N¼nNp«³.sWäv bpSn] AVolSzw Aens] Cs{¼Êv sI¿psf¶pw ASn`qsX B^m\v CWn CknsX Nm^y§Ä So^pfmWn¡p¶Sv F¶v AkÄ¡p fWÊn`mNpsf¶pw Ak³ b_ªn^p¶p. Ip^p¡n b_ªm Ak³ Aen]psX ht´mg¯nWv tk*n AksW Ss¶ FWn¡v AXn]_kv k¨n^n¡p¶p. CsSÃmw H^p bpSn] fmä¯nsâ SpX¡fmkmw.
“” Wo AkapsX bq_nt`¡v WtÃm\w tWm¡nt]. F´v ewPn]m N*n«v BsN WWªp koÀ¯n^n¡pN]ms\¶v tSm¶p¶p. l^n¡pw H^p ftWmi^fm] N´v “” Mm³ ko*pw b_ªp.
Mm³ Aksa sNm*v kr¯ntNXv b_]p¶SnWWph^n¨p AkÄ Np_pNm³ SpX§n. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ ko*pw AN¯n AkapsX bq_nS`pNÄ¡v fpNan`qsX Wn¡_nsâ tfs`]m]n bSns] kn^t`mXn¨p. F¶n«v VWognsW tWm¡n. Ak³ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v N®n_p¡n.
“” i½v .. F´v thmcväv BXm CkapsX bq_v. BsN WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. CkÄ Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n MmWnksa Fsâ É«pw hdvfnÊnkpw B¡n fmänt]sW. bs£ CSv Wnsâ AenNp«n]tà AkÄ ASv tbms` H¶pw B]n^n¡nÃ. “” Mm³ f{´n¨p.
VWogv Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. Fsâ Dt±lw AkWp fWÊn`m]n F¶v tSm¶p¶p. Mm³ Aens] Aa¡pN]m]n^p¶p. GSäw ks^ tbmNm³ AkÄ Fs¶ h½Sn¡pw F¶v FWn¡_n]\fm]n^p¶p. F´v sI]vSm`m\v AkÄ FWn¡v NojX§pN F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡mWm]n^p¶p Mm³ A§sW sI]vSSv. Mm³ Aen¡v Hmbvg³hv WÂNn]n^n¡pN]m\v GSp Wnfngw tk\sf¦n`pw AkÄ¡v CSv WnÀ¯mw. bs£ AkÄNv SpX^mWm\v Sm`vb^yw Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.
“” AKq, Wo b_ªSv l^n]m\v. bs£ Fsâ Aen¡p«ns] WnW¡v l^n¡pw A_n]nÃ. In` hf]¯p AkÄ e]¦^ sh£z B\v. At¶^w AkÄ e]¦^ NphrSn]pfm\v .”” VWogv In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“” Bt\m. F¶m Wfp¡v H^p dn]_pw FXp¯v H¶n^n¡\w .. FWn¡v Aen]psX NphrSn¯^§Ä Hs¡ tNÄ¡\w. “”
“” ASnsW´m AKq … FÃmw Mm³ b_ªp S^mw… “”
Aen BsN H¶v sM«n VWognsW tWm¡n.
Mm³ Aen]psX SpX]nXp¡n Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¯p. Aksa Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p WnÀ¯n. F¶n«v AkÄ C^p¶ Nth^]n Mm³ C^p¶p. F¶n«v AkapsX I´n fpNant`¡v D]À¶v Wn¡p¶ S^¯n Aksa Mm³ Fsâ fXn]n Nfnjv¯n NnX¯n.
“” As¸m CSv Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n Fsâ É«v Bs\¦n MmWkapsX I´n¡v Wà sbX sbX¡pw. “”
Fsâ ssNNÄ bSns] AkapsX bmkmX A^¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
