N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ip½m Nn«ptfm?”, Wo`nf]psX hz^w tN«p.
s{dsÉäpw bq_pw B\v kng]w, A³kÀ HmÀ¯p. At¸mÄ hwPSn Hmt¡. A³kÀ _qfn sI¶v Ip½m sfmssd tWm¡n]n^p¶p. C¶v CWn k^nÃm¶p ko«n knan¨v b_ªn^p¶p.
A¸w Njnªv Wo`nf A³k_nsâ fp_n]n N]_n k¶p. AkapsX tkgw N*v A³kÀ sM«n. H^p ssWän. ASpw WÃtbms` ANw Nm\mw. {dm]pw Cà bmân]pw CÃ. A{S]v¡v Nm\mw.
ASv N*t¸mtj A³k_nsâ Np® `p¦n]n sbm§n. sg[n C«n«nÃm¯Sp sNm*v Aksâ Np® `p¦n]n NqXm^w AXn¨v Wn¶p. Wo`nf N]_n k¶t¸mÄ Ak³ sdZn Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äpfnÃ. Wo`nf tZmÀ AX¨n«v k¶p Aksâ AXp¯v C^p¶p.
”tfm³ D_§n]nÃm]n^pt¶m?”, Wo`nf tImUn¨p. ”Bân k^msf¶v b_ªntÃ? ASpsNm*v D_§n]nÃ. bns¶ `¨pkpw NqsX k^pftÃm¶v HmÀ¯p”, A³kÀ b_ªp
N¿ns` s{dtÉän`v ftä N¿v sNm*v SjpNn sNm*v b_ªt¸mÄ Bân]psX N®pNÄ Sna§p¶Sv A³kÀ N*p.
”Aksa knan¡mw”, Wo`nf b_ªp. ”Ct¸mÄ tk*. Np_¨p Njn]s«”, A³kÀ b_ªp. ”Np_¨v tW^w F´v sI¿mWm?”, Wo`nf tImUn¨p.
”Ip½m kÀ¯fmWw b_]mw”, A³kÀ b_ªp. ”B^pfm]n«m?”, A³k_nsâ Np®]n tWm¡n sNm*m\v Wo`nf tImUn¨Sv. ”ASv Bân]psX CãvXw.”
A³kÀ b_ªt¸mÄ Wo`nf ssN A³k_nsâ Np®s] `p¦n¡v bp_¯p NqXn SjpNn. A³kÀ H¶v sM«n.
”CktWmXv hwhm^n¨m fSnt]m?”, Wo`nf tImUn¨p. ”Bân]psX CãvXw tbms`”, A³kÀ b_ªt¸mÄ Wo`nf A³k_nsâ `p¦n Ajn¨v Naªp.
tim! Wo`nf A_n]msS sM«nt¸m]n. F¶m Np®]m?
F{S WmÄ NqXn]m] H^p Np® Nm\ps¶? Cu]nsX B]n«v N¬t{XmÄ tbmNptfm¶p tbXn¨v WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. At¸mjm\v A³kÀ k^p¶ps*¶p kngv\p b_ªSv. At¶ So^pfmWn¨Sm\v CksW sNm*v Nan¸n¡\sf¶p. Wo`nf A³k_nsâ Np®]n Ipän¸nXn¨v sNm*v HmÀ¯p.
Wo`nf]nsX ssN]n NnX¶p A³k_nsâ Np® sk«n. sSm`n]nÃm¯ hp¶¯v Np® BUyw Nm\p¶ Wo`nf Np® Sn^n¨pw f_n¨pw tWm¡n.
”F´m Bân”, A³kÀ tImUn¨p. ”CSptbm`s¯ H^p Np® BUyw Nm\pkm, tfmsW”, Wo`nf b_ªp. ”F¶m Bân WÃtbms` Nt*m”, A³kÀ b_ªp. Wo`nf Np® ssN]n bnXn¨v Np`p¡n]t¸mÄ A³kÀ NnX¶p bpaªp.
Np® Np`p¡n] Wo`nft]mXp A³kÀ tImUn¨p, ”Mm³ C§sW NnX¡pt¼mÄ Bân Du^msS Wn¡pkmt\m?”
Wo`nf Fjpt¶äp ssWän Du^n¡aªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv