മൃഗം 13

N¼nNp«³.sWäv M§Ä¡v H^p Npj¸kpw D*mNnÃm]n^p¶p…” l¦^³ ssNNÄ Nq¸n b_ªp.
“”””Npj¸w Ct¸mjpw D*m]n«nÃtÃm..^m{Sn B^v k¶p fp«n]m`pw NSNv Sp_¡^pSv..Nps_s]ms¡ Wn§apsX emP¯pfp*v kojvI..l^n..Nm\mw”
sbut`mhv sI¶p k*n]n N]_n. ASv fp³tbm«p NpSn¨p.
“”””F{S WÃ fWpgy³..” l¦^³ bn_pbn_p¯p.
tbm`ohv tbm]n¡jnªv l¦^³ ko«nt`¡v N]_m³ SpX§p¶ hf]¯m\v fsäm^p Hmt«m kmSn¡ F¯n Wn¶Sv. B^m\v k¶sS¶_n]m³ l¦^³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
“”””Wo CknsX¯s¶ Wn¡v..MmWpXsW k^mw..”
k*n]n Wn¶pw C_§n] cmUÀ PokÀPohv Hmt«m¡m^tWmXv b_ªp. A]mÄ S`]m«n] tlgw k*n Sn^n¨n«p.
“”””As½..Um H^p A¨³ k^p¶p…”
KW`n`qsX bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n] Unky A½t]mXv b_ªp. ^pNvfn\n F´nWm\v A¨³ k^p¶Sv F¶mt`mIn¨psNm*v bp_t¯¡n_§n. l¦^Wpw sSÃp sNuSpNt¯msX A¨sW tWm¡n. AkWp b^nI]fp*m]n^p¶nà cmUÀ PokÀ¤ohnsW.
“”””Wfh-vNm^w..kmhpknsâ koXtÃ?” bp©n^nt]msX A¨³ tImUn¨p.
“”””AsS At¨m..A§v?” l¦^³ ekySt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”””b_]mw..FWn¡v At§m«v– C^n¡mftÃm AsÃ?” A¨³ tImUn¨p.
“”””At¿m F´v tImUyfm ASv..k¶ms«..^pNvfn\n tkPw Im] D*m¡v..”
l¦^³ SnXp¡¯n Nth^ Wo¡n ASv SpX¨n«v ekySt]msX Wn¶p. A¨³ N]_n C^p¶p. ^pNvfn\n tkPw AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶p. Unky]pw SmÂb^yt¯msX k¶p NSNnsâ f_kn Wn¶p.
“”””l¦^³..AsÃ?” A¨³ tImUn¨p.
“”””AsS..”
“”””C^n¡v..kmhp Ft¶mXv Wn§apsX FÃm Nm^y§apw b_ªn«p*v..tfmsaknsX?”
“”””AN¯p*v At¨m..”
“”””l¦^³ C^n¡v..”
l¦^³ H^p Nth^ Wo¡n]n«n^p¶p.
“”””Fsâ tb^v cmUÀ PokÀPohv..Mm³ kmhpknsâ H^p hpir¯m\v..” A¨³ bp©n^nt]msX hz]w b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. l¦^sâ fpO¯v fm{Sfà Unky]psX fpO¯pw ASv tN«t¸mÄ sM«`p*m]n. H^p bpt^minS³ kmhptk«sâ hpir¯m\t{S.
“”””sM«*..hSyfm\v..kÀg§am]n FWn¡ksW A_n]mw. FWn¡v AktWmXpÅSv H^p fNtWmXpÅ kmÕ`yfm\v..AsS¸än bns¶ hwhm^n¡mw…MmWnt¸mÄ Ct§m«v k¶Sv kmhp tcm¬ sI]vSv b_ªSv sNm*m\v”
“”””As½..Im] Mm³ sNmXp¡mw”
Im]]pfm]n k¶ ^pNvfn\nt]mXv Unky b_ªp. AkÄ Im] fNapsX b¡Â sNmXp¯ tlgw AkapsX NqsX bp_¯n_§n.
“”””Im]..” Unky A¨sâ fpOt¯¡v sNuSpNt¯msX tWm¡ns¡m*v– Im] WÂNn.
“”””Unky..AsÃ..” A¨³ tImUn¨p. AkÄ S`]m«n.
“”””Dw..As¸m N¼nNp«³.sWäv