N¼nNp«³.sWäv bs£ kÀ¯mWw sfm¯w fp´n] Ø`§sa bän]m
fnWn fm{Sw tNÄs¡ Ak³ bn_pbn_p¯p.
“”W½sa, G_\mNpa¯v tbmNp¶tS Cutlmt] Nm\mWm,””
Hmtim, A¸w Cutlm Np^ntl¶v- G_\mNpat¯¡v Smfhw fmän]m^pt¶m? A_nªnÃm^p¶tÃm
sgÃn ko*pw bn_pbn_p¯p.
“”sWW¡{S bªkmt\Â tbm¡äv f\ns]ms¡ Mm³ St¶mamw. s^Knhvt{Xg³ cohpw,””
“”Hm…Sm¦yq hnsÌÀ,””
Ak³ hnsÌÀ {NnÌoW]psX ssNs]Xp¯v D]À¯n.
“”At¿, Cu sI_p¡³ F¶Sm Cu Nm\n¡pt¶,””
AkÀ A¸w `Öt]msX b_ªp.
sgÃn Ak^psX ssNskÅ]n D½ sk¨p.
“”fSn fSn-“”
`Öt]msX, bp©n^nt]msX AkÀ b_ªp.
“”Ak³s_s]m^p sNm©Â!””
sgÃn sbs«¶v- kÀ¡n tKmhcv hm_n³s_]Xps¯¡v tbm]n.
“”A½]nÃm¯ sNm¨m tfmsa Ak³,””
kÀ¡n tKmhcv hm_ntWmXv hwhm^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ sgÃns] tWm¡n hnsÌÀ b_ªp.
ASv tN«v fnWn]psX fpOw BÀ{UfmNp¶Sv hnsÌÀ {l²n¨p.
“”F´m tfmta?””
“”H¶pfnÃ…H¶pfnà hnsÌÀ,””
N®pNan sbmXnª WWkv H¸ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”tfmÄ¡pw…tfmÄsX At½w…?””
hnsÌÀ {NnÌoW hwl]t¯msX tImUn¨p.
AkÄ hK`§am] fnjnNtamsX S`Np`p¡n.
hnsÌÀ {NnÌoW AkapsX tSman frUpkm]n AfÀ¯n. hvbÀlW¯n³s_ hpOUfm] IqXnÂ, hm´zW¯n fnWn H^p Ae]fm_nªp.
A¸w Njnªv hnÌÀ fäpemPt¯¡v Wo§n]t¸mÄ sgÃn fnWns] hfobn¨p.
“”t{b]nhv U t`mZv… F¶m..W½av G_\mNpa¯v bqÆtÃ?””
N®n Sna¡w k^p¯n, bp©n^nt]msX sgÃn tImUn¨p.
“”Fs¶ tSm¸n¨p F¶v- N^pSn kÃmsS A§v Ai¦^n¡*,””
Ahiyfm] AfÀgt¯msX fnWn b_ªp.
“”H^p tKman {Xn¸v–…A{St] Mm³ CSnsW N*n«pÅq. AÃmsS {bhwPw sN«pw itÃ`q¿m Fs¶ms¡ H¨]n«pw Mm³ sgÃn knIm^n¡p¶ tbms` H^p sh]n³_v H¶pw BNm³ tbmNp¶nÃ,””
“”t{b]nhv U t`mZv. NÀ¯mkv– k`n]kmWm fnWn. AkWp hvtSm{Sw! itÃ`q¿m,””
s{X]nWn b^fmkVn HmXnWX¶pw bm«v bmXn]pw Sfml b_ªpw hf]w sI`knXm³ sgÃn {lfns¨¦n`pw gmt^m¬ Ak³s_ fWÊnt`¡v Ft¸mjpw NX¶p k¶p. ]m{S b_ªn_§pt¼mÄ AkÄ ht´mgkSn]m]n^ps¶¦n`pw sgÃn A_nªn^p¶p AkapsX fWÊv.
“”CsS§mWpw tWs^ BNptkmXo? Cu tbm¡psNm*v Ft´`pw sNm\w H*mNq¶v- Wo N^pSp¶pt*m?””
“”D_¸mXm I¡t^,””
AkÄ lpembvSnknlzmhw Wn_ª lЯn b_ªp.
“”F³s_ fWÊv b_]p¶p. tWt^]mNpw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv
