N¼nNp«³.sWäv kaÀ¶n«p*v.
“”””b_]mw..” bmkmX]psX DÅn S½n`p^p½n sS¶n¡]_n]n_§p¶ kn^nª I´nNant`¡v tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp.
fp_n]ns`¯n] AWnS tkPw sfmssd FXp¯v ASn VrSnt]msX GtSm sfthKv ssXbv sI]vSp. AkapsX fpOs¯ b^n{efw F¶n hwl]w KWn¸ns¨¦n`pw Fs´¦n`pfmNs« F¶v fWÊn b_ªpsNm*v Mm³ Nth^]n C^p¶p. sbs«¶v bp_s¯m^p ssd¡v k¶pWn¡p¶ lÐkpw, AtS¯pXÀ¶v AWnS sM«t`msX fpOfp]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n]Spw Fsâ hwl]¯nsâ B¡w Nq«n.
“”””Bt^m k¶tÃm?” Mm³ hwl]t¯msX Aksa tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”””Mm³ tWm¡n]n«v k^mw A¦nÄ”
b^n{efw f_]v¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v b_ªn«v Fsâ f_pbXn¡v Nm¯p Wn¡msS AkÄ tkPw bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. sdÃnsâ lÐw fpj§n]t¸mÄ MmWpw Fjpt¶äv bp_¯n_§n NÀ«sâ f_kn Wn¶psNm*v fp³ kmSn¡t`¡v tWm¡n. AWnS bnt¶m¡w tWm¡n]n«v NSNnsâ sNmaps¯Xp¯p. G_n]m C^pbSv k]hp fSn¡p¶ hpfpOWm] H^p b¿Wm]n^p¶p bp_¯v.
“”””Fsâ tI¨o..Dcvcvcv…”
Aksa BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp. kn^ Ip*n fp«n¨v lÐn¡^pSv F¶mwPyw Nm\n¨ AWnS eoSnt]msX bn¶nt`¡v tWm¡n. bns¶ DÅnt`¡v N]_m³ SpX§n] AksW SXªv AkWpfm]n bp_¯n_§n. ASnWpÅn Fsâ sfmssd`n ^*ptb^psX]pw In{S§Ä bSnªp Njnªn^p¶p. bp_¯v NplpNplp¸v WX¡p¶Sv FWn¡v kyàfm]n tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p. AkhmWw {bSo£n¨Sptbms` Aksâ ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v– B]n. AksW b_ª]¨n«v AWnS DÅnt`¡v N]_p¶Sv tWm¡ns¡m*v– Mm³ tkPw sI¶v AkapsX sfmssd FXp¯ptWm¡n. km«vh¸n ssXbv sI]vSn«v A]]v¡m³ hmVn¡msStbm] htµlw I¦nXnt¸msX Mm³ km]n¨p:
“”””k^tÃ..A¦nanknsX]p*v..tbm]n¡jnªp Mm³ sfthKv sI¿mw”
sNkn³ F¶ tb^pw kmSn¡ k¶n«ptbm] AsS b¿sâ tcmt«m]pw Mm³ Znhvt¹]n N*p. Np«¸³ b_ªSv bqÀ® hSyw Ss¶; sNkn³! AkWpf]n«m\v AkÄ¡v dÔw. hn^Nan N¯n¸X^p¶ NmfmPvWnt]msX tcm¬ k¨n«v Mm³ tkPw Nth^]n`n^p¶p. DÅnt`¡v k¶ AWnS]psX N®pNan Wn¶pw b^n{efw fm_n Blzmhw Wnj`n¨n^p¶p.
“”””B^m]n^p¶p?” Mm³ H¶pf_n]m¯ emk¯n tImUn¨p.
“”””GtSm sh]nÂhv fmWm..l`yfm CSp§sas¡m*v”
Mm³ DÅn In^n¨p; AtSXn, F´nsâ sh]nÂhvfmWm\v Fs¶Wn¡v W¶m]n A_n]mw. tI¨n tbm] tW^w tWm¡n H«pw sskNmsS AkaksW knan¸n¨n^n¡p¶p. ASm]n^p¶p Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv