t]mPVymW¯n³s_]pw t]mPmhW¯n³s_]pw ¢mÊpNÄ sNm«m^¯n³s_ knlm`fm] WXp¯a¯n`m\v WX¶Sv.
b*v sbu^fpOy·m^pfm]n ht½an¡pkm³ ^mKm¡·mÀ Dbt]mPn¨Sm]n^p¶p B WXp¯aw.
^mKØmWn fmÀdnÄ bmNn] ASn³s_ Wm`pkl¯pw fq¶v- Wn`NapÅ sNm«m^s¡«pNÄ D]À¶pWn¶p.
Vm^maw {bNmlkpw km]pkpfpÅ B Ø`w ^mip Ss¶]m\v t]mP bYW¯nWm]n WnÀt±ln¨Sv.
ASn³s_ knlm`S]n ^mip`n³s_ fp¼n`n^p¶v A]mÄ sImÃn¯^p¶ f{´§Ä Gäp sImÃpt¼mÄ, A]mapsX WnÀt±l§aWph^n¨v t]mPfp_Naeyhn¡pt¼mÄ BUy Unkh§an {l² tN{µoN^n¡pkm³ AkÀ bmXpsb«p.
^mip ASv fWÊn`m¡n]n^p¶SnWm kas^t]s_ lmhW]pw Nn«n AkÄ¡v.
bs£ t]mPVymW¯n³s_ hzmVoWw GSmWpw Unkh§Ä¡pÅn Akan {bNXfm]n.
f{´§apw Ak]psX AÀ°§apw kas^ tkPw AkÄ irUnØfm¡n.
t]mPmeymh§Ä H^p WÀ¯Nn]psX sf]v kj¡t¯msX]pw sskekt¯msX]pw AkÄ sI]vSpsNm*n^p¶p.
bn¶oXv Aksa lmhn¡mtWm Sn^p¯mtWm ^mip`nWv CXk¶nÃ.
bs£ “”i`mhWw”” b^nlo`n¡pt¼mÄ ko*pw {blvW§Ä SpX§n.
S_]n kn^n¨n« goän ssNNÄ Wo«n, ln^Êv tWs^ sk¨v, Wo*p WnkÀ¶v-, f`À¶v Unky NnX¶p.
AkÄ H^p skap¯ {Xm¡v hyq«v B\v V^n¨n^p¶Sv.
hfob¯v Skn«v Wn_¯n`pÅ OUÀ gÀ«pw Nmkn Wn_fpÅ fp*pw A\nªv ^mip Wn¶p.
“”lzmhw ANt¯s¡Xp¡pN,””
^mip b_ªp.
AkÄ UoÀQfm]n lzhn¡pkm³ SpX§n.
“”lzhWt¯msXm¸w fp«pNÄ fX¡msS Nm`pNÄ fpNant`¡p]À¯pN,””
Unky Nm`pNÄ ^*pw fpNant`¡p]À¯n.
“”WnÀ¯pN,””
Nm`pNÄ NrSyw `wdfm]n Wn¶t¸mÄ ^mip b_ªp.
AkÄ Nm`pNÄ sSm®q_v Zn{Pn]n WnÀ¯n.
“”CWn A^s¡«n ssNNÄ Sm§q,””
AkÄ A{bNm^w sI]vSp.
“”CWn Nm`pNÄ ^*pw H^ptbms` ln^ÊnWv fpNant`¡v sNm*pk^nN. lzmhw bp_t¯¡v fm{SsfXp¡pN,””
Unky B WnÀt±lw AWph^n¨p.
AkÄ¡v B]mhfWpeks¸«p SpX§n.
Nm`pNÄ Smtj¡v k^pt´m_pw ASv NqXpS`m]n.
“”bmU§Ä S_]n hvbÀln¡pN,””
AkÄ bmU§Ä Wn`¯v fp«n¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw NjnªnÃ.
{lfw SpX˦p.
B]mhw Wn]{´n¡mWmkm¯Sptbms` Ak¡Wpeks¸«p.
“”N^mt«]ns`ms¡ cÌv BNm_p*v Fs¶ms¡¸_ªn«v?””
^mip Ah´pãnt]msX tImUn¨p.
{lfw SpXÀ¶psNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ ^mip A¸w NqXn AkapsX]Xp¯v k¶p.
CXSpssN sNm*v AkapsX ssN]n bnXn¨p.
k`Sv ssN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX bmU¯n`pw.
l^o^w fpjpk³ kn]À¸n bpSªn^ps¶¦n`pw S¶n NpanÀ Wn_]p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
l^o^w B hvbÀlW¯n SpXp¯v i^w sNmÅp¶Spw.
fm_nX¯n S^n¸p]^p¶p…
“”hmkVmWw….bSns]…….§vim ….A§sW…””
^mip t{bmÕmin¸n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
A]mapsX D¨zmh km]p S³s_ Nknan hvbÀln¨Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
tUiw ko*pw tNm^n¯^n¡p¶Spw.
“”Pweo^w!””
A]mapsX hz^w AkÄ tN«p.
Sm³ bqÀ®fm]pw i`mhW¯n C^n¡pN]ms\¶v AkÄ A_nªp.
^mip hvbÀln¨ Wnfngw fpS AkapsX fWÊmsN CaNn f_n]pN]m]n^p¶p.
CawNmän`p`]p¶ bWnWoÀ¸qkv tbms`.
DX`msN Bt^m SqkÂsNm*v sSmXp¶tbms`.
l^o^¯n³s_ WnPqZtN{µ¯n H^p knUypSv{bmkmiw D_ sbm«p¶p.
^ihyknNm^§apsX B]n^w fjknÃpNÄ Wr¯w sI¿p¶ H^mNmlfm]n Sm³ fm_n]n^n¡p¶p F¶v- AkÄ A_nªp.
DX`nsW sbmSnª t^mfiÀgw CWn]pfX§n]n«nÃ.
F{St]m B¬Np«nNapfm]n Sm³ AXp¯v CXbjNn]n^n¡p¶p.
sSm«v, kj¡n«v, Wr¯w sI]vSv, sN«n¸nXn¨v….
bs£ At¸msjms¡ hz´w l^o^¯v sSmXp¶ tbms`t] tSm¶n]n«pÅq.
F¶m Ct¸mÄ…
F{S S^anS]m]n^n¡p¶p, Sm³!
B hvbÀlW¯n³s_ D¨zmh km]pkn³s_ APvWn l^o^s¯ hpON^fm]n Uin¸n¡p¶p.
“”F´m CSv?’
^mip`n³s_ QWfpÅ lÐw Aksa AWpeqSnNan Wn¶pfp\À¯n.
“”thm_n…hmÀ..Mm³,””
AkÄ KmaySt]msX b_ªp.
“”C¶nWn fSn,””
^mip WnkÀ¶p Wn¶p.
“”l^n, hmÀ,””
S_]n kn^n¨ goän Wn¶pw AkÄ Fjpt¶äp.
“”Npfm^n sbm]vt¡mÅq,””
Ss¶ {bSo£n¨p Wn¡p¶ Unkyt]mXv A]mÄ b_ªp.
A]msa {b\fn¨SnWv tlgw AkÄ WXp¯a¯n Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n.
sbs«¶v- Ft´m HmÀ¯ns«¶tbms` AkÄ Sn^nªpWn¶p.
“”hmÀ,””
A]mÄ tImUyemk¯n tWm¡n.
“”tNm{dminÂhnt`¡v tbmN\sf¶v hmÀ b_ªnÃm]n^pt¶m?C¶v- Mm]_mjvI]tÃ? hm_nWv shuN^yfmt\Â C¶v- tbmNmw. hf]fnt¸mÄ b¯v f\n NjnªStÃ]pÅq?””
“”l^n,””
sSÃp tW^s¯ Bt`mIW¡v tlgw ^mip b_ªp.
“”tbmNp¶SnWp fp¼v AÑtWmXpw A½t]mXpw b_ªn^n¡\w,””
“”l^n, hmÀ,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ H^p Xq_n`m]n^p¶p.
^*pUnkhw Njnªp fm{Stf Sn^nsN k^nN]pÅq.

“”F´nWm f½n, hm_v tNm{dminÂhn tbmNps¶?””
Unky Pm]{Sn tUknt]mXv tImUn¨p.
A]mÄ f`fpNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNp¶p F¶_nªv AkÀ SnXp¡¯n In` b`im^§sams¡]p*m¡n bm]v¡v sI]vSp.
Nq«¯n Gäkpw Wà bj§apw.
“”f½o, M§av Wm`©p Unkhs¯ ¹gÀ {Xn¸nWpsfm¶pfà tbmNps¶,””
Pm]{SntUkn]psX H^p¡§Ä N*v– Unky b_ªp.
“”CsSms¡s]Xp¯v tNm{dm inÂhns`¯n¡m³ tks_ Bs^t]`pw Nqt«*n k^pw,””
“”CsSm¶pw WnW¡Ã,””
AkÀ b_ªp.
“”Sbhzn]m\t±iw. WnÀ½` fWhpÅ bpt^minS³. At²i¯nWv Bklyfpt*m CÃt]m Fs¶m¶pw W½Ä Sn^t¡*. W½Ä sNmXp¡pN fm{Sw sI¿pN,””
“”f½osX WnÀ½` fWÊpÅ bpt^minSWm\v W^nfäw A¦nantWw M§sX `¯ocv UmUmtWw bns¶ K]Nrgv\tWw Hs¡ AXn¨v S_bän¨Sv,””
“”fim Egnfm^v A§sW sI]vSn«p*v,””
Pm]{Sn tUkn Wym]oN^n¨p.
“”Upã·ms^ Wn{Pin¡m³ ePkm³ Ss¶ F{S {bmklyw AkSm^sfXp¯p?””
“”Hmt¡, Hmt¡. f½n ASv b_ªnÃtÃm.hms_´nWm tNm{dminÂhn tbmNps¶?””
“”SbhznNapsX Cã§Ä A§sWs]ms¡]m\v, tfmsa, NmWW§apw Ppim´ÀemP§apw WUo So^§apsfms¡]m\v Ak^psX {bn]s¸« CX§Ä,””
bj§apw b`im^§apw Wn_¨ ¹mÌnNv dmhv¡äv AkÀ Unky]psX ssN¿n sNmXp¯p.
“”CsSÃmw f½n hm_nWv tk*n {btSyNw D*m¡n]Sm\v F¶v- Mm³ b_]mw,””
Pm]{Sn tUknt]msXm¸w bp_t¯¡v Pmt^Kns`¡v WX¶psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”fim_m\n hz´w ssNNÄsNm*v D*m¡n]Sm¶v A_n]pt¼m {dqhv–`n h¶ymhn Njn¡mSn^n¡nÃ,””
“”{dqhv–`n hWymhnt]m?””
“”bns¶ SÃpw bnXow D*m¡p¶ Bsa hzmfn kntkNmWµ³ F¶v- knan¡m³ bäptfm?””
Hm¸Â Bhv{Xm]psX {c*v tZmÀ Sp_¶v- dmhv¡äv hoän k¨n«v Unky b_ªp.
{ZÊnwPv _qfn N]_n AkÄ Np_¨v tW^w Bt`mIn¨p.
F´v V^n¡\w?
Ko³hv þXo gÀ«v–? Ip^nUmÀ? h-vNÀ«v þtXmbv– ?
AkhmWw AkÄ Ipk¶ H^p Ip^nUmÀ A\nªp.
hm_ntWmtXm¸fpÅ F³s_ BUys¯ ]m{S]m\v. A¸w Na_m]m Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃ.
bns¶]kÄ N®mXn]psX fp¼n Wn¶v- S`fpXn IoNns]mSp¡n.
hmÀ Fs¶ tWm¡ptfm? F³s_ l^o^¯n³s_ hv{XNvIÀ hm_nWv CãfmNptfm? F³s_ N®pNÄ, NknapNÄ Ip*v Hs¡ hmÀ {l²n¡ptfm?
AkÄ fm_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
Imªpw I^nªpw AkÄ N®mXn]n S³s_ fm_nt`¡pw A^s¡«nt`¡pw WnSwd§ant`¡pw tWm¡n.
ewPn]pt*m?
CknsXs]ms¡ hmÀ tWm¡ptfm?
A_n]msSs]¦n`pw CknsXs]ms¡ H¶v- fp«ptfm?
Sm³ hm_nWv Cãs¸Xm³ fm{Sw hpµ^n]mt\m?
tUiw ko*pw Npan^\n]pN]m\v.
M^¼pNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k`nªv fp_pNp¶p.
Wo^p_k]psX IqXv tUi¯v bX^p¶p.
Culz^m…
“”H^p¡tfm¶pw Njnªntà tfmsa?””
Pm]{Sn tUkn knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”k^p¶p, f½o,””
AkÄ ko*pw N®mXn]n tWm¡n.
AVnNw tf¡s¸m¶pw tk*.
“”At²i¯nWv AWnãsfm¶pw tSm¶n¸n¡^pSv, tNt«m tfmsa,””
{ZÊnwPv _qfn Wn¶v bp_¯v NX¶v- Pmt^Knt`¡v WX¡tk Pm]{Sn tUkn ko*pw HmÀ½n¸n¨p.
Unky NmÀ ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp.
“”Hcv tNmjvhv, f½o,””
H^p NphrSn¨n^nt]msX AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F¶m tbms«…hvbn^nIz i\nfq\nWv?””
Pm]{Sn tUkn S`]n ssNsk¨p.
Cu sb®v- CsS´m\o b_]p¶Sv?
Ak^psX fpOs¯ BÝ^yemk¯nt`¡v H^p NphrSn¨n^ns]_nªv Unky ss{Zkv sI]vSv Wo§n, sh]v³_v tf^ohv IÀ¨nt`¡v.
bNpSn kjns]¯n]t¸mÄ bmS]psX At§]ä¯v ^mip`n³s_ ^qbw AkÄ N*p.
kjn]^nNns` tUkUm^p¡apsX C`¨mÀ¯n³s_ bmÝm¯`¯nÂ.
A]mÄ WX¶v- k^nN]m\v.F{S kntfmiWfm\v A]mapsX I`W§Ä!
N_p¸v Wn_fpÅ C_¡wNqXn] NpÀ¯]pw Nmknfp*pw A\nªn^n¡p¶p.
Ct±i¯nWv ^*p s{bmcgtW C\§q.
H^p NphrSn¨n^nt]msX AkÄ HmÀ¯p.
H¶v- SoÀ¨]m]pw Cu h¶ymh tkgw.
Asæn tPmbnNfm^psX irU]w NkÀ¶ f\nkÀ®³s_…
C¶s` sg_n³ B\v b_ªSv.
“”^mip hm_v AXp¯n^p¶v t]mPVymWw bYn¸n¡pt¼mÄ tNm¬sh³t{Xg³ Wãs¸XmsS bnXn¨v Wn¡m³ WnWs¡§sW Njn]p¶p, Untky?””
Sm³ At¸mÄ bp©n^n¡pN]m\p*m]Sv.
“”Wn³s_ ØmWSv MmWm^ps¶¦n H^£^w bYn¡nÃ. hm_n³s_ fpO¯v Wn¶v- N®p b_n¨n«ptkt* Fs´¦n`pw bYn¡m³?””
“”FWn¡v ^mip hm_nsW HmÀ¯m\v AUvepSw,””
{bn]¦]psX Ip*n H^p H^p NphrSn¸p©n^n knXÀ¶p .
“”hm_v l^n¡pw h¶ymhn Ss¶. AtÃÂ Wns¶t¸ms` H^p Ip´^osW f\n¡q_pNtamaw AXp¯v Nn«o«pw C{Ss]ms¡ Wn]{´\w bm`n¡s\¦n io]oth _n]Â sh]v³_v,””
^mip AXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ Unky NmÀ WnÀ¯n.
“”Mm³ Smfhnt¨m hmÀ?””
tZmÀ Sp_¶v- bp_¯n_§n Unky tImUn¨p.
“”CÃ,””
A]mÄ bp©n^n¨p.
F³äolz^m…
A]mapsX bp©n^n]nt`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ {bmÀTn¨p.
SbÊn^p¶p Nn«p¶Sv tbms` ASybqÀÆfm\v ftWmi^fm] Cu bp©n^n.
^mip AN¯v N]_n.
A]mÄ bn³bn N]_psf¶m\v AkÄ N^pSn]n^p¶Sv.
f_n¨m\v sNmSn¨n^p¶sS¦n`pw.
F¶m Aksa BËmUn¸n¨psNm*v A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp³hoän Ss¶]n^p¶p.
“”tNm{dminÂhv– WX¶p Nm\mWm\v Mm³ Dt±ln¨Sv,””
Unky NmÀ ÌmÀ«v sI¿tk A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”WX¶m Wm`©p f\n¡q_n Np_]nà hmÀ, fpNans`¯m³. tbmNp¶SnWnX]n kjn]n¯s¶ NmÀ WnÀ¯n Wfp¡v WX¶p Nm\mw,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
WUo So^¯nWv hfm´^fm] bmS]n`qsX ss{Zkv sI¿tk Unky HmÀ¯p: WX¶p tbmNp¶ b²Sn At¸mįs¶ AwPoN^n¡mfm]n^p¶p.
bpj]psX knlm` Wo`nf.
So^w Wn_s] bp¯mjzm^¯n³s_ f^SN¸¨.
kh´ ESpkn³s_ k^k_n]n¨v Nmän`p`]p¶ Nm«pbq¡Ä.
In{S l`e§Ä.
Uqs^ tfQ§Ä IqXnWn¡p¶ tNm{dminÂhn Wn¶v- bn_kns]Xp¯v A´^o£w Wn_]v¡p¶ hpPÔkmin]m] Nmäv.
Cu tItSmi^ Urly§apsX bmÝm¯`¯nÂ, hm_ntWmsXm¸w, sSm«Xp¯v, hwhm^n¨v, At±iw b_]p¶sSms¡ tN«v WX¶v- tbmNmfm]n^p¶p.
“”WnÀ¯t\m hÀ?””
^mip bpj]nt`¡v tWm¡p¶Sv N*v– Unky tImUn¨p.
“”tk*, bSns] ss{Zkv sI]v–Sm fSn,””
tWm«w fmämsS A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”AsS´m, B BÂf^w?””
WUn]psX f_pN^]n H^mÂf^w Wn¶n^p¶p.
lmtOmblmONam]n bXÀ¶v- b´`n¨v ASv Wn¶p.
ASn³s_ Ipk«n Wn¶v- A¸w fpNan ks^ Ipk¶ I^XpNÄ sN«n]n^p¶p.
ASn³s_ Ipk«n bq¡Ä InS_n¡nX¶p .
“”hmÀ In`t¸mÄ tN«n«p*mkpw ESpbÀ®s]¡p_n¨v,””
ASv b_]pt¼mÄ AkapsX hz^w WnPqZfm] H^WpeqSn]n Wn_ªp.
“”M§apsX cmfn`n]n kas^ fp¼v Kokn¨n^p¶p,””
Nmän`p`]p¶ C`¨mÀ¯nt`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”AkÄ B BÂf^¯nWXp¯v, bptj ko\v BßiSy sI]vSp. tNm{dm inÂhn H^p ss{Xd Nfyq\nän]p*v. Ak^v ESpbÀt®sW H^p tUkn]m]n«m Nm\ps¶. bmSn{kSy¯n³s_ tUkS. AkapsX Bßmkv B BÂf^¯n`ps*¶m knlzmhw,””
^*v sfm\mÀ¡v In{S l`e§Ä Nm_n³s_ ¥mÊnWv tf k¶n^p¶p.
^mip At¸mÄ AÂf^¯n Wn¶v- N®pNÄ fmän Ss¶ tWm¡p¶Sv Unky N*p.
S³s_ N®pNant`¡m\v tWm¡p¶Sv.
Culz^m…
AkÄ {bmÀTn¨p.
Nm`w WnÝ`fm]n Wn¶n^ps¶¦nÂ….!
hfp{U hm¶nVyfm]n Ss¶ sbmSnªp bX^p¶ Dugvfafm] B tWm«¯nWpÅn F¶pfn§sW Wn¡m³ Njnªn^ps¶¦nÂ…!
Sm³ lm´ntUkn³s_ bpW^vÖWn]m\v F¶v- hmÀ Sn^n¨_nªp Njntªm?
At²i¯nWv tk*n Nm¯n^p¶v bpWÀÖWn¨ ESpbÀ®]m\v Sms\¶pw?
H^b^mVw sI]vSSv tbms` ^mip tWm«w bn³k`n¨p.
N®pNÄ ko*pw B BÂf^¯nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo*p.
ASnsW kas^ bn¶n`m¡n NmÀ Wo§n¡jnªn^p¶p At¸mÄ.
“”§vim, Mm³ tN«n«p*v,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”B s`K³Zv. A¶s¯ S¼p^m³s_ {dÒiSy, ESpbÀ® F¶ S¼p^m«ns] hvtWin¨ H^p lm´ntUkv. H^p ]pkEgn….AtÃ?””
“”AsS hmÀ,””
AkÄ `Ö]n NpSnÀ¶ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”B s`K³Zv AWph^n¨v lm´ntUkn³s_ A¨³ A¶s¯ S¼p^msW lbn¨p…””
hpPÔkmin]m] Nmän AfÀ¶p`]p¶ kr£lnO^§Ä tWm¡n ss{Zkv sI¿tk Unky b_ªp.
“”kas^ Stbmlàn]pÅ H^p fiÀgn]m^p¶p At±iw. M§sX cmfn`o H^p sb¬Np«n CWn D*mkpNt] Cà F¶v- At±iw lbn¨p. ATkm CWn D*m]m At²i¯n³s_ fN³ bpWÀÖWn¡q¶pw B sb¬Np«ns] knkmiw Njn¡q¶pw…””
sfm\mÀ¡v In{Sl`e§Ä fp¼n bm_n¡an¡p¶Sv ^mip tWm¡n]n^p¶p.
“”lmb¯nWv tlgfp*m] BUyt¯ sb¬Np«n…AkÄ..Unky…Unky]m\v AtÃ?””
A]mÄ Aksa tWm¡msS tImUn¨p.
Unky bs£ A]msa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”im, hmÀ…FWn¡v fp¼v fsäm^p sb¬Np«n KWn¨n«nÃ, ESpbÀ®]v¡v tlgw,””
^mip PmZfm] In´]n BfPvWWmkp¶Sv Unky N*p. F´m]n^n¡mw At±iw In´n¡p¶Sv?
AkÄ DtUzPt¯msX hz]w tImUn¨p.
WUoSo^w bn¶n«v NmÀ Nm«pbmS]n`qsX h©^n¡m³ SpX§n.
NÃpNtam fäp SXʧtam CÃm]n^ps¶¦n`pw Wà koSn]p*m]n^p¶ bmS bs£ N^n]n`Nam Wn_ªn^p¶p.
C^p klkpw WndnZ kWfm]n^p¶p.
W«p¨]v¡v tlgw sbs«¶v- ^m{Sn k¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n ^mip`nWv.
C^pkl¯pw Wn¶v- f^§apsX bXÀ¶v- b´`n¨ lnO^§Ä bmS]v¡v tf¡q^ SoÀ¯p.
“”F´m]nSv?””
¹mÌnNv dmPnt`¡v tWm¡n ^mip tImUn¨p.
Unky bp©n^n¨p.
“”f½n D*m¡n]Sm\v, hm_nWv tk*n,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
bns¶ CSv »ms¦ävhv B\v. N¼nan,””
AXp¯n^p¶ fsäm^p tbman¯o³ dmPv Iq*n¡m«n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Sn^n¨n_§pt¼mÄ WÃ S\p¸v SpX§pw,””
“”Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ S\p¸p*v,””
km¨v tWm¡n ^mip b_ªp.
WndnZ kW¯nWp WXpkn`qsX NmÀ N]äw N]_ns¡m*n^p¶p.
ss{Zkv sI¿p¶SnWnX]n Unky kmtSm^msS hwhm^n¨psNm*n^p¶p.
lm´nbp^¯n³s_ eqfnlmhv{Skpw I^n{Skpw kyàn Ø` knk^\§apw AkÄ ewPn]m]n, tNÄ¡p¶k^n Sm¸^yfp\À¯pw knVw ^hN^fm]n AkS^n¸n¨p.
“”H^p ssPZv BNmWpÅ hÀÆ Nzmancnt¡gWpw Unky¡p*v,””
AkÄ b_ªsSms¡ Sm¸^yt¯msX tN«pNjnªv ^mip b_ªp.
“”Hm..hmÀ,””
AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv In^n¨p.
At¸mÄ ^mip Ss¶ {l²n¡p¶Sv Unky N*p.
S³s_ In^n At²i¯nWv Cãfmt]m?
t^mfiÀgt¯msX AkÄ In´n¨p.
hpµ^n]m\v Sm³ F¶v- At²i¯nWv tSm¶n¡m\ptfm?
F´ntWm tk*n AV^w kn_sNmÅp¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
S³s_ Cãbp^pgtWmsXm¸w ]m{S sI¿pN…!
Culz^m..Fs´m^p emPyw!
hm_nsW H¶v- sSmXm³ bäns]¦nÂ!
B fpO¯v, kloN^n¡p¶, S³s_ Wn{Us] At`mh^s¸Xp¯p¶, S³s_ hzbvW§an Wn_§Ä km^ns]mjn¡p¶ B N®pNan , l^o^s¯ Sbn¸n¡p¶ B Ip*pNan H¶v- sSmXm³ Njnsª¦n …!
B kn^Â Sp¼ns`¦n`pw…!
AkapsX irU]w làn]m]n fnXn¨p.
lzmhPSn D]^p¶Sv tbms`…
“”hm_nWv Umin¡p¶pt*m?’
AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”Um Cu cv`mhv¡n IqXv skÅfp*v. f^p¶n`NÄ Hs¡]n«v Sna¸n¨Sm\v,’
“”Ct¸mÄ tk*,””
A]mÄ bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n¸_ªp.
kjn]psX C^p kl§an`pw Wn¶ f^§apsX k®kpw ssUÀQykpw A]msa AUvepSs¸Xp¯n.
DÄemPw kyàfÃm¯ knVw WndnZfm]n^p¶p fn¡]nX§apw.
CX]v¡v D¯pwPfm] bm_s¡«pNÄ {bSy£s¸«p.
Nm«pbmS]v¡v Np_psN b`]nX§an`pw WoÀ¨m`pNapw.
A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ bmS]psX SmjvemP¯v H^p Sp_Êm] Ø`w Nm\s¸«p.
AknsX f^§Ä D*m]n^p¶nÃ.
bmS]psX Smsj, bpj]psX So^¯nWXp¯v, GNm´fm]n H^p koXv ØnSn sI¿p¶SS]mÄ N*p.
“”AknsX BÄ Smfhfpt*m?””
B ko«nt`¡v hmNqSw tWm¡n A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
Unky NmÀ WnÀ¯n.
“”Wfp¡m koXv ks^ H¶v- tbmNmw hmÀ,””
AkÄ BNm£t]msX A]mapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”l^n,””
tZmÀ Sp_¶psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”hmÀ, H^p fnWnäv,””
¹mÌnNv dmPn Wn¶v- Pm]{Sn tUkn sNmXp¯v kn« b`im^§an Wn¶v- Wm`s©®sfXp¯v H^p tb¸À t¹än sk¨v AkÄ A]mapsX tWs^ Wo«n.
“”Njn¡q,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Nps_ hf]fm]ntÃ, hÀ? fXp¯n«p*mkpw,””
^mip Smsj]pÅ ko«nt`¡v tWm¡n AkapsX ssN¿n Wn¶v- b`im^w km§n.
ASnWnX]n cv`mhv¡n Wn¶v- H^p ¥mÊnt`¡v– AkÄ skÅw bNÀ¶p.
“”Unky]pw Njn¡q,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.

“”sh¸t_äv FXp¡\sf¶nÃ. CSn Wn¶v- FXpt¯maq,””
AkapsX fWÊv Wn_s] ko*pw AWpeqSnNÄ Wn_ªp.
tUi¯v ko*pw tNm^n¯^n¸pw.
Ss¶ C¶v- hmÀ sSm« Unkhw.
S³s_ fWÊv NojX¡n] bp^pgtWmsXm¸w H^pfn¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ]m{S sI¿p¶ Unkhw.
Ct¸mÄ CSm H^pfn¨v, Ht^ b{S¯n Wn¶v- e£\w Njn¡p¶ Unkhw.
B hpOmWpeqSn]n AkÄ A]mtamsXm¸w Njn¨p.
ASnWnX]n A]mÄ skÅw NpXn¨p Njnª ¥mhv AkÄ Sn^nsN km§n.
ASn³s_ AXn]n A¸w skÅw Aktlgn¡p¶p.
A]mapsX {l² f_n] hf]w AkÄ ASv NpXn¨n_¡n.
F¶n«v bp©n^nt]msX A]msa tWm¡n.
“”k^q, hÀ,””
cv`mhv¡pw ¥mÊpw Sn^nsN hoän³tf sk¨v AkÄ b_ªp.
AkÀ bmS]psX Smtj¡v f`s©^nkn`qsX C_§n.
Smsj tUkUm^p¡Ä¡nX]n bj]sS¦n`pw ftWmi^fm] H^p koXv A]mÄ N*p.
ASnWpw Np_¨v Smsj bpjs]mjpNp¶p.
A]mÄ¡v kjnNm\n¨v sNmXp¯v Unky B koXn³s_ fp¼nt`¡v WX¶p.
B koXnWp Ipäpw f^§apw Nm«pkÅnNapw kaÀ¶v- Wn¶p.
Ipäpw I¸pIk_pNapw bj] NX`mhpNapw Wn_ªp NnX¶p.
fmh§tamaw Smfh¡m^Wm B koXv AWmTfm¡s¸«p NnX¡pN]ms\¶v ^mip AWpfmWn¨p.
“”H^p tbmÌvNmZv hoW_n tbms`…ftWmi^w!””
^mip f{´n¨p.
At¸mÄ bSns] H^p NmänaNn Aks^ SjpNn.
Wn`¯v B^psXt]m Nm¸mXpNÄ A]mÄ N*p.
A¸w fp¼v AkntX¡v k¶ B^psXt]m B\v Aks]¶v- A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n.
^mip hwl]t¯msX B koXnsW tWm¡n.
“”CSnWpÅn Bt^m D*v F¶v- tSm¶p¶p,””
Unky Ft´m b_]m³ emkn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”tWm¡q, fp¼ns` NSNv Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶p!””
Unky kniz`]m]n ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
sb«¶kÄ Ft´m HmÀ½n¨v Blzhn¡p¶Spw ^mip N*p.
“”Unky F³s_ bn¼n Wn¡q,””
AkapsX fp¼nt`¡v N]_n k^m´]nt`¡v WX¶psNm*v ^mip b_ªp.
A]mÄ Km{PSt]msX IpäpbmXpNÄ Wn^o£n¨p.
bns¶ bNpSn Sp_¶p NnX¶ NSNv bqÀ®fm]pw Sp_¶p.
Ak^n^pk^pw A¼^¶ptbm]n.
NSNv Sp_¶v- ANt¯¡v N]_n] S§sa¡*v, AN¯v Wn¶v- H^p hv{So hw{eft¯msX S` Sn^n¨v tWm¡p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
H^p Wnfngw SmWpw b^n{efn¨Sv ^mip A_nªp.
GNm´kpw knKWkpfm] H^nX¯v, sNmXpw NmXnWXp¯v, BįmfhfnÃm¯, Dtb£n¡s¸« H^p ko«n hpµ^n]m] H^p ]pkSn SWn¨v…!
“”gmÀ½n`n tI¨o…!””
^mip`n³s_ bn¼n Wn¶v-, B hv{So]psX]Xpt¯¡v HmXnk¶psNm*v Unky BËmUt¯msX knan¨p.
“”Hm, fmZw…””
^mip`pw Aks^ Sn^n¨_nªp.
sh]v³_v tf^ohv tNmtaKns` Cw¥ogv knemP¯ns` `NvI_À gmÀ½n`n A`N-vhv.
Ipk¶ hm^n]nÂ, Ipk¶ s»uÊnÂ, Nmän`naNp¶ K`WnÀÖ^ntbms`]pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CXSqÀ¶ fpXn]nÂ, GNm´S]psX Abm^S]nt`¡v N®pNÄ W«v, k^nsö_nªn«pw Bs^t]m Nm¯n^n¡p¶ksat¸ms`….
“”PpZv BcvsäÀ Wq¬,””
AkÄ ^mip`nsW AenkmUyw sI]vSp.
A]mÄ Sn^n¨pw.
“”^mip hms_´m CknsX?””
Akt^msXm¸w bp_t¯¡n_§tk gmÀ½n`n tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ hm_nsW Cu Ø`§sams¡ Nm\n¡ym^p¶p gmÀ½n`n tI¨o,””
Unky b_ªp.
gmÀ½n`n AknsX k¶sS´nWm\v– F¶v- tImUn¡m¯Sv ^mip {l²n¨p.
“”Untky, Np«osX N¿n ^mip hm_nsW¡p_n¨v H^p bphvSNfntÃ? ASv f_¡msS Wmsa sNm*pk^\w tNmtaKnÂ,””
gmÀ½n`n b_ªp.
^mip ASn Sm¸^yw Nm\n¨nÃ.
“”gzÀ tI¨o,””
Unky b_ªp.
A¸ hf]w NqXn AkÀ B koXn³s_ fpä¯v Wn¶v- hwhm^n¨p.
bpj]v¡enfpOfm]n, tNm{dm inÂhn_§n k^p¶ WWp¯ Nmän³s_ sI_pNpan^nÂ.
A¸w Njnªv gmÀ½n`n Aks^ AknsX kn«v ]m{Sb_ªv tbm]n
“”gmÀ½n`n tI¨n Cu ko«n k¶sS´nWm¶v- hm_nW_nt]m?””
Uqt^¡v AN¶v tbmNp¶ gmÀ½n`n]psX ^qb¯nt`¡v tWm¡n Unky ^mip`ntWmXv tImUn¨p.
^mip NqXpS knk^\¯nWm]n Aksa tWm¡n.
“”gmÀ½n`n tI¨n H^msa hvtWin¨n^p¶p,””
f`s©^nknt` bmS]v¡v hfm´^fm]n HjpNp¶ bpj]psX tft` tUlmXW¸£nNÄ b_¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Unky SpXÀ¶p.
AkapsX fpOw kngmUbqÀ®fmNp¶Sv A]mÄ N*p.
“”F³s_ t^minSv A¦nansW,””
AkapsX AXp¯ km¡pNÄ¡v ^mip NmtSmÀ¯p.
“”ZmZn]v¡pw f½n]v¡pw H¸fm]n^p¶p, t^minSv A¦nanWv F³s_ KoknS¯n ØmWw,””
Unky SpX˦p.
“”FWn¡v b{´*v k]ÊpÅt¸mjm\v A¦nÄ CknsX k^p¶Sv. Fw dn F…ASpw Ai½UmdmUv sF sF F½n Wn¶v- tPmÄZv– sfZt`msX bmhm] A¦nansW H^p tcm_n³ N¼Wo¶v- ZmZn bnNv sI¿pkm^p¶p. ZmZosX FÃm dnhnsWÊn³täw KW_ fmtWK^m^p¶p t^minSv A¦nÄ. ZmZosX sbÀfsWâv siZv G¡m^p¶ b` t{bm»whpw hnwPnÄ im³sZZv`n thmÄkvZv B³Zv hnsÌfmänNv B¡n A¦nÄ. …””
Nmän`p`]p¶ bpj]psX knlm` Wo`nf]ns`¡v AkÄ H^p Wnfngw fnjnNÄ W«p.
“”A¦nanWpw B tKm`n H¯n^n Cãs¸«p,””
Nmän³s_ Sma¯nWpw tft` Unky]psX lÐw A]mÄ tN«p.
“”tKm`n fm{SfÃ, Cu Ø`kpw tNm{dminÂhpw bpj]pw M§apsX koXpw bm`hpw Ft¶w ZmZntWw f½otWw Hs¡. M§Ä¡v FÃmw H¯n^n H¯n^n Cãkm^p¶p A¦nansW. W¶m]n bmXpw, cn`nw ÌmjvhnsWt¸ms` Zm³hv sI¿pw, bn]mtWm km]n¡pw, F{S ho^n]hv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B] BÄ¡mt^w SfmlNapw kÀ¯fmWkpw b_ªv In^n¸n¡pw. sk^n Nyq«v. sk^n im³hw. ..gmÀ½n`n tI¨ns]t¸ms` H^p hpµ^ns¸®nWv CãfmN\¦nÂ…]q tWm…””
AkapsX hz^w hmkVmWfmNp¶Sv A]mÄ {l²n¨p.
“”B t^minSv A¦nÄ Smfhn¨ koXm\nSv,””
knUq^S]n Wn¶v- UrãnNÄ fmän koXnsWtWm¡n AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”dm¨nt`jvhv Ndn timÄ Fs¶ms¡¸_]p¶tbms` Cu koXv H^n¡`pw A`t¦m`fm]n C«n^p¶nà A¦nÄ. hmÀ, k^q,””
AkÄ ^mip`nsW]pw Nq«n ko*pw k^m´]nt`¡v N]_n.
“”CknsXs]m^p Nyq«v NmanwPv sd D*m^p¶p,””AkÄ en¯n]psX fpNan sSm«psNm*v b_ªp.
“”sdÃXn¡pt¼mÄ H^p imcv tW¡Zv fÕyNWyN ssNNÄ Nq¸pw. A¦nanWv Btf^n¡]n`pÅ H^p {c*v h½mWn¨Sv…””
AkÄ AN¯v N]_n.
bn¶ms` A]mapw.
“”CSm]n^p¶p A¦nan³s_ sdZv_qw,””
ANt¯ fp_n]n N]_n Unky b_ªp.
“”CknsX C§sW Nnjt¡m«v S`sk¨m\v A¦nÄ NnX¡m_v. KWm` H^n¡`pw AX]v¡nÃ. D_¡fp\^p¶sS bpj]pw tNm{dminÂhpw Nm\m³. CWn hÀ…””
AkÄ ANt¯ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n.
^mip Aksa AWpPfn¨p.
“”Um CknsX]m\v– A¦nÄ bn]mtWm sk¨n^p¶Sv,””
AkÄ ANt¯ fp_n]psX fVy¯n Wn¶v- BwPyknt£b§tamsX b_ªp.
“”CknsX]n^p¶m\v dm¡pw dntSmkWpw sfmhmÀ«psfms¡ A¦nÄ km]n¨n^p¶Sv. CknsX MmWn^n¡pw. A¦nan³s_ bn]mtWm ¢mhv Mm³ H^n¡`pw fpX¡n]n^p¶nÃ,””
AkapsX hz^w Wp_p§n]Sv A]mÄ tN«p.
fnjnNÄ hK`fm]n.
“”ASv…””
AkÄ SWn¡enfpOfm] en¯n]nt`¡v kn^Â Iq*n. kr¯mNrSn]nÂ, A`¦^n¨, s{c]nw sI]vS H^p NaÀ tcmt«m.
Nm`¸j¡¯n ASn³s_ Wn_w f§n]n^p¶p.
F¦n`pw B In{S¯nt` ]pkmkn³s_ ^qbewPn]v¡v Np_kv k¶n^p¶nÃ.
“”F³s_ t^minSv A¦nÄ,””
In{S¯n`qsX A^pft]msX ssN¯`tfmXn¨p sNm*v Unky b_ªp.
“”CWn bp_t¯¡n_§mw,””
A´^o£¯n³s_ QWw Np_]v¡pkm³ ^mip b_ªp.
AkÀ bp_t¯¡n_§n.
“”Mm³ F¶pw CknsX k^pfm]n^p¶p,””
ko*pw bp_¯v WUn]v¡enfpOfm]n Wn¶psNm*v Unky b_ªp.
“”bpj¡t^`pw f`s©^nkn`pw Hs¡ Mm³ A¦nan³s_ kn^¯p¼v bnXn¨v WX¡pkm^p¶p. A¦nÄ b_]p¶ NTNÄ tN«v. NTmh^nSv hmP^w, kn{NfmUnSy³ NTNÄ, {cms¦³sÌ]n³, {Nnhvfhv Nt^mÄ, H`nkÀ XznÌv, {Zm¡pa…Hs¡..Hmt^m sks¡gWn`pw Du«o¶v ko«n k^m³ As¶ms¡ FWn¡v Fs´m^p DÕmifm]n^p¶p…””
Unky]psX N®pNÄ tNm{dm inÂhn³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lnO^§ant`¡v Wo*p.
sfm\mÀ¡v In{Sl`e§Ä AkÀ¡v fp¼n b_¶p.
“”H^p kÀgw fp¼v PpZv sgt¸Znt`¡v skt¡g³ Njnªv Sn^n¨ptbmNpt¼mÄ Mm³ A¦nantWmXv b_ªp, “”AXp¯ {bmklyw Mm³ k^p¼w gmÀ½n`n tI¨ow H¸w Nm\\w”” B kÀgw AkÀ H^pfn¡m³ C^n¡pkm^p¶p. ]q tWm hÀ, NTNan`pw hnWnfNan`ptf Ct{Sw ftWmi^fm]n hvtWin¨ B\ntWw sb®ntWw Mm³ N*n«pÅq. sU]À `kv kmhv hwSnwPv C³s{NZndnÄ. äq dyq«ncpÄ äp dn {Xq. ..bs£ Culz^³ tbm`pw …sFw thm_n hmÀ …Mm³…””
AkapsX fnjnNÄ Wn_ªp Spap¼n.
“”skt¡g³ SpX§n] Unkhw Fs¶ Nq«m³ `¯ocv UmtUw Nq«pNm^pw Du«o k¶p. B^pw im¸n AÃm^p¶p. hwSnwPv Ft´m {XdnÄ Ds*¶v- FWn¡v tSm¶n. ko«n F¯pt¶mXw ks^ Mm³ tks_ Fs´ms¡t]m hwl]n¨p. F¶m …””
AkÄ fnjnNÄ SpX¨p.
WnÝ`fm]n Wn¶ Nmän H^p Wnfngw AkÄ NmtSmÀ¯p.
sfm\mÀ¡v In{Sl`e§Ä At¸mÄ hfob¯v C`NanÃm¯ H^p f^¨nÃ]n C^n¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”….F¶m f½o Wn¶v- B kmÀ¯ tNÄ¡p¶Sv ks^ FWn¡v A¦nansW¸än…f½n b_ªp…t^minSv A¦nÄ f^n¨p. tNmt{dsX NXnt]äv. …tNm{dm inÂhnWv tft` A¦nan³s_ tdmZn NnX¡p¶p…””
Ak³ ssN¯`w sNm*v N®pNÄ f_¨p.
“”N^ªv WnÀdÔw bnXn¨p Ft¶w tNm{dminÂhn sNmt*mkm³. Mm³ Sa^q¶pw {em´v bnXn¡q¶pw Hs¡ f½ow Fs¶ A_n]mkpt¶m^pw N^pSn….””
Unky ko*pw f`fpXnNant`¡v tWm¡n.
tNm{dmin`vhn Wn¶v- Nmän_§n k¶v- Aks^ ko*pw SjpNn.
“”bs£ F³s_ ss`cns` Gäkpw imÀ«v t{d¡nwPv B] B NmjvI Mm³ hfIn¯St]msX N*p. Nm^\w FWn¡v F³s_ A¦nan³s_ ^mKNpfm^n]m]n¯s¶ Kokn¡\m^p¶p. Gäkpw k`n] {XmKZns]t¸m`pw ssV^yt¯msX tW^nX\sf¶v- A¦nÄ Ft¸mjpw Ft¶mXv b_]pfm]n^p¶p. MmWSv Nobv– sI]vSp. F³s_ ss`cnt` C¶pks^]pÅ Gäkpw k`n] {XmKZn]psX fp¼n A¦nan³s_ BUÀl¯n³s_….F´m b_]pN? s]hv, BUÀl¯n³s_ hvbn^näv DÄs¡m*psNm*v Mm³ Wn¶p. sF `nkvZv Abväp inhv– FN-vhvsbNvtäg³…tdm¯v– C³ inhv– ss`cv B³Zv– sZ¯v…””
N®pNÄ Wn_ªv fp¼ns` Urly§Ä Akyàfm]t¸mÄ Unky H^p Wnfngw WnÀ¯n.
“”bs£ {ems´Xp¡pN]pw tdmVw sNXpN]pw BßiSysI¿m³ SpX§pN]pw sI]vSp, fsäm^mÄ,””
Unky]n Wn¶v- WWkq_p¶ km¡pNÄ ^mip SpXÀ¶v- tN«p.
“”KoknS¯n`pw f^\¯n`pw A¦nantWmsXm¸w NqsX]p*mkm³ sNmSn¨ hmÀ…F´m b_¿m….kÃmsS h¦Xw…. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv b_]m³ A¸w hminSyw ]qhv sI]v–Sm …. B knlp² {em´v B\v hmÀ W½Ä A¸w fp¼v N*Sv. …A¦nÄ Smfhn¨, bm«v bmXn], A¦nan³s_ Wnlzmhkpw PÔkpw lÐkpw Ct¸mjpw f^n¨n«nÃm¯ Cu ko«n N]_n]n_§n, AsSms¡ A_nªv, A¦nan³s_ tcmt«m]ns` sbmXns]ms¡ SpX¨v kr¯n]m¡n…ASnsWs]ms¡ Ct¸mjpw bj]SntW¡mÄ So{kfm]n hvtWin¨v bmkw gmÀ½n`n tI¨n….””
^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ kngmUw Im`n¨ Unky]psX fpO¯v S_ªp, kas^ hf]w.
“”^*p fq¶v- {bmklyw gmÀ½n`n tI¨n BßiSy sI¿m³ {lfn¨p. At¸msjms¡ AUvepSN^fm]n ^£s¸«p. M§Ä Hs¡ N^ªv Nm`pbnXn¨v b_ªp BßiSys]¡p_n¨v CWn s]m^n¡`pw gmÀ½n`n tI¨n In´n¡^psS¶v-…H^p Unkhw tI¨n b_ªp, Cà Untky, FWn¡v Kokn¡\w. F³s_ t^minSv F§sW]m\v f^n¨Sv–, B^m\v ASn³s_ bn¼nÂ…A_n]\w Untky FWn¡Sv…ASv ks^s]¦n`pw FWn¡v Kokn¡\w…F¶v-,””
Unky]psX hz^w fpOw ko*pw kngmU fqNfm]n. AtSmsXm¸w AkapsX fpO¯v eoSn]pw b^¶p.
“”…ASv ks^ gmÀ½n`n tI¨n Kokn¡pw…Cu ko«n ..CSn³s_ k^m´]nÂ..fp_nNan …N]_n]n_§n WX¡pw…””
tNm{dm inÂhn³s_ lnO^§an Nmäp\À¶p.
f`fpXnNÄ s{Nu^yt¯msX Nmän`p`ªp.
f`s©^nkmsN Nmän Wn_ªp.
Nmän_§n bpj]psX hvcXnN knSmWs¯]msN Ca¡n f_n¨p.
Nmän³s_ Sma¯nWv fWÊnsW kn«v Unky kas^ hf]w Wn¶p.
“”hm_nWv tNm{dminÂhnt` {Xg_n³s_ `K³Zv A_n]mtfm?””
“”Mm³ tN«n«p*v,””
f` fpNant`¡v UrãnNa]¨v ^mip b_ªp.
“”P{dnt]`¨Wpw Pp^pKn]pw Hs¡¸_ªp Mm³ A_nªn«p*v,””
fpä¯nsâ sSt¡ emPs¯ tNm\nt`¡v Unky A¼^t¸msX tWm¡n.
AkÄ At§m«Xp¯p.
“”Culz^m..!””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”fUy¡p¸nNapw hnPs^äv– NpänNapw…N*n«v Nps_ Unkh§Ä Bs]¶p tSm¶p¶nÃ,””
AkÄ Wn`¯v NnX¶ H^p hnPs^äv– bm]v¡äv FXp¯p.
“”fmÄtdmt_m,””
AkÄ km]n¨p.
“”CSv K]Nrgv\³ k`n¡p¶ hnPs^äv– B\v,””
fp¼v Ak³s_ ssN¿n B hnPs^äv– bm]v¡äv N*Sv AkÄ HmÀ½n¨p.
At¸mÄ K]Nrgv\Wpw Nq«pNm^pw Cu ko«n Øn^fm]n NqXm_p*v.
hn²mÀ°³ b_ª hwek§Ä AkÄ HmÀ¯p.
“”Hm..!””
AkÄ sbs«¶v- km¨v tWm¡n.
“”Wfp¡v tbmNmw, hmÀ,””
“”l^n,””
AkÀ Hä]Xn¸mS]n`qsX fpNant`¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n.
“”F³s_ t^minSv– A¦nan³s_ NT b_ªv Mm³ hm_nsW tdm_Xn¸nt¨m?””
bmSt]m^¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WnÀ¯n]n«n^n¡p¶ Nm_nWXpt¯¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n Unky tImUn¨p.
“”ti]v…sWkÀ..””
^mip b_ªp.
“”hm_nWv H^p Sfml tNÄ¡t\m?””
fµimht¯msX Unky tImUn¨p.
^mip Sm¸^yt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”H^p Unkhw A¦nÄ b_ªp, FWn¡v H^p ^mKNpfm^sW N*psk¨n«p*v F¶v-. hf]fmNpt¼mÄ Nq«ns¡m*p k^psf¶v-,””
^mip`n³s_ UrãnNÄ AkapsX N®n\Nan bSnªp.
“”F¶nt±iw km¡v bm`nt¨m?””
A]mÄ fµimht¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”AStà ^hw…””
Nm_n³s_ tZmÀ Sp_¶v- AN¯v N]_p¶SnWnX]n Unky b_ªp.
“”FWn¡v tk*n N*pbnXn¨ ^mKNpfm^sW GsS¦n`pw ]m{S¡nX]n sk¨v A¦nÄ N*pfp«n]SÃ. A¦nan³s_ ko«o¶v Uq^¯pfà Ak³. PÔÀÆsWt¸ms` im³hw B\v, sbÀscNväv sKâv_nÂfmWm\v, A^ntÌm{NmänNv {doZm\v Fs¶ms¡¸_ªp Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¨ A¦nan³s_ sh`£³ fäm^pfÃ…””
^mip Aksa ko*pw tWm¡n.
“”hz´w AWpK³,””
bp©n^nt]msX AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Hmtim…F¶n«v?””
^mip Sm`v¸^yt¯msX Sn^¡n.
“”MmWt¸mÄ Ss¶ s]hv b_ªp,””
kakp Sn^n¨psNm*v Unky b_ªp.
“”A¦nan³s_ AWpKWmsW¦n FWn¡msa Nm\pN tbm`pw tk*. tcmt«m tbm`pw Nmt\*, FWn¡v N`ym\ {bm]sf¯pt¼mÄ, N`ym\ fÞb¯n sk¨v Sm`n ImÀ¯p¶ hf]¯v fm{Sw FWn¡msa N*m fSn A{S knlzmhfm\v F¶v- b_ªp, Mm³, A¦nantWmXv,””
“”skÂ…””
^mip Aksa tWm¡n.
“”bs£ sbs«¶m\v A¦nÄ H^p SXÊtfmÀ¯Sv–,””
Nm«p bmS]n`qsX tNm{dm inÂhn³s_ N]äw N]_tk Unky b_ªp.
“”F´v SXÊw?””
“”b*s¯ fiÀgn]psX lmbfWph^n¨v ESpbÀ®]psX bpWÀÖWn]m\v Mm³..””
Unky lЯn In^n¨p.
“”At¸mÄ Fs¶ knkmiw Njnt¡*Sv bpWÀÖWn¨v Fs¶t¯Xn k^p¶ lm´ntUkv B\v. fiÀgn]psX lmbw F´m]m`pw c`n¡mSn^n¡nà F¶v- A¦nÄ b_ªp. At¸mÄ A¦nan³s_ AWpKsW´v sI]pw?””
“”At¸mÄ hwPSn {blvWfm]tÃm,””
^mip sPu^k¯n b_ªp.
F¶n«v Aksa tWm¡n fµihn¨p.
AkÀ b^hvb^w bp©n^n ssNfm_n.
^mip A¸ hf]w In´]n`m*p.
“”In`t¸mÄ Unky]psX t^minSv A¦nÄ C¡m^yw AWpKtWmXv b_ªn«p*mkmw,””
WnlÐS]v¡v tlgw A]mÄ AktamXv– b_ªp.
“”ASWph^n¨v A]mÄ Unkys] tSXn kt¶¡mw. Unky H^pbmXv hvtWin¡p¶ t^minSv A¦nan³s_ AWpKWms\¶v b_ªpsNm*v, AkNmls¸«psNm*v A]mÄ Unkys] hfobnt¨¡mw. AkNmlkmU§Ä sSan]n¡m³t_g³NmÀZv,tWänknänhÀ«ncn¡ävSpX§nC`£³sFZn,AVmÀNmÀZvks^A]mÄUnky]psXfp¼nÂimK^m¡n]n^n¡mw.F¶n«vt^minSvA¦nanWvUnkyWÂNn]t{bmfnhvA]mÄHmÀ½n¸n¡mw….””
A]mÄbp©n^nt]msXAksatWm¡n.
AkÄSn^n¨pw.
“”AtSUnkhwSs¶Bs`K*ns`lm´ntUkvbpWÀÖWn¨vUnkys]tSXnk^mw…””
A]mÄko*pwbp©n^n¨p.
“”F³s_tImUywCSm\v…””
UnkyA]mapsXkm¡pNÄ¡vNm¯p.
“”At¸mÄBs^hzoN^n¡pwUnky?””