N¼nNp«³.sWäv tgkv sI¿m_ps*¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. MmWk^psX bqÀ¨m`n kn^`fÀ¯n. AknXw fq{Ssfmjn¨Sptbms` WWªn^p¶p. Ak^psX SpX]nXp¡n Wn¶v D]À¶ B fmUN PÔw Fs¶ D·¯Wm¡n. Mm³ tkPw bm³_n Smtj¡p Du^n. kyàfm]n Nm\m³ hmVn¨nsæn`pw Ak^psX SXn¨p´n] A¸kpw bp_t¯¡v knXÀ¶p Wn¶ bq_nSapNapw f\n N´pw Mm³ sSm«_nªp. MmWk^psX bq_nSapNÄ I¸n k`n¨p. Wm¡psNm*v N´nsW Smt`m`n¨p.
“”””Aiv…” B³_n NmÂbmUw N«n`n Du¶n A^s¡«v knÃptbms` ka¨p Fsâ S` Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v k`n¨Xp¸n¨p. AkÀ¡v k^m³ tbmkpN]ms\¶ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ Ak^psX HmfW bq_nsW fpjpkWm]pw km]n`m¡n. Ak^psX l^o^w H¶v sk«nkn_¨p. IqXv bqÀt¯³ Fsâ km]nt`¡v HjpNn. H^p SpÅn tbm`pw Na]msS MmWSv NpXn¨p. F³s_ S`fpXn]pÅ Bân]psX bnXp¯f]ªp AkÀ N«n`n SaÀ¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX l^o^¯n`qsX fpNant`¡v CjªpN]_n.
Mm³ : “”””C{S tkPw tbmt]m..?”
Bân : “”””bns¶.. tW^w F{S]m]n F¶m knIm^w..”
Mm³ en¯n]ns` t¢m¡nt`¡v tWm¡n.. f\n ^*^ M§Ä hvtWi`maWw SpX§n]n«v Ct¸mÄ H^p f\n¡qt_maw B]n. Mm³ In^n¨psNm*v Aks^ fmt_mX\¨p.
Bân : ‘ Fs¶ ^*pk«w hpOn¸n¨Stà CWn Fsâ Im³hv…”
Bân Fs¶ f`À¯n NnX¯n Fsâ tft`¡v N]_n. Fsâ fpOfmsN IpwdW§Ä sNm*v fqXn. F³s_ Ip*pNÄ AkÀ I¸nk`n¨p. bns¶ Njp¯n`p½sk¨v sW©nt`¡v. Mm³ ASymklyw k®fpÅ Nq«¯n B]n^p¶SnWm F³s_ sW©pw k]_pw FÃmw Np_¨p ImXn]n«m\v. Aks^sâ sW©n WmkpsNm*v In{Sw k^¨p. AsSWn¡v H^p bpSn] AWpekfm]n^p¶p. FWn¡v C{S]pw hpOw Nn«psf¦n H^p sb®nWv F{S hpOfm\v Nn«p¶sSt¶mÀ¯v MmWÛpSs¸«p. AkÀ Fsâ k]_nt`¡v C_§n Mm³ Ak^psX k]_n sI]vStbms` Wm¡psNm*v hpOn¸n¨p. bns¶ Smtj¡n_§n Fsâ bmâhpw tdmN-vh_pw Du^n FXp¯p. bns¶ bmUw fpS fpNant`¡v D½NÄ sNm*v fqXn Fsâ DÅw SpX]n ssNNÄsNm*v SjpNn. Mm³ Aks^ F§sWs]ms¡ hpOn¸nt¨m AtS ^oSn]n Ss¶ AkÀ ASv FWn¡v Sn^n¨pS^m³ {lfn¨p . Fsâ f\nNsa AkÀ ssN¿n`n«v Smt`m`n¨p. Fsâ Np«sW NX fpS fpNÄ ks^ W¡ntSmÀ¯n. bns¶ sSm`n bSns] bp_Nnt`¡v k`n¨v Fsâ Np®fNpX¯n`p*m]n^p¶ {boþNw H^p sFhv{Now Wp\]p¶ tbms` W¡ns]Xp¯p. bns¶ Fsâ Np«sW AkÀ fpjpkWm]n Ak^psX km]nt`¡v Bkmin¨p. Ak^psX Ip*pNÄ fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw I`n¨pSpX§n.
Mm³ Ak^psX S` bnXn¨v Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv