Njnª ^m{Sn Ft¸mÄ D_§ns]t¶m F§sW D_§ns]t¶m H^p HmÀ½]pw CÃ. tfma½ H^p Pvamhv Im]]pw sNm*v k¶v D\À¯n. Fjpt¶Â¡pt¼mÄ ko«n tf^n¡p«n]pw Wn½n]pw CÃ. AkÀ skap¸nsW Ss¶ tbms]¶v b_ªp. f\n H¼Smkp¶p. Mm³ sbs«¶v Im]]pw NpXn¨v Fsâ ko«nt`¡v tbm]n. Npan]pw tSkm^kpw Hs¡ Njnªp b©m]¯n tbmNmWm]n bp_t¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ emÀ¤k³ tI«³ Fsâ fpä¯p*v. Npan¨p tgkv Hs¡ sI]vSp Np«¸³ B]n«p*v. fpO¯p Wmjn bm`v NpXn¨ ht´mgw. ht´mgn¡m³ Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw Hmt^m Nm^\§Ä B\tÃm… fq¸nÂhnWv k]Êmw Nm`¯v Wn½ns] tbms`m^p Nnap´p I^¡nsâ bqän SnfrSv BXm³ Nn«n] Akh^w AsÃ. bpÅn Fsâm¸w b©m]¯nt`¡v tbmNm³ k¶Sm\v. C¶m\tÃm cmÀfnsâ b\n¡pÅ BUys¯ sI¡v Nn«p¶Sv. M§Ä ssd¡n b©m]¯nt`¡v tbm]n. D¨t]msX sI¡v Nn«n. H¶^ `£w. sSmjpSnsâ]pw Im\N Npjn]psX]pw Hs¡ b\n bqÀ¯n]mNpt¼mÄ AXp¯ sI¡v Nn«pw. Mm³ Ss¶ dm¦n bpÅnt]msXm¸w tbm]n sI¡v fm_n.
“”””ssbh hm_nsâ N¿n Ss¶ C^n¡s«” A]mÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp
“”””tI«³ Ss¶ hq£n¨m fSn.”
“”””Aà hmt_. hm_v skt¨t^. CWn]nt¸m b\ns]ms¡ hm_nsâ tfÂtWm«¯n AsÃ. ASpfÃ, M§sX koXnWv A{S AX¨p_s¸m¶pw CÃtÃm. tfma½]pw Ft¶mXv b_ªp ssbh hm_nsW G¸n¡m³.”
Mm³ b\w km§n Fsâ dmPn C«p. C¶v skÅn]mjvI]m\v. ^*p Unkhw AkVn. ASnWpÅn Nps_ Nm^y§Ä SoÀ¸m¡\w. bns¶ b©m]¯nt`¡v tbm]nÃ. hf]w Na]msS dm_n N]_n ^*p WnÂb³ AXn¨n«v M§Ä ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. tlme]pw eÀ¯mkpw k¶n«p*v. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ tlme]psX N®pNÄ Sna§n. tlme]psX eÀ¯mkv f\n]sW BUyfm]m\v Nm\p¶Sv. Np_¨p tW^w A]mtamXv hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. bpÅn¡v Cs¸m Ss¶ tbm\w. Sn^psWÂtk`n]nt`¡v sNm*p tbmNm³ DÅ I^¡v t`m_n t`mZv sI]vSn«m\v k^p¶Sv. Wmg\ sbÀfnäv H^p bm*n t`m_n ASm\v koXnWp bp_¯p t_mZn N*Sv. M§Ä cmfnsâ Nm^ysfms¡ b_ªt¸mÄ f\n]³ emÀ¤k³ tI«tWmXv b_ªp. “”””Aant]m… sSmjpSnsâ b\n WX¡s«… Aan]³ Ft¶msXm¸w k^pkms\¦n Wfp¡v Sn^psWÂtk`n fm«v I´]n Wn¶pw Wà D{P³ ^*p blp¡sa Nt¿msX km§n k^mw. Wà `mefm AknsX. FWn¡_n]mkp¶ N¨kX¡m^pw D*v. bns¶ t`m_n]pw Sn^nsN Nm`n]Xn¨tà k^p¶Sv”
AsSm^p Wà b^nbmXn B]n FWn¡pw tSm¶n. F´m]m`pw Wmt`m At©m blp¡sa km§\w. Ct¸mÄ b©m]¯n Wn¶p Nn«n] H¶^]pw Wm«n sI¶t¸mÄ Nrgv–t\«³ S¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p `£kpw bns¶ Fsâ A¡u*n GNtUlw fq¶^ `£w ^qb]pw D*v. AXp¯ sI¡v Nn«p¶Sv ks^ Nm¯n^nt¡* Nm^yw H¶pw CÃ.
Aan]tWmsXm¸w tbmNm³ emÀ¤k³ tI«³ h½Sn¨p. Mm³ dmPn Wn¶pw NmslXp¯p sNmXp¯p.
“”””CSv F{S]p*v?” f\n]³ tImUn¨p
“”””H¶^.” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””C{S]pw tk* hmt_. AknXp¶v Wfp¡v fq¶p blp¡sa km§n]m fSn. hm_v Aan]sâ N¿n H^p…. F\vbSv ^qb sNmXpt¯s^. ASp fSn”
“”””SnNªnsænt`m?” FWn¡v hwl]w
“”””ASp fSn hmt_. fqs¶®w Nn«pw D_¸m]pw. Mm³ Pm^*n”
A§sW Nm^y§Ä GNtUlw So^pfmWn¨p. emÀ¤k³ tI«Wpw f\n]®Wpw ]m{S]m]n. AN¶p tbmNp¶ bm*n t`m_n tWm¡n MmWpw tfma½]pw tlme]pw fpä¯p Wn¶p. ko«n CWn ^*p Unkht¯¡v….

….«³ZXmRv —- ( . )( . )
MmWpw Fsâ sfmS`pNapw fm{Sw— ZdnÄ«n¦m — Mm³ b®n b®n Imkpw.

M§apsX fWÊn fm`¸X¡w tbms` `Íp sbm«n. M§Ä b^hvb^w tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v ANt¯¡v WX¶p.
ANt¯¡v N]_n] bmsX tlme Fs¶ Ipän k^nªp bnXn¨p. “”””F{S Wmams]Xm…””
MmWpw tlmes] N*t¸mÄ fpS Cu Wnfng¯nWp Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Ak^psX hm^n¡pÅn Spap¼p¶ sNmSw Mm³ bnXn¨p Npj¨psNm*v– Fsâ tUit¯¡v tIÀ¯p WnÀ¯n. Np¸nka]n« ssNNÄ Fsâ Njp¯n Ipän, tlme AkapsX tIm^ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Ip*nt`¡v tIÀ¯p.
CsSms¡ tWm¡n Wn¶ tfma½ tlmet]mXv b_ªp. “”””sk{bmaw Nm\n¡msSXo. Ak³ CknsX Ss¶ CtÃ. CWn ^*p Unkhw WnW¡v AksW Sn¶qsX?”
tlme Fsâ fpO¯p Wn¶pw Ns®Xp¡msS tfma½t]mXv b_ªp, “”””tI¨n CknsX DÅt¸mÄ FWn¡v CksW Sn¶m³ Nn«n] tbms` Ss¶.”
“”””Hm… W½Ä BÀ¡pw H^p l`y¯nWpw k^p¶ntÃ]v…”” Sn^nªp WX¡m³ SpX§n] tfma½]psX ssN¯*]n Mm³ bnXn¨v Aks^]pw M§ant`¡v AXp¸n¨p. NqXn tIÀ¶n^p¶ M§apsX Ip*pNant`¡v tfma½]psX fpOw Mm³ bnXn¨p tIÀ¯p…
Fsâ ^*p fUm`h Nj¸nNapsX]pw tIm^ Ip*pNÄ Mm³ H^pfn¨p Wp\ªp. M§Ä fq¶p tb^psX]pw tIÀs¶m«n] Ip*pNÄ b^hvb^w {em´fm]n Wp\ªp. Mm³ Wmkv– bp_t¯¡v Wo«n]t¸mÄ tlme]pw tfma½]pw Ak^psX WmkpNÄ sNm*v Fsâ DfnWoÀ W¡n NpXn¨p. Fsâ H^p ssN tfma½]psX sNmjp¯p^p* I¡ sNmS¯n`pw f_pssN tlme]psX koÀ¯p Spap¼p¶ sNmS¯n`pw Djnªp Npj¨p sNm*n^p¶p. tfma½]psX sNmS¯nsâ D_¸pw d`kpw tlme]psX I´n¡nÃ… skÅw Wn_¨ d`q\pNÄ tbms` Hmt^m bnXn¯¯n`pw Spap¼p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv frUp`fm] I´n bmanNÄ. M§apsX Wm¡pNÄ bm¼pNsa tbms` sN«n bn\ªp. tfma½]psX ssNNÄ Fsâ bmâhnWpÅn kn§n sbm«n Wn¡p¶ Np®s] bnXn¨p Npj¨p. KoknS¯n BUyfm]m\v Mm³ Cu {SntNm\ Wmkq¼Â WX¯p¶Sv. tfma½]pw tlme]pw fÕ^n¨p Ip*pNÄ Cu¼n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. Mm³ Ak^psX]pw. F{S tW^w M§Ä CSp sI]vSp F¶_n]nÃ. bnXn kn«p fm_pt¼mÄ M§Ä b^hvb^w tWm¡n Wn¶p NnS]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

Mm³ Aks^ ^*p tbs^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n. Nj¸naNn] H^p fUm`h `p¡v B\v tfma½]vs¡¦n sFlz^yw Spap¼p¶ fpO{lo]m\v tlme]v¡v. Cus]m^p kySymhw AkÀ ^*p tb^psX]pw emk§an`pw kas^ {bNXfm\v.

tfma½ FWns¡m^p `p¦n FXp¯p S¶v AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ bmâvhpw A*Àsk]_pw fmän `p¦n DXp¯p tlmes]]pw Nq«n AXp¡a]n F¯pt¼mÄ tfma½ Im]]v¡v skÅw Sna¸n¡pN]m\v. fpO¯v H^p ¾mWS. Mm³ tlmet]mXv Sm¸^yw Nm\n¡p¶Sv tfma½]v¡v kngfw D*m¡p¶p*v. MmWpw tfma½]pw S½n fmWhnNfm]n kas^ AXp¯n^p¶p Cu Unkh§Ä¡pÅnÂ. b`Spw b_]msS Ss¶ fWÊn`m¡m³ M§Ä¡v b^hvb^w Njn]p¶p*v. tfma½s] tbms`m^p fqtl« hzemk¡m^n¡p fWÊn kngfw tSm¶pN F¶p b_]p¶Sv Ss¶ H^p AÛpSfm\v. Mm³ tfma½]psX bn¶n sI¶v, Ak^psX tSmapNan ssN sk¨v Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯p. bn¶n NqXn Ak^psX Nknan NknÄ tIÀ¯p Mm³ tImUn¨p “”””F´p bän Fsâ sb®nWv?” H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. H^p sI_p In^n fm{Sw. tlme M§sa tWm¡n sd©n C^p¶p. “”””b_s]Xn… F´p bän sbs«¶v?”
“”””H¶pà Xm” tfma½ b_ªp “”””Wo AknsX tbm]n^n. Mm³ Im] S^mw”
Mm³ fm_n]nÃ. `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn Ak^psX sNmS¨m`n Np® tIÀ¯p Mm³ Wn¶p. Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯ns¡m*v tfma½]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. sbs«¶v Ss¶ N®p Sn^p½n AkÀ b_ªp, “”””sim! sbmN]Xn¨p N®p Wo_p¶p. Wos]m¶p fm_n Wnt¶. tbm]n tlme]psX AXp¯n^n.”
Fsâ fWÊv sbmÅn. BUyfm]m\v tfma½]psX N®p Wn_]p¶Spw lÐw kn_]v¡p¶Spw. Mm³ tlme]psX AXpt¯¡n^p¶p. tfma½ H^p d¡äpw FXp¯p Nn\_nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
“”””tI¨n¡v Wns¶ k`n] CãfmXm” tlme b_ªp. “”””tI¨n ASp b_]m¯Sm. Wo Fs¶ sSmXp¶Sv Aà tI¨n¡v {blvWw. Wnsâ fWÊn Ft¶mXv hvtWiw tSm¶p¶Sm”
“”””FWn¡_n]mw”
“”””tfma½ tI¨ns] Wo kngfn¸n¡^pSv. Fs¶ tbms` AÃ AkÀ. tI¨n Bs^]pw hvtWin¨n«nÃ. FÃm B\p§tamXpw bpÑw fm{Sw B\v. WnW¡v Mm³ b_]p¶Sv fWÊn`mkp¶pt*m?”
Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fqan. F¶n«v Mm³ Fjpt¶äv Nn\än³ N^]nt`¡v WX¶p. tfma½s] Ct¸mÄ Mm³ hfmVmWn¸n¡m³ s{lfn¨m ASp NqXpS kgamkpNs] DÅp. Mm³ sI¶v Nn\än Im^n Wn¶p tfma½s] tWm¡n. t`lw NpWnªp Wn¶v skÅw sNm^pt¼mÄ Hmt^m k`n¡pw B sNmjp¯p^p* I´nNÄ BXp¶Sv– Nm\m³ Ss¶ H^p AjNm. »uhnWpÅn {dm CÃmsS koÀ¸p fp«p¶ fpjp¯ fp`NÄ. sSanªp Nm\p¶ fp`¡m¼pNÄ. Akt^mXpÅ Fsâ Nmfw H^n¡`pw So^nà F¶p tSm¶p¶p. BUyw N*t¸mÄ D*m]n^p¶ AtS sNmSnt]msX Ss¶]m\v Mm³ Aks^ C¶pw tWm¡p¶Sv. H^p bj] »uhv B\v C«n^n¡p¶Sv. S¿`pNÄ AknXknsX kn«p SpX§n.

A´^o£w H¶p `QqN^n¡pkmWpw kng]w fmäpkmWpw Mm³ tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p. “”””tI¨n]psX »uhv Hs¡ bj]Sm]tÃm.”
“”””B… bj]Sm]n. ^s*®w Wo k`n¨p Nos_w sI]vSntÃ?” tfma½ In^n¨p. At¸mjm\v Mm³ Nan¡nX]n k`n¨p No_n] tfma½]psX »uhnsâ Nm^yw HmÀ¯Sv. MmWpw In^n¨p. “”””tks_ bpSn]Sv S]v¸n¡^ptSm?”
tfma½ b_ªp, “”””Sp\n km§n sk¨n«v Nm`w Nps_ B]n. S]v¸n¡m³ sNm*p sNmXp¡m³ bän]nÃ. S¿mÄ¡m^sâ koXv Np_¨p Uqs^]m. k]`v NX¶v Nps_ WX¶p tbm\w. MmW§p fXn¨p.”
“”””Wfp¡v Cs¸m tbm]mt`m? Wfp¡v tbm]n«p k^mw . tlme CknsX Wn¡s«”
skÅw sNm^p¶Sv WnÀ¯n tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n. “”””FXm, Wo Cs¸m CSp b_ªSv F´nWm Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. Wo tlmes] Nan¡p¶SnWv FWn¡v H^p FSnÀ¸pw CÃ. Wo Fs¶ kn«p tbmknà F¶v– FWn¡v Mm³ FXp¡p¶ lzmht¯¡mÄ knlzmhw D*v. Wo kngfn¡msSXm. Wo Fsâ sI¡³ AtÃ? F´m]m`pw Wo b_ªSp sl^n]m. DXp¸v S]v¡\w. FkntX`pw tbmNpkmt\ CXm³ Wà tkgw tkt*? Wfp¡v tbm]n«p k^mw. tlmet]w Nq«mw. AkÄ¡pw ht´mgw BNpw. Wfp¡v H^pfn¨v H^p WX¸pw BkpftÃm. Nan Wfp¡v ^m{Sn SNÀ¡mXm-!”

Mm³ tfma½s] sN«n¸nXn¨v H^p D½ sNmXp¯p. tfma½]pw tlme]pw Npans¨m^p§n k¶t¸mÄ koXpw bq«n M§Ä fq¶p tb^pw C_§n. tlme]pw tfma½]pw `p¦n]pw »uhpw B\v tkgw. sW©¯qsX tSmÀ¯n«v Akapfm^psX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ f_¨n«p*v. Mm³ `p¦n]pw XogÀ«pw. sK«n CXm³ sfWs¡«nÃ. koXnWp bp_Nn DÅ CXkjns] tbm]m bmXw B]n. bmXk^¼¯qsX M§Ä Hs^m¶p b_ªp WX¶p. At¸mÄ fp¶n Wn¶pw H^p fWpgy³ em^ys]]pw Nq«n M§Ä¡v FSns^ WX¶p k^p¶Sv N*p. H^Xn fm{Sw koSn]pÅ k^¼¯p NqXn A]mÄ¡v M§sa NX¶p tbmkpN {b]mhw B\v. fj¡m`w B]Sp sNm*v bmXw skÅkpw sIan]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn_ªp NnX¡pN]m\v. B fWpgy³ Bs\¦n skÅ fp*pw gÀ«pw V^n¨v b«p hm^n DXp¯ em^ys] Nq«n B\v k^p¶Sv. tkgkpw b{Smhpw Hs¡ N*n«v GtSm N`ym\¯nWv tbmkp¶ tbm`p*v. fp¶n tlme, tlme]v¡v bn¶n tfma½, Gäkpw HXpkn Mm³. C§sW]m\v M§apsX WX¸v. “”””CknXps¯ hv–Nqans` fmgm B k^p¶Sv. WnW¡_n]mtfm?” tfma½ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. Mm³ b^nI]w Cà F¶p b_ªt¸mÄ tfma½ b_ªp, NqsX DÅSv A]mapsX em^y.” Mm³ tWm¡n. sl^n]m… N*m Ss¶ A_n]mw Bsam^p fmgms\¶v. Nªn fp¡n tS¨p kXn]m¡n sk¨ fp*pw gÀ«pw. ^w^mKnWv h`yq«v !

bn¶n k^p¶ hv{So, fpOw N*m Ss¶ A_n]mw GtSm Wà S_km«n bn_¶ AX¡kpw HSp¡kpw AWph^\]pw DÅ H^p D¶SsNmSKm`… thm_n… D¶SNp`KmS]m] ko«½.
Aks^ hwdÔn¨nXt¯maw tfma½]pw tlme]pw Hs¡ sk_pw AVxNrSÀ… t`m¡Âhv. AXpt¯¡v F¯n]t¸mÄ B fWpgy³ tlmes] tWm¡n b_ªp, “”””kjn fm_q…”” fimWpw bSvWn¡pw tbmNm³ tlme]pw ASnWp tlgw M§apw k^¼n Wn¶pw bmXs¯ tI_nt`¡v C_§n Wn¶p sNmXp¡\w F¶Sm\v B b_ªSnsâ sbm^pÄ.
tlme C_§m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ tfma½ b_ªp. “”””AsS¶m GÀ¸mXm fmsg… M§Ä F´nWm Nm`n sIan]m¡p¶Sv? FXn tlmte… Wo H¶v HSp§n Wn¶p sNmXp¯m fSn. hm_nWv Wns¶ NX¶n§p tbm^mftÃm.”
CSpw b_ªp tfma½ Fs¶ Sn^nªp tWm¡n N®n_p¡n. H^mÄ¡v Nãn¨p tbmNmkp¶ koSns] DÅp k^¼nWv. fmgv Np_¨p Nãs¸Xpw. tlme H^p klw I^nªp Wn¶psNmXp¯p. k^¼pw NX¶p SÅn Wn¸p*v tlme]psX fp`NÄ. ASn S«msS fmgnWv tlmes] NX¶p k^m³ Njn]nÃ. bS_n Wn¶ fmgnsW tWm¡n tfma½ b_ªp. “”””fmsg, fp*p fX¡n Np¯nt¡m. F¶n«v Nm`p Nk¨v H^p Nm C¸p_t¯m«p Np¯n]m fSn.”

CaneySt]msX]pw sk_pt¸msX]pw A]mÄ fp*p fX¡n Np¯n. tfma½]psX kÀ¯fmWw tN« fmgnsâ em^y]psX fpOw tUgyw sNm*p Ipk¶p.

A]mÄ tlmes] NX¡mWm]n H^p Nm tlme]v¡v C¸p_w sk¨p. tlme]psX koÀ¯p SÅn] fp`Nan sSmXmsS C¸p_w k^m³ A]mÄ¡mknÃ. em^y NqsX CÃm]n^ps¶¦n GsSm^p B\ntW]pw tbms` A]mÄ Cu Akh^w fpS`m¡nt]sW. CSnt¸mÄ fmWyS ssNknXm³ bänÃtÃm. A]mÄ NX¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ tlme A¸w bnt¶m«v Bªp sNmXp¯p. At¸mÄ tlme]psX »uhnWv fpNan NnX¶ tSmÀ¯p ØmWw fm_n, k`Sp fp` tSmÀ¯nsâ skan]n`m]n. em^y AXp¯p*m]n«p tbm`pw tlme]psX »uhnWpÅn Wn_ªp Spap¼n SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp` tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ A]mÄ¡m]nÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tlme]psX tUi¯p sSmXmsS l^o^w bnt¶m«v sMan¨p bnXn¨v A]mÄ NX¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ tfma½ b_ªp. “”””FXo tlmte…. Wo fmgnsW H¶p bnXnt¨m” tlme AkapsX k`Sp ssN A]mapsX A^s¡«n bnXn¨p tIÀ¯p! A]mapsX sW©v tlme]psX fp`Nan Af^p¶ Nmjv¨ BhzUn¨p tfma½ Wn¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ fmgnsâ em^y]psX fpOemkw tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. NX¶Â Np¯n]Sv tbm`p*v fpOw. tlme]psX fp` D^¨p k¶ fmgnsâ N¿n tfma½ bnXn¨p him]n¨p. H^p NX¼ NX¶p. FWn¡ms\¦n CSp N*p Np® AW¡w sk¨p SpX§n. AXp¯Sm]n A]mÄ¡v tfma½s] NX¡\w. tlme]psX fp`¡pX§Ä BhzUn¨p k¶ A]mÄ B Hs^mä Wnfngw sNm*v H^p fmWyWn Wn¶pw H^p knXWm]n fm_n F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]Sv A]mÄ BÀ¯nt]msX tfma½]psX I¡ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n] tWm«w N*n«m\v. tfma½ »uhv f_¨n^p¶ tSmÀs¯Xp¯p fmän Fsâ N¿n S¶p. tfma½]psX sW]v fpän] fp`NapsX fq¶ns`m¶p fm{Sw f_]v¡p¶ Npªp »uhnt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A]mÄ ht´mgt¯msX tfma½]psX tUit¯¡Xp¯p. tfma½t]mXm f]n^sâ Nan! A]mÄ AXp¡pw fpt¶ tfma½]psX kN Z]t`mPv, “”””Wn¡v fmsg…. fmgn§sW tlmes] NX¶ tbms` Fsâ sfm`]n`pw sW©p tIÀ¯p k^m³ DÅ b^nbmXn Bt\m? Fsâ sfm`]n B^pw sSmXp¶Sv– FWn¡v bnXn¡m¯ Nm^ykm.” At§^v I½n. tfma½ bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶p. “”””fmgv.. Fsâ bn¶n NqXn NX¶p tbm]m fSn” tfma½]psX sNmjp¯p^p*p SÅn] sW]v Np*n tWm¡n A]mÄ H^p UoÀQ Wnlzmhw kn«p. sfsà hmkVmWw A]mÄ tfma½]psX bn¶n`qsX Aks^ NX¡m³ SpX§n. A]mapsX A^s¡«v tfma½]psX `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn I´n bm`nNan D^ªp sNm*v NqSn Im`n F¯n]t¸mÄ tfma½]psX AXp¯ Nfâv– “”””FXn tlmte… Wn³s_ sfm` fmgnsâ sf¯p tIÀ¯Sv– {blvWfms]¶m tSm¶ps¶… At§^nt¸mÄ NX¶p tbmkmsS Fsâ sNmS¯n N¼n]m] b_n]pw D^¨p Wn¡p¶ N*ntÔ MmWpw tlme]pw In^n¨p. fmgv sbs«¶v C¸p_w ImXn. A]mÄ¡v Fs¶ NX¶p tbmNm³ H^p sh¡³Zv fm{Stf tk*n k¶pÅq. ASp bns¶ FWn¡v C½mSn^n sfm`]pw sNmSkpw H¶pw CÃtÃm. F´m]m`pw A]mÄ BhzUn¨p Fsâ ^*p fUm`hNsa]pw. sk¨n«p*v tfmsW WnW¡v Mm³ H^p Ff_mÄZv b\n !

Fs¶]pw NX¶p tbm] tlgw B\v A]mÄ¡v AXp¯ Dujw A]mapsX em^y]ptXSms\¶ tdmVyw fWÊn sSanªSv. tlme]psX tSma¯p bnXn¨p NX¶p k^p¶ A]mapsX em^ys] Mm³ tWm¡n. k`pSsæn`pw S^t¡XnÃm¯ fp`]pw tNmSkpw Hs¡ D*v. Wà sFlz^yfpÅ k« fpOw. NqÀ¯ fp`NÄ. Ipk¶ b«p hm^n]m\v DXp¯n^p¶Sv. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv GNtUlw 35 k]Êp tSm¶n¡pw. tlmes] NX¶p k^pt¼mÄ AkÄ tlme]psX fpjp¯ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n. Ssâ eÀ¯mkv GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä¡v fpt¶ Cu fp`Nan sW©fÀ¯n NX¶p tbm] Urlyw HmÀ¯n«mt\m F¶_n]nÃ. AkapsX fpO¯v H^p sk_p¸v bXÀ¶p. F¶m AkÄ tfma½]psX AXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ tfma½ Bksa C¸p_w NX¯mWm]n Sm§n bnXn¨p. tfma½]psX hvbÀlWw Cãs¸Xm¯ AkÄ tfma½]psX ssN S«n fmän. F¶m B S«`n dm`³hv tbm] fmgnsâ em^y Np*n]pw Np¯n f`À¶Xn¨p bmXs¯ sIan]nt`¡v ko\p ! FÃmk^pw Ht^ hz^¯n At¿m¶p knan¨p tbm]n.
“”””Wn§Ä F´m Cu sI]vtS?” fmgv tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p. “”””fmgv tbXn¡*. em^y¡v H¶pw bäo«nÃ.” F¶p b_ªp tfma½ `p¦n sS^p¯p N]än bnXn¨p bmXt¯¡n_§n. A]mÄ tfma½]psX skap¯p sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNant`¡v N®pw SÅn tWm¡n Wn¶p. tfma½ sIan]n NnX¶ B hv{So¡v tWs^ ssN Wo«n. AkÀ tfma½]v¡p ssN sNmXp¡msS eÀ¯mknsW tWm¡n Io_n, “”””Wn§Ä F´p tWm¡n Wn¡pkm fWpgym ? Fs¶ bnXn¡v”
hwPSn em^ys]ms¡ Bs\¦n`pw sIan]nt`¡n_§m³ A]mÄ¡v fXn]ms\¶p fWhn`m¡n] Mm³ `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n At§m«n_§n B hv{So]psX AXps¯¯n. tfma½ Sn^nsN k^¼t¯¡v N]_n fmgntWmXv b_ªp. “”””fmgv sf¯p sIan]m¡*. Ak³ bnXn¨p N]änt¡mapw. hm^fnà fmsg…W½psX b¿Wm\v” A]mapsX tWm«w At¸mjpw tfma½]psX sW]v SpXNan Ss¶]m\v.
Mm³ B hv{So]psX AXp¯p sI¶v Wn¶v AkÀ¡v tWs^ ssN Wo«n. Fsâ tWs^ tWm¡n] AkÀ sbs«¶v fpOw fmän Naªp. fp*pw fX¡n Np¯n A*À sk]À CXmsS ko\p NnX¡p¶ Ak^psX hfobw Wn¡p¶ Fsâ bmSn N¼n]m]n Sq§n NnX¡p¶ Np®]nt`¡m\v AkÄ tWm¡n]Sv. ASm\v fpOw fmän]Sv. Hmtim. Mm³ AkÄ Fsâ Np® sl^n¡pw Nm\¯¡ knV¯n Ss¶ Wn¶p ssN Wo«n. AkÄ ssN S¶p. AkapsX N¿n bnXn¨p Mm³ Aksa sbm¡n. f_p ssN sNm*v AkapsX CXp¸n Mm³ AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p. Fsâ ssN S«n fmäm³ AkÄ¡v NjnªnÃ. AkapsX bp_w fpjpk³ sIan B]n^p¶p. Fjpt¶äv Wn¡pw fpt¶ Ss¶ Fsâ ssN AkapsX CXn¸n Wn¶pw I´n]nt`¡v Wo§n]n^p¶p. AkapsX sIan]n fp§n] b«p hm^n]ns`man¸n¨n^n¡p¶ sNmSw Mm³ Nl¡n Npj¨p. k^¼nt`¡v Aksa N]äp¶SnWnX]n Mm³ AkapsX ssNb¯n Fsâ `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn Np®]nt`¡v tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p. kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p AkapsX ssN. AkÄ d`fm]n B ssN k`ns¨Xp¯p. B hv{So]psX bn³emPw CSntWmXNw GNtUlw BsN sfm¯w sIan]pw tI_pw B]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn¶n Wn¶pw Aksa D]À¯pkmWm]n Mm³ AkapsX N£t¯¡v ssNNÄ NX¯n k`n¨p]À¯n. CXSp ssN Mm³ hm^n]psX DÅnt`¡v NX¯n »uhn sbmSnª AkapsX fp`]n knXÀ¯n bnXn¨p.
“”””Ns¿Xpt¡Xm b«o” AkapsX A`À¨ tN«v fmgv Aksa Sm§n bnXn¨v Fs¶ SÅn fmän. B hv{So Fs¶ ^q£fm]n tWm¡n k^¼t¯¡v N]_n, fmgnsâ N¿pw S«n fmän k¶ kjnt] Sn^nsN HmXn. bp_w fpjpk³ sIan. M§sa fq¶p tbs^]pw WnÊim]Wm]n tWm¡n Wn¶ fmgv AkapsX bp_sN tkP¯n WX¶p. F´m]m`pw Ak^psX tbm¡v fpX§n. FWn¡v sI_ns]m^p NpätdmVw tSm¶ns]¦n`pw Mm³ Aksa SÅn sIan]n C«SÃtÃm Ft¶mÀ¯p hfmVmWn¨p. M§Ä ko*pw WX¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ b_ªp. “”””FXm, Wo AkapsX I´n¡pw sfm`]n`pw Hs¡ bnXn¡p¶Sv N*n«pw A]mÄ H¶pw b_]mSn^p¶Sv F´p sNm*ms\¶v WnW¡_n]mtkm?”
Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. tfma½ SpXÀ¶p, “”””A]mÄ Fs¶]pw tlmes]]pw tWm¡n]Spw sSm«Spw Wo N*ntÃ? C{S hpµ^n]m] H^p em^y DÅ B fmgnWv F´m M§sa N*t¸mÄ N¼n B]Sv?”
“”””tfma½ tI¨ns] N*m BÀ¡m N¼n Bkm¯Sv?” Mm³ Sn^n¨p tImUn¡p¶Sv tN«v tlme In^n¨p.
“”””AsSm¶pw Aà Xm. Mm³ H^p SXn¨n Nnakn AsÃ? FÃm B\p§Ä¡pw NqsX sNm*p WX¡m³ hpµ^n]m] H^p em^y tk\w. Wm«pNms^ Nm\n¡m³. bs£ Ck·mÀs¡ms¡ Np® Nj¸v fmä\w F¦n Fs¶]pw Aksa]pw tbms` sfm`]pw sNmSkpw Wn_ª sb®p§sa Ss¶ tk\w.”
tlme b_ªp “”””ASp tI¨n b_ªSv sl^n]m. Mm³ A§mXn]n Hs¡ tbmNpt¼mÄ N*n«p*v, Wà hpµ^n sb\vbntÅ^psX sN«nt]m·mÀ Fsâ sfm`]pw I´n]pw tWm¡n NpXn¨n_¡p¶Sv. huN^yw Nn«n]m em^y AXp¯ps*¦n`pw k¶p St«w fpt«w Hs¡ sI¿pw B^pw Nm\msS.” CSp b_ªp tlme WX¡pt¼mÄ Ak^psX `p¦n¡pÅn SpÅn Spap¼p¶ sNmSw tWm¡n Mm³ Np® Djnªp. fmgnsâ em^y]psX I´n¡v bnXn¨t¸mÄ Fsâ N¿n bän] sIan Np®]n bnXn¨t¸mÄ `p¦n]n`m]n. Wmlw.

M§Ä S¿Â¡m^sâ ko«n F¯n. GNtUlw H^p 50 k]Êp k^p¶ H^p fWpgy³ fpä¯p Wn¸p*v. A]mÄ M§sa tWm¡n In^n¨p. C^p Wn_fpÅ D]^w Np_ª H^p fWpgy³.
tfma½ A]mtamXv b_ªp, “”””FXm hpPp\m… FWn¡v H^p 4 »uhv S]v¸n¡\w. Sp\n sNm*v k¶n«p*v. Wo AXp¯]mjvI Ss¶ S^\w. skt¨m*n^n¡^pSv.”
“”””S^mftÃm. b\ns]m¶pw CÃmsS C^n¡pkm]n^p¶p. B^m Cks^ms¡?” A]mÄ tImUn¨p
“”””CSp tlme. Fsâ Wm¯qWm. Wo N*n«ntÃ? bns¶ CSv– b©m]¯ns` hm_m. M§apsX A]Âk¡Sm\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hm_v Smfhw. M§Ä Ct§m«p k^pt¼mÄ hm_nsW N*Sv sNm*v NqsX Nq«n”
tfma½ N¿n`n^p¶ Nk_n Wn¶p Sp\n FXp¯v A]mÄ¡v– sNmXp¯p. hpPp\³ Sp\n tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp, “”””Wm`p »uhv F¶p b_ªn«v CSv B_p bohp*tÃm”
“”””^s*®w CkÄ¡m” tfma½ tlmes] Iq*n b_ªp. “”””hpPp\m… W¶m]n«v S]v¡\w. Cs¸m DÅ »uhv FÃmw e]¦^ C_p¡w. AaskXp¯p S]v¡\w” tfma½ CSp b_ªt¸mÄ A]mapsX tWm«w tfma½]psX »uhn Wn_ªp sM^p§p¶ I¡ fp`Nant`¡v tbm]n. bns¶ tlme]psX]pw. A]mapsX tWm«w N*p tfma½ In^n¨p. “”””Wo N®p sNm*v AaskXp¡*. Wnsâ em^y]psX A{S]pw k`n] sfm` Cu Wm«n H^p sb®p§Ä¡pw CÔ hpPp\³ I½t`msX Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ In^n¨p. tfma½ SpXÀ¶p “”””b_ª tbms` bm_p¡p«ns] N*nÃtÃm. CknXntÃ?” bm_p¡p«n B]n^n¡pw tfma½ b_ª hpPp\sâ em^y. Fsâ N®pNÄ Ipäpw AtWzgn¨p, tfma½s]¡mapw k`n] fp`NÄ DÅ A§sW H^p¯ns]. Ip½m H¶p Nm\m³.

hpPp\³ b_ªp, “”””Akav A¸p_¯p*v. blpknsW Npan¸n¡pkm”
“”””Bim… CknsX blpkpt*m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p. tfma½ hpPp\tWmXv M§Ä SpX§m³ tbmNp¶ cmfnsâ Nm^yw b_ªp. Mm³ hpPp\tWmXv tImUn¨p, “”””tI«m… Mm³ Wn§sX blpknsW H¶p Nm\s«?”
“”””ASnsW´m, hm_v bp_Nnt`m«p tbm]ms«. AknsX]m sSmjp¯v. hm_v tbm]n tWm¡nt¡m. bm_p D*mkpw AknsX. At¸mtj¡pw Mm³ Ck^psX AaskXp¯p sk¨n«v k^mw”
sl! tImUn¡*m]n^p¶p. Ckt^msXm¸w AN¯p tbms]¦n AaskXp¡p¶ H^p N¼n ho³ Nm\m³ bänt]sW. ^*mfsSm¶v In´n¨p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Cs¸m bp_Nnt`¡v tbm]m Cu bm_p¡p«n F¶p b_]p¶ sfm`¨ns] H¶p Nm\m³ bäpw. k`n] Pp\w Csæn Sn^nsN k^mftÃm. tfma½]pw tlme]pw hpPp\tWmsXm¸w ANt¯¡pw Mm³ koXnWp bn¶nt`¡pw WX¶p.

sSmjp¯nWv bn¶n H^p k`n] tKjvhn blp Wn¸p*v. d¡än skÅw FXp¯v blpknsW Npan¸n¡p¶ bm_p¡p«ns] N*v FWn¡v lzmhw Wn¶p tbm]n!

H^p »uhpw A^]n H^p AXn¸mkmX]pw fm{Sw B\v– tkgw. AXn¸mkmX D]À¯n A^]n Np¯n sk¨n«p*v. C^p* Wn_¯n F® sfjp¡pÅ IÀ½w. SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ. D]^w Np_kms\¦n`pw SXn¨ Nm k®Napw sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNapw. fp¶nt`¡v ImXn] Spap¼p¶ k]_n BjfpÅ k`n] sbm¡nÄ. blpknsâ tf¯p INn^n sk¨v d`¸n¨p tS]v¡pt¼mÄ Ak^psX k]À Spap¼p¶p*v. bn¶n Np« Nfnjv¯n]Sv tbms` DÅ Af_³ I´n. CsSm¶pw H¶pw AÃ… GNtUlw 45 k]Êp tSm¶n¡p¶ bm_p¡p«n]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ ! sim! C{S]pw k`n] fpaNÄ Mm³ H^n¡`pw N*n«nÃ. »uhn Wn_ªp Sq§n] k`n] b¸m] tbm`pÅ B fp`NÄ Ak^psX l^o^¯nsâ Hmt^m AW¡¯n`pw Sq§n BXp¶p. sW©pw Njnªp k]_nt`¡v Mm¶p NnX¡p¶ B sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ C_¡n sk«n] Ak^psX »uhnWv fpNan bNpSn]pw skan]n`m\v. Sn§n sM^p§n Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡nX]ns` WoafpÅ Im`nt`¡v– Np® Np¯n Sn^pNm³ tSm¶nt¸m]n. Fsâ irU]w bX bXm fnXn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v tNÄ¡mw F¶p tSm¶n.

Mm³ AXpt¯]v¡v WX¶t¸mÄ AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p, “”””B^m..?”
“”””ASv–… Mm³…”” Mm³ F´v b_]\w F¶_n]msS Npj§n Wn¶t¸mÄ AXp¡a kmSn¡ tfma½ {bSy£s¸«p. “”””FXo bm_p¡p«n…””
“”Bim tfma½ tI¨n]m… CsS¸ k¶v?” bm_p¡p«n In^n¨p.
tfma½ Nm^y§sams¡ b_ªp. Fs¶]pw b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. “”””FXo Wo hm_nWv Wnsâ blpknsW H¶p Nm\n¨p sNmXv. S]v¸n¡m³ DÅSv Wnsâ sN«ns]mWv b_ªp sNmXp¯n«v Mm³ k^mw.” CSpw b_ª tlgw Fs¶ tWm¡n H^p NÅ In^n In^n¨p tfma½ ko*pw ANt¯]v¡v tbm]n. bm_pNp«nt]mXv F§sW hmwhm^n¨p SpX§\w F¶v Bt`mIn¨p Wn¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n AkÀ Ss¶ tImUn¨p, “”””hm_v CSnWp fp¼v blp¡sa kaÀ¯o«pt*m?”
“”””CÔ Mm³ b_ªp
“”””sfWt¡Xv b\n]m hmt_.. N*ntà CSnsW Npan¸n¡p¶Sv Ss¶ H^p k`n] b\n]m”
Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p, d¡än Wn¶pw H^p N¸v skÅw tNm^n Mm³ b_ªp “”””Mm³ him]n¡mw tI¨o.. FWn¡nsSms¡ Cãfm. Mm³ skÅw Hjn¨p S^mw. tI¨n tSt¨m” bm_p¡p«n In^n¨p. Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯]v¡v Wn¶v AkÀ tS]v¡p¶ Ø`¯p skÅw tNm^n Hjn¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ N®pNÄ Ak^psX SpX]n`pw sNmS¯n`pw fp`]n`pw Hs¡ Cjªp WX¶p Np® N¼n]mNm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n.
sfsà sfsà skÅw Hjn¡p¶SnWnX]n Mm³ Ak^psX tUi¯p S«n fp«m³ SpX§n. AkÀ ASv A{S Nm^yw B¡n]nÃ.
blpknsâ bn¶n F¯n] bm_p¡p«n, ASnsâ km`v H^p ssN sNm*v fmän bnXn¨p NqSn]n INn^n sk¨p tS¨p. “”””AknsXs]ms¡ NjpNt\m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””tk\w hmt_… C¯n^n skÅw Hjnt¨” Mm³ skÅw Hjn¨p sNmXp¯p. bm_p¡p«n NpWnªp Wn¶v N¿ns` INn^n Naªv sk_pw ssN sNm*v blpknsâ sNmSkpw bq_pw SXkn NjpNp¶p. MmWpw NpWnªp Wn¶v, bm_p¡p«n]psX Sq§n BXp¶ fp`NÄ tWm¡n b_ªp. “”””blp AW§msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*ntÃ… tI¨n bqän Djn]p¶Sv AkÄ¡v Cãw Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p.” bm_p¡p«n In^n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “”””sb®tà hmt_… Cãs¸XmsS C^n¡ptkm?” MmWpw In^n¨p “”””ASp sl^n]m… In` sb®p§Ä¡v Cãfm bq_p sbma¶p sk¨v SXkn sNmXp¡p¶Spw W¡n sNmXp¡p¶Spw Hs¡” bm_p¡p«n Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ blpknsâ bqän C^p¶ Ak^psX N¿n H¶p sSm«p. “”””CSnsW Nmas] sNm*v b\n]n¨mt\m PÀen\n B¡p¶Sv?”
“”””Aà hmt_… Np¯nsk]v¸m… CSp§Äs¡m¶pw emPyw CÔ bm_p ko*pw In^n¨p.
“”””ASp l^n]m…”” Mm³ b_ªp “”””Np® N]_p¶ hpOw Np¯nsks¸Xp¯m`v Nn«nÃtÃm” ko*pw bm_p¡p«n Fs¶ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Ak^psX fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n Wm¡p NXn¨p sNm*v Fsâ Np® `p¦n Nq«n Djnªp. bm_p¡p«n ASp N*nà F¶p WXns¨¦n`pw N*p F¶v FWn¡p_¸m]n^p¶p.
“”””Fs´m^p k`n] sfm`]m tI¨o…”” bm_p sM«n Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n “”””…tI¨osX blpknWv… F{S `näÀ bm`v Nn«pw?”
“”””Hmiv …! 10þ12 `näÀ Nn«pw hmt_” I½Â Han¸n¨p sNm*v AkÀ b_ªp. blpknsâ sN«jn¨v ASnsW sSmjp¯nt`¡v sNm*p tbm]n. MmWpw NqsX sI¶p. bm`v N_¡m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\v. AkÀ H^p bm{S¯n sk¨n^p¶ skans¨® FXp¯v blpknsâ ANnXn tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. ASnWp tlgw AXn¸mkmX fpNant`¡v sS^p¯p N]än blpknsâ kl¯m]n Np¯n C^p¶p. sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ bmSn]pw Nm\mw. Mm³ Ak^psX bn¶n`m]m\v Wn¡p¶Sv. A§sW C^p¶p sNm*v AkÀ blpknsâ ANnXv W¶m]n F® tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. Mm³ A¸p_s¯ klt¯¡v AkÀ¡v FSn^m]n sI¶p Wn¶p. bm_p Nm`p Nk¨p sk¨n«v C^p¡pkms\¦n`pw bmkmX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p Nq«n Sn^pNn]n^n¡p¶SnWm bq_p Nm\m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. Mm³ bm_p C^n¡p¶SnWv tWs^ FSnÀ kl¯p sI¶v Np¯n]n^p¶v bm_pknsW tWm¡n. `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n]n^p¶SnWm Mm³ C^n¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ Np®¸jw sfm¯fm]pw AkÄ¡v Nm\m³ Njn]p¶ knV¯n Nm`p Nk¨m\v Mm³ C^p¶Sv. bm_p H^p Wnfngw I`Ww Aäv C^p¶ptbms]¦n`pw H¶pw hwekn¡m¯Sv tbms` F®]nX SpXÀ¶p. “”””sfm`]n F®]n«m bm`v N_¡pt¼mÄ tkUWn¡nÃm]n^n¡pw Asà tI¨o?” bm_p H^p In^nt]msX bmÂbm{Sw FXp¯v ANnXnWp Nojn sk¨v fp`¡m¼pNan fm_n fm_n k`n¨p bm`v N_¡m³ SpX§n. “”””tI¨o… Mm³ H¶v tWm¡s«?” Mm³ Fsâ ssNNÄ bm`v N_¡m³ F¶ tbms` ANnXn sk¨v, bm_pknsâ kn^`pNan sSm«p. bm_p H¶pw fn*msS N_¶p sNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ bm_pknsâ ssNNÄ Fsâ ssN¡pÅn`m¡n AkapsX N¿psX I`W§Äs¡m¸w Wo¡n. bm`v N_¡p¶ps*¦n`pw bm_pknsâ N®pNÄ kn_¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶mXp¶ Fsâ Np®]n`m\v. Mm³ H^p ssN ANnXn Wns¶Xp¯v, Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p. bm_p tWm¡n C^ns¡ Mm³ Np® sfsà sSm`n¨p. Fsâ S¡man Wn_fpÅ fNpXw tSWnsâ WWkn Sna§p¶Sv N* bm_p Ip*pNÄ Nq«n bnXn¨p. bs£ AkÄ¡v tWm«w bn³k`n¡m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. ANnXn Wn¶pw Ioän sS_n¡p¶ bm SpÅnNÄ bm_pknsâ sNmjp¯ SpX]n skap¯ fp¯pNÄ tbms` kojp¶p*v. “”””tI¨n CSv FknsX tWm¡n]m bm`v N_¡p¶Sv? tU tf¯p kojp¶p” Mm³ bm_pknsâ SpX Iq*n b_ªp sNm*v AkÄ SX]pw fp³tb Fsâ ssN AkapsX SpX]n sk¨v AfÀ¯n . bm_p F´p sI¿\w F¶_n]msS C^p¶p tbm]n. bm_pknsâ SpXNÄ¡nX]n Sn^pNn sk¨n^p¶ bmkmX k`ns¨Xp¯p Mm³ bm¯pÅnNÄ SpX¨p. ASnWp tlgw bq_p f_]m¯ knV¯n B Sp\n Mm³ AkapsX SpX]psX bp_t¯¡m\v Sn^nsN sk¨Sv. Ct¸mÄ bm_pknsâ fpjp¯ {du\v Wn_fpÅ bq_v Fsâ fp¶n Sp_¶n^n¡p¶p. sNmjp¯, WWkpÅ H^p sW]v bq_v. bm`v N_¡p¶sSms¡ sk_pw H^p IX§m]n fm_n. AkÄ Fsâ Np`¨ Np®]nt`¡pw Mm³ AkapsX bq_nt`¡pw BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n C^p¶p. ^*p tb^pw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. H¶p ssN Wo«n]m FWn¡v B tS³ Nn®¯n sSmXmw. bt£, N®p sNm*p Sn¶p¶Snsâ hpOw Na]m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. “”””tI¨o…”” Mm³ knan¨t¸mÄ bm_p Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ AkapsX bq_p Iq*n b_ªp. “”””tI¨o.. Sp\n tWs^ CXp tI¨o… tI¨osX bq_v Sp_¶n^n¡p¶p!”
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