N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¶½]pw.
“”B Wà skÅ`pkm tbm`s¯ I^¡nsW]m\tÃm Nn«n]Sv. CWn W½sa Hs¡ tk* F¶v k¡ptfm.’ fp_n]n F¯n] DXsW A¶½ tImUn¨p.
fm¯¨³ Aksa H^p ssN sNm*v A\¨v bnXn¨p AkapsX CXs¯ fp`]n AfÀ¯n sM¡ns¡m*v b_ªp.
“”””FXo, Wns¶ knXp¶ {blvWfnÃ. A§sW Bs\¦n B t_mhns] F´nWm Mm³ b_ªp kn«Sv. Nnap´p sb®m]n^p¶ntÃ.
B^v k¶m`pw Wo CknsX¯s¶ D*mNpw.
“”””bpSn] I^¡nsW knan¡s«. Cs¸m Ss¶ SpX§mftÃm. Nwdn]m]n«p*mNpftÃm.”
“”””B …. knan. bns¶ B sNm¨nsW tk*.”
“”””AsSWn¡_n]mw. bns¶, Aksa sI¡Wv sNmXps¯¡s«? Cs¸m Ss¶ SpX§nt¡ms«.”
“”””B sNmXpt¯¡v. sI¡³ b\n bYn¸n¡m³ sNmÅmw. tkPw S¿m_m¡ns¡mÅm³ b_tª¡v.”
“”””Dw… sI¡³ Ct¸mtj H`n¨p SpX§n]n«p*mNpw.” F¶v b_ªp A¶½ Ipk«nt`¡v– tbm]n. ssZWnwPv _qfn _mti`pw tfmapw Nm¯p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
A¶½ tKm\n Np«ns] knan¨p.
“”””FXm CknsX kt¶, Cu tfmsa W½psX FtÌäv– Hs¡ H¶v Nm\n¨p sNmXpt¯, F¶n«v hnhn`ns] tWm¡n b_ªp.
tU CSv tKm\n¡p«n, Wà hvtWifpÅ b¿Wm. t_mhn]pw CkWpw Wà Nq«m]n^p¶p. AkÄ tbm]Sn k`n] h¦X¯n`m. CWn Wn§Ä ^*ptb^pw Wà Nq«mN\w. tNt«m”.
Aks^ ^*ptbs^]pw bp_t¯¡p W]n¨v– sNm*v tbmNpt¼mÄ A¶½ tKm\nt]mXv bSps¡ b_ªp.
“”””Nps_ Njnªp k¶mfSn.” AkWv Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n.
“”””sb®nsW tk* tbms` ka¡m³ SpX§nt¡m. fpS`man b_ªn«p*v t_mhns]t¸ms` Cksa]pw tkPw S¿m_m¡n sNmXp¡m³..” ASv tN«t¸mÄ Ss¶ Aksâ Np® SpXn¡pkm³ SpX§n.
Ak³ fp³tb WX¶p. bp_sN hnhn`n]pw.
Sn^n¨p k¶v- ^ti`ntWmXv A¶½ b_ªp.
“”””fpS`man¡v Wns¶ W¶m]n bnXn¨p. ASm\v– DXsW knan¸n¨Sv. sb®v H^p SXÊfmk*tÃm F¶v N^pSn]m\v Aksa tKm\n ]psX NqsX A]¨Sv. CWn fpS`man Wns¶ H¶v l^n¡pw b^nI]s¸Xs«.”
“”””At¿m tI¨o FWn¡v tbXn]mNp¶p.”
“”””F´nWmXo tbXn¡ps¶. ^*p bntÅs^ D*m¡n]StÃ. As¸m FÃmw A_n]mftÃm”.
“”””tI¨o, As¸m. fpS`man¡v”. AkÄ bmSn]n WnÀ¯n.
“”””B ASv Ss¶. fpS`man¡v Wns¶ tk\w. C¡m^y¯n fpS`man A§Wm. F{S Nn«n]m`pw fSn]mknÃ. Wo km.”
F¶v b_ªp Aksa]pw Nq«n A¶½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv