N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p tSmÀ¯pw FXp¯p Npan¡m³ tbm]n. S\p¯ skůn Npan¨p Njnªt¸mÄ l^o^¯nWp Wà Dt·gw tSm¶n. Mm³ Npan Njnªv F³s_ Sp\nN Ä AknsX Ss¶ C«n«v, tSmÀ¯v fm{Sw DXp¯psNm*v bp_¯v k¶p. F³s_ A^]v¡p fpNan bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw B]n^p¶p.
bns¶ AXnkhv{S§Ä CÃmsS, H^p fnZn]pw gÀ«pw fm{Sw FXp¯p V^n¨p. bSnkptbms` gÀ«n³s_ WXp¡pÅ ^*p d«³hpNÄ fm{Stf C«pÅq. fp`NapsX SpX¡kpw, sbm¡napw bp_¯v Nm\mw. fnZn]psX hnºv bNpSn fm{Sw C«p. {l²n¨m ANw Nm\m³ bäpw.
Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ tI«³ Sn^nsN k¶p. Mm³ NSNns` fp«v tN«v B^ms\¶v tImUn¨p, tI«³ Bs\¶v D_¸m¡n]n«m\v NSNp Sp_¶Sv. ASv tI«³ tW^t¯ tbm]t¸mÄ b_ªn^p¶p. NSNp Sp_¶ Fs¶ N*n«v tI«³ AÛpSs¸«p tWm¡n. Mm³ Npan Njnªn«v, fpXn H¶pw sI¿msS knXÀ¯n C«n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. I´n ks^]pÅ Wà hfr²fm] fpXn]psX Sp¼n Wn¶pw SpÅn]m]n skÅw Cäv ko\psNm*n^p¶p.
“”””tfmÄ Npans]ms¡ Njntªm?”
“”””Rm…… MmsWm^p Npan A§v bmÊm¡n. Ct¸mÄ WÃ hpOw. £o\w FÃmw fm_n.”
“”””F¶m MmWpw H^p Npan WX¯mw.”
ASv b_ªpsNm*v tI«³ C«n^p¶ gÀ«v– Du^n Nth^]n C«p. bns¶, H^p `p¦n FXp¯p DXp¯psNm*v, bm³_pw Du^n C«p. F¶n«v, tSmÀ¯pw FXp¯v dm¯v–_qfn N]_n. Mm³ N«n`n N]_n NnX¶p. fp_n]nÂ, H^p ZdnÄ tNm«v N«n`pw, H^p tfl]pw, ^*p Nth^Napw B\v cÀ\n¨ À B]n D*m]n^p¶Sv. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ tI«³ Npan Njnªv C_§n k¶p. Mm³ N«n`n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp tI«³ Ajn¨n« Sp\nNapw FXp¯p, Sp\n NjpNmWm]n dm¯v _qfnt`¡v– tbm]n.
“”””tfmsa Wo F´v sI¿m³ tbmNp¶p?”
“”””tI«m Mm³ CSv NjpNn CXm³ tbmNp¶p.”
“”””F³s_ Sp\n Wo CknsX Ct«s^. ASv Mm³ NjpNns¡mav`mw.”
“”””Hm ….. Mm³ NjpNn]m skap¡¯nÃm]n^n¡pw. AStà Nm^yw?”
“”””Wo F´m tfmsa Cu b_]p¶Sv? Wo NjpNn]m skap¡¯nà F¶v Mm³ b_tªm?”
“”””Asæn bns¶ Mm³ NjpNn]m F´m Npj¸w?”
“”””Npj¸w H¶pw D*m]n«Ã. ko«n`pw F³s_ Sp\n Mm³ Ss¶ Atà NjpNp¶Sv. ASv sNm*m Mm³ b_ªSv.”
“”””Mm³ NjpNn]m F´v bäpsf¶v tWm¡s«. Cãs¸«nsæn bns¶ Mm³ NjpNn¶nÃ. ASv tbmt^?”
“”””Wn³_Xp¯v SÀ¡n¡m³ Mm³ CÃ.”
“”””F¶m sbm¶ptfm³ AknsX AX§n C^n.”
A§sW Mm³ Sp\n]pfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv