N¼nNp«³.sWäv cv–amän AkÀ F¯n. AkWm]n H^p¡n] _qw tif AkWp Nm«ns¡mXp¯p. _qw N* DXsW sdZnt`¡v Imªp. tcm¬ FXp¯v F¯n] Nm^yw ko«n`_n]n¨p AksWm¶p f]§n.
sskNn«v D_¡w F\oät¸mÄ Inä]psX {ZÊv– H^p A]ª Xo gÀ«pw {Now NaÀ bmkmX]pw. Inä]psX khv{SVm^\w N*ksâ N®v SÅn… “”Wo F\otäm kÃSpw Njn¡mw…hvsbgy dn^n]m\n AKpk]n Wn¶v HmÀZÀ sI]vSn«p*v…. “” thmc]n C^p¶p sNm*v bmkmX fp«pks^ Sn^pNn N]än tdmZn t`mg³ N\¦m`n tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p sNm*n^p¶ tif ASpw b_ªp Nn¨\nt`¡v tbm]n. Inä]psX fnWphfmÀ¶ N\¦m`pw dWn]WpÅn SpÅn¨mXp¶ fp`Napw bmkmX]n D^p*p N]_n] Np*nNapw N*ksâ sSm* känk^*p.
Inä¸sâ Hs¡ emPyw … H¶v gZn CXmWpÅ ssXw tbm`pw Inä¡v sNmXp¡m_p*mknÃ, Nant]mXv Nan B]n^n¡pw. tim! AksWms^m¶v Bt`mIn¨p Np® N¼n]Xn¸n¨p. “” Zm Wo Npan¡p¶ps*¦n Npan¨n«v km”” tif Nn¨\n Wn¶p knan¨p b_ªp. tSmÀ¯pw H^p ssN`n]pfm]n dmSv_qfn N]_n] Ak³ Aksâ N®n DX¡n]Sv kÆm tbms` Sq§n] fpgnªp Wm_n] Inä]psX s{dhn]À B]n^p¶p.
Ak³ AsSXp¯p H¶v tWm¡n. bs¿ f\¯p. ^mkns` fpS N¼n]Xn¸n¨psNm*n^p¶ Inäs] fWÊn VymWn¨k³ fq¯p Wn¶ Np®]n ssNNÄ fp_psN Ipän tkP¯n AXn¨p. H^p NpXw bm tif]psX dmSv_qfns` Ipk^n H`n¨n_§n. Npan Njnªn_§n] Ak³ H^p ssN`n]pw gÀ«pfn«p Nn¨Wnt`m«v sI¶p.
“”Npan Njntªm Njn¡mw””
“”Fs´ms¡]p*v?””
“”dn^n]m\n A¨mÀ ssS^v… “”
“”b¸Xw CtÃ?””
“”CÃ.. tkt\Â Nm¨mw.””
“”Nm¨nt¡m..””
I«n AXp¸¯p sk¨p F® Hjn¨p IqXm]m b¸XfnXm³ Wn¶ tif]psX bn¶jNv tWm¡n Wn¶v sNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Intä Mm³ Nm¨t«?””
“”F´v? “”
“”b¸Xw.””
“”Wo fp¼v Nm¨n]n«pt*m””
“”tNmtaKn bYn¨t¸mÄ b` c¦vgWn`pw Mm³ H^pbmXv Nm¨n]n«p*v. “”
“”Wo ssN sbmÅn¡mWm\v.. AknsX tbm]n^pt¶m Mm³ sNm*vS^mw””
{lo H^p kga³ In^nt]msX tXdnan tbm]n^p¶p. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ tif knek§apfm]n ssZWnRv tXdnan k¶p. Njn¨p So^m_m]t¸mÄ Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Inä¸sW N*nÃtÃm FknsX?””
“”In丳-! Fs¶sNm*v H¶pw b_]n¸n¡*… At§À Cs¸m Hmcohns` H^p¯n]pfm] sbm_pSn””
“”Inä¡v Ak¡n«v ^s*®w sNmXp¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv