N¼nNp«³.sWäv inÂhns` WnVns]¡p_n¨v Mm³ tN«p. Unkys]¡p_n¨v tN«p…`¯ocnsWt¸ms` Ss¶ WnVn tk«¡m^pw Unky]psX {bm\Wv bn¶ms` WX¡p¶k^pw H¶v- Ss¶]m\v F¶v- MmWpw AWpfmWn¨p. sNm{dminÂhn Mm³ ^m{SnNan Ipän¡_§n. F³s_ sfZnsä]vg³sä]pw {bmÀ°W]ptX]pw emPfm]n. A§sW kntWmUntW]pw W^nfäw fm¯¨tW]pw MmWknsX¡*p. kntWmUn³s_ Smka§Ä tSXn WX¡p¶SnWnX]n Mm³ `¯ocnsW]pw AknsX¡*p. M§Ä H^pfn¨v ¹mWpNÄ D*m¡n. kntWmUv Unky]psX htimU^Wm]n^n¡mw F¶v- MmWpw hwl]n¨p…””
“”hmÀ, Nm^y§Ä GSm*v N¼v`oäv ¢n]À B]ntÃ?””
sg_n³ tImUn¨p.
“”CWn kntWmUv tftWmsW Wn]f¯nWN¯v sNm*pk^p¶SnWv F´m SXÊw? Wfp¡v tbm`ohn CWvtcmw sI]vSv NqsX?””
“”bänÃ, sg_n³,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”b` Nm^y§apw CWn]pw kyàfmNmWp*v. DUmi^\¯nWv kntWmUpw W^nfäw fm¯¨Wpfp*m]n^p¶ N\£³. A§sW b` Nm^y§apw. Gäkpw k`n] {blvWw ASÃ. W½psX N¿n F´p*v A]mÄ¡v FSn^m]n«v– sSankm]n? Ct¸mÄ A]mÄ H¶pf_n]^pSv. A]mapsX sP]nw WX¡s«. B^pw Ss¶ Sn^n¨_nªn«nà F¶v- A]mÄ knlzhn¡s«. Unky]psX KokWv bn¶ms`, WnVn]psX bn¶ms` A]mÄ WX¡p¶Sv tbms` W½Ä A]mapsX bn¶ms` WX¡p¶p*v F¶v- A]mÄ A_n]^pSv. A]msa bqÀ®fm]n NpXp¡mkp¶ B]pV§Ä Wfp¡v Nn«p¶Sv ks^,””
“”hmÀ, H^p hwl]w,””
^mKp tImUn¨p.
“”kntWmUv tftWmsWSns^ Wfp¡nt¸mÄ sSankpNanÃ. W^nfäw Sq§nf^n¨p. Asæn K]Nrgv\³ A]msa sNm¶v sN«n¯q¡n. CWn kntWmUnsW NpXp¡mkp¶ sSankpNÄ {NnÌc_pw ^mfNrgv\Wpw gmKimWpfm\v. hn²mÀ°³ b_ªSWph^n¨v kntWmUv Ak^pfm]n dÔs¸«nt«]nÃ. K]Nrgv\sW kntWmUv kntUlt¯t¡m ftäm NX¯n]m F´v sI¿pw? W^nfä¯nsW sNm¶ Npä¯nWv bnXn¡s¸XmSn^n¡m³ K]Nrgv\³ HanknÂt¸m]n F¶ kmUw kntWmUnWp {bI^n¸n¨v NqsX? At¸mÄ W½Ä F´v sI¿pw? hm£nNtam sSankpNtam kntWmUnsWSns^ CÃ,””
^mKpknsâ Wn^o£\w A¸ hf]t¯¡v WnlÐS hrãvXn¨p.
“”sSankpw hm£n]psfm¶pfnsæn fsäm¶pw Bt`mIn¡mWnÃ,””
kn³shâv– UrZhz^¯n b_ªp.
“”Wn]fw N¿ns`Xp¡pN Ss¶! A]mam\v knó! ASv Wfp¡v A_n]mw. W½Ä hm£nNam\v. Ak³s_ sNm^kÅn]v¡v H^p k`n k`n¨m hSyw bp_¯v k^pw. Aà bns¶!””
Unky tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNml¯n km¨v tWm¡n.
hf]w b{´*v Wm¸Sv.
WX¸v SpX§n]n«v H¶^ fWn¡q_mNp¶p.
IpäpbmXpNÄ hq£vffm]n Wn^o£n¨psNm*v, N¼nNp«³.sWäv
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