kmSn Sp_¶t¸mÄ hpK N*Sv AWnSt]]pw fNÄ fmapknsW]pfm\v.
“”B^nSv AWnSt]m.F´mXn H¶p knan¨v b_ªSv NqXn]nÃtÃm””
“”F´m G«¯n FWn¡v k^\sf¦n knan¨v b_]t\m””
“” Mm³ A§nsW b_ªSÃXn.N]_n kmXn. km tfmsa “” hpK ^*msa]pw ANt¯¡v ssN bnXn¨p N]än.
hpK]psX eÀ¯mkv {bNmlsâ em^y]m\v AWnS .¹hv–Xp bYn¡p¶ fNÄ fmapkpw.
N¿n D*m]n^p¶ dmPv AWnS iman sk¨n«v thmc]n C^p¶p.NqXp fmapkpw.
ko«nt`¡v Bt^m k^p¶p*v F¶_nªp dmSv_qfn N]_n] ^mip H¶pf_n]m¯ tbms` dmSv_qfn Wn¶v C_§n.
“”im]v Bân”” AWnSs] N* ^mip`nsâ DÅn Wn^ml D*ms]¦n`pw ASp bp_¯p Nm\n¡msS t`miyw b_ªp.
AWnS Bân kÃt¸mjptf k^m_pÅq.k¶m bns¶ ^t*m fqt¶m Unkhw Njntª tbmN¯pÅp.ASv ks^ Ssâ Nm^yw WX¡nà F¶ Wn^ml ^mip`nWp*v.
“”F´mXm ^mipt` hpOmt\m.””
“”hpOw Bân””
hpK]pw AWnS]pw tI«sâ]pw AWn]sâ]pw em^yfmÀ Bs\¦n`pw ASn NqXpS Wà hpir¯p¡sa tbms`]m\v.FÃm Nm^y§apw Sp_¶v b_]pN]pw b^hvb^w Wà knlzmhkpfm\v.BUy Nm`¯v eÀ¯mknsâ ko«n H¶n¨v Smfhn¡pt¼mÄ H^p kjt¡m Aen{bm] knSymhtfm D*m]n«nÃ.hpK]psX A{S Csæn`pw AWnS]pw hpµ^n B]n^p¶p.
“” Wn C^n¡v AWnsS Mm³ NpXn¡m³ FXp¡mw””hpK ASpw b_ªp.fpNans`¡v tWm¡n ko\s] knan¨p…””kot\! CSv B^m kt¶¶p tWm¡nt]”” ASpw b_ªp hpK Nn¨Wn sI¶v {cnZvKn Wn¶v fp´n^n FXp¯v Kyphv AXn¡m³ SpX§n.
ko\ fpNans` _qfn Wn¶p Smtjm«v C_§pt¼mÄ Ì]ÀNjv–hn Wn¶p Ss¶ AWnSt]]pw tfmta]pw N*p.
“”im]v AWnS Bân””
“”Wn CknsX D*m]n^pt¶m.Nps_ B]ntà Wns¶ N*n«v.Mm³ k^pt¼mÄ Wn timÌ`n B]n^n¡pw””
ko\ AWnS]psX AXp¯m]n C^p¶p.
“” fmap k`y sb®m]tÃm””ko\ fmapkntWmX]n b_ªp.fmap In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
CSnWnX¡v ^mip`nsâ tWm«w fpjpk³ fmapknsâ sW©nt`¡v B]n^p¶p.kaÀ¶v k^p¶ fmapknsâ fp`NÄ Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
^mip`nsâ B tWm«w ko\]psX {l²]n`pw sb«p.
At¸mtj¡pw hpK ^*v ¥mhv t{Pbv Kyphv sNm*v k¶v AWnS¡pw fmapknWpw sNmXp¯p.Kyphv NpXn¨p ¥mhv AXp¯pÅ Xotbm]n sk¨p.
ko\ CX¡nsX HanN®n«v ^mip`nsW {l²n¨p.^mip`nsâ tWm«w fmapknt`¡m]n^p¶p.
“”^mipt` Wn H¶v NX]n tbm]n«v ks¶.”” hpK ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªn«v _qfn tbm]n sgÂcv Sp_¶v Nymgv FXp¯p k¶p.
“”tI¨nt]mXv b_ At½ .In`t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm`ohv sI¡nRv D*mNpw.”” ss`h³hv CÃm¯Sv sNm*v ^mip b_ªp.
“”F¶m Wn tbm kot\. Wo]pw NqsX tbmNmXm””.hpK ko\t]mXv b_ªp.
l^n F¶pw b_ªp ko\ fpNans` _qfn tbm]n {Zhv fmän H^p tXm¸pw s`¤n³hpw V^n¨p k¶p. ^mip h-vNq«n]psX Imkn]pw FXp¯v ko\s] Nm¯n^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
^mip`ntWmXv Imkn]pw km§n ko\ h-vNq«n ÌmÀ«v sI]vSp.bn_Nn ^mip N]_n ko\ h-vNq«n HmXn¨p ko«n Wn¶v bp_s¸«p.
“”F´mXm Wnsâ tWm«w fpjpk³ fmapknsâ sW©nt`¡v B\tÃm””h-vNq«n ssPänWv skan]n F¯n] DXsW ko\ ^mip`ntWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”tI¨n {l²nt¨m AkapsX fp`.H^p foZn]w sshhv Hm_©nsâ k`p¸w DÅSv.N*n«v sNmSn]m]n«p k¿””
“”tfmsW Wn B sNmSn knt«¡v AkÄ sI_n] sNm¨m.ASp sNm*v B tfmiw Dtb£nt¨¡v””ko\ Wn^pÕmis¸Xp¯n.
“”tI¨n knIm^n¨m WX¡pw.tI¨n CSp WX¯n S¶m tI¨n b_]p¶ F´pw Mm³ AWph^n¡pw””.
“” Xm sbm« Mm³ F§nsW knIm^n¡m³””.
“”fmap C¶v tI¨n]psX NqsX B]n^n¡pw NnX¡pN.At¸mÄ tI¨n H¶p fp«n tWm¡v.tks_ H¶pw tk* AkapsX fp` H¶p l^n¡v bnXn¡m³ Nn«n]m fSn””.
At¸mta¡pw AkÀ In¡³ Ìmansâ AXp¯v F¯n]n^p¶p.AknXp¶v In¡Wpw AXp¯pÅ NX]n Wn¶v hpK b_ª fäp hmVW§apw km§n ko\]pw ^mip`pw ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p.Sn^n¨p k^pt¼mÄ ^*mapw NqXpS hwhm^w D*m]nÃ.ko«n N]_n] ^mip In¡Wpw fäp hmV§apw Nn¨Wn sNm*v sk¨p.tKm`n SpX§m³ B]n hpK Nn¨Wnt`¡v tbm]t¸mÄ NqsX AWnS]pw tbm]n..ASnsâ bn¶ms` fmapkpw tbm]n..
fpNans` _qfnt`¡v ko\ tbm]t¸mÄ ASnsâ bn¶ms` ^mip`pw fpNans` _qfnt`¡v tbm]n.ko\]psX bn¶ms` _qfn N]_n] ^mip kmSn Np_¨p Im^n.ko\s] bn_Nn NqXn sN«n bnXn¨p ko\]psX Njp¯nWv bn_Nn ^mip `nbv–hv D^¨p sNm*v ssNNÄ sNm*v fp` ^*pw bnXn¨v sM^n¨p sNm*n^p¶p.
“” Xm AkÀ Bs^¦n`pw N]_n k^psfXm””.
“”Aks^ms¡ Nn¨Wn`m.WÃ fqZv B]n k¶ hf]¯m\v– bm^NÄ N]_n k¶Sv””.
Rpw. kmXm Smtjm«v tbmNmw.Mm³ Cu {Zhv fm_s«.
NX]nt`¡v tbmNp¶SnWp fpt¶ C«n^p¶ {Zhv FXp¯v N¿n bnXn¨n«v ko\ ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªp.
“”Wn Smtjm«v tbmXm Mm³ CsSm¶p fm_s«””.
ASp tN«p ^mip In^n¨p.
Cu
“”F´mXm In^n¡ps¶””
“”CWn Cu l^o^¯n Mm³ Nm\m³ kÃSpw dm¡n]pt*m.F¶n«v Cs¸m H^p Wm\w””.
“”AsSms¡ l^n]m]n^n¡pw F¶m`pw Cs¸m Wn Smtjm«v tbm””
“”l^n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ tbmt]¡mw.bs£ fmapknsâ Nm^yw f_¡*.””ASpw b_ªp ^mip ko\¡v H^p `nbv–hv Nnhv sNmXp¯p.
“”HsN Mm³ ss{X sI¿mw””ko\ h½Sn¨p.
^mip Smtj¡v C_§n.tWs^ Nn¨Wnt`¡v tbm]n.At¸mta¡pw e£\w GNtUlw B]n k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p.^mip Nn¨Wns` Ìmân N]_n C^p¶p.^mip`nsâ {l² fmapkn`m]n^p¶p.N_n D*m¡ns¡m*n^n¡p¶ hpK CX¡v ASp {l²n¡p¶p*v.At¸mta¡pw ko\]pw AXp¡a]nt`¡v F¯n.
“”G«¯n FÃmw B]ntà Mm³ H¶v Npan¨n«p k^mw.”” AWnS b_ªp.
“”F¶m Wn tkPw Npan¨n«p km.Npan¨p C_§pt¼mtj¡pw Mm³ kna¼n sk¡mw.””
“”l^n”” F¶pw b_ªp AWnS AXp¡a]n Wn¶pw tbm]n.
“”fmaq..Wo]pw H¶v tfÂNjpNn¡t«m.H^p Dt·gw Nn«pw”” hpK fmapkntWmXv b_ªp.
“”l^n Bân””
fmapkpw AXp¡a]n Wn¶p imant`¡v tbm]n.
“”F´mXm fmapknsW tWm¡n H^p tIm^ NpXn¡Â”” Ìm³Zn C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^mip`nsâ SpX]n WpÅn lÐw Smjv¯n tImUn¨p.
“” Aksam^p sNm¨p I^¡m At½”” ^mip`pw lÐw Np_¨p b_ªp..
“”AkÀ k¶t¸mÄ fpSÂ Ck³ AkapsX tIm^ NpXn¡pkm”” ko\]pw b_ªp..
“”ASp fm{SfÃt½ Aksa F§ntW`pw H¶p l^n]m¡n Sm F¶pw b_ªp Fsâ bn_sN NqXn]n^n¡pkm””.ko\ ASp NqXn Nq«n tIÀ¯p.
“”FXm AkÄ sI_n] sNm¨m Wnsâ tk` AkapsX AXps¯Xp¡tÃ.AkÄ b_ªp AWnS A_nªm bns¶ k`y {blvWfmNptf b_tª¡mw””
“”CÃt½! MmWmjn«v H¶pw sI¿nà .tI¨n H¶p fp«n tWm¡s« ko\m ko\p. Csæn bns¶ Mm³ B B{Piw knXpw””
“”FXm CSntWmXpÅ Wnsâ BÀ¯n Ft¸mjm\Xm So^pN””
ssNs]¯pw Uq^¯pÅ hpKs] bnXn¨v AXp¯v WnÀ¯n ^mip hpK]psX sIkn]n`m]n b_ªp. “”Fsâ A½]psX BÀ¯n So^pt¼mÄ Fsâ]pw So^pw””.
“”tbmXm “”F¶pw b_ªp hpK ^mip`nsâ sIkn¡v H^p WpÅv sNmXp¯p.
B hf]w Npan Njnªv AWnS H^p ssWän V^n¨v dmSv_qfn Wn¶p C_§n.AWnS C_§n] DXsW fmap Npan¡m³ N]_n.
dmSv_qfn Wn¶p C_§n] AWnS tSmÀ¯v fpXn]n Ipän AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶p.Cu_Wpfm]n k¶ AWnSs] ^mip H¶p l^n¡pw tWm¡n.At¸mam\v ^mip AWnS]psX huµ^yw l^n¡pw {l²n¨Sv.skÅw H`n¨n_§p¶ Njp¯v. NqÀ¯p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ.Wà k`p¸fpÅ WnS¼w.
“”At½! B tSmÀ¯v– H¶v– St¶””.
^mip AWnS]psX huµ^yw BhzUn¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mjm\v fmap tSmÀ¯nWm]n dmSv_qfn Wn¶v AWnSs] knan¨Sv.fpXn]n Ipän sN«n] tSmÀ¯v– Ajn¨p sNm*v ASv sNmXp¡mWm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWnS tbm]t¸mÄ ^mip hpK]psX AXpt¯¡v tbm]n sIkn b_ªp
“”tfmav fm{SfÃt«m A½]pw hq¸À I^¡m”” ASp tN«t¸mÄ hpK¡v In^n k¶p.
s_Zn B] e£\w ko\ imans` tXdnan sNm*v sk¨p.Npan¨v C_§n] fmapknsW]pw Nq«n FÃmk^pw e£\w Njn¨p ..e£\w Njn¨p Njnªp ssN NjpNn ^mip sfmssd`pw FXp¯v Ssâ _qfn N]_n kmSn Im^n NnX¶v sfmssd`n Nan¨p sNm*n^p¶p.
“”AWnsS Wn Np_¨v NnXt¶mXn”” hpK AWnSt]mXv b_ªp.
“”G«¯n NnX¡p¶ntÃ.tks_ tKm`ns]m¶pw CÃtÃm””.
“”Wn _qfn tbm]n NnXt¶maq. Mm³ Cu b{Ssfms¡ NjpNn sk¨v k^mw””
AWnS]pw hpKt]msXm¯v bm{S§Ä NjpNm³ NqXn.FÃmw NjpNn sk¨ tlgw hpK Nn¨Wn bp_t¯m«pÅ tZm_pw AX¨v dmSv_qfn N]_n fpOw NjpNn fp³ kls¯ tZm_pw t`m¡v sI]vSp _qfnt`¡v tbm]n bn¶ms` AWnS]pw _qfn N]_n kmSn AX¨p.ko\ fmapknsW]pw Nq«n fpNans` _qfnt`¡v tbm]n^p¶p.
hpK NnX¶ sdZnsâ sshZn AWnS]pw N]_n NnX¶p.
(SpX^pw)