tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p Ipwdn¨p. bns¶ tI«³ , F³s_ AXpt¯¡v I^nªp NnX¶p. Mm³ Nm`pNÄ ^*pw ANÀ¯n k¨psNm*v NnX¶p.
cmWn³s_ Nmäv S«n]t¸mÄ, bqän Wà S\p¸v tSm¶n. tI«³ H^p ssN F³s_ S`]psX AXn]n k¨psNm*p Fs¶ tIÀ¯v bnXn¨v NnX¶p. tI«³s_ H^p ssN F³s_ fp`NÄ¡v fpNan`qsX Fs¶ AfÀ¯n bnXn¨n^p¶p. A§sW NnX¶p M§Ä D_§n. bns¶ Mm³ D\À¶Sv ^mkns` tI«³ knan¨t¸mÄ B]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ hf]w B_^ B]n^p¶p.
tI«³ , Fjpt¶äp WPvW³ B]n Ss¶ dm¯v _qfn tbm]n. tI«³s_ bp_tN MmWpw Fjpt¶äp dm¯v_qfn tbm]n. Mm³ sIÃpt¼mÄ , tI«³ t¢mshänt`¡v fq{Sw Hjn¨psNm*v Wn¡p¶p. tI«³s_ fq{Sw SoÀ¶t¸mÄ Mm³ t¢mshän  C^p¶p fq{Sw Hjn¨p. fq{Sw Hjn¡p¶SnWnsX, AknsX C^p¶psNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ tI«³s_ hmfmWw NjpNns¡mXp¯p. sbs«¶v tI«³ F³s_ ssN¿n Wn¶pw cmshäv km§n F³s_ bq_pw NjpNn S¶p.
“”””tfmta, Wn³s_ tkUW F§nsW D*v?”
“”””Ct¸mÄ Npj¸w CÃ tI«m. tkUW Sos^ CÃ.”
“”””Ct¸mÄ tk\sf¦n H¶v tWm¡mw. AtÃ?”
“”””Ct¸mÄ tk* tI«m. ^m{Sn BNs«. bqÀ®fm]n fm_s«.”
“”””tfmapsX Cãw. Wfp¡v CWn]pw hf]w D*tÃm.”
At¸mjpw Mm³ tI«³s_ hmfmW¯ns` bnXn kn«n^p¶nÃ. fq{Sw Hjn¨p Njnªt¸mÄ H¶p Ip^p§n] tI«³s_ hmfmWw ko*pw N¼n B]n. Mm³ ASv bnXn¨p km\w AXn¨p. bns¶ ASv km]n`m¡n I¸n NpXn¨p. HXpkn tI«³s_ bm sdZv tNmcn B]n NpXn¡p¶Sv ks^ ASv SpXÀ¶p. ASv fpjpk³ NpXn¨n«v Mm³ hmfmWw bp_s¯Xp¯p ASv ko*pw Mm³ NjpNm³ k¶n«v tI«³ h½Sn¨nÃ. M§Ä fp_n]n k¶p tb^nWp fmSw Sp\n DXp¯p.
bns¶ M§Ä , {bemS NÀ½§Ä Njnªv H¶n¨p Npan¨p. Npan Njnªv M§Ä khv{S§Ä V^n¨v tbm]n e£\w Njn¨p. Sn^nsN Fs¶ _qfn sNm*m¡n]n«v– tI«³ tbm]n. tbmNp¶SnWp fp¼v tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p Ipwdn¨p. MmWpw Sn^nsN IpwdWw ssNfm_n. fp_n AX¨v C^p¶p bYn¡m³ b_ªn«p tI«³ tbm]n.
Mm³ fp_n AX¨p bq«n]n«v, F³s_ tkgw fmän]n«v, tI«³ DXp¯n^p¶ `p¦n]pw, Xo gÀ«pw FXp¯p C«psNm*v–, bn¶ns` dm¡\n]n  tbm]n^p¶p bYn¨p. H^p f\n B]t¸mÄ tI« ³ k¶p. k¶ DX³ tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p Ipwdn¨p. tI«³ Ss¶ F³s_ fp*v D^nªn«v– H^p fnZn FWn¡v FXp¯v C«pS¶p. XogÀ«v fmän]nÃ. {bSypbNm^fm]n Mm³ tI«sW sN«n¸nXn¨v D½ sNmXp¯p.
bns¶ M§Ä tbm]n e£\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Njn¨p Sn^n¨p k¶p. tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨psNm*v N«n`nt`¡v f_nªp. b¯v fnWntämaw M§Ä sN«n¸nXn¨p Ipwdn¨psNm*v NnX¶p. CSnWnsX, Mm³ tI«³s_ bm³_vhn³s_ hnºv Sp_¡m³ k¶n«v tI«³ h½Sn¨nÃ.
“”””Ct¸mÄ H¶pw tk* tfmta. FWn¡v DXtW Ss¶ tbmN\w. tfmÄ¡v– tk\p¶sSÃmw tI«³ Sn^nsN k¶n«v S^mw.”
“”””fSn tI«m. FWn¡v H^p SnXp¡kpw CÃ.”
“”””Wn³s_ tkUW F§nsW D*v?”
“”””H^p Npj¸kpw CÃ tI«m. tkUW bqÀ\fm]n fm_n.”
“”””F¶m dm¡n Wfp¡v ^m{Sn BNmw.”
ASv b_ªn«p tI«³ FWn¡v H^p IpwdWw NqXn S¶n«v tbm]n. tI«³ tbm]n¡jnªn«p Mm³ NSNv AX¨p Npän C«n«v ko*pw dm¡\n]n  tbm]n^p¶p bYn¨p. Wm`^ f\n Njnªt¸m Ä tI«³ Sn^nsN k¶p.
“”””tfmta, WnW¡v Im] tkt*? tkPw _Zn BNv. Wfp¡v tbm]n Im] NpXn¨n«v bp_s¯ms¡ H¶v N_§n]n«v k^mw.”
Mm³ At¸mjpw D®m³ tbm]t¸mÄ C«n^p¶ B fnZn]pw XogÀ«pw Ss¶ B]n^p¶p V^n¨n^p¶Sv.
“”””Cu tkgw tbmt^ tI«m? AtSm tkt_ CXt\m?”
“”””Npj¸w CÃ tfmta. CSp fSn. ‘
A§sW M§Ä fp_n bq«n bp_¯v tbm]n. AknsX Wn¶pw Im] NpXn¨n«v M§Ä bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.
“”””Ft§m«m tI«m tbmNp¶Sv?”
“”””tfmÄ¡v FknsX tbmN\w?”
“”””A§sW H¶pw CÃ tI«m. Np_¨p hf]w tI«³s_ NqsX C§sW fp«n D^p½n Ipän WX¡\w. A{St] DÅq.”
“”””F¦n Wfp¡v Um CknsX AXp¯v H^p fmÄ D*v. AknsX tbm]n H¶p Ipän AXn¡mw. ‘
“”FWn¡v h½Sw.”
A§sW M§Ä Hm_nt]m¬, fman tbm]n. dipWn` sN«nX§Ä . ASn³s_ fp¶n H^p SXmNw. SXmN¯n Wn^kVn scu*³, WXpkn`qsX H^p bm`w. A§sW H^p fm]m t`mNw Ss¶. M§Ä NmjvINÄ N*p WX¶p. b`S^w NXNÄ. AknsX H^p cmg³ tdm«o¡n N]_n tI«³ FWn¡v Sp\nNÄ km§n S¶p. FÃmw tfmtZ¬ .
Nq«¯n , fp«pks^ Wn¡p¶ H^p t{cm¡v, ssN CÃm¯ XogÀ«pNÄ , GSm*v sb]nâv AXn¨ tbms` tSm¶p¶ H^pS^w tgm«vhv (`n{N þ Qy^rf ), bns¶ gn½n, AXnkhv{S§Ä Hs¡. hv{Xm¸v CÃm¯ t{dÊn]À, dn¡nWn ssX¸v bmâohv, F¶p tk* AknsX N* tfmtZ¬ tkg§Ä , FÃmw.
“”””tI«m, CsSms¡ C{S]pw kn` sNmXp¯v km§p¶Sv F´nWm? Wm«n CSv kÃSpw CXm³ bäptfm?”
“”””F³s_ tfmÄ CsSms¡ C«v FWn¡v Nm\\w.”
“”””WX¶Sv Ss¶. A½ N*m Fs¶ sk«n Wp_p¡pw.”
“”””A½ Nm\*. AkÀ CWn]pw fq¶p fmht¯maw Njn]ntà k^m³. ASpks^ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wfp¡v Cu tkg§Ä CXmftÃm.”
“”””ASv Njnªv FÃmw tkÌv AtÃ?”
“”””^m{Sn fpNan N]_n]m tfmÄ CSv C«p tk\w F³s_ AXp¯v k^m³.”
“”””tI«³s_ Cãw tbms` Mm³ F´v tk\sf¦n`pw sI¿mw. tbmt^?”
“”””ASv fSn. ‘
bns¶ AknsX Ss¶ DÅ H^p cpZv tNmÀ«n Wn¶pw e£\kpw Njn¨v H³bSp f\n Njnªt¸mÄ M§Ä _qfn F¯n.
k¶ bmtX, tI«³ B tkg§Ä Hmt^m¶m]n fm_n fm_n Fs¶s¡m*v V^n¸n¨p. Hmt^m tkg¯n`pw, tI«³s_ H^p IpwdWw {co. HXpkn bSnsWm¶p f\nt]msX cmg³tgm Njnªp. HXpknÂ, Wµn A_n]n¨psNm*v MmWpw tI«sW sN«n¸nXn¨v tI«³s_ fpOw fpjpk³ D½NÄ sNm*v fqXn. bns¶ SmÞk¯nWp S¿m_m]n. tI«³ Ss¶ F³s_ AkhmWs¯ tkgkpw Ajn¨p fmän. Mm³ tI«tW]pw WPvW³ B¡n. ^*p WPvW l^o^§apw NqXn sN«n¸nXn¨v Ip*pNÄ bmWw sI]vSp. Wm¡pNÄ Du_n k`n¨p.
HXpkn sN«n¸nXn¨psNm*v Ss¶ N«n`nt`¡v f_nªp. N«n`n NnX¶p sN«nf_nªp. fq¶p Wm`v Sk\ D^p*n«v, tI«³ F³s_ fpNan k¶p. tI«³ F³s_ fpNan NnX¶psNm*v F³s_ fp`NÄ I¸n NpXn¨p. bns¶ bSps¡ Smtj¡v Wo§n. F³s_ B`n` k]_pw, sbm¡napw Smt`m`n¨psNm*v ko*pw Smtj¡v Wo§n. HXpkn ASv t^mf¯n³s_ Awlw tbm`pw CÃm¯, SXn¨v D]À¶ bqÀ¯X¯n  F¯n.
F³s_ Nm`pNÄ Mm³ A_n]mtS Ss¶ bns¶]pw AN¶p k¶p. F³s_ knXÀ¶p k¶ bqÀ¨m`pNÄ¡v CX]nt`¡v tI«³s_ Wm¡v Wo*p sI¶p. F³s_ l^o^¯n`qsX H^p Npan^pÅ t^mfm©w bXÀ¶p N]_n. F³s_ ssN tI«³s_ S`]nt`¡v Wo*p sI¶p. F³s_ kn^`pNÄ tI«³s_ fpXn]njNan`qsX HmXn WX¶p. tI«³ , F³s_ bqÀ¨m`n³s_ Nojäw fpS , fpNaäw ks^ W¡n. Wm`©v Sk\ B]t¸mtj¡pw, bqÀ¨m`n`qsX bWnWo^v H`n¡m³ SpX§n. ASv fpjpk³ tI«³ W¡n NpXn¨p.
bns¶, tI«³, F³s_ bqÀ¨p*pNapsX fpNaä¯v sSanªp k¶ dUmwb^n¸n Wm¡v sNm*v SjpNn. bns¶ ASv Ip*pNÄ¡v CX]n`m¡n Wm¡v sNm*v Du_nk`n¨p. Mm³ NnX¶p bpaªp. Np_¨p hf]s¯ N´v– Soä Njnªp tI«³ Wm¡v Ip^p«n bqÀSpa]n  Np¯n]n_¡n. bns¶ tI«³ F³s_ bqÀ, BsN I¸n k`n¨p. Mm³ tI«³s_ S` F³s_ bq_nt`¡v bnXn¨v AfÀ¯n k¨p.
HXpkn ASv hwekn¨p. F³s_ DÅn Wn¶pw H^p SotPmaw sbm«n HjpNn. ASn³s_ `mkm fpjpk³ tI«³ W¡n NpXn¨p. tI«³s_ S`]n AfÀ¯n bnXn¨n^p¶ F³s_ ssN A]ªp. Mm³ SaÀ¶p ko\p. ASv N* tI«³ F³s_ AXp¯v k¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ U]Wo]fm]n tI«sW tWm¡n H^p f§n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv In^n h½mWn¨p. sN«n¸nXn¨v D½ sNmXp¡\sf¶v fWÊn Ds*¦n`pw, ASnWptbm`pw Njn]mtS Mm³ SaÀ¶p NnX¶p.
“”””F´v bän tfmta? SaÀ¶p tbmt]m? ‘
Mm³ , F³s_ k^* Ip*pNÄ Wm¡v Wo«n W¡n WW¨p. ASv N* tI«³, Fjpt¶äp tfl¸p_¯v C^p¶ K¤n Wn¶pw FWn¡v skÅw FXp¯v S¶p. Mm³ BÀ¯nt]msX ASv NpXn¨p. skÅw F³s_ Njp¯n`qsX HjpNn N«n`n ko\p. skÅw sI¶t¸mÄ F³s_ bt^klw fm_n. Mm³ tI«sW tWm¡n In^n¨p. ASv N*t¸mÄ tI«³s_ fpOs¯ b^n{efw fm_n.
“”””Ct¸mÄ l^n]mt]m tfmta? F´m hwekn¨Sv?”
“”””H¶pfnà tI«m. Sa¶p tbm]n. C¸w l^n]m]n.”
ASv b_ªpsNm*v Mm³ tI«³s_ Njp¯n`qsX ssN¿n«v F³s_ AXpt¯¡v bnXn¨p AXp¸n¨n«v tI«³s_ Ip*pNan Ipwdn¨p. IpwdWt¯msX Ss¶ tI«³ F³s_ AXpt¯¡v Nfjv¶p NnX¶p. M§apsX AV^bmWw b¯v fnWntämaw SpXÀ¶p. HXpkn tI«³ S` D]À¯n.
Mm³ A§sW NnX¶psNm*v Ss¶ tI«³s_ hmfmW¯n  bnXn¨p. ASv bqÀ\fm]n D²^n¨p Wn¡pN B]n^p¶p. Mm³ F³s_ Nm`pNÄ ANÀ¯n]n«v tI«³s_ hmfmWw F³s_ bqkmXn]n  D^¨p. FWn¡v shuN^y {bUfm]n D^]v¡p¶SnWp tk*n, tI«³ , A^s¡«v Np_¨p D]À¯n bnXn¨p. Mm³ , tI«³s_ hmfmWw bnXn¨v F³s_ bqÀ¨m`n³s_ Smsj Aäw fpS , fpNaäw ks^]pw, Sn^nsN]pw Wm`©v Sk\ D^¨p .
hmfmW¯n³s_ Aäw, F³s_ dUmwb^n¸n S«pt¼mÄ Mm³, hzÀ¤w Nm\pw. Mm³, Np_¨p hf]w dUmwb^n¸n fm{Sw D^¨psNm*n^p¶p. FWn¡v Fs¶ Ss¶ Wn]{´n¡m³ Njn]mtS k¶t¸mÄ , Mm³ tI«³s_ hmfmW¯n³s_ S` F³s_ bqÀ¯pa]n  Np¯n k¨n«v , bSps¡ ANt¯¡v N]äm³ tI«tWmXv b_ªp.
“”””tI«m, CWn bSps¡ DÅnt`¡v N]äm³ tWm¡v. Fs¶ tkUWn¸n¡msS bSps¡ tNät\.”
“”””tfmta, Mm³ tNän]m tfmÄ¡v– tkUWn¡pw. ASpsNm*v, tfmÄ F³s_ fpNan N]_n NnX¶psNm*v bSps¡ tNäm³ tWm¡v. ‘
“”AsS§sW tI«m?”
tI«³ sbs«¶v F³s_ fpNan Wn¶pw C_§n N«n`n f`À¶p NnX¶psNm*v, Fs¶ bnXn¨v tI«³s_ fpNan N]än NnX¯n. fpNant`¡v D]À¶p Wn¶ tI«³s_ hmfmWw, F³s_ AXnk]än S«n fX§n NnX¶p. bns¶ tI«³ b_ªSv tbms` Mm³ , tI«³s_ A^s¡«nWv C^p kl§an`pw fp«pNp¯n Wn¶p. bns¶, tI«³s_ hmfmWw bnXn¨v F³s_ bqÀ¯pa]n  fp«n¨p k¨p sNm*v bSps¡ tNäm³ tI«³ b_ªp. Mm³ , tI«³s_ sW©n ssNNÄ Du¶ns¡m*v, F³s_ I´n bSps¡ Smtj¡v AfÀ¯n.
k`n] {b]mhw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CÃmsS ASn³s_ S¡man S` DÅnt`¡v NX¶p. F¦n`pw FWn¡v sI_n] tkUW D*m]n^p¶p. ASv fWÊn`m¡n] tI«³ , bSps¡ tWm¡n N]äm³ b_ªp. A§sW, Mm³ bSps¡ bSps¡ Smtj¡v AfÀ¶p. Mm³ bSps¡ Du^n]pw, N]än]pw HXpkn ASv fpjpkWm]n DÅn NX¶p. F³s_ I´n, tI«³s_ fXn]n AfÀ¶p .
tI«³s_ hmfmWw F³s_ DÅn C^p¶p kn§ns¡m*n^p¶p. GSm*v H^p IqXpÅ D^p¡v U*v N]_n] tbms` tSm¶n FWn¡v. FWn¡v W¶m]n tkUWn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASv fWÊn`m¡n] tI«³, Fs¶ tI«³s_ sW©nt`¡v bnXn¨p AfÀ¯n k¨psNm*v, F³s_ Ip*pNÄ I¸n NpXn¨p. F³s_ D_¨ fp`NÄ tI«³s_ t^mfmkrSfm] sW©n sM^nªp AfÀ¶p . Np_¨p hf]w NX¶p tbm]t¸mÄ, F³s_ DÅns` tkUW Np_ªp k¶p. Mm³ ASv tI«tWmXv b_ªp.
“”””tI«m, F³s_ tkUW Np_ªp. CWn Mm³ F´m sIt¿*Sv?”
“”””tfmta, Wo CWn bSps¡ Wn³s_ I´n D]À¯n AXn¨p tWm¡v.”
A§sW Mm³, tI«³s_ sW©n AfÀ¶p NnX¶psNm*v bSps¡, I´n sbm¡n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. BUysfms¡, FWn¡v tkUWn¨n^p¶SnWmÂ, kas^ bSps¡ B\v Mm³ , AXn¨Sv. ^*p fnWnäv AXn¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw tkUW tbm]n«v, tW^n] hpOw bX^m³ SpX§n. At¸mÄ Mm³ AXn]psX tkPS Nq«n.
tkP¯n AXn¡mWpÅ huN^y¯nWm]n, Mm³ tI«³s_ sW©n ssNNÄ Du¶ns¡m*v WnkÀ¶n^p¶p AXn¨p. tkP¯n AXn¨t¸mtj¡pw, tI«³s_ hmfmWw Du^n bp_¯p k¶p. DX³ Ss¶ tI«³ ASv bnXn¨v DÅnt`¡v N]än S¶p. A§sW fq¶p Wm`v Sk\ Ak³ Du^n bp_¯p k¶p. bns¶ Mm³ ASv N\¡m¡n AXn¨p. A§sW Mm³ hmfmWyw Wà hvboZn Ss¶ AXn¨p. tI«³, SpÅn¡an¡p¶ F³s_ fp`Nan bnXn¨p sM^n¨p.
F³s_ DÅn Fs´ms¡t]m D^p*p N]_p¶Sv tbms` H^p tSm¶Â. Mm³ , H^p NpSn^¸p_¯v bm]p¶Sv tbms` D_ªp SpÅn. HXpkn , F³s_ DÅn D^p*v NqXn] Ipj`n, sN«X§n. Mm³ SaÀ¶p ko\p. Mm³ tI«³s_ sW©n Nfjv¶p ko\p NnS¨p. tI«³s_ hmfmWw At¸mjpw F³s_ DÅn C^p¶p kn§n. tI«Wv tbm]n«nÃm]n^p¶p. bt£, tI«sW him]n¡m³ bäm¯ knVw Mm³ SaÀ¶n^p¶p.
tI«³, Fs¶, tI«³s_ sW©nt`¡v tIÀ¯v AfÀ¯n bnXn¨psNm*p, fpNant`¡v AXn¡m³ SpX§n. F³s_, tSsWm`n¨p Npjªn^p¶ bqknt`¡v tI«³s_ hmfmWw N]_n C_§n. tI«³s_ hmfmWw N]_n C_§p¶SnWWph^n¨v H^p ¹¡v…. ¹¡v… lÐw bp_¯v k^m³ SpX§n. tI«³, F³s_ I´n]n Sm§n bnXn¨p sNm*v, fpNant`¡v AXn¨p N]än.
AVnNw sskNmsS Ss¶ tI«³s_ bo^¦n]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶pw F³s_ DÅnt`¡v IqXpÅ skXn]p*NÄ sSmXp¯p knXp¶Sv FWn¡v AWpeks¸«p. Hmt^m Sk\ skXn]p* bmªpN]_pt¼mjpw bo^¦n]ns` kn§Â F³s_ bqÀen¯nNan  h½À±w sI`p¯ns¡m*n^p¶p. HXpkn B kn§Â AkhmWn¨t¸mÄ , tI«³s_ hmfmWw Ip^p§m³ SpX§n. bns¶ AVnNw sskNmsS Ss¶ F³s_ bqÀen¯nNÄ ASntW bp_t¯¡v SÅn C_¡n.
SaÀ¶p H^p A«s] tbms` B] hmfmWw, Du^n bp_¯v k¶p. Mm³, tI«³s_ fpOw fpjpk³ IpwdW§Ä sNm*v fqXn. tI«Wpw Sn^n¨v F³s_ fpO¯pw, Ip*n`pw FÃmw Ipwdn¨p. tI«³, ^*v ssN sNm*pw Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨v tI«³s_ sW©n tIÀ¯v AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p sNm*v NnX¶p. Np_¨p hf]w M§Ä A§sW NnX¶p. bns¶ FWn¡v D_¡w k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Fjpt¶äp fm_n. M§Ä ^*pw NqXn WPvW^m]n Ss¶ dm¯v_qfn tbm]n«v k¶p sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¶p D_§n.
SpX^pw …………………..