N¼nNp«³.sWäv ct¯ A`n Om³ hq¸À B]n«v bmXn] B bm«v. ASm sNm¨v ASptbms` ..l^n¡pw ASptbms` Ss¶ bmXpN]mXm. ASv tNÄ¡m³ tk*n Mm³ NSNnWv skao sNmt_ tW^w Wn¶p. Fs¶ N*m Wm\n¨v Akav bm«v WnÀ¯q¶v- H_¸m. ASpsNm*v AN¯v tN_oÃ.””
“”Wm\tkm? AkÄt¡m ASv Wo knXv,””
“”Wo tbmXm…AsSms¡ tbms«. F´m sbs«¶v- AkapsX bm«ns`ms¡ H^p Sm¸^yw?””
gmt^m¬ bp©n^nt]msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”A§sW tWm¡*,””
AkapsX tWs^ fpãvXnIp^p«n¡m\n¨n«v– Ak³ b_ªp.
“”FXo Mm³ b_ªv k^p¶Sv…Akav H^p CWvt{XmtkÀ«v tbms`]m. Bt^mXpw A§sW thmgy AÃ. AsSms¡ AkapsX AZn£³ Nq«pw. WnW¡v WµNpfmÀ hm_ntWmXv b_ªv Wn§sX t{bm{Pm½n Aksa tIÀ¯mt`m?””
“”Cutlmt],””
gmt^m¬ S`]n ssN sk¨p.
“”CsS¶mXm Wo tW^s¯ b_]mSn^pt¶? F³s_ ssUktf, MmsW¶m CSv tW^s¯ Bt`mIn¡msS]n^pt¶? AtSäp tfmtW. Aksa t{bm{Pmfn sNm*p k^p¶ Nm^yw MmtWäp. C¸w AkÄ NqsX¡qsX fp_o k^p¶p*v. Mm³ AkÄsX fp_o`pw tbmNp¶p*v.””
sgÃn]psX fpO¯v Blzmhw Wn_]p¶Sv gmt^m¬ N*p.
AkÀ GNtUlw dyq«nhvtbm«nWXps¯¯_m]n. Uqs^ tfQ§Ä IqXn] Wo`f`NÄ. b_¶n_§p¶ tUlmXW¸£nNÄ.
“”AsSms¡ tbms«. AkapsX Nm^yw Mm³ fmtWKv sI]vtSmamw. Mm³ CtS Nm^yw hOmkntWmXv …Aà fp³ hOmkntWmXv b_ªn^p¶tÃm. t{bm{Pmfn tI^p¶ Nm^yw. A¸w Ft¶msX´m b_sª. bmÀ«n foänwPv. dnhn]m^n¡pw. Fs¶ms¡]tÃ. C¸w cpÄ {co B]ntÃ? hOmknWpw…. Aà fp³ hOmknWpw NqsX k¶ms`´m?””
“”Ft¶¯nWv ? t{bm{Pmfnt`m? NÀ¯mtk! ASpw WµNpfmÀ hm_n³s_ t{bm{PmfnÂ? F³s_ gmt^mt\, A]mav fim IqXWmXo . H¶pw ^*pw b_ªv A]mav Ip½m sf¡n«p tN_pw. AsSms¡ fim tNmXm`n]m. Wo Fs¶ kn«pbnXn tfmsa. fm{SkÃ. t{bm{Pmfns` BavNmt^ms¡ Wà ¢mhv BÀ«nÌpNam. Ak^psX FtX Mm³…ti]v ..AsSm¶pw l^n]mNpsks`Xo,””
AkÄ AksW k`n¨v SWns¡Sns^ WnÀ¯n.
“”WµNpfmÀ hmt_m? sf¡n«ptN_p¶]mtam? Wo F¶m A_nªn«m sgÃn Cu b_]ps¶? fUybmWn]m. kÃmsS hnPs^äv– k`n¡p¶]mam. H^p fWpgytWmXptbm`pw fn*m¯]mam. ASn³s_ Nm^\sfms¡ Wnt¶mXv Mm³ b_ªn«nsÃXm? bs£ t{bm{PmfnÂ, hwPoS¯n³s_ fp¼nÂ, AenW]¯n³s_ fp¼nÂ, hm_nsW Wo H¶v- Nm\\w. b«ptbms`, bqkptbms` frUpkm]n fm_pw B fWpgy³. At¸mÄ tks_ H^p t`mN¯mXm hm_v. WnÀ¯m¯ hwhm^n¡pw. ASpw Fs´ms¡ Nm^y§Ä! Ct{Sw thmcväv– B] H^p fWpgy³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv