N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ioän sNm*n^p¶p.
“”F´v bän tfmsW””,Bân B tZm¤n hvssä Wn¶p sNm*v Sn^nªp tWm¡n. tim B NmjvI N*v Np® Np«³ H¶qXn D²^n¨p làn]n Np®¸m Ioän.
Mm³ f_pbXn b_]msS thmc]nt`¡p Im^n C^p¶p H^p UoÀOWnlzmhw kn«p. F¶n«v fp*v bj] tbms` DXp¯p.
“”Bân CknsX C^p¶n«v FWn¡v– S\p¸v NqXps¶ DÅp Mm³ _qfn tbm\p””,Mm³ thmc]n Wn¶p fqXn¸pS¨p Fjpt¶äp sNm*v b_ªp.
“”Hm k¶ Nm^yw Njnªt¸m tbmNpkmt\m?””,Bân H¶p B¡n tImUn¨p.
Mm³ sM«n¯n^nªp Bâns] tWm¡n.
Bân¡v FÃmw bnXnNn«nt]m, Mm³ e]¶p.
“”Ft´…B…Bân A.. A§sW tImUnt¨?!””,Mm³ kn_¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
“”Aà D¸pw fpaNpw Nm\m³ Asà k¶n^p¶Sv, ASv SoÀ¶t¸m tbmNp¶p. ASm b_ªSv. Bân Nm¸n CXmw tfm³ sbm]vt¡m.””
“”im sl^n Bân””,Fsâ lymhw tWs^ ko\p. emPyw Bân¡v H¶pw fWhn`m]n«nÃ.
Mm³ _qfnt`Nv tbm]n. bpS¸p fX¡n A`fm^]n sk¨p. fp*v Du^n sdZn C«n«p Xk FXp¯p dm{Sqw tbm]n. WsÃm^p Npan bmhv B¡n bp_¯p C_§n. Bân Nm¸n sNm*v tXdnan sk¨n^p¶p. Mm³ Ip½m tcm\n Np¯nsNm*p Nm¸n NpXn¨p. Nps_ tW^w tcm\n Np¯n A§sW C^p¶p. kmXvhvB¸n Fsâ D½¨n¡p«nNv H^p im]v kn«p. AkÄ Hm\vss`³ CÃ. At¸mtj¡pw Smsj A½]psX knan tN«p. A½ k¶p. Mm³ Smtj¡p sI¶p. A½ Im] FXp¡m¶v– b_ªp.
“”tk*t½, NknS Bân C¶v FWn¡v FÃmw S¶p.””, NknS BânsX Np*n]pw fp`]pw fWÊnt`mÀ¯p sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp.
“”F´pkm?””,A½ tImUn¨p.
“”NknS Bân FWn¡v Nm¸n C«v Ss¶¶p.””,Mm³ b_ªp.
“”F¶m A½ s{Zhv fm_n k^mw.””, F¶p b_ªpsNm*v A½ _qfnt`¡v tbm]n.
Mm³ tft` Fsâ _qfn`pw tbm]n. tcm³ FXp¯p tWm¡n. kmXvhvB¸n cmUn] sX sftÊKv k¶n^n¡p¶p. Mm³ ASv– Sp_¶p km]n¨p.
“”C¡m sbs«¶v kmXvhvBbv km, FWn¡v– H^p Nm^yw tImUn¡m³ C*v. kmXvhvBbv k^pt¼m H^p fnhv–tNmÄ Sm””
FWn¡v– BsN sX³gWpw BNmw£]pw B]n. Mm³ AkapsX tcm\n knan¨p. AkÄ FXp¯nÃ. bnt¶w knan¨p. C¯k\ AkÄ FXp¯p.
“”kmXvhvBbv km””,AkÄ bSnª hz^¯n b_ªp.
Mm³ kmXv–hvB¸v tN_n. AkÄ ssX¸nwPv Nm\n¡p¶p. Mm³ sk]näv sI]vSp.
AkapsX sftÊKv k¶p.
“”C¡m hSyw b_¿v, Fsâ tNm«ns`Bskap¯pN_bnXn¨n^n¡p¶SvF´pkm?-“”
‘ssUktf!CkÄ¡vfWhn`mt]m’,Mm³CXnsk«n]Svtbms`F´vb_]\wF¶_n]msShvSÏWm]ntcm\pwbnXn¨pA§sWWn¶p.
(SpX^pw.)
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