N¼nNp«³.sWäv tN_mt_ CÃ. CkntXw shu^yw S^nt]s`? Fs¶ knXv Mm³ tbmNpkm…””
tKm Fjpt¶äp.
“”Bim…!””
Kho´ Ak³s_ bn¶ms` sI¶p.
“”tbmNptkmXm Wo?””
“”dmk¨m,””
B`ohv dmksâ ssN]n bnXn¨p.
“”AksW knan¡v. BsN {chvt{ääZv B\v Bav,””
dmk³ At¸mjpw B kÀ¯fmW§Ä Hs¡ BhzUn¨v NphrSnt]msX FÃmt^w tWm¡pkm^p¶p.
“”Wns¡Xm AknsX,””
dmk³ tKmt]mXp b_ªp.
tKm sbs«¶v Wn¶p.
“”§vim!
sbs«¶v bpSn] H^p Bl]w Nn«n]tbms` tKm fpt¼m«v– k¶p.
“”FÃm^pw F³sä tWs^ c]¦^ kj¡tÃ?””
“”c]¦^ F¶Ã e]¦^ F¶v- b_. H¶pktÃ`pw Wo H^p Fjp¯pNm^WtÃXm,””
dmk³ AksW Sn^p¯m³ {lfn¨p.
“”F¶m tNmt¸`pkms«. Hm H^p hm_v kt¶¡p¶p! tXzâv_n Xp cnsf]n tNm«]w N*p Nm\msS bYn¨ kan¨ tKm¡v… B bns¶ Cu kans¸ms¡ H^p Dap¸pknÃmsS S«nknXp¶ dmk³ hm_v B^m¶v kà knImt^mw Dt*m tI¨n¡v?””
tKm Kho´t]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”FWn¡_n]mw. MmWpw b{Ssfms¡ km]n¡p¶Sm. b{S¯n N*ns«m*p hm_n³s_ tcmt«m. Ìoc³ tbmÄ. ss_äÀ…””
“”Duiq io Duiq io Duiqio…””
tKm S`SÃnIn^n¨p.
“”Wn³s_ St`sX bn^n FaNnt]m?””
Kho´ tImUn¨p. AkÄ¡v A¸w tUgykpw k¶n^p¶p.
“”Kho´m, tKm b_]p¶Sn`pw Nm^yfp*v. Cu dmk¨³ Wos]ms¡ SbÊp sI]vSv Nm\m³ Nm¯n^n¡p¶ BÄ Ss¶]m…””
B`ohv b_ªp. In{S]pw sZ]vhn]pw At¸mÄ BNmw£t]msX dmksW tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡v k¿, Kho´ tI¨osX H^p Nm^yw!””
tKm At¸mjpw BÀ¯p In^n¡]m\v.
“”B^m?””
A¸w dipfmWt¯msX, e]t¯msX Kho´ B`ohn³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n BwPy¯n`qsX tImUn¨p.
“”tNÄ¡p¼w tdmVw sNXnsæn b_]mw,””
B`ohv b_ªp.
dmk³ At¸mjpw NphrSnIn^n]n`m\v.
“”Wo fWpgysW So Soän¡msS H¶v- b_ B`oth,””
“”b_]mw,””
B`ohv In^n¨p.
In{S]pw sZ]vhn]pw Kho´]pw BNmw£t]msX NmSpNÄ NqÀ¸n¨p.
“”Ct±ifm\v. dmk³. Ìoc³ tbmÄ…””
H¶v- WnÀ¯n ko*pw bp©n^n¨SnWp tlgw AkÄ ko*pw b_ªp.
“”tks_ ^*p tb^pNqXn]p*v. b*v fµ³^mKm. Ct¸mÄ I{NkÀ¯n…””
In{S]pw sZ]vhn]pw Kho´]pw lzmhsfXp¡p¶Sn³s_ lÐw fäpÅkÀ tN«p.
“”Cutlmt]…!””
Kho´ S`]n ssN sk¨p.
AkÄ sZ]vhns] tWm¡n.
“”B`oth tW^mt\mXo? FXm K]m ..AÃ tKm tW^mt\m?””
tKm Kho´s] tWm¡n Swhv Abv fp{U Nm\n¨p. B`ohvS`Np`p¡n.
“”Cutlmt]A¸wWol^n]m]Ø`t¯¡vB\vM§saWX¯n]Sv…””
Np^nlvk^¨psNm*vKho´b_ªp.
