N¼nNp«³.sWäv k¨v I¸n. sI_pSms\`pw Wà N«n]pÅ `nwPw B\v AktâSv. Wà kr¯n]pÅSv. sI_ns]m^p fq{S¯nsâ PÔw D*mNpsf¦n`pw AsSm^p {btSyN BNÀg\w Ss¶]m\v. ASn Wn¶pw {bo shsf³ Han¨n_§p¶Sv In`t¸mÄ Mm³ SpX¨p Na]pw, In`t¸mÄ Wm¡psNm*v W¡pw. In`t¸mÄ ASv kn^`ns`Xp¯p ^hn¡pw. Aksâ `nwP emPsfms¡ Wà Nv–ao³ B\v. A`vbwtbm`pw t^mfw D*mNnÃ. Fsâs]ms¡ AknXw Ct¸mjpw A¸w t^mfw D*mNpw. AVnNw kaÀ¯m_nà Mm³. sk«n¡a]pw.
Aksâ Np® km]n`n«v D_p©ns¡m*p Mm³ Aksâ 2 b´pNÄ sfsà SXkn hpOn¸n¨p. sb«¶v Ak³ Nm`pNÄ fpNan¡v D]À¯n. A¶v BUyfm]m\v Mm³ Aksâ f`Uzm^w Nm\p¶Sv. Wà N_p¯ C_p¡n¸nXn¨p H^p Uzm^w. sSmXt\m F¶v BUyw hwl]n¨p sk¦n`pw H¶v bn³k`nªp. sb«¶v Ak³ b_ªp “”Fsâ sNmS¯n sSmXp Npªt½..
Mm³ sfsà Fsâ CXs¯ ssN sNm*v Aksâ B Npjn]n sSm«p. SXkn. ASnt`Nv H^p kn^`n_¡m³ tWm¡n. Wà ssXäv B\v. ASnWm Mm³ NqXpS {lfn¨nÃ. Ak³ sI]vSSptbms` ASv W¡ptN` F¶v Mm³ fWÊn D_¸n¨n«p*v. WÂNn]m FWn¡v fWw bp^«pw. Mm³ sfsà Fsâ fq¡v ASnt`Nv AXp¸n¨p frUpkm]n lzmhsfXp¯p.. H^p kÃm¯ PÔw.. kn]À¸nsâ]pw f`¯nsâ]psfms¡.. Mm³ As¸m Ss¶ tWt^NnX¶p..
“”Npªt½ Mm³ ^mkns` b_ª Nm^yw.. ¹ohv
“”F´mXm tfmsW..
“”W½sam^p koZnt]m N*ntÃ.. sbXp¡p¶Sv..
“”At¿.. ASv tkt\m..
“”tk\w, Npª½ km¡v b_ª]..
Ak³ F\oäv Ft¶w Nq«n Fsâ _qfnsâ Aäm¨v dmSv–_qfn k¶p. Mm³ ]qt_m¸y³ t¢mshänsâ fpNan C^p¶p. Ak³ fq{Ssfmjn¡mWm]n s_Zn B]n..
“”Fsâ fpOs¯m¶pw Hjn¡^pSv.. tUi¯v fm{Sw..
“”iw l^n Npªt½..
Aksâ IqXv fq{Sw Fsâ tUi¯msN ko\p.. fp`NÄ¡v fpNan`qsX AsSmjpNn, k]_pw Njnªp Fsâ t]mWn SX¯n F¯n. BUysfm^p kÃm]vf B]n^p¶psk¦n`pw Mm³ AZvKÌv sI]vSp C^p¶p sNmXp¯p..
“”Njntªm..?
“”iqw.. SoÀ¶p.. Ak³ Aksâ Np® Np`p¡ns¡m*p b_ªp..
“”Wo tbm Mm³ Npan¨n«v k^mw..
“”WfpNv H^pfn¨p Npan¡mw Npªt½.. ¹ohv..
“”Cu ^m{Sn]nt`m.. tk* tbmXm..
“”Zn Npªt½.. F¶pw b_ªpsNm*v Ak³ gkÀ Sp_¶p. M§apsX tUi¯v H^pfn¨p skÅwko\p.. gk_nWXn]]n M§Ä sN«n bp\À¶p. D½ sk¨pw sM¡n]pw Hs¡ ^hn¨p.. Fsâ fp`Napw I´n]pw Ak³ W¶m]n Nl¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv