N¼nNp«³.sWäv C_§n HmXn. bXn]n sk¨p Ss¶ Nps_ Nnak·mÀ Ft¶mXv Nps_ tImUy§Ä. Mm³ A½ bm`v sNmXp¡m³ k¶n«p*v A½s] AtWzgn¨p k¶Sm\v F¶p b_ªp. “”AsS´m Wnsâ A½ WnW¡p bm`v S^p¶nt`? “” H^p b^« Nnaksâ Nfâv. FWn¡v tUgyw k¶p. Mm³ H¶pw b_]msS ANt¯¡p tN_n. AknsX Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ A½s] Nps_ Nnak·mÀ tIÀ¶p Ipän`pw Wn¶p tImUyw sI]p¶p. Mm³ AknsX sI¶v CXsbXm³ bämsS Wn¶p. In¶p b_ªSv sl^n]m\v Ak^psX tImUy§apw sSm`n sbman¡p¶ hwhm^kpw tN«v Fsâ km] sbmanªp.
“”tfmsa Wnsâ bm`mt\m CSv? WnW¡p CSnWp fm{Sw bm`pt*m? Wnsâ bm`ms\¦n FWn¡v Unkhkpw 2`näÀ tk\w tNt«m. Wns¶ B^m\v N_¡p¶Sv. Wnsâ fN³ Bt\m AtSm `o`m½ Bt\m? Wmsa sSm«p Wo Ss¶ bm`v sNm*pk^\w. ASpw Cu »uhv H¶pw tk*. ASv B bXn¸p^]n Ajn¨p sk¨n«p tk\w sSt¡ ko«nt`Nv tN_m³. Wo bm¡m^n Bs\¦n sk_pw tSmÀ¯v fm{Sw DXp¯p sSt¡ ko«n tN_n]m fSn. N*m A_n]mw Wns¶ W¶m]n bnjnªv bms`Xp¡m³ bän] CWw Bs\¶p. tk\sf¦n Wnsâ fNsW sNm*v NpXn¸n¨p bm`v Ip^¯n¡mw. “” CsS`mw b_]pt¼mÄ AkÀ A½s] Bkly¯nWv fp`]n`pw k]_n`pw FÃmw bnXn¨p sM¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A½ NnX¶p bpaªp BhzUn¡p*v FÃmw.
FÃmw tN«v Wn¶ A½ In^n¨psNm*v HXpkn b_ªp “”FÃmw Wn§apsX Cãw tbms` sI¿mw””. CSv tN«tSmsX Fsâ Np® Np`¨p Wn¶v sk«n. Fsâ A½ Ak^psX Cã§ÄNv tk*n Wn¶p sNmXp¡m³ tbmkp¶p. Mm³ ko«nt`Nv Sn^n¨p HmXn. ko«n sI¶v tN_n] DXsW N* NmjvINÄ HmÀ¯p H^p km\w NqsX kn«p. DXsW `o`m½]psX knan k¶p. “”Wµp Wo FknsX]m\v? “”. Mm³ tkPw Smtj¡p C_§n sI¶p. “”WnW¡p ^m{Sn NnX¡p¶SnWp fp³bv bm`v NpXn¡p¶ lo`w Dt*m? “” `o`m½ tImUn¨p. “”A½ In` ^m{Sn S^m_p*v. S¶m Mm³ NpXn¡pw. “” Mm³ b_ªp. “”F´v C«n«m\v NpXn¡m_v? A½ Fs´¦n`pw CXm_pt*m? “”. “” F]v CÃ. H¶pw CXm_nà “” sk_pw bm`v fm{Sw IqXm¡n S^p¶SvsNm*v Mm³ b_ªp. “”F¦n C¶p ^m{Sn sSm«p bm`v Mm³ FXp¯v sk¡mw “” CSpw b_ªp `o`m½ tbm]n.
At¸m Ss¶ A½ tN_n vfnu.A½ F¯n] DXsW Npan¡m³ tbm]n. Wà ^oSn]n A½s] bnjnªn«p*v F¶p fpOw N*m A_n]mw. Mm³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ. ^m{Sn tkPw Bim^w Njn¨p Mm³ tN_n NnX¶p. A½]pw k¶p NnX¶p. DXsW `o`m½ Fs¶ Smtj¡p knan¨p. A½ At¸mta¡pw £o\w Nm^\w D_¡w bnXn¨p. “”kmXm tfmsW. km k¶p bm`v NpXn¡p “” `o`m½ knan¨p. Mm³ tWs^ AXp¡a]nt`Nv tbm]n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv