N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mkns` Wo H¶pw Njn¨nt`ym?”
“”^mkns` A©p sbmt_mt«w ^*p fpt«w Njn¨Sm; bs£ `kWv tk*n ssN sfWs¡Xp¯n]SpsNm*v ASv F¸tj Uin¨p.”
“”””Rm At§m«v– sIÃv..^mkns` D*m¡n] CÍ`ns]m ftäm Nm\pw..” A¨³ b_ªp. kmhp Fjpt¶äv AXp¡a]psX emPt¯¡v WX¶p.
hÔyt]msX]m\v l¦^Wpw ^pNvfn\n]pw ko«n F¯n]Sv. lvflmWfqNfm] H^p A´^o£fm\v ko«ns`¯n]t¸mÄ Aks^ FSnt^äSv. sdÃXn¨t¸mÄ k¶p NSNv Sp_¶ Unky koÀ¯psN«n] fpOt¯msX H^£^w tbm`pw D^n]mXmsS DÅnt`¡v N]_nt¸m]n. AkapsX bSnknÃm¯ fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw Ft´m hwekn¨n«p*v F¶v l¦^Wv fWhn`m]n. ^pNvfn\n bs£ ASv sPuWn¡msS tkgw fm_mWm]n Ssâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. fNapsX sI_n] emkfmäw tbm`pw Sn^n¨_n]p¶ l¦^³ ASnsâ Nm^\w A_n]mWm]n AkapsX fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p. hmUm ImXn¯pÅn DÕmit¯msX WX¡p¶ Unky Np^§³ I¯ Np_ksWt¸ms` N«n`n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”””F´mXm Np«m..F´v bän?”
A]mÄ kmÕ`yt¯msX fNapsX A^nNn C^p¶p tImUn¨p. f_pbXn H^p N^¨n`m]n^p¶p. AÑsâ tSmant`¡v fpOw AfÀ¯n AkÄ D_s¡ N^]m³ SpX§n. l¦^³ sM«t`msX AkapsX fpOw bnXn¨p]À¯n. At¸mjm\v– AkapsX fpOw Sn\À¯v NnX¡p¶Sv A]mÄ N*Sv. k`Sp NknÄ Ipk¶p SpXp¯n^n¡p¶p.
“”””tfmsa..F´v bän? F´nWm Wo N^]p¶Sv? Wnsâ fpO¯v F´m Cu bmXv?” l¦^³ fNapsX N^¨n N*p hin¡mWmNmsS tImUn¨p. ^pNvfn\n]pw lÐw tN«v AkntX¡v F¯n.
“”””F´m tI«m F´v bän? F´nWm Ckav N^]p¶Sv?” Ak^pw AkapsX A^nNn k¶p tImUn¨p.
“”””Ak³..B kmhp Fs¶ SÃn AÑm..Um N*ntÃ..it¿m..” AkÄ ko*pw Wn`knan¨p N^]m³ SpX§n.
“”””B^mXo..kmhptkm? Ak³ Wns¶ SÃns]t¶m?” l¦^³ tNmbm{Nm´Wm]n tImUn¨p.
“”””AsS AÑm..AksWs¶ H^p Nmt^ymw CÃmsS SÃn..” AkÄ N^¨n`nWnsX b_ªp.
“”””b«n¡jptk_n..A{S]v¡mt]m Ak³? N*ntÃXn Wnsâ sbm¶ptfmsâ sNm\w…Mm³ F{S Wmam]n b_]p¶p AksW CknXp¶v b_ªp knXm³..tNÄ¡nÃtÃm Wo..CWn AkWnknsX Wn¡¯nÃ..l¦^Wm bt_¶Sv..N* Du^v sS*nNÄ¡v ko«n CXw sNmXp¯m CSpw CSnW¸p_kpw hwekn¡pw..AkWn§p k^s«..Ct¶msX Aksâ Ai¦m^w Mm³ AkhmWn¸n¡pw.” tNmbt¯msX ImXn Fjpt¶ä l¦^³ A`_n.
“”””tI«³ AkÄ b_ªSv tN«p SpÅmsS Nm^yw F´ms\¶p tImUn¡v.. sk_psS Ak³ Bs^]pw SïnÃ..AkWm\v SÃn]sS¦n CkÄ Ft´m Pp^pS^fm] sSäv sI]vSn«p*v..FWn¡p_¸m\v..” ^pNvfn\n b_ªp.
“”””Cu N¼nNp«³.sWäv