N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX bq_nsâ DÅnt`¡v SÅn¡]än.
“”Dcvcv..t¿m..Òv½w’ go` hpOmVnNy¯n hz]w f_¶p M^§n.
“”tI¨n tSmsä’ Ak·mÀ ko*pw Nqkn. hztdmVw Sn^nsN Nn«n] Mm³ tkPw ssN k`n¨q^n BÀ¯nt]msX f\¯ptWm¡n]n«v Fjpt¶äp. AkapsX bq_nsâ PÔw Fs¶ f¯pbnXn¸n¨p.
“”sÈm Fsâ Nm`v tkUWn¡p¶p’ Wn`¯v Wn¶pw Fjpt¶ä go` Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”CWn Nps_ Njnªp Nan¡mw..’ Nan¡mWpÅ fqZv– tbm]n Aksa f`À¯n¡nX¯n b\n]mWpÅ BÀ¯nt]msX Mm³ b_ªp. go` bmkmX sbm¡n sNmjp¯ SpX SXkns¡m*v Fsâ N®pNant`¡v Bj¯n tWm¡n.
“”Nan WnÀ¯nt]m’ tNm«pkm] C«psNm*v gnKp tImUn¨p.
“”WnÀ¯n..Fjpt¶äv tbm..b*m^§Ä¡v ^m{Sn D_t¡mw CÃ..’ go` ^*nsW]pw tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”ipw..M§Ä sNX¡m³ tbmkm..Wmsa A½ k^p¼w M§av bt_w Wn§av ^*pw NqsX ^m{So Nan B^ps¶¶v’ gnKp tbmNp¶ tbm¡n eog\n fpj¡n.
“”b_ªm M§Ä¡pw A_n]mw b_]m³. At½sX ssN]o¶p ^*nWpw AXn km§n¸n¨p S^pw tWm¡nt¡m’ go` Sn^n¨pw eog\n fpj¡n.
“”tbmXo tI¨n..’ A§sW b_ªn«v Ak³ tKmKns]]pw Nq«n HmXn DÅnt`¡v tbm]n.
Ak·mÀ tbm]n¡jnªt¸mÄ go` Fsâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n. AkapsX fp`NÄ AfnSfm]n D]À¶p Smjp¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”FknXm ssN C«Sv..Òvfw’ AkÄ f{´n¨p.
“”bnXn¨t¸mÄ A_n]msS..’
“”Ak^v tbm]n..Wfp¡v Nan¡mw’ AkÄ tImUn¨p. Mm³ fqan.
“”Nan Cãs¸«p AsÃ’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”WÃ hpOfp*v Nan¡m³..””CWow Nm`ns` bnXn¡mkq tNt«m..fp³tb bnXn¨Sv tbms`..’ AkÄ b_ªp.
ko*pw AkÄ N]_n k¶p. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`n bnXn¨t¸mÄ go` Nfnjv¶p ko\p SpXNÄ AN¯n. Mm³ tkPw ssN AkapsX SpXNapsX CX]nt`¡v N]än. tkPw Ss¶ Fsâ ssN AkapsX bqän fp«n. Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n. AkÄ bmâohv C«n^p¶nÃ; A{S]pw hf]¯nWnsX B^pw Nm\msS AkaSv F§sW Du^n¡aªp Fs¶Wn¡v H^p bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX WWª, t^mfw Wn_ª bnaÀ¸nt`¡v sS¶n¡]_nt¸m]n. go` hpOw fq¯v bpaªp. Fsâ Wm`v kn^`pNÄ AkapsX bq_nsâ DÅnt`¡v fpjpkWpw tN_n] Wn`]n`m]n^p¶p. kn^`pNÄ k`n¨q^n Du¼n]n«v ko*pw Mm³ tNän. {em´fm] Btklt¯msX AkapsX bqänt`¡v kn^`pNÄ k¨v Mm³ AXn¨psNmXp¯p. Wn`¯v f®n NnX¶psNm*v go`]v¡v ^SnfqÀÑ D*m]n. AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw skÅw N¼nNp«³.sWäv