N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmXp¯p. Ak³ A½s] AXnfpXn tWm¡n,
“”””F´mXm, Wo C§sW tWm¡p¶Sv?” A½ tImUn¨p.
“”””Cu huµ^yw N*m B^m]m`pw tWm¡pw” Ak³ b_ªp.
”Nan]m¡msS sI¡m” A½ b_ªp.
“”””BUn]psX Aѳ F´v emPykm³ B]n^p¶p” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””AsS´m?” A½ tImUn¨p.
“”””C{S]pw Wà hpµ^ns] Atà Nn«n]Sv” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””WnW¡pw WsÃm^p hpµ^ns] Nn«pw” A½ b_ªp.
“”””BUn]psX A¨Wv Nn«n] emPyw FWn¡v Nn«nÃtÃm” Ak³ sWXpkoÀ¸v C«p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””AsS´mXm A§sW b_tª, WnW¡pw B emPyw Nn«psfXm” A½ b_ªp.
”bt£ FWn¡v Cu hpµ^ns] Nn«nÃtÃm?” Ak³ In^n¨p sNm*v A½]psX tWs^ kn^Â Iq*n.
“”””H^p bt£ WnW¡pw A§sWm^p emPyw Ds*¦nt`m?” A½ Sfml]m]n b_ªp.
“”””Dt*m?” _mw tImUn¨p.
“”””B, D*m]n^n¡pw, FWn¡v A_n]nÔ A½ b_ªp.
A½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. bn¶ms` AkWpw tbm]n. _mw A½s] AXnfpXn tWm¡n. A½]psX hm^n]psX CX]n`qsX A¸w k]À Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. _mw AkntX¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶p, Ak³ A½]psX k]À BhzUn¨v.
Ak³ tWm¡p¶Sv A½¡v fWÊn`m]n, A½ hm^n¯p¼p sNm*v k]À f_¨p, F¶n«v AksW tWm¡n]n«v H¶pw fn*msS _qfnt`¡v N]_n. At¸mtj¡pw Mm³ Npan Njnªv C_§n k¶n^p¶p.
“”””A½ kt¶m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””ks¶Xm” Ak³ b_ªp.
At¸mtj¡pw A½ H^p Ip^nUmÀ Ct«m*v C_§n k¶p. A½]psX k]_nt`¡v tWm¡n]SnWm`pw, A½¡v ASv fWÊn`ms]¶v A_nªSpsNm*pw A½]pw AkWpw H¶pw b_ªnÃ. bt£ A½]psX fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n D*m]n^p¶p.
Np_¨p hf]¯nWp tlgw AkÀ ko*pw fn*n¯pX§n. A¶p sskNpt¶^w Ak³ tbm]t¸mÄ A½ b_ªp, “”””tlm, hf]w tbm]tS A_nªnÔ.
“”””F¦n AksW knX*m]n^p¶tÃm, CknsX Smfhn¸n¡mfm]n^p¶p” Mm³ b_ªp.
”FWn¡v h½Sw” A½ b_ªn«v ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
Np_¨p Unkhw Ak³ ko«n k¶nÃ. At¸mÄ A½ AksW knan¨v tImUn¨p.
“”””Ct§m«v k^p¶ntÃ, Np_¨m]tÃm k¶n«v”.
“”””Fs¶¡m\mªn«v kngfw Bt\m?” _mw tImUn¨p.
”tbmXm kngfw H¶pfÃ, Np_¨v Unkhw B]tÃm k¶n«v” A½ b_ªp.
”F¦n lWn]mjvI Mm³ k^p¶p*v” _mw b_ªp.
lWn]mjvI Ak³ k¶p. At¸mÄ A½ H^p hm^n B]n^pWp DXp¯n^p¶Sv. hmVm^\ k]À fpjpk³ f_¨v hm^n DXp¡p¶ A½ A¶v k]À Np_¨v Nm\n¨m]n^p¶p hm^n DXp¯n^p¶Sv. A¶v D¨¡v e£\w Njn¡m³ C^p¶t¸mÄ Ak³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv