N¼nNp«³.sWäv NmtSmÀ¯p.
“”F´m `¯ocv UmUm, ASv,””
B tImUyw hn²mÀ°Wn Wn¶m]n^p¶p.
Nq«pNmÀ A´w kn«v hn²mÀ°sW]pw `¯ocnsW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
hn²mÀ°³ BUyfm]n `¯ocnsW ‘`¯ocv UmU’ F¶v- hwtdmVW sI]vSn^n¡p¶p!
`¯ocv H^p {btSyN emk¯n hn²mÀ°sW tWm¡n.
“”B fmÀ¤tfSms\¶p Mm³ b_]s« `¯ocv UmUm,””
kn³shâv bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”b_]q’ F¶ AÀ°Sn `¯ocv S`Np`p¡n.
“”`¯ocv UmU F¶ tb^v hn²mÀ°³ SpXÀ¶pw Dbt]mPn¡pN,””
t_mhv–`n³s_ fpOw {bNmlbqÀ®fm]n.
Nq«pNm^n`pw ASv BËmUw Wn_¨p.
“”F¶v- sk¨m hn²mÀ°³ W½psX {Pq¸n tI^\sf¶v-, AtÃ?””
sg_n³ tImUn¨p.
“”ASnWv h½Sfmt\m hn²mÀ°Wv?””
`¯ocv hn²mÀ°sW tWm¡n .
Nq«pNms^ AUvepSs¸Xp¯ns¡m*v hn²mÀ°³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_ªp.
“”F´m hn²q?””
t_mhv–`n³ hmkVmWw tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ …””
CX_n] hz^¯n Ak³ b_]m³ {lfn¨p.
“”Wn§sa …Wn§sas]ms¡ ..H^pbmXv ..t{Umin¨ Mm³ …UntkysW sNmÃm³ WX¡p¶ K]Nrgv\³s_ Nq«¯nÂ…F¶n«v …B Fs¶ …Ct¸mÄ ….Nq«pNm^Wm¡m³ …Mm³…””
Ak³s_ hz^w fp_nªp.
N®oÀ {bkmiw kÀ²n¨p.
“”sly, F´m]nSv? sNm¨pNp«nNtat¸ms`?””
Unky Ak³s_ ]Xps¯¡v k¶p.hvtWibqÀÆw bp©n^n¨psNm*p AkÄ Ak³s_ C^ptSmapNan`pw bnXn¨p.
“”Fs¶ ^£s¸Xp¯m³ tk*n, F³s_ Kok³ ^£n¡m³ tk*n f^n¡m³ tbm`pw H^p§o«v…F¶n«m\v …Fs¶ t{Umins¨¶v- …””
UnkypsX fnjnNapw WWªp.
“”hn²mÀ°³s_ ^*pSpÅn¡®oÀ N*v– Blzhn¸n¡m³ sI¶Sm Unky. F¶n«nt¸mÄ d¡äv N\¡nWm N®oÀ t{bmZ£³…””
BdnUv Nan]m¡n.
Unky N®pNÄ SpX¨p.
hn²mÀ°Wpw.
Nq«pNmÀ `¯ocnsW tWm¡n.
“”Wm`v D¯^kmUn¯§Ä D*v W½psX Ipf`nÂ, Ct¸mÄ.””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”H¶v- Unky]psX hp^£, ^*v hn²mÀ°³s_ hw^£\w, fq¶v- K]Nrgv\sW Sn^]Â, Wm`v tNm{dm inÂhv– Wn^o£\w,””
`¯ocv H^p sh¡³Zv Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n.
“”tNm{dminÂhn³s_ Wn^o£\¯nWv CWn W½Ä IpfS`s¸Xp¯p¶Sv BdnUnsW]pw ftWmKnsW]pfm\v. bpt^mPSn]nt`¡v Wo§ns¡m*n^n¡p¶ B tKm`n CkÀ bqÀ¯n]m¡pw. ^mKpkpw hSogpw t_mhv–`nWpw K]Nrgv\sW Sn^]pw. hnän]ns` hN` Han¯mka§apw A^n¨p sb_p¡pN. hN` sS^pkpNapw tI^nNapw. ASnWp hmVyfm] fmÀ¤§sams¡ Dbt]mPn¡pN. N¼nNp«³.sWäv