N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^nªp NnX¶v sN«n bnXn¨p.
A]mÄ AkapsX frUp`fm] bp_w SjpNn.
AkÄ A]mapsX N£¯nt`¡v Ssâ fpOw AfÀ¯n B Sogv\ PÔw fq¡nt`¡v k`ns¨Xp¯p.
AkÀ bSps¡ f]¡¯nt`¡v ko\p.
“”B.. im… ^*p tb^pw b®n SaÀt¶m.””
A¶½ NSNp Sp_¶p sNm*v AN¯p N]_n k¶p.
^mti bnXsªjpt¶äp bpSs¸Xp¯v Ssâ WPvWS f_¨p.
fm¯¨³ A¶½]psX ssN bnXn¨v k`n¨Xp¸n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””F¶m bq_mXo, CkapsX. Fsâ Np® N*n¨p tbm]n.”
“”””Hm… F¶Sm…. CkapsX tfmÄsX bq_nsW¡m C_p¡sfm¶pw ^*p sbä CkapsX bq_nWv Nm\¯nÔ
A¶½¡v Ssâ Ahq] f_¨p k¡m³ hmVn¨nÃ.
^*p ssNsNm*pw bpS¸v SmXn¡Xn]n bnXn¨psNm*n^p¶ ^mti ASp sN«v sM«t`msX fm¯¨sâ fpOt¯¡v e]t¯msX tWm¡n.
fm¯¨³ D_s¡ In^n¨p. F¶n«v AkapsX tSman SjpNn sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Hm ASv hm^fm¡*, t_mhns]]pw Mm³ sI]vSn«p*v. F¶m H^p Nm^yw, ASv AkapsX Cã{bNm^w fm{Sfm. tk\sf¦o AktamXv– tImUn¨p tWm¡v. Ft¶mXv Fs´¦n`pw knt^mVfpt*m F¶v.”
A¶½ b_ªp “”””knt^mVtfm, B… im….., sb®nWv fpS`mans] kn«p tbmNm³ fWÊnÃm]n^p¶p. bXn¸pw tk* H¶pw tk*, fpS`maosX NqsX sNX¶m fSn F¶m Akav Ft¶mXv b_ªSv.
WnW¡v tSm¶p¶p*mkpw Cu BW Np® AkapsX bqän F§nsW N]_n F¶v. AsSms¡ W½sX fpS`man N]äns¡mÅpw. CWn hnhn`n]m”
_mti bns¶]pw sM«n. AkapsX fpOs¯ emkfmäw N*v fm¯¨³ Aksa St¶mXXp¸n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v Cu sI_p bq_pNan H¶pw k`n] Sm¸^yfnsÃt¶. FWn¡v Wn§sa tbms`]pÅSv fSn.”
ftä ssN sNm*v A]mÄ A¶½s]]pw NnX¡]n k`n¨n^p¯n.
“”””CWn Wn§Ä ^*p tbs^]pw H¶n¨p Nan¡\w. F´m?”
^*p tb^pw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
“”””F¶SmXo bq_nNsa, bäptfm¶v?”
^ti S` NpWn¨n^p¶p. A¶½ b_ªp
“”””ASnsW´m fpS`man M§sa ^*ptbs^]pw H¶n¨p Nant¨m.”
“”””B….. ASv fSn. Mm³ H¶v Npan¨p bp_¯p tbm]n k^mw. C¶v ^m{Sn Wn§Ä ^*p tbs^]pw FWn¡v fm_n fm_n Nan¡\w.
“”””B bns¶ B sb®nsW B sNm¨sâ NqsX NnX¯nt¡m. Hä¡v NnX¶v- kÃSpw N*p tbXn¡*.”
“”””At¿m fpS`mao B sI_p¡³?.” _mti tImUn¨p.
“”””AsSm¶pwWotbXnt¡*,t_mhns]b®nbYn¸n¨vFWn¡ptk*nbmNs¸Xp¯nFXp¯n]SvAkWtÃ.”
A]mÄD_s¡In^n¨p.H¸wA¶½]pw.
^mtiÂØÏ]m]nC^p¶t¸mÄA¶½b_ªp.
“”””WotkPwSp\ns]ms¡DXp¯psNm*vIpk«nt`¡v–km.fpS`manSn^n¨pk^p¶SnWpfp³bvA¯mjwD*m¡\w.”
A¶½bp_¯n_§ntbm]t¸mÄ_mtiÂbSps¡Ssâkhv{S§Äb_p¡nFXp¯vNpanfp_n]nt`¡vtbm]n.
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tKm\n¡p«nhnhnt`]pwsNm*vFhvsXänsâ_ºÀgoävAXn¡p¶bp^]nt`¡v–WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p..
SpX^pw