N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfmsa..Mm³ tbmÆm..” sb®nsâ fWh_n]mWm]n AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””C¸w tbm*..tIms_ms¡ D*n«v AÑWpw k¶n«v tbm]m fSn..”
AkÄ fWÊn In` N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¯ns¡m*p b_ªp. AkapsX f_pbXn tN«t¸mÄ UnkmN^sâ DÅw Npan^\nªp.
“”””Hm tk*..A¦nap tbmÆm¶v tfmav A½t]mXv b_tª¡v…” A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””As½ tU*v Cu A¦nav tbmkm¶v..tIm_v D*n«p tbmNmsf¶v b_ As½..Mm³ b_ªn«v tNÄ¡p¶nÔ Unky DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n knan¨p b_ªp.
^pNvfn\n ASptN«p. AkapsX DÅn tNmbw Wp^ªpsbm´n. kà kntVW]pw B A`k`mSns] Hjnkm¡m³ Sm³ {lfn¡pt¼mÄ sb®v knan¨p N]äpN]m\v. AktamXv– Sm³ Ct¸mÄ b_ªp sNmXp¯sS DÅp AksW Hjnkm¡\sf¶v. F¶n«pw N*ntÃ! D¨ Njnªv tI«³ A_n]msS Sm³ b\w NXw sNmXp¯ ^ß½]psX koXv ks^ tbmNpN]pw tk\w. C¶v sI¶m b\w S^msf¶m AkÄ b_ªn^p¶Sv. CkWnknsX Ds*¦n sb®nsW SWn¨m¡n F§sW tbmNpw? B ^SvW½ Bs\¦n bYn¨ NÅn]m\v. A¶v N^ªp bnjnªv tImUn¨t¸mÄ FXp¯p sNmXp¯ptbm]Sm\v. C^pbSnWm]n^w ^qb]m\v AkÄ H^p b\]kpw CÃmsS sNm*v tbm]Sv. Nps_ Wmam]n tImUn¨v C¶p¨]v¡v sI¶m S^mw F¶v b_ªn^n¡pN]m\v. tbm]nsæn bns¶ tPmbn k^t¨m*m fSn. ASnsâ CX]n`m sb®nsâ hqt¡Xv. CWn Sm³ AktWmXp D®m³ b_ªnsæn B Wlq`w tI«³ k^pt¼mÄ Ss¶ sI¶p NmSn HmSnsNmXp¡pw; ASv tN«m bns¶ ASv fSn ^*p fmht¯¡v N\kWv Ssâ S` Sn¶mWpÅ Nm^\w. {Snl¦p hzÀ¤¯n F¯n] AkØ]n ^pNvfn\n F´v sI¿\w F¶_n]msS Wn¶p.
“”””As½..Mm³ b_ªSv tNt«m..A¦nantWmXv tbm*m¶v b_]m³..”
UnkmN^sW shuN^ybqÀÆw fp_n]n N]äm³ sk¼n Wn¶ Unky ko*pw b_]p¶Sv ^pNvfn\n AhzØSt]msX tN«p. ^£]nÃ; Wmlw bnXn¨ sb®v! AkÄ AhiySt]msX C_§nk¶p.
“”””Rmim..Mm³ N^pSn Wo tbms]¶v..Akav b_ªntÃ..D*n«p tbmNmw..”
^pNvfn\n fWhnÃmfWthmsX b_ªp. sb®nsâ WnÀdÔw sNm*m\v tI¨n A§sW b_ªSv F¶v A]mÄ¡v fWhn`m]n F¦n`pw Ssâ B{Pi hc`oN^\¯nWp tk*n A`vbw AbfmWw hin¡m³ Ss¶ A]mÄ So^pfmWn¨p. bs£ bp_tf A]mÄ ^pNvfn\n¡v WÂNn] f_pbXn C§sW B]n^p¶p.
“”””Hm..tk*m^p¶p tI¨o..Mm³ tbmNm³ C_§n]Sm…”
A]mÄ S` sIm_nªp. Aksâ N®pNÄ Ssâ sW©n Cj]p¶Sv fWhn`m] ^pNvfn\n sk_pt¸msX hm^n sNm*v s»uhv f_¨p.
“”””Wnânãw..Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv