N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶pw km]n¡p¶ Bams\. Wo tN«p«pt*m B bp\y{PÙw? H^p k^n… Ht^s]m^pk^n Unkhkpw km]n¨m fSn FÃm bn_¸ptNXpw fm_pw… Mm³ b_ªp k^p¶Sv …Wn³s_ A¨³ làn hnwPv I{µmkSv en*v sfm_oW I¼Â Pzmant]mÀ emPs¯ Nn^oXw sk¡m¯ ^m{ão]¡m^³….. e^n¡p¶ bmÀ«osX KnÃm {bhnZ³äv….. tcm¬ sI]vSms`m¶pw H^p Nmt^ymfnÃ. Nm^\w Wns¶ A_Ìv sI]vSn^n¡p¶ C³hvsbÎÀ fnÌÀ scÀZnWm³Zv s_tfm B\v…Hmt¡ ..Sm¦yq C³hvsbÎÀ….””
“”MmsW´nWm e]s¸Xps¶ _co¡v?
Wng AksW tIÀ¯pbnXn¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”A]mapsX k^knsâ Dt±lw…ASn tN^a¯ns` H^p fnWnÌ_psX CXsbXÂ…Wo fp¼v b_ª B `n¦v ….B sWN-vhhv ….ASv l^n]m]n k^p¶p*tÃm Ft¶mÀ¡pt¼mÄ….tN^a¯nt`¡pÅ Wn³s_ k^kv ..AsSms¡ HmÀ¯t¸mÄ…B H^p e]fm\v. AÃmsS sbjvh\ B]n MmsW´nWv tbXn¡\w? Wo F³s_ fp¼n Wn¡]tà H^p ChZv NmäP_n shNyq^nän]m]n«…..””
_co¡v Aksa N^k`]¯n`fÀ¯n.
“”Mm³ b_ª Nm^y§Ä l^n]m]n k^p¶p*v F¶_n]pt¼mÄ ht´mgn¡pktà tk*Sv F³s_ tZmNväs_,””
“”s]hv..ht´mgfp*v…bs£ ..bs£ …H^p k`n] hwQt¯mXm\v….Wo FSn^nXp¶Sv…””
“”B^v b_ªp? Mm³ SWnt¨m? H^n¡`pfÃ….Cu tÌäns` Dln^pÅ tbm`ohv DtUymPØ^n H^mÄ N®ns`®s]mjn¨p Wn^o£\¯n`m\v Cu hwQs¯…””
“”_co¡v!””
sbs«¶v Wng e]s¸«v knan¨p.
_co¡v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”Cu fnWnÌÀ…Cu _kWyq fnWnÌÀ ..A]mÄ bo`nt¸mhv Np^pkna AtÃ… t_m]n]psX A¨³? ASm]Sv gmt^m\n³s_ cn]m³ho?””
“”ASm\v {Zmf Wntg…””
Ak^n^pk^pw thmc]n ko*pfn^p¶p.
“”H^p bmÀ«n]n bo`nt¸mhv f{´n fpOyf{´nt]mXv S³s_ fNWv fNsa¯^mtfm¶p tImUn¡p¶p. AkWp N`ym\w Njn¡m³ A{S {bm]kpfm]n«nÃ…KÌv C^pbSv k]Êv, Cäv– Cuhv A¬ Wm¨p_Â. fpOyf{´n ASv FSnÀ¡p¶nÃ. Cäv– fo³hv…gmt^m\n³s_ AÑWpw Cu sWN-vhhn AwPfm\v…Aà A§sW AWpfmWn¡mw ..hmiI^ys¯anknÂ….””
Wng]psX fpOemkw fm_n.
“”làn hnwPv I{µmk¯nsWt¸ms` tUlt{Umin]psX k`]Snt`m? Wo tbmXm! gmt^m\n³s_ A¨³! H^n¡`pw hmVyfÃ…””
“”H¶pw Ct¸mÄ b_]m_m]n«nà F³s_ Wntg,””
_co¡v b_ªp.
“”H¶pfm{Sw FWn¡_n]mw,””
A]mÄ bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”Mm³ sI]vS Gäkpw _nhv¡n Assh³sf³än H¶m\v CSv. Ajn¡pt´m_pw C^«n Np^p¡v kojp¶ H¶v-. tKÀ\`nhw KÌv _nt¸mÀänwPv fm{SfÃ, N¼nNp«³.sWäv
