N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^pIn Akan N¯p¶ Nmfs¯ H¶pNqXn DuSn¡¯n¨p.
ko*pw kn^`pNÄ N´nÂ, Smsj, D]À¶fÀ¶p.
Nm«pSo]n sb«p k·^w Smsjkojm³ SpX§p¶Sv tbms` AlzSn]psX tUiw kaªp.
DXÂ kn_¨p.
ssN¯matf_n.
“”Du…Òw..Òw….Òw……Du….””
lÐw bp_t¯¡v k^mSn^n¡pkm³ AkÄ b^fmkVn {lfn¨p.
bp_t¯¡v NpSn¡m³ Nm¯v sNmSn¨n^p¶ sNmjp¯ skÅw AXp¯Wnfngw Ioän¸p_t¯s¡mjpNn.
AlzSn NnS¨v SaÀ¶n^p¶p.
tUiw NjpNn khv{Sw V^n¨v bp_t¯¡v k¶t¸mÄ AlzSn S^n¨p Wn¶ptbm]n.
AÀ°PÀefm] bp©n^nt]msX fp¼n gnWn.
“”F´mXo Cu tW^¯v bSnknÃm¯ H^p dm¯v _qw hÀÆohv?””
“”ASn¸w…””
AlzSn km¡pNÄt¡z*n b^Sn.
“”ASv tI¨n…dm¯v _qfns`ms¡ tW^s¯ ¹m³ sI]vSmt\m tbmNps¶? tbmNm³ co DÅt¸mÄ Atà tbmNt*?””
“”tfmsa AlzSo, A¨q , AlzSn ftWmtK..tk` tk`m]pVsâ AXp¯v tk* tNt«m. Wo F´nWm C¸w dm¯v _qfn tbms]¶v- FWn¡_n]mw tNt«m?””
“”H¶v- tbm tI¨n,””
AlzSn gnWns] f_nNX¶psNm*v– NymdnWnt`¡v tbm]n.
Aksa bn´pXÀ¶v- gnWn]pw.
“”F³s_ tbm¶ptfmsa Wo tZmNväÀ kn{Nf³ hm_n³s_ N¬hÂänwPv _qfo¶tà C_§n kt¶? AknXp¶v H^p tWjvhv C_§n k¶n«v dm¯v _qfn tbm]m ASv fpÅmWpw Sq_mWpw Aà F¶v FÃmk^v¡pw A_n]mw,””
AlzSn gnWns] sM«t`msX tWm¡n.
“”Wo]n§sW N®pNÄ fnjn¨v tWm¡pskm¶pw tk* A¨q. AN¯v SNÀ¡pkm ^*mapw,””
tZmNväÀ kn{Nf³ bnÅ]psX N¬hÂänwPv _qfnt`¡v tWm¡n gnWn b_ªp.
“”tW^v?’
knlzmhw k^msS AlzSn tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ÃmsS! Njnªmjv¨ MmWÃm^pt¶m hm_n³s_ NqsX fp_oÂ. Nan¡m³ hf]fm]t¸mÄ Ft¶mXv sbmt¡mam³ b_ªp hm_v!””
“”Culz^m!””
AlzSn S`]n ssN sk¨p.
“”At¸mÄ B hv{So s{bPvWâv H¶pktÃ?””
“”tNm¸m. AkÀ¡v AÊ Nj¸m. fpSpNj¸v. Wà At¼män tbm`s¯ H^p sN«nt]m³ D*v, F¶n«pw C§sW B\p§sa tSXn WX¡pkm¶p b_ªm bns¶ F´m, Nj¸ÃmsS?””
AlzSn¡v H¶pw b_]m³ NjnªnÃ.
SWn¡v hzbvW¯n tbm`pw A§sW In´n¡m³ Njn]nà A¯^w Nm^y§Ä.
Cu hwekw WX¶n«v Ct¸mÄ ^*mjvI]mkp¶p.
C¶v- A]mÄ Ss¶ knan¡p¶p “”k^pt¶m?”” F¶v-!
Culz^m Fs´¦n`pw sSmjns`Xp¯v Kokn¡msf¶v sk¨m FÃm]nX¯pw C¯^w {blvW§am\tÃm.
Bt`mIW fp_pNpt¼mÄ NymdnWn tfltf NnX¶ S³s_ sfmssd N¼nNp«³.sWäv