N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI¶p. AXp¡a]n In¶p FWn¡v Im] D*mNp¶p. “”bm k¶n«nà tfmsW, N«³ B\v “” In¶p b_ªp. F´v ssfs^¦n`pw Sm Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp In^n¨p. In¶p Im] S¶t¸m Mm³ ssN]n H¶p Djnªp sNmXp¯p .In¶p Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. “”In¶pknsâ ko«n Bs^ms¡ D*v “”? Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”ko«n A½ D*v tfmsW. bns¶ FWns¡m^p AWn]Wpw D*v. Aѳ Njnª sNmÃw f^n¨p. D*m]n«pw k`n] DbNm^w H¶pw D*m]n«nà “” AkÄ b\n]n fpjpNnsNm*v b_ªp. Mm³ NqXpS tImUn¡m³ Wn¶nÃ. F® FXp¯p S`]n tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p bpj]nt`¡p WX¶p.
FWn¡v H^p Nm^yw kas^ knIn{Sfm]n tSm¶n]Sv Cu Wm«n B\p§Ä B^pw CÃm F¶Sm\v. DÅsS`mw Nps_ {bm]w sI¶ BapNÄ. kÃm¯ H^p Ø`w. Mm³ bpj]n C_§n Npan SpX§n. tSmÀ¯v DXp¯p ]ox`r Du^n N^]nt`¡p F_nªp. skÅw hmVW¯n FÃmw tN_n HjpNpt¼m Wà hpOw. bpj]ns` Npan H^p hpOw Ss¶]m\v. At¸mam\v `o`m½ blpknsW Npan¸n¡m³ k^p¶Sv. Fs¶ N*Spw “”Bim Wo CksX Ss¶ D*m]n^pt¶m? Mm³ HäNv blpknsW Npan¸n¡\w F¶p N^pSn k^pkm]n^p¶p. CWn]nt¸m Wo]pw NqsX DÅSvsNm*v sb«¶p b\n SoÀ¡mw. tN_n kmXm “”. `o`m½Nv CsS´nsâ tNXm\v Npan¨psNm*v C^n¡p¶ Fs¶ knan¨p blpknsW Npan¸n¡pt¶m, ! Mm³ `o`m½ sk_psS b_ªSm\v N^pSn In^n¨psNm*v ko*pw Npan SpX§n. sb«¶p `o`m½ b_ªp “” Wo tN_n k^pt¶m AtSm Mm³ bnXn¨p N]ät\m? “”. At¸m FWn¡v fWhn`m]n Nan Aà Nm^yfm]n Ss¶ B\v knan¡p¶Sv F¶p. Mm³ bpj]n Wn¶pw tN_n `o`m½]psX AXpt¯Nv sI¶p. “”FXm Wo tSmÀ¯v Ajn¨p skt¨m ASn Ian BtN*. “”`o`m½ b_ªp. “” `o`mt½ Mm³ AXn]n H¶pw C«n«nà “” Mm³ b_ªp. “”ASnWp CknsX B^pw CÃmt`m. ASv fm{Sw AÃ. Wo C¶s` Fsâ fp³bn Wn¶tà Npan¨Sv? At¸m CÃm¯ Wm\w Ct¸m F´nWm? “”. Mm³ bns¶ H¶pw b_ªnÃ. tSmÀ¯v Ajn¨p sk¨v bn_¶ bXn Wn¶p. `o`m½ blpknsW kr¯n]m¡p¶ Nq«¯n Fs¶ Nm^yfm]n tWm¡pWp*v. bs£ Fsâ hmVWw S\p¸v Nm^\w Ip^p§n NnX¸m]n^p¶p. `o`m½ sb«¶p DXp¯n^p¶ fp*p Du^n H^p f^s¡m¼nt`¡p C«p. bns¶ »uhv Ajn¨p sk¨p. Ct¸m H^p tSmÀ¯v fp*pw {dm]pw fm{Sw. Sq§n]Sms\¦n`pw Wà k`p¸w DÅ fpjp¯ fp`NÄ B\v. Np*n]pw S^t¡XnÃ. Mm³ blpknsâ tfs` skÅw Hjn¡p¶ Nq«¯n `o`m½]psX tUit¯¡v CX¡v skÅw B¡n sNm*n^p¶p. Fsâ S\pbv fm_n hmVWw bSps¡ N¼n Bkm³ SpX§n. Mm³ bn_¶ bXn WX¡p¶Sv BhzUn¡m³ SpX§n. {btSyNn¨v fäpÅk^psX fp³bnÂ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv