N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ I´n]n fp«p¶Spw FWn¡v A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASp tbms` Nn«p¶ FÃm Ø`¯pw sk¨v Fsâ AWn]·mÀ Fsâ hzNm^y emP§an hvbÀln¡pNt]m Asæn Ak^psX hzNm^y emPw Fsâ l^o^¯n fp«n¡pNt]m sI¿m_p*m]n^p¶p. b`t¸mjpw AÑtWmXpw A½t]mXpw b_]\w F¶v knIm^ns¨¦n`pw fp³tNmb¡m^Wm] Aѳ AWns]]pw hpWns]]pw sk«n Nq«pw F¶_n]p¶Sv sNm*v fm{Sw Mm³ fuWw bm`n¨p. bs£ C¶s¯ hwekw FÃm hofNapw `wQn¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p.
Mm³ Fs¶ b^nI]s¸Xp¯n]nÃmt`m. Fsâ tb^v knWoS. Mm³ A§mXn]ns` sfm¯N¨kX¡m^³ ^mwNpfm_nsâ]pw ko«½ AWnS]psX]pw Ht^ H^p fNÄ. Ct¸mÄ bnKn¡v bYn¡p¶p. FWn¡v Smsj ^*Wn]·mÀ. hpWn`pw AWn`pw. C^«Nam\v. ^*p tb^pw Zn{Pn ^*mw kÀg¯nWv bYn¡p¶p. Fsâ Cu ^*Wn]·mÀ B\v Fs¶ S¸mWm]n WX¡p¶Sv.
Mm³ A½ F´nWm\v knan¨Sv F¶_n]mWm]n Smtj¡v sI¶p. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ A½ AXnsbman B]n s{ZÊv sI]vSp Wn¡pN]m\v. dyq«n bmÀ`_n tbm]n A½ BsNs]m¶v SpXp¯n«p*v. {bm]w l^n¡pw Np_ª tbms`. C^pbs¯m¶pw bs¯m¼Spw k]hpÅ f¡apsX A½]m] Wm`vb¯n ^*pNm^n]m\v F¶m^pw b_]nÃ. Asæn`pw A½ l^o^w Nm¯p hq£n¡m³ fnXp¡n]m\v. t]mP]pw Gt_mdnNv–hpw sNm*v A½ A½]psX cnPÀ l^n¡pw Nm¯phq£nIn«p*v.
A½]psX fp¶n Ss¶ Wà Np«nNam]n AWn]pw hpWn]pw D*m]n^p¶p. A½ M§Ä fq¶p tbt^mXpfm]n b_ªp:
“”C¶m\v AÑsâ {c*v hSy³ hm_nsâ fNsâ _nhbv–g³. MmWpw Wn§apsX AÑWpw NqXn AkntX¡v tbmkpN]m\v. CknXp¶v AknsX ks^ bs¯¬bSv.Nnt`mfoäÀ D*tÃm. M§Ä ^m{Sn Sn^ns¨¯pt¼mÄ H^pbmXv t`ämNpw. ASv sNm*v Wn§Ä ^m{Sn Njn¨p NnXt¶mÅq. M§Ä Sp_¶p N]_ns¡mÅmw.””
CSv tN«Spw Fsâ AWn]·m^psX fpOw Pq[hvfnS¯m Sna§n. Ak^psX fpOs¯ ht´mgw N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n Ak^psX fWÊn`n^p¸v F´m\v F¶v. A½]pw AÑWpw NqXn _nhbv–g³ NqXn k^pt¼mtj¡pw F§sW]m]m`pw ^m{Sn H¶v ^*v f\n BNpw. Ct¸mÄ hf]w Wm`v f\n]mNp¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX H¸w F§sW tbm]m`pw Gäkpw Np_kv H^p Fs«m¼Sv f\n¡qÀ In`kjn¡\w. A½ ko«n DÅt¸mÄ Ss¶ Fsâ fp`¡pw I´n¡pw bnXn¡pN]pw NqXmsS Fs¶ WÃk®w Km¡n sk¡p¶k^pw B\v Fsâ AWn]·mÀ. At¸mÄ bns¶ A½ CÃm¯ hf]¯v– Fs¶ Nn«n]mt`m?.
M§ÄNv tk* fmÀ¤WnÀtUlw WÂNn A½ C_§n. A½¡v tk*n Hmt«m_n£ bnXn¨p sNmXp¡m³ AWn¡pw hpWn¡pw e]¦^ DÕmifm]n^p¶p. Ak^psX fpOw N*t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
