^mkns` Ss¶ Wm«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p. dhv Ìm³Zv ks^ emÀ¤kWv tI«Wpw k¶p. tI«Wv Ct¸mÄ Ft¶mXv k`n] Nm^yw B\v. H^pbmXv hwhm^n¨p. Wm«n b`^pw N^pSp¶Sv tbms` emÀ¤ksâ fNapw fNWpw knkmiw Njnªp Uqs^ FknsXt]m Smfhn¡pNs]m¶pw AÃ. fNÄ H^p dwPmant]msXm¸w Hant¨mXn tbm]Sm\v. FknsX]ms\¶v A_n]nÃ. fN³ F_\mNpa¯v FknsXt]m D*v. SÃpw bnXn]pw tNhpw Hs¡ B]n Wm«n C_§m³ Njn]nà AkWv. f¡sa sNm*v Pp\w H¶pw D*m]nsöv hm^w. Mm³ tI«sW Blzhn¸n¨p. FÃmw sl^n]mNpw F¶v sk_psS F¦n`pw b_ªp. Sn^nsN F¯n]n«v cmÀfnsâ b\n SpX§mw F¶v b_ªp Mm³ dÊnt`¡p N]_n.
dÊn C^n¡pt¼mÄ fWÊp Wn_s] tfma½]pw tlme]pw B]n^p¶p. 56 k]ÊpÅ tfma½]pw 50 k]ÊpÅ tlme]pw FWn¡v Nm«n¯¶Sv ^SnhpO¯nsâ Gjmw hzÀ¤w B]n^p¶p. hv{SoNsa Np_n¨pÅ Fsâ In´mPSn Ss¶ fm_nt¸m]n. {bm]w DÅ hv{SoNÄ¡mt\m B\nWv NqXpS hpOw sNmXp¡pkmWpw SrbvSns¸Xp¯pkmWpw Njn]p¶Sv? fWÊv b`Spw In´n¨p Nq«n. D¨]m]t¸mta¡pw B`¸pj F¯n. FXnFw C N]_n 25000 ^qb FXp¯p. A½¡v sNmXp¡\w. A½]v¡v Bhvf D*v. Ct¸mÄ fj¡m`w B]SnWm AhpOw NqXpS B]n^n¡pw. H^p Hmt«m bnXn¨p ko«n F¯n]t¸mÄ ‘A½ fpä¯p Ss¶ D*v. Mm³ F¯p¶Spw tWm¡n Wn¸m\v. A½ H^pbmXv £o\n¨p F¶p tSm¶n. Np_¨p tW^w A½t]mXv hwhm^n¨p bqfpO¯n^p¶p.
“”””Wo tbm]n Npan¡v. Mm³ Dus\Xp¯p sk]v¡mw.”
^*p Wn` koXm\v FtâSv. fpNan B\v Fsâ fp_n. Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶v {Zhv fm_n Npan¨p k¶p. A½ tIm_p kna¼n. “”””A½]pw C^n¡t½…”” MmWpw A½]pw H^pfn¨n^p¶v Du\v Njn¨p.
Wà £o\w D*v. Mm³ fpNan fp_n]n tbm]n Fsâ N«n`n NnX¶t¸mÄ Ss¶ D_§nt¸m]n. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ Ft´m “”X¸v .. X¸v..’ lÐw. Mm³ N®p Sp_¶p. Sp\n A`¡p¶ lÐw B\v. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv KWm`]n`qsX Smtj¡v tWm¡n. emhp^ G«¯n.
emhp^ tI«¯n B\v CknsX A½]vs¡m^p him]w. H^p tKm`n¡m^n B]n«Ã NpXpwd¯ns` H^p AwPs¯ tbms` B\v. Mm³ k¶t¸mÄ CknsX N*nÃ.
emhp^ Smsj A`¡p NÃn Sp\n AXn¨p NjpNp¶ lÐw B\v Fs¶ D\À¯n]Sv. Mm³ Aks^ tWm¡n Wn¶p. tfma½s]¡mÄ {bm]w D*mNpw emhp^ G«¯n¡v. SXn¨ Bt^mPyw DÅ l^o^w. bs£ tfma½]psX A{S]pw D]^w CÃ. S`]ns` fpXn bNpSn]pw W^¨n«ps*¦n`pw AVzmWn¨v N^p¯pÅ B l^o^¯nWv DXkv bän]n«nà F¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. ssWän B\v tkgw. ASv– A^]n sbm¡n Np¯n]n«p*v. CXSp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`nsâ SpX bNpSn Nm\mw. Wà skap¯p sNmjp¯ SpX. ssWän ssXäv B]n A^]n Np¯n]n^n¡p¶SnWm WnSwd¯nsâ kXnkv W¶m]n A_n]mw. D^p*p SÅn] I´nNÄ. fp¶n BXp¶ k`n] fp`NÄ.
FWn¡v bNv–tg CsSm¶pw N*v N¼n]m]tSm¶pw CÃ. tfma½s] tbms`m^p sWXp ko^³ I^¡nsW Nan¨Sv sNm*mt\m F¶_n]nÃ. emhp^ G«¯ns] Mm³ Np«n¡m`w fpSÂt¡ Nm\p¶Sm\v. FWn¡v H^n¡`pw Akt^mXp fsäm^p In´ tSm¶n]n«pw CÃ. Mm³ ko*pw N«n`n NnX¶p. A_n]msS D_§nt¸m]n.
D\À¶t¸mÄ Wm`p f\n B]n. Mm³ Smsj C_§n AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶p
“”””hpWn… Wo k¶n«p H¶p Nm\m³ Nn«o`tÃmXm” emhp^ G«¯n B\v.
“”””D_§nt¸m]n G«¯n… Wà £o\w B]n^p¶p”
AkÀ FWn¡v Im] S¶p.
“”””A½¡nt¸mÄ F§sW D*v G«¯n?”
“”””Biv. Wnsâ A½]psX Nm^yw WnW¡v A_n]mt`m. f^p¶p Njn¡nÃ. ^m{Sn B]m lzmhw fp«v. F´m]m`pw H^mjvI B]n Wà Np_kp*v.”
hwhm^w tN«v ‘A½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶p. Fsâ AXp¯n^p¶p. “”””FWns¡m^p AhpOkpw CÃ Np«o”
At¸mÄ bp_¯p Wn¶pw sI* sNm«v tN«p. M§apsX koXnsâ bp_Nn DÅ fSn`nW¸p_w H^p k`n] CXkjn B\v. ASns` H^p tQmg]m{S tbmNp¶p*v.
“”””CsSknXp¶m?” Mm³ AXp¡a kmSn`nt`¡v WX¶p sNm*p tImUn¨p.
“”””tft` Nmkns`]m.” b_ªp sNm*v A½]pw Fsâm¸w kmSn bXn]n k¶p Wn¶p. kmSn¡ Wn¶m W¶m]n Nm\mw. BWs]ms¡ D*v.
emhp^ G«¯n M§apsX WXpkn bn¶n`m]n Wn¶p. AkÀ¡v M§apsX tSmapNÄ¡v fpNan`qsX NmjvI Nm\mw. NmjvI N*p Wn¶ Mm³ Fsâ k`Sp ssN fX¡n CXp¸n Np¯n, kmSn bXn]n Im^n Wn¶p. Mm³ ssN fX¡n]t¸mÄ Fsâ ssNfp«v emhp^]psX sNmjp¯p SÅn Wn¶ CXt¯ fp`]n H¶p S«n. Mm³ ASp s{l²n¨p F¦n`pw ssNfp«v Aks^ S«msS fmän bnXn¨m\v Wn¶Sv. “”””B^m\mtkm lm´n¡m^³?” tImUn¨p sNm*v emhp^ Fsâ tSman bnXn¨v, CXkjn]nt`¡v F¯n tWm¡n. AkÀ fp¶nt`¡v Bªt¸mÄ Fsâ ssNfp«v Ak^psX sNmjp¯ fp`]n Bjv–¶fÀ¶p. FWn¡v H^p ^hw Hs¡ tSm¶n. Mm³ A§sW Ss¶ ssN sk¨p Wn¶p. AkÀ ssWän¡pÅn {dm C«n«p*v F¶v ssNfp«v AfÀ¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ A_n]m¯ tbms` Fsâ ssNfp«v Ak^psX fp`]n AfÀ¯n bSps¡ D^¨p sNm*p Wn¶p. Ak^psX fpOw Nm\m³ Njn]p¶nà F¦n`pw AkÀ ASv NqXpS AfÀ¯p¶SÃmsS fm_n Wn¡p¶nà F¶pÅSv FWn¡v ssV^yw B]n. Mm³ Fsâ ssNfp«v I`n¸n¨v Ak^psX ^*p fp` I¡NapsX]pw CX]nt`¡v Sn^pNn. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CSn NqXpS Fs´¦n`pw sI¿m³ ssV^yw D*m]nÃ. A½ AXp¯p*tÃm.
tQmg]m{S tbm]n Njnªt¸mÄ AkÀ AknsX Wn¶pw fm_n. Ak^psX fpO¯p {btSN emkw H¶pw N*nÃ. In`t¸mÄ AkÀ¡v H¶pw tSm¶n Nm\nÃ.
Mm³ fp*pw gÀ«pw C«p bp_t¯¡n_§n. bmÀ«n Hmcohn tbm]n Nrgvt\«sW N*p. bpÅn¡v k`n] ht´mgw B]n Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ. Nps_ tW^w hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. emÀ¤kWv tI«tWmsXm¸w tIÀ¶v Mm³ knSp^]n SpX§m³ tbmNp¶ cmÀfnsâ Nm^yw b_ªt¸mÄ Nrgv–t\«³ H^p sI¡v FjpSn H¸n«v FWn¡v S¶p. H^p `£w ^qb. b\w Bkly¯nWv N¿n Ds*¶pw, b©m]¯ns` t`m\v DX³ Nn«pw F¶pw Hs¡ b_ªp Mm³ ASp Wn^hn¡m³ s{lfn¨p. bs£ hvtWibqÀÆw DÅ Nrgvt\«sW WnÀdÔ¯nWp kjt§*n k¶p HXpknÂ.
ko«n F¯n]t¸mÄ F«p f\n Njnªn^p¶p. A½]pw emhp^ G«¯n]pw ho^n] Nm\pN]m\v. A½ thmc]n C^n¡p¶p. tI«¯n S_]n Nm`p Wo«n C^p¶v ssWän fp«nWp fpNan N]än sk¨v NmÂfp«nWv Npj¼p tS]v¡pN]m\v.
“”””Nm`nWv F´p bän?” Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”””ASn¶s` ^m{Sn Mm³ Npanfp_n]n tbm]t¸mÄ Nms`m¶v sS¶n. fp«nXn¨p ko\p. At¶^w Npj¸w H¶pw CÃm]n^p¶p. Cs¸m H^p tkUW tbms`. Nm^yfm]n H¶pw CÃXm” emhp^ b_ªp. Mm³ Akt^msXm¸w S_]n C^p¶p. “”””hq£n¡t*?.. Mm³ tS¨p S^mw”
“”””CkÄ¡v Ft¸mjpw bm¨n AsÃ?” A½ b_ªp
Mm³ Xokn]n tWm¡n C^p¶p sNm*v N¿n Npjs¼Xp¯p. Fsâ k`Sp ssN b¯n Mm³ Ak^psX Nm fp«n sk¨v k«¯n Djnªp. AkÀ Xokn]n Ss¶ tWm¡n C^p¶p. Ak^psX D^p* N\wNm`pNÄ N*t¸mÄ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n H^p S^n¸v. fp«nWp sSm«p fpNan ks^ fm{Stf Nm\m³ Njn]p¶pÅq. Mm³ A_n]m¯ emk¯nÂ, SXkp¶SnWnsX Fsâ CXSp ssN ssWän¡p fpNan NqXn Ak^psX SpX]n sfsà bnXn¨p. sNmjp¯ k®fpÅ SpXNÄ. CX¡nsX AfÀ¯n Sn^p½pt¼mÄ Mm³ Fsâ CXSp ssN¸¯n knXÀ¯n Ak^psX SpX]n AfÀ¯n bnXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkÀ ASv s{l²n¡p¶nà F¶p tSm¶n. A½t]mXv hwhm^n¡p¶p*v CX]nÂ. Mm³ BUyfm]n Aà emhp^ tI«¯n]psX Nm`p SXkn sNmXp¡p¶Sv. ASnWm A½]v¡pw CSn H¶pw {btSyNfm]n tSm¶n]nÃ.
fimÛpSw tbms` At¶^w H^p CXnfn¶Â sk«n. N_*v tbm]n.
“”””Hmiv N_*v tbm]n. emhpt^.. Wo]m sfjpNpSn^n H¶p N¯nt¨” ‘A½ b_ªp.
“”””tk* tI¨o… N_*nt¸m k^pw” Fjpt¶Â¡m³ SpX§n] emhp^]psX SpX]n sWän¡p fpNan NqXn AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p sNm*v– Mm³ b_ªp. ”A½ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^p«¯v Fjpt¶Â¡*. thmc]n Ss¶ NnXt¶maq. Wfp¡v hwhm^n¨n^n¡mt`m”
“”””AsS]sS.. tI¨n NnXt¶m.” emhp^]pw A§sW b_ªSv Fs¶ sI_pSm]n H¶p ht´mgn¸n¨p F¦n`pw, ASp Mm³ {bSo£n¡p¶Sp tbms` Ss¶ Bt\m Fs¶m^p hwl]w D*v.
‘A½ thmc]n Ss¶ NnX¶p. D½_¯v N¯n¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶ Wn` kna¡nsâ tW^n] {bNmlw M§apsX fp_n]nt`¡v F¯p¶p*v. H^p A^* skan¨w.
FWn¡v emhp^ tI«¯ns] Nan¡\w Fs¶m¶pw CÃ. sk_psS H^p ^hw. Cu]nsX B]n FWn¡v CSnsWms¡ e]¦^ ssV^yw B\v. Mm³ sfsà Fsâ Djn¨n Ak^psX SpX]nt`¡v D]À¯n. ssWä]v¡pÅnt`¡p Fsâ k`Sp ssN sS¶n Wo§n. ASnWWph^n¨v f_pN¿m Ak^psX ssWän D]À¯ns¡m*n^p¶p. A½t]mXv hwhm^n¨p sNm*m\v Mm³ CSv sI]vSSv. emhp^ SXÊw H¶pw Nm\n¡p¶nÃ. Mm³ Ak^psX ssWän bns¶]pw sbm¡n sk¨p. ASnWp tlgw Mm³ ^*p SpXNapw SXkm³ SpX§n. sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ Mm³ Np_¨v AN¯n sk¨v Ak^psX DÄSpX]n ssN sk¨p. emhp^ lzmhw FXp¡p¶Sv FWn¡nt¸mÄ tNÄ¡mw. Ak^psX SpXNÄ fp¡m`pw WPvWw B\v. A^* skan¨¯n`pw B SpXNapsX sk×]pw sNmjp¸pw FWn¡v Nm\mw. Fsâ ssN sfsà Ak^psX bq_nt`¡v sS¶n Wo§n]t¸mÄ AkÀ Nm`pNÄ tIÀ¯X¨p. Fsâ ssN Ak^psX SpXNÄ¡pÅn`m\v. Mm³ d`fm]n SpXNÄ bnXn¨N¯n. sbs«¶v N_*v k¶p. emhp^ sMmXn]nX]n ssWän Smjv¯n C«p. Mm³ Ak^psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]nÃ. Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. “”””Xm tfmsW.. Wo Njn¡p¶ntÔ ‘A½ tImUn¨p. “”””Mm³ Nrgvt\«sâ NqsX Njn¨p” Mm³ fp_n]n F¯n N«n`n NnX¶p. tk*m]n^p¶p. AkÀ F´p knIm^n¨p Nm\pw. tfmlfm]nt¸m]n. Sn^nsN tbm]n«p tk\w H¶p sl^n¡pw Nan¡m³. tfma½s]]pw tlmes]]pw HmÀ¯t¸mÄ Ss¶ Np® sbm§m³ SpX§n. Mm³ s{ZÊv fm_n NnX¶v D_§n.
D\À¶t¸mÄ f\n 7. I¯ D_¡w B]n^p¶p. H^p hzbvWw tbm`pw N*nÃ. dmSv–_qfn N]_n bsÃms¡ tS¨v Smsj sI¶p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A½s] AknsX§pw Nm\mWnÃ. AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶t¸mÄ emhp^ tI«¯n AknsX C^p¶v H^p I¡ sk«pN]m\v. ^mknt` Wà N\n. H^p sI_n] b`N]n B\v C^n¸v. Nm`v Nk¨p sk¨v ssWän SpX]psX bNpSn ks^ N]än sk¨n«p*v. Mm³ Ak^psX fp¶n sI¶v H^p Ìqan C^p¶p. `p¦n fm{Stf DXp¯n^p¶pÅq.
“”””F¶m tI«¯n ^mkns` I¡s]ms¡ B]n?”
AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”””k^n¡ I¡]mXm… A`pk D*m¡n WnW¡p S^m³ b_ªp Wnsâ ‘A½”
“”””‘A½ FknsX?”
“”””A¼`¯n tbm]n”
Hmtim…As¸m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B^pw CÃ.
Mm³ sfsà b_ªp “”””A`pkmt]¡mÄ FWn¡v Cãw sIma Sn¶p¶Sm..” AkÀ Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n. ko*pw I¡¨pa C_ps¯Xp¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n Ak^psX fp¶n Np¯n C^p¶p. “”””sIma Sm tI«¯n…””
“”Wo FXpt¯m” AkÀ I¡ C_p¯p sk¨ t¹äv Iq*n b_ªp.
Mm³ Nm`pNÄ H¶pNqXn AN¯n C^p¶v H^p I¡ Ipa FXp¯p Sn¶m³ SpX§n. Fsâ bmSn N¼n B]n Sq§n NnX¡p¶ Np® AkÀ¡v Nm\m³ bmN¯nWm\v Mm³ C^p¶Sv.
sbm`]mXn tWm¡p¶p*v.
“”””tI«¯n¡v bjw tkt\m?”
Fsâ tImUyw tN«v sM«n AkÀ Fsâ fpO¯p tWm¡n. AXp¡a]n sN«n Sq¡n]n^p¶ bj¡p`]nt`¡v Mm³ N®p Nm\n¨p. “”””Hmiv!”… “”FWn¡v tk*”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv ASn Wn¶pw H^p bjw C_p¯p Sn¶p.
Nm^y§Ä¡v– H^p fqkv–sfâv Nn«p¶nÃ. F´p sI¿mWm.
Mm³ Ak^psX bn¶n Wn¶v sNm*v Ak^psX kn^nª sW]v sNmSw tWm¡n Np® H¶pjnªp. AXp¡a]n H^p bj] A`fm^ C^n¸p*v. bm{S§sams¡ sk¨p Wn_¨n^n¡p¶p. Sp_¶ A`fm^ B\v ASnWp kmSn CÃ. Mm³ ASp tWm¡n D¨¯n b_ªp.
“”””tI«¯o… tU B A`fm^n¡pÅn Ft´m AW§p¶p*v”
“”””F¶SmXm.. sNm¨p bnÅms^ tbms` No_ps¶? bmäs]m bÃnt]m B]n^n¡pw”
“”””Hm bns¶… km`v Mm³ N*Sm… tI«¯n H¶p tWm¡nt]… kà bmt¼m ftäm …””
AkÀ ImXn Fjpt¶äp. A`fm^n¡Xp¯p sI¶v ASnWNt¯¡p tWm¡n. ssWän SpX]psX bNpSn ks^ sbm¡n A^]n Ipän]n^n¡]m\v. ASkÀ Ajn¨n«nÃ. Mm³ bn¶n Wn¶pw B sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ tWm¡n Wn¶p.
“”””FknsX]m Wo AW¡w N*Sv?” A`fm^¡v fq¶v k`n] S«pNÄ B\v
“”””fpNan`s¯ S«n” F¶pw b_ªp Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v tIÀ¶p Wn¶p. “”””tI«¯n, hq£n¡t\”
Fsâ `p¦n¡pÅn N¼n]m] Np® Mm³ Ak^psX ssWän¡p fpNan NqXn sNmSIm`n tIÀ¯p. Ak^psX Spap¼p¶ A^s¡«n H^p ssN sk¨v bnXn¨v Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯p. AkÀ A§sW Ss¶ Wn¶p. Hms^m bm{S§am]n A`fm^]n Wn¶pw FXp¯p. Mm³ hq£n¡t\ Fs¶ms¡ sk_psS b_ªp Fsâ ssN sNm*v sfsà Ak^psX ssWän bn¶n Wn¶pw fpNant`¡v Np_¨p NqXn D]À¯n. Fsâ Np® Ak^psX ssWän Np¯n NqSn Im`nt`¡v– C_¡n Wn¶p. fpjp¯ D^p* d`fpÅ I´nNÄ! Fs´m^p hpOw C§sW Wn¡m³.
“”””CknsX H¶pw CsÃXm. WnW¡p tSm¶n]Sm]n^n¡pw”
“”””Aà tI«¯n… sU AknsXms¡ H¶p tWm¡nt]..”
AkÀ A_n]m¯Sp tbms` WXn¡pN]ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Fsâ A^s¡«v AW¡n Ak^psX IqXpÅ sW]v sNmS Im`n Np® D^]v¡m³ SpX§n. ssWän Np_¨p NqXn sbm¡n.
Ct¸mÄ emhp^ sbm`]mXn]psX I¡ sNmS¯nsâ bNpSn fm{Stf B ssWän f_]v¡p¶pÅq. Mm³ Ak^psX CXp¸n C^p¶ Fsâ ssN sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNant`¡v C_¡n AÅn bnXn¨p. CSnWnX]n M§Ä ^*p tb^pw AknsX A`fm^]n DÅ hm¦ÂbnN Kokns] Np_n¨v b^hvb^ dÔw CÃmsS Fs´ms¡t]m b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
Mm³ Fsâ fX¡n Np¯n] `p¦n]psX fp³emPw A^s¡«nt`¡v Ip^p«n N]än, Fsâ Np® emhp^]psX sNmSIm`n`qsX ssWä]v¡pÅnt`¡p NX¯n. Fsâ ssN Ak^psX sNmjp¯ SpXs] Ipän fp¶n F¯n Ak^psX bq_nsâ sSm«Xp¯v Mm³ DÄSpX]n Fsâ ssN sk¨p.
“”””CknsX Nm\p¶nà Xm.. DÅnt`¡v tWm¡s«” F¶p b_ªp emhp^ Smsj DÅ S«nt`¡v tWm¡m³ NpWnªp.
NpWn]p¶SnWp fp³bv Nm`pNÄ Np_¨v AN¯n, sNmSw bn¶n DÅ Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v bnaÀ¯n AfÀ¯n bnXn¡m³ AkÀ f_¶nÃ. Mm³ Ak^psX ssWän sfm¯fm]pw sbm¡n A^s¡«n F¯n¨p. B fpjp¯ I¡ sNmS¯nÂ, bnaÀ¶ I´n bmanNÄ¡nX]n C^p¶p kn§p¶ Fsâ Np®s] Mm³ Ahq]t]msX tWm¡n. NpWnªp Wn¶p bm{S§Ä¡nX]n tWm¡p¶ B Nj¸n SÅ Ak^psX BW sNmSw Fsâ Np®]n C«v D^]v¡p¶p*v. Mm³ A¸w bn¶nt`¡v fm_n Fsâ Np® fNpXw Ak^psX bq_nsâ km]n fp«n¨p. “”””Biviv…””
“”F´p bän tI«¯n…?”
AkÀ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. bs£ A^s¡«v Ca¡n D^¨p.
“”””tI«¯o…” Mm³ knan¨p.
“”””tI«¯n H¶p fp«p Np¯n Wnt¶…””
“”F´nWm hpWnNp«m…””
“”F´nWms\¶v WnW¡_n]nsÃXo Nj¸n bq_o..”
BkÀ sbs«¶v Sn^nªv Fs¶ km^n bp\À¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX Nknan bnXn¨v AfÀ¯n km] Sp_¶v Ak^psX km]v¡pÅnt`¡v Fsâ Wmkp N]än Ipjän. emhp^ Fsâ Np® bnXn¨pjnªp. Mm³ AkÀ DXp¯n^p¶ ssWän S`kjn Du^n fmän. {dm]pw Ajns¨Xp¯p. Wn_ªp Spap¼n Sq§n NnX¡p¶ f¯§m fpjp¸pÅ fp`NÄ. Mm³ ASnt`¡v fpOw bqjv¯n sM«pNÄ NXn¨p k`n¨p… “”imiviv… hpWnNp«m.. k`n¨p NpXns¡Xm… sbm¶p tfmsW… NXn¨p k`nt¡Xm…””
Mm³ B k³ fp`NÄ ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw Sm§n, Nl¡n Npj¨p.
emhp^s] Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* I´nNan Mm³ fm_n fm_n AXn¨p. “”””Fs´m^p k`n] sNmSfmXo fpSp bq_n Nq¯n¨n WnW¡v..”
“”””tI«¯ns] sS_n b_]tSXm hpWnNp«m…””
Mm³ Ak^psX I´n]n sbmÅp¶ H^Xn NqXn sNmXp¯p “”””BDuiiv…””
“”NpWnªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wns¡Xn” AXp¡a]n NnX¶ sI_n] thmc]n ssN Du¶n AkÀ NpWnªp Wn¶p. Mm³ Ak^psX CXSp SpX]n Sm§n bnXn¨p D]À¯n sk¨v, sbmanª bqänt`¡v Fsâ Np® AXn¨p N]än. Ak^psX fp`Napw ImXn] k]_pw Sq§n BXn. Fsâ Np®]psX Hmt^m AXn¡pw emhp^]psX sW]v sNmSw Hmaw sk«n.
“”””imiviv… hpWnNp«m… im… F{S Wmam]n… im … Mm³ sNmSn¡p¶ Np®]mXm Wnsâ… iviviv… BªXnt¡Xm…
Mm³ WnÀ¯msS AXn¨p…CX]v¡v NpWnªp Mm³ Ak^psX fpSpNn NXn¨p… “”imiviv.. Np«m… C§sW Hä¡m`n Wn¶p b®m³ Fs´m^p hpOfm Xm… AXn¡v AXn¨p N]äXm…iviviB.. At½…””
“”tI«¯o FWn¡v k^p.. k^p¶p..”
“”””Hjnt¡Xm tfmsW.. fpjpkWpw tI«¯n]psX ANs¯mjn¡v…””
“”Biviv…”” Fsâ Np®¸m Ak^psX fpSp bqänt`¡v Ioän. AkÀ thmc]nt`¡n^p¶p. Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.
Fsâ NnS¸v AX§n]n^p¶nÃ… lzmhw.. lzmhw…

SpX^pw