N¼nNp«³.sWäv I´nNÄ AN¯n sk¨v Mm³ Fsâ Wmkv B sI_n], IpankpNÄ Wn_ª sSm`n DÅ N_p¯ f`Uzm^¯n`qsX I`n¸n¨p.
. ‘Èo.. Bivii tk*, AknsX tk*m… iviv.. sbmt¶.. Dcvcv.. Cutlmt]..’
BUyw FSnÀs¯¦n`pw Fsâ Wmkv AkapsX Np*n Spa]nt`¡v N]_n W¡n]tSmsX AkÄ CSv ks^ AWpekn¡m¯ hpOw NqXn BhzUn¡pN B]n^p¶p. Np_¨phf]w NqXn AknsX In`kn«p Fsâ Wmkv ko*pw AkapsX bq_nt`¡v tbm]n. b^hvb^w WNn]pw I¸n]pw hpO¯nsâ b^tNmXn]n F¯n] M§Ä HXpkn NnS¨v sNm*v– WnÀ¯n. b^hvb^w t]mWn W¡n M§Ä kr¯n]m¡n.. AkÄ Sn^nªv NnX¶v Fsâ Ip*n D½ S¶p. kn]À¸pw fUK`kpw Sp¸`pw BsN tIÀ¶pÅ ^hw. M§Ä 2 tb^pw BsN kn]À¸n fp§n C^p¶v.
‘NjpNt*,’
‘tk*, Np_¨v hf]w NqXn C§sW NnX¡msfXo Np*n sbt®, Wo C¡ ¡pw CSv tbms` Np*n W¡n sNmXp¡m_pt*m?’
‘CÃ, kn^Â CXm_p*v, bs£ WNp¶Sv– BUyw B]n«m\v’
‘H^p A_¸pw CÃtÃm WnW¡v, bs£ hpOw D*v tNt«m, Mm³ Nps_ tbt^mXv sI]vSn«p*v, bt£ BUyw B] AknsX.. Wmsa WnW¡v Mm³ W¡n S^w ‘
‘ As¸m CWn Unkhkpw sI¿m³ Bt\m ¹m³ ‘
‘ ASnsW´m, Wo Fsâ hz´w Np*n¨n sb®v AsÃ’
‘tbmXo… ‘
‘ i i i ‘
hf]w tWm¡n]t¸mÄ 4 f\n, s{ZÊv H¶pw CXmsS M§Ä A§sW Ss¶ Np_¨v hf]w NqXn NnX¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p, bs£ A_n]msS 2 tb^pw D_§n tbm]n. Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ _qfn MmWpw Akapw f{Stf DÅp, hf]w 8 f\n BNp¶p, dm¡n DÅkÀ t{dNv cmÌv Njn¡m³ tbm]Sv BNpw. bXt¨msW F´v knZv[n¯w B\v Nm\n¨Sv, Sp\n H¶pw CÃmsS B\v NnX¶v D_§n]Sv, emPyw bpS¸v Ct¸mapw Nm fpS S` ks^ fqXn NnX¡pN B\v, AsSm¶v fm_n kÃk^pw N*n^p¶p F¦nÂ.. Mm³ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp s{ZÊv V^n¨v Aksa]pw knan¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p tkPw tbm]n Npan]pw bÃv tS¸v Hs¡ sI]Sp, AkapsX NqsX Ss¶ sfÊnt`¡v tbm]n. tbmNp¶ kjn kmÀZsâ _qfn H¶v F¯n tWm¡n, Bav– AknsX C^n¡p¶p*v, fpO¯v Wà sX³g³ D*v. C¶s` Bt^m Ak^psX Nan Ns*¶v D_¸v B\v. ASnsâ sX³g³ BNpw.
‘FXo Wfp¡v H¶v tbm]n WfpsX {blvWw H¶v thmÄkv sI]vSmt`m’
‘GSv, C¶s` W½Ä Nan N* Nm^ytfm?’
‘i i i, ASv AÃ, cpZv Nn«m¯SnWv Akt^mXv IqXm]ntÃ, ASv’
‘AsSm¶pw tk*, bpÅn¡m^n BsN sX³g³ N]_n AsSms¡ f_¶v NnX¡pN B\v, W½Ä B]n«v tbm]n HmÀfn¸n¡*. CWn ATkm AkÀ Ft´`pw H¸n¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv