N¼nNp«³.sWäv A§sW fj]pw tWm¡n ^*p bcv FXp¯v Np® H¶v– sSm`n¨p sI_pSm]n AksW HmfWn¡p¶ tbms` ^*v AXn AXn¨p. sbs«¶m\v Fsâ fWÊnt`¡v H^p sFZn] k¶Sv. sFZn] WX¸n`m¡t\m tk*mt]m F¶m\v sSm«v AXp¯ Wnfngw Mm³ Bt`mIn¨Sv. fq¯v Wn¡p¶ Np® Np«³ Fs¶ ASnWp t{b^n¸n¨p. Mm³ ASv sI¿m³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p. A½ k^m³ CWn]pw 2 f\n¡qÀ D*v tbm^m¯SnWv Wà tNm^ns¨m^n]p¶ fj]pw. AkhmW bcpw FXp¯v hnP_äv Npän Mm³ KW`n`qsX bp_t¯¡p Naªp.
F¶n«p Mm³ H^p fp*v fm{Sw FXp¯v DXp¯p. A`fm^]n Wn¶p N«n]pÅ k`n] N¼nan bpS¸v FXp¯p bp_¯pNqsX Ipän. l^o^w cpÄ f_ªp NnX¡p¶p. Mm³ Fsâ k`s¯ Nm`n H^p N_p¯ I^Xv sN«n«v D*v. ASnsâ sSm«v fpNan ks^ bpS¸v F¯n Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ tXdnan C^n¡p¶ Wnky {Now FXp¯p. CXs¯ ssN sNm*v Np_¨p {Now k`s¯ DÅw ssN]n tS¨p ssN fX¡n bnXn¨p.
“”Ct¸m NknS Bân¡v Fsâ ssN]n {Now C^n¡p¶Sv Nm\m³ bänÔ”, Mm³ hz]w b_ªp. tZmÀ Sp_¶p Mm³ Smsj imant`¡v tbm]n. sÌbv C_§n k^p¶ Fs¶ N*v NknS Bân tImUn¨p,
“”CsS´mXm tfmsW N¼nan C«v fqXn bpSs¨ms¡?!””
“”Wà S\pNp¶p Bân. fj cpÄ WWªtà Mm³ k¶Sv.””,Mm³ b_ªp.
“”Ft¶Â Mm³ H^p IqXv Nm¸n CXmw tfmsW.””,Bân F\o¡m³ SpX§n.
“”tk* Bân. BânsX tKm`n WX¡s«. Mm³ CknsX C^p¶p Np_¨p tW^w Xn kn Nm\s«.””,F¶p b_ªp _ntfm«p FXp¯v Xn kn Hm³ sI]vSp. Bân¡v Zu«v AXn¡mSn^n¡m³ Fsâ Cãsb« t{bm{Pmw B] D¸pw fpaNpw sk¨p. F¶n«v sfsà thmc]nt`¡p C^p¶p. Bân tKm`n SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ AXp¯v DÅSpsNm*v ssWän bämkp¶nXt¯maw Smjv¯n sk¨n«p*v. F¶n^p¶m`pw Wn`w SpX¡pt¼mÄ ASv bntWw bj]tbms` tN_ntbmNpw. Bân Mm³ ASv tWm¡p¶pt*m F¶_n]m³ Fs¶ H¶v bman tWm¡n. Mm³ sbs«¶v Xn kn ]nt`Nv N®p fmän. Mm³ tWm¡p¶nsöp N* Bân tKm`n SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ bpS¸v fmN-vhnfw f_¨p sk¨v H¶pw bp_¯p Nm\nsöv D_¸p k^p¯n. F¶n«v Mm³ Fsâ fp*v kNªp fmän Np® bp_s¯Xp¯p. kXn tbms` Wn¡p¶ Np®¡p«Wn Mm³ {Now tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. Mm³ Bâns] tWm¡n km\w AXn¡m³ SpX§n. sl^n¡pw, Mm³ km\w AXn¡ps¶¶p b_]m³ bänÃ. Np® sI_pSm]n Djntªm*v C^n¡p¶p. sl^n¡v km\w AXn¨m Np® At¸m Ss¶ skXn sbm«nNpsf¶p tSm¶n. Nm^\w Np® knNm^¯Ån¨]n B]n^n¶p, fp¼v dmSv–_qfn sks¨ms¡ Bâns] HmÀ¯p km\w kn«n«ps*¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv