N¼nNp«³.sWäv sS`p¦v hnWntfs` imÀ«v t{Smdvhv B] hN` IpÅ·m^pw AknsX]m\v Smfhw F¶m\v Mm³ tN«n«pÅSv. W½sX A¡ntWWn WmPmÀÖpW]pw AÃp AÀÖpWpw Hs¡,””
“”AtS, AknsX]m\v…dWvKm^min`vhnÂ,””
fnWn b_ªp.
“”fm{Sfà C³Zhv{Xn] ssX¡q¬hv…Ak^pw ssft{Nmthmcvän³s_ siZv hSy WmUà ..A]mapw AknsX]tà Smfhw?””
“”AsS F´m tI¨o?””
“”fpwdt]¡mapw ssi`n ¥mf_hv hnän]m ssiU^mdmUv. B hnäoÂ, AknXps¯ Gäkpw tbmgv G^n]]n Smfhn¡p¶ fnWn F´nWm H^p A¼`kmhn sbs¦m¨nsWt¸ms` C§sW Wm\n¡ps¶? F´mt\`pw tdmÄZv B]n b_]qs¶,””
gmt^m¬ AkapsX kn^`pNapsX frUp`S]n bnXn¨p.
“”tI¨n Mm³ b_]mw,””
gmt^m\n³s_ kn^`pNapsX SqkÂhvbÀlf_nªv fnWn b_ªp.
‘tI¨n Mm³ …Mm³ …sFw C³ `kv!””
lzmhPSn]n fnWn]psX D]À¶p`]p¶Sv gmt^m¬ N*p.
IqXv Wn_ª N®pNtamsX AkÄ gmt^m\nsW tWm¡n.
gmt^m¬ Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
fWÊnsW WW]n¡p¶ B tWm«¯n fnWn Blzmhw sNm*p.
“”sF Sn¦v– sF tWm Cäv–…””
gmt^m¬ b_ªp.
“”sgÃn]v¡_n]mtfm tfmsa?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Dw,””
“”§vti? F¶n«v?””
fnWn St`Unkhs¯ hwekw knk^n¨p.
“”Cu Nym¼hn AksW B{Pin¡m¯ sb¬Np«nNanÃ,””
gmt^m¬ b_ªp. fnWn {l²n¨ptN«psNm*v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”k`n] NpXpwd¯n`pÅkÀ, _n¨v, hpµ^n¡p«nNÄ… d«v sgÃn Bs^]pw ANvthbväv sI]vSnÃ. Zq ]q tWm ssk?””
fnWn hwl]n¨v gmt^m\nsW tWm¡n.
gmt^m¬ AkapsX N®pNant`¡pw.
“”F´m tI¨n?””
tWm«¯ns` b´ntNXv Sn^n¨_nªv fnWn tImUn¨p.
“”fnWn bYWw Hs¡ bqÀ¯n]m¡n b¸msX dnhnsWÊv Hs¡ GsäXp¡pw. ASnWpÅ bmNtSw tdmÄZvsWÊpw Hs¡ B]n¡jnªv. F³s_ Dt±lw sK BÀ Fcv FXp¡pN. _nthÀ¨v sI¿pN ..A§sWs]ms¡]m…bs£ sgÃn¡v …A§sW H¶pkà Dt±lw…Zq ]q tWm ssk?””
fnWn]psX fpOw ANmw£sNm*v fp_pNn.
“”bns¶´m sgÃosX Dt±lw?””
AkÄ hmkVmWw tImUn¨p.
gmt^m¬ A¸ hf]w Nmän`p`]p¶ NmämXn f^§ant`¡v tWm¡n.
bns¶ Sn^nsN fnWns] tWm¡n.
“”{bSnNm^w …sNm`bmSNw,””
APvWnfj]ns`¶ tbms` fnWn e]wsNm*v NpSnÀ¶p.
“”tI¨o…-!””
Akan Wn¶v- kn_]mÀ¶ km¡pNÄ bp_¯v k¶p.
“”ASnWpfm{Sw …sgÃosX ss`cnÂ…??””
gmt^m¬ bns¶ sgÃn]psX A½]psX Um^p\ f^\¯n³s_ NT b_ªp. AÚmSWm] B sNm`]mans] N¼nNp«³.sWäv