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fmh¯ns` `mhv–_v ko¡v Na£³ bns¶ XmÀPäv.
Hm, sX³gtWmsX ^mkns` ko«n Wn¶v C_§n ssd¡v tfs` N]_n.Hmcohv `£yfm¡n Wo§pt¼mÄ sfmssds`]n sftÊKv f\n AXn¨p . “”Zn]À fWp , `mhv–_v ko¡v Hmcv Un tfm\Sv .]p imkv F dm`³hv Hmcv””, bns¶ km]n¡m³ Wn¶nà . fmtWK^psX sftÊKv B\v . XmÀPäv , Na£³ _nssf³ZÀ . Mm³ ssd¡v Wn_p¯n AXp¯v N* Im]¡X]n N]_n . “”Ass® H^v Xo , H^v NnRvhv”” F¶v b_ªp sfmssd tbm¡än Wn¶v FXp¯p.

NT WX¡p¶Sv SfnjvWm«ns` th`w F¶ b«\¯n`m\v . NT]ns` Wm]NWm\v fWp . H^p sh]nÂhv FN-vhnNyq«okv . tWm¡n] 3310 F¶ tfmZ kmjp¶ Nm`w .SfnjvWm«n F]Àsh , dnbn B\v `oZnRv sWäv–kÀ¡v . fWpknsâ KoknS¯n WX¡p¶ In` hwek§am\v NT . fWp tcm¬ FXp¯p Zo`s_ knan¡m³ SpX§n .Im] k^p¶SnWp fp¼p tKm`n SpX§mw F¶ f«nÂ. NmÄ tbmNp¶SnWp fp¼v A_n]n¸v k¶p . “”t`m dm`³hv””. fWÊn Bs^]m\v C¶p N\nN*¯p F¶v lbn¨psNm*v Nol S¸n .200 ^qb D*v . sbt{XmÄ , cpZv , Im] , hnP^äv , fWhn N\¡pNq«n]t¸m fWhn`m]n . “”_oImÀKv sI¿m³ ssbh CÔ” . fnWnfw 100 ^qb tk\w _oImÀKv sI¿m³ .CSnWnX]n Im]]pw hnP^äpw k¶p . hnP^äv N¯n¨p sNm*v Im] H^p hnbv FXp¯p . sSm«Xp¯ tNm]n³ tcm¬ N*t¸m N^p¯n , ^*p fq¶ptbt^ tNm]n³ tcm¬ kjn knan]v¡mw . H^p NmÄ H^v ^qb]n HSp¡mw . Mm³ tbm¡än Wn¶v tNm]n³hv FXp¯v knan SpX§n . Im] fq¶v NpXn¨p Njnªn«pw NmÄhv SpX^pN]m\v. ssbh S^m¯ Zo`s_ sS_n knan¡pN]m\v fWp . b^nh^w f_¶ f´v G³Zv {bgÀ .
“”it`m FWns¡m¶p tcm¬ sI¿\fm]n^p¶p”” F¶ H^v hv{So lÐw tN«v Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n . H^p 4 k]hp {bm]w DÅ Npªpw A½]pw.
“”Mm³ Nps_t]s_ tW^fm]n sk]näv sI¿p¶p””
B hv{So b_ªp . Mm³ H^p shm_n b_ªn«v– tcm¬ sNmXp¯p . AkÄ tcm¬km§n hwhm^n¨pNjnªt¸m Mm³ tImUn¨p .
“”f`]man]mt\m?””.
“”AtS”” F¶v b_ª AkÄ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p .
“”F´m Ct{S sX³g³”” .
“”sh]nÂhv {bgÀ “”F¶v b_ª Ft¶mXv In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p .
“”GSp N¼W]n`m tKm`n , F´m tKm`n Fs¶ms¡ “”. . b^nI]sb«SnWp tlgw fWhn`m]n , Akapw H^p FÂsFhn GKâv– Bs\¶v . hwhm^¯nWnsX AkÄ Fsâ knhnänwPv NmÀZv km§n .
“”C³gp_³hn Sm`vb^yfpt*m””F¶ AkapsX tImUy¯nWv ,
“”tWm”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶ H^p D¯^kpw WÂNn Mm³ ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v sI]vSSv fpt¶mXv Wo§n.

Unkh§Ä NX¶p tbm]n .fWp bSnkv tbms` Hmcohnsâ AXp¯pSpÅ f\n A®sâ Im]¡X]n C^p¶p hnP^äv N¯n¨p H^p bcv– FXp¡pt¼mÄ sfmssd _nwPv sI]vSp . b^nI]w CÃm¯ H^p W¼À .
“”it`m , ]m^p”” F¶ Fsâ tImUy¯nWv
“”fWp Atà ?”” F¶v H^p hv{So lÐw . Wm«n Wn¶v Bs^¦n`pw BNpw F¶ D_¸n , “”AsS”” F¶v Mm³ b_ªp . “”Fs¶ fWÊn`mt]m ?”” F¶ tImUy¯nWv “”tb^v b_ªm`tà fWhn`mNq “”F¶v f_pbXn b_ªp .
“”Mm³ doW ]m\v”” F¶ D¯^w Fs¶ In´mNp`Wm¡n .
“”GSp doW ?”” Fsâ fWÊv H^p hnbn]p tbms` doWs] tSXn , bs£ H^p bnXn]pw Nn«n]nà .
“”thm_n FWn¡v fWhn`m]nÔ”. Mm³ b_ªp .
“”Ct¸mjpw tNm]n³ tcm\n`v Zo`s_ sS_n knan¡m_pt*m?””F¶ tImUyw Fs¶ sbs«¶v doW B^ms\¶p fWhn`m¡m³ him]n¨p .
“”At¸m Fsâ tb^ptbm`pw HmÀf]nà Asà “”F¶ tImUy¯nWv H^p k`n] thm_n b_ªp Mm³ H¸n¨p .
“”
GSm\v kntlgw,”” Mm³ tImUn¨p .
“”Wo Ft´ H¶v knan¨Sptbm`pfnÔ” F¶ tImUyfm]n^p¶p D¯^w . At¸mjm\v Mm³ HmÀ¯Sv CkapsX sfmssd W¼_ptbm`pw Mm³ km§n]n«nà .
“”Hm Sn^¡m]nt¸m]n”” F¶v b_sªm¸n¨p .
“”As¸m XmÀPäv Hs¡ Bt]m ?”” doW tImUn¨p .
“”CsÃt¶”” F¶v b_ªp SoÀ¡pwfp¼p AkÄ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p .
“”Wo C³gp_³hv Hs¡ FXp¯n«pt*m ?”” Mm³ A_n]msS H¶v sbm«n In^n¨p sNm*v AktamXv– tImUn¨p .
“”blpknsâ ANpXn`mt\m bm`p kn¡m³ k^p¶Sv””.f_pbXn AkÄ¡p Cãs¸«n]ns`¦n`pw AkÄ tImUn¨p ,
“”As¸m Wo Fs¶ H¶v him]n¡nà s` ?”” .
“”fmhwtSm_pw C³ÌmÄsfâv AX¡mWpÅ {Sm\ns]m¶pw FWn¡nÔ” .
“”Wo FXpt¡* `oZv–hv Sm^mftÃm ? tkt\Â N½og³ S^msfXm.”” km«v B³ sFZn] hÀ Kn .sNmÅmw F¶v FWn¡pw tSm¶n .^*p fq¶v `oZv–hv sNmXp¯p .
“”Wo Ft¸m FknsX]m?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p .
“”thmWm tNmtaKv Knsâ AXp¯v”” .
“”Mm³ Ìo ¹mâv t_mZn D*v .C§p km””.
“”H^p b¯pfnWnäv””F¶v b_ªp H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨p . Fsâ fWhn H^pbmXp In´NÄ NmXpN]_n . CWn CkÄ Fs¶ sNm*v C³gp_³hv FXp¸n¡ptfm. ?sNmXp¯ `oZv–hv knan¨p fWpkm\v tNm¬XmÎv W¼À S¶sS¶p b_ªmÂ? sNmafm¡ptfm ? Culz^ `oZv–hv sNmXp¯Sv bm^ B¡ptfm ? sfmssd ko*pw _nwPv sI]vSp , Mm³ sbs«¶v FXp¯p
“”imt`m””F¶v b_ªSpw , “”Wo CWn]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp_s¸«nà ?””
“”Hm¬ Zn tk “” F¶v b_ªp N«v sI]vSp . Ìo ¹mâv– t_mZn sI¶ Mm³ N*Sv H^p NpX]pw bnXn¨p sk]n`n Wn¡p¶ doWs]]m\v . Mm³ H^p im]v b_ªp .
“”fWxhm£n]nÃm¯ Upã³ H^p hpµ^n]m] sI_p¸Nm^ns] F{S hf]fms\Xm sbm^n sk]n`¯v WnÀ¯p¶Sv”” . Np_¨p tUgyt¯msX AkÄ b_ªp .
“”A¿Xm doW¡v tUgyw Sos^ tI^p¶nà t«m””. AkÄ H¶v In^n¨p .
“”Fs¶ H¶v Hmcohn t{Zm¸v sI¿m³ bäptfm””. AkÄ tImUn¨p . “”At]mVyb«\w t_mZn B\v . ¹ohv””.
“”At¿m H^p B_p Nnt`mfoäÀ F¦n`pw Nm\pw A{SUq^tfm ?”” Mm³ tImUn¨p . “”dhv bnXn¨m ^*®w fm_n N]_\w .ASv fm{Sfà fnWnfw H^p f\n¡qs_¦n`pw BNpw .¹ohv Zm”” . Mm³ In´n¨p , {btSNn¨p b\ns]m¶pw Ft¸m Cà bs£ Bs^¦n`pw N*m ?? “”fmtWm kmhv kn¯v F t`Zn Hm¬ ssd¡v.”” fmWw tbmNpftÃm Culz^m . Mm³ HmÀ¯p .

“”F´m Wo In´n¡pt¶ ?””
AkapsX tImUyw Fs¶ In´]n Wn¶v D\À¯n .
“”Hm H¶pfnÔ” F¶ D¯^w AkÄ Nm^yfm¡ns]Xp¡msS b_ªp .
“”km k*n FXp¡p”” .
Fsâ `mbvtXm¸v dmPv tgmÄZ_n Ss¶ k¨n«v Mm³ b_ªp ,
“”Hmt¡ tN_nt¡m””.
F³s_ hfp_m]n ssd¡nsâ bp_Nn AkÄ N]_n . fp«`pw D^]`pw CÃmSn^n¡m³ tk*n ]m\v Mm³ dmPv dm¡vNn Wn¶pw fmä¯n^p¶Sv . Cs{¼g³ tfmlfmNm³ bmXnÃmt`m . ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v B]n M§Ä fpt¶m«v tbmNpt¼mÄ AkÄ b_ªp
“”Wo dmPv fpt¶m«v sk¡Xm, dm¡n C^n¡m³ bäp¶nà “” . Hmt¡ F¶v b_ªp dmPv fp¶nt`m«p sk¨v M§Ä Wo§n .
AkapsX Hmcohn F¯n]t¸m AkÄ ImXn C_§n .
“”Hmt¡ , ssd “” F¶v b_ªp SoÀ¡pw fpt¼ AkÄ b_ªp .
“”H^p ^*p fnWnäv Mm³ Ct¸m k^mw.””
“”ssUktf – Mm³ HmÀ¯p “”.
^*Xn fpt¶m«v Wo§n] AkÄ ko*pw Sn^nsN k¶p .
“”Wo C§p kt¶ “” F¶v b_ªp knan¨p .
“” Ft§m«m\v , Mm³ H¶pw CÃ. “”
“” bvaohv H^p sI_n] si`vbv Wns¶ Nm\n¨p H^p Kmfyw FXp¡mWm””
FWn¡v ko*pw sM«`m\v D*m]Sp .
“”H^p Np^nlm\tÃm Culz^m ^mkns` H^p NmÄ B]n k¶Sp.””.
“”^*p fmhfm]n Mm³ H^p Zo t¢msh sI]v–Sn«p ,H^p Fh-vNyqhv–b_]m³ tk*n]m\v bvaohv kmXm “”.
“”Hmt¡”” F¶v b_ªp MmWpw fXn¨p AkapsX NqsX tbm]n .
Hmcohn N]_n sI¶ DXsW H^p NpXk]_³ _nshbvgsâ AXp¯v Wn`vNp¶p .
“”PpZv BcväÀWq¬ hÀ “” doW b_ªp
“” ssk tWm t¢mhnRv hn³hn `nhv_v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Xp f´vhv doWm”” þ Ur[fm] hz^¯n H^p f_pbXn .
“”Xp tNshÊv Ént¸Zv C³ `nhv_v tfmsfâv_v hÀ , d«v Unhv f´v kn sPäv Cäv sZcnWnän`n””. doW b_sªm¸n¨p .
DXsW doW Fs¶ b^nI]s¸Xp¯n .
“”hÀ Unhv Cuhv ssf ZnÌâv _nt`äokv C³ sXu¬ kÀ¡nwPv C³ sh]nÂhv, in kn dn si`vbnRv fn C³ Xp ZoÂhv Unhv f´v.””
“”bvaohv tf¡v gpkÀ, Ht_Âhv ]p kn dn C³ {XdnÄ “” F¶v b_ªpsNm*v A]mÄ WX¶pWo§n.
H^p sWXpko^vt¸mXn AkÄ b_ªp .
“”CWn H^p BjvIt¯¡v k¶m`tÃ? ASv As¸m tWm¡mw .””
“”AÃ F´m CSp NT ?”” Mm³ tImUn¨p ? .
“”H¶pfnÃsX sh]nÂhv {bgÀ Ss¶”” .
“”H^p fnWnäv Wn`v¡p , Ct¸m k^mw , Fs¶ sf]n³ t_mZn t{Zm¸v sI¿\w “” f_pbXn¡p Nm¯pWn¡msS AkÄ WX¶p Wo§n .
H^p A©p fnWnän AkÄ Sn^nsN k¶p.
“”thm_n Zm t`äv Bt]m ? km tbmNmw. Wfps¡m^p Kyqhv NpXn¨mt`m?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”tk* FWns¡m^p ss¢]ânsW Nm\mWp*v “”.
“”kmXm H^p A©p fnWnäv sNm*v Wn³sä ¢]âv Is¯m¶pw tbmNnà “”
F¶v b_ªp AXp¯pÅ Kyqhv NX]nt`¡v AkÄ WX¶p .
bn¶ms` MmWpw . Mm³ k^p¶ptXm F¶v D_¸p k^p¯m³ tk*n AkÄ sb«¶v Sn^nªSpw Mm³ AkapsX tfs` fp«n]Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p .
“”Hm Bw thm_n “”
“”Hm hm^fnà Wo km “”.
AkapsX I´n]n`m\v F³s_ ssN sNm*Sv .
kas^ fÀ±kfmÀ¶ I´n .
A_n]msS Bs\¦n`pw H^p hpPfp*m]n^p¶ B fp«`nWp .
At¸mjm\v fp¶n WX¶p Wo§p¶ AkapsX l^o^QXW Mm³ {l²n¡p¶Sv.
WÃ kn^nª I´n .
WX¡pt¼mÄ ASn³s_ Sma¯n`pÅ Np`p¡w H^p ewPnSs¶. Mm³ sfsà tft`m«p tWm¡n . skÅ Na_n bq¡apÅ H^p Ip^nSm^v . Énbv C«n«nÃ, ASv sNm*v Ss¶ DÅns` {dm sSanªp Nm\mw . sf`nª l^o^w . sfm¯¯n H^p I^¡p Ss¶. H^p Upgv¨n´]pw CÃmSn^p¶ F³s_ fWhnt`m«p H^p sI_n] fp«Â , H^pbmXp In´]nt`m«p W]n¨p.
“”ftWm Nt{*mÄ ]pkÀ sh`vcv “”, Mm³ Ft¶mXv Ss¶ b_ªp .
“”F´mXm H¶pw fn*msS ? “”. Mm³ sbs«¶v hztdmV¯nt`m«p k¶p .
“”G]v H¶pÃ, “”.
“”WnW¡v F´v KpÊm tk*Sv ? “”
“”fphwdn b_]s« ? IqXnWv WÃSm\p ? “”
“”Hmt¡ “”.

bn¶oXpÅ Hmt^m IpkXn`pw AkapsX km¡pNta¡mÄ NqXpS AkapsX l^o^fm\v F³s_ fWÊn .
“”Zm Wo F´m Cu Bt`mIn¡pt¶ “” F³s_ ssN]n S«ns¡m*p AkÄ tImUn¨p .
“”B WnW¡v sbs«¶v t¢mhv– N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI¿m³ bän] `oZv Dt*m F¶v Bt`mIn¡pN]m\v “” Mm³ sb«¶v f_pbXn b_ªp .
“”H¶v tbmXm Nan]m¡msS “”.
“” CÃtXm , tWm¡s« . H^p t¢mhnRv Cu BjvI]n Ss¶ sh^n]mNmw “” Mm³ b_ªp .
AktamXv– DÅ hiSmbw AÃ , f_nIv AktamXv NqXpSÂ AXp¡m³ tk*n F³s_ fWhm\v B f_pbXn b_ªSv .
sbs«¶p Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯p ^*p fq¶v NmÄ sI]vSp .bn¶oXv AktamXv b_ªp fmhw
“”B]n^¯n Aªq_v ^qb , ^*p tbmanhn fSnt]m ?.””
k*À AXn¨p AkÄ tImUn¨p
“”FXm F§nsW , F´m tbmanhn F¶v H¶pw b_]s¯ F§nsW ? “”
H¶v In^n¨psNm*v Mm³ b_ªp
“” ASm\v fWp , ]mfn^v¡ e]w t]³ “”.
“”B¸nÄt¡g³ tcmw Sm , FknsX ssh³ sI¿\w F¶v fmÀ¡v sI]vSm fSn . GSp tZän sI¡v tk\wWp b_ . FÃmw Hmt¡ .CSp fSnt]m ? “”
“”F³s_ sbm¶p fWptk, hSyfmt\m, AtSm Fs¶ bän¡pN]mt\m ? “”
hwl]t¯msX AkÄ tImUn¨p .
“”AtÃmtXm F³s_ doW Np«n]m\v hSyw.Wmsa t¢mhv– sI]vSp S^mw.Hmt¡ “”.
.”” ht´mgw sNm*v FWn¡v F´m¶v b_]m³ k¿ “”doW kas^ ht´mg¯n`m\v .
sbs«¶v AkÄ tcm¬ FXp¯p NmÄ sI]vSp .
“”it`m , ftWmtK«m , Wmsa ^*p tNhv t¢mhv– BNpw . Cu]À`n bSnsW«m]n^¯nWvsX ^*p tbmanhn”” . Mm³ b_ªn^p¶ntà ,fWp AkWm\v t¢mhv– sI¿m³ si`vbv sI]vSSv,Mm³ CuskWnwPv knan¡mw””.
B NmÄ FWns¡m^p CXn B]n^p¶p .
“”B^m\o ftWmKv ?..””
A]mÄ¡v– F´nWm\v Fs¶ b^nI]s¸Xp¯p¶Sv ? ..
Nmäp tbm] d`q¬ tbms` Wn¡p¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n AkÄ . “”ftWmKv F³s_ tdm]v {c*v B\v . Mm³ FÃm Nm^ykpw sg]À sI¿pw . “” .
sbs«¶p Mm³ tImUn¨p ,
“”doW,Wn³sä cmfn`ns] bän H¶pw b_ªnÃmt`m ? “”
“”tfmsa Wo N*Stà , AkÄ QPG bYn¡p¶p. ko«n Mm³ SWn¨m\v. eÀ¯mknsâ ‘A½ In`t¸m k^pw , k¶m H^p BjvI ko«n Wn¡pw.hz´w WmXv bm`¡mXv B\v “”.
At¸mjpw F³s_ In´ doW]psX eÀ¯mkv ? CkÄ Zntkmjvhv Bt\m ? AtSm eÀ¯mkv f^\s¸t«m? B^m\o ftWmKv ?.Nm^\w Cs{S]pw b_ª AkÄ eÀ¯mknsW bän H¶pw b_ªnà . tImUn¨m tfmlfmNptfm F¶ In´ Fs¶ NqXpS tImUn¡m³ AWpkUn¨nà .
F³s_ In´t] bän fWhn`m¡n] AkÄ tImUn¨p .
“”Wo B ftWmKnsW bän]tà Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv ?””. Ak³ F³s_ “”tdm]v {c*v B\v “”
“”G]v Mm³ Wn³sä eÀ¯mknsW bän Bt`mIn¨Sm.””.
“”ihvd³Zv FknsX]m ? tImUn¨Sn knt^mVfpt*m?”” .
sbs«¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ sbm«n¨n^n¨p .
“”AsS´mXm H^p Wà tdm]v {c*nsW eÀ¯mkm]n sNm*v WX¡m³ bäntà ?””.
sbs«¶v Mm³ tXm¸n¡v fmän sNm*v b_ªp.
“”Hmt¡ Mm³ tbmNp¶p,D¨Njnªp fmtWKÀ k^m³ b_ªn^p¶p,hf]w tbm]S_nªnÃ, bns¶ Nm\mw “” .
“”bns¶ Aà ,Wmsa ^*p t¢mhnRv t{bmfnhv sI]vSn«v,Wo tcmw sNm*ptbmNp¶ntà ?. Wmsa Nm\\w “” .
In^n¨psNm*v tcmw km§n Mm³ bp_s¸«t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp .
“”fmsg Fs¶ t{Zm¸v sI¿mw F¶v b_ªSpw f_t¶m ?”” .
“”Hm thm_n , km “”.
“”Wo sbs«¶p Fs´ fqZv Hmcv B]Sp?””
“”ti H¶pfnà , fmtWKÀ k^m³ b_ªSv f_¶p , CWn A]mÄ F´v b*m^w B\v b_]m³ tbmNp¶Sv F¶v A_n]nà “” Mm³ b_sªm¸n¨p .
Aksa t{Zm¸v sI]vSp bp_s¸Xpt¼mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.
“” Mm³ ssWäv knan¡mw “” .
“” Hmt¡ ssd “” F¶v b_ªp Mm³ tWs^ ko«nt`m«p tbm]n .
ko«n F¯n] Mm³ NSNp Sp_¡m³ Smt¡m C«p. tZmÀ AN¯pWn¶p bq«n]n¡p¶p . NmanRv sd AXn¨t¸m, bNpSn]p_¡¯n AK]³ tZmÀ Sp_¶p .
“”Hmtim Wo C¶pw Hmcohn tbm]ntà ? “” Mm³ tImUn¨p .
“”CsÃXm Mm³ ^m{Sn Wm«nt`m«p tbmNpw, ASv sNm*v Hmcohn Wn¶v tW^s¯ hv–Nyq«m]n .”” AK]³ b_ªp .
H^p Hmt¡ fm{Sw D¯^w sNmXp¯p Mm³ dmPv _qfn sk¨v fpOw NjpNn bp_¯n_§n . tWs^ A®sâ NX]n tbm]n
“”H^p Im] , hnP^äv “”F¶v b_ªp H^p tdm* FXp¯p Njn¡m³ SpX§n. BßmknWp H^p bpN]pw sNmXp¯p ko«n k¶p N]_pt¼m sfmssd AXn¡p¶p .
“”doW NmanRv “”. Mm³ tcm¬ FXp¯p
“” it`m “” b_]p¶SnWv fpt¼
“” fmtWKs^ Nt*m ?””
“” Bivi Hmcohn B\v bns¶ knan¡mw “” F¶v b_ª Ft¶mXv
“” tk* , knan¡\w F¶v CÔ” . ASv Mm³ {bSo£n¨nà .
“”doW F´v bän “”.
“”tbmXm Im]¡X]n hnP^äv k`n¨p knXp¶Smt\m Wn³sä fmtWK^pfm]n«pÅ foänwPv “” . tUgy¯n`m]n^p¶p f_pbXn .
F´v b_]\w F¶v A_n]msS Mm³ .
“”Wo F´nWmXm Wp\ b_]pt¶ . “” sF sSm«v ]p BÀ F KânÂfm³ “” .
sfm¯¯n I½n tbm]n Mm³ .
F´m b_t]t* F¶v Bt`mIn¡p¶SnWnsX AkÄ b_ªp , As¸m Fss¶ Atkm]vZv sI¿pN]m\v AtÃ?.
“”At¿m AÃ , fmtWKÀ Wmsa Nm\mw F¶v b_ªp , A]mÄ bp_¯p tbm]n^n¡p]m\v ASv sNm*m ko«nt`¡p tbm¶Sv””
“”knlzhn¡mtfm “”, f_pbXn DX³ k¶p
“”F´mtXm H¶v knlzmhn¡v “”.
“”Wmsa Mm³ tcmw cn sI]vSp sNm*pk^mw , N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv t`mPn³ sI]vtSmap , Hmt¡ . “”.
“” Hmt¡ As¸m Wmsa Nm\mw “” .
tcm¬ sk¨v Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸m AK]³ þ
“” F´mXm H^p b©m^ “” ? ,
“”b©m^ Aà lÀ¡^ H¶v tbmXm “”.
“” Mm³ ^m{Sn C_§pw “” þ AK]³
“”F¸jm Sn^n¨p k^pt¶ “”.
“”F´m Bs^¦n`pw PÌv Dt*m Zm WnW¡v , Mm³ tbmNpt¼m sNm*pk^m³ “” AK]sâ f_pbXn .
“”bns¶ Wo CtàCknsX PÌnsâ diaftà , H¶v tbmXm “”. ^m{Sn F«p f\n Bs]t¸mtj¡pw AK]³ C_§n . Ak³ H^p BjvI Njntª k^q. Mm³ Xokn Hm¬ B¡n Cw¥ogv ImW shÀ¨v sI]vSp . “”{Xqss`hv”” AÀt\mÄZv bXw D*v H³bSp f\n¡v .
“”Hmt¡ XptZ]vhv t{bm{Pmw cnN-vhZv.AÀt\mÄZv bXw B³Zv H^p imcv””. tWs^ ssd¡v FXp¯p AXp¯pÅ XmhvfmNv NX]n tbm]n H^p Fwhndn imcv, H^p bm¡äv fnhv¨À , ^*p fq¶v bm¡äv A¨m^v , ^*p sbmt_m« km§n ko«n k¶p .
ko«ns` dmÀ Hm¸¬ B]n . bXw SpX§n , Mm³ Np¸n Sp_¶p AXn]pw SpX§n .
H¶v ^*p s_u*v B]t¸m sfmssd _nRv sI¿p¶p . ko«ns` Wn¶v ‘A½ ]m\v . Mm³ Sot]ä_n`m\v F¶v b_ªp N«v sI]vSp Smsj sk¨Spw ko*p AXn¡p¶p . Cu A½¡v b_ªm`pw fWhn`mNnà F¶v b_ªpsNm*v tcm¬ tWm¡n]t¸m “” doW NmanRv “” . tcm¬ FXp¯ntàbn\§pw , FXp¯m`pw Npj¸w , Wm¡p Énbv BNptfm F¶p H^p sZu«v.
Fs´¦n`pw BNs« F¶v N^pSn tcm¬ FXp¯p .
“”imt`m””F¶v b_ªSpw tcm¬ N¿n Wn¶pw Én¸m]n Smsj tbm]n, S¸nbnXn¨p FXp¯p ko*pw H^p “”imt`m””b_ªp .
“” Wo Fs´Xp¡pkm ? “”
“” Hmiv Ip½m “”
“” F´mXm skÅfXn ]mt\m “”
H«pw {bSo£n¡m¯ tIymUyw ,
“”AsS F¶v A_n]msS b_ªp tbm]n “”.
“”Hmt¡ Mm³ bns¶ knan]v¡mw”” F¶v b_ªp AkÄ N«v sI]vSp
Wm\t¡Xm]n Mm³ HmÀ¯p . ^mknt` fpS AkapsX fp¶n Wm\wsN«psNm*n^n¡p¶p . BÄs_Zn hv–tfm¡nRv D*v F¶v AkÄ¡p A_n]mw . Ct¸m {Zn¦nRv . bns¶ AXn¨SnWp Nn¡v– B]Spfnà , tN_n] Nn¡v– C_§pN]pw sI]vSp .
AXp¯Unkhw tcmwhv FÃmw cn sI]vSp N_âv tZäZv sINv–¡p fm]n Mm³ Aksa knan¨p .CuskWnwPv foäv sI¿mw F¶v fm{Sw b_ªp AkÄ tcm¬ sk¨p.
CuskWnwPv H^p A©p f\n¡v AkÄ knan¨p .
“” Wo hnPvW`nsâ AXp¯pÅ InÂ{Z³hv bmÀ¡nt`m«p km , Mm³ AknsX D*mNpw . “”
AkÄ ASnNw H¶pw hwhm^n¨nà . C¶`s¯ F³s_ sbÀtcmf³hv Npafmt]m ? . cnäv B]n AktamXv– Fs´¦n`pw Mm³ b_tªm? F³s_ fWhnsW H¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv _ossk³Zv sI]vSp tWm¡n , H¶pw HmÀf]nà .
Hmiv , CWn Fs´¦n`pw Bs]¦n Ss¶ Cu tcmw A§v sNmXp¯p bn^n]mw F¶v N^pSn Mm³ ^*pw N`vbn¨p tbmNm³ So^pfmWn¨p .
H^p At©¡Â f\n t]msX Mm³ bmÀ¡n sI¶p. Np_¨p Np«nNÄ Nan¡p¶p*v . ^*p fq¶v hv{SnNapw. doWs] N*nà . H^p b¯p fnWpäv tWm¡mw , k¶ntà tbmNmw F¶v N^pSn km¨nt`m«p tWm¡n]t¸m . bn¶n Wn¶v H^mÄ tSman S«n tImUn¨p .
“”BÀ ]p fnÌÀ fWp “” H^p B_p AXn]n Np_]m¯ D]^w , Wà cnäv tdmZn . ssNfp«v ks^ fX¡n sk¨ cpÄ Éokv gÀ«v . tbm`ohv N«v si]À hvssä .
“”Fhv”” F¶v b_sª¦n`pw lÐw bp_¯p k¶nà .
“”tbm`ohv Bt\m? F´v k¿mtk`n At¶m Ft´m ?.
“” Fh-vNyqhv– fn “” A]mÄ ko*pw tImUn¨p .
“”Fhv,sF Bw “”. Mm³ b_ªp .
“”doW imhv tXmÄZv fn Fsdu«v ]p , Umäv Cuhv Un _oh¬ Bw in]À “” .
Ct{Sw B]t¸mtj¡pw F³s_ skXn SoÀ¶p .
A]mÄ tg¡v im³Zv S¶p , Mm³ Sn^n¨pw .
“”F´m fWp ssN sFhv tbms`”” A]mÄ tImUn¨p . As¸m SfnjvWmXv tbm`ohv AÃ . bns¶ B^m]n^n¡pw C]mÄ .
“”Mm³ ftWmKv doW]psX tdm]v–{c*v– “” .
Mm³ kÃm*m]ntbm]n . H^p kan¨ In^nt]msX Mm³ b_ªp
“” im]v “” .Nan¨psNm*n^p¶ Np«nNan Wn¶v H^p sb\vNpªp HmXnk¶p ftWmKntWmXv b_ªp.
“” ZmZv km Wfp¡v Nan¡mw “”.
FWn¡v S` Ipäp¶ tbms` tSm¶n . AkÄ¡p H^p Npªp , CkWpw H^p Npªp , AkÄ¡p Ck³ tdm]v {c*v . Fâv_tfm …..
Mm³ b_ªp .
“”doW k^pw F¶v b_ªn^p¶p,FWn¡pw Sn^¡p*v, Cu c]Â doWs] G`vbn¨m fSn.sI¡v D*v F¶pw b_tªmaq””.
“” As¸m doWs] Nm\t* “”
“” CÃ Mm³ bns¶ knan¨psNmÅmw “”
“”Hmtim Wo e]¦^ Sn^¡n`m\v t` ?””.Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸m doW In^n¨p sNm*v Wn¡p¶p .
“”Wo Fssâ tdm]v {c*vsW Nt*mXm ?”” F¶ tImUy¯nWv H¶v In^n¨p sNm*v.
‘ B’ F¶p Mm³ b_ªp . sbs«¶p B sb¬Np«n
“”f½m,b¸m F³s_ NqsX Nan¡m³ k^p¶nÔ”. At¸mjm\v Mm³ tfmsa {lUn¨Sp.tfmsa tWm¡p¶Sv N*p doW b_ªp . “”Akap M§apsX tfmam\v,A½p.bns¶ ftWmKv F³s_ eÀ¯mkpw sdhv_v {c*pw””. AkÄ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp . FWn¡v At¸mjm\v lzmhw tWs^ B]Sp . F³s_ fpO¯p H^p I½`pw D*m]n^p¶p .

A§nsW AknsX Wn¶v ftWmKnsW b^nI]sb«p . A½p Fs¶ tI«m]n F¶v knan¡m³ SpX§n .
ko«ns` H^p AwPfm]n fm_pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³.
Hmhn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WÃ timw`n cpZv AXn¡m³ H^p Smkaw ^qbsbXpN]m]n^p¶p FWn¡v .
A§nsW ftWmKv G«sW t{Zm¸v sI¿¶Spw , ASymklw doW ]psX NqsX tgm¸nwPv, A½pknsW In`t¸mÄ Wjvh_n `p sNm*pknXp¶Spw FÃmw NqsX Unkh§Ä NX¶p tbm]n .
ftWmKv H^p N¬hÄ«nRv scÀfn`v ImÀt«ÀZv A¡u*âv B\v . b` sI_n] N¼WnNÄ¡v HmZnänwPv sI¿p¶p . fn¡t¸mjp\v ]m{S ]n B\v . tdmÀ AXn fmämWm\v doW FÂsFhn ]n GK³_v B]n kÀ¡v sI¿p¶Sv .

doW]psX NpXpwdkp fm]n W¶m]n AXps¯¦n`pw , In`t¸msjÃmw F³s_ fWhns` NjpN³ N®pNÄ AkapsX l^o^s¯ Wn^o£n¨psNm*n^p¶p . NpWn]pt¼mÄ ¢otkKv , AkapsX tdmZn tg¸v , bmU§Ä, Ip*pNÄ , FÃmw F³s_ SWn¨pÅ ^m{SnNans` ssN{Nn]¡v bm{SfmNm_p*v .
F³s_ Uplo`Nsa Np_n¨v WÃ tdmVfp*v doW ¡p, ftWmKv G«Wpw A_n]mw , Mm³ k`n¡p¶Spw NpXn¡p¶Spw .
H^p Unkhw doW tImUn¨p ,
“”Wo sZ]n`n NpXn¡ptfmXm?”” .sb«¶pÅ tIymUyw .
“”fqXp¶ps*¦n “”F¶v D¯^¯nWp
“”AsS´mXm NpXn¡m³ fqXv “” F¶v AkÄ .
“”HmkÀ tdm_nRv HmÀ HmkÀ im¸n “” ASm\v NpXn¡mWpÅ fqXv F¶v Mm³ b_ªp .
“”bns¶ Nmlp N¿n Ds*¦n Ft¸m sskt\`pw fqXv k^pw “” , In^n¨p sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp .
H^p In^n]m]n^p¶p AkapsX f_pbXn .
sbs«¶v ssd¡v H^p Npjn]n ImXn , Mm³ t{d¡v AXn¨p . doW F³s_ tfs` k¶p fp«n . Npjns] {bmNnsNm*v Mm³ b_ªp ,
“” Wo H¶v W¶m]n bnXn¨p sNm*v C^n¡v “” .
AkÄ F³s_ tSman bnXn¨p .
“”Fs¶ Aà , ssd¡v im³Zn D*v ASv bnXn¡v “”
“”Hm Wns¶ bnXn¨m F´m , Wo A§v D^pNn tbmNptfm ?””.
“” F³s_ tbm¶p doW, F¶n«p tk\w FWn¡v sb®v Nn«mSn^n¡m³ “”
“” Ft´m¶p , Ft´m¶p , As¸m Mm³ WnW¡v H^p AVnN¸äm\v s` ?””

doW ho^n]hv B] tbms` tSm¶n .
“” FÃtXm Ip½m Wm«pNm^v b_ªp*m¡* F¶v N^pSn b_ªSm “” ,
“” GSp Wm«pNm^v , H¶v tbmXm “” .
“” AÃ WnW¡v ss`³ GsS¦n`pw Dt*m “”
“” Hm , ASnsWm¶pw Ft¸m hf]fnà F³s_ dos¶ , “”
“” B , Wo k*n CknsX WnÀ¯nt¡m “” , H^p ssX`_nwPv NX]psX fp¶ns`¯n]t¸m doW b_ªp .
“” F´m FknsX b^nbmXn , FWn¡v sk]näv sI¿m³ H¶pw hf]fnà , Wns¶ Hmcohn t{Zm¸v sI]mw , FWn¡v tbm\w””
“” Wo sbm]vt¡m , CuskWnwPv k¶mÂfSn “” . As{S]pw b_ªp AkÄ C_§nt¸m]n .
{ZÊv Ìn¨nRv sNmXp¡m³ B\v F¶v MmWpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N^pSn . bs£ N¿n Sp\n H¶pw CÃ, ssS¡m³ sNmXp¡m³ .
“”Hmiv Fs´¦n`pw BNs«”” F¶v N^pSn Mm³ ssd¡vÌmÀ«v sI]vSp Hmcohnt`m«p Wo§n .
CuskWnwPv H^p A©p f\n¡v doW ]psX NmÄ k¶p .
“” fWp , Fs¶ k¶p bn¡v A¸v sI¿Xm , “” .
“”CsSt´m¶v bn¡v A¸v shÀkohnthm? F¶n¡p Np_¨p tKm`n D*v””, Hmcohv sX³gWn Mm³ b_ªp .
“” H¶v tbmXm , Mm³ H^p bSnW©p fnWnäv sk]näv sI¿pw , tkPw kmXm “” tcm¬ N«v B]n .

k*n ÌmÀ«v B¡n ,
“” doW , Wo FknsX]m? “”Mm³ tcm\n knan¨p tImUn¨p . “”Zm ^mkns` C_¡nkn«nt` AknsX Ss¶ “”.
At§m«v k*n HmXn¨psNm*p tbmNpt¼mÄ Mm³ N^pSn , CkÄ¡v B ssX`_nRv tgm¸n`v Ct{Sw tW^w F´m b\n .
k*n tgm¸nsâ fp¶n Wn¶p. sbs«¶v AkÄ bp_¯p k¶p ssN sNm*v fmXn knan¨p . CsS´nWm\v CkÄ t`Zohv tgm¸nt`¡v Fs¶ knan¡p¶Sv F¶v N^pSn Mm³ sfsà AkapsX AXpt¯]v¡p Wo§n .
“” tkPw km,C§p kmXm “”, F¶v b_ªp AkÄ F³s_ N¿pw bnXn¨p ANt¯¡v knan¨p .
“” tI¨n CSp fWp , F³s_ _nt`äokv B\v , Nhn³ “”
“” fWp CSp N` tI¨n . Cu tgmbv tI¨nsX H^p dnhnWhv fm{Sw , B\v H^p HmÄ C³ HmÄ B\v “” .
“” Ip½m,… Koknt¡* ? F¶v In^n¨psNm*v B hv{So F³s_ AXpt¯]v¡p k¶p . Wà sbÀcyqw hvsfÂ. hm^n ]m\v tkgw , ssiäv– H^p A©^ AXn Nm\pw . N_p¸v AjNn]m\v . Wà hvssä B]n hm^n sN«n]n^n¡p¶p . t`m inbv , sbm¡nÄ Npjn hm^n]n`qsX Wnj`n¨p Nm\mw . B NmjvI N*t¸m fWhv NpanÀ¶p .
“” fWp F´v sI¿p¶p “” F¶ tIymUyfm\v Fs¶ D\À¯n]Sv . .
ssd b_ªp MmWpw doW]pw AknsX Wn¶v C_§n.doW H^p NŨn^nt]msX tImUn¨p
“”F´mXm N` tI¨ns] N*wt¸m km]n`v N¸t`mXn]Sp “” .
“”H¶v tbm doW “”.
“”F´Xm WnW¡v tWm«fpt*m ? tks\¦n Bt`mIn¡mw , bpÅn¡m^n {co B^v . “”.

“” As¸m MmsWm^p km]v–tWm¡n]m\v F¶m\v Wo b_]p¶Sv ?,
“” Wn³s_ tWm«w FkntX¡m\v Fs¶ms¡ Fs¶m¡_n]mw “” doW b_ªp WnÀ¯n .
B D¯^w H^p f^kn¸m\v FWn¡v WÂNn]Sv .
N`s] tWm¡n]Smt\m , AtSm doW s] tWm¡p¶Smt\m CkÄ DtUln¨Sv– ?.
F´m]m`pw D¯^w b_ªp NqXpS kgamt¡* F¶v N^pSn Mm³ fn*n]nà .
Np_¨pNjnªp AkÄ tImUn¨p ,
“”Wn³s_ _qwtfäv Ctà Wm«n ? “” .
“”Ak³ Wm«n tbm]n , Ft¸m tWm¡n]m`pw Ak³ `okv FXp¯p WX¡pw , F´nWm Ak³ ?F´m Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms^ bn¡¸v hÀkohnWv “”
“” F¶ bns¶ Wn³s_ ko«nt`m«p knsXXm k*n “” B D¯^w Fs¶ BÝ^ys¸Xp¯n .
“”F³s_ ko«nt`mt«m, F´nWm ? . M§Ä dmtIt`m_hv Smfhn¡p¶ koXm, t`Zohv tWm«v A`uZv– . “”. b_ªp So^pw fptd doW Fsâ S`]n H^p sNm«v S¶n«v b_ªp ,
“”H¶v tbmXm, Wo k*n knsXXm . “”
A§nsW k*n F³s_ koXnsâ fpä¯p k¶p Wn¶p.
doW k*n]n Wn¶p C_§n Ipäpw tWm¡n . AXp¯ko«ns` k]hm] ‘A½ F³s_ NqsX H^p sb®nsW N*t¸m sb«m\v tImUn¨p
“” ]m^v , F¶ tk\w ? F¶ Ct§? “” . doW ]m\v ASnWp D¯^w b_ªSv .
“”k\¡w A½ , Wm³ doW , fWp kpsX Nhn³ hnÌÀ , Wm`v sS^p SÅn NpXn]n^nt¡\v. fWptk bm¯p tbm`w\v kt´³,b¿³ H¶pw sSm´^Wv CÃs] ?””.
doW]psX km¡pN]n A½ ko\p .
“”k\¡w f , WÃ S¼n , S¦fm\ b¿³, Bav DsÅ C^p¡n_sS sS_n]¯pb . “” .
A½s] k\§n . ssd b_ªp doW ko«nt`m«p N]_n .
H^p t_mtdmÀ«nsW tbms` Mm³ FÃmw N*pWn¶p .
“” doW Wo Bav sNmÅmt`m, B A½¨n WnW¡v sb^vfnÊg³ sNmXp¯tbm`p*t`m “”
“” ASm\v tfmsW sb®nsâ fnXp¡v, W½av ssV^yfm]n Wn¶m bNpSn {blWw Wfp¡v Ss¶ thmÄkv sI¿mw “”.
AN¯p NX¶ Mm³ NSNp AX¡m³ SpX§pt¼m AkÄ b_ªp . “” AXt¡* , NSNp bNpSn Sp_¶nXv”” .FWns¡m¶pw fWhn`m]nà .
AkÄ Ip½m koXv H¶v Nt®mXn¨p .
“” Wo B Xokn Hm¬ sI]vSp Wyqhv H¶v CsXXm . “”
Xokn]n Wyqhv Hm¬ B]n . AkÄ sI]À FXp¯p C^p¶p .
“” FWn¡v NpXn¡m³ Fs´¦n`pw tk\w “” doW b_ªp .
FWn¡msN tUgyw k¶p . Mm³ tImUn¨p
“” Aà doW , Wns¶ Mm³ ko«n knXpfm]n^p¶tÃm , Wyqthm , hnWnft]m,AknXn^p¶p huN^yfm]n Nm\mtÃm WnW¡v “”.
“”tbm]n NpXp¡m³ Fs´¦n`pw sNm*pkmXm””. ASm]n^p¶p {bSnN^\w .
Nn¨\n`v tbm]n skÅw FXp¡pt¼mÄ bp_¯p tZm_n B^psXt]m lÐw.skÅkpfm]n k¶ Mm³ N*Sv , AXp¯ ko«ns` A½¨n kmSn¡ Wn`vNp¶p .
“” kmWvPm½ “” Mm³ b_]p¶SnWpfpt¼ doW b_ªp .
kntlgw tImUn¨_n]p¶ Nq«¯n , WmXv , tKm`n , eÀ¯mkv , Np«nNÄ FÃmw A½¨n tImUn¨p . doW ASnsWÃmw D¯^w b_ªn«v . Nq«¯n AkÄ b_ªp . kmXN¡v H^p koXv S¸n C_§n]Sm\v fWpknsâ NqsX , H¶pw sh^n]m]nÃ, FknsX AXp¯v GsS¦n`pw koXv Dt*m ? Ds*¦n b_]mtW F¶v b_ªp doW AkapsX sfmssd W¼À FjpSns¡mXp¯p .
“” sh^n, kss^³ b , Wo¦ bohnän^pt§. AN¡p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Kyqhv GSkSv km§msf S®n ] b sNmXp¡nt_³ ? . “”
At{Sw b_ªp A½¨n WX¶p Wo§n .
A½¨nt]mXp ssd b_ªp doW Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p .
“”Ct¸m FWn¡v FknsX k^mftÃm? .
“” Wfn¨p “” . Mm³ b_ªp WnÀ¯n .
skÅw km§n NpXn¨p , doW koXv H¶v WX¶p N*p .
“” Fs{S Zm CSnWp kmXN ? “”
“”^*m]n^¯n C^pWq_p ¹hv Fs`{Înhnän ImÀKvhv “”.
“” Hmiv kas^ Io¸v B\tÃm “” F¶v b_ªp AkÄ sdZv–_qfnt`m«p NX¶p . sdZv–_qfn H^p k`n] sNmSpk` , ASnWvsX AXn]n H^p k`n] bm] , bns¶ _qfnsâ tNmÀ\_n Np_¨p s{ZÊpw N* bmsX AkÄ tImUn¨p .
“” Hmiv ^*p tb^pw NqXn k`¡N¯mt\m NnX¸p “” .
“” ASv AK]sâ]m, Mm³ iman`m NnX¡m_v , Xokn N*p NnX¶p_§pw “” .
“” _qsfÃmw kas^ sI_pSm\v , bs£ ^*p tbÀ¡v CSp Vm^maftà , bns¶ dmNv sshZn`v H^p sI_n] _qw NqXn D*v””Mm³ b_ªp .
_qfn doW F³s_ fp¶n Wn`vNp¶p , Mm³ sSm«p bp_Nn`pw. _qfn FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªp WnWvNp¶ doW F³s_ f_pbXn tN«v H¶v bp_Nnt`m«p Wn¶p . AkapsX I´n Fsâ SpXNan S«n . N_*Xn¨tbms` F³s_ DÅn³ H^p sskUpSn {bkmifp*m]n . ssd¡n k^pt¼mÄ doW ]psX AÀ°fpÅ tIymUyw HmÀf]pÅ Mm³ sbs«¶v H^Xn bn¶nt`m«p Wn¶p . A_n]msS WX¶Sms\¦n F¶ H^p D_t¸msX .
At¸mjm\v doW ]psX kn]À¸nsâ PÔw F³s_ hn^Nan bSnªSv . H^p kÃm¯ knPm^wF³s_ hn^Nsa D\À¯n . F³s_ N®pNÄ doW ]psX l^o^w fpjpk³ H¸ns]Xp¡pN]m]n^p¶p . £\ tW^¯n Mm³ A_nªp F³s_ bu^pgw S`sbm¡n]n^n¡p¶p .
“” Zm Fs`{Înhnän dnÃv Fs{S k^pw “”
B tIymUyw Fs¶ D\À¯n .
“” H^p Wqä¼Sp k^pw “”.
“” Hmtim “”, F¶v b_ªp AkÄ ko*pw H^Xn bp_Nnt`m«p Wn¶p . D\À¶p Wn¡p¶ F³s_ bu^pgkpw F³s_ hn^Nans` knNm^kpw Fs¶ AknsX Ss¶ WnW¡m³ t{b^n¸n¨p . AkapsX I´n F³s_ ^*p SpXNÄ¡p CX]n AfÀ¶p . F³s_ bu^pgw AkapsX I´nNan sSmXp¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp . AkÄ kas^ Nymg B]n hwhm^n¨psNm*p fpOw Sn^n¨p . F³s_ In^n¡p D¯^fm]n Akan Wn¶p klyfm] H^p bp©n^n .
FWns¡m¶pw knlzhn¡m³ bäp¶nà . doW CSp A_nªp sNm*v Ss¶ Wn`vNpN]mt\m AtSm Mm³ hzbvWw Nm\pN]mt\m ? .
“” FknsX dm¡n`v H^p _qfp*v F¶v b_ªn«v”” F¶v b_ªp AkÄ Sn^nªp . AkapsX fp`NÄ F³s_ l^o^¯n D^hnsNm*p AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`¡p WX¶p .

sbs«¶pÅ AkapsX Cu sb^pfmä¯n Mm³ hvSwenSWm]n . H¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp©n^n¨p sNm*v Mm³ AkapsX bn¶ms` AXp¡a]nt`m«p WX¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX tSman ssN sk¨v . AkÄ H¶pw {bSnN^n¨nà . AXp¡a]n F¯n] Mm³ b_ªp.
“” ASm\v dmNv–sshZns` fp_n , km “”.
Cs{S]pw b_ªp Mm³ Nq«nsNm*p tbm]n .
WX¶p Wo§pt¼mÄ tSman C^p¶ F³s_ ssN sfsà AkapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v Wo§n .
AkapsX CXp¸n Mm³ H¶v NnÅn , “”Hmiv “” Fs¶m^p lÐkpw F³s_ Nkna¯p sNm©ns¡m*p H^p sI_n] AXn]pw .
“” tkUWnt¨m”” Mm³ tImUn¨p .
“”bn¶ÃmsS tSm¶nkmhftà Wo Nm\nt¨”” F¶v b_ªp AkÄ In^n¨p.
_qfn F¯n] Mm³ Aksa fp«n]p^p½n sNm*v Wn¶p .
At¸mjpw AkÄ Ft´m Wm«pkÀ¯Ww b_]p¶p*v . Mm³ “” ivÒvfv “” F¶v D¯^w fqapNfm{Sfm\v sI¿p¶Sv .
F³s_ ssNNÄ AkapsX tSman sk¨psNm*v {dm]psX kÅnNÄ sfsà SXkn . H¶pw A_n]m¯ f«n AkÄ hwhm^w SpXÀ¶psNm*n^p¶p . F³s_ ssNNÄ sfsà Smtj¡n_§n AkapsX fp`Nan F¯n. AkÄ H¶v In^n¨p . B In^n FWn¡v ko*pw ssV^yw S¶p . Mm³ fp`Nsa sbs«¶v H¶v AfÀ¯n sM¡n .
“” sfsà , tkUWn¡p¶p “” .F¶v b_ªp F³s_ ssNNÄ AkÄ S«nfmän . At¸mjm\v Mm³ A_nªSv AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ bm³_vhnsâ hnbv tfs` Bs\¶v . b_]m³ bäm¯ H^p hpOw , KoknS¯ns` BUymWpekw . Mm³ sbs«¶v F³s_ sdÂäv Ajn¡m³ H^p§n . AkÄ Fs¶ SXªp ,
“”tk* , tZmÀ Hm¸¬ B\v “” .
Mm³ sfsà imant`¡v k¶p tZmÀ Npän]n«p . Sn^n¨p _qfnt`¡v tbmNpt¼mtj F³s_ sdÂäpw hn¸pw hzmS{´fm]n^p¶p .Sp_¶ hnbn`qsX AkÄ sfsà H^p ssN DÅnt`m«p sNm*v tbm]n F³s_ bu^pgw sfsà SXkns¡m*n^p¶p . sgZv–Zn¡pÅn Ak³ bn^nfp_p¡w sNmÅpN]m\v . Mm³ sfsà AksW hzmS{´Wm¡n bp_s¯Xp¯p . AksW fpjpkWm]n N* AkÄ ^*p ssN sNm*v AksW Djn]m³ SpX§n . F³s_ l^o^w IqXpbnXn¡m³ SpX§n . Mm³ F³s_ bm³_vhv fp«pks^ Smjvt¯¡p C_¡n AkÄ¡p kni^n¡m³ huN^yw H^p¡n. AkapsX ssNkn^`pNÄ F³s_ bu^pg¯n H^p ko\ km]n¡p¶ N^kn^ptSmsX kni^n¡pN]m\v .

AkapsX N^hvbÀl¯nWvsX hpOw AWpekn¨psNm*v Mm³ F³s_ ssNNÄ AkapsX Ip^nUmÀ bmânsâ kÅnNÄ sfsà k`n¨p . sbs«¶v AkÄ NpS_n fm_n .
“” Ct¸m tk* , bns¶m^p Unkhw FÃmw Nm\n¨p S^mw , Wo Ct¸m bm³_v C«v km , hf]w H^p bmXv B]n, FWn¡v tbmN\w “”F¶kÄ b_ªp .
“” b´nt]maw k¶p tIm_nà F¶ tbms` B]n tbm]n “” .
“”bvaohv bvaohv H¶v Nm*fmSn bvaohv , Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sN©n”” .
“”tWm tWmXv Wu “”, Wo H¨sk¡* .
F³s_ Wn^ml N*p AkÄ b_ªp.
“”WnW¡v Mm³ sI]vSp S^mw . dm¡ns]Ãmw bns¶ H^p WmÄ huN^yfm]n«p Hmt¡ “”
Hmt¡ AÃsS FWn¡v fmÀPfnà . sSän¸n^nIm bns¶ H¶pw WX¡nà .
AkÄ sfsà thm¸v FXp¯p bU¸n¨p F³s_ `nwP¯n tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p Np`p¡m³ SpX§n.CsSÃmw FWn¡v H^p hv{So]n Wn¶p bpSn] AWpekw. N®X¨v B hpOw BhzUn¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ F³s_ ssN FXp¯p AkapsX fp`]n sk¨p. Mm³ ASv sfsà AfÀ¯m³ SpX§n . Wnfng³tW^w sNm*v bm`entgNw WX¶p. In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp . “”Ct¸m CSp fSn “”.
FÃmw SpX¨p Naªp bm³_v s_Zn ]m¡n] Ft¶mXv
“” km tbmNmw “” .
Hmt¡ F¶v b_ªp Mm³ Aksa H¶v sN«nbnXn¨p Ip*n H^p D½ sNmXp¯p .
“” sI¡Wv F´m B{Nm´w “” F¶v b_ªkÄ In^n¨p .
“”CWn F¸jm “”.
“”Wo NnWmskm¶pw Nmt\* , hmiI^yw H¯p k^pt¼mÄ Mm³ knan¡mw , bns¶ fäpÅk^psX fp¶n CSnsâ AZzm³täKv FXp¯m , A^nªp Na]pw B Sq§n NnX¡p¶Sv “” F³s_ bu^pgs¯ bnXn¨p sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp .
Hmt¡ F¶v b_ªp M§Ä ko«n Wn¶pw C_§n .
Sn^n¨p ssd¡v N]_n] FWn¡v doW ]psX ^*p fp`Napw F³s_ l^o^¯n AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶Sv A_n]m³ Njnªp .
AkapsX ssNNÄ F³s_ A^]n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p . H^p sb®nsâ Iq^pw IqXpw F´m\v F¶v A_n]p¶Sv C¶m\v. F¶m ASv fpjpkWm]pw AWpekn¡mWpw bän]nà . “”CWn Ft¸m”” , Cu In´Napfm]n ssd¡n Wo§nsNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ b_ªp .
“” F´mXm hzbvWw Nm\pN]mt\m, k*n t_mZv tWm¡n HmXn¡p “” .

“”FÃmw H^p hzbvWw tbms` D*v”” Mm³ b_ªp .
“”KoknS¯n H^p {SnÃv Hs¡ tkt* ?, Wo Hanªp tWm¡p¶sSms¡ Mm³ N*n«p*v “”AkapsX f_pbXn .
“”H¶pw B^pw A_n]^pSv , A_nªm Wns¶ Mm³ sNmÃpw””

“” Fhv,Hmt¡ “” F¶ D¯^¯nWp
“” hzbW¯n Mm³ Bt\m AtSm N` tI¨n ]mt\m? , Wn³s_ tWm«w N`tI¨ns] A§v Sn¶p¶ tbms` D*m]n^p¶tÃm “” .

“”H¶v tbm doW””. F¶v b_ªp So^pw fpt¼ koXv F¯n . Aksa t{Zm¸v sI]vSp Mm³ F³s_ ko«nt`¡p fX§n .
F³s_ fWÊn At¸mjpw H^p In´ fm{Sw “” CWn Ct¸m WX¡pw “”…..
AkapsX km¡pNÄ F³s_ fWÊn A`]Xn¨p sNm*n^p¶p …
“”KoknS¯n H^p {SnÃv Hs¡ tkt* ?,
“” hzbW¯n Mm³ Bt\m AtSm N` tI¨n ]mt\m? ….
Fs´¦n`pw Hs¡ WX¡pw F¶ {bSo£]n fWp ssd¡v HmXn¡pN]m\v….

Cãs¸s«¦nÂSpX^pw……

Wo^Sv..