N¼nNp«³.sWäv CÃ.” tI«¯n b^neksb«p.
MmWpw A½¨n]pw fpNans` M§apsX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. bp_sN thmcn k¶p. ssN]ns` St`¶v tfXn¨ khv{S§apsX Nk_pw.
“”””W½Ä H^p ^hN^fm] Hu«nRv tbmkpN]m\v. Wn§Ä CSn«m fSn.”
A½¨n¡v H^p {Xuh_pw. kÅn tbms` NnX¡p¶ H^p tXm¸pw. FWn¡v fp«äw C_¡fpÅ {Xuh_pw H^p XogÀ«pw.
“”””CSp fm{Sw C«m fSn AXn]n H¶pw tk*.”
A½¨n]psX DXp¸v fpt«maw C_¡w D*m]n^psW¦n`pw tWÀ¯Sm]Sp sNm*v C«Spw CXm¯Spw H^p tbms` Ss¶. Mm³ ASv A½¨nt]mXp b_]pN]pw sI]vSp.
“”””DXpSp\n CÃmsS sIÃm³ b_ªm`pw Mm³ s_Zn]m sNms¨. FWn¡v Cu Øm`w Cãs¸«p. ssbh]pw Nn«pw Nj¸pw fm_pw. bns¶ F¶ tk\w.”
“”””ASp l^n] A½¨n. tim… C¶s` A½¨ns] Fs´m^p Nan] AkÀ Nant¨. A½¨n¡v tlOÀ hmÀ Np*n]n tNän]t¸m W¶m]n tkUWn¨p AsÃ?”
“”””tim… tkUWnt¨m Ft¶m. Mm³ hzÀPw N*p tbm]n. bs£ BUys¯ tkUWs] DÅp. bns¶ A]mÄ F³s_ Np*n¶p Np® Du^^ptS F¶ Hä {bmÀ°Ws] FWn¡v D*m]n^p¶pÅp.”
“”””FWn¡pw sNmSn]m]n A½¨nsX Np*n A]mÄ AXn¨p sbman¡p¶Sp N*t¸m.” Mm³ A½¨ns] sN«n bnXnt¨m*v b_ªp.
“”””tfmav tbXnt¡*. AXp¯v Ss¶ AkÀ F³s_ sNm¨nsW]pw A½¨ns] Nan¨ tbms` Ss¶ Nan¡pw.”
“”””tim A½¨n A{S]pw k`n] hmVWw F³s_ Np*n]n sNmÅptfm? F³s_ km]n tNän«v Ss¶ A®m¡v ks^ sI¶p.”
“”””AsSms¡ tN_pw. Asæn W½p¡v tNämw. bns¶ thmcn b_ªn«p*v Bs^¦n`pw Nan¨n«pt*m F¶v tImUn¨m Cà AÑWpw A½]pw Nan¡p¶Sv Nm\m_p*v F¶v fm{Stf b_]mkq F¶v. fo^¡v {cgv sbs¦m¨p§sa Nan]v¡mWm\p Sm`vb^yw tbm`pw.”
“”””l^n. tim… FWn¡v fo^ fmZ¯nsW Nm\pt¼mÄ tbXn tSm¶p¶p. H^p S^w hzemkw. H¶pw fWhn`mkp¶nÃ.”
“”””bns¶ H^p Nm^yw NqsX…””
A½¨n Ft´m b_]m³ SpX§p¶SnWv fp³tb thmcn]psX knan k¶p. M§Ä tkPw Smtj¡v sI¶p. iman ^*p k`n] dmPpw. bns¶ sI_n] ^*p dmPpw D*m]n^p¶p.
thmcn : W½p¡v tbmkmw. Cu gqhv C«p tWm¡nt¡ bmNfmkptfm F¶v?
Wà C_pNn] Np«n {XuhÀ C«n^p¶ thmcn NpWnªp Wn¶v gq FXp¯p S¶t¸mÄ {Xuh_nWp bp_Nn`qsX AkapsX Np*n Im Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. M§Ä fq¶v tb^pw NqsX dmPpNÄ Ipf¶p bp_¯p k¶t¸mÄ hm`n tI«¯n]pw fo^]pw bp_¯p Wn`vbp*m]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv