മൃഗം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfm]vSo³ DX³Ss¶ knan¨p b_ªSv Nm^yfm]n. AksW sk_psS StÃ* Nm^yfnÃtÃm..b\w km§n¯s¶ b\n]mw. bs£ SmWpfm]n AkWp {blvWfp*v F¶v C]mÄ A_n]*. A_nªm A]mÄ sNmt«g³ fmän¡a]pw. fphvSc fWÊn N\¡pNq«n.
“”””Nm^yw FWn¡_nt]*SnÃ..F¶m`pw tImUn¡pN]m\v..F´m Wn§apw AkWpw S½n {blvWw?” A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””{blvWtfm? Fsâ tfmsâ fq¶p bÃm\v B Wm_n AXn¨p sNmjn¨Sv..tks_]pw In` {blvW§Ä D*v..MmsWm^p tbm`ohpNm^³ B]nt¸m]n..ASpsNm*v tW^n FWn¡ksW H¶pw sI¿m³ bänÃ..ASm Wns¶ knan¸n¨Sv…”
“”””MmtWäp..C¶pSs¶ Aksâ Nm^yw SoÀ¯v St¶¡mw..bs£ In`kv A`vbw NqXpw” fphvSc S` sIm_nªp.
“”””F{Sm WnW¡v tk*Sv?”
“”””A¼Sv”
“”””tR..A¼tSm..FXm WnWs¡ms¡ b` himt]mw M§av sI¿p¶Sm..ASv f_¡tÔ
“”””Fsâ hms_ H¶n Np_ªpÅ H^p sNmt«gWpw Mm³ FXp¡m_nÃ.. CSns` _nh-vNv– F{S]m\v F¶v hm_nWpw A_n]mftÃm? fÀ½t¯m ftäm AXn ko\m Kok³ tbmNp¶ tNhm..In`t¸mÄ ASv Aksâ]mNmw.. ASsæn M§apsX..Kok³ b\]w k¨pÅ Nan]m CSv..Bav I¯m K]n`n tbmtN*Spw M§am..ASpsNm*v CSn Np_ªv H^p ^t£fnÃ…hm_m]Sv sNm*v fm{Sfm Mm³ A¼Sn HSp§n]Sv”
fphvSc b_ªp. DÅn Unky]pw ^Sogpw FÃmw tNÄ¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””FXo AksW A]mÄ C¶v l^n]m¡pw. sXu\ns` Pp*m tWSmkm A]mÄ…” ^Sogv– Unkyt]mXv b_ªp. kmhpkntWmXpÅ bN N¯nKz`n¡pN]m]n^p¶ AkÄ¡v ASv tN«t¸mÄ fWhn kWyfm] H^p ht´mgw Wn_ªp. AsS..AksW Bs^¦n`pw l^n¡pw f^ymU bYn¸n¡\w. Aksâ Ai¦m^w AtSmsX So^pw!
“”””C¶m F®n tWm¡v..” Aªq_nsâ H^p sN«v fphvSc]v¡v WÂNns¡m*v ^ko{µ³ b_ªp.
fphvSc b\w F®p¶Sv Unky Hanªp Wn¶ptWm¡n. Dw..C]mÄ Bav sNmÅmw. Wà N^p¯Wm\v. B ssNNÄ N*ntÃ? M^¼pNÄ sSanªp Wn¡p¶ D_¨ ssNNÄ. AksW C]mÄ FXp¯n«p sfSn¡pw..AkÄ fWÊn b_ªp.
“”””C_¨n sk«pNm^Wm A]mÄ” ^Sogv– AkapsX A^s¡«n ssN AfÀ¯ns¡m*v bSns] b_ªp. ASpNqXn tN«t¸mÄ Unky]psX ht´mgw C^«n¨p. AksW C]mÄ sNm¶n^ps¶¦n F¶v tbm`pw AkÄ Bln¨p. ^Sogpw ^ko{µWpw fphvSc tbmNm³ tk*n SnXp¡s¸«p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p; Unky]pw.
b\w F®n Sn«s¸Xp¯n A^]ns` sdÂäntWmXv tIÀ¶pÅ dmPn k¨ tlgw fphvSc Fjpt¶äp. A]mapsX sW©pkn^nkpw {Nq^fm] fpOkpw N*t¸mÄ Unky¡v tbXn tSm¶n. e]¦^³ B\v C]mÄ. kmhp C¶v ISª^]pw! {Nq^fm] BËmUt¯msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv