മൃഗം 14 [Master]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNan H^p knK]n]psX emkw D*m]n^p¶p. Ak³ bpÑt¯msX sbus`mhnsW]pw bns¶ fm`n¡nsW]pw tWm¡n.
“”””FWn¡v tbmNmtfm hmt_…AtSm hms_s¶ Sq¡ns¡mÃptfm?” sbut`mhnsW b^nihn¨v fphvSc tImUn¨p. Aksâ hz^¯ns` knK]`i^n sbut`mhv Sn^n¨_nªp.
“”””Wo H`¯pw F¶v b_ªp bnXn¨psNm*p k¶ C¡s], WnW¡v Nãn¨v H^p f\n¡qÀ CknsX k]v¡m³ NjntªmXm? ipw..Wo H^p bpÃpfà F¶v CknsX Wn¶pw tbmNp¶SnWp fp³bv Ss¶ Wns¶ Mm³ A_n]n¡pw.. bns¶ Wo k^p¶Sv M§apsX S«N¯nt`¡v B\v..AknsX WnW¡v MmsWm^p Pweo^ hzoN^\w S^p¶p*v tNt«mXm Wm]nsâ tfmsW….Rm bns¶ H¶pNqXn Wo A_ntªm; Wnsâ {Xm³hvcÀ At§mt«¡v B¡n]Sv Mm³ Ss¶]m\v..F¶v b_ªm Wnsâ]o {Xm³hvcÀ Wnsâ f^\ km_*v Bs\¶v..” fm`n¡v bÃpNÄ sM^n¨v sbut`mhnsW tWm¡n fp^*n«v fphvSc]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp:
“”””km C¡m..Wfp¡v tbmNmw” Ak³ Wn`w Ikn«n sfSn¨v tbmNmWm]n Sn^nªt¸mÄ sbut`mhv Aksâ gÀ«nWp bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n.
“”””tbm`ohv tÌg³ F´mXm Wnsâ km¸]v¡v hv{SoVWw Nn«n]Smt\m tSm¶pt¼mÄ tN_n k^mWpw tSm¶pt¼mÄ C_§nt¸mNmWpw..F´m]m`pw Wo Fs¶ sNm¨n¡v k^p¯n H*m¡m³ tbmktÃ…ASnsâ H^p DuÀÖ¯nWv CSpNqXn C^n¡s«..”
sbut`mhnsâ ssN Aksâ k`Sp N^\¯v làfm]n bSnªp. C¯k\ AksWmjnªp fm_m³ bän]nÃ. fm`n¡nsâ N®n Wn¶pw sbm¶o¨ b_¶p.
“”””CSv Wnsâ Cu b^Wm_n C¡]v¡v WÂNm³ k¨Sm]n^p¶p..Wo FXpt¯m” sbut`mhv b_ªp.
“”””hmt_….”
fm`n¡nsW AXn¡p¶Sv N* fphvSc A`_n. bs£ tkPw Ss¶ hz]w Wn]{´n¨v Ak³ AX§n. fm`n¡v sbut`mhnsâ N®nt`¡v ^q£fm]n tWm¡n. bns¶ C§sW fp^*p.
“”””FXm bo_ hdv C³hvsbÎs_..Fs¶ A_Ìv sI¿m³ Wo sNm¨n N½og\À¡v A]¨ kmt_m`]v¡v tkÌv tb¸_nsâ kn` tbm`pfnà F¶v WnW¡v fWhn`m]ntÃ..Wo F´nsâ tb^n`mt\m FWn¡pw C¡]v¡pw FSns^ tNshXp¯Sv..ASv Wo CknsX DÅt¸mįs¶ Mm³ sI¿pw..kà bpÃpw Wns¶s¡m*v sI¿m³ bäpsf¦n Wo sI]vSv At¸mÄ Nm\n¡\w…bns¶ Ct¸mÄ Wo Nm\n¨ Aeymh¯nWpÅ f_pbXn Wo ko«nt`¡v tbmNp¶ kjn¡v km§nt¡m\w..ASnsâ tlgw Wnsâ kÃSpw dm¡n]p*v F¦nÂ, ASv sNm¨n]n k¨p Mm³ FXpt¯mamw….”
fm`n¡v fphvScs]]pw Nq«n bp_t¯¡v C_§m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ sbut`mhv AksW ko*pw Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n Aksâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”””MmWnknsX DÅt¸mÄ WnWt¡m Wnsâ Nq«pNmÀt¡m A¶v sI]vS sIä¯^w H¶pNqXnBkÀ¯n¡mWpÅD_¸p*vF¦nÂ..FWn¡sSm¶pNm\\w..bns¶sNm¨n]nÂk¨pÅWnsâtgmMm³AknsXk^pt¼mÄNt*mamw…ASvtbms^?bs£Mm³ko«nt`¡vtbmNp¶kjn¡vWoGÀ¸mXm¡n]b^nbmXn¡vA{Sks^WoNm¡*..Wmas¯b\nC¶v..C¶s¯b\nCt¸mÄ..ASms\sâSSzw..”
fm`n¡nsW]pwfphvScs]]pwtWm¡nA§sWb_ªn«vsbut`mhvsSm¸n]q^n]tlgwgÀ«vAjn¨vfmän.