N¼nNp«³.sWäv Njnªv tZmNväÀ hpt^gv AlzSns] knan¸n¨p. Uob¡nsW kmÀZnt`äv fmäp¶ Nm^yw A]mÄ AktamXv– b_ªp. làfm] BßiSy sX³Z³hn]pÅ {bNrSfm\v. ASpsNm*v Ft¸mjpw AksW ht´mgn¸n¡p¶ Nm^yw b_]\w. tWmÀ½`m]n¡jnªm Npj¸fnÃ.
“”Ak³ GtSm H^p sb®nsW t{bfn¡p¶p tbm`pw,””
tZmNväÀ bpÑt¯msX b_ªp.
AlzSn H¶v- sM«n.
ssUktf, Ak³ F³s_ tbs^§mWpw b_tªm?
“”Akamt\Â AksW ssf³Zv sI¿p¶nÃ,””
“”tNmtaKns`ms¡ bYn¡p¶ sI_p¡WtÃ. kà b\¡m^ow sb®nsW B^n¡pw hmt_,””
AkÄ BNmw£t]msX b_ªp.
“”Bam^m tbs^¶m Wmsa¶m AsSm¶pw b_ªnà AlzSn. AsSms¡ W½Ä Fs¶¯nWm A_n]ps¶?””
tZmNväÀ b_ªp.
At¸mjm\v– AlzSn]psX lzmhw tWs^ ko\Sv.
AksW Cu tNm`¯n`m¡n]Sv SmWm\v F¶v Ak³ b_ªnÃtÃm.
kmÀZn sIÃpt¼mÄ hf{bm]¡m^m] fq¶v- Wm`v sI_p¸¡mÀ Uob¡n³s_ sdÍn C^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”AÑWpw A½]pw H¶pw k¶ntÃ?””
AkÄ AktWmXp tImUn¨p.
AlzSn k^p¶Sv N*p sdÍn C^p¶kÀ Fjpt¶äv Wn¶p.
“”F³s_ bt¸w f½ow Updm]n`m. MmWnknsX H^p B³äosX NqsX]m Wn¡ps¶. Ak^v k¶n«v tbm]n. CWn sskNpt¶^w k^pw,””
k¶kÀ Fjpt¶äp.
“”Uobt¡, F¶m M§Ä C_§pkm ..WnW¡nt¸m ASymklyw WX¡ptkw Hs¡ sI¿mtÃm…B^pw Wn¶ntÃ`pw t{bm»w CÃtÃm,””
“”CÃXm Wn§av knt«m,””
Uob¡v Akt^mXv b_ªp.
kmÀZn AVnNw t^mPnNÄ CÃ.
H^p Nm^\kÀ WÃ D_¡fm\v.
fsäm^p fVyk]hv¡³ ka sPu^k¯n b{Sw km]n¡p¶p.
bns¶ ^*p tb^v Ak^k^psX sdÍn fpOmfpOw C^p¶p ^m{ão]w hwhm^n¡p¶p.
“”F§Wp*v?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”C¸w hpOw tSm¶p¶p,””
Ak³ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”Nm^\w C¸jm F³s_ irU]w F³s_ AXpt¯¡v k¶Sv,””
“”hminSyw C¨ns^ HmkÀ BNp¶p*v,””
AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”AsS´m?””
“”FWn¡v hmVm^\¡ms^t¸ms` hmVm^\ emg hwhm^n¡p¶Sm Cãw,””
“”tZmNväÀ Ft´`pw b_tªm?””
“”Wmsa ZnhvImÀKv B\v,””
“”tR? Wmsat]m? sF hn ]pkn Wn¶v- C¶v- kmÀZnt`¡v fmäosS HÅp. F¶n«v Wmsa¯s¶ ZnhvImÀKv?””
ASv Ss¶]m\v AlzSn]pw In´n¨psNm*n^p¶Sv.
Wmsa¯s¶ ZnhvImÀKv BtN* t^mPn]m]n^ps¶¦n sF hn ]pkn {btkln¸nt¡* Nm^yfp*m]n^pt¶m?
“”F´m ko«n tbmNt*? ss`cv sfm¯w CknsX sNX¡mWm?””
“”CknsX F³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv