C{S]pw fpjp¯n^n¡m³.! {bm]w AStÃ.. In`t¸mÄ B]n^n¡pw. H^p N¿n F®¡p¸n]pfp*v.! AkÄ¡v In^nk¶p.
“”B timan`p*v.” AkÄ Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p.
Ak³ N¿p]À¯n ¢ns¸Xp¡m³ {lfn¨Spw tSmÀ¯v fp*v Ajnªv ko\Spw H¶n¨m]n^p¶p.
A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n] AkÄ N®p fnjn¨p.! F®¡p¸nsNm*v Np® f_¨p bnXn¡m³ {lfn¨k³ VrSn]n fps*Xp¯v Ipän.
H«pw I½`nÃmsS A½¡k³ ¢ns¸Xp¯v sNmXp¯v kmSn`X¨p.
]m{´nNfm]m\kÄ Sn^nªSv. N*Sv knlzhn¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. Aksâ AÑtâSntW¡mÄ Woakpw k®kpw.!
B kn{ef¯n Wn¶pw bp_¯v NX¡msWt¶m\w AkÄ S`NpXªp. Culz^m.. Cs¶´m C§sW.? ^mkns` N\nN*Sv tfmapsX bq_v. Cs¸m tU tfmsâ Np®.! Aksâ fp*pXp¡mWpÅ sk{bmaw HmÀ¯Spw AkÄ¡v In^n k¶ptbm]n. In^n¨psNm*kÄ fpXn Ip^p«n ¢n¸v sk¨p.
‘At½.. ssd¡nWv sI_ns]m^p b\n]p*v.. H^p Xp Suhâv f\ohv AÑsâ N¿n Wn¶v Chv¡n¯m..” Npan Njnªp k¶ Wµp AkapsX N¿n Sq§n. Akat¸mjpw AXp¡a]n S¶m]n^p¶p.
Akakâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Aksâ fpO¯v Sm³ Np® N*Snsâ I½Â `kt`lw tbm`pfnÃ.! Ssâ]pÅn Wn¶ms\¦n AsSm«v fm]p¶pfnÃ. bmXpsb«kÄ In^ns]mSp¡n.
“”WnWs¡´mXm AÑtWmXv tW^n«v tImUn¨mÂ.?”
“”AÑsâ bp¶m^ tfmap*tÃm H^p¯n.. Akav tImUn¨m Aѳ H¶pw fn*msS F{S tk\sf¦n`pw sNmXp¡pw.. Mm³ tImUn¡pt¼mjm\v AÑWv bnlp¡v.. tbm^m¯SnWv Npt_ tImUy§apw.”
Ak³ b_ªSn`pw Nm^yfps*¶kÄ¡v tSm¶n. sk_psS]ÃtÃm AkÄ¡ÑtWmXn{S Cãw.! CkWms\¦n St¶mXm\v NqXpS AXp¸w. fn¡ NpXpwd¯n`pw A§nsW S¶m]n^n¡pw. Hs¶mjn¨v. f¡Ä ^*pw S½n WnÊm^ Nm^y§Ä¡v tbm`pw Ft¸mjpw kj¡m\v. _ntfm«nWp tk*n, BUyw Npan¡m³ tk*n, F¶p SpX§n F´p Nm^y¯nWpw fp«³ kj¡v. Cks^´m C§sWs]¶v In´n¨n«p*v. F¶m\v Culz^m ^*pw tI«Wpw AWn]¯n]pfm]n sb^pfm_m³ bYn¡p¶Sv.
“”AÑtWmXv tImUnt¡*.. Fsâ N¿n`p*v Mm³ S^mw.. Wo tbm]n s_Zn]m]n«p km..”
“”Sm¦vhv At½..” AkapsX A^s¡«n Ipän¸nXn¨k³ Nknans`m^p½ sNmXp¯v fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p.
tR.. CSv bSnknÃm¯Sm\tÃm Ft¶mÀ¯kÄ Aksâ tbm¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p. D½ sk¨SÃm]n^p¶p Aksa A`«n]Sv. A^]n`pÅ B