N¼nNp«³.sWäv At½sX UoÀQlzmhw k^p¶SnWp fpt¶ t_mdnsâ Np® skXn sbm«n¨p. At½sX km]n Wn¶pÀSnÀ¶ lЯn Np® Ioän sS_n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ t_mdn³ Np® ssN`n sNm*v f_¨p.sim t_mdn³ sI_pSm]n H¶v NnS¨p. _qfnt`¡v Sn^nsN tbmNm³ tW^w A½s] H^p tWm¡v NqXn t_mdn³ tWm¡n. bmân sNm*v bq_p AfÀ¯n SpX¨p s{dhn]_pw »uhpw V^n¡p¶ hp^ens] WsÃm^p km\w knXm³ him]n¨SnWv fWÊv sNm*v Wµn b_ªp t_mdn³ _qfnt`¡v tbm]n. fp*v fm_n DXp¡pt¼mÄ fWÊns` W· AksW tImUyw sI]vSp. hz´w A½]psX hzNm^yS]nt`¡v Hanªp tWm¡n]Sv sSätÃ? F¶m A½ sI]vSSpw sSäv B\v fNsW HmÀ¯m\v hz]wtemPw sI]vSSv. hz´w fNsW temPn¡p¶Sv In´n¨p hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶ At½sX hzNm^yS fN³ Hanªp tWm¡p¶Sn sSänsöv AkWns` hm¯m³ W·¡p f_pbXn WÂNn. F¶n^p¶m`pw fWÊn H^p Im©m«w. bntä¶v ^mkns` Hmcohn tbmNm³ tW^fm\v fp_n¡p bp_¯p C_§n]Sv. Im]]pw bp«pw D¨¡pÅ Du\v ks^ sbmSnªp sN«n ssZWnRv tXdnan D*v. F¶n^p¶m`pw hp^en bp_¯n_§msS fp_n¡pÅn Ss¶ C^p¶p. A½s] tWm¡m³ t_mdn³ A½]psX fp_n]n tbms]¦n`pw St`¶s¯ NmjvI AksW ko*pw Hanªp tWm¡m³ B\v t{b^n¸n¨Sv. Ak³ hp^en]psX _qfnt`¡v Hanªp Ss¶ tWm¡n. “”ku… km«v F shN-vhn sbmhng³. -!”” f§n] Cawb¨ »uhpw b¨ N^]pÅ shäv hm^n]pw DXp¯p N«n`n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p Nm`pNÄ B«n B«n ko¡n`n km]n¡p¶ hp^en.hm^n]pw bmkmX]pw DuÀ¶v fp«n`n_§n NnX¡p¶p.
AVnNtW^w tWm¡n Wn¡msS Ak³ Hmcohnt`¡v tbmNm³ S¿ms_Xp¯p. `£\¯n A½ Ct¸msj¶pw bp_¯n_§nà F¶v N^pSn] Ak³ B NmjvI]n Np® sM¡n bnjnªp SXkn. C«n^p¶ sK«n WWªSv fn¨w. sSm* känk^* t_mdn³ skÅw NpXn¡mWm]n {cnZvKv Sp_¶t¸mÄ tZm_nsâ tÌmt_Kv tdmN-vhn C^n¡p¶ Häs¸« Nym^äv Nm\m³ CX]m]n. St`¶v ^m{Sn Fsâ Np® Bs\¶v knIm^n¨p A½ bq_n N]än] knlzknQymSfm] Nym^äv. Ak³ fWÊn b_ªp. A½]psX bqÀen¯n]n D^ªp N]_n] B Nym^äv km]n sk¨p Du¼m³ AktWmXp sINp¯m³ b_sª¦n`pw Aksâ DÅns` W· ASnWWpkUn¨nÃ. F¶n^p¶m`pw Ak³ Ipän`pw tWm¡n B Nym^äv ssNsNm*p H¶v St`mXn.
At¶ Unkhw ^m{Sn]pw bn¶oXpÅ ^m{SnNan`pw hp^en tfmsâ tb^v knan¨p bqän Nym^äv tNän AXn¨t¸mÄ t_mdn³ bp_¯p lÐUrly knhvf]§tamsX Hanªp tWm¡n A½¡v km\w WÂNn hm]qKyw AXªp. A½¡v tk*n WÂNp¶ Hmt^m km\¯n`pw Ak³ H^p {btSyN `i^n Ns*¯n]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv