N¼nNp«³.sWäv ¶p*v. Wfps¡m¶v tbm]mt`m..?””
“”tk*.””
Hälzmh¯n Sn^ptfWnb_ªp.
“”AsS´m..?””
“”Wo BklyfnÃm¯ Nm^y¯ns`m¶pw S`]nX^pSv. CWn]Sà f_n¨ms\¦n WnW¡v dmwPvaqÀ¡vSs¶ Sn^nsN tbmNmw.””
“”fp¯Èm, Mm³ ,ASpbns¶””
fpOw N_p¸n¨psNm*v Pu^n Wn`¯pWn¶psfjpt¶äv ANs¯¡ptbm]n.
AXp¡a]n Nm^ys¸« b\n]n`m]n^p¶ AwdnNInät]mXv Ssâ Bklyw A_o¨p.
“”AknsX C¸ Wm^m]\km^y^pw, At±i¯nsâ em^y]pw fm{Stf DÅq.
H^p fNWp*m]n^p¶Sv NjnªUnkhw.
NrSyfm]nb_ªm dmwPvaqÀ¶v tfmav k¶Unkhw A¸q¸³¡mkn H^p frStUiw N*ntÃ, H^p sI_p¸¡m^sâ ASv hoS]psX htimU^Wm\v Np«³.””
Inä]psX km¡pNÄtN« Pu^n A¼^¶p Wn¶p.
“”fmWhnNfm]n Ft´m Npj¸w *m]n^p¶p. tZmÎs_ Hs¡ Nm\n¨p At¸msjm¶pw Npj¸Ãy, sb«¶v ko«o¶v C_§ntbmNpw, CSnWpfp¼v H¶p^*pSk\ BßiSy¡v {lfn¨p¶v tN«n«p*v. AÃ, tfmÄ¡v F§sW Cks^s]ms¡ A_n]m..?””
AwdnNInä]psX tImUy§Ä¡pÅ f_pbXnsNmXp¡msS Pu^n AXp¡a]nÂWn¶pw bn³k`nªp.
D¨e£\w Njn¨n«v Pu^n dm¡\n]n`n^p¶v CSpk^]p*m] hwek§Ä Hmt^m¶m]n HmÀs¯Xp¯p.
fj SpÅnNam]n eqfn]nt`¡v bSn¡m³ SpX§n.
NmÀtfQ§Ä kn®nsW fqXn fWhnsW Cu_W\n]n¡p¶ A´o£w hrãvXn¨p.
Caw¦mäv fqkm*³fmknsW SjpNn dm¡\n]nt`¡v HjpNns]¯n.
sW_pN]n sN«nk¨ Ssâ fpXn]njNÄ Pu^n bSns] Ajn¨n«p.
HmXnsâ fpNan bSn¨ fj¯pÅn dm¡\n]n`qsX £\n¡msS ANt¯¡p{btkln¨v AkapsX fpO¯pbSn¨p.
sb«¶pÅ St`mX`n l^o^fmhN`w Npant^Nn.
hÔymhf]w ks^ fj sb]vSpsNmt*]n^p¶p.
bs£ Pu^n]psX In´ sb«¶pÅ fp¯Ñsâ fmäs¯¡p_n¨m]n^p¶p.
“”fp¯ÈWv ´m bäns] ?, C§sW]ÃtÃm t¶mXv hwhm^n¡m.””
AkÄ hz]w tImUn¨psNm*v fp_n]nt`¡v Fjpt¶äptbm]n.
fp_n]n Sn^¡n« In{Sw k^]n`m]n^p¶p
A½p.
In{S¯nt`¡v hq£n¨ptWm¡n] Pu^n ASptbms`s]m^p hwekw WX¶Sm]n HmÀ¯p.
Wm`pemPkpw IpäpfSnÂsN«n] Npa¯n H^mÄ Nfjv¶pNnX¡p¶p.
Npa¯nsâ fpNÄemP¯v K`s¯ hvbÀln¡msS Wn¡p¶ H^p^qbw.
“”Cu hwekw WÃ N*pb^nI]w *tÃm..?
´m A½p CSv. “”
hwl]t¯msX Pu^n tImUn¨p.
“”Put^y¨n, CSv sSt¡X¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv