N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sp_¶Sv. AkÄ N®v Sp_¶Sv N*v Ak³ sM«nt¸m]n. Sm³ AksaSs¶ tWm¡n C^n¡p¶Sv N*v AkÄ sSän²^n¡ptfm F¶v HmÀ¯p Ak³s_ fpO¯v b^n{em´n Wn_ªp.
i^n]psX fpOemPw N*v sKhn tImUn¨p.
“””” fp_nkv tkUWn¡p¶pt*m?”
Ak³ H¶v fqapN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
AkÄ i^n]psX S`bnXn¨v S³s_ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯v sk¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“””” D_§m³ tWm¡v At¸mtj¡pw tkUW fm_pw.”
H^p Wnfngw CSv hzbvWfmt\m F¶v tbm`pw Ak³ In´n¨p tbm]n. bns¶ S³s_ sIkn]n fpj§p¶p AkapsX irU]fnXn¸n³s_ lÐw tN«v Ak³ N®pNaX¨p. AkapsX irU]fnXn¸n³s_ lÐw H^p Sm^m«v bm«n³s_ Cu\fm]n tSm¶n D_¡w Ak³s_ N®pNan ko*pw SjpNn.
sskNpt¶^w Bt^m tZm_n S«p¶ lÐw tN«p sKhn kmSn tbm]n Sp_¶p. tUkp B]n^p¶p kmSn`n fp«n]Sv.
ANt¯¡v N]_p¶SnWnX]n tUkp tImUn¨p.
“””” D¨]v¡v Wn§Ä Njn¨n^pt¶m?”
sKhn b_ªp.
“””” Nym³_nWn Wn¶pw cpZv km§n.”
tUkp i^nt]mXv tImUn¨p.
“””” Wn³s_ tkUW Np_kpt*m?”
“””” WÃ tbms` H¶v D_§n]t¸mÄ tkUWs]ms¡ fm_n.”
sKhn tUkpkntWmXv tImUn¨p.
“””” Ak·mÀ FknsX? ^mkns` tbm]SnWptlgw bns¶ Nm\mtW CÃtÃm..”
“””” Ak·mÀ tNmtaKn tbm]n^p¶p.. {bn³hn¸`nWv N¼v`oäv sNmXp¯n«p*v.”
sKÊn BßPSw F¶tbms` b_ªp.
“””” CWn F´mNptfm Ft´m?”
“””” sKÊn Wo ko«n sbm]vt¡m.. MmWp*tÃm CWn.. Wmsa ^mkns` F´m]m`pw CksW ZnhvImÀKv sI¿pw.”
sKÊn i^ns] tWm¡n. AkÄ¡v AknsXWn¶pw tbmNm³ H«pw B{PifnÃm]n^p¶p. bs£ tUkp k¶ ØnSn¡v tbmt] fSn]mNq.. Asæn ASv tUkpknWv sSän²m^\ D*m¡psf¶v AkÄ¡v W¶m]n A_n]mfm]n^p¶p.
sKÊn N«n`n³s_ A^nNns`¯n dmPv ssN]ns`Xp¯v i^nt]mXv b_ªp.
“””” Mm³ tbmNpkm\v.. ^m{Sn knan¡mw.”
i^n H¶v fqapN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
sKhn AknsXWn¶pw tbmN^pSv F¶m]n^p¶p i^n]psX fWÊn`pw. dmPpfm]n kmSn`nWXp¯v F¯n] sKhn Sn^nªv i^ns] H¶pNqXn tWm¡n. i^n]pw AksaSs¶ tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AkÄ H¶pNqXn N®pNÄsNm*v AktWmXv ]m{Sb_ªp.
sKhn AknsXWn¶pw C_§n]Spw tUkp kmSn`X¨v i^n]psX A^nNns`¯n tImUn¨p.
“””” F´m Wn§Ä ^*ptb^psX]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv