“”tfmtW Xm FWo]vs¡Xm..””, A½ k¶p S«n knan¡pt¼mjm\v Mm³ D_¡w F\o¡p¶Sv.

“”kÃm¯ £o\w At½””, Mm³ D_¡IXkn b_ªp.

“”Wo F´mXm ktÃm sk«mWpw Nna¡mWpw Bt\m tNmtaKn tbmNpt¶, C{S £o\n¨p NnX¶p D_§m³?””

“”C¶v kÀt£mbv D*m^p¶p At½, ASm””, Mm³ N®p Sn^nfnsNm*p b_ªp.

‘H^p sfm©¯n D½¨n¡p«nsX fqXpw fp`]pw HmÀ¯p km\w kn«p £o\n¨p D_§n]Sm\v tfm³ F¶p A½¡v A_n]nÃtÃm’, fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¯nsNm*p Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp.

“”tfm³ tbm]n Npan¨n«p km A½ Im] S^mw.””, CSpw b_ªpsNm*v A½ Smtj¡p tbm]n.

Mm³ Npan¨p s_Zn B]n Smsj sI¶p Imt]w NpXn¨p cpXv–tdmÄ Nan¡m³ ¢ºnt`Nv tbm]n. sskNpt¶^w ¢ºn cpXvtdmÄ Nan¡m³ tbmNp¶Sv Fsâ lo`fm]n^p¶p.

H^p 7 f\nt]msX Mm³ Nan Njnªp ko«n k¶p. A½ e£\w kna¼n S¶p. Njnt¨m*n^p¶t¸mjm\v Mm³ H^p Nm^yw Bt`mIn¨Sv.

‘cmUn] AkapsX tcm\n Wn¶mNptfm Fs¶ C¶v knan¨Sv? F´m]m`pw W¼À thkv sI]vSv kmXvhv B¸v Dt*m¶p tWm¡\w’,Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.

e£\w Njns¨¶p k^p¯n Mm³ sbs«¶v F\oäp ssN NjpNn.

“”FXm CSv fpjpk³ Njn¨n«v tbm””,A½ b_ªp.

“”fSn At½””, Mm³ sÌbv tN_tk b_ªp.

Mm³ Fsâ _qfn F¯n tcm\v FXp¯p AkÄ knan¨ W¼À thkv sI]vSp. F¶n«p kmXvhv B¸v tWm¡n.

‘AtS CSv AkapsX W¼À Ss¶ Znbn]n AkapsX tcmt«m’,Mm³ ht´mgw sNm*v SpÅn¨mXn.

tcmt«m]n AkapsX fpOw fm{Sw. fpO¯nsâ bmSn ssN sNm*v f_¨n^n¡p¶p. Wà Woa³ kn^`pNÄ. ssN¡v H^p {btSyN BNÀgN¯zw. “”im]v””,Mm³ H^p sftÊKp C«p.

Mm³ kmXvhvBbv fnWnssfhv sI]vSn«p N¼nNp«³ sshän tN_n. Fsâ Cãs¸« NT `maW ]psX bpSn] bmÀ«v kt¶m F¶p tWm¡n.

sbs«¶v kmXvhvB¸n H^p sftÊKv k¶p.

“”im]v””,ASv cmUn] B]n^p¶p.

“”CSv Wnsâ W¼À S¶m^pt¶m””,Mm³ b_ªp.

“”bns¶ Fsâ W¼_n¶p Asà Mm³ knanNy, C¡ F´p f*qhm””,NqsX In^n¡p¶ hv–ssf`n.

“”tkm Sfml b_ªSmt\m? FWn¡v In^n k^p¶nÃ. H¶p C¡nan B¡n S^ptfm?””,Mm³ Sn^n¨p Nan]m¡n.

“”k`pSm]ntÃ, Ct¸mapw C¡nan Hs¡ k^ptfm Npªmk¡p?””, AkÄ Sn^n¨p B¡n.

“”im Fsâ In` {btSyN emP¯v– HsN C¡nan hpPw FWn¡v tSm¶m_p*v. Ft´ N¼nNp«³.sWäv