N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm_n, fm_n hpOn¨p f_nªn«p Bklyw Njn]pt¼mÄ Ak·mÀ Wns¶s]ms¡ Ct«¨p tSm¶p¶ kjn]v¡p tbmNntÃXo ?, Wns¶s]ms¡ sN«pw F¶v kà D_¸pfpt*m ? “”””
“”sN«v Njnªm`pw M§Ä ^*pw ^*v tb^psX]pw em^yfm^m]n Koknt¨mapw F¶v D_¸pÅSnWmÂ… sN«pw F¶v SoÀ¨]m\v . ATkm sN«n]ntÃ`pw PÀen\n]mkmsS hq£n]v¡m³ M§Ä¡_n]mw !.””
AkapsX Sp_¶Xn¨pÅ kÀ¯fmW¯nÂ….Mm³ sM«n¯^n¨p !…At¸mÄ PÀen\n Bkp¶Sn fm{Stf AkÄs¡ms¡ Npj¸fpÅq, tks_m¶pw H^p {blvWkpfnÃ. AkapsX fpäp Njt¸mÀ¯p Mm³ BÝ^ykmWpw H¸w N¼nkmWpw B]n¡jnªp MmWmt`mIn¨p Blzmhw sNm*p ….CWn Ct¸mÄ Nan]v¡m³ Bs^]pw Nn«n]ntÃ`pw Cu Nj¸n bq_nNÄ s_Zn]m]n C^n]v¡pN B\tÃm F¶v HmÀ¯p !..
“”M§sa tI«³ A{Stf hvtWin¡p¶ sNm*pw …M§Ä¡v tk*p¶ him]kpw…Bklys¸Xp¶ ASymkly hmVW§Ä FÃmw km§n S^p¶ BÄ B]sNm*pw B\v M§Ä Sn^n¨p Cu him]w sI]vSp S^p¶Spw …FÃmw Sp_¶p b_]p¶Spw . tI«m]n fämt^mXpw CsSms¡ tbm]n b_ªp M§sa Wmän¡tà !…A½t]mXv tbm`pw CsSm¶pw b_tª¡tà ?….”” Nm©W sfsà Kmfyw FXp¯p b_ªp .
“”Wos]ms¡ C§sW AjnªmXp¶Sv Wn§sX SÅ]v¡v A_n]nsÃXo ? “” Mm³ tUzgyw emkn¨p …
“”‘A½ A_n]m³ ASnWp ‘A½ CknXnÃtÃm ?””….Nm©W Nq«nt¨À¯p …”” A_nªm¯s¶ ‘A½ FSnÀ¡pNt]m , SX]pNt]m sI¿nÃ, sI¿m³ bänà !.””…..”” AsS´mXo “” A_n]msf¦n`pw Mm³ A_n]m¯ fmSn^n….
“”AtS«m G«sâ AXp¯m]Sp sNm*v ..b_]mw….Cu A½]pw A{S sImÆp H¶pw Aà G«m, A½]v¡pw Ft¸mjpw Bs^¦n`pw tk\w A{S e]¦^n]m\v Ak^v .”” “” At¸mÄ Wn§Ä C§sWs]ms¡ B]nsænt` DÅq AÂepSw !.”” Mm³ b_tªm*v fp*nWp fpNan N¼n]m]n Wn¶ `Pm³ , A_n]msS SXknt¸m]n . ASpN*v In^n¨p…ASnl]t¯msX Nmtk^n ……
“” A½]psX Nm^yw tN«t¸mtj G«Wv N¼n]ms]¶p tSm¶p¶tÃm ?….””
“”ASnWp MmWks^ CSpks^ A§sW N*n«nsÃXo ….F¦n`pw tN«t¸mÄ kÃmsS tSm¶n !…. Wn³s_ f³Ipsb®p k¶n^p¶p B¡ns]Xp¯Sm …F¶n«v H^p Blzmhkpw, H^p AWpN¼]pw Nm\n]v¡msS tfm§ns¡m*v hv–T`wkn«p .”” Mm³ Np®¡p«sW W¶m]n AfÀ¯nsNm*v Ss¶ knlUoN^n¨p .
Nm©WtfmapsX BlzmhtS·j ko*pw ….”” tI«³ hfmVmWs¸Xq tI«m tI«³s_ AkWp Blzmhw M§Ä f©pkn`qsX Ss¶ hmVn¸n¨p S^mw…ASv WX¶ntàN¼nNp«³.sWäv