N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ss¶ ASnt`¡p Ssâ 12” Np® Hä SÅnWp tNäm³ tSm¶n. F¦n`pw Ak³ Fsâ knNm^w H^p knVw bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n.
Wo`p Fjpt¶äp skÅw km§n fX fXm¶p NpXn¨p. AkapsX l^o^w fpjpk³ kn]À¯n^p¶p, skÅw NpXn¨SnWp tlgw Wo`p Fjpt¶äp fpÅm³ tbm]n, Sp\ns]m¶pw DXp¡msS.
B tbm¡p N*p tSmfm¨³ b_ªp: ”tWms¡Xm, F¶m Np*n]mXm Wnsâ Bân¡p, tim, NXn¨p Sn¶m³ tSm¶pw. C¶p Mm³ Wnsâ BâosX Np*n]pw AXn¨p sbman¨nt« tbmN¯pÅp.”
ASp tN«v AOn`³ b_ªp. ”thm_n tI«m, Bân]psX Np*n C¶p Mm³ S^nÃ, B Np*n]n CSp ks^ B^pw H¶pw sI]vSn«nÃ. ASpsNm*p B Np*n]psX ho Mm³ Ss¶ sbman¡pw.” AOn`³ D_¸n¨p Ss¶]m\v ASv b_ªSv.
Wo`p fq{Sw Hjn¨n«v k¶t¸mÄ AOn`Wpw tSmfm¨Wpw hwhm^n¡p¶Sv N*p.
”F´pkm ^*ptb^pw NqXn H^p ^ihyw…”
”Hiv, H¶pfnà Bâo Nn^mS³ tI«³ tImUn¡pkm BâosX bqän F{S bqX Ds*¶p.in..in…”
”Hiv H^p k`n] tNmsfZn. tkt\ ^*ptb^pw NqXn Fâ Nm`nsâ CX]n C^p¶p F®n tWm¡nt¡m…” Wo`p H^p Nqh`pw CÃmsS b_ªp.
At¸mÄ AkÀ ^*pw Ht^ hz^¯n b^ªp ”HmsN.. ASp M§taäp”
FÃmk^pw sbm«n In^n¨p. At¸mÄ tSmfm¨³ Wo`pkntWmXv knan¨p tImUn¨p: ”tI¨n fpÅnNjnªm.. ??”
” F´m..WnWs¡sâ fq{Sw tkt\m…?”
” sNmÅmw. tk\sft¶m…F¸pw NpXn¨p F¶p tImUn¨m fSn…”
”A¿Xm A¯^w b\ns]m¶pw tk*mt«m…” Wo`p N«n`nt`¡v NnX¶p.
tSmfm¨³ Wo`pknsW AXnfpXn H¶p tWm¡nsNm*p Np®]pw Np`¸n¨p Wo`pknsâ l^o^¯nt`¡p k`nªp N]_n AkapsX Ipk¶p AÂbw SXn¨p f`À¶ Ip*pNÄ I¸n k`n¨p NpXn¨p.
Btklt¯msX ^*ptb^pw Ip*pNÄ D_p©nNpXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. tSmfm¨sâ H^p ssN Wo`pknsâ H^p fp`]n`pw fsä ssN AkapsX bqän`pw B\p. AkhmWw ^*ptb^ptX]pw Ip*pNÄ S½n tkÀsb«t¸mÄ NnS¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ko*pw A]mÄ Wo`pknsâ ^*p fp`Napw fm_n fm_n I¸m³ SpX§n. F¶n«p AkapsX bSp bSp¯ D®nNpXk]_n fpOfn«p D^p«n. B k`n] sbm¡nan W¡n SpX¨p. bns¶ Wo`pknsâ t^mf¡mXp kNªp fmän kÕ³ AXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkÄ hpOw sNm*p Ip*p NXn¡pN]pw S`]n«p D^p«pkmWpw SpX§n. F¶n«p kn^`n bän] Wo`pknsâ tS³ ^*p fp`¡®n`pw tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. F¶n«p fp`¡®pNÄ f_n fm_n I¸n k`n¨p. ”AOn`m..FWn¡p k¿Xm.. CktWmXp Fsâ bqän tNän N¼nNp«³.sWäv