N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶ f«n AkapsX A®m¡n fp«nsNm*n^p¶p. AkapsX WmkpNÄ Aksâ Np®]n I¡^]n WX¡p¶ D_p¼pNsat¸ms` tfªp WX¶p. hpO¯nsâ b^Sfy¯nt`¡p f³hqÀ N]_ns¡m*n^p¶p. sbs«¶k³ {bSo£n¡msS AkÄ H^p kn^ Aksâ Np¯n¯pa]ntáv N]än bSps¡ fÊmKv sI]vSp. AkWp F´m\v hwekn¨sS¶v fWÊn`mkp¶SnWp fp¼v Aksâ Np® JÀUn¨p. CSnWp fps¼m^n¡`pw k¶n«nÃm¯{S]pw lp¢w AkapsX km]nt`¡mkm³ AXn¨p N]än. H^p fXn]pw NqXmsS AkÄ ASv fX fX NpXn¨n_¡n. hpOw hin¡m³ k¿msS Ak³ H^p B`hyfpÅ f]¡¯nt`¡v kjpSn ko\p.
F{S hf]w D_§n F¶v NrSyfm]n Hm^vf]nÃ. tcm\nsâ lÐw tN«m\v Ak³ D\À¶Sv. AXp¯n^p¶ tcm¬ tWm¡n. hzo_v hpfn F¶ tb^v tcm\n N*t¸mÄ f³hqÀ H¶p sM«n. Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AksW Ss¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨v– NnX¡p¶ WoWs] N*p. AkÄ tddn tZmÄ {ZÊv fmän Ct¸mÄ {dm]pw bmân]pw fm{Sfn«m\v NnX¸p. AkÄ N®pNÄ sNm*v tcm¬ FXp¡m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
“”it`m hpfn””
“”it`m C¡. F§nsW tbmkp¶p AknsX. Npj¸§sam¶pw CÃtÃm AtÃ.””
“”Òvfv. CÃ hpfn””
“”F´v bän lЯnsWms¡ H^p fmäw. D_§n tbm]n^pt¶m?””
“”B. Mm³ H¶v f]§n tbm]n””
“”CknsX tfm³ tW^s¯ D_§n C¡… bs£ FWn¡p_¡w k^p¶nÃ. C¶v W½Ä H^pfnIn^p¶p Fs´ms¡ sI¿m³ ¹m³ sI]vSSm… b*m^w AX§mWm]ns«m^p iÀ¯mÂ…””
“”Òvfv. hm^fnÃ. Mm³ Wmsa k^mw””
“”Wfps¡s´¦n`psfms¡ b_ªp sNm*n^n¡pw C¡. C¡t]mXv Nps_ kÀ¯fmWw b_ªnsæn FWn¡ns¶m_§m³ Njn]nÃ. Fsâ sbm¶n¡]tÃ… FWns¡m^p fp¯w Sm…””
Aksâ sSm*]n H^p kn§Â k¶p Wn_ªp. N®pNÄ sbs«¶p hK`§am]n. C{S]pw hvtWi WnVn]m] em^y AknsX Ss¶ Nm¯n^n¡pt¼mÄ, CknsX MmsW´p sIä¯^fm\v ssUktf Nm«n]Sp…
“”C¡m C¡m. F´v bän. H¶pw b_]ms¯. Wmsa sb^n]Zv–hv Bkpw F¶v b_ªSv sNm*v Ft¶mXv tUgyfpt*m?””
Aksâ fWÊv NqXpSÂ CXnªp. C{S]pw bmkfm] Cksa]mt\m Mm³ ISn¨Sp.
“”AsSm¶pfà hpfn. Mm³ D_§n tbm]n^p¶p. ASm. Wà £o\w. CWn Wmsa knan¡mw””
“”l^n C¡m. _Ìv FXpt¯m. PpZv ssWäv. Fsâ I¡^ Np«Wv H^p I¡^ D½. D½v½v½v½vBBBB””
f³hqÀ tcm¬ Hmcv B¡n. CWn]pw AkÄ knan¨m S³ SNÀ¶p tbmkpw. f³hq_nWv Aksâ sW©n H^p k`n] NmÀtfQw fqXn]Sv tbms` tSm¶n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv