N¼nNp«³.sWäv sbmantªsW. Mm³ F³s_ Npªn bq_nsW H¶v SXkn. {ZÊv C«p Mm³ hn_vHu«nt`¡p sI¶p.
A½¨n]pw AÑWpw fo^ fmZkpw thmcn Bân]pw Nm¸n NpXn¨p St`¶s¯ Nan]psX kntlg§apw KoknS AWpek§apw b¦p k]v¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m\v. Mm³ AkÀ¡p CX]nt`¡v NX¶p sI¶Spw thmcn Bân F³s_ ssN]n bnXn¨p.
“”””hpµ^n tfmÄ D\Àt¶m?” hvtWit¯msX Fs¶ bnXn¨p Bân]psX fXn]n C^p¯n.
Mm³ f_pbXn B]n In^n¨Sv fm{Stf DÅp. fo^ fmZ¯n³s_ fpO¯nWp Ft¸mapw H^p Pu^k emkfm\v. F¦n`pw hpµ^fm] Ip*pNÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”””A½t]]pw tfmsa]pw M§Ä¡v H^p bmXp tdmVn¨p” thmcn F³s_ AÑsW tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”””M§apsX emPyw.” Aѳ ht´mgkmWm]n f_pbXn b_ªp.
AN¯p `m³Zv ss`³ sd AXn¨p. Fs¶ fXn]n Wn¶v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p Nth^]n C^p¯n thmcn Bân ANt¯¡v HmXn. AÂb tW^w Njnªp H^p ssN]n tNmÀZv–s`Êv tcm\pw ftä ssN]n H^p tb¸À sbmSn]pw D*m]n^p¶p. thmcn fo^ fmZ¯n³s_ Nth^]psX ssN]n C^p¶p. fo^ fmZw ssN k«w thmcn]psX B^s¡«n`qsX bnXn¨p Nth^ N¿ns` C^p¸p huN^y {bUfm¡n sNmXp¯p. thmcn ssN¿ns` tb¸À sbmSn fo^ fmZ¯nWp sNmXp¯p. 500 ^qb]psX ^*p tWm«v sN«pNam]n^p¶p ASnÂ. AkÀ ASv F³s_ Aѳs_ fpOt¯¡v k`ns¨_nªp.
“”””Wn³s_ em^y]psX]pw fNapsX]pw kn`.” AkÀ bpÑt¯msX b_ªp.
Aѳ S_]n ko\ tWm«p sN«pNÄ AWph^\]pÅ H^p b«ns] tbms` Wn`¯p Wn¶v FXp¯p dmPn k¨p. ssbh Nn«n]Sn³s_ ht´mgw Aѳs_ fpO¯p fm{Sfà M§apsX fpO¯pw {bSnc`n¨p. KoknS¯n BUyfm]n«m\v C{S ssbh Nm\p¶Sv.
“”””ht´mgfmt]m s_Kn?”
“”””bqÀ\ ht´mgw thmcn.” Aѳ knW]mWpSWm]n b_ªp.
“”””s_Kn tbm]n Fs´¦n`pw Bknlyw Ds*¦n knan¨m fSn. tlOÀ hmÀ ^mkns` tSm«¯n tbmkp¶ kjn¡p s_Kns] s_]nÂtk tÌgWn knXpw.”
“”””B]nt¡ms«.”
Aѳ tbmkp¶Sn FWn¡v A`vbw Bl¦ tSm¶ns]¦n`pw A½¨n¡p ]msSm^p FSnÀ¸pw Cà F¶v fpO emk¯n Wn¶v FWn¡v fWhn`m]n. At¸mÄ AkÀ tW^s¯ b_ªp So^pfmWn¨Smkpw. Fs¶]pw A½¨nt]]pw CknsX kn«n«p Aѳ tbmkpw F¶pÅSv.
“”””Mm³ tbm]n tlO_nsW]pw sZ¶nhnsW]pw D\À¯s« Asæn sskNpw.”
thmcn ANt¯¡v tbm]n. MmWpw A½¨n]pw AÑWpw Wm«ns` Nm^y§apw fäpw b_ªn^p¶p. H^n¡Â tbm`pw fo^ fmZw M§tamXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv