N¼nNp«³.sWäv Pt\gnsW sNm*v F´v sNm*v VtWysW Nvan¸nIqXm Fs¶m^mt`mIW k¶p. AMvKpkpfm]n Øn^w shN-vhv Imäv sI¿p¶ Nq«¯n AkapsX eÀ¯mknsW Npt¡mÂZv B¡n fmäm³ M§Ä So^pfmWn¨p. VWys] Np¡yq³ B¡\w F¶m]n^p¶p A©psâ Bklyw. ASnWm]n Mm³ B ssX¸v koZnt]mhv VWys] Nm\n¡m³ SpX§n. Aksa Fsâ shN-vhv tÉkv B]n Mm³ fmäpkm]n^p¶p. tks_m^p¯³ Aksa Fsâ fp¶n sk¨v b®p¶Spw AkapsX fp¶n sk¨v Mm³ tks_m^p¯ns] b®p¶ cmâhnhv Hs¡ AkapsX S`]n N]än.
A§sW M§Ä ¹m³ sI]vS Unkhw F¯n. VWy Hmcohn tbm] Unkhw Pt\gnWv gncväv CÃm]n^p¶p. ¹m³ sI]vS fmSn^n Mm³ Ak^psX ko«n sI¶v N]_n. BSnTy f^ymU Nm\n¨p Pt\gv Fs¶ ANt¯¡v knan¨p thmc]n C^p¯n tNmcn FXp¡m³ A©psW knan¨p b_ªp. tNmcn]pfm]n A©p k¶p tWs^ Fsâ fXn]n C^p¶p H^p N¸n Wn¶v M§Ä ^*pw fm_n fm_n NpXn¡m³ SpX§n. Pt\gv CSv N*p BsN kÃmSm]n
VCwPvaogn B\v hwhm^sf¦n`pw NT]psX H^p Hjp¡nWm]n f`]ma¯n BNp¶pb
Nm¸n SoÀ¯n«v M§Ä WsÃm^p {c©v Nnhv WX¯n. CSv N*p S^n¨n^p¶ Pt\ltWmXv sdZv _qfn tbmNm³ A©p b_ªp. AMvKpknsW tNm^n FXp¯p Mm³ sdZv–_qfn sNm*v tbm]n AknsX Wn¶ Pt\ltWmXv b_ªp
Zm Bk^mSn sNm¨p Np®³ bq_n tfmsW, CWn fpS CkÄ Fsâ], Wo M§apsX AXnf]pw. M§Ä F´v b_]p¶tWm AsS Wo sI¿q. Mm³ Wnsâ fmÌ_pw CkÄ Wnsâ fnhvs{XÊpw. M§sa hpOn¸n¨p Wn¶m WnW¡pw Np_¨p hpOn¡mw tNt«mXm ssft^
fn*msS Wn¶ Pt\gnsâ N^\¯v H¶v sNmXp¯n«v AktWmXv fp«v Np¯n Wn¡pkm³ A©p b_ªp. Zm sS*n fmÌÀ tImUn¨nXv WnW¡p D¯^w CsÃXm. M§Ä F´v tImUn¨m`pw f^ymUNv AXnfs] tbms` D¯^w b_tªm\w. tNt«mXm
sl^n A©p
AXp¯ AXn sbm«n. tb^v knan¡pt¶mXm b«n. dipfmWt¯msX fnhv{Xhv F¶v knans]Xm
sl^n fnhv{Xhv
FWn¡v CsSms¡ N*t¸mÄ N¼n B]n. “”A©p, WfpNv VtWys] knan¨p k^p¯n]mt`m? CksWm^p N¼Wn tkt*? CksW tbms` sbm«n AÃ AkÄ, AkÄNv fmhvs_ÀtWw fnhv{XhntWw Hs¡ F§sW thkn¡\w F¶v Mm³ bYn¸n¨n«p*v””
sl^n A^p¬. ASmNpt¼mÄ H^p {SnÃv BNpw.
DXsW Mm³ VWys] tcm¬ sI]vSp tkPw Pt\gnsâ ko«n k^m³ b_ªp. k¶nXv Nm^yw b_]mw F¶v b_ªp tcm¬ sk¨v. VWy Ft´`pw {blvWw Nm\pw F¶pw b_ªp HmXn NnX¯p k¶t¸mÄ Pt\gv fp«pNm`n Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ Nm^yw b_ªp
“”Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv