N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]äpN]pw C_¡pN]pw sI]vSv Npª¸sW Nm\n¨p.
bns¶ In^n¨psNm*v Sn^nªp tWm¡msS WX¶p.
bmjvh`psfXp¯v hqh³ ko«nt`¡v WX¶p. Npª¸Wpw S¦½]pw S½n`pÅ Nan F´v ^hfm]n^p¶p. ASnWnsX AkÀ Ss¶¡p_n¨v b_ªSv…! bns¶ S¦½]psX St`mX`pw D^p½`pw. tim ..hqhWv Nk¡nX]n S^n¨psbm«m³ SpX§n. AkÄ WX¡p¶SnWnX]n fp*nWp fpNan`qsX bq_v AfÀ¯n sM¡n. Ipäpw tWm¡n]n«v B^pw Cà F¶v- N*t¸mÄ fp*v fmän bq_nt`¡v tWm¡n. bq_p fpjpk³ WWªv Npafm]n^n¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. H^p sbm´]psX f_kn bq_p knXÀ¯n NpWnªn^p¶v AkÄ H^p ssNsNm*v Btklt¯msX kn^`pNÄ bq_n`pw ftäss¡NsNm*v N´n`pw tkP¯n Nl¡nsM^n¨p.
“”””B…ssf^v…Bkq…”
bq_nt`¡v fq¶v- kn^`pNÄ Np¯n]n_¡n tkP¯n Du^n]Xn¨v bns¶]pw Np¯n]n_¡n AkÄ ho¡m^fn«p. At¸mÄ kjn]n`qsX Bs^¦n`pw k¶n^ps¶¦n Sm³ bq_n`pw N´n`pw kn^ Np¯n]n_¡n hpOn¡p¶Sv Bs^¦n`pw N*n^ps¶¦n F¶v- AkÄ Nmf¡j¸n B{Pin¨p. kjn]n`qsX Bs^¦n`pw tbmNp¶ps*¦n AkÀ tNÄ¡pkm³ tk*n AkÀ ho¡m^¯n³s_ lÐw Nq«n. bq_ns` fUK`¯n kn^`pNÄ Bªp Np¯n]n_¡n AkÄ lÐw Nq«n.
“”Hm..ssf^v …F³s_]o Np¯n¡j¸v F¶m ssUktf H¶v- fm_ps¶…?””
AkapsX Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ bnaÀ¶p. Ct¸mÄ skXnsbm«pw F¶v- AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. hpO`i^n]psX H^p fpiqÀ¯¯n AkÄ bSns] S` bnt¼m«p sI^n¨t¸mÄ fp¼n S¦¨³ Wn¡p¶Sv N*p.
sbs«¶kÄ ImXns]jpt¶äp. `p¦n sNm*v SpX]pw A^]pw f_¨p.
“”fpÅpkm^p¶p,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
‘B^pt¶m?’
A]mÄ AXp¯v k¶v AkapsX ssNkn^`n bnXn¨p. Ak]n]n bpSªn^p¶ fUK`¯n³s_ sNmjp¸v S³s_ kn^`pNan A]mÄ D^hn¸nXn¸n¨p.
“”fq{Sw Wn³s_ bq_n SXªp sNX¡pkm^pt¶m?’
“”At¿, Cu S¦¨sW¶m Cu b_]ps¶?’
“”Aà Wo bqän ssN¿n«v fq{Sw bp_t¯¡v k`n¨p Na]pkm^pt¶m F¶m tImUnt¨?””
“”tbm S¦¨m H¶v-,””
At¸mjpw A]mÄ AkapsX kn^¯p¼pNans` fUK`sNmjp¸v S³s_ ssN]n tS¨pbnXn¸n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”Wns¶ WÃ Nj¸p fq¯v Wn¡p¶ hf]¯v Ss¶ Nn«\w. F¶m ssbhmsX BklyfnÃtÃm. ASm]Sv CSv tbm`pÅ hf]w,””
AkapsX fp`NÄ sM¡ns¡m*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”bns¶…F¶m hf]¯v k¶m`pw hmVWw tkt\Â ssbhm S^\w . AÃmsS sNmXp¡nÃ,””
A]mÄ¡v l^n¡v bnXn¡m³ A¸w NqXn AXp¯v Wn¶psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”C¶m bnXnt¨m,””
A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
