Pm]{Sn tUkn]pw ^mKtlO^kÀ½]pw BÝ^ye^nS^m]n Wn¡pt¼mÄ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ kntWmUnsW]pw ^mip`nsW]pw hfobn¨p.
At±iw kntWmUn³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”CkWm\v Untky, Wn³s_ tKygvY³,””
At±iw b_ªp.
“”CSv tfmÄsX A¦naà htimU^Wm\v,””
Unky]psX]pw Pm]{SntUkn]ptX]pw BÝ^yw bqÀ®fm]n.
Unky bpSn] H^msa¡m\p¶tbms` kntWmUnsW tWm¡n.
Sm³ GSv ^oSn]n`m\v hzoN^n¡s¸XpNs]¶pÅ KnÚmh kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v Wn_ªp.
A]mÄ Unkyt]]pw Pm]{SntUknt]]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n .
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ ko*pw Km`N¯n WXpt¯¡v tbm]n.
AjnNan bnXn¨v bp_t¯¡v tNm{dm inÂhnsâ lnO^§ant`¡v tWm¡n.
S³s_ irU]fnXn¸v– At±iw tN«p.
CSptbms` H^p sskNm^nN fpiqÀ¯w fp¼v D*m]n«nÃ.
kyàn KoknS¯n`pw HutUymPnN KoknS¯n`pw.
GSv Wnfngkpw H^p sbm«ns¯_n {bSo£n¨v Km`N¯nW^nNn Wn¡pt¼mÄ S³s_ bn¼n Unkys] At±iw N*p.
AkapsX N®pNan F´ms\¶v At±iw DäptWm¡n.
knk^m\mSoSfm] BËmUt¯msX AkÄ S³s_ At²i¯nsâ tSman bnXn¨p.
AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p.
AkÄ At²i¯n³s_ Nknan D½sk¨p.
“”sF `kv ]q, ZmZn,””
ht´mgm{lp¡Ä sbmjn¨psNm*v– Unky b_ªp.
Blzmht¯msX kntWmUv FÃmkt^]pw tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡v…Culz^m…! F´m b_]vN F¶v- H^p bnXow Nn«\nÃtÃm…FWn¡v H^p G«³…Mm³ Ct¸mÄ H^p ..H^p AWpK¯n…””
At²i¯n³s_ sW©n fpOw tIÀ¯v AkÄ BWµm{lp¡Ä Hjp¡n .
Blzmht¯msX At±iw Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
bns¶ At²i¯n³s_ N^k`]¯n Wn¶v- AkÄ kntWmUnsW hfobn¨p.
A]mÄ Fjpt¶äp.
AkÄ A]mapsX C^p tSmapNan`pw bnXn¨p.
“”FknsX]m]n^p¶p CSpks^? C{S]pwNm`w?””
WnÝ` WnlÐfm] A´^o£¯nt`¡v AkapsX Dugvfafm] tImUyw FÃmks^]pw hvbÀln¨p.
kntWmUv Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
bns¶ kntWmUv Pm]{SntUkns] hfobn¨p.
Ak³ Ak^psX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”Mm³…””
Ak³ km¡pNÄ b^Sn.
“”A½ F¶v knan¡m³…A§sW knan¡m³ ..A§sW]m\v…FWn¡v…””
bns¶ NpWnªv Ak^psX bmU§Ä hvbÀln¨p.
AkÀ A]msa tSman bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p.
bns¶ A]msa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
knNm^e^nSWm]n B ^wP§a{S]pw tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mKtlO^kÀ½.
Sm³ CSpks^ AWpekn¡m¯ H^p ftWmim^nS SWn¡p Ipäpw Wn_]pN]m\v.
At²itfmÀ¯p.
“”`ävhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv imsk bmÀ«n, ZmZn,””
Unky DÕmit¯msX b_ªp.
“”Wmsa¯s¶,””
“”bmXnà tfmsa,””
At±iw sbs«¶v knt]mKn¨p.
“”]mP¯nWnWn GSmWpw Unkh§ta]pÅq. ASpsNm*m\v MmWo¡m^yw Wn§tamXv Ct¸mÄ b_ªSv.]mP¯nsâ AkhmWw MmWnSv b^hyfm]n skans¸Xp¯mWn^p¶Sm\v. bmÀ«ns]ms¡ Wfp¡v ]mP¯nWv tlgw WX¯mw,””
Unky Ah´pãnt]msX]ms\¦n`pw ASwPoN^n¨p.
“”fm{Sfà Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ MmWpw Pp^pKn]pw kntWmUpw W^nfäs¯ Nm\m³ tbmNpNm,””
“”W^nfätfm? FknsX””
kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v hweoSfm] H^mÝ^yw Urlyfm]n.
“”b*v t^minSv Smfhn¨ koXntÃ? AknsX,””
BÝ^y INnSWm]n Wn¡p¶ kntWmUntWmXv– Unky]pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw fm_n fm_n W^nfäw fm¯¨Wn Wn¶v- Nn«n] sX`ntcm¬ htµls¯¡p_n¨v b_ªp.
“”e]w tSm¶p¶pt*m?””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ kntWmUntWmXv– tImUn¨p.
“”tSmt¶*Sm\v,””
hwl]t¯msX A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”bt£ hm_n³s_]pw Pp^pKn]ptX]pw NqsX]tÃ? thm tWm cn]À,””
“”hm_Ã, ZmZn,””
Unky kntWmUnsW Sn^p¯n.
“”hmt_¶tà Ct{Sw Wmapw knant¨? AtS km]n k^q…fm{Sfà ]mPw NjnªSnWp tlgw A§sW knan¨m fSn Ft¶mÀ¯v C^n¡ym^p¶p,’
“”ASv fSn kntWmUv,””
ASpks^ WnlÐWm]n^p¶ ^mip b_ªp.
A]mÄ Fjpt¶äp.
F¶m Wfp¡v C_§mw S¼p^m³?””
^mip ^mKtlO^ kÀ½s] tWm¡n.
tflk`n¸n Wn¶v- A¸w fp¼v FXp¯ ASy´mVpWnNfm] tSm¡v At±iw ko*pw FXp¯p.
“”tbXn¡*,””
Ah´pãnt]msX Ss¶ tWm¡p¶ Pm]{SntUknt]mXv At±iw b_ªp.
“”{Nn]Nsams¡ km¡pNÄ sNm*v SoÀ¡mw. CsSm^p A`¦m^¯nWm\v,””
“”sbs«¶v- Ss¶ k^nN,””
AkÀ bp_t¯¡v WX¶t¸mÄ Pm]{Sn tUkn b_ªp.
“”MmWpw A½]pw tfmapw CknsX SWn¨m\v,””
At±iw Aks^ tWm¡n In^n¨p.
“”ASns`Wn¡v H^p e]kpfnÃ,””
At±iw b_ªp.
“”^mKNpfm^osX hvsbgy s{bms«£³ tcmjvhv Cu b^nh^¯v Ss¶]p*v. Nmäv tbm`pw Ct§m«v NX¡p¶Sv Aks^ bmhv Nm\n¨n«m\v,””
`¯ocnsW]pw Nq«pNms^]pw Dt±ln¨m\v At±iw ASv b_ªSv.
Unky B^pw Nm\msS ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw hwQkpw Pms^Kns`¡v WX¶p.
HmXns]¯n] ss{Zks_ At±iw Sn^n¨]¨p.
H^p skap¯ hvt¡mÀ¸nt]m]n AkÀ bp_s¸«p.
kntWmXm]n^p¶p ss{Zkv sI]vSn^p¶Sv.
bpj¡v hfm´^fm]n¡nX¶ Wn_¯n Wn¶v- Ko¸v tNm{dminÂhnt`¡v Sn^n]p¶ bmS]nt`¡v NX¶p.
b¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fnWnäv Njnªv, t^minSv Smfhn¨n^p¶ koXnWp hfobw AkÀ Ko¸n_§n.
“”Pp^pKn, Wn¡q. Mm³ fp¼n WX¡mw,””
tSm¡v ssN¿ns`Xp¯v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ fpt¼m«n_§n.
Wn`mkv b^nh^§sa hpSm^yfm¡n.
NmXpw f`s©^nkpw Smsj bpj]psX {blm´ Urlykpw Wn`mkn³s_ Wn_kn NpSnÀ¶pNnX¶p.
WnSm´ WnlÐfm] A´^o£¯n`qsX AkÀ fpt¼m«v– WX¶p.
b^nh^§sa hhq£vfw Wn^o£n¨v, ASok Km{PSt]msX AkÀ t^minSn³s_ koXnWp fp¼n F¯nt¨À¶p.
“”NSNv Sp_¶v- NnX¡p¶p!””
kntWmUv f{´n¨p.
“”BÄ AN¯p*mkpw!””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ b_ªp.
Wo«n¸nXn¨ tSm¡pfm]n At±iw fpt¼m«v– Wo§n.
At²i¯nsâ bn¼n kntWmUpw ^mip`pw.
“”fnÌÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv!””
k^m´]nt`¡v N]_n At±iw D¨¯n knan¨p.
AN¯pWn¶pw B^ptX]pw {bSnN^\fp*m]nÃ.
“”kntWmUv!””
AXp¯v Wn¶ kntWmUntWmXv– At±iw f{´n¨p.
“”F³s_ tbm¡än tXmÀ¨v FXp¡v!””
A]mÄ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX bmâvhn³s_ tbm¡än Wn¶pw tXmÀ¨v FXp¯p.
“”sSan¡v!””
At±iw f{´n¨p.
kntWmUv H¶v- hwl]n¨p.
“”e]s¸tX*! C§v S^q!””
^mip A]mapsX N¿n Wn¶pw tXmÀ¨v km§n.
sSan¨p.
A¸w Sp_¶p NnX¶ NSNv A]mÄ hmkVmWw bqÀ®fm]n Sp_¡m³ SpX§n.
“”Pp^pKo, hq£n¨v…!””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ ko*pw AX¡n] hz^¯n b_ªp.
NSNv hmkVmWw bqÀ®fm]n Sp_¡s¸«p.
tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNml¯n AkÀ tflNapw Nth^Napw N«n`pw N*p.
Ipf^pNan Wn_w f§n] In{S§apw.
“”AN¯v B^pfnÃtÃm…!””
^mip AX¡n] hz^¯n b_ªp.
tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNmlw fpNant`¡v h©^n¨p.
kntWmUv A`_n Wn`knan¨p.
{bNml¯n³s_ tcm¡Â kr¯¯n AkÀ N*p.
ho`nwPvcmWn W^nfäw fm¯¨³ Sq§n¡nX¡p¶p!
H^p Wnfngw BÝ^y¯m S\p¯p_ªSptbms` AkÀ¡v tSm¶n.
“”ssf tPmZv!””
^mKtlO^kÀ½]n Wn¶pw kn_§`n¨ lÐw bp_¯v k¶p.
W^nfäw fm¯¨sâ N®pNÄ bp_t¯¡v SÅn¯p_n¨n^p¶p.
fpO¯n³s_ BNrSn kÃmsS fm_n]n^p¶p.
km]v– eoN^fm] ^oSn]n Sp_¶n^p¶p.
Hä tWm«¯n B^pw e]¶p Wn`knan¡p¶ ^oSn]n e]s¸Xp¯p¶ ^qbw.
^m{Sn]psX]pw WnlÐS]psX]pw frSkÀ®s¯ ASv NXp¸n¨p.
sbs«¶v koXn³s_]Xps¯¡v Bt^m HmXn]Xp¡p¶ lÐw AkÀ tN«p.
“”dm¡v!””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ sbs«¶v fpt¼m«v– k¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kntWmUnsW]pw ^mip`ntW]pw bn¼n WnÀ¯n.
“”B³Zv Nobv– ]pkÀ sFhv Hm¸¬!””
koXnWpbp_¯v, fpä¯v, Wo* H^pWnj {bSy£s¸«p.
^mKtlO^kÀ½]psX kn^ {SnP_n AfÀ¶p.
Wnj k^m´]nt`¡v N]_n.
“”C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmiw!””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ f{´n¨p.
At²i¯nsâ N¿n hÀÆohv _ntkmÄkÀ AkÀ N*p.
“”B^m AN¯v?””
CWvhvsbÎÀ knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”CSv M§am\v C³hvsbNXÀ,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ knan¨p b_ªp.
At¸mtj¡pw C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmiw ANt¯¡v N]_n.
“”FknsX?””
At±iw DtUzPt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”FknsX W^nfäw fm¯¨³?””
b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v At²i¯n³s_ N®pNÄ fpNant`¡v tbm]n.
tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNml¯n Sq§n¡nX¡p¶ KZw At²iw N*p.
“”NÀ¯mtk-“”
At±iw S³s_ Nym¸v S`]n Wns¶Xp¯v INnSfm] emkt¯msX f{´n¨p .
“”F´m C³hvsbÎÀ?””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ B^mªp.
“”A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v fm¯¨³ knan¨n^p¶p, tÌgWnt`¡v,””
A]mapsX KZ¯nt`¡pw koXn³s_ b^nh^§ant`¡pw hhq£vfw {l²n¨psNm*v At±iw b_ªp.
“”Ft¶mXv sbs«¶v k^\sf¶pw K]Nrgv\³ NqsX]ps*¶pw. H^p kÅns¡«p tNh-vNm^\w tÌgWo¶p sbs«¶v- k^m³ bäoÃ. fm{Skà Hä tNm¬ÌdnÄhpw tÌgWn D*m^p¶nà At¸mÄ,””
“”K]Nrgv\³?””
eoSn]pw BÝ^ykpw Wn_ª hz^¯n kntWmUv tImUn¨p.
“”Ak³ CknsX…CknsX D*m^ps¶t¶m?””
“”bn¶ÃmsS!””
C³hvsbNXÀ b_ªp.
“”Ak³ CknsX¯s¶]p*v. dn`m¯o`pw Ak³s_t½sX tNmSfwP`¯pw H¶pkÃ. S¼p^m³ b_ª tbms` H^p fpss_ k´v bmÀ¯m]m F¶ bm«pwbmXn H^p fp_]§p {bt]mPn¨t¸mÄ S¯ b_]p¶ tbms` b_ªp, Ak·mÀ. K]Nrgv\³s_ ssiZv Hu«v–! C¶v- ^m{Sn AksW sbm¡msS H_§ptN`¶p So^pfmWnt¨¡pkm!””
WnÝ]UmÀ[yw Wn_ª hz^¯n C³hvsbNXÀ b_ªp.
“”ASn^n¡s«,””
C³hvsbNXÀ fqks^]pw hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”Wn§Ä..Wn§sa´m Ct¸mÄ CknsX?””
At±iw tImUn¨p.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ W^nfäw fm¯¨Wn Wn¶v- SWn¡v `en¨ sX`ntcm¬ htµls¯¡p_n¨v C³hvsbNvt_mXv b_ªp.
“”fmäÀ sh³thg\ B\v. Bs^]pw A_n]n¡^pSv F¶v- {btSyNw b_ªp. bs£ A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v fm¯¨³ hm_nsW knan¡pN]pw sI]vSp!””
At±iw AUvepSt¯msX b_ªp.
“”A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v ks^ C]mtamsXm¸w K]Nrgv\³ D*m]n^p¶p,””
C³hvsbÎÀ SpXÀ¶p.
“”ASnWÀ°w hmiI^ys¯ankpNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWph^n¨v K]Nrgv\tWm A]mapsX hm¶nVy¯n fämt^m B\v C]msa sNm`s¸Xp¯n sN«n¯q¡n]Smk\w. Asæn Wn]fw Ss¶ tSXns]¯p¶SnWv fp¼v C]mÄ BßiSy sI]vSSm]n^n¡\w. ASv tbmÌv–tfmÀ«w _nt¸mÀ«v N*SnWv tlgw WnÝ]n¡mw,””
“”A¸w NqXn tW^s¯ k¶n^ps¶¦n H^p Kok³ ^£n¡mfm]n^p¶p. Nãw!””
^mKtlO^kÀ½ b^nSbn¨p.
làn]m] NmäXn¡m³ SpX§n.
bp_¯v Wn¶v- Nmäv ANt¯¡v AXn¨pN]_n.
Sq§n¡nX¶ KZw bSns] AW§n.
At¸mÄ en¯n]ns`, Wn_w f§n] tcmt«m AkÀ N*p.
“”Hm..””
A¸w e]¶v- kntWmUv lÐfn«p.
“”GSm]m`pw t^minSn³s_ t{bS¯nWv H^p Nq«m]n,””
At±iw b_ªp.
kr¯mNrSn]n s{c]nw sI¿s¸«n^p¶p ASv.
Wn_w f§n]n^ps¶¦n`pw A]mapsX fpOw Aks^ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”AtÃÂ BÀ¡_n]mw, t^minSn³s_ Aßmkm^n¡pw C]msa Ct§m«v HmXn¨v tNäoSv…!””
C³hvsbNXÀ hz]w bn_pbn_p¯p.
“”CWn K]Nrgv\sW sbm¡\w!””
At±iw Akt^mXv b_ªp.
“”Ak³s_ ssN¿n`m\v Cu tNhn³s_ dm¡n Sp¼pNsams¡! AksWs¸m¡\w! KoktWmsX-“”

^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw ^mip`pw kntWmUpw W^nfäw fm¯¨sW¡m\pkm³ t^minSv Smfhn¨n^p¶ bpj¡^]ns` ko«nt`¡v tbm]SnWptlgw knk^n¡mWmkm¯ BËmU¯nfÀ¸n`m]n^p¶p Unky.
Sm³ H^p AWpK¯nNqXn]ms\¶pÅ bpSn] A_nkv Aksa sI_pSms]m¶pfà ht´mgn¸n¨Sv.
At¸mįs¶ AkÄ `¯ocnsW tcm\n`qsX dÔs¸«p.
FÃmk^pw DX³ Ss¶ S³s_ ko«n F¯nt¨^m³ AkÄ Bklys¸«p.
tW^n Nm\pt¼mÄ Nm^\w b_]mw F¶v AkÄ A_n]n¨p.
ASWph^n¨v `¯ocpw hwQkpw bSnW©p fnWnäpNÄ¡pÅn F¯nt¨À¶p.
Unky]psX fp_n]n AkÀ H¯pNqXn.
“”F´m Untky?””
BdnUv tImUn¨p.
“”^*v fnWnäv..H¶v ^*mapNÄ NqXns]m¶v kt¶ms«,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”B^m Cu fäv H¶p^*mapNÄ?””
{bn]¦ tImUn¨p.
Unky Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v bp_¯v H^p skap¯ hvtNmÀ¸nt]m k¶pWn¶p.
“”Aks^¯n!””
Unky BËmUt¯msX b_ªp.
AkÄ tbmÀ¨nt`¡v NpSn¨p.
Pm]{Sn tUkn]pw C_§n k¶p.
Unky]psX bn¶ms` `¯ocpw hwQkpw Wo§n.
“”F´v bän ZmZn?””
Ko¸n Wn¶v- bp_t¯¡n_§p¶ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½t]mXv AkÄ BNmw£t]msX Sn^¡n.
bn¶ms` ^mip`pw C_§n.
“”FknsX kntWmUv A¦nÄ? AÃ kntWmUv G«…””
Unky sbs«¶v- WnÀ¯n.
“”kntWmUnsW Mm³ NzmÀt«jvhn`n_¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfmsa,””
AkÀ ANt¯¡v N]_n.
“”fm¯¨sW Nt*m?””
Pm]{Sn tUkn Sn^¡n.
“”W^nfätkm?
sc`nN-vhv H¨]n«p.
“”FknsX A]mÄ?””
^mip`pw ^mKtlO^kÀ½]pw A{bSo£nSkpw e]mWNkpfm] B hwekw knk^n¨p.
t^minSnsâ ko«ns` W^nfäw fm¯¨³s_ BßiSy]pw ASv BßiSy]à K]Nrgv\³ WX¯n] sNm`bmSNfm]n^n¡mw F¶ C³hvsbNXÀ A{dimfn³s_ WnPfWkpw tNÄkn¡m^n eoSn]pw A¼^¸pw knS¨p.
“”ZmZn, kntWmU¦nÄ SWn¨tÃ? Fs´¦n`pw AbNXw?””
“”Ak³ h½Sn¨nà tfmsa. S`tkUWs]Xp¡p¶p D_§\w F¶v- b_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ h½Sn¨p,””
“”`¯ocv UmUm, Wfp¡v Bs^t]`pw kntWmUv A¦nan³s_]Xpt¯¡v knX\w,””
Unky `¯ocntWmXv b_ªp.
“”Unky tbXn¡*. ASnWpÅ GÀ¸mXpNsams¡ sI]vSn«p*v,””
`¯ocv sPu^kw knXmsS b_ªp.
“”W½psX ftWmKntWw hSogntWw kn³sh³äntWw Mm³ Wn³s_ kntWmU¦nan³s_ bn¶ms` kn«n«p*v,””
AkÄ `¯ocnsW CãvXt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”`¯ocv UmUm, FÃm^pw F³s_ _qfnt`¡v sbmt¡m. Mm³ hm_ntWw Nq«n Um C¸¯s¶ k^mw…””
AkÄ Aks^ kn«v Pm]{Sn tUknt]mXpw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½t]mXpw hwhm^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^mip`n³s_]Xpt¯¡v tbm]n.
“”£fn¡t\,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
^mip Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
“”hwhm^n¨v Njnªv F³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v k^\w. `¯ocv UmUs]ms¡ k¶n«p*v. hm_pw NqXn k¶nt«z\w FWn¡v Akt^mXv H^p Nm^yw b_]m³,””
“”Unky sbmt¡maq. Mm³ F¯nt]¡mw,””
^mip b_ªp.
Unky S³s_ fp_n]n Nm¯n^n¡p¶ Nq«pNm^psX]Xpt¯¡v tbm]n.
“”F´m Untky Nm^yw?””
BdnUv ko*pw Sn^¡n.
“”b_]mXm. hm_pw NqXn H¶v- k^s«,””
AkÄ b_ªp So^p¶SnWv fp¼v ^mip ANt¯¡v k¶p.
FÃmk^pw Fjpt¶äp.
^mip N¿p]À¯n Akt^mXv C^n¡pkm³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
bns¶ `¯ocn³s_]Xp¯v C^p¶p.
AkÀ Unkys] tWm¡n.
AkapsX fpO¯v BËmUkpw knhvf]kpw Wn_]p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
AkÄ FÃmks^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”hmÀ…`¯ocv UmUm..F³s_ {bn]s¸« Nq«pNms^…””
AkÄ b_ªp SpX§n.
“”Ft´m….””
Nq«pNmÀ H¶X¦w knan¨pNqkn.
“”W½Ä CknsX¡qXn]n^n¡p¶Sv ^mKyw tW^nXp¶ kas^ {bVmWs¸« H^p kng]w IÀ¨ sI¿mWm\v,””
sc`nN-vhv fpãnIp^p«n ssf¡v tbms` Ip*n tIÀ¯psNm*v b_ªp.
“”CWn tft^ bymt^ tUlv kmhnt]m F¶v NqXn¸_,””
{bn]¦ b_ªp.
In^n]`NÄ fp_n]n Wn_ªp.
“”H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bVmWs¸« Unkhfm\v C¶v- F³s_ KoknS¯ns`,””
{bn]¦]psX tWs^ CXn¡msW¶ tbms` ssNIp^p«n¡m\n¨psNm*p Unky SpXÀ¶p.
“”C¶v- ks^ Mm³ N^pSn]n^p¶Sv Mm³ F³s_ ZmZntXw f½osXw fNÄ fm{Sfm\v, Wn§ÄsXs]ms¡ Nq«pNm^n fm{Sfm\v F¶m\v…bs£ C¶v- ^m{Sn …NrSyfm]n¸_ªm FWn¡v fsäm^p ØmWw NqXn Nn«n…Mm³ …..Hm…F³s_ Culz^m ..F§Wym b_¿m ASv…Mm³ H^p AWpK¯n NqXn]m\v F¶v…””
“”§vti?-
`¯ocpw ^mip`psfmjnsN]pÅkÀ AknlzhWo]St]msX b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n N®pNÄ fnjn¨p.
AkÀ¡nX]n H^m^kfp]À¶p.
“”km«v…km«v Zq ]q fo³..?””
t_mhv–`n³ lÐfp]À¯n.
Sm^naw tSWn³s_ WnÀkrSnt]msX Unky Aksa tWm¡n.
VWyfm] emkw.
BËmUs¯ km¡pNan`m¡m³ knh½Sn¡p¶{S knhvf]mSnt^Nw.
“”B^psX]WpK¯n?””
tXmfn tImUn¨p.
B tImUy¯nWv fp¼n Wn`mkn`p`]p¶ WnlmPÔns]t¸ms` Unky fpOw bmSnf_¨p.
“”kntWmUv tftWm³,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F³s_ G«³! kntWmtU«³!””
Ak^psX fpO§ans` BÝ^y¯n³s_ D_k ko*pw kÀ²n¨p.
bns¶ Unky B hmiI^yw knk^n¨p.
S³s_ bnSmkn³s_ knkmibqÀÆ dÔs¯¸än.
Pm]{Sn tUkns] N*pfp«n] hmiI^yw.
Nq«pNmÀ BÝ^ye^nS^m]n AkapsX km¡pNÄ tN«n^p¶p.
“”Fs´ `¯ocv UmUm]v¡v CsSm¶pw tN«n«v H^p ht´mtgmw CÃms¯?””
knk^\w AkhmWn¸n¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
Ak³s_ fpOw BUyw fpS knNm^ ^inSfm]n^ps¶¶v AkÄ {l²n¨n^p¶p.
“”b_]mw,””
hztS]pÅ sPu^kt¯msX `¯ocv b_ªp.
“”Unky BUyfm]n B kmSn`pw K¶`pNapsfms¡ H¶Xt¨,””
AkÄ¡v knIn{Sfm]nt¯m¶n; Ak³s_ km¡pNÄ.
AksW H¶v- tWm¡n]SnWv tlgw AkÄ fp_n]psX Km`N§apw kmSn`pw dÔn¨p.
“”F´m `¯ocv UmUm?””
AkÄ BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.
`¯ocv A¸ hf]w Ft´m Bt`mIn¨p.
bns¶ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
^mip b_]m³ `¯ocnsW N®pNÄ sNm*v BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
WnlÐ^m]n, BNmw£t]msX Ss¶ tWm¡p¶ NqXpNm^psX fpO§ant`¡pw Unkyt]]pw Ak³ fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
WnlÐS bns¶]pw kÀ²n¨p.
“”kntWmUv tftWm³ B^m\v F¶m\v Unky W½tamXv b_ªSv?””
`¯ocv Nq«pNmt^mXv tImUn¨p.
“”Unky]psX G«³,””
Nq«pNmÀ H¶X¦w f_pbXn b_ªp.
“”fsäs´¦n`pw kntlg\fpt*m Unky]psX F«Wv?””
A]mÄ ko*pw NqXpNmt^mXv tImUn¨p.
AkÀ¡v Ak³s_ tImUyw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fWÊn`m]nÃ.
AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
bns¶ ssNf`À¯n]pw tSmapNÄ Np`p¡n]pw Nm\n¨p.
“”§vim, `¯ocv UmUm,””
BdnUv sb«¶v b_ªp.
Nq«pNmÀ FÃmk^pw AksW tWm¡n.
“”kn¯v hmÀhv sbÀfng³,””
Ak³ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
‘b_]q’ F¶ AÀ°¯n ^mip N®pNÄ sNm*v BdnUnWp tWs^ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
“”^mip hm_n³s_ Aan]³,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
Unky `Öt]msX ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
^mip fµihn¨p.
“”fsäs´¦n`pw kntlg\w?””
`¯ocv sPu^kw knXmsS B^mªp.
“”F fnÌn^n]hv…tgm¡nwPv…B³Zv …Fdkv BÄ…””
“”Fdkv BÄ…?””
Ak³s_ hz^¯ns` WnPqZS Sn^n¨_nªv Unky CX]v¡v N]_n tImUn¨p.
“”Fdkv BÄ U tfmÌv– FWnÜmänNv Nzmanän Hmcv kntWmUv tftWm³?””
SWn¡v Ipäpw AhpON^fm], AUrlyfm], H^p e]w k`sW¿p¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
`¯ocv UmU]psX km¡pNan AbNXfp*v.
`¯ocv UmU]psX km¡pNsa bqÀ®fm]pw AwPoN^n¨m\v hm_pfn^n¡p¶Sv.
bs£ F´m\Sv?
“”`¯ocv UmUm…hmÀ…””
C^pk^psX]pw fpO§ant`¡v fm_n fm_n tWm¡n Unky knan¨p.
“”F´m…F´m ASv?””
e]fp*m]n^p¶p AkapsX tImUy¯nÂ.
`¯ocv ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”hmÀ b_]q,””
`¯ocv ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªp.
“”Untky,””
^mip C^n¸nX¯n Wn¶v- Fjpt¶äp.
bSns] Aksa AenfpOoN^n¨p.
AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”H^p tKygvYsW¡n«n] dnPv– FNvsshävsf³än`m\v Wo. Wn³s_ BËmUw FWn¡v, M§Ä¡v Duin¡mw. bs£…””
“”bs£…?””
Unky sb«¶v tImUn¨p.
CSanSapNam]n sSan]pkm³ WnPqZSNÄ Nm¯n^n¡p¶p.
Unky]v¡v ASn³s_ PÔw Nn«n.
“”bs£ F´m? F´m hmÀ? F´m hm_pw `¯ocv UmU]psfms¡ Ft¶msXman¡ps¶? F´mt\`pw b_ Ft¶mXv. sFw {X]nwPv Xp dn tdmÄZv…tdmÄZv CWcv– Xp tchv FWn SnwPv-“”
Nq«pNm^pw H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS `¯ocnsW]pw ^mip`nsW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”]q BÀ tdmÄZv!””
`¯ocpw Fjpt¶äp.
AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p.
“”tdmÄZv Cucv Xp sc]vhv FWnSnwPv! ASm\v– M§apsX emPykpw,””
Ak³ AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”Untky ,””
Ak³ knan¨p.
“”kntWmUv tftWm³ Wn³s_ tKygvYWm\v. BdnUv b_ªSv tbms` ^mip hm_nsâ Aan]WmtN* Bapfm\v. AsS hf]w Wn³s_ ZmZn]psX hz¯n³s_ bpSn] H^kNmln]pfm\v,””
`¯ocn³s_ km¡pNÄ Unky]n {btSyNn¨v H^p fmäkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^p¯n]nÃ.
“”Wn³s_ ZmZn]psX dnhnWhv hm{fmKy¯n³s_ bpSnt]m^kNmln,””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”B]n^¡\¡nWv siÎt_maw k^p¶ FtÌän³s_, sNm«m^¯nWNs¯ kn`fSn¡mWmkm¯ h¼¯n³s_, CSn³s_s]ms¡ bpSnt]m^kNmln,””
Ak³ Unkys] tWm¡n.
“”CWn b_””
`¯ocv lÐfp]À¯n tImUn¨p.
“”Wo skXnt]äv– sNmÃs¸«m BÀ¡m\v Pp\w? F´m\v A Pp\w?””
DtUzPw Wn_ª H^m^kw Nq«pNmÀ¡nX]n`p]À¶p.
B tImUy§Ä fm{Sfà Ak]psX D¯^§apw Ak^psX fWÊnsW kn_§`n¸n¨p.
S³s_ DÅn H^p fn¶Â¸n\À bm]p¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
“”WnW¡v tWs^ WX¶ kV{lf§Ä F´nWp tk*n]m\v? b\¯nWp tk*n. kjns] tbmNp¶kÀ Wns¶ sNm¶Sv sNm*v Wn³s_ hz¯v– F§sW AkÀ¡v Nn«pw? Wns¶ Wn³s_ hz¯v– Nn«m³tk*n H^mÄ sNmÃm³ {lfn¨m A]mÄ B^m]n^n¡\w? dÔp. AXp¯ dÔp,””
t{bSdmVt]äSptbms` AkapsX fpOw kna_n.
“”Untky, Wo HmÀ¡pt¶m, `¯ocv UmUm CtS Nm^yw fp¼pw b_ªn^p¶p,””
t_mhv–`n³ HmÀ½s¸Xp¯n.
Unky WnÝ`]m]n Wn¡pN]m\v.
B^pw A_n]msS ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]v¡v Unkys]¡qXmsS fsäm^p AkNmln]pwNqXn]p*mkmw F¶ hmVyS `¯ocv fp³Nq«n N*n^p¶p.
ASk³ Nq«pNm^psX hm¶nVy¯n Unkyt]mXv tW^n«v tImUn¨Spfm\v.
Unky]psX fnjnNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
^mip AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p.
knSp¼n¡^ªpsNm*v AkÄ A]mapsX tSman fpOffÀ¯n.
“”Untky, Wn³s_ AkØ]nt¸mÄ FWn¡v ..M§Ä¡v FÃmw Duin¡m³ Njn]pw…””
`¯ocv b_ªp.
“”Wn³s_ tKygvY³ fnÌÀ kntWmUv tftWmWm\v NT]ns` knó!””
S³s_ l^o^w Wp_p§n¨nS_p¶ tkUW AkÄ¡v AWpeks¸«p.
skXnt]äv– ko\t¸mÄ tkUWn¨SntW¡mtas_….
“”Wns¶ b`Sk\ Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨ K]Nrgv\³s_ tdmÊv kntWmUv tftWmWm\v…””
`¯ocn³s_ lÐw ko*pw AkÄ tN«p.
“”^mip hm_nsW Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ knghÀ¸s¯ A]¨Sv A]mam\v! bmSn^m{Sn]n tNm{dminÂhn Wns¶ skXn sk¨v kojv¯n]Sv A]mam\v. AkhmWw Wns¶]pw ^mip hm_nsW]pw Wn³s_ Nm_n tdmwdv– sk¨v sNm`s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨Spw A]mam\v!””
Hmt^m km¡pw Akan Ahv{Sw tbms` S_ªpN]_n.
“”FWn¡v Wn³s_ fmWhnNmkØ Duin¡m³ Njn]pw,””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”hz´w tKygvY³ Ss¶ {bSnØmWSv k^pt¼mjp*mNp¶ AkØ!””
`¯ocv b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v Unky ^mip`n³s_ tSman Wn¶v- fpOfp]À¯n.
Ct¸mÄ AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpO¯v N®pWo^nÃ.
£{Sn] hiKfm] H^p So{kko^yw AkapsX fpO¯v Sna§p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
“”H^p I^n{Sfp*v,””
Ss¶ BNmw£t]msX tWm¡p¶ Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”{bmSmb kÀ½³ F¶ hq^ykwl¯nt` ^mKmkn³s_ VWNm^yf{´n hz´w AWpKWm]n^p¶p. ^mKy¯n³s_ OKWmkv tlmgn¡p¶Sn³s_ Nm^\w AtWzgn¨ fim^mKmkv sM«n¯^n¨p. tfmãvXmkv hz´w AWpK³! bnsä Unkhw KW§apsX fp¼n H^p knIm^\ WX¶p. {bSn]m¡s¸« AWpKsW, H^kh^w NqXnsNmXp¡m³ KW§Ä Bklys¸«n«pw {bSmb kÀ½³ Sq¡nt`än. KW§apsX kn]À¸pw Ak^psX knl¸pw Sn^n¨_nªv e^\w WX¯n] fim^mKmkv KW§apsX b\w tfmãn¨ AWpKsW¯s¶ sNm¶p!””
AkÄ WnÀ¯n Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n.
bns¶ `SocnsW]pw ^mip`nsW]pw.
WnlÐS]pw DUznPvWS]pw NW¡pN]m\v!
“”hmÀ!””
AkÄ ^mip`n³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”fimWm] {bSmb kÀ½ fim^mKmkn³s_ kwl¯n KWn¨kÄ B\v Mm³! AsS ^àfm\v F³s_ M^¼pNan`qsX]ptfmXp¶Sv!””
AkapsX lÐw £m{S tSKÊn NpSnÀ¶p.
“”`¯ocv UmUm!””
knNm^ So{kS Wãs¸XmsS AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”h¼¯n³s_]pw AVnNm^¯n³s_]pw bpSn] AkNmln H^p en£¡m^Wms\¦n¡qXn ^*mfsSm¶mt`mIn¡msS kn«psNmXp¡pw A]mÄ¡v Unky! bs£ tKygvYWm]m`pw AWpKWm]m`pw ØmWw NpäkmanNapsX `nÌn Bs\¦n A]msa hw^£n¡m³ Nq«pWn¡nà Unky! S`]^nªp sNm`f^¯n sN«n¯q¡pw! ASnWp Unky¡v {bSmbkÀ½ fim^mKmkn³s_ AWp{Piw fSn! hnwimhWw tk*!””
S§apsX tUiw S^n¨p N]_p¶Sv tbms` Nq«pNmÀ¡v tSm¶n.
AkÀ N¿Xn¨v Fjpt¶äv Aksa hfobn¨p.
“”sFw s{buZv Hmcv ]q, Unky,””
`¯ocv AkapsX N^w NkÀ¶p.
Ss¶ hfobn¡p¶ Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n, Ak^psX N®pNans` AenfmWw N*v– Unky ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
“”hmÀ,””
bns¶]kÄ ^mip`n³s_]pw `¯ocn³s_]pw tWs^ Sn^nªp.
“”Cu NT]psX ^ihy§saÃmw Wn§Ä¡v ^*ptbÀ¡pf_n]mw. CWns]¦n`pw Wfp¡v CSv AkhmWn¸n¨pNqsX? ZmZn]psX]pw f½n]psX]pw KokWv GSv tW^kpw eog\n]p*mkntÃ?””
B hwl]w S§apw b¦psk¡p¶p F¶v Nq«pNm^psX fpO§Ä b_ªp.
AkÀ `¯ocn³s_]pw ^mip`n³s_]pw km¡pNÄ¡v NmtSmÀ¯p.
“”kntWmUv Ak³s_ sP]nfn³s_ AkhmW Q«¯nt`¡v NX¶n^n¡pN]m\v,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”S¼p^m³s_ C¶s¯ skans¸Xp¯Â Nm^\w CWn B Bb¯nsW e]t¡*SnÃ. F¶m`pw S¼p^msW]pw fim_m\nt]]pw Ct¸mÄ CS_n]n¡m³ hmVyfÃ. A§sW hwekn¨m GSv Wnfngkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kntWmUv B ^ihyw f\¯_n]pw. Ak³ NX¶p Na]pw. Wfp¡v H^p hm£ntk\w. sSankpNÄ tk\w. làfm] sSankpNapw hm£nNapw. Ct¸mjs¯ AkØ]n AksWSns^ Wfp¡v ]msSm¶pfnÃ,””
“”ZmZn]psX]pw f½n]psX]pw hp^£t]mÀ¯p Unky tkk`mSns¸tX*,””
`¯ocv b_ªp.
“”^mip hmÀ Cu sNm«m^¯n³s_ b^nh^§an`pÅ Nm`t¯maw AkÀ¡v ^*ptbÀ¡pw H^mb¯pw k^nÃ. fm{Sfà ]mP¯nWv tlgw fm{Stf S¼p^m³ bp_¯n_§N]pÅq. Pp^pKn tUkWm^m]\³ A§sW N¸n¨n^n¡]m\v–. ..W½psX {blvWw ASÃ…kntWmUv tftWmsW F§sW sSm*n hinSw ssNt¿msX bnXn¡mw F¶m\v…””
`¯ocv b_ªp WnÀ¯n]Spw t_mhv–`n³s_ sfmssd tcm¬ lÐn¡m³ SpX§n.
“”`¯ocv UmU]v¡m\v,””
AkÄ tcm¬ `¯ocnWv ssN fm_n.
“”bX¨ S¼p^msW…-“”
htµlw hzoN^n¨p Njnªv AUvepSb^S{´Wm]n `¯ocv f{´n¨p.
Ak³s_ hz^¯ns` IqXpw hw{efkpw Nq«pNm^n eoSn]p\À¯n.
“”km«v ims¸³Zv?””
^mip DtUzPt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”do Nzn¡v-“”
`¯ocv sbs«¶v b_ªp.
“”ftWmKpw hSogpw kn³shäpfm\v! kntWmUv tNm{dminÂhnt`¡v Wo§n]n^n¡p¶p! NqsX K]Nrgv\Wpfp*v! tNm{dm inÂhnt` km«À cmanWptWs^]m\v Wo§n]n^n¡p¶Sv! NmÂWX]m]n-“”
S§apsX tUiw sb^p¯pN]_p¶Svtbms` Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw tSm¶n.
“”C¯k\ B£Wv M§apfp*v,””
t_mhv–`n³ Btklt¯msX b_ªp.
“”sU³ Nw!””
^mip kmSn`nWptWs^ NpSn¨p.
bn¶ms` fäpÅk^pw .
`¯ocn³s_ hvtNmÀ¸nt]m]n AkÀ S§apsX AXp¯ hmihnNS]v¡v tk*n B ^m{Sn]n tNm{dm in`vhns`¡v bp_s¸«p.