N¼nNp«³.sWäv km§pt¼mtam fäp kÃSpw sNm*pk^mWpw fm{Sfm\v k*n knan¡pN Asæn dÊn`m\kÄ tbm]n k^nN. Ct¸mÄ ko«ns` Bkly§Ä¡pw knan¡m_p*v. H^p Unkhw k*n kmXN sNmXp¡pt¼mÄ H^p sI_n] dp¡v Zmgn NnX¡p¶SkÄ N*p. AkÄ Nm\m³ tk*n fWbqÀÆw A]maSv AknsX k¨Sm\v. CsS´v dp¡m C¡m? NTm bphvSNfm\v tkt\m? Sm km]n¨p Njnªv Sn^n¨p S^mw AkÄ b_ªp. sb«¶]mÄ dps¡Xp¯v AkÄ¡v sNmXp¯v km]n¨n«v N¯n¨p Natª¡m³ b_ªv k*n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSv tbm]n. dp¡nsâ bp_s¯ bXw N*kÄ sM«nt¸m]n. H^p sb®v Sp\n]nÃmsS Wn¡p¶p. A½ hmVW§saXp¡m³ k^p¶Sv N*kÄ dp¡v H^p tWm«v dp¡nWpÅn Sn^pNn. _r`ss fm_m³ _qfn NX¶kÄ kmSn Npän]n«p. bns¶ dps¡Xp¯v f_n¨v tWm¡n.Wn_s] shN-vhv NTNam\v tcmt«mNapw D*v. AkapsX lzmhPSn D]À¶p. BUyfm]n«m\v C§Ws¯ dp¡v Nm\p¶Sv. bYn¡mWn^p¶t¸mÄ tWm«v dp¡nWpÅn k¨kÄ H¶p ^*p NT km]n¨p. FÃmw Ssâ {bm]¯n`pÅ Np«nNsa Hmt^m^p¯À sI¿p¶Sv FjpSn]n^n¡p¶p. NT km]n¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ¡v lzmhw fp«p¶ tbms` tSm¶n.fq{SUzm^¯nWpÅn bpjp A^n¡p¶ tbms` H^p Nn^pNn^p¸v. fq¶mfs¯ NT AkÄ¡v fpjpkWm¡m³ NjnªnÃ. H³bSmw ¢mhn bYn¡p¶ H^p Np«ns] AkapsX NmfpNWpw A]mapsX ^*v (c*vhpw NqXn sI¿p¶Spw hpOw sNm*kÄ NnX¶p sManbn^n sNmÅp¶Spw fq¶mapw sI]vSp Njnªt¸mÄ CWn]pw tk\sf¶v b_ªv bpa]p¶Spsfms¡ knlUfm]n FjpSn]n^p¶p. hmfmW¯ns` A^n¸pNm^\w AkÄ AknsX S¸n tWm¡n. gXn]X¡w BsN WWªn^n¡p¶p. tkPw dm¯v _qfn tN_n ASq^n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ t]mWn]n fp«]psX skÅ tbms`]pÅ skÅw Wn_ªn^n¡p¶p. AkÄ ssNs¡m*v AknsX S¸n. Wà hpOw. NT]ns` BapsX Np® tN_p¶Sv h¦Â¸n¨v H^p kn^`kÄ t]mWn]nt`¡v tNän.Bimmmmm Wà hpOw. bSps¡ AkÄ kn^ I`n¸n¨p. bns¶ bns¶ hvboZm]n. AkÄ Wn¶p bpaªp. sb«¶v Nnjpk]än hpO¯nsâ tdmwdp sbm«n. Ipk^n Im^nWn¶kÄ NnS¨p. Hm… F´v hpOw, Cu N\¡nWv B\p§apsX hmVWw tNän]m F´p hpOfm]n^n¡psf¶ktamÀ¯p. At¸makÄ C¡s]¸än HmÀ¯p. ^*p fq¶pUnkh¯nWpÅn FÃm NT]pw km]n¨p SoÀ¯p. bn¶oXv Hmt^m NT]pw NnX¡m³ tW^w b`k«w BkÀ¯n¨p km]n¨kÄ kn^`n«p sNm*n^p¶p. ^*mjvI Njnªt¸mÄ ko*pw k*n knant¡*n k¶p. dp¡v F§nsW]p*v? C¡ tImUn¨p. At¿ sbm« dp¡v Mm³ km]n¨nÃ. ASv Wp\ fpOw N*m A_n]mftÃm km]n¨n«ps*¶v. CWn tks_ tkt\m? tk*. NT]ns` tbms` Ss¶ Bs^¦n`pw sI]vSn«pt*m? As¿! F´v N¼nNp«³.sWäv