N¼nNp«³.sWäv k¶Sv. ASnWm`v Ss¶ Fsâ tfmapsX emP¯v H^p sSäp*m]m`v ASv H^p sStä AÃ tfmta… tfmav ssV^yfm]n C^n¡\w. H¶pw tbXn¡*… Wfp¡v Kokn¡\w hfqi¯n`v WÃ Wn`]n`v Kokn¡\w. B^pw A_n]msSm^p kn«pkojvI. A½ tWt^ A§v b_]pkm…. Np_¨v Unkhw Wns¶ em^ys] tbms` ^mKm_mw IuV^n¡v tk\sf¶v…”
”A½m…”
Wo`nf Hä A`_`m]n^p¶p. ekmWn Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨v sWän]n`v H^p fp¯w sNmXp¯p.
”H¶pw tbXn¡*… A½]tà b_]\Sv. tfmsa A]mav tks_m¶pw Db{Ukn¡nÃ. tfmav ssV^ys¯ Np_¨v Unkhw …”
”¶m`pw A½m bmkw dm`p…”
”dm`p Nq`p AksWm^p¯Wm CSnWv kjnsk¨Sv. b«^v knan¨t¸mav I^n{Skpw bp^m\kpw A]mtamXv b_ªn«v… AsSm¶pw hm^fnà tfmta… Wo A§ l^n]m]m`v fSn…”
At¸mav Ak^psX tZm^vsd`v fpj§n.
ASv lnkWvb«^m]n^p¶p. dm¦n`v b\w Wnt£bn¨Snsâ sIÃmWpw H^p sb«n]n`v b«phm^n]pfm]n B\v k^kv. Be^\§apw D*m]n^p¶p.
”sI_ns]m^p IX§v… CSv IuV^n hm_nsâ bSnkm. tfmav tbXn¡s]m¶pw tk* A½]v¡pw tfmav¡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. sWNvahpw kaNapw SWnS¦f]n^p¶p. fNapsX emPytfm^v¯v A½]v¡v sI_ns]m^p Nplp¼v tSm¶ns]¦n`pw ASv bp_¯v Nm\n¨nÃ.
”NÃym\w Njnªv tfmav IuV^nhm_nsWm¸f§v tbms«. ekmWn Sn^nsN CkntX¡v kt¶maq tNt«m…”
”ASv A½m… ” Wo`nf Ft´m b_]pkmWv {lfn¨p.
ekmWn]½ At¸mav AkapsX Ip*n`v kn^`v Af^v¯n hwhm^w kn`¡n.
A©v f\nt]msX Ak^v ^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 lnkWvb«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 hz^v®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¦`vsN«pNam`v So^vs¯m^p t£{Sfm]n^p¶p ASv. N^n¦`v¸XnNav N]_n fpNant`¡v tbmN\w. AknsX]m\v {bSngvY]pÅSv. e^v¯mkv SmWv tkanNjn¡p¶ sb®nsW l{Sqþf^\ e]§an`v Wn¶v Nm¯psNmÅpsf¶pw AktamXv knlzmhk©W sI¿nsöpw {bSngvY]v¡v fp¶n`v Wn¶v lbTsfXp¡\w ASm\v {bVmW IX§v.
b*v ^mKm¡·m^m^v dipem^ymSzw WX¯n]t¸mav AWmTfm¡s¸« N¼nNp«³.sWäv
