N¼yq«À tfm\n«_ns` {Pmcn hhq£fw tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mKtlO^kÀ½.
S³s_ hfob¯v Bt^m Wn¡p¶Sm]n tSm¶n]t¸mÄ At±iw Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
kmSn¸Xn]n Unky Wn¡p¶Sv At±iw N*p.
F´v bän F¶ AÀ°¯n At±iw Aksa tWm¡n.
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_]Xpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”dnhn]mt\m?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”SoÀ¨]m]pw,””
At±iw sPu^k¯n b_ªp.
“”AXp¯ H^p f\n¡q_n kmÀ\À {dtUjvhvfm]n H^p foänwPv. `*WnÂ. bns¶ KW_ tfmt«mjvhn³s_ kn^p¶v- h¡m^w. BfvÌÀZmw. ASv Njnªv dnÂtPävhvfm]n H^p NqXn¡mjvI tNm¸³–tiPWnÂ,””
Unky B Sfml tN«v fpOw tNm«n¡m\n¨p.
“”hm^fnÃ, hf]w AWpkUn¨n^n¡p¶p, Ntfm¬!””
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_ sSm«Xp¯v, bn¼ns`¯n, C^pssNNapw tIÀ¯v sN«n¸nXn¨p.
“”ZmZnt]mXv H^p Nm^yw Bklys¸Xm³ k¶Sm Mm³,””
“”AsSWn¡v tSm¶n,””
Ss¶ Ipän¸nXn¨n^n¡p¶ AkapsX ssN¿n At±iw bnXn¨p.
“”F´m Nm^yw?””
AkÄ At²is¯ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”ZmZn, FWn¡v CknsX bYn¨m fSn,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”CknsX sh]n³äv tf^ohnÂ,””
^mKtlO^ kÀf C^n¸nX¯n Wns¶jpt¶äp.
“”At¸mÄ Ìoc³hnt`¡v Sn^n¨ptbmNt*?””
At±iw tImUn¨p.
“”ssft{Nmdt]maKn]psX ^mKys¯ sdÌv Zn¸mÀ«vsfâv AknsX]m\v Fs¶ms¡ b_ªn«v–?””
“”ZmZn, ASv f½n WnÀdÔn¨n«v– Mm³ h½Sn¨StÃ? f½ow f½osX tKymÕWpw?””
AkÄ A¸w Wo^ht¯msX b_ªp.
“”FWn¡v sZÂio bYn¡* ZmZn. Ct{Sw Nm`w Mm³ ZmZotXw f½osXw NqsX¶v- fm_n Wn¶ntÃ?””
At²i¯n³s_ ssN¿nÂWn¶v- bnXnknXmsS AkÄ b_ªp.
“”fm{SfÃ, CknXnt¸mÄ DX³ Ss¶ cw§vgWpfp*mkntÃ? Pp^pKn DXtWSs¶ fpiqÀ¯w S¿m_m¡psf¶tà b_ªSv? At¸mÄ GSm]m`pw FWn¡pXsW ZÂio tbmNm³ bänÃtÃm,””
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_ fpOt¯¡v BNmw£t]msX tWm¡n.
H^p s{X]n bj§apfm]n Pm]{SntUkn k^p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
“”sh]n³ävhv tf^ohn tIÀ¶n«v?””
At±iw tImUn¨p.
“”cnhnN-vhv FXp¡pw,””
“”H^p dÔkpfnÃm¯ Nm^y§Ä WnWs¡§sW b_]m³ Njn]p¶p tfmsa?””
t{X tfl¸p_¯v sk¨SnWp tlgw Pm]{SntUkn Unkyt]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”BUyw b_ªp AZvfnWnhvt{XgWn`m\v tX]vÌv F¶v-. bns¶¸_ªp dnhnsWhv fmtWKvsf³_v. ASp Njnªv tNÄ¡p¶p ssft{Nmdt]maKn. C¸w CSm cnhnN-vhv! Wn³s_ S`¡v Nm^yfm] Ft´m SN^m_p*v,””
bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ t{X]n Wn¶v- H^p NUan¸jsfXp¯v ^mKtlO^kÀ½]v¡v sNmXp¯p.
“”Njn¡q, WntkUn¨Sm\v–,””
At±iw ASv km§n.
“”A½ fim_m\o,””
Unky A½]psX tSman ssNsk¨p.
“”FWn¡nt¸mÄ Io¯¡m`fm\v. Uqs^s]m¶pw tbmNm³ bänà F¶m^m b_sª? f½osX UrãvXnNsa¯m¯ H^nXt¯¡pw Mm³ tbmN* Fs¶ms¡ B^m b_sª? MmtWm f½nt]m? ZmZow f½ow FÃm^pw Ak^k^psX ^oSn¡v F³s_ thcvänNv tk*n In´n¡pt¼mÄ MmWpw N^pSn H^p shÂcv s{bms«£³ ¹m³. F´m FWn¡pw BN¯ntÃ?””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw Pm]{SntUkn]pw b^hvb^w tWm¡n.
“”c§vgWpw shÂcv t{bms«£Wpw H¶pfà {blvWw,””
Pm]{Sn Unkys] tWm¡n.
“”AkÄ¡v CknXps¯ I§m¯w knXm³ emkfnÃ. AStà Nm^yw?””
“”I§m¯¯nsW´m Npj¸w?””
Unky fpOw tNm«n Nm\n¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
“”WmXpkmjp¶ A½ fim_m\osX D*]nÃm skXnsbm«n¡p¶ Nq`n¸«mas¯¡mÄ teUfm F³s_ {c*vhv. F³s_ S`fpXnWm^nWptbm`pw tNXv bän¡m³ h½Sn¡nà `¯ocv UmtUw sc`nN-vhpw SXn]³ ftWmKpsfms¡…””
^mKtlO^kÀ½ Pm]{SntUkns] tWm¡n In^n¨p.
“”l^n, l^n,””
At±iw tfm\n«_nt`¡v {l² Sn^n¨psNm*v In^n SpXÀ¶psNm*v b_ªp.
“”shÂcv s{bms«£³ Ss¶ WX¡s«. tfmÄ CknXps¯ tNmtaKn tI^p¶SnWv S¼p^m«n¡v FSnÀt¸m¶pfnÃtÃm?””
At±iw Pm]{SntUkns] NphrSnt]msX tWm¡n.
“”f½osX Aen{bm]f_n]\sf¦n tKymÕWv A^pa¸mXv Nn«\w,””
Unky sWänIpan¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”CWns]§mWpw Fs¶ CkpXp¶v- sN«psN«n¡p¶ GsS¦n`pw ¹mWpw sNm*m\v B sfm«¯`]³ tKymÕ³ k^p¶sS¦n MmWpw Wn^¯pw H^p NkXn. bns¶ tKymÕsW Cu tNmÀ¸t_gWn Nm\nà B^pw,””

lm´nbp^s¯ sh]n³_vhv tf^ohv tNmtaKn tI^mWpÅ Atb£ tcmw bq^n¸n¨psNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ kmSn¡ b^nIm^nN Wn¡p¶Sv Unky N*p.
“”F´m ^mVtI¨n?””
AkÄ N®pNÄ fmämsS tImUn¨p.
“”Pp^pKn b_ªp At²is¯ sI¶p Nm\m³,””
“”GSv Pp^pKn?””
Unky NphrSnt]msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”hoWn]t_m KqWn]t_m?””
“”hoWn]À,””
b^nIm^nN]pw In^n¨p.
AkÄ Atb£tcmsfXp¯v c]`n sk¨p.
bns¶ fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\sW Nm\pkm³ At²i¯nWv tk*nt]m^p¡n] sNm«m^¯ns` fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n.
AkÄ sIÃpt¼mÄ At±iw H^p bphvSN¯n³s_ fp¼n`m]n^p¶p.
“”Wfhv¡m^w, Pp^pKn,””
AkÄ sSmjpssNNtamsX At²is¯ {b\fn¨p.
At±iw bphvSN¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v- {l²Sn^n¨v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”§vim!””
At±iw b_ªp.
“”Npfm^n, k^q,””
AkÄ AN¯v N]_n.
fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³s_ hmSznN {bNmlfpÅ fnjnNÄ S³s_ fpO¯v hq£vfWn^o£\w WX¯p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
A`nkpw kmÕ`ykpw N`À¶ H^p knNm^w At²i¯n³s_ fpO¯v Wn_]p¶Spw.
“”Npfm^n C^n¡q,””
S³s_ fp¼ns` C^n¸nX¯nt`¡v Iq*n At±iw b_ªp.
Unky At²i¯nWv AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p.
“”sh]n³_v Ìoc³hv tbms` H^p t_m]Â tNmtaKns` bYWkpw ssi`o A{«mÎokv B] H^p tNmjvhpw tk* F¶v- sk¨Sv fmSmbnSm¡sa Nm\mSn^n¡mWpÅ {b]mhw sNm*mt\m?””
At²i¯nsâ sbs«¶pÅ tImUy¯nWv fp¼n H^p Wnfngw Unky bS_n.
F¶m sbs«¶v- Ss¶ ftWmWn` kos*Xp¯v AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
“”lm´nbp^s¯ tNmtaKn tI^p¶Sn³s_ Nm^\kpw?””
Unky]psX emkw bp©n^n N`À¶ `Ö]psX ftWmim^nS]nt`¡v fm_n.
F{S {lfn¨n«pw S³s_ irU]knNm^w fpO¯v {bSnc`n¸n¡mSn^n¡m³ AkÄ¡v NjnªnÃ.
F¶m AXp¯ tImUyw Aksa A¼^¸n¨p.
“”AtSm ^mip Wm^m]\³ AknXps¯ AVymbNWm]Sv sNmt*m?””
H^p Wnfngw e]s¶¦n`pw Wnfng§Ä¡pÅn AkÄ S³s_ fWÊnsW ko*pw Wn]{´n¨p.
sPu^k¯n Ss¶ ko£n¡p¶ At²i¯n³s_ N®pNant`¡v AkÄ ko*pw bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n.
“”tfmta…””
At±iw Aksa knan¨p.
“”In` Pp^pWmT³fm^psX hm¶nVywsNm*v {blhvSfm]n¯oÀ¶ knUym`]§ap*v–. Pp^ptUkv XmtPm_n³s_ lm´nWntNS³ tbms`. ^mip Wm^m]\³ A¯^¯n H^p AVymbNWm\v F¶v- Sn^n¨_nªSpsNm*m\v At±iw bYn¸n¡p¶ tNmtaKn tI^m³ tfmÄ B{Pin¡p¶sS¦n ASn sSänÃ. At±iw Wà H^p A²ymbN³ Ss¶]m\v. bt£…””
At±iw H¶pWnÀ¯n Aksa tWm¡n.
SpXÀ¶v- tNÄ¡m³ tbmNp¶Sv F´m]n^n¡mw F¶v- AkÄ htµin¨p.
“”bs£ H^p knUymÀTnWn¡v AVymbtWmXv tSm¶p¶ BU^knWpf¸p_¯v fsäs´¦n`pw knNm^t¯msX]m\v tfmÄ At²is¯ hfobn¡p¶sS¦nÂ….””
Unky]psX N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p.
“”…..F¦n A§sW]m]n^n¡^pSv F¶v- b_]mWm\v Mm³ Npfm^ns] Ct¸mÄ knan¸n¨Sv. Cu ko«n WX¯s¸Xp¶ H^p ASnknlp²]mP¯n³s_ fpOybpt^minSWm\v At±iw. B HmÀ½ tfmÄ¡v Ft¸mjpfp*mk\w,””
S³s_ km¡pNÄ AkapsX]pÅn ]msSm^p I`Wkpw hrãvXn¨n«nà F¶v- fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\Wv tSm¶n.
“”hUvPp\§Ä At²i¯n tk*ptkmafp*v…””
AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n At±iw SpXÀ¶p.
“”Nm^p\ykpw hvtWikpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssV^ykpsfms¡…””
Unky]psX fpO¯v BNmw£ knX^p¶Sv At±iw N*p.
“”bs£ AfmWpgnNWpfm\t±iw,””
N®pNans` BNmw£]v¡v tft` hwl]¯n³s_ hvbÀlkpw At±iw N*p, AkanÂ.
“”{bb©s¯ Im¼`m¡mkp¶{S]pw Ab^ntf]fm] H^PvWn At±iw DÅn hq£n¡p¶p*v. B APvWn]psX sI_n] H^wlw kÃt¸mjpsfms¡ At±iw bp_¯v {bSy£fm¡n]n«pfp*v,””
Unky BNmw£me^nS^m]n.
“”Ft¸mjm\v AsS¶v- tfmÄ¡_n]mt\m?””
Unky knXÀ¶ N®pNtamsX S`Np`p¡n.
“”S³s_ {dÒI^y{kSw AbNX¯n`m¡pkm³ Bs^¦n`pw {lfn¡p¶p F¶_n]pt¼mÄ,””
AkapsX fpO¯v tW^n] H^p eoSnWn_tªm?
At±iw Aksa hq£n¨ptWm¡n.
“”Ss¶ Nmft¯msX hfobn¡p¶ hv{Sos] At±iw WnÀVm£nWyw
tW^nXpw. {dÒI^y¯n³s_ {Sn¡®v-NÄ¡v fp¼n ehvfoN^n¡s¸« hv{SoNapsX NTNÄ FWn¡_n]mw.””
AkapsX N®pNan eoSn Wnj`nXp¶Sv At±iw N*p.
ZmÀdmÀ iman³s_ N¯q\pNÄ¡v bn¼n Wn¶v- B NT Ahvbãfm]n C¶s` tN«Sm\v.
F¦n`pw H^n¡ÂNqXn kyàfm]n ASv tNÄ¡pkm³ AkÄ B{Pin¨p. ASpsNm*p AkÄ tImUn¨p:
“”Pp^pKo? DUmi^\¯nWv??””
At±iw sPu^kt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”F]v©Â ^mKNpfm^ns]¸än tN«n«pt*m?””
AkÄ tNÄ¡m³ B{Pin¨Sv Ss¶ fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ tImUn¨p.
“”DÆv, Pp^pKn,””
AkÄ sbs«¶v- b_ªp.
“”{bn³shÊv G©Â. d¡nwPvimw bm`hns`. Cw¥*ns`… AXp¯ Nn^oXmkNmln BtN*n]n^p¶…””
At²iw ln^ÊW¡n.
“”AtS… hq^yWhvSfn¡m¯ hm{fmKy¯n³s_ DXfNam]n^p¶ B ^mKNpXpwd¯nWvCt¶maw `en¨n«pÅ hv{SoNan Gäkpw dp²nlm`nWn]m]n^p¶kÄ. Gäkpw hpµ^n]m]n^p¶kÄ. Gäkpw hUvPp\h¼¶]m]n^p¶kÄ…fUÀ sSt^h]psX KokNm^p\y{bkÀ¯W§apfm]n dÔs¸«n^p¶kÄ…””
SpXÀ¶ptNÄ¡m³ Unky BNmw£t]msX NmtSmÀ¯p.
“”DÖ]nWn]ns` B{lf¯n AkÄ, d¡nwPvimw bm`hns` ^mKNpfm^n, {bn³shhv G©Â A©v fmhw Smfhn¨n^p¶p,””
knhvf]kpw BNmw£]pw ko*pw Xnkn]n A£f Wn_¨p.
“”t]mPVymWw bYn¡mWm\v G©Â ^mKNpfm^n B{lf¯n k¶Sv, ^mip`ntWmsXm¸w,””
fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”Aksa t]mPVymWw bYn¸n¨Sv ^mip`m]n^p¶p. {bTfUÀlW¯n¯s¶ AkapsX fWÊn At²it¯mXpÅ AWp^mPw Wn_ªp. At²i¯nsâ knlngvYPp\§Ä AkapsX fWÊnsW Nojvs¸Xp¯n,””
At²iw H^p Wnfngw WnÀ¯n.
knUq^fÃm¯ In` HmÀ½Nan At±iw WãvXs¸Xp¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WmÄ b{Xogy ^mÚn]pw knÃyw ^mKmkpw B{lfw hµÀln¨p,””
HmÀfNan Wn¶p\À¶v- At²iw Unkys] tWm¡n¯pXÀ¶p.
“”At²is¯ Ak^psX NpXpwdmwPfm]n Us¯Xp¡m³ Ft¶mXv AWpfSn tImUn¡mWm]n^p¶p B k^kv. F]v©Â ^mKNpfm^n]psX Gäkpw k`n] B{Piw hmVn¨psNmXp¡m³ S§apsX bm^¼^ytfm fStfm tUltfm Np`oWSztfm SXÊfmk^psS¶v- AkapsX fmSmbnSm¡Ä¡v tSm¶n]n^p¶p,””
“”Pp^pKo, bn¶oXv?””
“”bn¶oXv?””
At²iw H¶p^*p Wnfngw Aksa WnlÐfm]n tWm¡n.
“”At±iw {bn³shÊv F]v©`nsW {dÒI^y¯n³s_ fmimßyw bYn¸n¨p. S³s_ KokntSmt²lsf¶Sv {b\]tfm knkmitfm NpXpwdtfm Aà F¶v- At±iw AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m¡ns¡mXp¯p. Wn_ª N®pNtamsX AkÄ B{lfw kn«vtbm]n. Sn^hv¡m^w hzoN^n¨p fX§nt¸m]SÃ. At²is¯ tWXpkm³ knlp²WmXpNant`¡v SoÀT]m{S tbm]Sm]n^p¶p AkÄ,””
S³s_ irU]w fnXn¡p¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
“”AkapsX {kSw fpX¡pkm³ At±iw ssN`mh¯nt`¡v tbm]n. NYnW SbÊnWv. H¶^ fmh¯nWv tlgw KÀ½Wn]psX H^p tdm]nwPv `pcvSm³h F]Àdhv `dmtWm\nWp fpNan N¯ns]^nªp….H^p fmhw Cw¥*n HutUymPnN UpOmI^\fm]n^p¶p. C¶pw d¡nwPvimw bm`hnWXp¯v t_m] Bw¥n¡³ shfnt¯^n]n F]v©Â ^mKNpfm^n]psX lkNpXo^¯n Cw¥ogv KWS bq¡Ä sk¡p¶p,””
Unky]psX N®pNÄ Wn_]p¶Sv At±iw N*p.
“”Culz^m,””
AkÄ f{´n¡p¶Sv At±iw tN«p.

fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ b_ª Nm^y§a{S]pw Unky fp¯Èns] A_n]n¨p.
Sm¸^yt¯msX]pw sNuSpNt¯msX]pfm\v BUyw {l²n¡m³ SpX§n]sS¦n`pw NT]psX AkhmWsf¯n]t¸mÄ Ak^n hw{efw Wn_ªp.
“”{PmWn]v¡v tbXn]m]o¶p tSm¶p¶tÃm,””
ASv N*p Unky tImUn¨p.
“”F§sW tbXn¡mSn^n¡pw Npt«y?””
AkÀ tImUn¨p.
“”Nm^y§Ä tN«n«v D{PStbmlàn]pÅ H^p tUkEgn]ms\¶v tSm¶p¶p,””
AkÄ ASv tN«v fµihn¨p.
“”tfmÄ¡v At²it¯mXv tSm¶p¶ B S`v¸^yf§v Dtb£n¡y…AtàM§Ä¡v Wns¶ WãvXs¸Xpw,””
“”CÃ {PmWo,””
fµimhw AkhmWn¸n¨v UrZhz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Mm³ tbXn¨p bn·m_s« F¶v- N^pSn]m\v Pp^pKn ASv b_ªsS¦n At²i¯nWv sSän. tN« NTNÄ F³s_ CãvXs¯ H¶pNqXn d`s¸Xp¯p¶p,””
Km`N¯nW¸p_¯v, Nmän`naNp¶ tNm{dminÂhnt`¡v A¸hf]w AkÄ tWm¡n Wn¶p.
“”A_nt]m {PmWn¡v?””
“”Mm³ Nm¯n^n¡p¶ BÄ A{S WnÊm^¡m^WÃ. BÀ¡pw Fap¸w NojX§p¶kWÃ. PÔÀk NWyNfms^]pw AbvÊ^hpNsa]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mKNpfm^nfms^]pw NojX¡n ssK{S]m{S]psX AkhmWw {PmWosX ^mKNpfm^n]psX fp¼n k¶n^n¡pN]m\v…””
N®pNan knhvf]w Wn_¨v fp¯Èn Aksa tWm¡n.
“”Mm³ tWXpw At²is¯ {PmWo…””
hzbvW¯n³s_ hpPÔfpÅ km¡pNÄ fp¯Èn tN«p.
“”F{S Wqäm*pNam]n N®os^mjp¡n Nm¯n^n¡p¶Sm¶_nt]m Cu ESpbÀ®? F¶n«v GS¦n`pw H^p sb®v-, ASv F{S k`n] tNmt`ms¯ S¼p^m«n]m]m`pw kn«psNmXp¡nÃ, Mm³!””

tNm{dm Pym§nsW hwdÔn¨v ^mip Wm^m]\sW¡p_n¨pÅ bpSn] A_nkv Ak^psX fp¼n`pÅ {blvW§ta NqXpSÂh¦oÀ®fm¡n.
sft{Xmt¸m`nä³ ¢ºn`pw WUoSo^s¯ t£{S¸XkpNan`pw AkÀ Wn^´^w IÀ¨Nan`pw kmU{bSnkmU§an`pw GÀs¸«p.
“”l^n¡pw A]msam^p h¶ymhn]ms\¦n Cu tkgw sN«`pNapsXs]ms¡ Bklysf´nWm?””
WUoSo^s¯ t£{S¸Xkn A¯^sfm^p hm]mÓ§ans`m¶n ^mKp Nq«pNmt^mXv tImUn¨p.
“”tNmtaKv kmVymÀ, {ZPv FK³äv…tbm`ohv C³tcmÀfÀ…N]nNmeymhn…Ct¸mÄ h¶ymhn]pw!””
kn³shâv Bt^msX¶nÃmsS b_ªp.
“”Untky, Mm³ b_]mw,””
^mtKgv Aksa tWm¡n .
“”C¯^w BapNÄ F¬bSv lSfmWw t{cmZv B\v.””
“”A]mÄ l^n¡pw h¶ymhn Bt\ F´nWm tNm{dminÂhn Ipän¡_§ps¶?””
^mKp ko*pw tImUn¨p.
“”ASpw bmSn^m{SoÂ?””
“”hvbn^nIz thmfvWmwdp`nhfm^n¡pw!””
hSogv– bpÑt¯msX In^n¨p.
“”bs£ F´v hvfmÀ«m Nm\m³!””
{bn]¦ BhzUn¨v b_ªp.
“”U im³hsfÌv B³Zv U shN-vhns]Ìv sF imkv FkÀ ho³!””
Unky fµimht¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”fm{SfÃ, Cu hnWnf hwknVm]N^pw WnÀ½mSm¡apsfm¶pw H^p shuµ^ytdmtVmw CÃmt¯m^m¶p C¸w fWÊn`m]n. AtàFt´m^w t»m¡v dÌÀ hnWntf Wm]N³ Btk* Bam!””
ASv b_ªSv sg_n³ B\v.
B¬Np«nNÄ sg_ntW]pw {bn]¦s]]pw ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
“”Untky, Wo tWm¡nt¡m, ]mP¯n³s_ AkhmWw tNÄ¡mw A]mav tNm{dminÂhnt` WnVn AXns¨Xpt¯m*v tbms]¶v-!””
sc`nN-vhv fp¶_n]n¸nsâ hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”Ipk¸pw Nmkn]pfpXp¯m GSv NjpS¡pw Cu ^mKy¯v hnwifmNmw!””
ftWmKv– t^mgt¯msX S³s_ ASrbvSn]_n]n¨p.
“”bs£ `¯ocv UmUm,””
ASpks^ {bNXn¸n¡s¸« Aen{bm]§tamXv knt]mKn¨psNm*v hn²mÀ°³ b_ªp.
`¯ocv AksW tWm¡n.
“”Cu ^mip Wm^m]\³ AbNXNm^n]ms\¶v- Mm³ knlzhn¡p¶nÃ. A]mÄ b»n¡n³s_ CX]n H^p cnP_m]n¡jnªp. H^p sF¡WnNv cnPÀ!””
NqXpNmÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hn²mÀ°sW {l²t]msX tWm¡n.
“”Unky sNm*pk¶ bphvSNw W½apw N*StÃ?””
Ak³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”MmWSv fpjpk³ km]n¨p. ASWph^n¨v At±iw H^p C³s_ÀWmg\ cnPÀ B\v. b` ^m{ã¯`k³fmÀt¸m`pw At²i¯n³s_ {bemg\§an`pw VymWshgWpNan`pw bs¦Xp¯n«p*v. A{S]v¡pw t{Pgyhv B] H^mÄ K]Nrgv\sWt¸ms` H^p sZknÄ C³NmÀt\äpfm]n Fs´¦n`pw N\£³ D*v F¶v- In´n¡p¶Sv Ss¶ {b]mhw. K]Nrgv\³s_ DÅpNÅnNÄ Gs_¡ps_ FWn¡_n]mw,””
B Bl]w Nq«pNms^ l^n¡pw hzmVoWn¨p F¶v- Unky N*p.
“”`¯ocv UmUm H¶pw b_ªnÃ,””
Unky `¯ocnsW tWm¡n.
A¸w Njn]s« F¶ AÀ°¯n Ak³ N®pNÄ bSns] AX¨v– ssN¯`fp]À¯n¡m\n¨p.
Ak³ Nq«pNm^psX Aen{bm]§Ä {l²t]msX tNÄ¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
Unky]psX hz^¯ns` BNmw£ AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp.
AkapsX fWÊns`´m\v?
Ak³ Unkys] tWm¡n.
“”hn²mÀ°³s_ Aen{bm]¯n Nm^yfp*v,””
tXmfn hn²mÀ°sW l^nk¨p.
Unky]psX N®pNan Blzmhw Wnj`nXp¶Sv Nq«pNmt^msXm¸w `¯ocpw N*p.
“”A]msa¸än]pÅ F³s_ t`äÌv Aen{bm]w CSm\v. A]mÄ H^p {ZPv FK³täm kmXN Pp*t]m AÃ. A]mÄ H^p AVymbNWm\v. Bßo]Pp^pkm\v. bs£…””
Ak³ H¶v WnÀ¯n FÃmks^]pw tWm¡n.
“”…..bt£, CknsX k¶SnWp bn¶n A]mÄ¡v fsät´m In` Dt±lw NqXn]ps*¶ {Pq¸n³s_ sbmSp Aen{bm]w SÅn¡a]mWmknÃ. CâÀWmg\`n {bhn²Wm] H^mÄ, H^p Bßo]tWSmkv, H^p tNmtaKv A²ymbN³ F¶ bUkn]n HSp§n¡qXm³, ASpw Bkt_Kv schn`näohv fm{SfpÅ W½psX hnäoÂ…ASn Ft´m H^p b´ntNXp*v,””
tXmfn]psX Aen{bm]kpw tNÄkn¡mÀ {l²t]msX hzoN^n¨p.
F¦n`pw AkÀ¡_nt]*Sv `¯ocv F§sW In´n¡p¶p F¶m\v. F´m\v Ak³s_ So^pfmWw?
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tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNml¯n `¯ocv km¨nt`¡v tWm¡n.
hf]w H¶v Njnªv Wm¸Sv fnWnäv.
^*p f\n¡q_pNÄ¡v tft`]m]n Sm³ Cu Nm¯n^n¸v SpX§n]n«v.
A¸wNqXn Nm¯n^n¡pN Ss¶.
WP^mSnÀ¯n]psX bXnªmt_ Unl]nÂWn¶v- ^*pNnt`mfoäÀ DÅnt`¡v fm_n]m\v B Ø`w.
AknsX bqÀ¯n ]m¡s¸Xm¯, WnÀ½m\w Wn`¨, H^p dipWn`s¡«nX¯n³s_ fp¼nÂ, C^pan³s_ f_knÂ, S³s_ hvtNmÀ¸nt]m]n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p, `¯ocv.
sN«nX¯nsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv GNtUlw Wq_p foäÀ ANs`.
Wn^¯n Wn¶v- A¸w kn«v, bmjvf^§apsX f_knÂ.
sN«nXWnÀ½m\¯n³s_ Bkly¯nWptk*n Sm¡m`nNfm]n WnÀ½n¡s¸« H^p sI½¬bmS]m]n^p¶p ASv.
{bVmWWn^¯nWp hfobfÃmSn^p¶SnWm B emPw sskUypSoN^n¡s¸«n^p¶nÃ.
Ipäpw fimAÔNm^fm]n^p¶p.
skan¨¯n³s_ H^p Wp_p§pk«w tbm`pw H^nX¯pw Nm\mWnÃ. C`Nsa AW¡p¶ Nmäptbm`pfnÃ.
F¦n`pw f^kn¸n¡p¶ S\p¸p*v.
W£{S§Ä ^qbw sNmÅp¶SnWv fp¼pÅ {bb©¯n³s_ BUyWnfng§am\sS¶v- `¯ocnWv tSm¶n.
sb«¶ksâ N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p.
tk«¡m^sâ hm¶nVyf_nª hnwi¯n³s_ {bSnt^mVw tbms`.
C^p«n ^*p {bNmlkr¯§Ä SoÀ¯psNm*v H^p kmiWw Uqs^Wn¶p k^p¶p!
`¯ocv ko*pw km¨nt`¡v tXmÀ¨v {bNmln¸n¨p.
^*^-
Ak³ hoän WnkÀ¶n^p¶p.
B kmiWw sN«nX¯nWv tWs^ AXp¯p.
`¯ocv Ko¸n Wn¶v- bSns] C_§n.
Ak³s_ fp¼n Wq_pfoäÀ ANs` B kmiWw sN«nX¯nWv– fp¼n Wn¶p.
WnÀ¯n] kmiW¯n Wn¶v- H^p tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNmlkr¯w Wn`¯v bSn]p¶Spw N_p¯ khv{S§Ä V^n¨ H^mÄ C_§p¶Spw `¯ocv N*p.
A]mÄ bns¶ D]À¶v- C^p*p Wn¡p¶ sN«nX¯nWv tWs^ WX¶p.
tXmÀ¨nsâ {bNml¯nWp bn¼n A]mapsX ^qbSnsâ Hu«v–ss`³ `¯ocv N*p.
hmfmWyw D]^fp*v.
`¯ocv IpäpbmXpNÄ Wn^o£n¨p.
bns¶ NpWnªv thmN-vhnWN¯v Han¸n¨n^p¶ _ntkmÄkÀ FXp¯p.
lÐw tNĸn¡msS, B ^qb¯nÂWn¶v- UrãvXnNÄ fmämsS Ak³ fpt¼m«v– IpkXpNÄ sk¨p.
kas^t]s_ knhvSrSn]nÂ, b`]nX¯m]n InS_n¡nX¶ B sN«nX§ant`m¶ns`¡v A]mÄ N]_nt¸mNp¶Sv `¯ocv N*p.
b^nh^§sa hq£vffm]n Wn^o£n¨v, kn^ {XnP_n`fÀ¯n, Ak³ AÚmS³ N]_nt¸m] fmÀ¤¯n`qsX Wo§n.
`¯ocv B sN«nXs¯ hfobn¨p.
H^p Wm`pWn` sN«nXfm]n^p¶p ASv.
Ak³ ASnWpÅnt`¡v N]_n.
lzmhwtbm`pw ASn¯«n {bSnVzWn¡p¶Sv tbms` AkWp tSm¶n.
`¯ocv Ipäpw tWm¡n.
A]mÄ FknsXt¸m]n?
sN«nX¯n³s_ s{Pu*v cvt`m_n At§]ä¯v Ak³ {bNmlw N*p.
bSns], Km{PSt]msX Ak³ CXWmjn]n`qsX WX¶p.
dq«pNapsX lÐw tNĸn¡mSn^n¡m³ Ak³ b\ns¸«p.
{bNmlw N*nX¯v F¯n]t¸mÄ `¯ocv Wn¶p.
ASv H^p fp_n]n Wn¶m\v.
en¯n]psX f_kn Wn¶v- Ak³ At§m«p tWm¡n.
Wm`©p{Pq¸pNan`m]n Io«pNan]nt`Às¸«n^n¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^pbtSmaw BapNÄ.
Ak^n b`s^]pw `¯ocv Sn^n¨_nªp.
WP^¯ns` tbs^Xp¯ s_uZnNÄ.
b`t¸mjm]n ln£n¡s¸«n«pÅ NpäkmanNÄ.
bns¶ Ab^nInS^m] fäp In`^pw.
`¯ocn³s_ N®pNÄ Ak^psX fpO§an`qsX A^n¨pWX¶p.
bns¶ Ak³ AknsX Wn¶v- bn´n^nªp.
CXWmjn]n`qsX Sn^nsN WX¶p.
tÌ]ÀtNhn`qsX fpNans`¯n.
ko*pw tNm_ntZm_n`qsX WX¶v- Hmt^m fp_n]pw b^ntlmVn¨p.
b¯pbSnW©pfoäÀ WX¶t¸mÄ H^p fp_n]nÂWn¶v- Bt^m hwhm^n¡p¶Sv tbms`, Ahvbãfm] lÐw Ak³ tN«p.
B^psX lÐfm\v?
Ak³ NmtSmÀ¯p.
Ak³s_ sWän]n IpankpNÄ ko\p.
Ak³ _ntkmÄkÀ hmkVmWfp]À¯n.
bns¶ CXSpN¿ns` tXmÀ¨v sSan¨p.
“”t¨-!””
{bNml¯n Urlyfm] ^wPw N*v– Ak³ N®pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨p.
Wn`¯pkn^n¨ bm]]n bqÀ®WPvW^m] H^p hv{So]pw bp^pgWpw.
^Snkymb^¯n³s_ hpkÀ® fpiqÀ¯¯n Sm³ WX¯n] NX¶pN]ätfmÀ¯v `Ön¨v Ak³ sbs«¶v- tXmÀ¨v Hmcv sI]vSp.
bns¶ VrSn]n AknsXWn¶pw bn´n^nªp.
“”GSv ssf^WmXm ASv?””
N`nN]_n] hz^¯n A hv{So]psX lÐw Ak³ tN«p.
“”Han¨n^p¶v- N*p hpOn¡msS tW^n«v kmXm, Nmlpw sNm*v!””
H^p ^à^£Ên³s_ bnXn]n Wns¶¶tbms` `¯ocv HmXn]N¶p.
tÌ]ÀtNhv N]_n Ak³ ^*mfs¯ cvt`m_ns`¯n.
ko*pw H^p tW^n] {bNmlw Ak³ fp¼n N*p.
At§m«v– hmkVmWw WX¶p.
sbs«¶v- S³s_ tSman B^psXt]m N^S`ffÀ¶Sv `¯ocv A_nªp.
sM«t`msX Ak³ Sn^nªptWm¡n.
fp¼n Bt^m Wn¡p¶p!
Ak³ B ^qb¯n³s_ tWÀ¡v tXmÀ¨v sSan¨p.
hpµ^n]m] H^p ]pkSn!
S³s_ fmUNSzw Sp_¶pNm\n¡p¶ khv{S¯nÂ!
‘tKmÀÖv b_ªpkn«StÃ, km,””
`mhyhz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Ct{Sw hpµ^³ Ipų bntÅs^ Hs¡ kÃt¸mjptf Nn«q,””
fµimht¯msX AkÄ Ak³s_ ssN]n bnXn¨v S¶nt`¡Xp¸n¨p.
“”c-“”
`¯ocv PÀÖn¨p.
AkapsX bnXnknXpkn¨p.
AkÄ AW¸fm] A¼^t¸msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”b«n¨n! kn«ptbmXo!””
Ak³ tkP¯n Sn^nªpWX¶p.
bns¶]pw Ak³ AknsX b`s^]pw N*p.
kymKfUykmäpNms^.
IqSm«¡ms^.
sS^pkv tklyNsa.
KntPmaNsa Nm¯n^n¡p¶ fUwfpän] fmwhtPmbp^ l^o^n\nNsa.
C³hvsbÎÀ A{dimfnWv Cu Ø`s¯¡p_n¨v A_nkntÃ?
Ak³ hwl]t¯msX hz]w tImUn¨p.
sbs«¶m\v Ak³ HmÀ¯Sv, B {btUlw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv At²i¯n³s_ AVnNm^ b^nVn]n sbXp¶SÃ.
Sm³ Ct¸mÄ Wn¡p¶Sv Gäkpw fpNan`s¯ Wn`]n`m\v.
A©mfs¯ Wn`]nÂ.
AknsX {bNmlsfm¶pw Ak³ N*nà .
Nm_n Wn¶pfn_§n] B fWpgy³ bns¶ FknsXt¸m]n?
Cu sN«nX¯nt`¡v Ss¶]m\v A]mÄ WX¶pN]_n]Sv.
GSm]m`pw CknsX NqXn H¶v Sn^]mw.
Ak³ ASok Km{PSt]msX tNm_ntZm_n`qsX WX¶p. Hmt^m fp_n]pw bn¶nXpt´m_pw AkWn Wn^ml kÀ²n¨p.
B^pfnÃ.
sN«nX¯n³s_ At§]ä¯v Ak³ F¯n.
sbs«¶v- S³s_ C{µn]§Ä S^n¨p]^p¶Sv tbms` AkWp tSm¶n.
B^psXt]m hwhm^w. hnPs^äv– bpN]psX PÔw.
Sm³ Wn¡p¶Sn³s_ sSm«pfp¼ns` fp_n]n Wn¶m\v.
Ak³ ASn Km{PSt]msX IpkXpNÄ sk¨p.
Wn_ª BNmw£t]msX en¯n]psX A^nNnt`¡v ln^Êv Wo¡n.
B fp_n]n A^* {bNmlfp*v.
H¶v ^*p k`n] sfjpNpSn^nNÄ N¯n¨psk¨n^n¡p¶p.
bSns], AWpWnfngw kÀ²nNp¶ DtUzPt¯msX Ak³ ln^Êv ko*pw AW¡n.
“”ssf tPmZv-“”
BÝ^y¯m `Socn³s_ N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p.
“”K]Nrgv\³!””
Ak³ f{´n¨p.
bns¶ bSns] _ntkmÄkÀ D]À¯n.
B fp_n]n Fjpt¶äp Wn¶v- SWn¡enfpOfm]n Wn¡p¶ Bt^mtXm Ak³ hwhm^n¡pN]m\v.
A]mapsX fpOw C^pan`m\v.
Sm³ Nm¯n^p¶, kmiW¯n Wn¶n_§n, Cu sN«nX¯nt`¡v N]_nk¶ fWpgytWmXm\v K]Nrgv\³ hwhm^n¡p¶sS¶v- `¯ocnWv D_¸m]n.
B^m\Sv?
lzmhw Wn]{´n¨psNm*v `¯ocv A¸w NqXn en¯n]psX skan]nt`¡v ln^Êv Wo«n.
sfjpNpSn^n]psX {bNml¯n Ak³ A]mapsX fpOw N*p.
tUiw Wn_s] H^p fn¶Â¸n\À sbmSn]p¶Sv Ak³ A_nªp.
“”dmÌmÀZv!””
Ak³ fp^*p.
Ns\¡ms\ fpOw t{NmVw sNm*p Wn_ªp.
Ak³ ko*pw kn^ {XnP_n`fÀ¯n.
sbs«¶v- Ft´m HmÀ¯v Ak³ _ntkmÄkÀ Smjv¯n.
ko*pw Ak³ Aks^ Wn^o£n¨p.
Ak^psX hwhm^w {l²n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
bs£ t{NmVw Wn]{´\mSoSfmkpN]m\v.
Ak³ Sm³ Wn¡p¶nX¯v Ipäpw tXmÀ¨v sSan¨p.
fp¼n skan¨¯nÂ, Sm³ Wn¡p¶SnWv hfobw H^p C^p¼pkXn NnX¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.
`¯ocv NpWnªv AsSXp¯p.
bns¶ K]Nrgv\³s_]pw Ak³ hwhm^n¨psNm*n^p¶ BapsX tWs^]pw Ak³ IpkXpNÄ sk¨p.
B sN«nXw Ss¶]pw Im¼`m¡mWpÅ t{NmVt¯msX!
sbs«¶v bn¼n Wn¶v- Bt^m S³s_ tSman ssN¯`ffmÀ¯n.
kn_]t`msX Ak³ Sn^nªptWm¡n.
tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNml¯n A]mapsX fpOwN*v–S³s_lzmhwWn`¨ptbmNp¶Sptbms“¯ocnWptSm¶n.
“”]q-“”
bÃpNÄsM^n¨psNm*vAk³f{´n¨p.
Ak³A]mapsXtWs^_ntkmÄkÀD]À¯n.
bns¶A]mapsXtWs^H^pIpkXpNqXnfpt¼m«v–sk¨p.
“”NqÄsZu¬,]§vfm³!””
A]mÄlm´Wm]nb_ªp.