“”ftigv– tI«m, F´m Cu tW^¯v?””
{bNml¯nt`¡v k¶]mapsX fpOw N*t¸mÄ ^mKn tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³..Mm³…””
A]mÄ Wn¶v- kn¡pN]m\v.
“”F´m dmdptk«sW Nm\* kà Bktlymw Dt*m. dmdptk«³ CknsX…””
b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v AkÄ Bt`mIn¨p. dmdptk«³ CknsX CÃ F¶v- b_t]*. SmWpw AÑWpw Nan¨p^hn¡p¶Sv C]mÄ N*n«p*v. bs£ fpOw kyàfm]n N*pNm\nÃ. ASv dmdptk«Wm\v F¶v- N^pSs«.
“”tk*, dmdpknsW knan¡*…Mm³ ..Mm³ ..^mKns] Nm\m³ k¶Sm,””
“”Fs¶ Nm\mtWm? Cu hf]t¯m?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
AkapsX BNmw£]pw b^n{efkpw fm_n.
Ip*n H^p NphrSn¸p©n^n knXÀ¶p. N®pNan Sna¡kpw l^o^¯nWv bpSn] Dugvfmkpw.
“”Fs¶ N*ns«´nWm?””
CXSqÀ¶ S`fpXn bSns] fmXns]mSp¡n l^o^w bSns] D`¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”ASv ^mKn…””
AkapsX shuirUemkw AksW A¸w AÏpSs¸Xp¯ns]¶v- tSm¶n.
“”^mKn]vs¡t¶mXv tUgysfm¶pfntÃ?””
AkÄ Ipäpw tWm¡n. Wn`mkp*v. AXp¯ koXpNapsX fp¼n {bNmlkpw.
AkÄ IpäpwtWm¡p¶Sv N*v– ftignWp Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n.
“”bmSn^m{Sn Njnªp ftigv– tI«m. Bt^`pw W½sa N*mÂ…km Ct§m«v km..CknXmt\Â B^pw Nm\nÃ,””
koXn³s_ bn³emPt¯¡v AkÄ A]msa Nq«ns¡m*v tbm]n. AknsX Woa¯n H^p fp_n]p*m]n^p¶p.
AknsX H^p tfl]pw fq¶v- Wm`v bj] Nth^Napfp*m]n^p¶p. Nrgn]m]pV§apw kmj¡p`Napw bns¶ sI_n] Im¡v h©nNan katfm ftäm AknsX hq£n¨n^p¶p.
“”l^n]m] hf]¯ÃtÃm ftigv– tI«³ k¶Sv. ASv sNm*v Cu shuN^y§ÄsNms*ms¡ SrbvSns¸X\w,””
AkÄ In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
ftigv– Aksa AUvepSt¯msX tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. ASv F´nWm\v F¶v- A¸w Njnªm\v ^mKn]v¡v fWÊn`m]Sv .
ssWän]psX fp³emPw Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶p.
S³s_ AfnS k`n¸fpÅ fp`NÄ fp¡m`pw bp_¯pNm\mw.
t¨- F´m {l²n¡msS tbm]Sv?
sbs«¶v ssWän l^n¡n«v fp`NÄ f_]v¡m³ SpX§ns]¦n`pw AkÄ tk* F¶v- sk¨p.
B fp`NÄ F{S {bmklyw N* fWpgyWm\v fp¼n Wn¡p¶Sv! F{S {bmklyfm\v A]mÄ ASv bnXn¨p sM¡n sM^n¨p ^hn¨Sv! Ss¶ ^hn¸n¨Sv!
S³s_ fp`s] A§sW BUyfm]n ^hn¸n¨ fWpgyWm\v fp¼n Wn¡p¶Sv.
bns¶ F´nWp NãvXs¸«p f_¨psk¡\w?
Ss¶ BUyfm]n l^n¡pw AWpekn¨ fWpgyWtÃ, Ss¶ BUyfm]n NmfmhpO¯n³s_ sNmXpfpXn N]än] fWpgyWtÃ, Nt*ms«.
At¸mÄ ko*pw AkapsX fp`¡®pNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NÃn¨p.
AkÄ fpOw NpWn¨p fm_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
bns¶ fpOfp]À¯n ftignsW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”b_ ftigv– tI«m, Fs¶ F´nWp Nm\m³ k¶Sm,””
A]mÄ¡v Aksa AenfpOoN^n¡m³ kngffpÅSv tbms` tSm¶n.
“”ASpsNmÅmw,””
AkÄ b^nimhw Wn_ª hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”Nm]wNpaw sNm¨p®nfm^pw C¯n¡^¸¡nfm^pw folfmVk³fm^pw fm{Sw bp_¯n_§p¶ Cu hf]w NãvXs¸«p k¶Sv C§sW Ip½m Wm\n¨n^n¡mWmt\m? ASv sNmÅmw-“”
“”WnWs¡t¶mXv H^p tUtgymfntà ^mKn?””
AkÄ AksW GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä tWm¡n.
“”ftigv– tI«tWmXv tUgyw Dt* Cu bmSn ^m{So C§sW AXp¯v Mm³ AXp¯v k¶n^n¡ptkm?””
bp_¯p Wn¶v- làn]m] S\p¯ NmäXn¨p.
Sp_¶n^p¶ AkapsX khv{S§sa Nmäv ko*pw D`¨p.
“”S\p¡p¶p ftigv– tI«m,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
AkÄ fp`NÄ fnt¼m«p sS_p¸n¨v Wn¶v- b_ªp.
“”dmdp H_¡kmt\m?””
AkapsX ^qbewPn WÂNn] hpO¯n A^s¡«n`p*m] k`n] fpj ssNNÄ sNm*v f_¨p bnXn¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v ftigv– tImUn¨p.
“”dmdptk«³ D_§n ftigv– tI«m? F´nWm?””
A^]nÂ, kaÀ¶p k`pSmkp¶ fpj]v¡v fpNan AfÀ¶n^p¶ A]mapsX ssNNant`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”AsS¶m Ak³ tW^s¯ D_§ns]?””
“”tW^s¯t]m?””
AkÄ sImXnt¸msX tImUn¨p.
“”hf]w F{S]m]o¶m knIm^w. k¶p, Npan¨p, tIm_p*p, sNmt_ tW^w Xo ko WyqhpN*p. bns¶ NnX¶p. bns¶…A_n]mtÃm..dmdptk«³s_ Nm^yw. AXp¯ Nq«pNm^WtÃ? Fs¶]n¸jm H¶v- {co B¡ns],””
“”^mKn]v¡v D_¡w H¶pw CtÃ?””
“”F§Wm D_§ps¶? ftigv– tI«³ C§sW fp¼n k¶p Wn¡p¼w?””
A]mapsX A^s¡«ns` fpj]n Wn¶v- N®pNÄ fmämsS AkÄ b_ªp.
A]mÄ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n]n^p¶p. ^mKn A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶p. ^mKn]psX fpO¯v A]mapsX IpXpWnlzmhfXn¨p. t^mf§Ä¡nX]n kn§nkoÀ¯ ^ihyDUymWw WWªv NpSn^p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. fp`¡®pNÄ NÃn¨p S^n¡p¶Spw.
S³s_ fp`NÄ bp^pg·ms^ Nm\pt¼mÄ Ft¸mjpw C§sW kn§n koÀ¯pS^n¡p¶sS´m\v? ^mKnt]mÀ¯p. b` Nq«pNm^nNtamXpw Sm³ CSnsW¸än hwhm^n¨n«p*v. At¸msjms¡ fWÊn`m¡n] H^p Nm^yw SWn¡v Aks^¡mÄ knNm^fp*v F¶m\v. Ss¶t¸ms` Nj¸pÅ H^p sb®ntW]pw Sm³ H^n¡`pw H^nX¯pw N*n«nÃ. B\n³s_ f\fXn¨m fp`¡®p S^n¨p NÃn¡pw. ASnWp B\n³s_ shuµ^ysfm¶pw {blvWfÃ. Ak^psX {bm]kpw {blvWfÃ. ssUk¯n³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p kntlg hrãnSs¶ Sm³.
“”dmdp F§sW D*v, ^mKn?””
S³s_ A^s¡«ns` fpj]nt`¡v At¸mjpw tWm¡n]n^n¡p¶ ^mKnt]mXp ftigv– tImUn¨p.
“”F´n³s_ Nm^y¯n`m F§sW D*v F¶v- tImUnt¨?””
“”AÃ, ^mKn]v¡v sI^p¶]mamt\m?””
A]mapsX kn^ Sp¼v S³s_ ssN]n hvbÀln¡p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. AkÄ A¸w NqXn A]mtamXv tIÀ¶n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX tUi§Ä sSm«p sSm«nà F¶ f«n`m\v.
A]mapsX tUi¯nsâ Smbw Ss¶ sbmSn]p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
Ss¶ BUyw hv{So]m¡n] bp^pgWm\v CSv. H^p tNm^n¯^nt¸msX AkÄ HmÀ¯p. C]mapsX Ip*pNam\v S³s_ AV^s¯ BUyw AfÀ¯n]p^¨Sv. C]mapsX bÃpNam\v S³s_ AV^s¯ BUyfm]n NXn¨o¼n b_n¨Sv. C]mapsX b^pb^p¯ ssNNam\v BUyfm]n S³s_ k`n] fpjp¯ fp`Nsa sM^n¨pX¨Sv. C]mapsX Wmknsâ b^pb^p¸m\v S³s_ NÃn¨ fp`¡®pNsa W¡n]p^p½n]Sv. S³s_ skap¯ sNmjp¯ fp`Nan BUyfm]n bÃnsâ NXn¸mXpNÄ kojv¯n]Sv Cu fWpgyWm\v. C]mapsX kn^¯p¼pNsa hzoN^n¡mWm\v– Sm³ BUyfm]n NkNÄ AN¯n]Sv. C]mapsX kn_anbnXn¨ Wo* ssNkn^`pN`m\v ANt¯ bnaÀ¸ns` Npjª, O^ {UmkN fn{lnS ^qb¯n`pÅ fUK`¯n³s_ WnÀ¯m¯ {bkmi¯n`qsX H^p foWnsWt¸ms` bnt¼m«pw fp³tbm«pw {em´v N]_n HmXnWX¶Sv. C]mapsX kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n`m\v knUypÕvcp`nwPw Wn_ª S³s_ N´v BUyfm]n sM^nM^ªpXªSv….
A]mapsX N®pNan Wn¶v- tWm«w fmäs¯ ^mKn B Wnfng§Ä HmÀ¯p.
“”dmdptk«³ WÃ hvtWifpÅ Bam ftigv– tI«m,””
A]mapsX b^pb^p¯ ssN S³s_ kn^`pNsa sM^n¨fÀ¯n]t¸mÄ ^mKn b_ªp.
Nk¡nX]ns` bnaÀ¸n Wn¶v- Nmffn{lnSw D_sbm«ns]m`n¡pN]m\v. Ban¡¯p¶ SoIqXv AkÄ A_nªp. ASv t^mf§Ä Wn_ªpkaÀ¶ {SntNm\S`s¯ sbmÅn¡p¶p. A{Stf So{kfm\v SpXNÄ¡nX]ns` So]v. A]mÄ tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]]n^p¶n«pNqXn ssWän¡v fpNan`qsX Nk¡nX]n ssN¯`ffÀ¯n¯n^p½mSn^n¡m³ AkÄ¡m]nÃ. SWn¡pw Nj¨p sbm«nWn¡pN]m\v F¶_n]s«. S³s_ Nm¬sN]tà ftigv– tI«³ fp*nWXn]ns` fpj bnXn¨p Sn^p½ns¡m*n^n¡p¶Sv. ko«n b*v fmkv Npj¨psNm*n^p¶ A½n¡Ãv Np¯n¡]än]m So^m¯ Nj¸p*v SWn¡pw F¶v- ftigv– tI«³ A_n]s«.
“”BUy ^m{Sos` tbm`s¯ hvtWiw Hs¡]pt*m ^mKn AkWv?’
N®pNan Wn¶v- tWs^ AkapsX Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶ ssWän]psX]pÅnt` fp`Nant`¡v tWm«w fmän ftigv– tImUn¨p. Ak³ H¶v NqXn fpjs] sM^n¨fÀ¯n. ^mKn At§m«pSs¶ tWm¡n.
“”ASntW¡mÄ Cãfm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¸w, ftigv– tI«m,””
Akapw A^s¡«nÂ, ssWän¡Xn]ns` {SntNm\ eqfn]n ssNS`ffÀ¯n.
“”F¶m`pw Ak³ BUyw IpwdWw S¶Sn³s_ B {SnsÃm¶pw Cs¸m Nm\ptkm WnW¡v? Ak³ Ct¸mÄ D½ sk¡pt¼mÄ?””
A]mapsX ssN kn^`pNan Wn¶v- ssN¯*]n`qsX fpNant`¡v A^n¨p N]_n.
“”D*v, ftigv– tI«m. dmdptk«³ Ip*¯v NXn¨p D½sk¡pt¼mÄ H^p {btSyN S^n¸m. W½av tks_ H^p t`mN¯v B]nt¸mNp¶ tbms` BNpw,””
“”F¶v- sk¨mÂ?””
“”F¶v- sk¨m …ftigv– tI«³ Fs¶ H¶v- Ipwdn¡v. ..At¶^w b_]mw Mm³,””
ftign³s_ DfnWoÀ {bkmiw kÀ²n¨p. M^¼pNÄ bqÀÆmVnNw lànt]msX Fjpt¶äp. A^s¡«ns` fmwhfrPw Wn]{´\w kn«v Af_m³ SpX§n.
“”FknsX? FknsX]m Mm³ Ipw…Ipw …Ipwdns¡t*?””
“”CknsX…””
AkÄ A]msa AV^w NXn¨p Nm\n¨p.
A]mÄ AkapsX tUi¯fÀ¶p. AkÄ A]mtamXv làn]m]n ko*pw tIÀ¶fÀ¶p. A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX AV^¯n làn]m]n bSnªp. ^mKn N®pNÄ bSns] AX¨v IpwdW¯n³s_ fVp^w hzoN^n¨p. A¸w Njnªv A]mÄ Ip*pNÄ bn³k`n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ kn`¡n.
“”B]nÃ..B]nÃ…A¸w NqXn …A¸w NqXn,””
Ip*pNan So InS_p¶ AWpekfm]n^p¶p ^mKn¡v. A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼m\v A¨³ SWn¡v f_¡mWmkm¯ H^Wpekw S¶Sv. F¶n«pw S³s_ tUiw F{S sbs«¶m\v fsäm^p bp^pg³s_ Umi¯nWp fp¼n NojX§m sNmSn¡p¶Sv?
AÃ, fsäm^p bp^pgWÃ.
BUybp^pg³.
“”Dw …iqtlym…At½…””
AkhmWw Ip*pNÄ hzS{´fm¡n ^mKn NnS¨p.
“”CSptbms`]mt\m dmdqsâ D½,””
“”Dw,””
AkÄ S`Np`p¡n.
“”^mKo A¶v Mm³ ^mKns] d`mÕwQw Atà sI]vsS? F¶n«pw ^mKns]s¶…””
A^]ns` fpj]n ko*pw AfÀ¯n s¡m*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
“”A§sW Hs¡ tImUn¨m F´m Mm³ b_]t* ftigv– tI«m? e]¦^fm]n MmW§p Cãs¸«ptbm]n,””
“”tW^v? CX]vs¡ms¡ HmÀt¯m A¶s¯ Nm^yw?””
“”bn¶ntÃ…FÃm Unkthmw HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p. {btSyNn¨pw sNX¡m³ tW^w. ^m{SoÂ.””
ftigv– knlzmhw k^msS Aksa tWm¡n.
“”A§sW N®pfnjn¨v tWm¡pskm¶pw tk*. HmÀ¡p¼w Ip«pbjp¡p¶ AWpekw S¶v- F³s_ D_¡w Naªn«v!””
ftigv– Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”D_¡w Na]m³ fm{Sw! Culz^m, bns¶ F§sW]m D_§oSv?””
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX A]msa tWm¡n.
“”F´v sI¿m³?””
AkÄ ko*pw A]mÄ Nm¬sN ssWän¡Xn]n Sot]äp sbmÅp¶ {SntNm\eqfn]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AfÀ¯n.
“”CSv Nt*m…””
AkÄ Iq*pkn^`pw A\nkn^`pw D]À¯n¡m\n¨p.
“”In`t¸mÄ Cu kn^ sNm*v. Atàb_¼n Wà b¨n`ktamw blqw Im\tNmw C«v kaÀ¯p¶ WmX³ kjpSnW§. ASv sNm*v SSv¡m`w D_¡w k^p¯pw…””
A]mapsX A^s¡«ns` fpj ko*pw kaÀ¶p.
“”kjpSnW§s]ms¡ …””
“”kjpSnW§t]ms¡?””
“”AÃ …ASv ..FknXm FknsX]m ^mKn…””
A]mapsX sSm* k^*p.
“”ftigv– tI«Wv A_n]ntÃ?””
b`]mkÀ¯n AkÄ fXn]n ssN¯`w sM¡n]fÀ¯n.
“”F¶m`pw …^mKn ….Fs¶ HmÀ¯v ..B hwekw HmÀ¯v …At¸mÄ FknsX]m skt¨¶v- A_n]p¼w …””
“”F³s_ ftigv– tI«m…ASv ..ASv …””
Akan `Ö A^n¨n_§n.
ftigv– ASv tNÄ¡m³ NmSpNÄ NqÀ¸n¨p.
“”ASv ftigv– tI«m ..At¿ ,,FWn¡v Wm\km ..AsSm^p Io¯ …sS_n km¡m,””
“”F¶m`pw…””
A]mÄ {bSo£t]msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”b_]m³ bänà tkt\ Nm\n¨p S^mw,””
AkÄ AV^w NXn¨fÀ¯ns¡m*v b_ªp.
A]mapsX N®pNÄ skan]n ImXpsf¶p ^mKn¡v tSm¶n.
^mKn sbs«¶v- ssWän Smsj Wn¶v- fpNant`¡v D]À¯n.
ftign³s_ sSm* ko*pw k^*p.

AkapsX SpXn¸pw fnWp¸pfpÅ fmwhafm] Nm`pNÄ, ewPn]pÅ NmÂfp«pNÄ, SXn¨, sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ bns¶ ANw SpXNÄ ..CXSqÀ¶v- hfr²fm] t^mf§Ä kaÀ¶ SpX]nXp¡v. t^mf§Ä CuÀ¸w Wn_ªv H«n¡nX¶p. AkÄ ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw SpX]nXp¡v, {SntNm\¯p^p¯v knXÀ¯n sbman¨p Nm\n¨p.
“”tWm¡v ftigv– tI«m…CSnWN¯m ..CSnWpÅn`m …Mm³ kn^`pw kjpSnWt§w tNäpt¶….l^n¡v tWm¡nt¡m ..F´nWm skÅfn_¡ps¶ …CSn³s_ BUys¯ AkNmln ftigv– tI«³ Atà ..ftigv– tI«³ Atà CSn³s_ ho sbm«nt¨? tWm¡nt¡ ..tWm¡nt¡ ftigv– tI«m Ft´m^w sNmjp¯ skÅkm¶v…Ft´m^w t^mfkm AtÃ? dmdptk«³ b_ªSm FXo ^mKo WnW¡v H¶v- kr¯n]m¡n kXn¨v– sk¨pNqsX F¶v-. Mm³ t^mfw kXn¨nÃ. F¶m Nm^\sf¶v b_]s«? A¶v- Fs¶ DÕk¸_¼o¶v- bnXn¨p sNmt*m]n d`mÕwQw sI]vSntÃ? A¶v- ^*mfs¯ d`mÕwQw Njnªn«v F³s_ fpOt¯¡v doZow k`n¨v DuSnknt«m*v– ftigv– tI«³ b_ªntà ‘bq_n tfmsa, Wn³s_ bqäns` t^mfw F§mWpw kXn¨v– Naªm ssft^ Wns¶ ko«nt¡_n Mm³ Wn³s_ A¸tâw At½tXw fp¼n sk¨p Mm³ Wns¶ d`km]n Du¡q¶v? At¶^w D*m] B S^n¸v Ct¸mjpw F³s_ …B CWn ASn³s_ tb^v b_]ps¶Wv F´m sNmj¸w ….Mm³ kjpSnW§ tNän] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cu hmVWw CtÃ? knXÀ¶n^n¡p¶ Cu hmVWw …F³s_ bq_v…AsS..ftigv– tI«m …tI«³ A¶v- A§sW b_ª¸w H^p d`mÕwQw B]n«v NqXn F³s_ bq_p S^n¨psbm«n… “”
ftigv– At¸mtj¡pw fp*v sbm¡n Wo*p SXn¨ S³s_ hmVWw bp_s¯XpSn^p¶p. Caw fmWnsW N* kym{Qs¯t¸ms` AkapsX N®n At¸mÄ N`n¸naNn.
AXp¯ Wnfngw ^mKn Wn`¯v fp«pNm`n Wn¶p. {bo Nw sNm*p WWªv Npan¨, lp¢¯n³s_ ^q£ PÔw bp_s¸Xpkn¨vsNm*n^p¶ A]mapsX N_p¯v SXn¨ `nwPw AkÄ BÀ¯nt]msX Bhànt]msX km]ns`Xp¯p.
ftigv– N®pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨p hpOf_nªp. AkapsX IqXpÅ Wmkv A]mapsX `nwP¯n³s_ sSm`nWo§n] fNpXw W¡n kXn¨p. fNpX¯n Wn¶v- `nwPs¯ UoÀQSn AkÄ Cu¼n k`n¨p. AXªn^p¶ N®pNÄ CX]v¡v ftigv– Sp_¶p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ A¸w e]¶v tbm]n.
^mKn]psX N®pNan N¯n¯pap¼p¶ Nmf¡`n¸v. AWpWnfngw NWw sk¨v, UrZS sk¨v koÀ¡p¶, N«nNqXn sk«nkn_]v¡p¶ A]mapsX N_p¯ `nwPbÀÆSw AkapsX Ipk¶ frUpkm] Ip*pNan fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw I`n¨p.
bns¶ AsS Btkl¯nÂ, N`n¸nÂ, A£f]n AkÄ A]msa Wn`s¯ b^pb^p¯ S_]nt`¡v f_n¨n«p. Nfnjv¶ptbm] A]mapsX tUi¯nt`¡v AkÄ bXÀ¶p N]_n. A]mapsX SXn¨ I´nNÄ AkÄ bnXn¨N¯n. I´nN¡nX]ns` kn]À¸nsâ]pw H`n¨n_§n] {bo N½n³s_ Aklnã¯n³s_]pw ^q£PÔw AkÄ fq¡v knXÀ¯n lzhn¨p. bns¶ fp^*psNm*v– A]mapsX PpUUzm^w W¡n kXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX Wmkv A]mapsX I´n knXkn SmamßNfm] k`n] lÐw tNĸn¨p. t{bm{Pmw sI¿s¸s« H^p fgo³ tbms` ASn tkPS]n AkapsX Wmkp A]mapsX PpUUzm^¯ns` sIan]nÂ, skůnÂ, PÔ¯n Duan]n«psbm§n. WmkpsNm*p kXns¨Xp¯ O^ þ {UmkN fn{lnSw AkÄ BhzUn¨pÅnt`¡n_¡n.
hpOw sNm*p sbm_pSnfp«n] ftigv– Sn^nªp NnX¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw AkÄ ko*pw A]msa f^n¨n«p.
“”AW§^pSv ssft^,””
AkÄ A`_n knan¨p.
“”f^ymU¡v sNXt¶m\w. AW§n]m Wn³s_ bnXp¡v Mm³ sI¯n b«nt]s¡m*v Soän¡pw,””
AkapsX km¡pNans` BÚmlàn A]msa knhvf]n¸n¨p. bqÀÆmVnNw lànt]msX AkapsX Wmkp A]mapsX PpUUzm^¯n BªXn¨p.
Sm³ b_¶p b_¶p BNmlt¯masf¯n F¶v- ftignWp tSm¶n. KoknS¯n ^*ptb^n Wn¶v- fm{Sfm\v Sm³ lm^o^nN hpOw A_nªn^n¡p¶Sv. {b\]n¨ fm`O]nÂWn¶v-. Aksa B bnlmIp¡Ä sNm¶p Naªp. bns¶ d`{bt]mP¯n`qsX ^mKn]n Wn¶v-. bs£ shN-vhn Cus]m^p hpOw Ct¸mjm\v A_n]p¶Sv. Hm ..F³s_…Culz^m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv …F´m]nSv …At½ ….
bns¶ AkÄ A]msa f`À¯n¡nX¯n. knNm^mVoWWm]n ftigv– AkapsX AV^¯n Ip*pNafÀ¯m³ {lfn¨p.
“”Ct§ms«m¶pw H*m¡*,””
ko*pw AkÄ Io_n.
“”Mm³ sI¿pw. AS§v tfXn¨m fSn. AtÃÂ Mm³ b_]pw ASv F³s_ tft¯m«v H*m¡n]m fSn.””
AkÄ Wn`¯p ssN fp«v Np¯n f`À¶v- NnX¶p. ssWän sbm¡n A^¡v Smtj¡pÅ emPw WPvWfm¡n. knXÀ¶v- sbmanª t]mWn AkÄ A]mÄ¡v fp¼n Sp_¶v- f`À¯nsk¨p.
“”Ws¡Xm…””
AkÄ fp^*p.
ftigv– ASnWp Nm¯n^p¶ns«¶ tbms` AkapsX t]mWn]n fpOffÀ¯n.
“”Dt½w bp¶m^n¡`pw H¶pw tk* . bq_nWm¯v Wm¡n«na¡n W¡v…. B bns¶ ….A¶v- Wo F³s_ sfmOt¯¡v k`n¨qSn kn«ntÃ? B hmVWw H^®w Sm,””
AkapsX tImUy¯n A{Stf BÚmlàn]p*m]n^p¶Sv sNm*v A]mÄ¡v AWph^n¡mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ. A]mÄ gÀ«n³s_ tbm¡än ssN]n«v doZn]psX NX`mhv bm]v¡äv FXp¯p. ASn Wn¶v- Hs^®sfXp¯v AkapsX tWs^ Wo«n.
“”Ip*¯v sk¨p SmXm ssft^,””
A]mÄ doZn AkapsX Ip*¯v sk¨p.
“”Wn³s_ SÅ k¶v- N¯n¨p S^ptkm? F¶m tWm¡n Wn¡pkmXm,””
A]mÄ ss`äÀ sSan¨p AkapsX Ip*¯n^p¶ doZn N¯n¨p.
KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw kr¯nsN« PÔfm]n«m\v AkÄ¡mUyw tSm¶n]sS¦n`pw Ab^nInSfm] H^p ^hWnÀkrSn]n AkÄ ASn³s_ bpN BhzUn¨qSnkn«p.
“”C§Xp¯p kt¶,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
A]mÄ AkapsX fpOt¯mXv fpOfXp¸n¨p.
AkÄ doZn k`n¨v bpN Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v DuSn¸_¯n.
“”CWn bqän Wmkn«p Np¯v…^hw F§mWpw sNm_ªm bq_ntfmtW, Wns¶ N*w kjn]Ã, f`kjn HmXn¡pw Mm³,””
ftigv– AWph^\t]msX AkapsX fUK`{bkmiw Wn`¡m¯ t]mWn¸n`À¸nt`¡v Wmkn«p.
“”im…iqtlym…½vfw…””
AkÄ ho¡m^fn«p.
t]mWn]ns` sN«n¡nX¶ fUK` tbÌnt`¡v Wo* Wmknsâ A{Pfn«na¡p¶SnWnX]n ftigv– fpOfp]À¯n Aksa tWm¡n. AkÄ N®pNaX¨v– hpO`i^n]n ho¡m^fnXpN]m\v. Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]ns` doZn]psX So]v `i^n N]_n k`n¡pt¼mÄ DÅns` S^n¸n³s_ {bSnc`Wsft¶m\w Kz`n¨psNm*n^p¶p.
^mKn]psX A^s¡«naNn kn_]v¡m³ SpX§n. Ak³s_ Wmkn³s_ Sma¯nWWph^n¨v AkÄ I´nNÄ sbm¡n]Xn¨p. AkÄ NkNÄ b^fmkVn knXÀ¯n]Nän Ak³s_ fpOs¯, bÃpNsa, WmknsW, Ak S³s_ t]mWn¸naÀ¸nÂ, {Nnh^n]n SoÀ¡p¶ hpOs¯ hzoN^n¡p¶Sn ky{PSbq*p.
“”B…BAivi…””
AkapsX lÐw D¨¯n`m]n. Kz`n¨p sNm*n^p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv doZn Ip*n Wn¶v- Smtj¡v ko\p. S³s_ fpOt¯¡v f`]nXn]p¶ H^Wpekfp*m]n ftignWv. A]mapsX fpO¯nWv– tf AkapsX NkNÄ, {SntNm\boYeqfn, t^mf¡mXv, N´v SpÅn kn_¨p.
“”Hivivivi,””
ko*pw ko*pw AkÄ ho¡m^fn«p.
A^s¡«n³s_ I`Ww fp_pNn. Wnfng§tamaw. bns¶ ASv bSns] bSns] lm´fm]n.
ftigv– fpOfp]À¯n. AkÄ ssNs]¯n¨p A]msa kn`¡n.
“”A¸w NqXn ftigv– tI«m…A¸w NqXn,””
A]mÄ A^pft]msX, hvtWit¯msX ko*pw fpOw AkapsX IqXp_k]n`fÀ¯n.
AkapsX ho¡m^¯n³s_ Smaw tWÀ¯pk^ptkmaw A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AkapsX hvtWi `mk]psXtf A^pf]m]n AfÀ¶p]À¶psNm*n^p¶p. l^o^¯nsâ kniz`S, kn_]Â, hpOUfm] Wnfng§apsX SmatkPw AsSms¡ Njnªt¸mÄ A]mÄ fpOw AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶pfp]À¯n. ^mKn N®pNaX¨v– fj]n NpSnÀ¶ CawbpÃptbms` f]§n¡nX¡pN]m\v.
A]mÄ AkapsX fpO¯n³s_ tWs^ Wo§n.
“”^mKn,””
A]mÄ bSns] knan¨p.
AkapsX tb`kfm] Cf]jNv bSns] knXÀ¶v- Sp_¶p.
A]msa tWm¡n AkÄ fjknÃjNns` {bemSw tbms` bp©n^n¨p.
Ipk¶v- SpXp¯ AV^tlm\nf A]mÄ¡v ko*pw H^p {bt`meWfm]n.
F¦n`pw A]mÄ ASv AXp¯v hwekn¡mkp¶ fsäm^p fpiqÀ¯¯nWm]n Nm¯psk¨p.
A]mÄ sW©ns`¡v AkapsX fpOw tIÀ¯psk¨v tSman hmkVmWw St`mXn.
“”Fs´m^p kr¯nsN« Ipk]m ftigv– tI«m? CsSms¡ Wn§Ä F§sW]m k`n¨p SÅps¶?””
km]v¡pÅn Wmkp I`n¸n¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”k`n¨p knXpt¼mÄ H^p CãvXt¡Xpw N*nÃtÃm?””
A]mÄ bSns] In^n¨p.
Akapw.
“”ftigv– tI«Wv Ft¶mXv tUgyw tSm¶nt]m?””
A]mapsX SmamßNfm] St`mXÂ tUi¯v hzoN^n¡tk AkÄ Sn^¡n.
“”F´nWv?””
“”Mm³ ftigv– tI«³ B{Pin¨ tbms`]à sb^pfm_ns]. H^p {bSnNm^w SoÀ¡p¶tbms`?””
“”^mKn l^n¡pw {bSnNm^w sI¿pkm^pt¶m? FWn¡v…””
b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWv fp¼v AkÄ fpOw Sn^n¨v A]mapsX Ip*pNan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.
“”bs£ FWn¡nãs¸«v tbm]n B {bSnNm^w. ^mKn CWn]pw A§sW {bSnNm^w sI¿p¶ H^p Unkh¯nWv Nm¯n^n¡pN]m\v Mm³,””
“”F¶pw kt¶m, B^pw Nm\msS, FÃm^pw H_§n¡jnªv…Mm³ {bSnNm^w sI¿mw,””
A]mapsX tUit¯mXv ko*pw tIÀ¶fÀ¶v- AkÄ b_ªp.
sbs«¶v- ftign³s_ tUiw kn_sNmÅp¶Sv ^mKn]_nªp.
hpOUfm] B`nwPW¯n NnX¡tk AkÄ fpOw Sn^n¨v A]msa tWm¡n.
A]mÄ kmSn¡t`¡v tWm¡pN]m\v.
A]mapsXN®pNÄe]¯mÂkna_n]n^p¶p.
^mKn]pwkmSn¡t`¡vtWm¡n.
hbvSWmZnNapwSaÀ¶ptbmNp¶Svtbms`AkÄ¡vtSm¶n.
Ak^n^pk^pwImXns]jpt¶äp.
^mKns]hw^£n¡msW¶tbms`ftigv–AkapsXfpt¼m«v–N]_nWn¶p.