N¼nNp«³.sWäv sb®p*tÃm,””
ASv b_ªp Ak³ Aksa tWm¡n.
AkÄ Wm\n¡p¶Sv UobNv N*p.
A¶v ^m{Sn AlzSn BUnSyWv kn{Nw tkSmÄ NTb_ªpsNmXp¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
At¸mÄ AkapsX sfmssd lÐn¨p.
“”At¿m Uob¡m\tÃm,””
AkÄ tcms\Xp¯p.
“”At½ FWns¡m_¡w k^p¶p. Mm³ bqÆm,””
BUnSy³ NnX¡]nt`¡v Wo§n.
“”B, tfm³ D_§nt¡m,””
sfmssd sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯v AlzSn b_ªp.
“”””tfm³ H_§nt¡mt¶m?”
Uob¡n³s_ lÐw AkÄ tN«p.
“”””Wnt¶mXv b_ªSÃ,”
AlzSn In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Mm³ tfmtWmXv b_ªSm,”
“”””tI¨n F¶m FXp¡pkm,”
“”””sNX¡m³ sSmX§pkm^p¶p. F¸jm Wo Wmsa ZnhvImÀKv BNps¶?”
“”””b¯v f\n]mNp¼w. tI¨n F¸jm k^ps¶?”
“”””Wmsa ht* AtÃ? Mm³ k^nÃ,”
“”””At¿m,”
Uob¡n³s_ kngmUw Wn_ª hz^w AkÄ tN«p.
“”””¹ohv km tI¨n…AtÃÂ Mm³ At§m«v– k^pw,”
“”””Ct§mt«m tk* tk*..timhvbnä`n sk¨v N*m fSn,”
AkÄ NnX¡]nt`¡v Imªp.
“”””Fs¶ HmÀ¯m^pt¶m?”
“”””CtÃ]nÃ,”
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”””tim C§sW In^n¡tà F³s_ tI¨n. {em´v bnXn¡pw,”
AlzSn]psX irU]w SpXn¨p.
ftWmtK«³ Ft¸mjpw b_]pfm]n^p¶p.
“”””A¨q Wn³s_ In^n]m\v Fs¶ BUyw NojX¡n]Sv…In^n]n In`¦ sN«n] sbt® F¶ bm«ptN«n«ntÃ…ASvtbms`,”
Ct¸mÄ CSm Sm³ CSpks^ N*n«pÅSn sk¨v Gäkpw hpµ^Wm] sI_p¸¡m^³, Uob¡pw ASv Ss¶ b_]p¶p.
“”””bnt¶..Ip½m hpOn¸n¡tÃ…”
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Wos]¶m N*n«m sI¡m C§sW F³s_ sbm_sN kt¶? In^nN*n«m?”
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””ASnWp F¸jm tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨n«pÅSv–…C¸w tWm¡n]m`pw tkUw N* sk«ptbm¯nsWt¸ms` ]Ãm^pt¶m F³s_ AXp¯v…”
AlzSn¡v In^n k¶p.
“”””bns¶ F¶m N*n«m¶p tImUn¨m….b_]s«?”
“”””b_..GSm]m`pw Wo F³s_ D_¡w Naªp,”
AlzSn Ak³s_ D¨¯n`pÅ lzmhw tN«p.
“”””tI¨osX N®v-…B Ipk¶ WWª Ip*v…”
Ak³ b_ªp SpX§n.
AlzSn]psX lzmhPSn]p]˦p.
“”””B Nknav …fp¯fnXm³ tSm¶p¶ B ewPn]pÅ Wo* kn^`pNÄ…”
AlzSn kn^`pNÄ knXÀ¯n tWm¡n.
“”””F´m A^s¡«m ..^kn kÀ½ sb]n³änwPv tbms`…ASv ..bns¶…”
“”””…..”
“”””AlzSn tI¨n…”
“”””Dw,”
“”””F´m fn*ms¯?”
“”””H¶qÃ,”
“”””bns¶…”
Ak³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
