N¼nNp«³.sWäv {lfn¨psNm*v `¯ocv b_ªp.
Akapw tIÀ¶v- AksW Sm§n¸nXn¨p.
bp_t¯ Ko¸nWXps¯¡v AkÀ SnXp¡¯n hn²mÀ°sW]pw sNm*v Wo§n.
fp³hoän AkÀ hn²mÀ°sW NnX¯n.
“”MmWnksW hnän timhv¸nä`n F¯n¨n«v knk^f_n]n¡mw,””
VrSn]n ss{ZknwPv hoän`n^p¶psNm*v `¯ocv b_ªp.
“”MmWpw NqXn k^mw `¯ocv UmUm…””
t_mhv–`n³ C^p¶p.
bns¶ hn²mÀ°³s_ S`s]Xp¯v S³s_ fXn]n sk¨p.
“”Asæn tgNv sI]vSv tdmZn H¯n^n Xt]Zv BNpw,’
AkÄ `¯ocntWmXv b_ªp.
“”l^n,””
`¯ocv Ko¸v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp.
s_]n tk tÌg³.
fwPam FN-vhv{bhn³s_ dn k¬ N¼mÀ«vsfân Wn¶v- bp_t¯¡n_§n] Unky AUvepSs¸«p.
`¯ocv UmU]pw Nq«pNm^pw Ss¶ Nm¯v ¹mävtcmfn Wn¡p¶p!
AkÀ BËmUt¯msX Aks^ ssNkoln¡m\n¨p.
AkÀ Sn^n¨pw.
Wn_ª bp©n^nt]msX AkÄ Aks^ hfobn¨p.
Nq«pNmÀ N®pNÄ fmämsS AkapsX knhvfnS shuµ^yw tWm¡n Wn¶p.
‘CsS´v bän, `¯ocv UmUm?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”MmsW¶m tfmUnKn]mt\m, CSv tbms` hzoN^n¡m³?””
“”AsSms¡ b_]mw Wo km,””
`¯ocv sPu^k¯n b_ªp.
AkÀ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.
skan]n `Socn³s_ hvtNmÀ¸nt]m bmÀ¡v sI]vSn^p¶p.
AkÀ Ko¸nWpÅn N]_n.
“”FknsX t_mhpw fäv fq¶v- SXn]³fm^pw?””
Unky tImUn¨p.
sc`nN-vhnsW]pw hSognsW]pw ftWmKnsW]pfm\v AkÄ Dt±ln¨Sv.
Nq«¯n Gäkpw Nm]nN £fS]pw N^ms« XqÀ®sf³_vNan Ft¸mjpw knK]n¡pN]pw sI¿p¶ Aks^]m\v `¯ocv hn²mÀ°³s_ hw^£\¯nWm]n Blpb{Sn]n Wnt]mPn¨n^p¶Sv.
hn²mÀ°³ sNmÃs¸«n«nà F¶_n]pt¼mÄ ^*mfsSm^p B{Nf\¯nWv K]{Nngv\³ fpSn^psf¶v- AkÀ A_nªn^p¶p.
“”t_mhv t_mhn³s_ kpZv dos] lp{lqgn¡p¶p. sc`nN-vhpw ftWmKpw hSogpw t_mhnsW]pw kpZv dos]]pw PmÀZv sI¿p¶p. hnän timhvbnä`nÂ.””
sg_n³ b_ªp.
Unky]psX fpO¯v IpankpNÄ ko\p.
“”kpZv do? hnäo timhvbnä ? Fs´ms¡]m Wn§ao¸_]ps¶?””
AkÄ AhiySt]msX tImUn¨p.
AkÀ Unkyt]mXv hwek§apsX ^SvW¨p^p¡f_n]n¨p.
t^minSn³s_ ko«n K]Nrgv\Wpw Nq«pNm^pw H^pfn¨p NqXn]Spw Unkys] kNk^p¯mWpÅ b²Sn K]Nrgv\³ Bkngv¡^n¨Spw AÚmSsâ sX`ntcm¬ htµlkpw K]Nrgv\³s_ b²Sns] hn²mÀ°³ FSnÀ¯Spw AW´^w sNm¶pNa]pN F¶ Dt±lt¯msX K]Nrgv\Wpw ^mfNrgv\Wpw {NnÌc_pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv