N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]_m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ A½ knan¨p AXp¡a]n him]n¡mWm]n.
“”At½ Mm³ tbm]n Cu s{ZÊv fm_n]n«v k¶m tbms^.””
“”Wo CWn tbm]n«v Bs^ Nm\n¡mWm. f_t¡*Sv Hs¡ Wo Ajn¨p Nm\n¨ntÃ.””
A½]psX NqsX AXp¡a]n Wn¶Sv Wà ^hfpÅ GÀ¸mXv B\v. A½]pfm]n Nps_ hwhm^n¨p. A½ AÑWn Sos^ hwSrbvS]Ã. bns¶ f¡Ä DÅ FÃm A½fms^]pw tbms` Nj¸v AX¡n Njn]p¶p. b\n FÃmw HSp¡n Njnªt¸mÄ A½ Ft¶mXm]n.
“”tfmsa Mm³ tf`v NjpNn k^mw. Cu hf]w sNm*v Wo Aks^ bnXn¨p bqän H¶pw AXn¸n¡tÃ.””
“”H¶v tbm Fsâ At½. Asæn W½p¡v H^pfn¨p tf`v NjpNn]mt`m.””
“”Wà sFZn]. Wo km. lpeNm^y§Ä Wo«m³ bmXnà F¶m\v.””
MmWpw A½]pw NqXn A½]psX fp_n]n N]_n kmSn AX¨p. WX¡m³ tbmNp¶Sv F´m\v Fs¶Wn¡v Wà tdmVyw Ds*¦n`pw tW^n«v ImXn¡]_n sI¿m³ H^p fXn tbms`. A½¡v ]msSm^pknV emkteUkpfnÃ. A½ _qfn N]_n]Spw ssWän Du^n Naªp. {dm]n`pw bmân]n`pw A½]psX huµ^yw FXp¯p Nm\n¡p¶p. Fs´m^p BNm^ kXnkm\v A½¡v. {dm]n fqXn] B skap¯ fp`NÄ N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v HmXn tbm]n km]n FXp¡mWm\v tSm¶n]Sv. C{S]pw Nm`w Mm³ hvs{X]n«v B\v F¶m]n^p¶p Fsâ knIm^w. bs£ Fsâ DÅn C^p ssd Hanªn^n¸p*v F¶v A½]psX AÀ²WPv–Wl^o^t¯mXv Fsâ l^o^¯nsâ {bSnN^\w fWÊn`m¡n S¶p. Mm³ {ZÊv– fm_msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ A½ Ft¶mXm]n.
“”””Wo F´m hzbvWw N*p Wn¡pN]mt\m? tkPw {ZÊv– fm_n km. W½p¡v tf NjpNmw.”
Mm³ Fsâ XngÀ«pw bmâpw Du^n b^nbqÀ® WPvW]m]n. A½ Fsâ DX]m¯ fp`Nans`¡pw NWyNmSzw Wãfmkm¯ bq_ns`¡pw hq£n¨p tWm¡n. A½]psX tWm«w F¶n Wm\w D\À¯n. A½ Ft¶mXm]n.
“”””Fsâ tfmÄ kaÀ¶p H^p hpµ^nNp«n]m]n.”
“”””H¶v- tbm At½ Nan]m¡msS.” Mm³ Wm\t¯msX f_pbXn sNmXp¯p.
“”””At¨mXm. Fsâ I¡^kmtksX H^p Wm\w.”
CSpw b_ªp A½ Fsâ fpOw sI_pSm]n sbm¡n sNm*v Fsâ Ip*¯v H^p IpwdWw WÂNn. fsäm^p AÀ°kpw W`vNm³ bäm¯ H^p sI_n] IpwdWfm]n^p¶p A½]ptXSv. B IpwdW¯n WnÀ¯m³ Mm³ H^p¡fÃm]n^p¶p. A½s] Fsâ AXpt¯¡v bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n A½]psX Ip*v fpjpkWm]pw km]ns`Xp¯p sNm*pÅ IpwdWfm]n^p¶p Fsâ f_pbXn. b^hvb^w Ip*pNÄ kn«pfm_m¯ fmSn^n M§Ä Ipwdn¨p sNmt*]n^p¶p. fmSrbp{Sn dÔfp*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv