N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hä¯k\ sNms*m¶pw BhzUn¡m³ bänÃ. tNmln HmÀ¯p. Cksa CWn]pw b` {bmklyw Nan¡\w. tNmln knIm^n¨p.
hm_]pw tNmlnt]mXv hiN^n¨psNm*v Ip*pNÄ NXn¨v k`n¨p. Nps_ tW^w Ip*v k`nIq¼n]n«v tNmln ko*pw hm_]psX fp`]nt`¡v bnXn¨p.
”At¨m, bqÀ Sn¶Sv fSn. Fsâ Np® Nj¨n«v k¿”, tNmln hm_]psX fp`NÄ DX¨psNm*v b_ªp. ”Np_¨qsX Sn¶s«, hmt_”, hm_]psX bqän Wn¶pw S`s]Xp¯n«v A¨³ b_ªp.
”K]n`n Bt]¸ns¶ I¡ H¶pw Sn¶nÃtÃm, Asà At¨m? Hmt¡. Sn¶v Sn¶v”, tNmln b_ªp.
A¨³ S` ko*pw hm_]psX bqänt`¡n«p. bqän H`n¨v k¶ tS³ SpÅnNÄ A¨³ W¡ns]Xp¯v sNm*n^p¶p. bqÀ Im`n NqsX W¡n W¡n tS³ W¡n sNm*n^p¶ A¨sâ S`]n bnXn¨v hm_ St`mXns¡mXp¯p.
”W¡v, At¨m. WÃtbms` W¡v. B.. At¨m… ANt¯¡v N]än W¡t¨m”, hm_ NqNn.
”fn*mSn^ns]Xn, bq_n”, tNmln fp_pfp_p¯p.
”F§sW fn*msS]n^n¡pw tNmln tfmsW? A¨³ F¶m Soä]m Sn¶ps¶? Sn¶X _qdm.. Sn¶v”, hm_ bqÀ A¨sâ fpOt¯¡v SÅns¡m*v b_ªp.
”Bim… sNm¨v N]_n A§v fq¯tÃm, hmt_?”, A¨³ hm_]psX bqän Wn¶pw S`s]Xp¯n«v b_ªp. ”fq¡s« At¨m.. Wfp¡v AXn¨v sbman¡mtÃm. AsÃXn, bq_n?”, tNmln tImUn¨p.
”sbman¡mXm… ^*v tb^pw sbmant¨mXm”, hm_ Wn¶v SpÅn.
”F¶m tNmln hmt_, Cksas¡m*v Np® H¶v Soän¡mw. F§sW]ps*¶p tWm¡s« CkapsX fnXp¡v”, A¨³ Fjpt¶äp Nth^]n C^p¶p.
AXp¯ H^p Nth^]n tNmln]pw C^p¶p. ^*ptb^psX]pw Np®NÄ km]pkn BXn¡an¨p. ASv N*v hm_m sNmSnt]msX Ip*pNÄ Wm¡psNm*v sWm«n Wp\ªp.
”tWm¡n Wn¡msS km tfmsa”, A¨³ b_ªp. hm_ ^*v tb^psX]pw WXp¡v fp«v Np¯n]n^p¶p. hm_ tNmln]psX]pw A¨tâ]pw Np®NÄ ^*v ssNsNm*v bnXn¨v AXn¨p. tNmln]psX Np®¡v ssN fpjpk³ k«w F¯p¶nÃ. A¨sâ Np®]pw fpjp¯ Ss¶. Woaw NqXpS D*v.
hm_ km sbman¨v A¨sâ Np® km]n`m¡n fNpXw Wp\ªp. ”Aiv”, A¨³ H¶v bnXªp. `n] sNm¨v Du¼n]¯n bns¶ Ct¸mjm H^p I^¡v Np® Du¼p¶Sv, A¨³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.
tNmln]psX Np® hm_ sM¡n AXn¨v sNm*n^p¶p. hm_]psX km]nt`¡v A¨³ Np® A¸w SÅns¡mXp¯p. hm_ Np® WÃtbms` Du¼m³ SpX§n. km]n sk¨v Np® fNpXw Wm¡psNm*v Ipjän]t¸mÄ A¨³ Nth^]n Wn¶pw Np*n fpt¶m«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv