Posted by N¼nNp«³.sWäv tcm¬ FXp¯p.
‘it`m…Mm³ N^pSn W½sas]ms¡ f_¶p Nm\psf¶v’ FXp¯]pXsW Mm³ b_ªp.
‘G]v Cà ^Kogv… Mm³ sl^n¡pw N¬cyqgWn B]n^p¶p. CsSms¡ sk_pw cmâhn fm{Sfm, tbm¬ koZnt]m]nt`ms¡ fm{Stf WX¡q… KoknS¯n CsSms¡ k`n] bmXm…’
H¯n^n {bSo£t]msX NmÄ FXp¯ Fs¶ Aksâ km¡pNÄ SoÀ¯pw Wn^mlWm¡n.
‘bns¶ F´v tNm¸nWmXm Wm]nsâ tfmsW Wo knan¨Sv’ F¶v tImUn]v¡m³ tSm¶ns]¦n`pw Mm³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
‘^KognWv Mm³ b_ª Znfm³Zv Hmt¡ Bt\m? tNm*w CÃmsS sI¿p¶Sn t{bm»w H¶pw CÃtÃm?’ Ak³ tImUn¨p.
H¶pw WX¡nsöpb_ª ssf^³ C§sW tImUn¡p¶Sv tN«v FWn¡v tUgyw k¶p.
‘FWn¡v H^p Npj¸kpfnÃ… WnW¡vHmt¡ Bs\¦n Hmt¡ b_… Ctàsk¨n«p tbm ssft^…’ Mm³ b_ªp.
‘^Kogv tUgys¸Xm³ tk*n tImUn¨SÃ… M§Ä¡v H^p NpªnsW tk\w. ^KognWv ASnWp dp²nfp«mNptfm?’ BtImUyw tN«v Mm³ H¶v sM«n.
‘AsS´m… WnW¡v Np® sbm§ntÃ…?’
F¶n Wn¶pw B tImUyw A_n]msS k¶p tbm]n.
‘^Kogv, CsSm¶pw B^pw A_n]^pSv. FWn¡v A§sW H^p {blvWfp*v…’Ak³b_ªp.
‘Hmiv… thm_n… FWn¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.’
‘G]v ASv hm^fnÃ, ^Kogv M§sa si`vbv sI¿msf¶v h½Sn¨tÃm…’ Ak³ b_ªp.
bns¶ M§Ä foäv sI¿p¶ Unkhkpw Ø`kpw b_ªp_¸n¨p. ^m{Sn]n Ak³ b_ª dhv tÌm¸n F«p f\n¡v sI¶v Wn¡msf¶v Mm³ Gäp. Ak³ AknsX Nm_n k¶p Fs¶ Nq«msf¶pw, Ak^psX cv`män sk¨v Ss¶ BNmw b^nbmXn F¶pw So^pfmWn¨p. tcm¬ sk¡p¶SnWp fp³bv Mm³ tImUn¨p:
‘C]mapsX sskcnsâ tcmt«mH¶v S^mtfm? H¶v Nm\m³…’
‘F´m ^Kogv…Nm\m³ tdmÀ Bt\m F¶_n]m³ tk*n]n«mt\m?’ Ak³ tImUn¨p.
‘ASÃ… H¶v Nm\m³…’
‘tcmt«m Hs¡ _nh-vNv B\v. bs£ ^mtKgnWp Mm³ D_¸pS^mw Fsâ sskcv ^Kogv knIm^n¡p¶Sn`pw hpµ^n]m\v… H^p ^m{Sn fpjpk³ AWpekn¡mWpÅ kNp¸pw D*v… bns¶ Mm³ b_ªtÃm… CSv Njnªm FÃmw SoÀ¶p. ASpsNm*p tcmt«m, W¼À CsSm¶pw tk*…’ Ak³ b_ªp.
‘Hmt¡… F¶m sl^n… bns¶ sskcnsâ tb^v F´m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
H^p Wnfngs¯ WnlÐS]v¡p tlgw Ak³ B ftWmi^fm] tb^v b_ªp.
‘AMvKW!’
‘Biv… im]v–… AMvKWm… Fs´ms¡]m\v… F´m knant¨…?’ N¼nNp«³.sWäv