N¼nNp«³.sWäv S` sbm¡n AksW tWm¡n.
“”F´mXm Np^§m Wo knan¨Sv? Wnsâ em^y]mXm bq_n’
“”ipw..AkaÃ..Wo]m\v hm£m bq_n..Wnsâ N´nsâ Wm`ns`m¶nà AkÄsX N´v..Ct{Sw k`n] N´pÅ Wo F§sW]mXn Nj¸o Ct{Sw Wmapw NXow NXn¨pbnXn¨v Kokn¨Sv’ _n]mhv AkapsX k`n] I´nNan BªXn¨p.
“”ipw..Wnsâ Nq«pNm^Wv b\n A_n]m¯Sv Fsâ Npäw Bt\mXm..’
Wn½n N^pt¯msX AksW bnXn¨p f`À¯n¡nX¯n Aksâ km]nt`¡v Wmkp SÅn.
“”emt^ysX NqSn No_n tNäp¶ Nų..’ AkaksW {em´fm]n W¡n.
“”Nf¶p NnX¡Xn Nj¸n’
AkapsX sNmjp¯ ssNNan bnXn¨v Ip*v NXn¨p k`n¨n«v _n]mhv Aksa Nfnjv¯n.
“”NqSns¡mSn]³’ Wn½n l^o^w Np`p¡n In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”Wnsâ NqSn H¶v Nm\s«..Òvfw’
Ak³ AkapsX kn^nª I´nNan bnXn¨v C^pklt¯¡pw ANän. t^mfmkrSfm] AkapsX f`Uzm^w Aksâ fp³bn Sp_¶p.
“”D½m..’ _n]mhv A_n]msS Aksâ D½s] knan¨ptbm]n ASnsâ AjNv– N*v.
“”Dt½ knan¡msS D½ k]v¡mXm Np®¨ms^’ Wn½n CaNn In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”Wo Bap sNmÅmftÃmXo..sS_n b_]pt¶m’ _n]mhv AkapsX I´n]n làfm]n NXn¨p.
“”ipw..Wnsâ sb{¼t¶m¯n]m Fs¶ CsSms¡ bYn¸n¨Sv..Wnsâ A*n Wo AkapsX NqSo tNän AXn¡p¶Spw FÃmw..’
“”Nj¸n¸q_n..WnW¡v NXn A§v fq¯p AtÃXn..Wns¶ MmWn¶v..’
_n]mhv Ssâ f`Uzm^w NXn¨p I¸p¶Sv Wn½n]_nªp. {em´fm] hpOw hn^Nsa NojX¡p¶p. b¨s¯_n km]n k^pN]m\v. KoknS¯n H^n¡`pw Bs^]pw sS_n b_ªn«nÃm¯ SWn¡v CsS´v bän? B hpssdU Nj¸v fq¡pt¼mÄ Fs´ms¡]m\v b_]p¶Sv. Wn½n S`]\]n làfm]n NXn¨p. _n]mhnsâ b^p¡³ Wmkv Ssâ BhWs¯ Npjn¡m³ tWm¡pN]m\v. Ak³ Wmkv NqÀ¸n¨v DÅnt`¡v NX¯m³ {lfn¡p¶p. I´nNÄ ^*pw Ak³ k`n¨p bnaÀ¯n No_n¡a]ptfm? _n]mhnsâ Iq*pkn^ Ssâ bqän Ca¡p¶p. bns¶ ASv BhW¯nt`¡v. AkWm kn^ ASn`n«p N_¡pN]m\v. A¸w fp³bv ks^ C¡ F¶v fWÊn tSm¶n¨n^p¶ B ^qbw Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ temPn¡m³ F¯n] GtSm frPfm]n b^n\fn¨n^n¡p¶p. No_n Spa]vs¡Xm Fs¶..fWÊv {em´fm]n A`_pN]m\v..
“”Òw..CSm\v NqSn..CSm\v..im’
kWyfm] lànt]msX BhWw W¡n¯nfnÀ¡pN]m\v Ak³; B frPw. F´v A^fm\v Aksâ WmknWv. DįpXNan AksW´nWm\v– W¡p¶Sv? Hm..Ssâ sW¿v AknsX bän¸nXn¨v C^n¡p¶p*mNpw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv