N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nmtk^n Ss¶ SpX¡fn«p .
“”At¿ tI«m]n ….Wm\t¡XpSs¶ !. C{S WsÃm^p Akh^w M§Ä H^p¡n S¶n«pw ..^s*®kpw t{bfkpw b_ªp C^pt¶m ?….Ngv–Xw Ss¶….At¿m bmkw….AkÄ h½Sn¨p Nm\nà , Asà ?…sÈXm FÃmw sk_pw sk_psS B]nt¸m]tÃm ?….””
bn_sN fäp kVq^nNapw NqsX NqXn ….Nan]m¡`n³s_ Nqä³ Np´fpWNÄ sNm*pÅ “”N^vgN_m`n NÄ”” SoÀ¯p F³s_ sW©n BNfmWw tN_n]n^p¶v sbm¦m`]n«p sbman¨Xp¡n !. F´v sI¿m³ ?…F³s_ ASy´w b^nSmbN^fm] Akhv–T AkapfmÀ H^p U]]pw NqXmsS , Iqg\w sI¿m³ SpX§n . CSnWnX]v¡v, sbs«¶pÅ Fsâ C_§nt¸m¡pw bn¶oXknsX WX¶ Nan]m¡Â hwhm^kpw FÃmw N*pw tN«pw fXp¯p …. f©pkpw H¶pw D^n]mXmkmsS WWª NknįXt¯msX sfsà fp_n]n Wn¶n_§n bp_¯p tbm]n . hfmVmWn¸n]v¡pkm³ AkapfmÀ bn_sN tbms]¦n`pw….AÂb hf] tlgw Wn^mlt]msX fX§n k¶p… bns¶ Fs¶ AWpW]n¸n]v¡mWpÅ {lf§am]n .
“” AsS tI«m]n ….C t{bfsfms¡ CknsX Ss¶ k¨v AkhmWn¸n]v¡pt¶m ?…AtSm fpt¶m«p tbmNpkm³ DÅ kà b^nbmXn]pw Dt*m ? “” Nm©W]psX tImUyw !.
“” F´m]m`pw MmWn{Ss]ms¡ Ngv–Xs¸«p CknXwks^ Hs¡ B¡nFXp¯ntà ?….sbs«¶v ssNkn«p Na]m³ fWÊWpkUn¡p¶nà .bt£ Cu Wn`]v¡v CWns]§sW fpt¶m«p tbmNpw ? “” F³s_ U]Wo] f_pbXn .
“” CWn Cu Nm^y¯n M§apsX emP¯p Wn¶pw CSn NqXpS him]sfm¶pw sI]vSp S^m³ bänà .M§¡v bäp¶Sv A{S]pw M§Ä sI]vSp Njnªp .”” Nmtk^n W]w kyàfm¡n .
“”ASnWp Wn§Ä F´v him]w sI]v–sS¶ ?…Wn§Ä¡v Aksa H¶v b_ªp fWÊn`m¡pN F¦n`pw sI]vSpNqsX ?….”” ko*pw Mm³
“” M§aksa H^pbmXv b_ªp fWÊn`m¡n¨Sm tI«m]n , AkÄs¡Ãmw A_n]mw….M§sX fp_s¨_p¡·m^pw B]pÅ NmfpN dÔw ks^ !. AsSms¡ A_nªpw N*pfm M§apsX t{b^\ sNm*v NqXn AkÄ Cu dÔ¯nWv S¿m_m]Spw….F¶n«pw , sbs®´m C§sW F¶m fWÊn`mkms¯ ?…H^pbs£ ÌmÀ«nwPv {XdnÄ Bkmw…..”” Nm©W bns¶]pw ….
“” Wn§Ä Ak·m^pw B]pÅ fäpÅ FÃm dÔkpw AkÄ¡_n]nÃm]n^n¡pw…ASm .”” Mm³ …
At¸mÄ Nmtk^n , “”ASm Mm³ b_sª AsSms¡ N*pw ….A_nªpw Ss¶]m AkÄ¡o dÔ¯n hSy¯n Sm`vb^yw D\À¶Sv tbm`pw….F¶n«pw M§Ä¡_n]nà , AkÄs¡ÃmänWpw F´m C{S fXn F¶v !.
FWn]v¡p knlzhn¡m³ NjnªnÃ, “”Akav Ns*t¶m ?…F´v N¼nNp«³.sWäv