N¼nNp«³.sWäv WÃ hpOfm]n^n¡pw. Wm`©p Unkhw FXp¡pw CSv N^n]m³… ASv ks^ Np`p¡n AW¡Ãp, fp_nkv D\§m³ Smfhn¡pw.”
bns¶ S¼p^m«n NpWnªp Ssâ Wn_pN]n Ipwdn¨p, F¶n«m\v AkÀ AksW bp_¯n_¡n NSNX¨Sv. bns¶ Npan¨n_§n k¶ S¼p^m«n]psX fpOw N*m C§sWs]ms¡ WXs¶¶p tbm`pw tSm¶nÃ. bs£ S¼p^m«n]psX fpOw Wà {bh¶fm]n^p¶p…
Nps_ f\n¡q_pNÄ Ak³ B bpj]ns` S\p¸n NnX¶p bns¶ N^¡v– N]_n sI¼Nt¯m«w fmanN]nt`¡p WX¶p. A¶v AkVn Unkhw B]n^p¶p, ASv sNm*v B^pw tbm]n«nÃ.
ssNfÄ S¼p^m³ D½_¯n^p¶p b{Sw km]n¡p¶p, sS¶Â NknS]psX Wo* dp¡pfm]n Sn®]ns` sfmsshNv bSn¨ A^fSn`n C^p¸p*v.
Ak³ AXp¡a]n sI¶v {bmS Njn¨p, bns¶ bp_¯n_§n Sq¼]pw FXp¯p b_¼nt`¡v tbmNm³ SpX§n] AksW bn¶n Wn¶pw S¼p^m«n knan¨p. ekySt]msX Sn^nªp tWm¡n] AksW tWm¡n hvtWit¯msX ]mfnWn b_ªp.
“”””Zm… Wo]n¶p sk]n`p sNmÅm³ tbmN* tNt«m..? C¶v b_¼n b\nt]*, Np_¨p tW^w tbm]n H¶v NnXt¶m… bns¶ F\oäv tbm]n bÃkn]psX Npanfp_n H¶v NjpNn]nXv, AkÄ CknsX]nà GtSm Nq«pNm^n]psX ko«n tbm]n.”
tSk³ S` Np`p¡n AkWp H^pbmXp ht´mgw tSm¶n. Cu ko«n k¶n«v BUyfm]m\v H^mÄ C{S hvtWit¯msX AktWmXp hwhm^n¡p¶Sp.
At¸mÄ S¼p^m«n b_ªSv hSyw Ss¶, sb®nsâ t]mWn W¶m]n I¸n AkapsX tS³ fpjpk³ W¡n NpXn¡p¶ B\ntWmXv GSp sb®nWpw hvtWiw NqXpw.
Hmt^mt¶mÀ¯p fp_n]n NnX¶ tSk³ CXs¡t¸mtjm H¶v f]§n tbm]n^p¶p. D\Às¶\oä Ak³ AXp¡a]nt`¡p sI¶p Bs^]pw N*nÃ, Ak³ bSns] tNm\n tN_n fpNans`¯n.
sS¶`nsâ fp_n AXªp NnX¡p¶p AkÄ AN¯p*mkpw B kmSn`nt`¡v H¶v bman tWm¡n Ak³ bÃkn]psX fp_n Sp_¶p.
irUyfm] b^nfaw Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶p, AkÄ FknsXt]m tbm]t¸mÄ Dbt]mPn¨ GtSm hpPÔ{Uky¯nsâ f\fm\v. tSk³ N®X¨p Wn¶v Wo«n lzmhw k`n¨p B f\w BhzUn¨p. bns¶ Ak³ Npanfp_n]nt`¡v N]_n Xmbv Sp_¶p d¡än skÅw Wn_¨p.
skÅw Wn_]p¶Spw N¯v Wn¶ tSksâ N®v fq`]n sk¨n^p¶ fpgnª Sp\nNÄ CXp¶ dmh-vNänt`¡p sI¶p. St`Unkhw Ak³ fpjpk³ Sp\nNapw FXp¯Sm\v, bt£ ASn bÃkn St` Unkhw bN`pw ^m{Sn]n`pw C« khv{S§Ä N¼nNp«³.sWäv