N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¯n^n ht´mgw tSm¶p¶p, tfmtW,””
“”f½o, CSptbms`s]ms¡ {co B]n Wfp¡v b_]mftÃm AtÃ, bns¶ tfmlfm]n tbm]n F¶v H^n¡`pw tSm¶^pSv””
“”Wo tbmXm,””
Ak³s_ ssN kn^`pNÄ AkapsX t]mWn]ns` Wnfngw tSm_pw NqXns¡m*n^n¡p¶ fUK`¯n N]_n]n_§ns¡m*n^ns¡ AkÄ b_ªp.
“”WnW¡v Npj¸fnsæn FWns¡´p Npj¸w. Mm³ shN-vhv b_]p¶Sv F³s_ hz´w tfmtWmXm\v. Mm³ {bhkn¨p kaÀ¯n, hpÔ^¡p«¸Wm¡n], F³s_ sfm`¸m NpXn¨p kaÀ¶ F³s_ hp´^¡p«¸tWmXv B\v Mm³ shN-vhv {co B]n b_]ps¶. FWns¡m^n¡`pw tfmlfm]n ASv tSm¶pN]nÃ. fm{Sfà FWns¡m¯n^n Cãfm\v.””
At¸mÄ AkapsX t]mWn]n AfÀ¯n sIm_nªpsNm*v Ak³ AkapsX AV^w km]n`n«p NXn¨p Ipwdn¨p.
“”f½o, Wfp¡v C¶v H^p t`mZvKn fp_ns]Xp¯v CknsX S§n]mt`m?””
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”F³s_ tfmtW, Mm³ ASt§m«v b_]m³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p. Wfp¡n¶p AXn¨p sbman¡mw tfmtW?’
“”l^n¡v AXn¨psbman¡mw f½n, f½n b_ F´m tkt*?””
“”FWn¡n¶v l^ns¡m¶p NpXn]v¡\sf¶p*v””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Wn³s_ NqsX CSv ks^]pw NpXn¨n«nÃ,”
AkÄ fp`Nan ko*pw sIm_nªp. ASpN*v Ak³ S³s_ fpj]n ko*pw AkÄ Nm¬sN AfÀ¯n.
“”l^n¡v NpXn¡\w””
Ak³ fpj]n AfÀ¯ns¡m*n^n¡p¶Sv N*v– AkÄ b_ªp. “”kmav sk¡p¶Sv ks^ NpXn¡\w. Zm³hv sI¿\w. “”
“”””f½n Zm³hv sI¿ptfm?””
“”F³s_ tfmWv tk*n]tÃ, Mm³ F´pw sI¿pw. b_ tfmsW´m tkt*?’
“”FWn¡v f½n, gZn]pw {dm]pfn«v doZow hnP^äpw k`n¡p¶Sv Nm\\w.””
AkapsX t]mWn]n kn^`pNan^¡p¶SnWnX]n AkpsX Sp_n¨ fp`Nan tWm¡n A^s¡«ns` fpj]n AfÀ¯ns¡m*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”F¦n km, tfmtW, Wfp¡v tbmNmw””
AkÄ AksW Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. AkÄ khv{S§Ä tWs^]n«p. AktWmsXm¸w bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.
“”hnPs^äv C^p¸pt*m f½n?””
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wm`©v bm]v¡äv NqXn km§nt¡m””
AktWmXv tIÀ¶v Ak³s_ tSman fp`Nap^pwfn WX¶psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”^*p fq¶p sN«p doZn]pw tfXnt¨m. C¶v ^m{Sn D_§msS]n^p¶p tfmWv f½n CãvXw tbms` doZn]pw hnPs^äpw k`n¨p Nm\n¨p S^mw””
AkÀ t`mdn]ns`¯n.
“”tfmtW tim«Â t`¡v bm`hv D*v””
ssd¡n N]_tk AkÄ b_ªp,
“”Mm³ sNmt_ {bmklyw k¶ tim«`m. b`^ptXw NqsX. {So ÌmÀ B\v. F hn _qw Ss¶ tk\w tNt«m.””
“”AknsX]mt\Â GtS`pw b\¨m¡v NÌft^w N¼nNp«³.sWäv
