^mip`n³s_ tImUys¯ AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX tW^n«p.
f`N]äw AhmfmWy tkP¯n Ss¶ AkÄ WnÀÆin¨p.
hwhm^w ko*pw Unky]psX ssNNan¯s¶s]¯n.
Du«n]ns` PpZv sgt¸Znt` AkapsX h-vNqÄ KoknSw, `¯ocntWmXpw fäp Nq«pNmt^mXpÅ huirUw, sh]n³_vhv Ìoc³hns` UnW§Ä SpX§n hwhm^w ]mP¯n`pw h¶ymh¯n`psf¯n.
“”hmÀ,””
AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX F¶m hwl]t¯msX ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”Mm³ {cm¦v B]n H^p tImUyw tImUn¡s«?””
“”F´pw tImUnt¨maq,””
“”bp^m\§ans`ms¡ k`n] k`n] fiÀgolz^·mÀ…Aks^ms¡ PriØm{lfnNam]n^p¶tÃm. ASm]Sv KfUPvWn fiÀgn]psX em^y]m]n^p¶p t^\pN, knlzmfn{S fiÀgn¡v tfWN F¶ AbvÊ^Ên KWn¨ Np«n]m]n^p¶p lmNp´a Fs¶ms¡…””
Sm³ b_]p¶Sv A]mÄ {l²t]msX tNÄ¡p¶p*v F¶v- AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]n.
“”hm_n³s_ h¶ymhw…ASv bqÀ®fm]pw {dÒI^yfmt\m?””
H¶v- hwl]n¨m\v AkÄ BtImUyw tImUn¨Sv.
“”AsS,””
A]mÄ sbs«¶v- D¯^w b_ªp.
AkÄ sbs«¶v- Ft´m tImUn]v¡m³ SpX§n.
bs£ sbs«¶v- WnÀ¯n.
A]msa tWm¡n sk_psS bp©n^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
“”tImUn¡q,””
AkapsX fWÊv km]ns¨¶tbms` A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”H^p tImUyfm]n^p¶p. bs£ ASn³s_ D¯^w A_n]mkp¶Sv sNm*v tImUnt¡* F¶v- sk¨p,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Fs¶¡p_n¨pÅ tImUyfmt\m?””
“”AsS,””
“”F´m]n^p¶p ASv? MmsWm¶v- tNÄ¡s«,””
“”ASv…SbÊnWpw VymW¯nWpw hÀ kW§an`pw f`Nan`pw Hs¡ tbm]n«pt*m F¶m]n^p¶p,””
“”F¶n«v F´m D¯^w? F§sW Nn«n ASv?””
“”D¯^w s]hv F¶m\v,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”F§sW F¶v- tImUn¨m B bphvSN¯n D*tÃm FÃmw. infm`]¯nÂ, fmWht^mk^¯nÂ, EgntNlnÂ, dU^oWmTv..NpXKm{Un…AknsXs]ms¡…Wo* sNmXpw SbÊn³s_ NTNsams¡ B bphvSN¯n`p*v,””
A]mÄ bp©n^n Wn`WnÀ¯n.
C^p* kWm´^¯n`qsX Ak^psX kmiWw fpt¶_n.
NmXn³s_ PÔkpw Smakpw WnPqZS]pw AkÀs¡Sns^ NW¯p.
sbs«¶v- BNmls¯ f_¨ kr£lnO^§Ä¡nX]n`qsX, WndnZ kW¯ns`m^nX¯v H^p skŨm«w {bSy£s¸«p.
D¯pwPfm] bm_s¡«pNÄ¡nX]n AWmUn]m] H^p hwPoSwtbms` ASv S³s_ C{µn]§an Wn_]p¶Sv ^mip A_nªp.
“”B km«À cman³s_]Xp¯v WnÀ¯s«, hmÀ?””
^mip bp©n^nt]msX S`Np`p¡n.
D¯pwPfm] bm_s¡«pNÄ¡v fpNan`qsX Smtj¡v NpSns¨mjpNn, f`]psX C^p* WnPqZ PÀ¯¯nt`¡v bSsªmjpNn¸Sn¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B skŨm«¯n³s_ ftWmi^ Urlyw N*t¸mÄ AUrlyfm] Ht^mÀ½ S¶n`p\^p¶Sv ^mip A_nªp.
CSnWp fp¼v N*n«pt*m Sm³ Cu Urlyw?””
A]mÄ hz]w tImUn¨p.B UrlyewPn A]msa knhvf]n¸n¨p.
tfQ§Ä Wn_ª BNml¯n³s_ H^p kr¯¯n Wn¶v- H^p bm¡X fpNan Wn¶v- NpSn¨v ImXpN]m\v.
ASyPmVfm] H^p PÀ¯¯n³s_ fªp f_]nt`¡v ASv ko\Xn]p¶p. AkÀ ASnWXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
Nm«pbq¡apsX knt`meWo]fm] PÔw Wn_ª Nmäv NmXn³s_ i^nS WndnZSs] Ca¡n.
skŨm«¯n³s_ bm Wn_¯nWv Np_psN fª Wn_fpÅ b£nNÄ In_NXn¨v b_¶p.
B bmÝm¯`¯n³s_ klyS]n Unky A]mapsX fpOt¯¡v N®pNÄ b_n¡msS tWm¡n.
Fs´m^p PÔÀk ewPn]m\v Cu {dÒIm^n¡v!
F{S tfmiWfm\v Cu ^qbw!

AkÀ H^p bm_]psX Smsj]m\v Wn¶n^p¶Sv.
ASn³s_ At§]äw skŨm«¯n³s_ sSm«Xpt¯¡v Wo*p NnX¶p.
UoÀQfm] H^p sNmXpfpXn]psX fVyemP¯v WnÝ`w Wn¡p¶ tfQIo´v tbms` B bm_]psX A{Pw Smtj¡v bSn¨psNm*n^n¡p¶ K`WnÀÖ^n]psX sSm«Xp¯m]n Wn¶p.
^mip B bm_s¡«nWp tf N]_n.
“”hmÀ, ¹ohv!””
Unky SmsjWn¶p A]mÄ¡v tWs^ ssN Wo«n.
^mip AkapsX ssN bnXn¨v bm_]psX fpNan N]_pkm³ him]n¨p.
ASnknlm`fm] B bm_s¡«nWp tf Ak^n^pk^pw Wn¶p.
NmänaNn Ak^psX S`fpXn]pw khv{S§apfp`¨p.
^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ skŨm«¯n³s_ ewPn]n`m]n^p¶p.
Unky]psX {b\]w Wn_ª tWm«w A]mÄ N*nÃ.
“”FN-vhv{Xm sh³h_n]ms]m¶pw N^ptS*,””
BÀ¯`¨v bSn¡p¶ skŨm«¯n Wn¶v- UrãnNÄ fmämsS A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”CknXnt¸mÄ W½sa¡qXmsS ^*p tb^psX hm¶nVyfp*v,””
bm_s¡«nWv Smsj f^¡¼pNÄ sM^n]p¶ lÐw AkÀ tN«p.
Unky tW^n] hw{eft¯msX Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
sbs«¶v- H¶v- ^*v fWpgy^qb§Ä NmXn³s_ C^panf]nt`¡v sS¶nf_]p¶Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n.
“”hmÀ-“”
e]t¯msX AkÄ A]mapsX ssN]n bnXn¨p.
^mip AsSm¶pw {l²n¨nÃ.
A]mapsX UrãnNÄ At¸mjpw skŨm«¯n³tf`m\v.
k`n] H^n NnX¡tbms` b^¶pNnX¡p¶ bm_]psX knlm`S]n`qsX A]mÄ ASnWp tWs^ WX¶p.
bn¶ms` Unky]pw.
“”Untky ,””
A]mÄ sbs«¶v- Sn^nªp Wn¶p.
“”Ct¸mÄ Kokn¨n^n¡p¶ ^*psbs^¡p_n¨Ã Mm³ b_ªSv,””
Unky PiWfm] H^t`mIW]n Wn_ªp.
“”fps¼t¸mtjm….bs*t§m..H^m\pw sb®pw,””
sbs«¶v- H^p Sn^n¨_nkn³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bNml¯n Unky A]msa tWm¡n.
“”hmÀ b_ªSv….B B\pw sb®pw…AkÀ lm´ntUkpw ESpbÀ®]pfm\v–…””
skŨm«¯n³s_ sSm«Xp¯m\v AkÀ Ct¸mÄ Wn¡p¶Sv.
B bm_]psX Aä¯v– Wn¶v- ssN Wo«n]m fpNan Wn¶v- NpSn¨pImXn ASyPmVS]nt`¡v ko\Xn]p¶ ASn³s_ bmÂWp^ kÀ®¯n sSmXmw.
fpNant`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ BNml¯n Wn¶pw eqfn]nt`¡v k^¨ skap¯ koSnNqXn] H^p `wd t^O]psX fp¼n`m\v S§Ä Wn¡p¶sS¶v ^mip`nWv tSm¶n.
A]mÄ Unkys] tWm¡n.
Akapw B UrlyewPn]psX Wn_kv WpN^pN]ms\¶v A]mÄ N*p.
“”ESpbÀ®]pw lm´ntUkpw CknsX N*pfp«pfm]n^p¶p. CknsX sk¨m\v Nm`n kngfpÅp S_¨ lm´ntUknsW AkÄ hpOs¸XpSn]Sv,””
^mip`nsW DäptWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”ESpkpw Unkys]t¸ms` H^p tZmNväÀ B]n^pt¶m?””
Unky]psX fpOw `Öme^nSfm]n.
B tItSmi^Urly¯n H^p Wnfngw ^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ bSnªp.
“”Hm..hmÀ-!””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
hmÀ Dt±ln¡p¶Sv tbms` H^p tZmNväs_m¶pfÃ, Mm³,””
“”Mm³ km]n¨n«p*v,””
“”b{S¡m^v Hmt^m¶v- FN-vhmKt_äv sI]vSv FjpSp¶Sm\v,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”bm`hns` ss`{d_o InNnÕmknVnNaX§n] Nps_ Smant]m`N`p*v. ESpbÀ® FjpSn]Sm\Sv. B S¼p^m«n¡v InNnÕNsa¡p_ns¨ms¡ UnkyÚmW§ap*m]n^p¶q¶m sFSniyw. kngInNnÕ, blp b£n InNnÕ A§sW….Mm³ fp¼v b_ª ss{Xd N½yq\nän]psX CX]n In` bm«pNap*v, AtS¸än..””
^mip Sm¸^yt¯msX {l²n¨p.
“”Mm³ B Smant]m`Nsams¡ bYn¨p. H^p C³ä_Ìv– tSm¶n. t^minSv A¦nÄ H¯n^n t{bmÕmiWw S¶p. A§sW]m\v ASv. AÃmsS Mm³ hnÌfmänNv B]n s{X]n³Zv AÃ,””
ESpbÀ®s]¡p_n¨pw lm´ntUknsW¡p_n¨pw knhvf]e^nSfm] bpSn] bpSn] NTNÄ Unky SpXÀ¶p.
bm^¸^¸n³s_ knlm`S]n`qsX WX¶psNm*v ^mip AsSms¡ tN«p.
“”Hmiv…-“”
NT tN«psNm*v A{l²fm]n WX¡p¶SnWnX]n ^mip bnt¼m«v sS¶n.
“”hmÀ…-“”
Wn`knan¨psNm*v Unky A]mapsX ssN]n bnXn¨p.
“”F´v bän?’
^mip fp*v A¸w D]À¯n Nm¸mUw Nm\n¨p.
k`Sv Nm`n³s_ sb^pkn^`n³s_ AXn]n Woa¯n`pÅ H^p fpÅv bNpSnt]maw S_ªpN]_n]n^n¡p¶p!
“”Culz^m..””
B fpÅnt`¡v hq£n¨v tWm¡n]m Unky]psX fpO¯v b^n{efw Wnj`nXp¶Sv A]mÄ N*p.
“”hmÀ CknsX]n^n¡q,””
^mip bm_¸p_¯v C^p¶p.
Unky bSns] fpÅv k`ns¨Xp¡m³ {lfn¨p.
bSns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSns] AkÄ ASv bqÀ®fm]pw k`ns¨Xp¯p.
“”kng¡m^ F¶ AbqÀÆ CWw f^¯n³s_ fpÅm\nSv,””
AkÄ DtUzPt¯msX b_ªp.
“”Cu fpÅv ..Ct¸mÄ CknsX k^m³….””
AkÄ Ipäpw tWm¡n.
“”AXps¯m¶pw ASn³s_ f^kpw Wn`v¸nÃ…fm{Sfà ..A.kas^ AbqÀÆfm\v B f^w Ct¸mÄ…””
AkÄ ko*pw A]mapsX bmU¯nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”NYnW kngfm\v, CSnWv,””
AkÄ NpWnªv A]mapsX bmU¯nt`¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p.
fpÅv S_¨ kn^`n AkÄ Ip*pNÄ tIÀ¯p.
“”Untky…ASv…””
^mip Aksa kn`¡m³ tWm¡n.
bs£ B Ipk¶ boWbt]mV^§Ä A]mapsX kn^`n`fÀ¶p.
AkapsX Ip*pNapsX frUpSzw A]mapsX tkUW¡v tf bXÀ¶p.
bns¶ DfnWo^n³s_ S\p¯ hvbÀlkpw.
^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw fp_nª emP¯nWv Ipäpw AfÀ¯n sM¡n¸nXn¨v fp_nkn Wn¶v- ^àkpw kngkpw AkÄ k`ns¨Xp¯p.
bns¶ AkÄ ASv Sp¸n¡aªp.
ASnWnX]n AkÄ A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”hmÀ, Cu emP¯v W¶m]n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¡v…Mm³ Ct¸mÄ k^mw,””
AkÄ bm_s¡«n Wn¶v- Smtj¡v C_§n.
fp_ntkäemPw W¶m]n tkUWn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
Unky b_ªSv tbms` A]mÄ fp_nknWp Ipäpw kn^`pNafÀ¯n¸nXn¨n^p¶p.
A¸ hf]¯nWpÅn Unky fpNant`¡v N]_nk¶p.
AkapsX ssNNan In` C`Napw Nm«pbqkpNapfp*m]n^p¶p.
A]mapsX fp¼n`n^p¶v AkÄ C`Napw bqkpNapw ssNskÅ]n`fÀ¯n sM^Xn¯n^p½n.
A¸ hf]¯nWv tlgw Ak {Uk ^qb¯n`m]n.
^mip`n³s_ fp_nkn AkÄ ASv AfÀ¯nsk¨p.
bns¶ fm_n Wn¶v- Ip^nUm_n³s_ gmÄ FXp¯p.
AWpbffm] Wn_ fm_n³s_ fpjp¸pw sS_n¸pw Urlyfm]n.
tItSmi^fm] fm_n³s_ ewPns] Nmäv SjpNn.
AkÄ gman³s_ tNm\n Wn¶v- A¸w k`n¨pNo_ns]Xp¯p.
“”Hm..! ASv Wln¸n¨p…!””
^mip sbs«¶v- b_ªp.
“”ASv hm^fnÃ,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.

AkÄ A]mapsX Nm`ns` fp_nkv sN«n.
“”Mm³ fpt¼ b_ª ss{Xd N½yq\nän]ns` BapNÄ b*v S¼p^m¡·m^psX thmÄKnt]jvhm^p¶p. Ak^v A¼pNan tS¨n^p¶ kngw Cu f^¯n³s_ N_]m^p¶p,””
AkÄ A]mapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”CWn hm^fnÃ,””
fp_nkv tN«n¡jnªv AkÄ b_ªp.
“”A¸hf]t¯¡v H^p tW^n] tkUW Nm\pw. bns¶ Hmt¡]m]nt¡mapw,””
“”Sm¦yq {bn³shhv,””
A]mÄ bp©n^n¨p.
“”tcmÀ ]pkÀ io`nwPv X¨v…””
fps¼m^n¡Â Ss¶¡p_n¨v {bhn²oN^n¨ H^nw¥ogv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv t`OW¯n³s_ S`s¡«v A]mÄ NrSyfm]n HmÀ¯n^p¶Sn AkÄ knhvf]n¨p.
“”C¶m ss{Xd N½yq\nän]psX DÕk Unkhfm\v,””
bm_s¡«n Wn¶pw Sn^nsN]n_§n Nm_nWXpt¯¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Ak^psX H^p tUkSs] {boSns¸Xp¯mWpÅ {btSyN bqKNapw NÀ½§apw C¶p*v. B tUkS B^m¶_n]mtfm hm_nWv?””
A]mÄ Aksa tWm¡n.
“”ASpw B S¼p^m«n¡p«n Ss¶, ESp…””
AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”ESpkn³s_ Ab frSypknWp tlgw AkÄ b`À¡pw {bS£]m]t{S. {btSyNn¨pw sb¬Np«nNÄ¡v. bmSn{kSy¯n³s_ tUkS]m]n AkÀ ESpknsW fmän. Ak^psX fäp b` B^mVWfqÀ¯nt]mXptfm¸w AkÀ ESpbÀ®t]]pw Dbmhn¡pkm³ SpX§n….””
AkÀ Nm_nWXp¯v F¯nt¨À¶p.
“”C¶v- ^m{Sn bm«pw Wr¯kpw BtQmgkpw fm{Sfm\kÀ¡v,””
ss{ZknwPv hoän`n^n¡tk Unky b_ªp.
“”sI_p¸¯n N*n«p*v, MmWSv…ZmZotXw f½otXw NqsX. Ak^psX ^mKmkn³s_ PÌv B^p¶p, M§Ä. ]TmÀ°¯n em^ymeÀ¯m¡³fmÀ¡v fm{Stf Wr¯¡a¯n {btklWfpÅq. Mm³ ^mKNpfm^n]m]Sv sNm*pw bns¶ Mm³….””
AkÄ sbs«¶v- Ad²w bän]Sv tbms` WnÀ¯n.
“”bns¶ Mm³ H^p sNm¨pNp«n]m]Sp sNm*pw Fs¶]pw Wr¯kpw bm«pw Nm\m³ AWpkUn¨p,””
ESpfSn]mNm¯ sb¬Np«nNsa Ak^psX Wr¯w Nm\pkm³ AWpkUn¡m_p*m]n^p¶p.
NmÀ N]äw N]_m³ SpX§n.
“”^*v C^n¸nX§Ä B Wr¯¡a¯n Hjn¨nXpw,””
H^p kakv Sn^n¨psNm*v Unky b_ªp.
“”ko*pw bpWÀÖWns¨¯p¶ ESpbÀ®t]]pw lm´ntUknW]pw hzoN^n¨n^p¯mWms\¶m\v Ak^psX knlzmhw. Fs¶¦n`psfm^n¡Â AkÀ bpW^vÖWn]n`qsX S§apsX DÕk^m{Sn]nt`¡v NX¶v- k¶v- B C^n¸nX¯n`n^n¡psf¶v AkÀ knlzhn¡p¶p. Ct¸mjpw F³s_ HmÀ½]n`p*v B Zm³hv ssWäv…Cäv– kmth hvs¹³ZnZv, hvsbNväm¡p`À FN-vhvbo^n]³hv…””
Unky]n`qsX lm´nbp^¯n³s_ bp^mkr¯w kÀ®n¡s¸Xp¶SnWnX]n NmÀ f`N]_ns¡m*n^p¶p.
^mip CfNaW¡msS NmXn³s_ PiWshuµ^yw N*psNm*n^p¶p.
f^SN Nm´n]psX knt`meWo]fm] ^qbteU§Ä.
bmÂWp^kÀ®¯n {b¨ÞSmÞkt¯msX NpSns¨mjpNp¶ Nm«m_pNÄ…
AbNX§Ä bSn]n^n¡p¶ kjn]n`qsX]pÅ ]m{S..-
^mip km¨v tWm¡n.
hf]w ^*p f\n]mNpkm³ tbmNp¶p.
“”fXpt¯m, hmÀ?””
“”sWkÀ-“”
A]mÄ In^n¨p.
NmXn³s_ shuµ^yw Gäkpw klyfm]n {bS£ys¸Xm³ SpX§n.
ASn UoÀQ^qbnNam] f^§Ä.
Ak]psX F®fä lnO^§Ä.
b`]nX§an`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ f`¼m¼pNsa N*p.
NmXnWpÅnt`¡v NpSn¨p bm]p¶ b`]nWw frP§sa]pw.
AbqÀÆfm] b£nNapsX ftWmi^ lЧÄ.
In`t¸mÄ làn]m] Nmäv k¶v f^§sa Ca¡n.
Nmän³s_ PÔw Wn_s] bq¡apsX hm¶nVyw NX¶p k¶p.
“”f`fpNans`¯pkm³ CWn GSmWpw fnWnäpNÄ NqXnt] dm¡n]pÅq,””
Unky b_ªp.
AkÄ kas^ Km{PSt]msX ss{Zkv sI]vSp.
tW^n] A{l² fSn, NmÀ In`t¸mÄ Nnt`mfoä_pNÄ Smsj, sNm¡]nt`¡v f_nªpkojm³.
“”Mm³ SWn¨v CSpks^ CSpkjn k¶n«nÃ,””
Unky b_ªp.
“”`¯ocv UmtUtXw Nq«pNm^ptXw NqsX fmt{S k¶n«pÅq. Cu emP¯v H^p e]¦^³ Nn§v tNm{dm]p*v. B s`K*nt` WnVn Nm¡p¶ ^mKsk¼m`. bns¶ CknsX Wn_s] eqS t{bSmUnNaps*¶m knlzmhw…””
{Zm¡patNm«]psX AN¯v b¨Wn_fpÅ H^nXWmjn]n`qsX]m\v S§Ä h©^n¡p¶sS¶v ^mip`nWv tSm¶n.
“”CknsX b*v H^p lvflmW eqfn]m]n^p¶p,””
bt^Smßm¡apsX hz^¯n Nmäpfm]n {NoZ]nt`Às¸«n^n¡p¶ f^§sa tWm¡n Unky b_ªp.
“”bns¶ Cu emP¯m\v BapNapsX sF fo³ {XgÀ it*jvhn³s_ sZZv tdmZnNÄ Ns*¯n]n«pÅSv. ..BapNÄ t{bS§sa N*p F¶v- sSan]n¡p¶ H^pbmXv AWpek§ap*v…””
^mip sNuSpNt¯msX AkapsX knk^\w tN«n^p¶p.
NmÀ D]^§ant`¡v N]_nt¸mkpN]m\v.
“”tNm{dminÂhnt` Gäkpw sZ]n©_hv G^n] B\nSv…””
AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”l^n¡v b_ªm CsSm^p t{bmindnäZv G^n] B\v. Nn§v tNm{ds] N*p fp«m³ Gäkpw hmVyS]pÅ Ø`w. Cu b^nh^¯v FknsXs]m B\v WnVn Han¸nIn^n¡p¶ Ppi]nt`¡pÅ {btklW NkmXw. M§apsX Nq«¯n H^p ftWmKv– fm{Stf ^m{Sn]n SWn¨nknsX k¶n«pÅq. Ak³ N*n«p*v WnVn AtWzgns¨¯n] ^*p tbs^,””
^mip Aksa tWm¡n.
sNmXpfpXn]psX fpNan NmÀ F¯nt¨À¶p.
Unky NmÀ WnÀ¯n.

CWn D]^§anÃ.
Smjv¨NÄ fm{Sw.
t`mN¯n³s_ Gäkpw D]^¯n`m\v Sm³ Wn¡p¶sS¶v ^mip`nWv tSm¶n.
f^§Ä AVnNfnÃ.
b¨¸pÃv Wn_ª H^p ssfSmWfm\v f`fpNÄ.
ASymNÀgNfm] bq¡Ä Nmän`naNp¶p.
Nmjv¨]psX ASn^pNan D]^w Np_ª f^§apsX bÝm¯`¯n eofmNm^§am] bm_s¡«pNÄ.
Smsj tWÀ¯fqX fªn lm´nbp^¯n³s_ knUq^Urly§Ä.
“”ssN]p]À¯n]m BNmlw sSmXmw,””
^mip b_ªp.
Unky fsäknsXt]m {l²n¡pN]m\v F¶v- ^mip N*p.
Uqs^ H^p bm_]psX hfob¯v H^p tUkUm^p f^w Wn¡p¶p*v.
Unky]psX {l² AknsX]m\v.
At§m«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n¡jnªm\v ^mip A_n]p¶Sv, Unky N®pNÄ SpX]v¡p¶p.
“”F´v bän?’
AkÄ¡v H¶pw b_]pkm³ NjnªnÃ.
^mip tk*pw At§m«v– tWm¡n.
“”Untky,””
A]mÄ knan¨p.
“”AknsX]m\v Unky]psX t^minSv A¦nÄ….?””
AkÄ N®pNÄ¡v fpNanÂWn¶v ssNNÄ fmämsS S` Np`p¡n.
“”k^q,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
Unky A]msa AWpPfn¨p.
AkÀ tUkUm^pkn³s_ hfobt¯¡v WX¶p.
Nmän ASn³s_ lnO^§Ä CaNn.
AkÀ B bm_]psX AXps¯¯n.
“”CknsX]m\v A¦nÄ NnX¶Sv,””
tUkUm^pkn³s_ Ipk«nt`¡v tWm¡n Iq*n Unky b_ªp.
^mip B b^nh^§sa hq£vffm]n Wn^o£n¨p.
A¸ hf]w Njnªv A]mÄ Unkys] tWm¡n.
AkapsX fpO¯nt¸mÄ kngmUemkfnÃ.
b^nh^§sa hq£vfWn^o£\w WX¯p¶ Ss¶ sNuSpNt¯msX ko£n¡pN]m\kÄ.
“”Sn^nsNt¸mNpt¼mÄ fsäm^p kjns] tbmNmw,””
bp¸^¸n AenfpOfm]n^p¶v A]mtamsXm¸w e£\w Njn¡tk AkÄ b_ªp.
“”W½Ä k¶ kjn]ntÃ? ASntW¡mÄ NqXpS ewPn]p*v, B kjn¡v,””
hwhm^¯n³s_ AN¼Xnt]msX AkÀ e£\w Njn¨p.
“”£o\w tSm¶p¶p*mkpw,””
e£\¯nWv tlgw, A¸w Njnªv AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”»m¦änWv Wà N«n]p*v. Mm³ kn^n¨p S^mw. NnX¡t\m hm_nWv?””
ASv tImUn¨t¸mÄ S³s_ irU]w fnXn¡p¶Spw tUi¯v IqXv Wn_]p¶Spw Unky A_nªp.
“”£o\tfm? Wà NT! CksX C§sW C^n¡mWm\v tSm¶p¶Sv,””
b^nh^§an Wn¶v- N®pNÄ fmämsS A]mÄ b_ªp.
FWn]v¡pw.
AkÄ f{´n¨p.
C§sWSs¶]n^n¡m³.
Cu ^qbw N*v–.
HjpNn¸^¡p¶ tfQ§Ä¡enfpOfm]n tUlmXW¸£nNÄ b_¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Unky ^mip`n³s_ hm¶nVyw knhvf^n¨v H^p bm«n³s_ Cu\w fqan.
Sma¯nÂ…
S`]W¡n.
^*p fq¶v- fnWn«pNÄ Njnªm\v ^mip Ss¶ {l²n¡p¶ps*¶p AkÄ A_nªSv.
AkÄ KmaySt]msX WnÀ¯n.
“”WÃ bm«m\v…””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”…MmW§sW..sk_psS…””
“”hm^fnÃ,””
A]mÄ t{bmÕmin¸n¡p¶ hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”B fqans¡m*n^p¶ bm«v H¶v- l^n¡v bmXq. fXpt¸m £o\tfm CsænÂ,””
AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ª {bNmlt¯msX knXÀ¶p.
“”tWm..hmÀ. fXp¯ns«m¶pfnÃ. B bm«v bs£ H^p s_mfm³änNv…””
dm¡n b_]msS AkÄ A]msa Wm\t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”tWm t{bm»w…””
AkÄ H^p Wnfngw `Öt]msX fpOw NpWn¨p.
bns¶ Fjpt¶äp.
bns¶ tItSmi^fm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hz^¯n `mhy `mk\y `i^n Wn_ª H^p {b\] PmWw AkÄ bmXm³ SpX§n.
H^p CX]]pkmkntWmXv S³s_ sNm«m^¯ns` f«p¸mkn`n^p¶v- H^p ^mKNpfm^n S³s_ S³s_ irU] ^ihy§Ä skans¸Xp¯p¶ ^oSn]n`m]n^p¶p ASv.
Wn`mkn³s_ hzÀ®]kWnN]psX f_kn WUo So^¯v CX]]pkmkntWmXv hwPfn¡pkm³ B{Pin¡p¶ ^mKNpfm^n]psX hzbvWs¯¡p_n¨v bmXn]t¸mÄ F{S {lfn¨n«pw AkÄ¡v ^mip`n³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ.
{b\]w bq¯v SanÀ¯ fnjnNtamsX AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n.
tUiw {b\] bm^kly¯m Sa^p¶Spw hpOUobvSn]psX WWkn Sm³ Wn_]p¶Spw AkÄ A_nªp.
N®pNan Ip«pbjp¯ {b\]t¯msX Unky ko*pw A]msa tWm¡n.
B bm«n Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶ {b\]So£\S]pw A]mapsX {bt`men¸n¡p¶ ^qbewPn]pw S³s_ irU] knNm^§apw fn{lnSfm]t¸mÄ l^o^w IqXn Wn_]pN]m\v.
^ihy]nX§Ä Ip«pbjp¡p¶p.
hfp{Uw UzobnsWs]¶tbms` AkapsX {b\] W]W§Ä A]msa sbmSnªp.
A]mÄ bs£ knhvf] tW{SWm]n B bm«n³s_ Bßmkn Wn_ªp Wn¡pN]m\v.
Wm`pf\n ks^ AkÄ f`fpNan In`kjn¨p.
bns¶ fX¡]m{S]m^wen¨p.
f`fpNan Wn¶v- A¸w Smsjs]¯n]t¸mÄ bm_¡q«§Ä Wn_ª H^nXsf¯n.
BNmlw fp«nWn¡p¶ bm_Nam\v F§pw.
Ns®¯m¯ Uq^t¯maw eofmNm^§am] ln`NapsX hfp{Uw.
N_p¯p]À¶ D{P^qbnNam] D_P§sat¸ms` Ak BNmlw tWm¡n Wn¶p.
“”sFSniyw C§sW]m\v…””
bm_NÄ¡v hfm´^fm]n Nt_mXn¡tk Unky b_ªp.
“”ESpbÀ®]pw lm´ntUkpw Nm«pSo]n Wn¶v- ^£sb«v Ae]w {bmbn¨Sv– Cu bm_NÄ¡nX]n`pÅ Ppi]n`m\v,”
AkÄ B NT b_ªp.
ESpbÀ®]pw lm´ntUkpw {b\t]m·m¯^m]n Nm«ptIm`Nan Wo^mXn]pw Nm«pbj§Ä Sn¶pw Nm«ptS³ NpXn¨pw WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
sbs«¶v- Nmän^¼n]t¸mÄ N¯n¡^nª C`NÄ bm_n k¶p.
f^§Ä N¯p¶Sn³s_]pw frP§Ä sk´v Uin¨Sn³s_]pw f\kpw.
BNmw£me^nS^m]n fpt¼m«v– tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÀ N*Sv, Uqs^ Wn¶v- bpÃpNapw C`Napw Sn¶v- S§apsX tWs^ fpt¶_p¶ So WmkpNsa]m\v.
ASv Ak^psX sSm«Xps¯¯n.
e]t¯msX Sn^ntªmXm³ SpX§n] AkÀ N*Sv FSnÀUnl]n Wn¶pw bmªXp¡p¶ So]m\v.
Wm`pkl¯pw So]v!

A{NtfmÕpNSt]msX, Aks^ Uin¸n¡pkm³ Ak bmªXp¯psNm*n^p¶p.
ESpbÀ®s] tNm^ns]Xp¯vsNm*v lm´ntUkv APvWntUksW hvSpSn¨psNm*v HmXn.
So]v Aks^ bn´pXÀ¶p.
A¶v- Cu bm^Nsa f_¨psNm*v Wn_s] f^§Ä Wn¶n^p¶p.
PpiNÄ¡N¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bpÃpNapw sI_phhy§apw kaÀ¶n^p¶p.
ESpbÀ®t]]pw sNm*v H^p knV¯n A]mÄ bm_NÄ¡nX]n`pÅ H^p Ppi]ns`¯n.
So]v PpimNkmX¯nt`¡v NpSn¡m³ SpX§pt¼mjm\v AUvepSs¸Xp¯p¶ B hwekfp*mNp¶Sv.
sbs«¶v- BNml¯v Wn¶v- fm^nsIm^n]m³ SpX§p¶p!
kh´¯n³s_ B^wefm]n^p¶n«pNqXn.
ANt¯¡v NpSn¡m³ SpX§n] APvWn A\¨psNm*v ASnkÀgw SpX§n.
làn]m] fj f\n¡q_pNtamaw Wn¶p sb]vSp.
BNml¯v NmÀtfQ§Ä Hjn]msS Wn¶p.
Culz^Wv Wµn b_ªv {b\]b^kl^m]n AkÀ bp\À¶v NnX¶p.
Gäkpw D]^w NqXn] bm_]psX fp¼n NmÀ F¯nt¨À¶p.
BNmls¯ bqÀ®fm]pw f_¨psNm*v A¸ Uqs^ ASv Wn¡pN]m\v.
B bm_]psX knlm`fm] fpO¯nWv– Smsj, WXpemP¯v, H^p Sp^¦¯n³s_ km]v– tbms` k`n] H^p Ppi Nm\s¸«p.
“”ASm\v– B Ppi, hmÀ,””
Unky b_ªp.
“”Wfp¡v ASns`m¶v– N]_mw,””
^mip ¥mÊn`qsX PpimfpOt¯¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v– b_ªp.
“”Hms¡, hmÀ,””
B WnÀt±lw B{Pin¨n«v Nm¯n^p¶Sv tbms`, DÕmit¯msX Unky b_ªp.
AkÄ NmÀ WnÀ¯n.
eofmNm^§am] tNm«Nsat¸ms` D]À¶pWn¶ B bm_s¡«pNapsX fp¼n NÃpNapw I^`pNapw Wn_ª eqknemPfm]n^p¶p.
“”A¶s¯ B Nm«pSo]v¡v tlgw Cu b^nh^¯v ]msSm¶pw NnanÀ¯n«nà F¶m\v knlzmhw,””
A]mapsX bn¶ms` WX¶psNm*v Unky b_ªp.
D^pa³ NÃpNapw I^`pNapw Wn_ªn^ps¶¦n`pw kas^ AWm]mhfm]n^p¶p A]mÄ WX¶n^p¶Sv.
ASksa AUvepSs¸Xp¯n.
B {btUl¯v b`{bmklyw WX¶n«pÅ Bsat¸ms`.
‘hq£n¨v…! bSps¡..””
H^p tka Unky¡v Nm sSän]t¸mÄ A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”hm_nWo Ø`§sams¡ b^nI]fpÅSv tbms` tSm¶p¶p,””
“”AtS,””
A]mÄ Sn^nªp Wn¶p.
“”tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ knIn{Sfm]n tSm¶mw. bs£ FWn¡v tSm¶p¶p, MmWnknsX fp¼v k¶n«ps*¶v. fm{SfÃ…””
knhvf]¯m kn_]v¡p¶ irU]t¯msX Unky A]mapsX km¡pNÄ tN«p.
“”fp¼v b`t¸mjpw hzbvW¯n Cu Ø`w NX¶pk¶n«p*v, lm´nbp^w bpj, Cu f`Wn^NÄ, Cu bm_s¡«pNÄ; Cu BNmlw ..sF Sn¦v– sFw tIhnwPv A {Zow…””
hzbvW¯n H^p sb¬Np«n D*m]n^pt¶m F¶pw AkÄ¡v S³s_ fpOfm]n^pt¶m F¶pw tImUn¡m³ AkÄ B{Pin¨p.
AkÀ bm_s¡«pNapsX sSm«pfp¼ns`¯n.
Ct¸mÄ BNml¯nWpw eqfn¡pfnX]n N_p¯n^p* H^p k·Sn tbms` tSm¶n¨p ASv.
“”Cäv– Cuhv sX_ncnNv!””
^mip f{´n¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ tN«p.
bm_s¡«nsW Spa¨psNm*v Nm\s¸« PpimfpO¯nWv Wm`©p foäÀ koSn]pw D]^kpfp*m]n^p¶p.
^mip`pw bn¶ms` Unky]pw ASnWpÅnt`¡v NX¶p.
“”tbXn]mNp¶pt*m?””
PpifmÀ¤¯n`qsX fpt¼m«v– Wo§pt¼mÄ ^mip tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ hm_n³s_ NqsX]tÃ?””
AkÄ b_ªp.
bmUbSW§Ä {bSnVzWn¨p.
Ak^psX hwhm^kpw.
A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ H^p WXp¯aw {bSy£fm]n.
AknsX Wn¶pw Wm`v emPt¯¡pw Sp^¦fmÀ¤§Ä Sp_¡s¸«p.
“”{Xg_nt`¡v tbmNp¶Sv In`t¸mÄ CSnt`]m]n^n¡mw,””
Unky b_ªp.
^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ B WXp¯`w ko£n¡pN]m\v.
A]mapsX fpO¯v AUvepSkpw hwl]kpw h¶nPv²S]pw Wn_]p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”hmÀ-!””
AkÄ AUvepSw Wn_ª lЯn knan¨p, D¨¯nÂ.
A]mÄ sbs«¶v- Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
“”ASv-“”
AkÄ bp_t¯¡v kn^ Iq*n.
Ppi]psX {btklW NkmX¯n`qsX Nm\mkp¶ BNml¯n³s_ kr¯¯nWN¯v Wn_s] NmÀtfQ§Ä fqXp¶Sv A]mÄ N*p.
“”Nz]äv A¬tNmf¬! Cu hf]¯v-“”
“”CSv kh´ ESpkn³s_ B^weNm`fm\v hmÀ. fj]v¡nt¸mÄ H^p hmVyS]pfnÃ. F¶n«pw-“”
tW^n] H^p WXp¡tfm kn{em´nt]m ^mip`n³s_ N®pNan Wn_]p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
A]mÄ DXtW N®pNÄ AX¨p.
H¶v- ^*p f{´§Ä bSns] D^pknXp¶Sv AkÄ tN«p.
bns¶ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.
Ct¸mÄ A]mapsX fpOw BUyt¯Sv– tbms` {blm´fm]n^n¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”k^q, Wfp¡v kmSn¡t`¡v tbmNmw,””
A]mÄ¡v bn¶ms` AkÄ Ppi]psX kmSn¡s`¡v WX¶p.
bp_¯v fj BÀ¯n^¼n sb¿pkm³ SpX§n.
BNml¯v Wn_s] NmÀtfQ§apsX Wrt¯mÕkw AkÀ N*p.
fj]psX koSn]pÅ hvcXnN `wdt^ONÄsNm*v A´^o£w Wn_ªp.
bm_s¡«pNapsX bmÀlz§an`qsX fjskÅw BÀ¯n^¼ns]mjpNn]n_§n.
skŨm«w tbms`.
Uqs^ UoÀQ^qbn]m] kr£§apsX lnO^§Ä¡v tft` sNmXp¦mäv BÀ¯p.

Nmän³s_ s{Nu^y¯nWv tft` fj]psX BVnbSyw SpXÀ¶p.
Nm`w Wn¶v- sb¿pN]m\v F¶v- ^mip`nWv tSm¶n.
“”fjtWm¡nWn¡m³ F´v ewPn!””
Unky]psX lÐw A]mÄ tN«p.
“”fjWW]m³ tSm¶p¶pt*m?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”H¯n^n,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”sku-“”
AkÄ ssNNap]À¯n knan¨pNqkn.
“”..sF ss`Nv äp co U bkÀ…bkÀ Hmcv s_]n³…””
b_ªp Njnªm\v B^psX fp¼n`m\v Sm³ Wn¡p¶sS¶ tdmVw AkÄ¡p*m]Sv.
AkÄ KmaySt]msX A]msa tWm¡n.
bs£ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mÄ AUvepSt¯msX Ss¶ tWm¡p¶p.
A]mapsX tWm«¯nWv bN^fm]n Unky A]mÄ¡v `Ö]n sbmSnª H^p tWm«w h½mWn¨p.
S\p¸v A^ns¨¯p¶p.
Nmäv S\p¯ ssNNtamsX S§sa sSmXp¶p.
fj N*psNm*v– WnÂt¡ AkÄ A]msa tWm¡ns¡mt*]n^p¶p.
fj]psX fm]nN ewPn]nÂ, ASn³s_ Sma¯nÂ, hwPoS¯nÂ, fWÊv W«v, kÃm¯ knhvf] emkt¯msX A]mÄ bp_t¯¡v tWm¡pN]m\v.
A]mtamsXm¸w sSm«Xp¯v tIÀ¶v Wn¶t¸mÄ, GsS¦n`psfm^p UnkyWnfngw A]mÄ Ss¶ H¶v- sSm«n^ps¶¦nÂ, tIÀ¯pbnXn¨n^ps¶¦n F¶v- AkÄ sNmSn¨p.
B Ip*pNapsX frUp`S S³s_ Ip*pNan H¶fÀs¶¦nÂ….
B kn^nfm_n FWn¡v fm_fÀ¯n H¶v- Wn¡m³ Njnªn^ps¶¦nÂ…
“”Wn¶v- fXp¯p F¦n CknsX C^n¡mw hmÀ,””
Ppi¡Ns¯ N¯_]n AkÀ AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p.
S³s_ irU]knNm^w N®pNan {bSnc`n¸n¡mSn^n¡m³ AkÄ dp²n½p«n.
A]mapsX tWm«kpfm]n CXN`^pt¼mÄ S³s_ l^o^¯nt`¡v C^s¨¯n HjpNn¸^¡p¶ Smb¯n³s_ hm¶nVyw A]msa A_n]n¡mSn^n¡mWpw.
hN`Spw f_¶v A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶t¸mÄ H^p tka A]mÄ tImUn¡pN NqXn sI]vSp.
“”F´v bän?””
“”WSnwPv hmÀ …KÌv…””
H^p Nm^\¯nWv AkÄ dp²n½p«n.
B fj]psX bÝm¯`¯n ^mip SpXÀ¨]m]n hwhm^n¨p.
S³s_ dm`yw .
h-vNqÄ þtNmtaKv UnW§Ä.
fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\sW b^nI]s¸Xp¶Sv.
h¶ymh¯nt`¡v kjnsSanª hmiI^y§Ä….
“”hmÀ, bqÀÆm{lf¯ns` AÑWpf½]pw? Aks^¡p_n¨v…?””
B fpO¯v tlmNw Wn_tªm?
kÃm]vft]msX AkÄ DäptWm¡n.
“”seuSnNfm] AÀ°¯n Mm³ H^mWmTWm\v Untky. F³s_ AÑWpf½]pw tW^s¯ f^n¨ptbm]n. H^p tKygvYWp*m]n^p¶p. At²ikpw Nm`PSn {bmbn¨p…””
A¸ hf]t¯¡v AkÀ¡nX]n WnlÐS Wn_ªp.
“”Untky, AhvSf]w AXp¯p. B_pf\n BNp¶p, Ct¸mÄ…””
km¨v tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp.
B_Ã, A_pbSnWm]n^w kÀg§Ä C§sW C^n¡mWm\v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv.
AkÄ f{´n¨p.
“”bs£ fj Wn¡p¶nÃtÃm hmÀ. tWm¡v CXnfn¶Â NqXp¶p. Nmän³s_ làn]pw…””
AkÀ bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶p.
“”hmÀ-“”
AkÄ sbs«¶v- ImXns]jpt¶äp.
SpXÀ¨]m] CXnfn¶`nfs_ {bNml¯n sSanªpN* Ppimen¯n]ns` ln¸§ant`¡v AkÄ kn^ Iq*n.
C{StW^kpw C^p«n f_ªn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p Ak.
^mip`pw ASv N*p.
NÂen¯n]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm¯n] ln¸§Ä.
“”hmÀ…CSv lm´ntUkv..CSv ESpbÀ®…CSv …CSv …””
Btklt¯msX AkÄ Hmt^m ln¸kpw sSm«pb_ªp.
ASn hpµ^n]m] H^p sb¬Np«n]ptX]pw ^qbewPn]pw tSKÊpfpÅ H^p ]pkmkn³s_]pw ln¸§Ä.
Wr¯¨pkXpNtamsX b^hvb^w tWm¡ns¡m*v.
A]mÄ ln¸¯nt`¡pw Unky]psX fpOt¯¡pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.
“”F´m hmÀ?””
AkÄ bSns] tImUn¨p.
S³s_ hz^¯ns` kn_]Â AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp.
irU]¯ns` kÀ²n¡p¶ Smakpw.
“”Cu ln¸¯ns` sb¬Np«n Unky]m\v,””
“”F¦n …F¦nÂ…””
S³s_ Ip*pNÄ k^ap¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
“”Cu B¬Np«n]v¡v ..Ct±iw…?””
AkÄ tImUyw bqÀ¯n]m¡msS A]msa tWm¡n.
A]mÄ B ln¸§ant`¡v tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
AkÄ ko*pw lm´ntUkn³s_ ln¸¯nt`¡v tWm¡n.
^mip`ntW]pw.
AtS N®pNÄ.
AtS NknįX§Ä.
AtS Ip*pNÄ.
AtS l^o^QXW.
Culz^m…-
fj]psX làn Np_ªp SpX§n.
CXnfn¶`pw Np_ªp.
Nmäpw.
“”Untky, CWn tbmNmw. tWm¡q, C^pÄ ko\pSpX§n. Wn`mkpw SpX§n,””
AkÀ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.
fj tSmÀ¶v Wn`mkv bXÀ¶n^p¶p.
fjskÅw ko\v b^nh^§Ä WWªv Npjªn^p¶p.
“”Unky F³s_ ssN]n F³s_ ssN]n bnXn¡q, sS¶n kojpw,””
hpOw fn¶Â¸n\À tbms` N^ansW S^n¸n¶p, F³s_ {bn]tW Wo b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ….
A]mÄ Wo«n] ssN]n AkÄ UrZfm]n bnXn¨p.
Npan^nWv tft` {b\t]mgvfmkv l^o^w Wn_s] b^¡p¶Sv AkÄ ko*pf_nªp.
tUiw {Shn¨p fp_pNp¶p.
F{S fm]nNfm\v bp^pg³s_ hvbÀlWw!
Culz^m, NSnÀfÞb¯nÂ, Wn_b_]psX]pw Wn`kna¡n³s_]pw fp¼nÂ, Cu ^wP¯n³s_ BkÀ¯Ww AWpekn¡mWpÅ emPyw FWn¡v S^t\…
AkÄ DÅp^pNn {bmÀTn¨p.
Nm_nWXp¯v F¯ptkmakpw AkÄ bnXn kn«nÃ.
hp^£nSfm] WX¸v kjn]n F¯n]n«pw.
Wn`mkv NmXnsW NqXpSÂ tItSmi^fm¡n .
NmXn³s_ fm]nNemkw H¶pNqXn kaÀ¶p.
Wn`mkpw Wnj`pNapw WnlÐS]pw B^kkpw ASn³s_ WnPqZS kÀ²n¸n¨p.
NmÀ hmkVmWw C_¡fn_§ns¡m*n^p¶p.
A^f\n¡q_nWp tlgw WndnZ kW¯nWv WXpkn H^p skan¼p_w Nm\s¸«p.
H^p k`n] ssfSmW¯n³s_ Wm`Sn^n`pw Wn^Wn^]m]n NpXn`pNapw.
Nqä³ bn^fnZv BNrSn]n Ak]psX tf¡q^NÄ D]À¶pWn¶p.
Wn`mkn BNmlt¯¡v bpN D]^p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
sI*NapsX]pw sb^p¼_NaptX]pw NmSX¸n¡p¶ SmamßNfm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lÐw tNÄ¡m³ SpX§n.
ssfSmW¯n³s_ fVyemP¯v H^PvWnNpÞsf^n]p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
^mip AtWzg\w Wn_ª N®pNtamsX At§m«v– tWm¡n.
“”ASm\v– Mm³ b_ª ss{Xd shänÂsfâv. f`tkXS¼p^m³s_ K·UnWw B\v DÕk Unkhw. H^p¡§am\v. kht´mÕkw,””
NmÀ bSns] At§m«v– h©^n¨p.
“”CknsXs]ms¡ fp¼v k¶n«pÅSv tbms`,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
fp¼v AWpeks¸« B knUypSv {bkmiw AkÄ ko*pfWpekn¨p.
S³s_ irU]¯nÂ.
NmÀ B ssfSWSnWXps¯¯n.
APvWnNpÞkpw kmUytQmg§apw BÀ¸pknanNapw Wn_ª ssfSmWw AkÀ¡v fp¼n Wn¶p.
ssfSmW¯n³s_ ASn^n Nqä³ f^§apsX bÝm¯`¯n eofmNm^§am] NpXn`pNÄ D]À¶pWn¶p.
hv{SoNapw bp^pg·m^pw l^o^s¯ b`S^w Wn_§Ä tIÀ¯v A`¦^n¨n^p¶p.
fpO¯v N_p¸pw Ipk¸pw CXN`À¯n Im]w tS¨n^p¶p.
bp^pg·m^pw hv{SoNapw Ipk¶ khv{S§Ä V^n¨n^p¶p.bp^pg·m^psX DX`pNÄ WPvWfm]n^p¶p.
A¸khv{S§Ä hpµ^nNam] f`tkXhv{SoNapsX klyfmUNSzw Sp_¶pNm\n¨p.
APvWnNpÞ¯SnWp fp¼n Sqk¡n^oXw V^n¨ UoÀQNm]Wm] H^mÄ BhWØWm]n^p¶p.
“”NpfmÀ P\bSn,””
A]msa tWm¡n Unky b_ªp.
“”Ak^psX ^mKmkv. fpOybpt^minSWpw,””
^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ A]man¯s¶ S_ªn^n¡p¶Sv Unky N*p.
“”At²i¯nsâ fN³ hm_n³s_ ÌpZâv_v B\v. F³s_ t¢mhv {c*v, hSogv–,””
APvWnNpÞ¯nWp fp¼ns` k`n] tUko kn{Pi¯nWXp¯v sb^p¼_NaXn¨v bm«v bmXp¶ hv{SoNapw bp^pg·m^pw.
Wn`mkv Wn_ª ^m{Sn]n bÝm¯`¯n B Urlyw Aknhvf^\o]fm]n Unky¡v tSm¶n.
“”Ak^n b`^pw ssi`o FKyqt¡äZv B\v,””
Unky SpX˦p.
“”fn¡km_pw Ss¶ k`n] k`n] DtUymP§ans`ms¡ GÀs¸«n^n¡p¶k^pfm\v. hSognfs_ A¨³ ZmZosX NqsX]m\v. b`^psX]pw koXpNÄ Uqs^ hnäo Hs¡]m\v. tÌänWv skao DÅk^pw D*v. bs£ Cu kht´mÂhk¯n AkÀ H^pfn¨v NqXp¶p. H^p kÀgkpw sSän¡m¯ H^p BIm^w,””
ssfSmWw Wn_s] b` knV kÀ®§Ä sNm*v l^o^w A`¦^n¨ hv{SoNapw bp^pg·m^pw Wn_ªp.
SmakmUy§Ä fp_pNn.
Nmän_§n APvWnNpÞ¯ns` So]psX So{kS Nq«n.
^mip fpt¼m«v– WX¡m³ SpX§n.
“”hmÀ, At§m«p tbmNm³ bmXnÃ,””
AkÄ kn`¡n.
“”N¸nÄhnWv fm{Stf At§m«p {btklWfpÅq,””
^mip sbs«¶v- Wn¶p.
F¦n`pw A]mapsX N®pNÄ B APvWnNpÞ¯n`m]n^p¶p.
“”sFSniyfWph^n¨v lm´ntUkpw ESpbÀ®]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CknsX]m\v– ^m{SnNm`§an N*pfp«n]n^p¶Sv,””
“”AkÀ PmÔÀk knVn{bNm^w knkminS^m]n^p¶n^n¡\w,””
APvWnNpÞ¯n Wn¶v- UrãnNÄ fmämsS ^mip b_ªp.
“”sFSniy¯n A§sW]pfp*v. Ak^psX knkmi¯n³s_ NmÀ½nN³ Ck^psX ^mKbpt^minSWm\v. hmÀ ASv Nt*m…””
APvWnNpÞ¯nWXp¯v Wn¶n^p¶ tUkn kn{Pi¯nt`¡v tWm¡n Unky b_ªp.
“”B Nm\p¶ tUkn]ntÃ, ASv ESpbÀ® tUkn]m\v. bmSn{kSy¯n³s_ tUkS,””
“”AsSWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. B tUkn¡v Unky]psX fpOfm\v,””
BßmknsW fUn¸n¡p¶ km¡pNÄ.
`i^n NnWn]p¶ N®pNtamsX AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n.
“”lm´ntUkv FknsX?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
AkÄ H^p kÃm¯ knNm^t¯msX ko*pw A]msa tWm¡n.
“”ESp Unky]m]n Sn^n¨p k¶ntÃ? F¦n AkapsX lm´ntUkpw Sn^n¨p k^pw,””

sb^p¼_]psX WmUw Wnj`pw Wn`mkpw Wn_ª b^nh^§sa Ca¡n f_n¨p.
B^kfnaNn.
WmtXmXn¸m«pNapsX lo`pNan`Nn.
NXpw Im]w tS¨fpO§an tPm{Shvf^\NanaNn.
A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ APvWnNpÞ¯nWv fp¼n`n^p¶ bp^pg·m^ns`m^mtamXv ^mKmkv Ft´m f{´n¡p¶Sv N*p.
A]mÄ Fjps¶Â¡p¶Spw AkÀ N*p.
A]mÄ Ak^psX tWs^ k^nN]m\v.
“”W½psX AXpt¯¡ms\¶v- tSm¶p¶p,””
Unky b_ªp.
A]mÄ Ak^psX]Xpt¯¡v k¶p.
tUiw Wn_s] Im]w tS¨ A`¦^n¨ {Snlq`w N¿n bnXn¨ A]mÄ Ak^psX]Xps¯¯n ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
Unky Sn^n¨pw.
^mip`pw.
A]mÄ tPm{Semg]n Unkyt]mXv hwhm^n¡p¶Sv ^mip tN«p.
Unky]pw S^nsN A]mtamXv AtS emg]n hwhm^n¡p¶Spw.
“”hÀ,””
AkÄ bns¶ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”Ct±iw A_n]n¡p¶p, ^mKmkn³s_ N`v¸W]m\v, W½Ä At§m«p sIÃ\w. Ak^psX DÕk¯n bs¦Xp¡\w,””
^mip Aksa hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”bs£, CSk^psX {btSyN DÕkfsÃ? knkminS^m] BapNÄ¡v fm{Stf AknsX….””
“”AtS, hmÀ. MmWSv Ct±it¯mXv b_]pN]pw sI]vSp. bs£ ^mKmkv b_]p¶p, At²i¯nWv W½sa A_n]msf¶v,””
H^p Wnfngw Ak^psX N®pNÄ S½n`nXªp.
“”sU³, Ntfm¬,””
A]mÄ¡v bn¼n AkÄ DÕk^wPt¯¡v WX¶p.
Ct¸mÄ sb^p¼_]psX {bN¼WfnÃ.
tPm{ShvfrSnNÄ SpXn¡p¶ hwPoSfnÃ.
B^kkpw.
BapNsaÃmk^pw Fjpt¶äv Wn`v¡p¶p.
fp¼n ^mKmkv.
lÐS·m{SNsams¡ eqfn]n Wn¶v- Wngv{Nfn¨Svtbms` ^mip`nWv tSm¶n.
AkÀ fp¼ns`¯n]t¸mÄ ^mKmkv ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
At²i¯n³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn¼n Wn¡p¶k^pw.
^mip`pw Unky]pw Aks^ Sn^n¨pw {b\fn¨p.
Unky ^mKmkn³s_ bmU§Ä sSm«v kµn¨p.
At±iw Aksa tSman bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p.
AkapsX ln^Ênt·Â A]mapsX ssN¯`ffÀ¶p.
bns¶ At±iw C^pkt^]pw tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
“”C^n¡q,””
{btSyNfm]n Hjn¨n«n^p¶ C^n¸nX§ant`¡v Iq*n At±iw b_ªp.
“”B Ø`w Wn§Ä¡v tk*n H^p¡n]n«n^n¡p¶Sm\v,””
Culz^m…-
Unky]psX N®pNÄ AXªp.
ESpbÀ®t]]pw lm´ntUkntW]pw tW^n N*n«pÅ Ak^psX ^mKln¸n {btSyNfm]n b\nsI]vSp*m¡n]Sm\v B C^n¸nX§Ä.
]pP§Ä¡v tlgw AkÀ bpW^vÖWnsI¯psf¶v ^mKbpt^minSWv skanbmXv `en¨n^p¶Sv sNm*v, At²i¯nsâ {btSyN N¸W {bNm^w.
ASv {bNm^w f`tkX·m^psX Cu tPm{S hfqiw S`fp_NÄ tSm_pw Nm¯n^n¡p¶p Aks^ hzoN^n¡pkm³.
C¶pks^ B^pw Ak]n C^p¶n«nÃ.
F¶m C¶v-!
Unky]v¡v Sm³ tks_ Aseuffm] GtSm t`mN¯v F¯nt¨À¶Sptbms` tSm¶n.
BapNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶v- ko*pw B^kfp]À¶p.
tPm{Slàn]psX hwPoSfp]À¶p.
^àVfWnNsa SobnXn¸n¡p¶ sb^p¼_]psX Smafp]À¶p.
BapNapsX tWm«w S§sa tN{µoN^n¡p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
B tWm«¯n Btklkpw BNmw£]pw Wn_ªn^n¡p¶Spw.
^mip B Nth^]n C^n¡p¶Sv Unky knhvf]t¯msX N*p.
ftätSm t`mN¯v F¯nt¨À¶ {bSoSn]m\v A]mapsX fpO¯v.
S³s_ tUiw fpjpk³ Npan^\n]p¶Sv Aka_nªp.
bns¶ {bmÀTWt]msX Akapw A]mapsX hfob¯n^p¶p.
{bmÀTW]n Wn¶p\À¶v AkÄ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ Ss¶ tWm¡p¶Sm\v AkÄ N*Sv–.
A]mapsX N®pNan Wn_ªn^n¡p¶Sv GSv knNm^fm\v?
Culz^m…!
Cu N®pNapsX PÔÀk ewPn]nt¸mÄ S³s_ irU]¯n`m\v sSmXp¶Sv!
S³s_ AV^w knSp¼p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
tPm{Shfqi¯n³s_ ^mKmkv ESpbÀ®tUkn]psX fp¼n fp«pNp¯n f{´§Ä D^pknXp¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
fimbpt^minSWm] ^mKmkntWmsXm¸w fäwP§apw f{´§Ä GäpsImÃn.
tUkn]psX fp¼n k`n] f¬NpX§Ä sk¨n^p¶p.
bqK]v¡v tlgw ^mKmkn³s_ hfob¯v Wn¶n^p¶ AWpI^·mÀ f¬NpX§apsX fqXnNÄ Sp_¶p.
^mKmkn³s_ WnÀtUl{bNm^w AkÀ f¬tNm¸Nant`¡v NpX§an Wn¶v- skap¯ {UmkNw bNÀ¶p.
^ipantW]pw Unkyt]]pw Iq*n ^mKmkv AWpI^·mt^mXv tPm{Semg]n Ft´m b_ªp.
H^mÄ ^*v f¬tNm¸Nan bmWo]w Wn_¨v Aks^ hfobn¨p.
“”tUkn]psX WntkUyfm\v,””
^mip N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]man Wn¶v- bmWo]w hzoN^n¡tk Unky b_ªp.
“”sS§n³ NÅn In` kntlg HugV§Ä tIÀ¯v {btSyNfm]n D*m¡n]Sm\v,””
ASv tN«v ^mip H^p Wnfngw hwl]n¨p.
“”WntkUyftÃ, hmÀ?””
AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
SpXÀ¶v- Unky]pw bmWo]w Wn_¨ f¬tNm¸ hzoN^n¨p.
{bmÀTWt]msX AkÄ ASv bSns] NpXn¨p.
em^ymeÀ¯m¡³fmÀt¡m knkmi WnÝ]w Njnª hv{Sobp^pg·mÀt¡m fm{Stf AkÀ B bmWo] WntkUyw WÂNn]n^p¶pÅq F¶v- H^p tNm^n¯^nt¸msX Unky HmÀ¯p.
“”Cu WntkUy¯nWv WÃ `i^n]p*v F¶v- tSm¶p¶p, Untky,””
hmfmWyw k`n¸fpÅ B tNm¸]n Wn¶v- NpXn¨psNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ ^mip b_ªp.
“”bs£ A¸w tbm`pw dm¡n sk¡^psS¶m Wn]fw,””
^mip ASv fpjpkWpw NpXn¨p.
Unky]pw.
S³s_ N®pNÄ¡v fp¼n bpSn] {Unlyh¦oÀ®SNÄ {bSy£fmkp¶Spw l^o^¯nWv em^fnÃm]vf AWpeks¸Xp¶Spw AkÄ A_nªp.
^mip S` NpX]p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”hmÀ,””
S³s_ Wmkp Npj]mSn^n¡m³ b^fmkVn {lfn¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”FWn…FWn ….FWn ssN³Zv Hmcv {XdnÄ? dp²n½p«v..Fs´¦n`pw?””
“”H¶pfnÃ,””
A]mÄ bp©n^n¨p.
“”H^p hvfq¯v–sWhv tSm¶p¶p….F ¹hv³äv hvfq¯v–sWhv….F fnhv–äo^n]hv co`nwPv Hmcv do]nwPv cvt`msäZv….””
“”CSnWv fp¼v….hmÀ CSnWv fp³bv NpXn¨n«pt*m? CSv tbms` ….sF fo³ NÅptbms`…?””
“”CÃ..CSmUyfm\v…]q…?””
“”s]hv …BUytfm¶pfÃ…WÃ sS§n³ NÅv…bWwNÅv… “”
^mip Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
A]mapsX N®pNÄ `i^nsNm*v SpXp¯Sv– AkÄ N*p.
“”CWn Wr¯w SpX§s«,””
^mKbpt^minS³s_ lÐw AkÀ tN«p.
W£{S ^SvW§Ä bSn¨ BNml¸´`nWp Smsj, Wn`mkn³s_ hzÀ® ]kWnN]v¡pw Smsj DÕk¯n³s_ fimhfp{UfnaNn.
kmUytQmg§Ä fpj§n.
sb^p¼_]psX NmSX¸n¡p¶ lÐw.
NmXn³s_ Smakpw `i^n]pw Wn_ª hwPoSw.
shuµ^ykpw fmUNSzkpfpÅ ]pkSnNÄ Fjpt¶äp.
N^p¯pä bp^pg·m^pw.
Hmt^m sb®pw S³s_ bp^pgtWmsXm¸w tIÀ¶p.
ewPn]pÅ WPvWfm] Nm`pNapsX, ssNNapsX, fm_nX¯n³s_, I`WSmaw SpX§n.
IXp` hwPoS¯n³s_ Sma¯nWWph^n¨v, H^p kÀ® hfp{U¯n³s_ Sn^]na¡w tbms` tPm{SWr¯w SpX§n.
“”Wn§apw Fjpt¶Â¡q,””
^mKmkv ^mip`ntWmXpw Unkyt]mXpw N¸n¨p.
“”Ckt^msXm¸w tIÀ¶v- WrSfmX\w,””
AkÀ b^hvb^w tWm¡n.
AkapsX irU]w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fnXn¡m³ SpX§n.
^mip`n³s_ N®pNan S³ ASpks^ Nm\m¯ H^p WnPqZemkw AkÄ km]n¨p.
Unkys] knhvf]n¸n¨psNm*v ^mip Fjpt¶äp.
A]mÄ S³s_ tWs^ ssN Wo«p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
Culz^m…!
hzbvWfmt\m?
Unky]pw Fjpt¶äp.
fm_n Wn¶v- Ip^nUm_n³s_ gmÄ FXp¯v AkÄ A^]n sN«n.
fm_nXw SpX§p¶nX¯v Bt\m ^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ?
AkÄ sNmSnt]msX A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v DäptWm¡n.
F¶n«v S³s_ tWs^ Wo«n] ^mip`n³s_ N^w AkÄ {Pin¨p.
ssNNÄ tNmÀ¯pbnXn¨v Wr¯w sI]vSpsNm*n^p¶ hwQ¯nWp tWs^ AkÀ Wo§n.
^mip`n³s_ WÀ¯WbmXkw Aksa knhvf]n¸n¨p.
A]mÄs¡m¸w IpkXpNÄ sk¡m³ AkÄ BUyw kngfn¨p.
F¦n`pw IXp` hwPoS¯n³s_]pw WntkUy¯n³s_ `i^n]ptX]pw S³s_ irU]¯n Wn_sªmjpNp¶ {b\]¯n³s_]pw Sn^¯Å`n Akapw AhmfmWy bmXkt¯msX Wr¯fmXn.
A¸w Njnªm\v AkÄ A_n]p¶Sv, fäm^pw Ct¸mÄ Wr¯w sI¿p¶nÃ.
Aks^Ãmk^pw AUvepSt¯msX S§apsX Wr¯w Nm\pN]m\v.
^mip AsSm¶pw A_n]p¶nsöv tSm¶n.
S³s_ ssN A]mapsX tSmapNan`ms\¶pw A]mapsX ssNNÄ S³s_ A^s¡«nsW Ipän¸nXn¨n^n¡]ms\¶pw AkÄ A_nªp.
S³s_ ^àVfWnNapw lzmthm¨zmhkpw IqXvbnXn¨v fp_pNp¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
In`t¸mÄ A]mapsX sW©n S³s_ fm_nXff^p¶Spw A]mapsX D¨zmh km]p S³s_ Nknan hvbÀln¡p¶Spw Aksa D·¯]m¡n.
knNm^¯Ån¨]n S³ In`t¸mÄ Wn`¯v ko\ptbmNpsf¶v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n.

A§nsW hwekn¡mSn^n¡m³ A]mÄ Aksa C_psN¸nXn¨p.
Ipäpw NqXn Wn¡p¶kÀ ssN¿Xn¨v Aks^ t{bmÕmin¸n¨p.
hwPoS¯n³s_ tkPw fp_pNn.
Nmän APvWnNpÞ¯ns`]pw ssfSmW¯n³s_ ASn^pNan Ømbn¨n^n¡p¶ k`n] So¸´§apsX]pw s{Nu^yw kÀ²n¨p.
{b\]kpw Nmfkpw Wn_ª PmW§Ä APvWn InS_p¶ Smas¡mjp¸n³s_ AN¼Xnt]msX ^m{Sn]psX]pw fªn³s_]pw S\p¸n Aks^ tNm^n¯^n¸n¨p.
bp^pg·mÀ S§apsX em^yfms^ N^k`]¯ns`mSp¡n AWpWnfngw kÀ²n¨pk^p¶ Ak^psX Wr¯¯n³s_ tkPS ASyVnNw knhvf]t¯msX N*p Wn¶p.
b^hv¸^w N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n]m\v AkÀ Wr¯w sI¿p¶Sv.
S³s_ irU] knNm^§Ä f_¨psk¡msS AkÄ fpO¯v {bSnc`n¸n¨p.
A]man`pÅ AkapsX bnXn fp_pNn.
A]mapsX sW©nt`¡v fm_nXffÀ¯n tIÀ¯v AkÄ bm«n³s_ Sma¯nsWm¯v Wo§n.
“”hmÀ…FWn¡v….””
{b\] knklS]n S³s_ l^o^¯ns` Smbkpw ^à¯ns` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv APvWn]pw sbm«n¨nS_psf¶v tSm¶n] H^p Wnfngw Umin¡p¶ hz^¯n Unky knan¨p.
“”F´m ..F´m Untky?””
A]mÄ DtUzPt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ ..FWn¡v…””
Sm³ WnPqZfm] H^PvWn]n Uin¡pN]m\v F¶v- AkÄ A_nªp
.
AXp¯ Wnfngw AkÄ A]mapsX tUit¯¡v ko\p.
Nm\nNapsX N¿Xn]pw B^kkpw Wn`¨p.
BapNapsX fpO§an BNmw£ Wn_ªp.
AkÀ ^mip`n³s_]pw Unky]psX]pw AXpt¯¡v HmXnk¶p.
^mip Aksa tNm^ns]Xp¯p.
bns¶ hfob¯v NnX¶ H^p Sj¸m]]n Aksa NnX¯n.
“”tbXn¡msWm¶pfnÃ, A¸w £o\w…””
AkapsX S`]n`pw Nknan`pw St`mXns¡m*v ^mKmkv b_ªp.
hv{SoNÄ Aksa koln.
H^mÄ AkapsX fpO¯v skÅwSan¨p.
AkÄ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.
“”hmÀ FknsX?””
AkÄ ln^Êv I^n¨p.
“”Mm³ CknsX¯s¶]p*v, Unkym,””
`Ö Wn_ª fpOt¯msX AkÄ Fjpt¶Â¡m³ SpX§n.