N¼nNp«³.sWäv sZ¶nhv fUyNp¸n]n Wn¶v M§Ä¡v tk*n]pÅ fUyw Wn_¨p.
b^hvb^w Ip*pNÄ I¸n NpXn¡p¶SnWnX¡v A]mÄ thmcn]psX bmkmX sbm¡n I´n ssN sNm*p sM^n¨p. M§Ä FÃmk^pw A]mapw thmcn]pfm]pÅ hvtWi {bNXWw tWm¡n Wn`vNp¶SnWnX¡v A]mapsX Ip*n Wn¶v Ip*p knXpkn¨p sNm*p thmcn Fs¶ k`n¨p A]mapsX AXp¯v WnÀ¯n “”””CSm\v Wn§Ä¡pÅ M§apsX h½mWw. A½]pw Caw {bm]¯n DÅ tfmapw.” F¶v b_ªp. A]mÄ Fs¶ k`n¨p A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v Wn_p¯n Sfnjv N`À¶ f`]ma¯n Ft¶mXv tb^v tImUn¨p. Mm³ tb^v b_ªp. thmcn At½s]]pw A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v tIÀ¯v Wn_p¯n.
“”””A½]pw tfmapw hpµ^n Bs\tÃm. Asà fo^?” thmc]n`n^p¶ hv{Sot]mXm]n A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””FWn¡v Cu sNm¨nsW N*n«v h½mWw NXn¨n^n¡pkm.” AkÀ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
A]mÄ tbm¡än Wn¶v H^p hzÀ\ fm` FXp¯p F³s_ Njp¯n C«p S¶p. F³s_]pw A½¨n]psX]pw N®v B hzÀ®fm`]n fªan¨p tbm]n. MmWpw A½¨n]pw A]msa sN«n bnXn¨p. A]mÄ M§apsX ^*p tb^psX]pw I´n ssN sNm*p sM^n¨p. fm_n fm_n M§apsX Ip*pNsa I¸n NpXn¨p. thmcn Bân fo^ fmZ¯n³s_ AXp¡Â sI¶n^p¶p Ak^psX »uÊn³s_ ip¡pNÄ knXÀ¯n H^p fp`s]Xp¯p I¸n k`n¡p¶p.
“”””sZ¶nhv… Nw in]À B³Zv `n¡v ssf coäv ss`Nv F tZmPv.”
b_ªSv F´m\v F¶v FWn¡v fWhn`m]nsæn`pw sZ¶nhv fo^ fmZ¯n³s_ fp¶n Wn`¯p C^p¶p Ak^psX Nm`ns` sI^p¸v Du_n Nm kn^`pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n W¡m³ SpX§n. MmWpw A½]pw tlOÀ fpS`man]psX N^`maW¯n BhzUn¨p Wn`vNpN]m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ ^*p ¥mhv fUyw FWn¡pw A½¨n¡v tWs^ Wo«n.
“”””Häk`n¡v NpXnt¡\w.”
M§Ä ASv AWph^n¨p. ko*pw ¥mhv A]mÄ Wn_¨p. ko*pw M§Ä Hä k`n¡p SoÀ¯p. fUy¯n³s_ sN«v M§Ä¡v AWpeksb«p SpX§n. F³s_ A½¨n]psX Sp\n Ajn¡m³ A]mÄ b_ªp. A½¨n ASv AWph^n¨p. FÃmw Ajn¨n«p A½¨n bn_¶ bXn Wn¶p. A]mÄ A½¨nt]mXp H¶v k«w N_§m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p. F³s_ A½¨n]psX fmwhafm] Np*nNÄ A]mÄ¡v– W¶m]n tdmVn¨p.
“”””NpWnªp Wns¡Xn …””
A½¨n NpWnªp Wn¶p. A]mÄ fq¡p A½¨nsX NqSn Spa]n tIÀ¯v f\¯p.
“”””Wn³s_ f½¨osX NqSosX f\w sNmÅmw.” A]mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.
A]mÄ Nth^]n Wn¶v Fjpt¶äp A]mapsX Kpº Du^n. bmâv Fs¶ sNm*v Du^n¡p¶SnWnX¡v NpWnªp Wn¶n^p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv