N¼nNp«³.sWäv sWÃnsâ]pw sIan]psX]pw hpPÔw kin¨psNm*pÅ Nmäv Fs¶ SjpNn¯t`mXn. Mm³ C^pan`qsX AhzØfm] fWtÊmsX D`m¯n. go` F¶ b¨¡^n¼m\v fWw Wn_s]. Fs´m^p sb®m\v AkÄ! N`ym\w Njn¡p¶ksâ emPyw; FÃmw ssUkw Bkly¯nt`s_ sNmXp¯m\v Aksa D*m¡n]n^n¡p¶Sv. F´v AjNm]n^n¡pw AkapsX SpXNÄ¡pw I´nNÄ¡pw! B I´n sbma¯n AkapsX NqSn H¶v Nm\\w; B sI_n] Npjn. Fsâ lzmhPSn sbmXp¶sW D]À¶p. go`]psX WPvWSs]¡p_n¨pÅ Wn_w N`À¶ In´NÄ Fs¶ koÀ¸pfp«n¨p.
“”tim..tKm`n SoÀ¶p..Fs´m^mlzmhw’
go`]psX hz^w tN«v Mm³ tWm¡n. fpXn km^ns¡«ns¡m*v AkÄ fpät¯¡v C_§n. skan]n Sp_Êm] Ø`¯m]n^p¶n«pw AkapsX kn]À¸nsâ `i^n bnXn¸n¡p¶ PÔw FWn¡v Nn«p¶p*m]n^p¶p. hn^Nan So bXÀ¯p¶ hvss{S\PÔw.
“”Cu {bm´·mÀ¡v F{S Nan¨m`pw fSn]mk¯nÃ..’ In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp. Fsâ N®pNÄ C^p«n`qsX AkapsX tUikXnkn {em´fm]n h©^n¨p.
“”Ak·mÀ¡v ssXw bmhv tkt*’ AkÄ¡v f_pbXn]m]n Mm³ b_ªp.
“”bntÅÀ B^pt¶Â Wfp¡pw ktÃmw Nan¡mfm^p¶p At`ymXm’
“”F´m k`pSm]m Nan¨p NqsX’
go` f_pbXn WÂNn]nÃ. AkÄ C^p«n Uqt^¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p.
“”bNÂ NnXt¶m*v D_t¡mw k^p¶nÃ.ASm..’ AkÄ Bt^msX¶nÃmsS b_ªp.
“”FWn¡pw’
ko*pw M§Ä¡nX]n kmIm`fm] H^pS^w WnlÐS bXÀ¶p.
“”WnW¡v IqSv Nan CãftÃ’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”b*v Cãfm^p¶p..C¸w A¯^w Nan H¶pw CãfÃ’
“”bns¶ F¯^w Nan]m Cs¸m Cãw’
go` f_pbXn WÂNmsS lÐfp*m¡msS In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp. CkÄ¡v Nan¡\w F¶p*v; bs£ hmVm^\ Nan]à ASv F¶kÄ Ss¶ hqIW S¶n^n¡p¶p. AkapsX l^o^¯n bnXn¡mtWm k`n¡mtWm Hs¡ bäp¶ kà Nan]pw N*pbnXn¡\w. Fsâ fWÊn N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¶p.
“”M§apfp*v’
lÐw tN«p M§Ä ^*ptb^pw tWm¡n. gnKpkpw tKmKn]pfm\v.
“”F´nWv’ go` AWnãt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”Nan¡m³’ tKmKn]m\v ASv b_ªSv.
“”ASnWp Wn§apsX NqsX M§av Nan¡p¶nsænt`m’
“”F´m tI¨n CSv..¹ohv’ gnKp sN©n.
“”IqsSm¶pw M§¡v CãfÃ..k`yk^v Nan¡p¶ Nan]m M§av Nan¡m³ tbms¶’ Mm³ b_ªp.
“”F´v Nan’ tKmKn tImUn¨p.
“”NdZn’ Mm³ H«pw Bt`mIn¡msS]m\v ASv b_ªSv. Wm«n M§Ä¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv