N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nps¯m^p gpkÀän ¡p tk*n sI]vSSmkmw. f^\w D_¸m¡pkm³.”
Mm³ Fsâ H^p hwl]w tImUn¨p, “”””Fs´¦n`pw f]¡p f^p¶p sNmXp¯n«mt\m tNm` sI]vSSv?”
“”””Bfml]¯n fUyw D*m]n^p¶p. Aakv Np_t¨ DÅp. hm¼nÄ FXp¯n«p*v. `mdv sXÌv Njn]s«. Fs´¦n`pw tcm_n³ N*âv D*m]n^pt¶m F¶_n]mw. ASnWp Ss¶]m\v hmVyS. Nm^\w, l^o^¯n fäp fÀVW§tam bmXpNtam H¶pw CÃ. fq¡pw sIkn]pw Hs¡ fp_n¨Sv f^\¯nWp tlgfm\v. GNtUlw C¶s` ^m{Sn 10 f\nt]msX]m\v f^\w WX¶n^n¡p¶Sv.”
“”””sl^n tZmÎÀ… Sm¦vhv”
Mm³ Fjpt¶Â¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ C^n¡pkm³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
“”””fsäm^p Nm^yw D*v. sNmÃs¸«]mÄ¡v GNtUlw 3 kÀgw fp³bv H^p boWÎvXfn sI]vSn«p*v!”
Mm³ A¼^¶p tbm]n. boWÎvXfn F¶m `nwP tJUw. Np® fp_n¨p fmäns]¶v-!
“”””As¸m A]mÄ¡v.. bt£ C³NzÌv sI]vSt¸mÄ `nwPw D*m]n^p¶tÃm…””
“”B… ASp Mm³ fp_n¨p Sn¶p-! Wkmhv… boWÎvXfn sI]vS tlgw `nwPw Sn^nsN ko*pw Sp¶n tIÀ¯n«ps*tXm.. Fs´¦n`pw AbNX¯n bän]Smkmw… `nwP fmä lhv–{S{Nn] sI]vS tlgw fWÊp fm_n]Smkmw… b` hmVySNÄ D*v”
“”””A§sW sI]vSmÂ… ko*pw Sp¶n tIÀ¯mÂ… A]mÄ¡v D±m^\w `en¡ptfm tZmÎÀ?”
god sbm«n In^n¨p… “”CWn]nt¸m D±m^\w `en¨n«p Nm^yw kÃSpw Dt*m? f^n¨p tbm]ntÃ?-”
MmWpw In^n¨p tbm]n “”””ASÃ… Kokn¨n^p¶t¸mÄ?”
“”””hmVyS Np_km\v”
“”””sl^n tZmÎÀ… fsäs´¦n`pw?”
“”””f^\Nm^\w Mm³ b_ªtÃm… knUàfm] N^§Ä B\v CSp sI]vSSv. H¶pNn H^p s{bmcg\ NnÃÀ, Asæn H^p tZmÎÀ”
“”””ASp Mm³ In´n¨n^p¶p” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””PpZv. ]q BÀ hvfmÀXv sU³”
“”””sl^n tZmÎÀ Mm³ C_§s«”
“”””VrSn]pt*m?”
“”””D*v. hn sF t] Nm\\w. Fhv bo Hmcohn`pw tbmNmWp*v”
“”””C^n¡p… Fs´¦n`pw NpXn¨n«v tbmNmw.” AkÀ sfmssd tcm\v FXp¯v Bs^t]m knan¨p ^*p Kyqhv sNm*p k^m³ b_ªp.
“”””Wkmhv fm^oZv Bt\m?”
“”””AÃ.”
“”””Ft¶mXv tImUn¡p¶ntÃ?”
“”””tZmÎÀ knkminS B]n^n¡pftÃm”
AkÄ In^n¨p, “”””B]n^p¶p. Cs¸m AÃ. bn^nªp”
“”””Hmiv..”
god Fjpt¶äv AknsX D*m]n^p¶ H^p A`fm^ Sp_¶v Ft´m tWm¡n. sk_psS]m… AkapsX cpÄ tdmZn Fs¶ H¶v Nm\n¡m³. D^p¸Xn sNmÅmw… bm`nsâ Wn_w… SXn¨ SpXNÄ… gntcm\v hm^n]n Wn_ª I´nNpX§Ä… N¼nNp«³.sWäv