N¼nNp«³.sWäv Asà AkÀ b_ªpÅq. Mm³ Ft´m¶v Akt^mXv b_]mWm . D¨¡v k^pt¼mÄ bpSn] {ZÊv FXp¯n«v km . Wnsâ {ZÊv FÃmw Aa¡m³ NnXs¡]m.”” “”Dw.¹m³ sI]vSp A`¡m¯Sp AÃtÃm. bns¶ Ak^psX koXv FknsX]m.”” “”CknsX AXp¯m. FWn¡_n]mw.”” “”Bs^ms¡]m tbmNps¶.”” “”W½Ä ^*mapw fm{Sw . AtSm lm´ns]]pw ko\ tfmsas]]pw knan¡t\m.”” “”tk*m W½¡v tbm]n N*n«v k^mw.”” “”Wn¶v N_§n hf]w Na]tà . tW^s¯ F¯\w.”” “”Dw .”” “”knhvf] F¶m Np«n]psX tb^v. Mm³ ^mkns` tUksW knan¨n^p¶p. AkÄ fq¶pf\n¡v tlgw F¯pw F¶v b_ªp W½¡p H^p fq¶p fq¶^t]msX CknXp¶p C_§mw.”” “”AkÄ F¶Sm sI¿pt¶?”” “”bYns¡]m.”” “”Dw.”” t_mdn³ Hmcohn F¯n. tchvdp¡n Hmt^m¶v tWm¡n C^p¶t¸mÄ B\v A½ b_ª knhvf]]psX Nm^yw HmÀ½ k¶Sv . KÌv thÀ¨v sI]vSp tWm¡n. Nps_ tWm¡n]n«pw Nn«n]nÃ. ASnWp tlgw Ak³ AXp¯Sv ssX¸v sI]vSp. bqK ^mQkv. FduXv tWm¡n fm^oZv. BÎnknän t`mPv tWm¡n]n«v bpSn] AbvtZäv H¶pw N*nÃ. D¨ks^ ssXw SÅn Wo¡n s{ZÊpw FXp¯p ko«nt`¡v ]m{S]m]n. tIm_pw Njn¨p D¨f]¡¯nWv S¿mÀ FXp¯t¸mÄ B\v . tcm\n H^p sfthKv k¶Sv. ^mKhÀ. ‘ssi t_mdn³ FknsX]m. Mm³ Ct¸mÄ bm`¡m«v B\v.’ ‘im]v… CsS´p f_nfm]w. Wn§anSv FknsX]m . ^*p k^vgw B]tÃm.’ ‘A¶s¯ hwek¯nWv tlgw Ct¸mjm H¶v _n`mN-vhv Bs].’ ‘Cs¸m F´m b^nbmXn.’ ‘AkÄ tbmt]¸ns¶ fWÊnWv kÃms¯m^p fp^Xn¸v. tks_ {btSyNn¨v H¶pfnÃ. Wnsâ kntlg§Ä b_. sskcnWv Hs¡ hpOw AsÃ. Np«nNÄ ktÃmw Bt]m.’ ‘sdhv__v’, (t_mdn³ hwekn¨ Nm^y§Ä fpjpk³ b_ªp ) ‘tbm]Sv tbm]n… CWns]¦n`pw W¶mNm³ tWm¡v.’ ‘F´nWm\v hmÀ… C¶v A½ NqsX bYn¨ BapsX tfmsa Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp NqsX NqXn]n«p*v. tbm]n N*p Ft´`pw b_ªp Hjn]\w.’ ‘Zm ssft^. WnW¡v F´nsâ Nj¸m\v . Aksa sN«n¡s¯]pw Cà Wo tks_ sN«s¯]pw CÃ. F´m Dt±lw . KoknSw Ht¶ DÅq. fmN-vhnfw ht´mg Wnfng§Ä D*m¡n ASn BWµw Ns*¯\w.’ ‘hmÀ DbtUln¡m³ Fap¸fm\v. AWpekn¡\w.’ ‘Wo Fs¶ tWm¡v. NpXpwd¯n³s_ In`kpw tWm¡n C^p¶Sv B\v Mm³ N`ym\¯nsâ Nm^yw k¶t¸mÄ sb§fmt^ FÃmt^w sN«n¨p kn«n«p tWm¡mw F¶v b_ªp SXn]q^n. A§sW Wm`v tb^psX]pw N`ym\w WX¯n b_ªp kn«p. Mm³ N`ym\s¯ bän In´n¨p SpX§n As¶Wn¡v {bm]w fp¸¯nWm`v. sN«ntbm]kapfms^Ãmw k]_pw koÀ¸n¨p Sn^nsN k¶p. {bhk¯nsâ In`kpw sNm¨nWp hzÀ\kpw C^pb¯nF«pw FÃmw NqsX B]t¸mÄ N¿n`pÅSv N¼nNp«³.sWäv