N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ A]mÄ NXn¨p b_n¨v Sn¶mÂt¸m`pw AkÄ¡v {blvWfnÃm]n^p¶p. NmfhpOw tkUWt]msX BhzUn¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v `i^n. DfnWo^v sNm*v WWªp sS¶p¶ fmwhtPma§ant`¡v Aka]mapsX S` bnXn¨fÀ¯n.
“”””Asâ km¸ At¶ Du¡nt]mXn”
F{S NpXn¨m`pw fSnk^nsöp fWhn`m] imKn A©p fnWnt«maw AkapsX fp`NÄ I¸n¡pXn¨n«p fpOfp]À¯n AktamXv– tImUn¨p.
“”””F¶v b_ªm?” ssgWn¡v B km¡v b^nInSfm]n^p¶nÃ.
“”””Hm AW¡_nªqXmtÃ? Du¡pkm¶p b_ªm Hmsâ Np® Asâ bqäo tNänt]m¶v”
imKn]psX tImUyw tN«Sv ssgWn]psX NmSpNÄ B]n^ps¶¦n`pw {bSnN^n¨Sv AkapsX NXnfq¯ bq_m]n^p¶p. H^p SpXw fUK`w Hä]Xn¡v ASp bp_t¯¡v Ip^¯n. kWyfm] Bhànt]msX AkÄ NojvIp*v bp_t¯¡v SÅn; Csö AÀ°¯nÂ. AXp¯ Wnfngw AkapsX Ip*v imKn]psX km]n¡]_n. GSm*v A©pfnWnäv tW^w ASv I¸n Wo^n_¡n] tlgw A]maksa hzS{´]m¡n.
“”””HmsW´m At¶ Du¡mªSv? Öv td*m¶p b_tªm?”
“”””CÔ
“”””AW¡nãmt\m ASv”
ssgWn fqan]n«v {em´fm] BÀ¯nt]msX A]msa sN«n¸nXn¨v Ip*v A]mapsX SmXn]n AfÀ¯n tft`¡v f`À¯n]p^Ên. A]mapsX sIknNapw Njp¯pw AkÄ NXn¨p I¸n. bqän Np® tN_p¶ In´ Ss¶ Akan {em´fm] Nmfw Wn_¨S_nª imKn AkapsX fpOw W¡ns¡mXp¯p.
“”””Asâ bq_p M½av Sn¶mw”
NnS¨psNm*v AN¶pfm_n] ssgWns] tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””bmkmtXw gÍow Du^n¯m”
AkÄ In\p§n. SpXNÄ AkÄ Nk¨N¯n k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. imKn AkapsX bmkmX]psX I^Xq^n, ASv bmâohv hinSw Du^ns]_nªp. ssgWn SpXNÄ No_n]N¯n bq_p knXÀ¯n. bqÀ® WPvW]m] AkapsX sk®¯pXNapsX CX]nt`¡v imKn N]_n. sSm«pfp³bn kn^nªp knXÀ¶n^p¶ fpjp¯, t^mfw Wn_ª bqänt`¡v {em´sWt¸ms` A]mÄ tWm¡n. SXn¨p skap¯ bqÀ Ip*pNsa f_¨n^p¶ t^mf§apsX CX]n`qsX AkapsX knÅ A]mÄ N*p. bq_nWpÅn fsäm^p bq_ptbms` ^*p kl§ant`¡pw kn^nªp ImXn¡nX¡p¶ N´v! imKn b^nh^w f_¶`_nt¸m]n ASnsâ UÀlW¯nÂ.
“”””t¿m D½ tN¡pw” NpXpNpsX In^n¨psNm*v ssgWn b_ªp.
“”””Hmav bm³ bt_Xo..siâp½m Asâ N´nsW´p fp]p¸mXn sbs®..”
A]mapsX hwhm^kpw b^tklkpw ssgWn]psX fU{em´nsâ hofNÄ sSän¨p. kWyfm] temPhpOw tfmin¨ AkÄ In^n¨p bpaªp. imKn B{Nm´t¯msX AkapsX kn^nª N´n N¼nNp«³.sWäv