Ipk¶ bm¡änWpÅn irU]¯n³s_ BNrSn]n`pÅ H^p N®mXn]m]n^p¶p D*m]n^p¶Sv.
ASn³s_ A^nNpNÄ ewPn]m]n Znssh³ sI]vSn^p¶p.
sgÃn ASn S³s_ fpOw N*p.
“”CSn A]mapsX tcmt«m]p*v,””
fnWn]psX lÐw Ak³ tN«p.
Ct¸mÄ Sm³ Nm\p¶Sv S³s_ fpOfm\v!
fqXÂfMpÅ bp`^n]n fªIn{Sl`e§Ä HjpNn¸^¡pt¼mÄ f½n tImUn¨n^p¶p.
“”tfmWv Bs^]m tkt*? AWn]sW? AtSm AWo¯osWt]m?””
b{´*v k]ÊvNm^Wv H«pw Bt`mInt¡*n k¶nÃ.
“”AWn]¯n,””
H^p f{´mWpeqSn]ns`¶tbms` A½ Ak³s_ km¡pNÄ tN«p.
“”CWn AWn]³ Ss¶]mt\t`m?””
A½ Nknan D½ sk¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”As¸m Np«Wv f½nt]mXv tUgyw k^ptkm?””
DUymW¯n Zm`n]¸q¡apsX tf fªpw In{Sl`e§apfn_§n.
“”CÃ…f½n F¸tj`pw H^Wn]¯ns]¯¶m S¶m fSn,””
WnÀkrSn sbm³NSn^pNÄ tbms` A½s] At¸mÄ hvbÀln¨p.
“”f½o,””
A½ Ss¶ tWm¡n.
“”AWn]¯n k^pt¼m kmk]v¡v b¸msX sfmOtkm f½osX sfmOtkm?””
Wn`mkn tk\pWmUw tNÄ¡p¶Sv tbms` A½ At¸mÄ Ss¶ tWm¡n.
“”Np«³s_ fpOw,””
A½ S³s_ fpO¯n³s_ frUp`S fpjpk³ C^pssNNan`psfXp¯psNm*v b_ªp.
S^afm] {bemS¯nÂ, DUymW¯nWv fp¼nÂ, Zm`n]¸q¡apsXtf fªpw In{Sl`e§apw Wr¯w SpX^pt¼mÄ A½ AXp¯n^p¶ km¡®mXns]Xp¯v S³s_ fpO¯nWv– fp¼n bnXn¨p.
“”Cu fpOkm kmtk….kmtksX NpªWo¯n¡v…””
Ct¸mÄ bp_¯v kh´¯n³s_ ^mhWn`mkv kos\mjpNpt¼mÄ fsäm^p N®mXn S³s_ N¿nÂ.
fnWn S¶ N®mXn.
sgÃn N®mXn]n tWm¡n.
“”CSn A]mapsX tcmt«m]p*v,””
Pnäm_n³s_ C¼fpÅ, hzbvW¯n fjknÃv SanÀ¡p¶, hz^¯n fnWn b_ªSv Ak³ HmÀ¯p.
irU]¯n H^p hzbvWm^mfw ^qbs¸tX* hf]fm\v. K· hm£mSv¡m^sf¶v eqfn]ns` Gäkpw {bSmbnNam] bp^pg·mÀ¡v tSm¶mkp¶ Wnfngw. si`³s_ Ip*pNan`m\v hzÀ¤w F¶v- tZmNväÀ tcmÌhnWv tSm¶n]Sv CSptbms` H^p Wnfng¯n`m]n^n¡\w.
sbt®, Sqfªns` sk]nÂWmaw tbms` AWpbffm] H^p Wnfngw Ss¶]m\v, CSv.
bs£ Cu Wnfngs¯ FWn¡v hzoN^n¡m³ Njn]nÃ. t`mN¯v Wns¶ hrãn¨]msa¡mapw hvtWiw FWn¡v Wnt¶mXps*¦n`pw.
BNmlt¯¡mapw D]^fpÅ, hfp{Ut¯¡mapw BjfpÅ {b\]So£\S]m\v FWn¡v Wnt¶mXpÅsS¦n`pw.
l^Sv¡m`w SXmNt¯mXv sI¿p¶Sv, kh´w {Nnhm´nfw bq¡tamXv sI¿p¶Sv, tfQ§Ä Pn^nWn^NtamXv sI¿mWm{Pin¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡v Wnt¶mXpw sI¿m³ B{Pifps*¦n`pw…..
Wo FWn¡v N^p\t]msX UmWw sI]vS Wn³s_ {b\]w ^*näv N®pWoÀ¯pÅnNan Im`n¨v, irU]¯n³s_ H^p Io´v bNp¯v sk¨v WnW¡v Mm³ Sn^n¨]¡pN]m\v.
A½]psX kn`mbw F³s_ D_¡¯n F¶pw SpÅn¯qkp¶p*v. C^p«nÂ, bn´n^ntªmXp¶ A½]psX e]kniz`fm] ^qbw F³s_ N®pNÄ¡vfp¼n Sn^lo`Nsas]ms¡ SNÀ¯v F¶pw Nmjv¨]m\v.
sgÃn N®mXn]nt`¡v ko*pw tWm¡n.
“”MmWnãs¸Xp¶]mÄ Cu s{c]nfn`p*v..””
fnWn]psX lÐw.
“”Np«Wv Cãfmt]m?””
A½]psX fVp^bÃkn.
In^n]psX A`NÄ Ipäpw Wn_]pt¼mÄ Zm`n]¸q¡anaNp¶ DUymW¯nÂ, fqX fªnÂ, fªIn{Sl`e§apsX]nX]n Ss¶¸nXn¡m³ bn¶ms` HmXnk^p¶Sm\v A½s]¸än]pÅ AkhmWs¯ Wà HmÀ½.
bns¶ Wn^¯v k¡n ^àw kmÀ¶v-….
sgÃn]psX sW©v bnXªp.
Ak³ NnX¡]nt`¡v f_nªp.
S`]\]n fpOffÀ¯n..
“”f½o…FWn¡v…””
S`]\ NpSn˦p.

gmt^m¬ AtlmNf^§Ä¡v Smsj sgÃns]¡m¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. C`£³ tZäv {bOymbn¨n^p¶p. C¶m\v tWmfntWg³ hfÀ¸n¡mWpÅ AkhmW So]Sn]psf¶v AkÄ A_nªn^p¶p. Njnª kÀgw Cu hf]s¯ms¡ sgÃns] H^n¡`pw Nn«n]n^p¶nÃ. ¢mhv fp_nNan Wn¶v- ¢mhv fp_nNant`¡v NpSn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. {bhwP§Ä, fp{UmkmNy§Ä knan¨v fp¼nÂ, FSn^manNsa S_bän¡p¶ SÀ¡ knSÀ¡§anÂ….
Ct¸mÄ AkWnÃm¯ Fhv Fcv tN…
AkÄ¡v kngfw tSm¶n.
AksW´m k^ms¯? gmt^m¬ sfmssds`Xp¯p.
sgÃns] knan¡m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ sSm«pfp¼n fnWn.
“”tim!””
gmt^m¬ sbs«¶v b_ªp.
“”hpµ^n¡p«n CsSt¸m k¶p?””
“”tfmao¶v tWm¡o¸w tI¨n CknsX C^n¡ps¶ N*p. As¸m..””
gmt^m\n³s_ AXp¯v C^p¶v- AkÄ b_ªp.
C¶v- F´m\v CkÄ¡v C{S shuµ^yw? H^n¡`pw N*n«nÃm¯ H^p hzÀ®¯na¡w N®pNanÂ. WWkv AV^¯nWv. l^o^¯nt`ms¡ H^p {btSyN IXp`S.
“”F´m?””
gmt^m¬ Ss¶ Iqjv¶v- tWm¡p¶Sv N*v– fnWn tImUn¨p.
“”F´v bän tfmÄ¡v H^p {btSyN…””
dm¡nb_]mWmNmsS gmt^m¬ Aksa tWm¡n.
“”tI¨nt]mXv ….FWn¡v H^p Nm^yw…””
fnWn hwl]n¨v Aksa tWm¡n.
AkapsX fpOw `ÖsNm*v NqXpSÂ Ipk¶p. NqXpSÂ ftWmi^fm]n.
“”fnWn ssiU^mdmUv….Aà ssiU^mdmUns` dWvKm^minÂhn`m\v Smfhw F¶tà b_sª?””
“”AsS,””
H¶pw fWÊn`mNm¯ksat¸ms` fnWn gmt^m\nsW tWm¡n.
“”ASm]Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sS`p¦v hnWntfs` imÀ«v t{Smdvhv B] hN` IpÅ·m^pw AknsX]m\v Smfhw F¶m\v Mm³ tN«n«pÅSv. W½sX A¡ntWWn WmPmÀÖpW]pw AÃp AÀÖpWpw Hs¡,””
“”AtS, AknsX]m\v…dWvKm^min`vhnÂ,””
fnWn b_ªp.
“”fm{Sfà C³Zhv{Xn] ssX¡q¬hv…Ak^pw ssft{Nmthmcvän³s_ siZv hSy WmUà ..A]mapw AknsX]tà Smfhw?””
“”AsS F´m tI¨o?””
“”fpwdt]¡mapw ssi`n ¥mf_hv hnän]m ssiU^mdmUv. B hnäoÂ, AknXps¯ Gäkpw tbmgv G^n]]n Smfhn¡p¶ fnWn F´nWm H^p A¼`kmhn sbs¦m¨nsWt¸ms` C§sW Wm\n¡ps¶? F´mt\`pw tdmÄZv B]n b_]qs¶,””
gmt^m¬ AkapsX kn^`pNapsX frUp`S]n bnXn¨p.
“”tI¨n Mm³ b_]mw,””
gmt^m\n³s_ kn^`pNapsX SqkÂhvbÀlf_nªv fnWn b_ªp.
‘tI¨n Mm³ …Mm³ …sFw C³ `kv!””
lzmhPSn]n fnWn]psX D]À¶p`]p¶Sv gmt^m¬ N*p.
IqXv Wn_ª N®pNtamsX AkÄ gmt^m\nsW tWm¡n.
gmt^m¬ Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
fWÊnsW WW]n¡p¶ B tWm«¯n fnWn Blzmhw sNm*p.
“”sF Sn¦v– sF tWm Cäv–…””
gmt^m¬ b_ªp.
“”sgÃn]v¡_n]mtfm tfmsa?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Dw,””
“”§vti? F¶n«v?””
fnWn St`Unkhs¯ hwekw knk^n¨p.
“”Cu Nym¼hn AksW B{Pin¡m¯ sb¬Np«nNanÃ,””
gmt^m¬ b_ªp. fnWn {l²n¨ptN«psNm*v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”k`n] NpXpwd¯n`pÅkÀ, _n¨v, hpµ^n¡p«nNÄ… d«v sgÃn Bs^]pw ANvthbväv sI]vSnÃ. Zq ]q tWm ssk?””
fnWn hwl]n¨v gmt^m\nsW tWm¡n.
gmt^m¬ AkapsX N®pNant`¡pw.
“”F´m tI¨n?””
tWm«¯ns` b´ntNXv Sn^n¨_nªv fnWn tImUn¨p.
“”fnWn bYWw Hs¡ bqÀ¯n]m¡n b¸msX dnhnsWÊv Hs¡ GsäXp¡pw. ASnWpÅ bmNtSw tdmÄZvsWÊpw Hs¡ B]n¡jnªv. F³s_ Dt±lw sK BÀ Fcv FXp¡pN. _nthÀ¨v sI¿pN ..A§sWs]ms¡]m…bs£ sgÃn¡v …A§sW H¶pkà Dt±lw…Zq ]q tWm ssk?””
fnWn]psX fpOw ANmw£sNm*v fp_pNn.
“”bns¶´m sgÃosX Dt±lw?””
AkÄ hmkVmWw tImUn¨p.
gmt^m¬ A¸ hf]w Nmän`p`]p¶ NmämXn f^§ant`¡v tWm¡n.
bns¶ Sn^nsN fnWns] tWm¡n.
“”{bSnNm^w …sNm`bmSNw,””
APvWnfj]ns`¶ tbms` fnWn e]wsNm*v NpSnÀ¶p.
“”tI¨o…-!””
Akan Wn¶v- kn_]mÀ¶ km¡pNÄ bp_¯v k¶p.
“”ASnWpfm{Sw …sgÃosX ss`cnÂ…??””
gmt^m¬ bns¶ sgÃn]psX A½]psX Um^p\ f^\¯n³s_ NT b_ªp. AÚmSWm] B sNm`]mans] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ns*¯pN]m\v sgÃn]psX KokntSmt±lsf¶pw fnWns] V^n¸n¨p.
FÃmw b_ªv NjnªkÄ fnWns] tWm¡n.
“”Ct¸mjpw sgÃns] hvtWin¡p¶ NmfpNn]mt\m F³s_ fp¼n`n^n¡ps¶?””
PmÀZWn S`]na¡p¶ bpgv¸§an Wn¶v- tWm«w fmän fnWn gmt^m\n³s_ tImUy¯nt`¡v k¶p.
“”Ct¸mjpw Mm³ sgÃn]psX sb®m\v tI¨n. sgÃns]¸än tI¨nb_ª Nm^y§Ä Fs¶ sgÃns] NqXpS NqXpS Cãs¸Xp¯p¶tS]pÅq. hz´w f½ns] ASptbms` hvtWin¡p¶ H^p fN³ F´v Wà ss`cv bmÀ«v\À NqXn]m]n^n¡pw!””
gmt^m¬ AUvepSt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”B NnÃs_ N*pbnXn¡pNs]¶Sv F³s_ NqXn s_hvtbm¬hndn`nän]m C¶v fpSÂ…{bSnNm^w sI¿\w tI¨n…Wn]fs¯s¡m*v {bSnNm^w sI¿n¡\w!””
“”F³s_ tfmsa,””
kÃm¯ knNm^¯Ån¨]nÂ, b^nh^w f_¶v-, gmt^m¬ fnWns] tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p.
“”WnW¡v bäpw! Ak³s_ ssN]n tIm^bän¡msS tWm¡m³ WnW¡v Njn]pw…Wns¶t¸ms` H^p sb¬Np«n AksW hvtWin¡mWps*¦n …Ak³ Mm³ tbXn¡p¶tbms` H¶pw sI¿nÃ,””
fnWn bp©n^n¨p, Bßknlzmht¯msX.
“”In`t¸mÄ Ak³s_ N®pNan ….B sk_p¸pw bN]pw Nm\pt¼mÄ…Fs¶¦n`pw K]n`n tbmtN*mkWm sgÃn F¶v- Mm³ tbXn¡m_p*v….bs£ Cs¸m …CÃ..Cs¸m FWn¡m tbXn]ntÃ…tfmÄsX hvtWiw AksW fmäpw…sFw gpkÀ,””

A¶v ¢mÊn tbmtN* F¶v- sgÃn So^pfmWn¨p.
kmÀZ³ kn³shâv hmÀ k¶p Sn^¡n]t¸mÄ bWn]m\v F¶pw bm^mshämtfmÄ Njn¨p F¶pw Ak³ b_ªp.
bs£ b¯pf\n]m]t¸mÄ sfÊns` hpt^tg«³ k¶p NSNn fp«n.
“”sgÃn As¶¡m\m³ Bav k¶nWn,””
hpt^tg«³ NmhÀtPmZv–Nm^Wm\v.
“”B^m¶v k¶nWn hpt^tg«m?””
f`dmÀ emg]n Ss¶ sgÃn tImUn¨p.
“”Bsa H¶pw M½¡v A_n]qÃ. ªn A³s_ H¸^w km¶v-,””
“”GZ?””
“”Sms]. Xn kn _qfn`v,””
“”B\m sb®m?””
“”Ct¶mXtà M½ A³s_ H¸^w k^m³ b_sª, Wm]n³s_ tfmtW? B\m sb®m, F´Ãkm¶v A_nt]*v?””
fnWn B]n^n¡nöp sgÃn]v¡v D_¸p*m]n^p¶p.
¢mhv ssXfn sb¬Np«nNsa tdm]vhv timÌ`nt`¡v knXnÃ.
fpXn ssN sNm*v fmXns]mSp¡n sgÃn Smtj¡v sI¶p.
Xn kn _qfn N]_n] sgÃn H^p Wnfngw bN¨p Wn¶p.
“”kntWmtU«³!””
Ak³ f{´n¨p.
Fhv Fcv tN ]q\näv sh{N«_n Ìm`n³ kntWmUv F¶_n]s¸Xp¶ kntWmUv NpfmÀ Nth^]n`n^p¶v inµpØm³ ssXwhv f_n¨v tWm¡p¶p.
“”WnWs¡´v bän? bWn]m¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn³shâv hmÀ b_ªp,””
“”§vim kntWmtU«m ..sI_n] H^p bWn.., km Wfp¡v _qfnt`¡v tbmNmw,””
“”CÃXm, hf]fnÃ…Wo tkPw tbm]n s{Zhv sI¿v–…H^Symklyfp*v,””
“”F´m kntWmtU«m?””
“”b_]mw Wo tkPw tbm]n {ZÊv sI]vSn«v km. hf]fnÃ,””
sgÃn]v¡v H¶pw fWÊn`m]nsæn`pw Ak³ S^nsN fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. khv{Sw fm_n Sn^n¨pk¶p.
“”km,””
kntWmUv bp_¯v NX¶p.
“”C¶v- `mÌv tZäm tWmfnsW]vg³ hdvfnäv sIt¿t*? A_n]ntÃ?””
HmcohnWv tWs^ WX¡pt¼mÄ kntWmUv sgÃnt]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”AÃ …Mm³ ASv {l²n¨nÃ…FWn¡v..””
“”FWn¡v {l²n¡\w sgÃn,””
kntWmUv S³s_ hztS]pÅ b^p¡³ hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”]q\näv sh{N«_n]m Mm³. Fhv Fcv tN]psX sI]À½m³ Nm³ZntZäv CSpkt^w tWmfntWg³ hdvfnäv sI]vSnà F¶_nªm bmÀ«n¡v Wm\t¡Xm\v,””
“”kntWmU…””
HmcohnWp skan]n sgÃn sbs«¶v Wn¶p.
AknsX bj] hOm¡sams¡ AksW tWm¡n Wn¶p. Ak^n Wn¶v- lnkNpfmÀ fpt¼m«v– k¶p.
“”sgÃn, thm_n…A¶s¯…””
sgÃn Ak³s_ Ipf`n bnXn¨p.
“”G]v–..AsSm¶pw hm^fnsÃXm…Mm³ bs£ ..CknsX…F´nWm\v kntWmtU«³ sNm*pk¶sS¶v H^p bnXow…””
ASptN«v fäpÅkÀ In^n¨p. Ak^psX In^n]ns` NphrSn AkWp fWÊn`m]nÃ.
“”ANt¯¡v sIÃv,””
lnkNpfm_pw bp©n^n¨p.
“”At¶^w fWÊn`mkpw hOmknWv. t{b]nhv U t`mZv!””
IpäpfpÅkÀ D_s¡ In^n¨p.
“”tbmXm,””
lnkNpfm_n³s_ tSman³tf H¶v- CXn¨SnWv tlgw sgÃn HcohnWpÅns`¡v N]_n.
AknsX fsäm^p knhvf]w AksW Nm¯pWn¶p.
C`£³ HmcohÀ inÌ_n]ns` t{bmcÊÀ ^QpWmT³ hm_n³s_ fp¼n H¶v- ^*p hOm¡Ä.
AkÀ¡nX]n fnWn]pw.
“”k^q sgÃn,””
t{bmcÊÀ b_ªp.
“”k¶p ssh³ sI¿q,””
sgÃn Sn^nªv kntWmUnsW tWm¡n.
“”kntWmtU«m…””
sgÃn]psX fnjnNÄ Cu_W\nªp.
“”sI]Àfm³ tbmÌnWp tft` H¶pknÃXm. Asæn ASv S^m^p¶p WnW¡v,””
Ak³s_ tSman ssN¯`ffÀ¯n kntWmUv b_ªp.
“”F´m C{S Smfhnt¨?””
sgÃn H¸pk]v¡pt¼mÄ t{bmcÊÀ tImUn¨p.
“”CWn A^f\n¡qÀ NqXnt] D*m]n^p¶pÅq tWmfntWg³ hdvfnäv sI¿m³,””
sgÃn bp©n^n¨SÃmsS f_pbXn b_ªnÃ.
“”Sm¦yq hmÀ,””
At²i¯n³s_ ssNNant`¡v tWmfnsW]vg³ WÂNns¡m*v sgÃn b_ªp.
“”sgÃn, km,””
Hmcohn Wn¶v- bp_¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NX¡tk kntWmUv Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
kntWmUpw sgÃn]pw knlm`fm] tNms¼u*n³s_ ASn^ns` NmämXnf^¯n³s_ tWs^ WX¶p.
“”fnWn]pw k^q,””
Hcohn³s_ k^m´]n Wn¶v- Aks^ tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶ fnWns] kntWmUv ssN Nm\n¨pknan¨p.
“”sgÃn, fnWns]t¶mXv– FÃmw b_ªp,””
fnWn Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v, NmämXn f^¯nWv Nosj k¶t¸mÄ, kntWmUv b_ªp.
“”Wo Mm³ N^pSn]SntW¡mÄ k`n]kWm\v– sgÃn,””
sgÃn]psX bp©n^n¡p¶ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n kntWmUv SpXÀ¶p.
“”Wo Wns¶¯s¶ l^n¡pw hm{Nnsschv sI]vSv…CSv tbms` H^p sZZv `n]m] ho{N«v DÅn Han¸n¨v…””
“”H^p f\n¡qÀ fp¼m\v fnWn Fs¶¡*v Nm^y§Ä b_]p¶Sv. F´m]m`pw H^p Z½n tWmfntWg³ sNmXp¯n^p¶p. `mÌv sfmsf³än Wo k^pw Fs¶m^p {bSo£ FWn¡p*m]n^p¶p. Nm^\w hoäv Nn«m¯SnWà Wo bp_¯v tbm]Sv. k¨v Wo«n] hoäv SÅnfmän]n«m….””
sgÃn FÃm tN«n^p¶p.
“”bns¶ fnWn sf¼Àgn¸v FXp¯p. C¶v- fpS Nm¼]n³ knemP¯n hvt{Xm§v– B]n fnWn]pw Nm\pw. Mm³ B {bhv ks^ H¶v- tbmNpkm. sskNn«v Nm\mw,””
kntWmUv WX¶v- Wo§n.
sgÃn tWm¡pt¼mÄ fnWn Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m\v.
“”sgÃn C¶v- k^mSn^p¶sS´m?””
sgÃn hwhm^n¡msS Aksa tWm¡n.
“”sgÃn,””
AkÄ ko*pw knan¨p.
Ak³ tImUy^qb¯n tWm¡n.
“”Fs¶ tk* F¶v- sk¡p¶Sv sgÃn fWÊn Nm\p¶ Nzmanäohv CÃm¯ sb®m\v Mm³…ASpsNm*mt\m? AtSm…””
sgÃn AkapsX N®pNant`¡v DäptWm¡n.
“”…AtSm sgÃn]psX kjn]n Mm³ SXÊmNq¶v- knIm^n¨nt«m?””
“”GSv kjoÂ?””
sWänIpan¨psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”sgÃn,””
AkÄ ko*pw knan¨p.
“”Mm³ sgÃns] F³s_ ss`cn³s_ …F´m b_]vN…F³s_ ss`cn³s_ emPfm¡m³ B{Pin¡p¼w sgÃnsX ss`cns` FÃm^pw F³s_ ss`cn³s_ emPw BÆm\v. F¶v- sk¨m sgÃosX bm¸m F³s_NqXn b¸]m\v–. ASv tbms` sgÃosX f½ow….sgÃosX f½osW…..B^m B sim_ndnÄ {ZmfmsX bn¼ns`¶v- Ns*¯m³ MmWpw {lfn¡pw…sI`t¸m sgÃosW¡mapw B hdvKNvän Mm³ C³tkmÄkvZv BNpw…””
sgÃn]psX knhvf]w ASn^nÃmsS]m]n.
“”CWn¸_,””
AkÄ Ak³s_ tWs^ A¸wNqXn AXp¯p.
“”sgÃn]v¡v Fs¶ Cãs¸XmSn^n¡m³ F´m t{bm»w?””
sgÃn km¡pNanÃmsS Aksa tWm¡n.
“”k^q,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
Ak³ Aksa hwl]n¨v tWm¡n.
“”Wfp¡v AknsX]n^n¡mw,””
timÌ`nt`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNp¶ kjn]nÂ, bq¯pWn¡p¶ sI¼Nw tWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp.
“”Wfp¡v AknsX]n^n¡mw. A¸w NqXn ss{bkhn]p*v,””
AktWmsXm¸w AkÄ At§m«p WX¶p.
“”fnWn,””
sI¼N¯nWp Smsj]pÅ Cawb¨Wn_fpÅ frUpkm] bp`v¸p_¯v AepfpOfm]n C^p¶psNm*v sgÃn b_ªp.
“”t`mNs¯ Gäkpw _n¨v B], tc]vfhv B], ¥mf_hv B] B¬Np«nNÄ sNmSn¨v Nm¯n^n¡p¶ H^p Nm^yfm\v fnWn Ft¶mXv b_ªSv….””
AkapsX N®pNan So{kfm] {b\]¯n³s_ NX`n^¼w Ak³ N*p.
“”Ft¶mXv F¶v- b_ªm FWn¡pfp*v {btSyNSNÄ,””
AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡ns¡m*v Ak³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”H^p hmVm^\ ssih-vNqÄ AVymbN³s_ fN³ B\v Mm³. SWn {Pmfo\³s_ hwhv¡m^fm\v FWn¡v. F³s_ Cã§Ä, Sm¸^y§Ä, F³s_ A^nNn Ft¸mjpfp*m]n^n¡m³ Mm³ B{Pin¡p¶ Nm^y§Ä ….AsSms¡…A§sW H^mtamXm\v fnWn…””
Ak³ ko*pw WnÀ¯n.
“”fnWn¡pfp*v {btSyNSNÄ,””
Ak³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”ss`cn³s_ AUÀ FN-vhv{Xofn`m\v fnWn…. U dnsPÌv , U ssis]Ìv– ….A§sW….H^p tNm¼v`N-vhv B]n tSm¶^pSv….””
“”it`m..!””
AkÄ knan¨p.
“”CknXn¸w F´m D*mt]? FWn¡v H^p sI¡sW Cãfm]n. A]mÄ Fs¶ Cãs¸X\w. FKyqt¡g³ Hs¡¡jnªv FWn¡v A]mapsX NqsX Smfhn¡\w. FWn¡v tKm`n sI¿\w. A]mÄ tKm`n sI¿\w. Wfp¡v H¶v- ^*v Npªp§Ä tk\w….Aks^ FKyqt¡g³ sNmXp¡\w AkÀ¡v cmfn`n D*mk\w….Ct{Sw hn¼nÄ B] H^p Nm^y¯nWv ..F´nWm Ct{Sw FPvhmKt_äv sI]vSv hwhm^n¡ps¶..? Cäv– Cuhv Bhv hn¼nÄ Bhv FWn hn¼nÄ tfmÌv– SnwPv!””
sgÃn N®pNÄ fnjn¨v Aksa tWm¡n.
“”F³s_ sgÃn…FWn¡v H^p NĨÀ fmt{S A_n]q…H^p ¥mfÀ fmt{S A_n]q…””
AkapsX fpOw S¶nt`¡v AXp¡p¶Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n.
Ct¸mÄ AkapsX lzmh¯n³s_ Smbw S³s_ fpO¯v sSmXp¶p*v.
“”hvtWiw,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”ASv fmt{S FWn¡_n]q,””
AkapsX Cu_³ Ip*n bSns] SjpNm³ Ak³s_ ssNNÄ S^n¨p.
{b\]w bpSpfjtbms`sNmÅpN]m\v Mm³ fnWo Wn³s_ BNml¯nWv Smsj Wn¶v-.
C§sW H^p fim fmÀQjnNpanÀfªpSpÅntbms` Wo Fs¶ sbmSn]pt¼mÄ, bq¯v NpSnÀ¶ KmSnfÃn shu^eyw tbms` Wo F³s_ {bm\Wnt`¡v bX^pt¼mÄ FWn¡v eqSNm`fnÃ.
Cu Wnfngw fm{Sw.
lnln^¯n³s_ HmÀ½¡p_n¸pNÄ D^pNn¯o^p¶, ESp¡Ä bq¡apsX]pw l`e§apsX]pw hzÀ®s]mjp¡v fm{Sw Nm\n¨pS^p¶ Wnfngw.
“”CSv GSv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ESp B\v F¶v fnWn¡_nt]m?””
“”CSv …””
AkÄ Bt`mIn¨p.
“”shbväwdÀ…shm…Cäv– Cuhv Hm«w…FWn¡Sn³s_ f`]maw A_n]nÃ…””
“”lnln^w,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
“”lnln^w? sku- shm dyq«ncpÄ! shm tbms]änNv! F´nWm tImUnt¨?””
“”lnln^¯n bq¡Ä knX^nÃ…hv{bnwPv Cuhv U hoh³ tcmÀ cv`tkjvhv äp »qw,””
“”]m, Hmt¡…thm?””
“”bs£ FWn¡v lnln^¯n H^p bq knXÀ¶p. H^p lnln^bpgv¸w,””
Ak³ AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
Ct¸mÄ b^hvb^w fp«mkp¶ Uq^¯n`m\v Ak^psX fpO§Ä.
“”MmWtà ASv?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
sgÃn D¯^w b_ªnÃ.
bN^w AkapsX frUpkm] kn^`pNsa hvbÀln¨p.
Np¨v Un³ bit` th fptK tS^n BUSv timP]n ti…
A¸w Uqs^ HmZntäm_n]¯n Wn¶v- Wr¯w b^nlo`n¡p¶k^n Wn¶v- f{´ fVp^fm] B PmWw HjpNnk¶p.