Np_¨p fp³tb hnfnwPv bqanWv hfob¯p dn¡nWn]n N* B hv{So]m]n^p¶p ASv. fmN-vhn tbm`s¯ H^p s{ZÊpw C«psNm*m\v k¶n^n¡p¶Sv. ASm\v– b¸m]psX bpSn] em^ys]¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. b¸m tZmÀ AX¨p Aks^ FWn¡v b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. “”””tfmsW..CSm\v Wn³s_ f½n.”

“”””im]v” F¶v b_ªp AkÀ FWn¡v ssN Wo«n.. Mm³ ssN sNmXp¯p. AkÀ C«n^p¶ fmN-vhn tbm`s¯ s{ZÊn sW©v emPw fpj¨p Wn¡p¶p. k`n] fp`]m\v AkÀ¡pÅSv. ASm]n^n¡pw b¸m Aks^ ka¨p FXp¯Sv–. b¸]psX NqsX tKm`n sI]vSn^p¶Sm\v. Hmcohn sk¨v shäv A¸v B¡n]Sms\¶m\v B³_n b_ªSv.

AkÀ WX¶p _qfnt`¡v tbmNpt¼mÄ Mm³ bp_Nn tWm¡n.. AkÀ¡v Wà Np*n]p*v..ASv WÃtbms` CaNn]mXp¶p. WWª bm³äohv Ajn¨p Naªp Nm\pw.. F´m]m`pw b¸m Cks^ H^n¡`pw Hjpkm¡nÃ. A{S]v¡v I^¡tÃ..At¸mjm\v Ak^psX NqsX N* B sI_p¸¡m^³s_ Nm^yw HmÀ½ k¶Sv. Ak³ B^m\v? A§sW In´n¨p C^n¡pt¼mÄ tNmanwPv sd AXn¡p¶ lwÐw. b¸ sI¶v NSNp Sp_¶t¸mÄ H^p sb®pw Smsj N* B sI_p¸¡m^Wpw.. AkÀ ANt¯¡v k¶p. ASv b¸m]psX bpSn] em^y]psX fNam\v. NqsX DÅSv AkapsX tdm]v–{c*v!

AkÀ ^*ptbÀ¡pw Fs¶ b¸ b^nI]s¸Xp¯n sNmXp¯p. At¸mÄ Npª½ Im]]pfm]n k¶p. Im] FWn¡v Wo«n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Ak^psX sW©nt`¡v tWm¡n. tim Abm^w Ss¶. fmN-vhn]n koÀ¯p Wn¡p¶p.

_oW B³_ns] Nan¨tbms` Cks^]pw H¶v Nan¡m³ Njnªn^ps¶¦n F¶v Mm³ B{Pin¨p. b¸ At¸mÄ NnX¡mWm]n tbm]n. tI¨n]psX tdm]v–s{c*pw tbm]n. Mm³ F³s_ _qfn tbm]n NnX¶p. F´m¶p A_n]nà Np® N¼n]m]n Wn¡p¶p. Npª½s] N*SnWp tlgw Ft´mtbms`..fq{Ssfmjn¡mWm]n Mm³ bp_¯p k¶t¸mÄ tI¨n Xn.kn Nm\p¶p. thmc]n Im^n NnX¡pN]m\v. AkapsX fp`]nXp¡pNÄ W¶m]n Nm\mw. Npª½s] tbms` tI¨n]v¡pw k`n] fp`]mWpÅsS¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.

F´m`pw F³s_ tI¨n AÃtÃm.. ASpsNm*v Mm³ AknsX Wn¶v Np_¨p tW^w fp`]nXp¡Ä N*p BhzUn¨p. F¶n«v AktamXv– N¼Wn AXn¡mWm]n AXpt¯m«p sI¶v.

“”””im]v tXm\n..C^n¡v” F¶kÄ b_ªp. Mm³ AXp¯ thmc]n C^p¶p. AkÄ Fjpt¶ät¸mÄ fp`NÄ sI_pSm]n H¶v BXn]p`ªp. tim A½]pw tfmapw sNmÅmw..Np®]psX fpjp¸v bp_¯p Nm\mSn^n¡mWm]n Mm³ W¶m]n bmXv sb«psNm*n^p¶p. Np_¨p tW^w hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ Npª½]pw At§m«v– k¶p. Npª½ {Xuh_pw Xn gÀ«pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\n«n^n¡p¶Sv. Wà SXn¨ skap¯ SpXNÄ.. ASpw NqXn N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v N¼n B]n«v C^n¡m³ k¿. CSptbms`s]m^p I^¡nsW b\n]m³ Nn«n] b¸t]mXv FWn¡v Ahq] tSm¶n. M§Ä fq¶v tb^pw Nm^y§Ä b_ªp sNm*n^p¶p.

Mm³ sk_psS tImUn¨p “”””Npª½ FknsX]m tKm`n sI¿p¶Sv?”

“”””tfm³s_ b¸]psX Hmcohn B]n^p¶p. N`ym\w So^pfmWn¨t¸mÄ AknsX Wn¶pw _nssh³ sI]vSp.”

“”””At¸mÄ H¶n¨p tKm`n sI]vSt¸mÄ Cã¯n`]Sm\tÃ?”

“”””Mm³ A¶v eÀ¯mkpfm]n Xntkmjvhv km§n Wn¡p¶ hf]fm\v. B hf]¯v H^pbmXp Ft¶mXv _nNzÌv sI]vSn^p¶p. NqsX tKm`n sI¿p¶ b`^pw. ASn ho^n]hv B]n tSm¶n]Sv tfm³s_ b¸]psX s{bmtbmh B]n^p¶p. f½n]pfm]n DX¡n Wn¡p¶ Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ Ft¶mXv b_]pfm]n^p¶p. ^*p tb^psX]pw Cã§Ä H^ptbms` B]SpsNm*v H^pfn¨p Kokn¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p. tfmÄ¡pw FSnÀ¸nÃm]n^p¶p.. A§sW.”

“”””Hmt¡”..

“”””tfm³s_ sNm¨¸³ F§sW]p*v? tfmtWmXv Wà Nm^yfmt\m?”

“”””AsS..”F¶v Mm³ f_pbXn sNmXp¯p.

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^m{Sn Zn¶À Njn¨p Mm³ NnX¶p . koXv fm_n NnX¶p Nm^\w Nps_ tN^w Njnªn«pw D_¡w k^p¶nÃ. In´ fpjpk³ f½ns] Np_n¨m]n^p¶p. Mm³ AknXp¶v fm_n]SpsNm*v sNm¨¸³ f½ns] Sp\n DXp¡m³ h½Sn¡nÃm]n^n¡pw. Nan¨p PÀen\n B¡ptfm Ft´m! A§sW Hmt^m¶p Bt`mIn¨p NnX¶p. At¸mjm\v– NnX¡pt¼mjm\v hnWn]psX sftÊKv k^p¶Sv. ^*p BjvI]m]n Akapfm]n Imäv sI]vSn«v.

“”””Hl Yony, kow fr` you _olnj?””

Mm³ WX¶ Nm^y§Ä FÃmw AktamXv– b_ªp. AkÄ ASv tN«v tgm¡v B]n Wn¶p.

“”””Dl_ you s“ tkft juy au^hlnj your mom?””

“”T`s Xlnl, N kfv` s“n lt mfny tlm`s””

“”Jk..! O`sus””

AktamXv– f½n]psX NT b_ªp FWn¡v N¼n B]n.

“”””Xo W½Ä F¶m H¶v NqXps¶?”

“”””F´v NqX”

“”””ASv WnW¡v fWÊn`m]ntÃ? FWn¡v shN-vhv tk\w. Mm³ k^s« Wns¶ Nm\m³?”

“”””sl…tbmXm.. Fs¶ ASnsWm¶pw Nn«nÃ..”

“”””AsS´m WnW¡v Fs¶ CãftÃ?”

“”””Cãfm\v.. Wo Fs¶ sN«n]SnWp tlgw shN-vhv..ASv fSn. Asæn Wo Fs¶ tS¨mt`m…ininin”

“”””tbmXo..”

“”””Xm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tks_ F´p*v?”

“”””Mm³ Ct¸mÄ b¸m]psX ko«n`m”

“”””At¸mÄ Wn³s_ f½n C^p¶pw NnX¶pw Nan¡pN]m]n^n¡pftÃm Xm ko«nÂ..inin”

“”””AtS…CWn PÀen\n kÃSpw BNptfm F¶m\v F³s_ tbXn..sÈ AkÀ¡v F´n³s_ tNXm\v-”

“”””Ak^psX Bklyw WnW¡v AWmklyw.. ASptbms«.. Wn³s_ bpSn] f½n F§sW]p*v? I^¡p Bt\m. inin?”

“”””B I^¡m.. Wo S¶nsæn Mm³ Aks^ ka¨p FXp¯p Nan¡pw”

“”””F¶m Wns¶ Mm³ sNmÃpw..”

“”””sk_psS b_ªSm tfmaq..”

A§sW Nps_ tW^w hnWn]pfm]n Imäv sI]vSp C^p¶p hf]w ^*p f\n B]Sp A_nªnÃ. At¸mÄ AkÄ¡v D_¡w ks¶¶p b_ªp tbm]n. Mm³ fq{S sfmjn¡mWm]n tZmÀ Sp_¶p imant`¡v C_§n. At¸mÄ AXp¡a]n ss`äv NnX¡p¶Sv N*p. AknsX Bt^m AX¡w b_]p¶Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n.. kà Nųfm^pw Bt\m Fs¶m^p hwl]w FWn¡v D*m]n. Mm³ bSp§n At§m«v– sI¶t¸mÄ N* Nmjv¨ N*v sM«nt¸m]n. Npª½ Xn gÀ«v fm{Sw C«psNm*v– NpWnªp Wn¡p¶p. AXn]n H^p Wn¡_p tbm`pfnÃ. Ak^psX k`n] I´n N*p Mm³ sM«n. f½n]psX I´nt]¡mÄ k`pSm\v–. Wà sNmjp¯p D^p* I´nNÄ. tI¨n]psX tdm]v–s{c*v AknsX Émdn bn_¶ tkg¯n`n^n¡p¶p. Ak³s_ fpjp¯ Np®]n Npª½ bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p.. F³s_ irU]w Wn`¡p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n B NmjvIN*p. b¸m AXp¯ fp_n]n D_§n NnX¡p¶ hf]¯v CkÀ¡v C§sW sI¿m³ ssV^yw F§sW ks¶¶p Mm³ HmÀ¯ptbm]n. bmkw b¸.

Npª½ Ak³s_ Np®]psX sSm`n bp_Nnt`¡vbnXn¨p sk¨p. Ak³ N®pfX¨p fpNant`¡v tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m\v. Npª½ Ak³s_ Np®]nt`¡v fpOw Smjv¯n. Ak³s_ ØmW¯v Mm³ B]n^ps¶¦n F¶v Bln¨ptbm]n. Npª½ Wmkv sNm*v Ak³s_ Np®]psX fp¶n At§m«pfnt§m«pw D^hns¡m*n^p¶p. Ak³ C^p¶p bpa]pN]m\v.

(SpX^pw)