N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ N*p. ASnt`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶ AkapsX A^nNnt`¡v sfsà Mm³ sI¶p.
“”Nt*m..CSv tbms` D_¨v Wn¶mt` Wnsâ tfmÄ¡v hpOw Nn«q’ NnS¨psNm*v Mm³ b_ªp. AkÄ kn^ Du¼ns¡m*v BÀ¯nt]msX ASnt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”thmWp..Wnsâ tfmsa CkWv tk\w..Wfp¡ks^ S½n sN«n¡mw’
thmWp In^n]X¡m³ b\ns¸Xp¶Sv N* Mm³ Aksa k`n¨Xp¸n¨v B fpOw IpwdW§Ä sNm*pfqXn. C{S hpOfpÅ H^p fpOw t`mN¯v tks_ Nm\nà Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶nt¸m]n. Fsâ Np® AkapsX AXnk]än Np¯n M§sa AXp¸n¡m³ h½Sn¡msS Wn¶t¸mÄ AkapsX fpOw bnXn¨N¯n]n«v Mm³ Smtj¡v tWm¡n.
“”H¶X§v– tfmsW..Wnsâ sb®nsW DX³ Ss¶ S^mw’
thmWpkpw ASnt`¡v tWm¡n {em´fm] knNm^t¯msX Fsâ tSmapNan ssNNÄ k¨p. B sNmjp¯ ssNNan bnXn¨v Aksa Mm³ N«n`n NnX¯n. thmWp f`À¶p NnX¶v SpXNÄ k`n¨N¯n Fs¶ bnXn¨v fpNant`¡n«p. AkapsX NojvIp*v Fsâ km]nt`¡v N]_n. MmWSv hmkNmlw NXn¨v Wo^v I¸n FXp¯t¸mÄ thmWpknsâ ssN Fsâ Np®]n B]n^p¶p. AkÄ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v ASn frUpkm]n AfÀ¯n. Mm³ fpOw ANän]n«v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”Cãs¸t«m AksW?’
thmWp In^n¨p. fUfnaNn] In^n.
“”Mm³ Fs´ms¡ sI¿\w..b_..Fsâ fp¯nsâ FÃm Ctãmw Mm³ hmVn¨p S^pw’ BUyfm]n Nn«n] sb®m]n«pw, AkÄ A{Stf hpµ^n B]n«pw, Mm³ Fsâ Bß Wn]{´\¯n AÛpSs¸Xp¶p*m]n^p¶p. sb®nsâ l^o^¯n B{Nm´w bmXnà F¶v FknsXt]m km]n¨p fWhn`m¡n]Snsâ Pp\w!
“”Fsâ Ip*v NpXn¡v.’ AkÄ Fsâ Nknan St`mXns¡m*v b_ªp.
FWn¡v H^p sbPv AXn¡\w F¶v tSm¶n. Nm^\w Cksa fnWn«pNÄ AÃ, f\n¡q_pNtamaw AWpekn¡mWpÅSm\v. fUy`i^n ASnWp kas^ WÃSm\v Fs¶Wn¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p.
“”Mm³ C¸w k^mw..tfmav Mm³ sI]vSv St^* Nm^y§Ä Hs¶m¶m]n HmÀ¯v kt¨m..’
“”FknsX tbmÆm’ thmWp In\p§n.
“”cv`mäv t`m¡v sI]vSnÃ..AtStbms` Fsâ tcm\pw AknXm\v..Bs^¦n`pw knan¨mÂ..’
AkÄ S`]m«n. Mm³ Fsâ Np«sW bmXpsb«v DÅnt`¡v Sn^pNn¡]än]n«v bp_¯n_§n Fsâ cv`män N]_n H^p sbPv tkP¯n NpXn¨p. bns¶ H^p dnhv¡äv FXp¯v Sn¶psNm*v– bp_¯n_§n ko*pw bq«n. sfmssd`pw Mm³ ssN]n FXp¯n^p¶p. thmWpknsâ ko«n N]_n NSNv DÅn Wn¶pw AX¨ tlgw Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p. AkÄ Npanfp_n]n B]n^p¶p. Mm³ sI¶t¸mÄ AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv