Ss¶ BNmw£]psX bm^fy¯n tWm¡p¶k^psX tWs^ B`ohv N®p Sp_¶p.
“”F¶m bän B`oth?””
dmk³ tImUn¨p.
B`ohv D¯^sfm¶pw b_]msS ko*pw Ipäpw tWm¡n. Ss¶ hmNqSw tWm¡p¶k^psX]nX]n AkÄ Bs^t]m b^Sp¶Sv tbms` AkÀ¡v tSm¶n.
“”F¶Sm Wo sS^]ps¶ B`oth?””
Kho´ tImUn¨p.
“”Ch…ChsdÂ….ChsdÃ…””
sbsǦv tKm]psX fpOw knX˦p.
“”F¶Sm B³äo b_sª…ChsdÃt]m?””
“”§vim…ChsdÃ…””
B`ohv NnX¡]n Fjpt¶än^p¶p.
“”CknsX k¶p…Mm³ N*p..sX_Ên …FWn¡v Im]]pw sNm*v k¶p…-“”
AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
knÃyw Zn{Nqhv F¶ Ahp^kn¯pw Ak^psX NqsX]p*m]n^p¶p.
“”B`oth,””
dmk³ knan¨p.
“”NpSn^k«¯v FWn¡v ^*p hpir¯p¡Ä D*v tZmNväÀfm^m]n«v. Dua¼mt_ H^mapw D*v. Wà t^mPnNsas]m¶pw CSpks^ AkÀ¡v CWvt{XmZyqhv sI¿mt¯Wv AkÀs¡t¶mXv A¸w knt^mVw D*v. C¶v- MmWm knt^mVw SoÀ¡m³ tbmNpkm,””
“”Sfmls]m¶p b_ªp Na]mw F¶v- knIm^n¨mt\m C{S NãvXs¸«p Wn§Ä Cu Nm^yw b_]ps¶?””
tKm fäm^pw tNÄ¡msS dmktWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”F¶v- sk¨mÂ?””
B`ohv At`mh^t¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”F¶v- sk¨m sWW¡v fpjpk«ms\¶v-!””
dmk³ H¨]n«p.
“”Chsdà Fs§sW]m B`oth C¸w Ct§m«v k^ps¶?””
Kho´]pw tImUn¨p.
“”B sNm¨v Ct¸meqfo CÃtÃm. bns¶ F§sW k^mWm CknsX?””
_n]]pw t_mgWpw H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
“”AsSm¶pw FWn¡v A_n]mt½`,””
B`ohv ko*pw lÐfp]À¯n.
“”Mm³ sX_Ên Wn¡pkm^p¶p. lp¸m*nt]mXv Im] sNm*^m³ b_ªp. sbm_No¶p _n] F¶m f½o Im] F¶v- b_]p¶ tN«p. Sn^nªptWm¡o¸w fp¼n ChsdÃ…!””
Ipäpw NqXn Wn¶kÀ ko*pw b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
“”f½n ASnWv ChsdÃmsW N*n«pt*m?””
_n] tImUn¨p.
“”ASv…-“”
B`ohv HmÀ¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”C¶s` Xoko N*StÃ? ASv– tbms`…””
AkÀ b`Spw b_ªp B`ohn³s_ knlzmh§sa bn´n^n¸n¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw Sm³ ChsdÃs] N*p F¶ kmU¯n B`ohv D_¨v Wn¶p.
“”B`ohv A¸w NqXn NnX¡s«,””
dmk³ AkhmWw b_ªp.
“”l^n]m…””
Kho´]pw h½Sn¨p.
“”At¿m FÃm^pw tbmN^pSv!””
B`ohv kn`bn¨p.
“”Bs^¦n`pw F³s_ NqsX Wn¡v! FWn¡v tbXn]m,””
“”Mm³ Wn¡mw sNm¨t½!””
lp¸m*n DÕmit¯msX b_ªp. Ak³ Ak^psX NnX¡]nÂ, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXp¯v C^p¶p.
“”sNm¨½ sNX¶ms«,””
lp¸m*n B`ohn³s_ tSma¯v bnXn¨p Im]n¨v sNX¯n.
“”Wn§av FÃm^pw tkt\Â kn{lfnt¨m?””
fp_n]n Aktlgn¨ks^ tWm¡n, B`ohn³s_ fmwhafm] ssN¯*]n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨psNm*v lp¸m*n b_ªp.
“”t_mgm, _nt]..f¡apw sbmt¡m …MmWntà Wn§sX f½osX NqsX…””
t_mg³ AknsX Wn¶v- bn³k`nªp.
“”Kho´ fmZw H¶v- Wns¶,””
fp_n]v¡v bp_¯v NX¡m³ SpX§n] Kho´t]mXv knÃyw Zn{Nqhv b_ªp.
Kho´ Sn^nªp Wn¶p.
At¸mÄ AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NapsX sshZv kyqknt`¡v FÃmk^pw tWm¡n.
A{S fpj¨p´n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkapsX fp`.
“”ASm]Sv FWn¡_nt]*Sv….””
AktamsXm¸w fpt¼m«v– WX¶psNm*v knÃyw Zn{Nqhv b_ªp.
“”A¦nta,””
_n] dmksW knan¨p. A]mÄ tImUy^qb¯n Aksa tWm¡n.
“”dnhn]mt\m A¦nÄ C¸w?””
“”CÃ tfmsa,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”F´m?””
“”km FWn¡v A¦nantWmXv hwhm^n¡mWp*v,””
A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨psNm*v fp_n]psX skan]nt`¡n_§n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”B t_mg³ F´nt]?””
FÃmk^pw tbm]n¡jnªv sZ]vhn Ipäpw tWm¡n.
“”Ak³ tcm\n Np_¨v tcmt«mhv Nm\n¡m¶v- b_ªm^p¶p.
sZ]vhn skan]nt`¡n_§n t_mg³ tbm] kjnt] WX¶p.
“”F¶m lp¸m*n…””
tKm lp¸m*ns] tWm¡n.
Ak³ tKm]psX tWs^ H^p kga³ In^n In^n¨p.
“”Wo Wn³s_ sNm¨t½tWw lp{lognt¨m*v C^n¡v….W¶m]n lp{lognt¨mt\…””
tKm]pw fp_n]v¡v skan]n NX¶p.
“”ChsdÃm….””
Smtj¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ Ak³ hz]w b_ªp.
“”Wo l^n¡nknsX kt¶m? ks¶¦n Wo Fs¶]tà tfmsa Nm\t*? AtSm WnW¡v Fs¶ tkt*?””
Smtj¡v bXnNan_§pt¼mÄ tÌ]À tNhn³s_ fq`]n H^mÄ Wn¡p¶Sv tKm N*p.
“”B^m ASv?””
Ak³ knan¨p tImUn¨p.
B ^qbw Sn^nªp Wn¶p. H^p Wnfngw tKm e]¶p. H^p Wnfngw fm{Sw. bns¶ B ^qbs¯ N*v– Ak³ In´n¨p.
“”Mm³ F´nWp tbXn¡\w? F³s_ sb®v Atà ASv?””
Ak³ AkapsX]Xps¯¡v hmkVmWw WX¶p.
AXps¯¯n.
ssN]p]À¯n.
Aksa sSm«p.
AsS.
SWn¡nksa sSmXm³ bäp¶p*v.
ASnWÀ°w CkÄ t{bSfà F¶m\v.
tKm]psX ssNNÄ AkapsX NknansW hvbÀln¨p.
“”Wn³s_ fpOw ChsdÃ]psX…””
AktamXv– tIÀ¶v- Wn¶v- Ak³ f{´n¡p¶Sv tbms` b_ªp.
“”Wn³s_ ^qbw, tWm«w, emkw FÃmw ChsdÃ]psX….bs£ Wns¶ sSm«t¸mÄ….AÃ…Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ChsdÃ]Ã…F³s_ ChsdÃ]psX Hmt^m fpXn]njNsa]pw FWn¡v sSm«v Sn^n¨_n]m³ bäpw…ChsdÃ]psX Hmt^m tNml¯nt`]pw fnXn¸v FWn¡_n]mw….Wo ChsdÃ]Ã….Wo t{bSfm]n^ps¶¦n F¶v- Mm³ sNmSn¨p…Fs¶¡qXn Wn³s_ t`mNt¯¡v sNm*ptbmNm³….bs£ Wo t{bSkpfÃ….””
tKm A¸w NqXn AktamXv– tIÀ¶v- Wn¶p.
AkapsX N®pNant`¡v S_¨ptWm¡n.
“”b_!””
Ak³s_ lЯns` s{Nu^yw Aksa kn_¸n¨p.
“”B^m Wo?””

fp_n]ns`¯n¡jnªv _n] NSNv tIÀ¯X¨p.
bns¶ AkÄ Btklt¯msX dmksW sN«n¸nXn¨p.
“”Hm-“”
A{bSo£nSfm] B {b\] {bNXW¯n dmk³ BUyw H¶¼^¶p.
bns¶ AkapsX bknjmV^§Ä S³s_ Ip*pNan AfÀ¶t¸mÄ A]mapsX ^àkpw AkaptXSnWv hffm]n.
Aksa AWm]mhw ssNNan tNm^ns]Xp¯v AkÄ A]mÄ Aksa Sn^n¨p Ipwdn¨p.
Ip*pNÄ NXn¨pk`nIo¼n]t¸mÄ AkÄ hpO¯nsâ D]^§ant`¡v b_¶p.
AkapsX S^n¨pNj]v¡p¶ k`n] fp`NÄ A]mapsX t`mi¡^p¯pÅ fm_n sM^nªfÀ¶p.
fp`NÃpNÄ S^n¨pNqÀ¡p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
“”A¦nta..CknsX…CknsX…D½ sk¡v….””
A]mapsX fpOw S³s_ sS_n¨pkn§p¶ fp`Nan k`n¨Xp¸n¨v tIÀ¯psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Nps_ tW^w FXp¡qtÃm tfmsa…””
tXm¸nWp bp_¯v NqXn fp`NÄ AfÀ¯ns¡m*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
knNm^mtkl¯m Nq¼n]Xª fnjnNÄ CX¡v Sp_¶p tImUy ^qb¯n AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n.
“”Ct{Sw fpjp¯ sfm` D½ sk¨v So^m³….””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”H¶v- tbm A¦nta…””
A]mapsX fpOw ko*pw S³s_ fp`NtamXv tIÀ¯p.
“”f½osX sfm` F³s_SntW¡mÄ Ft´m^w fpjp¯Sm….ASv A¦nav l^n¡pw sM¡ow bnXn¨pw D½ sk¨pw hpOn¸n¡p¶p*tÃm….f½osW hpOn¸n¡p¶ tbms` Ft¶w hpOn¸n¡\w…””
A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ fm_n`qsX bm¼n³s_ tkPS]n Cj]pt¼mÄ AkÄ Btklt¯msX tXm¸v Du^n fmän.
“”{dm CÃm^pt¶m?””
fp` N®p NXn¨pIpwdn¨v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”GSv tW^¯pw A¦nantWs¡m*v bnXn¸n¡m³ tW^s¯ Du^nsk¨m^p¶p,””
A]mapsX S`]v¡v bn¼n fp_ps¡ AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨v sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”A¸w Smtjw Nm\¯nÃtÃm; AtÃ?””
H^p ssN Smsj¡n«v fnZn]psX bp_¯v NqXn SpXNÄ tI^p¶nX¯v– AfÀ¯n A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Smsj A¸w D*v…””
AkÄ Np_pNn.
“”Wà IqXv A¸w…l^n¡v IqXpÅ N_ns]ms¡ Hjn¨v WW¨v sks¨¡pkm…A¦nanWv NXn¨v fp_n¨v Sn¶m³..W¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn¶m³ A¦nanWv hvbq¬ sNm*v Np¯n HX¨v Sn¶mÂ…tcmÀ¡v sNm*v k^ªpNo_n fp_n¨v Sn¶m³….””
fnZn]psX tft` A]mapsX N^p¯pä ssN kn^`pNÄ AkapsX IqXv N]_n koÀ¯v kn§p¶ bq_n AfÀ¶v- sM^n]tk _n] b_ªp.
“”Bim WÃ C{¼qkv–sf³_v D*v…””
fnZn sbm¡n WWªv Npjª bq_n kn^ C_¡n l^n¡v AXn¨v sNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”F§sW C{¼qkv–sf³_v D*mNm*n^nNpw?””
A]mapsX ssNkn^`pNÄs¡Sns^ bq_p l^n¡pw SÅn]fÀ¯nsNmXp¯v sNm*v _n] tImUn¨p.
“”Cu sNm_ª tW^w sNm*v A¦nan³s_ F{S NT]m km]n¨p Njnsª¶v A_n]mtkm? {bNmlw b^¯p¶kÄ, KoknSw hm£n, Ak^psX ^Snt`mNw, I^¡p¶v dm¨v, `nh½]psX bmUh^w….””
A]mapsX kn^`pNÄ WWª fUWt¨_n {em´fm]n Np¯n]n_§pt¼mÄ So{k Btklt¯msX A^sN«v SÅn]p´ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”B sKÊnt]w AWpbtfw `nht½tWw Aks^ms¡ Du¡otÃ? ASptbms` Ft¶w Du¡v A¦nta….””
dmk³ HmÀ¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
S³s_ ss`wPnNmtWzg\ b^o£\§an b`^pw knK]n¨n«ps*¦n`pw CSnWp fp¼v B^pw _n]s]t¸ms` Btklkpw Bhàn]pw Nm\n¨n«nÃ.CSv tbms` H^p Caw sb®v.
_n] dmksâ ssWäv bmân ssN sk¨p. ASnWNw kaÀ¶v- k`pSm] Np®, khv{S¯nWv tft` NqXn]ms\¦n`pw H¶v- NqXn IoÀ¯p. khv{S¯nWv tft`NqXn ssN sNm*v bnXn¨v Nj¸v ASn³s_ bm^fy¯ns`¯n] _n] dmksâ Np®v-, fnZn sbm¡n WPvWfm] bq_n fp«n¨p. fp«n] Wnfngw Akan Wn¶v- Ahiyfm] H^p ho¡m^fp]À¶p. A]mapsX ssWäv bmâv_n³s_ I^Xn AkapsX ssNk^`pNÄ SXªp.
“”Du^v A¦nta..¹ohv…FWn¡v NXn¨v sbm«pkm…””
“”Ahp^kn¯v– AaskXp¯v NXnfmäotÃ?””
I^Xjn¡m³ Aksa him]n¡p¶SnWnX]n dmk³ tImUn¨p.
_n] Wm\n¨p. F¦n`pw A]mapsX Wnlmkhv{Sw bqÀ®fm]n Ajn¨pfmäm³ AkapwNqXn.
A]mapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶v- fpNant`¡v tWm¡n kn_¨ dmksâ Np®]n AkÄ bnXn fp_p¡n.
“”F¶m IqXm, A¦nta Np®]v¡v…!””
AkÄ Np®s]Xp¯v bq_n fp«n¨p.
tim…!””
Np® bq_n fp«n] Wnfngw AkÄ b^nh^w f_¶v- A`_n ho¡m^fn«p. dmk³ bSns] SÅn. IqXp_k]n`qsX, N«n]pÅ sNmjp¸n`qsX A]mapsX Np® AkapsX bq_nsW D^¨v, D^p½n, Spaªp N]_n.
Np® bqÀ®fm]pw AN¯v N]_n]t¸mÄ _n] WXpkv ka¨p. A^s¡«v A]mapsX A^s¡«ntWmXv tIÀ¯fÀ¯n sM¡n.
“”sNm_¨pw sNmsX C§sW sM¡n¸nXn¡v A¦nta…W¶m]n fp_pNn AfÀ¶v- C^n¡p¼w Wà hpOw….F´m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpOw!””
A]mapsX ssNNÄ AkapsX I´nNan AfÀ¶v- SÅn. AkapsX ssNNÄ A]mapsXSn`pw. ssNNÄsNm*v b^hvb^w I´nNÄ sM¡n]fÀ¯ns¡m*v AkÄ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
“”f½o¶v- Nn«p¶ At{Sw hpOw F³s_ bq_o¶p Nn«p¶pt*m A¦nta?””
ASnWp¯^fm]n dmk³ Bªp SÅn. AkapsX A^s¡«v A]¨p. Np® bSns] bp_¯v k¶p.B Wnfngw Ss¶ dmk³ Bªp SÅn. AsS tkPS]n AkÄ A]mapsX A^s¡«n³s_ tWs^]pw BªXn¨p.
ASntkPS]n b^hv¸^fpÅ B {bt]mPw b¯v fnWnt«maw Wo*p.
AkapsX l^o^w kn_sNmÅp¶Sv ks^.
^hkminWn]psX Gäkpw knhvf]fm] AWpekfp*mNp¶Sv ks^.
“”tbmt]m?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Dw…””
“”Du^s«?””
“”sNmÃpw Mm³…””
AkÄ f{´n¨p.
“”FWn¡v CWow tk\w…””
“”ASnsW´m? ASnWntX tfmtamXv Mm³ Np_¨v Nm^y§Ä tImUnt¨ms«?””
“”F´pw tImUnt¨m..F´pw?””
“”t{bmfnhv?””
“”AsS´m A¦nta? A¦nanWv Fs¶ knlzmhw CtÃ?””
“”b_]q, t{bmfnhv?””
“”t{bmfnhv,””

“”F¶Sm Nm^yw?””
knÃyw Zn{NqhntWmsXm¸w fp_n]nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ AWnãw emkn¨v Kho´ tImUn¨p.
“”b_]mw Kho´m,””
AkapsX tSman bnXn¨psNm*v knÃyw b_ªp.
“”A§sW tf¯v sSm«pw bnXn¨pw H¶pw b_]*,””
tSmÄ Ca¡n A]mapsX ssN fmäm³ {lfn¨psNm*v Kho´ b_ªp.
“”sI¿m¯ Nm^yw b_]^pSv,””
knÃyw tSman Wn¶v- ssN fmämsS b_ªp.
“”tf¯v sSm«p F¶Sv tW^m. bs£ H^nX¯pw bnXn¨ns«m¶pw CÃ…””
ASv b_]pt¼mÄ A]mapsX tWm«w AkapsX fm_n S_ªn^p¶p.
“”Cu tWm«w Mm³ k¶¸w sfmS Nm\p¶Sm,””
S³s_ fm_nt`¡v tWm¡p¶ A]mtamXv AkÄ b_ªp.
“”H^p Wmt\mw CÃmsS F§sW]m C§sW sb®p§sX tk*m¯ emPs¯ms¡ tWm¡ps¶? Wn§sX Wm«n B\p§Ä fmt{S HÅq?””
knÃyw AkÄ¡v AenfpOfm]n Wn¶v AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”sb®p§Ä D*v Cãwtbms`,””
A]mÄ lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.
“”bs£ Kho´ CÃ,””
“”Z]t`mPv, Z]t`mPv…!””
AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”Fs¶ fm{Skà B`ohntâw _nt]sXw F³s_ tfmavsXw Hs¡ AkntXw CkntXw Hs¡ tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*m^p¶p…””
fp_n]n N]_n¡jnªv A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”AkntXw CsktXw?””
A]mÄ In^n¨p.
“”Mm³ CknsXs]ms¡ fmt{S tWm¡n]pÅq…””
ASv b_ªv A]mÄ hm^n]psX fpNan`qsX AkapsX sS_n¨ fp`]n H¶fÀ¯n sM¡n.
“”sly…-“”
A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨pfmän N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ Ipäpw tWm¡n.
“”bns¶ CkntXw…””
A]mapsX ssN bnt¼m«v SÅn knXÀ¶p Wn¶ I´nNsa sM^n¨p.
Kho´ A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨p fmän.
“”CSp§av Wms`®w, F³s_ Kho´ C¶m bnXnt¨m C¶m bnXnt¨m F¶v- knan¨pb_]p¼w tImt^w Wo^pskmÅ GSv B\p§¡m Nt{*mÄ tbmNms¯?””
ASv b_ªv A]mÄ bmâvhn³s_ fp¼ns` fpj]n bnXn¨v AfÀ¯n.
“”Wms`®tkm?””
A]mapsX A^s¡«ns` fpj]nt`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”AtS, Wms`®w,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”CSp§av ^*pw,’
bn¼n Wn¶v- ko*pw A]mÄ AkapsX C^p fp`Napw bnXn¨v AfÀ¯n¡l¡n.
“”bns¶ CSp§av ^*pw,’
bns¶ ssNNÄ Smtj¡v sNm*ptbm]n AkapsX C^p I´nNapw A]mÄ sM¡n¡pj¨p.
AWnãkpw tUgykpw {bSo£n¨ knÃyw bs£ S³s_ tUit¯mXv Im^n Wn¡p¶ Kho´s]]m\v N*Sv.
“”tUgyfntà At¸mÄ?””
A]mÄ AUvepSt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”Ip½m Wn¶ Fs¶ sSm«pw bnXn¨pw IqXm¡o«v I¡^ kÀ¯mWw b_]pt¶m?””
A]mapsX ssN¿n bnXn¨psNm*v AkÀ tImUn¨p.
kn`yfnsW AUvepSs¸Xp¯n Kho´ A]mapsX ssN hm^n¡v tfs`NqXn bq_n AfÀ¯n.
“”IqXpt*m?””
AkÄ A]mapsX sW©nt`¡v H¶vNqXn AfÀ¶v- Wn¶v- tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ntÃ….IqXmkn sbm§o«p ssN sbmÅp¶p…””
A]mÄ hm^n¡v tft` NqXn AkapsX bq_n AfÀ¯n.
“”ssN fm{Sw sbmÅn¨m fSnt]m?””
A]mapsX ftässNs¿Xp¯v S³s_ fp`¡v tft` sk¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”tbm^,””
hm^n¡v tft` NqXn AkapsX fp`NÄ fm_nfm_n sM^n¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”Np®]pw sbmÅn¡\w,””
AkapsX bn³Njp¯n NXn¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”F¶m sbmÅn¡v…””
fp`Nan`pw bq_n`pw A]mapsX ssNNÄ WÂNp¶ hpO¯n Np_pNns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”D` N¯n¨v IqXm¡n s_Zn]m]n skt¨¡pkm…C^p¼v N¼n sNm*pk¶p Np¯nt¡än sk¡v…bjp¸n¡v…””
“”Bt\m…CknsX]mt\m B D`?””
bq_nt`¡v ssN¯`w l^n¡v sk¨fÀ¯n A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”F´m Dt`sX tb^v?””
“”bq_v…””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”C^p¼n³s_t]m?””
“”Np®…””
B Wnfngw knÃyw Zn{Nqhv F¶ Ahp^kn¯v– Asæn tkSmaw AkapsX hm^n fm_n Wn¶v- fmän. Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] s»uhnWpÅnt`¡v bn¼n Wn¶v- ssN NX¯m³ {lfn¨p.
“”ssN s»uhnWm¯v tN_vtN`,””
Kho´ b_ªp.
“”s»uhv sW_¨pw sfm`….sfm` ^*pw s»uhnWm¯v sW_ªp sNX¡pkm…N*ntÃ..H^p hqIn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np¯m³ tbm`pw CXw dm¡n]nÃ…””
AkÄ Sn^nªpWn¶psNm*v fp`NÄ Nm\n¨v sNmXp¯p.
“”Mm³ Du^n¯^mw…F¶n«v l^n¡v Bkly¯nWv sM¡n hpOnt¨m….AtÃÂ Bkly¯nWv FWn¡v sfm` Nl¡n hpOn¸n¨v Sm…””
AkÄ sNmap¯pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du^n.
{dm CXm¯Sv sNm*v fp`NÄ ^*pw bp_t¯¡v NpSn¨pImXn. B Wnfngw Ss¶ knÃyw Zn{Nqhv Aks] ^*pssNsNm*pw sbm¡n]p]À¯n.
“”Cu ^*v sfmt`w C§sW b¯v fnWnäv Mm³ D]À¯n¸nXnt¨m*v C^p¶m, FWn¡v Hmt^m HmÀt¯m boZn]m{XogysW Nmt\*n k^pw,””
A]mÄ In^n¨p.
“”In^n¡*,””
A]mapsX fp`bnXp¯¯n hpOn¨n^p¶psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F³s_ sfm` ^*pw e]¦^ sikn]m¶v FWn¡_n]mw,””
“”CSv ^*pw C§sW sN«nIpft¶mXv WX¶n«v £o\w tSm¶p¶ntÃ? fXp¸v tSm¶p¶ntÃ?””
H^p ssN sNm*v AkapsX hm^n¡p¯v Ajn¨psNm*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”CX]v¡v Hs¡ b`^pw ssN¯m§v– S¶v- him]n¡p¶p*tÃm AtÃ? At¶^w fXp¡¯nÃ…””
Kho´]psX hm^n Wn`t¯¡v ko\p.
fp«¸sf¯p¶ AXn¸mkmX]psX I^Xn A]mÄ ssN sk¨p.
AXp¯ Wnfngw ASpw Wn`t¯¡v ko\p.
“”F´v FN-vhvtbÀ«v B\v!””
Kho´ AUvepSt¯msX b_ªp.
“”C{S hvboZn F³s_ AXn¸mkmX B^pw Ajn¨n«nÃ. h½Sn¨p S¶n^n¡p¶p!””
“”bmkmX Znssh³ sI¿mWpw S]v¡mWpw fm{Sw A_nªm tbm^m,””
AkapsX WWªv NpSnÀ¶ bmân]psX fp¼n sM¡n]fÀ¯ns¡m*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”ASv Ajn¡mWpw bYn¡\w!””
A]mÄ AkapsX bm³äohnWpÅn ssN NX¯n. kn^`pNÄ tkP¯n bq_n`n«p. AknsX N«nbnXn¨p NnX¶ fUWs¡mjp¸n sW¿n`qsX N¯nN]_p¶Sv tbms` A]mÄ kn^ N]än.
“”Biv iv iv …””
AkÄ Np_pNn.
fp`NÄ ^*pw fm_n fm_n NXn¨p I¸n k`n¨v, fp`N®pNÄ NXn¨o¼ns¡m*v A]mÄ AkapsX bq_n`pw N´n`pw kn^`pNÄ N]än]n_¡n.
“”gZv[n Du^s«?””
H^p ssN sNm*v bmân]psX tf bnXn¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”bq_n l^n¡v sM¡mw At¶^w,””
A]mapsX f_pbXn¡v Nm¯v Wn¡msS AkÄ sbs«¶v bm³äohv k`n¨pSmjv¯n.
bns¶ AkÄ A]mapsX bm³_vhv Ajn¨p.
“”F³s_….!””
A]mapsX AXnkhv{Skpw Du^n¡jnªv fpNant`¡v Np¯nWn¶ Np® N*v– AkÄ A¼^¶p.
“”WÃ IqXv,””
ASn St`mXn¯jpNns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Dt`Â tNäpt¶Wv fp¼v Ss¶ W¶m]n bjp¯v NÃn¨tÃm,””
“”Wns¶t¸ms` WÃ Nj¸n¸q_n C§sW fp¼n k¶v- Wn¶m F§sW]m N¼n]mNms¯?””
A£ft]msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ A]mapsX Np® bq_n fp«n¨v fpt¼m«v– AfÀ¯n.
“”H¶pw tSm¶tÃ,””
bq_nt`¡v hmkVmWw Np® {btkln¸n¨v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”N´pw bq_psfms¡ kÃmsS Nj¨v S^n¨v sbm«pkm…^*v Unkhkm]n CSnWm¯v WÃ H^p Np® tN_o«v…ASv sNm*m…””
A]mapw A^s¡«v Akant`¡v SÅn.
“”Fs¶ sNX¯o«v l^n¡v Du¡v,””
fp`NÄ A]mapsX sW©nt`¡v AfÀ¯n D^hns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”e]¦^km]n«v Nj]v¡pkm…””
A]mÄ Aksa hfob¯v NnX¶ thmc]nt`¡v WX¯n.
“”Fs¶ BUyw NpWn¨v WnÀ¯n Du¡v,””
Wm`pNm`n NpWnªv Wn¶psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”FWn¡v e]¦^ Cãkm A§sW Du¡ps¶….At¶^w sfmt`Â l^n¡pw sM¡n¡l¡\w tNt«m…””
I´nNÄ¡nX]n knXÀ¶p sbmanªv– fUK`fnäp¶ bq_nt`¡v A]mÄ Np® SÅn¡]än.
“”Dui..iv…iv…””
Kho´ lÐfn«p.
“”F´mXo?’
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”WÃ hpOw..hpOw…””
A]mapsX Hmt^m AXn]v¡pw bq_p bnt¼m«p SÅnsNmXp¯psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”sfmt“pw bnXn…””
AkÄ Io_n.
“”A]mÄ Ns]¯n¨v fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n Nl¡n.
“”sfmt`Â bnXn¡m³ Wfp¡v tks_ H^msa¡qXn knan¨mt`m?””
“”knan¡v…””
hpO `i^n]n S^n¸v N]_n Kho´ b_ªp.
“”bs£…Np_¨v Nm^y§Ä FWn¡_n]\w..Khot´sX km]o¶v…ASv b_]ptkm?””
“”F¶m tkt\`pw b_]mw…BUyw tks_ H^msas¡msX knan¡v..sNmt_ Wmam]n ^*v Np® H^pfn¨v tNäo«v…knans¡Xm….Mm³ F¶m tkt\`pw b_]mw…””

sdÍn SpXNÄ knXÀ¯n, N^p¯Wm] dmk³ Duäns]mjn¨p sNmXp¯ Np®¸m Wn_ª bqÀ sbman¨p sk¨v NnX¡p¶Sv B`ohv tWm¡n]t¸mÄ _n] bp©n^nt]msX A¸w Wm\n¨p.
“”””F´m tfmÄ¡v Ct¸mÄ H^p kÃm¯ Wm\w?”
“”””f½o Mm³ HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p,”
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””C¶s` ks^ f½osX FWns¡¶m Wm\km^p¶p! . B Mm³ F{S sbs«¶m C§sW, ]msSm^p Wm\kpfnÃmsS H¶pw DXp¡msS sfmt`w sSmtXw bq_pw Hs¡¡m\n¨p C§sW fp¼n C^n¡ps¶!”
_n]]psX ssN At¸mjpw A^s¡«ns` koÀ¯p´n] WWkn AfÀ¯pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”””dmk³ A¦nansW f½n Nan¡p¶Sv N*SpfpS FWn¡v H^p Nt{*mapknà f½n…. f½ow dmk³ A¦napw l^n¡pw Cãkm¶pw A¦nÄ S^w Nn«pt¼mÄ Hs¡ f½osX bqän tNäm_p*v¶v- f½n Ft¶mXv Sp_¶v- b_ª ØnSn¡v CWn W½Ä Hant¡* BklyfnÃ. ASpsNm*v f½n]v¡v ssV^yfm]n Sp\nt]m¶pfnÃmsS F³s_ fp¼n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^n¡mw.”
hqh³ NpXp¨p Nm`n]m¡n] ¥mÊn _n] ko*pw ko*pw knhv¡n bNÀ¶p.
sFhv NyqdpNan«p. thmZs]mjn¨p.
“”””f½osX N¸mhnän F{S]m?”
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wm`v sbs¤ms¡]Xn¨m`pw Wm¡p Npj]nÃ. Wm`n NqXpS tk*. W¶m]n«v bqhm]m fSn. hq¸_m]n«v kÀ¯mWw b_]mw,”
H^n_¡v NpXn¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””f½o bqän Wn_s] Np®¸m`m\tÃm,”
Ak³ AkapsX bq_nt`¡v tWm¡n¸_ªp.
“”””AsS,”
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”B lp¸m*n Ft´s^ tW^km bqän Np® skt¨m*v C^pt¶¶_n]mtkm…! Hmt^m Wnfngw Njn]pt´m_pw N«n NqXn¡qXn k^pkm^p¶p…””
B`ohn³s_ bq_n Wn¶v- D\§m¯ lp¢w At¸mjpw HjpNp¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””W½Ä shN-vhpw N¼n]pw Hs¡]m]n^n¡ntà b_]m³ tbmNps¶? ASnWp tk*n]m MmWn§p kt¶. At¸mÄ f½osX bqän Aksâ Np®¸m`v C§sW Sn§n]n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\pt¼m tfmÄ¡v Wà {SnÃm]n^n¡q¶v- f½n N^pSn. ASm bqäo¶v- NjpNn¡a]msS skt¨m*n^n¡ps¶.”
H^n_¡v NqXn NpXn¨tlgw B`ohv t]mWn¸naÀ¸n Wn¶v- D§§n¸nXn¨ lp¢w kn^ sNm*v tSm*ns]Xp¯v _n]s] Nm\n¨p.
F¶n«v t]mWn¸naÀ¸v A¸w NqXn knXÀ¯n kn^`n«v sNmjp¯p_ª lp¢w tSm*ns]Xp¯v f\¯ptWm¡n.
“”””§vim…””
AkÄ fq¡v knXÀ¯n lzhn¨p.
“”””Rvimkq…Fs´m^p f\w. tfmÄ¡v f\¡t\m?”
“”””bns¶ tkt*..Wà tImUyw tks_ ktÃm³s_ Np®¸m`mt\`pw ASn§sW bpa¨p NnX¡ps¶ F³s_ f½osX bqän`tÃ?”
AkÄ kn^¯p¼v Ak³s_ fq¡nWv tWs^ bnXn¨p.
_n] Bªp f\¯p.
“”””F§Wp*v?”
knhv¡n ¥mhv _n]¡v ssNfm_n B`ohv tImUn¨p.
“”””WÃ hpPÔw. §vim… Bim..tim”
_n] Ahiyfm] hpOt¯msX ko*pw S^n¡m³ SpX§n] N´n kn^`pNafÀ¯n tkP¯n M^Xn.
“”””tkt\Â l^n¡v H¶v NqXn tWm¡nt¡m,”
bq_p b^fmkVn knXÀ¯ns¡m*v B`ohv b_ªp.
_n] At§m«pSs¶ tWm¡n.
“”””FWn¡v fpÅm³ fp«p¶p. At¶^w F´m]m`pw NjpNn¡atª bäq.”
_n] AkapsX bq_nt`¡v, ASn N«bnXn¨p NnX¶n^p¶ Np®¸m`nt`¡v N®pb_n¡msS tWm¡n.
At¸msjms¡ AkapsX ssN A^]nÂ, N´n`pw WWªv Npjª t]mWn¸naÀ¸n`pw tkP¯n I`n¨psNm*n^p¶p. AfÀ¶n^p¶p.
“”””fSnt]m tfmta? l^n¡v tWm¡nt]m?”
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””fSn]m]nÃ,”
_n] In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Ft¸msj¦n`pw fSn]mkp¶ NmjvI]mt\m f½o CSv. bs£ Cs¸m fSn. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f½n]v¡v fpÅt*. ASpsNm*v Fjpt¶täm.”
B`ohv Fjpt¶äp. ¥mÊn Aktlgn¨n^p¶ knhv¡ns]Xp¯v NpXn¨p. .
ASnWv tlgw dm¯v_qfnt`¡v tbm]n. _n] AkapsX D^p*v, SXn¨v. kn^nª I´nNapsX Ca¡¯nt`¡v tWm¡n. At¸mÄ SXn¨ AV^w AfÀ¯n¡Xn¨v B`ohv fpOw Sn^n¨p tWm¡n.
Wà sNmjp¯p^p* bnXn]mWNapsX bn³emPw tbms` fpjp¯v sNmjp¯v CXw k`w sk«n]naNpN]m\v AkapsX WnSwd§Ä.
“”””tfmsa f½osX Np*ow NqSow l^n¡v tWm¡nt¡m tNt«m. tfmÄ f½osX NqSow Np*ow tWm¡p¶q¶v A_n]p¼w Ft´m^w Nj]vNp¶ hpOfm f½n]v¡v Nn«p¶q¶v tfmÄ¡_n]mtfm?”
“”f½o, H¶v- NpWnªv H¶v- Np*n ^*pw knXÀ¯n sbman¨v Nm\nt¨…””
B`ohv _n]]psX fpO¯nWv– tWs^ NpWnªv Wn¶v- SpXNÄ AN¯n.
^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw AkÄ S³s_ tb^pw I´nNÄ bnXn¨N¯n AksW Nm\n¨p.
sbmanª PpUUzm^¯n`pw Caw fmwhfX¡pNÄ In{Sw k^]v¡p¶ Nrh^n, fq{SWman, t]mWo emP¯pw skap¯p_ª lp¢¸lnf Ak³ N*p.
AkÄ dm¯v_qfnt`¡v N]_n.
“”””tfmsa , f½n tZmÀ AX¡p¶nÃ. tfmÄ¡v f½n fpÅp¶Sv Nm\t*? f½osX bqäo¶v- Wà hzÀ®¡as_mÅ IqXv fq{Sw Wà k«¯n Ioäns¯_n¡p¶Sv– Nm\t*? tWm¡v tfmsa . l^n¡v tWm¡v. f½n Nk knXÀ¯n l^n¡v Nm\n¨v S^mw.”
B`ohv NkNÄ knXÀ¯n Nt½mZn`n^p¶p.
C^p ssNNÄ sNm*pw bq_v sbman¨p knXÀ¯n Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
_n] N´n`pw kjp¡ns¯¶p¶ bnaÀ¸n`pw tkP¯n ssNkn^`pNÄ I`n¸n¨v sM¡n¯t`mXns¡m*v B`ohn³s_ bq_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
A¸ Wnfng§Ä Njnªt¸mÄ AkapsX bq_n`qsX fq{S{bkmimfp*m]n.
_n]]psX I¦nXn¸pw lmhkpw NqXn.
M^¼pNÄ¡v ASpks^]nÃmSn^p¶ bn^nfp_¡fWpeks¸«p. AÀ²kr¯mNrSn]nÂ, H^p fªfjknÃptbms` AkapsX bq_nÂWn¶v- fq{Sw {bkin¨psNm*n^p¶p.
bns¶ d¡äns` skÅsfXp¯v AkÄ bq_v NjpNn.
thm¸pw t`mgWpw sNm*v kr¯n]m]n NjpNn.
bns¶ klyfm] IpkXpNtamsX AkÄ _n]]psX ]Xpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”””km tfmta , A¸tW^w NnX¶vsNm*v kÀ¯mWw b_]mw,”
AkÄ b_ªp.
F¶n«v NnX¡]n sI^nªp NnX¶p.
AkapsX WPvW tUi¯n³s_ kXnkpNapw ewPn]pw At¸mÄ NqXpSÂ Urlyfm]n.
In{S§an Nm\p¶ fÕyNWyN]psX ^qbw.
_n] HmÀ¯p.
“”””Hm, tImUn¡m³ f_¶p,”
NÃn¨ fp`¡®pNan hz]w M^Xns¡m*v B`ohv tImUn¨p.
“”””tfmÄ¡v knl¡p¶pt*m? C¸w Njn¡t\m?”
“”””A¸w NqXn Njn]s«,”
B`ohnWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AenfpOfm]n I^nªv NnX¶psNm*v _n] b_ªp.
“”””F³s_ f½osX ^qbw N*p sNmSn SoÀ¶nÃ. knl¸pw Umtimw H¶pw At¶^w A_n]nÃ.’
B`ohv Nm´làn]pÅ S³s_ knXÀ¶ N®pNtamsX _n]s] NmS^fm]n tWm¡n.
“”””F´m f½o?”’
AkapsX ssN¿n bnXn¨v _n] tImUn¨p.
“”””tfmÄ A§sWs]ms¡ b_ªt¸mÄ H¶naNn. tUiw sfm¯w H¶naNn. FÃm]nXkpw.”
fp`¡®pNÄ W¶m]n M^Xn]fÀ¯ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””AsS´m f½o?”
AkÄ Nm¬sN S^n¡m³ SpX§n] N´n ko*pw M^Xn sM¡n _n] tImUn¨p.
“”””Mm³ Ct¸mÄ tN« km¡pNÄ t`mN¯ns` Gäkpw hpµ^o Wn¶m]SpsNm*v.”
B km¡pNÄ _n]]n`pw I`W§ap*m¡n.
“”””bs£ f½osX tfm³ t_mg³ H^p WnÊm^ B{Piw hmVn¨pS¶nÃ.”
B`ohv Aksa hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”””F´m tfmsa?’
“”””AkWpw NqsX Nm\mWpw BhzUn¡mWpw Ak³s_ fpjp¯ Np® N¼n]m¡n¡mWpkm Mm³ bm³äohv H¶pw CXmsS AkWp Nm\m³ bmN¯n bqs_ms¡ knXÀ¯nsk¨v Ak³s_ fp¼n Np¯n C^ps¶…AkWp Nm\mWpw BhzUnNmWpw NqXn]m Mm³ C§sW bq_p sbman¨psk¨pw sfmt`w Nm\n¨pw sNX¡ps¶. bs£ Mm³ b_ªn«pw Ak³ B tgm«vhnWms¯ hmVWw Fs¶ H¶v Nm\n¨nÃtÃm.”
“”””tfmsa Ak³ Wn³s_ …””
“”H¶v- tbm f½n…Ak³ S¡w Nn«pt¼m Hs¡ f½osX Np*nt]`pw tfmt“pw Hs¡ l^n¡v Nj¨v sM¡p¶Sv Ft´m^w {bmlw N*Sm…tW^v b_ f½n…f½n Ak³s_ Npt®Â Hs¡ bnXn¨pw sM¡ow Hs¡ sNmXp¯n«ntÃ…””
AkapsX km¡pNÄ B`ohn S^n¸p\À¯n. AWn]{´nSfm] tkP¯n AkapsX kn^`pNÄ N´n`pw t]mWn¸naÀ¸n`pw AfÀ¶p.
“”Nt*m Ak³s_ Nm^yw b_ªtS f½osX bq_p Nj¡m³ SpX§n..CtÃ..F¶m hvboZn`m kn^`n«v AXn¡ps¶…Hm …sM¡v sM^n¡v f½n…””
“”””tfmsa… “”
ASymtklt¯msX kn^`n³s_ tkPw Nq«n B`ohv b_ªp.
“”f½n l^n¡pw skXn]m^ps¶Xo. b^skXn. B\n³s_ f\w AXn¨m fSn. B\nWv Np® H*m]m fSn…lp¸m*ns]ms¡ CknXp¶v- tbmNm¯¯n³s_ Nm^\w F¶Sm? AkWpw sbman¨v sNmXpSns«m*v b` Sk\ f½n bq_v….””
“”tW^s¯ sfmSt`m….As¸m C¶tà BUyw?””
“”Ct¶m…?””
B`ohv In^n¨p.
“”Wos]m¶v tbm sNmt¨…””
_n] AUvepSs¸«p.
NkNÄ knXÀ¯n]N¯n _n]]psX fp¼n knXÀ¯nt¸man¨v sk¨v B`ohv SpXÀ¶p.
“” b¯p bSnfq¶p k]Êv sfmS`pÅ Nj¸m. A§sW Nj¸p fq¯m bSnsW«mw k]Ên Wns¶ FWn¡v k]äns`m*ms]. H^p kÀgw fnWnfw Wq_p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbs^ sk¨v CSpks^ Np_ªSv H^p ^*m]n^w Np®Nsa¦n`pw Cu bq_nWN¯v N]_n¡m\pw. A{S Nj¸pÅ F³s_ FÃm Nj¸pw fmäoSv dmk³ A¦nÄ B\v. B{cnt¡t¶m Bhmfot¶m tPm{SkÀ¤¡m^v ]qhv sI¿p¶ H^p f{´w sImÃn F³s_ Nj¸v sfm¯w A¦nÄ Nt{*mÄ sI]vSp. bs£ A¦nan³s_ sWj AXn¨m F³s_ bq_p bnt¶w btj tbms` BNpw. C¸w Wo t_mgsW¸än b_ª¸w Bs* , bqäns¡msX D^pav sbm«pkm…””
“”””f½o ASn³s_ Nm^\w Mm³ b_]mw. f½n]v¡v Ak³s_ Np® tk\w..tW^tÃ..b_ hz´w tfm³ Bt\`pw….Ak³ s{cgv AtÃ? H^p sb®n³s_ bqän`pw Ak³s_ Np® tN_o«nà f½n. Wfp¡v C§v FXp¡mw Ak³s_ NWyNmSzw…W½sX sI¡WtÃ, A§sW sbm_¯pÅ H^p bq_pw W½sX sI¡³s_ Np® N*v– fWt¡m« sN«*… “”
“”AÃ bns¶-“”
At¸mÄ t_mg³ AkntX¡v k^p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
bqÀ® WPvW^m]n kn^`pNapsX hpOf_nªpsNm*n^n¡p¶ hv{SoNÄ S³s_ A½]pw htimU^n]pfm\v F¶_nªv Ak³ sbs«¶v AÔman¨p.
Sn^nªpWX¡m³ SpX§n.
“”Wns¡Xm AknsX,””
_n] D_s¡ knan¨p.
“”CknsX ^*v bq_n¡j¸nNÄ H`n¡p¶ bq_pw fUwsbm«p¶ N´pw f¯§m sfmt`w Nm\n¨v C§sW sNX¶n«v– H^p ssf³Zpw CÃmsS tbm]m Wns¶ Nm^\w Nm\n¡Â tWm«ohv S¶p ko«o¶v sbm_¯m¡pw b_tª¡mw…””
“”At¿..CsS¶m CSv?””
Ak³ Ak^psX tWs^ tWm¡m³ fXn¨v sNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”CksX tWms¡Xm..FXm ssft^ CksX sfmt` tWms¡Xm…””
_n] ko*pw lÐfn«p.
t_mg³ fXn¨v fXn¨v tWm¡n.
“”f½osX sfmt“pw Np*nt]`pw bnXn¨v sM¡p¼w Wn³s_]o HXp¡s¯ Wm\w FknXm^p¶p…?””
t_mg³ sb«¶v dÀfpZ]psX tf ssN sk¨v f_¨p.
“”F´nWm tfmtW sbm¯n¸nXn¡ps¶?””
t_mg³ In^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”””F´nWm tfm³ I½ps¶? AsS´m tfm³s_ Np® sI_pSmt\m? fpj N*n«v A§sW tSm¶p¶nÃtÃm.”
“”””sI_ptSm? tWs^ f_n¨m f½o.”
“”””k`pSv? F¶m`pw tfm³s_ f½n Nm\m¯ sshhv H¶pw B]n^nt¡`tÃm.”
“”””f½osX bq_nÂt¡_n] Gäkpw k`n] Np®]psX sshhv Ft´m^w B]n^n¡pw?’
“”””H^p H³bSv Cs©¦n`pw WoafpÅ Np® f½osX bqän tN_os«m*v. ASpsNm*v tfm³ f½n tbXn¨ptbmNpw F¶v knIm^ns¡m¶pw tk* . ASn`pw k`n] Np®s]m¶pw F´m]m`pw tfmWp*mknÃtÃm. Nm\n¡v tfmtW? Mm³ Wn³s_ f½n]tÃ? Ckap Wn³s_ hnÌ_tÃ… f½n]m]SvsNm*v F´m]m`pw tfmtW¸nXn¨v Mm³ t_s¸m¶pw sI¿nÃ.”
“”””Hm, F³s_ f½n…””
Ak³ fpt¼m«v– Wo§n.
“”””tfmtW, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f½n NpXn¨Sm. f\w k^pw…f\fm]n^n¡pw.”
“”l^n]m…B lp¸m*osX Np®¸m`v NpXn¨Sm…””
_n] D¨¯n In^n¨p.
ASnWp¯^fm]n Ak³ Aksa k`n¨Xp¸n¨v AkapsX Ip*n AfÀ¯n]fÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.
AV^w NXns¨Xp¯v Cu¼n k`n¨p. AkapsX DfnWoÀ NpXn¨p.
“”””Hm, tfmtW..”
Ak³s_ Ip*pNÄ tkÀsb«t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Fs¶ CSv ks^ CSptbms` D½ sk¨n«nÃ. Nt*m, tfm³ tWm¡nt¡…””
AkÄ C^p ssNNÄ sNm*v bqÀ knXÀ¯n sbman¨pNm\n¨p.
“”””tfm³ f½osW C¸w NXn¨p D½ sk¨ntÃ…Ft´m^km bqän`qsX HjpNpt¶¶p tWm¡nt¡…””

AkapsX bq_p WWªv NpSnÀ¶v- ANwSpXNÄ ^*pw H«p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.
“”””D½ sk¨t¸mÄ knhv¡osX f\w CÃm]n^pt¶m tfmtW…Hm¡mWw k¶ntÃ?”
I^nªv NnX¶v H^p Nm fX¡n sk¨v bqÀ l^n¡pw sbman¨psk¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””f½osX km]n l^n¡pw knhv¡osX f\w D*m]n^p¶p. bs£ f½o…f½n¡_oÃm…tWm¡v…CSv Nt*m…””
Ak³ ssN fmän A^s¡«ns` Np®fpj Akt^ Nm\n¨p. _n]]pw B`ohpw AUvepSw sNm*v km sbman¨p.
AkÄ AknlzhWo]St]msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”””C¸w Wn§sX Wm`v bq_pw sbmanªm C^n¡ps¶. Smjs¯ bq_pw fpNan`s¯ km]v–¸q_pw.”
AkÀ fq¶v- tb^pw In^n¨p.
“”””F³s_ sbm¶ptfmsW Nm\n¡v…¹ohv…¹ohv…¹ohv…””
_n] sN©n.
Ak³ Ko³hn³s_ sdÂän ssN sk¨p.
Ak³s_ ssN¿psX FÃm I`W§sa]pw H¸ns]Xp¡m³ tk*n Ak^n^pk^pw {l² fpjpk³ Ak³s_ A^s¡«ns`¡v sNm*p k¶p.
Ak³ bSns] hnºv Smjv¯n. AN¯p ssN¿n«p.
bs£ Np® bp_s¯Xp¡m³ Njn]p¶nà F¶v fWÊn`m¡n Ak³ ssN Sn^nsN FXp¯p.
AkÀ BNmw£t]msX Ak³s_ I`W§Ä ko£n¨p.
B`ohn³s_]pw _n]]psX]pw ssNNÄ bSns] ko*pw bq_n³s_ emPt¯¡v Wo§n.
t^mf§an N´n bnaÀ¸n AkÀ M^Xn]pw , sIm_nªpw BkÀ ^hf_nªp.
B`ohn³s_]pw _n]]psX]pw bq_nt`¡pw fpjp¯ fp`Nans`¡pw Ak^psX klyS Wn_ª N®pNant`¡pw tWm¡n Ak³ Ko³hv Du^n.
gÀ«pw.
Ct¸mÄ sgZv[n fm{Sfm\v.
ASn³s_ fpj]nt`¡v lzmhw knXmsS sb®p§Ä tWm¡n.
“”””Du^v..”
ssN¯`w bq_n Wn¶psfXp¡msS AfÀ¯n AkÀ b_ªp.
t_mg³ gZv[n k`n¨p Smjv¯n.
AkÀ BhvS{bÚ^m]n.
“”””Hm…-!”
AkÀ A_n]msS H¨]n«p.
S§Ä Nm\p¶Sv ]TmÀ°fmt\m AÃt]m F¶_n]m³ B`ohpw _n]]pw N®pNÄ AX¨pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sp_¶pw tWm¡n.
AWn]{´nSfm] tkP¯n Ak^psX kn^`pNÄ N´n kr¯mNrSn]n I`n¨p.
“”””tfmtW…CsS¶SmXm….ssUktf…””
S³s_ bq_n Wos^mjp¡v NqXp¶Sv _n] N*p.
AkapsX fp` N®pNÄ NqXpSÂ NqXpSÂ Sp_n¨p k^p¶Spw.
“”””f½osX bqäo¶v W¶m]n skÅw k^p¶p*tÃm. f½osX sfm` N®p l^n¡pw NÃn¨p. F¶v sk¨m f½n¡v W½sX tfm³s_ Np® l^n¡pw Cãs¸«p; AtÃ?”
“”””Cãs¸t«mt¶m? tfmsa´m Sfml b_]mt\m? tfmsa Cu Np®…C{S k`n¸w…Woaw…Hs¡ l^n¡pÅSmt\m AtSm tfm³ f½ns]¸än¡m³ _ºÀ¡p® kÃSpw sk¨p bnXn¸nt¨¡pkmt\m?”
t_mgsâ Np®]psX Woakpw k®kpw N*v– AUvepSw fm_msS _n] tWm¡nWn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
AkÄ AksW hfobn¨p.
“”FXm…””
sS_n¨p Spap¼p¶ fp`NÄ Ak³s_ kn^nªp ewPn]pÅ sW©n AfÀ¯n AkÄ knan¨p.
_n]]psX ssNNÄ Smtj¡v Wo§n. ^*p ssNNÄsNm*pw AkÄ Np¯sW sbm§n]p]À¶p Wn¶ Ak³s_ Np®]n bnXn¨p.

“”tbXn¡*….””
t_mgsâ fpOs¯ INnS emkw N*v– B`ohv en¯n]ns` H^p W£{SInÓ¯nt`¡v tWm¡n f{´n¨p.
“”f½o…””
B`ohv f{´n¡p¶Sn³s_ AÀTw fWÊn`mNmsS t_mg³ knan¨p.
“”f½n F¶Sm Cu b_]ps¶?””
At¸mÄ At§m«v– dmk³ k¶p.
“”Ft¶¯nWm, t_mgm Wo C§sW b´w N* sb^p¨mjns]t¸ms` tWm¡ps¶?””
dmk³ In^n¨p.
t_mg³ sb«¶v dÀfpZ k`n¨pN]än]n«p.
“”B W£{S¯n³s_ foWn§pw bns¶ Wn³s_ f½n b_ª `män³ sh³ä³hn³s_]pw AÀTw sWW¡v A_n]mtÃm…””
bn¶ms` knÃyw Zn{Nqhpw A]mÄ¡v bn¼n Kho´]pw k¶p.
“”Ff^`r` non _u]ltfvlt pro Xftfnf`….””
“”Cu sh³_³hv Atà Wn³s_ f½n Ct¸mÄ b_sª?””
dmk³ SpXÀ¶p.
B`ohv A]msa bN¨v, fnjn¨v tWm¡n.
“”B_mw Wqäm*n FjpSn] Np{bhn² f{´kmU {PÙw {bn³hn¸n] tNmat_ hmäWhv ASm]Sv hm¯msW B^mVn¡pkmWpÅ SSz§Ä …{bn³hn¸nÄhv tcmÀ kÀgn¸nwPv hm¯m³….. Cu bphvSN¯ns` kmNyw….Np{bhn² sINp¯m³ B^mVN³ t_mdÀt«m `q¡mhv NmÂkntWm F¶ bp_¯m¡s¸« fp³ cvt`m_³hv dng¸v, hm¯m³ B^mVN^psX BIm^y³ FjpSn] bphvSN¯ns` kmNy§Ä….””
sbs«¶v B`ohn³s_ fpO¯v {bNmlw k¶p.
“”dmk¨m…””
ASn^nÃm¯ ht´mgt¯msX AkÄ knan¨p.
“”At¸mÄ…At¸mÄ Wo]pw W½psX Bam\v–….!””
AkÄ en¯n]ns` W£{S InÓ¯ns`¡v tWm¡n ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
“”GSv Imbvä_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\v Wo? dmw¥qÀ? sNm¨n? AtSm W½psX fq¶m_nt`s]m? GSv Imbvä_n B\v Wn³s_ sf¼Àgn¸v?””
H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS Wn¶ _n] fp_n]nt`¡v k^p¶ BapNsa N*v– khv{S§Ä SnXp¡¯n V^n¨p.
“”b^fNm^p\ykmWm] hm¯mWv CãfpÅ Nm^y§Ä A_]v¡msS, fXn¡msS sI¿\w…CStà Wo D^pkn« B `män³ f{´¯n³s_ AÀTw?””
dmk³ B`ohntWmXv– ko*pw tImUn¨p.
AUvepSw Wn` WnÀ¯n B`ohv S` Np`p¡n.
“”kyenIm^w fXn¡msS sI¿\w, ISn¡Â fXn¡msS sI¿\w, tfmg\w fXn¡msS sI¿\w….””
dmk³ AkapsX tWs^ AXp¯p.
“”….sNm`bmSNkpw fXn¡msS sI¿\w…AtÃ?””
B`ohn³s_ fpOs¯ In^n fmªp.
AkÄ sbs«¶v Smsj¡nX¶ sPu¬ FXp¯\nªp.
“”bs£ hm¯m³ B^mVNÀ sNm`bmSNw sI]v–Sm H^p Npj¸fp*v B`oth…””
dmk³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”ssUkw Aks^ ko*pw D]À¸n¡pw….DUmi^\¯nWv….””
dmk³ bn¼nt`¡v tWm¡n.
tKm At§m«pk^p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
sbs«¶v Ak³s_ bn¼n Wn¡p¶ H^p sb¬Np«ns] N*v– B`ohv bN¨v tWm¡n.
“”ChsdÃ…-“”
Akan Wn¶v- kn_]mÀ¶ km¡pNÄ bp_¯v k¶p.
“”ChsdÃt]m?””
C¯k\ CXnfpj¡¯n³s_ lЯn tImUn¨Sv tKm B]n^p¶p.
“”CkÄ F§sW ChsdÃ]mNpw? Aksa…. Nq¯n¨o tfmsa Wo Hs¡¡qXn sNm¶pNaªntÃ? bns¶ F§sW CkÄ ChsdÃ]mNpw?””
_n] e]s¸«v B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”ASv dmk¨m…Wo ..Wn³s_ hz^w F´m fm_nt]?””
“”A½¨o,””
knÃyw Zn{Nqhv fpt¼m«v– k¶p.
“”sb^p¼mkqÀ sk¨v tfmWn¨sW C¶s` tbm`ohv A_Ìv sI]vSp…tfmWn¨³ Wn§sX fq¶mÀ Imbvä_nt` bpt^minS³ ….A]mav FÃmw h½Sn¨n«p*v….AkWtà Wm`v Unkh§Ä¡v fp¼v Cu W£{S¯n³s_ Nosj Wn¶v- ChsdÃs] hm¯mWv d`nsNmXp¯Sv?””
“”tfmWn¨³?””
_n] e]s¸«p tImUn¨p.
“”AsS tfmsa tfmWn¨³,””
dmk³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”Wn³s_ f½osX Dä hpir¯v Kho´m½ tKm`n sI¿p¶ ssiävhn³s_ Fw Zn tSmfhv– fmÀ«n³…tfmWn¨³…bs£ Kho´m½ bmkw Cu knk^w H¶pw A_nªn«nÃ…””
Kho´]pw dmksW knhvf]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”F¶Sm Ìoc³ hmt_?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”knÃyw Ft¶mXv fp_o sk¨v tfmWn¨sW¸än, M§sX Fw Zn hm_nsW¸än NnÅn¡nÅn Hmt^m¶v- tImUn¨p. C¸w CSm Ìoc³ hm_pw GSms*ms¡ b_]p¶p. ChsdÃmsW CknsX sk¨v sNm¶p F¶pw b_]p¶p. Chsdà CSm W½psX fp¼n Wn¡p¶p. F¶Sm? F¶Sm¶v H¶v- kyàmkm]n¸_]mtkm?””
“”Mmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_]mw,””
A´w kn«v N®pNÄ fnjn¨v FÃmks^]pw tWm¡p¶ B`ohn³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n tKm b_ªp.
“”Cu Wn¡p¶ B`ohv F³s_ ChsdÃs] sNm¶p….!””
_n]]pw t_mgWpw WXp§n. Kho´]pw. B`ohv hfobw NnX¶ tfl]psX knap¼n bnXn¨p.
“”CknsXs¯ tbm`ohnsW knlzmhknÃm¯Sv sNm*v t`mP³ hm]n¸v B tNhv AtWzgn¡m³ H^p ss{bkäv GK³hns] F¸n¨p. B Xofn³s_ `oZÀ B\v knÃyw Zn{Nqhv!””
FÃmk^psX]pw N®pNÄ knÃyfn bSnªp.
“”knÃykpw Xofpw ChsdÃ]v¡v BN-vhnZ³äv D*m]n F¶v- N^pSs¸« Ø`w knlUfm]n b^ntlmVn¨p. Nm_nWpÅn Wn¶v- B`ohn³s_ si]À bn³ SpX§n b` hmVW§apw Nn«o«p*v. bns¶ Ck^psX sINp¯m³ he]ns` bpt^minS³ fq¶mÀ ‘U ssiävhv”” F¶ ÌmÀ tim«Â DXf tfmWn¨³ B`n]mhv fmÀ«n³ tSmfhnsW A_Ìpw sI]vSp. A]mÄ S¯ b_]p¶tbms` h½Sn¨p…””
“”F´nWv? F´nWm ChsdÃs]? FXo B`oth…tW^mt\m….? F´nWmXo?””
FÃmk^psX]pw N®pNÄ B`ohns`¯n.
“”^*v Nm^\§Ä D*v…””
dmk³ B`ohnsW ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
“”H¶v- ChsdÃs] hm¯mWv d`n sNmXp¯p. ChsdÃ]psX ^mln Asæn thmZn]mNv ssh³ Nm{bnt¡m¬ B\v. fN^ ^mln. U£n\mÀV tPma¯n C^pb¯nt]m¶v- kÀg§Ä NqXpt¼mÄ fN^ ^mln Asæn Nm{bn¡³ thmZn]mNv Gäkpw Sna¡fpÅSmkpw. Ck^psX knlzmh{bNm^w sINp¯m³fm^psX S`k³ `qhnc_n³s_ Bßmkv B\v fN^^mln. B W£{S hfqiw BNml¯v Gäkpw NqXpS Sna§nWn¡p¶ hf]f¯v AsS ^mln]n KWn¨ H^p NWyNs] d`nsNmXp¯m hN` sFlz^y§apw Nn«pw F¶m\v bphvSN¯nÂ. GSv bphvSN¯nÂ? {bn³hn¸n] sNmtat_ hmäWhv F¶ Ck^psX bphvSN¯nÂ….””
tKm hfob¯n^p¶ N«n`n SaÀ¶n^p¶p.
bs£ sbs«¶v Ss¶ Ak³ ImXns]jpt¶äp.
“”CÃ!””
Ak³ D_s¡¸_ªp.
“”Cu Wln¨..Cu UptãsX N«nt` Mm³ C^n¡¯nà Wn§av Fs¶¯nWm _Ìv– FXp¡ps¶ Ìoc³ hmt_? Wn§av F¶m SXn¸\n FXp¡pkm^pt¶m? dm¡owsNmsX b_. F¶Sm ^*mfs¯ Nm^\w?””
“”ASv….!””
dmksâ N®pNÄ t_mgWn S_ªp. Ak³ e]s¸«v A]msa tWm¡n.
“”Chsdà BN-vhnZ³än f^n¨m t`mP³ hm]n¸nWv f¡Ä B^pw H*mN¯nÃ. At¶^w hm]n¸n³s_ shm¯v sfm¯w B`ohnWv Nn«pw….””
B`ohv f^\w fp¼n N*Sv tbms` dmksW tWm¡n.
“”ASv….AsS§sW?””
tImUyw Kho´]n Wn¶m]n^p¶p.

“”Nm^\w…””
dmksâ N®pNÄ t_mgWn Wn¶v- B`ohns`¯n.
“”Nm^\w t`mP³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hm]n¸n³s_ fNWm\v t_mg³,””
t_mg³ sM«n¯^n¨p.
_n]]pw.
B`ohn³s_ N®pNÄ e]{Nm´fm]n.
AkÄ bs£ sbs«¶v ImXns]jpt¶äp.
“”F¶m?””
knÃyw fpt¼m«v– k¶p.
“”`¯oWnt`m io{dqt`m kà ft{´mw sImÃn `qhnc_nsW Bkmin¨v k^p¯mWmt\ StÅ MmWpw H^p f{´w sImÃpw. CSpsNm*v….””
bm³ävhn³s_ tbm¡än Wn¶v- A]mÄ tSms¡Xp¯v.
“”S`f* Mm³ skXnsk¨nXpw!””
A]mÄ tSm¡v Ak^psX tWs^ Iq*n.
“”Cu b\ns¡_§p¶ Ft¶t¸ms` HtÅmt^ Np«ow tNm`pw S¶Ã M§sX tdmÊv b_ªp knXps¶. tSms¡ hvbmWngm. U tfmÌv– thmcnÌnt¡äZv. ASv sNm*v A½¨n C^n¶nX¯v Ss¶ C^n…””
s{Nu^yw InS_p¶ A]mapsX km¡pNÄ¡v fp¼n B`ohv b¯n Smjv¯n.
“”A¸w CSm^m?””
Kho´ tKm]psX hfobw Wn¶ hpµ^n]m] sb\vNp«ns] tWm¡n.
“”Cu sNm¨v ChsdÃs]t¸ms` Ss¶]m\tÃm C^n¡ps¶!””
FÃmk^pw Aksa tWm¡n.
B`ohpw BNmw£t]msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”CkapsX tb^v In{S….””
dmk³ b_ªp.
“”In{S F¶pw frUp` F¶pw Hs¡ CksX A¸w Cksa sNm©n¨v knan¡pw….””
B`ohn³s_ fpOw ko*pw knkÀ®fmNp¶Sv FÃm^pw N*p.
“”FÃm B`oth H^p bpSn] FN-vhv{bg³?””
knÃyw tImUn¨p.
“”In{S F³s_ tb^m…F³s_ tb^m frUpt`¶pw!””
B`ohv b_ªp.
“”t^Os]mt*m?””
knÃyw tImUn¨p.
“”l¦^mXn hnWntf Nm\n¨ tbms` ssNt^O AÃ…Hm…t{bfn¡p¼w t{bfw fq¯v Du¡m³ sNmXp¡p¼w F´v t^O AtÃ?””
“”FWn¡v H^£^w fWÊn`m]nÃ…””
Kho´ b_ªp.
“”b*v t`mP³ hm]n¸v B`ohnsW dmw¥q^pw sNmssX¡Wm`n`pw fq¶m_n`pw Hs¡ sNmt*m]n Du¡p¶ htf¯v bp¶m^n¨v knan¨n^p¶ tb^m frUp`. At§À¡v F´vsNmt*m frUp` F¶ tb^ntWmXv e]¦^ cmhntWg³ B^p¶p. bns¶ B`ohn³s_ sNm¨ns` tb^v In{S F¶m^p¶p. Hm frUpt` irU]fp^an]ns`mjpNnkm Fs¶ms¡ sNÂänNv Cw¥ogv Ipk]pÅ f`]ma¯n At§^v F¸jpw bmXpkm^p¶p….Cu bp¶m^ tfmtamXpÅ t{bfw C¸jpw fWÊn DÅSv sNm*v t`mP³ hm]n¸v ^*mfs¯ tfmÄ¡v In{S F¶v- tb^n«p. F¶n«v frUpt`¶pw knan¡pw…””
B`ohn³s_ N®pNÄ frUp`]n S_ªp.
“”CSv t`mPsâ tfmamt\m?””
In{S knNm^^inS]m]n B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”Wn§av b_ªsSms¡ Cu sNm¨v tN«ntÃ?””
Kho´ kngft¯msX knÃyfntWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”AsSms¡ tN¡p¼w ASnWp skgfw BN¯ntÃ?””
“”f`]ma¯ns` Hä A£^kpw A_o¯nÃ….In{S]v¡v…BUyfm]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tN^a¯nt`¡v tI¨n]psX f^\¯n³s_ Nm^\w Sn^¡m³ k¶Sm Cu sNm¨v…””
sbs«¶v bp_¯v kmiW§apsX lÐw tN«v FÃmk^pw bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n.
tbm`ohv Ko¸pNam\v. A¸ Wnfng¯nWpÅn ]q\ntcmfn tbm`ohv DtUymPØÀ AkntX¡v tkPS]n NX¶pk¶p. AkÀ dmksW]pw kn`yfnsW]pw AenkmUyw sI]vSp.
“”§vti? A¸w Wn§am^m?””
tKm dmktWmXv AX¡¯n tImUn¨p.
dmk³ Ak³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
kWnSm DtUymPØÀ B`ohnsW kn`§\n]n¨p.
“”dmk¨m…””
tbm`ohntWmsXm¸w bp_t¯¡v tbmNpt¼mÄ B`ohv U]Wo]fm]n dmksW tWm¡n.
“”F¶m`pw Ft¶mXv CSv tk*m^p¶p,””
“”B`oth…””
AtS Cu\¯n A]mapw Aksa Sn^nsN knan¨p.
“”F¶m`pw Wo CSv sI¿q¶v Mm³ N^pSoÃ…””
“”A¦nta..f½n…””
_n] dmksW C_psN¸nXn¨p.
“”tfmÄ FÃmw tN«ntÃ…Wn§sX b¸m]pw f½ow H^p k`n] ^ihyw Wn§tamXv f_¨p sk¨p. B ^ihyw H^p k`n] NpäNrSyfm]Sv sNm*v ASn³s_ lnt£w Ak^v AWpeknt¨ fSn]mNq tfmsa…””
“”A¸w M§Ä¡v….B^m CWn?””
AkapsX Nknan`qsX N®pWoÀ kmÀ¶pko\p.
“”tfmÄsX B§a t_mg³ WÃ Nm^y{bmbvSnt]mÅ BatÃ…Wn§av ^*pw WÃ Np«nNam…BUyw sIt¿t* B W£{Sw en¯nt]¶v- fm]n¨v Na…””
dmk³ en¯n]ns`¡v kn^Â Iq*n.
“”Cu ko«n CSv tbms` tks_ FksXt]`pw CSv tbm`s¯ bX§Ä Dt* AsSms¡ fm]n¨p Na. F¶n«v ASn³s_ ØmW¯v CutlmsX, AÃmiq³s_ AtàA¿¸³s_ kà btXmw sk¡v,””
“”C]mav GSv tNm¯mj¯vNm^Wm!””
N`nN]_n tKm b_ªp.
“”AÃmiq³s_ bXtkm? Sp`p¡·m^v tN¡* Wn§sX k^ns]mX]vNpw Ak½m^v…””
FÃmk^pw In^n¨p.
“”F¶Sm]m`pw Mm³ CksX Wn¡p¶nÃ,””
tKm kmSn¡t`¡v WX¶p.
bns¶ Ak³ In{Ss] tWm¡n.
“”F¶m`pw sNmt¨ Wo k¶¸w H^p {bSo£ Nn«n]m^p¶p FWn¡v….F³s_ Chsdà k¶tÃm Ft¶mÀ¯v…””
In{S kn`yfn³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n.
“”Hm sWW¡v f`]maw A_n]¯nÃtÃm. tbXn¡* Mm³ Fw F Cw¥ogm…””
dmk³ In{Ss] tWm¡n.
“”in kmhv FNvÌmänNv sk³ in thm ]q Sn¦nwPv Umäv inhv– Chsdà tN]nw dm¡v…””
dmk³ knlUoN^n¨p.
In{S A]msa hiSmbt¯msX tWm¡n.
bns¶ AkÄ tKm]psX tWs^ IpkXpNÄ sk¨p.
“”Sm¦yq sK³änÂfm³,””
AkÄ tKmt]mXv– b_ªp.
“”tcmÀ `knwPv ssf hnÌÀ….Sm¦v ]q tcmÀ Ìm³ZnwPv ssd siÀ….””
“”BÄtk]vhv…””
N®pNanÂWWtkmsXtKmb_ªp.
“”sFBÄtk]vhvÌpZvssdsiÀ.B³ZvknÂdn…””
In{S]psXfnjnNapwWWªp.
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