N¼nNp«³.sWäv WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
fpwSmhnsâ sNmjp¯ Np*nNÄ CaNn]mXp¶Sv tWm¡n Mm³ Np®]n bnXn¨p.
fpwSmhv Fs¶ knan¨p. Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ AkÄ cpZv kna¼pN]m]n^p¶p. Npan¨p bÀ±]\nªp AkÄ sfm©¯n¡p«n]m]n. Np_¨p fp³bv Fsâ Nm`nWnX]n NnX¶p Nn¶m^w b_ª B Nj¸n sb®m\v AsS¶p tSm¶pt¶ CÃ.
Mm³ WPvWWm]n^p¶p. _qfn Wn¶pw C_§n k¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n AkÄ H¶v In^n¨p. AkapsX tWm«w sbs«¶v Ss¶ Fsâ Np®]nt`]v¡m]n. AkÄ tbm]n H¯n^n tW^fm]n«pw ASv Smjv¶n«nÃm]n^p¶p.
‘ASv sl^n. Fjpt¶äp bÃp tbm`pw tS¨nà tÃ? tbm]v bÃp tS¨p km… cpZv Njn¡mw. H¶pw Njn¨ntàBsN £o\n¡pw. ASptbm`pÅ AVzmWftà sI]vSpsNm*n^n¡ps¶…’ AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ dmSv_qfnt`¡p tbm]n.
Sn^n¨p k^pt¼mÄ fpwSmhv Wnh-vN^n¡p¶Sm\v N*Sv. Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS tXdnanWp fp¶n tbm]n^p¶p. AkÄ A_nªn«nÃ. FWn¡v bn³ Sn^nªn^p¶m\v AkapsX Wnh-vNm^w. hpKqUv sI]vSt¸mÄ AkapsX fpjp¯ Np*nNÄ B bÀ± bnaÀ¯psf¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n.
C¶s` bqÀ\ WPvW]m] fpwSmhv Fsâ fp³bn AkapsX Np*nNÄ kn^n¨p NpWnªp Wn¶t¸mÄ tbm`pw AkapsX Np*nNÄ¡p C{S ftWmim^nS AWpeks¸«n«nÃ. Mm³ AkapsX Np*n tWm¡n H¶v Np® Sn^p½n.
AÂb hf]w NjnªpWnh-vNm^w NjnªkÄ Fjpt¶äp. Wnh-vNm^ bm]v fX¡p¶SnWnsX]m\v Mm³ AknXpÅ Nm^yw AkÄ {l²n¡p¶Sv. AkÄ H^p bp©n^nt]msX bm]v fX¡n ANt¯]v¡p tbm]n. B Np*nNÄ b^vU]v¡p DÅn sk¨v Hmaw sk«p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v At¸mÄ Ss¶ Aksa NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n Np*n]n AXn¡m³ tSm¶n.
AkÄ Wnh-vNm^¸m]v sNm*v sk¨v bp_t¯]v¡p k¶p.
‘Fs¶ sk]näv sI¿pkm]n^pt¶m? Njn¨p SpX§m]n^p¶tÃm…’ AkÄ b_ªp.
‘Wo]nÃmsS F´v BtQmgw’ Mm³ ASv b_ªp AkapsX N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨p.
‘^Kotg«m… cpZv Njn¨n«v tbms^… ASpfà {ZÊv Cs¸m C«Sm Io¯]mNpw.’ AkÄ sN©n.
Mm³ Aksa bnXn¨p k`n¨p Fsâ fXn]n`n^p¯n. AkapsX s{ZÊnWp fpNan`qsX Fsâ Np® AkapsX Np*n]n D^ªp.
‘tlm… Cu ^Kotg«³’ AkÄ In\p§n.
Mm³ s{ZÊnWp fpNan`qsX fpwSmhnsâ fp`NÄ sM¡n¸njnªp. AkÄ fpOw Sn^n¨p Fs¶ Nmft¯msX tWm¡n. Mm³ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p. AÂb tW^w Ipwdn¨ tlgw Mm³ fpOsfXp¯p.
‘CWn cpZv Njn¨n«v’ AkÄ b_ªp.
‘cpZv Hs¡ Njn¡mw N¼nNp«³.sWäv