N¼nNp«³.sWäv knXÀ¶p.
^mKtlO^kÀ½]pw AUvepSb^S{´Wm]n.
Pm]{SntUkn SnXp¡¯n sÌ]ÀtNhn`qsX imant`¡v tbmNm³ emkn¨p.
“”CknsX k¶n«nÃ, f½n,””
Aks^ SXªpsNm*v Unky b_ªp.
“”W½psX ko«n`Ã,””
“”bns¶s]knsX? Culz^m, tW^mt\m? F¶ns«knsX tfmsa At±iw?””
“”CknsX? lm´nbp^¯v?””
^mKtlO^kÀ½]pw tImUn¨p.
“”tfmsa§sW]_nªp? tfmsa§sW At²is¯ Sn^n¨_nªp? At±iw b_tªm?””
SnXp¡w Nq«msS F¶ AÀ°¯n Unky At²is¯ ssNNÄ D]À¯n kn`¡n.
“”ZmZn DÖ]nWo¶p At²i¯n³s_ tcmt«m{Pmcvhv DÅ H^p bphvSNw sNm*pk¶ntÃ? AtS]mÄ CknsX]p*v. At²is¯ Ss¶]m\v Mm³ N*Sv,””
“”ASv fäms^¦n`pfm]n^n¡pw,””
At±iw Sm¸^yw Nm\n¡msS b_ªp.
“”tfmÄ FknsX sk¨m At²is¯ Ns*? hWymh khv{SftÃ?””
“”At±iw ¢ºn`p*v f½o,””
“”¢ºnt`m!””
AkÀ fpOw Ipan¨p.
“”im f½o,””
AkÄ Btklt¯msX knk^n¨p.
“”¢ºnÂ. At²is¯ FÃm^pw A_n]pw. sh]n³_v tf^ohns` bpSn] `NvI_À. kn`ywhv A¦nan³s_ tfmtW So]n Wn¶v- ^£s¸Xp¯n] BÄ. W^nfäw A¦nansW ko«n tN_n Zngyqw Zngyqw ssN]pw Nm`pw SÃns]mXn¨]mÄ. kntWmUv A¦nantWmXv kj¡p*m¡n]]mÄ. ^mip hmÀ. ^mip Wm^m]\³.””
“”_ºngv!””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ b_ªp.
At±iw ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
bn¶ms` Unky]pw Pm]{SntUkn]pw .
S³s_ ss`{d_nfp_n]n N]_n] At±iw sgÂcnt` bphvSN§apsX CX]n Wn¶v- Wo`bp_w I«]pÅ H^p bphvSNsfXp¯p.
tbKpNÄ f_n¨v hmSznNtlme]pÅ H^p ]pkmkn³s_ t¢mhv Abv In{SfpÅ H^p tbKv FXp¯p.
“”CSm\v B ]pkbpt^minS³,””
B tbKv Unky]psX fpO¯nWv– tWs^ knXÀ¯n¸n Xn¨psNm*p At±iw b_ªp.
“”Ct±iw H^p fimSbhzn]m\v, tkUÚmWn]m\v, t]mPmIm^yWm\v, {SnNm`ÚmWn]pw,””
“”fWÊn`m]n, fWÊn`m]n,””
Unky In^n¨psNm*v At²i¯n³s_ ssN]n Wn¶v- bphvSNw km§n.
“”ZmZn dm¡n b_]m³ tbmNp¶sS´m\v Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw,””
AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”Cu ^mKy¯v fm{SfÃ, ]qt_m¸n`pw Atf^n¡]n`pw Ct±iw {bhn²Wm\v, sS^pkn kj¡n«v h¼mUn¨ Np{bhn²n]Ã, bns¶ Ct±i¯n³s_ tb^v ^mip Wm^m]\³ AÃ, hSymWµv F¶m\v Fs¶ms¡]tÃ? CsSms¡ FWn¡pw A_n]mw ZmZn. ZmZn Cu bphvSNw sNm*pk¶ AtS Unkhw knTn³ Xz³än tcm_tkjvhv Mm³ cnWngv sI]vSStà Cu bphvSNw?””
“”sU³ siu…?””
“”AsSm¶pw FWn¡_n]nÃ,””
Unky SpX˦p.
“”hwl]w N¼nNp«³.sWäv
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