N¼nNp«³.sWäv _qfn³s_ kmSn¡ tZmNväÀ hpt^gv Wn¡p¶Sv N*Sv.
“”””kt¶,”
A]mÄ ssNNm\n¨v Aksa knan¨p.
gnWn At§m«pfnt§m«pw tWm¡n bp©n^nt]msX A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.
“”””F¶m hmt_,”
“”””FfÀK³ho Bt\m? {co]tà C¸w,”
A]mÄ AkapsX C^pfp`Nan`pw AfÀ¯nsM¡ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
“”””{co]m hmt_…F¶m Nan¡t\m hm_nWv?”
ssN Smjv¯n A]mapsX bm³änhnWv tft` k`pSm]ns¡m*n^p¶ fpj]n H¶v- bnXn¨v kn«psNm*v gnWn tImUn¨p.
“”””kmXo,”
A]mÄ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨v k`n¨p AN¯pN]än.
“”””Nps_ tW^fm]n Np®]n§sW fpjp¯v fp_pNn Wn¡pkm. Wos]¸jm {co BNpt¶¶v- tWm¡n C^p¡pkm^p¶p,”
ASv b_ªv A]mÄ AknsX¡nX¶ tXdnanWp tWs^ Aksa WX¯n.
“”””s{Zhv sfm¯w Du^mt\m hmt_?”
tXdnantWmXv– tIÀ¶v- Wn¶v- AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””bq_p fm{Sw fSnt]m AtSm sfmt`w FXp¡p¶pt*m?”
“”C¸w bq_p fm{Sw fSoXo..ssXw Cà ….sbm§n] Np® H¶v- Smjv¯\w….l^ns¡m¶p AXn¨q¡n]m fSn. CSv Njnªv H^p tf]vKÀ hÀK_n HÅSm. _n`N-vhm]n«p tN_otà b\n]mNpw tfmsa,”
gnWn Ip^nUm_n³s_ I^Xjn¡tk, bm³_vhv k`n¨p Smjv¯n sbm§n]p]À¶ `nwPw bnXn¨v SjpNn A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””F¶m skt¨m..sbman¨p bnXnt¨¡pkm,”
tfl]n Im^nWn¶v- Nk¨p Wn¶v- AkÄ t]mWnU`§Ä knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨p.
“”””Wo]m tftls`¡v tN_n sNXs¡Xo,”
bm]v¡än Wn¶v- tNm*w bm]v¡äv FXp¯v Sp_¶v ASns`m^®sfXp¯v V^n¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
A]mÄ AkapsX t]mWn]n kn^`n«v Ca¡ns¡m*v b_ªp. AkÄ¡v A¸m¸fm]n WWkv k¶n^p¶p.
“”AknX¸Xow sbmXn]m. {ZÊv– Ajp¡mNpw. fnWn§m¶v hm_v Wnt¶m*v– bqän tNäoSv B\tÃm…””
Np`¨v sbm§n Wn¡p¶ A]mapsX `nwP¯n bnXn¨v St`mXn¯jpNns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp. ftä ssNsNm*v AkÄ UrZfmNm³ SpX§n] N´n bnXn¨v M^Xn.
“”ssf^v!””
N´n tkP¯n sM¡ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”CSv tbm`s¯ Du¡³ Np®s]ms^®w sbÀfsW³äm]n Nn«n]m^pt¶Â! F¶m C§sW tbXn¡msS, AkntXw CkntXw Hs¡ tWm¡msS hfmVmWkm]n Du¡m^p¶p,””
“”Wfp¡v sbÀfsW³äv B¡ms¶,””
H^p Sp\nN£\sfXp¯v tfl¸p_w SpX¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”{co BNp¼w k¶m fSn…Wn³s_ bq_p sbman¨Xp¡n¯s¶¡mw,””
A]mÄ kr¯n]m]n tfl¸p_w ^*mfSpw SpX¨p.
“”f`À¶v sbman¨v sNXs¡Xo. CWn H^p Ajp¡pw bänà {ZtÊÂ,””
gnWn N¼nNp«³.sWäv
