N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNp¶pt* tbm sNmt¨’ Xo¨_psX I½Â tUgyw B]n.
‘ ….FÃm ¢mÊn`pw Nm\pw CSv tbms` H¶v, bYn¡¯pw bYn¡p¶ bntÅs^ bYn¡mWpw h½Sn¡nÃ…’
Xo¨À Np_¨v D_s¡ bn_pbn_p¯p.
‘F´mXn,?’
‘Wns¶ Ak³fmÀ knan¡p¶p? ‘
‘ B^v? ‘
‘ _n]mhn¡msX PymRv.’
‘F´nWmXn, Wo Ip½m Ft´`pw bpNn`v H¸n¡m³ Bt\m?
‘Mm³ F´v sI¿m³? AkÀ Wns¶ knan¨v sNm*v– k^m³ b_ªp, F´nWm Fs¶m¶pw FWn¡v A_n]m³ tf` ‘
Ak^psX bSnkv tN{µ¯n D*m]n^p¶p AkÀ, sf¡mWn¡Â kÀ¡vtgm¸nWv bn¶n DÅ A^s¡«nsâ A{S D]^w DÅ sI_n] fSn`nÂ. Ipk¶ sb]nâv sNm*v– ASn AXn¨p sk¨ t_m]Âsf¡v F¶ A£^§Ä Nps_ Gs_ fmªp tbm]n^p¶p. CknsX sf¡mWn¡`ns` Np«nNÄ fm{Ssf C^n¡m³ bmXpÅp F¶v CkÀ Ss¶ D*m¡n] Wn]fw D*v. ASnsâ tb^n tbm`pw CkÀ tNmtaKn AXn D*m¡m_p*v. AknsX F¯n] DXsW sÌcn tkPw _n]mhnsâ AXp¯v tbm]n Aksâ tSman S` sk¨v C^p¶p. AkapsX fpO¯v N* NÅ In^n N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡p_¸m]n Ckav Ss¶ FWn¡v Ft´m b\n H¸n¨Sm\v.
‘Xo CknsX k¶n^n¡v’
t_mg³ tI«³ knan¨p. Mm³ bpÅn]psX AXp¯v tbm]n Wn¶p.
‘Wo Zm³hv Nan¡ptfm?’
Fsâ ssN FXp¯v, ssN b¯n]n St`mXn, kn^`pNÄ fm_n bnXn¨p sNm*v– bpÅn tImUn¨p. Ft¸mÄ Fs¶ AXp¯v Nn«n]m`pw Cu tI«³ Fsâ ssN C§sW bnXn¡ptÃm¶v fWÊn HmÀ¯p sNm*v–, WntgVemkt¯msX Mm³ Ipf Nq¨n.
‘bns¶ CsS´m? ‘
Ssâ ssN]n`pÅ tcm\n H^p koZnt]m Hm¸¬ B¡n S¶v– sNm*v– t_mg³ b_ªp.
Hm.. CSv sÌcn]psX tcm¬ B\tÃm, bXt¨msW, timÌ`n FÃmk^pw NqXn Ip½m AXn¨p sbman¨v Zm³hv Nan¡p¶ koZnt]m B\tÃm, FXo, Upsã, Wo CsSms¡ Ck·m^v¡v Nm\n¨v sNmXpt¯m, ASpw FÃmk^psX]pw {Zhv Hs¡ ASn N\¡m\v. Mm³ Aksa Np_¨v tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n.
‘Aksa tWm¡*, Wo CSn AXnsbman B]n Zm³hv sI¿p¶p*tÃm, Wfp¡v tNmtaKv tZ ¡pw CSv tbms`m^p Zm³hv Nan¨mt`m?’
‘tI«m, ASv FÃmk^pw Nan¨t¸m Ip½m ImXp¶Sv AsÃ, Mm³ fm{Sw AÃtÃm, CkaX¡w AknXps¯ FÃm^pw D*v’
‘bs£ Wo]m ASn W¶m]n Nan¡p¶Sv, bns¶ h-vNqan Hs¡ e]¦^ Zm³hÀ B]n^p¶p F¶pw tN«tÃm ‘
‘ ASv b*v– AsÃ, Cs¸m AsSms¡ f_¶p ‘ Mm³ sÌcns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv