N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI_n] Wm\t¯msX Mm³ b_ªp.
“”Wn³s_ sskcn³s_ S`]\ CSn`pw k`pStÃ?””
N®pNÄ Smjv¯n fp`Nan tWm¡ns¡m*v Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”ASv …. ASn`pw k`pSmt\m F¶v- F§sWb_]pw…NkÀ C«n«v…Nm\pt¼mÄ …Cu S`]\NÄ B\v …CSm\v k`pSv F¶v- tSm¶p¶p…””
ko*pw F³s_ tWs^ SmXn]p]À¯ns¡m*v Ak³ b_ªp.
FÃmw FWn¡v hÀ_n]`nÌnNv B]n tSm¶n. ]TmÀ°¯n C§sW H^p hwemg\w M§Ä¡nX]n WX¡p¶pt*m? AtSm hzbvWw Nm\pN]mt\m? F³s_ fp`Nsa¸än b^hyfm]n H^p bp^pgWpw C§sW fpO¯v tWm¡n b_ªn«nÃ. bs£ A^pSm¯Sv Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶ emkw cÀim³s_ fpO¯v CÃ. AsSÃmw tN«v F¶n`p*mkp¶Sptbms` S^n¸pw fUn¸pw Nmtfm·mUkpw cÀimWn`pfp*mkp¶pt*m? MmWk³s_ A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n.
bp_¯v Wn¶v- ko*pw NmäXn¨p.
“”Hm…””
cÀim³ Nknan N¿fÀ¯n.
“”S\p¸v fmänt¡mXm. sNm*pk¶ hmVWw sk_psS]mk*,””
“”tk*,””
Ak³ In^n¨p.
“”Njn¡msS D_§n]n«v tdmVfnÃmsS fäptÅm^psX S`]\ sN«n¸nXn¨pNnX¶p. Njn¨m C^«ntdmVwsN«v D_§pw. At¶^w S`]\]v¡v bN^w ….””
“”tbXn¡*,””
MmWpw In^n¨p.
“”Mm³ »m¦äv bpS¸n¨v sNX¯nt¡mamw…””
cÀim³ dmPv Sp_¶p. Ipäpw tWm¡n B^pw tWm¡p¶nà F¶p_¸v k^p¯n ASnWpÅn Wn¶v- H^p sI_n] tdm«n FXp¯p.
“”GSm {dm³Zv?””
“”Hm …. AsSms¡ tImUn]v¡m³ fm{SfpÅ KW_Â tWmtaKv Hs¡]pt*m?””
“”F tcmÀ A^ntÌm{Nmäv do tcmÀ dntKm]vhv hn tcmÀ hohÀ Fs¶ms¡]m tfmtW Wn§sat¸ms` M§apw bYn¡ps¶ tWjvh_n ¢mhv sfmSÂ,””
“”Hmt¡ ..CSv {Xmk Atà …bmkw {dm³Zv B\v. sF]n SpX§p¶ {dm³Zv. b_]mtfm? sF tcmÀ?””
cÀim³ tImUy^qb¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”sF tcmÀ?””
Mm³ HmÀ¯ptWm¡n.
“”sF]n SpX§p¶ {dm³tZm? AtSSm?””
“”C¼o^n] »q. GSv h-vNqan`m bYns¨¶v b_sª, tWjvh_n?””
“”tbmXm sbm«m. ASnWp sF dn tcmÀ F¶v- b_]\w,””
cÀim³ H^p hvss{bäv tdm«n Sp_¶p. A¸w NpXn¨p. bns¶ F³s_ tWs^ Wo«n. Mm³ ASnÂWn¶v A¸w NpXn¨p. tdm«n GNtUlw bNpSn]m]n. F¶n«v Ak³ C¼o^n] »q knhv¡n hvss{bäv tdm«n`nt`¡v bNÀ¶p. ASv Wn_ªt¸mÄ knhv¡n tdm«n AX¨v Sn^nsN dmPnt`¡v sk¨p.
Fs¶ NphrSnt]msX tWm¡n.
Njnt¨m F¶ AÀ°¯n MmWksW tWm¡n S`Np`p¡n.
“”H^p Int]jvhv b_sª¦n A¸w Na_mt]sW,””
“”Iot]jvhv,””
Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv