N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpXn IoNn sN«n sbms«ms¡ sSm«v H^p hpµ^n Np«n B]n^n¡pkm Fsâ ssSNnakn I^¡v.
tf^n tI«sW S_]n kn^n¨n^p¶ bm]]n C^p¯n. tI«Wv FSnÀ kl¯p tfma½s]]pw. tI«³ gÀ«pw `p¦n]pw B\v V^n¨n«pÅSv. ^*p tbÀ¡pw CX]n`m]n tf^n fp«p Np¯n C^p¶p.ssN ^*pw tfÂs¸m«m¡n N®pNÄ AX¨v Ft´m f{´n¡p¶p. tf^n]psX bn¶n Ft´m H^p sI_n] bphvSNw Sp_¶p bnXn¨v Wn¡pN]m\v Wn½n. Mm³ CsSÃmw tWm¡n Ipf^pw Im^n C^p¶p. tf^n N®p Sp_¶p tfma½s] tWm¡n b_ªp. “”””N®X¨p {bmÀ°nt¨maq.”
tfma½ N®X¨p ssNNÄ Nq¸n C^p¶p. tf^n tI«sW tWm¡n]t¸mÄ tI«Wpw A§sW Ss¶ C^p¶p. Wn½nt]mXv b_ªp , “”””Wn½o… skÅw”
Wn½n bphvSNw S_]n sk¨v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v bSps¡ b_ªp “”””^*p tbÀ¡pw Hmt^m ¥mhv skÅw sNmXp¡\w. H¶v FXp¯p S^mtfm?”
Mm³ lÐw D*m¡msS Fjpt¶äv AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p. Wn½n]pw bp_sN k¶p.
“”””hm_n¶v– ko«n k¶t¸mÄ…””
AkÄ b_]p¶Sv tN«p Mm³ tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n . H^p In^nt]msX AkÄ b_ªp… “”Mm³ N*p !”
“”””F´v?”
AkÄ N®pNÄ Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v Wo«n. “”””ASv–”
Mm³ WnÊm^fm¡n In^n¨p. “”””Hm ASmt\m k`n] Nm^yw?”
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX b_ªp “”””C{S]pw k`n] Nm^yw Mm³ CSv ks^ N*n«nÔ
Mm³ ^*p ¥mhv skÅw FXp¯v AkapsX ssNNan sNmXp¯p sNm*v b_ªp, “”””As¸m sI_n] Nm^y§sams¡ N*n«p*v ?-”
AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”””tbm hmt_.. CSptbm`pÅ {bmÀ°WNan N*n«p*v … AÃmsS…””
“”½½w…”” MmsWm¶v C^p¯n fqan.
AkÄ Sn^nsN fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. I´n SÅn bnXn¨v B«n B\v WX¯w. Mm³ AkapsX I´n]n H^p AXn sk¨p sNmXp¯p. AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v Sn^nªp tWm¡n. Mm³ b_ªp, “”””tf`m H^nX¯pw Hanªp tWm¡^pSv”
AkÄ In^n¨p. sNm¨p sbm`]mXn. S^t¡XnÃ. M§Ä fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. Mm³ NSNX¨p sNmap¯n«p. tf^n BknsX fq¶v sfjpNpSn^nNÄ sNmap¯n sk¨p. Wn½n ss`äv Hmcm¡n. k`n] sfjpNp Sn^nNam\v. fp_n]n skan¨fp*v. tf^n ^*p tbt^mXpw skÅw NpXn¡m³ b_ªp. AkÀ NpXn¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Wn½n ¥mhpNÄ km§n H^p fq`]n sk¨p. AkÀ Wm`p tb^pw k«fn«v C^p¶p.
tf^n tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p “”””WnW¡v Wnsâ eÀ¯mkntWmXv hvtWiw Dt*m?”
“”””bn¶nÃmsS?” tfma½ Sn^n¨p tImUn¨p
“”””Dt*m CÃt]m F¶v b_]\w” tf^n lÐw D]À¯n
“”””D*v”
“”””At±is¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv