N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aksas¶ WnkÀ¯nWnÀ¯n. tfl¸p_¯pWn¶pw Wo§n]n_§n Nm`pNÄ Wn`¯pNp¯n AkÄ WnkÀ¶pWn¶p. Fsâ Np®]n hvO`Ww Wn_ªp, bmSn]q^n¡nX¶ tNm*w, Smsj]äw bnXn¨kaq^n. CXSpssNsNm*kÄ ASnsW Wo«n¸nXn¨ k`wssN]ns`mjn¨p. HXpkn`s¯ SpÅn]pw ko\pNjnªt¸mÄ AkaSnsW Ip*pNafÀ¯n km]nt`¡v D_n©ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX sSm*]n`qsX Fsâ hvO`Ww Smtjm«n_§p¶Sv Mm³ tNm^n¯^nt¸msX tWm¡nWn¶p. ssN¸¯n]n bän]n^p¶ AkhmWs¯ SpÅnNÄ AkÄ W¡ns]Xp¯p. HjnªtNm*w AkÄ, Sp_¶pNnX¶ dmSv_qfn N]_n, Nvtamshän`n«p cv`gv sI]vSp.
At¸mÄ fm{Sw bn_¶pko\ Np«nNsat¸ms` M§Ä, WPvW^m]n fpOmfpOw tWm¡nWn¶p. bn¶nÂWn¶v H^pfp` Fsâ bp_Nn`fÀ¯n Aksas¶ k]än`qsX Ipän¸nXn¨p. At¸mjpw CX]v¡nsX SpÅnNanän SaÀ¶pNnX¡p¶ Fsâ Np® Iq*n AkÄb_ªp, “”km, CsSÃmw NjpNns]Xp¡mw””Aksas¶ dmSv_qfns` Nvtamshän`n^p¯n. hv{bn¦v`s_Xp¯p Fsâ SpX]nt`¡v cv`gv sI]vSpsNm*v b_ªp, “”Wo Ss¶ NjpNn]mÂfSn. Mm³ sSm«m ko*pfSvsbm§pw. FWn¡nt¸mtj tWmkp¶p. CWn WnW¡v sbm§n]m Mm³ I¯ptbmNpw””, AkapsX Wn_ªIn^n. MmsWsâ DÄSpXNapw A^]pw W¶m]n NjpNns]\oäp. Aksas¶ H^p XÆÂsNm*v tSmÀ¯n, Ipf`n bnXn¨p dmSv_qfnWv skan]n`m¡n. NŨn^nt]msX AkÄ b_ªp, “”MmsWm¶v NjpNnt¡mt«. tWm¡nWn¶m WnW¡v CWn]pw N¼n]mkpw””, AkÄ kmSnÂIm^n. AÂbwNjnªp tf`pfpjpk³ WWtkmsX AkÄ bp_¯pk¶p. Fs¶ Nth^]n`n^p¯n Aksasâ dÀfqZ Nm`n`qsX fpNant`¡v N]än. bns¶ F\o¸n¨pWnÀ¯n Fsâ SaÀ¶pNnX¶ Np® H^pssNsNm*v sbm¯n¸nXn¨p, ASnWpfpNan`qsX dÀfqZ A^]nt`¡v k`n¨pN]än. AXnkhv{S§anÃmsS AkÄ Woa³bmkmX S`]n`qsX Smjv¯n A^]nÂsN«n. Km¡än«p iq¡pNÄ fp_p¡n. AenfpOfm]n« Nth^Nans`m¶n Akan^p¶p, Fs¶ ftäSn`n^p¯n.
“”‘A½ k^m³ CWn]pw ^*pf\n¡qs_¦n`pfmkpw. Wfp¡v Nm^yw b_ªn^n¡mw””, AkapsX AX¡n] In^n. MmWksa B^mVWt]msX tWm¡n]n^p¶p.
“”Wo]nsSms¡ F§sW bYns¨Xp¯p?””
“”f\nhm_pw sbm¶½t¨¨n]pfms\sâ Pp^p¡Ä. AknsX N*pw, bns¶ Fsâ tNmf¬sh³hpfpbt]mPn¨m\v MmWnsSÃmw bYn¨Sv. N®pw NmSpw Sp_¶n^n¡p¶ H^p sb®nWv IpäpbmXpNanÂWn¶v FÃmw bYn¡mw. Wn§Ä, B\p§Ä¡pÅSptbms` Ai¦m^w CÃmSn^p¶m fSn””.
“”bt£ Mm³ Wns¶ sI]vSSv sbm¶½t¨¨ns] A]mÄ sI]vSSptbms` AÃtÃm?’
“”FXm f*m, Hmt^m B\pw kySyhvS^m\v. AXp¯ Wm`©pUnkhw Wo FsâNqsX k¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv