“”e]w tSm¶p¶pt*m Unky¡v?””
kntWmUv tftWm³ tbm]n¡jnªv ^mip AktamXv– tImUn¨p.
Unky]psX BUys¯ {bSnN^\w H^p fµimhfm]n^p¶p.
hwPoSw fpa¦mXnsW tWm¡n {b\]t¯msX fµihn¡p¶Sv A§sW]m\v F¶v- ^mip`nWv tSm¶n.
bp©n^n¡p¶ bqkpNÄ S³s_ VfWnNan ^àt¯msXm¸w {bkin¡p¶Sv A]mÄ A_n]pN]m]n^p¶p.
C{S fmUNfm] AWpekfm]n^pt¶m sb®v?
AkapsX {b\]w?
AkapsX PÔw?
“”CÃ,””
A]mÄ Unky]psX lÐw tN«p.
“”C§sWs]m^mÄ FWn¡v Ipäpw H^p ChZv NmäP_n shNyq^nän]m]n Wn¡pktÃ?””
AkÀ f\¸p_¯v AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p.
tNm{dminÂhn Wn¶v- Caw Nmän_§nk¶v- AkapsX CXSqÀ¶ fpXns] D`¨p.
At¸mÄ tNm{dminÂhn hpgpbvSnsNmÅp¶ fpjpk³ C{µWo`§ta¡mÄ Nm´n AkapsX N®pNan A]mÄ N*p.
A]mapsX tWm«¯ns` {b\]w H^p kÀgfm]n Ss¶ WW]v¡p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
Hmt^m tWm«kpw Hmt^m fjWoÀ¯pÅntbms` Sbn¨v fUn¡p¶ S³s_ tUis¯ sSmXp¶p.
tUiw Wn_s] Sm{´nNfm] Smaw.
Bjv¶n_§p¶ tWm«¯n³s_ hvbÀlw…
“”CsSms¡ Ft¸mÄ So^pw hmÀ?””
b^nh^¯nt`¡v Sn^n¨p k¶pAkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”t^minSv A¦nan³s_ f^\¯nWv bn¼ns` ^ihyw?Fs¶ sNmÃm³ {lfn¨]mÄ…hm_nsW hÀ¸ kngtf¸n¨v…bns¶ C¶v- Nm_n B tdmwdv–…AsSms¡ …?””
tbm`ohv fpjpk³ DuÀÖkpfpbt]mPn¨v AtWzg\w WX¯ns¡m*n^n¡p¶ps*¦n`pw Unkys] sNmÃm³ {lfn¨]msa¡p_n¨v CSpks^]pw H^_nkpw Nn«n]nÃ.
K]Nrgv\sW]pw Ak³s_ Nq«manNam] ^mfNrgv\³, gmKim³, {NnÌcÀ F¶nks^]pw ASn¸ns¶ B^pw N*nÃ.
tbm`ohnWv bp_tf `¯ocpw Nq«pNm^pw tNm{dmin`vhpw b^nh^§apw K]Nrgv\sW]pw Nq«s^]pw N*pfp«m³ hmVyS]pÅ fäv tN{µ§apw A^n¨p sb_p¡n b^ntlmVn¡p¶ps*¦n`pw Wn^ml]m]n^p¶p c`w.
hn²mÀ°sW sNm`s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨SnWp tlgw AkÀ GtSm H^ÚmS tN{µ¯n Hankn`m\v.
“”W^nfäw A¦nÄ Bt\m… f_ªn^n¡p¶ B l{Sp?””
AkÄ SpXÀ¶v- tImUn¨p.
“”FÃm tImUy§Ä¡pw D¯^fp*v, Untky…””
Bt`mIWNqXmsS ^mip b_ªp.
B km¡pNans` làn AkapsX fpO¯v {bNmlw Wn_¨p.
CWn]pw B kng]s¯¡p_n¨v tImUy§tam hwl]tfm tk* F¶v- AkÄ So^pfmWn¨p.
FÃmw Culz^Wn`pw ^mip`n³s_ D_¸n`pw AkÄ hfÀ¸n¨p.
“”hmÀ …ASv Nt*m…””
tNm{dm inÂhv– SpX§n¶nXt¯¡v Unky sbs«¶v kn^ Iq*n.
WUn]psX f_p So^¯v, Uqs^ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tUkUm^p¡Ä¡nX]n`qsX, skap¯ hm^n V^n¨v H^p hv{So, b*v t^minSv Smfhn¨ koXn³s_ tWs^ WX¡p¶p.
“”gmÀ½n`n tI¨n…!””
AkÄ f{´n¨p.
UpxO hm{µfm] N®pNtamsX ^mip ASv tWm¡n Wn¶p.
“”Ct§m«v ..lm´nbp^t¯¡v k^p¶ Nm^yw Mm³ gmÀ½n`n tI¨ns] A_n]n¨n^p¶p…””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
Unky AUvepSs¸«p.
“”_n]`n?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
^mip ln^ÊW¡n.
“”CknsX k¶Sn³s_ bntä¶v sskNpt¶^w MmWks^ ko«n sI¶v Nm\pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶p. kÀg§Ä¡v tlgfpÅ B NqXn¡mjv¨!…Cäv– kmhv shm CtWcdnÄ…””
^mip`n³s_ hz^w knNm^ hm{µfm]n.
“”Mm³ sZÃn]nÂ….sK F³ ]qkn bn Kn sscW sI¿pt¼mjm\v BUyfm]n gmÀ½n`n BUyw tI¨ns] Nm\p¶Sv… tI«³s_ NqsX. _nhÀ¨n³s_ tb^n AkÀ tI«³s_ NqsX H^p tWmÀ¯v C´y³ {Xn¸v–. A§sW]m\v Fs¶¡m\m³ AknsX k^p¶Sv…””
^mip hpµ^fm] H^p HmÀ½]n WãvXs¸«p.
“”{bSo£n¨ tbms` ]m]n^p¶nà AkÀ…””
A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”tI«³ e]¦^ hvfmÀ«v AtÃ? Ft¸mjpwIn^n]pw kÀ¯fmWkpw SfmlNapw …tI¨n F³ä]À`n Znc_³äv B]n^p¶p. sk^n Nmw ..sk^n Nz]äv …sF scu*v F hss»w sh_nWän C³ siÀ…””
bpj]psX Wo` knSmW¯nt`¡v A]mÄ H^p Wnfngw tWm¡n.
fpNan HjpNn¸_¡p¶ fªIn_NpÅ tUlmXW¸£nNans`¡pw.
“”hoSm tUkn]psX fp¼n Wn¡p¶ `£f\sWt¸ms` tSm¶n FWn¡v. Aks^ ssNNq¸n Wfhv¡^n¨t¸mjpw bmU§Ä sSm«v kµn¨t¸mjpw AkÀ Fs¶ tSman¸nXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨t¸mjpw FWn¡v tSm¶n…F³s_ A½…F³s_ A½ Sn^n¨p k¶n^n¡p¶p…””
A]mapsX km¡pNÄ fp_nªp.
knNm^hm{µS Unkyt]]pw hvbÀln¨p.
F{S S^airU]Wm\v hmÀ !
AkÄ HmÀ¯p.
sZÂin ]q\ntkjvhnän]n cnt`mhcn _oZ_m]n^p¶ S³s_ A½s]¡p_n¨v ^mip b_ªp.
AVymbNWpw PmÔn]Wpw b^nØnSn{bkÀ¯NWpfm]n^p¶ A¨³ Sm³ kas^ sI_p¸fm]n^p¶t¸mÄ f^n¨ptbm]n.
ASnWp tlgw Ss¶]pw t^minSnsW]pw Nq«n A½ PmÔnKn]psX hdÀfSn B{lf¯nt`¡v tbm]n.
bns¶ AknsX]m]n^p¶p A½]psX lnãNm`w.
A©v kÀg§Ä¡v fp¼v A½]psX f^\w.
dWm_Ên sk¨v fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\sW Nm\p¶p.
At²it¯msXm¸w DÖ]nWn]nt`¡v tbmNp¶p.
“”tI«³ f^n¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ dhvS_ns` UÞNm^\y¯n`m\v,””
A]mÄ lm´fm] hz^¯n SpXÀ¶p.
“”sNmXp¦m«nÂ. fp^n]m tPm{S¡m^psXNqsX. fipkm fUy¯n hwPoSkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wr¯kpw ^Sn]pw ^In¡p¶kÀ….Nps_¡m`w B hwhv¡m^¯n³s_ ftWmim^nS]n A`nªv … bns¶ DÖ]nWn]nt`¡v Sn^n¨p tbmNm³ H^p DÄknan. fq¶v- fmh§Ä¡v fp¼v …B{lf¯n Sn^ns¨¯pt¼mÄ BUyw Nn«p¶Sv gmÀ½n`n tI¨n]psX N¯m\v. tI«³s_ f^\w A_n]n¨psNm*v–. Cu t`mN¯v Aktlgn¡p¶ ^àdÔ¯nt` AkhmWs¯ N®n]pw Aäptbm]n F¶v- MmW_n]p¶Sv At¸mjm\v–. ASv H^n¡`pw h¦Â¸n¨n^p¶nÃ. sbm«n¨n^n¨pw D_s¡ kÀ¯fmWw b_ªpw Ft¸mjpw tI«³ CknsX D*mNpw F¶v- knlzÊn¨n^p¶SvsNm*v Mm³ F³s_ Cã¯nWv Kokn¨p… Ct¸mÄ Mm³ AÑWnÃmsS …A½ …A½]pfnÃmsS …A§sW B^pfnÃmsS…Mm³ ….””
Unky sbs«¶v- A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨p.
A^pSv F¶v- N®pNan`qsX Atb£n¨p.
“”FÃm^pw D*v…A¨³ ..A½ ..Nps_ htimU^§Ä ….ZmZow f½ow `¯ocv UmU fpS F{St]m…bns¶ …bns¶ CWn]pÅ FÃm …FÃm K·§an`pw CkantÃ…?””
bq¡Ä Wn_ª fimIm^pS]pÅ k·^¯n³s_ sk]n hpPÔw AkapsX km¡pNan Wn¶v- A]mapsX irU]w sSm«p.
Uqs^ f`s©^nkn t^minSn³s_ koXn³s_ kmSn¸Xn]n gmÀ½n`n]psX tWÀ¯ ^qbw AkÀ N*p.
“”tI«³s_ f^\w AWmTfm¡n]Sv M§sa ^*p tbs^]pfm\v. gmÀ½n`n tI¨nt]]pw Fs¶]pw,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”CWns]m^n¡`pw Nm\nÃ, Sn^¨p k^nà F¶_nªn«pw Ct¸mjpw AkÀ tI«sW hvtWin¡p¶p. {em´fm]n…””
ASnWnX]n kntWmUv tftWm³ gmÀ½n`nt]mXv knkmimeyÀTW WX¯n]Spw gmÀ½n`n ASv Sn^hv¡^n¨Spw Unky ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªp.
“”ASpw gmÀ½n`n tI¨n b_ªn«p*v,””
^mip In^n¨p.
“”fm{SfÃ, Mm³ Ss¶ N£ns] Ak^psX fp¼n N*n«p*v.ASpw tI¨ns] Nm\m³ sI¶ BUyUnkhw Ss¶,””
f\¸p_¯v hq^y ^lvfnNÄ Wn_ªp.
tNm{dm inÂhn³s_ sNmXpfpXnNan Wn¶v- fªv bqÀ®fm]pw kmÀ¶v- tbm]n.
Ct¸mÄ {bemS sk]n`n³s_ lp{eS]n fp§n¡pan¨v….
“”Wfp¡v tbmNmw hmÀ?””
A]mÄ S`Np`p¡n.
AkÀ Fjpt¶äp.
Unky sbs«¶v- bn¼nt`¡v Nm sSän ko\p.
“”Hmiv…””
tkUW Wn_ª H^p M^¡w Akan Wn¶pw tN«p.
tWm¡n]t¸mÄ fnZn]p]À¶v- WPvWfm¡s¸« fp«nWv tfÂ, SpX]nÂ, tIm^ NnWn]p¶p.
fp¼ns` H^p NÃnWv fpNant`¡v ko\Sm\v.
ko\v D^ªv SpX]n fp_n¸mXv ko\n^n¡p¶p.
^mip Aksa bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”bSns] Fjpt¶Â¡v…””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”hq£n¨v…””
A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX N¿n A¸w NqXn d`w sNmXp¯p.
“”FWn¡v Fjpt¶Â¡m³ k¿…CSv Nt*m…tWm¡v,””
AkÄ Fjpt¶Â¡msS fnZn]p]À¯n¡m\n¨p.
“”B sIXn]psX C` b_n¨v Wo^m¡n Sn^p½n]m fSn…””
So^¯v Nq«fm]n Wn¶v- sIXn¸XÀ¸pNant`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
^mip At§m«v tbm]n.
kaÀ¶v- bXÀ¶p Wn¶ sIXnNanÂWn¶v- Np_¨v C`NÄ b_ns¨Xp¯p.
AkapsX]Xps¯¯n fp¼n`n^p¶v, ssNskÅ]n`n«v M^Xn¯n^p½n Wo^m¡n.
“”fp_nkv bän] emPw W¶m]n NjpNv, Untky,””
AkÄ A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v N`nt¸msX tWm¡n.
“”G]v–, fnÌÀ!””
AkÄ lÐfp]À¯n.
“”sb®nsW H¶v- sSm«p F¶v N^pSn H^p fimEgn¡pw SbÈàn Wãs¸«n«nÃ. khngvYWpw UpÀÆmhmknWpw tbm`pw!””
^mip AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
Nmän KmSnfÃn¸q¡apsX PÔw Wn_ªSv A]mÄ A_nªp.
Unky]psX N®pNan NmfhpPÔw Sotbms` sb]vSn^n¼p¶p.
AkÄ AV^w WW¨p.
“”FWn¡v k¿mªn«tÃ…¹ohv…””
bSns], Umin¡p¶ hz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
^mip CXSv ssN skůn fp¡n.
skÅsfXp¯v AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
bns¶ fp«nWp tf SpX]n ssN¯`ffÀ¯n.
“”Hmiv…””
AkapsX IpXpWnlzmhw A]mapsX fpO¯v sSm«p.
SpX]psX klyfmUNSzSn A]mapsX ssN¯`ffÀ¶t¸mÄ S³s_ tUiw Npj]p¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
lzmhw kÀ²n¡p¶p.
fm_nXw D]À¶p`]p¶p.
At§m«v– A]mÄ H¶v- tWm¡n]n^ps¶¦n F¶v- AkÄ sNmSn¨p.
Wmkpw Ip*pNapw k^ap¶p.
^mip bns¶ b¨n` f^p¶v- AkapsX fp_nkn AfÀ¯ntS¨p.
AkapsX tUiw AXnfpXn kn_ªp`]pt¼mÄ, skap¯v sNmjp¯ SpXNapsX fmUN ewPn]n ^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ AfÀ¶p.
A]mÄ bns¶ N®pNÄ D]À¯n Aksa tWm¡n.
NmfhpPÔn]m] sb®n³s_ emkw A]mapsX M^¼pNan hvtcmXWw Wn_¨p.
AkapsX `mhy `mk\y `i^n]näp¶ N®pNÄ A]man D·¯S Wn_¨p.
hvbÀlW¯n³s_]pw St`mX`n³s_]pw hpO `i^n]n A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ Imªn^p¶p.
{b\]¯n³s_ {Pogvfbpgv¸§Ä SanÀ¯p`]p¶ N®pNtamsX AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
tkUW tWÀ¯v– tWÀ¯v– A{bS£yfm]n.
Akan Wn¶v- M^¡w AkhmWn¨p.
“”CSv tbms` Fs¶ sSmXpsf¦nÂ….””
H^p f{´\¯n³s_ hwPoS klySt]msX AkÄ b_ªp.
“”..F¦n …l^o^w Wn_s]…FÃmX¯pw fp_nkpNÄ D*mkm³ Mm³ sNmSn¡ym\v. …””
S³s_ ^àVfWnNan C^¼n¯pX§n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv APvWn Wn]{´\mSoSfmkpN]m\v.
CSpks^ AÚmSfm]n^p¶ H^p làn, H^p AUrlyt{b^\tbms` S¶n D\^p¶p.
l^o^s¯ NX¶m{Nfn¡p¶ knhvfnS `mk\y¯n³s_ fm{´nNS D¨Øm]n]nt`s¡¯nt¨^pN]m\v .
CSpks^ SWn¡v WnPqZfm]n^p¶ Wn_§apsX Wrt¯mÕkw H^p sNmXp¦mäptbms` Ss¶ D`]v¡p¶p.
^mip N®pNÄ AX¨p.
“”C{µnt]eyw b^w ftWm fWh….””
A]mÄ D^pkn«p.
“”Ntfm¬! sPä¸v!””
A´À {btImUnSWm]n ^mip Fjpt¶äp.
Aksa N¿n bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p.
“”WX¡mtfm?””
AkÄ S`Np`p¡n.
AkÀ Nm_nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
“”CWn]pw CSnWpÅn fäp tdmwdpNÄ H¶pfnà F¶v- knlzÊn¡mw,””
AkapsX ssN]n Wn¶v- Smt¡m km§n ss{ZknwPv hoän`n^n¡tk ^mip b_ªp.
“”A§sW]§v knlzhn¡* ,””
A]mapsX AXp¯v C^p¶v- AkÄ b_ªp.
“”H^p fWpgytdmwdv– hm_n³s_]Xp¯v Ss¶]p*v–. H^p sI_n] hvbmÀ¡nWv tk*n sNmSn¨v Nm¯n^n¡ym\v sbm«ns¯_n¡m³,””
Aksa PmZfm]n B`nwPWw sI¿mWpw AV^¯ns` {b\]mfrSw NXns¨Xp¡mWpw H^p Wnfngw ^mip sNmSn¨p.
{b\]bm^klyw Wn_ª AkapsX fnjnNÄ N*t¸mÄ.
^mip ss{Zkv sI]vSp.
WUn¡v hfm´^fm]n NmÀ Wo§n.
“”Bt^m W½psX bn¶ms` Ds*¶v tSm¶p¶p,””
sshZv fn__n`qsX tWm¡n ^mip b_ªp.
“”ASv `¯ocv UmU]pw SXn]³ ftWmKpsfms¡]m\v,””
¥mhv Smjv¯n bn¼nt`¡v tWm¡n Unky b_ªp.
NmÀ fpt¼m«v– Wo§n.
A¸ hf]¯nWv tlgw AkÀ B`n³ Ipk«ns` ePkSn]psX AXps¯¯n.
“”H^v fnWnäv WnÀ¯v hmÀ,””
^mip t{d¡n«p.
Unky tZmÀ Sp_¶p.
ePkSn]psX kn{Pi¯nWp fp¼n AkÄ N®pNaX¨p.
ln^Êv NpWn¨p.
ssNNÄ Nq¸n VymW`o`]m]n.
{bmÀ°W¡v tlgw fpOw Sn^n¨t¸mÄ bn¼n ^mip Wn¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”AknsX]n^p¶m tbm^m^pt¶m?””
WnÀ¯n]n« Nm_nWp tWs^ N®pNÄ Nm\n¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”PÔÀƳ Cu bmk¯n³s_ {bmÀ°tWw fpX¡ns] AX§q F¶pt*m?””
ko*pw {b\] bm^klyw SanÀ¡pN]m\v– AkapsX lЯn`pw N®pNan`pw.
^mip bp©n^n¨p.
“”fp¼v BNmlw CXnªpko\m`pw Cu B`n³ tIm«n ePkSosX fp¼n Wn¡p¼w FWn¡v tNm¬sh³t{Xg³ Wãs¸XnÃm^p¶p. C¸w…””
AkÄ A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨p.
AkapsX ftWmi^fm] kn^`pNan Wn¶v- S¶nt`¡v Smbw hw{Nfn¡p¶Sv A]mÄ A_nªp.
“”Cu N®pNapw fpOw ^qbkpw N*v– N*v– …FWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv …FWn¡msN …IqXv bnXn¡ym\v….ePkSosX fp¼n Wn¡zm\v Fs¶m¶pw N^pSnÃy Mm³…NX¶v bnXn¨v Na]pw…””
S³s_ ssN]n ^mip`n³s_]pw bnXnfp_pNp¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
sbs«¶v Uqs^ Wn¶v- fsäm^p kmiW¯n³s_ C^¼Â tN«p SpX§n.
“”t¿m ..`¯ocv UmUs]ms¡ sbs«¶v Cs§¯pw…! km Wfp¡v tbmNmw,””
AkÄ A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨v k`n¨p.
AkÀ ]m{S SpXÀ¶p.
B^\y WnPqZS]n`qsX.
K` Wn^vÖ^nNapsX IXp`Smaw tN«psNm*v.
tUlmXW¸£nNapsX Wn_knhvf]§Ä N*psNm*v.
f^ lnO^§an ^Sn Umiw SoÀ¡p¶ Nmän³s_ sbu^pg hvbÀlf_nªv.
{b\]¯n³s_ {bt`meWo]fm] shuµ^y¯n fSn f_¶v-, NmXn³s_ PmZS]n`qsX, H^p b¨¯p^p¯n`qsXs]¶k®w AkÀ fpNant`¡v N]_nt¸m]vs¡m*n^p¶p.
f\n¡q_pNÄ¡v tlgw, fp¼v N]_n] Ppi]psX AXp¯v AkÀ F¯ntIÀ¶p.
“”AknsX tbmNt\m?””
Ppi]psX tWs^ tWm¡n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
A]mÄ S` Np`p¡n.
AkÀ Nm_n Wn¶n_§n Ppi]psX tWs^ WX¶p.
BNmls¯ f_¨psNm*v D¯pwPfm]n Wn¶ H^p k`n] f`s] Spa¨psNm*v NX¶p NX¶ptbmNp¶ H^p Uzm^¯n³s_ B^wew tbms` kr¯mNrSn]n`pÅ B PpimfpO¯n³s_ fp¼n GSmWpw tUkUm^p¡Ä Wn¶n^p¶p.
Ak]psX UoÀQlnO^§Ä¡v Smsj {blm´fm] S\`n AkÀ F¯ntIÀ¶p.
“”A¸ hf]w CknsX]n^n¡mw,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
AkÀ fpOmfpOfn^p¶p.
Nt®mXpN®v tWm¡n]n^n¡pt¼mÄ S§apsX emkw fm_p¶Sv C^pk^pf_nªp.
“”Mm³ hm_n³s_ fXn]n S`sk¨v NnXt¶ms«?””
l^o^w Smb¯m bq¯v knX^p¶ tka]n Unky A]mtamXv tImUn¨p.
AWpkmU¯nWp Nm¯pWn¡msS AkÄ A]mapsX fXn]n S`sk¨v f`À¶v NnX¶p.
A]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX AkapsX ssN kn^`pNan bnXn¨p.
tUkUm^pkn Im^n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p A]mÄ.
s]uÆW¯nsâ {em´³ BhànNapw NWyNmSz¯n³s_ knlp²n]pw H^p tbms` {bh^n¡p¶ AkapsX l^o^ewPn A]mapsX N®pNÄ¡v fp¼n Wn_ªp.
lzmhPSn]n D]À¶v- Smjp¶ Wn_fm_n`pw Nmäv WPvWfm¡ns¡m*n^p¶ AkapsX Nm`n`pw A]mapsX fnjnNÄ S_ªp.
ASv Unky N*p.
AknsX A]mapsX hvbÀlW¯nWv AkÄ sNmSn¨p.
bs£ AUrlyfm] H^p t{b^\]m A]mÄ AknsX Wn¶pw tWm«w fmän.
A¸w fpNan BNmls¯ hvbÀln¨p Wn¡p¶ sNmXpfpXnNapsX Hu¶Sy¯nt`¡v A]mapsX N®pNÄ S_ªp.
“”tNm{dm inÂhn³s_ tKym{Pcn bYn¡m³ N* tW^w!””
ASv N*v– AWnãt¯msX AkÄ b_ªp.
“”bns¶ F´v sI¿\w?””
A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”t{bfn¨psNm*n^n¡\w,””
ssN]p]À¯n A]mapsX Nknan St`mXns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Nt®mXp N®v…NmtSmXv NmSv– …Ipt*mXv Ip*v…sft¿mXp sf]v….””
ko*pw A´^ma¯n C^¼`p]^p¶p.
“”AÃmsS Bs^]m knjpt§s*¶v- S¡w tWm¡n]n^n¡p¶ Wn_s] NmaNqXkngfpÅ NnwPv– sNmt{dsX f`]psX tKym{Pcn bYn¡`Ã….””
“”^mKNpfm^n¡v erSyt^mXv H«pw N^p\]nÃtÃm,””
bp©n^nt]msX ^mip b_ªp.
“”^mskt¶m bNs`t¶m kyShfnÃmsS]m\v N®ns`®]psfmjn¨v bmkw WnVn Nm¡p¶Sv. F¶n«m\v ASnsW C§sW Wnµn¡p¶Sv!””
“”EgnNpfm^WtÃ? Nm^p\yw NqXpw!””
AkapsX ssN ko*pw A]mapsX NknansW tSXns]¯n.
“”FWn¡m NnwPv– tNm{dt]mXv A{S Nm^p\ysfm¶pw tSm¶p¶nÃ. Bsam^p hv{So kntUzgn]m,””
“”hv{So kntUzgnt]m? bmt¼m? WÃ NT!””
“”bn¶ÃmsS!””
AkÄ sImXnt¸msX b_ªp.
“”{PmWow ss`{dn_ot` A¶s¯ {PÙ§apsfms¡¸_]p¶Sv N£n Bsam^p hv{So kntUzgn]ms\¶m\v–. FÃm hv{SoNtamXpfnÃ. NWyNm kntUzgw fmt{S]pÅq. bs£ H^p _nZ£³ D*v. NWyN eÀ¯mkmNm³ tbmNp¶]mapsX NqsX]mt\ N£n Db{Ukn¡nöp fm{Sà BloÀkUn¡pNNqXn sI¿pw,””
AkÄ B bp^mkr¯w b_ªp.
Ul`£¡\¡nWv– kÀg§Ä¡v fp¼m\v. hzÀ¤¯n`m\v hwekw. H^p PÔÀk Npfm^Wpw Abvh^ NWyN]pw {b\]¯n`m]n. F¶m Abvh^ NWyN]psX A¨³ Aksa H^p tUkNpfm^Wv knkmiw sI]vSv sNmXp¡m³ WnÝv¨]n¨p. AS_nª PÔÀk Npfm^Wpw Abvh^ NWyN]pw BNml PwP]ns` H^p knUq^ tPma¯nt`¡v Hant¨mXpkm³ So^pfmWn¨p. WnÝ]{bNm^w A]mÄ AkapsX f\n fµn^¯n³s_ DUymW¯nWv fp¼n Nm¯n^p¶p. F¶m A¶v ^m{Sn tUkNpfm^sW Nm\m³ CX]m] AkÄ PÔÀk Npfm^sW f_¶p. Nm¯n^p¶v £f Wln¨ PÔÀk Npfm^³ AkhmWw AkapsX NnX¸pfp_n]nt`¡v N]_ns¨¶p. A]man Wn¶v- A¯^w H^p hmihw {bSo£n¨n^p¶ AkÄ AÑsW]pw dÔp¡ta]pw tW^s¯Ss¶ knk^f_n]n¨n^p¶p. AkÀ A]msa dÔn¨p. Ak^psX fp¼n sk¨v AkÄ A]msa SÅn¸_ªp. dÔnSWm] A]mapsX fp¼n sk¨pSs¶ tUkNpfm^³s_]pw AbvÊ^ NWyN]psX]pw knkmiw WX¶p. fWÊv SNÀ¶ PÔÀk Npfm^sW Abvh^ NWyN]psX A¨³ fm{´nN knUy]n`qsX H^p ^mKsk¼m`]m¡n eqfn]nt`¡]¨p. WmPfm]n fm_n] PÔÀÆWv AktamXpÅ bN]X§n]nÃ.
NWyNm kÀ¤s¯ fpjpk³ Ak³ sk_p¡p¶p.
^mip fpjpk³ bp^mkr¯kpw bp©n^nt]msX tN«p.
“”WnW¡v WmP^mKmknsW tbXn]pt*m?””
“”F´nWv?””
“”W½sa N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^*msa]pw CknsX sk¨v Ak³ N*mÂ?””
AkÄ WnPqZfm] H^p bp©n^nt]msX f` lnO^§an`qsX N®pNtamXn¨p.
bns¶ bp©n^nt]msX AkÄ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”k^q,””
Fjpt¶äpsNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Wfp¡v f`fpNant`¡v tbmNmw,””
A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨psNm*v AkÄ WX¶p.
AkÀ bSns] fpNant`¡v Wo§n.
tUkUm^p¡Ä Wn_ª kWPiWSn]n`qsX AkÀ f` N]_n.
NmänaNm³ SpX§n.
H^p hzbvW¯n³s_ tItSmi^ Wnfng§ans`¶tbms` A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨v, A]mtamXv D¨¯n hwhm^n¨v, A]mapsX km¡pNÄ {l²n¨v, BËmUn¨v, knK]{lo`manS]m]n AkÄ WX¶p.
tNm{dminÂhn³s_ GNm´kpw knKWkpfm] fpNĸ^¸n AkÀ F¯n.
ASn³s_ D¯pwPS]n`qsX, knhvfnS tW{S]m]n AkÄ A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨p WX¶p.
BNmls¯ sSmXp¶ tNm{dminÂhn³s_ fpNĸ^¸v.
Nmän³s_ Bhàn]pÅ Npan^v.
Uqs^ Smjzm^¯n³s_ Urlyh¦oÀ®SNÄ.
Smsj APmVWo`nf]mÀ¶ f`Wn^NÄ Nmjv¨]psX ASn^pNÄ Wn_s] InS_n¡nX¶p.
Ak]v¡nX]n bpj]psX tWÀ¯ knUq^ t^O]pw BÀ¯pbSn¡p¶ skŨm«§apw.
kWm´^¯n Wn¶v- tPm{S hwPoS¯n³s_ C^¼`p]À¶p.
sb^p¼_]psX N^Ä sSmXp¶ Smaw.
“”sku-! k*ÀcpÄ-“”
B b^nh^¯v BUyw F¯ntIÀ¶Sv tbms` BËmU hz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
AkapsX fWÊv AjtNmsX fn¶n¯pXn¨p.
“”hmÀ-“”
AkÄ D¨¯n knan¨p.
AkÄ A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p.
“”hmÀ ..Ntfm¬ ….Nw…””
A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨v AkÄ f` fpNan`qsX HmXm³ SpX§n.
“”hmÀ..Cäv– Cuhv AtfhnwPv …AtfhnwPv…””
{em´fm] Btklt¯msX AkÄ b_ªp.
“”hmÀ tWm¡v…Cu ln`NÄ….tfQ§ta S`]nt`än] Cu f^§Ä…kr£ hpµ^nNapsX b¨n` NmÀ¡q´Â….hmÀ….Cu b^nh^w Wn_s]…]q tWm …Wn_s] ..W½psX {b\]fm\v….Cu A´^o£w Wn_s]…CknsX Cu sIXnNan bq¡am]n…Cu f^§an Nmäm]n ….W½psX {b\]w…F³s_ ..F³s_ K· bp\yw….Hm …..`kv…””
A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨v AkÄ B In{Sl`e§apw Sp¼nNapw Wn_ª b^nh^w Wn_s] HmXn WX¶p.
AkapsX knNm^mtklw ^mip`n AUvepSfp\À¯n.
“”Culz^³ {bb©w hrãn¨Sn³s_ BUy Wnfng§am\nSv…!””
AkÄ Btklt¯msX SpXÀ¶p.
“”hmÀ CSv ..CSv GUWm\v…PmÀZ³ Hmcv CuZ³…””
AkÄ BNml¯nt`¡v C^pssNNapw knXÀ¯n.
bns¶ AkÄ A]mÄ¡enfpOfm]n Wn¶p.
“”]q BÀ BZw,””
A]mapsX fpOt¯¡pw bns¶ Nmäv SjpNn]p\À¯p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv IpäpbmXpNapsX i^nSewPn]nt`¡pw tWm¡n AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”B³Zv– …B³Zv– ..sFw Cukv ….Cu {bb©¯n W½Ä ^*ptbÀ fm{Sw…sF Nm¬äv dn`okv Cäv–…””
Nmän³s_ Smaw fp_pNn.
Uqs^ tPm{S hwPoS¯n³s_ C^¼`nWv tkPw NqXn.
“”W½Ä CknsX f^n¡ptkmaw Njn]pw…””
A]mtamXv tIÀ¶v- Wn¶v- AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”F³s_ PÔÀÆm….Wn³s_]Xp¯v C§sW…tIÀ¶v- ..tIÀ¶v- ….Wn¶v- …bns¶ C§sW sSm«v…””
AkÄ A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨p]À¯n.
“”D½ sk¨v…””
AkÄ Ip*pNÄ A]mapsX ssN skÅ]n`fÀ¯n.
A]mapsX l^o^w Wn_s] tNm^n¯^n¸p]À¶p.
VfWnNan`qsX ^àtkPw NqXn.
l^o^w H^p f^peqfn tbms` Ip«pbjp¯p.
H^p K` N\nN]v¡v tk*n {ems´Xp¯p.
“”bns¶ C§sW sN«n¸nXn¨v…””
AkapsX ssNNÄ A]msa k`]w sI]vSp.
AkapsX D¨zmh km]pkn³s_ IqXv A]mapsX fpO¯v S«n.
AkapsX fm_nX¯n³s_ frUp`S A]mapsX sW©n³s_ sbu^pg¯n`fÀ¶p.
At¸mÄ fp¼ns` Urly§Ä A{bS£yfmNp¶Sv A]mÄ A_nªp.
N×p¼n Ct¸mÄ Ht^s]m^p ]mTmÀ°yw.
Unky.
“”bns¶ ….bns¶ C§sW…””
APvWnbpgv¸§Ä Wn_ª AkapsX hz^w A]mÄ tN«p.
Unky AV^w A]mapsX AV^t¯mXv AXp¸n¨p.
S³s_ làn fpjpk³ SNÀ¶pX]p¶Sv A]mÄ A_nªp.
Wn]{´\w {b\]¯n³s_ {ba]{bkmi¯n SNÀ¶v Wp_p§p¶p.
AkapsX Ip*pNÄ A]mapsX AV^s¯ hvbÀln¨p.
“”Hmiv….””
A]mapsX NnS¸pw IqXpw AkÄ hzoN^n¨p.
sbs«¶v- ^mip NpS_nfm_n.
“”Untky…!””
AkapsX fpO¯v tWm¡msS, N®pNÄ Sp_¡msS A]mÄ knan¨p.
“”Ct¸mÄ…Ct¸mÄ…A^pSv…]mP¯nWnWn ..CWn ..GSmWpw Unkh§ta]pÅq…””
“”F´v ]mPw?””
AhioWS Wn_ª hz^¯n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”sF tZm*väv tN]À-“”
^mip N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.
“”Cu NÃnWpw f®nWpw A§sW sSmXmw… C`NÄ¡pw f^§Ä¡pw skůnWpw NmänWpw fj]v¡pw Hs¡ A§sW sSmXmw …FWn¡v FWns¡´psNm*v….?””
f^§saÃmw kWyfm] Nmän BXn]p`]p¶Sv A]mÄ N*p.
lnO^§Ä Nmän³s_ SmZ¯n AfÀ¶p`]p¶p.
BNmlw Wn_s] tfQ§apsX WO£S§Ä.
BÀ¯v bSsªmjpNp¶ skŨm«§apsX C^¼`nWpw fosS tPm{S hwPoS¯n³s_ IXp` Smaw A]mÄ tN«p.
Unky]psX khv{S§Ä Nmän`p`]p¶Sv– A]mÄ N*p.
AkapsX Wn_s]uÆW¯n³s_ knt`meWo]S A]man ko*pw D·¯S Wn_¨p.
S³s_]pw khv{S§Ä N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nmän`p`]p¶p.
{bb©¯n³s_ emk¯nt`¡pw Unky]psX ^qb¯nt`¡pw A]mÄ H^n¡Â¡qXn tWm¡n.
bns¶ UrZfm] emkt¯msX A]mÄ Aksa hfobn¨p.
Aksa DäptWm¡n.
bns¶ A]mÄ AkapsX N^w bnXn¨p]À¯n.
AkapsX l^o^w Wn_s] tNm^n¯^n¸p]^p¶Spw N®pNÄ Nq¼n]X]p¶Spw A]mÄ N*p.
A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX ssN¯`¯n AfÀ¶p.
ssN¯*]n`qsX Ip*pNÄ bns¶ AkapsX tSmans`¯n/
“”Biv….Biv…””
AkÄ Np_pNn.
bns¶ bn³ Njp¯nÂ.
sWän]nÂ.
N¬tbmaNanÂ.
NknįX§anÂ.
AkhmWw {b\]mfrSfnäp¶ bknjV^¯nÂ.
Unky]psX ssNNÄ A]msa Ipänk^nªp.
fm_nXw A]mapsX sWt©mXp tIÀ¯v sM^n¨p.
A^s¡«v A]mapsX A^s¡«ntWmXv tIÀ¯v AfÀ¯n.
UoÀQkpw hpOUkpfm] H^m`nwPW¯n³s_ fmhvf^nNS]n AkÀ AfÀ¶p.
{bbt©m¸¯n fpS bpNªpsNm*n^p¶ H^PvWn bÀÆS¯n³s_ A{bSo£nSfm] H^p hvtcmXWw AkÀ A_nªp.
l^o^¯n³s_ BNmlfÞ`¯n tNmXn hq^y·mÀ H^pfn¨p]À¶p {bNmln¡p¶p.
BßmknWpw l^o^¯nWpfnX]n tNmXn hfp{U§apsX hwPoS {bkmiw.
hzÀ®tfQ§apw fjknÃpNapw In{Sl`e§apw kÀ®¯p¼nNapw sb^pNn Wn_]p¶ kh´ ESpkm]n Hmt^m C{µn]kpw b^n\fn¡p¶p.
D¨zmh¯n³s_ hpPÔw b^hv¸^w ssNfm_n.
irU]fnXn¸n³s_ Smaw b^hv¸^w b¦psk¨v.
C\]psX {b\] Umiw lfn¸n¡m³ b^hvb^w fÕ^n¨v.
C\]psX {b\] So£\S]v¡v fp¼n b^hv¸^w kntV]s¸«v.
tUkUm^pkn³s_ Ipk«nÂ.
“”Fs¶….Fs¶ ….NnX¯v…””
AkapsX AV^¯n Wn¶v- Ip*pNÄ tkÀsbXp¯n] H^p fpiqÀ¯¯n A]mÄ B km¡pNÄ tN«p.
ASv tNÄ¡msS A]mÄ ko*pw Aksa {em´fm]n Ipwdn¨p.
l^o^¯n³s_ WnPqZknhvf]§ant`¡v hvbÀlW§apw IpwdW§apw AfÀ¶n_§p¶ H^p tka]n knNm^kn£pÏSt]msX Unky N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.
l^o^¯nsâ kh´¯nt`¡v sb]vSn_§p¶ {b\]fj]psX ASn^pNanÃm¯ hpOmWpeqSn]n ko*pw N®pNaX]v¡m³ SpX§n] AkÄ fp¼ns` NmjvI N*v bN¨p.
“”Untky…””
AkapsX emkfmäf_nªv ^mip knan¨p.
AkÄ lÐn¨nÃ.
“”km«v ims¸³Zv äp ]q?””
A]mÄ bSns] tImUn¨p.
“”hmÀ …ASv …-“”
AkapsX lÐw kn_bq*n^n¡p¶Sv A]mÄ A_nªp.
^mip hmkVmWw S` Sn^n¨p tWm¡n.
H^p Wnfngw þþþ
S³s_ l^o^kpw kn_sNmÅp¶Sv ^mip A_nªp.