N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssN sk¨p.
“”Hä]Xn S¶m`p*tÃm. tbXn¨ptbm]n,””
“”St¶s^,””
Ak³ AkapsX tWs^ fpOw Nm\n¨p.
“”Ht¶m ^t*m St¶s^,””
“”Wo tbmXm,””
AkÄ Ak³s_ sW©n bnXn¨p bnt¼m«p SÅn.
sbs«¶m\v AkÄ H^p Nm^ytfmÀ¯Sv.
“”Culz^m…Nt*m Bt^`pw. F¶m SoÀ¶qtÃm F³s_ tUko,””
“”sk_psS tUktWw tUkotWw H¶pw knan¨p Nqk*. H^p fWpgyWpw N*nÃ,””
sbs«¶v- UobNv AlzSns] k«w bnXn¨p k^nªpsN«n.
AkapsX SpXp¯ Ipk¶ AV^w AfÀ¯n NXn¨p Ipwdn¨p.
A§sW H^p Wo¡w A{bS£yfm]n^p¶Sv sNm*v BUyw Aksam¶v AÔman¨p.
bs£ Ak³s_ hpPÔfpÅ Ip*pNapw bÃpNapw S³s_ AV^¯n WÂNn] hpOtfmÀ¯t¸mÄ AkÄ knNm^S^anS]m]n.
tUiw fpjpk³ k`nªvfp_pNn]naNn.
fm_s¯ fpÃsfm«pNÄ knSp¼n kn_¨p.
Nm`pNġnX]n So InS_n.
“”tim! F´m]o Nm\n¨Sv Wo Uobt¡?””
bp©n^n¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”tim…!”
AkWpw knNm^t`m`Wm]Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”””H¶v- D½sk¡pt¼mÄ Ct{Sw fVp^w Hs*¶v Mm³ A_nªnÃ,”
“”””{Zmf tk*,”
ssN¯`w sNm*v IpwdW¯m WWª S³s_ AV^w AfÀ¯ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Wo tks_ H^p sb®ntWw D½ sk¨n«nà F¶v- CWvZ]_Nväm]n b_]mWtÃ?”
“”””B^pb_ªp Mm³ tks_ sb®nsW D½ sk¨n«nöp?”
UobNv tImUn¨p.
AlzSn]psX fpO{bhmUw f§p¶Spw Ak³ N*p.
“”F{St]m sb®p§sa!”
“”””Hmtim? Bt\m?”
b^imh hz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””bn¶tÃ, fq¶mjvI fp¼v B\v BUyfm]n B\v Aksa Nm\ps¶. A¶v SpX§n FÃm Unkthmw Mm³ Aksa Ipwdn¡m_p*v,”
AlzSn¡v Ak³s_ km¡pNÄ tN«n«v In^n]X¡m³ NjnªnÃ.
Nų sI_p¡³.
Ss¶]m\v Dt±ln¡p¶Sv.
AkÄ Sp\nNÄ kn^n¨nXm³ fpä¯pÅ A] sN«n] emPt¯¡v WX¶p.
bn¶ms` AkWpw.
“”””AkÄsX Ip*¯pw Nknsa`pw Ip*¯pw Njpt¯`pw ssNt¿`pw Nms“pw sSmtX`pw bns¶ tUs* AkntXw…”
Ak³ AkapsX fm_nt`¡v N®pNÄ Nm\n¨p.
“”””¨n..tbmXm Aht¯…”
“”””ASv F³s_]tÃ…?”
fm_n Wn¶pw tWm«w fmämsS Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””UobNv tks_ Fs´¦n`pw b_]q,”
S³s_ hz^w kn_]v¡p¶Sv BlzSn]_nªp.
“”””tks_ F´v b_]mWm?”
sbs«¶k³ hz´w A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”””Culz^m!”
sb«¶k³ A^s¡«v ssN¯`w sNm*v f_¨p.
“”””F´m?”
Nm^yf_n]msS AlzSn ssN¯`wsNm*v f_ª Ak³s_ A^s¡«nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv