N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡mw”
ssgWn A£ft]msX kmSn¡ ko*psf¯n bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n. imKns] AkÄ fWhn {bmNp¶p*m]n^p¶p. F´v hpOfm]n^p¶p b¸m bq_p W¡n¯¶t¸mÄ. f½n]pw AkWpw k¶m¸ns¶ H¶pw WX¡¯nÃ. AkÄ NXn fq¯v Ip*v f`À¯n A]msa¯s¶ tWm¡n. tIm^ Wn_fpÅ AkapsX Ip*nsâ CWn¸v imKn]psX hfWn` sSän¨p. F´v hpOfm\v– CkapsX Ip*v Nm\m³ Ss¶! Cu Nj¸n¸q_ns] F§sW]pw Sn¶\w; CÃmsS CWn SWn¡v bänÃ. A]mapsX fWÊn N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¶p.
“”””h®n Asâ S^nNnX M½tamXv tk*; M½¡v HXsW Nm]v td\w; AtàAW¡_n]mktÃm M½X shmemkw”
imKn]psX hz^¯ns` eog\n h®n¡v fWhn`m]n. b\w sNmXp¡m³ H^p Wnkr¯n]pw CÃ. AsS¸än Bt`mIn¡m³ Ct¸mÄ bäp¶pfnÃ. ssgWn]psX bq_p Sn¶p hpOn¡\w; Akapw sI_p¡Wpw k¶m H¶pw WX¡nÃ. Cu Nm`fmXsW F§sW b_ªp knXpsf¶pw fWhn`mNp¶nÃ.
“”””Mm³ S^mw imKn]ms^; sNm_¨p hmkNmlw NqXn”
ssgWn ssNNÄ sbm¡n fpXn HSp¡n k]_nsâ knlm`S imKns] Nm\n¨p. A¸w fp³bv hvO`n¨ A]mapsX `nwPw D`¡ tbms` bqÀ® fpjp¸n ko*pw F¯n¡jnªn^p¶p. AkapsX sbm¡nan Wn¶pw Smtj¡v tbmNp¶ t^mfmWn^NÄ N*t¸mÄ imKn¡v Aksa bnXn¨v AknsX]n«v Du¡m³ tSm¶n.
“”””F´m]m`pw Wo A]`¯pNm^³ Bt]m*v Mm³ tks_ H^p d]n b_]mw.” AkapsX sbm¡nan tWm¡n skÅfn_¡ns¡m*v A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p:
“”””Asâ tfmav do«o sd_psS Wn¡pktÃ. HmtamXv FX]v¡v At§m«v– d¶v kosXms¡ H¶v Sq¯pw km^ow AÃ_ InÃ_ tKm`n sI]vSv S^m³ b_. MmW§sW H^msa Nn«mt½*n tWm¡ns¡m*n^n¡pkm. bm¯p½]v¡v Wà hpOknsöp WnW¡_n]mktÃm? Aks¡m^p sI_n] him]w. Wo S^m³ HÅ b`nl Npt_sÈ CkÄsX l¼a¯o¶p bnXn¡mw. sfmS`v Wo S¶p SoÀ¡ptkw tk\w”
AktWmX§sW b_ªn«v imKn ssgWns] tWm¡n. AkapsX fp`NapsX SÅÂ A]msa {em´pbnXn¸n¨p. h®n]pw Sn^nªv Aksa tWm¡n.
“”””Mmt¼mkmw” kà kntVW]pw imKns] b_ªp kn«n«v h®ns]s¡m*v bq_p Soän¡m³ sk¼n Wn¶n^p¶ ssgWn H«pw Bt`mIn¡msS b_ªp. b_ªn«v AWnãt¯msX imKns] tWm¡n fpOw koÀ¸n¨p; SWns¡m¶p sbm]v¡qsX F¶ emk¯nÂ.
“”””F¶m h^n, Wmsa sfmS`v Wo km; F´m”
“”””k^mw” l¼aw F{S]ms\¶v tbm`pw AkÄ¡v A_nt]*m]n^p¶p. F§sW]pw B fm^\w tbm]m fSns]¶ In´]m]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v.
“”””F¶m h^n”
b_ªn«v imKn bp_¯n_§n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv
