N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^n¡ fp¼n k¶n^n¡p¶p. fp*nsâ DÅns` bNpSn sbm§n] Np®]n SXkns¡m*v A¨tWmÀ¯p.
”At¸mÄ A¨m. SpX§mtÃm AsÃ?”, hm_m tImUn¨p. ”F´v? Nan]mt\m?”
”i i i A¨³ Ct¸mjpw AtSmÀ¯n^n¡pkmt\m?”, hm_m I^n¨p tbm]n.
”AÃ.. Mm³ A_n]msS”, A¨³ H^p I½n] In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
”CâÀkyqknsâ Nm^yfm A¨m Mm³ tImUn¨Sv”, hm_m b_ªp.
”CâÀkyq Hs¡ SpX§mw. bs£ FWn¡v F´m Pp\w? Mm³ A§sW BÀ¡pw CâÀkyq sNmXp¡p¶nÔ.
”CSv bns¶ tNmln b_ªSv sNm*m”, A¨³ b_ªp.
”ASv A¨sW]pw tNmln hm_nsW]pw Mm³ tk*tbms` N*m tbms^?”, hm_ H¶v sNm©n.
”AsS§sW?”, A¨³ tImUn¨p. A¨sW CWn tNmXSn]n sNm*v tbmNpt¼mÄ Wfp¡v fq¶p tbÀ¡pw NqsX Np_¨p tW^t¯¡v fm_n Wn¶m tbms^. tNmln hmÀ AsSms¡ tWm¡pw”, A¨³ hwl]t¯msX hm_s] tWm¡n.
”Fsâ At¨m.. Cu A¨sâ H^p Nm^yw. F{S tbÀ¡v bqÀ sNmXp¯n«m Mm³ C¶s¯ Cu Wn`]n F¯n]sS¶v A_n]mtkm? C¶v Mm³ b_ªm ImW`n F´pw WX¡pw”, hm_ b_ªp WnÀ¯n]t¸mÄ A¨³ sM«n.
CkÄ C{S Hm¸¬ B]n«v b_]psf¶v HmÀ¯nÃ. ASv tN«v A´wkn«n^n¡p¶ A¨sW N*v hm_m tImUn¨p, ”F´m A¨Wp knlzmhw k^m¯tbms`?”
”CÃ.. A§sWs]m¶pfnÃ. Wo sbs«¶v b_ªt¸mÄ”, A¨³ b_ªp. Cksa bqlp¶Sp HmÀ¯t¸mÄ A¨sâ Np® fp*nWpÅn NnX¶p fpjp¯p.
‘Nm^yw bqs_ms¡ sNmXp¯n«ps*¦n`pw A§sW AVnNw sNmXp¯n«nÃ. N* B¸ Du¸ H¶pw tN_n Wn^§n]n«nÃ. At¸mjm Wns¶ tbms`]pÅ Du¨man¡p Fsâ bqÀ’, hm_ In^n¨p sNm*v fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.
”F´mXo In^nt¨?”, A¨³ tImUn¨p.
”Hm.. Ip½m.. A¨sâ H^p Np®t]mPw HmÀ¯p In^n¨Sm. Wà Nnap´p hmVWw Asà Snt¶m*n^p¶Sv”, hm_m b_ªp.
”A¨³ H¶v tWm¡ow N*pw sI]v–tSm*n^pt¶Â ASv Nps_ WmÄ Sn¶m^p¶p”, hm_m b_ªt¸mÄ A¨³ b_ªp.
”F¶m b_]mWmXn? thcv bo^n]Zv Bs\t¶mÀ¯m AkapsX bqäns`mjn¨Sp. bs£ AXn]n bnXn¨p tbm]n. bns¶ AtdmÀg³ he¡v FSn^tÃ? At¸mÄ bns¶ B kjn¡pw bän]nÃ. hm^fnÃ, Mm³ tNhv Hs¡ HSp¡pw. bns¶ bp_¯n_§n]m tWmÀ¯v C´y. AknsX]pw Nn«pw Wà Caw bohpNÄ”, A¨³ b_ªp.
‘AtdmÀgWp he FSn^v. f]n^v. sNm¨p sb®nsâ bqän sNm*v Np® Np¯n tNäm³ he¡v FSn^nÃ’, hm_t]mÀ¯p.
”A¨Wp N¼nNp«³.sWäv