N¼nNp«³.sWäv So{k{b\]w Spap¼p¶ bp^pg³s_ N®pNÄ Nm\p¶Sv Cu sSm«Xp¯n^n¡p¶ cÀim³s_]m\v.
“”tWm«w WnÀ¯n hm_v sskcn³s_ tcmt«m Cs§Xps¯,””
Mm³ AktWmXp b_ªp.
Ak³ H¶v- fXn¨p.
“”Cs§Xp¡v hmt_. F¶n«v Mm³ b_]mw Fs¶ C§sW tWm¡p¶Sn Ft´`pw cmNväv Dt*m¶v,””
Ak³ tbm¡än Wn¶v- tcm¬ FXp¯v Pm`_n Sp_¶p.
H^p In{S¯n hvbÀln¨p.
“”CSm\v,””
tcm¬ AkÄ¡v sNmXp¯v cÀim³ b_ªp.
tcmt«m]ns` sb®v A{S hpµ^n]m]nt¯m¶n]nsæn`pw “”emP§Ä”” Hs¡ bp^pg·m^psX N®pSÅn¡m³ fm{Sfp*m]n^p¶p.
“”PpZv,””
Mm³ bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”Ac]À B^pt¶m?””
cÀim³ tImUn¨p.
“”s]hv..At_©vZv fmt^yKv Ac]À,””
Mm³ In^n¨p.
Ak³s_ tSmÄ F³s_ tSmantWmXv sSm«p. Mm³ tSmÄ fmän]nÃ. fpOw Sn^n¨v Ak³s_ hpµ^fm] In^n¡p¶ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”cÀim³s_s]m?””
“”fmZ¯n³s_tbms`..At_©vZv fmt^yKv Ac]À,””
“”FWns¡m¯n^n {bm]fpt*Â MmsW§sW Wo b_ª tbms` hpµ^n]mNpw?””
“”H¯n^n {bm]fps*¶p B^v b_ªp?””
“”Wo b_ªp. C³Z]_Nväv B]n,””
“”tR? Ft¸m?””
“”fmZw F¶v- knan¨v…””
“”Hm..AtSm…bns¶ bns¶ F§sW knan¡\w?””
“”F³s_ tb^v Mm³ b_ªntÃ..ASv knan¡mw..FXo tbmXo F¶v- knan¡mw…””
Ak³ N®pNÄ fnjn¨v Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ A¸w NqXn Ak³s_ AXpt¯¡v Wo§n]n^p¶p.
Ct¸mÄ Ak³s_ tUi¯n³s_ IqXv F³s_ tUi¯v sNm*p. Ak³s_ tUi¯n³s_ hpPÔw F³s_ fWÊnsW SjpNn. A¸w Wn^¡n]m Ak³s_ KoWvhnWNs¯ SpX]n F³s_ SpXNÄ sNmÅpw. tkt\m? Ct¸mÄ tk*. cÀim³ Ss¶ {lfn¡s«. hntfm\ Ft¸mjpw b_]p¶Sv tbms` W½Ä S_kmXnNsat¸ms` Ft¸mjpw sb^pfm_\w. ASv A§sW]m\v. Ft´`pw Wà Nm^y§Ä sI¿m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ fUÀ sSt^h]pw PmÔnKn]pw hntfm\]psfms¡ N®p^p«ns¡m*v k^pw.
bp_¯v C^p«v b^¶p. S\p¸v A^ns¨¯n. dÊnWN¯v kÀ®skan¨w Wn_ªp. Xo kn]n Ct¸mÄ inµnhnWnf]ns` PmW ^wP§Ä B\v Nm\n¡p¶Sv. A¸ khv{S§an KmNzn`n³ cÀ\m*hv Wr¯w sI]vSv bp^pg·m^psX tIm^¡v So bnXn¸n¡p¶p.
“”F§Wp*v KmNzn`n³?””
Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”WÃ Zm³hv,””
“”AkapsX shuµ^yw Nms\Xm sI¡m…Zm³hÃ…AkapsX N®pNÄ..Ip*pNÄ ….I`Ww…FÃmw…””
Mm³ B km¡pNÄ F§sW b_ªp F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ. {b\]w SpX§n hwPosS..F³s_ fWÊv b_ªp. {b\]w N¼nNp«³.sWäv