N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^oSn¡pw D*mNpw fmäw.
“”Hm..tKm`n¯n^¡m C¨m]m..ASm” Mm³ A`hfm]n b_ªp.
“”Rm..MmWpw A§Wm `o`m½t]mXv b_sª….Fsâw NT ASptbms`ms¡ Ss¶]mXm DutÆ..tKm`n Njnªn«v H¶nWpw tW^fnÃ..Rm bns¶ WnW¡v Uokm`n¡v F{S Unkhs¯ AkVn H*v?”
Mm³ sM«n; Cu Nm`fmX³ Fsâ AkVn Unkh§Ä sfm¯w Wln¸n¡mWpÅ b^nbmXn kÃSpw D*m¡n]n«mt\m Cu hwhm^n¡p¶Sv? F´v f_pbXn b_]\w F¶v Fsâ fhvSngvNw {UpSPSn]n N\¡pNq«Â WX¯n. F´v b_]m³? F´v b_ªm`pw hSyw A]mav N*pbnXn¡pw. At§À¡v AsSms¡ WnÊm^ Nm^yfm\v. sk_psS lln]mNm³ Wn¡* F¶v N^pSn DÅSv DÅtbms`Ss¶ MmW§p b_ªp.
“”A©p Unkhs¯ AkVn H*v C¨m]m..lWow Mm]_pw Nq«n]m”
“”Bt¶m..W¶m]n..FWn¡v H^mjvI H*v..Ct{Sw Unkhs¯ AkVn HtÅm*v `o`m½]v¡pw bnÅmÀ¡pw H^p tfmiw..Updm]n H¶v tbm]mt`m¶v..sNmt_ Wmam]n AkaSv b_]p¶p..C¸jmt\ AkÄ¡v H^p `£w ^qb tdm\hpw Nn«n..sI`skms¡ AkapSs¶ GäSv sNm*v FWn¡v Hjnªp fm_mWpw H¡¯nÃ..AtSm*v M§av fä¶mÄ Updm]v¡v tbmÆm..H¶v N_§n AXn¨n«v k^mw..”
FWn¡v AW¸fm] Blzmhw tSm¶n. Mm³ Dt±ln¨Sv tbms`]pÅ {blvWw H¶pfnÃ. ASn]m³ Updm]v¡v tbmNpN]m\v; ASv b_]m³ AWn]sW knan¨Sm\v. hz´w Nmlv fpX¡n H^p dhnWv tbm]n k^mkp¶ Uq^¯n`pÅ Np¯dv foWmÀ Nm\m³ tbm`pw Fsâ tI«³ tbmNnà Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. CSnt¸mÄ tI¨n b\w fpX¡n sNm*v tbmNp¶Sm\v. ASnsâ H^p ht´mgw lЯn D*pSmWpw. bs£ tdm\hm]n Nn«n]Sv H^p `£sfm¶pw BNnà Fs¶Wn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. tI«¨mÀ H^p `£sf¶p b_ªm ASnWÀ°w Np_ªSv fq¶p `£sf¦n`pw Nn«n¡m\pw F¶m\v. F´v b*m^sf¦n`pw BNs« F¶v Mm³ Blzmht¯msX fWÊn b_ªp.
“”tbm]n«v km C¨m]m..k^pt¼mÄ FWn¡v Ft´`pw sNm*pk^t\” At§À H^p Ip¡pw S^nà F¶_nªpsNm*v Ss¶]m\v MmWSv b_ªSv.
“”WnWs¡¶m tk\w? Rm..FXm Mm³ Wns¶ knan¨Sv tks_m^p Nm^yw b_]mWm..”
Mm³ ko*pw sM«n. At¸mÄ hwPSn k^p¶tS]pÅq.. Fsâ fWhv Bh¶fm] bm^]psX ^qbs¯¸än KmP^qNfm]n.
“”F´m C¨m]m..” k^m³ tbmNp¶ fm^\s¯ HmÀ¯v Fsâ lЯn NXp¯ Bl¦ Wnj`n¨n^p¶p.
“”FXm CknsX NÅ·m^psX l`yw Np_¨p NqXpS`m. shNyq^näow NnNyq^näow Hs¡ Hs*¶p b_ªn«v Nm^yw F¶m? Njnª]mjvI H^p hÀUm^nsâ koXv Np¯n¯p_¶v sNmt_ hzÀ®kpw bt\mw B^m*v sNm*ptbm]n. tbm`ohpNmÀ¡v N¼ntÌm_ohv.tNmw