N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hs¡ hwhm^w AkhmWw F¯n Wn¡p¶Sv shN-vhn B]n^n¡pw. C¡ hpOw WÂNn WÂNn sb®nWv Ft¸mjpw ASv fm{Stf DÅp b_]m³; H«pw {SpbvSn]nÃm¯ SWn¡pw ASpSs¶ Cãkng]w; b_sª¦n`pw Blzhn¡mftÃm. H^n¡Â AkÄ b_ª In` Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯m fSn hn^NÄ SpXn¡m³; ^SntN{µ§an Wn¶pw sW¿p^pNn hpOIgN¯nt`¡v HjpNm³.
“”””C¡ Njnª K·¯n Wm]]m]n^p¶p F¶m tSm¶pt¶..” NpXpNpsX In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªSv HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ l^o^w kn_]v¡p¶p.
“”””t¿..Wm]t]m..hz´w eÀ¯mknsW A§sWs]ms¡ knan¡mtfm”
“”””FXn sbs® Mm³ b_ªSv Ct¡sX H^p hzemks¯¡p_n¨m…BÄ¡v F{S W¡n]m`pw fSnk^nÃ..NnX¸_ N*m Bav SWn AÂthg³ B]n fm_pw” AkÄ ko*pw In^n¨p.
Ssâ hfWn` sSänt¸m]n^p¶p ASv tN«t¸mÄ. km]n¡pN]pw In` koZnt]mNan Nm\pN]pw sI]vSn«p*v F¶ÃmsS WmanSpks^ bp^pgsâ Wmknsâ hpOw Sm³ A_nªn«nÃ. AfnSfm] irU]fnXn¸v– Wn]{´n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v Bßk©Wt]msX C§sW b_ªp:
“”””C¨m]Wpw AsS..k`n] Cãfm W¡p¶Sv”
“”””sI` B\p§av W¡nÃ..bs£ C¡ Fsâ Nm`v fpSÂ S` ks^ W¡pw..bpÅn¡v I´osX FtXÂ W¡m³ k`y {bm´mXo..W¡n W¡n FWn¡v k^p¯n¡pw..F´v hpOmt¶m” AkÄ sI_pSm]n NnS¨p.
“”””A_n]mXo..C¨m]³ sI]vSv S^p¶StÃ..”
“”””C¡ b_]p¶Sv Wnsâ C¨m]Wv k`n] VrSn Bs\¶m..C¡m^y¯n`pw ASpt*m sbs®”
“”””G]v–..C¨m]³ Fs¶ l^n¡pw hpOn¸n¡pw..”
AktamXv– F´nWm\v NÅw b_]p¶Sv F¶v Sm³ Bt`mIn¨n«p*v. SWn¡v A¯^w hpO§Ä Nn«p¶nà F¶_nªm AkÄ¡v fWhn`p*mNp¶ bpÑw HmÀ¯nt«m AtSm C¡t]mXv SWn¡v {efw D*mNpw F¶kÄ V^n¡mSn^n¡m³ tk*nt]m?
“”””C¡ FÃm]nX¯pw tNäpw..BUysfms¡ FWn¡v fXn D*m]n^p¶p..bs£ C¡ sI¿p¶ ^oSn¡v B^pw Cãs¸«p tbmNpw..Cs¸m Wn½n At_ym..FWn¡v fp³bn`qsX tNäp¶SntW¡mÄ bn¶n`qsX tNäp¶Sm Cãw”
Ssâ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v WWkv C_§n¯pX§n]n^p¶p.
“”””ASns` sI]v–Sm hpOw Nn«ptkm?” NnS¨psNm*v Sm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wà hpOfm tfmsa ASns` tNän sI¿pt¼m..H¸w bqän kn^`v sNm*pw sI¿\w..^*pw NqXn BNpt¼m {bm´v bnXn¨p tbmNpw”
“”””C¡ ASns` kn^`pw C«pS^ptfm”
“”””Dw..N´v bnXn¨v l^n¡v sM^Xn hpOn¸n¡pw..Ct¡sX k`y hmVWw BUysfms¡ tN_p¼w WÃ tkUW D*m]n^p¶p..bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv