N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mÄ sI¶Sv. sI¶t¸mÄ A]mÄ Hmcohv fp_n]n`p*m]n^p¶p. A_pbSp k]ÊnWXp¯v {bm]w Ds*¦n`pw imKn¡v WÃ Bt^mPyfp*v F¶v sSm½Wv fWhn`m]n. W^¨ fpXn]pw SmXn]pw Bs\¦n`pw B N®pNÄ¡v WÃ So£v\S.
“”””B^m? fWhn`m]nÃtÃm?” sSm½sW N*t¸mÄ imKn tImUn¨p.
“”””ssgWn]psX A½m]n]¸³ B\v”
ssgWn]psX tb^v tN«t¸mÄ A]mapsX fpOs¯ emkfmäw sSm½³ {l²n¨p.
“”””Hm C^n C^n; M½av Wn§sa fp¼v N*n«nÃtÃm; NpXn¡mWs¡m*v F´v tk\w? Im] bt_s«” imKn fpOs¯m^p In^n k^p¯ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
“”””H¶pw tk*; Wn§sa SWn¨p Ns*m¶p hwhm^n¡mWm Mm³ k¶Sv”
“”””B]nt¡ms«; C§av C^n¡n³”
sSm½³ A]mÄs¡Sns^ NnX¶ Nth^]n C^p¶p.
“”””ssgWn tfmWpfm]n bn\§n ko«nt`¡v tbm]n^n¡pkm. Aksa tks*¶p k¨mt`m F¶ksWm^p B{Pifp*v. AkÄsX hzemkw l^n]Ãt{S. AsS¸än So^pfmWn¡p¶SnWv fp³bv A]¡mt^mXv H¶v Sn^¡msf¶v N^pSn. Ak³ b_ªSv NÅfm\v F¦n Sn^nsN knant¨m*v tbmNmWm\v b^nbmXn. ASsæn knkmiw Hjn]mWpw. Sm¦Ä¡v Aksa¸än Fs´¦n`pw A_n]mtfm?”
sSm½sâ tImUyw tN« imKn]psX DÅn Wq_p Pp*pNÄ H^pfn¨p sbm«n; Akav N`ym\w Njn¨ptbm]tSmsX A]mÄ Wà fW{b]mh¯n`m]n^p¶p. PK Nj¸n]m] ssgWn]psX Caw NqSn]n Np® tNän hpOn¨psNm*n^p¶Sm\v AtSmsX Wn¶ptbm]Sv. AkÄ bn\§n k¶tSmsX hwPSn ko*pw SpX§mWpÅ hmiI^yw H^p¡mWpÅ {lf¯n`m]n^p¶p A]mÄ. Ct¸mjnSm A½m]n]¸³ tW^n«v AkapsX hzemk hÀ«ncn¡äv tImUn¡m³ k¶n^n¡p¶p. ssgWn CWn Sn^n¨p tbmN^pSv F¶v WnÀdÔfp*m]n^p¶ imKn, DÅSv sbmXn¸pw sSm§`pw k¨p b_]m³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p.
“”””C§X tb^v tIm]v¡m³ f_¶p” imKn Can¨psNm*v– SmXn sIm_nªp.
“”””sSm½³”
“”””Rm sSm½³ hmt_, Aksa C§sX tfmsWs¡m*p sN«n¨Sv hSyw b_ªm k`y Ad²km]nt¸m]n. Wn§aksa tds*¶p d]v¡m³ So^pfmWn¨ ØnSn¡v bt_¶ sNm*v sNm]¸fnÃtÃm? ASà Sn^n¨p sNm*pbmWs¡m*m\v So^pfmWsk¦n M½Ä AsSm¶pw bt_¶Sv h^n]mknÔ imKn S{´bqÀÆw SpX§n.
“”””Wn§av DÅSv DÅtbms` b_]q. Fsâ tfmsW KoknSw ks¨Wn¡v Nan¡m³ bänÃtÃm” sSm½³ b_ªp.
“”””ASm\v– ASnsâ h^n. F¦o¸ns¶ M½av HÅSv HÅtbms` Ss¶ b_]mw; Hmav sb]]m fmtg; M½¡Sv tW^n«_n]mw” imKn lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.
sSm½sâ I¦nXn¸v NqXn. N¼nNp«³.sWäv
