N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo Ct§m«v k¶psNm*n^n¡pkms\t¶m? B`pkm C¸w F¯n? ….Hmtim bSnsWm¶nWv? ….ssft^ …F¶n«nt¸mÄ b{´*m]tÃm …””
tcm\n`qsX]pÅ B`ohn³s_ sS_n tN«v _n]]pw t_mgWpw b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
“”…dmk¨m…Wo tfXn¡ptk …FXm CknsX tIm_pw ..bq…””
AkÀ sbs«¶v- _n]s]]pw t_mgsW]pw tWm¡n sbs«¶v- WnÀ¯n.
“”….bntÅ^v AXp¯v Wn¡p¶p. AtÃÂ…FXm CknsX tIm_v DÅt¸m Wos]t¶¯nWm N* tim«`n Hs¡…l^n ..l^n ..Wo C§v km…H^p f\n¡qt_m…bänà A^f\n¡qÀ fmN-vhnfw…ssd …””
hwhm^w Njnªv AkÄ tfltf tcm¬ sk¨p.
“”B^m f½o dmk³?””
“”Ìoc³ tK¡dv””
“”Fiv? C¸w sks_m^mtam? BUyw dmk³ B^m¶v b_. F¶n«v Ìoc³ B^m¶v- b_ªm fSn.””
“”I{NkÀ¯n,””
“”Ums* sNX¡p¶p. f½o, BUyw Ct¸mÄ f½ns] knan¨ dmk³ B^m¶v b_. bns¶ Ìoc³ B^m¶v b_. ASv Njnªv fSn I{NkÀ¯n B^m¶v b_]p¶Sv,””
“”FXm dp²qth, CSv fq¶pw H^mam,””
“”Hm, A§sW! Ct§m«v k^pkmt¶m N£n?””
“”AsS,””
“”F¶Sm bpÅn¡m^³ sI¿pt¶?””
“”FXm A£meymhfnÃm¯ksW. AXÀ¶p kojp¶ W£{S§Ä F¶ tWmk …ASnsW¸än Wo tNXn«pt*m?””
“”bn¶ntÃ..Hm Ìoc³..Cutlmt] ASv FjpSn] Bamt\m?””
“”Bfm …Bfm,””
B`ohv Wr¯fp{UNÄ Nm\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
Ak^psX hwhm^¯n A{S Sm¸^yw Nm\n¡msS _n] AknsXWn¶v- tbm]n.
“”tfmtW ..t^mPn C¨n¨Spw sskUy³ N¸n¨Spw sNm¡tNma]ms\¶v Wo tN«n«ntÃ?””
“”sNm¡t¡m`t]m? tbm f½o H¶v-. bm`m ASv,””
“”§vim, AsSs´`pkms«. ASptbms`]m dmk³ C¸w Ct§m«v k^ps¶. Wo]pw MmWpw kngfn¨ B t{bm»mkntÃ? _nt]sX {blvWw? ASv thmÄkv sI¿m³ t`mNs¯ CSv tbm`s¯ tks_ WÃ sNmÅmkp¶ H^manÃ,””
“”F¶v- sk¨m?””
“”F¶v- sk¨m…F´m _nt]sX t{bm»w? {bm]¯nWWph^n¨v _n]]v¡v shN-vhnsW¸än A_n]nÃ. sfmt`w sSmtXw bns¶ …Nm`n³s_ FtXs` hmVWkpsfms¡ sk_pw hmVm^\ tdmZn bmXvhv B]n fmt{S Ak¡v A_n]s¯mÅq. AsSms¡ F´m\v F¶v- AkÄ A_n]s*? C^pb¯ns]m¶mw k]Ên shN-vhv FKyqt¡g³ Hs¡ tks_ kÃk^pw sNmXp¯m Aksa fnhv–]qhv sI¿pw,””
“”A¸w Cu dmktWm? A]mÄ fnhyqhv sI¿ntÃ?””
“”sI¿pw. sb®p§Ä Nm`pbnXn¨p Atb£n¨m fm{Sw,””
t_mg³ B`ohnsW hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”F¶SmXm?””
B`ohv bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”f½n]vs¡§sW A_n]mw ASv?””
“”GSv?””
“”N^ªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv