N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmkpw tNt«m..”” Npª F³s_ tSman S«n sfsà fpSpNn kn^t`mXn¨p.
“”Npªm ssS`w C«p Np_¨m]ntÃ, SpX¨p Naªmt`m, FWn¡p FÃm]nXkpw kÃmsS H«p¶p..”” fpSpNn BsN H^p knjpknjp¸v..
Npª¡pw N¿n S«n]n«p*mkpw.. Fs¶]pw tIÀ¯p bpS¨n^p¶ »m¦äv AÂbw NqXn tft`¡v k`n¨p Npª]psX sW©nWp fosS ks^ N]än]n«p bSns] H¶p]À¶p BsN DXp¯n^p¶ B Xk bSns] Ajns¨Xp¯p..
“”Sn^ntª Np«m, Npª ssS`w SpX¨p Na]mw..””
Mm³ H^p klw I^nªp Sn^nªp NnX¶p.
“”fw fSn km N®m.”” Npª Fs¶ Sn^n¨p NnX¯n]n«v F³s_ sW©pw fpOkpw FÃmw SpX¨p.
F³s_ ssNNÄ ^*pw bnXn¨p Xk`n Ipän SpX¨n«p sfsà F³s_ SpX]nXp¡n`pw hmVW¯n`pw Hs¡ bnXn¨p SpX¨p S¶p..
Xk fpjpk³ ssS`w B]n Nm\\w.. ASmkpw Npª ASp ko*pw DXp¡msS Sn^nsN tXdnant`¡v C«Sp.
Npª Sn^nªp Fs¶ sN«nbnXn¨p Npª]psX sWt©mXp tIÀ¯p NnX¯n..
“”D_§nt¡m N®m..”” F³s_ fpXn]n B kn^`pNÄ HmXn WX¶p.
Mm³ fpOw B sW©n tIÀ¯p k¨§nsW NnX¶p.
“”Npª]psX sW©ns` fnXn¸pw lzmhw knXp¶Spw FWn¡v tNÄ¡mw Npªm.”” Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n Npªs] tWm¡n b_ªp.
Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p, AÂbw fpt¶m«mªp Fs¶ Np_¨pw NqXn AfÀ¯n NnX¶p.
fp_n]ns` Znw ss`änsâ A^* skan¨¯n Mm³ Npª]psX sW©nt`¡v tWm¡n. ASknsX A§nsW I^nªp NnX¡p¶p.
Npª]psX A½nª Mm³ fp³bv b`t¸mjpw N*n«ps*¦n`pw Cs{S]pw AXp¯p C§nsW Nm\p¶Sv BUyw B]n B\v.
“”fw.. F´m N®m.. “”F³s_ AÛpSt¯msX DÅ tWm«w N*mk\w Npª Sn^¡n.
“”H¶qà Npªm.. NptªsX A½nª H¯n^n k`pSm..””
“”iii! Bt\m.. AsS´m Np«Wp A§nsW tSm¶m³..”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨pw sNm*p Sn^¡n.
“”AÃ f½osX N*n«ns` Npª.. ASp NptªsX¡mÄ sI_pStÃ..””
Npª bnt¶]pw In^n¡p¶ tN«p.
“”ASp Np«³ f½osX bm Wn_s] NpXn¨p SoÀ¯Sv sNm*mXm..”” Fs¶ Ft´`pw b_ªp fWÊn`m¡m³ F¶ tbms` Npª b_ªp S¶p.
“”AsS´m Npªm tI¨n NptªsX A½nª NpXn¡ntÃ?”” FWn¡v bnt¶]pw hwl]w
“”Np«³ H^pbmXp kaÀ¶n«pw f½osX bm`p NpXn¡pw B]n^p¶p.. fmap H^pbmXp Npªns` Ss¶ AsSms¡ WnÀ¯n.. ASmXm..””
“”Hm.. ASmt\m.. fw..””
Mm³Hmt^m¶vHmÀ¯pNpª]psXsW©nWnX]nt`¡vfpOwNp_¨pwNqXnAXp¸n¨pNnX¶p.
NpªNm`pNÄAÂbwka¨pNp_¨pNqXnF¶nt`¡v–Wo§nNnX¶pFs¶BssNNÄ¡pÅnÂtIÀ¯pNnX¯n.
Bl^o^¯n³s_fpjpk³IqXpwsfsÃF³s_tUit¯¡vk^pwtbms`..WÃhpOwtSm¶n..Mm³^*pssNNÄsNm*vNpªs]sN«nbnXn¨v,H^pNms`Xp¯pNpª]psXSpX]psXtfÂN]änsk¨vAfÀ¶pNnX¶p.
SpX^pw..