Mm³ Np®]n bnXn¨v Np`p¡n Np`p¡n ASv ANt¯¡v N]äm³ tWm¡n. Np_¨p tW^s¯ {lfc`fm]n Np®]psX Aäs¯ fpj DÅnt`¡v NX¶p. bt£, ASv bns¶ A`vbw tbm`pw DÅnt`¡v tbmNm¯ knVw sM^nªp AXªp C^p¶p. Mm³ ko*pw {lfw SpXÀ¶p . Nps_ tW^t¯ {lf¯n³s_ c`fm]n Np®]psX bNpSn DÅn`m]n. bs£ F³s_ bqÀ fpjpk³ Ip«pWo_p¶ tkUW D*m]n^p¶p. FWn¡v tkUWn¡p¶ps*¶p F³s_ fpO emk¯nÂWn¶pw tI«Wv fWÊn`m]n.
“”””tfmta, WnW¡v W¶m]n tkUWn¡p¶ps*¶p Wn³s_ fpOw N*m A_n]mw. Mm³ Du^t«?”
“”””tI«m, tkUWn¨m`pw, ASÃ CWn AknsX No_n sbma¶m`pw CSnÂWn¶pw CWn bp_tNm«p tbmNp¶ {blvWw CÃ. ASv C¶v Mm³ AN¯v B¡n]n^n¡pw.”
“”””F¶m Np_¨p hf]w _n`mN-vhv sI]vSn«v ko*pw {lfn¡mw.”
“”””ASv bp_¯v FXp¡msS tI«³ F´v tk\sf¦n`pw sI]vtSm.”
A§sW, tI«³, F³s_ fpNan NnX¶psNm*v F³s_ fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n km]n k¨v I¸n NpXn¡m³ SpX§n. A©p fnWn«v ASv SpXÀ¶t¸mtj¡pw F³s_ bqäns` bpN¨n Npt_ fm_n. Mm³ tI«sW sN«n¸nXn¨v F³s_ sW©n tIÀ¯v k¨v sM^n¨v AfÀ¯ns¡m*v, Mm³ tI«³s_ Ip*pNÄ Wp\ªp. At¸mtj¡pw F³s_ bqäns` bpN¨n bqÀ®fm]n fm_n.
“”””tI«m, tkUW Ct¸mÄ fm_n. CWn tI«³ bSps¡ tNän tWm¡nt].”
“”””tfmta, ASv Wn³s_ NWyNmIÀ½¯n fp«n Wn`v¡pNN]m\v. CWn bSps¡ tNän]m H¶pw ASv tN_¯nÃ. Wà làn]n SÅn]ms` CWn]pÅ tNäw tN_n Nn«q. Wà tkUW Nm\pw WnW¡v.”
“”””tkUW Mm³ hin¡mw. tI«³ Fs¶ b_ªp tbXn¸n¡msS tNäm³ tWm¡v.”
“”””bt£, CWn Mm³ tNäpt¼mÄ, Wo tkUW sNm*v Wn`knan¡^pSv. AXp¯ fp_n]ns`ms¡ BÄ¡mÀ D*v. AkÀ HmXn k^pw.”
“”””F³s_ km Mm³ sbm¯n bnXnt¨¡mw. tI«³ Hä]Xn¡v A§v tNän]m fSn.”
“”””l^n. F¶m Wo S¿m_m]nt¡m.”
Mm³ F³s_ ^*p ssN sNm*pw F³s_ km sbm¯n bnXn¨p. tI«³, ssN Np¯n D]À¶p Wn¶p sNm*v N]äm³ S¿m_m]n. Mm³ F³s_ Nm`pNÄ b^fmkVn ANÀ¯n k¨p. tI«³, Np®]psX S` ks^ bp_t¯¡v k`n¨p. bns¶, sbm·m³ fo³ bnXn¡m³ fp§p¶Sv tbms` Hs^mä N]äw B]n^p¶p. Mm³ tkUWsNm*v bpaªptbm]n. Mm³ km sbm¯n bnXn¨n^ps¶¦n`pw, kas^ tWÀ¯ H^p lÐw F³s_ sSm*¡pjn]n Wn¶pw bp_¯v k¶p.
Mm³ A_n]msS Ss¶, F³s_ km]v– fqXn]n^p¶ ssN sNm*v tI«³s_ tSmapNan bnXn¨v SÅn fmäm³ {lfn¨p. bs£ tI«³ A^s¡«v Smtj¡p AfÀ¯n Ss¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k¨n^p¶p. M§apsX A^s¡«pNÄ, skÄZv– sI]vSv H«n¨Sv tbms` H«nt¨À¶p C^p¶p. F³s_ N®n`qsX, N®pWoÀ NpXpNpXm H`n¨n_§n. ASv N* tI«³, NpWnªp Ip*p sNm*v ASv H¸n FXp¯p.
F³s_ bqÀ fpjpk³ So sNm*v sbmÅn] tbms` Ip«p Wo_m³ SpX§n. FWn¡v F´v sI¿\sf¶p A_n]m¯ H^p AkØ. F³s_ WnÀºÔ¯nWp kj§n]m\v tI«³ CSnWp SpWnªp C_§n]Sv–. ASpsNm*v Ss¶ tI«tWmXv ASv b_]m³ FWn¡v fXn B]n^p¶p. tI«³, l^o^em^w F³s_ bp_¯v Af^m¯ knVw em^w ssN¿n`pw, fp«pNm`n`pfm]n Sm§ns¡m*v, F³s_ bp_¯v Ss¶ NnX¶p. tI«³ A§sW NnX¶psNm*v F³s_ Ip*pNÄ I¸n NpXn¨p.
tI«³s_ Wm¡v F³s_ km]nt`¡v C_§n k¶p. Mm³ bÃpNÄ ANÀ¯n tI«³s_ Wm¡nsW F³s_ km]nt`¡v FXp¯p. Mm³ tI«³s_ Wm¡v Wp\ªp. tI«³s_ DfnWoÀ, F³s_ km]nt`¡v H`n¨n_§n. Mm³ ASv NpXn¨n_¡n. Np_¨p hf]w M§Ä A§sW Ip*pw Wm¡pw Hs¡ I¸ns¡m*v NnX¶p. At¸mtj¡pw F³s_ bqän³s_ bpN¨n`pw kn§`psfms¡ Np_ªp. tI«³s_ Np® F³s_ bqän sM^p§n Wn_ªv C^p¶p kn§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. CWn bSps¡ SpX^mw F¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n.
“”””tI«m, F³s_ tkUW Ct¸mÄ Np_¨p Np_ªp. CWn Wfp¡v bSps¡ SpX§n]mt`m?”
“”””Wo S¿m_ms\¦n Wfp¡v bSps¡ tWm¡mw.”
“”””bSps¡ sI¿t\ tI«m. Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¡^pSv.”
“”””F§sW hq£n¨v sI]vSm`pw sI_n] tkUW Nm\pw tfmta.”
“”””ASv Mm³ hint¨mamw tI«m.”
“”””F¶m Mm³ tWm¡s«.”
ASv b_ªpsNm*v, tI«³ FWn¡v H^p D½ NqXn S¶n«v, F³s_ l^o^¯n Wn¶pw, tI«³s_ fpNÄemPw D]À¯n. tI«³, F³s_ ^*p kl¯pw ssNNÄ Du¶n D]À¶p Wn¶psNm*v bSps¡ A^s¡«v fpNant`¡v D]À¯n.tI«³s_ `nwPw AW§n]t¸mÄ, FWn¡v tkUW tSm¶n. F¦n`pw Mm³ N®pNÄ fp_psN AX¨p bnXn¨psNm*p tkUW AX¡n Wn_p¯n.
tI«³ bSps¡ Du^n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Wm`©v AXn AXn¡p¶Sv ks^ hmfmWyw Wà tkUW D*m]n^p¶p. bns¶, bSps¡ bSps¡ tkUW Np_ªp k¶p. B tkUW¡nX]n`pw, F³s_ DÅn H^p hpOmWpeqSn bX^p¶Sv– Mm³ A_nªp. Mm³ tkUWs] bmtX f_¶psNm*v, B hpOmWpekw fm{Sw fWÊnt`¡v Bkmin¨p. AtSmsX, tkUW bqÀ\fm]pw Fs¶ kn«N¶p. F³s_ fpOs¯ fmä¯nWWph^n¨v tI«³ sbm§n Smjp¶ tkPS]pw Nq«ns¡m*n^p¶p.
Mm³, tI«³s_ tSman bnXn¨p sNm*v, S` D]À¯n, tI«³s_ Np«³, F³s_ sNm¨ptfmsa ^mNn fnWphfm¡p¶Sv tWm¡n. tI«³s_ Np«³ bp_t¯¡v k^pt¼mÄ, ASnÂ, H^p skap¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Npj¼v, Ipk¸v Wn_w N`À¶v bän]n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. bSps¡, B Wn_w ^*pw NqXn N`À¶v H^p bn¦v Wn_fm]n fm_n.
bns¶ FWn¡v ASv {l²n¡m³ Njn]m¯ knVw F³s_ DÅn Fs´ms¡t]m H^p fmäw WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. H^p sNmXp¦mäp koln]Xn¡p¶Sn³s_ C^¼Â F³s_ sIknNan fpj§n. HXpkn F³s_ DÅn H^p D^pÄsbm «Â WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. AkhmWw, ASv F³s_ bqän`qsX bp_t¯¡p HjpNn]n_§n. F³s_ tdmVw f_]p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. ASnWnsX, H^p Al^o^n tbms` tI«³s_ lÐw F³s_ NmSpNan k¶p ko\p.
“”””tfmta, FWn¡v k^p¶p. AN¯p Hjn¨m Npj¸w BNptfm?”
“”””CÃ tI«m. FWn¡v sf³hÊv Njnªn«v ^*p Unkhtf B]n«pÅq. tI«³ ssV^yfm]n AN¯p Ss¶ Hjnt¨m.”
“”””W½psX ^*p tb^ptX]pw N¶n A¦w AtÃ. At¸mÄ ASnWp H^p bqÀ\S tk\sf¦n AN¯p Ss¶ Hjn¡\w.”
“”””tI«³ fpjpkWpw AN¯p Ss¶ Hjnt¨m. F¶ms` ASn³s_ bqÀ\ hpOw BNq.”
bns¶ fq¶p Wm`v AXn NqXn Njnªt¸mÄ tI«³s_ Np« ³ F³s_ DÅn skXn]p* tbms` Wm`©v tgm«pNÄ sSmXp¯p kn«p. HXpkn tI«Wpw SaÀ¶p ko\p. tI«³s_ Np® bSps¡ Ip^p§m³ SpX§n. F³s_ bqÀen¯nNÄ, ASns` fhn`pNÄ AfÀ¯n, tI«³s_ Np«sW bSps¡ bp_t¯¡v SÅn. ASv bqÀ\fm]n bp_¯v k¶ DX³, tI«³ F³s_ fpNan Wn¶pw Wo§n N«n`nt`¡v ko\p.
Np_¨p hf]w ^*ptb^pw H¶pw fn*msS NnX¶p. Np_¨p Njnªv tI«³ F³s_ AXpt¯]v¡v I^nªp NnX¶p. tI«³ F³s_ N®nt`¡p tWm¡n. MmWpw tI«³s_ tWt^ I^nªp NnX¶p. ^*ptb^psX]pw N®pNÄ S½n sNm^p¯p. Np_¨p tW^w N®pNÄ S½n NT b_ªp. tI«³s_ fpO¯v bSps¡ H^p bp©n^n kn^n]m³ SpX§n. ASv H^p bNÀ¨kymVn tbms` F³s_ fpOt¯]v¡pw bXÀ¶p. HXpkn tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p D½ k¨p. MmWpw Sn^nsN tI«sW D½ sNm*v fqXn.
“”””Wo A§sW Fs¶s¡m*v B sNmXpw bmSNw sI¿n¨p. AtÃ.”
“”””F´v bmSNw?”
“”””bmkw. H¶pw A_n]m¯ kmkm.”
“”””tI«³ Nm^yw F´ms\¶v sSan¨v b_. F¶m`tà fWÊn`mNq.”
“”””Fs¶s¡m*v Ss¶ b_]n¡\w. AtÃ? l^n Mm³ Ss¶ b_]mw. Fs¶ Wo H^p sb§sa b®n B¡n]ntÃ?”
“”””ASv l^n! F³s_ ho sbm«n¨n«v, Ct¸mÄ b_]p¶Sv tN«ntÃ. Mm³ sI¿ns¨¶p.”
“”””bn¶ÃmsS. Wo]tà Fs¶ {bt`men¸n¨v Cu b^pk¯n B¡n¨Sv. F¶n«v Ct¸mÄ Npäw FWn¡v Bt]m? CWn tf`m C§sW H^p Ad²w bämsS Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw.”
“”””tI«m, Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bm]bqÀ¯n BNm¯ H^p sb®m\v. H^p Kokb^y´w Nn«mkp¶ Npäfm\v tI«³ sI]vSn^n¡p¶Sv. ASpsNm*v, CWn]pÅ Nm`w Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tbms` AWph^n¨v Kokn¨m ^£sbXmw.”
“”””ASv l^n. Wo Fs¶ »m¡v– sf]n sI¿mWpÅ {lffm\v. AtÃ?”
“”””AtS. CWn Mm³ b_]pt¼msjms¡, Mm³ b_]p¶ N\¡p Hs¡ FWn¡v sI]vSp S^\w.”
“”””FXo, Wo Wn ÀºÔn¨n«tà Mm³ sI]vSSv. F¶n«nt¸mÄ……..”
“”””tI«m, tI«Wv Cu Wn]fsfm¶pw A_n]¯ntÃ? {bm]bqÀ¯n BNm¯ sb®nsW, AkapsX h½St¯msX sI]vSm`pw ASv boYWfm]n N\¡m¡pw.”
“”””At¸mÄ Wo Fs¶ N^pSn¡q«n Ss¶ NpXp¡n]Sm\v AtÃ?”
“”””AtS. Asæn tI« ³ C§sW sI¿pfm]n^pt¶m? CWn Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tN«v Koknt¨ma\w.”
“”””Ft¶mXv WnW¡v C{S knt^mVw k^m³ Mm³ F´v sSäm Wnt¶mXv sI]vSSv?”
“”””F³s_ tI«Wv Ft¶mXv sSäv sI¿mtWm, sk_p¡mtWm Njn]nsöv FWn¡_n]ntÃ.”
“”””bns¶´nWm tfmsa Fs¶ So Soän¡p¶Sv?”
“”””Mm³ F³s_ tI«sW So Soän¡mtWm? H^n¡`pfnÃ. bs£ FWn¡v F³s_ B{Piw hmVn¡m³ CtS fmÀPw D*m]n^p¶pÅq.”
“”””WnW¡v A{S]v¡v B{Piw B]n^pt¶m? Wo A{S]v¡v NXn N]_n WX¡pN]m]n^pt¶m?”
“”””bn¶nÃmsS? tI«³ him]n¨nsæn In`t¸mÄ Mm³ tks_ Bs^s]¦n`pw knan¨p tNänt]sW.”
“”””tfmta, ASv H^n¡`pw In´n¡^pSv. bns¶ ASnWp bp_sN b` b` {blvW§apw D*mNpw.”
“”””AsSms¡ FWn¡pw A_n]mw tI«m. bt£, fWpgyWv Cu H^p knNm^w In`t¸msj¦n`pw AX¡n Wn_p¯m³ bämsS k^pw. ‘
“”Wo H^p Nm^yw sI]v. CSv Wo A§v FXpt¯m. At¸mÄ bns¶ WnW¡v tSm¶pt¼msjms¡ sI¿mftÃm.”
“”””ASv Ct¸mtj Mm³ C§p FXp¯p. CWn CSpsNm*v Fs´¦n`pw sI¿\sf¦n F³s_ AWpkmUw tk\w.”
“”””FXo, FWn¡v BsN Um Cu H^p hmfmWtf DÅq. FWn¡v sbXp¡\sf¦n Wn³s_ sbÀfng ³ km§t\m?”
“”””tk*nk^pw.”
“”””Ct¸mÄ FWn¡v sbXp¡\w. Mm³ H¶v sbXpt¯ms«?”
“”””F¶m km Wfp¡v ^*nWpw NqXn tbm]n sbXp¡mw.”
A§sW M§Ä ^*ptb^pw Fjpt¶äp. At¸mjm\v– tI«³s_ Np®]n Ipk¸v Wn_w N*Sv. ASv N*p Mm³ F³s_ Nm`n³s_ CX]n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ, AknsX]pw Ipk¶ Wn_¯n sNmjp¯ {UmkNw bän C^n¡p¶Sv N*Sv. Mm³ fpt¶m«p WX¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ, SpX]nXp¡n kÃm¯ tkUW. WX¡m³ bäp¶nÃ. Mm³ tI«³s_ tSman Sm§n dm¯v_qfnt`¡v– bSps¡ WX¶p.
dm¯v_qfn sI¶v BUyw tI«³ sbXp¯p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASv Njnªt¸mÄ, Mm³ tI«³s_ hmfmWw skÅw sNm*v NjpNn. bns¶ tI«³ Fs¶ bnXn¨p t¢mshän C^p¯n. Mm³ bSps¡ fq{Sw Hjn¨p. fq{Sw k^m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ FWn¡v AknXsfÃmw Wo_n bpN]p¶ tkUW tSm¶n. HXpkn Mm³ {b]mhs¸«p fq{Sw Hjn¨p.
ASv Njnªt¸mÄ, tI«³, cmshän Wn¶pw skÅw sS_n¸n¨v NjpNn. skÅw ko\t¸mÄ Mm³ Woä FXp¯n«p bpaªp. tkUW NXn¨fÀ¯n Mm³ NjpNn]n«v Fjpt¶äp. bns¶ tI«³ Ss¶ XÆ FXp¯p AknXps¯ skÅsfÃmw SpX¨p S¶p. bns¶ tI«³ Fs¶ Sm§n bnXn¨psNm*v fp_n]n sNm*pk¶p N«n`n NnX¯n.
At¸mÄ hf]w Wm`p f\n B]n^p¶p. tI«³ H^p `p¦n FXp¯v DXp¯p. Mm³ bqÀ\ WPvW Ss¶. tI«³ F³s_ AXp¯v k¶p C^p¶p.
“”””CWn F´m tfmta b^nbmXn?”
“”””FWn¡_n]nÃ. tI«³ So^pfmWn¡v.”
“”””F¦n Wfp¡v H¶v bp_s¯ms¡ tbm]n N_§n]n«v k¶mt`m?”
“”””Mm³ s_Zn. Um H^p A©p fnWn«v. Mm³ H^p§n k^mw.”
A§sW Mm³ Fjpt¶äv khv{S§ Ä V^n¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ H^p fnZn]pw tXm¸pw B\v V^n¨Sv. fp«nWp Smsj ks^ C_¡w DÅ, N_p¸nÂ, Ipk¸pw fª]pw skÅ]pw bq¡ Ä DÅ, C`mÌn¡v DÅ H^p fnZn. H¸w, skÅ]n sI_n] Ft{¼m]nZ_n kÀ¡pÅ H^p tXm¸pw. tI«³ H^p Ko³hpw Xo gÀ«pw V^n¨p. Wm`^t]msX M§Ä fp_n bq«n C_§n. tWt^ NmWvXoWn tbm]n Hmt^m hfqh]pw Im]]pw Njn¨p.
bns¶ bp_¯n_§n H^p Bt«m]n N]_n Nº ¬ bmÀ¡n tbm]n. M§Ä Smfhn¡p¶ Ø`¯v Wn¶pw GSm*v ^*p Nnt`mfoäÀ Uq^w. AkVn Unkhw B]SpsNm*v B]n^n¡pw AknsX Wà Sn^¡v B]n^p¶p. cmfn`n]pw, AÃmsS ]pk fnTpW§apw Hs¡]m]n Vm^maw BapNÄ.
ASnWnX]n H¯n^n f`]man sI_p¡·m^pw, sb¬Np«nNapw D*m]n^p¶p. AknsX tKm`n sI¿p¶Spw, bYn¡p¶Spfm] H¯n^n sI_p¸¡mÀ. fn¡Spw NmfpNn NmfpN·mÀ. FÃmw H«nt¨À¶p, tSman`qsX ssN¿n«v WX¡p¶p. fXn]n S` k¨v NnX¡p¶p. A§sW H^p b_pUoh tbms`.
W½psX Wm«ns` tbms` Hanªp tWm¡mWpw, Sp_n¨v tWm¡mWpw H¶pw B^pfnÃ. W½psX Wm«n Bs\¦n sI_p¸¡m^m] H^p hv{So]pw bp^pgWpw H¶n¨p WX¶mÂ, ASv km¨v sI¿mWpw, lÃyw sI¿mWpsfms¡ Wn^kVn hUmIm^ tbm`ohpNm^pw bn_sN NqXpw. bs£ CknsX A§sW H^p lÃytf CÃ. hÀk hzS{´ À.
ASv bmÀ¡v F¶m\p b_]p¶sS¦n`pw, ASnWv H^p sI_n] kW¯n³s_ {bSoSn D*m]n^p¶p. GSm*v Wq_v G¡À Ø`¯v kymbn¨p NnX¡p¶p. b*v {dn«ogpNm^psX Nm`¯v D*m¡n] ASn ftWmi^fm] bmÀ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\v ASv. bqt´m«kpw, K`ml]kpw, k³ kr£§apw Hs¡]pÅ H^p sI_p kWw.
FWn¡v WX¡m³ sI_n] dp²nfp«v Ds*¦n`pw, Mm³ tI«³s_ ssN¿n Sq§n bSps¡ WX¶p. tI«³s_ CXSp ssN¿n Â, F³s_ ^*p ssN sNm*pw Ipän bnXn¨p F³s_ fp`Nan tIÀ¯v AfÀ¯n k¨v, ]pk fnTpW§sa tbms` Nps_ hf]w AknsXs]ms¡ Ipän WX¶p. bns¶ M§Ä H^p Hjnª tNm\n tbm]n H^p sd©n C^p¶p.
Mm³ tI«sW fp«n D^p½n C^p¶p. M§Ä hwhm^n¨psNm*v C^p¶p. ASnWnsX, M§Ä C^n¡p¶Sn³s_ Np_¨p Uqs^ B]n H^p sb¬Np«n]pw, H^p sI_p¸¡m^Wpw NqXn C^n¡p¶p. AkÀ CX]v¡p sN«n¸nXn¨p Ipwdn¡pN]pw, A]mÄ sb¬Np«n]psX Xo gÀ«nWp bp_¯pNqXn fp`]n SmjpNpN]psfms¡ sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv tI«sW knan¨p Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p.
tI«³ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. MmWpw In^n¨psNm*v tI«³s_ Nknan H^p D½ sNmXp¯p. tI«³, F³s_ tSman`qsX ssN C«v Fs¶ tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. CSnWnsX B sb¬Np«n, A]mapsX fXn]n NnX¶p. Np_¨v Njnªt¸mÄ, AkapsX S` sI_pSm]n sbm§pN]pw SmjpN]pw sI¿p¶Sv N*p. AkÄ A]mapsX hmfmWw km]n`m¡n Du¼pN]m\v F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. ASv N*n«v tI«³, F³s_ tXm¸nWpÅn ssN NX¯n F³s_ t{dÊn]_n³s_ bp_¯v NqXn F³s_ fp`Nan bnXn¨p sM^n¨p.
ASn³s_ {bSnc`Wfm]n Mm³ H^p ssN sNm*v tI«³s_ Ko³hn³s_ bp_¯pNqXn tI«³s_ hmfmW¯n SjpNn. ASv At¸mtj¡pw Wà tcmfn B]n¡jnªn^p¶p. Mm³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw tI«³s_ Ko³hn³s_ hnºv Sp_¶p. bns¶ sK«n Smjv¯n]n«p, AksW bp_s¯Xp¯p. Mm³ AksW H^p ssN sNm*v sSm`n¨Xn¨p. fq¶p Wm`v AXn Njnªt¸mÄ, tI«³ F³s_ S`]n bnXn¨p Smtj¡p AfÀ¯n. Mm³ ASv km]n FXp¡mWm\v tI«³ Dt±ln¡p¶Sv F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ bSps¡ tI«³s_ fXn]nt`¡v– I^nªp NnX¶p. bns¶ bSps¡ AksW F³s_ km]v¡pÅn NX¯n Du¼n k`n¡m³ SpX§n.
Np_¨p hf]w I¸n]t¸mtj¡pw, Uqs^ Wn¶pw Bt^m WX¶p k^p¶Sm]n tI«³ b_ªp. Mm³ sbs«¶v ASv tI«³s_ Nm`pNÄ¡v CX]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n k¨n«v, ASn³s_ fpNan`m]n f`À¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ, tI«³s_ fpO¯v H^p Wn^mlm emkw. ASv H^p t{bf tKmZn B]n^p¶p. AkÀ M§sa]pw NX¶p tbm]n.
Bsamjnªt¸mÄ Mm³, ko*pw tI«³s_ hmfmWw km]n`m¡n b\n SpX§n. HXpkn , tI«³s_ bo^¦n So Sp¸p¶pSp ks^ ASv SpXÀ¶p. B skXn¨nÃpNÄ fpjpk³ Mm³ Wp\ªn_¡n. HXpkn hmfmWw Ss*mXnª Smf^ tbms` SaÀ¶p ko\p. AtSmsX Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AksW km]n Wn¶pw bp_s¯Xp¯v, NÀ¨ocv sNm*v W¶m]n SpX¨n«v, ASv bj]Sv tbms` AN¯m¡n hnºpw C«p.
Mm³ f`À¶p NnX¶p tI«³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. tI«³ NpWnªv F³s_ Ip*n Ipwdn¨p. bns¶ tI«³ WnkÀ¶n^p¶p. Mm³ tI«Wv sI]vSp sNmXp¯SnWp bN^fm]n tI«³ Fs¶ H¶pw sI¿m¯Sn FWn¡v Wn^ml tSm¶n. Mm³ , sbs«¶v H^p W¼s^Xp¯p. tI«³s_ ko¡vWÊv fpS`m¡m ³ So^pfmWn¨p.
Mm³ A§sW NnX¶psNm*v, F³s_ tXm¸v, k]änÂ, Wn¶pw Np_¨p fpNant`¡v bnXn¨v D]À¯n. H¸w, fnZn]psX C`mÌn¡n  bnXn¨p Smtj¡pw Wo¡n. AtSmsX F³s_ sbm¡n Ä {bSy£fm]n. tI«³s_ N®v AkntX¡v Wo§n. H¸w tI«³s_ ssN]pw At§ms«¯n. BUyw tI«³ F³s_ k]än  ssN k¨p. bns¶ Iq*pkn^Â, sbm¡nÄ Npjn]nt`¡v NX¯n. tI«³s_ Iq*pkn^  hpOfm]n NX¡m³ S¡ k`n¸w D*v F³s_ sbm¡nanWv.
tI«³ Ipän`pw H¶v Sn^nªp tWm¡n. AXps¯§pw B^pw Cà F¶v D_¸v k^p¯n]n«p NpWnªv F³s_ sbm¡nan Ip*v AfÀ¯n. sbm¡nan`p, k]än`pw BsN D½ k¨p. bns¶ Wm¡v Wo«n sbm¡nÄ Npjn]nÂ, Ip^p«n N]än. FWn¡v C¡nant]m, ASptbms` b_ª_n]n¡m³ bäm¯ Ft´m H^p AWpekw. Mm³ H¶v bpaªp.
tI«³s_ H^p ssN, F³s_ tXm¸n³s_ Njp¯n`qsX DÅnt`¡v N]_n. tI«³s_ ssN F³s_ t{dÊn]_n³s_ bp_¯v NqXn F³s_ fp`Nsa sM^n¨p. tI«³ F³s_ t{dÊn]_n³s_ DÅn  ssN NX¯m³, {lfn¨n«v hmVn¨nÃ. Mm³ , fp`NÄ Np¯n D]À¶p Wn¡m ³ tk*n , t{dÊn]À Np_¨p ssXäv B]n«m\v C«n^p¶Sv. Mm³ , A§sW Ss¶ NnX¶p sNm*v, l^o^w sI_pSm]n D]À¯n]n«p, AXn]n`qsX ssN NX¯n t{dÊn]_n³s_ iq¡v Ca¡n.
tI«³, ssN sNm*v ASv D]À¯n fp`NapsX fpNant`¡v fmän]n«v, WPvWfm] fp`Nan bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. tI«³ , ssN kn^ sNm*v F³s_ fp`sª«pNan fm_n fm_n D^hn. AtSmsX, fp`sª«pNÄ d`w k¨v D]À¶p k¶p. tI«³ , CSnWNw F³s_ sbm¡nans` b\n fSn]m¡n WnkÀ¶n^p¶p.
tI«³s_ ^*mfs¯ ssN F³s_ k]än SXkns¡m*n^p¶p. bSps¡ B ssN, F³s_ fnZn]psX C`mÌn¡nWpÅnt`¡v NX¶p. bns¶ ASv bmâohn³s_ C`mÌn¡n`qsX]pw NX¶v F³s_ SXn¨p D]À¶ NanØ`¯v F¯n. AknsX sI_n] D_k ^qbs¸«p Njnªn^p¶p. Wà tbms` tgkv sI]vSv fnWpÊfm¡n k¨n^p¶ AknsX tI«³s_ ssNNÄ HmXn WX¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v C¡nan B]n. Mm³ Nm`pNÄ bSps¡ ANÀ¯n sNmXp¯p.
tI«³s_ ssN¿ns` WXpkn^ F³s_ bqÀ¨m`n`qsX Wo§n. HXpkn ASv F³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqÀ¨p*pNapsX fpNaäs¯ dUmw b^n¸n hvbÀln¨p. F³s_ l^o^w H¶p kn_¨p. tI«³ B dUmwb^n¸v SÅ kn^`nWpw Iq*p kn^`nWpw CX]n`m¡n sM^Xn. Mm³ hzÀ¤w N*p. tI«³s_ H^p kn^ bSps¡ F³s_ bqÀ¨m`n`qsX Wo§n. bns¶ ASv bqÀSpa]nt`¡v NX¶p.
FWn¡v W¶m]n tkUWn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw Mm³ B tkUW NXn¨fÀ¯n NnX¶p. tI«³s_ kn^ NqXpS Bj§ant`¡v NX¶t¸mÄ tkUW]psX NmYnWykpw NqXn k¶p. ASv hin¡m³ bäp¶Sn`pw fpNan Bt]t¸mÄ F³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_ªp Spap¼n. Mm³ tI«³s_ ssNNan bnXn¨p SXªp. tI«³ F³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. F³s_ N®pNans` D_k tI«³ N*p.
“”””F´m tfmta? tkUWn¡pt¶m?”
“”””tkUW D*v tI«m. ASnWNw FÃmw sbmanªv C^n¡p¶p. A½mSn^n Sm§v Atà D¨¡v Sm§n]Sv.”
“”””thm_n tfmaq, At¶^s¯ B ^h¯n AsSm¶pw {l²n¨nÃ. ASm A§sW bän]Sv.”
“”””hm^fnà tI«m. Mm³ WnÀºÔn¨n«tà tI« ³ sI]vSSv. bns¶´m. ASv Wmsa BNpt¼mtj¡pw l^n]mNpw.”
AtSmsX tI«³ ssN bp_s¯Xp¯p. bns¶ tI«³ F³s_ tXm¸n³s_ fpNan`s¯ H^p iq¡v Sp_¶n«v F³s_ fp` bp_s¯Xp¯p. H«pw DXkv S«msS, fpNant`¡v D]À¶p Wn¶ B fp`Nan tI«³ SjpNn. bns¶ d`w k¨v D]À¶p Wn¶ fp`NanÂ, ^*v kn^Â, sNm*v bnXn¨p sM^n¨p.
tI«³ Ipän`pw H¶p tWm¡n]n«v B^pw AXps¯§pw Cà F¶p D_¸m¡n]n«p, NpWnªp B fp`¡®v Ip*pNÄ¡v CX]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. tI«³s_ H^p ssN, F³s_ sbm¡nan Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. Mm³ tI«³s_ S`]n bnXn¨p F³s_ fp`]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n k¨p. tI«³ B fp` Npt_¡qXn km]nt`¡v NX¯n I¸n NpXn¨p.
F³s_ sbm¡nan SjpNns¡m*n^p¶ ssN, tI«³s_ Cã Smkaw kn«v, F³s_ tXm¸n³s_ DÅn`qsX fpNant`¡v N]_n. tI«³, B ssN sNm*v F³s_ ftä fp`]n SjpNn. tI«³, H^p fp` I¸n k`n¡p¶SnsWm¸w, ftä fp` H^p ssN sNm*v Npj¨p f_n¨psNm*pw C^p¶p. ASv FWn¡v hin¡mkp¶SnWpw A¸p_w B]n^p¶p.
F³s_ H^p ssN, fnZn]spX C`mÌn¡nWpÅnt`¡v NX¯n. bns¶ ASv bmân]psX C`mÌn¡pw NX¶p F³s_ bqkn F¯n. AknsX tkUW Ds*¦n`pw, Mm³ AknsX SjpNns¡m*n^p¶p. DÅnt`¡v kn^ NX¯m ³ tbXn B]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*v Mm³ bp_tf DÅ b\n fmSw sI]vSp. Mm³ Nm`pN Ä ANÀ¯n]n«v, kn^ DÅnt`¡v NX¯msS N´n bnXn¨p sM^Xn.
ASnWnsX, tI«³, DXp¸n³s_ H^p iq¡v NqXn FXp¯n«v ^*mfs¯ fp`]pw bp_¯m¡n. tI«³ ^*p fp`Napw fm_n fm_n I¸n NpXn¨p. Mm³ N´v– bnXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sM^n¨p. HXpknÂ, DÅnt`¡v H¶pw NX¯msS Ss¶ F³s_ bqkv tS³ Ip^¯n. Mm³ ssN bp_s¯Xp¯p. FWn¡v tbms]¶p tI«Wv fWÊn`m]n. tI«Wpw fp`NÄ kn«n«v WnkÀ¶n^p¶p. tI«³ F³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. AknXps¯ SaÀ¨ tI«Wv fWÊn`m]n.
“”””fSn]mt]m tfmta?”
“”””fSn tI«m. CSv fSn.”
bns¶ tI«³ Ss¶ F³s_ fp`NÄ, DÅn`m¡n DXp¸n³s_ iq¡pNÄ C«p. DXp¸nWp fpNant`¡v D]À¶p NnX¶ t{dhn]À, tI«³ Ss¶ bnXn¨v AN¯m¡n. Mm³ tI«³s_ fXn]nÂ, S` k¨v A§sW Ss¶ NnX¶p. hÔy f]§p¶Sv ks^ M§ Ä B sd©n C^p¶p. At¸mtj¡pw BapNsams¡ bn^n]m³, SpX§n.
Bsamjnªt¸mÄ, Mm³ Fjpt¶äv sd©n C^p¶psNm*v, F³s_ fp`NÄ t{dhn]_n³s_ DÅn`m¡n iq¡v C«p. bns¶ tI«sW sN«n¸nXn¨v D½ WÂNn. tI«Wpw Sn^n¨v Fs¶ D½NÄ sNm*v fqXn. bns¶ tI«³ , F³s_ tSman`qsX ssN C«v Fs¶ tIÀ¯v bnXn¨psNm*p bSps¡ WX¶p. Sn^nsN M§Ä WX¶p tbmNm³ So^pfmWn¨p. A§sW bSps¡ WX¶p.
kjn¡v H^p tim«`n Wn¶pw e£\w Njn¨n«v M§Ä, Sn^nsN _qfn F¯n. kjn¡v k¨v tI«³ H^p sfZn¡Â tÌm_n Wn¶pw Ft´m km§n. Mm³ tI«³s_ fp¶n Wn¶p Ss¶ tkgw fm_n. Mm³ bj] fnZn]pw gÀ«qw Ss¶ V^n¨p. AXnkhv{S§Ä Hjnkm¡n. tI«Wpw tkgw fmän H^p `p¦n fm{Sw DXp¯p. M§Ä dm¯v _qfn Hs¡ tbm]n {cgv– B]n k¶n«v NnX¡mWpÅ S¿ms_Xp¸v WX¯n.

SpX^pw ………….