N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpO¯v Wo^hw {bNXfm]n^p¶p. A]mÄ tfma½t]mXv b_ªp ‘tbm]n Sp\n DXp¯p kmXo’
tfma½ ASp {bSo£n¨nÃ. ‘AsÃ, CsS´v Nq¯v?’ AkÀ Sn^nªp M§sa tWm¡n Wn¶p ‘tU fWpgym skÅw AXn¨m k]än NnX¡\w. Mm³ F¶pw C§sW Asà Npan¨n«p k^p¶Sv? Sp\n]nÃmsS Bt\m Mm³ WnÂNpt¶?’
‘FXo f]ns^’ tI«³ tcmfm]n ‘F¶pw Wo CknsX Sp\n CÃmsS WX¡pt¼ms` Bt\m? hm_nknsX C^n¡p¶Sv Wo Nm\p¶ntÃ? tbm]n »uhn«p kmXo Nq¯n¨n’
tfma½]psX hN` Nt{*mapw tbm]n. ‘Fs¶ sS_n b_]pt¶mXm bp*¨n tfmsW’ A`_ns¡m*p AkÀ ^*p ssN sNm*pw `p¦n sS^p¯p N]än k`Sp Nm D]À¯n A]msa Ikn«m³ Hm§n. H^p Wnfngw AkÀ A§sW Ss¶ Wn¶p. k`Sp SpX Spap¼p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Fs´m^p Nmjv¨! Mm³ ImXn Fjpt¶äp. ‘At¿m tI¨o tk*… tI«m knt«¡v. C§sW Wn§Ä S½n {blvWw D*mkpw F¦n Mm³ tbmNpkm’
tI«³ In^n¨p, ‘F]v– CsSms¡ CknsX hmVm^\w B\v. hm_v Nm^yfm¡*’ tfma½ Nm`p Smjv¯n `p¦n sk¨p SpX f_¨p. ‘At§À¡p Fsâ Ikn«p Nn«msS SrbvSn Bknà hmt_, hm_n^n¡\w. Mm³ Cu Sp\n fm_n k^mw.’ AkÀ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n.
Fsâ fWÊp Wn_s] Sp\n sbm¡n Nm`p]À¯n Wn¡p¶ tfma½ B]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw AkÀ C§sW H^p StâXn Bs\¶ A_nkv Fs¶ sM«n¨p. {btSyNn¨pw sS_n knan. F´m]m`pw hwekw sNmÅmw. Nan¡m³ Nn«n]nsæn`pw H^pbmXv Nm\m³ Nn«pw. bs£ FWn¡v Cu sW]v fpän] bq_ns] Nan¡\w. Npanfp_n]n sk¨p N* AkapsX A¸¯nsâ fpjp¸v Mm³ HmÀ¯p. H^p ssN bnXn¡v D*v ASv–. Nan¡\w. Nan¨p sNmÃ\w. bs£ ASnWp fp³bv AkÀ¡v F{St¯maw Nj¸p*v F¶v– A_n]\w. Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p. Fsâ fWhv Dbm]§Ä tSXpN]m]n^p¶p.
Mm³ Njn¨p Njnªp AXp¡a]psX bp_¯n_§n ssN NjpNn. H^p hnP^äp k`n¨ tlgw Sn^nsN AXp¡a]n N]_pt¼mÄ tfma½ Du\v Njn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. tI«³ ko*pw ¥mÊv FXp¯p fUyw Hjn¨p. tfma½t]msXm¸w B sd©n Ss¶ bpÅn]pw C^p¶p. tfl]psX FSnÀ kl¯pÅ sd©n Mm³ tfma½¡p AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p. koSn Np_ª tfl B\v. ASnWm FWn¡v Fsâ bmUw sNm*p tfma½]psX bmU¯n sSmXm³ Njn]pw. F¶m`pw A]mÄ ASp Nm\m³ hmVyS D*v. Mm³ sfmssd FXp¯p tfl¸p_¯p sk¨p. F¶n«p ‘tI«m, Fsâ WmXpw koXpw Hs¡ Nm\n¨p S^mw’ F¶v b_ªv Pm`_n Hm¸¬ sI]vSp. AkÀ ^*p tb^pw tfl¸p_¯p C^p¶ sfmssd`nsâ hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ Fsâ koXpw ko«pNms^]pw Hs¡ Nm\n¡m³ SpX§n. AtShf]w Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv