hpK]psX AXp¯m]n sdZn NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p AWnS.ko\ fpNans` _qfnt`¡v tbmNpt¼mÄ fmapknsW]pw Nq«n]n^p¶p.
“”{bNml³ `oknWv k^p¶pt*m AWnsS””hpK tImUn¨p.
“”At§^v ASnÀ¯n]n tSm¡pw Wo«n bnXn¨v Wn`vNpktÃ.Fsâ Nm^yw A_n]*tÃm.””AWnS]psX km¡n Np_¨p tUgykpw h¦Xkpw D*m]n^p¶p.
“”WnW¡v hin¡m³ bämsS B]¶v tSm¶p¶tÃm””In^n¨p sNm*m]n^p¶p hpK ASp tImUn¨Sv.
“”Ft´ Mm³ sb®tà FWn¡v B{Pi§apw knNm^§apw D*mkntÔ” AWnS]psX km¡n H^p Wn^ml N`À¶n^p¶p.
hpK AWnSs] H¶v Ca¡n knXm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
“”F´mXn Sos^ Nt{*mÄ sI¿m³ bämsS Bt]m””.AWnS¡v tWs^ sI^nªp NnX¶v sNm*v tImUn¨p.
“” W½Ä FÃm Nm^y§apw b^hvb^w Sp_¶v b_]p¶Ssà ASp sNm*v Cuä¯nt]mXv hSyw b_]mt`m.FWn¡v C¯n^n knNm^w NqXpS`m””.
“”Ip½mSÃ sb®nWv H^p h¦Xw”” hpK ASpw b_ªp AWnS]psX fq¡nWv bnXn¨v H¶W¡n.
“”{bNml³ `okv Nn«pt¼mÄ At¸mÄ k^pw.^*v– kÀgw NqXpt¼mÄ fm{Sm Fsâ eÀ¯mkv k^p¶Sv F¶n«v Mm³ Wn¡p¶ntÔ” hpK ASp NqXn tIÀ¯p b_ªp.
ASp tN«t¸mÄ AWnS H¶p NqXn hpK]psX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n NnX¶p F¶n«v tImUn¨p.
“”hSyw b_]\w G«¯n B{Pin¡m_ntÃ.””
“”A§nsW tImUn¨mÂ…B{Pin¡mWtà bäq””
“”Asæn`pw G«Wv {em´m.CSp tbms` H^p hpµ^n em^ys] CknsX WnÀ¯n PÄcn tbm]n Wn¡m³”” AWnS ASv b_ªp hpK]psX Nknan H¶v St`mXn.
hpK]psX fWÊnt`¡v At¸mÄ ^mV]pfm]n fp¼v WX¶ Nm^y§Ä fWhnt`¡v HmXnk¶p.ASv– hpK]n bSps¡ knNm^§Ä¡v kjns]m^p¡n.
Cu hf]w ko\]psX _qfn B]n^p¶ fmap _qfns` Hmt^m hmVWkpw tWm¡n Nm\pkm]n^p¶p._qfns` dmSv_qfn Wn¶v fpOw NjpNn ko\ _qfnt`¡v k¶p.
“”Wn CknsX Wn¡pkmt\m.FÃm^pw cpZv Njn¨p D_¡m]n^n¡pw.Wn Np_¨p hf]w NnXt¶m fmap””
fmap Np_¨v Wm\w Np\p§n]m\v.ASp sNm*v Ss¶ NqXpSÂ hwhm^w Np_km\v.
fmap NnX¡mWm]n sdZn C^p¶p.k^pt¼mÄ V^n¨ {ZÊv Ss¶]m]n^p¶p Npan¨n«pw fmap C«Sv.ASp sNm*v Ss¶ Np_¨p WWkpw s{ZÊn D*v..ko\]psX fWhn In` N\¡v Nq«`pNapw D*v.
“” Cu {Zhv C«mt\m NnX¡m³ tbmNpt¶.CSv Wn k^pt¼mÄ C«StÃ.tbm^m¯SnWv CSn WWkpw D*v.””
“”{Zhv Smsj dmPn D*v Mm³ fmän]n«v k^mw.”” ASpw b_ªp fmap sdZn Wn¶v– Fjpt¶äp.
“”CWn Smtjm«v tbmNmsWm¶pw WnÂN*. WnW¡v {Zhv Mm³ S^mw””. fmapkntWmXv b_ªn«v ko\ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sgÂcv Sp_¶v SWn¡p Np_¨p sI_pSv B] H^p {SotcmÀ¯pw H^p Xn gÀ«pw sNmXp¯p.fmap ASp km§n dmSv_qfnsâ tWs^ WX¶p.
“”Wn FknsX tbmNp¶p fmap””
“”dmSv_qfn CSv– fmäm³ “” fmap f_pbXn sNmXp¯p.
“”Hm Wnsâ H^p Wm\w.CknsX Mm³ Asà DÅp.CknXp¶p fmän]m fSn.Wn CknXp¶p tbmNp¶Snsâ fp¶n Wnsâ Wm\w fmän Wns¶ Wà hvfmÀ«v BNm³ bäptfm¶v tWm¡s«.””
“”At¿m CknXpt¶m?””.{ZÊv sWt©mXp tIÀ¯p bnXn¨v I½t`msX fmap tImUn¨p.
“”Rm.CknsX F´m Npj¸w.WnW¡v Wm\w Np_¨p NqXpS`m.ASp Wn k`pSmNpt¼mÄ WnW¡v tUmgw sI¿pw.””
ko\s] fmapknWv Cãfm]n^p¶p.timÌ`n Smfhn¨p bYn¡p¶Spw.h-vNq«n FXp¡p¶Spw fmapknWv k`y Nm^yfm]n^p¶p.ASp sNm*v Ss¶ kot\¨n Fsâ WÃSnWv tk*n b_]p¶Sm]n^n¡pw F¶v fmap In´n¨p.
“”Wns¶ Mm³ Wà hvfmÀ«v Np«n]m¡p¶p*v””.ko\ fmapknsâ N¿n Wn¶v {Zhv km§n sdZn sk¨p.ko\]psX km¡pNÄ fmapknsW ko\s] tbms` BN\w F¶ B{Piw KWn¸n¨p.fmapknsâ N¿n Wn¶v {ZÊv km§n sdZn C« ko\ fmapknsâ Ip^nSm_nsâ tXm¸v S` kjn Du^ns]Xp¯p.H^p skap¯ sbänt¡m«v B]n^p¶p fmap DÅn V^n¨Sv.B sbänt¡m«nsâ DÅn sI_psS¦n`pw Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ ko\ fWÊn N*p. fmap {bSo£n¡pw fpt¼ ko\ fmapknsâ bmânsâ N]À bnXn¨v H^p k`n¨p.B bmâv Smtj¡v DuÀ¶p ko\p.ko\ fmapknsâ sbänt¡m«nsâ AXn]n bnXn¨t¸mÄ fmap ko\]psX N¿n bnXn¨p tImUn¨p.
‘ CSpw Ajn¡t\m?””.
“”bns¶ tk*msS.NnX¡pt¼mÄ CSnsâ Aklysfm¶pfnÃ.”” Wà hvtWiw N`À¯n B]n^p¶p ko\]psX km¡pNÄ.
Ssâ N¿n bnXn¨ fmapknsâ ssN bnXn¨p fmän ko\ sb«nt¡m«v S` kjn Du^n .
`Ö sNm*v fmap ^*v N¿pw Pp\W InÓw tbms` sW©n sk¨v fp`NÄ f_¨p.At¸mÄ fmapknsâ l^o^¯n H^p hvssN»q bmân fm{Sfm\pÅSv.B bmân]psX f_pklw AkapsX sNm¨p bq_n H«n Wn¡p¶p.
“”Wn H^p hpµ^n B\tÃmXn”” ko\]psX Cu km¡pNÄ fmapknWv hpOn¨p.
“”Wn Cu ssNs]m¶p fmäp Wns¶ MmsWm¶v l^n¡v Nm\s«””ASpwb_ªv ko\ fmapknsâ ssN bnXn¨v AknXp¶p fmän.fmapknsâ B sNm¨p fp`NÄ N*t¸mÄ ko\¡v ASv bnXn¡mWpw km]n C«v Du¼n k`n¡mWpw sNmSn tSm¶n.FÃmw NqXn sb«¶v sI]vSv DÅ Akh^w NqXn Wln¸nN* F¶v ko\ So^pfmWn¨p.
ko\ bSps¡ fmapknsâ H^p fp`]n ssN sk¨v sNm*v b_ªp.
“”CSp Np_¨p NqXn k`pSm]m Wn NqXpS hpµ^n BNpw.””
ko\ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmapknsâ fp`]n ssN sk¨t¸mÄ fmapknWv C¡nan B]n.
“”CSp Nt*m C{S F¦n`pw k`pSv A]msa sb\vNp«nNsa Nm\m³ ewPn D*mkpN]pÅq.””
fmapknsâ H^p ssN Xn gÀ«nsâ bp_¯v NqXn Ssâ fp`]n sk¨n«v ko\ b_ªp.
“”ASv tI¨n Fs¶¡mapw k`pSv B]Sv sNm*tÃ?.””
“”Ct¸mtj ASnWpÅ kjn sI]vSmt` Fsâ A{S Wn BNpt¼mÄ CSp tbms` BNSpÅp.””
“”F´v kjn”” hwl]t¯msX fmap tImUn¨p.
“”AsSms¡ Mm³ bns¶ b_ªp S^mw.Cs¸m Wn {Zhv C«v NnXt¶maq.”” b_ªn«v ko\ {ZÊv FXp¯v fmapknWv sNmXp¯p. fmap B {Zhv km§n V^n¡pt¼mÄ ko\ sdZn N]_n NnX¶p.{ZÊv V^n¨ fmap ko\]psX AXp¯v f`À¶v NnX¶p.ko\ fmapknsâ AXpt¯¡v Np_¨p Wo§n NnX¶v Nm fp«v fmapknsâ sNm¨p bq_nWv– fpNan`m]n k^p¶Sv tbms` N]än sk¨p.ssN fmapknsâ fp`¡v fpNan`m]pw sk¨p.
“”WnW¡p tdm]v{c*v Dt*m h-vNqan””
“” CÔ”
fmapknsâ fp`]n ssN sk¨Sv fmapknWv Cãs¸«p F¶v ko\¡v fWhn`m]n.
^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼mÄ tI¨n “”FÃmw b_ªp S^mt«m. Cs¸m Np_¨v D_§nt¡map.””
“”Rpw”” fmap fqan.
Cu hf]w Smjs¯ hpK]psX _qfnÂ.
“”G«¯n F´m Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv.””
“”H¶pfnÃXn”” Wn b_ªSv Hmt^m¶v Bt`mKn¨Sm””.
“”G«¯n bp_¯p tbmNpt¼mÄ sI_p¸¡mÀ bntÅ^v Sp_n¨p tWm¡m_pt*m.””
“”ASp tWm¡mSn^n¡ptfm.””
“”Asæn`pw G«¯ns] N*m GSp N®psbm«Wpw tWm¡n tbmNpw””
“” tfmsa AWnsS Wn Fs¶ hpOn¸n¡tÔ” AWnS]psX km¡n hpOn¨p sNm*v Ss¶ hpK b_ªp.
“”CSmt\m hpOn¸n¡Â.Mm³ Nm^yw b_ªStÃ.At¸mÄ l^n¡v hpOn¸n¨m F´m b_]pN””.
AWnS Ssâ ssN hpK]psX fp`]n sk¨n«v b_ªp.
“” G«¯n]psX Cu fp` N*m Ss¶ bntÅ^psX Nt{*mÄ tbmNpw””.
“”F´mXn FÃmÀ¡pw DÅSv tbms` DÅStà FWn¡pw DÅSv”” Ssâ fp`]n DÅ AWnS]psX ssN fmämsS Ss¶ hpK tImUn¨p.
“”F¶m`pw G«¯n]psX fp`]psX ewPn H¶p tks_ Ss¶]m.”” b_ªp sNm*v AWnS hpK]psX fp`]n H¶v AfÀ¯n.hpK]n knNm^w ØmWw bnXn¡m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p.F¦n`pw ASv hpK bp_¯v Nm\n¨nÃ.
Ssâ _qfn sfmssd`n siZvshäv sk¨v ]pXyqdn hnWnf Nm\p¶ ^mip fäp _qfpNant` hwek§Ä H¶pw A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.
H^p hv{So B]n«v tbm`pw hpK]psX fp` H¶fÀ¯n]t¸mÄ AWnS¡v Ft´m H^p hpOw AWpeks¸«p.
“”Fs´m^p hpOm G«¯n]psX fp` sM¡m³””.hpK]psX fp`]n H¶p NqXn sM¡n sNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWnS b_ªp.
“”Cu sb®v Fs´ms¡]m b_]p¶Sv..WnW¡v l^n¡pw AaNn F¶v tSm¶p¶p””.
AWnS In^n¨p sNm*v hpK]psX SpX¡v fpNan Nm FXp¯v sk¨p sNm*v hpKs] sN«nbnXn¨p NnX¶p.
“”Xn Mm³ B\Ã sb®m\v ASp f_¡*”” In^n¨p sNm*v hpK b_ªp.
“”SÂNm`w Mm³ ASp hin¨p.””
“”Wn Wnsâ N¿pw Nm`pw fmäns] Ip½ Fs¶ Ca¡m³ tk*n.”” fWhn DÅ B{Piw bp_¯v Nm\n¡msS hpK b_ªp.
AWnS]psX {bkÀ¯n hpK BhzVn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
F¦n`pw SmWm]n kÃSpw sI]vSp AWnS]psX fWhn`pÅ Ssâ ØmWw Np_¡* F¶v hpK N^pSn.F´v sI¿ps¶¦n`pw AWnS]m]n«p sI¿s« F¶v N^pSn.
“”At¸mÄ G«¯n¡v CaNp¶p*v AsÃ.?””
“”Mm³ Ft´ fWpgy hv{So AsÃ.CaNmSn^n¡m³””.
“”F¶m l^n¡v Ca¡m³ bäptfm F¶v MmsWm¶v tWm¡s«””.
ASpw b_ªv AWnS l^n¡pw hpK]psX fp` bnXn¨v sM^n¡m³ SpX§n.hpK]psX SpX¡v fpNan sk¨ Nm`pNÄ sNm*v hpK]psX SpXNÄ SXkm³ SpX§n.
“”tk*Xn AWnsS …Cu sb®v Fs´ms¡]m Cu Nm«nNq«p¶Sv.””
DÅn`pÅ knNm^w bp_¯v Nm\n¡msS hpK b_ªp.hpK]psX km¡pNÄ¡v AWnSs] SX]p¶Snsâ làn D*m]n^p¶nÃ.
“”G«¯n Ip½m NnXs¶. G«¯ns] l^ns¡m¶p Ca¡n kn«n«v Ss¶ dm¡n Nm^yw.””f`À¶v NnX¶ hpK]psX fpO¯nWp fpNan`m]n Ssâ fpOw AXp¸n¨p sNm*v AWnS b_ªp.
AWnS Ssâ fpOwsNm*v hpK]psX Nknan St`mXn sNm*v ssN sNm*v hpK]psX ssWän¡v fpNan NqXn k]_n`pw CXp¸n`pw SXkns¡m*n^p¶p.
hpK]psX N®pNÄ en¯n]ns` Nvtam¡n DX¡n. hf]w Wm`p f\n B]n^n¡p¶p.
hpK H¶v AWnSs] sN«n¸nXn¨v Ip*n H^p D½ sNmXp¯n«v b_ªp…
“”Wm`v– fm\n B]n ASp sNm*v Fsâ tfmÄ CSp sNm*v SrbvSns¸Xv.”” b_ªn«v hpK Fjpt¶äv– fpXn sN«n ssWän tWs^ B¡n tZmÀ Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡v C_§n.
iman F¯n] hpK fpNans` _qfnsâ emPt¯¡v tWm¡n kot\..Fjpt¶änsà Im] tkt\ C_§n km F¶v knan¨p b_ªp.
Im] D*m¡mWm]n hpK Nn¨Wnt`¡v tbm]n.
(SpX^pw..Aen{bm]w tWm¡n]n«v fm{Sw)