N¼nNp«³.sWäv sN«n sk¡p¶ ssX¸v »uhv. ssUktf Cu t`mN¯n Ct¸m Cu »uhv Cu ko«n fm{Stf Nm\p. A½ »uhv sl^n]m¡n Sn^nªp Wn¶p. A½]psX fp`NÄ ASn HSp§p¶nÃ. sN«n sk¨t¸mÄ fp`NÄNv CX]n DÅ Im`pNÄ NpXpS B]Sv tbms` tSm¶n. Fs´¦n`pw Bks« Akly Ø`¯p Sp\n D*t`m ASv Ss¶ emPyw Mm³ N^pSn. A½ »uhnWv fpNan tSmÀ¯v C«p. Ct¸m Wà foWvNm^nNapsX `p¡v B]n«p*v Mm³ fWÊn Bt`mIn¨p In^n¨p. “”F´mXm sI¡m sk_psS In^n¡p¶Sv? fp³bv Fs¶ N*n«ns`? “” A½ tImUn¨p. “”CsS´m NX¸p_w `p¡v B]n«p*mt`m “” Mm³ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. A½ H^p bpÑ emkw AenW]n¨p WX¶p AXp¡a]nt`Nv tbm]n. AXn]n {dm H¶pw Cà F¶pÅ Nm^yw D_¸m]n. sb«¶m\v FWns¡m^p hwl]w tSm¶n]Sv. DXsW F\oäv fpNans` M§Ä NnX¡p¶ fp_n]nt`¡p HmXn. Mm³ sI¶v sNm*pk¶ sb«nNÄ FÃmw Sp_¶p tWm¡n. A½]psX BsN DÅSv F¶p b_]p¶ bj] s{ZÊpNÄ tbm`pw CÃ. BsN DÅSv Fsâ Nps_ ]ox`r fm{Sw. emPy¯nWv AXn]n Fsâ]pw A½]psX]pw Wà 2 tKmZn s{ZÊpNÄ D*v. Sn^n¨p tbmkpt¼mÄ F¦n`pw kr¯n]n tbmk\ft`m. At¸mÄ A½ fWxbqÀkw s{ZÊpNÄ sk¡m¯Sm\v. ASvsNm*m\v Cu bj] s{ZÊpNÄ FÃmw C«p WX¡p¶Sv. FWn¡v Bs\¦n CWn DÅ 2 fmhw ]ox`r fm{Sw. Mm³ ciUv cmhn tbms` WX¡\w F¶p fWhn`m]n. bs£ A½. A½ Cu 2 fmhw F´v sk¨v AZvKÌv sI¿pw. A½ tks_ Fs´ms¡t]m ¹m³ D*v. AÃmsS C§sW A½ sI¿nÃ. MmWpw CSnsW bän Bt`mIn¨p fXp¯t¸mÄ Smtj¡p Ss¶ tbm¶p. Fs´¦n`pw Bks«.
Mm³ Xokn N*p thmc]n Ss¶ NnX¶p D_§nt¸m]n. A½]pw `o`m½]pw In¶pkpw AXp¡a]ns` b\nNÄ FÃmw SoÀ¯p C¶s` Ft¸mÄ NnX¶p Btkm? – Mm³ F\oäv bp_t¯Nv WX¶p. A½ fpäw AXn¡p¶p*v. cvamänt`Nv fm_n]SnWp tlgw C§sW H^p NmjvI Fsâ KoknS¯n Nps_ WmapNÄ¡p tlgw B\v. Ct¸m A½]pw tk`¡m^n In¶pkpw Ht^ tbms` B]n FWn¡v. ^*pw Fs¶ i^w bnXn¸n¡mWm]n WX¡p¶Sv tbms`. `o`m½ fm{Sw H^p skÅ hm^n tb^nWp tUi¯p Ipäp¶p*v. `o`m½ blpknWp k]vt¡m C«p sNmXp¡p¶p. Mm³ FÃmw tWm¡n D_¡ IXkn Wn¶p. In¶p B\v Fs¶ N*Sv “”Bim CSm^v tfm³ CsSt¸m F\oäp? – Wà £o\w D*t`m.. H^p NXp¸¯n Im] FXp¡t«? “” In¶pknsâ sNm©n Npj] SpX§n. Mm³ sk_psS In^n¨p sNmXp¯p. AkÄ Im] FXp¡m³ AXp¡a emPt¯Nv tbm]n. “”Fs´m^p D_¡w Bs\Xm. tbm]n Npan¨p km. F¶nXv e£\w Njn¡mw “” A½ b_ªp.
Mm³ Npan¡m³ F® tS¡m³ AXp¡a klt¯Nv N¼nNp«³.sWäv