N¼nNp«³.sWäv IX§v… CSv IuV^n hm_nsâ bSnkm. tfmav tbXn¡s]m¶pw tk* A½]v¡pw tfmÄ¡pw hpOfm]n Ss¶ Sn^nsN tbmNmw. AbNX§sam¶pw D*mknÃ. tkPw s_Zn]m]n km… ”
ekmWn]½ Ss¶]m]n^p¶p Wo`nfs] H^p¡n]Sv. sWNv–ahpw kaNapw SWnS¦f]n^p¶p. fNapsX emPytfmÀ¯v A½]v¡v sI_ns]m^p Nplp¼v tSm¶ns]¦n`pw ASv bp_¯v Nm\n¨nÃ.
”NÃym\w Njnªv tfmÄ IuV^nhm_nsWm¸f§v tbms«. ekmWn Sn^nsN CkntX¡v kt¶maq tNt«m…”
”ASv A½m… ” Wo`nf Ft´m b_]pkm³ {lfn¨p.
ekmWn]½ At¸mÄ AkapsX Ip*n kn^ AfÀ¯n hwhm^w kn`¡n.
A©v f\nt]msX AkÀ ^mKm_mw IuV^n]psX NpXpwdt£{S¯ns`¯n.
AknsX ^mKm_mw IuV^n]psX em^y]pw D*m]n^p¶p.
”C§sWm^p em^yt]m…?” ekmWn lnk³b«t^mXv tImUn¨p.
”AtS Ak^m\v FÃm¯nkpw ^mKmhm_nsâ k`wssN… ”
H^p WkkVpknsWt¸ms`]m\v Wo`nf. Ipk¶ Wn_¯ns` »uhpw b«phm^n]pw B\v tkgw. hm^n¯p¼v S`]n`qsX C«n^p¶p.^mKm_mw IuV^n hzÀ®wtbms` Sna§p¶ b«v khv{S§am\v A\nªn^p¶p. H^p ^mKmknsWtbms` Ss¶]m]n^p¶p A]mapsX ^qbemkw. N^n¦ÂsN«pNam SoÀs¯m^p t£{Sfm]n^p¶p ASv. N^n¦Â¸XnNÄ N]_n fpNant`¡v tbmN\w. AknsX]m\v {bSngvY]pÅSv. eÀ¯mkv Sm³ tkanNjn¡p¶ sb®nsW l{Sqþf^\ e]§an Wn¶v Nm¯psNmÅpsf¶pw AktamXv knlzmhk©W sI¿nsöpw {bSngvY]v¡v fp¶n Wn¶v lbTsfXp¡\w ASm\v {bVmW IX§v.
b*v ^mKm¡·m^mÀ dipem^ymSzw WX¯n]t¸mÄ AWmTfm¡s¸« hv{SoNapsX tfmIW¯nWm]n«m\v C§sWm^p BIm^w CknsX WX¡p¶Sv. Bkly¡mÀ¡v em^y]psX h½St¯msX F{S knkmiw tk\sf¦n`pw Njn¡mw. bs£ BUy em^y]psX FÃm AkNml§apw hw^£\§apw WÂN\w. ASm\v ^oSn.
fpNant`¡pÅ N¸XkpNÄ WX¶p N]_n]Sv Wo`nf]pw IuV^n]pw Hä]v¡m\v. Wo`nfs] AXnfpXn kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AS_nª ^mKm_mw IuV^n Wo`nf]psX CXSpN¿n bnXn¨p. A]mapsX N¿psX N^p¯v Wo`nf]v¡v BUy bnXn]n Ss¶ fWÊn`m]n.
bXnN]_n fpNans`¯n]t¸mÄ bqKm^n bqKmNÀ½§Ä SpX§pkmWpÅ H^¡¯n`m]n^p¶p. Wo`nf Cu hf]w Smtj¡v tWm¡n. Smsj Wn¶ ekmWn]½]pXw ^mKm_mw IuV^n]psX em^y]pw AX¡w FÃmk^pw Nm_n N]_n Sn^nsN tbm]n¡jnªn^n¡p¶p.
”At¿m A½m A½m….” Wo`nf tbXn¨v Wn`knan¡pw tbms` A`_n knan¨p.
”tbXn¡*…. MmWp*v… C¶v W½anknXm Wo`ntf…” ^mKm_mw N¼nNp«³.sWäv
