N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^n¡pktÃ,””
AkapsX N¿n`v Wn¶v tdm«n`v km§pt¼mav A]mav fW¸q^zzw AkapsX frUpkm] kn^`pNan`v Af^v¯n.
^*mw s_u*v ssN SpX§n.
“”C¯k\ sNmÅmw,””
K]´n b_ªp.
“”C{bmklyw Fsâ ssN sk_pw b¶ss¡ B]nt¸m]tÃm,””
tKmhv kn`bn¨p.
“”F¶m`pw MmWv h-vNq«v sI¿nÃ,””
“”h-vNq«v sI¿^pSv!””
A]mapsX N®pNan`v tWm¡n Akav b_ªp.
A]mav CÃ F¶ A^v°¯n`v N®pNav AX¨p Nm\n¨p.
Nan¡nX]n`v K]´n SmWn^n¡p¶ CXt¯¡v tWm¡q F¶ A^v°¯n`v tKmhnsâ tWs^ N®pNav Nm\n¨p.
tKmhv tfl]psX A¸p_s¯ sshZn`v K]´n C^n¡p¶nXsS¡v bman tWm¡n.
Np® GSv Wnfngkpw sbm«n Wn`¯v kojpw F¶v A]mav¡v tSm¶n. K]´n fp¼n`v Wn¶pw ssWän fmän SpXNav AN¯n]n^n¡p¶p. bmân CÃ. knX^v¶v sbmanª bq_n`v Ft´m SÅn sk¨n^n¡p¶p!
“”AsS´m K]´n B sg`vcn`v C^n¡ps¶?””
ANt¯¡v tWm¡n tKmhv tImUn¨p.
“”ASv kjpSnW§]m tKmhv tI«m,””
Akav Io«n`v {l²n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”N_nsk¡mWv tUkp FXp¯Sm. Hs^®w dm¡n k¶p. ASv Akav B sg`vcn`v ASnsâ knXkn`v sk¨p,””
sbs«¶v tfl¸p_¯v C^p¶ {loNpfm_nsâ sfmssd`v tcm\v _nwPv sI]vSp.
Nmav AäWvZv sI]vSv Njnªv {loNpfm_nsâ fpOw Ak^v¡v kntkIn¡Wmkm¯^oSn]nt`¡v fm_n.
“”F´m {lot]«m?””
K]´n tImUn¨p.
“”H¶v sI]^vfmsâ dw¥mkv ks^ tbmN\w, Kt],””
A]mav Fjpt¶äp.
K]´n Nm`pNav Smjv¯n sk¨v Wnk^v¶n^p¶p.
“”C¸tjm?””
DÅn`v Sna¨pN]_n] ht´mgw f_¨psk¡mWv b\ns¸«v tKmhv tImUn¨p.
A]mav tfl¡Xn]n`qsX K]´n]psX bmU¯n`v Nm`psNm*v Af^v¯n.
Akapw A]mapsX bmUt¯mXv Nm`v¸mUw sNm*f^v¯n.
“”Dw…””
{loNpfm^v b_ªp.
“”H^p Bhvt{X`n]Wv Xow k^p¶p*v. sWtPmtgyäv Xmh-vNv FWn¡m\v Fsâ tKmth…””
A]mav ANt¯¡v WX¶p.
A`v¸ hf]w Njnªv hyq«v A\nªv A]mav bp_t¯¡v k¶p.
“”Wn§av H¶v ^*p s_u*v Njnªv tbm]m fSoXm…MmWv F´m]m`pw C¶nWn k^mWv ImWvhv CÃ,””
A]mav bp_t¯¡v WX¶t¸mav K]´n A]msa Pymt^]vKv ks^ AWp]m{S sI]vSp.
“”{lot]«m…””
A]mav tZm^v Sp_¶t¸mav Akav knan¨p.
{loNpfm^v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”Cuhv Fsk^nSn§v Bavss_äv?””
bp_¯v Nmän`v Pm^vZWns` Ipk¶ bWnWo^v¸qkpNav D`ªp. Wn`mkv Wn_ª IpäpbmXpNapsX As`uNnNS]ns`¡v A]mav tWm¡n.
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