N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm«v `p¡nwPv PpZv!””
K]´n bns¶]pw b_ªp.
“”G]v…””
A]mav Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨p.
“”MmWv `p¡nwPv PpZv AÃt¶m? B^v b_ªp? Ct§m«v tWm¡n¸_ Wo. Cu sshZo¶v tWm¡p¼w MmWv Zn NyqknsWt¸ms`]ntÃ…CWn Ct§m«v tWm¡v …Cu klSq¶p tWm¡pt¼mav MmWv FWv bns]t¸ms`]ntÃ?””
“”FWv bns]m? ASm^m?””
“”WnknWv sbman””
“”H¶v tbm {lot]«m..H^p Sfml! tkP¶v Ct§m«v kt¶¡\w,””
A]mav AkapsX tWs^ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨SÃmsS f_pbXn b_ªnÃ. tZm^v Sp_¶v ss{ZknwPv hoän`n^p¶p Aksa H¶pNqXntWm¡n]SnWv tlgw {loNpfm^v Wn`mkn`qsX C^p«nt`¡v f_ªp.
K]´n tKmhnsâ]Xpt¯¡v sI¶p.
Akav At§m«v k¶]pXsW tKmhv Aksa k^nªpfp_p¡n.
“”Fsâ sbm¶p K]´o-“”
AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n A]mav b_ªp.
“”Fsâ F{S Wmam]pÅ B{Pikm\v C¶v WX¡mWv tbmNps¶!””
“”tk* tKmhv tI«m!””
A]mapsX bnXn]n`v Wn¶v fm_mWv {lfn¨psNm*v K]´n b_ªp.
“”Dw! F´v bän? Wo l^n¡v Nj¨v C^n¡pkm^p¶tÃm?””
AkapsX A^s¡«ns`¡v fpj¨p sbm§n] Np® SÅns¡mXp¯psNm*v tKmhv tImUn¨p.
“”AsSms¡ l^n]m,””
K]´n In^n¨p.
“”ASvsNm*v Ss¶]m tKmhv tI«Wv MmWv ssWän sbm¡n gZv[n Hs¡ Nm\n¨p S¶Sv. Io«v Nant¨m*n^p¶¸w bq_n`v kjpSnW§ sk¨v Nm\n¨Spw ASnWv Ss¶]m…bs£…””
“”F´mXo sNmt\m¯ns` H^p bs£?””
“”tKmth«m, {lot]«Wv Cu ^m{So`v A§sW tbm]¸w FWns¡t´m…””
“”FXo AkWv Hcogy`v Nm^y¯nWp tbm]StÃ? CWn Ft´`pw Ipän¡an]pfm]n tbm]Smt\`v ASpw WÃStÃ? AtSm Wo sI½oWns` N_p¯½ BkpNmt\m? N\kWv fo¼nXn¡mWv NX`n tbmNp¼w sb{¼t¶m¯n kybnI^n¨m`v AkWv I¯v tbmNpw Fs¶ms¡?””
K]´n]psX ssWän bnXn¨p sbm¡n AkapsX bq_n`v sM¡n A]mav tImUn¨p.
“”Nt*m ssf^v tfmsa Wo]n¸jpw Cu kjpSnW§ bqän`v SÅn skt¨m*mt\m k`n] lo`mkSosX Z]t`mPv b_]pt¶?””””
A]mav kjpSnW§]n`v bnXn¨v fpt¼m«pw bnt¼m«pw SÅn.
K]´n]psX ssN tKmhnsâ d^vfpZ]psX fp¼ns` fpj¸n`v Af^v¶p.
“”BBivivivivimBivimiv-
tKmhv hpOn¨v b_ªp.
“”F¶m ssf^v bnXp¯kmXo!””
tKmhv ssWän sbs«¶v Du^n fmän. K]´n]psX ko^v¯p^p* fp` d`q\pNav A]mav sM¡ns¸m«n¡mWv {lfn¨p.
“”Fsâ Np®]v¡v C¶v ks^ CSptbms` hpOn¸n¨v B^pw bnXn¨n«nÃ. Wnsâ Ns¿¶m So¡«]mt\m? Nj¸v l^n¡v fq¯v sbmÅnsNX¡pkm\tÃm….””
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