N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nps_ Unkhw B]n’
‘PÄcn ‘
‘ AsS´m Wo bmÀXv ssXw B]n«v b\n¡pw tbmNp¶pt*m? ‘
‘ ihvd³Znsâ AXp¯v tbm]Sm ‘
AkÀ¡v CsSms¡ A_nªn«pw Ip½m tImUn¡p¶Sv Bs\¶v A_nªn«pw Mm³ b_ªp.
‘N\ksâ NqsX AXn¨p sbman¨v WX¶t¸mÄ tNmtaKv Sp_¶Sv H¶pw HmÀ¯nÃtÃ’
Wntfgnsâ kN Nan]m¡Â..
‘ A{S]v¡v “”AXn¨p sbmant¨m””? ‘
^Kn¯nsâ B ‘ AXn¨p sbmant¨m’ tN«m A_n]mw ASv tks_ AÀ°¯n Bs\¶v. ASv {l²n¡msS tbms` C^n¡m³ {lfns¨WvNn`pw BUyw Wm\w N`À¶ H^p bp©n^n]pw bns¶ AX¡mWmkm¯ In^n]pw B]Sv bp_¯v– k¶p. Wm\w sNm*v– Fsâ NknapNÄ SpXp¯p.
‘ Wm¬ kt¶, Wm¬ kt¶, sb®nWp Wm¬ kt¶’
WnTnsâ Cu\¯n DÅ Nan]m¡Â NqsX k¶tSmsX Mm³ fpOw sbm¯n In^n¨p.
‘Ip*¯v sI¯n¸q sI*v kn^nªp…’
^Kn¯v bmXn SpX§n]Sv– dm¡n DÅk^pw Gäv bmXn.
‘knXtXm, bmkw sNm¨v’
Nq«¯n Np_¨v bmkw B] sWkn tI«³ Ft¶mXv Np_¨v hnwbSn Nm«n.
‘bnt¶]v bmkw, W½saÃmw C§sW H`n¸n¨p WX¡p¶p, Cksams¡ Cu sI_p {bm]¯n Ss¶ FÃmw AWpekn¡p¶p… t]mPw tk\w, Atà St¯?’
‘AtS]v, PÄcn tbm]n k¶n«v M§Ä¡v H¶pfntÃ’
Mm³ Fsâ Ipf Nq¨n. ASnWnX]n ^Kn¯v Fsâ bn_Nn k¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨nÃ, sbs«¶v Ss¶ Ak³ Fsâ dmPv ssN¡`m¡n.
‘ At¿m… ASn§v Sm ‘
‘ CSn Ft´`pw Nm\mSn^n¡nÃ… ‘
Ak³ AkÀ C^p¶n^p¶ s̸nsâ fpNant`¡p N]_n, dmPv S«n b_n¡mWm]n Mm³ ImXn, Ak³ ASv AWph^n¨v dmPv fmän bnXn¨p. ASnWm]n Nps_ {lfn¨pskWvNn`pw Ak³ FWn¡v Nn«msS ASv f_n¨v bnXn¨p. t_mg³ sbs«¶v Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p,
‘ AknsX Wn¡v sbt®, Ak³ tWm¡n]n«v S^pw.’
‘sJ, F´nWmXm Aksa bnXn¨Sv, H¶v ^hw bnXn¨p k^nN B]n^p¶p’
_n]mhSv b_ªt¸mÄ B\v– Mm³ {l²n¨Sv, Mm³ ImXp¶Sv AWph^n¨v Fsâ fp`]pw tWm¡n C^n¡pkm\v AkÀ, Smsj C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v– AkÀ¡v, Mm³ ImXp¶SnWWph^n¨v fp`]psX Im«kpw AkÀ¡v W¶m]n Nm\w.. ASnWnsX sbm§n tbm] gmÄ Smtj¡v Sm]v¯n Mm³ H¶v HSp§n Wn¶p.
‘Ns¿ms¡ ssf`m©n C«v Wn_¨n«p*tÃmXo, CSv sNmÅmw AtÃm fpNant`maw C«n«p*tÃ?’
Fsâ ssN t_mg³ Ssâ 2 ssN N¼nNp«³.sWäv