B`ohv km¨v tWm¡n. hf]w b¯v BNm³ tbmNp¶p. t_mg³ CSv ks^]pw tf¡¸v Njnªn«nÃ. Ck³s_ H^p Nm^yw! k]hv bSnsWt« B]pÅq. F¶m`pw sb®p§Ä tf¡¸v sI¿p¶Sv tbms`]m\v. F´v hf]fm\v sI_p¡³ C§sW bmjm¡p¶Sv! Ck³ F´nWm\v sc]À B³Zv `kv`n Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv? bm Wn_fm\v. ASv tbms` bp^nNw fnWp¡pN, sW]n tbmangv sI¿pN, b¯pfnWn«n H^n¡Â fpXn IoNpN…
“”””F³s_ t_mgm, CSv sNmt_ NqXpS`m tNt«m? BÄ¡m^v N*m F¶m knIm^n¡qXm? CSv sb¶p§sa¡m NãvXkm tNt«m,”
Wo* Nm¯n^n¸nWv tlgw Ak³ fp_n]n Wn¶v- C_§nk¶t¸mÄ B`ohv b_ªp.
“”””f½n¡Sv b_]mw,”
AkapsX fmwhafm] ssN¯*]n AfÀ¯nsM¡n Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””sI_p¡m F³s_ ssN¡v tkUW FXp¯p tNt«m,”
Ak³s_ ssNknXpkn¨v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””H¶v- sSm«tS]pÅq At¸mÄ tkUW sSmX§n. F§sW tkUWn¡Sn^n¡pw? sW]v– tN_n sW]v– tN_n A§v sbm§ns¸m§ns¡X¡pktà FÃmXkpw? H^p FN-vhÀsshhpw sI¿ptk`, B Uob B³äow Hs¡ sI¿p¶tbms` H¶v- WX¡m³ NqXn tbmN¯nÃ,”
“”””bns¶ CWn FN-vhÀsshhv sI¿m¯ sNmj¸tk HÅq. Wo Wn¶v- Nn\v–§msS k^p¶pt*m?”
AkÄ Ah´pãvXn Nm\n¨p.
“”””FN-vhÀsshhv H¶pw sI]vSntà F¶m? C¸jpw Wà hq¸À shN-vhn B³Zv ¥mf_hv Atà F³s_ sbm¶pf½n fnÊnhv B`ohv Cu¸³,”
“”””FXm FXm,”
AkÄ Ak³s_ tSman AXn¨p.
“”””sbäStÅsX AXp¯v Ss¶ tkt\mXm sI_p¡m Wn³s_]o DuakÀ¯mWw? Dw ..km km,”
ASv b_ªv B`ohv t_mg³ Nm\msS bp©n^n¨p. bs£ Ak³ ASv N*Sv AkÄ A_nªnÃ.
A§sW b_sª¦n`pw B`ohnWv DÅn AW¸fm] ht´mgw tSm¶ns]¶v- t_mg³ AWpfmWn¨p. AkWv {bm]w bSnsW«v Bs\¦n`pw Wà km]Wlo`w Sos^ sI_n] {bm]w fpSÂt¡]p*m]n^p¶p. hv{So ssht¡maKns]ms¡ Cu {bm]¯nWnX]n Ak³ km]n¨n«p*v. siu äp shZyqhv F kpf¬ Hs¡ b`]mkÀ¯n km]n¨n«p*v. Wm¸Sv Njnª GSv hv{So]v¡pw tSm¶p¶tbms`, hz´w shuµ^ys¯¸än, kyànSzs¯¸än H^p hp^£nSfnÃm]vf B`ohnWpw tSm¶n¯pX§n]n«v Nps_ WmapNam]n«p*mk\w F¶v- Ak³ AWpfmWn¨n^p¶p. B\p§Ä NqXpS hf]w sI_p¸Nm^n hpµ^nNsa]tà {l²n¡p¶Sn f½n]v¡v CuÀgy tSm¶p¶p*mkpw. bs*ms¡ S³s_ fm_nt`¡v NqXpS hf]w BapNÄ tWm¡pfm]n^p¶tÃm Ct¸msj´m\v A§sW]nÃm¯Sv– F¶pw f½n In´n¡p¶p*mk\w. f½n]psX NqsX H^pfn¨p WXt¡* hµÀew k^pt¼msjms¡ , bn¼n B\p§Ä Ds*¦n NqsX¡qsX f½n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^nªp tWm¡p¶Sv F´nWm\v? F{StbÀ S³s_ WnSwd¯n N®pNÄ bSn¸n¡p¶p*v F¶v- tWm¡mWtÃ?
s]uÆWw fpän Wn¶ Nm`¯v BapNapsX ANm^\fm] tWm«s¯ b`]nX¯pw b`^oSn]n`pw f½n FSnÀ¯n«p*mk\w. kr¯nsN« Nf³äpNÄ b_]p¶ks^ lm^o^nNfm]n tW^n«n«p*mk\w . sbmSpØ`¯pw Sn^t¡_n] CX§an`pw fm_n`pw WnSwd¯n`pw SpXNÄ¡nX]n`pw ssNsk¨ks^ sbmSpKWfVy¯n Sm³ tSm`n]p^n¨n«p*mk\w .
F¶m Ct¸mÄ AsSms¡ f½n B{Pin¡p¶p. NqXpS So£v\fm]n.AsS´m\v F¶v- SWn¡_n]mw. fVy{bm]fmNpt¼mÄ hv{SoNapsX hUmIm^w C§sW SN^m_p*v.
sNmjp¯ hpµ^n]m\v B`ohv. SXn¨ SpXp¯ NknapNÄ. Wo* fnjnNan Ct¸mjpw {bh^n¸pw {bNmlkpw. Ipk¶ bSpbSp¯ Ip*pNÄ, fm_n Bkly¯nt`s_ fmwh¡q¼m^w. hm^nsNm*p hp^£nSfm]n f_¨psk¨m`pw F{S bSps¡ WX¶m`pw Ak AW§pw. Wà tdmZn tg¸m\v F¶v- Nq«pNmÀ Aen{bm]f_n]n¨n«p*v.
eÀ¯mkv Cu¸³ A_n]s¸Xp¶ ^m{ão]¡m^Wpw ¹m³äpw. H^p fNWpw fNapw. fN³ t_mg³ Cu¸³ Zn{Pn H¶mw kÀg knUymÀTn. fNÄ _n] Cu¸³ Zn{Pn AkhmWkÀgkpw. Cu¸³ sNm¼³Nt^m«v ^m{ão]¯n fm{Sfà hnWnf]n`pw hKokfm\v. fq¶v- hnWnfNÄ WnÀ½n¨p. ASnt`m¶v- hq¸À inäv–. dm¡n^s*®w hmfmWyw Wà ^oSn]n knK]n¨p.
NpXpwdmwP§Ä b^fmkVn b^hvb^w hSyhÔfm]n^n¡\w F¶Sv Cu¸³ sNm¼³Nt^m«n³s_ BUÀlfm\v. KoknS¯n WX¡p¶ hwek§Ä, AsS´p Ss¶]m]m`pw, {b\]fm]m`pw, fsä´m]m`pw b^hvb^w Han¨psk¡^pSv F¶m\v At²i¯n³s_ {bfm\w. b^hv¸^w H^p ^ihykpw Han¡m¯ NpXpwdw Fs¶¶pw Wn`Wn¡p¶ NpXpwdfm]n^n¡pw. AÃm¯k SNÀ¶v- S^n¸\fmkpw. A¡m^\¯m KoknS ^ihy§Ä, hzNm^y hwek§Ä, AsSms¡ b^hv¸^w sg]À sIt¿*Sv– ASymklyfm\v F¶v- At²iw NqsX¡qsX b_]pw.
_n] C^pbSv k]ÊpÅ hpµ^n]m\v. skap¸pw sNmjp¸pw fmwhaS]pfm\v BNÀg\o]sf¶v- N^pSp¶kÀ¡v Wà fmSrN]m\v _n]. SpXp¯ NknapNapw IpXp Ipk¸mÀ¶ Ip*pNapw Ft¸mjpw {bNml¯na¡w bp_s¸Xpkn¡p¶ Nm´¡®pNapw ftWmi^fm] Wn^s]m¯ Sna¡fpÅ bÃpNapw D¶Sfm] fp`Napw HSp§n] A^s¡«pw knXÀ¶p^p*v fmUNfm] I´nNapw sNmjp¯pWo* Nm`pNapw BNrSns]m¯ bmU§apw AkÄ¡v hzbvW hfmWfm] H^p klyshuµ^yw WÂNp¶p*v. kas^ sI_p¸w ks^ Cu¸³s_ htimU^n sK]nWn³s_ NqsX]m]n^p¶p AkÄ kaÀ¶Spw bYn¨Spw. sK]nWn³s_ eÀ¯mkv, knkmiw NjnªSn³s_ bntä fmhw NmÀ BN-vhnZ³änÂs¸«v f^n¨ptbm]n^p¶p. ASn¸ns¶ AkÄ knkmitfm bp^pghmfobytfm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cãs¸XmsS SoÀ¯pw GNm´fm] H^p KoknSfm]n^p¶p W]n¨n^p¶Sv. _n]]v¡v F«p k]ÊpÅt¸mÄ AkÄ, kas^t]s_ Atb£n¨Sn³s_ c`fm]n Cu¸Wpw B`ohpw h½Sn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. GNm´S]pw UpOkpw A¸sf¦n`pw Np_]psf¦n A§sW]mNs« F¶v- AkÀ N^pSpN]m]n^p¶p. _n]]v¡pw h½Sfm]n^p¶p. Aksa BNÀgn¨ b`QXN§apw sK]nWn³s_ koXnWp*m]n^p¶p. koXn³s_ fp¼n ewPn]pÅ knlm`fm] H^p bqt´m«w. ASn Wn_s] Ipk¸v , fª, k]`äv, t_mhv Wn_§an bq¡Ä, In{Sl`e§Ä, Sp¼nNÄ, DUymW¯nW¸p_¯v knlm`fm] t`m¬. Ak]n Duªm`pNÄ DÄs¸sX]pÅ BNÀg\§Ä, ASn³s_ ASn^n Ft¸mjpw Nmän`p`]p¶ AtlmNf^§Ä, t`m\n Cawsk]n`n fp]¡pªp§Ä, k`n] NqXpNÄ Wn_s] b©kÀ®¯¯NÄ. sNm«m^w tbms`]pÅ B ko«n ]kWnNNÄ fmän NSNpNÄ SÅn ¯p_¶v- sNm¨p _n] HmXnWX¶p….
ASptbms` klyfm] s]uÆWewPn]p*v t_mgWpw. hvtbmXvhn BNväokm\k³. tkmantdman cÌv– t_m]n hvfmgv sI]vSnXpw Ak³. fm{Sfà N^ms« b^nlo`n¡p¶pfp*v. Kn½ns` WnSyhµÀlN³. Wà ewPn]pÅ, GSv sb®pw ^*mfSv tWm¡m³ B{Pin¡p¶{S ewPn]pÅ sI_p¸¡m^³.
Cu¸³ sNm¼³Nt^m«v hpePWm] H^p fVyk]hv¡Wm\v. Ft¸mjpw {bh^nt¸msX, shuimÀ±t¯msX]m\v hwhm^kpw I`W§apw. ^m{ão]¯nÂt¸m`pw l{Sp¡anÃm¯ fWpgy³.
f½nt]mtXm¯pÅ tgm¸nwPv– AkWv kas^ Cãfm\v. BapNapsX N®pNÄ tSWo¨Nsat¸ms` Ak^psX ewPn]pÅ l^o^s¯ sbmSn]p¶Sv– Nm\p¶Sv WÃ H^p NmjvI]m\v AkWv.
b¯v fnWnäv ss{Zkv sI]vSSnWv tlgw AkÀ B`ohn³s_ {bn]s¸« fmÄ AbÀ®]ns`¯n.
“”H^mapw knXp¶nÃtÃm f½n,””
bmÀ¡v sI]vSv Njnªv sÌ]À N]_pt¼mÄ Ak³ fäm^pw tNÄ¡msS AkapsX NmSn NplpNplp¯p.
“”F¶v- k¨m?””
“”F¶v- sk¨m AkntXw CkntXw fp¡n`pw fqt“pw Wn¡t\m^v F³s_ Ip´^n f½osW N®p sNm*v tNm^n¡pXn¡pkm¶v-,””
“”F¶n«v ASv N*p Wo ^hn¡ptkw; AtÃ?””
H^p Wnfngw t_mg³ I½n.
“”tks_ ktÃm^pw B^pt¶Â C¸w f½osW b©m^ AXn¡pt¶m½ms^ tWm«w sNms*`pw H¶v- tbXn¸nt¨sW. CknsX H^p¯Wv ASv N*n«v tf`v sfm¯w Npan^ptNm^n]nXpkm¶m tSm¶pt¶,””
Nps_ hmVW§Ä km§n¡jnªv AkÀ A*ÀPmÀsf³ävhv sh£Wn F¯n.
“”kn Fhv CtÃ? {dm?””
AkÄ sh]nÂhv tPantWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”kn Fhv {dmt]m?’
Ak³ BsN AÔman¨p.
“”hOmkv kn Fhv F³s_ iot_m]m. At²is¯ AbfmWn¡mWmt\m At²i¯n³s_ tb^n {dm? C¶v- Ss¶ k¡o`nsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*nt«]pÅq,””
“”F³s_ ssUktf!””
B`ohv S`]n ssN sk¨p.
“”FXm FXm Cu¸³s_ tfmtW…kn Fhv Wn³s_ iot_m AIypSmWµ³ fm{SfÃ. Sp\n¡sX tN_n kn Fhv F¶v- b_ªm Ht¶ AÀ°fpÅp knNvtäm_n] ho{N«v {dm³Zv– {dm…bns¶ bm³äow,””
“”Hm …Hmt¡ …knNvtäm_n] ho{N«v …Fcv Xn kn]ns` ….””
“”cmg³ ImWÂ…ASnWms¯ sb®p§ÄsX Nm^yw Hs¡ sbs«¶v- HmÀ½ k^pw,””
“”i ..ASv bns¶ FWn¡v sbs«¶v- HmÀ½ k^ntà …? Nm^\w W½av F{S {bmklyfm ASv H^pfn¨v Ns*¡ps¶. fnZv ssWäv tim«v AX¡w,””
“”FXm t_mgm, bSps¡ b_. BÄ¡m^v tN«m fmWw tbmNpw. StÅw tfmWpw H^pfn¨v cmg³ Xo kn Hs¡ Nm\p¶q¶v- Bt^`pw tN«mÂ,””
ko«n Sn^ns¨¯n]t¸mÄ b¯pf\n]m]n. _n] At¸mjpw bphvSN¯n³s_ fp¼n Ss¶]m\v.
“”Nt*mXm D¯^kmUn¯fpÅ bntÅ^v C§sW]m,””
_n]s] tWm¡n B`ohv b_ªp.
“”N*p. Wmsa tgm¸n§nWp knan¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ D¯^kmUn¯fpÅ Bam]nt¡mamtk,””
A¸w Njnªv bphvSNkpfm]n _n] B`ohpw t_mgWpfn^p¶ sX_Ênt`¡v k¶p.

_n] ko«ns`t¸mjpw tXm¸pw A^¸mkmX]pw fm{Stf]nXpN]pÅq. B tkg¯n sX_Ên Wn¶v- AkÄ bYn¡pt¼mÄ Smsj Nmj¨¡mÀ H^pbmXp*mkpw.
“”FXo _nt] Wn³s_ sSmX Nm\m³ Bs* Ak½m^v bnt¶w F¯n,””
t_mg³ b_ªp. Nmän AkapsX bmkmX sbm§n SpXNapsX AXnemPw skan]n N*p.
“”t_mgm, Wo F³s_ N¿o¶v- tfXn¡pw. tNt«m f½o Ck³ F¶Sm Cu b_]ps¶¶v-?””
AXp¯n^p¶v b{Sw km]n¡pN]m]n^p¶ B`ohntWmXv– AkÄ In\p§ns¡m*v b_ªp.
“”Ak³ b_]p¶Smt\mXo Npäw? Wn³s_ sSmX N*v– F{Ss]®km skÅskm`n¸n¡pt¶¶v- tWm¡nt¡,””
Smsj tPänWXp¯v bSp§n Wn¡p¶ B¬Np«nNapsX tWÀ¡v N®v- Nm\n¨v B`ohv b_ªp.
“”Nm\s« f½n,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
“”AtÃ`pw F¶m ^hkm Wn³s_ sSmX Nm\m³. WÃ skap¯v sNmjp¯v …AÊÂ hnWnfm WXnNapsX Hs¡ sSmX tbms`,””
“”Bt\m? tW^v?””
t_mg³ b_ª Aen{bm]w tN«v AenfmWt¯msX, N®pNÄ Smjv¯n hz´w SpXNant`¡v tWm¡n _n] tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ntÃ?””
Ns¿¯n¨v AkapsX SpXNapsX fnWp¸n St`mXns¡m*v Ak³ b_ªp. AkÄ sbm«n¨n^n¨psNm*v NpS_n.
“”At¿, Ns¿Xps¡Xm, FWn¡v C¡nan]mNp¶p,””
“”C¡nant]m? ASv sNmÅmtÃm…””
Ak³ NqXpS fpNant`¡v ssN Wo¡n SpXNan sM¡n¸nXn¨p.
“”f½o f½o tWm¡v f½o …im …iii …f½o Ck³ Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¡nans]Xp¸n¨p sNmÃpw ..¹ohv Ns¿Xps¡Xm …f½o H¶v- b_ f½o…””
“”i! Ip½m C^n¡v t_mgm….Ak½ms^ms¡ Nm\qXm…””
“”F³s_ f½o,””
_n]]psX SpXNan Wn¶v- ssN bn³k`n¨psNm*v t_mg³ B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”Ckan§sW Wm\¡m^n]m]m N`ym\w Njnªv F¶m sI¿pw? sN«nt]m³ sSmtX bnXn¡p¼w C¡nan]m Nn¡nan]m Fs¶ms¡¸_ªm _nt], Aan]³ tks_ C¡nan]nÃm¯ sb®p§sat¯Xnt¸mNpw tNt«m. Mmw b_ªnÃm¶v- tk*!””
“”§vti?””
_n] e]s¸«v t_mgsW]pw B`ohnsW]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.
“”sN«nt]m³ Ft¶¯nWm F³s_ sSmsX bnXn¡ps¶?””
t_mg³ N®pNÄ fnjn¨v lzmhw Wn`¨tbms` Aksa tWm¡n. bns¶ Wn]{´\w kn«v sbm«nIn^n¨p.
“”f½n,””
AkÄ D¨¯n In\p§n.
“”Ck³ Ft¶¯nWm Fs¶]n§sW Nan]m¡n In^n¡ps¶?””
B`ohv Sm¸^yfnÃmsS _n]s] tWm¡n.
“”FXo Fs¶¡mÄ ^*p k]Êv fq¯Sm Wo,””
t_mg³ b_ªp.
“”F¶n«v C§Ws¯ k¦¯^§Ä Hs¡ tImUn¡tÃ. Wn³s_ Cu SXn¨ sSmtXw d`q¬ koÀ¸n¨ tbms` SpÅns¸m§n Wn¡p¶ B sfmt`w bns¶ Ft¶¯nsWmÅSm?””
“”sSmtXsX Nm^yw H¶pw FWn¡_o¯nÃ. sfm` FWn¡v bntÅ^v H*mNp¼w NpXn¸n¡m³,””
“”FXo tbmt¯, bntÅ^v H*mNt\Â BUyw sN«nt]m³ Wn³s_ sfmt`w sSmtXw bns¶ Wn³s_ fpÅp¶ hmVtWmw Hs¡ BUyw bnXn¡\w,””
B`ohv lmhn¡p¶Sv– tbms` t_mgsW tWm¡n.
“”Wo tbmXm,””
_n] t_mgsW AXn¡m³ ssNsbm¡n.
“”Wo Fs¶ A§sW sbm«n B¡pskm¶pw tk*. Mm³ sN«ps¶ tkt`w Nq`ow CÃmsS F³s_ sfmt“pw bns¶ ..bns¶ …sly…AtÃ`pw MmsW´nWm I½ps¶? F³s_ fq{Sskmjn¡p¶ hmVWt¯`pw bnXnt¨m*n^n¡p¶ H^p f\p§qhsW H¶pw B]n^n¡ptk`. H¶pNn N`ÎÀ. AtàH^p sF bn FÊpNm^³. tNt«m?””
Ak³s_ S`]v¡v H^p S«psNmXp¯n«v AkÄ ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
“”F¶Sm f½o CsSms¡?””
t_mg³ Bl¦t]msX tImUn¨p.
B`ohv A¸ hf]t¯¡v H¶pw fn*pN]p*m]nÃ. AkÄ¡pw _n]]psX Nm^y¯n A¸sf¦n`pw b^n{em´n]ps*¶v t_mgWv tSm¶n.
“”sK]nWm³äosX NqsXs]mÅ Smfhfm Nm^\w tfmtW,””
AkhmWw B`ohv b_ªp.
“”bYn¨Sv tPÄhv–h-vNqÄ. IpänWpw sbm_¯pw Ft¸mjpw `p¯nWn]m]pw sImÃnt¡m*p NWymhv{SoNÄ. sNm¨nt` Ss¶ AkÄ¡nãvXw sfm]`ntWw b£otWw. bns¶ F§sW CkÄ C§sW BNm*n^n¡pw ? B htf¯v Wot]m? Wo h-vNqan`pw C¸w tNmtaKn`pw tbmNp¶ Ss¶ sb®p§sX sfmt`w fqXpw tWm¡mWm. bYn¸n¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Xo¨Àfm^vsX AX¡w,””
“”bnt¶…tk*m¯Sv– b_tª¡^pSv. Xo¨Àfm^vsX sfm`s]m¶pw Mm³ tWm¡o«nÃ…””
“”ASv l^n!””
B`ohv sImXn¨p.
“”bns¶ bßnWn fnÊv– Ft¶mXv b_ªSv NÅfm?””
“”NXkpta!””
t_mg³ S`]n ssNsk¨p.
“”bßnWn fnÊv– F¶Sm b_sª?””
“”t_mgm Wo Ip½m sNX¶v- kÃm*v D^patÃ! FXm b¸m F¶mSm W½tamXv b_sª¡ps¶? FÃmw sg]À sI¿p¶ cmfn`n. F¶n«v Wo C§Ws¯ Nm^y¯n NÅw b_]pt¶m?””
“”ASv f½n…””
Ak³ `Ön¨p.
“”Wos]´nWm tfmtW C§sW I½ps¶? Mm³ Wns¶ kjs¡m¶pw b_ªnÃtÃm,””
“”f½o Xo¨_n³s_ hm^n F¸jpw {Xm³hvb^³äm. s»uhnWmt\ F¸jpw H¯n^n F_¡kpw. f½osX At{Sw k^ntÃ`pw bßnWn Xo¨_n³s_ sfmt`w e]¦^ fpjp¯Sm,’
t_mg³ ASv b_ªt¸mÄ B`ohv fpOw NpWn¨p hz´w fm_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”tWm¡pskm¶pw tk*,””
ASv N*v– t_mg³ AktamXv– b_ªp.
“”F¶m Mm³ b_ªSv knlzmhkm]ntÃ?””
“”tbmXm,””
AkÄ `Öt]msX AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”A¸w F§sW]m tWm¡m*n^n¡ps¶. bs£ Mm³ tWm¡p¶ Nm^yw Xo¨_nWv A_n]m¶v FWn¡_o¯nÃm^p¶p,””
“”F{S ^ihykm]n«mt\`pw H^p¯³ sb®n³s_ sfmt` tWm¡n]m AkÄ¡v fWÊn`mkpw,””
t_mg³ b^n{eft¯msX B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”_n]`n?!””
B`ohv AÀ°PÀefm]n AksW tWm¡n.
“”Wo C¸w f½p«n hnWntf AenW]n¡p¶ tbms` ‘_n]`n’ F¶v- tImUn¨Sv Ft¶¯nWm¶pw FWn¡_n]mw,””
“”Fs¶¯nWm?””
KmayS f_]v¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wo F³s_ sfmt`t`¡pw F¶pw F{S {bmklyw Mm³ Nm\msS tWm¡os«m*v!””
t_mg³ fpOw NpWn¨p.
B`ohv kÃmSm]n.
“”FXm Wos]¶m C§sW?””
AkÄ Ak³s_ SmXnbnXn¨p]À¯n.
“”thm_n,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
“”Nm^yw Wo F³s_ tfmWm. bs£ Wo Cu tN^am hwØmWs¯ Gäkpw hpµ^Wm] sI_p¡Wpw NqXn]m. sb¼ntÅ^v Wos]¶v- sk¨m ImNm³ WX¡pkm F¶pw FWn¡_n]mw. C¶mav _nt]w b_ªp. ‘f½n W½sX t_mgsWt¸ms` H^p Ipų Ip´^sW F³s_ ss`cn N*n«nÃ. FWn¡ksWt¸m`s¯ H^p sI¡sW N*pbnXn¨pS^mtkm F¶v-‘…””
“”tWt^m? tI¨n A§sW b_tªm?””
“”Dw b_ªp. Mm³ At¶^w b_ªp. A{S]v¡nãkmt\Â AksW¯s¶ Wo sN«nt¡m F¶v-…””
t_mg³ SpXNÄ Nq«n sM^n¡p¶Sv B`ohv N*p. dÀfpZ]v¡v tf fXn]n Ak³ C^p ssN¯`§apw sk¨p.
“”A§Ws¯ H^p¯³ F³s_ sfm` Hs¡ tWm¡n skÅfn_¡p¶Sv N*¸w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWns¡t´m … AknsX¯«n CksX¯«n …tfs`ms¡ A§v Npan^ptNm^n]n«p… “”
t_mg³ A^s¡«n ssN¯`§Ä sM^n¡p¶Sv B`ohv N*p.
“”WnW¡_n]mtfm Wns¶ Nm\n¡m³ tk*n]m Mm³ b`t¸mjpw hm^n¯ps¼ms¡ A_n]m¯tbms` Sm¯n]n«v …C_¡fpÅ s»ushms¡ C«v NpWnªn^p¶v…b`t¸mjpw {dm]nXmsS Wn³s_ fp¼n Xo gÀt«ms¡]n«v Wn¶Sv Wns¶ sfm` Nm\n¡m³ tk*n]m^p¶p,””
t_mg³ kn]À¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. Ak³s_ ssN¯`§Ä A^s¡«n AfÀ¯pN]m\v.
“”F¶mXm k`pSmt]m?””
AkÄ Ak³s_ fXn]nt`¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”f½o …ASv ….””
t_mg³ km¡pNÄ b^Sn.
“”Wn§av sb®p§Ä¡v …Aà ASptbms`]à B\p§av ..shN-vhv B]n F¶m tN«m`pw …Ak^psX hmVWw sbm§pw ..Wn§av Nt{*mÄ sI¿p¶tbms` M§Ä¡v bänÃ…””
“”H^p k`n] shN-vhv s{bmchÀ k¶n^n¡p¶p!””
AkÄ Ak³s_ fpXn]njNan kmÕ`yt¯msX St`mXn.
“”sb®p§av Nt{*man³s_ tNm{*mNväv FXpt¯¡pkm¶v Wnt¶mXv B^m b_sª? B\p§¡v shN-vhv tN«m sbm§p¶ tbms` …ASptbms` cnhn¡Â B] sNmt_ fmä§Ä M§Ä sb®p§¡pw H*v…””
“”A_n]mw,””
Ak³ bp©n^n¨p.
“”Wn§¡v AknsX H`n¡m³ sSmX§pw,””
Ak³ B`ohn³s_ fXn]nt`¡v N®pNÄ Nm\n¨p.
“”H`n¸o^v fm{SksÃXm sbm«m,””
B`ohv In^n¨p.
“”Wn§sX k`pSmNp¶ tbms` M§sX sI` emP§apw k`n¸w sk¡pw…””
Ak³ sWän Ipan¨p.
“”tim! _n]]v¡v H¶pw A_n]nà F¶m sI¿pw f½n Fs¶ms¡ tImUn¡p¶ tN«¸w Mm³ N^pSn sWW¡v shNvthmaKn]n bn F¨v Zn Nm\psk¶v-. C¸w Ums* shN-vhn³s_ tWjvh_n Nm^y§Ä tN«¸tj Wn³s_ sWänt] bmXv kot\¡p¶p!””
“”Aà shN-vhv tN¡p¼w Wn§¡v FkntX`pw k`n¸w sk¡pw F¶v- Mm³ tW^m]n«pw tN«n«nÃ. HÅ Nm^yw b_]mtÃm,””
B`ohv Smtj¡v tWm¡n. bns¶ Fjpt¶äp.
“”km Nm\n¨p S^mw. CknsX sk¨p Nm\n¨m BÄ¡m^v Nm\pw,””
AkÀ ANt¯¡v WX¶p. t_mg³s_ sdZv _qfnt`¡v WX¶p. AknsXs]¯n.
At¸mtj¡pw _n] Smsj Wn¶v- H^p sfmssd`pfm]n HmXnk¶p.
“”B^m?””
B`ohv AktamXv– tImUn¨p.
“”H^p dmk³,””
“”§vti-“”
B`ohn³s_ fpOw AUvepSkpw ht´mgkpw sNm*p knXÀ¶p. AkÄ sbs«¶v _n]]psX ssN]n Wn¶v- sfmssd km§n. NmtSmXv tIÀ¯p.
“”FXm dmk¨m,””
ht´mg¯n³s_ bq¯n^nsbm«p¶, km¡pNan BWµ¯n³s_ B\khvtcmXWw Wn_¨ lÐw _n]]pw t_mgWpw tN«p.
“”C§vti?!tW^v? N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo Ct§m«v k¶psNm*n^n¡pkms\t¶m? B`pkm C¸w F¯n? ….Hmtim bSnsWm¶nWv? ….ssft^ …F¶n«nt¸mÄ b{´*m]tÃm …””
tcm\n`qsX]pÅ B`ohn³s_ sS_n tN«v _n]]pw t_mgWpw b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
“”…dmk¨m…Wo tfXn¡ptk …FXm CknsX tIm_pw ..bq…””
AkÀ sbs«¶v- _n]s]]pw t_mgsW]pw tWm¡n sbs«¶v- WnÀ¯n.
“”….bntÅ^v AXp¯v Wn¡p¶p. AtÃÂ…FXm CknsX tIm_v DÅt¸m Wos]t¶¯nWm N* tim«`n Hs¡…l^n ..l^n ..Wo C§v km…H^p f\n¡qt_m…bänà A^f\n¡qÀ fmN-vhnfw…ssd …””
hwhm^w Njnªv AkÄ tfltf tcm¬ sk¨p.
“”B^m f½o dmk³?””
“”Ìoc³ tK¡dv””
“”Fiv? C¸w sks_m^mtam? BUyw dmk³ B^m¶v b_. F¶n«v Ìoc³ B^m¶v- b_ªm fSn.””
“”I{NkÀ¯n,””
“”Ums* sNX¡p¶p. f½o, BUyw Ct¸mÄ f½ns] knan¨ dmk³ B^m¶v b_. bns¶ Ìoc³ B^m¶v b_. ASv Njnªv fSn I{NkÀ¯n B^m¶v b_]p¶Sv,””
“”FXm dp²qth, CSv fq¶pw H^mam,””
“”Hm, A§sW! Ct§m«v k^pkmt¶m N£n?””
“”AsS,””
“”F¶Sm bpÅn¡m^³ sI¿pt¶?””
“”FXm A£meymhfnÃm¯ksW. AXÀ¶p kojp¶ W£{S§Ä F¶ tWmk …ASnsW¸än Wo tNXn«pt*m?””
“”bn¶ntÃ..Hm Ìoc³..Cutlmt] ASv FjpSn] Bamt\m?””
“”Bfm …Bfm,””
B`ohv Wr¯fp{UNÄ Nm\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
Ak^psX hwhm^¯n A{S Sm¸^yw Nm\n¡msS _n] AknsXWn¶v- tbm]n.
“”tfmtW ..t^mPn C¨n¨Spw sskUy³ N¸n¨Spw sNm¡tNma]ms\¶v Wo tN«n«ntÃ?””
“”sNm¡t¡m`t]m? tbm f½o H¶v-. bm`m ASv,””
“”§vim, AsSs´`pkms«. ASptbms`]m dmk³ C¸w Ct§m«v k^ps¶. Wo]pw MmWpw kngfn¨ B t{bm»mkntÃ? _nt]sX {blvWw? ASv thmÄkv sI¿m³ t`mNs¯ CSv tbm`s¯ tks_ Wà sNmÅmkp¶ H^manÃ,””
“”F¶v- sk¨m?””
“”F¶v- sk¨m…F´m _nt]sX t{bm»w? {bm]¯nWWph^n¨v _n]]v¡v shN-vhnsW¸än A_n]nÃ. sfmt`w sSmtXw bns¶ …Nm`n³s_ FtXs` hmVWkpsfms¡ sk_pw hmVm^\ tdmZn bmXvhv B]n fmt{S Ak¡v A_n]s¯mÅq. AsSms¡ F´m\v F¶v- AkÄ A_n]s*? C^pb¯ns]m¶mw k]Ên shN-vhv FKyqt¡g³ Hs¡ tks_ kÃk^pw sNmXp¯m Aksa fnhv–]qhv sI¿pw,””
“”A¸w Cu dmktWm? A]mÄ fnhyqhv sI¿ntÃ?””
“”sI¿pw. sb®p§Ä Nm`pbnXn¨p Atb£n¨m fm{Sw,””
t_mg³ B`ohnsW hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”F¶SmXm?””
B`ohv bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”f½n]vs¡§sW A_n]mw ASv?””
“”GSv?””
“”N^ªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`pbnXn¨m fmt{S A]mav shN-vhv sI¿q F¶v-,””
B`ohv ko*pw t_mgsW bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n. Ak³s_ tWm«¯nWv fp¼n AkÄ Wm\n¨p.
“”F´m f½n CSv?””
Ak³ AkapsX tSman Ipän¸nXn¨p.
“”F´nWm Ct{Sw Wm\w? FÃmw sg]À sI¿pN F¶Sv b¸msX tbmanhn B\v. A_n]mtÃm,””
“”tfmtW..ASv…””
t_mg³s_ ssNNÄ tSman Wn¶v- Smtj¡v bSns], A_n]msSs]t¶m\w Wo§p¶Sv A_nªn«pw kn`¡msS AkÄ hwl]n¨psNm*v AksW tWm¡n.
“”f½n M§sX A½]m]n«v– C^pb¯n H¶v- sNmÃw fpWvbm. ASnWpw H^p sNmÃw fp¼v A½ em^y]m]n. ASnWpw fp¼v F¶v- sk¨m C^pb¯nfq¶v- k]Êpks^ f½n Fs¶t¸ms`, _n]t¨¨ns]t¸ms` {co B^p¶p. {co F¶v- sk¨m, {co äp `kv. {co äp c¡v. FWn k¬ ]q ss`Nv,””
B`ohv AUvepSt¯msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”F³s_ t_mgm Wo Ct{Sw ftIzZv B^pt¶m? thm_n tfmtW Wns¶ f½n H^pbmXv sSänV^n¨v tbm]n,””
“”Fs¶ B¡pskm¶pw tk*. f½n Nm^yw b_,””
B`ohv km¨v tWm¡n. dmk³ k^m³ CWn]pw fp¡m f\n¡qÀ D*v. bs£ t_mgtWmXv b_]m³ tbmNp¶ NT A{S hpOfpÅSà . ASv B`ohn A¸w AhzmØyfp*m¡n. bs£ kas^ `nd_ B] In´mPSn¡m^sWt¸ms` fN³ A§sW tImUn¡pt¼mÄ Han¨psk¡mWpw B`ohnWv tSm¶n]nÃ.
“”tfmtW,””
A¸w KmayS N`À¶ emkt¯msX B`ohv b_ªpSpX§n.
“”f½n sI_p¸¯n W½sX _nt]sX tWs^ Hm¸hnäv B^p¶p. F¶v- sk¨m Bkly¯n NqXpS A_nkv FWn¡v shN-vhnsW¸än H*m^p¶p. GNtUlw bSnW©p k]Êm]¸w Ss¶ f½osX sfm` Hs¡ l^n¡v fpjp¯p Sp_n¨m^p¶p…””
t_mg³s_ ssN tSman Wn¶v- AkapsX ¢otkKn³s_ hfob¯v F¯n.
“”tW^v?””
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”{dm CXm³ Hs¡ SpX§n]m^pt¶m? F{S B^p¶p sshhv?””
“”{dm CXm³ bSnfq¶mfs¯ k]Ên Ss¶ sSmX§n. bSnW©mw k]Ên F³s_ HmÀ½ l^n]ms\¦n …fp¸¯nWm`n³s_]m Ct«…””
“”At{Sw!””
t_mg³ AUvepSs¸«p. Ak³s_ ssN AkapsX ¢otkKnÂ, Sp_n¨psbm§n Wn¡p¶ fm_ns` fmhen¯ns] hvbÀln¨p.
“”Dw…At{Sw…H*m^p¶p. A¶v- f½osX b¸m dmw¥q^pw tdmwsd]pw Hs¡]m^p¶p dnhnWhv. f½n C¸js¯ bntÅ^psX emtg b_ªm AÊ skXn B^p¶p. skXo¶p sk¨m NmgnsWm¶pw Aà tNt«m. bm¸m AXp¯nÃtÃm. Wà Nj¨v fq¯v fp_pNn Wn¡p¶ ssX¸m^p¶p f½n. As¸m sNmÅmkp¶ Bs^¡*m`pw f½n NqsXt¸mNpw. Ft´s^ Nan¨m`pw f½osX Nj¸v So^¯nÃ. Ht^ hf]w Ss¶ b`^ptXw NqsX. ko«n Mm³ fm{Sktà HÅq. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^m{Sn]m]m b`^pw k^pw. Ak^psX NqsX Sp\n CÃmsS C^n¡pw. Sp\n CÃmsS Zm³hv Nan¡pw. skÅkXn¡pw, k`n¡pw. k`ow NpXow Du¡pw Hs¡ sI`¸w tW^w skap¡p¶ ks^ Woapw. H_¡w WXn¨v sNX¶v- AsSms¡ MmWpw Nm\pw. N*p N*p ASv e]¦^ Cãkm]n….””
t_mg³s_ ssN A¸w NqXn AkapsX s»uhn³s_ ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
“”CknsX ..CknsX …””
t_mg³s_ kn_]mÀ¶ lÐw B`ohv tN«p.
“”CknsX C§sW bnXn¨m ..bnXn¨m sNmj¸w..sNmj¸knÃtÃm…””
¢otkKnWnX]nt`¡v ssN A¸w NqXn N]än Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”sNmj¸w D*v F¶v- Mm³ b_tªm?””
AkÄ Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡msS tImUn¨p.
“”F¶m`pw AVnNw tk*,””
“”Òw …Òw …f½n,””
AkapsX km¡pNÄ WÂNn] t{bmÕmiWw Ak³s_ kn^`pNsa DuÀÖzhz`fm¡n. Ak³ A^]n koÀ¯pfpj]v¡p¶ NqXm^s¯ ssNsNm*v sM^n¨fÀ¯n.
“”F´m A§sW tImUnt¨ Wo,””
“”f½n b_]p¶ tN«t¸mÄ b_]m³ bäm¯ ^hw N]_n…CSv ks^ A_n]m¯ H^p ^hw..””
“”F´v tN«¸w…FÃmw tN«¸w…AkhmWw b_ª tkZv Ctà ..Du¡v…ASpÄs¸sX…””
“”ASpsNm*mt\m …Wn³s_…Wn³s_ ..b_n CSptbms` fpjp¯pfqt¯?””
B`ohn³s_ km¡pNÄ Ak³s_ A^s¡«nsW {bN¼Ww sNmÅn¨p. NqXm^w ko*pw sbm§n]p]À¶p. NqXm^kmhn H¶v- sk«n kn_¨p.
“”Òw …Òviw ….AtS ….””
“”Mm³ tbmt\m? tkt\ H¶v- bnXn¨pNatªm. AtàkÃmsS koÀ¯v sN«n Wn¡pw,””
“”tk* f½n..f½n b_…. C¸w tbm]m FWn¡nknXp¶v- Ns¿Xpt¡*nk^pw…Cu fqZv– tbmNpw. bns¶ CknsX ssN sk¸n¡m³ f½n¡pw fqZv– Nn«¯nÃ. fmt{Smkà FWn¡v B tÌm_n …. ASv FWn¡v sfm¯w tNÄ¡\w…tNÄ¡p¼w CknsX bnXn¡\w,””
Ak³ AkapsX fp`fmwh¡p¶pNan bSns] ko*pw AfÀ¯n.
“”A]t`m¡¯v– At¶^w H^p tI«³ D*m^p¶p,””
hnhn`n NT SpX˦p.
“”GSm*v Wn³s_ C¸jps¯ {bm]w H*v. CX]vs¡ms¡ F³s_ sfmt` bnXn¡pw B tI«³. F¶m H^p hpOkm…f½osX Nans]ms¡ l^n¡pw H^p e]¦^ Nj¸n B]n^p¶ FWn¡v Blzmhw B sI«Wm^p¶p. tks_ H¶pknÃ. F³s_ fpt` bnXn¡pw. l^n¡v sM¡n AfÀ¯n Nl¡pw. H«pw tkUWn¸n¡ptk`. Wà hpOw S^pw. B tI«³s_ hmVWt¯Â Fs¶s¡m*v bnXn¸n¡pw….F³s_ bq_n³s_…””
“”Òw…im…””
t_mg³s_ hpOho¡m^w AkÄ tN«p. fp`]n Ak³s_ ssN fp_pNn. Ct¸mÄ Ak³ l^n¡v sM^n¡p¶p*v. ftäss¡ sNm*v A^]ns` NqXm^kmhns]]pw.
“”F´mXm?””
fp`]ns` Ak³s_ bnXp¯w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BhzUn¨v hnhn`n tImUn¨p.
“”f½n b_ªntà …ASv ..tim …Biv …ASv tN«n«v …””
“”GSv?’
“”B tkZv,””
“”GSv tkZv””
“”bq_v,””
“”ASmt\m. Hms¡. Bt^`pw F³s_ bq_n³s_ ho sbm«n¨m ASv B tI«³ B^n¡\w F¶v- Mm³ SoÀ¨s¸Xp¯o^p¶p. At{Sw hq¸À hpOkm B tI«³ FWn¡v S¶Sv. ASpw sk_pw fp`¡v bnXn¨v…A¸w dm¡nNqXn sI]vSmt`m…!””
AkapsX fp` Nl¡n]fÀ¯n, A^s¡«nsW Sn^p½n lm´fm¡n t_mg³ S`Np`p¡n.
“”F¶Sm]m`pw B kÀgw `mÌv B tI«³ F³s_ bq_n³s_ ho sbm«n¨p S¶p. FWn¡v KoksWmÅ Nm`w f_¡msWm¡¯nà ASv. ASn¸ns¶ bq_nWp Nn«n] sfm¯w hpOkpfm]n S«n¨p tWm¡n]m B hpOw Ss¶ fp¼n Wn¡pw. cÌtÃXm. A§sWt] GSv sb®pw In´n¡q. F¶Sm]m`pw ASn¸ns¶ Mm³ f½ns] NX¯n sk«p¶ {bNXWw B^p¶p. sNmt_ Nm`w B^pw A_nªnÃ. f½ow. f½osW Du¡m³ k^p¶ b`^pw F³s_ bqän`pw Np® tNäp¶ knk^w BUyw H¶pw f½n A_nªnÃ…””
t_mg³ kÃmsS sManbn^nsNm*p. Ak³s_ IqXzn^`pNÄ AkapsX fp`NÄ SjpNn sM^n¨p.
“”tfmtW kÃmsS fp«n Wn¡pkmt\ Wo H¶v- sI]vSv Nas]Xm…Wo C§sW Hs¡ Nm\n¡p¶ N*n«v FWns¡t´m kngfw…””
“”tk* WnÀ¯tÃ….b_…””
dÀfpZ]psX ANt¯¡v ssN N]än t_mg³ b_ªp.
“”Mm³ sbm_¯nXs«?””
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”tk*,””
B`ohv In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”lN`w Pmbv WÃSm. AtÃÂ sNmj¸kmNpw,””
“”l^n,””
Ak³ In^n¨p. Akapw.
“”f½n F§sW]m A_ntª? At¶^w F¶m H*m]n?””
“”f½n H¨¸mXv H*m¡n. ASv Wm¨p_ AtÃ? Du¡vt¶³s_ ^pInbnXn¨ptbm] MmWpt*m ASv WnÀ¯m³ tbm\p? bns¶ f½n `mÌv b_ªp, Wo B^psX Nm`n³s_ FtX tkt\`pw tN_v GtS`pw FN-vhmfnWv fmÀ¡v sNm_ªp tbm]m sk«n]^nªp sS§nWv kaknXpw F¶v-. AsSWn¡nãkm]n. Nm^yw Dut¡mXv Du¡m^ps¶`pw Mm³ bYn¡msWm¶pw sbm_tNm«v tbm]nÃ. tNmtaKns`ms¡ ASv sNm*v sNmt_ tNmt\mw H*m]n. t{bmcÊÀfmÀ¡v Hs¡ sNmXp¡p¶Sv sNm*v C³s_\Âhv Hs¡ bptà bq¡m*o¶pw b_ªp bmhm]n. bn Kow sK BÀ Fcpw H¡v Njnªv tNmtaKn bYn¸n¡m³ sSmX§nt]¸nt¶w hzemk¯nWv H^p fmtämw H*m]nÃ. A§sW N`ym\w tfm³s_ bm¸m]pw B]n. At¶^w Mm³ sNm\s¸Xpw F¶v- f½n N^pSn. FksX? N`ym\w Njnªv H^p fmhw sSN]pt¶Wp fp¼v Mm³ NqsX kÀ¡v sI¿p¶ H^p hm_pkm]n N¼Wn]m]n. Du¡m³ tk*n M§av t`mZvKn tbm]n F¶v- f½n A_nªp. Ft¶w Nq«n bns¶ tbmNm¯ Ø`knÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssht¡maKnÌhv, tZmtÎjvhv, A¨·m^v, DbtUlnfm^v….A©p sNmÃw fp¼v ks^ shN-vhv H^p t^mPkm]n M^¼n`pw tImt^`pw C§sW bXÀ¶v-…A§sW]m M§sX kmXvhvBbv {Pq¸ns` AWp …AkapsX sfthKv ….H^p dmksWbän. Fjp¯pNm^³ ….Ìoc³…I{NkÀ¯n F¶ tb^n H^p tbm¬ sshän NTNÄ FjpSp¶…””
“”§vti?””
B`ohn³s_ fp`]ns` bnXp¯w A]¨psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”tbm¬ sshän NTNÄ FjpSp¶ …F³s_ f½o..N¼nNp«³ sshäv Bt\m?””
“”AsS,””
“”F³s_ ssUktf..ASns` I{NkÀ¯ns]¸än Bt\m f½o C{StW^w b_tªm*n^ps¶? B I{Nk^v¯n]mt\m C¸w Ct§m«v k^m³ tbmNps¶? F³s_ Cutlmt]..Fs¶]§v sNmÃv…F³s_ f½o B sshäns` F³s_ Gäkpw {bn]s¸« HmTÀ B\v Cu I{NkÀ¯n. bpÅn¡^Wmt\m Ct§m«v k^ps¶…?””
“”AsS..””
“”sku-….Biv F¶n«v?””
“”Cu AWqw I{NkÀ¯n ..AtàdmkWpw Wà N¼Wn]m. {bNmlw b^¯p¶kÀ F¶ ho^ohntÃ..ASn H*v AWqsW¸än. B AWp b_ªp FXo B`oth Wo dmksW Nm\v Wn³s_ Nj¸v t^mPw A]mav fmäpw. bntÅ^pw bn_ps¡«ow Hs¡ B]n¡jnªv NXotXw Nj¸ntâw Nm^y¯n H^p Nt{*mÄ H*m]ntàss`cv tNmªm«]m]nt¸mNpw. bntÅ^psX Nm^y¯n`sÃXm…Wn³s_ Nm^y¯n FWn¡v tbXn H¶pknÃ. F³s_ hzemkw Nm^\w Wo sbj]m]n tbmNq¶v- FWn¡v tbXns]m¶pknÃ. Wo e]¦^ f¨zÀ AtÃ? _n]]¡mt\ ASymklyw Cu {bm]¯n tk* Nj¸v tbm`pfnÃ…ASpsNm*Ã…FWn¡pw GSm*v fXp¯p…CWn f^ymU¡v AX§n HSp§n Njn]\w F¶v- tSm¶n. A§sW]m dmksW Nm\m³ b_sª…A]mav F¶Sm sI¿ps¶¶v Mm³ AWqtWmXv tImUn¨p. Wo N*m fSn. Mm³ Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ b_ªns«m*v– Akav b_ªp. F¶Sm]m`pw Mm³ G_\mNpa¯v., tImämWn¡t^t`mÅ AkÄsX ko«n sk¨p dmksW N*p…F³s_ sbm¶ptfmsW…{lodp²³s_ N®pNÄ N*n«pt*m Wo? dp²ePkm³s_ fpOs¯ {blm´S Wo N*n«pt*m? Ct¸mÄ Nm\mw…A^ f\n¡qÀ Njnªv Nm\mw. GSm*v H^p f\n¡qÀ Mm³ hwhm^n¨p. MmtWtSm fm]mt`mN¯v B^p¶p. Fs´ms¡t]m Np¯n Han¨ptbmNp¶tbms` …DÅn sfm¯w Wq_p hq^y·mÀ tIÀ¶vN¯pt¼mjp*mNp¶ {bNmlw…F³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_ªptbm]n….At¸mÄ ks^ F³s_ fp¼n`qsX NX¶ptbm] Wq_p N\¡nWv bp^pg·mÀ FÃmw A{bS£yfm]n. bN^w H^p fpOw fm{Sw. dmk³s_ fpOw fm{Sw. dmk³s_ tWm«w. tks_ H¶pw tk* F¶v- tSm¶n. tWm¡n]n^ns¡ FWn¡v Wn]{´\w tbm]n…””
B`ohn³s_ s»uhnWN¯v t_mg³s_ hvbÀlWw fp_pNn.
“”Mm³ AkhmWw tImUn¨p. ‘FWn¡v …FWn¡v H^p IpwdWw tk\w,’ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mÄ bp©n^n¨p. F³s_ ssNs]Xp¯v ASn D½ sk¨p. W_pWn`mkn³s_ `mk\ymWpeqSn Wn_ª H^Wpekw…bs£ ASv F³s_ Umiw Nq«pNs] sI]vSpÅq…’FWn¡v ..FWn¡v F³s_ Ip*n tk\w,’ Mm³ Atb£n¡p¶Sv tbms` b_ªp. A]mÄ kas^ kmÕ`yt¯msX F³s_ fpOt¯¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p. F¶n«v Nmäv H^p bqknsW sSmXp¶tbms` F³s_ Ip*n Ip*pNafÀ¯n….tim …B H^p Wnfngw…t`mNw A§v A{bS£yfm]n ..hzÀP¯n F¯n] H^p coÂ…Mm³ A]mapsX tSman Wn¶v- ssNNÄ FXp¯nÃ…A]mÄ dp²ePkm³s_ N®pNtamsX Fs¶ tWm¡n…fSn]m]ntà F¶ AÀ°¯nÂ. Mm³ A]mapsX fpOw ssN¿ns`Xp¯v fp`NÄ¡v tf sk¨p. ‘Ipwdn¡q …Ipwdn¡q …¹ohv ..kn«v Na]tÃ…’ A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ F³s_ khv{S¯n³s_ fpNan`qsX fp`Nsa SjpNn. {em´fm]Ã…bm`n Smf^]nSÄ kojp¶Sv tbms`…{bmkn³s_ In_Nn Wn¶v- Sqk AXÀ¶v- bSn¡p¶Sv tbms`… fp`NÄ¡nX]n Wn¶v- A]mapsX fpOsfXp¡msS Mm³ s»uhv Ajn¨p {dm]n Wn¶v- fp`NsaXp¯v bp_¯n«p. F³s_ Umiw fm_ptkmaw Mm³ Aks] A]mapsX WmkpsNm*pw Ip*pNÄ sNm*pw bÃpNÄsNm*pw fÀUn¸n¨p….bns¶]pw A]mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n…;SrbvSn]mt]m F¶ AÀ°¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ A]mapsX fpOw Smtj¡v Wn^¡n. F³s_ k]_n`pw sbm¡nan`pw AXnk]_n`pw Nps_ tW^w A]msas¡m*v D½sk¸n¨v….. D½ sk¸n¨v ….bns¶ Mm³ A]mapsX fpOw F³s_ A^s¡«nÂ, hm^n¡v fpNanÂ…F³s_ bq_n³s_ fpNan sk¨v AfÀ¯n…A]mÄ¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n…hm^n]psX Np¯jn¨v AXn¸mkmX]pw bmân]pw fmän F³s_ bq_p WPvWfm¡n. At¸mtj¡pw bq_p WWªv Wn_ªn^p¶p. SpXNapsX DavemPkpw I´nknXkpw FÃmw WWªv NpSnÀ¶v f\w sk¨n^p¶p. Mm³ A]mÄ¡v Nm\m³ bq_p AN¯nsk¨p… A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ bq_ns` Npj¼n Bjv¶n_§p¶p…Hm …F´m ASv…! A§sW H^Wpekw ..Ct¸mÄ b_]m³ Njn]nÃ…F{StW^w ….H^p f{´kmU¨X§v– tbms` B]n^p¶p…Hmt^m Sk\ Ipwdn¡pt¼mjpw A]mÄ Ft´m f{´n¨psNm*n^p¶p…bns¶]m\v A]mÄ hz]w A^s¡«v WPvWfm¡n]Sv…At¸mjpw Ft´m sImÃp¶p*m]n^p¶p…AXn]n N¿n«v A]mÄ Np®s]Xp¯v St`mXn. At¸mÄ Mm³ ASv N*p. hmVm^\ k`n¸w. bs£ bnXn¨t¸mÄ ASv H^p fmwh¡g\fm]n tSm¶n]nÃ. At¸mÄ bjp¸ns¨Xp¯ H^n^p¼v U*v. ASv A]mÄ F¶n Bj¯n…Hmt^m Bjv¶n_§`n`pw A]mÄ Ft´m Kbn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p…Mm³ fjknÃpNÄ¡v tft`NqXn b_¡pN]m]n^p¶p. PPWkoTn]ns` InÃpKm`N§Ä Hmt^m¶v Sp_¶v- tft`¡v tft`¡v….””
N®pSp_¶t¸mÄ A]msa N*nÃ.
“”ASn¸ns¶Mm³tfm³s_b¸ms]AÃmsStks_H^pbp^pgsWhvbÀln¨n«nÃtks_knNm^t¯msX…””
At¸mÄSmsjWn¶vfpNant`¡vk^p¶_n]]psXhzÀ®¸mUh^¯n³s_lÐwAkÀtN«p.
t_mg³sbs«¶v-AkapsXs»uhnÂWn¶v-ssNbn³k`n¨p.
“”f½n,SmsjH^pA¦nÄk¶vWn¡p¶p,””
“”dmk³,””
B`ohvf{´n¨p.