(t_mhns] fm¯¨³ A\¨v bnXn¨p S³s_ fmt_mXv tIÀ¯p.)
‘Ft¶mXv tUzgyw tSm¶pt*m tfmsa?’, fm¯¨³ Aksa A\¨v bpÂNn sNm*v tImUn¨p.
‘F¶m¯nWm?’
‘AÃ, Wo sI_n] sb®tÃ, Fsâ {bm]¯ns`m^mÄ CsSms¡ sI¿pt¼m Cãs¸Xptfm?’
‘ASnsW´m, CSpks^ Nn«m¯ hptOmtà fpS`man FWn¡v S¶Sv.’
‘As¸m l^n¡v Cãs¸«n«m\tà Wo sI]vSp S¶Sv?’
t_mhn A]mapsX Nkna¯v D½ k¨v sNm*v b_ªp. ‘l^n¡pw’
‘Wnsâ {bm]¯n`pÅ sI_p¡³ sI¿p¶Sn`pw NqXpSÂ hpOtfm?’
fm¯¨³ Dt±ln¨Sv AkÄ¡p fWÊn`m]n. AkÄ b_ªp.
‘tKm\n¨³ sI¿pt¼m hptOms¡ D*v . bt£ fpS`man sI]vSt¸m ASn`pw NqXpS`m. fpS`maosX ft\mw Wm¡pw. FÃmw F´v ^hm-! C§sW sN«n¸nXn¡pt¼m CWow sI¿m³ tSm¶\p.’
A]mÄ AkapsX fpOw A\¨v bnXn¨p AkapsX km]n Ssâ Wm¡v NX¯n Ipwdn¨p. AkÄ ASv k`n¨p NpXn¨p.
‘H^p {bVmW Nm^yw b_]m³ f_¶p. fm¯¨³ Fjpt¶äp bmSn NpXn¨p k¨ sb¤v tfm´ns¡m*p b_ªp.
t_mhn Fjpt¶än^p¶p.
‘WnW¡v bYn¡\sf¶v b_ªm]n^p¶tÃm. Mm³ H^p tNm¬skân b_ªv k¨ns«m*v. bt£ Wà fmÀ¡v tk\w.
FWn¡v FÃm¯n`pw F k¬ B\v H¼Sn`v.
F k¬?
“”B Mm³ hn dn F hn]n`m bYnt¨. sSm®qsäm¶p sbÀshân`pw NqXpS`m.’
B im Wo sNmÅmktÃmXo, As¸m {blvWfnÃ. Cu h-vNqapw hn dn Fhv hn ]m. Wns¶s¡m*p bäptfm F¶m]n^p¶p F³s_ {blvWw. Ct¸m FÃmw Hm. sN. AknsX tdmÀZn§n tIÀ¡mw. WnW¡v bYn¨n«v B^mN\w F¶m?’
“”FWn¡v H^p tWjv–hv BN\w.’
“”At¸m, H^p {blvWkpfnÃ. AkÀ¡v WjvhnwPv tNmtaKpw D*v. F¶m S¿m_m]nt¡m. Kq\n Wo h-vNqan tI^p¶p, bYn¡p¶p, tWjvhv BNp¶p.’ ‘
“”Fs¶ b_ª]¡m³ SnXp¡fmt]m fpS`man¡v?”
“”AsS´mXo, At¸m WnW¡v bYn¡t*?’
“”bYn¡\w. F¶m`pw Cs¸m fpS`maosX NqsX CsSms¡ sI¿mWm NqXpSÂ Cãw.’
“”FXo AsSms¡ sI¿msfXo. Wns¶ FÃm lWn]mjntIw Mm]_mjntIw Wns¶ Ct§m«p sNm*pk^msft¶. Wns¶ A§sW b_ªp knXm³ bäptfm Fsâ bp¶m^ tfmsa,’ A]mÄ AkapsX Wm^§m fp`Nsa bnXn¨v bSps¡ sM¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.
“”Mm³ H¶v NqXp I¸nt¡mt«?’ t_mhn Np_p§ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
“”F´v?’
“”fpS`maosX’ F¶v b_ªv AkÄ A]mapsX Np®]n bnXn¨p.
“”Fsâ F´v?’
“”Dw Dw Mm³ b_]nÃ, sI]vSp Nm\n¨p S^mw’ F¶v b_ªv AkÄ A]mapsX Nm`n¶nX]nt`¡p Fjpt¶än^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv
F¶n«p A]mapsX Np® Ssâ ^*p ssNsNm*pw bnXn¨v ASnsâ fNpXw km]v¡pÅn`m¡n Du¼n¯pX§n.
AkÄ Ssâ Wm¡v A]mapsX fNpX¯n Sp^p Sp^m F¶v I`n¸n¨p sNm*v ssN sNm*v Np®s] Np`p¡nsNm*v– S` fpNant`¡pw Smjt¯m«pw Smat¯msX B«ns¡m*v A]mapsX Np®]psX hzmUv BhzUn¨psNm*v– Du¼n sNmXp¯p. CX]v¡p Np® kn«p A]mapsX f\nNsa Hmt^m¶nsW]pw km]v¡pÅns`Xp¯p k`n¨p NpXn¨p. fm¯¨³ D_s¡ Af_n sNm*n^p¶p. B B Fsâ tbmt¶m k`n¨p NpXnt¨mXo A§sW B A§sW S¶vsW. FXo H^p sk^`v Fsâ NqSn]o tNäXo.
“”””Mm³ W¡nS^ms¶,” AkÄ fpOw D]À¯n b_ªp.
AkapsX fpOw fpjpk³ AkapsX Ss¶ Sp¸Â bXÀ¶n^p¶p.
“”””tk*Xo Wo Du¼`v WnÀ¯*m, tkPw FWn¡v k^ps¶Xo.”
AkÄ Ssâ WXpkn^ km]n FXp¯p W¡n WW¨p A]mapsX NqSn]nt`¡v N]än Ca¡n sNmXp¯p. AtSmsXm¸w A]mapsX Np®ko*p³ km]ns`Xp¯p AfÀ¯n Du¼n SpX§n.
^*p Wnfng§Ä¡pÅn A]mapsX lp¢w AkapsX km]nt`¡v Ioän HjpNn. AkÄ S` AW¡msS ASv fpjpk³ km]v¡pÅns`¡v AXp¯p. AkapsX ssN A]mapsX Np®]psX Ipk«n Wn¶pw sM¡n SXkn AkhmW SpÅnks^ Ssâ km]nt`¡v Cän¨p. bns¶ Np®]psX fq{S Uzm^¯n Ip*fÀ¯n Bªv k`n¨p ASn Wn¶pw Duän FXp¯p. F¶n«v Fjpt¶än^p¶p In^n¨p sNm*v Ssâ km]n Wn_ª lp¢w km Sp_¶p A]msa Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. F¶n«v A]mÄ Nm¬sN ASv NpXn¨n_¡n. F¶n«v Wm¡v Ipkän Ip*n Wn¶pw W¡ns]Xp¯v In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”fpS`maosX bm`nWv WÃ hzmUm.’
A]mÄ Aksa bq*p bnXn¨p Ipwdn¨p. F¶n«v Aksa A\¨v bnXn¨p AkapsX SpX¡nX]n Nm Sn^pNn. AkÄ A]msa sN«n bnXn¨p A]mapsX sW©n S`tIÀ¯p. A§nsW AkÀ f]§n.

tKm\nNp«n A£ft]msX S³s_ NnX¡]n`n^n¡]m]n^p¶p. At¸mjm\v A¶½ NX¶pk¶Sv.
fpSman l^n¡pw sbman¨p b®n. sb®v F{S Btklt¯msX]mt¶m B BW Np® AkÄsX bqänt`¡v FXp¯Sv! Wo W¶m]n bYn¸n¨p F¶v fpS`man¡v fWÊn`m]n.
ASv tN«v tKm\n¡v DÅns`knsXt]m sWm´p. ASv N*p A¶½ Aksâ fpOw S³s_ fm_nt`¡v AXp¸nIfÀ¯n. FXm F³s_ bq_p WWªv HjpNn sNmaw B]n^n¡pN]m. . tkPw sI]vSp Sm. AkÄ S³s_ siuhv tNm«v Ajn¨v k`ns¨_nªp. F¶n«v {dm]pw WWMp NpSnÀ¶ bmân]pw Du^nfmän sdÍnt`¡v N]_n Nm`N¯n f`À¶p NnX¶p. tKm\nNp«n S³s_ sdÀfqX Ajn¨v N«n`n N]_n AkapsX CXSqÀ¶ ssf^nt`¡v S³s_ fpOw AfÀ¯n. AknsXWn¶p D]À¶ kn]À¸nsâ]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fq{S¯nsâ]pw h½n{l PÔw Wp\ªp sNm*v Wm¡v Wo«n B SXn¨ N´n W¡n. B bqämkn]psX f\w WpNÀ¶t¸mÄ AkWv t_mhns] f_¶p.
“”N´pt½ W¡pt¶Wp fpt¶ bqän¶v F³s_ skÅw W¡n NpXn¡Xm.H^p sk^`v F³s_ NqSo`pw tNänt¡m.’
Wm¡v Notj¡v– W¡n Wo«n]t¸mÄ AkapsX fUK`w Aksâ Wm¡n`qsX HjpNn Aksâ km]n Wn_ªp. Ak³ ASv k`n¨p NpXn¨p. bns¶ Wm¡v fpNant`¡v Wo«n AkapsX N´n AfÀ¯n W¡n. AtSmsXm¸w AkapsX SpXNan ^*p ssN sNm*pw bnXn¨ptbm¡n AXÀ¯n fmän AkapsX BhW Uzm^¯n S³s_ Wm¡v Sn^pNn N]än Sp^p Sp^m W¡n sNmXp¯p.
A¶½ S³s_ Ip*v kn^ sNm*v S³s_ N´n Sn^p½n sNm*n^p¶p.
:CWn kmXm, N´v I¸Xm”.
Ak³ AWph^\t]msX fpOw D]À¯n AkapsX N´nsâ ^*p CSapNapw S³s_ Ip*psNm*v tIÀ¯p AfÀ¯n km]ns`s¡Xp¯p. A{S]v¡v Woafp*m]n^p¶p AkapsX N´pNÄ¡v. km]v¡pÅn FXp¯p ASn S³s_ Wm¡v sNm*v AfÀ¯n SjpNn. AtSmsX A¶m½¡v F«p Wn`]n sbm«n. AkÄ Aksâ S` S³s_ bq_ntWmXv tIÀ¯p AfÀ¯n S³s_ I´n lànt]msX fpNant`¡v SÅn SÅn S³s_ ^Sn]psX bm^fy¯ns`¯n. AkapsX skÅw Aksâ km]n Wn_ªSp Ak³ hzmtUmsX NpXn¨n_¡n.
AkÄ H¶v AX§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ AkapsX fpNan N]_n S³s_ Np\\ AkapsX bqänt`¡v Np¯n N]än. F¶n«v S³s_ Wm¡v AkapsX km]nt`¡v Wo«n ^*p ssN sNm*pw AkapsX ^*p I´nNan`pw bnXn¨v sbm¡ns¡m*v Bªv b®n SpX§n.
“”””B…. A½v½v½v Bªv AXnt¨mXm F³s_ bq_p sbman¨v AXn¡Xm.
A¶½ A`_n knan¨psNm*p AksW k`nªp fp_p¡n Aksâ Wm¡v k`n¨p NpXn¨psNm*v Aksâ I´n ^*n`pw AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p S³s_ I´n sbm¡n Smjv¯n Bªv b®ns¡mXp¯p. Aksâ Np® AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Bªv C_§n. Aksâ D*NÄ AkapsX NqSn Spa]n BXn]Xn¨p. A¶½ ssN Wo«n Aksâ D*Nsa SXkns¡mXp¯p.
AtSmsX AkWp k¶p. Aksâ lp¢w AkapsX bq_n¶pans`¡v Ioän. ko*pw ko*pw. Aksâ Np® sM«ns¯_n¡p¶Sv AkÄ AkapsX bqän A_nªp. AtSmsX AkÄ¡v ko*pw k¶p. sM«ns¯_n¨p sNm*v AkÄ AksW k^nªp fp_p¡n Aksâ bp_w SXkn sNmXp¯p. Ak³ NnS¨psNm*v AkapsX fp`Nan fpOw tIÀ¯v k¨v NnS¨p. bSps¡ Sn^nªp NnX¶p. Aksâ Np® bSps¡ AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw DuÀ¶n_§n.
A¶½ Fjpt¶äv Aksâ Np® km]ns`Xp¯p W¡n¯pX¨p. hz´w bq_nsâ bpan¨ f\w WpNÀ¶psNm*v ASn Wn¶pw AkhmW SpÅn lp¢kpw. bns¶ ASnWp fpNans` kjpkjp¸pw k`n¨p NpXn¨p.F¶n«vAksWA\¨vbnXn¨p.A§sWAk^pwf]§n.