N¼nNp«³.sWäv tW^n] C`mÌnNv kÅnNan tW^n] Sp\n sNm*v DÅ H^p {dm.C«m`pw FÃmw
bp_¯pNm\mw.
“”CSnWp fm¨nRv bmân]pw tk\w””.
doW]psX km¡pNÄ.B sh]nÂhv “”tPÄ Hmt¡ tfXw””.
F¶v b_ªp _m¡n bmân S¸ns¡m*n^n¡pt¼m,doW Ft¶mXv fm{Sfm]n bSnª
hz^¯n tImUn¨p.
“”F§nsW]p*v””.
“”CSp CXps¶¡mapw WÃSp CXmSn^n¡p¶Sm””.F³s_ D¯^w D¨¯n`m]nt¸m]n.
hSy¯n AkapsX B sh£³ FWn¡v Cãsb«nÃ.ASv {bNXn¸n¡mtWm b_]mtWm
AknsX Wn¶v sNm*v bänÃ.
F³s_ D¯^w tN«v bmân S¸ns¡m*n^p¶ sh]nÂhv tPÄ H¶v In^n¨psNm*v doW
t]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”tfw,CSp Hmt¡]mt\m””.
“”Hmt¡ bm¡v sI]vtSmap””,F¶v b_ªp doW WX¶p,bp_sN MmWpw.Sn^nªp sNm*v doW
tImUn¨p,Wos]t§m«m.B dnÃv km§n tb sI¿v.doW WX¶p Wo§n.dnÃv km§n sNm*v
Mm³ tWs^ doW]psX AXp¯v sI¶v dnÃv Wo«n sNm*v b_ªp.
“”Um dnÃv””.
“”tbm]n dnÃv tb sI]vSn«v kmXm””.Mm³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ.dnÃv tb sI]vSp NkÀ km§n
doW]psX N¿n sNmXp¯p.
“”km tbmNmw””.F¶v b_ª doWt]mXp H¶pw b_]msS tWs^ ssd¡v FXp¡m³ tbm]n.
ssd¡n C^p¶ doW tImUn¨p.
“”Wo F´m,NX¶`v Np¯n] tbms` fpOw sk¨n^n¡ps¶?””.
“”Wn³s_ shÂh£³ FWn¡v CãvXsb«nÃ.Énbv CÃmsS AsSÃmw C«m bp_¯p
Nm\ntÃ?,WnW¡v H^p sh³hpw CÃm””.
F³s_ f_pbXnsN«p ssd¡n C^p¶p sbm«n¨n^n¡p¶ doW]psX fp`NÄ F³s_
Ipf`pNan fp«n]p^p½n.F³s_ S`]n H^p sNm«v S¶n«v doW b_ªp.
“”FXm sbm«m,CSnsâ dnÃv B^m sNmXpt¯?,Wo AsÃ?.As¸m CSp B^psX Pncväm?,
Wnsâ AtÃ?.As¸m CSp WnW¡v tk*n fm{Sw CXmWpÅStÃ?.
B D¯^w Fsâ ªn^¼pNan ^à {bkmiw kÀVn¸n¨p.
C^p«nsâ f_kn Fs¶ fp_ps¡ sN«n bnXn¨p F³s_ Ipf`n fp`NÄ
AfÀ¯nsNm*p AkÄ ssd¡n C^p¶p.M§Ä A§nsW C\¡nanNsat¸ms`
ssd¡n ko«nt`¡p Wo§n.
ko«n`ns`¯n] AkÄ H^p Xk FXp¯p S¶p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”tbm]v– Npan¨n«pkm””.
H^p AWph^\]pÅ W]Np«ns]t¸ms` Mm³ Xk km§n dmSv–_qfn N]_n Npan¡m³
SpX§n.Npan¨pk¶ Mm³ doWs] tWm¡n]t¸m,AkapsX _qw t`m¡Zv– B\v.
“”Fs¶ Npan¡m³ b_ª]¨n«p CkÄ D_§nt]m?.””.
Mm³ sfsà knan¨p.
“”doW””.
“”H^p fnWnäv F¶v f_pbXn k¶p””.
Np_¨pNjnªt¸m _qw A¬t`m¡v B]n.
“”kmXm,ANt¯¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv