N¼nNp«³.sWäv B]n«v SpX§n]m CkÄ Fs¶¡p_n¨v F´v N^pSpw? BUy^m{Sn]n FÃm^pw b^nbmXn WX¯ptfm? CWn Aksa§mWpw Ss¶ temPn¡m³ Bt\m sbs«¶v NnX¶Sv? cÌv C{¼g³ Cuhv sdÌv Cs{¼g³ Cksa F¶m hwSrbvSnsbXptfm? CkÄ hmVWw km]n CXptfm? bq_nWp F´v ^pIn B]n^n¡pw tS³ Fs¶ms¡ b_]p¶Sv sl^n Bt\m? t_mdn³ Hmt^m¶v Bt`mIn¨p NnX¶p. t_mdnsâ In´NÄ AksW AhzØWm¡n. bSns] bSns] Ak³ Nm^y§ant`m«v NX¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p. F´m]m`pw CkÄ Mm³ Sm`n sN«n] em^y B\v. Mm³ tUtimb{Ukw Hjn¨v dm¡n F´v sI]vSm`pw AkÄ bp_¯p b_]nÃ.
ATkm Mm³ b^nbmXn WX¯m³ tWm¡ns]¶p b_ªm ASnWpw NqXntk*n]m sN«n¡p¶Sv F¶v b_]pw. C¶v MmWm]n«v SpX§p¶Sv Wmsa Fs¶ N*m Fs¶]pw bnXnt¨m*v fp_n]n sNm*ptbm]n Fs¶ sNm*p sI¿n¸n¡t\ ssUk§sa F¶ {bmÀTWt]msX t_mdn³ SpX§n. t_mdn³ H^pklw I^nªp NnX¶p k`Sp Nm sNm*p bqK]psX Nm skÅ]n k`Sp Nm sNm*v SjpNn. sbs«¶kÄ Nm WnkÀ¯n tWs^ NnX¶p Ssâ BUy{lfw b^mK]s¸« t_mdn³ ^*mw {lfw SpX§n. Aksâ kn_]v¡p¶ ssNNak³ bqK]psX CXp¸n sk¨p. Akam ssNNÄ FXp¯p fmän f`À¶p NnX¶p. CkÄ F´nWm Ct¸mÄ f`À¶p NnXt¶. Km¡n]n SpX§mw F¶pÅ t_mdnsâ tfmiw Nmän b_¶p. b^mK]s¸«p bn·m_msS Ak³ AXp¯ Wo¡¯nt`m«v NpSn¨p. AkapsX k]_n ssNk¨p. ssN sNm*v k]_n St`mXn sbm¡nan kn^ Np¯n. bqK t_mdnsâ ssNNÄ FXp¯p fmän sdZn Wn¶p Fjpt¶äp ss`äv Hm¬ B¡n. “” ^mkn`s¯ Wà £o\w D*v FWn¡p_§\w”” “”D_§m³ tk*n Bt\m Wo…”” “”… hzØfm]n fWpgy³ H¶p_§n]n«v ^*pfq¶p Unkhw B]n^p¶p ASnWpw h½Sn¡ntÃ?”” “”bqsK BUy^m{Sn F¶pÅSv HmÀfn¡pt¼mÄ F¶pw fVp^w DÅSm]n^n¡\w.”” “”FWn¡{S fVp^w tk*m.”” “”Ct¸man§sW b_ªm`pw Nps_ Njn]pt¼mÄ btjSv Hs¡ HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ CsSms¡ H^p Wãw Ss¶ B]n^n¡pw…”” “”…sk_psS Hmt^m¶v b_ªp Fs¶ NojvsbXp¯mw F¶v N^pS*.Wn§sX fWÊn`n^n¸v WX¡nÃ.”” “”AkapsX FXp¯Xn¨ tbm`pÅ f_pbXnNÄ¡v fp¶n t_mdn³ bS_n.”” “”Fsâ sSäm FtâSv Smsj kà bm]pw kn^n¨p NnX¶m fSn B]n^p¶p. Nps_ F®w D*v. sb®nsâ C§nSw tWm¡msS AkapsX bp_¯p ImXn¡]_p¶ Nps_ F®w. Ssâ Nm^y§Ä Njnªp sbmXn]pw S«n tbmNp¶ Nps_ F®w. “” bqK hz]w b_]p¶tbms` t_mdn³ tNÄ¡m³ tk*n b_ªpsNm*v ss`äpw Hmcm¡n NnX¶p. Ssâ N`ym\w D_¸n¨t¸mÄ sSm«pÅ b^mK]Wnfng§saÃmw W¶m]n]k³ hvf^n¨psNm*v AkÄ¡^nNn N¼nNp«³.sWäv