N¼nNp«³.sWäv So^psfs¶ms¡.
tks_ kjn]nÃ. Mm³ ASymklyw tk* Np_¨p hmVW§Ä Hs¡ FXp¯v C_§n. emÀPk³ tI«tWmsXm¸w Ak^psX ko«nt`¡p WX¶p. fq¶p fp_nNÄ DÅ H^p HmXn« bj] koXm\v. AN¯p N]_n H^p fp_n]n hmVW§Ä sk¨p.
tfma½s] AknsX F§pw N*nÃ. “”tI¨n CknXntà tI«m?”” Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`m ftäm B]n^n¡pw. hm_nWp Npan¡\sf¦n bp_Nn Npanfp_n D*v. Mm³ AktamXv– Nm¸n FXp¡m³ b_]mw.””
“”tk* tI«m, Nm¸n NpXn¨Sm. Mm³ H¶v Npan¨n«p k^mw.””
“”hm_v Npan¨p k^pt¼msa¡pw Mm³ H¶v Nk` ks^ tbmt]¨pw k^mw. InÃ_ hmVW§Ä km§m³ D*v””
Mm³ thm¸pw tSmÀ¯pw FXp¯p AXp¡a kjn bn¶m¼p_t¯¡n_§n. AknsX Sn®]n C^p¶p fo³ fp_n¡p¶ tfma½s] Mm³ N*p. FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªm\v AkÀ C^n¡p¶Sv. ^*p k`n] NpX§Ä Nfnjv¯n k¨Sp tbm`pÅ I´n N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v lzmhw Wn¶p tbm]n. fo³ sk«p¶Sv sNm*pÅ B¡w Nm^\w Ak^psX BW I´n sfsà BXp¶p*m]n^p¶p. BaW¡w tSm¶n]Sv sNm*mkpw, AkÀ S` Sn^n¨p tWm¡n.
“”hm_v k^p¶Sv Mm³ N*m]n^p¶p. fo³ sk«n Njnªp A¸p_t¯¡v k^mw F¶v knIm^n¨p.”” tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”Hm ASp hm^fnÔ” I´n]nt`¡p tWm¡msS fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp “”Wn§Ä¡v Fs¶ Nm^\w dp²nfp«m]n AsÃ?””
“”F´p dp²nfp«p hmt_”” tfma½ D_s¡ In^n¨p sNm*v Sn^nªn^p¶p Fsâ tWÀ¡v– “”CknsX MmWpw At§^pw fm{Sw Asà DÅp? CWn]nt¸m fn*mWpw b_]mWpw H^mam]tÃm””
AkÀ CSp b_]pt¼mÄ Mm³ eqfn]n B]n^p¶nÃ. Nm^\w AkÀ Fsâ tWs^ Sn^nªp C^p¶t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ B NmjvI Nm\p¶Sv. SpX]psX fp¡m emPt¯maw fp*p sS^p¯p N]än]m\v sbm`]mXn]psX C^n¸v. Fsâ ^*p SpXNapsX k`n¸w k^pw Ak^psX H^p SpX¡v F¶p Mm³ In´n¨p.
“”hm_nsâ NpXpwdw Hs¡ FknsX]m?”” AkÀ tImUn¨p. Np_¨p tW^w Cks^ N*p N¼n B¡n]n«mkmw Npan F¶p So^pfmWn¨p sNm*v Mm³ AknsX Sn®]n C^p¶p.
“”B`¸pj B\v. N`ym\w Njnªn«nÃ. AÑWpw A½]pw fmt{S DÅp ko«n”” CSpw b_ªp Mm³ Aks^ sl^ns¡m¶p tWm¡n. AkÀ fo³ I«n]n tWm¡n C^n¸m\v. Ipk¶ »uhpw NÅn `p¦n]pw B\v tkgw. skap¯p sNmjp¯ l^o^w. fpXn Nps_ W^¨n«ps*¦n`pw IÀf¯n IpankpNÄ H¶pw ko\n«nÃ. Np¯n C^n¡p¶Sv Nm^\w tfma½]psX I¡ fp`NÄ SpXNÄsNm*p sM^nªfÀ¶v C^n¡pN]m\v. C_¡n sk«n] »uhnsâ fpNan fp`NÄ bNpSn]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv