N¼nNp«³.sWäv NÅpNpXn¨ms`m¶pw Npj¸fnà hmt_ … AtÃ`pw Xq_nÌpNÄ CsSms¡ HmÀ¯tà k^pt¶ .. bns¶ Njn¡m³ F´m tkt* … tKmhtc … Ct§m«v k¶nkÀ¡v F¶Sm¶m sNmXp¡v ..C¨n^n Smfhw D*mkpw tNt«m hmt_ .’ gm¸pNm^³ fX§n tbm]n . tbm]Spw tks_m^mÄ N]_n k¶p
“” hms_ , NÅt¸mw tbm¯pN_ow D*v .. IqXm … Nt¸w b¶ow BNt\Â b¯p bSnW©p fnWp«qsX FXp¡pw .. bns¶ WÃ Iq^¡_n D*v ..””
“”At¸mw N_ow Sm … foWpw FXpt¯m … ASv Njnªp fSn N¸ “”
A]mÄ tbm]n .. tNm¸]pw tkÌv CXmWpÅ t¹äpw B]n k¶p .
hpVoÀ fVp^¡Åv H^p tNm¸]n Hjn¨n«p ,{Pogvf]psX fp¶nt`¡v sk¨p fp´n^n¡Åv ftä tNm¸]n Hjn¨p .{Pogvf H^p NknÄ C_¡n … Npªns` NpXn¨ AsS ^pIn ..tSWq_p¶ tbms` ..
‘ NpXn¨p tWm¡v … WÃ fVp^w “” AkÄ tNm¸ hpVo_nWv Wo«n …
“” AXnsbman ..fp´n^n]pw sNmÅmw .. NpXnt¨m “” {Pogvf Ak³s_ tNm¸ Ipt*mXp tIÀ¯p
N_nsk¸pNm^³ t¹än NŸkpw tbm¯pN_n]pw B]n k¶p .. tS§m s¡mt¯ms¡ C«p kän¨Sv … NqsX sI_n] f¬ bm{S¯n fo³ N_n]pw . IqXv b_¡p¶ docn³s_ Ng\w Hs^®w km]nt`¡n«p {Pogvf … F^nªn_§p¶ Np^pfpaNn³s_ hzmUv … CXp¡n]psX sfm¯w ^pIn]pw B N_n]n Wn¶kÄ fWhn`m¡n .N¸ AÂbsfXp¯p Iq^¡_n]n fp¡n km]nt`¡v sk¨v .. D¸pw bpan]pw Bkly¯nWp bnXn¨ H^p Ng\kpw … CSv ks^ Njn¨ e£\¯n Gäkpw ^pIn]pÅsS¶kÄ¡v tSm¶n . hpVoÀ docv Hmt^ms¶Xp¯p Njn¡pN]m\v … A¸kpw NÅpw FÃmw f_¶ tbms` ..
‘ Njn¡v ..Asæn Cs¸m So^pw “” AkÄ tWm¡p¶Sv N*p hpVoÀ AkapsX fp¶nt`¡v s¹äp Wo¡n sk¨p
‘ As¸m Bim^w N*m NqsX k¶ BansW ks^ f_¡pw Asà …””
‘ ti ..CÃtXm ..WÃ tX]vÌv ..bns¶ knl¸pw ..C¶s` AÂbw b\n NqXpSÂ D*m]n^p¶p ‘ hpVoÀ Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨p …
‘ tbm ..H¶v ..”” Akak³s_ SpX]n WpÅn .. H^p sI_n] Np«ns] tbms` Wm\¯n fp§n ..
hpVoÀ AkapsX fpOw S¶nt`¡v AXp¸n¡m³ H^p§n]Spw kmSn Sp_¶p N_n¡m^³ ANt¯¡v k¶p .. N¿n Bkn b_¡p¶ b¶n]pw N¸]pw …
“” CWn kÃSpw tkt\ knan¨m fSn hmt_ “” Ak^psX fpO¯v Wn¶pw Ft´m km]n¨ns«¶ tbms` A]mÄ b_ªp ..
“” H^p t¹äv docpw NqXn FXpt¯m .. bnt¶ … CsSÃw Hmt^m t¹äv bmÀh`pw NqXn tk\w tNt«m .. bmÀh sNmXp¡¶p*tÃm N¼nNp«³.sWäv