N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpä¯p Wm`©p kmj¡p`NÄ NnX¸p*v. ASp Iq*n Mm³ b_ªp “”””tI«m, Cu sNm`s]ms¡ H¶v FXp¯v Sn®]n sk¨v, Im¡v sNm*p fqXn sN«ns]¡p. ^m{Sn kÆm NXn¡pw”
tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v NnX¶v km]W SpXÀ¶p. A]mÄ Hmt^m Np`]m]n FXp¯v Sn® bp_¯p k]v¡pN]m\v. tfma½]psX Sp\n fqXm¯ sNmjp¯ sW]v SpX Han¨p tWm¡n B bmkw NpXn¨n_¡p¶p*v. Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n]nÃ. tfma½]psX SpX]nt`¡v ssN FXp¯p sk¨v Mm³ b_ªp, “”””tI¨o CsS¶m CknsX Ipk¶p NnX¡ps¶?” tImUn¨Spw Mm³ tfma½]psX DÄ SpX]n H^p bn¨p sNmXp¯p. tfma½ ImXn Fjpt¶äp “”””FknsX?”
skap¯ SpX]n Mm³ bn¨n] CXw At¸mtj¡pw Ipk¶p. ASp Nm«n Mm³ b_ªp. “”””tU CknsX”
SpX]psX DÄemPw B]Sp sNm*v tfma½ Nm`v AN¯n, f`À¯n sk¨p.
“”””CknsX S_]n k¶p NnX¶n«v Fs´¦n`pw NXn¨Sm]n^n¡pw. kà kngfpÅ {bm\nNapw B]n^n¡ptkm?”
Mm³ H¶p NqXn N]_n C^p¶v, tfma½]psX Nms`Xp¯v Fsâ fXn]n Wo«n sk¨p. F¶n«v Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n C^p¶t¸mÄ tfma½]psX k`Sv SpX Fsâ fXn]n`pw, CXSp Nm Fsâ bp_Nn`pw B]n. Nna]v¡m³ k¶ tI«³, Mm³ B fmUN Nj¸n]psX sW]v fpän] Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n C^p¶v AkapsX SpX SXkp¶Spw Nl¡p¶Spw N*p Nnan tbm]n Wn¶p.
Fsâ fXn]n C^n¡p¶ tfma½]psX SpX Nm\n¨p sNm*v Mm³ A]mtamXv b_ªp. “”””tI«m, CsSm¶v tWm¡nt]. Fs´¦n`pw kngw DÅ Kokn NXn¨Smt\m?”
A]mÄ sM«nt¸m]n. “”””H¶v k¶v tWm¡v tI«m]o” tfma½]pw eoSnt]msX¶ tbms` b_ªp.A]mÄ Fsâ fp¶n k¶v fp«v Np¯n Wn¶v Ak^psX sNmjp¯p^p* SpX]nt`¡v BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n. Mm³ bn¨n] Ø`w A]msa Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. “”””NÃn¸v Ds*¶m\v tSm¶ps¶. tI«³ H¶v sM¡n tWm¡nt]”
A]mÄ kn_]v¡p¶ ssNNÄ sNm*v tfma½]psX SpX]n bnXn¨p. Mm³ ssN fmän. ssN Du¶n C^n¡p¶Sv tbms` Fsâ k`Sp ssN Mm³ tfma½]psX AN¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n bqäntWmXv tIÀ¯v S_]n Np¯n. sfsà kn^`pNÄ sNm*v `p¦n¡nX]n`qsX tfma½]psX bq_nsâ km]n SXkn. H`n¸v SpX§n]n«p*v.tfma½]v¡v Fsâ fXn]n C^n¡p¶ Ak^psX SpX]v¡p Smsj N¼n]m] Np¶]psX fpjp¸v AWpekn¡m³ bäp¶p*v.
“”””Nj¸pt*m tI¨o” Fsâ tImUyw tN«v A]mÄ AÔmanIv M§sa tWm¡n. “”””Wà Nj¸ps*Xm” AkÀ b_ªSv Ft¶mXms\¦n`pw M§Ä ^*p tb^psX]pw fpOw tfma½]psX SpX]n Cj]p¶ A]mapsX ssNNan B\v.
“”””NXn]pt*m tI¨o?”
tfma½ D_s¡ In^n¨p
Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv