N¼nNp«³.sWäv hvtWiw sNm*v Ss¶]m\v F¶m ASnWv tlgw Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ ASv sNm*v H^pbmXv tW«w D*v F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ Ct¸mÄ AN¯v NnX¶m W½Ä WX¯p¶ kÀg¡v tk*n]pÅ {bIm^\w sbs«¶v kymbn¸n¡pw. KW§Ä Fs¶ ^£n¡m³ B{Pin¡pw AkÀ AWoSns¡Sn^n tbm^mXpw ASv W½psX {bI^\§sa fsäm^p S`¯nt`¡v F¯n¡pw. bns¶ Mm³ AN¯n^n¡pt¼mÄ l{Sp¡Ä Alzhn¨n^n¡pw ASv sNm*v Ak^psX Db{Uk§apw tbXn¡*.”” Mm³ b_ªv WnÀ¯n.
“”hm_nWv l{Sp¡tam?”” knWm]Nv knlzmhw k^m¯Svtbms` tImUn¨p.
“”A§sW]pw In`À CÃmSn^n¡ptfm”” Mm³ bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. AOn`nWv Mm³ b_ªSnsâ sbm^pÄ fWÊn`m]nà F¶v Aksâ htµiw Wn_ª N®pNÄ Ft¶mXv b_sª¦n`pw ASv fWÊn`m¡nsNmXp¡* F¶v Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
“”hÀ bns¶ hm_nsâ A½ knan¨n^p¶p. AknsX Nm^y§sams¡ kmÀ¯NÄ kjn A_nªv FÃmk^pw kas^ kngf¯n`m\v””. Fs¶ knan¨n«v tcm\n Nn«n]nà F¶v b_ªv A½ b^nekw b_ªt¸mjm\v Fsâ NqsX tKm`n sI¿p¶ BÄ Bs\¶v b_ªv knWm]Nnsâ tcm¬ W¼À sNmXp¯Sv. knWm]Nv b_]pt¼mÄ Mm³ HmÀ¯p.
“”knWm]Nv Wo A½]v–¡v H¶v tcm¬ sI¿q Fsâ tcm\n Wn¶pw Bs^]pw knan¡^pSv F¶v hn.sF b_ªn«p*v.”” CSv tN«]pX³ knWm]Nv Aksâ tcm\n A½]psX W¼À Z] sI]vS FWn¡v WÂNn. Mm³ ASv Fsâ sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯v sk¨p.
{ZnRv…{ZnRv… “” imt`m tfm³ AOn`nsW Nt*m?”” ^*v _n§pNÄ¡v A¸p_w BNmw£]pw h¦Xkpw Wn_ª A½]psX lÐw Mm³ tN«p.
“”At½ CSv Mm³.. Mm³ Ss¶]m”” b^fmkVn lÐw f]s¸Xp¯n Mm³ b_ªp.
tfmtW… F¶v fm{Stf A½ knan¨pÅq tlgw Mm³ tN«Sv fpjpk³ A½]psX N^¨n`pNÄ B]n^p¶p N^¨n`nWv tlgw h¦X§apw b^nek§apw b¦v sk¨p HXpkn H^mjvI¡pÅn Mm³ ko«n k^mw F¶v b_ªv H^p knV¯n tcm¬ sk¨p. FÃmw tN«v sNm*v knWm]Nv AXp¯v Ss¶ Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p.
Np_¨v Njnªv hn.sF ]psX fp_n]n Wn¶pw AZz¡äv kn³hâv C_§n k¶p. “” kn³hâv hÀ hn.sF F´v b_ªp”” A£fWm]n Wn¶ knWm]Nv B\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.
“”AOn Sm³ b_ªSv kas^ l^n]m\v Wfp¡v H^p Wà {NnfnW t`m]_nsW Ss¶ N*p bnXn¡\w Nm^\w Wfp¡v FSns^ Wn¡p¶kÀ A{S¡v là^m\v Hä Wnfngw sNm*v ASv Ns*¯n]m ASv k`n] sSäv ANm³ hmVyS]p*v {btSNn¨v Cu hmiI^y¯n””
knWm]Nnsâ tImUy¯nsâ D¯^w kn³hâv b_ªSv Ft¶mXm\v.
“”kas^ l^n]m\v hÀ.. kn³hânWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv
