tZm_n Bt^m fp«p¶ lÐw tN«v Wo`nf sbs«¶v Ss¶ Z]_n i^n]psX dmPn sk¨p N®pNÄ SpX¨p.

NmÀ¯nN tZmÀ Sp_¶t¸mÄ N*Sv tUknNs]]pw Kn¯pknsW]pw _mfnsW]pw B\v.

_qfnt`¡v N]_n] DX³ Kn¯p Akt^mXp tImUn¨p.

“”””F´m D*m]Sv?”

Wo`nf B\v ASnWv f_pbXn WÂNn]Sv.

“””” tI«³ FWn¡v dp¡v S¶n«v tbm]Sm\v, sbs«¶v Ft´m lÐw tN«v HmXnsI¶v tWm¡pt¼mÄ tI«³ ssd¡n Wn¶v ko\p NnX¡p¶p… fq¶v Wm`v ssd¡pNÄ sbs«¶v AknsX Wn¶pw tbmNp¶Spw N*p .”

At¸mtj¡pw Ak^psXs]ms¡ lÐw tN«p i^n N®v Sp_¶n^p¶p. tUknN i^n]psX AXp¯ N«n`n C^p¶v sNm*v tImUn¨p.

“””” Zm.. F´m D*m]Sv.”

“””” ssd¡n bn_Nn k¶v AX¨nXpN]m]n^p¶p.. b^nI]w DÅ B^pw B Nq«¯n CÃm]n^p¶p, knKn¯v b\n S¶Sms\¶m tSm¶p¶Sv.”

_mw tUgy¯n b_ªp.

“””” AkWÃmsS Cu hf]¯v CSv B^v sI¿mWm\v?”

tUknN FÃmtbt^mXpw NqXn]m]n b_ªp.

“””” CWn CSn³s_ tb^n B^pw AXn D*m¡m³ tbmN*.. AkWm\v sI]vSSv F¶SnWv H^p sSankpw CÃtÃm.”

i^n _mfn³s_ tWs^ ssN Wo«ns¡m*v b_ªp.

“””” Zm.. H^p hnP^äv Sm..”

CSptN«Spw tUkp i^n]psX fpOt¯¡v ^q£fm]n tWm¡n. ASv N*v i^n _mfnWv tWs^ Wo«n] ssN hmkVmWw bn³k`n¨p. tNmtaKn FÃmtbs^]pw kn_¸n¨ WnÀ¯p¶ i^n tUknN]psX fp¶n H^p bq¨¡p«n B]n fm_p¶Sv N*v Wo`nf A_n]msS In^n¨ptbm]n. AkÄ In^n¡p¶Sv N*p FÃmtb^psX]pw {l² Akant`¡v B]n. sbs«¶v Ad²w bän]Sv tbms` In^n WnÀ¯n AkÄ S_]nt`¡v tWm¡nWn¶p.

Kn¯p Wo`nft]mXpw NmÀ¯nNt]mXpw b_ªp.

“””” M§Ä k¶ntÃ.. CWn]nt¸mÄ Wn§Ä sbm]vs¡mÅq.”

ASptN« tUkp tImUn¨p.

“””” Cu ^m{Sn Wn§Ä F§sW tbmNpw?”

Wo`nf]pw NmÀ¯nN]pw F§sW tbmNpw F¶_n]msS b^hvb^w tWm¡n.

tUkp Kn¯pkntWmXv b_ªp.

“””” Zm Cks^ H^p Hmt«m]n N]än knXv Wo.”

Kn¯p Aks^]pw knan¨p timhvbnä`nWp bp_¯p Hmt«m Ìm³Znt`¡v WX¶p.

Hmt«m]n`n^p¶v _qfnt`¡v tbmNp¶SnWnX]n Wo`nf NmÀ¯nNt]mXv b_ªp.

“””” bpÅn¡m^³ bp_tf Cu Nm\n¡p¶ tUgysfms¡ DÅtÃ?.. Bsam^p bmkfm\v.”

NmÀ¯nN fWÊn`mNm¯ tbms` tImUn¨p.

“””” B^v..?”

“”””i^nt]«³..”

NmÀ¯nN N¼nNp«³.sWäv