hoS]psX sW]v¡p*n]n AXn¨p sbman¨n«p AknsX NnX¶p Mm³ D_§n tbm]n .hoS k¶p knan¨t¸mjm\v Mm³ GäSv.A`vbw skÅw tfXn¨p NpXn¨n«v Mm³ AknXp¶v C_§n .AkapsX ‘A½ lm´ Wmsa ^mkns` k^q¶p hoS b_ªp .A¶v Mm³ bns¶ b\n¡m^nNsa H¶v tNm\¡mWv tbm]nà .bm`v Np_¨p NnX¡s«.F¶mt` ASntâSm]m H^p ^hw DÅq .

bntäUnkhw ^mkns` Nm¸n NpXn Hs¡ Njnªp b_¼n Hs¡ H¶v N_§n Sn^n¨p k¶t¸mÄ hoS fpä¯p Wn¡p¶p

.”B Wo C¸w k¶p “”‘?Mm³ tImUn¨p .

“”‘C¸w kt¶]paap tI«m”.AkÄ In^nt¨m*v b_ªp

.”H^p s_u*v Nan¡p¶pt¶mXo “”‘?Mm³ tImUn¨p .

“”‘At¿m tk*m tI«m bns¶ BNs« .Fsâ ‘A½ k¶n«p*v
“”‘.hoS b_ªp .
“”‘Hm l^n]m\tÃm bm`v Wnsâ At½sX bqänt`m sNmS¯nt`m Hjn¡\w .” Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘At¿ Cu tI«sâ H^p Nm^yw .H^p Wm\kpw CÃ.”hoS b_ªp

“”‘.A¿Xm H^p Wm\¡m^n kt¶¡p¶p .Wnsâ sNm\kSn]m^w Mm³ C¶s` N*Sm “”‘.Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘ASv bns¶ tI«m FWn¡v Nj¸v tN_n] bns¶ N®v Nm\nà “”‘.hoS b_ªp .
“”‘Hm A§nsW bns¶ Np® fmt{S Nm\q AsÃXo bq_n”? .Mm³ tImUn¨p .

“”‘H¶v tbm tI«m” hoS sNm©ns¡m*p b_ªp .
“”‘bns¶ tI«m ..”hoS H¶v WnÀ¯n .
“”‘F´mXo ‘?Mm³ tImUn¨p ..
“”‘AÃ ‘A½ tImUn¨p tI«tWmXv Np_¨p ssbhm NXw ktÃmw Nn«ptfm¶p tImUn¡m³ “”‘.hoS b_ªp .
“”‘ASnWp F´mXo C¸w NmlnWp A{S ASymklyw ?”Mm³ tImUn¨p .
“”‘ASv tI«m AWn]¯ns] WjvhnwPv Wp tIÀ¡m³ tk*n t`m¬ FXp¯Sm ..”
“”‘bt£ HäSk\s] AX¡m³ bän]pÅq .C¸w AkÄ ^*mw k^vgw B]n Wjvhn§pv F¶n«pw dm¡n H¶pw AX¡m³ bän]nÃ.” “”‘hoS b_ªp
“”‘Bim WnW¡v AWn]¯n]pfpt*m ?”Mm³ tImUn¨p
.Fsâ Np® H¶v sk«n .
“”‘D*v tI«m hnWn “”‘ “”‘hoS b_ªp
“”‘.Wns¶ tbms` I^¡mt\mXo ?”Mm³ tImUn¨p .
“”‘AsS Fsâ At{Sw k®fnà “”‘.hoS b_ªp .
“”‘AkÄ sNmXp¡ptkmXn ? “”‘Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”‘At¿m tI«m AkÄ H^p bmkw B\v .” “”‘hoS b_ªp
“”‘Wnsâ AWn]¯n]tà tfmlw k^nÃ.”Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘ASv AknsX Wn¡s« Wnsâ ‘A½ F{S]m tImUnt¨ .?”Mm³ tImUn¨p:
“”‘ bSnWm]n^w Nn«ptfm¶m tImUnt¨.” hoS b_ªp
“”‘Mm³ H¶v tWm¡s« …BUyw Wnsâ SÅs] H¶v bqls« ..F¶n«p b_]mw “”‘.Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sbmt¡m Mm³ C¸w kt¶¡mw .”
hoS tbm]n.Mm³ H¶v {cgv B]n hoS]psX ko«nt`¡p tbm]n .
koXnsâ k^m´]n Ss¶ hoS]pw A½]pw D*m^p¶p .’A½ Wà AXnsbman I^¡p Ss¶ B^p¶p .hoS]psX ‘A½ Bs\¶v b_]nà .A{S sI_p¸w .
“”‘As½ CSm Mm³ b_ªp tKmhv tI«³ “”‘.tI«m CSv ‘A½ . tb^v lm´ hoS b_ªp
“”‘.tN_nkm Nptª “”‘lm´ b_ªp .
“”‘tKmhv F¶v knan¨ fSn As½ “”‘.
.Mm³ k^m¯]nt`m«p tN_ns¡m*v b_ªp
.Wà H^p AXmÀ bohv .I¡ fp` .AXnsbman Np*n .I^¡p sNmÅmw .Fsâ Np® sK«n¡pÅn NnX¶p koÀ¯p .

“”‘tKmhv km Wfp¡v ANt¯m«p C^n¡mw” .lm´ b_ªp .Mm³ ANt¯m«p tN_n .

“”‘hotS Wo Xu\n tbm]n Njn¡m³ Ft´`pw km§nt¨m*v km .”lm´ b_ªp .
“”‘l^n As½ “”‘ hoS b_ªp
.tfmÄ DÅt¸mÄ AknsX sk¨v Nan¡mWpÅ fXn B^n¡pw .B tWm¡mw …H^p {Pqbv N`¡pw At½w tfmtaw H^pfn¨p H^p bql .
“”‘As½ F¶m Mm³ tbm]n«v k^mw “”‘hoS C_§n .
“”‘tKmhv kt¶” lm´ Fs¶ sdZv–_qfn sNm*v tbm]n .

lm´ sdZn C^p¶n«v bs¿ fp*nsâ tfman NqsX Fsâ Np®]n H¶v SXkn .AkÀ H¶v sM«n .Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n .”F´m tKmhv CSv BW¸_n tbm`p*tÃm “”‘.AksW H¶v sM¡n sNm*v lm´ b_ªp
“”‘.lm´ H¶v tWm¡v BW]mt\m NpSn^ Bt\m¶p “”‘.Mm³ b_ªp .

lm´ Fsâ fp*p Du^n fmän .”Ck³ fq¯p Wn¡pkm\tÃm tfmsW “”‘?
lm´ sK«n¡p tfman NqsX Np® bnXn¨p sM¡n sNm*v b_ªp .
“”‘ASv bns¶ lm´s] tbm`pÅ H^p I^¡nsW N*m bns¶ Ak³ sk_psS C^n¡ptfm ?”Mm³ tImUn¨p .
lm´ Fsâ sK«n Du^n Np® hv{bnRv tbms` bp_t¯¡p ImXn
“”‘ ,it½m Ck³ bp`n]m\tÃm tKmth.Fsâ tfmÄsX bq_p No_nt]m Ft´m ?”lm´ b_ªp .
“”‘ti Cà lmt´ Akav A¿¸mhv tbms` B\v .DÅnt`m«p tfmlfÔ.Mm³ In^n¨p .
“”‘F¶m`pw CSv C¨ns^ NXp¸fm tfmsW.Ct{Sw k`n] Np® Mm³ N*n«nà CSpks^”.lm´ b_ªp .

“”‘Bim lm´ sNmÅmtÃm Np® Nps_ N* `£\w D*tÃm ?”Mm³ tImUn¨p .
“”‘A§nsW Aà tfmsW ..Mm³ N* B¸ Du¸m¡p H¶pw sNmXp¯n«nÔ
“”‘.tfmsW tbm`pÅ WÃ F®w b_ª B¼ntÅÀ¡p fm{Sw”

.”Nmlv tfXn¨p NmlnWp tk*n fm{Sw sNmXp¯n«pw Cà .bns¶ ht´mgt¯msX S¶m km§pw .At{S]pÅq “”‘: lm´ b_ªp .
“”‘hoS b_ªp bSnWm]n^w tImUns¨¶p “”‘.Mm³ b_ªp
“”‘.At¿m Nptª N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A§nsW knIm^n¡tÔ
“”‘ ..Nn«psfms¶ tImUn¨pÅq ..NXw B]n«v Bt\`pw fSn tfmsW.”
“”‘At{Sw F¦n`pw AX¨m At{Sfm]n “”‘.A¼SnWm]n^mfm AX¡m³ DÅSv” lm´ b_ªp
.”B sNm¨nsW tWjv–hv B¡n]m H^p tKm`n Nn«pftÃm F¶v HmÀ¯Sv B\v CSnsWms¡ Nm^\w .”
Ak^v Np®]n bnXn¨p sSm`n¨p sNm*v b_ªp .
“”‘Wfp¡v kjn]p*m¡mw lmt´ .”Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘hnWns] Ct§m«p b_ªp koXv CWn Akav k^pt¼mÄ “”‘.Mm³ b_ªp .

At¸mÄ Np® lm´]psX N¿n NnX¶p sk«n .ASv fWhn`m¡n] lm´ b_ªp
“”‘.At¿m Nptª Akav sNm¨tà ASpfà AkÄ¡p CsSm¶pw A_n]nà .AkÄ timÌ`n Wn¶m bYn¡ps¶”

“”‘ .timÌ B\v lmt´ sdhv_v.Np¯p bXw Asà CãvXw tbms` Nn«mWpÅSv”’
“”‘.F¶m`pw Nptª CSv tN_n]m AkapsX sNm¨p bq_p tbman]pw .”Fsâ Np® sSm`n¨p AXn¨p sNm*v lm´ b_ªp

“”‘.Cà Fsâ lm´Np«n Np® tNän A§nsW bqs_m¶pw sbman]nà ASv tNä* tbms` tNä\w” .”
“”‘Mm³ F{S {cgv bqän Cu Np® tNän Nant¨¡p¶p C¶pks^ H^p bq_pw No_n]nÔ .
“”‘CWn F¶m hnWn k^pt¶ .”?Mm³ tImUn¨p .

::Cu skÅn]mjvI k^pw tfmsW “”‘.
“”‘B ASv sNmÅmw .”
At¸mÄ Wmsa Njnªp skÅn Asà ?
“”‘F¶m AktamXv lWn]mjvI CSns` C_§m³ b_ .^*p Unkhw hoS]psX AXp¯v Wn¶n«p tbmNmw “”‘
“”‘.B dm¦ns` NXw Hs¡ ko«m³ Wfp¡v H^p kjn N*p bnXn¡t* lmt´ ?”
Mm³ H¶v Nm^yfm]n F_nªp .
“”‘ASv bns¶ “”‘..lm´ H¶v WnÀ¯n .
“”‘.lm´ Aksa b_ªp fWÊn`m¡p ..dm¡n hoS sI]vtSmapw .lm´ tbXn¡*m ..Mm³ ASnsâ ^oSn¡v sI]vtSmamw “”‘.Mm³ b_ªp ‘
”,Mm³ b_]mw tfmsW” lm´ b_ªp
“”‘.F¶m CksW H¶v l^n]m¡n lm´ Ct¸mÄ “”‘
Mm³ lm´]psX s{lV Np®]nt`¡v Sn^n¨p .
“”‘ASv f_¶p tbm]n Nptª”
.lm´ km sbman¨p Np®]psX S`¸v km]n¡N¯p B¡n .Bim Wà IqXv Np®¯` .lm´]psX km]n¡N¯p tN_n]t¸mÄ Fsâ Np® H¶v bnXªp .
“”‘lm´ CSv Hs¡ H¶v Du^o«p C^n¡v “”‘.””‘Mm³ H¶v WÃtbms` Nm\s« “”‘. Mm³ b_ªp
:lm´ Gäp s{Zhv fpjpk³ Du^n.sNmÅmw Wà hmUWw .hoSt]sX At{Sw k®w DÅq .fp` A`vbw NqsX Sq§o«p*v .F¶m`pw sNmÅmw .A`vbw AXnk]À .AXnsbman SpX.I¡ SpXNapsX CX]n sbm´n Wn¡p¶p .t^mfw Hs¡ N«vsI]vSp skt¨¡p¶p .hoS]psX Z]_£³ BNmw .
“”‘lm´ hq¸À B\pt«m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv .”Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘Hm H¶v tbm Nptª … “”‘Np® bnXn¨p sNm*v lm´ b_ªp:
“”‘AÃ Mm³ l^n¡pw b_ªSm .”Mm³ b_ªp .
ASv tN«Spw lm´ Fsâ Np® FXp¯p km]n sk¨v Du¼m³ SpX§n .lm´]psX IqXv Wm¡nsâ A_w Fsâ Np® fNpX¯n S«n Ak³ koÀ¯p .
lm´]psX km Wn_ªp Wn¡pkm Fsâ Np® .A`vbw kngfn¨ lm´ AksW km]n FXp¡ps¶ .F¶m`pw WÃtbms` Du¼p¶p*v .Fsâ D*Nan bnXn¨p Smt`m`n¨p sNm*v lm´ Np® AkapsX km]n sN«n C_¡n .
CX]v¡nsX Mm³ Np® A_n]msS km]nt`¡v AXn¨p sNmXp¯p .CX]v¡p lm´ kn¡n .
“”‘Fsâ Nptª C§nsW AXn¨m Fsâ k]än sIÃpw Cu BW¡p®” lm´ Np® km]n Wn¶pw FXp¯n«v b_ªp .”^hw sNm*v AXn¨p tbm]Sm lmt´”.Mm³ b_ªp .
lm´ bnt¶w Du¼n Np_¨p tW^w .”CWn Mm³ NpªnWv H¶v sbmSn¨p S^mw .”lm´ Gäp .
Fsâ Np® kn§n Wn¡pkm^p¶p lm´]psX bpÃmwNpj km]W]nÂ.Mm³ sdZn tN_n f`À¶p NnX¶p .
“”‘tim F¶m S`s]Xp¸m Nptª CkWv”? .sdZnt`¡p tN_ns¡m*v lm´ b_ªp .
lm´ Fsâ tfman tN_n Wn¶v Nk¨n^p¶p .Mm³ Np® bnXn¨p bq_nsâ NkmXw tWm¡n bSns] sk¨p.
“”‘Nptª AXn¡tà ..Nps_ Wmam]n H^p Np® tN_o«p .Mm³ bSns] C^n¡mw .”b_ªp sNm*v lm´ bSns] Np®]nt`¡v Smjv¶p .
Np®]psX S` lm´]psX bq_nsâ CSapNÄ kl§ans¡ SÅns¡m*v ANt¯m«p kjpSn tN_n .
“”B “”‘lm´ H¶v M^§n .
“”‘WÃ ä]n«p B\tÃm lm´]psX bqÀ .”Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘Mm³ A§nsW H¶pw BÀ¡pw sNmXp¡nà Nptª “”‘
.lm´ bSns] H¶qsX Smjv¶p .Fsâ N¼n¡p® lmt´sX bqänt`¡v A`vbw NqsX tN_n.tim Wà fp_p¡w ..C{S]pw ä]n«p Mm³ {boSo£n¨nà .CSv AXnsbman bq^m\tÃm .Mm³ HmÀ¯p .
Fsâ Np® lmt´sX bqän`n^p¶p kn§n .Mm³ lmt´sX sk®¡p*n]n bnXn¨p sNm*v sNm*v b_ªp
“”‘.Np_¨qsX C_¡p lm´¸q_n.”
“”‘C_¡pktÃXm f]nt^ .” lm´ Np®]nt`¡v Np_¨qsX AfÀ¶p sNm*v b_ªp .
tdhvZv hoS]psX Asà SÅ tfmlw k^nà .Np® Np_¨qsX kjpSn tN_n .A§nsW lm´ bSns] AksW sfm¯w AkapsX bqän tNän.lmt´sX bq_p Fsâ Np®]psX AXn]n NX]n k¶p AfÀ¶p Wn¶v .
“”‘tim Fsâ lmt´ F´v ä]n«p BXn Wnsâ bq_nWp “”‘.
Mm³ b_ªp .”
“”‘ASv Wnsâ BW¡p® B]Spw NqsX sNm*m “”‘.lm´ bqÀ H¶v C_p¡n sNm*v b_ªp .
lm´]psX bq_p Fsâ Np®s] sM¡n bnjnªv .Fsâ Np® N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B k^n¡¸q«n C^p¶p kn§n .
ASv fWhn`m¡n] lm´ b_ªp .
“”‘Nptª bm`v Na]tà Cksâ bm NpXn¨ntàAsSm^p WãvXw BNpw” .
“”‘Cà lmt´ Mm³ b_tª¡mw .Ct¸mÄ Wo AXn¡p” .Mm³ b_ªp .
lm´ Fsâ sW©n N¿n Np¯n A`vbw bp_tNm«p kaªp Np*n sbm¡n bSns] AXn¡m³ SpX§n .AkapsX bq_p bSns] `qhv B]n k¶p bqÀ tS³ NqXn k¶p k¶p .Ct¸mÄ Fsâ Np® WÃtbms` kjpSn kjpSn tN_p¶p*v .F¶m`pw Wà fp_p¡w D*v .Mm³ lm´]psX sk®¡p*n AXn]n Wn¶pw bnXn¨p sbm¡n sNmXp¯p sNm*n^p¶p .
ASv lm´¡v AXn¡m³ Fap¸w B]n .lm´ bSns] Smaw N*p bnXn¨p .Np®¯` ks^ bq_p sNm*pk¶p Sm¯n AXn¨p ko*pw hq¸À B]n«v .A§nsW AXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p .Fsâ N¼n¡p® AkapsX tS³ bqän NnX¶p kn§n .
“”‘lm´ CWn Ct§m«p Sn^nªp C^n¡v .”Mm³ b_ªp
.B sk® fp`NÄ NnX¶p BXp¶p¶Sp Ns*m*pw bnXnt¨m*pw Nan¡mtÃm¶p N^pSn]m A§nsW b_sª .lm´ Np®]n C^p¶p N_§n Sn^nªp Fsâ sW©nWp tWs^ .
Fsâ sW©n N¿v Np¯n lm´ ko*pw AXn¡m³ SpX§n .lm´]psX fp`NÄ ^*pw NnX¶p skXn .Mm³ N]v Wo«n ^*p fp`Napw bnXn¨p sM¡n .sM«pNÄ ^*pw sM¡n¸nXn¨p .lm´ Fsâ Np®]n C^p¶p bnXªp .CX]v¡p S` sbm¡n Mm³ B fp`NÄ ^*pw km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp .lm´ F^nsNm* tbms` Èv sk¨p .
lm´ bq_p Fsâ Np®]psX NX k^ C_¡n AXn¨p .lm´ B Du Du Èv Hs¡ sk¡m³ SpX§n .AkÄ¡p Ct¸mÄ sbm«pw F¶v fWhn`m]n .FWn¡pw Np® WÃtbms` kn§p¶p*m^p¶p
.lm´ Np®]n C^p¶p kn§n kn_¨p A^s¡«n`m¡n skXn sbm«n¨p .AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw H`n¨ fUK`w Fsâ Np®]psX NX]n NqsX H`n¨n_§n .sk«n sk«n lm´ Wn_p¯n .
Np® ¥¸v F¶pw b_ªp bqän Wn¶pw Du^ns¡m*p . Mm³ b_ªp ..
“”‘lm´ C§p NnXt¶m bm`v St¶¡mw” .
Mm³ lm´s] bnXn¨p NnX¯n.lm´ NnX¶n«p km sbman¨p .Mm³ bqÀ tS³ sNm*v Npan¨ Np® FXp¯p lm´]psX sbman¨ km]nt`¡v sk¨p sNmXp¯p .
lm´ Fsâ D*Nan bnXn¨p sM¡nsNm*p AksW km]ns`Xp¯p C_p¡n Bªp k`n¨p Du¼m³ SpX§n .kn§n Wn¶ Ak³ lm´]psX Ip*pNaptXw Wm¡ntâw Njnkn AVnNw bnXn¨p Wn¶nà .
Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶pw bm t_m¡äv tbms` lm´]psX km]nt`¡v Ioän B B Mm³ Np® fpt¼m«p SÅn A^ sk«n¨p bm Ioän .Np® lm´]psX km]n NnX¶p sk«n kn_¨p bm fpjpk³ Ioän .
Hmt^m Ioä`nWpw lm´ bm NpXn¨p sNm*n^p¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv .ASv sNm*v km Wn_ªp H^p SpÅntbm`pw bp_¯p tbm]nà .sfm¯w bm`v tbm]n«v lm´ Fsâ Np® W¡n W¡n Wà skXn¸m¡n S¶p .Np®¯` W¡n W¡n Sna§n .Mm³ lm´]psX tfman C^p¶p NnS¨p .
Mm³ C_§n sdZn NnX¶p .
“”‘hpPns¨m Nptª?.”lm´ tImUn¨p .
“”‘Hm Fsâ lmt´ CSv tbms`s¯ Duwdp AXp¯ Nm`¯p H¶pw Nn«n]n«nà .”Mm³ b_ªp .
“”‘ASv tN«m fSn Nptª.”lm´ In^n¨p
“”‘ .Npªnsâ bm`pw AXnsbman .Wà Np®¸m`v” .lm´ Ip*pNÄ H¶v NqsX Wm¡p sNm*v W¡n sNm*v b_ªp.
“”‘ASnsW´m lmt´ tk*t¸mÄ Hs¡ Sm^mtÃm .C§p tbms^ :
” B … bns¶ hnWn Cu skÅn]mjvI timÌ`n Wn¶pw k^q¶p b_ªntà ? Aksa lWn]mjvI C§p knt«s^ .’
‘Sm¶p NnX¡p¶ Np® bSns] St`mXns¡m*v Mm³ b_ªp “”‘.
“”‘Nptª hq£n¨p tkt\ .. Akav sNm¨tà Cu BW¸_n tNän AkapsX sNm¨p bq_p sbman¡Ãv.”lm´ b_ªp .
“”‘CÃ lmt´ Mm³ tk* tbms` sI]vtSm`mw.bns¶ hoS]pw D*tÃm CknsX.”
lm´]psX SpX]n Nm`p tNän sk¨p sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp .
A`vbw Njnªp lm´ tbm]n {cgv B]n k¶p. {ZÊv FÃmw C«p .MmWpw Sp\ns]Ãmw DXp¯p DXp¯p .
bp_¯p C_§n C^p¶n«v kÀ¯mWw b_ªp sNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ hoS cpZpw sNm*v k¶p .M§Ä FÃm^pw Njn¨p. .
“”‘ Nptª Mm³ sskNn«v tbmNpw.Ct§m«p H^p N®v tkt\” .lm´ b_ªp
“”‘N®v fm{Sw AÃtÃm lmt´ Fsâ Np® C¸w Ct§m«tà tbXn¡*m Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw “”‘Np®]n SXkn sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp .
hoS]pw lm´]pw sbm«n¨n^n¨p .
“”‘F¶m Mm³ C_§pkm .” F¶pw b_ªp Mm³ AknXp¶v tbm¶p.hnWnsX Caw bqän ho sbm«n¨p bm`entgNw WX¯p¶Sv HmÀ¯p ko«nt`¡p WX¶p.