N¼nNp«³.sWäv sM«t`msX tImUn¨p.
“”””AsS´m?”
“””” Wn§Ä ANt¯¡v tN]_n]n^n¡v Mm³ b_]mw.”
tUkpkpw i^n]pw ANt¯¡v N]_n. Aks^ thmc]n C^p¯n]tlgw f½n hmkVmWw b_ªp.
“””” N`ym\w Njnªv Wn§Ä A¶v Aksa CknsX D*m¡n]ntÃ? A¶v ^m{Sn sKhn S`N_§nko\p. timhvbnä`n sNm*ptbm]n sXÌpNÄ WX¯n] tlgfm\v A_nªSv AkÄ¡v fpifstl^ fn`mlf Bs\¶v.”
tUkp BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.
“”””fpifstl^ fn`mlf?””
“”l^o^¯n ^àw D*mkm¯ AkØ]m\v tfmsa ASv.. irU]fnXn¸v Np_]pw, Ft¸mjpw S` tkUW]m]n^n¡pw, tdmV£]w D*mNpw.”
i^n tImUn¨p.
“””” InNnÕ]v¡v l^n]m¡m³ bäntÃ?”
“””” b^fmkVn tWm¡mw F¶m\v tZmÎÀfmÀ b_]p¶Sv. bt£ AkÀ¡pw D_¸nà F{St¯maw…””
km¡pNÄ fpjpkn¸n¡m³ BNmsS f½n sbm«n¡^ªp.
CX_p¶ lÐt¯msX i^n tImUn¨p.
“””” AkÄ Ct¸mÄ FknXm?”
fpNan`s¯ Wn`]ns` AkapsX _qfnt`¡v f½n Iq*n¡m\n¨p.
i^n]pw tUkpkpw AkapsX _qfnt`¡v tkP¯n WX¶p. kmSn Sp_¶v i^n N*Sv N«n`n NnX¡p¶ sKhns] B\v. kmSn Sp_¶v lÐw tN«v Sn^nªp tWm¡n] sKhn Aks^ Ns*¦n`pw AkapsX fpO¯v {btSyNn¨v knNm^ emP§Ä H¶pw k¶nÃ.
H^mjvIsNm*v AkÄ H^pbmXv £o\n¨p tbm]tbms` i^n¡v tSm¶n. N®pNÄ N^ªp Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p.
tUkp HmXns¨¶v sKhns] sN«n¸nXn¨v N^ªp. i^n¡v F´v sI¿\w F¶v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. tUkp Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨v N^]pt¼mjpw sKhn i^n]psX fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ tWm¡pfm]n^p¶p. N^]^pSv F¶v B{Pin¨n^p¶Spw AkapsX N®n Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ HjpNns¡m*n^p¶p.
i^n AkapsX A^nNn tbm]n^p¶p N®pWoÀ SpX¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“””” Wo N^]^pSv.. WnWs¡m¶pw hwekn¡nÃ.”
Ak³s_ B km¡pNÄ tN«Spw sKÊn sbm«n¡^ªp.
AkapsX N^¨n N*v Wn¡m³ Njn]msS i^n _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. ssd¡nWv A^nNn F¯n]t¸mtj¡pw Ak³s_ N®pNan Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ HjpNn¯pX§n]n^p¶p.
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Unkh§apw fmh§apw NX¶p sbm]vs¡m*n^p¶p. sKhn]psX InNnÕ fpX§msS WX¶p sNm*n^ps¶¦n`pw AkapsX Wn` UnWw{bSn tfmlfm]n sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. FÃm BjvI]n`pw lWn]mjvItSm_pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv