Mm³ NnX¡]n Ss¶ NnX¶p. bns¶]pw NmanRv sd AXnt¨m*n^p¶p. “” Wmlw. “” Mm³ bSns] Fjpt¶äp. tdmN-vh_nsâ fpNan H^p `p¦n]pw km^nIpän kmSn`nsâ s`Wvhn`qsX tWm¡n. bp_¯p Wn¡p¶ Aens] Mm³ N*p.. ko*pw NmanRv sd lÐn¨p.

MmWmsN A¼^¶p tbm]n. Aen BUyfm]n«m\v Fsâ ko«nt`¡v k^p¶Sv. hmVm^\ VWogv fm{Stf k^m_pÅq.

FWn¡v H^p NphrSn tSm¶n. Mm³ `p¦n Ajn¨p AXp¯pÅ thmc]n C«p. Fsâ Np«³ tdmN-vh_nWpÅn fpjp¯p Wn¶n^p¶p. Mm³ bSns] kmSn Sp_¶p. Aen]psX N®pNan BsN tUgyw. bs£ B N®pNÄ Fsâ tdmN-vh_n Wn_ªp Wn¶n^p¶ Np«sW N*t¸m Ss¶ ASn`pÅ emkw fm_n. AkapsX N®pNÄ AkWn Ss¶ S_¨p..

“” Aen Np«o… Fsâ fpOw CknsX]m “” Mm³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.

AkapsX fpOw Wm\w sNm*v bq¯p`ªp. “” ipw tWm¡m³ bän] H^p fpOw. “” AkÄ AkapsX I½Â f_¡m³ tk*n b_ªp.

“” F´m Fsâ fpO¯nsWm^p Npj¸w. Aà Wos]´nWm Cs¸m Ct§m«v kt¶.. ^mkns` Ss¶ Fs¶ Nan]m¡mWmt\m. “” D_¡¨Xkn`m]n^p¶ Mm³ A`vbw tUgyt¯msX tImUn¨p.

AkapsX fpOw BsN fm_n. ASn h¦Xw Wn_ªp. “” ^mkns`t]m.. Cs¸m b¯p f\n]mkm_m]n. VWnt]«³ D¨]v¡v tk*n fosWms¡ km§m³ tbm]n^n¡pkm. Ft¶mXv AKptk«sW knan¨p\À¯m³ b_ªp. Mm³ knIm^n¨p Fs¶ Nm\p¶Sv AKptk«Wv Cãfms\¶v. thm_n.. tbm]n D_§nt¡m.. Mm³ tbmt]¡mw. “”

AkÄ tbmkmWm]n Sn^nªp WX¶p. MmWmsN kÃmSm]n. Fsâ km¡pNÄ Aksa h¦Xs¸Xp¯psf¶v FWn¡v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.

“” Aeo “” Mm³ knan¨p.

AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS bp_t¯¡v WX¶p sNm*n^p¶p.

“” Aeo AknsX Wn¡mWm b_ªSv. “” Mm³ Fsâ lÐfp]À¯n b_ªp. kmSn¡s`¯n] AkÄ AknsX Wn¶p. bs£ Sn^nªp tWm¡n]nÃ.

Mm³ bSns] AkapsX AXp¯p tbm]n Aksa bp_Nn Wn¶pw sN«n bnXn¨p. Fsâ Np«³ AkapsX fpjp¯ I´n]n AfÀ¶p. Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX k]_nsâ fpNan sN«pbn\ªp. Mm³ AkapsX tSman Fsâ SmXn k¨p. Fsâ Np«³ AkapsX bp_Nn kaÀ¶p sNm*n^p¶p. Akan Wn¶pw H^p Np_pN D]À¶p.

“” thm_n tfmsa. “” Mm³ AkapsX sIkn]n f{´n¨p.

“”Dw. “” AkÄ bSns] fqan.

Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNÄ AkapsX Iq^nUm_nsâ tXm¸nWpÅn SÅn Wn¶n^p¶ fp`]n bSn¨p. Aks] sM^n¨pX¡m³ Fsâ ssNNÄ S^n¨p.. Mm³ b\ns¸«v Fs¶ Ss¶ Wn]{´n¨p.

Mm³ bSns] bp_tNm«v fm_n. “” Culz^m FWn¡v Nt{*mÄ sI¿mWpÅ làn S^t\.”” Mm³ fWÊn {bmÀ°n¨p.

Aen Fs¶ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. “” H^mjvI]m]n AKptk«sW Nm\m_nÃ. tcm¬ knan¨m FXp¡nÃ. sftÊKnWv _nss¹ CÃ. Mm³ N^pSn Fs¶ Hjnkm¡m³ tWm¡pkms\¶v. ASnsâ NqsX CSv NqsX B]t¸m MmWmsN SNÀ¶v tbm]n. “”

AkapsX N®pNan N®pWoÀ D^p*p NqXn. Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n. “” f*n sbs®.. WnWs¡¶n Wn¶pw A{S sbs«s¶m¶pw ^£sbXm³ bänÃ. Hmcohn H^mjvI e]¦^ Sn^¡m]n^p¶p. Wnsâ sftÊKÊnWv Mm³ fW¸qÀkw f_pbXn A]¡mSn^p¶Sm.. WnW¡v sftÊKv A]¨p SpX§n]m Fsâ fWÊn bns¶ Wo fm{Stf D*mkq.. b\ns]m¶pw WX¡nÃ.. bns¶ Wo Ft¸mjm knan¨Sv. ?””

“” C¶v ^mkns` F{S {bmklyw knan¨p. AKptk«³ F´m Aä³Zv sI¿mSn^p¶Sv. “”

“” tcm¬ ssh`âv tfmZn B]n^p¶p. ^mkns` Ss¶ Hmcohn Wn¶pw knan¨p l`ys¸Xp¯* F¶v N^pSn. “”

“” ipw .. “” AkÄ¡p FÃmw N¬kn³hv B]Sp tbms` fqan. AkÄ Fsâ l^o^¯nt`¡v tWm¡n. “” tbm]n H^p gÀ«v FXp¯nXv fWpgym … F¶n«v km t{dNv–cmhv_v Njn¡mw. sb¼ntÅ^psX fp¶n l^o^kpw Nm\n¨p WXt¶mapw. Wm\fnÃm¯k³. “”

MmWkapsX ssN bnXn¨p Fsâ tUis¯m«Xp¸n¨p. “” A§sW GsS¦n`pw sb®nsâ AXp¯mt\m ? Fsâ AenNp«n]psX AXp¯tÃ. “”

AkapsX lzmhPSn D]^p¶Sv FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p.. “” Wn¶v sNm©msS tkPw gÀ«pw Ct«m*v km. Mm³ t{d¡v cmÌv s_Zn B¡n k¨n«p*v. IqXm_p¶SnWv fpt¶ k¶v– Njn¡p. “” AkÄ Fs¶ SÅn fmän sNm*v b_ªp.. Aksa kmSn`nt`¡v WX¶p. “” tkPw km.. Mm³ tbm]n Im]]p*m¡n sk¡mw. “”

{bemS NrSy§Ä FÃmw Njnªp H^p Npan]pw NqXn bmhm¡n Mm³ H^p Ko³hpw Xn gÀ«pw C«v VWognsâ ko«nt`¡v WX¶p. AknsX VWogpw Aen]pw Im]]pw s_Zn B¡n Fs¶ Nm¯n^n¡pN]m\v.

“” Im] BsN S\p¯p. AKptk«³ Fs´Xp¡pkm]n^p¶p. “” Aen Fs¶ tWm¡n sNm*v tImUn¨p.

“” Wo ^mkns` Ss¶ k¶v Fsâ bmkw Np«sW Bln¸n¨n«p tbm]ntÃ. AksW H¶v hfmVmWn¸n¡m³ Mm³ sb« bmXv. “” Ft´m VWognsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp¶n k¨v Aent]mXv sb^pfm_pt¼mÄ FWn¡v H^p {btSyN tNm¬cnZ³hv tbms`.

Aen Fs¶ tWm¡n. sNmªWw Np¯n. Mm³ Aksa H¶v tWm¡n. B Akh^w fpS`m¡m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.

“”””k]ÊnWp fq¯ks^ tWm¡n sNmªWw Np¯p¶Sv tfmlfms\¶v WnW¡_n]ntà Aeo. Wo Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n Cu dipfmW¡p_knWv Mm³ WnW¡v S¡ ln£ St¶sW. “”

Aen]psX fpO¯v H^p sM«Â FWn¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.

“”ASv Ss¶. Cs¸m W½sa CknsX DÅq.. Wfp¡v kà kn^p¶pNm^pw DÅ hf]¯m\v Aen C§sW sb^pfm_n]n^p¶sS¦nt`m, Wos]´m AKq Cksa sI¿pN “” VWogv hmiI^y¯nWv H^p F^nkv Nq«n

Aens] tWm¡n sNm*v Mm³ AkWp f_pbXn sNmXp¯p. “”BUyw Mm³ AktamXv bmkmX sbm¡n AkapsX B tb^nWv bmâohv F¶v b_]p¶ hmVWw kn^p¶pNmÀ¡v Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡m³ b_]pw.. Nq«¯n AkapsX I´n¡n«v WsÃm^p sbX]pw sNmXp¡pw.. “” Mm³ b_]pt¼mÄ AknXpÅ A´^o£w bSns] fm_p¶Sv FWn¡v co sI¿mfm]n^p¶p.

“” AXnsbman. bs£ AkÄ AWph^n¨nsÃt`m “” VWogv lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.

Mm³ bSns] Fjpt¶äp Aen Fs¶ Ss¶ tWm¡n sNm*n^n¡p¶Sv FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p.. Mm³ bSns] ^*p ssZWn§v tXdnansâ sI]À FXp¯p _qfnsâ fq`¡v sNm*v k¨p. F¶n«v Mm³ Aen]psX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p. AkapsX irU]w sb^p¼_ sNm«p¶Sv tbms` fnXn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v tNÄ¡mfm]n^p¶p.

“” CkÄ Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n Mm³ b_ªSv tbms` AkÄ AWph^n¨nsæn Mm³ Nm^y§Ä Fsâ ^oSn]n sI¿pw. “” Mm³ fpt¶m«v NpWnªp H^p ssN sNm*v AkapsX bmkmX]psX AXnk¡n bnXn¨p bSns] D]À¯n .ftä ssN sNm*v Mm³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AN¯n bnXn¨p. Aen {bSntgVw H¶pw Nm\n¡msS C^p¶p. Mm³ VWognWv Aen]psX Wn¡À ASv Nm\¯¡ ^oSn]n bnXn¨p.

“” AkapsX N´nsW ASv sN«n bp\À¶v NnX¡p¶Sv Nt*m . tWm¡v AkapsX bq_nsâ Ip*pNÄ Wn¡_n D´n Wn¡p¶Sv. “”

Fsâ AÇo` kÀ¯fmWw D*m¡n] sM«Â Aen]psX fpO¯v {bNXfm]n^p¶p. VWognsâ fpO¯pw H^p A¼^¸v D*m]Sv Mm³ N*p. bs£ Ak³ ASv Nm^yfm]n«v FXp¡nà Fs¶Wn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. Mm³ AktWmXv Fs´¦n`pw BÚmbn¨m tbm`pw H¶pw fn*msS Ak³ AWph^nt¨mamw F¶v Ak³ Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶p. Ak³ Ss¶]m\v Ft¶mXv A§sWs]ms¡ sb^pfm_m³ Bklys¸«Sv. Aksâ tfs` FWn¡pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bpSn] AVolSzw Aens] Cs{¼Êv sI¿psf¶pw ASn`qsX B^m\v CWn CknsX Nm^y§Ä So^pfmWn¡p¶Sv F¶v AkÄ¡p fWÊn`mNpsf¶pw Ak³ b_ªn^p¶p. Ip^p¡n b_ªm Ak³ Aen]psX ht´mg¯nWv tk*n AksW Ss¶ FWn¡v AXn]_kv k¨n^n¡p¶p. CsSÃmw H^p bpSn] fmä¯nsâ SpX¡fmkmw.

“” Wo AkapsX bq_nt`¡v WtÃm\w tWm¡nt]. F´v ewPn]m N*n«v BsN WWªp koÀ¯n^n¡pN]ms\¶v tSm¶p¶p. l^n¡pw H^p ftWmi^fm] N´v “” Mm³ ko*pw b_ªp.

Mm³ Aksa sNm*v kr¯ntNXv b_]p¶SnWWph^n¨p AkÄ Np_pNm³ SpX§n. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ ko*pw AN¯n AkapsX bq_nS`pNÄ¡v fpNan`qsX Wn¡_nsâ tfs`]m]n bSns] kn^t`mXn¨p. F¶n«v VWognsW tWm¡n. Ak³ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v N®n_p¡n.

“” i½v .. F´v thmcväv BXm CkapsX bq_v. BsN WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. CkÄ Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n MmWnksa Fsâ É«pw hdvfnÊnkpw B¡n fmänt]sW. bs£ CSv Wnsâ AenNp«n]tà AkÄ ASv tbms` H¶pw B]n^n¡nÃ. “” Mm³ f{´n¨p.

VWogv Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. Fsâ Dt±lw AkWp fWÊn`m]n F¶v tSm¶p¶p. Mm³ Aens] Aa¡pN]m]n^p¶p. GSäw ks^ tbmNm³ AkÄ Fs¶ h½Sn¡pw F¶v FWn¡_n]\fm]n^p¶p. F´v sI]vSm`m\v AkÄ FWn¡v NojX§pN F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m¡mWm]n^p¶p Mm³ A§sW sI]vSSv. Mm³ Aen¡v Hmbvg³hv WÂNn]n^n¡pN]m\v GSp Wnfngw tk\sf¦n`pw AkÄ¡v CSv WnÀ¯mw. bs£ AkÄNv SpX^mWm\v Sm`vb^yw Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.

“” AKq, Wo b_ªSv l^n]m\v. bs£ Fsâ Aen¡p«ns] WnW¡v l^n¡pw A_n]nÃ. In` hf]¯p AkÄ e]¦^ sh£z B\v. At¶^w AkÄ e]¦^ NphrSn]pfm\v .”” VWogv In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“” Bt\m. F¶m Wfp¡v H^p dn]_pw FXp¯v H¶n^n¡\w .. FWn¡v Aen]psX NphrSn¯^§Ä Hs¡ tNÄ¡\w. “”

“” ASnsW´m AKq … FÃmw Mm³ b_ªp S^mw… “”

Aen BsN H¶v sM«n VWognsW tWm¡n.

Mm³ Aen]psX SpX]nXp¡n Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¯p. Aksa Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p WnÀ¯n. F¶n«v AkÄ C^p¶ Nth^]n Mm³ C^p¶p. F¶n«v AkapsX I´n fpNant`¡v D]À¶v Wn¡p¶ S^¯n Aksa Mm³ Fsâ fXn]n Nfnjv¯n NnX¯n.

“” As¸m CSv Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n Fsâ É«v Bs\¦n MmWkapsX I´n¡v Wà sbX sbX¡pw. “”

Fsâ ssNNÄ bSns] AkapsX bmkmX A^¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpNant`¡v tbmNp¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. AkapsX ftWmi^fm] I´nNpX§Ä FWn¡v fp¶n AWmkrSfm]n. Mm³ AkapsX SpXNÄ bSps¡ ANän sk¸n¨p. AkapsX bq_nSapNÄ FWn¡v Nm\mkp¶ ^oSn]n B]n. AkÄ bSns] VWognsW tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. AkapsX fpO¯v sX³gWpw FNvssh_vsfâpw Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.

“” AksW tWm¡n]n«p Nm^yfnÃ. Wo Cs¸m Fs¶ Np_n¨v fm{Sw Bt`mIn¨m fSn. “” Mm³ b^pgfm] hz^¯n b_ªp.

Ak´nN]psX S` DXsW NpWnªp.

“” A§sW]m\v CsSsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n Mm³ b_]pN .”” AkapsX ko^yw fpjpk³ tImÀ¶p tbmNmSn^n¡m³ Mm³ Nq«n tIÀ¯p .

Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX GNtUlw b^nbqÀ® WPvWfm] I´nb´pNan HmXn WX¶p. Ak]psX frUp`S]n Mm³ A¼^¶v tbm]n. Fsâ Np«sW N¼n B¡m³ CSv Vm^maw fSn]m]n^p¶p. AkapsX k]än Ak³ Np¯n N]_p¶Sp FWn¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. Mm³ Fsâ ssN Smtj¡v sNm*v k¶p. ASv AkapsX I´n]n bSnªp. bt£ Aksa Wà tbms` tkUWn¸n¡m³ FWn¡v Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ. bs£ AkÄ¡v H^p AXn]psX IqX_n]m³ fm{Sw làn B {bi^¯nWp D*m]n^p¶p. Fsâ BUys¯ AXn AkapsX I´n]n ko\t¸mÄ Akan Wn¶pw H^p fp^Ĩ D]À¶p. tkUWs]¡mapw AkapsX WXp¡w B\v ASn {bSnc`n¨Sv.

Mm³ ko*pw Aen]psX I´n]n SjpNn bns¶ AkapsX ftä I´ntPma¯n`pw H^p AXn sNmXp¯p. AkÄ ko*pw Np_pNn sNm*v H¶v bnXªp. AkÄ AKpknsâ fXn]n NnX¶v bpaªp sNm*n^p¶p.

FWn¡v Aen]psX ss¢fmhv AXp¯v F¶v fWÊn`m]n. bs£ AkÄ¡v DXsW ^SnfqÀ¨ k^p¯p¶Sv FWn¡v h½Sfm]n^p¶nÃ.

Mm³ Aksa Fsâ fXn]n Wn¶pw D]À¯n]t¸mÄ AkapsX fpOw BsN Wm\n¨p SpXp¯n^p¶p. bs£ AkapsX fpO¯v H^p sI_p bp©n^n]pw D*m]n^p¶p.

“” CSv Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n Mm³ Aksa B tNmÀ\_n sNm*v tbm]n fq`¡v fpOw tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯pfm]n^p¶p. “”

Mm³ Aksa tW^s¯ k¨n^p¶ Nth^]psX AXpt¯¡v W]n¨p. AkapsX Hmt^m Nm fp«pw Hmt^m Nth^]n k^¯¡ ^oSn]n Aksa AknsX WnÀ¯n.

Mm³ Aksa Nth^]n N]_m³ him]n¨p. AkapsX SpXNÄ AN¶p Wn¡¯¡ ^oSn]n AkapsX Nm`pNÄ ^*pw AN¯n k¨p

“” Mm³ Fsâ sb®ntWmXv AkapsX ^*p N¿pw S`¡v bn¶n sN«n sk¡m³ b_]pw. Mm³ b_]p¶Sv ks^ fmäm³ h½Sn¡nà “”

Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXpS H¶pw b_]p¶SnWv fpt¶ Aen AkapsX ssNNÄ S`¡v bn¶n sN«n k¨p. AkÄ GNtUlw Fsâ kjn¡v k^p¶ps*¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n.

“” bns¶ CSv Fsâ sb®m]n^ps¶¦n Mm³ kn^p¶pNms^ knan¨p Akt^mXv k¶p Fsâ sb®v F{S sI_n] Wn¡À B\v C«n^n¡p¶sS¶pw AkÄ F{Sfm{Sw WWsªm`n¡pN]ms\¶pw tWm¡m³ b_]pw. “” Mm³ AkapsX sIkn]n f{´n¨p.

Aen H¶v WXp§n. Mm³ VWognsW N®v Nm\n¨p. VWogv Aksâ em^y]psX bn¶n tbm]n AkapsX ^*p N¿pw CXSp ssN sNm*v bnXn¨p. Aksâ k`Sp ssN Aen]psX ANwSpX]n HmXn WX¡m³ SpX§n. VWognsâ ssN Aen]psX DÅw SpX]n Cjªp WX¶p. AkapsX bq_nsâ AXpt¯¡v ssN tbmNp¶SnWv fpt¶ VWogv h½S¯nWm]n Fs¶ tWm¡n.SWn¡v CWn Ssâ em^ys] sSmX\sf¦n AKpknsâ h½Sw tk\w F¶pÅ Nm^yw VWognsâ DbtdmVfWÊn bSnªp Njnªn^p¶p Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n .

MmWksW tWm¡n h½S emk¯n S`]m«n. Fsâ AWpkmUw Nn«n] DXsW VWognsâ kn^ AkapsX N´nsâ Ipäpw HmXns¡m*n^p¶p. AkÄ BsN H`n¨n`n¡p¶]m]n^p¶p. . VWognsâ kn^ AkapsX DÅnt`¡v NX¶t¸mÄ AkÄ H¶v NnS¨p. Aksâ ssNNÄ AkapsX bqÀ¨p*pNan HmXn WX¶p. AÂb hf]¯nWv tlgw VWogv Fjpt¶äv bnt¶m«v fm_n.

“” Sm¦v ]p hÀ. Wn§Ä l^n¡pw H^p emPykmWm\v. Wn§apsX sb®v l^n¡pw ASnhpµ^n]m\v.

“” VWogv Fs¶ tWm¡n sNm*v b_ªp.

Mm³ AksW tWm¡n H¶v N®n_p¡n. bns¶ Mm³ bSns] Aksa Smsj C_¡n AkapsX Nm`pNÄ kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX fpOw Ipk¶p SpXp¯n^p¶p. bs£ Mm³ AktamXv H¶pw tImUn¨nÃ.

“” Cs¸m MmsWsâ sb®nsâ sN«n bnXn¨p H^p D½ sNmXp¡pw bns¶ AkÄ H^p WÃ Np«n]m]n^p¶p F¶v Aksa AenWµn¡pw. “” Mm³ Aens] sN«n bnXn¨p.

“” bs£ Wo Fsâ Nq«pNm^sâ em^y]tÃ. Cu b_ªsSm¶pw H^n¡`pw WX¡nÃm]n^n¡pw AsÃ. ?”” Mm³ Aksa Ipwdn¡p¶SnWp fpt¶ AktamXv f{´n¨p. Aksa bSns] Mm³ Nth^]nt`¡v C^p¯n.

VWogv AkÄ¡v H^p ¥mhv ssk³ sNm*v k¶p sNmXp¯p. AkÄ sbs«¶v Ss¶ Pu^kw kos*Xp¯p .

“” As¸m C§sW]m\v AKptk«³ G«sâ sb®nsW tWm¡p¶Sv. G«Wv Nps_ sb¼ntÅÀ Ds*¶v tSm¶p¶p. “” AkÄ Fs¶ Nan]m¡n.

Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶n«v VWogv FWn¡v Wo«n] ssk³ ¥mhv km§n. AktamXv IoÀhv b_ªp.

“” Aà tfmaq. Mm³ FÃm sb¼ntÅs^]pw A§sW {Xoäv sI¿m_nÃ. A§sW sb^pfm_m³ Bklyfps*¶v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶kt^mXv fm{Sw. kas^ kas^ hvsbgy B] sb®nWv fm{Stf A§sW Hs¡ tSm¶n¡mWmkq . “” Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n b_ªp.

Aen VtWgnsW tWm¡n. “”VWnt]«Wpw tfmlfÃm]n^p¶p. AKptk«Wv F´v t{bmÕmiWfm sNmXpt¯m*n^p¶Sv? “”

VWogv AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p. “” MmWm]n«v AksW t{bmÕmin¸nt¡* Bklyw H¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. AkWp tk* t{bmÕmiWsfÃmw Wo Ss¶ sNmXp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. “” Ak³ In^n¨p.

Aen]psX fpOw Wm\¯m Ipk¶p. Cs¸m NjnªsSms¡ AkÄ¡v Cãfm]n F¶pw AkÄ ASv F³tKm]v sI]vSp F¶pw Ssâ eÀ¯mknWv A_n]mw F¶v AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]nNm\\w .

Mm³ ^*p tbs^]pw tWm¡n “” H^p fnWn«v. FWns¡m¶v dmSv_qfn tbm\w. “” Mm³ Akt^mXv b_ªp.

VWogv S` Np`p¡n. “” hq£nt¨m. tks_ B^pw dmSv_qw SÅnSp_¶v AN¯p k^mSn^n¡m³. “”

Mm³ H¶v In^n¨p. “” tbXn¡*. Mm³ dm¯v_qfnsâ kmSn AX¡p¶nÃ..BÀs¡¦n`pw Fs¶ him]n¡m³ tSm¶n]m MmWm]n«Sv CÃmSm¡*tÃm. “”

Mm³ bSns] Fsâ »qXq¯v F]Àtcm¬ FXp¯p Aen Nm\msS VWognsW tWm¡n N®n_p¡n. VWogv Aksâ tbm¡än C«n^p¶ ssf¡v bSns] Hm¬ sI]vSp. Mm³ ANs¯ kmSn`nsâ AXp¯v Wn¶v Ak^psX hwhm^w tWm¡n Wn¶p.

“” FWn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv Wo AKpkpfm]n t{bf¯n`m]n F¶m.. Mm³ knIm^n¨Sp tbms` Ss¶. F´m l^n]tÃ. ?”” VWogv Aent]mXv f]¯n tImUn¨p.

Aen D¯^w H¶pw b_]msS Smtjm«v tWm¡n.

“”b_ tfmsa. “” VWogv Aksa ko*pw t{b^n¸n¨p. “” Wfp¡nX]n ^ihy§Ä H¶pw CÃtÃm. F´m]m`pw WnWs¡t¶mXv b_]mw. MmWSv Nm^yfm¡nÃ. “”

VWogv AkapsX D¯^¯nWm]n H^p sh¡âv sk]näv sI]vSp. “” Aeo. FWn¡_n]mw W½Ä S½n`pÅ dÔ¯n fmä§Ä hwekn¨p sNm*n^n¡pN]ms\¶v. bs£ Wnsâ KoknS¯n Mm³ Ft¸mjpw H^p emPfm]n^n¡pN F¶Sv fm{Sfm\v Fsâ B{Piw. W½Ä tW^s¯ b_ªSv tbms` FWn¡v Njn]m¯ Nm^y§Ä AKpknsâ AXp¯v Wn¶pw WnW¡v Nn«psf¦n ASns`Wn¡v ht´mgtf DÅq.. “”

Aen]psX N®n ko*pw Wn_ªp. AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hvtWit¯msX VWognsW tWm¡n.

“” VWns]«m, hSyfm]n«pw FWn¡_n]nÃ. MmWnt¸mjpw l^n¡pw N¬cyqgWn B\v. FWn¡v AKptk«tWmXv Fs´ms¡t]m tSm¶p¶p*v. ASv sSäms\¶v FWn¡_n]mw. bs£ ASv FWn¡nt¸m k`n] {blvWfm]n tSm¶p¶nÃ. G«³ A¶v B Nm^y§Ä b_ªSnWv tlgw, AKptk«sâ NqsX C^n¡pt¼mÄ FWn¡v Ft´m Wà ht´mgw tSm¶p¶p. “”

AkÄ H¶v WnÀ¯n. H^p UoÀQ Wnlzmhw sI]vSp. AkapsX km¡pNÄ SpX^mWpÅ làn hwe^n¨p.

“” Fsâ fWÊnt¸mjpw hwQÀg¯n`m\v G«m. Fsâ bmSn fWÊv Ft¶mXv b_]p¶p Fs¶ Ss¶ AKptk«Wv W`vNm³ AKptk«sW FÃm S^¯n`pw hvtWin¡m³ bs£ f_pbmSn Ft¶mXv CsSms¡ sSäms\¶v b_]p¶p. “” AkÄ bSns] N®os^m¸n.

“” Mm³ Ad²fmt\m Nm\n¡p¶sS¶v FWn¡v tbXn]mkp¶p G«m. G«tW]pw AKptk«sW]pw Mm³ tkUWn¸n¡ptfm F¶v. “”

VWogv Aksa fmt_mX\¨p. “” tfmsa, CSv WnW¡v F{Sfm{Sw kngfw bnXn¨ So^pfmWfms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`mkpw. bs£ Wnsâ irU]w F´mt\m Wnt¶mXv b_]p¶Sv ASv tbms` sI¿q. Wo Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¡nsöv Mm³ D_¸v S^mw. AKpknWv kÃmsS Cãs¸Xp¶ps*¶v FWn¡v A_n]mw. Wo Ft¶mXv Nm\n¨Sv tbm`pÅ hvtWikpw hfÀ¸\kpw AkWpw sNmXp¯m AkWp H^n¡`pw Wns¶ kn«p tbmNm³ Njn]nà . “”

VWogv AkapsX Nknan bSns] SjpNn. “” Wo bmSn fWtÊmsX C^p¶m FÃmw ssN kn«p tbmNpw. Fs´¦n`pw sI¿pN]ms\¦n Cs¸m sI¿\w. CSm\v ASnWpÅ Akh^w. ASv N¿ns`mSp¡m³ tWm¡q. Wo AksW Xohv sI]vSp sNm*n^p¶m AkWv H^p D_¸nÃmsS F§sW WnW¡v tk*n Nm¯n^n¡pw? “”

VWogv H^p Wnfngw In´WnfpàWm]n. “” F´m]m`qw So^pfmWw WntâSm\v. FWn¡Sn Wns¶ him]n¡m³ Njn]nÃ. bs£ Wnsâ So^pfmWw F´m]m`pw Mm³ Wnsâ NqsX Ss¶ D*mkpw. “”

Mm³ bSns] bp_t¯¡n_§n. Fs¶ N*Spw Aen Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

“”Mm³ tbm]n Im] FXp¡mw. “” ASpw b_ªp Aen AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.

VWogv Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p “” FÃmw W½Ä ¹m³ sI]vS tbms` tbmNp¶ps*¶p tSm¶p¶tÃm. Wo Nm\n¡p¶sSms¡ Aen¡v Cãsbs«¶p Aksa N*m`_n]mw. AkÄ s_Zn Bs\¶m\v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv.. WnWt¡m?””

AKp VWognsW tWm¡n. “” MmWpw FÃmw BhzUn¨p.. C{Ss]m¶pw WX¡psf¶v Mm³ {bSo£n¨tS]nÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ Wnsâ em^y]ms\¶pÅ Nm^yw tbm`pw MmWnSnWnX]n Nm^yfm]n HmÀ¯nÃ. Akapw A§sW]m]n^n¡pw F¶ms\sâ {bSo£. bs£ sb¼ntÅ^psX fWÊ_n]m³ Wfp¡v bänÃtÃm.. AkÄ CsSms¡ sk_pw Sfml]m]n«m\v N*sS¦nt`m? Mm³ b_ªSv tbms` AkapsX bqÀ® h½Sf_n]msS H¶pw sI¿m³ FWn¡v bänÃ. “”

VWogv Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. “” ASnWm`m\v Wns¶ FWn¡n{S dipfmWkpw knlzmhkpw. tks_ Bs^¦n`pw B]n^ps¶¦n hmiI^yw Iqg\w sI]vSp Aksa AWpekn¡m³ tWm¡nt]sW. WnW¡v AktamXpÅ knNm^w FWn¡_n]mw. AkÄ¡pw A§sW¯s¶]ms\¶m\v tSm¶p¶Sv. F´m]m`pw C¶tSmsX FÃmf_n]mw. “”

Mm³ H¶v In^n¨p. “” C¶t¯msX H^p So^pfmWfmNpsf¶m\v FWn¡pw tSm¶p¶Sv. Aen]psX Aen{bm]fm\v {bVmWw.. F´m\v tk*sS¶v So^pfmWn¡mWpÅ AVnNm^kpw AkNmlkpw AkÄ¡v fm{Sfm\v. AkÄ F´v So^pfmWn¨m`pw Mm³ ASv AWph^n¨p Wo§pw. AktamXpÅ Fsâ hvtWi¯nWv H^p Np_kpw k^nÃ. Sn^¡p Nq«n Aksa sNm*v AkÄ emkn]n tOUn¡p¶ H^p So^pfmWkpw FXp¸n¡m³ bmXnÃ. “”

“” FWn¡_n]mw AKq “” VWogv In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

Aen bp©n^n¨p sNm*v M§Ä ^*p tbÀ¡pw Im] WÂNn ASnWp tlgw VWognsâ A^nNn`m]n^p¶p.

Mm³ Im]]psfXp¯p dm¡\n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Aks^ hwhm^n¡m³ kn«p sNm*v. AknsX Wn¶m FWn¡ks^ Nm\mw AkÀ hwhm^n¡p¶sSms¡ C]À tcm\n`qsX tNÄ¡pN]pw sI¿mw. .

“” Wo Fs´ms¡t]m So^pfmWn¨p_¸n¨Sv tbms`]p*tÃm tfmsa. “” VWogv AkapsX sIkn]n tImUn¨p.

Aen S` NpWp¡n “” G«³ b_ªsSÃmw l^n]ms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶p. G«sWs¶ F{Sfm{Sw hvtWin¡p¶p Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. MmWpw A{St¯maw G«tW]pw hvtWin¡p¶p. G«sW Wãs¸Xp¶ Nm^yw FWn¡v Bt`mIn¡m³ NqXn k¿. G«sW Wãs¸XmsS Ss¶ FÃm¯nWpw kjn G«³ Ss¶ Ns*¯n. AKptk«³ l^n¡pw Fs¶ hvtWin¡p¶p*v. AKptk«Wv Fs¶ sk_pw shN-vhnWv fm{Stf Bklyfp*mNq F¶m Mm³ N^pSns]. bs£ Wn§Ä hwhm^n¡p¶Sv Mm³ tN«p . FWn¡nt¸m FÃmw hwl]kpw fm_n. Mm³ Fsâ hvtWiw bNp¯p WÂNp¶Sn G«Wv Fs´¦n`pw h½S¡p_kps*¦n Cs¸m b_]\w.. G«sâ bqÀ® h½St¯msX fm{Stf Mm³ CWn fpt¶m«v Wo§q.. FÃmw ssNkn«v tbmNp¶SnWv fp³bv G«Wv Fs´¦n`pw fWÊv fmäw Ds*¦n Cs¸m b_]\w.””

VWogv AkapsX bp_¯p NqsX N¿n«v Aksa N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. “” Aeo Wns¶ Wãs¸Xpkm³ FWn¡v k¿. WnW¡v tk* FÃm Nm^y§apw FWn¡v S^m³ bänÃ. Wns¶ FWn¡v Fs¶t¶¡pfm]n Wãs¸Xp¶Sn`pw F{St]m teUfm\v Wo GsS¦n`pw knV¯n Fsâ KoknS¯n D*mkp¶Sv. FWn¡v S^m³ bäm¯Sv S^m³ AKp D*mkpw. MmsWm^n¡`pw Wns¶ kn«v tbmknÃ. bs£ Wns¶ Zntkmjvhv sI¿m³ fm{Sw Wo b_]^pSv. ASv fm{Sw Fs¶ sNm*v bänÃ. “”

VWogv Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨p. “” Wo tks_m¶pw Cs¸m In´nt¡*.. tbm]n AKpknsW F§sW Wnsâ sN\n]n`m¡mw F¶v fm{Sw tWm¡v””

Aen VWognsâ Nknan Ipwdn¨p. “” Sm¦v ]p G«m.. bs£ emkn]ns` Nm^y§sa Np_n¨v FWn¡v H^p D_¸pw b_]m³ bänÃ. Mm³ Fs¶ Ss¶ AKptk«Wv sNmXp¯m bns¶ Fs´ms¡]m hwekn¡pN F¶v G«³ In´n¨n«p*mNpw AsÃ.. “”

Mm³ bSns] ANt¯¡v WX¶p.. AkÀ hwhm^w WnÀ¯n.

Aen Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p sNm*v VWognsâ AXp¯v Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

VWogntWmXv hwhm^n¨p Njnª Aen]psX fpOs¯ bn^nfp_p¡w Np_¨p Np_ªSv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. AkapsX fpO¯v N\vcyqgWv bN^w sI_n] ht´mgw FWn¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. MmWksa Ft¶mXv NqXpS tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. sbs«¶v AkapsX AV^§Ä FsâSntWmXv tIÀ¶p AkapsX B IpwdWw Fsâ l^o^fmsN H^p tNm^n¯^n¸p*m¡n. AkapsX Wm¡v Fsâ km]nt`¡v N]_n. Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n MmWSnsW hzmPSw sI]vSp. M§apsX WmkpNÄ Fsâ km]n NnX¶p C\ tIÀ¶p.Aen Ft¶mXv Np_¨p NqXn tIÀ¶v Wn¶p. AkapsX SpX]nXp¡v Fsâ SpX]n k¨p^Êm³ tSm¶n. BÄs_Zn N¼n]m] Fsâ Np«³ ko*pw làn {bmbn¡p¶Sv– tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. Fsâ ssNNÄ bSns] AkapsX bmkmX¡v AXn]n`qsX tbm]n AkapsX WPvWfm] WnSwd§sa SjpNmWpw bnXn¨pX¡mWpw SpX§n. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX I´n]n DXWoaw HmXnWX¶p.

“” AKptk«m… Hmiv … Umäv coÂhv shm ssWhv. “” AkÄ Np_pNn. “” sF `kv ]p AKptk«m “” AkÄ Fsâ Ip*n ko*pw Ipwdn¨p.

Np_¨p tW^w Njnªp AkÄ IpwdW¯n Wn¶pw knfpà]m]n. “” AKptk«m.. Fsâ Nm`pNÄ Npj]p¶p tbms` tSm¶p¶p… Wfp¡v Np_¨p tW^w FknsXt]`pw C^n¡mw…””

Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨p.. “” H^p fnWp«v Aeo. “” MmktamXv b_ªp sNm*v AkapsX h-vNnÀ«nsâ WmX bnXn¨p k`n¨p. AkapsX Ipwdn¨p sNm*v Mm³ B bmkmX]psX bnXn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn«p. bns¶ Mm³ Np_¨p bp_Nnt`¡v Wo§n.

AkapsX bmkmX Smtj¡v ko\p. AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n. Fsâ B {bkr¯n Aksa BsN AÛpUsbXp¯n]Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n.. bs£ AkapsX fpOemkw tkPw Ss¶ fm_n.

“” Np^p¯wsN«k³. “” AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

Fsâ ssNNÄ ko*pw AkapsX B WPvWfm] I´nNpX§an bSn¨p. Mm³ NmÂfp«v AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v NX¯n AkapsX Nm`pNsa d`fm]n AN¯n. Fsâ SpX AkapsX bq_nWp D^hn. Fsâ Np«³ AkapsX AXnk]_nWp Np¯n Wn¶p .

“”Wo F´v hpµ^nNp«n]m Aeo. “” MmWkapsX NmSn f{´n¨p. “” Cu Npªn bmâohn Wns¶ Nm\pt¼m Ss¶ BÀ¡pw N¼n]m]n tbmkpw. “”

Fsâ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX Njp¯n bSnªp. Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX I´nb´pNÄ bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. “” CSpks^ Fsâ Np«³ C{S¡v N¼n]m]n«nÃ.. Wos]m^p hwekw Ss¶]m\v tfmaq. “”

AkÄ bSns] S`]m«n. “” AsSsâ k]än Np¯nt¡_p¶Sv A_n]mWp*v AKptk«m.. “” AkÄ f{´n¨p.

“” Ak³ Wnsâ tfmsa Nm\m³ sNmSn]m]n^n¡pkm.. Wo AksW H¶v sSm«p tWm¡nt]. Wo AksW GSp tNm`¯n`m B¡n]n^n¡p¶sS¶v “”

AkapsX ssN bSns] Fsâ Np«sâ tf bSnªp. bs£ sbs«¶v Ss¶ tgm¡v GäSv tbms` AkÄ ssN bn³k`n¨p.

VWogv M§sa Ss¶ tWm¡n sNm*v thmc]n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. MmWksW tWm¡n N®n_p¡n. Ak³ Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. Mm³ Aens] Xohv sI]vSp sNm*n^n¡p¶Sv AkWnãs¸s«¶v Aksâ In^n]n Wn¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ VWogntWmXv AXpt¯¡v k^m³ tk*n S` sNm*v AX]maw Nm«n. Ak³ bSps¡ M§apsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p. Mm³ Aens] kn«v bnt¶m«v fm_n. Nm`pNÄ Npjªp sNm*v dm`³hv tbm] Aens] VWogv tWs^ Wn¡m³ him]n¨p. Aen Aksâ ^*p Ipf`n`pw ssN Sm§n Wn¶p.

“”Wo e]¦^ ht´mg¯n`ms\¶v tSm¶p¶tÃm tfmsa. “”

Aksâ ssNNÄ AkapsX I´n]n AfÀ¯m³ SpX§n. “” AsS G«m. AKptk«³ Fs¶ l^n¡pw knNm^w sNmÅn¨p.. CSv ks^ FWn¡n§sW H¶pw tSm¶n]n«nÃ. “” Aen H^p Wnfngw WnÀ¯n Ad²w b_ªSv tbms` Wmkp NXn¨p. “” thm_n G«m.. Mm³ A§sW AÃ.. “”

VWogv AkapsX Ip*n kn^ k¨p “” Wo thm_n H¶pw b_]* tfmsa. Wo F´m Dt±ln¨sS¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Wnsâ ht´mgw Nm\pt¼m FWns¡´p ht´mgw Bs\t¶m. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”

Mm³ Fsâ gÀ«pw Ko³hpw Du^n fmän Fsâ tdmN-vhÀ fm{Sw V^n¨p. Mm³ VWognsW tWm¡n N®n_p¡n. sfsà Aen]psX bn_Nn tbm]n Wn¶p. AkapsX A^s¡«n bnXn¨p bSns] Ft¶mXXp¸n¨p. Fsâ N¼n]m]n Wn¡p¶ Np«sW AkapsX I´n knXkn k¨fÀ¯n.

“” W½Ä hm³Zv–kn¨v tbms` B]n Asà Aeo. “” Mm³ AkapsX sIkn]n tImUn¨p.

AkamsN Wm\w sNm*v bq¯p`]p¶Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX A^s¡«n Wn¶pw bmâohnsâ sskhv_vdm³ân`qsX Cjªp WX¶p. AkapsX sbm¡nansâ Smsj]m]n Np_¨p tW^w kn{lfn¨p.Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX bmâohnWNt¯¡v {btkln¨t¸mÄ AkÄ H¶v Np_pNn. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX fUWsbm]vN]n ^mh`o` WX¯n.

“” AKptk«m.. F´v hpOw “” AkapsX lzmhPSn NqXn sNm*n^p¶p.

Fsâ CXs¯ ssN AkapsX gnÀ«nsâ d«³hv Hs¶m¶m]n Ajn¡m³ SpX§n. AkÄ ]msSm^p FSnÀ¸pw Nm«msS AknsX Ss¶ Wn¶p. Mm³ gÀ«v Sp_¶v k¨v AkapsX fp`Nsa SjpNn. {dm]psX AXn]n`qsX ssN C«p AkapsX frUp`fm] fp`Nsa BhzUn¨p. AkapsX fp`sM«pNsa kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n`n«v sM^n¨p.

“”F´v thmcväm Aeo CsSms¡. “” Mm³ AkapsX NmSn f{´n¨p. “” WnW¡v tks*¦n Wfp¡v CknsX WnÀ¯mw. Ft¶mXv Cs¸m WnÀ¯m³ b_ªm fSn. “”

AkÄ H¶pw fn*n]nà bN^w AkapsX I´n Fsâ Np«sâ tft`¡v SÅn. AkapsX bmâohn D*m]n^p¶ Fsâ ssN AkapsX Nm´nsâ Ip*pNan Cjªp WX¶p. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ Npj]p¶Sv tbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n.

“” WnÀ¯s« Aeo. “” Mm³ ko*pw Aksa Xohv sI]vSp.

AkapsX lzmhw D¨¯n`m]n. AkÄ VWognsâ tSmant`¡v S` Im]v¨p. “”WnÀ¯tà AKptk«m. “” AkÄ tN\p.

Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX t]mWn]n D^hn WX¶p. AkapsX Npªp N´nsW Xohv sI]vSp. “” WnW¡v k^m_mt]m tfmsa. “” Mm³ fpt¶m«mªp AkapsX sIkn]n tImUn¨p. Fsâ CXw ssN sNm*v AkapsX I´n b´pNsa Mm³ sM^n¨fÀ¯n. AkapsX l^o^fmsN kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“” WnW¡v k^m_mt]m Aeo.. “” Mm³ ko*pw tImUn¨p. “” Wo Fs´m^p sb®m\v.eÀ¯mknsâ tfs` Im^n Wn¶v A]mapsX hpir¯nsW sNm*v bqän kn^`nXn¸n¡p¶p. “” Mm³ AkapsX sIkn]n f{´n¨p.

AkapsX l^o^¯nsâ kn_]Â N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v. Mm³ tImUn¨Sv NqXn tbmt]m Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. Mm³ VWognsW tWm¡n. Ak³ AkapsX fp`sM«pNÄ sNm*v Nan¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v Fsâ kn^`pNan WWkv bXÀ¶p. AkapsX D_k sbm«ns]mjpNn. Mm³ AkapsX N´nsW Fsâ kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n C«v D^p«n sNm*n^p¶p. AkÄ VWognsâ Njp¯nWv Ipän bnXn¨p Np_pNn sNm*n^p¶p.

“” ASv Ss¶ Aeo.. Wnsâ sN«n]ksW sN«n bnXn¨p A]mapsX Nq«pNm^Wv tk*n H`n¸n¡v. “” Mm³ Aksa ko*pw Aksa Xohv sI]vSp.

“” AKptk«m.. Fsâ sbmt¶ “” AkÄ¡v A{S fm{Stf b_]mWm]pÅq..

AkÄ ^SnfqÀÑ]n Wn¶pw kn«p fm_n]t¸mÄ AkÄ sfsà VWognsâ tSman Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¯p. bns¶ FWn¡v tWs^ Sn^nªp Wm\t¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. bns¶ AkapsX Ip*pNÄ sNm*v Fsâ Ip*pNsa B{Nfn¨p. AkapsX Wmkp Fsâ km]nt`¡v NX¯n Fsâ Wmkpfm]n Uzµ]p²w WX¯n. AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ Np«sW SjpNn sNm¶n^p¶p.

Np_¨p hf]¯nWp tlgw AkÄ IpwdW¯n Wn¶pw bn·m_n. “” sF `kv ]p AKptk«m. “” AkÄ Fsâ N®pNan tWm¡n b_ªp. “” Fs¶ Fs´ms¡]m sI]vSp Nq«ps¶. “”

MmWksa sN«n bnXn¨p. “” WnW¡v tks*¦n WnÀ¯m³ Mm³ Im³hv S¶StÃ. “”

Aksâ ssNNÄ¡v Fsâ Np«sW knXm³ fWÊnÃm¯Sp tbms`. bs£ Mm³ Aksa]pw sNm*v thmc]nt`¡v C^p¯n. AknsX D*m]n^p¶ K¤n Wn¶v H^p ¥mhv skÅw FXp¯p AkÄ¡v sNmXp¯p.

Aen skÅw NpXn¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ Aksa Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶p. AkÄ B Npªn A*Àsk]_n shN-vhn B]n^p¶p. AkapsX Wà tg¸n DÅ tbmÀfp`NÄ B sI_n] {dm]n HSp§p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. AkapsX bmâohv AkapsX bq_p fpjpkWm]pw f_¨n^p¶nÃ. Aksa tWm¡pt´m_pw Mm³ F{S emPykmWms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶ns¡m*n^p¶p.

Aen Fsâ ssN bnXn¨p Fs¶ AkapsX AXp¯n^p¯n. AkÄ ko*pw Fs¶ Ipwdn¨p Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX tgmÄZ_nWv IpänsNm*v Mm³ Aksa sN«n bnXn¨p. AkapsX ssNNÄ Fsâ tdmN-vh_nWpÅnt`¡v tbm]n Fsâ Np«sW H¶v AfÀ¯n. Fsâ Np«³ AkapsX N¿n NnX¶p bpaªp. AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. AkapsX N®pNan Nmfkpw t{bfkpw Wn_]p¶Sv FWn¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.

AkÄ Fs¶ BsN A¼^¸n¨p. AkÄ C{S sbs«¶v Fsâ Np«sW Smt`m`n¡pw F¶v FWn¡v {bSo£]n`m]n^p¶p. AkapsX Wm\sfms¡ Ft§m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n f_ª tbms`. ^*mjvI fpt¶ Mm³ N* sb®v Ss¶]mt\m CSv F¶v Mm³ hwl]n¨p tbm]n. AkÄ ko*pw Fs¶ Ipwdn¨p sNm*n^p¶p.

AkapsX Wmkp Fsâ Ip*pNan S¯nNan¨p sNm*n^p¶p. AkÄ Fsâ Np«sW Smt`m`n¡p¶SnsWm¸w Fsâ fpOfmsN D½NÄ sNm*v fqXn.

“” AKptk«m.. Wn§Ä F´m Fs¶ sI]vSSv..Wn§Ä Fsâ fWÊnsW BsN Nojv–s¸Xp¯n Naªp. Mm³ Fs¶ Ss¶ G«Wv AXn]_kv sk¡p¶p. Fs¶ F´m tk*Sv F¶v sk¨m sI]vtSm sbms¶. “” AkapsX N®n Wn¶v N®pWoÀ sbmXnªp.

“” ¹ohv AKptk«m.. Fs¶ G«sâ sb®m]n hzoN^n¡q.. Fs¶ F´v tkt\`pw sI]vtSm. FWn¡v G«sâSmk\w. fpjpkWm]pw. MmWnWn G«sâ AXnf]m\v. G«sâ hvtWikpw N^pS`pw Fs¶ NojvsbXpSnNaªp. “”

Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS AkÄ b_]p¶Sv {l²n¨n^p¶p. AkÄ VWognsW tWm¡n. “” MmWn§sW AKptk«sâ fp¶n NojX§psf¶v G«Wv A_n]mfm]n^p¶tÃ. MmWnWn AKptk«sâ sb®m\v. FWn¡v Wn§Ä ^*p tbs^]pw tk\w. ^*p tbs^]pw hvtWin¡\w bs£ Fsâ l^o^w AKptk«tâSm\v. AKptk«sâ h½SfnÃmsS Fs¶ CWn G«Wv sSmXm³ tbm`pw bänÃ. . “”

AkapsX km¡pNÄ tN«v MmWmsN tNm^n¯^n¨p tbm]n. VWognsâ ¹m³ knK]n¨n^n¡p¶p. CSm Aen AkapsX FÃmw FWn¡v k¨v Wo«p¶p. AkÄ Fsâ hz´fmkm³ Nm¯n^n¡p¶p.

MmWksa km^n bp\À¶p. Aksa ASpks^ CÃmSn^p¶ BÀ¯nt]msX Ipwdn¨p. AkapsX Njp¯n`pw sIkn]n`pw Ip*n`pw Hs¡]m]n Fsâ Ip*pNÄ HmXn WX¶p. Aens] F{S Ipwdn¨m`pw fSn]mknà Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.