“”FXm ..AkÀ CSv FknsX]m…F{S tW^m]n tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p “” H^p f\n¡qt_maw Nm¯p Wn¶ fpgn¨n`n Hmtgm tImUn¨p.
“”Ak·mt^msXÃmw Mm³ kyàfm]n b_ªSm…CknsX timÌ`n sk¨p sscW _ntih tWm¡mw F¶v “”
“”FÃmw FknsXs]¦n`pw km]ntWm¡n Wn¡p¶p*mNpw””
b_ªpsNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ A^p\pw AÂknWpw N¸`*n]pw tNm_n¨psNm*p BXn Sq§n k¶p.
“”FXm …dm¡n DÅk·mÀ Hs¡ FknsX]m?…Cs¶¦n`pw FÃmw shäv B¡n]nsæn Wmsa WmXNw tÌKn tN_pÔ” Akt^mXv A`vbw tUgy¯n Ss¶]m Mm³ tImUn¨Sv.
“”Wo …Ct§m«v k^m³ b_ªSpsNm*tà ….B N¼yq«À `mdnsâ bn_Nn B]n^ps¶¦n FÃmw Ct¸mÄ F¯nt]sW””
“”N¼yq«À `mdnsâ bn_Nnt`m?””
“”AknsX B]n^ps¶¦n B {Pq¸v Zm³hnsâ sb¬bntÅÀ {bmÎohv sI¿p¶Spw Nm\m]n^p¶p””
“”l^n¡pw Nm\m³ bäptfmsX?”” Hmtgm B{Nm´t¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”fn*^pSv …^*v BjvI B]n Cu hv{Nnbväpw bnXn¨p Wnsâs]ms¡ bn_sN WX¡m³ SpX§n]n«v ..Zm Hmtgm Wo Wnsâ Z]t`mPv bYnt¨m? “”
“”AsSms¡ Mm³ tÌKn sI]vtSmamw “”
“”F´v…Z]t`mPv f^ymU¡v b_]m³ bYn¨nt« Wo tÌKn tN_p..””
“”Wnsâ kÀ¯mWw tN«m tSm¶ptÃm MmWm Wm]N³ F¶v …Hä Z]t`mPv Asà HÅp …ASv Mm³ b_tªmamw””
“”Biv ..B Hs^®w Wo BUyw f^ymU¡v bYn¨p tNĸn¡v …Wnsâ sbÀtcmf³hv Nm^\ ^*p tbKv DÅ Z]t`mPv sk«n Ip^p¡n Hs^®w B¡n]Sv “”
Z]t`mPv F¶v tN«t¸mÄ ^Sogv D_¡¨XtkmsX Fjpt¶äp k¶p.
“”FXm Hmtgm …AtÃ`pw Mm³ b_ªSm hv{Nnbväpw Z]_£Wpw Mm³ sI¿mw F¶v.””
“”F¶n«v tk\w SpX§pt¼mÄ fpSÂ bntÅs^Ãmw FXp¯n«v sb^pfm_m³ .. “” A^p¬ ASnWpÅ f_pbXn At¸mÄ Ss¶ sNmXp¯p.
CSnWnX]n WmXN¯n AsN DÅ H^p hv{So tkgw sN«p¶ i^n]pw F¯n.
“”Aan]m …Nn«nt]m?””
“”Dw …H^p knV¯n H¸n¨p F¶v b_ªm fSn]tÃm.”” F¶n«v ssN]ns` sbmSn Fsâ tWÀ¡p Wo«n.
“”F´mXm ..ASv?”” sbmSn N*p hwl]t¯msX BÂkn³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wnsâ Wm]nN¡pÅSm .. “”
sbmSn Sp_¶t¸mÄ ASn W½psX i^n¡v Wm]nNm ANm³ DÅ Ip^nUm_nsâ tXm¸pw tdm«kpw.
“”sNmÅmt`m CSnWp N]À Hs¡ D*tÃm?”” tdm«w FXp¯p sbm¡n bnXn¨p ^Sogv tImUn¨p.
“”Aan]m ..H^p Ip^nUmÀ H¸n¡m³ sb« bmXv FWns¡ A_n]q.””
“”WnW¡v CSv FknX¶p Nn«n?””
“”W½Ä A¶v _mPv sI]vSp kn« B KqWn]À sb¬sNm¨ntà N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv …AkapsX]m “”
“”hwekw Hs¡ sNmÅmw …CSv CXm³ A_n]mtfm?””
“”CXm³ F´m C{S bmXv …kÅn Hs¡ N*ntà …A§v sN«nsk¨m tbms^?””F¶pw b_ªp Ak³ C«n^p¶ tkg¯nWp fpNan`qsX B tXm¸pw tdm«kpw C«p tWm¡n.
“”Wo Cu SmXn]pw fol]pw Hs¡ tgkv sI¿\w…Csæn Wmsa Wns¶ sN«nbnXn¡pt¼mÄ Np¯n tN_pw “”W½psX Wm]N³ b_ªp.
“”CSv C«n«p CksWm^p sb®nsâ tg¸v CÃ.””
“”F¶m Wo sN«v Cu tkgw…FÃm^pw NqsX Fs¶ bnXn¨p Wm]nNm B¡n …{ZÊv H¸n¡m³ b_ªt¸mÄ ASpw Fsâ St`Â sk¨p…DÅ tg¸v Hs¡ fSn.””
“”Aan]m …ftä hwekw tkt*?”” A^p¬ tImUn¨p.
“”hwetkm….F´v hwekw?””
“”FXm ..Cu DÅn CXp¶ …ftä kÆmÂ.””
“”kÆmt`m…sSan¨p b_]Xm?””
“”FXm …Cu {dm CtÃ..””ASv tN«t¸mÄ FÃmk^pw H¶v sM«n.

“”l^n]mt`m …hwekw tk\ftÃm “” FÃmk^pw i^n]psX sW©t¯¡v tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”AsSm¶pw FWn¡v H¸n¡m³ bäqÃ, Cu tkgw H¸n¨ bmXv FWns¡ A_n]q.”” b\n k^p¶Sv f\¯ i^n b_tªmjnªp.Hmtgm f]¯n i^n]psX AXp¯v sI¶v tSma¯p ssN C«v b_ªp.
“”Aan]m …Wo AktamXv tImUn¡v …ASpw NqXn S^m³ bäptfm F¶v ….bj]Sv ktÃmw fSns¶…Bklyw Njn]pt¼mÄ Sn^n¨p sNmXp¡ms¶””
“”tbmXm b«n ….bpSn]Sv km§\w”” At¸mÄ FÃmk^psX]pw fpO¯p fq¶v tImUy§Ä kn^nªp.
B^v km§pw ??? …FknX¶p km§pw ???….F§sW km§pw ???
A`vbtW^s¯ sfuW¯nWp tlgw ^Sogv b_ªp .

“”Wm]nN CÃmsS Cu WmXNw Nan¡m³ bäqtÔ”
“”l^n]m …Cu ho^n]`n Hs¡ Nm\p¶tbms` tÌKn tN_p¶SnWp fp³bv Wm]nN CXn sk«n I¯p tbm]n F¶v ktÃmw knan¨p b_ªm tbms^.””
“”A¿Xm …hv{Nnbvän sSm«pÅ Nan H¶pw tk* “” Mm³ ASv S_¸n¨p b_ªt¸mÄ ^Sogv
“”AtÃ`pw Mm³ b_ªSm Cksâ sbm« hv{Nnbväv H¶pw tk*¶v …Mm³ B]n^ps¶¦n bt* Wm]nNs] sNm¶v St¶sW “”
“”bns¶ km]n¨p tNĸn¨t¸mapw ..{bmÎohv sI]nSt¸mapw CsSm¶pw B^pw b_ªnÃmt`m””
“”At¸mÄ A_ntªm CSv C{S Np^nlmNpsf¶v””
“”hv{Nnbvän sSm«v H^p Naow WX¡q`…Wm]nN Csæn WmXNw Wmsa tÌKn tN_pà “”
WmXNw WX¡nà F¶v tN«t¸mÄ W½psX NTmWm]Nsâ sWt©m¶p bnXªp.

“”AsS´mXm …B KwPvgWns` NX]n tbm]n km§n]m tbms^””
“”B^p km§pw””
“”km …W½p¡v tbmNmw “”
“”A¿Xm …B NX]n Wn¡p¶ tI¨nfmÀ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AtÃ`pw W½sa hwl]fm..CWn CSp tbm]n tImUn¨m ASv fSn””
“”FXm …AknsX sfm¯w sb®p§am..AtÃ`pw Cu timÌ`n Wn¡p¶ FÃms^¡p_n¨pw Wà Aen{bm]w B\tÃm .””
“”ASpfm{Sw AÃXm..ASnWv GSm*v Aaskms¡ D*v …sb®p§Ät¡ A_n]q “”
“”ASv l^n]mXm..H¶p¦n GsS¦n`pw sb¬sNm¨nsW sNm*p km§n¸n¡\w Asæn ASnsâ Aakpw Nm^y§apw Hs¡ tImUn¨_n]\w””
“”ASnWv Cu Np«¯n B^m sb¬bntÅ^psX fpO¯p tWm¡n hwhm^n¨n«pÅSv “”
“”fpO¯p tWm¡n Asæn`pw hwhm^n¨ns«ms¡ D*v “”
“”hwhm^n¨SpsNm*v F´m Nm^yw ..CtSms¡ tImUn¡m³ bmN¯nWv Nq«v BÀ¡m DÅSv “”
“”bns¶ Nq«v D*m]n^ps¶¦n Cu hf]¯p WmXNw {bmÎohv sI¿m³ Wnsâ Hs¡ NqsX k¶v Wn¡pfm]n^pt¶m…ktÃm f^¯nsâ tIm«n`pw b©m^ AXn¨p C^n¡nÃm^pt¶m.””
“”AtÃ`pw W½p¡v GsS¦n`pw sb¬sNm¨p Cu Aaskms¡ b_ªp S^ptfmsX …Bs^¦n`pw CsSms¡ km§n S^ptfmsX.””
“”W½psX tNmtaKn H«pfp¡m tbÀ¡pw ss`³ D*v …sb¬bntÅ^pfm]n Nq«pw D*v …F¶n«v Wfp¡mÀ¡pw F´mXm H¶pw Nn«ms¯. “”
“”FXm Cu sb¬bntÅs^ ka¡\sf¦n In` {XnN-vhv Hs¡ D*v “”
“”AsS´v {XnN-vhv “”
“”ASv A_n]m^ps¶¦n Mm³ tbm]n ka¡nÃm^pt¶m “”
“”Dw …B FÂ bn h-vNqans` bntÅÀ¡p ks^ ss`³ D*v “”
“”Mm³ Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv B h-vNqans` bntÅs^ ktÃmw ss`³ AXn¨mt`m F¶…Sn^n¨_nkpÅkÀ H¶pw W½pNv kojnà F¶v D_¸tà ..Ak^mNpt¼mÄ W½Ä h¸van Hs¡ FjpSn bmÊv BNpt¼mÄ N`ym\{bm]w BNpw.””
“”ASp tk*mt«m ..AkÀ¡v ^*p bntÅÀ A]mÄtbm`pw Wo bmÊv BNptfm¶v FWn¡v hwl]m””
“”AtÃ`pw Cu sb¬bntÅÀs¡m¶pw sNmÅmkp¶ B¬bntÅs^ CãvXfmNnà .. hSy¯nsâ fpOw F¶pw knNrSfm””
“”F¶m`pw Wnsâ tfm´sX At{Smw knNrSfmknà “”
“”Zm B Np´w Bs^¦n`pw tbm]n km§n S¶nsæn Wmsa Mm³ tÌKn tN_nÔ” W½psX Wm]nN S_¸n¨p b_ªp.
“”Wo C§sW NXp¸n¨ So^pfmWw H¶pw b_]msS …W½p¡v b^nim^w Nm\mw “”
“”Zm W½p¡v ^*p In^« sk¨v AZvKÌv sI¿vSmt`m”” Hmtgm B\v B Aen{bm]w b_ªSv
“”tbmXm sbm«m…In^« tÌKn tN_pt¼mÄ Wo bnXnt¨m*v Wn¡ptfm””

hwhm^¯nWnX]n i^n B So^pfmWw {bNybn¨p Bs^¦n`pw ASv km§n sNmXp¯mt` Wmsa Ak³ tÌKn tN_q.H^pbmXv NãvXs¸«p Z]t`mPv Hs¡ bYn¨p tÌKn tN_m³ s_Zn B]n Wn¶Sm FÃmk^pw.CWn Cu Nm^yw b_ªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wmsa WmXNw WX¡ntÃ.A¶v NnX¡pt¼mÄ FÃmk^psX]pw fWÊn H^p N_p¯ kÆm S` Nnjm]n Sp§n NnX¶p.
bntä¶v FÃmk^pw AksW AWpW]n¸n¡m³ {lfw WX¯n.bt£ Ak³ H^p kn«pkojv¨¡pw S¿mÀ B]nÃ.FÃmk^pw SmXn¡p ssN¿pw sNmXp¯p AkWp Ipäpw C^p¶p.
At¸mÄ FÃmks^]pw sM«n¨psNm*v W½psX NTmWm]N³ ssN]n H^p sbmSn]pfm]n HmXn tN_n k¶p.
“”Zm Nn«n “” FÃmk^pw AÛpSt¯msX B sbmSn]nt`¡p tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”F§sW ?””
“”AsSms¡ bns¶ b_]mw …FÃmk^pw tbm]n s_Zn BNv “”
“” Aan]m CSp Wnsâ b¡Â C^ns¡t«’ F¶p b_ªp Wm]N³ Fsâ ssN]n S¶p B sbmSn..

H^p D¨t]msX Mm³ Npan¡m³ tbmNpt¼mÄ tfl]n C^n¡p¶ sbmSn H¶p Sp_¶p tWm¡n N_p¯ Wn_¯n`pÅ tNm«³ {dm ..ASp N*t¸mtj Fsâ Np®s¡m^p Im«w..MmWSp bSns] FXp¯p N*n«p bpSn]Snsâ `£\fnÃ. sshhv t`d tWm¡n H^p f§n] Wn_¯n fp¸¯n]m_p¶p FjpSn^n¡p¶p..

CSp Cs¸m B^m C{S sshhv..Ak³ CWn ko«n`pw tbm]n tI¨n]psXsS FXp¯Smt\m.? Mm³ A_n]msS Ss¶ ASp Ip^n«nbnXn¨p Fsâ fq¡nt`¡p AXp¸n¨p f\¯p tWm¡n..

tim,’ Wà kn]À¸nsâ f\fp*v. NÅNjptk_n Bt^m Ajn¨p sk¨ {dm AXn¨p fmän sNm*pk¶Sm..Bksâ tKãvXsâ em^y]psX]mkWm hmVyS. Aks^ Mm³ N*n«p*v NnXn`³ Im^¡m\v..WXn lnkVm Wm]^nsW tbms`]m\v fpOw ..kÆm`nsW tbms` Sq¡nWnÀ¯n tWm¡n Nm\ptdms] e]¦^ N¼n.{dm]psX N£emPw H¶p f\¯ptWm¡n ..H^p S^w f¯pbnXn¸n¡p¶ kn]À¸nsâ f\w. .Mm³ tkPw ASp Ip^p«n dmSv–_qfn N]_n W½sX WmXN¯ns` Wm]Nsâ tI«¯ns] HÀ¯psNm*v km\fXn¨psNm*n^p¶p..Ak^psX N¼n]m¡p¶ fpOw HmÀ¯psNm*p Wm_p¶ {dm]pw f\¸n¨p AXn¨pSoÀ¯pNaªp..NpanNjnªp {dm ASptbms`Ss¶ sbmSnªp sk¨p….

A§sW Fsâ BUy Sn^¡T tÌKn tN_n.{bSn£n¨Sn`pw A¸p_w ssN]XnNtamsX B\v B WmXNw AkhmWn¨Sv .

HXpkn Sn^s¡mjnªt¸mÄ W½psX NTmWm]N³ HmXn Fsâ AXp¯v k¶p Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p b_ªp.
“”Aan]m …Sfml Nan¡mWpw , tNmfman¯^w Nm\n¡mWpw Hs¡ tÌKn tN_n]n«ps*¦n`pw fWÊ_nªp AenW]n¨Spw ASnWp C{S ssN¿Xn Nn«p¶Spw BUy “”
AkWns` WXsW fp³bv b`t¸mjpw Mm³ Sn^n¨_nªn«p*v .ASpsNm*v Ss¶ Ak³ C¶v Cu tÌKn tN_\w F¶p Mm³ B{Pin¨n^p¶p ASn`pw AVnNw AkWpw B{Pin¨n^p¶p.

“”FXm …ASv B^m WnW¡v km§n S¶Sv?””
“”Aan]m… ASv …ASv ^ihyfm]n Ss¶C^n¡s«Xm..””

‘F¶m`pwH¶vb_]mXm..¹ohv;;’

‘Bt^mXpwb_]^pSvASpMm³AXn¨pfmän]SmXm..’
‘FWn¡ptSm¶n..bpSn]SmÃm¶pN*t¸ms]MmsWm¶pf\¸n¨ptWm¡n..;’
‘ Bb\nCt¸mjpwWnÀ¯n«nÃtÃb¶n.:’

‘AsSm^ptks_hpOfmXm..sb^p¯hpOw.
AÃB^ptXSm\vBkÆmÂ.,?

Mm³Ct¶s`ko«nÂtbm]n^p¶p..Npan¡m³dm¯v_qfnÂN]_n]t¸mN*Sm.imP_nÂkÆmÂSq§pSptbms`sNm*tbms]MmWn§psbm¡n..AÃbns¶’
“”tSXn]kÅnNm`nÂIpän..””,’imimi M§Ä^*ptb^pwIn^n¨p..’