N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¸w, ftigv– tI«m,””
Akapw A^s¡«nÂ, ssWän¡Xn]ns` {SntNm\ eqfn]n ssNS`ffÀ¯n.
“”F¶m`pw Ak³ BUyw IpwdWw S¶Sn³s_ B {SnsÃm¶pw Cs¸m Nm\ptkm WnW¡v? Ak³ Ct¸mÄ D½ sk¡pt¼mÄ?””
A]mapsX ssN kn^`pNan Wn¶v- ssN¯*]n`qsX fpNant`¡v A^n¨p N]_n.
“”D*v, ftigv– tI«m. dmdptk«³ Ip*¯v NXn¨p D½sk¡pt¼mÄ H^p {btSyN S^n¸m. W½av tks_ H^p t`mN¯v B]nt¸mNp¶ tbms` BNpw,””
“”F¶v- sk¨mÂ?””
“”F¶v- sk¨m …ftigv– tI«³ Fs¶ H¶v- Ipwdn¡v. ..At¶^w b_]mw Mm³,””
ftign³s_ DfnWoÀ {bkmiw kÀ²n¨p. M^¼pNÄ bqÀÆmVnNw lànt]msX Fjpt¶äp. A^s¡«ns` fmwhfrPw Wn]{´\w kn«v Af_m³ SpX§n.
“”FknsX? FknsX]m Mm³ Ipw…Ipw …Ipwdns¡t*?””
“”CknsX…””
AkÄ A]msa AV^w NXn¨p Nm\n¨p.
A]mÄ AkapsX tUi¯fÀ¶p. AkÄ A]mtamXv làn]m]n ko*pw tIÀ¶fÀ¶p. A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX AV^¯n làn]m]n bSnªp. ^mKn N®pNÄ bSns] AX¨v IpwdW¯n³s_ fVp^w hzoN^n¨p. A¸w Njnªv A]mÄ Ip*pNÄ bn³k`n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ kn`¡n.
“”B]nÃ..B]nÃ…A¸w NqXn …A¸w NqXn,””
Ip*pNan So InS_p¶ AWpekfm]n^p¶p ^mKn¡v. A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼m\v A¨³ SWn¡v f_¡mWmkm¯ H^Wpekw S¶Sv. F¶n«pw S³s_ tUiw F{S sbs«¶m\v fsäm^p bp^pg³s_ Umi¯nWp fp¼n NojX§m sNmSn¡p¶Sv?
AÃ, fsäm^p bp^pgWÃ.
BUybp^pg³.
“”Dw …iqtlym…At½…””
AkhmWw Ip*pNÄ hzS{´fm¡n ^mKn NnS¨p.
“”CSptbms`]mt\m dmdqsâ D½,””
“”Dw,””
AkÄ S`Np`p¡n.
“”^mKo A¶v Mm³ ^mKns] d`mÕwQw Atà sI]vsS? F¶n«pw ^mKns]s¶…””
A^]ns` fpj]n ko*pw AfÀ¯n s¡m*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
“”A§sW Hs¡ tImUn¨m F´m Mm³ b_]t* ftigv– tI«m? e]¦^fm]n MmW§p Cãs¸«ptbm]n,””
“”tW^v? CX]vs¡ms¡ HmÀt¯m A¶s¯ Nm^yw?””
“”bn¶ntÃ…FÃm Unkthmw HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p. {btSyNn¨pw sNX¡m³ tW^w. ^m{SoÂ.””
ftigv– knlzmhw k^msS Aksa tWm¡n.
“”A§sW N®pfnjn¨v tWm¡pskm¶pw tk*. HmÀ¡p¼w Ip«pbjp¡p¶ AWpekw S¶v- F³s_ D_¡w Naªn«v!””
ftigv– Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”D_¡w Na]m³ fm{Sw! Culz^m, bns¶ F§sW]m D_§oSv?””
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX A]msa tWm¡n.
“”F´v sI¿m³?””
AkÄ ko*pw A]mÄ Nm¬sN ssWän¡Xn]n Sot]äp sbmÅp¶ {SntNm\eqfn]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv