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CSv Cu NT]psX AkhmW emPfm\v… Njnª emPw H^pbmXv tbm^m]vf Wn_ªSm]n^p¶p.. AsSms¡ CSn b^ni^n¨n«pt*m F¶v tImUn¨m FWn¡_n]nÃ.. hSyw b_ªm FjpSm³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.. F§sWt]m FjpSn]Sm\v.. AkhmWw F§sW BN\w F¶v knIm^n¨n«mt\m Njnª emPw FjpSn]Sv.. B ^oSn]n`vSs¶]m\v ss¢fmN-vhv FjpSn]n^n¡p¶Sv… CSv Wn§Ä F§sW hzoN^n¡pw F¶v FWn¡v Bl¦]p*v.. F´m]m`pw Sp_¶pb_]pN.. At^mINfm]n tSm¶n]m hmU^w £fn¡pN.. bpSn] WsÃm^p kySyhvSfm] fsäm^p NT]pfm]n k^pw..

hvtWibqÀÆw sNm¨qMv….

Nm_n bp_Nns` hoänt`¡v Im^n N®pNÄ AX¨p ¾mWfm] fpOemkt¯msX C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN.. ^mkns` s_t¡mZnRv Njnªp k^p¶ kjn]m\v.. ssitk]n`qsX tkP¯n`m\v k*n bm]p¶Sv.. bns¶ ss{ZknwPv hoän l¦t^«Wm]SpsNm*p H¶pw tWm¡mWnÃ.. ss{Zkn§n bpÅn H^p bp`n]m\v.. kngf§Ä fm{Sfm\v fWhn`pw Ipän`pw F¦n`pw Cu ]m{S]n A`vbw Blzmhw tSm¶n ^mVnN¡p… Nm^\w Cu ]m{S]n A½ k¶n«nÃ.. ^*p Unkhfm]n Wà bWn]m\v..

“”F´m Nptª.. fm]¡¯n`mt\m..”” l¦t^«sâ tImUyw NmSn bSn¨t¸m ^mVnN N®pNÄ bSns] Sp_¶p.. fn__n`qsX l¦t^«³ Ss¶ tWm¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p..

“”CÃ l¦t^«… Wn¡v D_s¡m¶pw k^n`y Cs¸m.. Ip½m N®X¨v NnX¶Sm…”” AkÄ fn__n`qsX¯s¶ H^p bp©n^n]pw h½mWn¨p b_ªp.

“”Npªnsâ fpO¯v BsN fqX`m\tÃm… A½]nÃmsSsâ h¦Xfmt\m..”” ASv tImUn¡pt¼mÄ l¦t^«sâ fpOs¯ bp©n^n AkÄ {l²n¨p..

“”s¶ B¡nb_ªSms` l¦t^«m..””

“”i..i.. bn¶ÃmsS… AtÃ`pw fqXn] fmWwtbms`]m Npªnsâ fpOw Ft¸mjpw.. Cu A½]nÃm¯ hf]s¯¦n`pw C¨n^n ht´mgt¯msX C^ns¡sâ Nptª… CSptbm`pÅ hf]¯tà NpªntWmXv FWns¡ms¡ Ft¶`pw fn*n]pw b_ªpw C^n¡m³ bäq…”” l¦t^«³ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp..

“”F§Wym ht´mgnNy l¦t^«m.. ht´mtgm¶pw sâ KoknS¯n knVn¨n«n`y F¶v tSm¶\p.. l¦t^«W_n]nt`y A½s]… Cs¸m A`vbw Blzmhw tSm¶\p*v Wn¡v NqsX A½ k^mtSm*p.. bs£ ht´mgn¡mWpÅsSm¶pw sâ fWhn`n`y l¦t^«m.. “” AkÄ A`hfm]n b_ªp..

“”tfmtamXv l¦t^«³ Np_¨pNm^y§Ä b_]\w F¶v knIm^n¨n^p¶p.. Ft¸mjpw lm^U fmZw D*mkpftÃm.. ASpsNm*p b_]m³ bäm¯Sm.. MmWnknsX ss{Zk_m]n k¶n«v Cs¸m b¯p fmht¯matf B]pÅq F¦n`pw Np_s¨ms¡ tfmsa l¦t^«Wv A_n]mw.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bns¶ ]m{S¡nX]ns`ms¡ tfmtamXv A½ tUgys¸Xp¶Spw eog\ns¸Xp¯p¶Spw Hs¡ l¦t^«³ tN¡m_pÅStÃ.. F´nWm tfmsa B hv{Sos] Ct{Sw C§sW tbXn¡p¶Sv.. tfmÄsX hz´w A½s]m¶pfÃtÃm… bns¶ K·w sNm*à tfmsa H^p hv{So A½]mNp¶Sv… NÀ½w sNm*m… CknsX tfmav A½ F¶v knan¡p¶ B hv{So K·w sNm*pw NÀfw sNm*pw tfmÄsX A½]Ã.. l¦t^«sWms¡ sk_pw tKm`n¡m^v fm{Sfm.. M§Äs¡ms¡ AWph^n¡pNs] WnkÀ¯n]pÅp.. bs£ CsSms¡ .. Cu huN^y§sams¡ tfmÄsX A²zmW¯nsâ c`fm.. l^n¡pw tfmÄsX km¡m\v M§sams¡ tNt¡*Sp.. bs£ B tfmaptbm`pw B hv{Sos] C§sW tbXn¡pt¼mÄ M§sams¡ Wnhim]^m\v tfmsa..”” A]mÄ b_ªp WnÀ¯n..

“”Wn¡_n]nà l¦t^«m… tbXn]m Wn¡v A½s].. Aѳ SaÀ¶p NnX¡m³ SpX§n]t¸m fpS t{Umin¡\Sm s¶.. sI_p¸¯n Sos¡mÅn sNms*s¶ F_nªn«p*v.. Nªn¯knsNms*ms¡ SpX sbm«\ks^ AXn¡pw.. As¶ms¡ D_¡¯n A½s] hzbvWw N*p tbXns¨jptWän«p*v Mm³.. Wn¡v A½s] FSnÀ¡m³ Njn]\n`y l¦t^«m.. A½ b_]\tbms` AÑsW F§mWpw Ft¶`pw sI]vSmt`m.. In`t¸msjms¡ l¦t^«Wpw tN¡m_pÅStà bs_s\..””

“”i…i..i..”” AkapsX km¡pNÄ¡p H^p In^n]m\v f_pbXn]m]n k¶Sv… “”Fs´ms¡]m tfmsa Cu b_]p¶Sv.. tfman¶p B^m F¶v tfmÄ¡_n]ptfm.. Cu Wm«ns` KW§saÃmw sW©nt`än] C¶v Gäkpw A_n]s¸Xp¶ bm«pNm^n]m.. tfmav b_]p¶Spw sI¿p¶Spw Hs¡ C¶v kmÀ¯]m.. tfmapsX Hmt^m km¡pNÄ¡pw Cu hfqiw sIkn sNmXp¡pw.. A§sW]pÅ tfmÄsX AÑsWs]ms¡ A§v CÃm*m¡pw Fs¶ms¡ b_]pt¼m AsSms¡ tN«v tfmav tbXn¨n^n¡p¶Sv F´psNm*ms\¶_n]mtfm… tfmav A{S]v¡v bmkfm]SpsNm*m.. tfmÄsX fWhv A{S]v¡v WngvNa¦fm]SpsNm*m… Ct{Sw bmkfmNm^pSv tfmsa.. H^`vbw ssV^yw tfmav Nm\n¨ fSn.. tfmÄsX KoknSw AknsX fm_m³ SpX§pw.. l¦t^«Wm b_]pt¶.. tfmÄsX N®os^ms¡ F¶pw Nm\pt¼m l¦t^«Wv kngfw tSm¶m_p*v.. ASpsNm*p b_]p¶Sm..”” l¦^³ ASv b_]pt¼mÄ B km¡pNan AktamXpÅ kmÕ`yw Spap¼n Wn¶n^p¶p.. A]mÄ Sn^nªp ^mVnNs] H¶v tWm¡n.. AkÄ ko*pw hoänt`¡v Im^n WnÀknNm^St]msX C^n¡pN]m\v..

“”l¦t^«m..”” sbs«¶v ^mVnN tWs^ C^p¶p l¦t^«sW knan¨p..

“”F´m tfmsa..””?

“”tbmk*Sv ko«nt`¡Ã.. W½psX ^mQk³ fmÌ_psX PÌv siuÊnt`¡m.. fmÌÀ knan¨n^p¶p… C¶v CknsX D*mNpsf¶v b_ªn^p¶p.. t¶mXv H¶v sIÃ\w F¶pw b_ªn^p¶p.. At§m«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sbmt¡maq..”” AkÄ bSns] b_ªp..

“”l^n tfmsa..”” l¦^³ ASpw b_ªp ss{Zkn§n {l² tN{µoN^n¨p..

H¶^ f\n¡q^v ]m{SsI]vSv AkÀ ^mQk³ fmÌ_psX PÌv siuhn F¯nt¨À¶p.. ftWmi^fm] H^p sI_n] koXv.. ewPn]mÀ¶ PmÀZWpw ASn ftWmi^fm]n W«pbnXn¸n¨n^n¡p¶ b`]nWw sIXnNapw FÃmw B koXv ftWmi^fm¡p¶p.. fp¶ns` Nm^vtbm^v¨n k*n Wn¶t¸mÄ ^mVnN k*n]n Wn¶pw C_§n.. fp¶ns` NSNv Sp_¶pNnX¡pN]m\v.. Bs^]pw Nm\p¶nÃ.. H^Ñsâ hvtWiw S^p¶ ^mQk³ fmÌ_psX fp¶n AkÄ H^p sNm¨pNp«ns]tbms` B]n^p¶p.. fmÌs_ H¶v tbXn¸n¡mw F¶ Dt±lt¯msX AkÄ bSns] lÐfp*m¡msS ANt¯¡v IpkXpNÄ sk¨p.. iman F¯n]t¸mÄ Bt^m hwhm^n¡p¶ lÐw tNÄ¡p¶p*v.. AkÄ ASv {l²n¨p.. hwhm^n¡p¶Sv fWhn`mNp¶nsæn`pw ASv fmÌÀ tcm\n hwhm^n¡p¶Sms\¶p AkÄ¡p fWhn`m]n.. AkÄ bSns] At§m«v IpkXpNÄ sk¨p..

Np_¨pNqXn fpt¶m«pWn_§n]t¸mÄ hwhm^n¡p¶Sv l^n¡pw tNÄ¡mw F¶m]n.. AkÄ ASv {l²n¨p..

“”F¶n«p A½¡nt¸m F§sW]p*v.. Mm³ k^p¶p*v Wns¶s]m¶p Nm\m³..”” A`vbw tUgyt¯msX]pÅ fmÌ_psX km¡pNÄ..

“”tXmfn¨m… Wà AXn]m WnW¡v St^*Sp.. Ct{Sw Hs¡ {blvW§Ä AknsX D*m]t¸mÄ MmWSp kÃk^pw b_ªmt\m A_nt]*Sv.. NmlnWv Ct{Ss]ms¡ dp²nfp«p*m]t¸mÄ Fs¶ H¶v knan¡mfm]n^p¶tÃm WnW¡v.. Mm³ Wns¶ H^p tfmsWtbms`]m N*n^ps¶..””

fÌ_psXkm¡pNÄ ^mVnN]psX NmSpNan A`]Xn¨t¸mÄ AkapsX AV^§Ä A_n]msS f{´n¨p.. “”tXmfn¨³””.. bs£ CSv… AkÄ bns¶]pw {l²n¨p..

“”F¶n«p… ^mVnNt]mXv tImUn¡m³ bmXnÃm]n^ps¶m WnW¡v… AtS§sW]m… fWÊn Up^enfmWkpw tNän sk¨n^n¡pktà s`..”” A`vbhf]w bns¶ fuWw..

^mVnN BsN tgmt¡ätbms` B]n.. D_¸m\v.. Ct¸mÄ hwhm^n¡p¶Sv Ssâ CÑm]tWmXm\v… At¸m ^mQk³ fmÌÀ¡v CÑm]sW A_n]mtfm… As¸m.. AkapsX fWÊn H^m]n^w tImUy§Ä D]À¶p..

ko*pw fmÌ_psX lÐfp]À¶p.. “”ASv l^n]m… Aks^m^p kÃm¯ hv{So]m.. fv.. F´m]m`pw WX¶Sv WX¶p.. Cs¸m Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃtÃm.. bns¶ ^mVnN C¶v Ct§m«p k^pw.. Mm³ b_ªn^p¶p AktamXv.. bns¶ B Nm^y¯n Wµn]p*v Wnt¶mXv FWn¡v.. FWn¡v C§sWs]m^p tfmsa]pw NqXn S¶SnWv.. hSyw b_ªm B hv{So CÃm]n^pt¶Â Mm³ Aksa hz´w tfmam]n NqsX Nq«nt]sW.. l^n F¶m.. Mm³ tW^n k¶p S^mw dm¡n.. “” ^mQk³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmÌ_psX hz^w Wn¶p..

^mVnN]psX N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNm³ SpX§n.. AsS.. SWn¡p bmXm³ Akhm^fp*m¡n]Spw ko«nt`¡p fmÌs_ A]¨Spw Hs¡ sâ CÑm]Wm.. B CÑm]sW Mm³ F{Sfm{Sw kngfn¸n¨p.. AkapsX DÅp Wo_n¸pN]p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n..

sbs«¶v NSNv Sp_¶p ^mQk³ fmÌÀ bp_t¯¡pk¶p.. fp¶n Wn¡p¶ ^mVnNs] N*t¸mÄ BUyw At±iw H¶¼^¶p.. sbs«¶v fpOs¯m^p bp©n^n k^p¯n At±iw AkapsX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p..

bs£ AkapsX fpOemkw At±iw {l²n¨n^p¶p.. N®pNÄ Wn_ªn«p*v.. fpO¯v h¦Xw A`SÃnWn¸p*v… Sm³ tcm\n hwhm^n¨Sv tXmfn¨tWmXms\¶p CkÄ tN«n^n¡p¶p.. b_ªsSÃmw AkÄ fWÊn`m¡n]n^n¡p¶p F¶ Nm^y¯n At±i¯nWv SoÀ¨]m]n..

“”tfmsa… F´m fpOw kmÃm*n^n¡ps¶..”” At±i¯nsâ tImUy¯nWv AkÄ HmXnk¶p At±i¯nsâ fm_n S`¨m]n¨p NnX¶p.. AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶p*m]n^p¶p… A]mÄ kmÕ`ybqÀkw AkapsX fpXn]njNan St`mXn.. B N^§Äs¡m*p AkÄ¡`vbw Blzmhw bN^m³ At±iw {lfn¨p.

“”s¶ tfmsatbms`]m Nm\p¶Sv F¶tà b_sª.. A§mWmt\ t¶mXv FÃmw b_.. tXmfn¨Wmt\m fmÌs_ FâXpt¯¡]¨Sv.. sâ CJm]Wv ´m Cs¸m {blvWw..?”” N®ot^msX]pÅ tImUy§Ä At±it¯mXm]n D]À¶p..

“”fv.. AsS tfmsa… tXmfn¨sW FWn¡v tWs^s¯ A_n]mw.. tfmÄsX kngf§Ä N*p tfmÄ¡v bmXm³ H^kh^w sNmXp¡\w F¶v AkWm Ft¶mXv b_ªSv.. Ak³ b_ªn«m Mm³ tfmÄsX ko«nt`¡p k¶Sv.. A¶v k¶t¸mÄ AkWpw NqsX k¶m]n^p¶p.. bs£ ko«nt`¡p k¶nÃt¶]pÅq…”” AkÄ At±i¯nsâ km¡pNÄtN«p kn§nsbm«ns¡m*n^p¶p… AsS Sm³ AkP\n¨p Hjnkm¡n]t¸mjpw Ssâ {blvW§an Sm³tbm`pfm_n]msS Ss¶ him]n¡pN]m]n^p¶p Ssâ CÑm]³.. “”sâ N®m”” AkÄ A_n]msS b_ªptbm]n..

“”G]v… tfmav N^]tÃ.. Ak³ H^p Wnfn¯fms]s¶ DÅp.. tfmÄsX Njnkv A{S]v¡p*v.. B Njnkm\v tfmÄ¡v C¶v Cu Wn`]ns`¯m³ Akh^sfm^p¡n]Sv..”” At±iw Aksa Blzhn¸n¡m³ {lfn¨p..

AsSm¶pw AkÄ¡mlzmhfm]nÃ.. AkÄ knSp¼ns¡m*n^p¶p..

“”Cs¸m CÑm]Wv ´m {blvWw.. Wn¡S_n]\w..”” AkÄ ko*pw tImSn¨p..

“”tfmsa ASv.. Aksâ A½ timhvbnä`n B]n^p¶p.. NqXmsS dhnsWsÊÃmw SNÀ¶p kosXÃmw Wãsb«n^p¶tÃm.. As¸m sbs«¶v A½¡v Hm¸t_g³ tk*nk¶p.. ASnWp H^p fq¶p `£w ^qbs]§m*v sN«nsk¡\fm]n^p¶p.. ASnWpÅ Hm«¯n`m]n^p¶p Ak³.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ft¶mXpw CSv Ak³ b_ªnÃ.. “” At±iw ASv b_ªt¸mÄ ^mVnN tSman`vWn¶pw S`]p]À¯n At±is¯ tWm¡n.. B N®pNan h¦X¯nsâ H^p k`n] hpWmfn A`]Xn¡m³ SpX§p¶Sptbms`.. AkÄ AknlzmhWo]St]msX At±is¯ tWm¡n..

“”CÑm]sâ A½ timhvbnä`n B]n^pt¶m.. As¸m ASnWp tk*n]mt\m CJm]³ b\¯nWp HmXnWX¶Sp.. sâ N®m.. s´ms¡]m MmWo tN¡t\.. Cu H^kØ]n`pw Wn¡v sâ CÑm]sW him]n¡m³ Njnªn`y..”” AkÄ ko*pw G§`Xn¨p N^]m³ SpX§n..

“”tfmav N^]msS.. Cs¸m Aksâ A½¡v Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃ.. FÃmw l^n]m]n.. Cs¸m ko«n`m..”” At±iw ASv b_sª¦n`pw AkÄ N^ªpsNm*n^p¶p….

At±iw Aksa bnXn¨p H^p thmc]n C^p¯n..

“”tfmanknXn^n¡p.. Mm³ tbm]n NpXn¡m³ ktÃmw sNm*pk^mw.. “” ASpw b_ªp Aksa AknsX C^p¯n At±iw ANt¯¡v WX¶p.. Np_¨pNjnªt¸mÄ At±iw ^*p¥mÊn Kyqhpfm]n k¶p.. WnÀdÔbqÀÆw At±iw Aksas¡m*p ASv NpXn¸n¨p.. bnt¶w Akam thmcm]nt`¡p Imªn^p¶p.. H¶pw fn*mWmkmsS.. At±ikpw Aksa l`ys¸Xp¯m³ tbm]nÃ.. Np_¨ptW^w A§sW C^n¡s« F¶v In´n¨p.. Np_¨p hfm]¯nWptlgw AkÄ H¶v tWm^vf`m]n F¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ fmÌÀ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.. N¿n H^p sI¡v D*m]n^p¶p..

“”tfmta Fjpt¶Â¡p… FÃmw l^n]mkpw.. Hs¡ WÃSnWms\¶p In´n¨m fSn.. “” AkÄ ln^hp]À¯n At±is¯ tWm¡n..

At±iw B sI¡v AkapsX N¿n sNmXp¯p.. “” AkhmWs¯ bX¯nsâ s{bmZyqhÀ S^m³ G`vbn¨Sm tfmÄ¡v.. A¶v Nmlnsâ ssXXv Nm^\w S^m³ NjnªnÃtÃm.. bns¶ CSv A½ A_n]*.. tfmav Ss¶ sk¨m fSn.. CWn BklyfnÃm¯sSm¶pw In´n¨n^n¡^pSv.. FÃmw l^n]mkpw..””

^mVnN At±is¯ N`§n] N®pNtamsX tWm¡n.. F¶n«p H¶pw fn*msS Sn^nsN WX¶p..

Nm_n C^n¡pt¼mjpw At±iw b_ª km¡pNam]n^p¶p AkapsX fWÊnÂ.. Ssâ CJm]³.. FÃmw Wãs¸«v Gäkpw him]w Bklyfm] hfm]Sptbm`pw SWn¡p CÑm]sW him]n¡m³ NjnªnÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ AkapsX DÅw Wo_pN]m]n^p¶p.. sbs«¶v AkÄ N¿n bnXn¨n^p¶ sI¡nt`¡p tWm¡n.. H^p `£w ^qb]ptXSm\v… sbs«¶v AkÄ Ft´m HmÀs¯¶tbms` lm¦t^«sW knan¨p..

“”F´m Nptª.. “”

“”l¦t^«m.. Wn¡v Pok^vPohv AÑsW H¶v Nm\\w.. k*n bÅn]nt`¡v knXp..””

“”F´m Nptª.. AknXp¶v C_§n]t¸mÄ fpS Mm³ {l²n¡p¶Sm.. F´m tfmÄ¡v kÃm¯ kngfw tbms`.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfmav N^]pkm]n^pt¶m.. fpOw N*m A§mWm tSm¶pt¶.. “” A]mÄ hufyfm]n tImSn¨p..

“”h¦X¯nWptf h¦X§Ä.. Wn¡_n]nà l¦t^«m MmsW´m C§sW¶p..”” AkÄ H¶v bp©n^n¨p f_pbXnb_ªp..

bns¶ l¦^³ H¶pw b_ªnÃ..

Nm_n Wn¶n_§n ^mVnN bÅntfX]nt`¡p WX¶p.. fp¶ns` sIXnNan skÅw WW¡pN]m]n^p¶p Aѳ.. WX¶pk^p¶ ^mVnNs] N*t¸mÄ At±iw fWÊ_nªp H¶v bp©n^n¨p.. ASn kmÕ`ykpw AktamXpÅ hvtWikpw Wn_ªpWn¶n^p¶p..

“”B^m CSv.. ^mVnN tfmtam.. F¶mXn DsÆ.. WnW¡nt§m«p ktÃmt¸mjpsfms¡ C_§n¡qsX..”” At±iw ASv bp©n^nt]msX b_ªt¸mtj¡pw ^mVnN AÑsâ Nm`n ko\p Wfh-vN^n¨n^p¶p..

“”F¶mXo sbs® CSv.. Fjpt¶sä.. fWpgys^Ãmw Sp`y^m… S¼p^msâfp¶n FÃmk^v¡pw Ht^ kn`]m.. As¸m H^mÄ fsäm^mapsX Nms`ms¡ bnXn¡p¶Sv l^n]Ã… “” At±iw AkapsX tSmapNan bnXn¨p]À¯ns¡m*p b_ªp..

“”km.. ANt¯¡v N]_p.. C^p¶p hwhm^n¡mw.. Wns¶ C§sW Bt^`pw N*m BÄ¡mÀ HmXn¡qXpw.. sh`ns{dän AsÃ..”” At±iw ASpw b_ªp fpt¶ WX¶p.. bÅn]nÂ… “”tUkhym…”” Aѳ bÅn]nt`¡v tWm¡n knan¨p..

“”F´m At¨m..”” F¶v tImSn¨psNm*p H^p 50 k]hp tSm¶n¡p¶ H^mÄ bÅn]n Wn¶pw C_§nk¶p..

“”A¶m½ FknsX.. AktamXv ^*Xnsbman Im] CXm³ b_.. Cs¶m^p hvsbgy PÌv D*v.. tUkhym¡p A_n]nÃt]m Bsa..”” At±iw ^mVnNs] Nm\n¨p tImSn¨p..

“”Aѳ F¶m kÀ¯mWfm Cu b_]pt¶.. W½psX Wm«ns` bm«pNm^n]Ãt]m.. A_n]m*n^n¡ptkm… Mm³ Im] FXp¡m³ b_]mw.. “”A]mÄ ^mVnNs] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.. ^mVnN]pw Sn^n¨p bp©n^n¨p..

“”WnW¡_n]nÃmt]m bpÅns].. CknXps¯ Nbym^p.. A¶m½ A]mapsX sNtXymam..”” ANs¯¡pN]_p¶SnWnX]n Aѳ b_ªp..

“”Mm³ N*n«p*v At¨m..””

“”F¶mXn sbs®.. Wnsâ fpO¯nsWm^p km«w.. Wo N^tªm…?”” Aѳ Nth^]n C^n¡p¶SnWnX]n tImSn¨p..

“”Wns¡m¶q`y At¨m.. AÑWv tSm¶\Sm]n^n¡pw..”” AkÄ AÑsW tWm¡msS]m\v ASv b_ªSv..

“”tSm¶s`m¶pfÃ… FWn¡_n]ntà Wns¶.. B tbms«.. F¶m D*v WnW¡v.. ASv b_..””

“”Wn¡v hpOw SWy At¨m.. bns¶ A¨³ £fn¡\w.. Wns¡m¶p Nm\m³k^m³NqXn bän]n`y.. “” AkÄ kngft¯msX b_ªp..

“”AsSm¶pw hm^fnÃ.. FWn¡_n]nÃt]m tfmÄsX Sn^s¡ms¡.. A½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cs¸m bj]tbms` Ss¶]mt\m..””

AkÄ ASnWp f_pbXn b_]msS S` Np¼n«p Wn¡pN]m\v sI]vSSv..

“”hm^fnà tfmsa.. FÃm¯nWpw S¼p^m³ H^p So^pfmWfp*m¡nS^pw.. “”

“”At¨m.. Wn¡_n]n`y AÑtWmsXms¡ F§Wym Wµn b_]m¶p.. Aѳ H^pbmXv s¶ him]n¨n«p*v.. FÃmw Wãs¸«t¸mjpw ko«n AÑWv f^p¶ptbm`pw tfXn¡m³ Njn]m¯t¸mjpw Aѳ him]n¨SpsNm*m Wn¡v bnXn¨pWn¡m³ Njntª.. ASnsWm¶pw Sn^n¨psI¿m³ Wn¡v hmVn¨n«n`y… “” AkÄ ASpw b_ªp N¿ns` tbjvhv Sp_¶p ASn sk¨n^p¶ sI¡v FXp¯p AÑWptWs^ Wo«n..
“”Aѳ CSv km§\w.. s¶tbms` Np_¨ptbs^¦n`pw AÑsâ S\`n Kokn¡p¶p*v.. AkÀ¡p DbNm^s¸Xpw… “” AkÄ N®pNÄ Wn_Mm\p ASv b_ªSv..

“”tfmÄsX Wà fWhnWv ssUkw NqsX]p*mNpw.. bns¶ tfmÄ¡v F¶m Njn]p¶tbms` Mm³ him]w sI]vSn«p*v F¶v b_ªSv tW^m..””

Aѳ ASv b_ªp fpjpfn¸n¡p¶SnWp fpt¶ _qfnWp fp¶n tUkhym ^*p ¥mhn Im]]pfm]n k¶p..

“”B tUkhym.. Cu tXdnan skt¨maq..”” Aѳ b_ªt¸mÄ A]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX ANs¯¡pk¶p tXdnan Im] sk¨p…

“”tUkhym.. W½p¡v bÅn]psX Kqdn`n BtQmg¯nWv Cksa PÌv B]n«v knan¡mw AsÃ..”” Aѳ H^p bp©n^nt]msX tUkhys] tWm¡n tImSn¨p..

“”bns¶´m At¨m.. ASv WsÃm^p Nm^yftÃ.. FÃmÀ¡pw k`y Cãm Cu sNm¨nsW..”” A]mÄ bp©n^nbqÀkw f_pbXn WÂNn.. ^mVnN]pw H¶v bp©n^n¨p.. tUkhy _qfnWp skan]n C_§n]t¸mÄ Aѳ ko*pw ^mVnNs] tWm¡n..

“”B.. Mm³ F´m b_ªpks¶.. B Wns¶ him]n¨ Nm^yw.. AsSms¡ D*v.. bs£ A^viS]nÃm¯ Wµn Mm³ hzoN^n¡nÃ.. A¶v Np_¨p b\w tfmsa G`vbn¨p F¶pÅSv tW^m.. bs£ ASv fsäm^mÄ tfmÄNv S^m³ Fs¶ G`vbn¨Sm.. ASpsNm*p B Wµn fWhpsNm*v A]mÄ¡v hfÀ¸nt¨¡p..”” Aѳ b_ªt¸mÄ ^mVnN AknlzhnWo]St]msX At±is¯ tWm¡n.. AkapsX fWÊn sSanªSv tXmfn¨sâ fpOw Ss¶]m\v.. F¦n`pw AkÄ AÑsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n..

“”tfmav fWÊn In´n¡p¶ Bav Ss¶.. tXmfn¨³… AÑWv FÃmw A_n]mw.. Ak³ S¶m Wo km§nsöpw ASpsNm*p Mm³ Ss¶ WnW¡v S^\sf¶pw b_ªp Fs¶ G¸n¡pN]m]n^p¶p… ASv Wo Ct¸msj¦n`pw A_n]\w F¶v tSm¶n.. ASpsNm*p b_ªSm..”” Aѳ b_ªpWnÀ¯n]t¸mÄ ^mVnN]psX N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶Sm\v N*Sp.. AkÄ¡p F´psI¿\sf¶p A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.. At¸mįs¶ AkapsX CÑm]sW Nm\m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX fWhv sk¼n.. B fm_n fpOw tIÀ¡m³ AkÄ sNmSn¨p.. B hvtWiw H^n¡`pw Wãs¸Xp¯m³ AkÄ¡p Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ..

^mVnN N®pNÄ SpX¨psNm*p Nth^]n`vWn¶pw Fjpt¶äp..

“”Wn¡v sâ CÑm]sW Nm\\w At¨m..”” ASpw b_ªp AkÄ Sn^nªp skan]nt`¡v HmXn.. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ tkP¯n I`n¨p..

“”tfmsa Wn¡v.. AÑWv H^p Nm^yw NqXn b_]mWp*v.. “” AÑsâ km¡pNÄ AkÄ tN«nÃ.. AkapsX fWhv l^o^t¯¡mÄ tkP¯n bm]pN]m]n^p¶p.. N®pNÄ fsäm¶pw Nm\m¯ AkØ.. NmSpNÄ fsäm¶pw tNÄ¡m¯ ØnSn.. bp_s¯¯n AkÄ k*n]n N]_n]Sv kas^ sbs«¶m]n^p¶p… Aѳ bp_sNk¶p knan¨sSm¶pw AkÄ tN«nÃ.. k*n Bt¸mtj¡pw bÅnfpä¯pWn¶pw C_§n]n^p¶p..

“”ko«nt`¡tà tfmsa..”” l¦t^«sâ hz^w AkapsX NmSpNan bSn¨p.. AkapsX CÑm]sâ AXpsS¯m³ AkapsX fWhv sk¼Â sNmÅp¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.. bs£ ASnWpfp¼v SWn¡p H^msa NqsX Nm\mWp*v…

“”tbmtN* kjn Mm³ b_ªpS^mw l¦t^«m..””

k*n tWs^ sI¶pWn¶Sv HmXn« H^p sI_n] ko«n`m\v… fpä¯p 45 k]thmaw {bm]fpÅ H^p hv{So fpäfXn¡p¶p*v… H^p bj] ssWän B\v tkgw.. H^p NmÀ skan]n k¶p Wn¶t¸mÄ B hv{So A¼^t¸msX tWm¡n.. CSnt¸m B^m\¸m Nm_n F¶ In´t]msX tWm¡p¶ B hv{So]psX fp¶nt`¡v ^mVnN C_§ns¨¶t¸mÄ B fpO¯v ftWmi^fm] bp©n^n]pw AÛpSemkkpw knXÀ¶p.. Iq`v Wn`t¯s¡_nªp B hv{So ^mVnN]psX AXpt¯t¡mXn k¶p..

“”Fsâ Cutlms].. B^m Cu Wn¡ps¶.. FXo f^ns]… Ct§m«p km.. B^m kt¶¡ps¶ F¶v tWm¡v..”” B hv{So ht´mg¯m fSnf_¶n^p¶p..

“”F¶m tfmsa.. F{S Nm`fm]n Ct§mt«s¡ms¡ k¶n«v.. “” B hv{So HmXn ^mVnN]psX ssNNan bnXn¨p .. At¸mtj¡pw f^n] bp_t¯¡p k^nN]m]n^p¶p..

“”F¶m f½n Nm_ps¶.. B^v k¶q¶m..”” ASpw b_ªp f^n] fpät¯¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ ^mVnN Wn_ªfnjnNtamsX tWm¡p¶Sm\v N*Sv.. sbs«¶v f^n]]psX emkkpw fm_n.. Ssâ {bn] hvtWinSs] Nm`§Ä NqXn N*t¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNapw Wn_ªp.. f^n] HmXpN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN]psX AXpt¯¡p.. ^*ptb^pw sN«nbp\À¶p N^ªp..

“”F´mXo.. f_t¶m Wo Fs¶s]ms¡.. F{S Nm`km]n H¶v N*n«v.. “” f^n] ASv b_]pt¼mÄ ^mVnN NqXpSÂ Aksa l^o^t¯mXv tIÀSp..

“”fv.. fSn.. Wo ANt¯¡v N]_p.. Bt^`pw Wns¶ N*m bns¶ CknsX H^p ht½aW¯nsâ Bamkpw.. ANt¯¡v km.. “” ASpw b_ªp f^n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mVnNs] Akan`vWn¶pw AXÀ¯nfmän.. AkapsX ssNbnXn¨v sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkÄ AN¯p NX¶p..

AkÀ tWs^ WX¶Sv f^n]]psX _qfnt`¡m\v.. H^p sI_n] fp_n… sI_psS¦n`pw k`n] huN^y§antÃ`pw kr¯n]m]n hq£n¨n^n¡p¶p.. f^n] ^mVnNs] bnXn¨p N«n`n C^p¯n..

“”FXo sbs®.. F{S Nm`m]n Wn¶s]m¶p C§sW N*n«v.. hpOfmt\m WnW¡v.. “” f^n] ^mVnN]psX fpOw ssNNan tNm^ns]Xp¯p tImSn¨p.. ^mVnN]psX N®pNan Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ ASnWp¯^fm]n HjpNnk^p¶Sm\v f^n] N*Sv.. f^n] ^mVnNt]mXv tIÀ¶v N«n`n C^p¶p..

“”hm^nÃXn… tbms«.. Wns¶ Mm³ Nps_ Nm\m³ {lfn¨Sm.. bs£ bän]nÃ… Wnsâ B SÅ h½Sn¨nà F¶Sm\v l^n..”” f^n] A`vbw tUgyt¯msX b_ªp..

“”f^ns]… Wn¡v sâ CÑm]sW Nm\\w f^ns].. Wn¡v Nm\\w.. “” ^mVnN ASv sbs«¶v b_ªt¸mÄ f^n] ^mVnNs] tWm¡n.. B hz^w CX_n]n^p¶p.. N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNm³ SpX§p¶p.. bs£ f^n] H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.. b_]m³ Njn]m¯ GtSm kngfw fWÊn S§nWn¡p¶Sptbms`.. f^n]]psX N®pNapw Wn_]p¶Sv ^mVnN N*p..

“” f^ns].. t¶mXv hSyw b_.. Wn¡v bmXm³ Akh^w D*m¡n S¶Spw b\w S¶p him]n¨Spw Hmt^m h¦X¯n`pw Mm³ tbm`pw A_n]msS s¶ him]n¨Spw sâ CÑm]Wm\v ¶p WnW¡_n]nÃm]n^pt¶m…?”” ^mVnN kngft¯msX ASv b_ªt¸mÄ f^n] AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.. bs£ AkÄ fuWfm]n Ss¶ C^p¶p.. DÅn F´ntât]m NW F^n]p¶tbms`..

“”b_ f^ns].. WnW¡_n]nÃm]n^pt¶m.. ?”” ^mVnN ko*pw tImUn¨t¸mjpw f^n] fuWfm]n¯s¶ C^p¶p… bs£ B fuW¯n`vWn¶pw ^mVnN¡p AkapsX D¯^w fWhn`m¡mfm]n^p¶p..

“”Wn¡v fWhn`m]n.. FÃmw Wn§Ä¡_n]mw.. FÃmw l^nSs¶]m.. “” ASpw b_ªp ^mVnN f^n]]psX ssNNÄ NX¶pbnXn¨p.. Wn_N®pNtamsX kn_]v¡p¶ hz^¯n AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.. “”Wn¡v Nm\\w f^ns] sâ CÑm]sW.. Wn¡m Nm¡ koj\w..””

f^n] ko*pw ^mVnNs] tWm¡n.. bs£ C{bmklyw AkapsX N®pNan N^p\memk¯nWp bN^w tUgyemkfm]n^p¶p.. f^n] ^mVnN]psX ssN knXpkn¨p Fjpt¶äp..

“”Ct¸mjmt\m WnW¡v Wnsâ CÑm]sW Nm\\w F¶v tSm¶ns].. “” f^n]]psX tUgyt¯msX]pÅ km¡pNÄs¡«p ^mVnN H^p bNt¸msX f^n]s] tWm¡n..

“”Wo b_ªsSms¡ l^n]m… bm«p bmXm³ Akh^w D*m¡n]Spw Wnsâ ko«n sNmXpw b«n\n]m]t¸mÄ Fs¶ A]¨Spw A¶v ko«nt`¡p Bklyfm] hmVW§Ä FÃmw tfXn¨p sNmXp¯]¨Spw FÃmw tXmfn¨³ Ss¶]m.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AÑsW tWm¡mWpÅSpsNm*p Wo bmXm³ tbmknà F¶_n]mkp¶SpsNm*p AÑsW tWm¡m³ Fs¶ A]¨Spw Ak³ Ss¶]m.. bs£ ^m{Sn]n fsäm^pko«n tbm]n Hä]v¡v Wo¡m³ ko«n h½Sn¡m¯sNm*p A¶v ^*p Unkhkpw Wnsâ AÑsâ Nm^y§saÃmw tWm¡n]Spw lp{hqln¨Spw tXmfn¨Wm…. FÃmw sI]vSSv Ak³ Ss¶]m.. Aksâ A¸³ Wns¶ Bsa]m]¨p eog\ns¸Xp¯n]sNm*m Wo AktWmXp sk_p¸v Nm\n¨Sv F¶v AkW_n]mw.. FWn¡pw.. Aksâ A¸³ ASpb_ªn«m f^n¨Sv.. AkhmWw FÃmw Wãs¸«v tXmfn¨Wv H¶pw CÃmSm]t¸mÄ Wo D]À¨]psX bXnNÄ N]_pN]m]n^p¶p.. At¸mÄ Wnt¶mXv FÃmw Sp_¶pb_]mWpw AN¨ fmämWpw MmWpw C¡]pw H^pbmXv b_ªSm.. bs£ Wo Cs¸m hfqi¯n D]À¶ ØmW¯n^n¡p¶kams\¶pw FÃmk^m`pw B^mVn¡s¸Xp¶ Pm]nN]ms\¶pw ASpsNm*p AkWm]n WnWs¡m^p em^fmkm³ bmXnÃm¶pw b_ªp H¶pw Wns¶ A_n]n¡m³ h½Sn¨nÃ.. HXpkn Aksâ A½ Hm¸t_g³ B]n timhvbnä`n NnX¡pt¼mjm b\¯nWp fsäm¶pw Bt`mIn¡msS Wnsâ AXpt¯¡v Ak³ k¶Sv.. bs£ AknsX hwekn¨Sv WnW¡_n]mt`m..”” f^n]]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v hvSwen¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN… B ^*p Unkhw Ssâ ØmW¯pWn¶v Ssâ AÑsW tWm¡n]Sv CÑm]Wm F¶_nªt¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNan tSm^m¯ N®oÀfj sb]vSn_§n.. SWn¡ptk*n Ct{Ss]ms¡ sI]vSn«v Sm³ CJm]Wv h¦X§Ä fm{Sfm Sn^nsNs¡mXp¯Sp.. AkÄ¡p hz]w sk_p¸ptSm¶n.. fWhpw l^o^kpw H^ptbms` Sa^p¶p.. FÃmw Sm³ Nm^\ftÃ..

“”f^ns].. Wn¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p H¶pw.. F¶m`pw sâ CÑm]sW H^n¡`pw Mm³ sk_p¯n«nÃ.. f_¶n«nÃ… sâ DÅn F¶pw sâ CJm]³ fmt{S D*m]n^p¶pÅp.. B CJm]Wv sâ FÃmw Mm³ W`vNnsà f^ns].. bs£ A½s] WnW¡_n]ntÃ.. H¶nWpw h½Sn¡nÃ… Bs^]pw H¶v Nm\m³ NqXn h½Sn¨n«nà s¶..”” ^mVnN]psX N®ot^msX]pÅ km¡pNÄ f^n]¡p tkUW h½mWn¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p… AkapsX fpO¯v ko*pw AktamXpÅ Aakä hvtWiw Wn_]pN]m]n^p¶p.. f^n] ^mVnN]psX fp¶n fp«pNp¯nWn¶p AkapsX N^ªpN`§n] fpOw AkapsX ssNNan tNm^ns]Xp¯p..

“”Zm… Wns¶ kngfn¸n¡m³ b_ªSÃ.. bs£ Wo b`Spw fWhn`m¡mWp*v… FÃm¯nWpw Nm^\w Wnsâ]o bmk¯w hzemkfm\v… Wo Ct{Sw bmkw BN^pSv ^mVntN.. Wnsâ KoknS¯ns` Cu h¦X§Äs¡ms¡ H^p b^nVnks^ Wo Ss¶]m\v Nm^\w.. MmsWm^p Nm^yw tImUn¡s«.. tXmfn¨sâ b¸m Wns¶ eog\ns¸Xp¯n F¶pÅSv tW^m.. bs£ bpÅn f^n¨t¸msj¦n`pw WnW¡v AksW H¶v Nm\m³ hmVn¡m¯sS´m…””

f^n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv tImUn¨t¸mÄ ^mVnN N®ot^msX AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n..

“”s¶ H¶nWpw h½Sn¨nà f^ns]…. CÑm]sâ Aѳ f^n¨t¸mÄtbm`pw s¶ H¶v Nm\m³ kn«nÃ.. N^ªpb_ªSm Mm³.. bs£.. A½ s¶ h½Sn¨nÃ… Mm³ Ft¶`pw sI]vSm sâ AÑsW]m ASnWpbN^w t{Umin¡pN… b_]p¶Sv AWph^n¨ntàAÑsW CÃm*m¡pw s¶ms¡]m b_]t\”” ^mVnN N^ªpsNm*m\v ASv b_ªSv..

“”CSm Mm³ b_ªSv ^mVntN.. Wo Fs´ms¡ sI¿\sf¶v WnW¡v So^pfmWn¡m³ NjnªntàASv WntâSs¶ sSäm.. AtàW½p¡v W½sa hvtWin¡p¶kÀ¡ptk*n Kokn¡mw.. AkÀ¡ptk*n SymP§Ä hin¡mw.. sSänÃ.. bs£ Wns¶ KoknSNm`w fpjpk³ Nãs¸Xp¯p¶ B hv{So¡ptk*n Wo Ss¶]m\v Nãs¸Xp¯p¶Sp.. ASn`qsX Wns¶ hvtWin¡p¶ks^Ãmw h¦Xs¸XpN]ms\¶p Wo A_n]\w.. Wo H^`vbw ssV^yw Nm\n¨n^pt¶Â C§sWms¡ hwekn¡pfm]n^pt¶m.. MmWm]n^p¶p Wnsâ ØmWs¯¦n B SÅ bns¶ hwhm^n¡nÃm]n^p¶p.. AÑsW CÃm*m¡pw F¶v b_ª B Wmkp Mm³ bnjpsSXpt¯sW.. A½]psX ØmWsfm¶pw tWm¡m*v B N^\w tWm¡n sbm«nt¨sW Mm³.. “” f^n]]psX N®pNan tUgyw Sna¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

^mVnN sbs«¶v Nm^¨nt`msX f^n]s] bp\À¶p.. AkapsX tSman NnX¶p AkÄ knSp¼n…

“”Wn¡v Nm\\w sâ CÑm]sW… B Nm`n ko\p fm¸p tImUn¡\w.. H¶pw tk* Wn¡v.. b\kpw bm«pw tb^pw H¶pw.. Wns¡sâ CÑm]sW fm{Sw fSn.. s¶ sNm*ptbm f^ns] CÑm]sâ AXpt¯¡v.. “” ^mVnN N®ot^msX ASv b_ªt¸mÄ f^n] Aksa St`mXn Blzhn¸n¨nsNm*n^p¶p.. H^p NpªnNp«ns]tbms` ^mVnN tS§n N^]pN]m\v..

“”Wmsa tXmfn¨sâ fWʽSfm…””

f^n]]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v sbs«¶v ^mVnN]psX N^¨n Wn¶p.. N®pNan AknlzhWo]S Nan]mXn… tN« km¡pNÄ AkÄ¡p DÄs¡mÅm³ NjnªnÃ… AkÄ ln^hp]À¯n f^n]s] tWm¡n.. f^n]]psX N®pNapw Wn_ªn«p*v… ASnÂWn¶pw ^*pSpÅn N®pWoÀ HjpNn]n_§n.. bs£ AkÄ ^mVnNs] tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.. fsäkntXt¡m tWm¡n]m\v f^n]]psX Wn¸v..

“”´m b_sª f^ns] Wo Cs¸m..?”” ^mVnN]psX AknlzhWo]St]msX]pÅ km¡pNÄ..

“” Wmsa tXmfn¨sâ fWʽSfm..”” f^n] ko*pw b_ªp..

^mVnN]psX DÅn skÅnXn tbms`]m\v B km¡pNÄ k¶p bSn¨Sv.. Cu t`mN¯n Sm³ Gäkpw NqXpS B{Pin¨, Cãs¸« B hvtWiw Wãs¸XpN]ms\t¶m… CÃ.. ASkÄs¡m^n¡`pw knlzhn¡m³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ.. bs£ AkapsX N®pNÄ ko*pw Wn_sªmjpNn… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^^pknN\s¡.. AkÄ ko*pw AknlzhWo]St]msX f^n]s] tWm¡n..

“”t¶mXv NÅw b_]tà f^ns].. s¶ bän¡m³ b_]pktà Wo.. sâ CJm]Wv H^n¡`pw s¶ f_¡m³ Njn]nÃ… AsSWn¡_n]mw.. b_ f^ns].. Wo s¶ tbXn¸n¡m³ b_ªSms\¶p b_… s¶ bän¡m³ NÅw b_ªSms\¶p b_..”” ^mVnN f^n]]psX tSmapNan bnXn¨p Np`p¡ns¡m*m\v ASv b_ªSv.. f^n] BsN kÃm¯ AkØ]n`m]n^p¶p.. WX¡m³ bmXnÃm¯sSms¡]m\v WX¡p¶Sv..

“”AtSXm… Wmsa tXmfn¨sâ]pw fmaknN]psX]pw fWʽSfm.. fmaknN]psX CXkNbÅn]n k¨v.. ^mkns` 10 f\n¡v “”
f^n]]psX km¡pNÄ ^mVnN tkUWt]msX]pw AÛpSt¯msX]pw tN«p..

“”fmaknN..”” ^mVnN]psX AV^§Ä A_n]msSt¶m\w f{´n¨p…

“”AsS.. tXmfn¨³ BsN Nã¯n`m] hf]¯p AkWp tKm`n sNmXp¯Spw Aksâ A½¡v Hm¸t_gWv b\fX¨Spw FÃmw fmaknN]m\v… Cs¸m AkÄ¡p H^pbmXv fmäw k¶n«p*v…”” f^n] ASpw b_ªp WX¶ FÃm Nm^y§apw ^mVnN¡p fp¶n knlUoN^n¨p..

FÃmw tN«pNjnªt¸mÄ ^mVnN SaÀ¶p N«n`nt`¡v C^p¶ptbm]n.. AkapsX fpOw WnÀknNm^fm]n^p¶p.. H^p ln`N\s¡ AkÄ C^p¶p.. f^n]]psX DÅw tS§pN]m]n^p¶p Ssâ {bn] Nq«pNm^n]psX Cu AkØ]nÂ..

“”Wo km… W½p¡v hf]w kas^ Np_km.. tXmfn¨sW Cs¸m Ss¶ Nm\mw.. Nm^y§Ä FÃmw b^hvb^w hwhm^n¨m So^mkp¶sS]pÅp… Wo Fjpt¶Â¡p..”” f^n] ASpw b_ªp ^mVnN]psX N¿nÂbnXn¨p Fjpt¶`vbn¡m³ {lfn¨p.. bs£ AkÄ Fjpt¶Â¡m³ knʽSn¡p¶Sptbms`.. f^n] Sn^nªp ^mVnNs] tWm¡n.. WnÀknNm^St]msX f^n]s] tWm¡pN]m\v ^mVnN.. AkapsX fpOs¯ emkw f^n]m¡p fWhn`m]nÃ..

“”Wo F´m tWm¡nWn¡ps¶…. k^m³..”” AkÄ bnt¶w knan¨p..

bs£ ^mVnN Fjpt¶änÃ.. Cà F¶]À°¯n AkÄ S`]na¡n.. f^n]¡p H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ.. ^mVnN ssNsNm*p AkapsX Ss¶ N®pNÄ SpX¨p..

“”C`y f^ns]… Mm³ k^n`y… Wn]pw sâ CÑm]Wv H^p h¦Xfm]n¯o^m³ MmWn`y.. Wo Ss¶]tà b_sª fmaknN Cu sI]vS him]§Äs¡ms¡ Ht^s]m^p Nm^ytf Sn^n¨p tImUn¨pÅp..ASv Aksa CÑm]sâ KoknS¯nt`¡v Nq«\w F¶m¶p.. A½]psX Kok³ Nm¯ktamXpÅ Wµn]m]m\v CJm]³ CSnWp h½Sn¨sS¶p.. A§WpÅt¸m Wns¡§Wym CÑm]sâ fp¶nt`¡v Cs¸m tbmkm³ Njy… Mm³ sI¶m CÑm]Wv NqXpS h¦Xtà D*mkq.. Wn¡_n]mw.. CÑm]sâ fWÊn t¶mXv F{Sfm{Sw hvtWtims*¶p.. B hvtWi¯nWp Wn]pw tkUW bN^fm]n WÂNm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡v Njn]n`y.. Wn¡v Njn]n`y f^ns]..”” ASv b_]pt¼mÄ ^mVnN N^ªptbm]n^p¶p.. f^n] ko*pw Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p.. AkÀ b^hvb^w bp\À¶p N^ªp….

Np_¨p hf]w AkÀ A§sWSs¶ Wn¶p.. sbs«¶v ^mVnN f^n]]n`vWn¶pw AXÀ¶pfm_n bp_t¯t¡mXn.. AkÄ At¸mjpw N®pWoÀ Hjp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p… N^ªpsNm*v k*n]nt`¡v N]_n] ^mVnNs] N*t¸mÄ l¦^Wv H¶pw tImSn¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.. A]mÄ tkPw k*n fpt¶ms«Xp¯p..

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ko«n F¯n]Spw tWs^ _qfnÂN]_n NSNX¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN.. fWhv {em´fm] AkØ]nt`¡v Wo§pN]m\v… f^n]t]mXv A§sW b_sª¦n`pw tXmfn¨³ Wãs¸Xp¶Sv AkapsX fWhnWv Sm§m³ Njn]nÃm¯ Nm^yfm\v.. bs£ Ssâ CÑm]sW CWn]pw tkUWn¸n¡m³ Njn]nà F¶ In´]pw.. AkapsX DÅp BsN Wo_n¸pNªp.. fWhv {em´fm] AkØNant`¡p tIt¡_p¶Sptbms` AkÄ¡p tSm¶n..

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tUkm`]w kas^ ftWmi^fm]n¯s¶ A`¦^n¨n^p¶p.. knknV kÀ\¯n`pÅ bq¡apw d`q\pNapw FÃmw AknsX Sna§nWn¡p¶p… FÃmk^psX]pw fpO¯v ht´mgfm\v.. b` Wn_¯n`pÅ ss`äpNapsX {bNml¯n H^p skÅ gÀ«pw skÅ fp*pw DXp¯pWn¡p¶ tXmfn¨³ l^n¡pw B¬huµ^y¯nsâ b^ym]fm]n^n¡p¶p.. sSm«Xp¯pSs¶ ftWmi^fm] skÅkhv{Sw V^n¨ H^p hv{So^qbw.. A\nsªm^p§n]n^n¡p¶ B ^qbw fmaknN B\v.. fpO¯v Wn_bp©n^n.. N®pNan W£{S¯na¡w… fpO¯v fn¶nf_]p¶ Wm\w..

H^p SanN]n b«n sk¨n^n¡p¶ ^*p ftWmi^fm] tfmSn^§Ä.. fmaknN ASn Hs¶Xp¡p¶p.. ASv tXmfn¨sâ ssNNan A\n]n¡pN]m\v.. tXmfn¨Wpw ftä tfmSn^w ssNNan FXp¯p.. ASv fmaknN¡ptWs^ Wo«p¶p.. fmaknN bp©n^nt]msX tfmSn^kn^ Wo«ns¡mXp¯p… tXmfn¨sâ ssNNÄ B knkmiDX¼Xn D_¸n¡pkmWm]n Wo§pN]m\v..

“”CJm]m..””. H^`À¨]m]n^p¶p ASv.. ^mVnN sM«n¯n^nªp Wn¡pN]m\v… l^o^sfÃmw BsN kn]À¯n^n¡p¶p… AkÄ Ipäpw tWm¡n.. Sm³ Ssâ fp_n]n`m\v F¶ tdmVw AkÄ¡p A`vbw BlzmhtfNn.. N*Sv hzbvWfm\v… AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p.. AkapsX ssNNan F´nsât]m hm¶nVyw A_nªp AkÄ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B f]n`vbo`n]m\v N*Sv.. At¸mjm\v AkÄ¡p FÃmw HmÀ½ k¶Sv.. C¶s` NnX¶ AsS NnX¸m\v.. B f]nÂbo`n Sp*v ssNNan FXp¯p N^ªSv HmÀ½]p*v.. F¸tjm D_§ntbm]n^n¡p¶p… fp_n]n Ct¸mjpw skan¨fp*v.. AkÄ KW`n`qsX skan]nt`¡v tWm¡n.. C^p«m\v.. I{µ³ Han¨n^n¡pkms\¶p tSm¶pw.. A{S]v¡v AÔNm^w.. AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv t¢m¡nt`¡p tWm¡n.. hf]w Wm`v f\n.. tW^w skap¡m_m]n^n¡p¶p…

AkÄ hzbvWs¯¡p_nt¨mÀ¯p.. ASv SWn¡p F{St¯maw tkUWmKWNfms\¶p AkÄ A_nªp.. F§sW hin¡pw CSv . Ssâ CÑm]sW A_nªpsNm*v F§sW fsäm^mÄ¡p kn«psNmXp¡pw.. AkapsX fWhv Wo^n¸pNªp.. tk`nt]äfm\v fWÊnÂ.. h¦X¯nsâ]pw tkUW]psX]pw Sn^NÄ A`]Xn¨p]^pN]m\v… AkÄ B KWÂbmanÂNan bnXn¨p knUq^S]nt`¡v tWm¡nWn¶p… N®pNÄ¡v H¶pw UrlyfÃm¯ knVw FÃmw C^p*p NX¡pN]m\v.. Ssâ fWhn`pw Cs¸m C^p«tÃ… Ssâ {bNmlw Ssâ CÑm]Wm\v… C^p«nsâ bXpNpjn]nt`¡p Sm\t¸mÄ SWn¡v skan¨w S¶ {bNmlw.. ASn¶p fsäm^mÄ¡p hz´fmNpt¼mÄ Sm³ ko*pw WnSyfm] C^p«nt`¡v kojpN]tÃ… bs£ Ssâ CÑm]sW CWn]pw tkUWn¸n¡m³ SWn¡mkptfm… AkapsX DÅn fim ]p²w WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p… CWn D_§m³ hmVn¡nà F¶kÄ¡_n]mw… hf]w Cjªnjªm\v Wo§p¶Sv..

^mVnN AsS Wn¸pSs¶]m\v… ^mkns` AXp¡ab\n sI¿p¶ Wm\n]½ Nm¸n NpXn¡m³ knan¨Sm\v.. tbm]nÃ.. l^o^¯nsâ knl¸v fWhv hzoN^n¡p¶nÃ… AkÄ hf]w tWm¡n.. H¼Spf\n B]n^n¡p¶p… H^p f\n¡qÀ NqXn.. Np_¨p hf]¯nWNw Ssâ CÑm]sâ fWʽSw.. CSv DX¼Xn B\v.. ASv WX¶mÂ… bs£ …. AkÄ¡p F´v sI¿\sf¶v H^p ^qbw fWÊn sSan]p¶nÃ.. bs£ AkÄs¡m^p Nm^yw A_n]mfm]n^p¶p… CÑm]WnÃmsS Cu KoknSw SWn¡p W^Nfms\¶p..

CÃ… Njn]nà SWn¡p kn«psNmXp¡m³.. CJm]Wv Ssâ hvtWiw Wn^hn¡m³ H^n¡`pfmknà F¶ tSm¶`n AkÄ D\À¶p.. fWhpw l^o^kpw.. Na]m³ CWn hf]fnÃ.. AkÄ {ZÊv fmän]Spw H^p§n]Spw WnfngtW^wsNm*m\v.. tZmÀ Sp_¶p l^n¡pw HmXpN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN.. fWhv ASn`pw tkP¯n bm]pN]m\v.. sbs«¶v AkapsX Nm`pNÄ I`Wfäp Wn¶p.. fp¶n tUgyemkt¯msX A½s]¶p CSpks^ knan¨ hv{So..

“”FknsXtbmNpkmXo ^mkns` H^p§ns¡«n.. Fsâ AWpkmUw NqXmsS Ft§m«pw tbmksöp Mm³ b_ªn«pÅStÃ.. tN_ntbmXo AN¯p.. “” BÚ B]n^p¶p ASv..

“”C`y.. Wn¡v tbm\w.. Wns¡sâ CÑm]sW Nm\\w..”” ^mVnN]psX hz^¯n CSpks^ CÃm¯ H^p Ur[S lm^U {l²n¨p.. ASv l^n¡pw B hv{Sos] sImXn¸n¨p..

“”Wo tbm]m Sn^n¨pk^pt¼mÄ SaÀ¶pNnX¡p¶ B b^«NnaksW Wo Nm\nÃ..”” lm^U]psX hz^w W¶m]n D]À¶n^p¶p.. bs£ {bSo£n¨tbms`]à hwekn¨Sv.. H^p Wnfngw lm^S¡p H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ.. N®n H^pWnfngw C^p«pN]_n]tbms`… H¶v skankpk¶t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp¶nÂWn¡p¶ ^mVnNs] lm^U N*p.. At¸mjm\v Nm^y§Ä fWhn`m]Sv… N`nbq*pWn¡p¶ tUkns]tbms` ^mVnN tUgy¯m kn_¡pN]m\v.. AkapsX ssNN^pSv Ssâ NknÄ A_nªSm\v… Wà tkUW tSm¶n lm^S¡p.. sI_p¸w fpS b\ns]Xp¯p lo`n¨ ^mVnN]psX ssNNÄ¡v Wà N^p¯m]n^p¶p..

lm^U l^n¡pw AefmW¯m`pw tkUW]m`pw Sna¨p.. fpOw Ipk¶p SpXp¯p..

“”FXo S´¡p bn_¡m¯ksa.. Wos]s¶ SÃn]tÃ..”” lm^U]psX kn_]v¡p¶ km¡pNÄ.. bs£ bqÀ¯n]m¡p¶SnWpfp¼p AXp¯Sv k¶p.. AXnsNm* AsS Ø`¯pSs¶ ko*pw ^mVnN]psX ssNNÄ.. C{bmklyw lm^U]psX N®n`vWn¶pw sbm¶o¨ b_¶p.. Nknans` bmXv l^n¡pw sSanªp..

“”Wn§sa As½¶p knan¨SnWpÅ ln£ Nn«n¡jnªp Wn¡v.. CsSms¡ sâ Nã¸mXpsNm*p*m]Sm… Wn CSn`pw sâ tf`pw AkNmlw b_ªpWn¶m Wn]pw SÃpw Mm³.. sâ AÑsW sNmÃpw s`.. “” ^mVnN]psX hz^w tUgy¯m kn_¨n^p¶p.. “” C_§nt¸mXo CknXp¶p.. Wn§sasâ B^pfÃ.. “”

lm^U l^n¡pw kn_¨ptbm]n.. BUyfm]n Nm\p¶ ^mVnN]psX knlz^qbw.. D_ªpSpÅpN]m\v AkapsX DÅns` tNmbmN¶n.. ^mVnN lm^S]psX sVi¯pbnXn¨p bp_t¯¡p SÅn..

“”l¦t^«m…. shNyq^nän…”” ^mVnN]psX lÐw D]À¶p.. Nm_v NjpNpN]m]n^p¶ l¦t^«Wpw shNyq^nän]pw HmXn k¶p.. fp¶n WX¡p¶SpN* Ak^psX fpO¯v AÛpSemkfm\v…

“”Wn§tamXm]n b_]pN]m\v.. CSv sâ koXm\v.. Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tN«v Kokn¡msf¦n CknsX Wn¡mw.. BUyw Cu hv{Sos] bnXn¨p bp_¯p SÅp.. CWn CknsX§mWpw N*m AXnt¨mXnt¨m\w… Cu bXn tNäns]¡^pSv..”” ^mVnN l^n¡pw A`_pN]m]n^p¶p..

l¦^³ Ss¶ fpt¶m«pk¶p lm^S]psX fpXn¡p¯nWp bnXn¨p SÅn.. bns¶ k`n¨p sNm*ptbmkm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ ^mVnN sbs«¶v knan¨p..

“”l¦t^«m… “”

l¦^³ sbs«¶v Wn¶v F´m F¶]À°¯n Sn^nªptWm¡n.. ^mVnN WX¶p Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n.. tUgyw Ss¶]m\v fpO¯v.. tbXnt]msX N`§n] N®pNapfm]nWn¡p¶ lm^S]psX fp¶n ^mVnN Wn¶p… ssNWo«n H¶pNqXn sNmXp¯p ^mVnN.. AsS ØmW¯pSs¶… lm^U l^n¡pw S` N_§n kojm³ tbm]n.. CSpN*v l¦t^«sâ fpO¯v H^p In^n fn¶nfmªp…

“”CSv sâ AÑWv tk*n…”” ^mVnN ASpw b_ªp NWs`^n]p¶ N®pNapfm]n lm^Ss] tWm¡n.. l¦t^«³ lm^Ss] SÅns¡m*v tPänt`¡p WX¶p…

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ftWmi^fm]n A`¦^n¨n^n¡p¶ tUkm`]¯n tXmfn¨sâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpir¯p¡apw dÔp¡apw bns¶ Np_¨p sb®nsâ ko«pNm^pfm]n Np_¨ptbs^ D*m]n^p¶pÅp… skÅ fp*pw gÀ«pfm\v tXmfn¨sâ tkgw.. ¾mWfm] fpOemkw.. sSm«Xp¯v Wn_bp©n^nt]msX fmaknN.. l^n¡pw {bNmlbq^nSfm]n^p¶p B fpOw.. skÅ¡aÀ hm^n]n hz^v\Wn_¯m bq¡Ä k^¨n^n¡p¶p.. l^n¡pw H^p fm`mO Ss¶ F¶v tSm¶pw.. fmaknN]psX AXp¯v tfma½]pw f^n]]pw D*v.. tfma½ ht´mgkSn]mt\`pw f^n]]psX fpO¯v kngmUw {bNXfm\v.. f^n] Ipäpw A`hfm]n H¶v tWm¡n.. _n]mhv bp_¯pNqXn Sn^¡n«p HmXn WX¡pN]m\v… bs£ f^n]]psX N®pNÄ Sn^ªSv fäms^t]m B\v… Aѳ {bmÀ°W sIm`pN]m\v..

“” mffifvlhf.. Cu Wn¡p¶ bt^SWm] bq¸_¼n tSmf]psX]pw em^y tfman]psX]pw fNWm] tXmw tSmfhnsW fnlnim]psX Wn]f§apw he]psX knlzmh§apw AWph^n¨p hz´w eÀ¯mkm]n hzoN^n¡m³ h½Sfmt\m…”” Aѳ N®pNÄ D]À¯n fmaknNs] tWm¡n… AkÄ bp©n^n SqNn Wn¡pN]m\v..

“”CJm]m….”” N^¨n NqXnN`À¶ H^p fmsäm`n B tUkm`]¯n fpj§ntN«p.. FÃmk^pw bÅn]psX {bVmW NkmX¯nt`¡p Sn^nªp… H^msamjnsN… NqXnWn¶kÀs¡Ãmw AÛpSemkw.. Nm^\w FÃmk^v¡pw hpb^nInS]m], A_n]s¸Xp¶ bm«pNm^n]m\v N®os^mjp¡n knan¨n^n¡p¶Sv.. tfma½]pw fmaknN]pw Hs¡ BsN hvSwen¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p… f^n]]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp.. tXmfn¨³ fm{Sw AÄSm^m]nt`¡vSs¶ Sn^nªpWn¶p… AkW_n]mw B hz^s¯… bs£…

^mVnN BapNÄ¡v WXpkns` kn^n]n`qsX HmXn…. NqXnWn¶kÀ¡p H¶pw fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ..

“”CJm]m..”” AkapsX hz^w ko*pw ko*pw AknsX fmsäm`nsNm*p..

Ssâ tUiw N^§am Ipänk^n]s¸«Sv tXmfn¨³ A_nªp.. ^mVnN tXmfn¨sW sN«n¸nXn¨p Wn¡pN]m\v.. AkapsX N®pWoÀ gÀ«v WW¡p¶Sv Ak³ A_n]p¶p*v.. Aksa AXÀ¯nfmämtWm tIÀ¯pbnXn¡mtWm Ak³ {lfn¨nÃ.. H^p ln`N\s¡ Wn¡pN]m\v..

“”Wn¡v bä\n`y CJm]m f_¡m³… CJm]³ NqsX]nÃmsS Kokn¡m³ Njn]n`y Wn¡v.. t¶mXv £fn¡v CJm]m.. “” ^mVnN tS§n N^]pN]m]n^p¶p… ssNNam AksW kÃm*v fp_psN bnXn¨n«p*v.. f^n]]psX N®pNapw Wn_sªmjpNn.. AkÄ¡p ^mVnNs] SX]pkm³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ.. KW§saÃmw b^hvb^w hwhm^n¡p¶p… bpt^minS³ F´psI¿\sf¶p A_n]msS Ipäpw tWm¡n..

sbs«¶v ^*p N^§Ä Ss¶ tXmfn¨Wn Wn¶pw b_n¨pfmäm³ {lfn¡p¶Sv ^mVnN A_nªp.. AkÄ ASnsW {bSnt^mVn¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw WX¶nÃ..AkÄ Sn^nªt¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*Sv PokÀPoh¨sW B\v..

“”At¨m… Wn¡v CÑm]sW tk\w.. Wn¡v f_¡m³ Njn]n`y At¨m.. “” AkÄ sbm«n¡^ªp..

“”tfmav km.. Aѳ b_]s«… “” At±iw Aksa d`fm]n AknsXWn¶pw fmäm³ {lfn¨psNm*p b_ªp..

^mVnN fmaknNs] tWm¡n.. AkapsX fpOs¯ emkw.. AsS´m\v F¶v fWÊn`m¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ..

“”fmaknN.. t¶mXv U] Nm«\w.. Wn¡v fsäm¶pw tk*… Wn¡pÅsSÃmw WnW¡v S^mw … FÃmw.. Fsâ hz¯pw h¼mUykpw FÃmw… Wn¡p sâ CÑm]sW S¶qsX… ¹ohv.. Atàf^n¨ptbmkpw Mm³..”” ^mVnN N^ªpsNm*v ASv b_ªt¸mtj¡pw Aѳ Aksa]pwsNm*p bÅn¡v skan]n F¯n]n^p¶p… At¸mjpw ^mVnN b`Spw b_ªp N^]pN]m]n^p¶p…

bÅn¡pÅn FÃm lÐkpw Wn¶p.. BÄ¡mÀ FÃmk^pw hwhm^w WnÀ¯n {l²t]msX Wn¡pN]m\v.. bpt^minS³ FÃmks^]pw ko£n¨SnWp tlgw fmaknNs] tWm¡n..

“”fmaknN.. Cu Wn¡p¶ tXmw tSmfhnsW eÀ¯mkm]n hzoN^n¡m³ WnW¡v h½Sfmt\m…”” ko*pw AÑsâ tImUyw….

fmaknN Sn^nªp tXmfn¨sW tWm¡n.. WWª Aksâ N®pNÄ AkÄ N*p.. ASn A`]Xn¡p¶ h¦XSn^vNav AkÄ A_nªp.. tXmfn¨Wpw Aksa H¶v tWm¡n.. Aksâ fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n k^p¯m³ Ak³ {lfn¨t¸mÄ… bs£ ASv b^mK]fm]n^p¶p..

“”h½Sfmt\m..”” ko*pw bpt^minSsâ hz^w D]À¶p..

“”AÃ….”” H^p Wnfngw tUkm`]w fpjpk³ hvSwen¨tbms` B]nt¸m]n.. fmaknN]psX B km¡pNÄ A{S]v¡v Ur[fm]n^p¶p.. tXmfn¨³ AknlzhWo]fm] fpOt¯msX fmaknNs] tWm¡n.. Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶Sv Ak³ A_nªp… fmaknN AkWptWs^ tWm¡n bp©n^n¡pN]m\v.. {cm³hnhv At¸mtj¡pw fmaknN]psX AXpt¯¡v HmXns]¯n..

“”tfmsa.. F´m]nSv..”” A]mÄ knNm^e^nSWm]n..

“”CSm\v l^n b¸m… Ck^psX hvtWiw FWn¡_n]mkp¶Sm.. ^mVnN H^p bmkfm.. AkapsX DÅn tXmfn¨³ fmt{S DÅp.. tXmfn¨Wpw Aksa]m\v Cãw.. H^pbs£ A½s] ^£n¡m³ b\w WÂNn]Snsâ Wµn]n tXmfn¨³ Fsâ Njp¯n Sm`n sN«pfm]n^n¡pw.. bs£ ASn`qsX tXmfn¨Wv KoknSNm`w fpjpk³ Mm³ tkUW]m]n^n¡pw h½mWn¡p¶Sv.. ASv bmXnÃ..”” fmaknN ASpw b_ªp bp_t¯¡p WX¶p…

PokÀPoh¨sâ tSman S` Im]v¨p kn§nsbm«pN]m]n^p¶p ^mVnN.. FÃmw Wãs¸«ksatbms`.. Aѳ Aksa hfmVmWn¸n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*n^p¶p.. sbs«¶v tSmans` N^¯nsâ hvb^vlWf_nªp ^mVnN Sn^nªp.. AkSvN*Sp bp©n^nt]msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡p¶ fmaknNs] B\v.. ^mVnN Aksa H¶pfmWhn`mNmsS tWm¡n.. fmaknN ^mVnN]psX N¿nÂbnXn¨p tUkm`]¯nWpÅnt`¡p WX¶p.. KW§saÃmw AÛpSt¯msX tWm¡nWn¡pN]m\v.. H^pbs£ hnWnf]n fm{Stf C§WpÅ Urly§Ä N*n«pÅp.. fmaknN tXmfn¨sâ ssN bnXn¨p WnkÀ¯n ASnt`¡p ^mVnN]psX ssNNÄ tIÀ¯p.. ^*ptb^pw fmaknNs] tWm¡n.. AkÄ Aks^ N®n_p¡n Nm\n¨p..

“”AsS.. kn«pS^nN]m MmWo sfmS`nsW.. sNmSnSo^ptkmaw t{bfn¨pKoknt¨m\w ^*ptb^pw..”” fmaknN]psX km¡pNÄ fp_n]p¶tbms`.. ^mVnN N^ªpsNm*v fmaknN]psX Nm¡ kojm³ SpX§n. At¸mtj¡pw Aksa fmaknN SXªp.. Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p B Wµn AkÄ A_n]n¨p… Np_¨pWnfng§Ä¡ptlgw fmaknN ^mVnNs] AXÀ¯nfmän..

“”CWn At§m«ptbm]n sN«n¸nXnt¨m…”” ASpw b_ªp fmaknN ^mVnNs] tXmfn¨sâ tUit¯¡v SÅn.. C{bmklyw tXmfn¨³ Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.. Ak³ fmaknNs] tWm¡n.. AktamXpÅ Wµn B fpO¯v {bNXfm]n^p¶p.. fmaknN AkÀNv H^p bp©n^n]pw h½mWn¨p Sn^nªp WX¶p.. skan]nÂk¶Spw fpOkpw sbm¯n HmXpN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ.. sbs«¶v AkÄ Wn¶p… fp¶n Wn_ª fnjnNtamsX f^n].. fmaknN N^ªpsNm*v f^n]s] bp\À¶p…

“”Cu K·w tXmfn¨³ ^mVnN¡pÅSm… Mm³ {bmÀ°n¡pw Fsâ]o K·w fpjpkWpw.. CWns]m^p K·w Ds*¦n tXmfn¨sâ km^ns]ÃpsNm*p Fs¶ tfXsªXp¡m³.. tXmfn¨sâ fm{Sw sb®m]n Kokn¡m³…”” fmaknN ASpw b_ªp HmXn Nm_n N]_n.. f^n] Wn_fnjnNtamsX Aksa tWm¡nWn¶p..

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WmapNÄ sNmjnªp…

I{µ³ Ssâ bq^v\^qb¯n {bNmlw b^¯nWn¡pN]m\v… ^mVnN B ftWmi^fm] bqt´m«¯nWp WXpkn B huµ^yw tWm¡nWn¡pN]m\v… sbs«¶v A`vbw koÀ¯pWn¡p¶ k]_n`qsX ^*p N^§Ä Cjªpk^p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.. AkapsX fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p.. sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkÄ fpOw Pu^kemk¯nt`¡p fmän Sn^nªp.. tXmfn¨³ bp©n^nt]msX Wn¡pN]m\v..

“”Hm… F¯nt]m Bav.. sâ N®m… F¸jmt\m Wn¡v tSm¶n]Sv Cu fWpgysW bmXn¨ns« Mm³ bmXq F¶v {bSnÚs]Xp¡m³… Cs¸m f^ymU¡v Nm\m³NqXn Nn«mWnÃy..”” ^mVnN Bt^msX¶nÃmsS b_ªp.. “”CknsX C§sWm^p sb®v k]än sNm¨pt«mfn¨sW]pw Ipf¶p WX¡pkm\v F¶v kà knIm^kpfpt*m Cu fWpgyWv..””

“”CSns`mÅSv Fsâ sNm¨p ^mVq«n]m..”” Ak³ AkapsX k]än frUpkm]n SjpNn..

“”Nptª… Mm³ tbms]¡pkm tNt«m.. ^mkns` k^mw..”” sbs«¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv l¦t^«sâ hz^w tXmfn¨³ tN«p..

“”l^n l¦t^«m.. ^mkns` H^p b¯mkpt¼mÄ k¶m fSn..””

“”l^n Nptª..”” ASpw b_ªp l¦t^«³ WX¶pWo§n..

“”CJm]m… CknXn^n¡p..”” ^mVnN tXmfn¨sâ ssNbnXn¨v Pm^vZsâ WXpkn`pÅ sd©n C^p¯n.. F¶n«p AkÄ Aksâ fXn]n C^p¶p ^*p ssNNapw N£¯n`qsX Ipän¸nXn¨p.. S` Aksâ fm_n Im]v¨p..

“”CJm]m… Wn F{S ^m{Sn]m]m`pw ko«n k^\w t«m… CÑm]sâ NqsX]m`m*v Wn¡v D_¡w k^n`y.. “”

“”CÃX… CSnt¸m Hä{bmknlytÃ.. CWn]nÃ.. CSnt¸m Hjnkm¡m³ bämSn^p¶psNm*m.. fÌ_tÃ.. “” Ak³ AkapsX ln^hn t{bfbqÀÆw St`mXn.. “”tfma½s]t´y..?””.

“”A½ AXp¡ta Ft´m F®s]ms¡ Nm¨pkm Wn¡v S`]n tS¡mWm¶pw b_ªp.. bns¶ CJm]m… Wmsa s¶ AÑsâ AXp¯v sNm*ptbm\w.. kna¡p sk¡\w.. ¶m`pw AÑsW H¶v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p WX¯m³ Njnªn`ytÃm CJm]m Wn¡v..”” ^mVnN kngft¯msX b_ªp..

“”tU ^mVq«n.. Mm³ b_ªp CWn AsSm¶pw b_]söp.. Wmsa sI¡¸nWp tbmk*StÃ.. Mm³ sNmt*mNmw..””

“”At¿m tk*.. Ft§m«m¶m tbm]n«p tW^s¯ CknsX k¶m fSn.. timhvbnä`n fmaknN sNms*mt¡mapw.. b¯pf\n¡v s_Zn B]n Wn¡\w F¶m HsZÀ.. Ctàs¶ sNmÃpw AkÄ.. N`ym\¯n^¡m]SpsNm*p f^n] k^nÃ.. F´m]m`pw _n]mhpw Akapw H¶n¨tÃm..””

“”fv.. AsSms¡ tbms«.. F´mXo WnWs¡m^p tkÀ¸pf\w.. Wo Npan¨ntÃ..”” tXmfn¨³ fq¡pIpan¨psNm*p ^mVnNs] sImXn¸n¡mWm]n tImSn¨p..

“”tU CJm]m.. s¶ tUgyw bnXn¸n¡tÃ.. f^ymU¡v Npans¨m^p§nWn¶ sâ tUit¯¡v ]m{SNjnªp tkÀt¸msX k¶ptN_o«p Npäw Wn¡v.. Wn ^m{Sn kmt«m.. C¨n^n bm¸w Npt¨ms«.. C¨n^n tS³ Npt¨ms« s¶ms¡¸_ªp.. S^mtk Mm³..”” ^mVnN NbX tUgyt¯msX b_ªp…

“”At¿mXn.. tfmÄ¡v B{Ptim¶qÃtÃm s`.. ASpsNm*m]n^n¡pw CJm]m… A§sW sI]v.. C§sW sI]v Fs¶ms¡ knan¨pNqkp¶Sv..””

“”Bim.. ¶m kmt«m.. Nm\n¨pS^mtk..””

“”sbm¶ptfmsa hf^w {bOymbn¡tÃ.. C¶s` b«n\n]… C¶v FÃmw Np_¨p NqXpS tk\w..”” tXmfn¨³ Sm\p..

AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS b^ne¯n AksW Ipän]n^p¶p… At¸mjpw tXmfn¨sâ ssNNÄ AkapsX fpXn]njNan kmÕ`yt¯msX SjpNns¡m*n^p¶p.. B SjpN`n N®pNÄ AX¨p ASmhzSn¨p Akapw.. Ak^psX t{bfWnfng§Ä¡* W£{S§Ä Wm\t¯msX N®pIn½p¶p*m]n^p¶p…

AkhmWn¨p….