H^p fcvcWm]n^n¡ptfm F¶m\p hwl]n¨Sv.! AkWp St¶mXv B{Pifpt*m F¶Spw fsäm^p hwl]fm]n^p¶p. ^*p Vm^\Napw C¶p Sn^p¯s¸«p. H^p bWn k¶Sv ASnsWms¡ Nm^\fm]n. Aksâ b^nI]fnÃm]vf]pw BUy tkjv¨ B]Spw sNm*mNpw sbs«¶v skÅw tbm]Sv. hm^fnÃ, CWn Ft¸mjpw Akh§ap*m¡n AksWs¡m*v Nan¸n¡\w.
bWn Np_ª¶v tSm¶p¶p. S`]v¡p*m]n^p¶ em^w Ct¸mjnÃ. NnX¡]n ssN Np¯n AkÄ Fjpt¶äp. AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mj_nªp. ^mtKgv StâSnWN¯v Wnt£bn¨ bm SpX]n`qsX H`n¨n_§p¶p. AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_msS fpät¯¡n_§n dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
B ^m{SnsNm*v BSn^]psX bWnfm_n. bWn fm{SfÃ, AkapsX fWÊn Wmtas_]m]n Sn§n¡qXn Wn¶n^p¶ NnX¸_ ^ihy§ta¡p_n¨pÅ kn½nã§apw kns«mjnªp. SWn¡v ^mtKgnsW hz´fm]n `en¨n^n¡p¶p F¶ knlzmh¯n F¯nt¨À¶n^p¶p AkÄ.
F¦n`pw AkÄs¡m^p hwl]w.! HmÀ¡m¸p_¯v ko\pNn«p¶ Akh^§Ä fpSs`Xp¡p¶ In` bp^pg³fm^p*v. A¯^¡m^Wm]n^n¡ptfm ^mtKgpw.? hwl]w d`s¸«t¸mÄ AsSm¶p b^o£n¡m³ Ss¶ AkÄ So^pfmWn¨p.
^mkn`s¯ AXp¡a¸\nNsaÃmw AkÄ Fap¸w SoÀ¯p.
^mkns` ^mtK«³ tbm] DXsW ^mtKgnWpÅ {bmS`pw ssZWnwPv tXdnan fqXnsk¨v AkÄ Ssâ fp_n]n tbm]n N«n`n N]_n fnjnNaX¨psNm*p NnX¶p.
Npan Njnª ^mtKgv ssZWnRv _qfns`¯n. SWn¡p Njnt¡*Sv t¹än`m¡n fqXnsk¨n^n¡p¶p. At¸mÄ tI«¯nt]m.?
hmVm^\ Sm³ Npan Njnªp k^p¶ fp_¡v BSn^ Njn¡mWpÅSpfm]n F¯pN]m\p bSnkv. bSnkp sSän]Sv AksW hwl]m`pkm¡n!. AXp¡a]n tWm¡n. _oZnwPv _qfn`pw tWm¡n. BSn^]nÃ.
Ak³ tI«sâ sdZv_qfns`¯n. Aksâ NmÂsb^pfmäw tN« BSn^ fnjnNÄ tIÀ¯X¨p NnX¶p.
“”bWn fm_n]nsÃ..?” tImUn¨psNm*k³ AkapsX sWän]n ssNsk¨p tWm¡n. sWän]n fm{SfÃ, Njp¯n`pw ssWän¡nX]n`qsX ssN NX¯n]pw Ak³ IqXpt*m F¶p tWm¡n.
Aksâ hmfobyw At¸mÄ fm{Sw A_nª WmXy¯n BSn^ sfsà N®p Sp_¶psNm*p b_ªp.
“”bWnfm_n.. F§sW fm_mSn^n¡pw.. ASptbm`pÅ b\n]tà Wo C¶s` Nm\n¨Sv.. Bs^¦n`pw B ^wPw N*n^ps¶¦n Fsâ AkØ F´m]n¯o^psf¶v Wo HmÀt¯m.?”
At¸mÄ fäpÅkÀ Nm\p¶Snt` tI«¯n¡v kngffpÅq. F¶m`nWn kmSn`Xt¨¡mw. f_pbXn b_]msS Ak³ sI¶v koXnWp fp³klt¯]pw bn_Nnt`]pw