N¼nNp«³.sWäv i^ns] Iq*n¡m\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””ASv M§aà AXn¨Sv.. Ck³ Hä]v¡m\v.”
tUknN i^n]psX tWs^ tWm¡nsNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”””H^pUnkhw WnW¡v AXn D*m¡n]nsæn A¶v ^m{Sn fWÊfmVmWt¯msX NnX¶p D_§m³ bänÃtÃ?.”
“”””tUkp.. B knKn¯v _mPnwRv F¶pw b_ªp H^p sb®nsW l^o^¯v N]_n bnXn¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ bns¶ tWm¡n Wn¡t\m?”
tUknN Nth^]n C^p¶psNm*v ssNfp«v tfl]n Sm§n S`]n ssN sk¨v b_ªp.
“”””WnW¡v FÃm¯nWpw H^p Nm^\§Ä Nm\pw.”
i^n]pw tUknN]pw Ht^ Wm«pNm^m\v. ASptbms` Ss¶ H¶mw ¢mhv sSm«v bvahvXp ks^]pw Ht^ ¢mÊn H^pfn¨v bYn¨k^pw. tNmtaKn`pw H^pfn¨v B]t¸mÄ ASn³s_Sm] H^p hzmS{´yw AkÄ¡v i^nt]mXv D*v.
AkÀ Cu tNmtaKn k¶SnWptlgw b^nI]s¸«Sm\v _mfnsW]pw Kn¯pknsW]pw. tNmtaKns` A_n]s¸Xp¶ hpµ^nfm^n H^mam\v tUknN.. bt£ CkÀ fq¶p tbs^]pw tbXn¨p H^p¯Wpw AktamXv AXp¡m_nÃ.
sbs«¶v tUgyw k^p¶ hzemkfm\v i^n]psXSv, tUgyw k¶m F´psI¿pw F¶v AkWp tbm`pw A_n]nÃ.. A§sW]pÅ i^nt]mXv tbm`pw b»nNv B]n B^psX fp¶n k¨pw kj¡p b_]pkm³ ssV^ys¸Xp¶Sv tUknN]m\v, Asæn tUknN]v¡v fm{Stf ASnWpÅ hzmS{´yw i^n WÂNn]n«pÅq.
_mfnWv bns¶ FXp¯pIm«w CÃ. bt£ Cãs¸Xm¯Sv N*m {bSnN^n¡pw. Nq«¯n Np_¨p hufy³ Kn¯pkm\v, {blvW§sam¶pw AkWm]n tbm]n D*m¡m_nÃ.. bt£ i^n]pw _mfpw D*m¡p¶ AXn]n fp¶n Ak³ Nm\pN]pw sI¿pw.
Cu 3 kj¡man NtamsXm¸w F§sW tUknN Nq«pNqXn WX¡p¶psk¶v tNmtaKns` Xot¨jvhv DÄs¸sX FÃmkÀ¡pw AÛpSfm\v.
Sm³ AXn D*m¡n]Sv A_nªv tUgy¯m Ipk¶v SpXp¯ fpOt¯msX C^n¡p¶ tUknNs] tWm¡ns¡m*v i^n H^p hnP^äv FXp¯v Ip*n sk¨v N¯n¨p.
tUknN ASv Ak³s_ Ip*n Wn¶pw FXp¯v Uqt^¡v F_nªp sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Mm³ b`t¸mjpw Wnt¶mXv b_ªn«p*v F³s_ fp¶n k¨v hnP_äv k`n¡^psS¶v.”
H^p hnP_äv Wãs¸« kngf¯n i^n AktamXv tImUn¨p.
“”””At¸mÄ _mw hnP_äv k`n¡p¶tSm?”
“”””Ak³ F³s_ fp¶n k¨v k`n¡m_nÃ.. M§apsX N`ym\w Njnªm bns¶ Ak³ hnP^tä k`n¡nÃ.”
i^n _mfn³s_ fpO¯p tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“””” F´pkmsX CsSms¡?”
_mw In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”””Cksa sN«n Njnªv N¼nNp«³.sWäv