N¼nNp«³.sWäv tN_p¶Sv.
”Aiv.. Dw..”, Fsâ D* S^n¨p. Fsâ A^s¡«p H¶v kn_¨p. Mm³ Np® NXks^ tNänsk¨p. ”Aiv”.
Fsâ Np® ko*pw `n]]psX Caw tSWn NnX¶p kn§n. AkWp sNm¨v `n]]psX Caw IqXptS³ A§v Wà tbms` bnXn¨ptbm]n. B ht´mgw Ak³ kn§n]pw kn_¨pw sk«n]pw Hs¡ {bNXn¸n¨p.
Mm³ `n]]psX sk®¯pXNan St`mXns¡m*n^p¶p. Wà NXª sk®sNm*v D*m¡n]Sv tbms`. AXp¯ Sk\ Wà tbms` W¡nSn¶\w, sNmSn fm_pw ks^, MmtWmÀ¯p. `n] H¶v bnXªn«p b_ªp.
”A¨m… FWn¡v bqÀ NX]p¶p”, Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n.
Mm³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ In^n¡p¶p. sNm¨v bq_n sNmÅmtÃm. AÃ Aksa F´nWm Npäw b_]pt¶. Aksa WÃtbms` W¡n fp¯n fq¸n¨Sv MmWtÃ.
”AXn¨v S^mw, Fsâ sbm¶p fpt¯”. Mm³ Np® k`n¨q^n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. ”Dw.. Dw..” AkÄ N®X¨v NnX¶p fqans¡m*p Fsâ AXnNÄ Gäpkm§n ^hn¨p.
sNm¨v `n]]psX Caw I¡ At¸mtj¡pw W_ptS³ Wà tbms` Hjp¡n SpX§n. B tSWn fp§n Fsâ Np® B Caw k^n¡]n Wn_ªmXn hpOn¨p.
”B.. B.. Aiv..”, Fsâ AXnNÄ AkÄ Wà tbms` BhzUn¨v sNm*n^p¶p. FWn¡pw hpOw. CSptbms` H^p W_pw tS³ I¡ AXp¯ Nm`s¯§pw Nn«n]n«nÃ.
Nm`pNÄ WÃtbms` fX¡n¸nXn¨p sNm*v `n]]psX B Npªp sW¿¸¯n Fsâ sb^pwNp® Mm³ AXn¨n_¡n sNmXp¯p. NXks^ AXn¨v sNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ sW¿¸¯n Wn¶pw F® NnWn]p¶tbms` bS k¶p SpX§n.
”sbm¶p tfmsa. F¶m bq_mXn fpt¯. Mm³ Du¡n f^n¡pw Fsâ Np«m”, Mm³ bp`¼ns¡m*v AXn¨v bS¸n¨p.
”B.. B.. Dw.. Aiv”, AkÄ Nm_n. Mm³ bn̬ tbms` Np® AXn¨n_¡n. ”Dw..Dw..”, Nma¡qä³ Af_p¶tbms` B Caw I¡ Mm³ AXn¨v sbman¨p.
`n]]psX I¡]n Np® N]_pt¼mÄ D*NÄ k¶p AkapsX Caw NqSn]n fp«n fp«n koÀ¯p k¶p. At¸mjm\v HmÀ¯Sv, CkapsX Caw bqÀ C{S ssXäv Bt\ B t_mhv NqSn F´m]n^n¡pw?
B t_mhv NqSn]n tfmSn^ ka]¯n NqsX Np®]n_¡n B NpSn]ns` Caw IqXv BhzUn¨v AXn¨v hpOn¡p¶Sp HmÀ¯t¸mÄ Fsâ Np® ko*pw koÀ¯tbms` tSm¶n.
”B.. B”, HmÀ¯n«p FWn¡v hin¨nÃ. D*NÄ koÀ¯p k¶p. bm Wn_ªp Wn¡pkm\v. bm Wn_ªp NX]p¶p*v. bm Ioän¡m³ Np® kn§p¶p*v. ssUktf, F¶m hpOfm Cu `n]m sNm¨nsâ bqänÂ. Np® B Caw bqänt`¡v AXn¨n_¡nsNm*v MmtWmÀ¯p.
sNm¨v `n] NnX¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv