“”C¸w k^qt¶,””
K]´n b_ªp.
“”Wmsa {bhâv_v sI¿mWpÅSm H^p _nt¸m^v«v. ASv So^v¯ns« k^q,””
“”§vti? So^v¯ns« k^¯ptÅm? A¸w C¶s¯ Io«p Nan tPmbn]mt]m?””
A]mav tImUn¨p.
“”CÃs¶ So^m_m]n,””
“”ASv ks^ F¶m sI¿pw? hf]w Na]mWv Wns¶ H¶p b©m^]Xn¡mw F¶v sk¨m`v WnW¡v CãfnÃ,””
“”At¿m bmkw! F¶v sk¨p Ft¶Nm\p¼w F¸jpw `p¯nWn] sImÃ`m tKmhv tI«Wv. b©m^]Xn]nÃ. shN-vhv b_¨n`v CÃ. lp²Wv. WÃkWv. bÅo`¨Wv!””
“”B bÅo`¨Wv Hs¡]m. t_mdnWv. {cmt¦m,””
“”CSptbms` H^p hmVWw!””
K]´n ko*pw sImXn¨p.
“”Wµn tk\w Wµn!””
“”Wµns]m? Dw? F´nWv?””
“”ASpl^n!””
K]´n lÐfp]^v¯n. bns¶ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”WÃ H^p hq¸^v hmVW¯nsW MmWn¶v H¸n¨v S¶ntÃ? Aksa§sW H*m^ps¶t¶m, AksX F¶Sm H*ms]t¶m Fs´¦n`pw Ft¶mXv b_tªm fWpgym Wn§av?””
“”Hm! thm_oXo!””
tKmhv sbs«¶v b_ªp.
“”hSy¯n`v ASv b_]mWm MmWv Wnsâ AXpt¯¡v HmXn k¶Sv. bs£ Wns¶t¸m`s¯ H^q¡Wv I^¡nsW N*¸w MmWv AS§v f_¶ptbm]n sbs®,””
A]mapsX km¡pNav tN«v K]´n]psX fpOw `Ö]n`v NpSn^v¶p.
A]mapsX d^vfpZ]psX fpWvemPw ko^v¯v k^p¶Sv K]´n N*p. Akav tWm¡p¶Sv N*v tKmhv fpj]n`v bnXn¨f^v¯n.
“”AknXp¶v Ns¿Xp¡v tKmhv tI«m,””
`Ö]n`v NpSn^v¶ lЯn`v K]´n b_ªp.
“”Culz^m {lot]«Wv F§mWpw CSv Nt*m*p C_§nk¶m`v!””
tKmhv Fjpt¶äp. At¸mav d^vfpZ]n`qsX A]mapsX Np® SÅnWn`v¡p¶Sv Akav N*p,
F¶n«v fq`¡m]n C^p¶p.
“”F¶m CknsX C^n¡mw. {lo Nm\nÃ,””
K]´n e]s¸«v ANt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”Wos]´nWm tbXn¡ps¶?””
fpj]n`v ko*pw Af^v¯ns¡m*v tKmhv tImUn¨p.
“”{lo k^pt¼mav A_n]mftÃm. bns¶´m?””
“”tUkqsW Du¡n] NT b_]t*?””
A]mav tImUn¨p.
A]mapsX tImUyw tN«v K]´n¡v tUiw fpjpkWv S^n¨p N]_n.
bq_p WWªv NpSn^v¶p.
fp`Nav ko^v¯pk^p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. Wn¶n^p¶nXs¯ tfl]psX A^nNn`v Akav SpX]nXp¡v tI^v¯f^v¯n kn§p¶ bq_nWv l^n¡pw hpOw sNmXp¯p.
“”Dw..b_…MmWv fp«n¨p S¶StÔ”
tfltf`v ko*pw bq^v¯Xw Af^v¯ns¡m*v Akav b_ªp.
“”b_ªm`v Wo FWn¡v bmâv_ohv Nm\n¨p S^ptfm?””
“”H¶v tbmNp¶pt*m! AsSm¶pw MmWv Nm\n¨p S^nÃ!””
“”tbmXo ssft^!””
A]mav Np`¨psbm§n] Np®]n`v bnXn¨p sM¡ns¡m*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
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