“”tfmta A¨q…””

“”A… A¸¨nt]m… Ft´? ‘

“”tfmsa´m Ct¸mÄ tbmkps¶? hpVn tbm]n«v H¯n^n tW^w B]tÃm..tfmta knan¡msS]mt\m Ak³ tbmt]? F´v bän? ^*p tb^pw bn\§nt]m?”

“”””G]v Cà A¸¨n…F¶m Mm³ WX¡s«…”” A¨pknsâ N®p Wn_ªp…

“”C§sW bn\§m³ fm{Sw Mm³ F´p sSäv sI]vSp hpVo…?” AkÄ fWÊn b_ªp…

AkÄ¡p tNmtaKn tbmkm³ tSm¶n]nÃ…h¦Xw k¶m`pw ht´mgw k¶m`pw Akapw hpVn]pw C^n¡m_pÅ B Npa¡Xkn`n^p¶v A¨p N®pWoÀ sbmjn¨p…sbs«¶v AkapsX D*¡®pNÄ Bt^m sbm¯n…

“”A¨qsh….”

“”””hpVn…””

“”Dw..MmWpw C¶v tNmtaKn tbm]nÃ…Wns¶ Ct§m«v k^p¯m³ MmWm A½s]s¡m*v A§sWm^p NÅw b_]nt¨…”” hpVn A¨pknsâ A^nNn C^p¶p…

A¨p tUgyt¯msX ImXn Fjpt¶äp tbmkm³ SpX§n]Spw hpVn A¨pknsâ N¿n bnXp¯fn«p…

“”knXv hpVn… Nm\* FWn¡v Wns¶… sk_p¸m Wnt¶mXv… Np«n¡m`w sSm«p Nm\m³ SpX§n] Fs¶ WnW¡v hwl]m s`… C¶s` F{S Mm³ knan¨p… H^p Sk\s]¦n`pw Wo tcm¬ FXpt¯m? C¶`s¯ Fsâ AkØ F´m]n^p¶p F¶v WnW¡_nt]m? tk*… Wo H¶pw A_nt]* CWn…CknsX sk¨v WnÀ¯mw Wfps¡Ãmw… FWn¡v tk* Wns¶….FWn¡nãÃ…””

“”Wo WnÀ¯ptkmXn? Fs¶ sk_p¡m³ btäm WnW¡v?”

“”””B bäpw…Fs¶ fWhn`m¡m¯ Wns¶ FWn¡v tk*…tbmXm… sbm]vt¡m..”

A¨p tUgykpw h¦Xkpw hin¡msS hpVn]psX sW©¯nXn¨p…AXp¯ Wnfngw AkapsX C^p ssNNapw bp_Nnt`¡v bnXn¨v B Ip*pNÄ hpVn NkÀs¶Xp¯p..Ssâ A¨pknsW Ak³ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯v sN«n¸p\À¶p…A¨pknsâ h¦Xkpw b^nekkpw FÃmw hpVn]psX sW©n N®pWo^m]n sbmjnªp…Nps_ tW^w AkÀ¡nX]n fuWw Saw sN«n¡nX¶p…hpVn]psX Ipf`n S` sk¨p sNm*v A¨p b_ªp SpX§n…

“”AWmklyfm] bn\¡¯nsâ tb^n C¶s` Mm³ F{S N®pWoÀ NpXn¨p A_nt]m hpVo..? H^p dm¦v fmtWKÀ C¶s` Fs¶ sb®p Nm\m³ k¶p… Aѳ FÃmw D_¸n¨ f«m]n^p¶p…AkÀ¡v Sm`vb^yfps*¶p b_ªv knan¡pN]pw sI]vSp…Fsâ N®pWoÀ Culz^³ N*Sp sNm*mkmw ^mkns` AkÀ km¡v fmän.. tKm`n DÅ Np«ns] tk\w b_ªv…F´nWm hpVo C§sWms¡? FWn¡v A¸ptk«tW]pw hpVns]]pw S½n fm_psf¶v tSm¶p¶pt*m hpVn¡v?”

“”””Cà A¨q…Fsâ ØmW¯p fäms^]pw Wo Nm\nà F¶v– FWn¡_n]mw…Wns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡v hwl]fp*m]n«sÃXo…A¸ptk«³ F¶Ã B^pw H^p b^nVn]n Nknªp Wnt¶mXXp¡p¶Sv FWn¡v hin¡nÃ…{em´m\v sbt® Wos]Wn¡v…”” hpVn A¨pknsâ sW_pNn SjpNns¡m*v b_ªp… C^pk^psX]pw fnjnNÄ Cu_W\nªp…

“”bns¶ A¨q..tks_m^p Nm^yw b_]mWp*v…””

“”F´m hpVo…?”

“”””B dm¦v fmtWKÀ¡v tKm`n]pÅ sb®nsW Ss¶ tk\sf¶v ]msSm^p WnÀdÔkpw CÃmt«m…”” hpVn H^p NŨn^n bmhm¡n…

A¨p NuSpNt¯msX hpVns] tWm¡n…..

“”””hpVo…Wo b_ªp k^p¶Sv…?”

“”””FXn f*p…F{S kj¡n«m`pw bn\§n]m`pw Fsâ sb®nsW Bt^`pw S«ns]Xp¡m³ k¶mt` Cu hpVn A_n]pw…””

“”H¶p sSan¨p b_s]sâ hpVn…FWns¡m¶pw fWhn`mkp¶nÃ…””

“”FXn NjptS…C¶s` ^m{Sn k`y½mf A½s] knan¨p b_ªp Wnsâ N`ym\w sl^n Bs]¶v…A½ Aksâ Zosä]nÂhv b_ªp S¶p…^m{Sn¡v ^m{Sn A{Zhv S¸ns]Xp¯p Mm³ AksW Nm\m³ tbm]n…bns¶ Wnsâ dm¦v fmtWKÀ Bsam^p tbXns¯m*Wm]tSm*v AVnNw kn^t«*n k¶nÃ…Mm³ b_ªp sNmXp¯ AtS Z]t`mPv b_ªv Ak³ bn·m_n…””

“”FXm fimbmbn C¶s` knan¨t¸mÄ tcm¬ FXp¯v WnW¡nsSm¶p b_]m]n^p¶ntÃ…sk_ptS Fsâ D_¡w Naªp…””

“”B…H^qhw Cu hpVn¡v tk*n Wo H¶p sX³g³ AXn¡s« F¶v N^pSn…””

“”A§sW H^p dmV Hjn¸n¨p…CWn bp_sN F{S k^psf¶v ssUk¯nW_n]mw…””

“”F{S tkt\ kt¶ms«…ASnsWs]ms¡ Mm³ HmXn¨p knXpw…Cu Wn¡p¶tS Fsâ sb®m…””

“”At¿m A¸¨n..”

“”””Zm…fSn lrwP^n¨Sv… ^*pw tbmkm³ tWm¡v…D¨s¡¦n`pw ¢mÊn tN_nt¡m..”

“”””sl^n `£vfn]t½..NmfpNn NmfpN·mÀ Wn¡p¶nXt¯¡v k^pt¼mÄ H^p hnPvWt`ms¡ S^t* `¨q…”” hpVn H^p NphrSn¨n^nt]msX b_ªp…

“”A¿X…H^p Nm^yw Mm³ b_tª¡mw Np_¨p hzmS{´yw Ss¶¶p N^pSn Np^p¯t¡Xv ktÃmw H¸n¨m ^*nWpw Nn«pw Ftâ¶v…””

“”t¿m `¨q«n IqXmkmsS MmsWm^p Sfml b_ªStÃ…”” hpVn `£vfn]psX Nknan WpÅn sNm*p b_ªp…

“”At¿m Cu sI_p¡³…knsXXm Fs¶..tfmta A¨q..GSm]m`pw Wo Nm^\w CkWp Np_¨p Nm^y{bmbvSn Hs¡ k¶p…^*£^w bYn¡\w F¶pw sbs«¶v tKm`n sl^n]m¡\w F¶pw Hs¡ H^p tdmVw k¶n«p*v…”” A¨p bp©n^n¨p…

“”M§Ä F¶m tNmtaKnt`¡v tbmks« A¸¨n..”

“”””sl^n tfmta…””

`£vfn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A¨pkpw hpVn]pw tbmkp¶Sv Np_¨p tW^w tWm¡n Wn¶p… H^p SXhkpw NqXmsS A¨pknsW Ssâ f^ptfmam]n Nn«m³ DÅp^pNn {bmÀ°n¨p…

Unkh§Ä NX¶p tbm]n…A¨pknWv k^p¶ knkmi Bt`mIWNÄ ASnknUPvVfm]n A¨pkpw hpVn]pw NqXn fpX¡n… A¨p bYn¨ tNmtaKn Ss¶ bnKn¡v tIÀ¶p..PÄcv Bt`mIWNÄ AÑWp Sm`vb^yfnà F¶v fWhn`m¡n] A¨p ASv– hpVns] A_n]n¨p..hpVn bn Fhv hn tNm¨nwPv Wp tIÀ¶p… s`m«ps`mXp¡pNsaÃmw fmän sk¨v hpVn ho^n]hv B]n bYn¨p SpX§n… H^p Unkhw ¢mÊv– Njnªp k¶t¸mÄ ko«n H^p sb®pNm\`nsâ H^p¡w A¨p f\¯_nªp…lo`fm]Sp sNm*v AkÄ¡p {btSyNn¨v b^n{efw H¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ…hpVn¡v sftÊKv A]¨p..Ak³ ssV^ybqÀkw tbm]n Wnt¶mamWpw b_ªp…

“”A¨q…Wo Cu Ip^nUmÀ C«p Wn¡v… C¶v H^p Nq«À Nm\m³ k^p¶p*v…””

“”sl^n At½…FknXp¶m bpSn] Bt`mIW…?”

“”””AVnNw Uq^¯p Wns¶m¶pw AÃ..sI_p¡Wv Pks×âv tKm`n]m..”

“”””Dw..”

A¨p CsSknsX sI¶khmWn¡pw Ft¶mÀ¯v C^n¡pt¼mam\v D½_t¯¡v Im] FXp¯p k^m³ tUkn knan¨p b_ªSv… bSnkptbms` Bs^]pw tWm¡msS A¨p Im] sNmXp¯p Sn^nªp WX¶p…

“”A¨q…”” b^nInSfm] lÐw tN«v AkÄ Sn^nªp tWm¡n..Bsa N*v A¨p sM«n…

“”A¸ptk«³…””

“”tfmta A¨q..A¸¨n Wns¶ A§v sNm*p tbmkm³ So^pfmWn¨p Fsâ tfmsâ sb®m]n«v…”” ^mV b_ªSp tN«v AkÄ U]Wo]fm]n AÑsW tWm¡n…

“”tfmÄ¡v H^p hÀss{bhv B]nt¡ms« F¶p sk¨m AÑWpw A½]pw Bsa b_]mSn^pt¶..A¸pknsâ N¿n Wns¶ G¸n¡p¶Sn`pw k`ns]m^p ht´mgw AÑWp tks_]nà tfmta…””

A¨pknsâ ssNNm`pNÄ SaÀ¶p tbmkp¶Sp tbms` tSm¶n…^m{Sn hpVns] knan¨v AkÄ kn_¨p kn_¨p Nm^yw b_ªp…tN« DXsW hpVn NmÄ N«v– sI]vSp…hpVn]psX tUgyw AkÄ Duin¨p.. F´p sI¿\w F¶_n]msS A¨p S`]n\]n fpOw sbm¯n¡^ªp… bntä¶v ^mkns` Nq«pNm^n]psX ko«nt`¡ms\¶pw NÅw b_ªv A¨p hpVn]psX ko«nt`¡v tbm]n…`£vfn D½_¯p fpäfXn¡pN]m]n^p¶p…AkÄ A¸¨ns] sN«n¸nXn¨p N^ªp…

“”tfmav N^]msS..^mtVX¯nt]mXv Mm³ b_]mw…””

“”A½ Bt^mXpw H¶pw b_]m³ tbm\nÃ…”” hpVn koXnWN¯p Wn¶pw N`n SpÅns¡m*p k¶p…fpOw tUgyw sNm*p Ipk¶n^p¶p…

“”Ckam… Cksam^p¯n]m FÃmänWpw Nm^\w..b`t¸mjpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ hqIn¸n¨Sm AktamXv AksW hq£n¡m³… At¸msjÃmw A¸ptk«³ Fs¶ A§sW Nm\nà F¶m]n^p¶p AkapsX Z]t`mPv…Cs¸m F´ms]Xo…NnX¶p tfm§p¶Sp N*m N^\w tWm¡n H¶p sbm«n¡mWm tSm¶pt¶..”

“”””hpVo…WnÀ¯v.. fSn Wnsâ D{Pm\w…””

“”Ak³ b_tªms« A¸¨n…FÃmw Fsâ sSäm h½Sn¨p…bt£ hpVn A¨p Kokn¨n^n¡pt¼mÄ Wo AÃmsS fsäm^mÄ Fsâ Njp¯n Sm`n sN«nÃ…”” A¨p sbm«n¡^]p¶Sp N*t¸mÄ hpVn]psX N®p Wn_ªp…

“”thm_n A¨q…Fsâ h¦Xw sNm*p b_ªSm…F´m sIt¿t* Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw Wo km…”” Ak³ A¨pknsâ ssN bnXn¨p..

“”””hpVn Wo F´p emkn¨m?”

“”””A½ tbXn¡*…AksW N*p Mm³ hSyw b_]m³ tbmkm…bn·m_n]nsæn bns¶ F´p sI¿\w Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw..” AkÀ A¸pknsâ ko«nt`¡v tbm]n… `£vfn]pw NqsX tbm]n..

“”””A¸ptk«m…””

“”B^nSv hpVnt]m? A¨pkpw sI_n]½]pw Hs¡ D*tÃm… tN_n]n^n¡v…Mm³ A½s] knan¡mw.. ‘

“”C^n¡m³ k¶SÃ…H^p Nm^yw A_n]n¡m³ k¶Sm…A¨pkpw MmWpw Cã¯n`m\v…A¸ptk«³ Cu knkmi¯n Wn¶pw bn·m_\w…C{S]pw Nm`w AkÄ¡p k^p¶ Bt`mIWNsaÃmw fpX¡n]Sv Aksa Wn§sas¡m*v sN«n¡mWÃ..”

“”””bns¶ B^m A¨pknsW sN«p¶ fmWy³…Wns¶ tbms`m^p sS*nt]m? ‘ AN¯p Wn¶pw C_§n k^p¶ Bsa N*Spw A¨p kn_¨p…

AN¯p Wn¶pw ^mQk³ Wm]À t^mgmNp`Wm]n C_§n k¶p..AÑsâ emkw N*p tbXn¨v A¨p hpVn]psX N¿n fp_p¡n¸nXn¨p..

“”””Smt´m¶n¯^w Nm\n¨p Nm\n¨v HXp¡w Wo fp_¯n tN_n sNm¯m³ SpX§n AtÃXm Wµn sN«ksW…Fsâ tfmÄ¡v k^p¶ Bt`mIWNÄ fpX§n]t¸mtj FWn¡v Wns¶ hwl]w D*m]n^p¶p…F¶ns«mXp¡w Ak³ CknsX kt¶¡p¶p..A¸pknsW eog\ns¸Xp¯m³…”” ^mQk³ Wm]À N`n fq¯v hpVns] S`§pw kn`§pw SÃn…tUkn]pw ^mV]pw A¸pkpsfÃmw SX]m³ {lfn¨n«pw c`w D*m]nÃ..B NmjvI N*p hin¡mWmkmsS A¨p CX]v¡p tN_n Wn¶p…

“”sSm«p tbmk^pSv Fsâ hpVns]…””

“”tfmta A¨q…Wo…””

“”AÑWp sNmÃ\sf¦n Fs¶ sNmt¶m…FWn¡v hpVns] Cãm…hpVn]psX ØmW¯v A¸ptk«sW Nm\m³ FWn¡mknÃ..”

“”””A¨q…Wo]mt^mXm b_]pt¶ F¶v kà tdmVkpw Dt*m? ‘

“”D*t½…hz´w kmlnNÄ¡v– fm{Sw {bmVmWyw sNmXp¡p¶, hvtWi¯nsâ H^p S^n¼p tbm`pfnÃm¯ Fsâ AÑtWmXv..C§sW SÃn¨S¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpVn F´p sSäm sI]vtS?”

“”””`£vfn… tN«nsÃXo…AWn]¯n B]n«Ã tfmam]n«tà Wns¶ Mm³ kaÀ¯ns]..F¶n«v B Ft¶mXv C§sWm^p ISn Wnsâ tfmsWsNm*v sI¿n¡\fm]n^pt¶m…? hz¯m\v `£ysf¦n FÃmw Mm³ FjpSn S^mw… bN^w Fsâ tfmta FWn¡v S¶m fSn…””

“”G«m…Mm³… Npt«ymÄ¡v b^hvb^w Cãm]t¸mÄ…””

“”Io… WnÀs¯Xn..CWn knan¡^pSv Wo Fs¶… G«m F¶v… FWn¡n§sWm^p AWn]¯n CÃ.. Fsâ tfmta sN«m³ F´p t]mPyS]mXn Wnsâ Cu S` sS_n¨ tfmWpÅSv?”

“”””kÃn½mtf…Wn§Ä b_ªSp sl^n]m\v.. FWn¡v t]mPyS CÃ..bt£ F{S Nãs¸«n«m]m`pw Fsâ A¨pknsW sbm¶p tbms` tWm¡mWpÅ kN MmWp*m¡pw…B Bßknlzmhw DÅnXt¯maw Nm`w Aksa H^p¯Wpw Mm³ kn«psNmXp¡nÃ..”

“”””hpVo…NjnªsSÃmw H^p Np«n¡an B]n¡*p f_¡m³ Mm³ S¿m_m\v…bt£ C¶t¯msX A¨pkpfm]pÅ Wnsâ t`mPyw NqX WnÀ¯nt¡m…AkÄ Fsâ em^y Bkm³ tbmkp¶ Np«n]m\v…”” A¸p CX¡v tN_n b_ªp..

“”””F¶v A¸ptk«³ fm{Sw So^pfmWn¨m fSnt]m? FWn¡v Wn§sa CãÃ…””

“”A¨q…””

“”tN«tÃm.. CWn Fsâ sb®nsW Wo]§v f_t¶¡v…A¨q Wo km..Wfp¡v W½psX ko«n tbmkmw…Bs^ms¡ FSnÀ¯m`pw Fsâ A½ W½psX H¸fp*v…At½ Wfp¡v tbmkmw…””

“”hpVo..A¨pknsâ ssN knXv..”

“”””At½…””

“”Wnt¶mXksa knXmWm b_tª…Wfp¡v tbmkmw…””

“”A¸¨n…A¸¨n]pw M§sa Ns¿mjntªm?” Wn_ª Nt®msX A¨p tImUn¨p..

“”””Mm³ B{Pin¨Sv Fsâ G«sâ AWp{Pit¯msX Wns¶ Fsâ f^ptfmam¡mWm…B N®pWoÀ kojv¯ns¡m*v Fsâ koXnsâ bXn N]_m³ Mm³ Wns¶ h½Sn¡nÃ…””

“”sl^n..A½¡v dp²nfp«ms\¦n M§Ä tks_ FknsXs]¦n`pw tbm]n Koknt¨mamw…””

“”hpVo..Wo Aksas¡m*v CknXp¶n_§n]m A½]psX lkfmkpw Wo Nm\m…WµntNXv Nm\n¨n«v `£vfn Cu eqfn]n Kokn¡nÃ..-!” sbs«¶v A¨pknsâ N¿nt·`pÅ hpVn]psX bnXp¯w A]ªp…

“”Mm³ Wnsâ Nm`p bnXn¡mw tfmsW.. G«sâ lmbw km§n Wo Aksa sNm*p tbmk^pSv…””

“”W¶m]n At½..kas^ W¶m]n… bns¶ F´nWm M§sa tfmin¸n¨Sv…? Ct¸mÄ hpVn tSmäp… sl^n¡pw tSmäp…tSm¸n¨Sv kÃnfmf]à Fsâ A½…A½t]¡mÄ k`pSà FWn¡v A¨p…CWn A½ Fs¶ AtWzgn¡^pSv…Mm³ tbmkp¶p…””

“”tfmsW… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hpVo..” hpVn WX¶p Wo§n…A¨p knan¨n«pw hpVn Wn¶nÃ….

“”””hpVo…tbmktà hpVo…hpVo…..” A¨p WnÊim]]m]n SaÀ¶p ko\p…

bn¶oXt§m«v A¨p Bt^mXpw fn*n]n«nÃ…hpVn FknsXs]¶p F{S AtWzgn¨n«pw Ns*¯mWm]nÃ…`£vfn NpätdmVw sNm*p kn§ns¸m«n..

fmh§tamaw ko«pSX¦`n F¶ tbms` A¨p Njnªp…hpVn]psX HmÀ½NÄ AkapsX fWÊn SnN«n k¶p…ssUkt¯mXpÅ AkapsX knlzmhw Wãs¸«psk¦n`pw Ss¶ H^p {em´n]m¡sà F¶p fm{Sw AkÄ {bmÀ°n¨p.. HXp¡w A¸pkpfm]pÅ A¨pknsâ knkmi¯nWp So]Sn Np_n¨p… A½]psX WnÀdÔ{bNm^w knkmiw AXp¯t¸mÄ A¨p NpXpwdt£{S¯n sSmjm³ tbm]n…tUkn]psX S¦ kn{Pi¯nt`¡v– AkÄ H^pbmXv tW^w tWm¡n Wn¶p… b^nek§Ä b_ªnÃ… N^ªnÃ.. H^p S^w f^knt¸msX Nps_ tW^w ssNNq¸n Wn¶p.. sSmjpSn_§n]t¸mÄ ]mUrÝnNfm]n AkÄ `£vfns] N*pfp«n… UpxOw Saw sN«nWn¡p¶ A¨pknsâ fpOw N*t¸mÄ `£vfn]psX N®p Wn_ªp…

“”tfmta… A¨q… A¸¨nt]mXv tUgyw Dt*m tfmÄ¡v..? ‘

“”F´nWv? FÃmw knVn Bs\¶v N^pSn hfmVmWnt¨mamw Mm³..”

“”””FÃmw f_¡\w sâ Np«n…WnW¡v WÃtS k^q…bns¶ tfmta…hpVns] Np_n¨v knk^w Nn«n.. Ak³ PÄcn tbm]t{S..Nq«pNm^³ kjn knh sl^n B]Sm…B Np«n b_ªm Mm³ A_ntª… sâ tfmWv Ft¶mXv sk_p¸mkpw.. H^p N¯v tbm`pw FjpSn]n«nÃ…FknsX]m]m`pw Ak³ ht´mgfm]n^n¡s«…sâ Npt«ymÄ s¶ lbn¡^pSv…”” sbm«n¡^ª `£vfns] A¨p hfmVmWn¸n¨p…

“”Cà A¸¨n..M§Ä lbn¡nÃ.. hpVn¡v WÃSp fm{Sw k^s«…”” Wn_Nt®msX WX¶p Wo§p¶ A¨pknsW `£vfn WnÊim]St]msX tWm¡n Wn¶p..

Uobm^mVW Njnªv tSKtÊmsX Wn¡p¶ tUkn kn{Pi¯nt`¡v tWm¡n AkÀ sWXpkoÀ¸n«p…Vm^]m]n k¶ N®pWoÀ kn{Pis¯ f_¨p…k^m³ tbmNp¶ k`ns]m^p knb¯nWp fp¶n tUkn N®X¡m³ tbmkp¶p F¶Snsâ hqIW tbms`…

“”””FÃmw FXp¯p skt¨m hpVn..?”

“”””Dw…””

“”^*p kÀg§Ä¡p tlgftà Wo Wm«nt`m«p tbmkpt¶…ASpw C{S]pw WmÄ B^pfm]pw H^p tNm¬XmÎv tbm`pw CÃmsS AWyWm«n NnX¶v W^Nn¨SnWp tlgw …F¶ns«´mXm WnWs¡m^p ht´mgkpw CÃms¯…?”

“”””ht´mgw…A§sWm¶v hpVn]psX KoknS¯n b_ªn«nà ^Sotg…Wm«n tbmkp¶SntW¡mÄ FWn¡nãw CknsX Wo]psfm¸w AWyWm«n Njn¨p Nq«mWm…””

“”Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs´ms¡]mXm Cu b_]pt¶.?”

“”””hSyw..AknsX Fs¶ Nm¯n^n¡m³ B^pfnÃ…KokWv Sp`yw hvtWin¨kÄ fsäm^p¯sâ sb®m]n In`t¸mÄ H^p Npsªms¡]m]n Kokn¡p¶p*mkpw…bns¶ A½… A½ tbm`pw Fs¶ ISn¨nsÃXm…?”

“”””sJ…ASp knXv hpVo… Wos]´m sNm¨pNp«nNsa tbms`…KoknSw C§sWms¡ Ss¶]m…B{Pin¡p¶sSÃmw Nn«ns]¶p k^nÃ…FÃmw WÃSnWmkpsfs¶… Wo tbm]n km…”” “”sl^n Zm…Mm³ sb«¶v Sn^n¨p k^pw..”

“”””AsSms¡ AknsX tbm]n«v So^pfmWn¡mw.. ssd..”

“”””ssd…””

^*p kÀg§Ä¡v tlgw hpVn Wm«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p k^nN]m\v…WmXpfm]n H^p dÔkpw CÃmsS 2 kÀg§Ä.. H^p S^¯n b_ªm Hant¨m«w… XmN-vhn ko«pbXn¡Â WnÀ¯n hpVn C_§n..Nm_nsâ lÐw tN«v `£vfn bqfpOt¯¡v k¶p…kÀg§Ä¡p tlgw tfmsW N*Snsâ tgm¡v Nm^\w AkÀ¡v lÐw bp_¯p k¶nÃ…

“”hp… hp.. hpVo….tfmtW…..” `£vfn hpVns] sN«n¸nXn¨p…

“”F{S Nm`m]n sâ sbm¶ptfmsW N*n«v…A½t]mXv bn\¡w Bt\m tfm³?”

“”””AÃt½…bn\§n]SÃ…CknsX Wn¶m {em´v bnXn¡psf¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ…””

“”B AsSms¡ tbms«… sâ Np«n k¶qt`m…tfm³ kn{lfn¡v…A½ Fs´¦n`pw Njn¡msWXp¡mw…””

“”tk*t½ BUyw Npa¯n tbms]m¶p fp§nNpan¡s«…”” Npan Njnªv Np_¨p tW^w hpVn Npa¸Xkn Ss¶ C^p¶p…

“”hpVo…-”

“”””A¨q…-”

A¨pknsâ HmÀ½NÄ hpVn¡v Ipäpw A`]Xn¨p… A_n]msS Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªp…ko«ns`¯n e£\¯nWp fp¶n C^ps¶¦n`pw AkWv H¶pw Njn¡m³ NjnªnÃ…

“”tfmsW hpVo…Wnsâ fWÊns`´m F¶v A½¡_n]mw…tfm³ A¨pknsW H^n¡`pw sk_p¡^pSv…bmkm Akav.. H^pbmXv AWpekn¨p Njnªp sâ Np«n..” `£vfn hm^n¯p¼p sNm*p N®p SpX¨p…

“”Aksa´Wpekn¡m³…? FÃmw f_¶v A¸pknsâ NqsX hpOm]n Kokn¡p¶p*mkpw…””

“”CÃ tfmsW..B knkmiw… ASv–… ASv– WX¶nÃ…””

“”F´m…….? A½ b_ªp k^p¶Sv..? ‘

“”AsS tfmsW…A¨p kt`y«sâ ko«n Ss¶]p*v…tfm³ NqXpSs`m¶pw Cu A½t]mXv tImUn¡^pSv…”” `£vfn sbm«n¡^ªp…

Np_¨p tW^w hpVn H¶pw fWÊn`mkmsS Wn¶p…DXsW A¨pknsâ ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p…AknsX F¯n]t¸mÄ Im^p Nth^]n C^n¡p¶ k`y½mfs] N*v hpVn A´man¨p..bj] N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSKshÃmw f§n BsN FÃpw tSm`pfm] ^qbw…hpVns] N*Spw bSns] Nth^]n Wns¶\oäv hq£n¨p tWm¡n…bn¶oXv B N®p Wn_]p¶Sv hpVn N*p…

“”tfmsW hpVn….Wo kt¶m? ‘

“”Dw..^mkns` F¯n..”

“”””hpOmt\m Np«o WnW¡v?”

“”””hpOw…A½m]n?”

“”””AkÄ tbm]n tfmsW…H^pbmXv So Sn¶ns«mXp¡w Fs¶]pw A¨pknsW]pw SWn¨m¡n AkÄ tbm]n…Wns¶ tkUWn¸n¨Snsâ ln£ FWn¡v Nn«n tfmsW…”” ^mQk³ Wm]À hpVns] sN«n¸nXn¨v N^ªt¸mÄ k`y½mt]mXv fWÊn ssk^mPysfÃmw CÃmSmkp¶Sv hpVn A_nªp…

“”kÃn½mtf…Mm³ tbm]SnWp tlgw Fs´ms¡t]m CknsX hwekn¨p…FWn¡_n]\w FÃmw…A¨pknsâ knkmiw WX¡mSn^n¡mWpÅ Nm^\w F´m\v? A¨p… AkÄ FknsX?”

“”””H^pbmXv AWpekn¨p sâ Np«n…FÃmw Mm³ Nm^\w… Fsâ bnXnkmln Nm^\w…Wnsâ N¿n Aksa G¸n¨n^ps¶¦n AkÄ¡v– Cu PSn k^nÃm]n^p¶p…””

“”F´m D*ms]¶p sSan¨p b_]q kÃn½mtf..”

“”””FWn¡SnWp Njn]nà Np«o…A¨p AN¯p*v…tfm³ sIÃv…AktamsXm¶pw tImUn¡^pSv…””

“”CÃ…FWn¡ksa H¶p N*m fSn…””

hpVn A¨pknsâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n…Ak³ N*p KW`^nNn S` Smjv¯n C^n¡p¶ Aksâ A¨pknsW…bSnª hz^¯n hpVn knan¨p…

“”A¨q…”” A¨p S`]p]À¯n…

N^ªp N`§n] fpOw…AkapsX knXÀ¶ N®pNans` Sna¡w Wãs¸«n^n¡p¶p… hpVns] N*Spw AkÄ sbm«n¡^ªp…hpVn A¨pknW^nNn C^p¶p…

“”A¨q…tfmta…F´m CknsX hweknt¨? F´p bän WnW¡v…Wnsâ hpVn]m tImUn¡ps¶…””

“”hpVn tbm… tbm hpVn… FWn¡ms^]pw Nmt\*…Bs^]pw Nmt\*…”” H^p {em´ns] tbms` AkÄ A`_n¡^ªp…bns¶ hpVn AknsX Wn¶nÃ…tWs^ tbm]n A¸pknsâ ko«nt`¡v…

“”A¸q…….—!”

“”””hpVn…Wo…Wos]t¸m k¶p?”

“”””MmsWm^n¡`pw k^nsöv N^pSnt]m Wo..? F´nWm]n^ps¶Xm C§sWm^p knkmi WmXNw? Fs¶]pw A¨qtWw bn^n¡mtWm? M§sams¡ Wnt¶mXv F´p sSäv sI]vSp?”

“”””hpVn…Wo]n^n¡v…Mm³ b_]p¶sSm¶v…””

“”Wnsâ h¡m^w hzoN^n¡m³ k¶Sà Mm³…FWn¡_n]\w Wo knkmi¯n Wn¶pw bn·m_mWpÅ Nm^\w…FÃm^pw F¶n Wns¶t´m Han¡p¶p…Wns¶ sNm*p MmWSv b_]n¸n¡pw.. b_s]Xm…….” hpVn A¸pknsâ gÀ«n Np¯n¸nXn¨p…

“”hpVo…Fs¶knXv…Mm³b_]mw…WoN^pSp¶tbms`Mm³A¨pknsW]pwko«pNms^]pwISn¨vknkmi¯nÂWn¶pwbn·m_n]SÃ..”

“”””bns¶…?”

“”””em^yBkm³tbmkp¶sb¬Np«n¡vGsSm^pbp^pgWpwB{Pin¡p¶H¶p*v…b^nlp²n…ASv–…ASv–A¨pknWvWãfm]t¸mÄ….”

“”””F´v–…F´mWob_tª…?”hpVnkn_¨psNm*ptImUn¨p…

“”AsShpVn…A¨p…goCuhvFt_¸vknNv–Xnw…””

“”tWm………–“”

(SpX^pw…)