N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bt`mIn¡pN]m\v. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ AkÄ H¶v bp©n^n¨psNm*v Fjpt¶än^p¶p.
A¶v tlOÀ N]_n k^pt¼mÄ t^O]pw {Xoh]pw Fsâ fXn]n SaÀ¶p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p. N]_ns]¯n]Sv tlOÀ Bs\¶v fWÊn`m¡m³ bmSn D_¡¯n`m]n^p¶ MmWpw Gs_ hf]sfXp¯p. fWÊn`m]t¸mjpw FWn¡v D_¡¯nsâ B`hy¯n sbs«¶v Fjpt¶Â¡pkmWpw bän]nÃ.
hz´w em^y]pw Nq«pNm^n]pw Ssâ ss{Zk_psX Np®t]mXv fpOw tIÀ¯v bqÀ\ WPvW^m]n SaÀ¶p_§p¶ NmjvI tlO_nsâ fpO¯v D*m¡n] emk kySymhw F´ms\¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ. Mm³ bnXsªjpt¶äp. F´v sI¿\sf¶_n]msS b^p§n.
Fsâ AW¡w {Xoh]psX]pw t^O]psX]pw D_¡w Wãs¸Xp¯n. BUyw N®pNÄ Sp_¶ {Xoh tlO_nsW N*p.
‘Bimv Sm³ kt¶m? M§Ä H^p Nan Njnªp f]§n]Sm… Ssâ ss{ZkÀ Bav sNmÅmw tNt«m… im… {Zn¦vhv SoÀt¶m… Sm³ tbm]n H¶qsX km§nt¨m*zm… AtàCknXpt*m? Dt* tbm]n AsSXpt¯¨p km…’
H«pw AhmVm^\fÃm¯ ^oSn]n {Xoh tlO_ntWmXv hwhm^n¨p. Mm³ BsN bN¨p Wn¡pN]m\v. At¸mjm\v t^O N®pNÄ Sn^p½n hztdmVw kos*Xp¡p¶Sv. SoÀ¯pw AbfmWnSWm]n Wn¡p¶ Ssâ eÀ¯mknsW N*p AkÄ sM«n. AkÄ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp A`vbw tUgyt¯msX AknsX Wn¶pw tbm]n.
tlOÀ At¸mjpw H^p km¡p fn*n]nÃ. Ft¶mXpÅ tUgykpw, SoÀ¯pw AbfmWs¸« H^p bp^pgsâ WnÊim]mkØ]pw B fpO¯v Wn¶v FWn¡v km]ns¨Xp¡mw.
‘Zm… ssft^… Wo b_ªsSm¶pw tN«ntÃ?’ {Xoh AktWmXp tImUn¨p.
tlOÀ H¶pw fn*msS Sn^nªp WX¶p. B ^wPw F¶n kÃm¯ NpätdmVw D*m¡n. tlOÀ F{Ss]ms¡ sNmÅ^pSm¯k³ Bs\¦n`pw Fsâ fp¶n A]mÄ WsÃm^p ]KfmW³ B]n^p¶p. Mm³ {Xohs] tWm¡n. AkÄ H¶pfnsöv– N®pNm\n¨p. F¶n«p Fs¶ k`n¨p AkapsX tft`¡v C«p. AÂbtW^w sN«n¸nXn¨p M§Ä Ip*pNÄ tIÀ¯psk¦n`pw FWn¡v Ft´m… shN-vhv fqZv tSm¶n]nÃ. Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. {ZÊv FXp¯n«p. F¶n«p Smtj]v¡n_§n.
Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ tlOÀ Ssâ Nm_n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Aksâ AXpt¯]v¡p sI¶p. F´v b_]\sf¶v FWn¡v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.
‘^Kogv… Sm³ tN_q… Wfps¡m¶v N_§n]n«p k^mw…’ Ak³ b_ªp. Mm³ k*n]n N]_n. Ak³ k*ns]Xp¯p. kjnt]m^¯p k*n WnÀ¯n]n«p Ak³ B NT b_ªp. Bt^mXpw b_]msS fWÊns`mSp¡n WX¶ Aksâ NT…
H¯n^n AtWzg\§Äs¡mXpkn`m\v t^O F¶ hpµ^ns¸¬Np«ns] Ssâ KoknS¯nt`]v¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv