N¼nNp«³.sWäv B`ohv b_ªp.
“”C¸w t_mg³s_ ssN f½osX sfmt“m…tfmÄ¡v F´v tSm¶p¶p?’
AkapsX SpX]n A¸wNqXn AfÀ¯ns¡m*v dmk³ tImUn¨p.
“”At{Sw sM¡n¸nXn¨m f½n¡v sfmt`Â tkUW k^¯ntÃ?””
_n] tImUn¨p.
B`ohpw t_mgWpw C¯k\]pw dmksW kngfn¨v tWm¡n.
“”tkUWt]m? ASv Wfp¡v tWm¡mw. t_mgm, CWn Wo _nt]sX sfmt`Â H¶v- bnXnt¨,””
“”l^n,””
t_mg³ DÕmit¯msXs]jpt¶äp.
“”F³s_ sfmt` H¶pw bnXnt¨¡p^pSv–,””
_n] sbs«¶v b_ªp.
“”F¶m C¡nan]¶_n]mtkm! MmsW§pw h½Sn¡ptk`,””
“”sfm`]v¡v bnXn¨m C¡nan k^q¶v tfmavs¡§sW A_n]mw? Bt^`pw tfmÄsX sfmt` bnXn¨n«pt*m?””
dmk³ tImUn¨p. Sm³ tImUn¡m³ B{Pin¨ AsS tImUyw A]mapw tImUn¨Sn B`ohv Blzhn¨p.
AkapsX D¯^¯nWm]n t_mgWpw B`ohpw Nm¯p.
“”At¿m ASv Mm³ b_]nÃ. ssddnsa sSm«v hSyw sI]vSSm…””
AkÀ fqk^pw b^hvb^w tWm¡n.
“”tfmsa,””
B`ohv knan¨p.
“”Cu A¦nÄ H^p k`n] ss_ä_m. fm{Skà A_n]s¸Xp¶ sh£z sNu¬hn`_m. H^p sNu¬hn`À Ft¸mjpw FÃm ^ihykpw hq£n¡pw. S` tbm]m`pw Bt^mXpw b_]ptk`. bns¶ Mm³ tfmÄsX f½ow Ck³ tfmÄsX B§a]pftÃ? M§Ä Bt^`pw tfmÄ¡v tUmgw k^m³ tWm¡ptkm? ASv sNm*v ssddnsa sSm«v hSyw sI]vSm`pw tfmÄ¡v M§sX AXp¯v ASv b_]mw. ssddnan`pw H*v A§sW. fo¡m {bkmIN³ FjpSn] bphvSN¯n Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p ASv. ..””
“”tbm..A`oth…Wo Cu]nsX]m]n ssddnÄ km]W CÃ AtÃ? Wo b_ª emPw HÅSv tbmt`mhv A¸hvtSm`³ sNmtamÊn]Às¡jpSn] t`OW¯n`m…””
“”Bt\m?””
B`ohv AUvepSw WXn¨p.
“”At¿m, Mm³ f_¶ptbm]m^pt¶…””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”Bt\m?””
_n] ASnl]t¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”ssddnan A§sW Hs¡ Dt*m? F¶m Mm³ b_]mw. F³s_ sfmt`¸nXn¨Sv hnÌÀ t_mhv tf^n,””
ASnl]s¸Xp¯n] H^p kmÀ¯]m]n^p¶p ASv. NWymhv{SoNÄ¡v H^p fmSrN F¶ Wn`]n`m\v AkÀ hnsÌÀ t_mhv tf^ns] N*n^p¶Sv. Wm`pkÀgfm]n AkÀ _n] bYn¸n¡p¶ h-vNqan AVymbnN]m\v.
“”C¸w fpSÂ?””
dmk³ tImUn¨p.
“”b¯mw ¢mÊv fpSÂ. MmWpw hnÌ_pw H^p Unkhw Aįmt^ bq sk¡pkm^p¶p. hnsÌÀ Ft¶w tWm¡n sNmt_ tW^w Wn¶p..””
“”FksX tWm¡n Wn¶p?””
t_mg³ CX]v¡v N]_n tImUn¨p.
“”F³s_ sfmO¯pw tf¯pw Hs¡,””
“”FktX`pw {btSyNn¨v tWm¡nt]m?””
“”f½o CktWmXv fn*mSn^n¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
