e£\w Njn¨v, FÃm^pw NqXn kÀ¯fmWkpw b_ªn^p¶v tW^w tbm]S_nªnÃ. tI¨n]psX ¢mhns` kntlg§Ä Hs¡ tN«n^p¶p f\n GSm*v bSnsWm¶m]n.

“”fmaq, Np«m, Xn kn s]ms¡ N*Sp fSn.. ^*mapw tbm]n NnX¡v–“” Npª Xn kn Hmcv– sI]vSn«v F\oäp.

“”sbs®, Ak³s_ tUi¯p N]_n f_n]^pSv ^*p fq¶p Unkht¯¡v.. N®Wp k¿m¯Sv B\v.. AtSmÀ½ tk\w..””

F³s_ N¿pw bnXn¨p Sn^nsN _qfnt`¡v WX¡p¶ tI¨ns] tWm¡n Npª b_ªp.

“”Bt\m.. sl^n¡pw?”” tI¨n Npªs] tWm¡n Nan]m¡pw tbms` In^n¨p.

“”sN«n¨p knXm_m]n sb®n³s_ Nan N*ntÃ..”” Npª In^n¨pw sNm*v tUgyw Nm\n¨p.

“”ii.. PpZvssWäv Npªm.. “” Mm³ Npªs] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨pw sNm*v _qfnt`¡v N]_n. tI¨n tZmÀ AX¨p k¶p.

“”tI¨n¡v D_¡w k^p¶ntÃ.. Mm³ H¶p fpOw Hs¡ NjpNn k^mw..”” Mm³ dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n.

N¿pw fpOsfms¡ NjpNn k¶t¸mtj¡pw tI¨n sdZv S«n kn^n¡p¶p.

“”Mm³ sI]vtSmamw tI¨o.. tI¨n dm{Sqfn tbm]n km..”” Mm³ tI¨n]psX N¿n Wn¶pw goäv tfXn¨p.

“”Wà Np«n..”” tI¨n F³s_ Nknan H^p WpÅv S¶n«v sgÂcv Sp_¶p

“”tks_ {ZÊv– CWn F´nWm tI¨o.. C«n^n¡p¶ Ip^nUmÀ sskNn«v k¶p fmän]Stà DÅq..”” fmaptI¨n CXm³ tks_ {ZÊv– FXp¡p¶Sv N*p Mm³ Sn^¡n.

“”CSp kÃm¯ C_p¡kpw AhzØS]pfmXm.. sI_n] H^p ssWän FXp¡mw As¸m Wà {co B]n NnX¡ntÃ.. hpOw B]n D_§mw..”” Fs¶ tWm¡n fµihn¨n«v tI¨n Wà Ipk¶ H^p ssWän]pw FXp¯p dm{Sqfn N]_n.

Mm³ sdZv W¶m]n kn^n¨n«v F³s_ dpN-vhv Hs¡ FXp¯v AXp¡n sk¨p.

“”N®m, H¶n§p kt¶..””

“”F´m tI¨o.. “” Mm³ dm{Sqw tZmÀ Sp_¶p tWm¡pt¼m tI¨n tXmbv– Du^ns]Xp¡p¶SnWnX]n ASp S`]n`pw fpXn]n`pw B]n Np^p§n A§nsW Wn¡p¶p.

Mm³ HmXn AXp¯psI¶v ASp k`n¨p tfÂtbm«p N]äm³ tWm¡n.

“”Cu tI¨n]psX {ZÊv– FÃmw Fs´m^p ssXäm\v..”” Mm³ tI¨n]psX bn¶nt`¡v N]_n Wn¶v H^p N\¡nWv ASp k`n¨q^n FXp¯p.

“”tim.. Sm¦vhv Np«m.. {ZÊv– FÃmw Ìn¨v Ca¡n koSn Nq«n¡\w.. FÃmw sI_pSm]n..”” tI¨n ssWän FXp¯n«p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”tXm¸n§p Sm Np«m.. Mm³ AS§v fX¡n sk¡mw..”” tI¨n F³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp Wn¶p tImUn¨p.

“”CSp ssWän AÃtÃm tI¨o.. N*n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p t{cm¡v tbms`]p*v..”” fp«nWp tft`¡v fm{Sw C_¡w DÅ N¿nÃm¯ B ssWän N*p Mm³ Sn^¡n.

“”CSp ssWäv– NnX¡pt¼m fm{Sw CXm³ DÅSm N®m.. Éokv `Êv ssWän.. ASnWp C{S C_¡tf D*mkpÅq.. FWn¡nãvXw B\p ^m{Sn CSpXp¯p NnX¡m³.. Wà hpOw B]n D_§m³ bäpw..”” M§Ä ^*mapw _qfnt`¡v C_§n.. Mm³ dm{Sqw tZmÀ AX¨n«p N«n`n k¶n^p¶p.

tI¨n tXdnans` N®mXn]n tWm¡n fpXn fpNant`¡v FXp¯p sk¨p sN«p¶p.

Npª]psX AsS Wn_w Ss¶ B\v tI¨n¡pw.. Fs¶¡mapw AÂbw sbm¡kpw SXn]pw D*v.. N*m ^*p k]Êv fm{Stf NqXpS DÅq F¶p tSm¶nÃ.. ASn`pw AÂbw NqXpS tSm¶pw. Npª]psX tfs` d»n Aà tI¨n.. DX]m¯ l^o^w Bs\¶v tSm¶pw Nm\pt¼m.

Ft¶mXv Npª¡v DÅSp tbms` Ss¶ kÃm¯ hvtWiw B\v tI¨n¡v.. Mm³ Cf sk«msS tI¨ns]]pw tWm¡n C^p¶p..

“”F´mXm Np«m..”” F³s_ tWm«w N*p tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

“”tI¨n¡v Cu {ZÊv– Ss¶]m l^n¡pw ewPn.. As¸m ko«n Wn¡pt¼m Ft¸mjpw CSp tbm`pÅSv Ss¶ CXm³ bmXntÃ.. “”

“”f½n h½Sn¡nà N®m.. Mm³ k`n] sb®m]n tbm]n F¶m b_]p¶Sv..””

“”Npª Ft¶mXpw ASv Ss¶]m Ft¸mjpw b_]p¶Sv..”” Mm³ In´n¨p.

“”FWn¡v ANs¯m¶pw CXmsS CSn§nsW {co B]n C«p WX¡mWm CãvXw.. f½n N*m Io¯ b_]pw.. ASm..”” tI¨n Sn^nªp Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p fpXns]mSp¡n sk¨p.

Wà NXpw Ipk¸p Wn_w.. tI¨n ^*pw N¿pw D]À¯n fpXn HSp¡n Wn¡p¶Sv Nm\m³ Wà ewPn.. Mm³ tI¨ns] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.. ssN sbm¡n sk¨n^n¡p¶Sv sNm*p tI¨osX {ZÊv– fp«nWpw H^pbmXp tfÂtbm«p N]_n Wn¡p¶p.

“”tI¨n]psX SpXNÄ¡v F³s_ SpXNsa¡mapw SXn¸pw fpjp¸pw.. Nt*m”” Mm³ tI¨ns] tWm¡n b_ªp..

‘ivivi.. Mm³ AtÃXm tI¨n.. As¸m F³s_Sv Ss¶ Bkntà k`pSv..”” tI¨n In^n¨pw sNm*v F³s_ AXp¯pk¶v N«n`nt`¡v C^p¶p.

“”NnX¡t*..””

“”Mm³ Np_¨p tW^w bYn¨mt`m F¶mt`mIn¨Sm..””

“”F³s_ ssUktf.. H^p bYn¸nÌv.. f\n b{´*m]n Nm\pw.. NnXs¡Xm At§m«v–.. Ft¸m tWm¡n]m`pw H^p bYn¯w.””

tI¨n Fs¶ sdZnt`¡v SÅn]n«n«v N¿p]À¯n _qfns` ss`äv A\¨p.

“”bSns] tI¨n.. FWn¡v Ct¸mjpw AknsX]pw CknsX]pw Hs¡ sI_n] tkUW]p*v..”” tI¨n NnX¶t¸m Wo§n AXpt¯¡v NnX¶v H^p Ns¿Xp¯v Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨n]psX tUi¯p sk¨pw sNm*v b_ªp.

“”AS§nWmXm.. H¶p ^*p Unkhw NqXn Nm\pw tkUW.. CWn b_¼nt`¡v tbmkpt¼m tWm¡n WX¡t\..””

tI¨n sfsà Sn^nªp F³s_ tWs^ NnX¶n«p F³s_ S` sfsà D]À¯n tI¨n]psX CXSp N¿psX tf`n H^p bntÃm tbms` sk¨p S¶p.

“”tI¨ns] Ft¸mjpw Wà f\w B\tÃm..”” F³s_ fpOw tI¨n]psX N¿psX CXp¡nt`¡v tIÀ¶t¸m H^p kÃm¯ f\w k^p¶Sv N*p Mm³ b_ªp.

“”tbmXm, ASnWp MmWnt¸m sbÀcyqw H¶pw AXn¨nÃtÃm””

“”sl^n¡pw D*v tI¨o..”” Mm³ F³s_ fpOw tI¨n]psX N£Sns`¡v AXp¸n¨p b_ªp.

“”Zm… iv in.. C¡nan]mkpw…”” tI¨n]psX In^n tNÄ¡m³ WÃ ^hw..

Mm³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw tI¨ns] sN«nbnXn¨p NnX¶p.

A§nsW Ss¶ NnX¶p Ftbmtjm A§p_§nt¸m]n..

A^s¡«n Ft´m tkUW tbms` tSm¶n]t¸m Mm³ sM«n N®p Sp_¶p.

tWm¡pt¼m tI¨n Nms`Xp¯v F³s_ CXp¸nWp tfs` AfÀ¯n sk¨v NnX¡p¶p..

B SXn¨ SpX]psX AXn]n F³s_ hmVWw sM^nªn^n¡p¶p.. ASm\v– sbs«¶v tkUWn¨Sv–.. tI¨n Nm F³s_ A^s¡«nWp tfs` Cs¸m FXp¯p sk¨Smkpw..

F³s_ tgmXvhv Wà thmcväv– B]Sp sNm*v tI¨n]psX SpX]psX AXn]n tWs^ Wà tbms` AfÀ¶p tbm]n.

tI¨n Wà D_¡w.. Nms`Xp¯p fmän]m tI¨n D\À¶mt`m F¶p H^p tbXn]pw D*v.

Mm³ tWm¡pt¼m tI¨n]psX ssWäv {ZÊv k`nªpN]_n tI¨n]psX CXp¸n k¶n^n¡p¶p. SpXNÄ FÃmw fpjpkWm]pw bp_¯pw.

CXSp ssN F³s_ fpO¯nWv– AXn]n`pw k`Sp ssN F³s_ sW©nWp fosS]pw. F³s_ tWÀ¡v– I^nªp NnX¶p H^p Nm`p fpjpkWm]pw F³s_ A^¡p tfs` FXp¯p sk¨p tN«n¸nXn¨m\v tI¨n]psX NnX¸v..

bmkw tI¨n.. D\À¯m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.

Mm³ tI¨n]psX IqXn tIÀ¶p NnX¶v N®pNÄ AX¨p D_§m³ {lfn¨p.. H^p fnWnäv NjnªntÃ, tI¨n D_¡¯n SpX tfÂtbm«p]À¯n Fs¶ H¶v NqXn tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p.

ASnWnX]n B SXn¨ SpX]psX CX]n C^pNn]n^p¶ F³s_ hmVWw H¶v NqXn sM^nªp fX§n.. tI¨n]psX SpX F³s_ SpX]psX CX]nt`¡v AfÀ¶p N]_n]t¸m k`pSm]n Wn¶ hmVW¯nsâ AXn]n C_pNn Wn¶n^p¶ F³s_ D*Nan W¶m]n sI¶nXn¨p.. C¯k\ FWn¡v l^n¡pw sWm´p..

“”iq.. tI¨o…”” Mm³ A_n]pw fp³tb km]n Wn¶pw lÐw bp_¯p ImXn.

F³s_ lÐw tN«v tI¨n sM«n N®p Sp_¶p..

“”F´m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®m, F´p bän..”” tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”iv.. tI¨osX SpX.. F³s_ AknsX CXn¨p.. fmäp tI¨o.. tWmkp¶q..”” Mm³ F³s_ SpX]nXp¡n AfÀ¶n^p¶ tI¨n]psX SpX]n N]_n bnXn¨p.-

B SpX F³s_ hmVW¯nWp fpNan B\v AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶Sv F¶p tI¨n¡v At¸mjm\v– fWÊn`m]Sv–..

“”At¿m Np«m.. tI¨n D_¡¯n A_nªnsÃXm.”” tI¨n sbs«¶v Nms`Xp¯p fmän.

“”imkq.. “” AfÀ¶p fX§n Wn¶ F³s_ hmVW¯nWp kÃm¯ H^p Blzmhw Nn«n] tbms`

“”tbms«Xm.. H¯n^n CXnt¨m.. FknsX]m..”” tI¨n F³s_ A^s¡«nWp fosS ssN Smjv¯n SXkns¡m*v tImUn¨p.

“”hmt^mà tI¨o.. tI¨n A_n]msS AsÃ.. “” Mm AÂbw H¶p A]ªp NnX¶p.

“”FknsX]m¶p b_ N®m.. tI¨n SXkn¯^mXm.. CtÃÂ ^mkns` Wot^m ftäm B]mt`m””

‘F³s_ CkntX]m tI¨o..”” F³s_ AXnk]än SXkn sNm*n^p¶ tI¨n]psX ssN bnXn¨p Mm³ F³s_ sbm§n Wn¶ hmVW¯nsâ Smtj¡v– sk¨v sNmXp¯n«v b_ªp.

“”At¿m.. F¶n«mt\m Np«m Wo Fs¶ D\À¯msS NnXs¶..””

tI¨n tgm«vhnWp fpNan NqXn F³s_ hmVW¯n sfsà kn^`pNÄ HmXn¨p

“”fSn tI¨o.. D_§nt¡m..”” tI¨n]psX D_¡w Na]* F¶p N^pSn Mm³ B N¿n tN_n bnXn¨p.

“”knXv Np«m.. C¶s` At§m«v– ko\Stà DÅq.. SXkn S^mw CtàWmsa Wà tkUW B]mt`m.. Np«³ tgm«vhv H¶p Smjv¯nt]..””

“”tk* tI¨o.. A{Ss¡m¶pw CÃ.. “” tI¨ns] dp²nfp«n¡m³ FWn¡v H^p fXn.

ASv fWÊn`m]ns«¶ tbms` tI¨n ssN tft`¡v Wo¡n F³s_ tgm«vhnWpÅn NqXn B ssN ANt¯¡v N]än..

tgm«vhnsâ sk]nÌv C`mÌnNv B]Sp sNm*v tI¨n¡v ssN Sn^pNn F³s_ A^]v¡pÅn N]äm³ Cuhn B]n^p¶p.

“”CknXmt\m.. “” tI¨n kn^`pNÄ sNm*v AÂbw WWm]n sbm§n Wn¶ F³s_ hmVW¯n tN_n bnXn¨p tImUn¨p..

‘AknsX]pw bns¶ ASn³s_ Smsj emPs¯ B ^*nSn`pw.. tI¨n SpX sNm*nXn¨t¸m kÃmSkv tkUW B]n^p¶p.. bt£ Cs¸m Np_ªp tI¨o..””

“”tbms«Xm.. Mm³ D_¡¯n H^p tdmVkpw CÃmsS Nms`Xp¯p sk¨Sm.. thm_n Np«m..”” tI¨n F³s_ hmVW¯n³s_ Sp¼v fpS AXnemPw ks^ sI_pSm]n Djn]m³ SpX§n.

“”hmt^mà tI¨n.. AknsX FWn¡v Cs¸m AVnNw tkUW CÃ.. Smsj]m H^n¨n^n..”” Mm³ H¶naNn NnX¶p.

“”SXkm³ tI¨n¡v ssN F¯p¶nÃtÃm Np«m.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km AÂbw tft`m«v N]_n NnX¡p”” ASpw b_ªp tI¨n F³s_ S`]n bntÃm tbms` sk¨p S¶n^p¶ CXSp N¿pw NqXn FXp¯p ^*p ssN sNm*pw F³s_ CXp¸n bnXn¨v tft`¡v k`n¨p NnX¯n..

Cs¸m tI¨n]psX fpOw F³s_ sW©nWp tWs^.. tI¨n]psX lzmhw FÃmw F³s_ sW©n k¶p kojp¶p..

Mm³ D]À¶p tI¨n]psX tft`¡v F¯n]Spw.. tI¨n ssNNÄ ^*pw sNm*v tgm«vhnsâ ^*p sshZn`pw N]_n bnXn¨p k`n¨p ASv Smtj¡n«p.

“”tk* tI¨o FWn¡v S\p¡pw”” A^]n`pw SpX]n`pw Wn¶pw Du^v¶v- tgm«vhv Smsj tbm]Spw Mm³ b_ªp.

“”CÃXm, Mm³ bpS¨p S^mw..”” tI¨n bpSs¸Xp¯p ^*mÄ¡pw NqXn tft`¡v k`n¨n«p..

“”tgm«vhnWp fpNan NqXn tWs^ SXkn¯^m³ bäp¶nà N®m..”” tI¨n AÂbw NqXn Smtj¡v– Wo§n F³s_ hmVW¯n bnXn¨p SXkm³ SpX§n.

“”CsS´m Np«m Np«³s_ hmVWw C§nsW D]À¶p Wn¡ps¶”” tgm«vhv Du^n fmän]Spw F³s_ hmVWw W¶m]n sbm§n Wn¡p¶Sv N*p tI¨n tImUn¨p.

“”A_oà tI¨n.. tI¨n]psX SpX]psX AXn]n Nps_ tW^w sM^p§n fX§n C^p¶Sv sNm*mkpw ASv kXn tbms` A§nsW sbm§n Wn¡p¶Sv””

“”B l^n]m.. thm_n Np«m, tbms«..”” tI¨n CXn¨tÃm F¶ kngf¯n bnt¶]pw F³s_ hmVW¯n bnXn¨p AfÀ¯n SXkns¡m*v b_ªp.

“”tI¨o, F³s_ AknsX hmVW¯nWp Smsj B ^*nSntÃ.. ASn`m\v tkUW fpjpk³..”” Mm³ CXn W¶m]n Nn«n] emPw Iq*n b_ªp.

tI¨n hmVW¯n Ipän]n^p¶ ssN FXp¯p Smsj S\p¯p Wn¶n^p¶ F³s_ D*Nan sNm*v sbmSnªp bnXn¨p.

“”Np«m, Np«³s_ CSp ^*pw kÃmsS S\p¯n^n¡p¶tÃm.. tkUW sNm*mt\m””

“”A_n]nà tI¨o.. tkUW]p*v.. bt£ tI¨osX N¿ns` IqXXn¨t¸m H^p hpOkpw D*v..”” Mm³ sfsà N®pw bq«n NnX¶p.

“”tbms« Np«m.. tI¨n CWn tWm¡nt] Nm`p sk¡pÅq.”” tI¨n kn^`pNÄ sNm*v F³s_ D*Nan frUpkm]n bnXn¨p SXkn S¶p sNm*v F³s_ sWt©mXp tIÀ¶v NnX¶p..

tI¨n fpt¶m«v tIÀ¶v B sW©v F³s_ k]_n tIÀ¯p sk¨v sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¶p..

“”D_§nt¡m N®m.. tI¨n sfsà SXkn S^mw”” F³s_ SpX]nXp¡n kn^`pNÄ sNm*v SjpNn sNm*v tI¨n]pw N®pNÄ sfsà AX¨p

“”fw.. Wà hpOfp*v tI¨o..”” Mm³ F³s_ k`Sp ssN D]À¯n tI¨n]psX S`]psX AXn]n`qsX C«p B fpOw Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯p sN«nbnXn¨v CXSp ssN sNm*v B fpXn]n SjpNn sNmXp¯p.

tI¨n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ sW©n B Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n¡nX¶p. F{S tW^w A§nsW NnX¶p Ft¶mÀ½]nà Ftbmtjm A§p_§n tbm]n.

“”fmaq.. N®m.. F\oäntà CSp ks^.. “” NSNn fp«p¶ lÐw. F\o¡v F\o¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ..

“”sU k^p¶q f½o..”” dm{Sqfn Wn¶pw tI¨n]psX H¨ tNÄ¡p¶p

tWm¡pt¼m tI¨n Npan¨p tkgw Hs¡ fmän]n«p S`]n Xk`pw Ipän C_§n k^p¶p.

“”B tI¨n tW^s¯ F\oäv Npant¨m.. “” Mm³ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

“”bn¶ÃmsS Wns¶ tbms` NnX¶p_§pw F¶p N^pSnt]m”” tI¨n H^p NphrSnIn^nt]msX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”fmaq.. NSNp Sp_¡v sbt®.. bnt¶]pw Npª]psX lÐw.

tI¨n sbs«¶v AXp¯p k¶v goäv FXp¯p tWs^ C«p S¶p.. ^m{Sn Du^n fmän] tgm«vhv Mm³ C«nÃ]n^p¶p F¶Sv Atbmjm HmÀ¯Sv–.. D_¡¯n bpS¸v Ftbmtjm fm_n tbm]n^p¶p.. F³s_ hmVWw skan]n Nm\* F¶p N^pSn tWs^ f_¨p bpS¨p S¶n«v tI¨n tbm]n kmSn Sp_¶p.

“”F´nWm sbt® Npän]nXps¶..”” Npª ANt¯¡v N]_n.

“”Hmtim.. Npan¡m³ N]_pt¼m _qw t`m¡v sI¿\w F¶p b_ªp Ft¸mjpw Io¯ b_]p¶Sv f½n]tÃ…”” fpXn D\¡nsNm*v tI¨n b_ªp..

“”Bim, Wo ^mkns` Npant¨m.. WÃ Np«n B]tÃm..”” Npª F³s_ AXp¯v k¶n^p¶n«v tI¨ns] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

“”Zm tbmt¯.. Wo tN«ntà Mm³ knan¨p Nqkp¶Sv”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n..

“”tN«tÃm.. bt£..G.. FWn¡v F\o¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.. in in..”” Mm³ Npªs] tWm¡n sbm«n¨n^n¨p..

“”Hä AXn sk¨v S¶m D*tÃm.. tkPw s_Zn B]n km.. Njn¡mw.. f\n H³bSm]n..”” Npª NpWnªp F³s_ Nknan H^p fp¯kpw S¶n«v C_§n bp_t¯¡p WX¶p.

tI¨n NSNX¨v k¶p fpXn tNmSm³ SpX§n.

Mm³ bSns] F\oäp N«n`n C^p¶p.

“”tI¨o H^p Xk Cs§Xp¯p Sm.. MmWpw Npan¨p k^mw”” Mm³ S` kjn XogÀ«pw k`n¨q^n sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Wo Npan¡m³ tN_nt¡m Np«m, Xk Mm³ FXp¯n«p k^mw”” N®mXn]n Wn¶pw tWm«w fmämsS tI¨n b_ªp.

Mm³ goäv fmän F\oäp Wn¶p.. Npª b_ªSv tbms` Ss¶.. F³s_ hmVWw Nps_ k`pSm]n kXn tbms` Wn¡p¶p.

“”tlm- “”

F³s_ lÐw tN«v tI¨n Sn^nªp tWm¡pt¼m Nm\p¶Sv sbm§n Wn¡p¶ F³s_ hmVWkpw b^n{efn¨ tbms` ASn tWm¡n Wn¡p¶ MmWpw

“”Np«m, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CsS´m Ct¸mjpw C§nsW Wn¡ps¶.. Mm³ ^m{Sn Nps_ tW^w SXkn S¶Sm\tÃm F¶n«pw tbm]ntà tkUW.”” tI¨n ^m{Sn F³s_ hmVW¯n CXn¨Sv HmÀ¯p b_ªpw sNm*v fpXn]n Wn¶pw ssN kn«p F³s_ AXp¯p k¶v NpWnªp D]À¶p Wn¡p¶ hmVW¯nt`¡v tWm¡n.

“”Cs¸m Np«Wp tkUW]pt*m CknsX”” b_ªp SoÀ¡pw fp³tb tI¨n NpWnªp ssN Nojvtbm«p sNm*p k¶p hmVW¯n Hs^mä bnXp¯w.

“”iq.. tI¨o.. CsSs´m^p S\p¸m tI¨n]psX ssN¡v.. Ns¿Xp¡v..”” Mm³ S\p¸v sNm*v A^s¡«v sk«n¨p bnt¶m«v fm_n.

‘ivivi.. Mm³ Npan¨p k¶StÃXm ASm\v– ssN kÃmsS S\pSn^n¡p¶Sv..””

“”tkUW]pt*m N®m..”” tI¨n fpt¶m«p k¶p bnt¶]pw F³s_ hmVW¯n sSm«p tImUn¨p..

“”CÃ tI¨o, tkUW Hs¡ tbm]n..””

“”Mm³ k`pSmkp¶Sv sNm*m\t{S ^mkns` F\o¡pt¼m CSn§nsW k`pSm]n kXn tbms` Wn¡p¶Sv.. A§nWm Npª C¶s` CSp N*t¸m b_ªSv.. Np_¨p Njn]pt¼m SWns] sl^n]mkpw F¶p b_ªp””

“”B Bt\m.. Mm³ tbXn¨p.. F¦n`pw Np«³s_ hmVW¯nWp ^m{Sn tbms` AÃ, Cs¸m kÃm¯ IqXp..”” tI¨n N¿ns` bnXn H¶v fp_p¡n..

“”knXv sbs®.. FWn¡v S\p¡p¶p.. Nan¡m³ N* hf]w.. iv.. i..”” Mm³ In^n¨pw sNm*v dm{Sqfn tN_n..

“”ivivi”” tI¨n]pw In^n¨pw sNm*v fpXns]ms¡ sN«m³ SpX§n..

Npan¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw tI¨n s_Zn B]n Xk`pw sNm*v tN_n k¶p.

“”gk_nsâ AknXp¶v Ct§m«p C_§n Wn¡v N®m, tI¨n SpX¨p S^mw””

“”tk* tI¨o Cs§Xp¡v– tI¨n WW]*.. Mm³ SpX¡mw””

“”hmt^mÃXm.. km”” tI¨n ASpw b_ªp Fs¶ AXpt¯¡v Wo¡n WnÀ¯n S`s]ms¡ tSmÀ¯n S¶p. Mm³ AW§msS Wn¶v sNmXp¯p.

“”H¶pw sI¿msS C§nsW Wn¡m³ Wà hpOw.. ivivi.. F¶pw Npan¨p Njn]pt¼m tI¨n N]_n k¶m fSn..”” Mm³ Nan b_ªp In^n¨p.

“”ASnsW´m.. k^mtÃm.. NqsX CSpw NqXn Nm\pw Fs¶ DÅq.. in in”” tI¨n Sn^nªp F³s_ CXp¸n C¡nÅn B¡n In^n¨p..

Mm³ Wn¶v In^n¨p.. tI¨n Fs¶ tWs^ WnÀ¯n fp³emPw SpXs¨Xp¡m³ SpX§n.

“”Np«³ b_ªSv sl^n]m\tÃm.. CSp Nt*m.. CSp ko*pw sI_pSm]n..”” tI¨n F³s_ hmVW¯n tWm¡n b_ªp..

l^n]m.. Npan¨p Njnªt¸m hmVWw ko*pw sI_pSm]n..

“”emPyw Csæn tgmXvhv CXpt¼m tkUWnt¨sW..”” tI¨n Xk sNm*v ewPn]m]n F³s_ SpX]psX CX]n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`pNapw Hs¡ SpX¨p S¶p.

“”N®m, {ZÊv– sI]vSp km… Mm³ Smtj¡v– tbmkmw.. gwhn¯ CÃtÃm f½ns] Ft´`pw him]n¡s«..”” tZmÀ Im^n]n«p tI¨n bp_¯n_§n Smtj¡v– WX¶p.

“”Ckap Wns¶ Db{Uknt¨m N®m..”” D¨Njnªv e£\w Njn¡p¶SnX]n Npª In^n¨pw sNm*v Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”i i.. CÃ Npªm..””

“”Hm, bns¶, Atàbns¶ Ak³ f½n tImUn¨m Fs¶ SÅn¸_]m³ tbmkpkm\v.. H¶v tbm f½o.. in in..”” F³s_ f_pbXn tN«p tI¨n In^n¨p.

fmap tI¨n]pw Npª]pw NqXn Nn¨\ns` Hmt^m¶pw sI]vSp SoÀ¡p¶ tW^w Mm³ thmc]n C^p¶p Xn kn ]n Nan¨p.

“”Np«m km, Wfp¡v Np_¨p tW^w NnX¶p_§mw..”” tI¨n k¶p knan¨p.

“”FWn¡p_¡w k^p¶nà tI¨o.. tI¨n NnXt¶m.. Mm³ Np_¨p Njnªp k^mw.. Xn kn ]n Wà NmÀ«q¬ fqkn..”” Mm³ Sn^nªp Xn kn ]nt`¡v tWm¡n.

“”in in Ak³s_ H^p NmÀ«q¬.. l^n l^n.. ^*p k]ÊpÅ NpªtÃ.. Nt*m Nt*m «m..”” Fs¶ Nan]m¡n sNm*v tI¨n _qfnt`¡v– tbm]n.

“”Np«Wp NnX¡t*..”” Npª Nn¨\n Wn¶pw F¯n tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”tk* Npªm, H¯n^n Smfhn¨tà F\otä.. FWn¡p_¡w H¶pw k^p¶nÃ.. Npª AknsX Fs´Xp¡pkm, km Wfp¡v hnWnf Nm\mw..””

“”Cà Np«m, Wo Nt*m.. C¶p gwhn CÃm¯Sv AsÃ.. fo³ tfXn¨p k¨Sv Mm³ H¶v kr¯n]m¡n {cnZvKn sk¨n«v k^mw..”” Npª cngv– kr¯n]mNm³ tk*n Nn¨³s_ kmSn`ns` bXn]n tbm]n C^p¶p.

Mm³ Sn^nsN Xn kn ]n N®pw W«n^p¶p..

“”Np«m”” Npª C^p¶ C^p¸n Sn^nªp tWm¡n Fs¶ knan¨p.

“”fw.. F´m Npªm”” Mm³ Xn kn ]n Wn¶pw Ns®Xp¯p.

“”Ft¸mjpw Xn kn Atà Nm\ps¶.. WnÀ¯n]n«p C§p km, Npª¡v H^p Nq«pw BkpftÃm..”” Npª bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.

Mm³ F\oäp Npª]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.

NXpw b¨ Wn_¯n`pÅ H^p ssWän.. Npª]psX l^o^¯n³s_ shuµ^yw fpjpkWpw W¶m]n sSanªp Nm\mw.

fpXn k`n¨p km^n sN«n sk¨n^n¡p¶p.. Njp¯n³s_ sshZn AknXknXm]n H¶v ^*p kn]À¸p f\nNÄ.. H¶v ^*p Ip^p* fpXn]njNÄ fpOt¯¡v ko\p bm_n NnX¡p¶p..

Mm³ Npª]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v B kmSnÂbXn]n Im^n Wn¶p

Fs¶ N*Spw Npª fpOfp]À¯n bp©n^n¨p.

“”Npª Njp¯pw sW©pw Hs¡ kn]À¡p¶p..”” fp³emPw Np_¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Smtj¡v C_§n NnX¡p¶ ssWän]n`qsX Npª]psX sW©n³s_ knXknt`¡v kn]À¸p SpÅnNÄ HjpNn C_§p¶Sv N*p Mm³ b_ªp.

“”IqXtà Np«m.. bp_¯n^n¡pktà ASm.. CSnt¸m Njn]pw..””

Npª NpWnªn^n¡p¶ Nm^\w kÃmsS C_§n NnX¡p¶ ssWän]psX fp¶n`qsX B sW©nsâ Nps_ emPw skan]n Nm\mw. ssWän H^p sshZns` tSman C_§n NnX¡p¶ Nm^\w DÅn`pÅ N_p¯ {dm]psX kÅnNÄ W¶m]n bp_¯p Nm\mw..

kn]Àt¸mjpNn C_§p¶ B sW©n³s_ CX]n Npª]psX fm` CjpNn tIÀ¶v NnX¡p¶p..

“”F´m Np«m?”” F³s_ tWm«w N* Npª bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p..

“”Npª]psX fm`s]ms¡ WWªp NpSnÀ¶p..”” Mm³ In^n¨pw sNm*p tWm«w fmämsS f_pbXn b_ªp.

“”WÃ Nmäv.. C¶pw fj]mkpw F¶p tSm¶p¶p.”” Npª b_ªp.

“”fw.. fj sb]vSm Mm³ C¶n_§n Npan¡pw.. “”

“”F¶n«v tk\w ko*pw kjp¡n kojm³.. H¶pw tk*..””

Mm³ Npªt]mXp tIÀ¶v bXn]n C^p¶p.

“”Npª]psX Nm`n Nt*m fpXn¡v hzÀ\Wn_w..”” Mm³ Npª]psX N\¦m tWm¡n b_ªp.

sbs«¶m\v làn]m]n NmäXn¡m³ SpX§n]Sv.. Nmä¯p AknsX Wn¶ sS§n Wn¶pw H^p Hm`]pw Ft´m Hs¡]pw NqXn Smtj¡v b_¶p k¶p ko\p.

F³s_ S`]n`pw sbmXnt]m ko\p sbmXnt]m fsäm.. Mm³ ssN D]À¯n SpX¨p Naªt¸mjm\v N*Sv, Npª]psX S`fpXn]n H¶p ^*p N«p_pwdpNÄ..

ASn³s_ NXn]psX Woä`pw tkUW]pw A_n]mkp¶ sNm*p Mm³ Npªt]mXp b_ªp

“”Npª AW§tÃ, tU S`]n N«p_p¼v.. Mm³ AsSXp¯p Na]s«””

Mm³ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v ASv S«n Naªp. Npª NjpNn] foWpw FXp¯p Nn¨Wnt`¡v N]_n. bn¶ms` MmWpw.

“”At¿m…”” sbs«¶m\v– Npª knan¨Sv..

“”F´p bän Npªm..”” Mm³ tbXn¨p tImUn¨p..

“”Fsâ bp_¯p D_p¼v NXn¡p¶q Np«m..”” Npª bn¶nt`¡v– Iq*n b_ªp..

“”Cs¸m tWm¡mw Npªm”” Mm³ B fpSpNnt`¡v ko\p NnX¶ Np_¨p fpXn FXp¯p fp¶nt`¡v– C«n«v, Npª]psX bn¶n sI¶v Wn¶v ssWän¡pÅn ssN NX¯n sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Um CknsX tkPw FXp¡v– N®m..”” Npª diaw Nq«n..

At¿m Npªs] N«p_p¼v l^n¡pw NXn¨p F¶v tSm¶p¶p..

Mm³ tkPw ssWän]psX bn¶n`qsX, DÅn ssNNX¯n Npª]psX fnWphfpÅ fpSpNn fpjpkWpw S¸ntWm¡n..

“”CknsX H¶pw CÃ Npªm.. “” Mm³ kngft¯msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp..

“”Np«m Npª]psX {dm]psX bn¶ns` iq¡nsâ AXp¯m tkUW..”” Npª¡v BsN sk{bmaw SpX§n..

Npªm ssWän]psX fpNan NqXn Mm³ F§nsW Nm\mWm.. Npª ssWän]psX hnºv FXpt¯..

“”Np«m F³s_ N¿n foWtÃ.. Wo tkPw Ajn¨p Sm..”” Npª UrSn]n F³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp S¶p.

tkPw Ss¶ hnºv Smjv¯n]n«p Mm³ H^p ssWän H^p sshZn bnXn¨p Smtj¡p k`n¨p.. Npª H^p ssN]psX emPw Smjv¯n ssN Du^n skan]n FXp¯t¸mÄ ssWän]psX Npª]psX A^¡p fpNans` bNpSn emPw ssWän¡v bp_¯m]n..

Cs¸m Npª]psX {dm]psX bn¶ns` iq¡v FWn¡v W¶m]n Nm\mw.. Mm³ tkPw B iq¡nsâ AknsX tWm¡n..

{dm]psX sNmap¯nsâ AXp¯m]n H^p_p¼v– NXn¨pbnXn¨n^n¡p¶p.. Mm³ sfsà B D_p¼nsWs]Xp¯v– bp_¯pNaªp..

“”N«p_p¼v B]n^p¶nà Npª.. B]n^pt¶Â NptªsX Kok³ tbmt]sW..””

“”tbm]n Npªm””.. Mm³ AknsX§mWpw tks_]pw Dt*m F¶p tWm¡p¶SnWnX]n b_ªp.

“”Wln¨ Nmäv..”” Npª tkUWt]msX b_ªv fo³ b{Sw FXp¯Spw ko*pw…

“”At¿m..”” Npª bns¶]pw H¨ sk¨p

“”F´m… F´p bän Npªm.. D_p¼nsW Mm³ FXp¯p NaªtÃm.”” Mm³ Sn^¡n.

“”CsÃXm Np«m, tks_]pw Ds*¶p tSm¶p¶p.. CknsX]pw NXn¡p¶ps*Xm..”” Npª tkUWNXn¨fÀ¯ns¡m*v B sW©nWp fp¶ns`¡v Iq*n b_ªp…

Fsâ ssUktf… Npª]psX sW©n`pw N«p_p¼v N]_n NXn¨p…

Npª]psX ssNNÄ ^*pw fo³ B]SnWm Npª¡v FXp¯p Na]mWpw bäp¶nÃ..

“”siu.. Np«m Wo_p¶q…”” Npª b^n{em´n]m]n b_ªp.

“”Npªm GSp emP¯m tkUW??”” Mm³ tkPw Sn^nªp Npª]psX fp¶n k¶p B sW©n tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”tU Cu k`t¯ sW©n`m Np«m”” tkUWt]msX H^p N¿n`qsX bmSn]pw Sp_¶p NnX¶ ssWän]psX fp¶nt`¡v Iq*n..

“”Mm³ tWm¡mw Npªm.. Cs¸m FXp¯p Na]mw.. “” Mm³ sbs«¶v Ss¶ Npª]psX k`Sp sW©ns` {dm]psX N¸p k`n¨p fpNant`¡v N]än k¨v..

Npª]psX k`Sp sW©v fpjpkWpw Cs¸m bqÀ\fm]pw B {d]psX]pw ssWän]psX]pw skan]n B]n bp_t¯¡p SÅn Wn¶p.

Mm³ Npª]psX A½nª fpjpkWpw tWm¡n.. H¶pw Nm\p¶nÃ..

“”Nm\p¶nà Npªm..”” B Sp_¶p NnX¶ sW©nWp fpNan fpjpkWpw tWm¡n]n«p Mm³ b_ªp.

“”AÂbw NqXn Smtjm«v Npª]psX sM«n³s_ AknsX]m.. H¶v tkPw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡v F³s_ Np«m…”” Npª Atb£n¡pw tbms` b_ªp Émdnt`¡v Im^n Wn¶p.

sM«nt`m.. sM«v F¶p b_ªm F´ms\¶v FWn¡v sl^n¡pw fWÊn B]nÃ.. F¦n`pw Mm³ CXSp ssN skÅ sNm*v Npª]psX B sW©v bnXn¨p tfÂtbm«p]À¯n]n«p ASn³s_ AXn]nt`¡v tWm¡n.. Npª]psX sW©nWp kÃm¯ IqXpw fmÀ±kkpw

l^n]m\v.. Npª]psX AknsX NXpw Ipk¸p Wn_¯n H^p k`n] fp´n^n]psX k`p¸¯n SXn¨p Wn¡p¶ ASn³s_ Smsj DÅn`m]n H^p N«p_p¼v NXn¨p bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p..

B SXn¨p Np_pNn Wn¶SnWp Smsj]m]n^p¶p B N«p_p¼v NXn¨p bnXn¨n^p¶Sv. As¸m ASnsW]m\v Npª sMs«¶p b_ªp S¶Sv FWn¡v. ASnsW sM«v F¶m knan¡p¶Sv– F¶p FWn¡v bpSn] A_nkm]n^p¶p..

“”N*p Npªm.. Mm³ FXp¡p¶p.. “” Mm³ Ip*pkn^`pw SÅkn^`pw tIÀ¯v– sNm*v Npª]psX B fp´n^n tbms` SXn¨p Wn¶Sn bnXn¨p sbm¡n]n«v ASnWXn]n NXn¨n^p¶ N«p_p¼nsW FXp¯p Naªp.

“”tbm]n Npª.. “” Npªs] Blzhn¸n¡pw tbms` Mm³ b_ªp..

“”imkq”” Npª H^p UoÀO Wnlzmhkpw kn«p ssNNÄ fpjpkWpw thm¸n«p kr¯n]m]n NjpNn fo³ {cnXvKnt`¡v FXp¯p sk¨n«v Émdn Im^n Wn¶p

ssWän H^p N¿n fm{Sw B]n^p¶Sv sNm*v ASv bNpSn Sp_¶v H^p kÃm¯ ^oSn]n NnX¶p.. Mm³ ASv N*p In^n¨p.

“”Npª]psX ssWän NnX¡p¶ Nt*m.. H^p A½nª fpjpkWpw bp_¯pw””

“”FWn¡v Wo_p¶p Np«m, Wo In^n¡pt¶m..”” Npª kngfw tbms` b_ªp.

“”At¿m Npªm.. thm_n.. Mm³ sk_psS.. “” Mm³ sbs«¶v Npª]psX AXp¯v sI¶p Npª Fs´¦n`pw b_]pw fpt¶ N«p_p¼v NXn¨ B k`Sp sW©p ko*pw F³s_ ssNskÅ]n FXp¯p tft`m«v sk¨v tWm¡n.

“”Ht¶ D*m]n^p¶pÅq Npªm.. ASv tbm]n.. NXn¨ emPw Bkpw Wo_p¶Sv Mm³ tWm¡s«..””

Mm³ ^*p kn^`pNÄ sNm*v Npª b_ª sW©nsâ sM«n bnXn¨p sbm¡n sk¨n«v ASnWXn]ns`¡v tWm¡n..

“”Npªm CknsX SXn¨p Ipk¶n«p*v.. NptªsX Cu sM«n H^nX¯v fm{Sw AÃ, Um ^*p fq¶nXw Ipk¶p SXn¨n^n¡p¶p ASm Cu WoäÂ..””

F´p sI]vSp sNmXp¯m Npª]psX tkUW tbmkpw F¶_n]msS Mm³ Wn¶p.

“”Npªm Mm³ tbm]n FWn¡v tfXn¨n«v k¶ ssS`w FXp¯p sNm*v k¶p C«p S^s«?”” Mm³ Npª]psX tkUW tbmkm³ Ft´`pw H^p kjn Nm\m³ tk*n b_ªp.

“”ASv sW©n`pw H¶pw CXm³ bmXnà Np«m, tUmgfm CknsXms¡ C«mÂ.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NptªsX sW©v shWvhnXnkv AsÃ..””

shWvhnXntkm.. FWn¡v H¶pw fWÊn B]nÃ.. tks_´m sI¿pN Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p..

“”Npªm Mm³ DuSn S^mw.. IqXp Nn«n]m In`t¸m Np_ªmt`m”” ASpw b_ªp Mm³ Npª]psX B fp´n^n tbms` SXn¨p Wn¶ sM«nWp Ipäpw DuSn sNmXp¡m³ SpX§n..

Npª H¶p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.. tkUW Np_kp*mknÃ.. ASnWp Ipäpw D_p¼v NXn¨ SXn¸v W¶m]n Nm\mw.

“”tkUW]p*tà Npªm”” Mm³ Npª]psX SaÀ¶ tbms` N* fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n kngft¯msX tImUn¨p..

F³s_ fpOemkw N*t¸mÄ Npª]psX N®pNan hvtWiw Wn_ªp.. B Ip*pNan H^p fµimhw.

“”hmt^mà Np«m.. Np_¨p tW^w Njn]pt¼m tkUW Np_]pw..””

Mm³ fpOw Npª]psX sW©nWp tWs^ tIÀ¯p sNm*v sI¶n«p D_p¼v NXn¨ B SXn¨ sM«n`pw Ipäpw DÅ bmXpNan`pw bSns] Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n D½ sk¨p sNmXp¯p.

Npª hvtWit¯msX F³s_ S`fpXn]n SjpNn. bmkw Npª Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n Npªs] tWm¡n.

“”Npªm tkUW tbmkm³ Mm³ F´m sI]vSp St^*Sv–?”” FWn¡v F´m tk*Sv F¶_n]m¯ sNm*v Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n Npªs] tWm¡n

“”H¶pw tk*X N®m.. Np«³ D½ sk¨t¸m WÃ IqXp Nn«n.. AS§v sbm]vtNmapw.. F³s_ Np«³ kngfn¡*..”” Npª]psX km¡pNÄ Wn_]pw BÀ{US.

“”F¶m Mm³ Ip*fÀ¯n S^mw Npªm.. Nps_]pw NqXn IqXp Nn«pftÃm Npª¡v..””

Npª]psX f_pbXn¡v Nm¡msS Mm³ B sM«nWp Ipäpw F³s_ Ip*pNÄ sNm*fÀ¯n sk¨v sNmXp¯p.. Npª H¶naNn Wn¶p.. bns¶ F³s_ S`]n St`mXn S¶p.

Np_¨p tW^w sfsà Ip*fÀ¯n sNmXp¯n«v Mm³ Npª]psX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n]t¸m Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n kÃmsS In^n¡p¶p..

“”F´m Npªm, F´nWm In^n¡ps¶”” Mm³ tImUyemk¯n B fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

“”H¶qÃXm.. Nps_ Nm`w fp³bm]n^pt¶Â Np«³s_ Ip*p Wn_s] Cs¸m bm Bt]sW..”” Npª In^n¨p..

“”fmap bm`p NpXn WnÀ¯n]n«pw Nps_ Nm`w Npª¡v bm`p*m]n^p¶p.. ko«n Wn³s_ f½n Fs¶ Ft¸mjpw Nan]m¡pw B]n^p¶p.. AtSmÀ¯p In^n¨Sm..

“”Wns¶ fXn]n FXp¯p sk¡pt¼m FÃmw Wo F³s_ A½nª tImUn¨p diaw sk¡pw B]n^p¶p..”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p

FWn¡v ASv bpSn] A_nkm]n^p¶p

“”As¸m Mm³ NptªsX A½nª]pw NpXn¨n«pt*m..””

“”in in.. CÃnÃ.. H¶v ^*p Sk\ Wo NXn¨p tWm¡n]n«p*v.. Wn³s_ f½n]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SÃp Nn«n]t¸mjm Wo ASv WnÀ¯n]Sv””

“”Mm³ NptªsX bm`p NpXn¡p¶SnWp f½ns¡´m, Npª F³s_]pw NqXn AsÃ..”” Mm³ Npªs] hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.

Npª ko*pw bp©n^n¨p.

“”As¸m Mm³ NptªsX A½nª]n Cs¸m NpXn¨m`pw bm`p k^ptkm Npªm?”” Npª]psX sW©nt`¡v tWm¡n Mm³ Sn^¡n.

“”AsS´m Np«Wp A§nsW tSm¶m³..”” Npª bp©n^nt]msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”NptªsX A½nª N*m A_n]mw Wn_s] bm Bs\¶v.. A{S¡pw k`pSm\tÃm..””

“”ivivi.. AÃXm Np«m.. NptªsX sW©n Cs¸m bms`m¶pw CÔ”

“”Npª sk_psS b_]p¶StÃ.. f½osX sW©nsW¡mapw H¯n^n k`pStà NptªsX.. As¸m ASv Wn_¨pw bm`tÃ.. sW©n bm`p fm{Stà DÅq..””

“”in in in..”” Npª sbm«n¨n^n¨p

“”CsÃXm N®m, hSyfm]pw.. Np«³ NpXn¨p tWm¡n]m`pw H¶pw k^nsÃXm..””

“”Npª¡v C¡nan]mkpw CtàMm³ NpXn¨p tWm¡m³ b_tªsW.. iv in””

“”Hmtim.. A¼Xo.. As¸m Npª¡v Mm³ bm`p NpXn¨m C¡nan]mkpw.. ASm\tÃ.. As¸m bm`p*v NptªsX A½ntªÂ..”” Mm³ fWÊn`m] tbms` b_ªp.

“”FXm f*m.. Csöp.. F¶m bns¶ Wo NpXn¨p Ss¶ tWm¡nt¡m.. As¸m fWÊn`mkpw Npª NÅw Aà b_]p¶Sv F¶p..”” Npª Wn¶v In^n¨p.

AtSm¶_n]\ftÃm MmWpw N^pSn..

Npªt]mXp tIÀ¶v Wn¶v CXSp ssN sNm*v Npª]psX k`Sp sW©nsW AXn]n Wn¶pw sbm¡n bnXn¨n«v Mm³ NptªsX bm`p k^p¶ B SXn¨ sM«n F³s_ km sNm*v tIÀ¯p sk¨v..

Npª]psX sW©nsâ fmÀUkw F³s_ ssNskÅ]n W¶m]n A_n]mw.. sI_n] WWp¯ H^p IqXpw D*v Npª]psX A½nª¡v..

Npª H¶naNn NpXpNpsX In^n¨p.. sl^n¡pw As¸m C¡nans]Xp¡p¶p*v Npª¡v.. FWn¡v fWÊn B]n..

F¦n`pw bm`p k^ptfm CÃt]m F¶_n]m³ tk*n Mm³ B sM«v fpjpkWpw B]n F³s_ km]v–¡pÅn B¡n k`n¨p NpXn¨p tWm¡n..

Npª F³s_ S`fpXn]n sfsà SjpNn..

Mm³ km]n Wn¶pw B sW©ns` sM«nsW bp_¯v kn«n«p Npªs] tWm¡n b_ªp..

“”l^n]m Npªm.. bm`nÃ.. “”

“”F¶m`pw NptªsX sW©nsW Du_nNpXn¡m³ WÃ ^hw.. NptªsX A½nª Nps_ k`pSms\¦n`pw WÃ thmcvXm\v..”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

“”Np«³s_ km]v¡p e]¦^ IqXv.. Npª¡v C¡nans]Xp¯p..”” Npª F³s_ Nknan SjpNn S¶p.

“”IqXps*¦n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tkUW Np_]pftÃm Npªm, Mm³ CWn]pw km]n sk¨v S^s« Npª]psX sW©nsW?””

F³s_ WngvNa¦S N*p Npª bpªn^n¨pw sNm*v S`]m«n.. “”iw..””

Mm³ ko*pw Npª]psX sW©nt`¡v fpOw AXp¸nIv B k`n] sW©ns` bm`p NpXn¡m³ F¶ tbms` B SXn¨p Np_pNn Wn¡p¶ sM«nsW km]v¡pÅnt`¡v FXp¯p Du_nNpXn¨p..

Npª sI_pSm]n H¶v kn_¨ tbms` tSm¶n.. Mm³ F³s_ Wm¡nWpw Ip*nWpw CX]n Nps_ tW^w B sM«nWp tIÀ¯p sk¨v Du_n NpXn¨p sNmXp¯p.

Npª]psX ssNkn^`pNÄ H^pbmXv kmÕ`yt¯msX F³s_ fpXn]n`pw NknapNan SjpNn WX¶p.

“”Np«m, fSns]Xm.. “” Npª sfsà F³s_ fpOw D]À¯n F³s_ N®pNan AfÀ¯n H^p½ S¶p..

B N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^n¡pw tbms`.. Npª]psX hvtWiw..

Mm³ Npª]psX sW©n Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¯p B D_p¼v NXn¨ emP¯v– H¶v NqXn H^p½ sk¨p sNmXp¯p..

“”Np«³ _qfnt`¡v sbm]vtNm.. Npª H¶v Npan¨n«p k^mw.. Im] NpXn¡m_mkpt¼m fmapknsW]pw knan¨p Smtj¡p km.. “” H¶pw NqXn F³s_ fpXn]n AfÀ¯n SjpNn]n«p Npª _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.. Mm³ fpNant`¡pw..

SpX^pw..

Wn§apsX Aen{bm]§Ä FWn¡v sftÊKv sI¿m³ f_¡tÃ! hz´w.. fWp