N¼nNp«³.sWäv BhzUn¡m³ Njn]pfm]n^pt¶m? tI¨ns] C¶v ^mkns` Ip^nUm_n N*t¸mÄ H^p hmVm^\ t`m¡Â sb®nsWt¸ms` tSm¶n¨p.bs£ Ct¸mÄ N*m H^p hq¸À D^p¸Xn]tÔ” h`ow Aksa tWm¡n b_ªp
{bhktlgkpw C{S]¡v W¶m]n tdmZn Wà tg¸n hq£n¡p¶SnWpv WngmUnsâ kN {btSyN AenWµWkpw D*m]n^p¶p. WngmUnsâ em^y l^o^¯n H«pw {l²n¡m¯Sp Nm^\w l^o^¯nsâ tg¸v Wãfms]¶Spw b_ªp. At¸mjm\pv AWnS]psX kN Nfâv F¯n]Sv. ”MmWnknsXm^mapsX tdmZn cnäv B¡m³ tWm¡o«v b^mK]s¸«p. hnN-vhv bm¡m¡m³ tWm¡n] tdmZn Wn§sam¶p tWm¡nt] k]_p ImXn Im¡p tbm`m]n. l^o^¯nWmt\ H«pw bk_pfnÔ” FWn¡mt\ ASp tN«v BsN H^p I½`m]n Wm`ptb^pw Fs¶ H^p NmjvIkhvSpknsW tbms` tWm¡n]n^p¶p.
AkÄ ko*pw SÅv SpXÀ¶p.
“” tU tWm¡v fWpgym Wn§ta¡mÄ F{S hoWn]_m] WngmUn¡ tdmZn hq£n¡p¶Sp Nt*m GSp sb®pw Cu l^o^w N*m H¶v sNmSn¡pw “”
CSp tN«v FÃmk^pw tIÀ¶v H^p sSm`nª In^n NqsX bmÊm¡n.
“” At¸m M§sa´m tfmlmt\m? tKm]vhpw h`ofpw N]vNans` fhn sb^p¸n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p.
sI_n] b¿sW t¸m`n^n¡ps¶¦n`pw MmWpw bp`n S¶m F¶pv b_ªv CÀcmWpw fhn`p sb^p¸n¨p Nm«n. “” fhn`p sb^p¸n¡msS C^p¶p Njn¡Xm FÃmkWpw “” F¶v b_ªv CXSpN]v sNm*v tKm]v hnsâ k]äs¯ fhn`n bp_w ssNsNm*v CXn¨n«v At¿m F¶kÄ H¨s]Xp¯p
“”F´m tI¨o N¿v tkUWnt¨m
B\p§sX AXp¯v Nan¡m³ k¶m tkUWn¡pw”” F¶pv b_ªv tKm]vhv AWnS]psX N]v¯*]n d`fm]n bnXn¨p.
“”FXm knX Xm FWn¡v Wà tkUW]p*v bns¶ MmW{S]v¡v sSm«mkmXns]m¶pfà Mm³ Np«n¡m`¯v AWpKsâ NqsX Npt_ WmÄ N^ms« ¢mÊnsWms¡ tbm]Sm ASpsNm*v Ct¸mjpw bkÀcpÄ Asæn`pw Wà cv`N-vhndnam “” AkÄ b_ªp.
“” At¸m tI«sâ emPyw cv`N-vhndnÄ tdmZn B]Sp sNm*v F§tWw FXp¯v sb^pfm_mw AtÃ?”” h`ofnsâ Nfâv
“”ASnWpÅ bkÀ tkt* Fs¶ FXp¯v sbm¡n]m HXnªp kojpw Fsâ tI«³.””
“”tI¨n H^p A³b¯n F«v A_pbSv Nnt`m]tà DÅq tI¨ns] Cuhn]m]n sbm¡ns]Xp¯v f\n¡p s_ms¶¦n`pw A½mWfmXmw”” CÀcmsâ Nf³_v. ASnWpw bj] inµn tNmfZnho^n]`nsâ dm¡v {Pu*n tNÄ¡p¶ fmSn^n fäpÅk^psX Aanª In^n]pw
FWn¡ms\¦n C§sW]pÅ Nfâv tN«v tUgyw k^p¶SnWp bN^w N¼n]mNpN]m\p*m]Sv. C{S]pw {co B]n CkÀ C§sW b_]p¶ps*¦n CkÀ MmWnÃm¯ hf]¯v NqXpS AXp¸fp*m¡n]n^p¶n^n¡\w. In`t¸mÄ Cksa AknsX]n«v tW^t¯Nan¨pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv