N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo Vn¡^n¡m_pt*m?”
“”””CÔ
“”””CtÃ? hSyw b_]\w” tf^n b_ªp
“”””CÃ. ASnsâ Bklyw k¶n«nÃ. tI«³ Mm³ b_]p¶SnWv f_ps¯m¶pw b_]nÔ tfma½ AenfmWt¯msX b_ªp. FWn¡v In^n k¶Sv b\ns¸«v AX¡n.
“”””Wn§Ä S½n DÅ Um¼Sy dÔw H^pbmXv {blvW§Ä Wn_ªSm\v F¶v FWn¡v skanbmXp*m]n. ASp So^pkm³ In` NÀf§apw {Nn]Napw Wn§Ä sIt¿*Sp*v.” tf^n b_ªp
Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p, Cu kN sbm«¯^§sams¡ Cu Wm«n³bp_Sm]Sv sNm*v WX¡p¶p. tks_ kà Ø`¯pw B]n^ps¶¦n tf^ns] Wm«pNmÀ Ft¶ bªn¡ns«sW.
“”””Wo Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tbms` sI¿\w.” tf^n C§sW b_ªn«v tI«Wv tWs^ Sn^nªp. “”””Wn§Ä FjptWäv Wn`v¡p”
tI«³ F\oäp. “”””gÀ«pw fp*pw Du^n fäq”
tI«³ Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””Mm³ tbmt\m tI«m?” tfma½]m\v f_pbXn b_ªSv “”””hm_v tbm* hmt_. tI«Wv hm_nknsX Ds*¦n H^p ssV^yfm. bns¶ tI«³ CknsX F¶pw bqhm]n Sp\n]pw f\n]pw CÃmsS b_n]pw Nm\n¨p NnX¡p¶Sv hm_v Nm\p¶StÃ. tI«m Du^v tI«m” H¶v WnÀ¯n]n«v tfma½ tf^n]psX fpO¯p tWm¡n b_ªp “”””tI«sâ Np® Ckapfms^m¶p Nm\s«” .tf^n Iqan.
tI«³ fp*pw gÀ«pw Du^n fmän. sK«n CÃm]n^p¶p. WoafpÅ bs£ k®w Np_ª Np® Sq§n NnX¡p¶p. ASnWp bn¶n Mm¶p NnX¶mXp¶ D*NÄ.
tf^n]pw Wn½n]pw ASnt`¡v tWm¡p¶nÃ. tf^n tfma½t]mXv b_ªp “”””WnW¡v Wnsâ eÀ¯mknsW Dt¯Kn¸n¡m³ Njn]ptfm?”
tfma½ hwl]t¯msX tImUn¨p, ‘ F´v H¸n¡m³ Njn]ptfm¶v?”
Wn½n In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp “”””H¸n¡m³ AÃ. Dt¯Kn¸n¡m³. F¶p sk¨m CSv D]À¯m³”
“”””Hmiv… Ft´m¶v tf^n¡p«o Wo Cu b_]p¶Sv? Np® N¼n]m¡m³ bäptfm F¶v f^ymU¡v tImUn¨m tbms^?”
FWn¡v CsSms¡ H^p tNmfZn B]n«m\v tSm¶n]Sv. B tSm¶Â As¸m Ss¶ fm_n. Wn¡p¶ tI«sâ fp¶n fp«p Np¯n] tfma½ tI«sâ Np® hz´w km]v¡pÅn B¡n. WsÃm^p NmjvI Ss¶ B]n^p¶p AsS¦n`pw tfma½ ASp km]v¡pÅn sk¨v Du_n]n«pw tI«sâ Np® sbm§n]nÃ. AW¡w tbm`pw CÃ. Np_¨p tW^w Du¼n]n«v tfma½ ko*pw S_]n C^p¶p. tf^n¡p«ns] tWm¡n b_ªp “”””CSp sbm§nà tf^o.”
tf^n b_ªp. “”””AsSms¡ sbm§pw. Wo sI¿p¶Snsâ Npj¸fm. hmkVmWw sI]vSp tWm¡v”
“”””At¿m.. Mm³ k`n] km]ns`Xp¸pNm^n H¶pw AtÃ. FWn¡v C§sWms¡s] A_n]q. k]hm]ntà FWn¡v” tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n N®n_p¡n sNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv