N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*p. hzÀ® Wn_fpÅ ^*p sNmjp¯ N\wNm`pNÄ. ASn NnX¶n^p¶ bmUh^§an Wn¶pw A]mapsX N®pNÄ tft`¡v Wo§n. H^p f^¯nsâ f_kn Bt^m C^n¸p*v F¶v fWhn`m¡n] W¼qSn^n sfsà At§m«v– sI¶p.
“”””sÈm..Cu fpÅv Du^n k^p¶nÃtÃm”
f^¯nsâ f_kn C^p¶psNm*v Nm`n S_ª fpÅv Du^m³ {lfn¡p¶ fmUN¯nX¼m] tPmbnNs] N* W¼qSn^n N®v SÅn Wn¶ptbm]n. NmWW NWyNs]t¸ms` kWy shuµ^yfpÅ, sNmjp¯ H^p sb®v. bW]¶qÀ S_km«n sfm¯w H¶nsWm¶p fnN¨ sb®p§Ä B\tÃm F¶]mÄ fWÊn b_]mSn^p¶nÃ. FÃmw shuµ^yw SnNª fmUN SnX¼pNÄ.
W¼qSn^n AXps¯¯n]Sv A_n]msS tPmbnN fpÅv Du^mWpÅ {lf¯n B]n^p¶p. AXps¯§pw B^pfnà F¶ ssV^y¯n bmkmX tft`¡v N]än sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ bNpSn]pw Nm\n¨m]n^p¶p AkapsX C^p¸v. D¨ Njnªp S_km«p ka¸ns` GsS¦n`pw f^¨pk«n C^p¶p bphvSNw km]n¡p¶ lo`fpÅ AkÄ A¶pw km]n¡mWm]n C_§n]Sm\v. At¸mjm\v Nm`n H^p fpÅv S_ªp N]_n]Sv. b¨ b«pbmkmX]pw s»uhpw V^n¨n^p¶ AkapsX fpOshuµ^ykpw Wn_ª fm_pNapw sk®¯pXNapw W¼qSn^n]psX Nmfw Ban¡¯n¨p. AkapsX AXps¯¯n] W¼qSn^n sfsà H¶v fp^XW¡n. tPmbnN S`sk«n¨v tWm¡n W¼qSn^ns] N*t¸mÄ e]t¯msX bmkmX tWs^]n«v SpXNapw Nm`pNapw f_¨p.
“”””Np«n?” W¼qSn^n tImUn¨p.
“”””tPmbnN..” AkÄ `Ö]pw e]kpw N`À¶ hz^¯n f_pbXn WÂNn.
“”””F¶v b_ªmÂ..tWmw N*n«n`ytÃm S_km«nÂ? B^psX bp{Sn B]n«v k^pw?” AkapsX kWyshuµ^yw WÂNn] Dt¯KWt¯msX W¼qSn^n tImUn¨p.
“”””Mm³ lnk^mfsâ Ca] fNÄ..At½sX tb^v `£vfn..”
“”””`£vfn..d`^mfsâ htimU^nfm^n fq¯]mÄ AsÔ
“”””DÆv”
“”””Dw..Np«n F´m Wn`¯n^n¡p¶Sv? Ft´m H^p N^¨n`v tbms` tWmw tN«n^p¶p”
“”””Nm`n H^p fpÅv sNm*p..Du^ns]Xp¡m³ tWm¡n]n«v bäp¶nÔ
tPmbnN fpOfp]À¯msS b_ªp. W¼qSn^n]psX NjpN³ N®pNÄ AkapsX tIm^ NnWn]p¶ AV^§an`pw s»uhnsâ DÅn koÀ¸pfp«p¶ hvSW§an`pw fm_nfm_n h©^n¨p. f^§apsX CX]n`qsX W¼qSn^n Ipäpw tWm¡n. AXps¯§pw B^pfnÃ. FÃmk^pw D¨f]¡¯n B]n^n¡\w.
“”””tWmw him]n¡t\m?” A]mÄ lÐw Smjv¯n tImUn¨p.
“”””sÈm..Sn^ptfWnt]m..tk*..Mm³ SWns] FXp¯p Natªmamw”
“”””fpÅv l^o^¯n C^n¡p¶Sv tUmgfm\v..F¦n tkPw FXp¯p N¼nNp«³.sWäv