N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv b_ªt¸mÄ {Xoh H¶v WnÝ`]m]n bns¶ CXSpssN Smjv¯n AkapsX hmfobyw sNm*v ko*pw N^p¯Wm] Fsâ Np® bnXn¨p AkapsX bq_n fp«n¨p. Mm³ sfsà A^s¡«p Smjv¯n. AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Fsâ Np® N]_n.
‘^Kn… sF `kyp… tWmdZn A*ÀÌm³Zv fn sdäÀ S³ ]p’ AkÄ ASv b_ªp Fsâ Np*nNan bnXn¨p Fsâ AXn]psX Sma¯nWWph^n¨p AXn¨pS^m³ SpX§n.
Mm³ fpOfp]À¯n. {Xohs] b®p¶SnsWm¸w AkapsX Ip*n NXn¨p. A`vbhf]w `nbv–t`m¡v sI]vSn«v Mm³ fpOsfXp¯p.
ASntkP¯n tlOÀ hnP^änsâ bpN]qSn kn«p.
‘{Xoh B bnwbv B\v Fsâ cmfn`n ss`cv Ss¶ SN^m³ Nm^\w… gn Cuhv F dnIv…’ Ak³ b_ªp.
‘Hmt¡… t^Os] Fsâ H¸w Wn§Ä A§sW N*Sn thm_n… C{S]pw WmÄ Wn§tamXp FWn¡pw bpÑfm]n^p¶p… bs£, CsSms¡ A_nªt¸mÄ…’
tlOÀ AX¡n¸nXn¨p N^]pN]m]n^p¶p.
‘t`mN¯p H^p eÀ¯mkpw D*mNnÃC§sW… bs£… ^Kogv… Wo CsSms¡ A_n]\sf¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. tUk³… io Cuhv F sZknÄ… FWn¡_n]mw AkWnt¸mÄ F]nw sI¿p¶Sv Fsâ tfmsa]m\v…Fsâ]pw t^O]psX]pw ss`cv Ak³ Wln¸n¨p. bs£… fmapknsW… Fsâ Kok³ tbm]m`pw ASnWp Mm³ h½Sn¡nÃ’
Aksâ b_¨n tN«v Mm³ sM«n… Fsâ fmap…
‘^Kogv, Sm³ k¶ tlgfm\p t^O]v¡pwfmapknWpw H^p fmäw k¶Sv… AkÀ fWÊ_nªp In^n¡p¶Sv Ct¸mÄ Mm³ Nm\m_p*v… bs£, SmWpw t^O]pw S½n`pÅ dÔw fmap A_ntªm? AkÄ ko*pw bj]tbms`…’
Ak³ H¶v b_ªp WnÀ¯n.
‘G]v… AsSm¶pfmknÃ… AkÄ¡p AkapsX AÑsW]pw A½s]]pw hvtWit¯msX Nm\\w… ASv Ft¸mÄ hwekn¡pt¶m A¶v fmap fWÊv Wn_ªp In^n¡pw… Aksa FWn¡_n]mw’
tlOÀ H^p bpÑ emk¯n In^n¨p ‘bmkw…’ Ak³ b_ªp.
‘CsSms¡ WX¡pw…Mm³ WX¯n¯^mw…’ Mm³ b_ªp.
tlOÀ sbm«n¨n^n¨p: ‘i i… hz´w ss{Zk_psX NqsX em^y NnX¡p¶Sp N*kWm\v Mm³… F¶n«nt¸mÄ B ss{Zkt_mXv Ss¶ Fsâ kngf§Ä b_]p¶ Mm³… C{S]pw Wm\w sN«kWm] Fs¶ CWn AkÄ hvtWin¡m³… C{S]pw Nm`w FWns¡m^p hfmVmWw D*m]n^p¶p…Fs¶ AkÄ sSän²^n¨n^n¡pN]m\tÃm F¶v… bs£… Ct¸mÄ sF Bw _n]`n F Nt¡mÂZv’ Ak³ b_ªp.
‘Hmt¡… thm_n… C{S]pw WmÄ FWn¡pw Wn§tamXp bpÑfm]n^p¶p. bs£… Ct¸mÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n, Wn§Ä WsÃm^p eÀ¯mkm\v… AÑWm\v…’ ASptN«v Ak³ ko*pw In^n¨p.
‘i i…Wà eÀ¯mkv… Wà Aѳ…’
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