N¼nNp«³.sWäv In^n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p
“”””Np® Nm\n¨p S¶ Nm^yw”
“”””HmÀfn¸n¡msS Fsâ sbm¶v hmt_. N*p Mm³ kn_¨p tbm]n.”
“”””AStÃ. Fsâ Np® Mm³ tI¨n¡v N¼n B¡n Nm\n¨n«pw, tI¨n]psX kX]n sSm«n«pw tbm`pw tI¨n¡v H¶pw tSm¶o`tÃm. f^ymU DÅ hv–{SoNÄ A§sW]m AÃmsS Cu tfma½s] tbms`…””
Ak^psX bqäns` b©m^]Xn¡v Mm³ sNmXp¯ F«nsâ H^p b\n B]n^p¶p ASv. CWn sNm©m³ k^nÃ. tcm\v sk¨p.
Mm³ Sn^nsN tfma½]psX ko«n tbm]n tI«tWmsXm¸w C^p¶v H^p sb¤Xn¨p. tfma½ Npan¡pN]m\v. NrSyw Gjp f\n B]t¸mÄ H^p Hmt«m k¶ lÐw tN«v MmWpw tI«Wpw fp¶nt`¡v sI¶p. Hmt«m]n Wn¶pw tf^n C_§n. skap¯ I«]pw fp*pw Ss¶ tkgw. tf^n¡v bn¶mt` Wn½n]pw C_§n. b*m^w. Cksa sNm*p k^* F¶v b_]m³ f_¶p. AknsX sk¨p N*t¸mÄ Wn½ns] Mm³ A{S {lUn¨n^p¶nÃ. As¸m H^p fpgnª ssWän]n B]n^p¶p. Cs¸m Ip^nUmÀ B\v. Npan¨p kr¯n]m]n H^p§n]n«p*v. Wo* fpOw , k`n] N®pNÄ, C^pWn_w. Wo* fpXn bn¶n knXÀ¯n C«n^n¡p¶p. Ip^nUmÀ `qhv B]SnWm cnPÀ A{S fWÊn`mkp¶nÃ. bNv–tg fp`]pw I´n]pw Hs¡ A{S k`pSà F¶v Fsâ FNv–hv–t_ N®pNÄ fWÊn`m¡n. SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ AkÄ¡v H^p sI_n] Nj¸n `pNv sNmXp¡p¶p*v. At{S DÅp. GNtUlw ftignsâ {bSnNm^¯ns` Kn³hn. Fsâ ssXbv AÃ. Fsâ Np® N¼n]m¡m³ tk* kNs]m¶pw AkÄ¡nÃ. tf^n]psX Nm^yw A§WÃ. sNmjp¯ Np*n]pw SpX]pw WX¡pt¼mÄ CaNp¶Sv H^p shm]¼³ NmjvI]m\v.
^*p tb^pw ANt¯¡v N]_n. Mm³ tI«sW b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. tf^n tI«tWmXv hwhm^n¡pt¼mÄ Wn½o Fs¶ AXnfpXn tWm¡p¶Sv CXwN®n`qsX Mm³ N*p.
tf^n b_ªp “”””GsS¦n`pw fp_n¡pÅn C^p¶v {bmÀ°W sI¿mw.”
M§Ä hmVm^\ C^p¶v skÅfXn¡m_pÅ fp_n AN¯p kr¯n]m¡n C«n«p*v. tI«³ b_ªp, “”””ANs¯ fp_n]nt`¡n^n¡mw. CknsX huN^y§Ä Hs¡ Np_km\v”
tf^n Fs¶ tWm¡n, “”””em^y]pw eÀ¯mkpw fm{Sw fSn {bmÀ°W]v¡v. hm_v sbm]vt¡maq”
f]n^v. bns¶ Wnsâ Cu I¡ sNmS¯n b®m³ Wnsâ S´ k^ptkmXo Ak^mSo… fWÊn In´n¨p. bs£ tI«³ b_ªp “”””At¿m hm_v tbm*. hm_pw M§apw H^p NpXpwdw tbm`m. M§Ä¡v H^p Wà Nm^y¯n Wn¶v hm_nsW Hjnkm¡m³ bäptN`.”
tf^n Fs¶ tWm¡n. “”””hms_m¶p kt¶. FWns¡m^p Nm^yw b_]mWp*v” MmWpw tf^n]pw bp_t¯¡n_§n Wn¶p.
“”””F´m Nm^yw?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””hmt_, hm_nWv kngfw H¶pw tSm¶^pSv. N¼nNp«³.sWäv