N¼nNp«³.sWäv tKmhq«n]psX N®pNan Ss¶ tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p..
“”Ft¶mXv £fn¡q tKmhq«n.. MmWtà tKmhq«ns] kngfn¸nt¨..MmWtà tKmhq«nt]mXv tUgysbs«..Ft¶mXv tUgy]n^n¡p¶ Mm³ knIm^nt¨..”” AkÄ ASpw b_ª fpOw sbm¯n N^ªp.
tKmhq«n¡v F´pb_]m\sf¶p A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. Ssâ Fw Zn, Cu ØmbW¯nsâ DXf, Ssâ fp¶n`n^p¶p sNm¨pNp«nNapsX WngvNa¦St]msX N^]p¶p. Ss¶ Cs¸m AkÄ Gäkpw AXp¯ H^p {c*v B]n«m\v Nm\p¶Sv F¶kW_n]mw. As¸mÄ AkapsX kngfw fmtä* D¯^kmUnSzw SWnNp*p..
Ak³ sI]_n Wn¶psfjpt¶äp AkapsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”At¿…N^]tÃXo sbs®…H¶qtÃ`pw Fsâ Hs¡ fpS`man¨n AsÃ. Mm³ Gäkpw AXp¯ {c*v B\¶tà b_sª. As¸m Z]mW]psX h¦Xw Fsâ]pw h¦X. Wo N^ªm FWn¡pw kngfmkpw… ASpsNm*p N^¨n WnÀ¯v..”” Ak³ Aksa Blzhn¸nt¨m*p b_ªp.
“”CWn]pw h¦Xms\ H^p Nm^yw sI]v. F¶pw ^mkns` tNmt«jvhn k¶p AknXp¶v Ct§m«pw sskNn«v CknXp¶p At§m«pw Fs¶ sNm*kns«m..As¸m h¦Xw fm_qt`m.”” Ak³ Aksa Nan]m¡n]Sptbms` b_ªp.
“”tbmXm….””AkÄ N®pNÄ SpX¨psNm* fpOs¯m^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”Hmiv..In^n¨tÃm..As¸m h¦Xw fm_n]tÃm..CWn tfmav ht´mgt¯msX sbm]vs¡mÅp..””Ak³ In^nt]msX b_ªp.
AkÄ Fjpt¶äp Sn^nªp WX¶p. tZm_nWXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Sn^nªp Wn¶p.
“”AsS..C¶v sskNn«v Mm³ tKmhq«n]psX NqsX] k^pt¶. sskNn«pks^ MmWnknsX D*mNpw. Hmt¡…””AkÄ ASpw b_ªp tbm]n. tKmhq«n H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
Ssâ NymdnWnt`¡v tbm] Z]mWs] AÛpSt¯msX]m\v FÃmk^pw tWm¡n]Sv. ht´mgt¯msX In^n¨fpOkpfm]n Z]mWs] ASpks^ AkÀ N*n«nÃm]n^p¶p. Ft¸mjpw tUgys¸Xp¶, Npä§Ä fm{Sw N*pbnXn¡p¶ H^p sb®v. ASm]n^p¶p AkÀ¡v Z]mW. Cs¸m AkapsX {bh¶fm] fpOw. ASnWp Nm^\w tKmhq«n]ms\¶p AkÀ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. Z]mW NymdnWnt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ Ss¶ l^Sv tKmhq«n]psX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”F¶mXm..Wo F¶m f^p¶ AkÄ¡v sNmXp¯Sv. BUy]n«m Blm¯n H¶v In^n¨p N*Sv. “” l^Sv ASnl]tSmsX]m\v ASv tImSn¨Sv.
“”Ip½m..hSyw b_ªm MmWpfm]n sI_n] bn\¡¯n`m]n^p¶p. Cs¸m ASv SoÀ¶p.ASnsâ]m..”” tKmhq«n In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”ASnWp bn\§m³ fm{Sw Wn§Ä F¸jm C\§ns]..”” l^Sv AÛpSt¯msX tImSn¨p.
“”AsSms¡ C\§n l^t¯«…””
“”As¸m N¼nNp«³.sWäv