N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpS Mm³ WnÀ¯n]Sv B\v, bt£ tKm`n]n hvs{Xhv NqXpt¼mÄ Mm³ In`t¸mÄ Hs¡ H^p bpN bnXn¸n¡pw. bpN k`n¡m³ tbmNp¶SnWp fp³bv Mm³ fo^t]mXv:
“”Mm³ H¶v bm³{Xn ks^ tbm]n«v k^mw.””
“”Mm³ CknsX Hä¡n^p¶ns«´m. MmWpw k^mw.””
“”Mm³ H^p bpN k`n¡mWm\v tbmNp¶Sv.””
“”Npj¸fnÃ, Asæn`pw Mm³ CknsX Hä¡v F´v sI¿mWm\v.”” fo^ Fsâ NqsX bp_s¸Xm³ S¿m_m]n.
Fsâ Xofns` H^p b¿sâ sZh-vNn Ft¸mapw hnP^äv D*mNpw. Mm³ Aksâ sZh-vNn Wn¶pw hnP^äpw ss`ä_pw FXp¯p sNm*v bm³{Xn]nt`¡v WX¶p. bm³{Xn]nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ fo^s] {l²n¨n^p¶p. A{S tW^w D*m]n^p¶ {bh¶S AkapsX fpO¯v Wn¶pw A{bSy£fm]n^p¶p. H^p S^w k`nªp fp_pNn] fpOemkw. lWn]mjvI Hmcohnt`¡v knan¨p k^p¯n]Sv Nm^\fm]n^n¡pw F¶v knIm^n¨p Mm³ ASnsW Np_n¨v Bt`mIn¡msW tbm]nÃ.
bm³{Xn]psX dm¡\n]n C^p«p fqXn] fq`]n Mm³ C^p¶p. Fsâ AXp¯ Nth^]n fo^]pw C^p¶p. Mm³ H^p hnP^äv FXp¯p Ip*¯v sk¨p So sNmap¯n. CSv N*t¸mÄ fo^ Ft¶mXv:
“”H^p hnP^äv FWn¡pw S^q.””
“”ASnWp Wo k`n¡m_pt*m?””
“”k`n¨n«p*v. bs£ Øn^w CÃ.””
fo^]psX Cu f_pbXn tN«Spw Mm³ hnP^äv bm¡äpw ss`ä_pw AkapsX tWs^ Wo«n. hnP^äv bm¡äv km§n ASn Wn¶pw H^p hnP^äv FXp¯v AkÄ Ip*¯v sk¨p N¯n¨p. Np_¨p tW^w Ft´m Bt`mIn¨p sNm*v C^p¶p HXpkn fuWw eMvKnIp sNm*v fo^ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p:
“”K]v Ft¸mj¦n`pw tI¨ns] ISn¨n«pt*m?’
Mm³ hnP^äv sbm¡n Nm\n¨p sNm*v f_pbXn WÂNn.
“”Ct¸mÄ Cu sI]p¶Sv Ss¶ AktamXv DÅ ISn B\v. AkapsX knIm^w Mm³ fq¶p kÀgw fp³tb Ss¶ hnP^äv k`n WnÀ¯n F¶m\v.””
“”CSÃ. kà Ac]_pw.””
“”CÃ.”” Mm³ S`]m«n sNm*v b_ªp. F¶n«v SpXÀ¶p. “”Ac]À SpX§m³ Wà ^hw B]n^n¡pw bs£ Wn`WnÀ¯mWpÅ Nů^§Ä. A{S]pw Nů^w FWn¡v Fsâ em^yt]mXv b_]m³ bänÃ. IoänwPv Chv F tIm]vhv tWm«v F fnsÌ¡v. bns¶ H^pWmÄ bnXn¡s¸Xpt¼mÄ Um¼Sy¯n knlzmhySt]msX C^p¶ BÄ B]n^n¡pw NqXpS SN^pN. B H^p Wnfngw hvtWin¨ BapsX tkUW Nm\pt¼mÄ Ac]À S¶ FÃm hpOkpw ht´mgkpw B tkUW¡v fp³bn H¶pw BknÃ. NÅsW tbms` Nů^¯nsâ KoknSw W]nt¡*n k^p¶Sv FWn¡v Bt`mIn¡m³ NqXn bäm¯ H^p hwPSn]m\v.”” H^p bpN FXp¯p N¼nNp«³.sWäv
