N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ip^p«n fmän k¨n«v A]msa tWm¡n. Imä fj AkhmWn¨p Njnªn^p¶p. fmW¯v fn¶`pNÄ sk«n¸pa]p¶Sv tWm¡ns¡m*v N`ym\n Ssâ fpXn Ajn¨psN«n. B AkØ]n`pw AkapsX fp`NapsX SÅ d`^mfsW tfmin¸n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. fpXn Ajn¨psN«n] N`ym\n d`^mfsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”””hm^fnà A§ps¶…hm^fnÃ…bs£ H¶v A§v HmÀt¯m…bW]¶qÀ S_km«ns` Nm^\kÀ AÀ²^m{Sn Fs¶t¯Xn CknsX k¶ knk^w Wmsa Cu {Pmf¡mÀ H¶X¦w A_n]pw..Wn§apsX SWnWn_w Mm³ Wm«n bm«m¡pw..tk*n k¶mÂ..Mm³ Ct¸mįs¶ diafp*m¡n Bsa Nq«pw…”
AkapsX emkw ssblmInNfm]n fm_p¶Sv d`^mf³ N*p. AkÄ ASpw ASnW¸p_kpw sI¿m³ fXn¡nà F¶v B fpOemkw knan¨p b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. H^p Wnfngw A]mÄ bS_n. CkÄ..CkÄ knIm^n¨m Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ AbfmWn¡m³ bäpw. Wãs¸Xm³ H¶pfnÃm¯ AkÄ¡v H^p Npj¸kpw D*mNm³ tbmNp¶nÃ. bs£ Sm³! A§sW AkÄ sI]v–Sm Ssâ AkØ? A]mapsX fWhns` frPw Bhp^fm]n fp^*p. knNrSfm] H^p In^nt]msX d`^mf³ N`ym\n]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. AkÄ N^pSt`msX Ss¶]m\v Wn¶n^p¶Sv. tk*nk¶m D_s¡ Wn`knan¨v Bsa Nq«m³ Ss¶]m]n^p¶p AkapsX So^pfmWw.
“”””tfmsa N`ym\n..MmsWm^p Sfml b_ªSm\v–..Wo At¸mtj¡pw bn\§nt]m? FWn¡_n]mw..i^ns] Wo sN«n]m bns¶ Wfp¡v ]tTãw hpOn¡mw..Wo CÃmsS FWn¡v bänÃ..A_n]msS Mm³ In`Sv In´n¨p tbm]SpsNm*v sk_psS Wnsâ fWÊv kngfn¸n¨p…” A]mÄ b_ªp.
N`ym\n A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. A]mÄ b_]p¶Sv hSyfmt\m F¶kÄ¡v D_s¸m¶pw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. Ssâ eog\n tN«t¸mÄ B\v Cu fWwfmäw.
“”””WnW¡v knlzhfm]ntÃ? Wn¶ms\ hSyw”
A]mÄ Ssâ ssNNÄ AkapsX S`]n k¨p. N`ym\n bpaNnS]m]n tW{S§Ä bq«n]X¨v A]mapsX sW©nt`¡v Im^n] B Wnfngw!
d`^mfsâ N^p¯pä k`SpssN AkapsX km]pw fq¡pw sbm¯n. CXSpN^w AkapsX frUp`fm] Njp¯n WnÀ±]w AfÀ¶p. N`ym\n NpS_n F¦n`pw A]mapsX N^p¯nsW sI_p¡m³ AkÄ¡v NjnªnÃ. A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ AkapsX Njp¯nsW làfm]n AfÀ¶p sM^n¨p. N`ym\n SaÀ¶p! AkapsX tUiw kmXn] tI¼n` tbms` A]mapsX ssNNan Sq§n..Kok³ AkapsX l^o^w Dtb£n¨v tbm]n¡jnªn^p¶p.
“”””k`yÑm….”
H^p bj´p\n tbms` AkapsX tUiw sSmjp¯ns` k^m´]n A]mÄ NnX¯p¶Sv C^pan Wn¶v N* i^n Wn`knan¨p. Aksâ lÐw bs£ sSm*]n Np^p§nt¸m]n^p¶p. WmXv kn«p tbmNp¶SnWp N¼nNp«³.sWäv