N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶n. AsSms¡ Fs´m^p kr¯ntNXm\v Fs¶ms¡]m tSm¶n]Sv…’
‘iw… sl^n, CsSms¡ A½ b_]p¶Sv Hanªp tNÄ¡p¶Sv sl^n]mt\m?’
AkapsX fpOw kmXn. AkÄ sfsà b_ªp. ‘A½]pw AÑWpw tWs^ f^ymU]v¡v hwhm^n¡m_p tbm`pfnÃ… ASpsNm*p Mm³ b_ªntÃ… fMvKpknsâ ko«ns`ms¡ tbmNpt¼mÄ FWn¡v Ahq]]pw h¦Xkpw k^pw.
A½]v¡v AÑsWs]ms¡ bpÑfm\v. FÃm B\p§apw C§sW sb®p§apsX kn]À¸pw fq{Skpw NpXn¡p¶ b«nNÄ Bs\¶ ^oSn]n`m\v tcm\ns`ms¡ hwhm^n¡p¶Sp tNÄ¡m_pÅSv.
F´v Nm^yw sNm*m\v A½ AÑsW sk_p¡ps¶¶v A_n]nÃ. AsSms¡ A_n]mWm Mm³ A½]psX tcm¬ knan Hs¡ Hanªp tNÄ¡m_pÅSv.
B kr¯nsN« {Xoh Bân]m\v A½t]mXv tk*m¯sSms¡ b_ªp {blvWfp*m¡p¶Sp.
^Kotg«sW¡p_n¨pw AkÀ b_]m_p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ Cu]Xp¯p A½ {Xoh Bânt]mXv– tcm\n b_]p¶Sv tN«n^p¶p. FÃm B\p§apw sb®nsâ AkntXw CkntXw f\¸n¨p km`m«nÃ. ^Kogv Wo b_ªSv tbms` sbm«WÃ… BUyfm]n«m H^p sW©p_¸pÅ B\nsW Nm\p¶sSs¶ms¡…
Fsâ AÑsW tbm`pw kn` sNmXp¡m¯ A½ ^Kotg«sW Np_n¨v A§sW b_ªt¸mÄ FWn¡v sl^n¡pw ^Kotg«tWmXv kÃm¯ dipfmWw tSm¶n. B ^Kotg«³ A¶v Fsâ s{ZÊpw bmân]psfms¡ A§sW sI¿p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ…’ km tSm^msS hwhm^n¨ fmap sbs«¶v WnÀ¯n.
‘N*t¸mÄ…’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
‘ASv bns¶… FWn¡v kÃmSm]n… Fs´ms¡t]m tbms` tSm¶n.’ AkÄ ASv b_ªp fpOw Smjv¯n.
‘i… b_ sbs®… F´m tSm¶n]Sv ? AStà tNÄt¡*Sv…’
‘FWn¡_n]nÃ… Fs´ms¡t]m tbms`…’
Mm³ sfsà ssN AkapsX SpX]nXp¡n sk¨p.
‘CknsX]mt\m Fs´ms¡t]m tbms` tSm¶n]Sv…’
AkÄ sM«n.
‘At¿m… Bt^`pw Nm\pw’ AkÄ Fsâ ssN fmäm³ {lfn¨p.
Mm³ fmän]nÃ. bN^w H¶knsX AfÀ¯n.
‘Bt^`pw Nm\p¶Stà fmaq«n¡v {blvWfpÅp… B^pw Nm\msS Mm³ {l²n¡mw…’
Mm³ k*ns]Xp¯p. CX]v¡nsX Pn]À fmäp¶sSmjn¨m Fsâ ssN bqÀ\fm]pw fmaknN]psX bqknsW AkapsX s{ZÊnWp fpNan`qsX St`mXns¡m*n^p¶p. fmaknN BsN kÃm¯ AkØ]n`m]n^p¶p. e]kpw A¼^¸pw B fpO¯p*v.
F¦n`pw B emkkpw F{S hpµ^w.
Mm³ Sn^¡v Np_kpÅ t_mZpNant`]v¡v k*n HmXn¨p.
‘At¸mÄ A¶v Mm³ _qfn k¶t¸mÄ fmaq«n Fs¶ N*n^p¶p AsÃ…?’ Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
