{bn] I¦pNÄ¡p Wfh-vNm^w… Cu H^p sI_n] NTs] H¯n^n Cãs¸«p fWh_nªp t{bmÕmiWw S¶ FÃmk^v¡pw H^m]n^wk«w Wµn.. ASv SpXÀ¶pw {bSo£n¨psNm*v Cu bmÀ«pw Wn§av¡v hfÀ¸n¡p¶p.. H^pbmXv Wµn…

F¶v hz´w sNm¨qªp..

“” Fsâ tfmat½… H¶v tkPw FXp¡p.. knl¶n«p k]_p tfma½¡p knan¡p¶p..”” DÅn Wn¶pÅ tXmfn¨sâ lÐw tfma½ AXp¡a]n tN«p..

“”k^pkmXm sI¡m… bnX¡msS… “” tfma½ f_pbXn]pw b_ªp ^mkns` S¿m_m¡n] WÃ IqXv CÍ`n]pw I½´n]pw B]n imant`¡v WX¶p…

“” HÅ Kn½n`pw tbm]n fhn`pw sb^p¸n¨p WX¡pktÃ… bns¶ knl¡mSn^n¡ptkm.. hmVm^\ Nãs¸«v AVzmWn¨p Nmlv tfXn¡pkm sI¿pt¶.. Wns¶t¸ms` Nps_ fµdp²nNav tf`W§m³ At§m«v Nmlpw sNmXp¯p tbmNp¶p.. Fsâ NÀ¯mtk… Fs´Ãmw Nm\\w CWn..”” tfma½ tXmfn¨sW Nan]m¡p¶ ^oSn]n b_ªp..

“”Fsâ tfmat½… ^mkns` F¶¡n«p DuSpkmt\m.. “” tXmfn¨³ CÍ`n t¹änt`¡p sk¨psNm*v tImSn¨p.. tfma½ In^n¨psNm*v Aksâ AXp¯v fsäm^p Nth^]n C^p¶p..

“”CWn tfmsâ ¹msW¶m… SpXÀ¶v bYn¡m³ tbm¶pt*m.. AtSm A¸sW him]n¡m³ C_§pt¶m… “” tfma½]pw t¹änt`¡p CÍ`n FXp¯psNm*v tImSn¨p..

“”fv.. Mm³ ASv Bt`mIn¡pkm]n^p¶p tfmat½.. A¸tWmXv f^ymU¡v hwhm^n¡m³tbm`pw Cs¸m Nn«p¶nÃ… BsN H^p b´ntNXv tbms`.. Ft¶`pw {blvWfpt*m tfmat½..?

tfma½ AksW tWm¡n… “” Ft´m D*Xm.. Np_¨p Unkhm]n Mm³ {l²n¡p¶p… Ft¸mjpw kÃm¯ b^tklkpw sX³gWpw Hs¡.. tImUn¨ Ft¶`pw b_]t*… NXn¨p No_m³ k^pw.. Ft´m Nm^yfm]n bän]n«p*v… AsS§nsW]m…. fäpÅk^psX N®ot^msX]pÅ Nmltà tfXn¨pNq«p¶Sv..”” tfma½ H^p sWXpkoÀt¸msX b_ªp…

“”b¸ Ft´y.. Njn¡m³ k¶nÃtÃm.. “”

“”B… ^mkns` ASymklyfm]n Bs^t]m Nm\mWps*¶pw b_ªp tbm]Sm… tImUn¨t¸m ASnWpw skan¨¸mXv SpÅns]¨m tbm]Sv… Np_¨p Unkhw fp¼v tcm\n Bt^mtXm Nmlnsâ Nmt^yms¡ bt_\ tN«p… tNmXnNapsX N\s¡ms¡]m… hSyw b_ªm Ct¸mjpÅ At§^psX sb^pfmä¯ns`ms¡ BsN tbXn tSm¶p¶p*v FWn¡v…”” tfma½ A`vbw e]t¯msX B\v ASv b_ªSv..

“”ASpsNm*p S^wNn«pt¼m fp¯v b¸t]mXv H¶v hwhm^n¡p.. fp^X³ hzemkfms\`pw Wns¶ bm¸m¡p KokWm.. Wo tImUn¨ In`t¸m b_]pw.. F¶mt\`pw Wo Cs¸m H^p him]fm]n NqsX Wn¡v.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bYWw W½p¡v Bkmt`m..””

“”fv..”” tfma½]psX km¡pNÄ¡p tXmfn¨³ H¶v fqapN fm{Sw sI]vSp..

“” C¶v B sbs¦m¨nsâ d^vSvtZ Bs\¶m b_sª… C¶s` Xn kn ]n b^hyw Nm\n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p… ^mkns` GgymsW_v Wyqhn AkapsX ss`kv CâÀkyq D*v..”” ASpw b_ªp tfma½ imans` Xn kn Hm\m¡m³ Fjpt¶äp..

tXmfn¨Wv H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ..

“”B^psX..”” Ak³ fWÊn`mkmsS tImSn¨p..

“” bm«pNm^n ^mVnN]psX…””

tfma½]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v H^pWnfngw tXmfn¨³ bN¨n^p¶ptbm]n.. N¿ns` CÍ`n t¹änt`¡p ko\p.. sSanª BNml¯n NmÀtfQ§Ä k¶Xnªtbms` Aksâ fpOw C^p*p.. N®pNan sI_pSm]n WWkv bX^p¶pt*m..

AsS… C¶m\v B Unkhw.. S§Ä¡nX]n {b\]w tfm«n« Unkhw… Ssâ fXn]n C^p¶p Ssâ sW©n S¨m]n¨p Ss¶ hvtWiwsNm*v koÀ¸pfp«n¨ Unkhw.. BUyfm]n ^mVnN]psX AV^§an IpXp IpwdWw ImÀ¯n] Unkhw.. B Wn`mkn Aksa sWt©mXv tIÀ¯Spw tN¡v fp_n¨Spw AktamsXm¯p*m]n^p¶ Hmt^m Wnfngkpw Aksâ N®pNan fn¶nf_ªp.. ASnsâ {bSnc`Ww Aksâ N®pNÄ A_nªp..

“”Fsâ A©p `£w ^qb tbm]Sv fn¨w… ASnvSpks^ Nn«n]n«nà t«m…”” Xn kn ]pw Hm\m¡n Sn^nªp sNm*m\v tfma½ ASv b_ªSv.. bs£ tXmfn¨sâ N®pNan N* WWkv tfma½s] ASv fpjpkn¸n¡m³ AWpkSn¨nÃ.. AkÀ tkPw tXmfn¨sâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p Aksâ Nknan St`mXn..

“”Zm… A½ Ip½m b_ªSm… ASv tbms«.. A¶¯nsâ fp¶n`n^p¶p N®os^mjp¡^pSv.. tUmgm… “” tfma½ AksW hfmVmWn¸n¡m³ {lfn¨p..

“” G]v.. tfma½ b_ªSpsNms*m¶pkÃ.. Mm³ Ft´m HmÀ¯t¸m… “” ASpw b_ªp Ak³ N®pNÄ SpX¨p..

“” FÃmk^v¡pw GgymsW_v Wyqhnsâ Fsâ hpUnWw b^nbmXn]nt`¡v hzmPSw… C¶v Cu b^nbmXn¡v Fsâ hpUnWw F¶SnWv bN^w W½psX hpUnWw F¶ tb^m\v tI^pN.. Nm^\w C¶v Hmt^m f`]man¡pw hpUnWw Ss¶]m\v… Nm^\w C¶m\v W½p¡v B hpµ^nNp«ns] Nn«n]Sp… hwPoSsâ fm]mKm`w C¶v Hmt^m hwPoSt{bfn]psX]pw fWÊn SoÀ¡p¶…. hz^fmVp^y¯m W½psX fWhv NojX¡n] hpµ^n Np«n.. ^mVnNm {bemN^³..”” Xn kn ]n AkSm^nN]psX hz^w tXmfn¨sâ NmSpNan bSn¨p.. A_n]msS Aksâ N®pNÄ Aksa tSXn..

ftWmi^fm] H^p b¨ hm^n]pXp¯p sWän]n b¨ Wn_¯n`pÅ sbm«p ImÀ¯n fpO¯v fWw f]¡p¶ bp©n^n Wn_¨p AkÄ hv–{NoWn sSan]p¶Sv…. ^mVnN¡p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^pbmXv fmäw k¶n^p¶p..

tW^t¯¡mapw H^pbmXv skap¯p.. fpO¯v fmwhaS Wn_ªp… l^o^w fpjpk³ knNhn¨tbms` .. SpXp¯ Nknan\Napw tIm^¨pk¸m] Ip*pNapw N^nfjns]jpSn] N®n\Napw B]n ^mVnN l^n¡pw hv{So huµ^y¯nsâ b^ym]fm]n^n¡p¶p…

“”Hmiv… l^n¡pw A¼`¯n`vWn¶pw tUkn C_§n k^p¶Sptbm`p*v t«m.. “” AkSm^N]psX km¡pNÄ.. ^mVnN ftWmi^fms]m^p bp©n^nt]msX NX¶pk¶p..

“”BUyw Ss¶ Fsâ]pw Hmt^m t{bgNsâ]pw kN]m]n H^m]n^w K·UnWmlwhNÄ tW^p¶p.. CWn]pw H^p Wq_pkÀgw Cu s{bh^nt¸msX Kokn¡s«.. “” ^mVnN¡p ihvSUmWw WÂNns¡m*v AkSm^N]psX km¡pNÄ..

^mVnN Sn^n¨p Wµn b_ªp ftWmi^fm] H^p bp©n^n]psX AN¼Xnt]msX..

AkSm^nN b` tImUy§apw tImUn¡p¶p.. ^mVnN ASnWp f_pbXn]pw b_]p¶p.. tXmfn¨³ At§m«v {l²n¡p¶ps*¦n`pw {l²n¡p¶nÃm¯tbms` Njn¨psNm*n^p¶p..

“”{b\]fpt*m fmZ¯nWp… KoknS¯n Bs^s]¦n`pw {b\]n¡p¶pt*m.. “” AkSm^N]psX tImUyw tXmfn¨sâ NmSpNan bSn¨t¸mÄ Ak³ S` D]À¯n tWm¡n.. F´m]n^n¡pw ^mVnN b_]pN.. Ss¶¸än b_]pw F¶v Aksâ]pÅn FknsXt]m H^p tSm¶Â.. ^mVnN A`vbw kngft¯msX]mt\m Cs¸m Nm\s¸Xp¶Sv… B N®pNÄ Aksâ sW©n S_¨p.. ASn kngfN\§Ä Wn_]p¶ntÃ… AkWsSÃmw Sn^n¨_n]mfm]n^p¶p… H^p Wnfngw Ak³ Bln¨ptbm]n AkÄ Ss¶¡p_n¨p b_ªn^ps¶¦n F¶v..

tfma½ tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n.. Xn kn ]nt`¡v N®pw W«n^n¡p¶ AktWN*t¸mÄ B A½irU]w tkUWn¨p..

“”FWn¡§sW {b\]sfm¶pw KoknS¯n Bt^mXpw tSm¶n]n«nÃ.. Cs¸m ASnsW¡p_ns¨m¶pw In´n¡p¶pfnÃ..”” ^mVnN ASv b_]pt¼mÄ AkapsX hz^w CX_n]n^ps¶m..

tXmfn¨sâ N®pNÄ A_n]msS AXªptbm]n.. ASnÂWn¶pw ^*pSpÅn¡®pWoÀ B t¹änt`¡p Cäpko\p.. irU]¯n fp_ntkän^n¡p¶p… F{S AN¶m`pw B fWÊn SmWp*mkpsf¶ {bSo£]p*m]n^p¶p.. bs£ SmWm^pfÃm*m]n^n¡p¶p… Ssâ ^mVq«n Ss¶]mt\m ASv F¶kWv hwl]w tSm¶n.. fWÊn C^p«pN]_p¶Sptbms`… Ak³ H¶pw fn*msS Fjpt¶äp.. Aksâ SNÀ¶ irU]w tfma½ Nm\p¶p*m]n^p¶p.. B A½ AksW SXªnÃ.. Ak³ bXnNÄ N]_nt¸mNp¶Sv tkUWt]msX tWm¡n Wn¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp…

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CâÀkyq Njnªp Sn^n¨p Nm_n N]_pN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN… B N®pNÄ N`§nf_nªn«p*v… irU]¯n AkÄ AWpekn¡p¶ tkUW AkapsX fpO¯v hvbãfm\v… ^mVnN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm_n N]_n]t¸mÄ

sSm«¸p_s¯ hoän bpÑt¯msX]pÅ In^n]pfm]n Aksa k^tk¡p¶ lm^U…

“”l¦^m…. k*n]Xpt¯m…. “” AkapsX BÚ ss{ZkÀ l¦^sâ NmSpNan bSnt]* Smfhw… k*n H^p fqa¡t¯msX bmªptbm]n..

“”fnXp¡n… Mm³ b_ªpS¶Sptbms` Ss¶ b_ªp… tImUy§Ä tW^s¯ AkÀ b_ªp S¶n^p¶SpsNm*p Ct¸mÄ CSv WX¶p.. CWn C§sWm^p Akh^¯n`tÃ`pw CsS§mWpw fmän¸_ªp B f«ksâ tbs^§mWpw b_ªm.. A_n]mt`m.. SaÀkmSw bnXn¨pNnX¡\ Wnsâ S´s] bns¶ Wo Nm\nÃ…”” lm^U]psX Sm¡otSmsX]pÅ km¡pNÄ ^mVnN {l²n¨nÃ… AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNpN]m]n^p¶p… CSv Ssâ CÑm]³ N*n«ps* B fWhv F{Sfm{Sw SNÀ¶n«p*mNpw F¶kÄ HmÀ¯p… Cu Unkhfm\v Sm³ sNmSn¨ CÑm]sâ {b\]w FWn¡v S¶Sv… B ^m{Sn]ns` hwek§Ä AkapsX fWhn`qsX NX¶ptbm]v–s¡m*n^p¶p… Ssâ CÑm]sâ fXn]n`n^p¶p B sW©n S` Im]v¨p Imªp_§n]Sv.. B Ip*pNÄ Ssâ Ipt*mXv tIÀ¶t¸mÄ CSpks^ AWpekn¡m¯ AWpeqSnNÄ WpNÀ¶v CÑm]sW AÅn¸nXn¨Sv… tN¡v fp_n¨Sv.. b^hvb^w km]n sk¨psNmXp¯Sv… DÅn F^nªptbm§p¶ h¦XNW`nsW sNXp¯m³ Ssâ N®oÀfj¡p Njn]p¶nà F¶kÄ Sn^n¨_nªp… AkapsX HmÀ½]ns` Hmt^m Wnfng§apw Aksa NmÀ¶pSn¶psNm*n^p¶p…

lm^U F¶ kngfm\v CSnsWÃmw Nm^\w… A¶v ko«n k¶ptN_n]t¸mÄ b_ª km¡pNÄ AkÄ HmÀ¯p..

“”Wnâѳ Fs¶ sN«ns¡m*p k¶Sm… As¸m Mm³ Wnsâ A½… Mm³ b_]p¶Sv fm{Sw Wo CWn AWph^n¨m fSn… AtàWnâÑWp kà kngkpw sNmXp¯p MmW§p sNmÃpw… H^p sSankpw CÃmsS A]msa SoÀ¡m³ FWn¡_n]mw.. ASpsNm*p Mm³ b_]p¶Spw AWph^n¨p Koknv–¡pN.. “”

bn¶t§m«p Sn^¡v bnXn¨ Hm«fm]n^p¶p.. BUy PmWw inäm]t¸mÄ bns¶ Akh^§apsX H^p tQmg]m{S]m]n^p¶p.. A½ FÃmw G¡pw.. tÌKv tgmNÄ tbm`pw.. FÃmw HmXnWX¶p sI¿\w.. b\w H^pbmXp*m]n A§sW… bs£ Cs¸m tW^s¯ AWpekn¨SntW¡mapw {b]mh§Ä… f^n]s] tbm`pw H¶v Nm\m³ AWpkUn¡p¶nÃ…

^mVnN]psX In´NÄ NmXpN]_n]t¸mÄ ko«ns`¯nt¨À¶Sv A_nªnÃ… Xu\nsâ sf]n³ G^n]]n`pÅ B bpSn] k`n] ko«n B NmÀ k¶p Wn¶p…. ^mVnN ImXn]n_§n fpOw sbm¯n HmXpN]m]n^p¶p.. AkÄ _qfn N]_n NSNX¨p N«n`nt`¡v f_nªp..

N®oÀfj]m]n^p¶p bn¶knsX… B NnX¡ fpjpk³ AkapsX fnjnWoÀ N\§am Wn_ªp.. sbs«¶v AkapsX fnjnNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSn¨Sv tXdnan k¨n^p¶ B ftWmi^fm] Nrgv\kn{Pi¯nt`¡m]n^p¶p… CtS Unkhw Ssâ CJm]³ SWn¡p WÂNn] h½mWw.. ImXnFjpt¶äp AkÄ ASv ssNNan FXp¯p sWt©mXv tIÀ¯p.. N®pWoÀ Vm^mVm^]m]n B ^qb¯nt`s¡mjpNn]n_§n..

“”´nWm N®m t¶mXn§msWms¡ sI¿t\… A{Sfm{Sw Ab^mV§Ä sI]vSn«pt*m Mm³.. sâ CÑm]sW s¶s¡mt*´nWm SÅn¸_]nt¨… Wn¡v b_]\w N®m… Cu t`mNt¯mXv Cu ^mVqXn]psX KokWm sâ CÑm]³ Fs¶Wn¡p knan¨pb_]\w N®m… “” AkÄ ko*pw ko*pw tS§n¡^ªp..

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“” Aan]m… Wo k¶t¸m fpS Cu C^n¸n^n¡p¶]m… Wo ASv knXp… sk_psS B Nm^y§sams¡ Bt`mIn¨p fWhv kngfn¸n¡msS…”” _n]mhnsâ km¡pNÄ tXmfn¨Wv H^na¡kpw sNmXp¯nÃ.. _n]mhnsâ B sI_n] ko«n Aksâ D½ WÂNn] Im]¡pfp¶n sk_psS tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m\v tXmfn¨³.. Aksâ AkØ _n]mhnsW H^pbmXv kngfn¸n¡p¶p*v.. bs£ H¶nWpw Cu AkØ]n hm´zWtfNm³ Njn]nà F¶kW_n]mw..

“”f^n] knan¡pt¼m b_]pw… ^mVnN Cs¸m Aksa sI¶pN*n«pw Nps_ B]n.. AktamsXm¶p hwhm^n¡m³ ASpsNm*p Njn]p¶nÃ… “”

tXmfn¨³ S`]p]À¯n _n]mhnsW H¶v tWm¡n.. fpO¯v A`hfm] H^p In^n]pw D*m]n^p¶p..

“”Wo b_ªSm l^n.. CWn H¶pw tk*… FÃmw f_¡\w.. F´m]m`pw Akant¸m H^p Wà Wn`]ns`¯n]tÃm.. ASpfSn.. “” kngft¯msX tXmfn¨³ ASpw b_ªp Fjpt¶äp…

“”Zm… Wo knXpkmt\m.. “” _n]mhv AksW AWpPfn¨p tImSn¨p..

“”fv… FÃmw f_¡\w.. b¸]psX dnhnWhv Hs¡ Cs¸m Np_¨p ZÅm… Hs¡ H¶v bYn¡m³ SpX§\w.. FÃmw f_¡m³ CWn AsSms¡]pÅp H^p fmÀPw.. “” tXmfn¨³ At{Sw b_ªp ]m{S]m]n.. Ak³ tbmNp¶Sv H^p sWXpkoÀt¸msX _n]mhv tWm¡nWn¶p..

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“”tfmat½…””

hufykpw hvtWit¯msX]pfpÅ Ssâ eÀ¯mknsâ knantN«v AÛpSt¯msX tfma½ S` Sn^n¨ptWm¡n.. B sdZv_qfn B sdZv–`mwdnsâ skan¨¯n h¦XSn^]Xn¡p¶ Ssâ bmSn]psX fpOw tfma½ N*p… Nps_ Unkh§am]n hvtWit¯msX H¶v fn*n]n«p… Ft´m {blvWfp*v F¶v AkapsX fWhv b_ªp..

“”Wn§Äs¡¶m bän]Sv… Np_¨p Unkhm]n Mm³ tImUn¡pktÃ… F¶mt\`pw Sp_¶p b_.. dnhnWhv ktÃmw Wã¯n`ms]sâ]mt\m… “” tfma½ kas^ hufyfm]m\v ASv tImSn¨Sv..

“”Wãfà tfma½… AVxbSWw.. FÃmw AXnsSän kojpN]m\v… CWn F´mkpw F¶_n]nÃ… Wnt¶w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfmtWw tWm¡mWpÅSptbm`pw Cs¸m Wãs¸Xpw… FÃmw Wãs¸Xm³ tbmkm tfmat½.. Cu koXpw Nm_pw ØmbW§apw FÃmw.. “” A]mapsX km¡pNÄ H^p S^nt¸msX]m\v tfma½ tN«n^p¶Sv.. h¦Xw Wnj`n¨n^p¶p B km¡pNanÂ…

“”ASnWpfm{Sw F´m D*mt]… “”

“”t»Zv tSmfmIWv AXnsSän tfmat½… ISn bän… bpSn] H^p dnhnWhv hw^we¯nWv W½psX ØmbW§apsX]pw koXnsâ]pw Hs¡ shNyq^nän]n Mm³ H^p k³ SpN t`m¬ FXp¯n^p¶p… ASv fpjpk³ tbm]n…. Np_¨p b\w H¸n¡mWpÅ Hm«¯n`m]n^p¶p.. FÃm kmSn`pNapw AXªn^n¡]m..FÃmw knVn]m… sI]vS sSäpNÄ CknsX¯s¶ AWpekn¨p SoÀ¡\fm]n^n¡pw… Mm³ sI]vS sSäpNÄ¡v Wns¶]pw tfmsW]pw ln£n¡^psS F¶ {bm^vTWs] DÅp Cs¸m….””

A]mapsX hz^w CX^p¶Sv tfma½ A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.. FÃmk^psX]pw fp¶n NÃptbms` D_¨pWn¡p¶ fWpgyWm Cs¸m C§sW.. AkapsX irU]w tS§n..

“”Wn§Ä H¶v kngfn¡mSn^n¡p.. NÀ¯mkv Ft¶`pw H^p kjn Nm\n¨pS^pw.. “” tfma½ ASv b_ªpsk¦n`pw AkÄ DÅn N^]pN]m]n^p¶p…

hf]w Cjªnjªp Wo§n.. Wn{U N\vtbmaNsa SjpNp¶nÃ… tSmfm¨³ BsN AhzØSt]msX Sn^nªpw f_nªpw NnX¶p.. fWhv Fs´ms¡s¡mt*m bnX]p¶tbms`.. H^pbmXv sSäpNÄ I]vSn«p*v.. H^pbmXv tb^psX N®o^pw lmbkpw tfXn¨n«p*v… Cs¸m Ssâ tfmsâ N®o^nWpw Sm´s¶]m\v Nm^\w.. A]mÄ bSps¡ Fjpt¶äp.. tfma½s] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wà D_¡fm\v.. AkapsX Nknan\Nan fnjnWoÀ¡\§Ä H`n¨n_§n] bmXv sSanªpNnX¡p¶p… bmkw.. W¶m]n N^ªn«p*v… FÃmw Ss¶ Nm^\fms\¶pÅ tdmVw A]mapsX irU]w SNÀ¯p.. tSmfm¨³ bSns] Fjpt¶äp WX¶p.. Nm`pNÄ Wo*Sv tXmfn¨sâ fp_n]nt`¡mWp.. A]mÄ NSNv SÃntWm¡n.. ASv Sp_¶pk¶p.. bq«n]n«nÃ.. bSns] IpkXpNÄ k¨v AN¯pNX¶t¸mÄ N«n`n Ssâ sbmt¶mfWbp{S³ Wn{UmtUkns] bp`vNnNnX¡p¶Sv A]mÄ N*p.. A_n]msSt¶m\w A]mapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp..
A]mÄ IpkXpNÄ sk¨v tXmfn¨WXpt¯¡p Wo§n.. AktWmXp fm¸p tImUn¡\w F¶v A]mapsX fWhv f{´n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p… B Nm`pNan H¶v bnXn¡m³ tXmfm¨sâ ssNNÄ Wo*p..

sbs«¶v l^o^¯nWv em^w NqXn]t¸ms`… ssNNm`pNÄ kn^sNmÅm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ.. I¦pb_n]p¶ tkUW AWpeks¸«t¸mÄ A]mÄ H^p ssN sW©n AfÀ¯nbnXn¨p.. NpWnªp Wn¶n^p¶SnWm f_pssN tXmfn¨sâ Nm`pNan B\v bnXn¨Sv.. sW©n AWpeks¸« tkUW]n ssNNÄ¡v d`w NqXn.. ASv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tXmfn¨sâ Nm`pNan AfÀ¶p.. tSmfm¨Wv N®n C^p«v N]m^p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n.. lzmhw Nn«m¯tbms`…

Nm`pNans` d`¯n`pÅ bnXp¯w tXmfn¨sâ N®pNsa Sp_¸n¨p.. Ak³ N*Sv sW©n ssNtIÀ¯p knk^v\fm] fpOt¯msX sdZnt`¡p kojm³ SpX§p¶ b¸s] B\v.. At¸mtj¡pw tSmfm¨³ SaÀ¶p ko\n^p¶p..

“”b¸m..”” H^p A`À¨t]msX tXmfn¨³ tSmfm¨sW ssNNan FXp¯p fXn]n S` sk¨v C^p¯n..

“”F¶m b¸m bäns]… km W½p¡v timhvbnä`n tbmNmw.. “” tbXnt]msX]pw h¦Xt¯msX]pw B\v tXmfn¨³ ASv b_ªSv..

“”H¶pknÃXm… FWn¡v Wnt¶mXv Np_¨p b_]mWp*v.. Cs¸m b_ªntàbns¶ ASnWp bänÃ… Wnt¶mXv… sI¿p¶ k`n] sSäpfmNpw… ASv…”” A]mapsX km¡pNÄ fp_nªp fp_nªm\v bp_t¯¡p k¶Sv.. CX]v¡p ssN sW©n AfÀ¯p¶pfp*v..

“”AsSms¡ bns¶… BUyw W½p¡v timhvbnä`n tbmkmw.. “” Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p…

“”AStÃXm.. Wnsâ]pw B ^mVnN F¶ sNm¨nsâ]pw dÔw … FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p… MmWm Aksa eog\ns¸Xp¯n Wnt¶mXv CWntf hwhm^n¡^psS¶p b_ªSv.. AkapsX AÑsW sNm`s¸Xp¯pw F¶v b_ªSpsNm*m AkÄ bn·m_n]Sv.. Wnsâ hvtWiw FWn¡v fWhn`mNmsS tbm]n… Cs¸m WnW¡v S^m³ Fsâ N¿n H¶pfnà tfmsW…”” tkUW hin¨p tSmfm¨³ b_ªp..

“”tfmsW… FWns¡t¶`pw bän]m`pw… tfma½s] Wo sbm¶ptbms` tWm¡nt¡m\w.. Akav bmkmXm… “” kn¡nkn¡n b_ª km¡pNÄ Wn¶p… làfm] tkUW]m tSmfm¨³ bÃp NXn¨p.. sW©ns` bnXp¯SnWp làn NqXn.. N®pNanÂWn¶pw N®pWoÀ H`n¨n_§n… {bm\³ bp_s¯¡pNX¡m³ l^o^¯n`qsX bmªpWX¡p¶ tbms`..

“”b¸m… “” N®pWot^msX]pÅ tXmfn¨sâ knan]n tSmfm¨³ H¶pNqXn AksW tWm¡n.. bns¶ B N®pNÄ I`n¨nÃ… {bm\³ NqXpkn«p bp_¯ptbm]n^n¡p¶p…

At¸mtj¡pw tXmfn¨sâ Wn`knanlÐw tN«v tfma½ At§mt«t¡mXn F¯n]n^p¶p.. tXmfn¨³ Ssâ bmSns] tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p N^]pN]m\v..

tfma½ tkP¯n fnXn¡p¶ irU]t¯msX At§m«v HmXn…

“”b¸m…”” tXmfn¨sâ Wn`knan B koXpfpjpk³ fmsäm`n sNm*p…

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t»Zv tSmfm¨sâ f^\kmÀ¯ Nm«pSotbms` AknsX§pw Ban¸XÀ¶p… H^pknVw KW§saÃmw ht´mgn¡pN]m\v sI]vSSv.. Nm^\w tSmfm¨³ b`À¡pw l{Spkpw N®n tIm^]nÃm¯kpWpw Hs¡ B]n^p¶tÃm.. hwh-vNm^IX§nWv B k`n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv koXpfpjpk³ KW§sa sNm*v Wn_ªn^p¶p.. b` ^m{ão] tWSm¡apw KW{bfm\nNapw AknsX k¶n^p¶p… NqXmsS ^mQk³ fmÌs_ tbm`pÅ {bPÛ^pw F¯nt¨À¶p… tXmfn¨sW hvtWin¡p¶ H^pbmXptbÀ FÃm Nm^y§apw sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p… tSmfm¨tWmXv FSnÀ¸ps*¦n`pw tXmfn¨tWmXpÅ hvtWis¯{bSn FÃmk^pw HmXnWX¶p Nm^y§Ä sI]vSp.. H¸w FÃmNm^y¯nWpw f^n]]pw _n]mhpw NqsX D*m]n^p¶p.. ASpsNm*p Ss¶ tXmfn¨Wv H¶pw A_nt]*n k¶nÃ… tfma½ tXmfn¨sW fp_psN¸nXn¨p N^¨n Ss¶… tXmfn¨³ WnÀknNm^St]msX tfma½s] tIÀ¯pbnXn¨n^n¡pN]m\v…

AtShf]w ^mVnN]psX NmSn`pw B f^\kmÀ¯ F¯n]n^p¶p… Ss¶ Ssâ CJm]m\n`vWn¶pw ANäm³ Nm^\¡m^Wm] kyàn]mt\`pw tXmfn¨³ Ct¸mÄ F{Sfm{Sw h¦Xs¸Xp¶p*mNpw F¶kÄ¡_n]mw… SWn¡v h¦Xw k¶t¸mÄ Sm§m]n NqsXWn¶]mÄ¡p H^`vbw BlzmhtfNm³ AkÄ sNmSn¨p…

“”As½… Hä¯k\ MmsWm¶p tbm]n Nt*ms«… W½p¡v H¯n^n him]w sI]vSStà tXmfn¨³.. As¸m H¶ptbm]n Nm\t*… “” ^mVnN lm^St]mXv tNjpN]m]n^p¶p…

“”fn*msS ANs¯§mWpw tbm]n^pt¶m\w… Aksâ Nm^yw fn*nt¸mN^pSv… Wo FknsXs]ms¡ tbmN\w… tbmN*m F¶v So^pfmWn¡p¶Sv MmWm..tbmXo AN¯p..”” tUgyt¯msX lm^U ASpw b_ªp ^mVnNs] _qfnt`¡v SÅn… AkÄ sdZnt`¡p f_nªt¸mÄ lm^U NSNv sNm«n]X¨p..

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Unkh§Ä sNmjnªp… tSmfm¨sâ cnWm³hv N¼Wn]pw dnhnWhpw FÃmw SNÀ¶p NXwN]_n Aäm¡pk¶m\v tSmfm¨³ f^n¨Sv F¶ kmÀ¯ KW§Ä¡nX]n bXÀ¶p… CSnWnX]n tXmfn¨³ dm¦n`pw fäpw dÔs¸«p Nm^y§apsX NnX¸v fWhn`m¡n]n^p¶p… b\w CuXm¡m³ FÃm hz¯pkNNapw KbvSn sI¿pNs] kjn]pÅq F¶ A_nkm\v AkWp `en¨Sv… Asæn b\w Sn^nsN AX¡\w.. ASnsW´m]m`pw SWn¡p Njn]nà F¶k³ fWhn`m¡n… ASnWm tfma½s] Nq«n bXn]n_§pN… CWn BsN DÅSv tfma½]psX tb^n dm¦n NnX¡p¶ Np_¨p ^qb]m\v.. H^p bSp`£t¯maw… tXmfn¨³ ASpsNm*p H^p sI_n] sb^]pw A©p shâv Ø`kpw tfXn¨p.. Np_¨p DÅn`m]m\v… dpÅäv Aksâ tb^n`m]SnWm ASv Wãsb«nÃ…

HXpkn tfma½s] tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p Ak³ B k`n] koXnsâ bXn]n_§n.. FÃmknV him]¯nWpw _n]mhpw f^n]]pw tXmfn¨sâ fäpIn` hpir¯p¡apw NqsX D*m]n^p¶p.. Aks^Ãmw tIÀ¶v Bkly¯nWpÅ hmVW§saÃmw gncväv sI]vSp… eÀ¯mknsâ tkÀbmXn tfma½ BsN SNÀ¨]n`m]n^p¶p… H¶pw fn*msS BsN tlmNbqÀÆfm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkØ… Np_¨p Unkh§Äs¡m*p tXmfn¨³ tfma½s] hmVm^Wn`]nt`¡v– sNm*pk¶p… h¼¶S]psX fXn¯«n`vWn¶pw Smjv¶Wn`]nt`¡p Nq¸pNp¯ns]¦n`pw hfmVmWbq^v\fm] KoknSfm]n^p¶p tXmfn¨Wv B sNm¨pko«nÂ…

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“”Zm….. CWnF´m b^nbmXn… “” _n]mhnsâ kN tImUyw.. tXmfn¨sâ bpSn]ko«n H^p tfl¡pIpäpw C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkÀ.. NqsX f^n]]pw… tfma½ AXp¡a]n`m]n^p¶p..

“”F´v b^nbmXn.. CWn tkPw F§sW`pw H^p tKm`n N*pbnXn¡\w.. F¶n«p tfma½s] tWm¡\w… A{St] Cs¸m Mm³ In´n¡p¶pÅp… “” tXmfn¨³ f_pbXn b_ªp..

“”F¶m`pw ^mVnN H¶v k¶ptbm`pfnÃtÃm.. “” f^n]m]m\v ASv b_ªSv..

“”CWn fn*^pSv AkapsX Nm^yw.. H^p ^mVnN… Cs¸m fWhn`m]ntà Wnsâ AXp¯ Nq«pNm^ns]..”” tUgyt¯msX]m\v _n]mhv ASv b_ªSv…

“”tU C¡m… Aksa¡p_n¨p A§sWs]m¶pw b_]*m.. FWn¡_n]mw Aksa… AsSm^p b©bmkm… Ft¶`pw {blvWfntÃÂ AkÄ A§msWm¶pw sI¿nÃ…””

Ak^psX km¡pNÄ tN«v tXmfn¨³ S`]p]À¯n Aks^ tWm¡n..

“”^mVnN tk\¶psk¨p sI]vSSà _n]mth CsSm¶pw.. b¸m Aksa Bsa]]¨p eog\ns¸Xp¯n]n^p¶p… Ft¶mXv AXp¸w Nm\n¨m AkapsX AÑsW]pw B NpXpwdkpw Wln¸n¨pNa]psf¶p tbXn¸n¨m A§sW Aksas¡m*p sI¿nt¨.. Mm³ CsSm¶pw A_n]mWpw bmXnà F¶v Aksa eogn\ns¸Xp¯n]n^p¶p.. b¸m f^n¡p¶SnWv fp¼v Ft¶mXv FÃmw b_ªn^p¶p.. “” tXmfn¨sâ km¡pNÄ H^p S^nt¸msX]m\v AkÀ tN«n^p¶Sv..

“”As¸m ASm]n^p¶p Nm^\w.. Mm³ b_ªntà AkÄ¡p Ft¶`pw Nm^yfm] {blv–Ww hwekn¨n«p*mNpw… Cs¸m AkapsX ^*mW½]m FÃmw tWm¡p¶Sv.. Ak^v H^p Wà hv{So AÃ… “” f^n] ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n..

“”Zm Aan]m…. A§mWmt\ W½p¡v Aksa H¶v Nm\t*… F¶n«p FÃmw b^hvb^w b_ªm FÃmw N`§nsSan]ntÃ..””

_n]mhnsâ km¡pNÄsN«p tXmfn¨³ H¶v bp©n^n¨p..

“”tk*Xm…. Cs¸m M§Ä S½n H¯n^n A´^fp*v… Ak`nt¸m tN^aw fpjpk³

A_n]s¸Xp¶ bm«pNm^n]m… C¶s¯ Un tfmÌv tbm¸p`À t¹dm¡v hn§À C³ tN^a… M³ Gäkpw Smjv¶Wn`]n`pw… As¸m AkapsX FÃm Nm^y§apw N`ym\kpw {b\]kpw FÃmw hfqiw DäptWm¡pw.. AkÄ¡p hfqi¯nsâ N®pNÄ {l²n¡\w… ASnWmWph^n¨p So^pfmW§Ä FXp¡\w… As¸m Mm³ ASnWnX]n H^p l`yfm]n N]_ns¨Ãp¶Sv l^n]Ã…”” ASv–epSt¯msX]m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv _n]mhpw f^n]]pw Aksâ km¡pNÄ tN«Sv..

“”Zm.. bs£ AkÄ¡p Cu ht´mg§saÃmw D*m]Sv Wo Nm^\ftÃ..”” _n]mhv ko*pw tImSn¨p.. .

tXmfn¨³ H¶v In^n¨p..”” AkapsX Njnkm\v Aksa CknsX F¯n¨Sv… ASnWp W½Ä H^p fmÀPw Sp_¶psNmXp¯p Fs¶ DÅp.. Cs¸m F´m]m`pw FWn¡§\s¯ In´s]m¶pfnÃ… H^p tKm`n tWXpN.. tfma½s] tWm¡pN…”” tXmfn¨³ b_ªp WnÀ¯n]t¸mtj¡pw koXnWpfp¶n H^p sskäv NaÀ sd³hv k¶pWn¶p…. Aks^Ãmw ASnl]t¯msX bp_t¯¡p tWm¡n.. B^m]n^n¡pw sd³hns`ms¡ CknsX… f^n]]psX fWÊn sbs«¶v ^mVnN]psX fpOw sSanªp.. CWn ^mVnN… AkapsX CÑm]sW Nm\m³ HmXnk¶Smt\m…

fqk^pw fnjn]pwWm«p tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m\v… sbs«¶v tZmÀ Sp_¶p H^p hv{So^qbw C_§p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.. H^p Wo`¡aÀ hm^n]m\v tkgw.. tdmdv sI]vS fpXn]pw Wà skap¯ Wn_kpw BNrSns]m¯ l^o^kpw.. AkÄ Sn^nªt¸mÄ AkÀ B fpOw N*p.. SpXp¯ NknanWNapw sI_n]N®pNapw ftWmi^fm] Ip*pNapw.. ftWmi^n]m\v NmjvI]nÂ.. fpO¯v ftWmi^fm] bp©n^n]p*v..

“”fmaknN {cm³hnhv…”” f^n]]psX BVm^§an`vWn¶pw B lÐw bp_t¯¡pk¶p… At¸mjm\v tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhnWpw Bsa fWhn`m]Sv.. AsS.. AkÄ Ss¶.. fmaknN… ¢mÊn Ai¦m^¯nsâ {bSoNfm]n^p¶ sb®v… ^mVnNs] F¶pw Nan]m¡n]n^p¶kÄ… Cs¸m H^pbmXv fm_n]n^n¡p¶p… hm^n]n AkÄ ASnftWmi^n Ss¶]m\v.. H^pNm`¯p tNmtaKns` dyq«n Nzo³ B]n A_n]s¸«n^p¶StÃ.. f^n]]psX fpO¯v AktamXpÅ tUgyw bXÀ¶n«p*v.. tXmfn¨Wv AktamXv tUgyw tSm¶n]n«ps*¦n`pw Cs¸m Ssâ ko«n bp©n^nt]msX N]_nk^p¶ AktamXv tUgyw Nm\n¡p¶Sv l^n]à F¶ tSm¶Â AksW bp©n^n¸n¡m³ t{b^n¸n¨p.. Aksâ fpO¯v ftWmi^fm] H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p..

“”Mm³ tXmfn¨sW H¶v Nm\m³ k¶Sm… b¸m f^n¨t¸mÄ Mm³ k¶n^p¶p.. bs£ F´psNmt*m tXmfn¨sâ fp¶n k^m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.. Wn§Äs¡ÃmkÀ¡pw Ft¶mXv DÅn tUgyfms\¶p A_n]mw.. ASn sSäpfnÃ… Nm^\w Mm³ A§sW B]n^p¶tÃm… Wn§am^pw ASv fWÊn sk¡^pSv.. “”kngft¯msX ASv b_]pt¼mÄ fmaknN]psX N®v Wn_]m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p.. hSy¯n AkÀ¡p ASv AktamXpÅ hfobW¯n fmäw k^p¯n.. tXmfn¨³ Fjpt¶äp AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p..

“”G]v.. AsSms¡ knXp fmaknN… Cs¸m CknsX k¶n^n¡p… “” tXmfn¨³ Aksa Blzhn¸n¨p..

fmaknN k¶p AkÀ¡Xp¯p Nth^]n C^p¶p..

“”tfma½.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p Im] NqXn.. “” tXmfn¨³ ANt¯¡v knan¨pb_ªp.. tfma½ At¸mtj¡pw bp_t¯¡p k¶p.. hwl]t¯msX fmaknNs] tWm¡p¶ tfma½s] tWm¡n tXmfn¨³ In^n¨p..

“”tfmat½.. CSv fmaknN.. M§apsX ¢mhn D*m]n^p¶… Mm³ b_ªn«ntÃ..”” tXmfn¨³ ASv b_]pt¼mÄ tfma½ fWhn`m]n F¶ AÀ°¯n S`Np`p¡n.. DXsW fmaknN FjptWäp tfma½]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.. AkÄ NpWnªp tfma½]psX Nm`n hvbÀln¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ tfma½ Aksa tSmanÂbnXn¨p D]À¯n..

“”F´m tfmsa CSv.. tfmsa´nWm Fsâ Nm`p bnXn¡ps¶…””

“”G]v.. H¶pfnà f½n… f½ns] N*t¸m Mm³.. Fsâ f½ns] N* HmÀ½ FWn¡nÃ…””sbs«¶v Ft´m HmÀ¯tbms` fmaknN tfma½s] tWm¡n…

“”£fn¡\w.. Mm³ f½n F¶v knant¨ms« tXmfn¨sâ A½s]..”” AkÄ A`vbw b^n{efn¨p tImSn¨p..

“”ASnsW´m tfmsa.. tfma§sW knant¨m… bns¶ CknXn^n¡p.. Mm³ Im] FXp¯pk^mw..”” tfma½ Im] FXp¡m³ ANt¯¡v tbm]n..

l^n¡pw FÃmk^pw ASnl]n¨p C^n¡pkm]n^p¶p.. fmaknN BsN fm_n]n^n¡p¶p.. Ai¦m^w Cs¸m `kt`lfnÃ.. fmaknN k¶p f^n]]psX AXp¯m\v C^p¶Sv.. AkÄ f^n]]psX k`¯pN^w AkapsX N¿n bnXn¨p f^n]]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.. fmaknN]psX fpO¯v ]mIWm emkfm]n^p¶p…

“”f^ns].. WnWs¡t¶mXv tUgyfpt*m… Mm³ H¯n^n Wn§sas]ms¡ tWmkn¨n«p*v.. Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w..”” fmaknN]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v f^n] AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p…

“”AsSm¶pw hm^fnÃ… FÃmw NjnªntÃ… CWn ASv In´n¡*m… “” f^n] Aksa Blzhn¸n¨p.. fmaknN AksatWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨p..

“”FWn¡v ^mVnNs] B\v Nm\t*.. AktamXv tk\w fm¸p tImUn¡m³.. H¯n^n Nan]m¡n]ntà Mm³ Aksa.. “” ^mVnN ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n.. Ak³ H¶v In^n¨pNm\n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp..

“”Zm _n]mth.. Wn§ant¸mjpw N« {b\]¯n`m\tÃ…”” fmaknN _n]mhnsW tWm¡n.. Ak³ H¶v N®n_p¡nNm\n¨p.. At¸mtj¡pw tfma½ Im]]pfm]n F¯n… tfma½ bp©n^nt]msX Im] fmaknN]psX tWs^ Wo«n.. AkÄ ASv H^p bp©n^n Sn^n¨ph½mWn¨p hzoN^n¨p..

“”f½n… tXmfn¨³ F´m Fs¶¸än b_ªSv.. F´m]m`pw WÃSm]n^n¡nà AsÃ… “”

tfma½ AkapsX km¡pNÄ¡p H¶v bp©n^n¨p.. “”hSyw b_ªm tfmav b_ªSv l^n]m.. bs£ Ak³ b_ªsSms¡ sSäms\¶v Cs¸m fWhn`m]n.. “”

“”Aà f½n.. tXmfn¨³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªSv l^n Ss¶]m… A½]nÃmsS kaÀ¶SpsNm*mNpw.. b_ªp S^mWpw sSäpIq*n¡m\n¡mWpw B^pw D*m]n^p¶nà F¶v fm{SfÃ… A½]nÃm¯ Np«n]m]SpsNm*p b¸m H^pbmXv `man¡pN]pw sI]vSp.. ASnsâs]m^p Npj¸w.. CWns]Wn¡p f½n]p*tÃm.. “” ASpw b_ªp fmaknN tfma½s] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.. tfma½ Sn^n¨pw..

“”bns¶ tXmfn¨m.. Mm³ k¶Sv tXmfn¨tWmXv H^p Nm^yw b_]mWm.. CSv b_]pt¼mÄ Up^enfmWsfm¶pw tSm¶nt]¡`v.. FWn¡v tXmfn¨sâ AkØ A_n]mw.. ASpsNm*p Mm³ b¸t]mXv tXmfn¨sâ Nm^yw hwhm^n¨n^p¶p.. M§sX N¼Wn]n H^p Ahn. fmtWK^psX tbmÌv Cs¸m Hjnkp*v.. ASnt`¡p tXmfn¨³ tKm]n³ sI¿\w.. bänà F¶v b_]*.. ASnWpÅ Nzmancnt¡g³ D*m]n«pSs¶]m Wn]fn¡p¶Spw…”” fmaknN b_ªpWnÀ¯n..

_n]mhnWpw f^n]m¡pw AÛpSkpw ht´mgkpw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p fpO¯v… fmaknN tXmfn¨sâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.. bs£ B fpOs¯ emkw AkÄ¡p fWhn`m]nÃ… ASpN*p _n]mhpw tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n..

“”F´mXm Wnsâ fpOs¯m^p sSan¨fnÃmsS…”” _n]mhv tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n tImSn¨p..

“”ASv tk* fmaknN… Mm³ k^nÃ..”” fmaknNs] tWm¡n]m\v tXmfn¨³ ASv b_ªSv..

“”tU tXmfn¨m… tXmfn¨³ F§sW N\¡m¡n]m`pw Cs¸m Fsâ sdhv_v {c*v B\v tXmfn¨³.. FâXp¯p tXmfn¨sâ Up^enfmWw tk*.. CWn ASÃ… Fs¶ bj]tbms`]m\v Nm\p¶sS¦nÂ… Ft¶mXv sk_p¸ms\¦n Mm³ H¶pw b_]p¶nÃ.. sbmt¡mamw..”” fmaknN ASv kngft¯msX b_ªp..

“”A§mWÃm fmaknN.. Mm³ Dt±ln¨Sv…”” tXmfn¨sW ASv fpjpfn¸n¡m³ _n]mhv AWpkSn¨nÃ.. Ak³ CX¡pN]_n.

“”Wo CWn A§sW H¶pw Dt±ln¡*m.. Wo AknsX tbmNpw.. Cs¸m WnWs¡m^p tKm`n Bklyfm… “” _n]mhv ASv b_ªp fm`knN¡p tWs^ Sn^nªp.. “” Wo ssV^yfm]n^pt¶m… Ck³ k^pw..”” _n]mhv ASv b_ªt¸mÄ fmaknN H¶v bp©n^n¨p..

“”F¶m Mm³ C_§ns]¡pkm… Wmsa Ss¶ kt¶¡\w.. Atàtk*.. tXmfn¨³ CknsX H¶v H^p§n Wn¶m fSn.. Mm³Ss¶ k¶p sNms*mt¡mamw..”” fmaknN ASpw b_ªp Fjpt¶äp..

“”ASptk*.. Mm³ kt¶mamw..”” tXmfn¨³ sbs«¶v b_ªp..

fmaknN H¶v bp©n^n¨p.. AkÄ tWs^ sI¶Sv tfma½]psX AXpt¯¡m\v.. F¶n«p tfma½]psX fpOw AkapsX ssNNp¼nan`m¡n..

“”Mm³ tbms« f½n.. CX]v¡p k^mw.. D½…”” ASpw b_ªp fmaknN tfma½]psX Nknan Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n.. AkÄ H¶v bp©n^n¨ tlgw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^nªp WX¶p.. kmSn¡s`¯n AkÄ H¶pNqXn Sn^nªp tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n.. F¶n«p ftWmi^fm] H^p bp©n^n h½mWn¨p Sn^nsN WX¶p..

“”Fsâ AtÅm.. C§sW]pw fm_ptfm sb®p§av… CsSm^p kÃm¯ fmäfm]ntbm]n..””
_n]mhnsâ kN]m]n^p¶p Nfâv..

“”hSyw..”” f^n]]pw b_ªptbm]n..

tXmfn¨³ H¶v In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp..

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bntä¶v fmaknN b_ª hf]¯pSs¶ tXmfn¨³ HmcnhnWp’ fp¼n F¯n.. ftWmi^fm] H^p C^pWn`sN«nXw… Xu\nsâ H¯mWXp¡m]m\v B ØmbWw ØnSn sI¿p¶Sv… fp¶ns` k`n] km¡pNan FjpSn]n^n¡p¶Sv Ak³ km]n¨p.. “”fmaknN FâÀss{bÊv..”” tcm^vf`v s{ZÊn`m\v tXmfn¨³ k¶Sv.. H^p Caw Wo` gÀ«pw Im^ NaÀ bmâvhpw tbmangv sI]vSp ftWmi^fm¡n] »m¡v gqhpw.. sfm¯¯n B s{ZÊn tXmfn¨³ H^p tUkNpfm^Wm]n^p¶p.. Ak³ ANt¯¡v IpkXpNÄ sk¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ fmaknN C_§nk^p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.. fpO¯v kna§p¶ bp©n^n]pw.. AkÄ HmXn k¶p Aksâ N¿n Ipän¸nXn¨p…

“”Mm³ tWm¡n Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p… In`t¸m k^nà Fs¶m^p tbXn]p*m]n^p¶p… k¶tÃm.. km.. ANt¯¡v tbmNmw.. “” ASpw b_ªp Aksâ N¿n AkNpsX ssN Ipäns¡m*pSs¶ AkÄ tXmfn¨sW]pwsNm*p ANt¯¡v WX¶p..

“”fmaknN… Wo ssNkns« .. Bt^`pw Nm\pw..”” tXmfn¨³ AkapsX ssN knXpkn¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*p b_ªp…

“”AsS.. Bt^`pw N*m`pw Ak^v tImUn¨m`pw Mm³ b_tªmamw CsSsâ sdhv_v… I¦v {c*v B\v F¶v… Cu hpµ^Np«¸sâ ssNbnXn¨v CknsXmÅk^psXfp¶n W½an¯n^n Pf Nm\nt¨ms«Xm DsÆ… ASnsWmÅ Akh^w tbm`pw S^ntà FWn¡v..”” AkÄ Aksâ fpO¯ptWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.. tXmfn¨Wpw Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨p… AkÀ AN¯pNX¶t¸mÄ Aks^ Ss¶tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ fäpÅ tKm`n¡ms^ B\v N*Sv.. At©m Bt_m tb^v Nm\pw.. fn¡Spw hv{SoNÄSs¶… FÃmk^pw sI_p¸w.. tXmfn¨³ FÃmks^]pw tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨p… hv{SoNÄ FÃmk^pw Ss¶ knXÀ¶ N®pNapfm]n GtSm AÛpSKokns] tWm¡p¶Sv tbms`]m\v tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n]Sv… fmaknN ASpN*t¸mÄ AktWmXp Np_¨pNqXn tIÀ¶pWn¶p…

“”tU B _qfnt`¡v knt«m… b¸m ASnWpÅn D*v.. Mm³ b_ªn«p*v… tWs^ sI¶m fSn..”” fmaknN tWs^ ssN Iq*n AksW _qw Nm\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.. tXmfn¨³ At§m«v tWm¡n.. fpNan RD F¶v tdm^vZn`v FjpSn]n^n¡p¶p… Ak³ bSns] At§m«v IpkXpNÄ k¨p..

fmaknN ^*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N¿pw koln fpOs¯m^p Pfbp©n^n]pfm]n hv{So KW§apsX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n..

“”B^m fmaknN ASv.. “” ASn H^pkÄ BNmwgmbqÀÆw tImSn¨p..

“”ASm\v tXmw tSmfhv.. tXmfn¨³.. Fsâ sdÌp {c*v B\v. M§Ä H^pfn¨p bYn¨Sm.. CknXps¯ bpSn] Ahn. fmtWKÀ B]n tKm]n³ sI¿m³ k¶Sm.. “” AkÄ b_ªp..

“”CknsXt]m… hSyw..?..”” fsäm^pkÄ knlzmhw k^m¯tbms` tImSn¨p.. AkapsX N®ns` Sna¡w fmaknN {l²n¨n^p¶p…

“” AsS.. CknsX¯s¶… F¶pN^pSn Aksâ]Xp¯p t{bf¸Wn]pfms]§mWpw sI¶m B N®v Mm³ Np¯nsbm«n¡pw.. “” fmaknN NbX tUgyt¯msX b_ªp..

“”At¿m… Wfps¡m¶pw tk*mt]… Cks^tbms`s]m¶nsWs]§mWpw sN«n]m bns¶ Nq«pNm^psX]pw A]mÂNm^v sb®p§apsX]pw Hs¡ Nplp¼pw Ahq]]pw Hs¡ N*p tks_kà Akapfm^pfm]psf§mWpw dÔfpt*m Fs¶ms¡ hwl]n¨p KoknSw Np«nt¨m_mkpw… ASpsNm*p W½p¡v Ct{Sw hpµ^·ms^s]m¶pw tk*…”” BUy¯kÄ A`vbw bpÑemk¯n b_ªp…

“”At¿mXn… Nn«n]m Wos]ms¡ B Wnfngw Njp¯pWo«n sNmXp¡pktÃm”” fmaknN]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v fäpÅkÀ In^n¨p…

“”AÃ… tfmÄs¡¶m B hpµ^sâ Nm^y¯n C{S l¦ .. hwekw t{bfm\tÃ… “” fsäm^pkÄ fmaknNs] tWm¡n b_ªp..

“”tbmXo … A§sWs]m¶pfnÃ.. AksWsâ sdhv_v {c*v B\v.. As¸m AksW Wns¶tbm`pÅk^psX Hs¡ N®pNan Wn¶pw ^£nt¡* IpfS` FWns¡m*p..”” ASv b_]pt¼mÄ fmaknN]psX fpOw Wm\¯m Sm¶n^p¶p..

“”½vfv…. ASv fWhn`mkp¶p*v… “” DXsW F¯n BUy¯kapsX Nfâv..

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tXmfn¨³ tZmÀ Np_¨p Sp_¶p ANt¯¡v tWm¡n.. Nth^]n 55 Hmaw k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ H^mÄ..

“”sf]v sF Nw C³ hÀ…?””

At±iw ASptN«p S` D]À¯n tWm¡n.. AktWN*t¸mÄ fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p..

“”k`y tcmÀfm`näohv H¶pw tk*tXm.. N]_n km..”” At±iw bp©n^nt]msX ASv b_ªt¸mÄ AkWpw fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n k^p¯n ANt¯¡v NX¶p..

tXmfn¨³ At±is¯ H¶v {l²n¨p. Wà skap¯ Wn_fm\v.. SmXn]nÃ.. sI_pSm]n W^¨ fol.. A`vbw Ng*n D*v.. gÀ«pw bmâvhpw B\v tkgw… Nm\pt¼mÄ H^p ssISWysfms¡ D*v fpO¯v…

“”hÀ.. Mm³ tXmw tSmfhv..”” Ak³ knW]bqÀÆw b_ªp..

“”A_n]mtXm.. tXmfn¨³.. ASm WÃSp.. knan¡mWpw hpOw.. SmWn^n¡p”” At±iw kas^ huirSbqÀÆfm\v hwhm^n¨Sv.. AkWS`vbw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BlzmhtfNn.. tXmfn¨³ fp¶ns` sI]_n C^p¶p..

“”hSyw b_ªm H^nsâÀkyq tbm`pw WX¯m*v Ss¶ MmWnknsX At¸m]nâ sI¿p¶Sv Fsâ fNÄ b_ªSpsNm*v fm{SfÃ… MmsWÃmw fpO¯ptWm¡n Sp_¶pb_]pw.. tXmfn¨³ H¶pw knIm^n¡Ãp… tSmfm¨sâ tfmWm¶_nªt¸mÄ

MmW`vbw hwl]n¨Sm… bns¶ Wns¶¸än knlUfm]n AtWzgn¨p.. bns¶ H¶pw Bt`mIn¨nÃ.. tXmfn¨sW Mm³ fWhpsNm*v As¸m Ss¶ At¸m]nâ sI]vSn^p¶p… FÃmk^v¡pw Wns¶¡p_n¨p WÃSpfmt{S b_]mWpÅp..””

At±i¯nsâ km¡pNÄ Ak³ H^p bp©n^nt]msX hzoN^n¨p.. NqsX H^p Wµn]pw b_ªp.. F¶n«p N¿n`pÅ hn^vXncnt¡ähv At±i¯nWv tWs^ Wo«n.. At±iw ASptfXn¨p b^ntlmVn¨p..

“”CknsX A§sW ASnNw tKm`ns]m¶pfnÃ… W½psX N¼Wn t{bmZNvänsâ sh]nÂhv Zosä]vÂhv FÃmks^s¡m*pw NrSyfm]n sI¿n¡pN.. ASv t{NmZoN^n¨p ko¡n`n _nt¸mÀ«v S]m_m¡n Fs¶ G¸n¡pN… ASnsâ dn`v Nm^y§saÃmw NrSyfm]n NaÎ sI¿\w.. FÃmw bYntImapw Sm³.. 25000 ^qb hm`_n]m]pw 5000 ^qb fä`mkWvhpNam]pw tXm«Â 30000 ^qb B]n^n¡pw SWn¡p fmhw {bSnc`w””

“”l^n hmÀ.. “” tXmfn¨³ bp©n^nbqÀkw f_pbXn WÂNn..

At±iw bp©n^nt]msX tfl Sp_¶p H^p tb¸À FXp¯p AkWp tWs^ Wo«n.. HmcÀ s`äÀ B\v.. km]n¨p ssh³ sI]vSp St¶maq… Ak³ ASpkm§n km]n¨p… ssh³ sI¿m³ tW^¯p N®pNÄ AX¨p H^p Wnfngw tfma½s] HmÀ¯p.. CknsX Ssâ KoknS¯ns` bpSn] H^p A²ym]w SpX§pN]ms\¶p Ak³ In´n¨p… NqXpS D¯^kmUnSz§apw Ipf`SNapw B]n bpSn] H^p KoknSw..

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Unkh§Ä sNmjnªp ko\p.. Hmcohn FÃmk^v¡pw {bn]s¸«kWm]n Njnªn^p¶p tXmfn¨³.. tXmfn¨³ ks¶¸ns¶ fmaknN fn¡Vnkhkpw Hmcohn sIÃpw.. CX]v¡p tfma½s] Nm\mWpw .. AsSÃmw sNm*pw tfma½]pw tXmfn¨Wpw Hs¡]m]n AkÄ H¯n^n AXp¯n^p¶p… bpSn] tKm`n B]SnÂbns¶ tXmfn¨sâ KoknSkpw bSns] sf¨s¸«pk¶p….

^mkns` tXdnan C^p¶p tfma½ D*m¡n] IqXv tUml]pw I½´n]pw Njn¡pN]m]n^p¶p tXmfn¨³… tfma½ AkWXp¯n^p¶p FÃmw kna¼nsNmXp¯p.. sbs«¶m\v Ak³ tfma½s] {l²n¨Sv.. fpO¯v H^p sSan¨fnÃ.. H^p emkskySymhw.. Ft´m tkUW NXn¨fÀ¯n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶tbms`..

“”F¶m bän tfmat½… “” Ak³ Njn¨psNm*v tImSn¨p..

“”G]v H¶pknÃXm… ^mkns` fpSÂ sI_n] H^p k]_ptkUW.. In`t¸m C§sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^m_p*v.. Ft¶`pw k]__n]m*p Njnt¨sâ B]n^n¡pw..””

“”F¶m tfma½ tbm]n H^p km]nPpanN]pw Njn¨p Np_¨ptW^w NnXt¶m.. bm{S§Ä Mm³ FXp¯pskt¨mamw.. “”

tfma½ _qfnt`¡v f_ps¯m¶pw b_]msS WX¶p… k]_n ssNsNm*p Sn^p½p¶p*v.. tXmfn¨³ Njn¨pNjnªp t¹äpNÄ ANt¯¡v k¨p.. Hmcohn tbmNm³ tfma½t]mXv ]m{S b_]m³ _qfnt`¡v sI¶t¸mÄ tfma½ N«n`n NnX¶p k]_p AfÀ¯n Sn^p½p¶Sm\v N*Sv.. fpO¯v tkUW sSanªp Nm\p¶p*v.. bÃpNÄ NXn¨pbnXn¨n^n¡p¶p.. N®pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨n^n¡pN]m\v… l^n¡pw tkUWsNm*v bpa]pN]ms\¶p B NmjvI N*mt` A_n]mw.. tXmfn¨³ HmXn]m\v tfma½]psX AXps¯¯n]Sv…

“”F¶m bäns] tfmat½.. tkUW NqXpS`mt\m..”” tXmfn¨³ tbXn]psX hz^¯n tfma½]psX ln^hn St`mXns¡m*p tImSn¨p…

“”hm^nÃXm… CSv fm_ns¡mÅpw.. Wo sbmt¡m.. “” tfma½ tkUW NXn¨pbnXn¨m\v ASv b_ªSv..

“”Ft§m«pw tbm\nÃ.. tfma½ s_Zn Bkv.. W½p¡v timhvbnä`n tbmNmw.. tkPw..”” ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨³ tfma½s] FjptW`vbn¡m³ {lfn¨p..

“”tk*Xm.. CSv fm_ns¡mÅpw.. “”

“”tU tfmat½.. Fs¶ tUgyw bnXn¸n¡^pSv.. C§sW tkUW hin¨p C^n¡mtWm.. Fjpt¶Â¡p tkPw… “” Ak³ tfma½s] Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p…

sbs«¶pSs¶ _n]mhnsW knan¨p H^p Nm_pw knan¨p k^m³ b_ªp…. _n]mhv sbs«¶v Ss¶ k*n]pfm]n k¶p.. tXmfn¨³ tfma½s] k*n]nt`¡v N]äpt¼mjpw tfma½ tkUWsNm*v bpa]pN]m]n^p¶p…

NmÀ sI¶pWn¶Sv AknXps¯ k`n] H^p hzNm^y Blpb{Sn]n`m\v.. tfma½s] sbs«¶pSs¶ b^ntlmVW¡m]n N]än.. tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw skan]n`vSs¶ Wn¶p..

hf]w Cjªnjªp fpt¶m«p Wo§n… bp_¯p sI]_n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p tXmfn¨³.. fpO¯v kÃm¯ tbXn]pw Bl¦]pw sSanªp Nm\mw.. sSm«¸p_¯pSs¶ _n]mhpw.. sbs«¶v Ss¶ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v f^n] HmXn k^p¶Sv _n]mhv N*p… AkÄ _n]mhnsâ AXpt¯¡v sI¶p..

“”F´m C¡.. F¶m bäns].. tZmÎÀ F¶m b_sª.. C¡m knan¨t¸m Mm³ BsN tbXn¨ptbm]n.. “” f^n] A`vbw tbXnt]msX]m\v ASv tImSn¨Sv..

“”CSpks^ H¶pw b_ªn«nÃ… “” _n]mhv ASv b_ªt¸mtj¡pw H^p tWjv–hv AkÀ¡^nNnt`¡p k^p¶Sv N*p tXmfn¨³ Fjpt¶äp…

“”tZmÎ_psX _qfnt`¡v sIt¶maq..”” AkÀ ASpfm{Sw Aks^tWm¡n b_ªp.. ASv tNt¡* Smfhw.. tXmfn¨³ tkP¯n WX¶p..

“”Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CknsX Wn¡v..”” _n]mhv f^n]s] tWm¡n ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨Wv bp_sN WX¶p..

AkÀ DÅnt`¡v NX¶p.. 45 k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ fVyk]h-vNWm] tZmÎÀ B\v.. A]mÄ Akt^mXp C^n¡m³ BwPyw Nm«n.. tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw fp¶ns` Nth^]n C^p¶p..

“” tZmÎÀ… A½¡v..”” tXmfn¨sâ A`vbw e]w N`À¶ hz^w bp_t¯¡pk¶p..

“”G]v.. tUÀ Cuhv W¯nRv äp k_n… A½¡v A§sW tbXn¡m³ bmN¯n H¶pfnÃ.. CSnWpfp¼v C§sW tkUW tSm¶n]n^pt¶m.. “” tZmÎÀ tImSn¨p..

“”CÃ.. CSnWp fp¼v C§sW D*m]n«nÃ..”” Ak³ f_pbXn b_ªp.

“”A§sW B]n^n¡nÃ.. In`t¸m tkUW hin¨p Wn§sa A_n]n¡m¯tSm b_]m¯tSm B]n^n¡pw.. F´m]m`pw Ct¸msj¦n`pw F¯n¨Sv W¶m]n.. A½¡v PÀebm{S¯n H^p fq¶p fpj Nm\p¶p*v… A`vbw k`pSpfm\v.. shm Cäv imhv «p dn _nfqkvZv CsfZnän`n..H^p hÀK_n tk*nk^pw.. Wmsa¯s¶ WX¯mw.. tbXn¡*m… Cu Nm`¯p CsSms¡ tbXn¡m³ bmN¯n H¶pfnÃ.. h^vK_n¡p H^p fq¶p `£w ^qb BNpw.. bäpsf¦n C¶v Ss¶ b]vsfâv_v WX¯pN… “” tZmÎÀ b_ªp WnÀ¯n..

tXmfn¨³ BsN S^n¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p… sbs«¶v fq¶p`£w ^qb.. ASpw C¶pSs¶ AX¡m³.. F´psI¿pw.. F´m]m`pw tfma½]m\v k`pSv..

“”l^n tZmÎÀ… M§Ä tbm]n Nymgv At_©v sI]vSp k^mw..”” ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨³ skan]nt`¡v WX¶p.. bp_sN _n]mhpw..

skan]n`n_§n] Akt^N*p f^n] HmXnk¶p.. AkapsX fpO¯v Bl¦ Wnj`n¨n^p¶p..

“”F¶m C¡m… F´m tZmÎÀ b_sª..”” AkÄ BNmwgt]msX tImSn¨p..

_n]mhv tZmÎÀ b_ªSv AktamXv b_ªp..

“”f^ns].. Wo CknsX Wn¡v.. M§Ä H¶v bp_¯ptbm]n k^mw.. “” tXmfn¨Wm\v ASv b_ªSv..

Ak³ bp_t¯¡p WX¶p.. bp_sN _n]mhpw..

F§sW Ct{Sw b\w.. B^psX N¿nÂWn¶p… B tImUyw AksW A`«ns¡m*n^p¶p.. dm¦n BsN C^pbtSm fp¸tSm Nm\pw.. bns¶ F§sW..

“”Zm… F§Wm Ct{Sw b\w…”” dpÅän tXmfn¨sâ bp_Nn N]_pt¼mÄ _n]mhv B^mªp..

“”FWn¡_n]nÃ.. F§sW`pw D*m¡\w.. FWns¡sâ tfma½]m k`pSv.. W½p¡v H¶v dm¦n sI¶v tWm¡n]mt`m.. koXnsâ BVm^tfm ftäm WÂNmw..”” tXmfn¨³ Sn^nªp _n]mhntWmXv tImSn¨p..

“”AsSm¶pw WX¡nÃXm.. dm¦n BVm^w sks¨ms¡ t`m¬ Nn«\sf¦n H^pbmXv tcmÀfm`näohv D*v… ASnWp Unkh§Ä FXp¡pw… AtàN¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hzÀ®w sk¡\w.. Ct{Sw ^qb Nn«mt\ ASnWmWph^n¨p hzÀ\w tk\w.. ASnt¸m FknXp¶m..”” _n]mhv hwl] emk¯n b_ªp..

“”hzÀ®w ASnNw C^n¸nÃm.. tfma½]psX At©m Bt_m bk³ Nm\pw.. bns¶..”” tXmfn¨³ Bt`mIWt]msX b_ªp..

kngfkpw tbXn]pw FÃmw NqsX B]t¸mÄ Aksâ fWhv Sa^p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n tXmfn¨Wv.. CWns]´v sI¿pw F¶v In´n¨t¸mjm\v Aksâ fWhnt`¡v ^mVnN]psX fpOw sSanªSv.. Sm³ AkÄ¡p A©p`£w sNmXp¯p koXv Sn^nsN sNmXp¯Sv.. C¶s¯ AkapsX ØnSnk¨p AkÄ¡p ASv Fap¸w S^mw.. bs£ F§sW AktamXv sI¶v tImUn¡pw..

Aksâ fWhv BsN AhzØfm]n…

CÃ… Cu hf]¯p fsäm¶pw In´n¡m³ bmXnÃ.. b\w F§sW]pw D*m¡ns] bäq F¶ D_¨ So^pfmW¯n Ak³ F¯nt¨À¶p..

“”F´mXm Bt`mIn¡ps¶..?”” _n]mhnsâ tImUyfm\v AksW D\À¯n]Sv..

Ak³ Sn^nªp _n]mhnsâ fpOt¯¡v–tWm¡n.. Ak³ F´m Fv¶]À°¯n AksW tWm¡pN]m\v.. tXmfn¨³ ^mVnNm¡ptk*n A¶v A©p`£w ^qb In`km¡n]Spw koXnsâ BVm^w Sn^nsN sNmXp¯Spw FÃmw _n]mhntWmXv Sp_¶pb_ªp..

“”Ct{Sw B]n«mt\m Wo CSnsW¡p_n¨v Bt`mIn¡ps¶.. CWns]m¶pw tWm¡mWnÃ.. tWs^ tbmkm.. Nmlv tfXn¡pN.. HuUm^yfÃtÃm.. WnW¡v S^mWpÅ b\ftÃ.. Wo k*ns]Xp¡p tfmsW..”” _n]mhnsâ km¡pNÄ tN« tXmfn¨³ bns¶s]m¶pw Bt`mIn¨nÃ.. AsS CWn fmÀ¤fpÅp.. B dpÅäv Aks^]pw kin¨psNm*v ASnsâ Nmia lЯn Io_n¸mªp.. bns¶ tWs^ k*n sI¶pWn¶Sv ^mVnN]psX bpSn] ekW¯nsâ tPänWv fp¶n`m\v… B k`n] tPänWp DÅn Wn¶pw shNyq^nän Aks^ tWm¡n…

“” B^m..”” At±iw Akt^mXm^mªp..

“”^mVnN CknXntÃ.. “” tXmfn¨Wm\v ASv tImSn¨Sv..

“”D*v..””

“”M§Ä¡v ASymklyfm]n H¶v Nm\\fm]n^p¶p..””

DXsW shNyq^nän A]mapsX _qfnt`¡v N]_n tcm\nsâ _nhokÀ FXp¯p sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯p.. A`vbWnfng§Ä¡p tlgw A]mÄ C_§n k¶p..

“”fv.. sIt¶maq.. fmZw AN¯p*v… “” A]mÄ ASpw b_ªp tPäv AkÀ¡m]n Sp_¶p.. tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw ANt¯¡v NX¶p.. kas^ ftWmi^fm] k`n] koXm\v.. l^n¡pw H^p sNm«m^w F¶v Ss¶ b_]mw.. knlm`fm] bqt´m«w fp¶nÂ.. ASn b`]nWw sIXnNÄ ewPn]m]n W«pbnXn¸n¨n^n¡p¶p.. fpä¯p In`À tKm`n sI¿p¶p*v…

AkÀ AsSÃmw {l²n¨p WX¶p.. koXnWp fp¶ns`¯n]t¸mÄ Aks^ Nms¯¶tbms` fp¶n H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hv{So Wn¶n^p¶p.. H^p 40 k]hp tSm¶n¡pw.. AkÀ tXmfn¨sW]pw _n]mhnsW]pw N*t¸mÄ ftWmi^fm]n H¶v bp©n^n¨p.. AkÀ Sn^n¨pw..

“”fmZw AN¯p*v.. At§m«v sIt¶maq..”” B hv{So b_ªSv tN«v tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw B k`n]koXnsâ DÅnt`¡v NX¶p.. knlm`fm] iman`m\v AkÀ F¯nt¨À¶Sv.. ASv kas^ ftWmi^fm]n A`¦^n¨n^n¡p¶p.. b`S^w c^v\n¨_pNam`pw thmc.. shän.. FÃmw kas^ ftWmi^fm]n Ss¶ shäv sI]vSn^n¡p¶p..

^mVnNm¡m]n tXmfn¨sâ N®pNÄ b^¯n]t¸mÄ N*Sv fp¶n shän]n Nm`nt·Â Nm`p N]änsk¨p k`y {bu[nt]msX C^n¡p¶ lm^Ss] B\v.. kn`NqXn] Ipk¶ Wn_¯n`pÅ b«phm^n]pw Ipän Wn_s] Be^\§apw tf¡¸n hfr²fm] fpOt¯msX]pw C^n¡p¶ lm^U tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw N]_nk¶Sv N*t¸mÄ fpOw Ipan¨p..

“”Hmiv.. Wn§am]n^pt¶m… Mm³ N^pSn kÃk^pw tZäv Nn«mWm]n k¶Sm]n^n¡pw F¶v.. F´m k¶Sv… b\¯nWp kà dp²nfp«pfpt* b_]m³ fXnt¡*..”” lm^U bpÑemk¯n ASpw b_ªp Aks^ tWm¡o..

_n]mhm\v BsN tUi¯p S^n¨pN]m^p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n.. ssNWo«n B bp«n]n sbmSnª NknaSv H¶v sbm«n¡pkm³ Aksâ ssN S^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p..

“”lm^U tI¨n.. M§Ä k¶Sv dp²nfp«n¡pkmtWm t{blvWfp*m¡mtWm H¶pfÃ… kas^ H^Symkly Nm^y¯nWm\v.. “” tXmfn¨³ ASv b_]pt¼mtj¡pw fäm^psXt]m hm¶nVyw Aksâ fWhv Sn^n¨_nªp.. Ak³ sshZnt`¡p H¶v tWm¡n… AkWp sSän]nÃ.. kmSn`n Im^n AksW tWm¡nWn¡p¶ ^mVnN.. N®pNÄ Wn_ªn«p*v.. bs£ B N®pNan Sna¡fp*v.. Ss¶ N*SpsNm*mt\m.. tXmfn¨sâ N®pNÄ Ssâ N®pNsa sbmSnªt¸mÄ ^mVnN BsN Wn]{´\w kn« AkØ]n`m]n… HmXns¨¶p B tUit¯mXv tIÀ¶pWn¡m³ AkapsX DÅw sNmSn¨p.. tXmfn¨Wpw km¡pNÄ fp_nªp H¶pw b_]msS ^mVnNs] tWm¡nWn¶ptbm]n..

sbs«¶v Aks^ A§sW N* ^mVnN]psX N®pNan tUgy¯nsâ NW`pNÄ C^ªpN]_n.. AkÀ tUgyt¯msX ^mVnNs] tWm¡n.. ^mVnN ASpN*t¸mÄ fpOw NpWn¨n^p¶p..

“”F´m Nm^yw F¶v sbs«¶v b_]q.. FWn¡v Na]m³ hf]fnÃ…”” lm^U sbs«¶v tUgyemk¯n tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n b_ªp..

“”tXmfn¨³ sbs«¶v ^mVnNm]n Wn¶pw Urãn fmän lm^U]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp..

“”tI¨n… FWn¡nt¸m b\¯nWp kas^ ASymklyfp*v.. A¶v Mm³ S¶ A©p`£w ^qb Sn^nsN tfXn¡m³ k¶Sm.. A{S¡Symklyfm]SpsNm*m… “” tXmfn¨³ ]mIWm emk¯n b_ªp.. CsSÃmw tN«v _n]mhv BsN tUgyw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NXn¨pbnXn¨n^n¡p¶ AkØ]m]n^p¶p…

“”A©p `£w ^qbt]m.. i..i..i..”” lm^U H¶v In^n¨p.. “”sNmÅmw.. A©p fSnt]m.. Ct{Sw Nm`m]ntÃ.. H^p b¯p SnN¨p S^mw.. “” lm^U bpÑemk¯n b_ªp..

“”tU SsÅ… D½msâ {bmt]m*v.. F¶m`pw Wn§sa A§sWt] knan¡q.. tImSn¨Sv CkWv Nn«mWpÅ b\fm.. AÃm*v Wn§sX HuUm^yfÃ..”” tUgy¯m`pw N¯nWn¶ _n]mhv sbm«ns¯_n¨p..

“” Wo]m^mXm ASv b_]m³.. Ckm³ b\w S¶SnWv kà sSankpfpt*m… H¶pfnÃtÃm.. B BVm^w Fsâ b¡`p*pSmWpw.. tkt\ Ct{Sw b_ª ØnSn¡v A¿m]n^tfm bSnWm]n^tfm S^mw.. dp²nfps«ms¡ DÅStÃ.. ASpw tfXn¨p Ø`w knt«m..”” lm^U tUgykpw bpÑkpw N`À¶ hz^¯n b_ªp.

“”tI¨n.. Cu hf]¯p tUgyw Nm\n¡^pSv.. A{S¡Symklyfm..”” ASpw b_ªp tXmfn¨³ ^mSnNs]]pw H¶v tWm¡n.. AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶p*v… DXp¯n^n¡p¶

hm^nS`¸psNm*p km sbm¯n¸nXn¨p N^]pN]m\v..

“”CWn]pw CknsX Wn¶v In`¨m Mm³ shNyq^näns] knan¡pw.. “” lm^U ASv b_ªt¸mÄ _n]mhv lm^U]psX tWÀ¡v N¿pw kolns¨¶p.. AkÄ sbs«¶v tbXn¨p bp_tNm«p fm_n.. bs£ tXmfn¨³ _n]mhnsW SXªn^p¶p..

tXmfn¨³ _n]mhnsW N®pNÄs¡m*p tbmNmw F¶v Nm\n¨p.. _n]mhv tUgy¯m bp_t¯¡p WX¶p.. tXmfn¨³ Sn^nªp ^mVnNs] H¶v tWm¡n.. Ak³ fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n kngfn¨p k^p¯n.. ^mVnN ASpN*t¸mÄ BsN SNÀ¶p.. Wn]{´\w kn«ptbmkpN]mt\m.. B In^n.. ASv St¶mXpÅ tUgy¯n fpa¨Smt\m… ASn St¶mXpÅ b^nekw N`À¶n«pt*m….

“”As½..”” ^mVnN]psX AV^§an Wn¶pw tbXnt]msX B hz^w bp_t¯¡p k¶p..

“”tN_nt¸mXo AN¯p.. Wnt¶mXm^m b_sª Ct§m«p k^m³..”” lm^U N`nSpÅn ^mVnNs] tWm¡n.. tXmfn¨³ At¸mtj¡pw bp_¯p NX¶n^p¶p.. ^mVnN fpOkpw sbm¯ns¡m*p _qfnt`t¡mXn.. _qfnÂN]_n] ^mVnN kmSn sNm«n]X¨p tXdnan hq£n¨n^p¶ H^p bj] dp¡v FXp¯p… ASnsâ SmapNÄ¡nX]n hq£n¨n^p¶ B f]n–bo`n N^§an FXp¯p AkÄ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯p.. tXdnan k¨n^p¶ B N®sâ ^qb¯nWv fp¶n AkÄ Nm`pNÄ SaÀ¶p ko\n^p¶p At¸mtj¡pw.. AkapsX N®pNÄ Zmw Sp_¶N\s¡ HjpNn]n_§n.. fq¡n³Spt¼Ãmw Ipk¶p SnWnÀ¯n^p¶p.. SmXns]Ãp kn_sNmÅp¶p*m]n^p¶p… B f]n–bo`n sWt©mXv tIÀ¯v AkÄ Wn_ª N®pNtamsX B N®sâ ^qb¯nt`¡v tWm¡n..

“”´nWm N®m sâ CÑm]sW C§sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^kØ]n Fsâ fp¶ns`¯nt¨.. ´nWm M§Ä¡v N®o^pfm{Sw S^t\ Wo.. tk* N®m… CÑm]sW kngfn¸n¡tÃ.. bmkm ASv.. hvtWin¡m³ fmt{S A_n]q… CÑm]sâ h¦Xw fmän]n«p ASnsâ Wq_n^«n]m]n Wn¡v St¶m Wo.. F{S]m]m`pw AWpeknt¨mamw Mm³.. KoknSNm`w fpjpk³ H^Xnfs]tbms` C§sW¯s¶ Njntªmamw Mm³.. sâ CÑm]sW h¦XsbXp¯mSn^p¶m fm{Sw fSn.. “” Bt¸mtj¡pw ^mVnN]psX S` Np¼n«ptbm]n^p¶p.. AkapsX tS§Â lÐw B fp_n]ns`§pw fmsäm`nsNm*p Wn¶p..

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tXmfn¨Wpw _n]mhpw timhvbnä`n F¯n]t¸mtj¡pw D¨Njnªp fq¶pfm\nt]mXv AXp¯n^p¶p… tXmfn¨³ BsN SmawsSän] AkØ]n`m]n^p¶p…. CWns]§sW At{Sw b\w D*m¡pw F¶ In´ Aksâ fWhnsW D`¨n^p¶p.. _n]mhpw BsN kngf¯n`m]n^p¶p..

“”Zm.. Wo kngfn¡msS… W½p¡v b\w D*m¡mw.. ko«n D½msâ]pw Npªp sb§apsX]pw NqsX H^p A©m_pbk³ D*mNpw.. bns¶ f^n]]psX NjpSn`pÅSpw Wnsâ N¿n`pÅSpw NqXn W½p¡v sNmXp¡pt¼mÄ b\w SnN]pfm]n^n¡pw… “” timhvbnä`nWpÅnt`¡p WX¡p¶SnWnX]n _n]mhv b_ªp.. tXmfn¨³ f_pbXn H¶pw b_ªnÃ.. Aksâ IpäpbmXpw Fs´ms¡]m\v hwekn¡p¶sS¶v tbm`pw AkWp fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ… fWhv ssNkn«ptbmNp¶Sptbms`..

sbs«¶m\v Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v f^n] k^p¶Sv _n]mhv N*Sv.. AkÄ HmXn k¶p ^*ptbs^]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n..

“”F´m]n C¡m..”” AkÄ Blv–I^ybqÀÆw tImSn¨p..

Ak³ WX¶Spfpjpk³ Ip^p¡n b_ªp..

“”CWn NmlnWptk*n ^*ptb^pw A`t]*.. ASv sN«nsk¨p.. Wmsa Ss¶ Hm¸t_gWpw WX¯msf¶v tZmÎÀ b_ªp.. “” f^n] ht´mgw N`À¶ hz^¯n b_ªp..

“”B^v sN«nsk¨p..”” tXmfn¨sâ hz^¯n BNmw£]pw A¼^¸pw.. AkWp B kmÀ¯ H^p tgmNv B]n^p¶p.. B^m\v SWn¡ptk*n B b\fX¨Sv.. Ss¶ B^m\v Ct{Sw b\w S¶p him]n¡pkmWpÅSv.. B^m]m`pw AkWp Mm³ Fsâ Kok³ tkt\`pw WÂNpw.. tXmfn¨³ BNmwgt]msX fpt¶m«p Wo§n.. _n]mhnsâ fpO¯pw BÝ^yemkfm]n^p¶p..

HmXns¨¶ tXmfn¨Wv Ssâ N®pNsa knlzhn¡mWm]nÃ… fp¶n b^nekw N`À¶ fpOkpfm]n fmaknN…. AkapsX N®n tUgyw C_¼p¶p*v.. tXmfn¨Wv AktamXv F´v b_]\w F¶_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.. tXmfnIsW N*t¸mÄ fmaknN HmXnk¶p Aksâ sW©n k`¯pN^w D]À¯n AXn¡m³ SpX§n..

“”f_¶p s` Wo Fs¶… Ct{Sw k`n] H^mklyw k¶t¸mÄ WnW¡v Fs¶ H¶v knan¡m³ tSm¶nt]m.. b\¯nWptk*n C§sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv HmXnWX¶t¸m H^pSk\ Fsâ tbt^mÀt¯m Wo.. Hmcohn sIÃmsSm*p AtWzgn¨n_§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ CknsX¯n.. “” N®pNÄ Wn_ªpsNm*p fmaknN ASv b_]pt¼mÄ tXmfn¨sâ N®pNapw A_n]msS Wn_ªptbm]n.. Aksâ fpO¯v fpjpk³ {bNXfm]n^p¶p AktWmXpÅ Wµn.. tWm¡nWn¶ f^n]]psX]pw _n]mhnsW]pw N®pNÄ tbm`pw A_n]msS Wn_sªmjpNn… fmaknNs] Ak^pw Bj¯n fWhn`m¡pN]m]n^p¶p…

sbs«¶v fmaknN N®pNÄ SpX¨p fpO¯v Pu^kw k^p¯n tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n..

“”Fsâ Gäkpw AXp¯ {c*v B]n Mm³ tXmfn¨sW N*t¸mÄ tXmfn¨³ Fs¶ A§sW N\¡m¡m¯SpsNm*p CS§p sk_psS sI¿m³ Mm³ S¿m_Ã… FWn¡v H^p WndÔW D*v.. “” fmaknN ASv b_ªt¸mÄ tXmfn¨³ Aksa bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n.. Fsâ tfma½s] Nm¯ WnW¡ptk*n Mm³ F´pw sI¿pw F¶v tXmfn¨³ fWÊn hz]w b_ªn^p¶p.. _n]mhpw f^n]]pw BNmwgt]msX fmaknN]psX km¡pNÄ¡p NmtSm^vSn^n¡pN]m\v..

sbs«¶v fmaknN]psX fpOs¯ Pu^kemkw fm_n AknsX NpªnNp«nNaptXSptbms` WngvNa¦ emktfm AtSm ]mIWm emktfm DXs`Xp¯p..

“”tXmfn¨m… CSv WndÔW]Ã… ]mIW]m\v.. AN¯pNnX¡p¶Sv Fsâ]pw f½n]m\v.. f½n-s]

^£nt¡*Sp Fsâ]pw IpfS` B\v.. tXmfn¨³ FSnÀ¸v b_ªm`pw FWns¡m¶pw sI¿mWnÃ.. tXmfn¨m… Nq«ptfm Fs¶ tXmfn¨sâNqsX.. Cu KoknSNm`w fpjpk³ H¶n¨p Kokn¡m³.. ^mVnN]psX]pw tXmfn¨sâ]pw Nm^ysfms¡ FWn¡_n]mw.. FÃmw A_nªpsNm*pSs¶]m\v Mm³ ]mIn¡p¶Sp.. ^mVnNs] f_¶ ØnSn¡v hzoN^n¨pNqsX Fs¶ tXmfn¨sâ em^y]m]n«p..”” fmaknN ASpw b_ªp fpOw sbm¯n N^ªp.. AkapsX N®pWoÀ ssNskÅ]n`qsX H`n¨n_§p¶p*m]n^p¶p…

tXmfn¨³ AkapsX km¡pNÄ H^p S^nt¸msX]m\v tN«n^p¶Sv.. AkapsX km¡pNÄ Aksâ DÅn fp_nkn NW¡« N]änsk¨Sptbms`]m\v tSm¶n]Sv.. tfma½]psX Kok³ Ss¶ Nm¯kapsX Atb£.. Wn^hn¡pkm³ hmVn¡ptfm SWn¡p.. At¸mÄ Aksâ DÅn sSanªSv ^mVnN]psX fpOfm\v.. A¶pw C¶pw F¶t¶¡pfm]n fWÊn NpXn]n^p¯n] Ssâ tUkn.. fsäm^mÄ¡p AknsX F§sW ØmWw WÂNpw..

sbs«¶v Ssâ Ng¯nWnX]n`qsX ^*pssNNÄ Ipän¡]_p¶Spw l^o^¯nt`¡v tIÀ¶pk¶ fmwhaS]pfm\v AksW In´]nÂWn¶pw D\À¯n]Sv.. tWm¡pt¼mÄ fmaknN Ss¶ ssNNam Ipän¸nXn¨p Ssâ sW©n S` Im]n¨n^n¡p¶Sm\v N*Sv..

“”Akh^w fpSs`Xp¡pkmt¶m AenW]fmt¶m H¶pw knIm^n¡tà tXmfn¨m… tXmfn¨sW A{S¡nãfm]SpsNm*mCufmapknWv…fWhnsWF{S{lfn¨n«pwWn]{´n¡m³Njn]m¯SpsNm*m…tk*m¶pb_]tÃtXmfn¨mFs¶…CuKoknSNm`wfpjpk³tXmfn¨³b_]p¶Sptbms`Koknt¨mamwMm³..tXmfn¨sâem^yF¶bUknfm{SwfSnCufmapknWv…””N®ot^msX]pÅkm¡pNÄs¡m¸wAkapsXssNNÄtXmfn¨sWlàn]m]nC_p¡n¸p\À¶p..

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