N¼nNp«³.sWäv bns¶s]]pw Fs´ms¡t]m B fUm`h]psX l^o^¯n tSXn WX¶p. CSntWmXNw {bfoa Aksâ Ip*pNapsX Wn]{´\w GsäXp¯p Njnªn^p¶p.. Aksâ ssN fmwhafm] AkapsX CXp¸n F¯n]t¸m AkÄ H¶v bnXªp. Aksâ kn^`pNapsX fm{´nNS]n Xo¨_n Wn¶v ho¡m^lÐ§Ä bp_s¸«p. sbs«¶pÅ NmanRv sdÃnsâ lÐw Ak^psX knNm^§Ä¡v NXnªm\n«p. AkÀ sbs«¶p Ss¶ tkÀbn^nªp. “” Hm.. tI«³ k¶p F¶v tSm¶p¶p.””
“”b*m^fX§m³ .. C]mÄ¡v k^m³ N* hf]w.”” dm`p BßPSw b_ªp. sI_p bp©n^nt]msX Xo¨À kmSn Sp_¶p. Ak³ At¸mtj¡pw thmc]n tbm]n C^p¶n^p¶p.
“”B^ptX]m Cu ssd¡v.””
“”Um C^n¡p¶p.. sNmt_ Nm`fm]n«p tI«³ AtWzgn¡p¶ BÄ.””
“”Bim.. Aà B^nSv.. dm`ptkm.”” dm`p thmc]n Wn¶v F\oäp. sI_n]ÑWpfm]n Ak³ sNmt_ tW^w hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. {bfoa hm^n FÃmw Ajn¨n«p.. AkÄ dmSv–_qfn N]_n.. »uhpw AXnbmkmX]pw Ajn¨p. fp¶ns` N®mXn]n AkapsX huµ^yw BhzUn¨p. `nhn fnhv Ct¸mjpw b_]pw Xo¨_psX k]_nt`¡m hN` B¬bntÅ^ptXw tWm«w. AS§sW]mk\ftÃm. Nm^\w At{Sw k`n] sbm¡nÄNpjn tks_ BÀ¡pw D*mkm³ hmVyS CÃ. AkÄ {dm]pw bmân]pw Du^n. bmân fUK`w Wn_ªn^p¶p. AkÄ ASv f\¸n¨p. B PÔw AkapsX knNm^s¯ sImXn¸n¨p. fp`NÄ Nl¡m³ SpX§n. 2 kn^`pNÄ km]n`n«p WW¨p. F¶n«v– B kn^`pNÄ bqän SÅnt¡än. Wà b^nI]fpÅ Nm^yw B\v. fn¡km_pw C§sW Ss¶]m\v AkÄ hz´w knNm^§sa AXn¨fÀ¯m_pÅSv. bs£ C¶v Ft´m k`n] fmäw DÅSv tbms`. Fs´ms¡t]m tWXn] ht´mgw. `mdn k¨v WX¶Spw CknsX k¨v WXt¡*n]n^p¶Spfm] Nm^y§Ä Bt`mIn¨t¸m Ss¶ AkapsX {SntNm\ hpµ^n Ip^¯n.. AkÄ Bß WnÀkrSnt]msX Npan Njn¨p.
{bfoa imant`¡v sIÃpt¼m ^*mapw k`y hwhm^¯n`m]n^p¶p. kng]w cpXvtdmÄ B]SnWm ^*p tb^pw kn«p sNmXp¡p¶ `£\fnÃ.
“”AÃ C§sW dZm]n b_ªp C^p¶m fSnt]m.””
“”im b_ª tbms` dm`p Wo tbm]n tkPw Npan¡v.”” sI_n]ѳ b_ªp.
“”tI«Wpw tbm]n Npan¡v”” {bfoa b_ªp.
“”Xo¨s_ Fsâ fp_n GSm.””
“”Bim Ct¸mjpw Cu knan fmäm_m]ntÃXm dm`p. ko«ns`¦n`pw Wo Aksa Intä F¶v knan¡v.””
“”tk* tk*.. Ak³ Xo¨À F¶v Ss¶ knan¨m fSn. Ctàh-vNqans`¯pt¼mjpw Ak³ Intä F¶v knan¡pw””
FÃm^pw In^n¨p. dm`p Npan¡m³ tN_n. {bfoa Xo¨_psX {bkr¯nNÄ AkWn knNm^w D\À¯n. sJ Np_¨p Njnªn«v k¶m fSn]m]n^p¶p sI_n]ÑWv. fnÊv B]n. hm^`y.. ^m{Sn N¼nNp«³.sWäv