N¼nNp«³.sWäv AUvepSfX¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ.
tUl¯v WÃ hzmVoWfpÅ H^p S_kmXm\v S³s_Sv–.
A¨³ ^mfNrgv\³ Wm]À {bSmbn]m\v F¶v- Ct¸mjpw tUl¡mÀ b_]p¶p.
G«³ dm`mWµ³, l^t¯«³s_ AXp¯Nq«pNm^³, Wà hzmVoWfpÅ bmÀ«n {bkÀ¯NWpw.
At¸mÄ l^t¯«sWt¸ms` KmSn]n Smjv¶ H^msa SWn¡v knkmiw Njn¸n¨pS^m³ AkÀ h½Sn¨sS´v?
S³s_ DÅns` B ^ihyw Sm³ CSv ks^ H^mtamXv tbm`pw b_ªn«nÃ.
Sm³ Bs^ sNmSn¡p¶ps*t¶m, Sm³ KoknS hOn]m¡m³ Bs^]m\v hzbvWw Nm\p¶sSt¶m CSpks^ Bt^mXpw b_ªn«nÃ.
Sm³ hz]w Cãs¸«v, Smt`m`n¨v, sNmSn¡p¶ B hzbvWw ASv S³s_ DÅn Wn¶v- Ft¸msj¦n`pw bp_¯v k¶n«pt*m?
“”dm`m..””
A¸w fp¼m\v A¨³ G«³ dm`mWµtWmXv b_ªSv.
“”tfmÄsX bYn¸v …AS§v sSmXÀt¶ms«…ASnWkÀ¡v knt^mVmknÃy F¶tà b_tª¡t\?””
“”A§sW]m\v l^¯pw b_ªn^n¡s\,””
“”F¦n Smfhn¸n¡*. N*n«v tbms«…””
“”AÑm, ASv…?””
“”´m?””
“”H¶qsX Wfp¡v H¶v- AtWzgn¨v…””
“”CSn`n¸w F´m NqXpSÂ AtWzgn¡m³?””
“”Ak^psX ^oSow IpäpbmXpNapw…””
G«³ CX]v¡v WnÀ¯n.
“”^oSn,”” “”IpäpbmXpNÄ”” F¶o ^*p km¡pNÄ sNm*v dmt`«³ Dt±ln¨Sv KmSn B\v F¶v AkÄ¡v SoÀ¨]m]n.
AkÄ¡v dm`mWµtWmXv tUgyw tSm¶n.
{bm]fm], fmfq`pNsa]pw bm^¼^yt¯]pw BIm^§sa]pw fp_psN¸nXnt¡* AÑWv {blvWfnÃ.
knlm`fWØnSn]p*v.
{blvWw N½yq\nÌv B] G«Wm\v!
“”AsSms¡ Cs¸m A{S k`n] Nm^ymt\m dm`m?””
A¨³ tImUn¨p.
“”l^¯n³s_ C¸js¯ sbmhng³! ASnWpw tfs`]mt\m ^oSow IpäpbmXpw Hs¡? fm{Skà Cu Bt`mIW sNm*¶ B^m? Cu Nt^s` Gtämw knlzhn¡m³ sNmÅmkp¶ Batà Cu Bt`mItWw sNm*v kt¶? bns¶ F´nWm W½av sk_psS hwl]n¡t\?””
dmt`«³ bns¶ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
B^m]n^n¡mw l^t¯«³s_ Bt`mIW sNm*p k¶Sv?
kn`mhnWn]psX ko«nt`¡v WX¡tk lm`nWn Bt`mIn¨p.
UÃmÄ kÀPohv– Bt\m?
G]v–, H^n¡`pw A]mÄ B]n^n¡nÃ.
Ft¸mjpw BapNsa KmSnNq«n Nan]m¡n hwhm^n¡p¶]mÄ B\v UÃmÄ kÀPohv–.
“”Hm..sb`]³s_ N`ym\ktÃym…ASnsWm¶pw A{S N½og³ H¶pw Nn«ptN`s¶,””
H^n¡Â A]mÄ S³s_ AXp¯ Nq«pNm^n AbÀ®]psX tI¨n]psX knkmis¯¸än hwhm^n¨Sv A§sW]m]n^p¶p.
B knkmi¯n³s_ UÃmapw A]mÄ B]n^p¶p.
fm{Sfà l^t¯«sW¸än]pw A]mÄ Smjv¯n hwhm^n¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv