സാലി 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXn bp_t¯m«p tbm]n. tf^n]pw tbmNm³ SpX§n. F¶m lm´ Aks^ AknsX bnXn¨n^p¯n. Wn§Ä H¶v b^nI]sbXv. AÃmSv NXn¨p No_m³ Wn¡mSv. CSpw b_ªp AkÀ bp_¯ptbm]n. Mm³ NSNX¨p. hpkÀ®mkh^w bjm¡mSv Mm³ tbm]n tf^n]psX AXp¯n^p¶p. F¶n«v Ak^psX H^p ssN FXp¯p Mm³ SXkns¡m*n^p¶p. tf^n fsäm^p klt¯m«p tWm¡nC^p¶p. Fs¶ {l²n¡p¶ptbm`pwCÃ. Mm³ AkapsX SXn]n bnXn¨p F¶nt`¡v– Sn^n¨p. F¶n«v AkapsX sWän]n bp_tNm«p St`mXn. H^p Np«n C^n¡p¶ tbms` C^p¶ tf^n]psX N®pNÄ Wn_]p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. Mm³ B N®pWoÀ SpX¨p F¶n«v ^*p N®pNÄ¡pw Hmt^m IpwdWw W`vNn. AkapsX N®pWoÀIqXv F³s_ Ip*pNan bXÀ¶p. N®X¨n^p¶ Aksa Mm³ F³s_ k`SpN^w sNm*v F¶nt`¡v– AXp¸n¨p. AkapsX IqXpw f\kpw Ct¸mÄ F¶n bX^p¶Sv– Mm³ A_nªp. AkapsX CXSp fp` F¶n AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. ASn³s_ hpiw Mm³ F³s_ Np®]nt`¡v Bkmin¨p. F³s_ bm³hn Ak³ k`pSmNp¶Sv AkÄ N*nÃ. F³s_ S`]pw AkapsXSpw Ct¸mÄ fp«n]m\v C^n¡p¶Sv. Mm³ Aksa F¶n NqXpS AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p. k`Sp ssN sNm*v AkapsX k`Sp klw Mm³ SXknsNm*v CXSp ssN]m AkapsX fpiw F¶nt`m«p bnXn¨p AXp¸n¨p. AkapsX Ip*pNÄ hz`vbw AN¶n^p¶p. ASn`qsX AkapsX Wm¡pw bÃpw fäpw Nm\m_m]n. Mm³ A^pf]m]n AkapsX Ip*pNan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p. CWn F´v F¶v In´p¨p. AkÄ F¶nt`m«p NqXpS Im]p¶Sv Mm³ fWhn`m¡n.

Mm³ Aksa sI^psN Ipwdn¨psNm*v b_ªp. tf^n tfmsa WnW¡v Mm³ D*v. CSv KoknSw B\v. BhzSn¡*hf]¯v ASv D*]ntàbns¶ H^n¡`pw D*mNnÃ. hf]w Afq`yw B\v ASv sNm*v CSptbm`pÅ Nm^yw CWn fqXn k]v¡^pSv. Wfp¡v hpin¡w. B^pw A_n]nÃ. WnW¡v H^p Np_kpw H^p Npj¸kpw CÃmSv Mm³ tWm¡pw. CSv tN«Spw AkÄ Fs¶ D½ sk¨p. Mm³ Aksa k`Sp ssN sNm*v St`mXpN]pw CXSp ssN sNm*v AkapsX k`Sp fp` sI^psN AfÀ¯pN]pw NqsX AkapsX ssWän]psX fpNan`qsX St`mXpN]pw sI]vSp. AkÄ Ct¸mÄ H^p bq¨Npªptbms` Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p. sb«¶v F³s_ tcm¬ _nwPv sI]vSv N«m]n. tWm¡n]t¸mÄ lm´]psX fnh-vNmÄ. Mm³ Sn^nsN knan¨p.

lm´: F´m]n? AkÄ C\§nt]m?

Mm³: C\§pw. Mm³ knan¨p Njnªp fm{Stf Ct§m«v k^mkp.

lm´. b^nI]w CÃm¯kam. sk{bmaw H¶pw tk*m. CknsX tSmäm bns¶ Im³hv Nn«nÃ.

Mm³: F´m]m`pw Mm³ H¶v {lfn¡s«.

Mm³ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp. tf^ns] bnXn¨p FjpsW¸n¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv