N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. hcoW Nth^]n`pw. hnhn`n IpäpbmXpNÄ ko£n¨psNm*v sgZnWpÅn¯s¶ Wn¶p.
“”CsÃXo F¶m¶p A_o¯nÃ. At¶^w Mm³ H¶v- In^n¨p Nm\n¡pkm sI]vsS?””
“”sly…AsS¶m b\n]m Nm\nt¨?A]mav At¸mÄ N^pSptks` Wos]m^ÊÂ skXn]ms\¶v?””
hcoW In^n¨p.
“”At¶^w AsSm¶pw HmÀ¯nÃ. Ft´m A]mÄsX Np®]n Wn¶v- Ns®Xp¡m³ tSm¶oÃ. fq{Sw Hjn¨v Njnªv A]mÄ AtS H¶v- Woa¸mXnWv bnXn¨v sM¡n Fs¶ Nm\n¨p. At¸mjpw MmWsSt`¡v N®p b_n¡msS tWm¡n,””
“”F³s_ hcosW,””
fm`Sn SpXNÄ Nq«n sM^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”Wns¶ A]mav AÊ`v Nj¸n bq_n]m¶v Ss¶ N^pSpw. tWm sZu«v,””
“”F¶m bqäns` tNm¸mt\`pw tk*nt]` At¶^w tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ tSm¶oÃ. WÃ `£\sfm¯ H^q¡³ Np® k¶n§sW fp¼n sk«n sk_¨p Wn¡p¼w FWn¡v fUÀ sSt^h BNmsWm¶pw tSm¶oÃ,””
“”F¶n«v F¶m H*m]n?””
fm`Sn SpXNÄ AXp¸n¡pN]pw AN¯pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*p tImUn¨p.
“”F¶n«]mav F³s_ fp¼n Ntht^ k¶n^p¶p. H^p b{SsfXp¯v km]n¡m³ sSmX§n. bs£ A]msX tWm«w F³s_ sW©¯q¶p fm_nt] CÃ. FWn¡mt\ bq_p l^n¡v sIm^¯m³ sSmX§n]m^p¶p. A½mSn^n Np®]tÃ? Mm³ A_n]m¯ tbms` sfmt`sX emP¯q¶v hm^n bSps¡]§v fmän. Wà Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] s»uhv. A¶mt\ {dm]pw C«n`m^p¶p. sfm` l^n¡v fpjp¯StÃ? ASpsNm*v F¸jpw {dm C«m sfm` tkUWn¡pw. F³s_ sduhnWN¯v sfm` GSm*v fp¡m`pw sbm_¯v kn§n koÀ¯p NnX¶p. A]mav ASnsW N®pfmämsS tWm¡mWpw SpX§n. bns¶ tWm¡p¼w Bs* A]mav fp*n³s_ sbm_¯v NqsX Np`¨ Np® St`mXn Fs¶ Nm\n¡pkm. MmWnX]v¡nsX At§m«p tWm¡p¶Sv A]mav N*p Nm\pw,””
“”Xo¨À C¸w F¶Sm AksW bYn¸n¡ps¶?””
sfmt`¶p tWm«w fmämsS Np®]n sM¡ns¡m*v A]mav tImUn¨p.
“”ssb¸n³s_ Ipäakpw kymthmw,””
Mm³ b_ªp. ssb¸n³s_ Ipäakpw kymhkptfm? A§tWw Ht*m N\s¡ms¡? A]mav tImUn¨p. F¶n«v Xo¨À F{S ssb¸n³s_ Ipäakpw Hs¡ N*p? Mm³ b_ªp, ^*p fq¶v- ssb¸n³s_s]ms¡ N*p. Bt\m? Ipäakv– Hs¡ H¯n^n H*m^pt¶m ASnsWms¡? Dw .sNmÅmw. sNm_¨v Njnªv A]mav sI_p¡tWmXv b_ªp,FXm fSn CWn A¸p_s¯§mWpw tbm]n Nan¡v. FW¡o Xo¨_ntWmXv sNm_¨v kÀ¯mWw b_]\w,””
sI_p¡³ A¸p_s¯§m*v Nan¡m³ tbm]n. At¶^w FWn¡Â¸w tbXns]ms¡ tSm¶n. Sm¸^yfpÅkÀ¡v bq_p sNmXp¡m³ FWn¡nãfm. Sm`v¸^yfpÅk^psX Np® F{StW^w tkt\`pw bqän N¼nNp«³.sWäv