N¼nNp«³.sWäv `nwPNp«³ bp_¯pk¶p. hvN`Ww hwekn¨p fWÊpw `nwPkpw kmXn] Mm³ Np«sW bn³ k`n¨v K«n]n`m¡n….. kn^`pw fmän W¡nD_p©n ^pIn]_nªv ssNsN«nfm_n f^ymU^mfWm]n HSp§n Wn¶p.
Npt_ Njnªv B sb¬Np«nNÄ Nq«fm]n GtSm H^p hvtäm¸n C_§n tbmkpN]pw dÊnWpÅn Sn^¡p Np_]pN]pw D*m]n. M§Ä
H¶pf_n]m¯ks^ tbms` HSp§nfm_n Uqs^ Uqs^ Wn¶p. Np_¨p Njnªv
M§tX]pw hvtämbv F¯pN]pw M§apw C_§pN]pw sI]vStSmsX hwekdip`fm] Fsâ B BUy ^Sn]m{S¡v A§sW A´yw
D*mkpN]pw sI]vSp.
dÊnÂWn¶pw bp_¯n_§n Ak^psX ko«nt`¡p WX¡tk Km³thInvk
Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶p Wn¶p sIkn]n b_ªp.
“”F´pkm]n^ps¶Xm dÊns` {bNXWw!….. Wns¶ h½SnInvk ^n¡p¶p.
FknXp¶p Nn«ns]Xm WnW¡o ssV^ysfms¡?….. B sb¼ntÅs^ fpjpkWpw Wo Km¡nk¨v kn^`ptNän WÈn¸n¨p Npafm¡n kn«tÃmXm.
FâXp¯v F¶n«v F´mXm Wo A§sWms¡ sI¿msª.
AsS´m]m`pw W¶m]n!.”
“”tI¨n ASnWp h½Sn¨nÃsÃm. FÃmw AX¡nbq«n k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶tÃm, H^p Im³hpw S^msS……”
“”Hm….. ASnWp S¶ Im³hp fpjpkWpw Wo fpS`m¡n]sÃm. ASp tbmt^!. F´pkm]n^p¶Sv tim….. FWn¡Snt¸mÄ HmÀ¡qt¼mÄ tbm`pw hin]v¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ, Fsâ FÃm Wn]{´\§apw kn«ptbm]n.
Fs´m^p H`n¸pw….. S^n¸pfm]n^p¶p FWn¡nkntX]pw AkntX]psfÃmw. Wo Fs¶ ASnWN¯n«v `nwPw tNän Nan¡pw F¶p Ss¶ Mm³
D_¸n¨Sm. MmWpw At¸mÄ H¶]ªp S¶n^ps¶¦nÂ….. Wo D_¸m]pw
ASpw sI]vSp bqÀ¯oN^n¨n^pt¶sW AtÃXm?……”
“”AsS. ASnWp tI¨n Akh^w S¶nÃtÃm. Bs«, sI]nvS Xt¯maw
F§sW D*m]n^p¶p. hpnt¨m?…….”
“”Wo Atà BÄ… tfmlfm]n^ps¶¶p b_]pkm³ bäptfm?….
F´pkm]n^p¶p Wnsâ {bNXWw!…. Mm³ Wnsâ H^p sb§ams\¶p tbm`pw Wo HmÀ¯nÃtÃmXm!…………….”
“”Hm…. F¶n«v Cu sb§Ä k¶v B§apsX fp³bn ]msSm^p Wm\kpw
NqXmsS A*n]n Np*n]pw fp«n¨v NpWnªp k¶p tIÀ¶p Wn¶p S^p¶Sn H^p fXn]pw Nm\n¨nÃtÃm. F¶n«nt¸mÄ N¼n]pw NXn]pw fm_n Ct¸mjmt\m hUmIm^w bp_¯pk¶Sv….?”
“”ASp bns¶ dÊns` Sn¡nSn^¡nÂ….. At¸msj´p sI¿mWm!…..
FÃmw A§sW]§p hwekn¨p tbm]StÃ……. F¶n«p Mm³
B^ms\¶p tbm`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv