N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”WnW¡v WÃ AÊ`v NXn Ds*¶p Wnsâ B fpjp¯ sfmt`w IqXv tN_n N_§n Wn¡p¶ N®pw N*m`v GSkWpw A_n]mw. F¶n«kapsX H^mNvänwPv!””
K]´n fp`Nav l^n¡v CaN¯¡ knV¯n`v Np`p§nIn^n¨p.
“”Akav l^n¡pw hpOn¸nt¨m?””
K]´n tImUn¨p.
“”Npj¸fnÃ. ÌmfnW sNm_km. sbs«¶v fXp¯ptbmNpw. Np® bqänt`¡v sk¨v FWn¡v Nps_ sWt^w AXn¡\w. sNm_ªSv H^p H^p f\n¡q^v F¦n`pw F¦nt` H^p “”CSv”” Nn«ptkmÅq. bSnW©p fnWnäv Njnª¸w tUkq«n fXp¯ptbm]n..””
tKmhv d^vfpZ k`n¨p Smjv¯n Np® bp_s¯Xp¯p. K]´ns] tWm¡n AXn¡mWv SpX§n.
K]´n]psX bq_n`v skÅs¸m¡fp*m]n. hz]w A_n]msS Akav NkNav Nq«n¯n^p½pN]pw tfl]psX fq`]n`v bq^v¯Xw Af^v¯n D^p½pN]pw sI]vSp Akav. AV^w NXn¨f^v¯n Akav Aksâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”H^p f\n¡qt_m!””
K]´n tImUn¨p.
“”tKmhv tI«m Ip½m Sfml b_]tÃ! Ip½m Sp*vbXsfms¡ N*n«v ASnsâ Btkl¯n`v Hmt^m¶v b_]p¶p!””
N®pNav A]mapsX Np®]n`v Wn¶v fmämsS Akav b_ªp.
“”Wo tbmXo! bq_o…Ip½m b_]mWv FWns¡¶m {bm]w bSnWm_p Bt\m?””
tKmhv sImXn¨p.
A]mapsX sS_n km¡v bq_nt`¡v Np¯ns¡mÅp¶Sv tbms` Akav¡v tSm¶n. sPu\v sbm¡n bmâohv k`n¨p Smjv¯n ssNkn^`pNav bq_nt`¡v Np¯n]n_¡mWv Akav sNmSn¨p.
“”Wos]m¶v fWÊv sk¨m MmWv sSan]n¨p S^mw,””
tKmhv b_ªp.
At¸mtj¡pw {loNpfm^v AN¯v Wn¶pw C_§n k¶p.
sbs«¶v K]´n ASv BwPy¯n`qsX tKmhnsW A_n]n¨p.
tKmhv sbs«¶v Np® d^vfpZ]psX DÅnt`¡n«p. ssNsNm*v Af^v¯n Smjv¯n sk¨p.
“”B tKmhv k¶m^pt¶m?””
{loNpfm^v tImUn¨p.
“”kt¶mt¶m?””
tKmhv Fjpt¶äp. K]´n e]s¸«]mapsX A_]nt`¡v tWm¡n. “”k¶n«v Ft´m^w tW^km]n. Wo kÃy Ptkg\w AÃm^pt¶m. Nm¯n^n¡msf¶v sk¨p,””
“”Hm..bmkw!””
{loNpfm^v In^n¨p.
“”Wn¶v In^n¡msS Io«v FXpt¯m*v kmXm,””
“”Hmt¡..Hmt¡..CSptbms` H^p Nan{em´Wv!””
{loNpfm^v ANt¯¡v N]_n.
“”FXo K]´o ¹ohv,””
{loNpfm^v ANt¯¡v N]_n]msS tKmhv K]´n]psX AXp¯p k¶p NmSn`v AX¡w b_ªp.
“”FXo FXo C¶v tbmNpt¶Wv fp¼v ¹ohv Wo]m ssWän sbm¡n H¶m bmâv_ohv Nm\n¨p S^\w..¹ohv!
K]´n In^n¨p sNm*v fpãnIp^p«n A]msa CXn¡mWv Hm§n.
“”fn*^pSv! bmâv_ohv!””
sbs«¶v tKmhv ANt¯¡v tWm¡n {loNpfm^v N¼nNp«³.sWäv
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