N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ N*n«pÅSn sk¨v Gäkpw hpµ^n]m\v F³s_ sb®v-, Ak³ t`mN¯ms^]pw ASv tbms` hvtWin¡p¶nÃ. dndn³s_ B sb®nsW Ft¸msj¦n`pw Nm\\w F¶v- Mm³ B{Pin¨n^p¶p. ASv Ct¸mÄ hmVn¨p. tfmÄ timhvbnä`nt`¡v Bt\m?””
“”A…ASv ..AtS…Mm³ ..Mm³ timhv¸nä`nt`¡v B\v,””
“”F¦n k^q, M§apsX NqsXt¸mNmw,””
knf`m\v b_ªSv.
^knl¦À Ss¶ Nm¯n^n¡p¶ps*t¶m timhv¸nä FSms\t¶m H¶pw t^\pN In´n¨nÃ. irU]w CXnªpWp_p§p¶Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. bSns] bSns] Nm^y§Ä¡v kyàS k^p¶SkÄ¡_nªp. H^p ]{´s¯t¸ms` AkÄ tZmNväÀ {bn]s] Nm_nt`¡v bn´pXÀ¶p.
t^\pN]pw ^knl¦_pw bp_t¯¡v tbm]SvsNm*v hnhn`n D_§m³ So^pfmWn¨p. C¶s` fq¶v- f\nks^ Ss¶ ^kn D_¡n]nÃ. S³s_ l^o^¯nWv C{Stf tfmiNm´n]p*v F¶v- C¶s`]m\v A_nªSv. S³s_ l^o^¯nt` Hmt^m S·m{S]n`psfmanªn^n¡p¶ ^hdnµp¡sa sSm«p\À¯m³ F{S fnXp¡Wm\v ^kn. AtSmÀ¯t¸mįs¶ tUiw IqXv bnXn¨p`]p¶Sv Aka A_nªp. AkapsX Ip*n bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. NnX¡m³ tbm]m`pw D_§ptfm Sm³? C¶`s¯ Nm^y§tamÀ¯v M^¼pNÄ k`nªpfp_pNm³ SpX§n¡jnªp. NnX¶m tfmimtklw Nm^\w DXpSp\n]jn¨pfmäpkmWm\v hmVyS. tfmimtklmtfm? AÃ. Nmfmtklw. t]mWn¯Xw WWªp NpSnÀ¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. Hm ..Cutlmt]..fp`¡®pNsams¡ SpXn¨p S^n¡pN]m\tÃm…
AkÄ NnX¡]nt`¡v f_nªp. ^ko, FknsX]m Wo…ssWän¡v fpNan`qsX S³s_ fp`NÄ AfÀ¯n¯n^p½n AkÄ bn_pbn_p¯p. C¯n^nNqXn £fn¨n^n¡v sbt®, AkÄ hz]w b_ªp. bns¶ WnW¡v sNmSn So^ptkmaw AksWs¡m*v WnW¡nãfpÅsSms¡ sI¿n¡mftÃm. CÃ, bäp¶nÃ, Wn]{´n¡m³ bäp¶nÃ. AkÄ ssWän fpNant`¡v k`n¨psbm¡n. NnX¡]psX fp¼n Ss¶]pÅ k`n] N®mXn]nt`¡v hz]w WPvWS tWm¡n. skap¯psNmjp¯ S³s_ sk®¡Â tbms`]pÅ SpXNant`¡v AkÄ tWm¡n. ASn³s_ frUpkm] fmwh¯n AkÄ ssN¯`ffÀ¯n St`mXn.
“”iq…½w…””
bnaÀ¶ Ip*n Wn¶v- ho¡m^fp]À¶p.
N®mXn tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ SpXNÄ AN¯n. kXn¨v– kr¯n]m¡n] t]mWn, t]mWn¸naÀ¸v, ASn Wn_ªv H«n¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ fUK`w Hs¡ AkÄ tWm¡n¡*p. bns¶ SpXNÄ ko*pw knXÀ¯n t]mWn]psX DÄemPs¯ Ipk¸v AkÄ N*p. Wo* ewPn]pÅ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v AkÄ AknsX hvbÀln¨p.
“”Hm…F³s_ ..^ko…””
kn^`pNÄ WWknsW sSm«t¸mÄ AkÄ hz^fpSnÀ¯p. bns¶ kÀVn¨ Bhànt]msX AkÄ kn^`pNÄ t]mWn]nt`¡v Np¯n]n_¡n…
At¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv