Xu\ns` b\¨m¡pNapsX Ft´m H^p bmÀ«n B\v. C¶v Sn^n¨p k^pt¼mÄ H¯n^n sskNpw.

Mm³ s{Nä s_Zn B¡n WnÀ¯n Nm_nWp fp¶n Nm¯p Wn¶p. sbs«¶v Fsâ sfmssd`n H^p sftÊKv k¶p. hmVm^\ sftÊKv H¶pw tWm¡m_nà Ct¸mÄ sk_psS Wn¡pN B]SpsNm*v sfmssd FXp¯p tWm¡n. GtSm W¼_n Wn¶m\v. Mm³ Sp_¶p tWm¡n.

‘Njnª k«w {Xoh Bân]psX bn_¶manWv tbm]Sv tbms` bmÀ«n¡v CX]ns` fUy thk tk*. bp_¯p k*n]n Ss¶ C^p¶m Mm³ H^p h½mWw S^mw.

þfmap.’

Mm³ H¶v A¼^¶p. AkÄ Ft¸mjm\v Fsâ W¼À Hs¡ thkv sI]vSSv? F´m]m`pw sb®nWv t{bfw SpX§n. Mm³ AkapsX W¼À thkv sI]vSp.

‘h½mW¯nWv Nm¯n^n¡pw’

Mm³ f_pbXn]pw A]¨p. bns¶ sftÊKv H¶pw k¶nÃ. F´m]m`pw kn^`n«p sNmXp¯Sv sk_psS B]nÃ. Nan H¶pw Nn«n]ntÃ`pw C¶kapsX frUp`fm] ssNNÄ sNm*v km\fXn¸n¡m³ F¦n`pw bäpsf¶v D_¸m]n. km]n H¶pw C«p S^psf¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. Asænt` sb®nWv A_¸m\v. bns¶ H¶pf_n]m¯ H^p f*n]pw. F¦n`pw FWn¡v hwekn¡m³ tbmNp¶ Nm^ytfmÀ¯p fWÊv SpXn¨p. Mm³ Nm_nWpÅn N]_n F¶n«p Nol]n Wn¶pw fmapknsâ bmân FXp¯p H¶v Ipwdn¨p. F¶m\mtkm B t_mhm¸qknsâ fVp^w Wp\]mWmkpN.

Mm³ bmân ko*pw Nol]n`n«p H¶v fpXns]ms¡ HSp¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ B NmjvI N*p.

A\nsªm^p§n C_§n k^p¶ fmap. H^p Éokv–s`hv fnZn]pw h-vNÀ«pfm\v tkgw. Sna§p¶ k]`äv s{ZÊn AkÄ H^p ^mKNpfm^ns] tbms`. Mm³ AkapsX ssN CXp¡p tWm¡n C^p¶ptbm]n. Wm\w N`À¶ H^p In^nt]msX AkÄ bn³ hoänt`¡v N]_n. GtSm kn` NqXn] hvt{b AXn¨n«p*v–. Nm_n ASnsâ hpPÔw b^¶p.

Mm³ N®mXn]n`qsX Aksa tWm¡n. W¶m]n H^p§n]n«p*v. Ns®jpSn. `nbvÌnNv C«p B tS³ Ip*p ko*pw Ipk¸n¨n^n¡p¶p. Ct¸mÄ sI_n bjw tbm`p*v Ak Nm\m³.

‘F´m\v tfmsa Dt±lw? Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¨p sNmÃptfm?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘A{S]v¡v sNmSn Bkp¶pt*m??? AtS]v… tWs^ tWm¡n k*n HmXn¡t\?’ AkÄ Nan]m¡n.

‘sskNo«v HmXn¨ tbms`]mt\m?’ Mm³ kn«psNmXp¯nÃ.

AkÄ Wm\n¨p S` Smjv¯n. NknapNÄ Ipk¶p SpXp¯p.

Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n H¶v Np® St`mXpt¼mjm\v AXp¯ NmjvI.

t^O.

Np_¨p Unkhfm]n Akans` fmäw Mm³ {l²n¡p¶p. tfmtZ¬ sNm¨½B]n^p¶ Akant¸mÄ D¯f hv{So B]n fm_n]n^n¡p¶p. kas^ N¼nNp«³.sWäv