N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*tÃm AsÃ?” ZmZn Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ HmÀ¯v. sb®nsâ tb^v foWm£n. foWp F¶p knan¡pw.
A]mÄ fNsa Np_n¨p b_]m³ SpX§n. “”””AkÄ `nät_¨À Fw.F. Njnªp… Cs¸m Fs¶ Np_¨p dnhnWÊns`ms¡ him]n¡p¶p. bns¶ AkÄ¡v H^p BÄ C´y {Xnbv tbmN\w F¶p*v…. Mm³ b_ªp, sN«n¨p knt«¡mw.. sI¡sâ H¸w sbm]vt¡m” FÃmk^pw In^n¨p.
AkÄ Im]]pw B]n k¶p. H¸w H^p bm{S¯n `Íp Knt`dn Hs¡ B]n fsäm^p sb®pw. “”””ASp KnKn. Fsâ fNsâ em^y]m.” foWpknWv H^p tI«³ D*v , fmVkv. bpÅn¡m^³ Cs¸m CknsX CÃ. fmVknsâ em^y B\v KnKn. KnKn]pw knbnsâ em^y tPmbnN]pw Ht^ tNmaKn bYn¨Sm\v. AkÄ tPmbnNs]]pw Nq«n ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
Im] NpXns]ms¡ Njnªt¸mÄ Aѳ b_ªp “”””F¦n bns¶ M§Ä C_§s«? dm¡n Nm^y§Ä kjnt] A_n]n¡mw”
“”””At¿m ^mtKt{µ«m.. C^n¡ps¶.. C¶v D¨]q\v CknXp¶mkmw. FÃmw H^p¡o«p*v. CSnt¸m W½Ä FÃmw So^pfmWn¨p NjnªStÃ. F¶ms\¦n Mm]_mjvI]pw. Dus\ms¡ D*n«p tbm]m fSn” ZmZn b_ªp.
“”””F¦n bns¶ A§sW Bks«” AÑWpw h½Sn¨p.
“”””FWn¡v tbm\w A¦nÄ..” knbn³ b_ªp “”””tPmbnNs] Wn§Ä k^pt¼mÄ t{Zm¸v sI]vSm fSn.” Pn^olWpw knbntWmsXm¸w tbmNm³ C_§n. Mm³ Aksâ NqsX Nm_nsâ AXp¯p ks^ tbm]n. bp_s¯¯n]t¸mÄ knbn³ ^ihyfm]n Ft¶mXv b_ªp “”””Xm.. WnW¡v sb®nsW Cãm]n Fs¶ms¡ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Wo AktamXv– W¶m]n H¶p hwhm^n¨p AkapsX fWhpw NqXn H¶v A_n]m³ tWms¡sX” Mm³ In^n¨p.
Sn^nsN iman F¯n]t¸mÄ foWp AknsX D*m]n^p¶nÃ.
AkapsX f½n b_ªp. “”””tfm³ fpNant`¡v sIt¶maq. foWp AknsX D*v. Wn§Ä hwhm^n¨n^n¡p”
A½ Fs¶ tWm¡n N®pNÄ sNm*v AWpkmUw S¶p. bXnNÄ N]_pt¼mÄ Fsâ irU]w bX bXm CXn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
fpNan dm¡\n]n foWp. AkapsX N®pNans` Sna¡w H^p hq¸À Nmf_ tgm«v tbms`. dm¡\n]n ssNk^n Im^n Wn¡p¶ foWp H^p Hm]n sb]nânRv tbms` ftWmi^n.
“”””CSp fMvKpknsâ BUys¯ sb®pNm\Â Bt\m? ‘A½ b_ªp”
AkÄ Fs¶ fMvKp F¶p knan¨Sv FWn¡v Sos^ bnXn¨nÃ.
“”””foWp, sF tZm*v ss`¡v FWndXn NmanwPv fo Umäv tWw. fMvKpWmTv– F¶p knan¡m³ bmXms\¦n foWpknWv Fs¶ N®³ F¶p knan¡mw. fp¯Èn A§sW]m knan¡m_v.”
“”””tWm. fMvKp Cuhv Nyq«v” AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. Mm³ S´s] {bmNn.
M§Ä AknsX Wn¶p Np_¨p tW^w N¼nNp«³.sWäv