Ssâ em^y A_n]msS H¶pw sI¿m³ Njn]nÃ. ASpsNm*m\v ^mkns` Ssâ B{Piw Aksa A_n]n¨Sv. F´m]m`pw Sm³ {bSo£n¨ A{S]pw sbm«ns¯_n D*m]nÃ.
ko«ns`¯n]Spw HmXnk¶ WµW]v¡v N¿n`pÅsSÃmw sNmXp¯ tlgw Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨v Nknan AfÀ¯ns]m^p fp¯w sNmXp¯p. hwl]¡®pfm]n Wn¡p¶ em^ys] AkP\n¨]mÄ fNapsX ftä Nknan`pw fp¯n. A¨sâ hvtWiw ^*p Nknan`pw Gäpkm§n WµW In^n¨p. F¶n«kÄ A½s] tWm¡n.
“”At½.. A¨sW WÃ f\w.!” koln]n«ps*¶v BwPyw Nm\n¨kÄ DÅnt`¡v tbm]n.
tbmNpt¼mjpÅ fNapsX CaNn¯pap¼p¶ bn¶jNn A]mapsX N®pNÄ DX¡n Wn¶p. Np® {bN¼Ww sNm* hwl]¯n A]mÄ A_n]msS Np®]n SXkn. FÃmw NuSpNt¯msX ko£n¨p Wn¡p¶ em^y]psX AXps¯¯n]Spw fpOw bnXn¨]mÄ Ip*n Ss¶ AfÀ¯ns]m^p D½ sNmXp¯p. F¶ns«m^p kga³ In^n]pw In^n¨v DÅnt`¡v WX¶p.
bntä¶pw A]mÄ fUybn¨n«m\v ko«ns`¯n]Sv. B hf]¯v hpfSn A]Âb¡¯m]n^p¶p.
fNÄ Ss¶ N*n«nsöv tSm¶n]Spw A]mÄ bn¶n`qsX sI¶v Aksa NX¶v bnXn¨p. H^p ssN AkapsX fp`]n`pw ftä ssN tWs^ hmfmW¯n`pfm\v AfÀ¶Sv.
sM«n¯n^nª WµW H^p Wnfngw bN¨v AJsâ ssN S«ns¯_p¸n¨p.
A]mÄ Wn¶v In^n¡pN]m]n^n¶p. “”tbXn¨v tbmt]m..? kmXo..tfmta.. A¨WsÃ..” b_ªpsNm*]mÄ ko*pw Aksa bnXn¡m³ tWm¡n.
WµW HmXpN]m]n^p¶p. tWs^ fp_n]n sI¶v kSn`X¨v Npän]n«v N«n`n NnX¶v Npt_ N^ªp. A½ k¶t¸mÄ AkÄ FÃmw b_ªp. hpfSn Npt_ tW^w H¶pw fn*n]nÃ, bns¶ b_ªp.
“”CWn A¨sâ fp¼n tbmNmSn^p¶m fSn..”
A½ b_ªtbms` Ss¶ bn¶oXkÄ A¨sâ fp¼n sbXmSn^n¡m³ {lfn¨p. bs£ Ft¸msj¦n`pw sI¶v sb«m A]mapsX ssN AkapsX fp`]nt`m I´n]nt`m Af^pfm]n^p¶p. A¨sâ Cu hzemkw Nm^\w AkÄ A½t]mXv ko*pw b^mSns¸«p.
A¶v ^m{Sn D_§m³ NnX¡pt¼mjm\v AÑWpf½]pw NnX¡p¶ fp_n]n Wn¶pw lÐw tNÄ¡p¶Sv AkÄ {l²n¨Sv. lÐw H^Âbw D¨¯n`m]t¸mÄ AkÀ S½n fp«³ kj¡v WX¡pN]ms\¶v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. sfsà F\oäv Ak^psX fp_n]psX kmSn`n¶^nNn tbm]n NmtSmÀ¯p. At¸mÄ AN¯vWn¶pw A¨sâ lÐw tNÄ¡p¶p.
‘Wo ASn¶v C{Ss]m¶pw Npj¸fm¡mWnÃ.. fNams\¦n`pw AkÄ sb®v Ss¶]sÃ..? FWn¡ksa Nn«nt] bäq..”
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