{bn] km]W¡mt^,
H^p CXtka]v¡p tlgw Sn^ns¨¯pN]m\v. Sn^¡m]n^p¶p. {ba]¯n sfmssd`X¡w b`Spw Wãfm]n. Ct¸m FÃmw tWt^]m]n k^p¶p…

bj] NTNÄ sb³ZnwPv Ds*¶_n]mw. Ak SpX^m³ bj] X¨v Nn«\w…
Ct¸mÄ bpSn] H^p Sow NT]m\v.

A½ þ fN³ C³shÌpw ssdshN-vhv, Np*³/ s`hvdn]³ AX§p¶Sm\v.

CSnsâ dm¡n fp¡m emPkpw SoÀ¯p k¨n^n¡pN]m\v..

Sow CSm]Sp sNm*v km]W¡m^psX hzoNm^yS F§sW Fs¶m^p Bl¦. ASp sNm*m\v BUyemPw fm{Sw A]]v¡p¶Sv. {bSnN^\§Ä AWpNq`fms\¦n dm¡n]pw Unkh§Ä¡pÅn A]]v¡mw. Wn§Ä So^pfmWn¡q…

N]äw N]_n Hmt«m koXnsâ tPän k¶p Wn¶p. ^tfgpw ^f\n]pw C_§n. ^tfgv ssbh sNmXp¯v Hmt«m Sn^n¨]]v¡pt¼mtj¡v hpt^gv tPän¦s`¯n]n^p¶p.

“” At½. CSm\v hpt^gv “” ^tfgv Nq«pNm^sW ^f\n¡p b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. ^f\n In^n¨p.

“” kmXm Aan]m. M§ap tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p “” bqfpOt¯¡p N]_p¶SnWnsX hpt^gv b_ªp.

^tfgpw hpt^gpw hibmYnNam\v. dn.FZv tNmtaKns` hibmYnNÄ. timÌ`n _qwtfävhv. ASn`pb^n ^*p tb^pw Np*·m^pfm\v. cÌv shfÌ_ns` b^o£]v¡p bYn¡mWm]n H^pfn¨p Smfhn¨tSmsX]m\v AkÀ NqXpS AXp¯Spw Np*·m^m]n¯oÀ¶Spw. tNmtaKns` sb¼nÅmt^]pw Xo¨Àfmt^]pw Hs¡ bän b_ªp b^hvb^w km\fXn¡`pw Np®]q¼`pw WX¯p¶Sn AkÀ hpOw Ns*¯n.

A§sW H^p Unkhw b^hvb^w Np® sSm`n¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mjm\v ASp hwekn¨Sv…

tNmtaKv {bn³hn¸Â AwdnN fmZ¯nsW Nan¡p¶SnsW¸än b_ªp fq¸n¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkÀ…

A¼SnWXp¯p {bm]fp*v AwdnN Xo¨À¡v.

“” Fâan]m B bq_ns] B Hmcohv tXdnan NnX¯n hm^ow bmkmtXw sbm¡n k¨v B fpSpbq_§p W¡n¯n¶\w. tim..Fs´m^p ^hfm]n^n¡pw.”” hpt^gv b_ªp.

“” AtSXm. Cu Wm`vb¯©p Njnª bq_nNsa Nan¡p¶sSm^p {btSyN hpOfm”” hpt^gnsâ Np® tSm`n¨Xn¨p sNm*p ^tfgv b_ªp.

“” l^n]mXm. Cu sNm¨p bnÅms^ Nan¡p¶Sn`pw hpOw A½¸q_nNsa Nan¡p¶Sm “” hpt^gv.

“” AtS. sfIzÀ B] A½fm^mNp¼w WÃ bSw k¶ bq_pw sNmSkpfm^n¡pw. hpOn¨Xn¡mw “” ^tfgv.

“” WnW¡_n]mtfm Mm³ Fsâ At½sW HmÀ¯p km\fXn¡m_p*v “” hpt^gv

^tfgv H^p Wnfngw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. bt£ Ssâ ssN]v¡pÅn ^tfgnsâ Np® kn§p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpt^gv A_nªp.

H^p Wnfngw fn*mSn^p¶n«v ^tfgpw b_ªp,

“” FXm MmWpw Fsâ A½ ^f\ns] HmÀ¯v km\w knXm_p*v.

hpt^gv In^n¨p.
“” At¸m W½Ä sh]nw sh]nw “”

“” AtSXm. At½sW HmÀ¯v AXn¡p¼w Fs´m^p hpOfms\t¶m “” ^tfgv.

“” F¶m¸ns¶ Wfp¡v W½psX A½fms^ HmÀ¯v AXn¨mt`m “” hpt^gv tImUn¨p.

“” ASp sFZn]m]mXm. F¶m Wfp¡v Ak^psX tcmt«m tWm¡n AXn¡mw “” ^tfgv b_ªp.

hpt^gnWpw ASp tdmVn¨p.

^tfgv tbm]n sfmssd`pNsaXp¯p sNm*p k¶p. ^*p tb^pw A½fm^psX tcmt«mNÄ {btSyN tcmÄZ_n B¡n k¨n«p*m]n^p¶p.

hpt^gv Ssâ A½ hpV]psX tcmt«mNsaXp¯v ^tfgnsâ N¿nt“vbn¨p. ASptbms` ^tfgv Ssâ A½ ^f\n]psX tcmt«m hpt^gnsW]pw Nm«n.

hpV]v¡v 45 k]Êp k^pw. foZn]w SXn. skap¯ Wn_w.

^f\n C^pWn_fm\v. H«pw SXn¡m¯ Énw l^o^w.

“” FXm Wnsâ A½s] N*m ^*p sbäSms\¶p b_]nÃtÃm “” hpt^gv b_ªp.

“” AtSXm. At½ N*m B^pw Wm`vbt¯jp k]Êms]¶p b_]nà “” ^tfgv ASp l^n k¨p.

“” tim. Aksa tfan C^p¯n sbmSn¸n¡\w. SXn]nÃm¯Sp sNm*p b_¶Xn¨p S^pw “” hpt^gv Np® Np`p¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.

“” AtSXm ssft^. Wnsâ Woa³ Np®]n Fâ½ C^p¶p sbmSn¡p¶Sp Nm\m³ F´p tl`m^n¡pw “” ^tfgv b_ªp.

“” Wnsâ Cu SXn]³ Np® Fsâ hpVmt½sX bqän`pw NqSn]n`pw tN_p¶Sp Nm\m³ ASn`pw tl`m^n¡psfXm “” hpt^gv ^tfgnsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p sNm*p b_ªp.

“” AkÄsX NqSn]m^n¡psfXm bq_ntW¡mÄ hq¸À. Wà Np*n]tà AkÄtXSv. sisâ hpVmt½…”” ^tfgnWp AX¡mWm]nÃ.

“” F¶m Fât½sX NqSn]ms\¶p knIm^n¨p Wo Fsâ NqSn]n`Xnt¨mXm “” hpt^gp b_ªp.

^*p tb^pw CSntWmXNw Sp\ns]Ãmw fmän]n^p¶p. hpt^gv N«n`nsâ k¡n bnXn¨p NpWnªp Wn¶p. ^tfgv Np¯n]n^p¶p hpt^gnsâ Np® km]n`m¡n Np_¨p tW^w Du¼n. I´n knXÀ¯n NqSn W¡n. Np_¨p tW^w W¶m]n W¡n]n«v ^*p kn^ NqSn]nt`¡p N]än]n_¡n NqSn¯pa knNhn¸n¨p. F¶n«v Fjpt¶äp Wn¶v Ssâ Np®¯` hpt^gnsâ NqSn¯pa]n k¨fÀ¯n bs¿ SÅn¡]än. tW^t¯ b` {bmklyw b^hvb^w NqSn]n`Xn¨n«pÅSnWm k`n] {b]mhsfm¶pw NqXmsS N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^tfgnsâ Np® hpt^gnsâ NqSn¡pÅnt`¡p N]_n.

^tfgv fp¼nt`¡p ssN Wo«n hpt^gnsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p sNm*v NqSn]n`Xn¡m³ SpX§n. hpt^gv sfmssds`Xp¯v Ssâ A½]psX b` tbmhn`pÅ tcmt«mNÄ Nq«pNm^Wp Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p sNm*n^p¶p.

‘ Wnât½sX bq_v ‘ , ‘Wnât½sX sNmSw’ ‘ Aksa b®n bSw k^p¯pw’ Fs¶ms¡ b_ªp sNm*v ^tfgv Nq«pNm^sâ NqSn]n N]äns¡m*n^p¶p. H¸w hpt^gnsâ Np® N¿ns`Xp¯v Np`p¡mWpw ^tfgv f_¶nÃ.

A§sW hpt^gnsâ A½ hpVs]]m\v Nan¡p¶Sv F¶p h¦Â¸n¨v C^pk^pw hpOn¨p sNm*n^p¶p…

At¸mjm\v hpt^gv hpV]psX H^p tcmt«m FXp¯p Nm\n¡p¶Sv.

hpV s{ZÊv sI¿p¶ tcmt«m B]n^p¶p ASv. bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶p {dm]psX sNmap¯v CXp¶ tcmt«m. {dm AÃmsS tks_m^q khv{Skpw hpV]psX l^o^¯n`nà !

WPvWfm] Ak^psX bp_kpw A^s¡«pw SpXNapw Np*n]pw N*tSmsX ^tfgnsâ N¬t{XmÄ tbm]n.

“” sisâ hpVmt½… Wnsâ Np*n… Hm.. ASp W¡n… bqän`Xn¨v…”” Fs¶ms¡ bp`¼ns¡m*v ^tfgv hqt^gnsâ NqSn¡pÅnt`¡p Np®¸m Ioän¨p. sS^psSs^ bm`p Ioän¨ tlgw Np® k`n¨q^n SaÀ¶k³ N«n`n`n^p¶p.

“” F§Wp*m^ps¶Xm “” hpt^gv WnkÀ¶p Wn¶p tImUn¨p.

“” hq¸À. ^*p {bmklyt¯¡pÅ bm`m H^pfn¨p Ioän]Sv “”

hpt^gnsâ Np® N¼n]Xn¨p Wn¡p¶Sp N*v ^tfgv b_ªp,

“” CWn Wo Fsâ At½sX tcmt«m tWm¡n tNänt¡m. Mm³ NpWnªp Wn¡mw “”

“” tks*Xm. k^m_m]n Wn¡pNm. Wo H¶p I¸n¯¶m fSn “”

N«n`n`n^n¡p¶ ^tfgnsâ fp¼n Wn¶n«v hpt^gv Np`¨ Np® Aksâ km]nt`¡p k¨p sNmXp¯p.

^tfgv sfmssds`Xp¯v Ssâ A½ ^f\n]psX tcmt«mNÄ FXp¯v hpt^gnsâ N¿n sNmXp¯p.

“” Wo Fsâ At½sWw HmÀ¯p hpOnt¨mXm “” F¶n«v hpt^gnsâ Np® km]n`m¡n Du¼m³ SpX§n.

hpt^gv ^f\n]psX b`knV¯n`pÅ tcmt«mNÄ tWm¡n ^tfgnsâ km]nt`¡p Np® SÅns¡mXp¯p hpOn¨p sNm*n^p¶p. Gäkpw AkhmWfp*m]n^p¶ tcmt«m hpt^gntâ]pw Wn]{´\w Wãfm¡n

gÍn fm{Sfn«p AXn¸mkmX]pw N¿n bnXn¨p Wn¡p¶ ^f\n B]n^p¶p ASnÂ!

“” tim! fp`¨n¸m_q… ^f\n¸q_o…”” hpt^gv Nq«pNm^sâ A½]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ tWm¡n Aksâ A®m¡nt`¡p Np® SÅn…

hpt^gnWp k^m_ms]¶p fWÊn`m¡n] ^tfgv Aksâ NqSn]nt`¡v H^p kn^ N]än Ca¡ns¡m*v Bªp I¸n k`n¨p. ^f\n¸qänt`¡ms\¶p knIm^n¨p hpt^gv A®m¡nt`¡p Ioän¨p sNmXp¯p. ^tfgv H^p fXn]pw NqXmsS B Np®¸m NpXn¨n_¡n…

A¶p NnX¶p_§pt¼mjpw bntä¶pw hpt^gnsâ fWÊns` In´ CSm]n^p¶p…
^tfgnsâ A½]psX tcmt«m!

Nm^\w B tcmt«m Nm\pt¼mtj St¶ A_n]mw B tcmt«m ]mUrÝnNfm]n FXp¯SÃ, tbmhp sI]vSSms\¶v…

^tfgpw Ss¶t¸ms`]mt\m. hpt^gv In´n¨p. Fs´¶m hpt^gv A½ hpVs] Nan¡m_p*v…

hpt^gnsâ Aѳ Hmhvt{X`n]]n`m\v.kÀg§am]n. hpV]pfm]pÅ dÔw bn^nªSp tbms`]m\v. bt£ NrSyfm]n Wà H^p SpN sI`knWm]n A]¨p sNmXp¡pw. Ct¸mÄ Wm«n k¶n«v F«p kÀgfm]n. kÃt¸mjpsfms¡ fNsW fm{Sw tcm\n knan¨p hwhm^n¡pw. hpt^gv GN fNWm\v.

GSm*v fäpÅkt^mXv SoÀ¯pw dÔfnÃm¯ Wn`]n H^p Häs¸« ko«n`m\v hpt^gpw hpV]pw Smfhw. him]¯nWv H^p hv{So k^pw. `o`. GSm*v A¼SnWXp¯p {bm]w.

GNtUlw ^*p kÀgfm]n hpt^gv A½]pfm]pÅ dÔw SpX§n]n«v. ASnWp kjns]m^p¡n]Sv `o`]m\v.

bntä Unkhw ^m{Sn _qfn Np*WXn¡pÅ H^p¡¯nWp fpt¶mXn]m]n A½fms^¸än b_ªp SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p AkÀ.

“” FXm Wnsâ A½]psX gÍn fm{Sw C«pÅ tcmt«m hq¸_m tNt«m. tbmhp sI]vSSp tbms` “” hpt^gv b_ªp.

“” G]v. AsSm¶pfÃ. A½ s{ZÊp fm_p¶Sp Mm³ A_n]msS FXp¯Sm “” ^tfgv b_ªp.

bt£ Aksâ km¡pNans` bS_n¨ {bNXfm]n^p¶p.

AtSmsX ssV^yw hwe^n¨p hpt^gv b_ªp,

“” FXm. W½Ä C{S]pw AXp¯ntÃ. MmsWm^p Nm^yw b_]s«. B^pf_n]^pSv””

“” CsÃXm. Wo b_ “”

“” WnW¡p tkt\Â Fsâ A½s] fp«n¨p S^mw. Wo Nant¨m “”

^tfgv AknlzhWo]St]msX Nq«pNm^sW tWm¡n.

hpt^gv SpX˦p,
“” Wos]m^p Unkhw Fsâ NqsX ko«n km. WnW¡v A½s] Nan¡m³ kjns]m¸n¡m³ tWm¡mw. Mm³ Nan¡m_pÅSm…””

^tfgv H^pfm{S fn*mSn^p¶p. bns¶ sbm«n¨n^n¨p sNm*v hpt^gnsW sN«n¸nXn¨p.

“” FXm Aan]m. W½ap sh]nw Xp sh]nw BXm. MmWpw Fsâ A½s] Nan¡m_ps*Xm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”

“” tim. Blzmhfms]Xm. hSy¯n W½sa´p emPyw sI]vSk^mXm. hz´w A½s] Nan¡m³ Nn«n]tÃm”” hpt^gv.

“” AtSXm. hz´w A½s] b®p¶ hpOw tkt_ FknsX]pw Nn«nÃm…”” ^tfgv.

“” l^n]mXm. huµ^y¯n`à Nm^yw. Ban`m. Wos]sâ A½]psX tcmt«m N*ntÃ. Np_¨p skap¸ps*¶ÃmsS H«pw huµ^yfnÃm. bt£ A½s] Nan¡p¶ hpOw sFlz^ym _m]ns] Nan¨m`pw Nn«nÃm…”” hpt^gv b_ªp.

“” ASp tbms` Ss¶]mXm Fsâ A½]pw. Bkt_Kv ko«½. k`y huµ^yfnÃ. Na_pw sNm_km. A{S tg]v¸pÅ l^o^kpfnÃ. sNm_¨p fp`]ps*¶p fm{Sw. ASmt\Â sNm_¨p Sq§mWpw sSmX§n . bt£ At½sX bqänt`¡p Np® N]äpt¼mÄ Nn«p¶ B hpOfp*tÃm. knk^n¡m³ k¿m…”” ^tfgv.

“” A`vbw Sp§n] fp` FWn¡nãfmXm. B fp`]v¡nX]v¡v k¨Xn¡m³ WÃ hpOfm^n¡pw “” hpt^gv.

“” Wnâ½]pw hq¸_mXm. k`y huµ^yfnÃm¯ sb®p§am Wà NanNm^nNÄ. Wnât½sX B ImXn] k]_pw Np*n]psfms¡ N*m Ss¶ Np® ImXns]jpt¶Â¡pw. tim B Np*n sbman¨§p W¡\w…”” ^tfgv.

“” WnW¡v Fsâ At½sX Np*n]n`m tWm«w AtÃ. Wnsâ]o SXn]³ Np® Fsâ At½sX NqSn]n N]_p¶Sv FWn¡p Nm\\w “” hpt^gv ^tfgnsâ `p¦n kNªp fmän Np®]n bnXp¯fn«p.

“” Wnsâ]o Woa³ Np®¸p_¯p N]_n Fâ½ sbmSn¨p S^p¶Sv FWn¡pw Nm\\w “” ^tfgv hpt^gnsâ Np® sSm`n¨p sNm*p b_ªp.

A½fms^¡p_n¨pÅ Cu hwhm^kpw Nq«pNm^sâ Np®`maWNapw NqXn]m]tSmsX C^pkÀ¡pw N¼n]Xn¨p hin¡m³ bäm¯ b^pk¯n`m]n. C^pk^pw Sp\n fmän N«n`n S`Sn^nªp NnX¶p b^hvb^w Np®NÄ km]n`m¡n Du¼m³ SpX§n.

Nq«pNm^sâ A½s] knIm^n¨p C^pk^pw km]n`Xn¨p SpX§n. AVnNw Smfhn]msS Ss¶ C^pkÀ¡pw skXnsbm«n. ^*p tb^pw km]n`m] Np®¸m NpXn¨n_¡n. bns¶ AtSbXn NnX¶p SaÀ¶p_§n…

bn¶oXpÅ Unkh§an AkÀ b^hvb^w A½fms^ Nan¡p¶SnWpÅ b²Sn S¿m_m¡n.

“” Fsâ A½s] h½Sn¸n¡mw F¶m Fsâ knlzmhw. A½]v¡v WÃ Nj¸m. C¸jmt\Â Npt_ Unkhfm]n Np® Nn«m¯Sp sNm*p NXn fq¯n^n¡pN]m]n^n¡pw. At¸m H^pfn¨p ^*p Np® Nn«p¶Sp A½]v¡p fn¡km_pw Cãfm^n¡pw “” ^tfgv b_ªp.

“” Fsâ A½]pw AtS AkØ]n`m]n^n¡psfXm. B^pf_n]msS knlzhn¡mkp¶ H^msa Nn«n]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fn¡km_pw FÃm sb®p§apw NÅskXn sk¡psfXm. ASpfÃ, hz´w fNWtà Nq«ns¡mXp¡p¶Sv “” hpt^gv.

“” At¸m W½ap Smt]man Np*·mÀ fm{Sfà fmfmfm^pw BNpw “” ^tfgv.

^*p tb^pw In^n¨p.

bn¶oXv Hm\mkVn¡v koXpNant`¡p Sn^n¨t¸mÄ Cu AkVn¡m`¯v F§sW]pw S§apsX ¹m³ kÀ¡vHu«v B¡\sf¶v Ak^n^pk^pw So^pfmWn¨p_¸n¨p…

ko«ns`¯n] BUys¯ ^*p Unkhw ^tfgpw ^f\n]pw sbm^nª Nan]m]n^p¶p. Wm`©p fmhfm]n Njs¸mSp¡n Njn]pN]m]n^p¶p ^f\n…

^tfgnsâ Aѳ b¯p kÀgw fpt¼ f^n¨p tbm]Sm\v. ^tfgnsâ tI¨n tWjvhnwPv Njnªp dwP`p^pkn tKm`n]n`m\v. {NnhvfhntW Wm«n k^q. ^f\n Hä]v¡m\v ko«nÂ. ^tfgnÃm¯t¸mÄ AXp¯ ko«ns` H^p k`y½ ^f\n¡p Nq«p NnX¡m³ k^pw.

^tfgv ko«ns`¯n fq¶mw Unkhw D{SmX^m{Sn]n f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ fNsâ fpNan NnX¶p sbmSn¡pN]m]n^p¶p ^f\n…

^tfgv AkapsX I´n]n sM^n¨p sNm*v sNmS¨m`n kn^`mjv¯n NqSn]n tIm_nªp.

“” kn^`§p tNän knXXm Np«m “” hpOw N]_n] ^f\n b_ªp.

b®pt¼mÄ NqSn]n kn^`n«na¡p¶Sv A½]v¡nãfms\¶p ^tfgnW_n]mw. Ak³ A½]psX f`Uzm^¯nt`¡p WXpkn^ Np¯n¡]än tImUn¨p,

“” Cu kn^`nWp bN^w H^p Np®]m]n^ps¶¦n Np_¨qsX hpOfp*mt]tW. Atà At½ “”

“” fv Duw “” hpO`i^n]n ^f\n fqan.

H^p Wnfngw Njnªm\v ^f\n]psX tdmV¯nt`¡v B kmINw Bjv¶n_§n]Sv.

“” Wos]´mXm b_ªSv “” ^f\n AXn WnÀ¯n tImUn¨p.

“” Aà At½. Cu kn^`nWp bN^w H^p Np®]m\nt¸mÄ At½sX NqSn]n N]_p¶sS¦n Wà hpOfm]n^pt¶tW F¶v “” ^tfgv AkapsX NqSn]nt`¡p kn^`p sfm¯w SÅn¡]än b_ªp.

^f\n sbmSn¡`p WnÀ¯n WnkÀ¶n^p¶p.

“” tbmXm Smt]man. Wos]s´ms¡]m b_]p¶Sv “”

Aksâ Np® At¸mjpw AkapsX bqän Ss¶]m]n^p¶p…

H^p Wnfngw ^f\n fn*msS A§sW Ss¶]n^p¶p.

^tfgv f_pssN sNm*v AkapsX F_n¨p Wn¡p¶ N´n SXkn.

“” NanhpOw Nq«mWms\¦n Wo]§sWs]ms¡ b_tªm. ASpfSn “” ^f\n b_ªp.

AkÄ A§sW b_sª¦n`pw bqÀfhn`pNÄ kn§nkn§n Ss¶ Np®s] C_p¡p¶Sp ^tfg_nªp.

Ak³ A½s] d`fm]n bnXn¨p sW©t¯¡p Im]n¨p NnX¯n. AXn]n Wn¶k³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqänt`¡Xn¨p sNmXp¯p.

“” At½ knlzhn¡mkp¶ H^map NqsX]ps*¦n Wà ^hfm^n¡pw. MmWn§sW At½sX bqänt`¡Xn¡pt¼mÄ ftä]map At½sX NqSn]n`pw AXn¨p S^pw. »qcn`nfns`ms¡ Nm\p¶ tbms`. A½]v¡v C^«n hpOw Nn«pw…””

“” H¶p tbmXm. Wo b®m³ tWm¡v “”

“” b®pktÃXo Fsâ A½¸q_o. b®m³ CSp tbms` tkt_ H^p Np® NqXn Ds*¦n`pÅ Nm^yfm Mm³ b_ªSv. Ht^ hf]w bqän`pw NqSn]n`pw Hmt^m Np® koSw tN_n]m F§sW]p*mNpw. Asæn ^*p Np®¸p_¯pw fm_nfm_n tN_n At½sX Nj¸p So^p¶Sp ks^ sbmSn¡mw “”

^f\n H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. bt£ ssNNÄ sNm*p fNsW Ipän k^nªv A^s¡«p I`n¸n¨p.

A½ kj§n k^p¶p F¶kWp fWÊn`m]n. Ak³ A½s] SÅn f_n¨p NnX¡]nt`¡n«p. bns¶ Fjpt¶äv f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]n fp«pNp¯n Wn¶v Np® bnXn¨v A½¸qänt`¡p N]än. bns¶ AkapsX fpNant`¡p Nfjv¶p NnX¶v fp`Nsa Nl¡ns¡m*p hmkVmWSma¯n b®m³ SpX§n.

“” At½ A§sWm^map*v. Fsâ _qwtfäv hpt^gv. AksW Wq_Ã, Wqsäm¶p lSfmWkpw knlzhn¡mw. AksW Wfp¡v Nq«mw”” sfsà Np®]q^n]Xn¨p sNm*p ^tfgv b_ªp.

“” FWn¡p tbXn]mXm. Bt^`pf_nªmt`m “” ^f\n sfsà b_ªp.

^tfgnWp Blzmhfm]n. A½ h½Sn¡pw…

“” H¶pw tbXn¡mWnÃt½. W½ap Ss¶ b_]msS B^_n]mWm. St¶fÃ. AkWpw CSp tbms` Aksâ A½s] Nan¡p¶kWm. ASp sNm*p bp_¯p b_]nÃ.””

^f\n knlzmhw k^msS fNsW tWm¡n. Nm^yw hz´w fNWpfm]n Nan¡psf¦n`pw ASp tbms` Ss¶ tkt_ BÄ¡m^pw sI¿psf¶Sp Akans` Nmfs¯ Dt¯Kn¸n¨p.

“” Wos]´ms\¶p k¨m sI¿v “” DÅns` Sm`vb^yw bp_¯p Nm\n¡msS ^f\n b_ªp.

bt£ A½]psX fWwfmäw ^tfgnWp fWÊn`m]n.

“” M§ap ^*p tb^pw NqsX A½s] hzÀ¤w Nm\n¡mw “”

“” Duiv.. l^n]m. ^*p Np®]pfm]n Nan¡p¶Sp WÃ ^hfm “” ^f\n A_n]msS b_ªp tbm]n.

“” tR. At¸m A½ CSnWp fp¼p ^*p tbt^msXm¯p Nan¨n«ps*t¶m “” ^tfgv knhvf]n¨p.

Ad²w bäns]¶p ^f\n¡p fWÊn`m]n. CWn HmÀ¯n«p Nm^yfnÃ. AtSs]¶ f«n AkÄ S` Np`p¡n.

“” B^psX NqsX]m At½ “”

“” ASv.. Wnsâ AÑWpw hpir¯v dgo_pw “”

“” F¶n«v A¶v ^*p tb^pw H^pfn¨p tNänt]m “”

“” Ht^ hf]w Nan¨nÃ. Ak^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^*pw fm_nfm_n Nan¨p “”

“”A½]v¡nãs¸t«m “”

“” Duw…””

“” MmWpw hpt^gpw NqsX ASp tbms` A½s] Du¡n hpOn¸n¡mw “”

“” ASp bn¶tÃ. C¸w Wo l^ns¡m¶p b®n¯m. Nj¨n«p k¿m…””

“”F¶m C¶m bnXnt¨m””

^tfgv A½¸qän SNÀ¯p b®m³ SpX§n….

hpt^gnsâ ko«n`pw GSm*v hfmW hwek§am\v WX¶Sv.

^*p Unkhw hpt^gpw hpV]pw SNÀ¯p Nan¨p. fq¶mw Unkhw hpt^gv C¡m^yw AkS^n¸n¨t¸mÄ hpV]pw BUyw FSnÀ¯p.

“” H^p Npj¸kpfnà At½. Mm³ b_ªntà AkWpw Aksâ A½s] Nan¡p¶Sms\¶v. fm{Sfà M§ap b^hvb^w Np*WXn¡m_pÅSpfm…”” hpt^gv b_ªp.

ASp tN«t¸mÄ hpV]v¡v Sm`vb^yw tSm¶n. Nm^\w `o`]psX Nq«¯n AkÄ I«n]Xn¡m_pÅSm\v.

ASp tbms` H^p Np*³ Nan tW^n Nm\pN]pw sI¿mw. thcv B]n H^p Caw Np® NqXn Nn«pN]pw sI¿pw. hpV In´n¨p…

hpV h½Sw fqan.

“” F¶m Akt^mXp fä¶mÄ k^m³ b_]t« “” hpt^gv.

“” Akt^m ? “”

“” AtS At½. AkWpw A½]pw “”

hpV fnjn¨p Wn¡p¶Sp N*v hpt^gv knlUoN^n¨p,

“” At½w AkWpw NqXn Nan¡p¼w MmWpw Aksâ At½w NqXn Nan¡pw “”

“” tR… At¸m ASm Nm^yw. ASnWp Aksâ A½ h½Snt¨m “”

“”AsSms¡ Ak³ h½Sn¸nt¨mapw “”

“” sNmÅmftÃm Wn§ap ^*mapw “” hpV In^n¨p.

“” bt£ H^p Nm^yw “” hpV.

“” F´m At½ “”

“” Wo]pw AkWpw NqXn Np*³ Nan¡p¶Sp FWn¡p Nm\\w “”

“” ASnsW´m. AsSms¡ sI¿mw. M§ap ^*mapw NqXn A½t]w l^n¡p hpOn¸n¨pw S^mw “”

»qcn`nfn ^*m\p§ap tIÀ¶p H^p sb®nsW Nan¡p¶sSms¡ N*n«ps*¦n`pw ]TmÀ°¯n SWn¡pw A§sWs]m^p Im³hv Nn«psft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ hpV]v¡v H^p Npan^p tSm¶n.

“” A½]v¡p Cãfmt\Â Aksâ At½sX NqsX I«n]Xn WX¯pN]pw sI¿mw “” Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨p½ k¨p sNm*k³ b_ªp.

“” ASnWp Aksâ A½ h½Sn¡ptfm “” hpV.

“” AsSms¡ h½Sn¸n¡mw. WÃk®w Nj¸naNn¡jn]p¼w AsSms¡ h½Snt¨mapw. bns¶ H^p sb®nsW hpOn¸n¡m³ MmW½s] bYn¸nt¡* Nm^yfnÃtÃm “”

^*p tb^pw In^n¨p…

“” A½ CSp Nt*m. Wn§ap ^*p tb^pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXn I«n]Xn¡p¶ Nm^ytfmÀ¯¸tj Np® kXn]m]n “”
hpt^gv `p¦n¡pÅn Wn¶pw N¼n]m] Np®s]Xp¯v A½s] Nm\n¨p.

“” F¶m kmXm. H^p Nan k]v¡mw. Fsâ bq_pw H`n¨p SpX§n “” hpV ssN Wo«n fNsâ KkmsW bnXn¨p.

^*p tb^pw NqXn sdZv_qfnt`¡p Wo§n…

bntä¶p Nm`¯p St¶ hpt^gv ^tfgnsW knan¨p.

“” Fâ½ h½Sns¨Xm “”

“” CkntXw h½SfmXm “”

“” F¶m Wn§ant§m«p kmXm. CknXmNp¼w B^pw l`yw sI¿m³ k^nÃ. Wfp¡nknsX NqXmw “” hpt^gv b_ªp.

“” l^n. M§ap ^*pw NqsX ^*p Unkhw Njnªp k^mw “”

“” ASp fSn. Wfp¡v H^p ^*p Unkhw A½fms^ Nan¡mSn^n¡mw. At¸m Nj¸p fq¡pw. bns¶ NqXpt¼mÄ Nan WÃ hpOfmNpw “” hpt^gv.

“” ASv sFZn] BXm. M§Ä ^*p Unkhw Njnsª¯mw “” ^tfgv.

“” Wm`©p Unkht¯¡v H^p§nt¸m^Xm. Wfp¡v Hm\mkVn AXn¨p sbman¡mw “” hpt^gv b_ªp.

“” Hm\mkVn AÃXm W½psX Nj¸n A½fm^psX bq_pw sNmSkpfm AXn¨p sbmant¡*Sv “” ^tfgv b_ªp.

^*p tb^pw In^n¨p tbm]n….

A§sW C^p Nq«pNm^pw h½Sn¨ ¹m³ AWph^n¨m\v {SnÈq^p Wn¶pw ^tfgpw A½]pw sNmïpÅ hpt^gnsâ ko«ns`¯n]n^n¡p¶Sv…

“” tN_n km. A½ AXp¡a]n`m “” hpt^gv b_ªp.

^tfgpw ^f\n]pw ANt¯¡p N]_n.

GSm*v Häs¸«v H^p sI_n] Np¶nsâ fpNan`m\v hpt^gnsâ koXv. sSm«Xp¯v koXpNsam¶pfnÃ. ^*p Wn`Nan`m]n fq¶p sdZv_qfpNapÅ hmfmWyw k`n] koXv.

^f\n¡pw ^tfgnWpw B shä¸v Cãfm]n. Wà ss{bkhn Nn«pw.

hpt^gv Aks^ hzoN^\fp_n]ns` shän]n`n^p¯n.

At¸mtj¡pw AXp¡a]n Wn¶pw hpV At§mt«¡p k¶p…