N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNX¶v- CaNn f_nªv SnfÀ¡pt¼m l^n¡v b_ªm Ct{Sw sfmj N*mt¸m^m…””
“”sly f½n..CsS¶tSms¡]m Cu b_]ps¶?””
“”l^n, Mm³ b_¨n`v WnÀ¯mw. tW^v b_. Wo CSv sI¿pkm^p¶ntÃ?””
B`ohv fpãn Ip^p«n fpt¼m«pw bnt¼m«pw SÅns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
t_mg³ BUyw H¶v- fXn¨p. bns¶ b_ªp.
“”Bw…””
“”{NnhvSpkn³s_ {NqlnS^qbtkm ePkm³ ^mf³s_ N®ns` tSKtÊm AtÃÂ i{hSv Wnhmfp²o³s_ Sn^pkIW§tam H¶v-fÃtÃm Wo HmÀs¯ At¸mÄ…F´m^p¶p {btImUWw….ASv bnXn¨p C§sW Nm\n¡m³?””
B`ohv Ak³s_ A^]ns`¡v tWm¡n ko*pw fpãn Ip^p«n fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw I`n¸n¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
“”GSm]m`pw f½osX sfmt`w Np*ow H¶pw HmÀ¯Ã… §vti? F´m A§sW b_ª¸w sfmO¯v H^p skgfw?””
“”DÆ ..skgfw ….tbmXm b¶o..skgftkm…F¶m`pw b_sª..B^m^p¶p ? h®n?””
“”bns¶ ..h®n ..Cu f½ns¡¶m…””
“”Hm ..H¶v- b_ Np«m ..H^p ^hktÃXm..b¸m b_ªn«ntà H¶pw Han¡Ãv F¶v-,””
“”Hm..Cu f½osX H^p Nm^yw..l^n …b_]mw. AdnP]n`m…””
“”AdnP]nÂ…?””
B`ohv Bt`mIn¨p.
“”Hm ..AdnP]n fmNv..sku-! AkÄsX F¶Sm? s`hvdn]³? {Sohw..?””
“”{Sohw,””
“”Hmtim! A¸w fp´n] CW§am\v cm³ähn]nÂ!””
“”Nt*m! CSm Mm³ H¶pw b_]ptk`ms¯. F¶m b_ªm`pw Nan]m¡pw Cu Nplp¼n f½n,””
A¶v- H^pfn¨p NX]n tbm]¯n³s_ St`¶v B\v C§sW hwhm^w D*m]Sv. f½n]psX fpO¯v tWm¡n hwhm^n¡m³ bämSn^p¶ b` Nm^y§apw ASnWp tlgw {co]m]n hwhm^n¡m³ Njn]p¶p*v Ct¸mÄ. C¶v- {btSyNn¨pw. C¶v- f½nt]mXp NqXpS AXp¯nXbjNm³ Njn]p¶p. b` ^ihy§apw b¦psk¨n«ps*¦n`pw CSpks^ ss`wPnN Nm^y§Ä C{S b¨¡v f½n]pfm]n hwhm^n¨n«nÃ. Fs´ms¡]m\v C¶v- WX¶Sv. dmk³ A¦nansW¸än b_ª Nm^y§Ä! A]mÄ f½n]psX b^bp^pg d豈 AkhmWn¸n¨Sv. k¶p Njnªv A]msa sN«n¸nXn¨Spw D½ sk¨Spw…ASpw FknsX Ip*nÂ…! Cutlmt]….C{Sfm{Sw M^¼p k`nªv fp_pNp¶, tIm^]v¡v So bnXn¸n¡p¶ H^Wpekw, Nmfw N]_psbm«n¡p¶ Cu {bm]¯n`pw Sm³ N*n«nÃ.
Ct¸manSm, f½n]psX sdZv _qfn Wn¶v- ho¡m^§apw fÀ½^§apw tNÄ¡p¶p. AN¯v f½n]psX NqsX dmk³ fm{Stf]pÅq. Fs´Xp¡pN]m\v AkÀ Nan¡pN]mt\m? Hanªp tWm¡n]mt`m? sly tfmlw! F´v tfmlw? Nan¡p¶SntW¡mÄ tfmlfmt\m Nan Hanªp tWm¡p¶Sv? Cu {bm]¯n Hanªp tWm¡n]nsæn bns¶ GSv {bm]¯n Hanªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv