N¼nNp«³.sWäv f¡p\³! AkWv N^n]À B\t{S k`pSv. WnW¡v N^n]À B\v k`psS¦n FWns¡sâ Np®]mXm bptà k`pSv. WnW¡v tkt* Aksa F§sW F¦n`pw FWns¡¦n`pw H¶v H¸n¨p S¶n«v sbm]v¡qXm]n^pt¶mXm f^fm{No F¶v fWÊn b_ªpsNm*v Mm³ bXnNÄ HmXn¡]_n. fpNans`¯n]t¸mÄ thmWpknsâ cv`mänsâ C^p NSNpNapw AX¨n^n¡pN]m\v. bn¶ns`¯n dm¡\n]n tWm¡n AkaknsX]pw Csöp Mm³ Wn^mlt]msX fWÊn`m¡n. NXn fq¯v ko«n SWn¨p Wn¡p¶ sb®v. AkÄ NXn fmäm³ F´pw sI¿pw. In`t¸mÄ kÃSpw FXp¯v bqän N]än {em´v fmäm³ {lfn¡pN]mNpw AkÄ. Cu Akh^w Naªm B tbm]ksW¡mÄ k`n] Nnj§³ MmWm]n^n¡pw; fWÊn A§sW b_ªpsNm*v In` kyàfm] N\¡pNq«`pNtamsX Mm³ tZmÀ sdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n.
thmWp NSNv Sp_¶v k`¡SNn`qsX bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n. Aksa N*tSmsX FWn¡v fWhv ssNtfmlw k¶p.
“”””F´m” tNmbt¯msX]m]n^p¶p AkapsX tImUyw.
“”””Cu NSNv H¶v Sp_¡ptfm?” F§sWt]m `en¨ ssV^y¯n Mm³ tImUn¨p.
thmWp NXp¯ tNmbt¯msX NSNv Sp_¶v Fsâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n. B tWm«w tW^nXm³ FWn¡v làn tbm^m]n^p¶p. F´v hpµ^n]m\v Cu sb®v! sk® SpXs¨Xp¡m³ hmVn¡psf¶v tSm¶p¶ fpOw. Ip*pNÄ¡v Fs´m^p CWn¸m\v.
“”””F´m..b_” thmWp Io_n.
“”””Wo^Kv CknsX k¶n^p¶p AsÃ?” ssV^yw hwe^n¨v AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n Mm³ tImUn¨p. sbmXp¶sW AkapsX tNmbw bXn]n_§p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. bN^w B N®pNan Bl¦]psX Wnj`m«fp*m]n.
“”””GSv Wo^Kv..FWn¡_n]nÔ thmWp tWm«w fmän sI_n] NnSt¸msX b_ªp.
“”””Ak³ Wns¶ Nm\m³ Asà k¶Sv? hnwPv hmdntWmXv Mm³ b_]pw..Nm^\w Wo^KnsW FWn¡_n]mw..’
C¯k\ thmWp l^n¡pw sM«n. Mm³ AksW N*p F¶kÄ¡v fWhn`m]n. Fsâ N®pNant`¡v Bl¦t]msX tWm¡n] AkÄ b^n{em´n]n`m\v F¶v fWhn`m¡m³ FWn¡v H«pw {b]mhfp*m]nÃ.
“”Wn§Äs¡´v– tk\w? A]mÄ k¶n«v tbm]ntÃ?” thmWpknsâ hz^w Wt¶ Smjv¶n^p¶p.
‘Wo^Kpw MmWpw Ht^ Kn½n B\v kÀs¡u«v sI¿p¶Sv..bp_¯v tbm]n k^p¶ hf]¯v Ak³ Wnsâ cv`män N]_p¶Sv Mm³ N*p..hnwPv hmdv A_nªn«m\v F¦n Npj¸fnÃ..Csæn FWn¡v b_t]*n k^pw” N^pSt`msX Mm³ b_ªp.
thmWp AhzØSt]msX kn^`pNÄ Nq«n¯n^p½n. ^mkns` D\À¶n«p C{S tW^fm]n«pw AkÄ ^m{Sn V^n¨ tkgw fm_n]n^p¶nÃ. Uqt^¡v tWm¡n AkÄ N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¯p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv