm*pkm.. Cksa timÌ`n sNm*mNs«.”
Kn¯p sbs«¶pSs¶ ssd¡v sNm*pk¶p.
i^n]pw tUknN]pw ssd¡n N]_n. Nm`p k¿m¯Sv sNm*v sKhn tUkpknsW ssd¡n N]_pkm³ him]n¨p.
i^n sKhnt]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo dÊväm³Znt`¡v Asà tbmNp¶Sv?”
“”””AsS.. dhv tbm]n Nm\ptfm Ft´m?..”
i^n ^mfsW]pw Kn¯pknsW ]pw tWm¡n.
At¸mÄ Kn¯p b_ªp.
“””” _mfn³s_ ssd¡v D*tÃm.. M§Ä timÌ`n tbmNp¶p, Wo ssd¡pfm]n tWs^ A§p k¶mÂfSn.”
i^n ssd¡v fpt¶ms«Xp¯p. Ak³s_ k]_n ssNsNm*v Ipän¸nXn¨v AktWmXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p tbmNp¶ tUknN]pw tWm¡n AkÀ Wn¶p.
tUknNs] timÌ`n B¡n]tlgw Sn^nsN k^pt¼mjm\v dtÌm¸n Wn¡p¶ sKÊns] i^n N*Sv.
Ak³ AkapsX AXp¯m]n ssd¡v sNm*v WnÀ¯n.
F¶n«v tImUn¨p.
“””” Wo CSpks^ tbm]ntÃ?
“””” dhv fnÊm]n.. CWn H^p f\n¡qÀ Njnª DÅqÀ F³s_ ko«nt`¡pÅ dhv, b¸s] knan¨n«ms\Â tcm\pw FXp¡p¶nÃ.”
“”””At¿m CWn F´v sI¿pw?.”
Aksa ssd¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv