N¼nNp«³.sWäv fXn¨psNm*p t^O ASv Ipt*mXp tIÀ¯p. F¶m ASnsâ ^pIn kas^s¸s«¶p t^O]v¡v Cãs¸«p.
‘PpZv tPÄ…’ tUk³ Aksa tWm¡n b_ªp.
‘Hmt¡ t^O s`äv kn dn {cm¦v… sF _n]`n km*v äp c¡v ]p. ]p BÀ hIv F dyp«ncpÄ B³Zv tim«v tPÄ… ASv tlOÀ A_n]t\m tk*t]m F¶Sv Wnsâ Cãw. bns¶, Mm³ Bs^]pw H¶nWpw tcmjvhv sI¿m_nÃ… bänsæn t^O]v¡v Sp_¶p b_]mw. Fs¶ ht´mgn¸n¡p¶kÀ¡ptk*n Mm³ Fsâ Kok³ tbm`pw sNmXp¡pw… H¶pw FWn¡v sk_psS tk*. Bh-vNv {Xoh… AkÄ b_ªpS^pw Fs¶¡p_n¨p. bns¶, t^O]psX B³hÀ tWm Bs\¦nÂ… FÃm dnhnWhpNm^pw b_]p¶tS MmWpw b_]p¶pÅq… `mefnÃm¯ dnhnWÊv sI¿m³ FWn¡v dp²nfp«p*v’
FÃmw tN« t^O DÅn WXp§pN]m]n^p¶p.AkÄ tbXn¨ptbm]n. AkÄ sfsà Fjpt¶äp.
‘Mm³ sbm]vt¡mt«…’ AkapsX lÐw CX_n, N®pNÄ WWªp.
‘Hmiv… thm…Cäv Cuhv F tWm ss_äv…? Cäv Cuhv Hmt¡…Mm³ b_ªtÃm… Mm³ Bs^]pw tcmjvhv sI¿m_nÃ. Sm³ C^pt¶maq. {Zn¦vhv cnWngv sI]vSn«v tbmNmw’ tUk³ b_ªp.
AkÄ U]Wo]fm]n {Xohs] tWm¡n. AkapsX N®n Wn¶pw H^p SpÅn AXÀ¶p Nknant`¡p ko\p. {Xoh Fjpt¶äp AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p ANt¯]v¡p sNm*ptbm]n. hm^n]n SpÅn¯pap¼p¶ t^O]psXNp*nNÄ tWm¡n tUk³ Np®]n St`mXn.
‘bq_ntfmapsX Np*n tWms¡Xm… Wnsâ sN«nt]msa¡mÄ shm]¼³ hmVWfm… kaªp Nn«m³ C¯n^n bmXm…’ A`N-vhv In^n¨p. tUkWpw In^n¨psNm*v ¥mhns` ssk³ Hä]Xn¡v AN¯m¡n.
‘t^O¡p«n… tfmav W¶m]n«p Bt`mIn¡q… Cu Nm`¯p Np_¨p AZvKÌv sI¿p¶kÀs¡ms¡t] t`mN¯p W¶m]n Kokn¡m³ bäpÅq…’
{Xoh t^Ot]mXv b_ªp. t^O]psX fpOw BsN b^n{efw sNm*v kna_n]n^p¶p. {Xoh AkapsX Nknan St`mXn
‘C§sW tbXn¡mWpw fm{Sw F´m D*mt]?’ t^O fn*n]nÃ.
‘tfmav Cs¸m H¶v N®X¨m tlO_nWv tKm`n¡]äkpw bns¶ Wn§Ä¡v KoknS¯n F´m tks*¶p sk¨m AsSms¡ WX¡pw.
Csæn Cs¸m Ss¶ hm_nsâ fWÊv fm_n… tlO_nsâ tKm`n tbm`pw dm¡n]p*mknÃ’
ASv b_ªt¸mÄ t^O BsN e]¶psNm*v {Xoh]psX N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n. t^O]psX N®pNÄ WWªp Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p.
‘sl^n… tfmav N^]*…’ {Xoh Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p. ‘CSnWpw fm{Sw CknsX F´m D*mt]?’
At¸mtj]v¡pw t^O knSp¼n]n^p¶p.
‘FWn¡v tbXn]mkp¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv