sbs«¶v- Ss¶ ^mip fWÊm¶nVyw kos*Xp¯p.
e] kniz`]m] Unkys] A]mÄ tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p.
AkÀ¡v fp¼ns` D¯pwPfm] H^p ln`]psX bmÀlz¯n`qsX H^p eoN^³ ^mKsk¼m` Smtj¡v Cjªp k¶psNm*n^p¶p.
fWÊm¶nVyfnÃm¯ B^n`pw NnXn`w Wn_]v¡p¶{S Woakpw k®kpw ASnWp*m]n^p¶p.
“”hptkmaKn¡Â fmÀskÂ!””
^mip f{´n¨p.
Sm³ hvtW]vNv bmÀ¡pNan N*n«pÅ ^mKsk¼m`s]¡mÄ C^«n k`n¸w ASnWps*¶v ^mip`nWv tSm¶n.
D¶Sfm] B ln`s] Woa¯n bNp¯psNm*v ASn³s_ hzÀ®Wn_fpÅ UoÀQ l^o^w ln`]psX f_p I^nkn Wn¶v- bSns] bp_¯v k¶psNm*n^p¶p.
hq^y{be]n ASn³s_ ^mKNo]S]v¡v Sna¡tf_n.
kr£lnO^§Ä WnÝ`fm]Sv Unky N*p.
Nmäv bqÀ®fm]pw Wn`¨n^n¡p¶p.
S§sa Iqjv¶ {bNrSn koÀ¸X¡n Wn¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
WnlÐS]psX NW¸v NqXp¶p.
“”hmÀ..- CSv …-“”
e]w sNm*v kn_¨ hz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Cu …Culz^m…C{S k`n¸w ! CSv Ss¶]mt\m B NnwPv– tNm{dm?””
A]mÄ kn_sNmÅp¶ AkapsX l^o^s¯ tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
^mKsk¼m`]v¡pw S§Ä¡pfnX]ns` AN`w Ip^p§n sI_pSmNp¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
“”At¸mÄ ….At¸mÄ …B WnVn]psX NTs]ms¡ tW^v Ss¶]m\v..hmÀ! Nw! Wfp¡v tbmNmw. ..AsænÂ…?””
“”tZm¬äv k_n..””
^mip f{´n¨p.
“”H¶pw hwhm^n¡^pSv! lzmhw tbm`pw Wn]{´n¨v AW§msS Wn¡pN…! WnÝ`w Wn¡pN! Fs¶ tIÀ¯v bnXn¡pN….! l^o^s¯ H^p Nm^\klm`pw AW¡^pSv…!””
Unky A]msa C_psN¸nXn¨v WnÝ`w Wn¶p.
^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ VymWWn`ofS§am]n.
A]mÄ ko*pw hq^ysW tWm¡n.
bns¶ N®pNaX¨p.
“”Hmw..! {S]wdNw ]Úmfti….””
A]mÄ fimfrSypMvK] f{´w sImÃm³ SpX§n.
“”Hmw {S]wdNw ]Úmfti…hpPÔnw bpãnkÀ²Ww…
DÀÆm^pNfnk dÔWm³ frSyqÀfp£o] fmfrSmSv….””
A´^o£w Wn_s] eàn hm{µfm] f{´VzWnNÄ Wn_ªp.
^mKsk¼m` Aks^ hfobn¨p.
ASv AkÀ¡v Ipäpw H^p k`n] kr¯mNrSn]n h©^n¨p.
frSypMvK] f{´¯n³s_ hwPoSmßNS]n `]ns¨t¶m\w WmP^mKmkv ko*pw {bU£n\w SpXÀ¶p.
bns¶ f{´knlp²n Wn_sªmjpNp¶ A´^o£¯n ASv ln`]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp.
Sm³ C_§n k¶ fmÀ¤¯n`qsX ASv Sn^nsN Wo§m³ SpX§n.
A¸hf]¯nWp tlgw ft{´m¨m^\w Wn`¨p.
“”N®p Sp_t¶maq,””
^mip`n³s_ hz^w AkÄ tN«p.
“”WmP^mKmkv fX§nt¸m]n. W½sa N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWp{Pin¨n«v…hwSrbvSnt]msX…””
“”CÃ…””
Unky]psX hz^¯n At¸mjpw kn_]`p*m]n^p¶p.
“”Mm³ N®v Sp_¡nÃ…F³s_ tf¯v¶v- ssNs]Xp¡^pSv! fp_ps¡¸nXn¡v…””
“”Untky WmP^mKmkv tbm]n…””
“”tW^v?””
“”tW^v,””
“”Hmt¡ ..Hmt¡…””
B`nwPW¯n³s_ PmZS]n Wn¶pfN`msS Unky SpXÀ¶p.
“”ASv tbm]n^n¡mw…F¶m ….F¶m ASnt¸mjpw W½psX AXp¯v D*v F¶v- knlzhn¡mWm\v FWn¡nãw….W½psX AXp¯v Wn¶v- ASv fm_^psS¶pw….F¦n …f^n¡ptkmakpw ASv Njnªpw Fs¶ CSptbms` sN«n¸nXnt¨m*n^n¡qtÃm…””

^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX Hmcohv _qw.
B dnhnWhv ^mKmkv WsÃm^p N`mhzmUNWpw NqXn]ms\¶v Ipäpw tWm¡n ^mip fWÊn`m¡n.
ASy´mVpWnN ]{´ hwknVmW§Äs¡m¸w ASybqÀÆfm] ln¸§apw In{S§apw B fp_n]n`p*m]n^p¶p.
k`n] Km`N§Ä tNm{dminÂhnWenfpOfm]n Sp_¶p.
hmÂktZmÀ Zm`n F¶ knOymS hvbmWngv In{SNm^³s_ {bhn²fm] hÀ_n]`nÌnNv In{Sw “”sbÀhn̳hv Hmcv sf½_n”” ]nt`¡v tWm¡n]n^n¡]m]n^p¶p ^mipÂ.
C{µn]§ÄsNm*_n]mWpw AWpekn¡mWpw hmVn¡m¯, In´Nan`pw hzbvW§an`pw D·mU§an`pw fm{Sw AWpeks¸Xp¶ Urly§sa]pw lЧsa]pw hvbÀl§sat¸m`pw Nm³kmhns`¡mkmin¨ fm{´nN In{SNm^³s_ AWpbffm] hrãn.
U sbÀhn̳hv Hmcv sf½_n.
HmÀ½NapsX ssW^´^yw.
“”shuN^y§Ä…Hs¡ …fSnt]m ? Fs´¦n`pw dp²n½p«n¡p¶pt*m?””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ ekySt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”shuN^y§Ä Bkly¯ns`s_]m\v,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”C{Ss]m¶pw FWn¡mklyfnÃ,””
]mP¯n³s_ fpiqÀ¯w WnÝ]n¡s¸«n^p¶p.
fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³s_ WnÀtUl{bNm^w ^mip sNm«m^¯n A¶v fpS Smfhw SpX§n]n^p¶p.
fn¡km_pw Unkh§an sNm«m^¯n eKW]pw B^mVW]pfp*v.
ASnWm ]mPw Njn]p¶Sv– ks^ ^mip`n³s_ hm¶nVyw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX koXn³s_ b^nh^§an`pw sNm«m^¯n`pw D*mk\sf¶v At±iw WnÝ]n¨p.
A¶v- ^mkns` Unky]psX Nm_n³s_ Zn¡n]n Wn¶v- Ns*Xp¯ tdmwdv– ^mKNpXpwdmwP§sa A£^mÀ°¯n sM«n¨p Naªp.
Unky¡v fp¼v tW^ntX*n k¶ Bb¯pNapsX]pw tNm{dminÂhn AkÄ¡v tWs^ WX¶ kV{lf¯n³s_]pw bÝm¯`¯n Cu bpSn] hwekw Aks^¡qXpS KmP^qN^m¡n.
kntWmUv tftWm³s_ hw^£\¯nWv tbm`ohv H^p¡fm]n^ps¶¦n`pw A]mÄ ASv Wn^hn¨p.
`¯ocn³s_ bNpSn hwQw Unky]psX koXn³s_ b^nh^§an Nmk Wn¶p.
dm¡n]pÅkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Unky]psX]pw ^mip`n³s_]pw hw^£\tfsäXp¯p.
N\nlfm] NÀ¯kytdmVt¯msX D_¡w tbm`pw skXnªv AkÀ Nmk SpXÀ¶p.
tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv F¶ W^nfäw fm¯¨sW ¡p_n¨v bn¶oXv BÀ¡pw H^_nkpw Nn«n]n^p¶nÃ.
A]mÄ kXt¡´y]nt`¡v Ss¶ NX¶pNaªn^n¡mw F¶v- fn¡k^pw AWpfmWn¨p.
tbm`ohv WP^w fpjpk³ A^n¨psb_p¡ns]¦n`pw A]msa N*pNn«n]nÃ.
A]mÄ Ss¶]m\v kntWmUv tftWmsW sNm`s¸Xp¯m³ Unky]psX Nm_n tdmwdv– sk¨sS¶v Ah¶nPv²fm]n knlzÊn¡s¸«p.
Asæn A]mÄ¡v NX¶pNat]* BklyfnÃm]n^p¶p.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX NpXpwd¯nWv tWs^ WX¡p¶ NpäNrSy§an A]mapsX hm¶nVyw skans¸Xp¯p¶Sm]n^p¶p Ct¸mjs¯ A]mapsX Ahm¶nVyw.
tbm`ohv W^nfäw kÀ¡ns] tImUyw sI]vsS¦n`pw Nm^yfm] bpt^mPSns]m¶pfp*m]nÃ.
ASnWnX]n A]mapsX fN³ tKm`n sI¿p¶sS¶v knlzÊn¡s¸«n^p¶ NmWZ]ns` fm^n]äv tim«Â {Pq¸pfm]n ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ dÔs¸«p.
F¶m A¼^¸pakm¡p¶ H^p knk^fm\v AknsX Wn¶pw `en¨Sv.
A§sWs]m^p kyàn S§apsX ØmbW¯n tKm`n sI¿p¶nsöv tim«Â AVnNrSÀ A_n]n¨p.
Unkys] tNm{dminÂhn sk¨v ^m{Sn]n skXnsk¨Spw ^mip`nsW Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨Spw kntWmUv tftWmsW sNmÃm³ Nm_n tdmwdv– sk¨Spw K]Nrgv\³s_ S`kWpw f_ªn^n¡p¶ AUrlyWm] l{Spkpw tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv F¶ W^nfäw fm¯¨Wms\¶v FÃmk^pw UrZfm]n knlzhn¨p.
“”bän] Bsa¯s¶]m\v Mm³ shNyq^nän Hmcoh_sX Ntht^Â C^p¯oSv…””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ In^n¨p.
^mip Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v Unky kmSn¡t`¡v k^p¶Sv N*p.
AkÄ H^p t{X]n bmWo]§apw bj§apsfXp¯n^p¶p.
“”Wfhv¡m^w,””
AkÄ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n S`NpWn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
bns¶ t{X tfl¸p_¯v sk¨v ^mip`nWpw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]v¡pw bmWo]§Ä WÂNn.
“”Cu tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohn³s_ bÝm¯`sfm¶pw AtWzgn¨n^p¶ntà A]msa Wn]fn¡p¶SnWv fp¼v?””
^mip tImUn¨p.
“”{btSyNn¨pw A]mapsX tKygvY³s_ {NnfnW s_t¡mZnsW¸än FÃmkÀ¡pw A_nkpÅt¸mÄ….””
“”AtWzg\sfms¡ WX¯n]n^p¶p,””
At±iw b_ªp.
“”kntWmUnsW]m\v MmWSnWv IpfS`s¸Xp¯n]Sv. tKygvY³s_ {NnfnW bÝm¯`w fmän WnÀ¯n]m fsäm^p tbm^m]vf]pw Ns*¯mWm]nÃ. fm{Sfà A]mÄ ssi`n GdnÄ Bs\¶v sSan]pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶p. sbs«¶n§sWs]m^p Zoknt]g³…””
sb«¶v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfmssd lÐn¨p.
ASv Aä³Zv sI¿pkm³ At±iw Unky]psX tWs^ N®pNÄ sNm*v Bklys¸«p.
“”Hm…! ZmZo…””
sfmssd`n Wn¶v- htµlw hzoN^n¨ Unky, BNmw£]pw AUvepSkpw Wn_ª hz^¯n At²is¯]pw ^mip`ntW]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw ^mip`pw AkapsX hz^¯ns` {btSyNS Sn^n¨_nªv C^n¸nX§an Wn¶v- ImXns]jpt¶äp.
“”F´m tfmsa? B^m?””
At±iw AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.
“”ZmZn tfKÀ A¦nÄ! tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv!””
AkÄ hw{efw Wn_ª hz^¯n b_ªp .
^mip`pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
At±iw Unky]psX N¿n Wn¶pw tcm¬ km§n.
“”it`m..””
At±iw hwhm^n¡m³ SpX§n.
“”fm¯¨tWm? …FknsX?….sbmtjsX AXpt¯m? t^minSv Smfhn¨n^p¶ ko«nÂ? …^m{Sn bSnsWm¶p f\n¡v tlgw? s]hv…gpkÀ…Mm³ k^pw,””
tcm¬ tfltf sk¨v At±iw ^mip`nsW]pw Unkyt]]pw Btklt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”F´m ZmZo?””
BNmw£]X¡msS Unky tImUn¨p.
“”F´m S¼p^m³?””
^mip`pw Sn^¡n.
“”W^nfäw fm¯¨³ b*v t^minSv Smfhn¨n^p¶ ko«n`p*v,””
At±iw DÕmit¯msX b_ªp.
“”A]mÄ Fs¶¡m\m³ B{Pin¡p¶p. Ft¶msXm¸w A§s]¡qsX Nq«\w F¶pw b_ªn^n¡p¶p,””
Unky knhvf]t¯msX Aks^ C^pks^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”ASnsW´m Wfp¡v tbm]v¡a]mw,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”bs£…””
Unky knt]mKnt¸msX b_ªp.
“”bmSn^m{SoÂ….^*mapw SWn¨v …FWn¡v tbXn]mNp¶p…””
At±iw AkapsX ln^Ên ssN tIÀ¯p.
“”H¶pw k^nà tfmsa,””
At±iw bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”A]mÄ b_ªn^n^n¡p¶Sv fäms^]pw Nq«n k^nNt]m Bs^]pw A_n]n¡pNt]m sI¿^pSv F¶m\v,””
“”d«v …ZmZn..Cäv– Nym³ dn F {Xmbv…””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ tfl¡Xn]nt` H^p tdmN-vhv Sp_¶p.
ASnÂWn¶v- Ipk¶ Wn_¯n H^p timÄÌÀ FXp¯p.
ASn³s_ hnºv k`n¨p Sp_¶p.
fp_n]nt` {bNml¯n im³Zv P®n³s_ N_p¯ {bS`w Sna§n.
“”Pp^pKn £fn¡\w,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”inwhn¡mWÃ. e]s¸Xp¯m³. bns¶ tfmapsX e]w fmämWpw,””
^mip In^n¨p.
“”W^nfäw NpXpwd¯ns` H^msa inwhn¡^pSv F¶v- b_]mWpÅ t]mPyS FWn¡nÃ, S¼p^m³,””
Unky]n`pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]n`pw B km¡pNÄ In^n]p\À¯n.
“”CSv tbms^?””
tSm¡v fpNant`¡v D]À¯n At±iw Unkyt]mXv tImUn¨p.
F¶n«pw AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpOs¯ CãfnÃm]vf fm_n]nà F¶v- At±iw N*p.
“”F´m\v Dt±lw F¶v- A]mÄ b_tªm?””
^mip tImUn¨p.
“”ASm\v– tfmÌv– tgm¡nwPv,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ AUvepSt¯msX b_ªp.
Unky]pw ^mip`pw At²is¯ BNmw£t]msX tWm¡n.
“”t^minSn³s_ f^\s¯¡p_n¨pw Wãs¸« fm¸nsW¡p_n¨pw In` bpSn] knk^§Ä S^m³,””
“”Culz^m,””
BÝ^y¯m Unky km]v– sbm¯n.
^mip knhvf]mVoWWm]n.
“”ZmZn…””
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”ZmZow hm_pw SWn¨v F´m]m`pw tbmN^pSv. Wfp¡v `¯ocv UmUmtWw Hs¡ A_n]n¡mw. Ak^psX NqsX tbm]m fSn. ¹ohv ZmZn…””
“”ASv bänà tfmsa…””
At±iw Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
“”H^p bmXv BapNsa Nm\pt¼mÄ A]mÄ NX¶p Na]m³ hmVyS]p*v,””
ASv l^n]ms\¶v Unky¡pw tSm¶n.
Ajn]msS NnX¡p¶ b` Np^p¡pNapw Ct¸mÄ W^nfäw fm¯¨³s_ ssNNan`m\v.
H¶pNn A]mÄ Ss¶]m]n^n¡mw Cu WnPqZSNapsXs]Ãmw bn¼nÂ.
Asæn A]mÄ fäm^psXs]¦n`pw BÚmWpkÀ¯n]m]n^n¡mw.
GSm]m`pw A]man Wn¶pw ASok {bmVmWyfÀin¡p¶ b` Nm^y§apf_n]mWp*v.
bs£ kntWmUvA¦nan³s_ Nm_n tdmwdv– sk¨v At²is¯ sNmÃm³ {lfn¨]man³s_ fp¼nt`¡v F§sW SWn¨p knXpw ZmZnt]]pw hm_nsW]pw?
S³s_ ^ihyw bp_¯m¡s¸«Snsâ Wn^ml]n`pw {bSnNm^¯n`pw A]mÄ Aks^ Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨mÂ?
fm{Sfà hm_nsW]pw ZmZnt]]pw fm{Sw SWn¨v knan¨n^n¡p¶Sv Aks^ sNm`s¸Xp¯mWà F¶v- B^_nªp?
Unky¡v AhzØS]X ¡mWm]nÃ.
AkÄ ^ihyfm]n `¯ocnWv sfthKv sI]vSp.
dn Aäv– t^minSv A¦nÄhv timw Aäv– C`k³. ZmZn B³Zv hmÀ kn dn tUÀ. tU WoZv– s{bms«£³. F³ Fw Cuhv– ssiZn§v tUÀ. tNm¬cnsZ³gyÂ.
AkÄ¡v Blzmhw tSm¶n.
Unky bj§Ä Wn_ª bm{S§Ä Ak^psX fp¼n sk¨p.
“”W^nfäw fm¯¨³ hvs{X]näv Bs\¶m\v– Mm³ N^pSn]Sv,””
B¸nÄ Ng\w tcmÀ¡ns`Xp¯psNm*v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ b_ªp.
“”shNyq^nän Hmcoh_psX tKm`n A]mÄ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨v km§n]Sm\v. fps¼m^n¡Â F³s_ ssN]n Wn¶v- Wãs¸«ptbm] Ct¼mÀ«³äm] H^p hyq«vtNhv A]mam\v N*pbnXn¨v S¶Sv. ASnWv H^p {bSypbNm^w sI¿m³ Mm³ tWm¡n]n^n¡]m]n^p¶p,””
^mip {l²t]msX At²i¯n³s_ km¡pNÄ tN«p.
“”^*mjvIt] B]pÅq A]mÄ ¹m³än tIÀ¶n«v,””
At±iw SpXÀ¶p.
“”d«v sF scu*v inw sbÀcNväv C³ kÀ¡v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B b§vIzm`nän]pw fn`n«_n In«Napw C¶v ks^ sSän¨n«nÃ. …bs£ C¶v- ^mkns`]p*m] hwekw….bns¶ Ct¸mjs¯ A]mapsX tNmÄ…sF tZm*v A*ÀÌm³Zv U fnÌ_n Fs_u*v inw…””
“”CSnWp fp¼v FknsX]m]n^p¶p A]mÄ?””
^mip Sn^¡n.
“”AsSÃmw Mm³ knlUfm]n Sn^¡n]n^p¶p. _n«]À sI¿pt¼mÄ sZ_mZq\n`m]n^p¶p, A]mÄ. Znc³hv A¡mUfn]nÂ. C^pbtSmaw kÀg§Ä¡v tlgfm\v CknsX Wm«n Sn^ns¨¯p¶Sv. Cu kÀgw em^y]pw fq¯fNWpw f^n¨p F¶m\v A]mÄ b_ªSv. ^*mfs¯ fN³ NymWZ]n H^p tcfhv tim«Â {Pq¸n`ms\¶pw. bs£ BÄ Uohv C³tcm Cuhv d]hvZv B³Zv cm{dnt¡äZv…””
Pm]{Sn tUkn NX¶pk¶p.
AkÀ ^mip`nsW ssNNq¸n k\§n.
bns¶ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX hfobfn^p¶p.
“”bs£ kÀ¡v sbÀsc£³s_ Nm^y¯n kÀ¡v C³tkmÄkvsf³än³s_ Nm^y¯n H^mÄ fm{Stf FWn¡v bqÀ® hwSrbvSn WÂNn]n«pÅq. k¬ ]§vfm³. F kÀ¡timan¡v…. F _n] FWÀsKänNv timjvhv…t^minSv..””
Unky]psX N®pNÄ ^mip`nsW tSXn.
“”§vim, Mm³ tN«n«p*v…””
^mip b_ªp.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ knUq^fm] HmÀ½Nan Wãs¸«p.
“”As¶ms¡ Hmt^m Unkhkpw M§Ä¡v DÕkfm]n^p¶p,””
HmÀ½Nan Wn¶v- fX§nk^msS At±iw SpXÀ¶p.
“”F¶pw CknsX Cu ko«n bm«pw Zm³hpw..BtQmg§Ä…In^n¡p¶ fpOt¯msX]ÃmsS B^pw A]msa N*n«nÃ…hwhm^¯n H^p iyqfÀ X¨v …AsSt¸mjpw D*m]n^p¶p A]mÄ¡v …BÀ¡pw H^p {blvWkpw sNmXp¡msS…FÃmkÀ¡pw Ak³ sNmXp¯Sv H¶v- fm{Sw. ht´mgw. FWn¡v …F´m b_¿m ..hz´w AWpKsWt¸ms`]m]n^p¶p…Ak³. C¶pw H^p sb¬Np«n AkWp tk*n N®os^mjp¡p¶p*v…A§v A_n]pw..A§]psX H^p hi{bkÀ¯N]m\v…H^p gmÀ½n`n ..F³s_ H^p hvtWinSsâ fNÄ …””
“”s]hv..Mm³ A_n]pw Aks^..””
^mip hzmemknN emkw Wn`WnÀ¯m³ {lfn¡p¶Sv Unky N*p.
“”N®os^mjp¡m³ CknsX]pfp*v H^mÄ,””
At±iw Unkys] tWm¡n.
kngmUw Wn_ª N®pNtamsX AkÄ At²is¯]pw.
“”MmtWm CkapsX A½t]m sNmXp¡mS{S hvtWiw Ak³ CkÄ¡v WÂNn. CkapsX t^minSv A¦nÄ…””
bns¶ At±iw Km`N¯n`qsX tNm{dminÂhnt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”bs£…””
At±iw b_ªp SpX§p¶SnWv fp¼v bp_s¯ skan¨¯n`qsX Bs^ms¡t]m k^p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
“”kntWmUm\v. Nq«¯n fäms^ms¡t]m D*tÃm…””
bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n Pm]{SntUkn b_ªp.
NSNv Sp_¶v kntWmUv tftWm³ NX¶v- k^p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ N*p.
A]mapsX bn¼n Wn¡p¶ks^¡*p Unky A¼^¶p.
fäpÅk^pw.
^mip fm{Sw emkfmäw NqXmsS BPSs^ tWm¡n]Sv Unkys] H¶pNqXn AUvepSs¸Xp¯n.
ssNNan kn`§pfm]n ^mfNrgv\³, {NnÌcÀ bns¶ gmKimWpw.
Akt^msXm¸w C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmimfpw fq¶v- tNm¬ÌdnÄfm^pw.
SmXn]pw fpXn]pw kaÀ¶v- SWn {bmNrS^qb¯n`m]n^p¶p fqk^pw.
“”M§anks^ sbm¡n,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½s] tWm¡n C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmiw b_ªp.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ Ak^psX]Xpt¯¡v k¶p.
At±iw Ak^psX fpOt¯¡v fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.
AkÀ fpOw NpWn¨p.
“”tNm{dminÂhn³s_ A¸p_s¯ I^nkns` H^p ssiZv Hu«n`m]n^p¶p Ck·mÀ,””
C³hvsbNXÀ SpXÀ¶p.
“”K]Nrgv\³s_ t¢mhv AtÊmhnt]ävhm Ck½m^v. K]Nrgv\³ …bns¶ W½sX tdmwdÀ W^nfäw …^s*t®m FksX B\v F¶v Ck½m^v CSpks^ b_ªn«nÃ…KWssf{Sn tbm`ohv tÌg³ F¶ tdmZv sNm_¨v tW^w H¶v- Nfjv¯n sk¨v WÃ fq¶mw fp_¡gm]w bmN¯nWv H¶v- sNmXp¡\w. F¶ms` km]o¶v WÃ Nnan¸m«v k^s¯mÅq…””
“”tbm`ohn³s_ fp_]v¡v Ss¶ Nm^y§Ä WX¡s«,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmimfnsW tWm¡n.
“”fq¶mw fp_]m]m`pw Wm`mw fp_]m]m`pw Npj¸fnÃ. bn¶oXv Ikn«n¯n^p½n]m ko*pw WnkÀ¶v- Wn¡m³ bmN¯n`pÅ {bt]mP§ta WX¯mkq.foltbm`pw Np^p¯n«nÃ,””
“”S¼p^mWv Cks^ l^n¡v A_n]mt½`mªn«m,””
Wm¡v NXn¨psNm*v NpäkmanNsa fqks^]pw tWm¡n C³hvsbNXÀ ^mKtlO^kÀ½t]mXv b_ªp.
“”Ck³s_s]ms¡ tfm´m]w N*m tWjvh_o`m¶v tSm¶pw. bs£ sS*n¯^¯n³s_ Nm^y¯n bn F¨v Zo]m,””
At±iw Ak^psX tWs^ Ip^p«n] fpãn]p]À¯n.
“”hzmfnKow S¼p^mWpw S¼p^m«ow Hs¡ Wn¡pkm…AtÃÂ CksX sk¨v Ss¶ Wn³s_s]ms¡ b^n¸na¡m³ ssN S^n¡p¶p*v…WXs¡Xm,””
tNm¬ÌdnÄfmÀ fq¶v- tb^pw Aks^ D´n¯Ån bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.
“”FÃmw H¶v- N`§ns¯an]m³ CWn AVnNw hf]sfXp¡nà S¼p^m³,””
C³hvsbNXÀ lpembvSn knlzmht¯msX b_ªp.
At±iw ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”G_nt¸m]m H^mjv¨. ASnWpÅn So^pw hN` fnÌ_ow,””
“”Hmt¡…Sm¦yq C³hvsbNXÀ,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”sdÌv Hmcv `¡v,””
At±iw C³hvsbNvä_psX ssN bnXn¨fÀ¯n.
At±iw bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.
“”hmÀ, MmWpw tbmNp¶p,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½s] tWm¡n]SnWv tlgw kntWmUv tftWm³ bp_¯v NX¡m³ emkn¨p.
“”kntWmUv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡q,””
kÀ½ b_ªp.
kntWmUv tImUyemk¯n Sn^nªpWn¶p.
“”F´m hmÀ?””
“”fäp At¸m]n³ävsf³äpNÄ H¶pfnsæn DX³ Sn^ns¨¯\w. H^p FfÀK³hn]p*v,””
“”s]hv, hmÀ,””
A]mÄ km¨v tWm¡n¸_ªp.
“”Ct¸mÄ shk³ tSÀ«n. sF dn dm¡v dntcmÀ shk³ tcmÀ«n ssckv,””
A]mÄ hztS]pÅ {bh^nt¸msX bp_¯v NX¶p.
ASnWnX]n Unky]pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw Pm]{Sn tUkns] W^nfäw fm¯¨Wn Wn¶v- `en¨ AbNXN^fm] htµlw A_n]n¨p.
e]t¯msX]m\v AkÀ A knk^w hzoN^n¨Sv.
“”F´m]m`pw B hf]¯v At§m«v– tbmN^pSv,””
AkÀ làn]m]n knh½Sn¨p.
“”Nm^yw F{S sPu^kfpÅSms\¦n`pw,””
“”S¼p^m«n b^n{efn¡mSn^n¡q,””
^mip Bßknlzmht¯msX b_ªp.
“”S¼p^mtWmsXm¸w MmWpfp*v. Bb¯pNsam¶pw k^nÃ,””
A]mapsX km¡pNÄ Ak^n Wn¶pw e]w Wo¡n.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ C^n¸nX¯n Wn¶psfjpt¶äp.
Km`N¯nW^nNn tbm]n, Uqs^ Wn`mknÂ, tNm{dminÂhn³s_ lnO^§an Nmäv f^§sa D`]v¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¶p.
B Wn¸v Wnfng§tamaw SpXÀ¶p.
“”F´m ZmZn?””
Unky tImUn¨p.AkÄ Fjpt¶äv At²i¯n³s_]Xpt¯¡v sI¶p.At±iw AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
bn¶oXv B tWm«w Pm]{Sn tUkn]n`pw AkhmWw ^mip`n³s_ tf`psf¯n.
“”b_]m³ tbmNp¶ kng]w F§sW]m\v AkS^n¸n¡pN F¶ Bt`mIW]n`m\v Mm³,””
At±iw b_ªp.
AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
“”Hm…! ZmZo..km«v ims¸³Zv äp ]q?””
Unky At²i¯n³s_ N¿n bnXn¨p.
“”Cu ^m{SnH^p tX\nwPv tbm]n³_v B\v F³s_ ss`cns`…””
At±iw hmkVmWw SpXÀ¶p.
“”F³s_ em^y…fNÄ..F³s_ NqsX]pÅkÀ …C¶pfpSÂ Ft¶mXv F§sW sb^pfm_pw…Ft¶mXpÅ Ak^psX BänäyqZv F´m]n^n¡pw…CsSms¡ Fs¶ kngfn¸n¡p¶p….MmWnSv Sp_¶v- b_ªmÂ…””
Unky e]t¯msX Pm]{Sn tUkns] tWm¡n.
Ak^psX fpO¯pw e]w Wnj`n¡p¶Sv ^mip`pw Unky]pw N*p.
“”Cu ZmZn]v¡v CsS´v bän f½n?””
CuÀgy]pw hw{efkpw N`À¶ hz^t¯msX Unky Pm]{Sn tUknt]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”H¶v- Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p,””
hmkVmWsf¦n`pw UrZhz^¯n At±iw b_ªp.
“”F´m C§sWs]ms¡ hwhm^n¡ps¶?””
DSv¡\vYt]msX Pm]{SntUkn At²is¯ tWm¡n.
“”ASpw Pp^pKn CknsX DÅt¸mÄ…””
AkÀ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
A]mapsX fpO¯v bs£ ]msSm^p emkteUkpw AkÀ N*nÃ.
“”A§nknsX DbØnSWm]SvsNm*m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FÃmw Sp_¶v- b_]mw F¶v Culz^Wn B{l]n¨v Mm³ So^pfmWn¨Sv–…ASnWm]n«m\v A§sW Mm³ Ct¸mÄ Ct§m«v knan¸n¨Sv,””
^mip`nsW tWm¡n At±iw SpXÀ¶p.
A]mÄ At²i¯nsâ emk§apw km¡pNapw hhq£fw ko£n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”]mPw SpX§m³ CWn AVnNw Unkh§anÃ. ASnWp fp¼v H^p Bßlp²n Bklyfm\v Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n,””
Unky At²i¯n³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
S³s_ fpOw At²i¯n³s_ sW©n tIÀ¯v AkÄ AfÀ¯n.
“”ZmZn …¹ohv ..C§sWs]ms¡ b_]tà …””
AkÄ kngmU hz^¯n b_ªp.
bp_¯v kntWmUv tftWm³ {bSy£Wm]n.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ A]msa tWm¡n.
“”Nfn³, kntWmUv,””
At±iw D_s¡¸_ªp.
kntWmUv AN¯v N]_n.
“”B³Zv..t¢mhv U tZmÀ,””
At±iw A]mtamXv b_ªp.
kntWmUv NSNX¨p.
bns¶ Ak^psX]Xps¯¡v k¶p.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ A]mtamXv C^n¡m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
kntWmUv ^mip`nsW k\§n]SnWv tlgw A]mapsX]Xp¯n^p¶p.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ Ak^psX fp¼n`qsX H¶p^*p {bmklyw WX¶p.
bns¶ Pm]{Sn tUkn]psX AXps¯¯n Ak^psX fp¼n Wn¶p.
At±iw Ak^psX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”Pm]{Sn…””
At±iw lm´Wm]n knan¨p.
“”Wo HmÀ¡p¶ntà `anSm tftWmsW?””
B tb^v tN«t¸mÄ Ak^n ASn^nÃm¯ b^n{efw Wn_ªS FÃmk^pw N*p.
B emkt¯msX AkÀ Unkys] tWm¡n.
bns¶ AWnãw Wn_ª fpOt¯msX At²is¯ tWm¡n.
“”§vim HmÀ¡p¶p!””
tNmb¯n³s_ Wn_fpÅ hz^¯n Pm]{SntUkn b_ªp.
“”bs£ …ASnt¸mÄ ..CknsX …CknsX F´nWm\v…?””
At±iw B tImUyw AkP\n¨p.
“”tfmsa..””
Unky]psX tWs^ Sn^nªv AkapsX tSman bnXn¨psNm*v At±iw b_ªp.
“”dnhnWÊnsâ kaÀ¨]v¡v tk*nt¸m`pw CÃoP`m]n ]msSm¶pw Mm³ sI]vSn«nÃ. dnhnWÊpw ss{Nfpfm]pÅ Uq^w kas^ sI_pSm]ns¡m*n^n¡p¶ C¡m`¯vtbm`pw…bs£ …bs£ …””
At±iw ko*pw FÃmks^]pw tWm¡n.
“”bs£ F³s_ kyànKoknS¯n Mm³ k`ns]m^p sSäv sI]vSp…””
Unky AUvepShvSÏ]m]n.
AkÄ At²is¯]pw Pm]{SntUkns]]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.
^mip`n³s_ fpO¯v Ct¸mjpw H^p emkteUkpfnà F¶v- AkÄ N*p.
Pm]{SntUkn]n b^n{efw kÀ²n¨p.
“”As§´nWm\v CsSms¡ Ct¸mÄ CknsX b_]p¶Sv?””
AkÀ Fjpt¶äp.
fäpÅks^, {btSyNn¨v Unkys] AkÀ ]mIWmemk¯n tWm¡n.
“”A§v H^p sSäpw sI]vSn«nÃ…””
AkÀ At²is¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AenfpOoN^n¨p.
“”FÃmw FWn¡_n]mw…AkÄ A§s] k©n¨StÃ…? F¶n«v?””
“”sk]näv!””
At±iw Aks^ tWm¡n ssNS`fp]À¯n kn`¡n.
“”s`äv– fo N*nWyq…tfmsa..Mm³ Wn³s_ f½ns] knkmiw Njn¡p¶SnWv fp¼v H^p `anSm tftWmsW hvtWin¨n^p¶p. M§Ä knkminS^mkmWpw So^pfmWn¨n^p¶p. bs£….””
“”bs£ fsäm^msa N*t¸mÄ AkÄ Wn³s_ ZmZns] f_¶p,””
Pm]{Sn tUkn kÀVn¨ ko^yt¯msX ko*pw CX]n N]_n.
“”hvtWi¯n³s_ kn`t]m Wn³s_ ZmZn]psX fWÊn³s_ knlp²nt]m Sn^n¨_n]m³ NjnknÃm¯, In^n¨p Nm\n¡p¶ GsSm^m\n³s_]pw bn_sN tbmNp¶ H^p Iobv, A¬tIÌv B³Zv– WnwtcmfmWn]m¡v ….””
AkÀ NnS¨p.
“”bns¶ Wn³s_ ZmZn¡v KoknSw tk*…emkn tk*…A§sW SNÀ¶v- Wn^mlWm]n {em´sWt¸ms` Kokn¡pt¼mjm\v Mm³ Wn³s_ ZmZns] N*pfp«p¶Spw Cãs¸Xp¶Spw Hs¡ …Wn³s_ ZmZn H^p sSäpw sI]vSn«nà tfmta…SWn¯¦fm\v Wn³s_ ZmZn …W½psX bp\yw…F¶n«m\v….””
“”Mm³ b_]s«, Pm]{Sn…””
At±iw Aks^ tWm¡n.
bns¶ Unkyt]]pw.
“”Wn³s_ f½n b_ªSv tbms` B dÔw Wo*pWn¶nÃ. FWn¡ks^ knkmiw Njn¡m³ bän]nÃ. bs£….””
At±iw b^o£o\St]msX FÃmks^]pw tWm¡n.
bns¶ Bs^]pw AenfpOoN^n¡msS b_ªp .
“”bs£…””
At±iw H¶v- WnÀ¯n.
“”bs£ ..Aks^³s_ NpªnsW PÀew V^n¨n^p¶p…””
Unky]psX]pw Pm]{SntUkn]psX]pw fpO§Ä BÝ^y¯m hvSÏfm]n.
“”ZmZn..-!””
Unky]psX ssN At²i¯n Wn¶pw tkÀsb«p.
“”km«v ….km«v Zq ]q fo³?””
kn_]mÀ¶ km¡pNÄ Pm]{Sn tUkn]n Wn¶pw bp_¯v k¶p.
Gäkpw AknlzhWo]fm]Sv tN«Sv tbms` S^n¨p Wn¡pN]m\v Unky Ct¸mjpw.
“”F¶n«v?””
AkÄ lm´S k^p¯n tImUn¨p.
“”F¶n«v…F¶n«v FknsX ZmZn B Npªv?””
At±iw ko*pw Km`N¯n`qsX Wn`mkv ko\ tNm{dminÂhn³s_ I^nkpNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”CknsX¯s¶]p*v….CknsX¯s¶]p*v Ak³…””
knhvf]¯m Unky]psX]pw Pm]{Sn tUkn]psX]pw fpO§Ä knkÀ®fm]n.
“”W½psX Nq«¯n …Cu fp_n]n¯s¶]p*v Ak³…””
BÝ^y¯m b^nh^{ewlw k¶n^n¡pt¼mÄ At²i¯n³s_ lÐw ko*pw AkÀ tN«p.