N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v tbms\.?””
“”Wo tbXnt¡*. Wn¡v H^mb¯pw k^nÃ. fv, tbm]vt¡m, Mm³ kt¶mam..””
Pu^n Aksa b_ª]¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”tk*, Put^y¨n tbm]nkm MmWnknsX Wn¡mw.””
A½pknsâ So^pfmW¯n fmäfp*mNnsöv fWhn`m¡n] Pu^n bSns] AWn]psX AXpt¯¡psI¶p.
“”G«m, “”
bn¶n`qsX k¶pknan¨ Pu^ns] AWn Sn^nªptWm¡n.
“”im, Pu^nt]m. ´m Np«o..””
“”H^p hwl]w””
“”hwlt]m, ´m ASv.””
“”Bkmins¨Xp¯v dÔn¨ BßmkntWmXv hwhm^n¡m³ btäm..””
“”Bs^]m Bkmin¨Sv. ?””
hwl]t¯msX AWn tImUn¨p.
“”B^pÃ, Mm³ tImUn¨ps¶ HÅp.
“”DÆv, bs£ Hä]Xn¡v sI¶ptImUn¡m³ bänÃ. dÔW¯nsâ làn f{´¯n`qsX Np_¨n«ptk\w tImUn¡m³.
Mm³ fp³bv b_ªn«ntà H^p fm{´nNsW bän. A]mÄ¡_n]mw C§sW hwhm^n¡m³.””
“”DtÆm ,””
Pu^n BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.
“”fv, AsS.””
“”F¶m Wn¡v A]msa H¶pNm\\w AWnt]«m “”
B¯_]psX fpNan k¨ A]mapsX ssNNan AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨psNm*v Pu^n b_ªp.
AkapsX hvbÀlWw A]mapsX l^o^¯ns` t^mf§Ä¡pÅn`qsX Npan^ptNm^m³ SpX§n.
H^pWnfngw AWn N®pNaX¨pbnXn¨psNm*v AkapsX hvbÀlWs¯ BhzUn¨p.
“”Wmsa Njnªv Afmkmhn. A¶v ^mkns` 9 f\n¡v CknsX k^\w. Wfp¡v At±i¯nsâ AXpt¯¡ptbmNmw.””
fWhn `£y§Ä Wn_tk_n]Snsâ ht´mg¯n AWn b_ªp.
“”H^pbmXv tbmt\m, sskNn]m fW¡`v Sn^¡pw.””
“”G]v– , CknsX AXp¯v sI_n]kWfp*v. sWÃn¡p¶v. AknsX]m\v. ASm Mm³ ^mkns`Ss¶ k^\w F¶pb_ªSv.
A§sW]ms\¦n sskNpt¶^fmNpt¼mtj¡pw Sn^n¨pk^mw.
sb«¶psI¶m At±is¯ Nm\m³ bänÃy, ASm\v.””
“”l^n Mm³ k^mw.””
Pu^n h½Sf_n]n¨p.
“”bns¶, W½ÄtbmNp¶ knk^w Bt^mXpw b_t]*.””
hz^w Smjv¯n AWn b_ªp.
“”CÃym G«m, b_]nÃy. “”
Pu^n km¡psNmXp¯p.
“”F¶m l^n, fä¶mÄ ^mkns` 9 f\n¡v CknsX Nm\mw.””
AWnt]mXp]m{Sb_ªv Pu^n Sn^nªpWX¶p.
Sn^n¨pk¶ Pu^n]psX fpOs¯ ht´mgw N* A½p Nm^yw Sn^¡n
bs£ f_pbXns]m¶pw AkÄ b_ªnÃ.
“”Aýq, Cu sWÃn¡p¶v FknsX]m?””
A{bSn£nS tImUyw A½pkn hwl]¯nsâ fpasbm«n.
“”ASpNp_¨ptbm\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv