N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p.
“”H¶pfnà Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm, kn«p Na.””,Mm³ b_ªp.
“”b_¿v C¡m, FWn¡p hSym]n«pw fWÊn`m]nÃ!””
“”ASv kn«pNas]Xo.””
“”Fsâ fWpgym H¶p b_¿v…,b_ªm tW^s¯ tfm³ tImUn¨Sv tfmav S^mw.””,AkÄ bp©n^nt¨m*v b_ªp.
“”hSyfm\tÃm D_¸m]pw S^pktÃm AsÃ?””
“”tfm³ b_¿v””
Mm³ ^*pw N`vbn¨p fWhn knIm^n¨Sp b_]m³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p.
“”AtS…Fsâ Smsj DÅ bm¼p Np«sW tfmÄsX Smsj DÅ bq tbm`s¯ fma¯n tNäp¶ Nm^ykm Mm³ b_ªSv!””, Mm³ Sp_¶§p b_ªp.
Np_¨p Wnfng§Ä Njnªt¸mjm\v AkapsX _nss¹ k¶Sv.
“”At¿! kr¯nsN«k³! CWn Ft¶mXv fn**, Mm³ tbmNpkm.””,AkÄ In\p§n.
“”FXn Dua¯n Fs¶ sNm*v b_]n¸n¨n«p Ct¸m Mm³ kr¯nsN«k³ AsÃ!””,Mm³ bn\¡w emkn¨p. bt£ DÅn H^p sbs¦m¨ntWmXv BUyfm]n N¼n b_ªSv Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ, ASpw Fsâ D½¨n¡p«nt]mXv, Np®¡p«³ hXNpXªp F\oäp.
“”At¸m CsSms¡ B\tà NÅsâ fWÊnÂ…Dw…””,AkÄ Wm\t¯msX b_ªp.
“”CsSms¡ FÃm^pw sI]p¶Sv Ss¶ AsÔ”,Mm³ hzmemknNS k^p¯m³ s{lfn¨p.
“”AsSms¡ Wn¡miv Njnªv fSn, t«m..””,AkÄ b_ªp.
“”FWn¡v ASv ks^ bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ bäpsf¶p tSm¶p¶nà tfmta, Wnsâ sfm©pv Nm\pt¼m FWn¡v Nt{*mÄ tbmNpw.””
“”sNmSn]³-“”,AkÄ bp©n^nt¨m*v b_ªp.
Np® fq¯p Wn¡p¶SnWm NqXpS N¼n b_]m³ Fsâ fWhv sk¼Â sNm*p. bmXn bXn]m]n tN_m³ Ss¶ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
“”FXn tfmta hz´fm]n dyq«n bmÀ`À DÅSv AsÃ, tfmav bmÀ`_n tbm]n Fs´ms¡]m sI¿m?””,Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”Dw…Mm³ BjvI]n H^n¡Â b¸m] tcgy sI¿pw. bns¶ N_Îv ssXfn bp^nNw s{SZv sI¿pw. bns¶ h-vNn³ thmcvXv BkmWpw tdmZn]n FÃm]nX¯pw Ht^ Wn_w ssfssâ³ sI¿mWpw tcm_n³ {Now C*v. ASv ^knt`w ^m{Sn]pw tdmZn cpÄ bp^«\w.””,AkÄ b_ªp.
‘Ip½mSà sb®nWp C{S sfm©pv’, Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp.
“”im sNmÅmt`m bns¶ tks_m¶pw sI¿ntÃ?””,Mm³ ko*pw sfm©nsâ ^ihy§Ä A_n]m³ tImUn¨p.
“”bnt¶….. bns¶ tks_]pw C*v. C¡t]mXv b_]m³ bänÃ.””,AkÄ Wm\n¨p b_ªp.
“”Ft¶ Wo b_]*, sl^n Mm³ tbm\p, PpZv ssWäv.””,Mm³ H^p bn\¡w W¼À C_¡n.
“”At¿m! bn\§tà C¡m””
“”Ft¶Â N¼nNp«³.sWäv
