B`ohv km¨v tWm¡n. hf]w b¯v BNm³ tbmNp¶p. t_mg³ CSv ks^]pw tf¡¸v Njnªn«nÃ. Ck³s_ H^p Nm^yw! k]hv bSnsWt« B]pÅq. F¶m`pw sb®p§Ä tf¡¸v sI¿p¶Sv tbms`]m\v. F´v hf]fm\v sI_p¡³ C§sW bmjm¡p¶Sv! Ck³ F´nWm\v sc]À B³Zv `kv`n Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv? bm Wn_fm\v. ASv tbms` bp^nNw fnWp¡pN, sW]n tbmangv sI¿pN, b¯pfnWn«n H^n¡Â fpXn IoNpN…
“”””F³s_ t_mgm, CSv sNmt_ NqXpS`m tNt«m? BÄ¡m^v N*m F¶m knIm^n¡qXm? CSv sb¶p§sa¡m NãvXkm tNt«m,”
Wo* Nm¯n^n¸nWv tlgw Ak³ fp_n]n Wn¶v- C_§nk¶t¸mÄ B`ohv b_ªp.
“”””f½n¡Sv b_]mw,”
AkapsX fmwhafm] ssN¯*]n AfÀ¯nsM¡n Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””sI_p¡m F³s_ ssN¡v tkUW FXp¯p tNt«m,”
Ak³s_ ssNknXpkn¨v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””H¶v- sSm«tS]pÅq At¸mÄ tkUW sSmX§n. F§sW tkUWn¡Sn^n¡pw? sW]v– tN_n sW]v– tN_n A§v sbm§ns¸m§ns¡X¡pktà FÃmXkpw? H^p FN-vhÀsshhpw sI¿ptk`, B Uob B³äow Hs¡ sI¿p¶tbms` H¶v- WX¡m³ NqXn tbmN¯nÃ,”
“”””bns¶ CWn FN-vhÀsshhv sI¿m¯ sNmj¸tk HÅq. Wo Wn¶v- Nn\v–§msS k^p¶pt*m?”
AkÄ Ah´pãvXn Nm\n¨p.
“”””FN-vhÀsshhv H¶pw sI]vSntà F¶m? C¸jpw Wà hq¸À shN-vhn B³Zv ¥mf_hv Atà F³s_ sbm¶pf½n fnÊnhv B`ohv Cu¸³,”
“”””FXm FXm,”
AkÄ Ak³s_ tSman AXn¨p.
“”””sbäStÅsX AXp¯v Ss¶ tkt\mXm sI_p¡m Wn³s_]o DuakÀ¯mWw? Dw ..km km,”
ASv b_ªv B`ohv t_mg³ Nm\msS bp©n^n¨p. bs£ Ak³ ASv N*Sv AkÄ A_nªnÃ.
A§sW b_sª¦n`pw B`ohnWv DÅn AW¸fm] ht´mgw tSm¶ns]¶v- t_mg³ AWpfmWn¨p. AkWv {bm]w bSnsW«v Bs\¦n`pw Wà km]Wlo`w Sos^ sI_n] {bm]w fpSÂt¡]p*m]n^p¶p. hv{So ssht¡maKns]ms¡ Cu {bm]¯nWnX]n Ak³ km]n¨n«p*v. siu äp shZyqhv F kpf¬ Hs¡ b`]mkÀ¯n km]n¨n«p*v. Wm¸Sv Njnª GSv hv{So]v¡pw tSm¶p¶tbms`, hz´w shuµ^ys¯¸än, kyànSzs¯¸än H^p hp^£nSfnÃm]vf B`ohnWpw tSm¶n¯pX§n]n«v Nps_ WmapNam]n«p*mk\w F¶v- Ak³ AWpfmWn¨n^p¶p. B\p§Ä NqXpS hf]w sI_p¸Nm^n hpµ^nNsa]tà {l²n¡p¶Sn f½n]v¡v CuÀgy tSm¶p¶p*mkpw. bs*ms¡ S³s_ fm_nt`¡v NqXpS hf]w BapNÄ tWm¡pfm]n^p¶tÃm Ct¸msj´m\v A§sW]nÃm¯Sv– F¶pw f½n In´n¡p¶p*mk\w. f½n]psX NqsX H^pfn¨p WXt¡* hµÀew k^pt¼msjms¡ , bn¼n B\p§Ä Ds*¦n NqsX¡qsX f½n N¼nNp«³.sWäv