_qfn k¶p N]_n]n«pw D_§m³ tSm¶p¶nÃ. tI¨n Wà hpOfm]n NnX¶p_§p¶p. B h-vNÀ«v fp«nWp tft`¡v N]_n¡nX¡p¶p. H^p klw I^nª§nsW NnX¡p¶ tI¨ns] Nm\m³ Wà I´w.

Mm³ B Nm`pNant`¡v tWm¡n. tI¨n]psX hzÀ\ sNm`pÊpNÄ B N\¦m`n bSnªp NnX¡p¶p.. tI¨n D\À¶n^ps¶¦n W¶m]n^p¶psk¶p tSm¶n.

“”tI¨o.. F\otä.. “” Mm³ bSns] Np`p¡n tWm¡n. H^W¡kpw CÃ.. D_¡w Ss¶.

F\oäp KWm`]n`qsX tWm¡pt¼m A¸p_¯p bntÅÀ {Nn¡äv– Nan¡p¶p. NqsX Nan¨mt`m F¶p N^pSn Mm³ Smtj¡v C_§n.

“”N®m FknsX tbmkp¶p..”” Nn¨³s_ tZmÀ Sp_¶p bp_t¯¡p C_§m³ SpX§pw fp³bv bn¶n Wn¶pw Npª.

“”Npª Npan¡m³ N]_n]ntà CSp ks^.. A¸p_¯v AkÀ {Nn¡äv Nan¡p¶p.. NqsX tbm]n Nan¨mt`m F¶p N^pSn C_§n]Sm..””

“”AsSm¶pw tk*.. C¶s` ko\Sp f_¶p tbmt]m.. tdm_Xn¡pt¶Â Np«³ C^p¶p Xn kn Nm\v.””

“”¹ohv Npªm Cu W«p¨]v¡v Xn kn ]n H¶qÃ..”” Mm³ b_ªp tWm¡n.

“”Np«m.. tk*m¶v b_ªntÃ.. tbm]n^n¡v.. Mm³ Npan¨p k^mw”” Npª dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n.

B S¡w tWm¡n Mm³ bp_¯n_§n AkÀ Nan¡p¶nXs¯¡v WX¶p.. Npª Npan¨p k^m³ Nps_ tW^w FXp¡pw ASnWpÅn k^mw.

“”N®m, Wo bp_s¯m¶pw C_§m^ntÔ”

lÐw tN«v Sn^nªp tWm¡pt¼m Kqdn B³_n. NptªsX koXntWmXv tIÀ¶pÅ ko«ns` B³_n]m.. M§sX Ht^ H^p A] koXm..

fpÉo§am.. ASv sNm*v Ss¶ kntlgw Ft´`pw k^pt¼m WÃ cpZv– sNm*p S^pw B³_n. H^p tfmWp*v–.. hpdn³.. fq¶nt`m Wm`nt`m B\v bYn¡p¶Sv.. AkWpw NqXn]m AknsX Nan¡p¶Sv.

“”Biv.. B³_nt]m.. Mm³ C_§pt¼m H¶pw Nm\m_nÃ.. bns¶ Nps_ bYn¡m³ DÅSp sNm*v ko«n Ss¶ fn¡t¸mjpw.. hpdn³ Nan¡p¶Sv N*p k¶Sm..”” Mm³ At§mXp tWm¡n In^n¨p.

“”B, Ak³ cpÄ ssXfpw Nan Ss¶.. D½ D*m]n^p¶t¸m b_ªm tNÄ¡pw B]n^p¶p.. Cs¸m ASpw CÃ..””

B³_nsX ihvdâv Updm]n B\v.. D½]pw Bân]pw tfmWpw fm{Sw B\v CknsX ko«n F¶p Npª b_ªp tN«n«p*v.. Npª]pw B³_n]pw k`y N¼Wn B\v. B³_nsX D½ Wm«nt`m ftäm tbm]Smkpw..

“”AkVn¡tà B³_n Nan]v¡m³ bäpÅq..”” Aks^ ht¸mÀ«v sI]vSn«p MmWpw Nan¡m³ NqXn..

“”DÆpÆv.. fm]t]mXv– b_]p¶p*v Mm³”” B³_n Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

b¯p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSnW©p fnWnäv Nan¨p Nm\pw.. A{S]pw tW^w Njnªm\v FWn¡v H^p dmänwPv Nn«n]Sv..

sk]n`p*v.. F¦n`pw Nan]ns` {l² Nm^\w AsSm¶pw A_nªnÃ.

hpdnWp b¯p k]tÊ B]n«pÅq F¦n`pw WÃ hvboZm tdman§v.

bSnknÃmsS Nan¡p¶ Nm^\w H¶v ^*p HmkÀ Njnªt¸m Ss¶ Mm³ £o\n¨p. H^p HmkÀ NqXn Njnªp WnÀ¯mw Mm³ N^pSn.

“”hpdntW.. fSn]m¡n tN_n km.. “” B³_n]psX sbs«¶pÅ knan tN«v Mm³ sM«n Sn^nªp tWm¡n.. bt£ Ak³ ASnWpÅn AXp¯ tdmÄ F_nªp Njnªn^p¶p..

Sn^nªp ASn {l²n¡pw fp³tb tdmav bmªp k¶p F³s_ tUi¯p sNm*p.

“”siu…. “” FWn¡v N®n Wn¶pw sbm¶o¨ b_¡pw tbms` tSm¶n.

A{bSo£nSfm]n tdmÄ k¶nXn¨Sv tWs^ F³s_ A^s¡«n B]n^p¶p.

Mm³ Wn¶p hzÀPw N*p. F³s_ hmVW¯n`pw IpänWpw Ss¶ Bk\w tdmÄ NpSn¨p k¶p sNm*Sv–..

tim.. Fs´m^p tkUW..

F³s_ H¨ tN«v bn¶n Wn¡pkm^p¶ B³_n HmXn k¶p.

“”F´m N®m..”” F³s_ N¿ns` dmäv tfXn¨p Naªn«p B³_n tImUn¨p.

“”tdmÄ.. iv.. CXn¨p Bâo..”” Mm³ kn¡n kn¡n b_ªp..

“”Cu bntÅt^mXv b_ªn«pw tNÄNnÃ.. tN_n tbm AN¯p..”” B³_n hpdnsW tWm¡n b_ªSpw.. hpdnWpw NqsX]pÅ b¿Wpw HmXn koXnWpÅn tN_n.

“”tWm¡s«.. FknXm”” hmVW¯nWp Ipäpw sbm¯n bnXn¨n^p¶ F³s_ ssNNÄ B³_n bnXn¨p fmän.

FWn¡v H^p kÃm]vf.. B³_n Ft¶mXv Ht¶m ^t*m {bmklyw fm{Sw B\v fn*n]n«pÅSv.. k`n] H^Xp¸kpw CÃ.. Mm³ H¶p b^p§n..

“”ssN FXp¡v N®m.. tWm¡s«.. “” ASpw b_ªp B³_n ssN knXpkn¨p tgm«vhnsâ tfs` NqXn tWs^ F³s_ hmVW¯n sSm«p..

FWn¡v AsSm^`vbw AhzØS B]n^p¶p.. Bâns] k`n] b^nI]w CÃtÃm.. Mm³ sbs«¶v tkUW tbm]Sv tbms` fpOw Nm\n¨p b_ªp.

“”CÃ Bâo.. tdmav k¶ sNm*Spw Mm³ A§v Hjnªp fm_n.. Cs¸m AknsXs]§pw H^p tkUW]pw CÃ..””

bt£ B³_n kn«nÃ.. AknsX AÂbw NpWnªn^p¶n«p tgm«vhnWp fpNan`qsX F³s_ hmVW¯n sl^n¡pw N]_n bnXn¨p..

hSyw b_ªm FWn¡v W¶m]n Ss¶ tkUW FXp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.. bt£ Mm³ H«pw bp_¯p Nm\n¡msS ko*pw b_ªp.

“”CÃ Bâo.. AknsX§pw sNm*nÃ..””

bt£ B³_n]psX bnXn]n Wn¶ F³s_ hmVWw AÂbw NqXn kXn tbms` k`pSm]n.. tdmav sNm*n«mk\w Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N^pSn.

“”N®sW N*m b_]nÃtÃm.. CSp sl^n¡pw k`pSm\tÃm..”” B³_n Ft´m tbms` tWm¡n In^n¨n«v F³s_ hmVW¯n H¶v sM¡n.. FWn¡v tkUW]n`pw sI_n] H^p C¡nan]pw FXp¯p..

B³_n tdmav sl^n¡pw hmVW¯n Ss¶ sNm*v k`pSm] Nm^yw b_]pkm\v F¶p tSm¶p¶p. Npªt]mXp b_]mSn^p¶m fSn]m]n^p¶p.. Nan]v¡m³ tbmk* F¶p b_ªSm\v Ft¶mXv..

B³_n Fs¶ tWm¡n Ip*v NXn¡p¶ tbms`.. Btkm..

“”Npª Sn^¡p¶p*mkpw B³_n.. Mm³ tbmks«..””

Ft´`pw b_ªp tkPw _qfn sI¶p tkUW Np_¡m³ Ft´`pw sI¿m³ tk*n Mm³ b_ªn«v Sn^nªp ko«nt`¡v HmXn..

Fap¸¯n s̸v N]_n _qfn F¯pt¼m tI¨n D\À¶n«p*v.

“”Wo FknXm]n^p¶p N®m.. “”

Mm³ f_pbXn b_]msS kmSn`X¨p dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n..

F³s_ sk{bmaw N*p tI¨n NqXn DÅnt`¡v tN_n k¶p..

“”F´mXm F´m bänt]”” tI¨n Sn^¡n..

“”Mm³ Np_¨p Nan¡mw F¶p N^pSn tbm]Sm tI¨o.. Nan¡nX]n F_nª tdmav tWs^ k¶p k]_n CXn¨p.. e]¦^ tkUW.. IqXpw.. Mm³ Np_¨p skÅw sNm^nt]mjn¡mw..””

ASpw b_ªp Mm³ tgmXvhv k`n¨q^n d¡än C«n«p gkÀ Sp_¶p XogÀ«v WW]mSn^n¡m³ AÂbw bn¶nt`¡v Wo§n F³s_ hmVW¯n`pw IpänWpw fm{Sw skÅw kojp¶ tbms` Wn¶p.

F³s_ b^m{Nfw N* tI¨n Wn¶p sbm«n¨n^n¡m³ SpX§n..

“”ivivi.. tdmap sNm*p tbm`pw.. N\¡m]n tbm]n.. “” tI¨n¡v Sfml.

“”tI¨o.. In^n¡tÃ.. hSyfm]pw kÃmsS tkUWn¡p¶p..””

“”F³s_ hmVW¯n`pw Smsj]pw B]m k¶nXn¨Sv.. tI¨n CXn¨Sv tbms`m¶pw AÃ.. N*ntÃ… Ipk¶p SXn¨p..””

ASv tI¨n At¸mjm\v– N*Sv.. F³s_ hmVWw Wà Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p.. hmVm^\]n Wn¶pw H^pbmXp k`pSm]n Ipk¶p Wn¡p¶p..

“”At¿m.. thm_n Np«m..”” tI¨n sbs«¶p k¶p bnXn¨p tWm¡n.

“”Zm CsSs´m^p IqXm, skÅw ko\n«pw ASv Np_]p¶nÃtÃm..””

tI¨n¡v Nm^yw ho^n]hv Bs\¶p fWÊn B]n.

“”A_n]nà tI¨o.. iq.. Wo_p¶ tbms`]m tkUW..””

“”tdmav tWs^ F³s_ hmVW¯n`pw Cu D*Nan`pw B]n«m k¶nXn¨Sv”” FWn¡v F´v sI]mWm F¶_n]nÃ..

F³s_ WnÊim]mkØ tI¨n¡v W¶m]n«v fWÊn B]n..

“”sl^n Wo km.. Wfps¡s´`pw sI¿mw..”” tI¨n F³s_ N¿pw bnXn¨p dm{Sqfn Wn¶n_§n.

“”Wo N«n`nt`m«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^ps¶.. tI¨ns]m¶p tWm¡s«”” tI¨n Fs¶ bnXn¨p N«n`nt`¡v C^p¯n]n«v F³s_ fp¶n NpWnªn^p¶p.

tWm¡pt¼m WÃ Ipk¸p*v.. CXn sNm*v SXn¨Sv tbms`..

“”tI¨o.. ¹ohv Npªt]mXp b_]tÃ.. tImUn¨t¸m Ft¶mXp tbmk* F¶p {btSyNw b_ªSm.. C§nsW k^pw F¶p Mm³ N^pSnt] CÃ.. A_nªm CWn Fs¶ Cu K·w Nan¡m³ knXnÃ.. ¹ohv..”” Mm³ tI¨ns] tWm¡n..

“”Cà Np«m, Mm³ b_]ptkm.. tbXn¡msS..”” tI¨n sfsà ^*p ssNskÅNapw sNm*v F³s_ hmVW¯n sbmSnªp..

“”tI¨n]psX ssN¡pÅn A§nsW sM^nªn^p¶t¸m sI_n] H^p Blzmhw.. F¦n`pw tkUW]p*v tI¨o..”” Mm³ Woät`msX tI¨ns] tWm¡n.

“”Mm³ tbm]n sFhv FXp¯n«p k^s« Np«m? In`t¸m ASv sk¡pt¼m tkUW Np_ªmt`m””

ASv l^n]m MmWpw HmÀ¯p.. bt£..

“”At¿m tk* tI¨o.. Npª Nm\pw.. A_n]msS F§mWpw A_nªp tbm]m CWn ASv fSn..””

Mm³ ssNNÄ ^*pw sdZn Np¯n bn¶nt`¡v– Imªn^p¶p.

tI¨n ssNkn^`pNÄ sNm*v sfsà sfsà F³s_ hmVW¯n fp_p¡n]pw SXkn]pw S¶p sNm*n^p¶p..

“”CknsX]pw sNmt*mXm..””

Np_¨p tW^w hmVW¯n ^*p N¿pw sk¨pjnªn«p tI¨n H^p Ns¿Xp¯p F³s_ D*Nan sbmSnªp.

“”B tI¨o.. F§pw tbmkmsS tI¨osX NqsX N]_n¡nX¶v D_§n]m fSn]m]n^p¶p..””

“”B.. tbms«Xm.. CSnt¸m Np_]pw..”” tI¨n kn^`pNÄ sNm*v sfsà F³s_ hmVW¯nsW Sp¼v fpS A§v AXnemPw ks^ SXkn S¶p.

“”bt£ Cu Ipk¸pw IqXpw Np_]p¶nÃtÃm N®m..”” tI¨n fpOw F³s_ A^s¡«ns`¡v AXp¸n¨p hq£n¨p tWm¡n sNm*v b_ªp.

“”FWn¡_n]nà tI¨n..”” Woä Ct¸mjpw D*v.. Mm³ kngfn¨p b_ªp.

F³s_ fpOemkw N* tI¨n¡pw h¦Xw tbms`..

tI¨n k`Sp N¿n F³s_ hmVWw fp_psN bnXn¨p]À¯n]n«p fpOw Np_¨p NqXn fpt¶m«v A^s¡«nt`¡p tIÀ¯p sfsà DuSn S¶p.

Np_¨p tW^w A§nsW sI]vSp S¶t¸m H^p Np_kp tSm¶n..

“”fSn tI¨o.. F\o¡v.. tI¨n]psX fp«v tkUWn¡pw”” Mm³ fpt¶m«mªv– tI¨n]psX tSman bnXn¨p]À¯n

tI¨n F³s_ hmVW¯ns` ssN FXp¡msS Ss¶ N«n`n N]_n F³s_ AXp¯m]n C^p¶p. Mm³ B tSman Imªp Nps_ tW^w A§nsW C^p¶p..

AÂbw H¶mlzmhw B] tbms` tSm¶n]t¸m Mm³ F\oäp.

“”Smtj¡v– sIÃmw tI¨o Npª Sn^¡pw CtÃÂ..”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ sgÂcv Sp_¶p H^p tgm«vhv FXp¯n«p.

“”C¶`s¯ tbms` ^*p tb^pw Xn kn H¶pw N*n^n¡*.. Nps_ tW^w C¶p N*tÃm.. ASv fSn.. tW^s¯ tbm]n NnX¡m³ tWm¡v. H³bSp Njnªp.. CtÃÂ AsSm^p lo`fmkpw””

Zn¶À Njnªp MmWpw tI¨n]pw NqXn thmc]nt`¡v Im]p¶ N*p Npª b_ªp.

“”gwhn CÃmsS Wn§sa ^*ntW]pw NqXn tWm¡p¶Sv bmXp Ss¶]m.. FWns¡m¶p NnX¶m fSn..”” Nn¨\n FÃmw HSp¡p¶SnWnX]n Npª M§sa ^*msa]pw tWm¡n In^n¨p

“”f½n]pw Ct¸mtj NnX¡m³ tbmkpkm?”” tI¨n Npªs] tWm¡n

“”B tfmaq.. k¿.. WÃ £o\w.. Np«m FWo¡v.. kmSns`Ãmw AX¨p tbm]n NnX¡p.. sIÃv..”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.

Mm³ F\oäv Xn kn ]pw Hmcv– sI]vSv kmSn`pNÄ Hs¡ AX¨p bq«n tft`¡v WX¶p.

tI¨n Npªs] Ft´m siÂbv sI¿m³ B]n Nn¨\nt`¡v tbm]n.

tdmap sNm*Snsâ tkUW FWn¡v At¸mjpw fm_n]n^p¶nÃ.. ASv sNm*v Ss¶ bYn¡mWpw tSm¶p¶nÃ..

Mm³ NÀ«³ Wo¡n KWm` kjn bp_s¯ Wn`mkn tWm¡n A§nsW Wn¶p.

“”Np«m..”” Np_¨p tW^w Njnªt¸m bn¶n tZmÀ AX]p¶ lÐw.

“”Npª NnXt¶m tI¨o.. “” Mm³ Sn^nªp tI¨ns] tWm¡n.

“”fw NnXs¶Xm.. Wo F´m tWm¡ps¶”” tI¨n F³s_ A^nNn k¶p Wn¶p.

“”H¶qà sk_psS C§nsW Wn¶Sm.. bYn¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ..”” Mm³ tI¨n]psX ssN FXp¯p B sW]n tbmangn`qsX HmXn¨p.

“”tI¨n¡v CsSms¡ B^m sh`Îv– sI]vSp S^pt¶..?””

“”FÃmw f½n Ss¶]m N®m.. {ZÊpw tNmÌpwhpw FÃmw.. f½osX shs`£³ sdÌv B\v.. FWn¡v CsSm¶pw tWs^ A_n]nÃtÃm..””

tI¨n F³s_ ssN kn«n«p sgÂcnWXps¯¡v WX¶p.

“”tI¨n {ZÊv– Hs¡ fmän NnX¡m³ tbmkmt\m? D_¡w Bt]m?””

“”D_¡w H¶pw k^p¶nÃXm.. Ip½m NnX¡mw.. D_§ps¶¦n D_§s«..””

“”tI¨n¡v bn¦pw t_mhpw AÃm*v tks_ Ft´`pw NaÀ C«p NqsX..”” tI¨n ko*pw H^p bn¦v ssWän FXp¡p¶Sv N*p Mm³ Wn¶v In^n¨p.

“”l^n hmÀ.. F¦n Wo H^p NaÀ b_ªp Sm..”” tI¨n ssWän Sn^nsN sk¨p

“”Wo` CtÃ? Asæn N_pt¸m?”” Mm³ tI¨ns] tWm¡n.

“”Wo` ssWän Ds*Xm ASv bt£ cpÄ C_¡w DÅSm.. N_p¸p*v– sI_pSv–.. ASnXmw.. fw?”” tI¨n AsSXp¯n«v tWs^ dm{Sqfn N]_n.

gkÀ Ioäp¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¨.. tI¨n tf`v NjpNp¶p.. Mm³ bnt¶]pw Wn`mkpw tWm¡n A§nsW Wn¶p. Wà ^hw.. bp_¯p fj¡m`w B]SnWm BsN H^p NpanÀf.

“”F§nsW]p*v Wn³s_ shs`£³ NaÀ FWn¡v?”” tI¨n]psX lÐw tN«v Mm³ Sn^nªp.

“”tkm.. W¶m]n«p*v tI¨o.. l^n¡pw Wà tIÀ¨]pw ewPn]pw.. CsS´m FÃm ssWän¡pw N¿nÃmsS?””

“”Éokv `Êv Bkpt¼m Cuhn B\tÃm F¶p N^pSn F³s_ ssWäv {ZÊv– FÃmw A§nsW tfXn¨Sm Np«m..””

tI¨ns] Nm\m³ sl^n¡pw ewPn.. Ip^p* fpXn ^*p sshZn`qsX]pw fp¶nt`m«p ko\p NnX¡p¶p.. fpO¯pw tSmapNan`pw skůpÅnNÄ.. N_p¸v Wn_w B sk×]pÅ l^o^¯nWv sl^n¡pw Wà tIÀ¨..

ssWän C_¡w Np_kms\¦n`pw Nm\m³ WÃ ^hw..

“”Np«n dmÀdn tZmansW tbm`p*v.. tI¨ns] Nm\m³.. “”

“”tbmXm AknXp¶v.. “” tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n Nn`p§pw tbms` In^n¨p.

Mm³ tI¨ns] tWm¡n bp©n^n¨n«v dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n.

s{cgv B]n Sn^nsN k¶t¸m tI¨n fpXn sN«p¶p..

“”CsS´nWm NnX¡pt¼m Ft¸mjpw fpXn]n§nsW tft`¡v sN«n sk¡ps¶..”” Mm³ N«n`nt`¡v N]_n Im^n C^p¶p

“”CtÃÂ fpXn NnX¡pt¼m Io¯]m]n tbmkpw F¶m f½n b_]pt¶..””

tI¨n KWm`]ns` NÀ«³ Sn^nsN Wo¡n f_¨n«n«v N«n`n N]_n F³s_ A^nNnt`¡v Wo§n bn¶n Im^n C^p¶p.

“”ss`äv AW¡t\m tI¨o.. “” tI¨n¡v NnX¡m_mt]m F¶_n]m³ tk*n Mm³ tImUn¨p..

“”tk*Xm.. NnX¡s«.. Wfp¡v Np_¨p tW^w kÀ¯mWw b_ªn«v NnX¶m tbms^..”” tI¨n Np_¨p NqXn Wo§n F³s_ AXpt¯¡v C^p¶p.

“”fSns]¦n fSn..”” Mm³ AÂbw NqXn tI¨n]psX bn¶nt`¡v– Wo§n tI¨ns] F³s_ fp¶nt`¡v tIÀ¯v bnXn¨v N«n`n³s_ S`emPs¯ bXn]n Im^n C^p¶p..

tI¨n sfsà F³s_ tft`¡v Imªn^p¶p

“”tI¨o.. Fs¶ sM¡n sNmÃtÃ.. ivi”” Mm³ In^n¨pw sNm*v ^*p ssNNapw B CXp¸nWnX]n`qsX]n«v F³s_ fp¶nt`¡v W¶m]n tIÀ¯n^p¯n.

“”tbmXm, Mm³ F´m BW]mt\m sM¡n sNmÃm³”” tI¨n tSmav I^n¨v Sn^nsªs¶ tWm¡n.

“”At¿m tI¨n BW]ÃtÃm.. tI¨n F³s_ gpPÀ AsÃ..”” Mm³ B tSman Hs^mä NXn sk¨p sNmXp¯p..

“”iq.. N®m.. NXn¡tÃXm.. “”

“”fVp^w Dt*m¶p tWm¡n]Sm.. CÃ.. kÃm¯ N]v¸m ii..”” Mm³ sbm«n¨n^n¨p..

“”A¼Xm.. Bim N]vt¸m.. Wns¶..”” C^p¶ C^p¸n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ss¶ Sn^nªp tI¨n F³s_ Nknan F¯n H^p NXn..

“”tI¨n NXn¡tÃ.. FWn¡v k¿ C³K£³ FXp¡m³..”” Mm³ bnt¶]pw sbm«n¨n^n¨p..

“”Hmtim.. Bt\m.. F¶m H¶v tWm¡mtÃm F{S C³K£³ WnW¡v FXpt¡*n k^pw F¶v””

b_ªp SoÀ¶nà tI¨n sk«n Sn^nªv Nm`pNÄ ^*pw fmän F³s_ Njp¯n`qsX B ssNNapw Ipän fXn]n N]_n]n^p¶p.. Mm³ H^`vbw bnt¶m«mªp.

tI¨n AÂbw H¶v WnkÀ¶p tWs^ N]_n C^p¶p. Cs¸m tI¨n]pw MmWpw fpOt¯mXv fpOw..

“”ssWän Nt*m N]_n fpNan k¶p iv iv iv tI¨osX SpX Nt*m..””

F³s_ A^¡p A¸p_kpw C¸p_kpw Nm`pNÄ C«p fXn]nt`¡v k`nªp C^n¡p¶SnWnX]n fps«m¸w D*m]n^p¶ B {Zhv tft`¡v N]_n tI¨n]psX SpXNÄ ^*pw fpjpkWm]pw bp_¯m]Sv N*p Mm³ In^n¨p..

“”in in.. tbmXm.. Wns¶ C³K£³ FXp¸n¡m³ bäptfm F¶p Mm³ H¶v tWm¡s«.. “” ASpw b_ªp tI¨n ko*pw F³s_ Nknan NXn¨p.

“”At¿m tk*.. Mm³ tSmäp.. h½Sn¨p..”” Mm³ fpOw sk«n¨n«p ssNNÄ tI¨n]psX bn¶n`qsX NX¯n B tUis¯ sfsà sN«n¸nXn¨p.

“”ivi.. B.. A§nsW Ss¶.. AÂbw tbXn WÃSm..”” Mm³ tI¨n]psX Njp¯n NnX¶ fm`]nt`¡v tWm¡n..

“”CSp Z]f*v Bt\m tI¨n”” fm`]psX Sp¼n NnX¶ t`m¡äv N*p Mm³ tImUn¨p..

“”AtSXm.. Njnª {bmklyw b¸m k¶t¸m tfXn¨p S¶Sm.. “”

“”B.. tI¨n¡v C§nsW NWw Np_ª fm` Ss¶]m Njp¯n NnX¡p¶Sp Nm\m³ ewPn..”” Mm³ fm`]ns`¡v tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

“”tI¨n]psX Njp¯pw tSmapw Hs¡ fnWpfnWm¶m C^n¡ps¶.. Nt*m..”” Mm³ Njp¯nWv– bn¶n`qsX tSmant`¡v sfsà kn^`pNÄ HmXn¨p..

“”in in.. sk_psS C^ns¡Xm FWn¡v C¡nan..”” tI¨n Nn\p§n..

“”i! FknsX sSm«m`pw C¡nan B\tÃm.. C¡nan CÃm¯ emPw CSm..””

“”Um CknsX..”” tI¨n tSmansâ tft`¡v Iq*n Nm\n¨p.

“”Hmtim.. F¶m tWm¡s«..”” tI¨n N®p fmäpw fp³tb Mm³ fpOw B k`Sp tSmanWpw Njp¯nWpw CX]n sNm*fÀ¯n sk¨n«p Ip*v tIÀ¯p sI_n] H^p NXn sk¨v sNmXp¯p B tSmanÂ..

“”it¿m C¡nan..”” tI¨n sk«n In^n¨p.

Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n tWm¡pt¼m tSmansâ AknsX BsN t^mf§Ä FÃmw NpWpNpsW Fjpt¶äp Wn¡p¶p..

“”tI¨o sU CSp tWm¡nt]..””

“”in in AsSWn¡v t^mfm©w k¶Sm..”” tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

tI¨n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfsà B fpOw F³s_ tWs^ AXp¸n¨n«v F³s_ Nknan H^p½ S^m³ k¶p.

bt£ bnt¶]pw NXn¡m³ Bkpw F¶p N^pSn Mm³ fpOw sk«n¨Sp sNm*v tI¨n]psX Ip*pNÄ k¶fmÀ¶Sv– Fs´ Ip*pNapsX sshZn B\v.

“”At¿ sU tI¨osX Sp¸Â F³s_ Ip*n³s_ AknsXs]ms¡ B]n..”” tI¨ns] Ipän]n^p¶ H^p ssN Sn^nsNs]Xp¯v– Mm³ F³s_ Ip*nWp Smsj bän] tI¨n]psX DfnWoÀ SpXs¨Xp¯p.

“”bns¶ F³s_ DfnWo^n kngw AsÃ..”” F³s_ {bkr¯n N*p tI¨n In^n¨p..

“”In`t¸m Bs\¦nt`m ivi”” Mm³ Sn^n¨p tI¨ns] tWm¡n sNmªWw Nm\n¨p.

“”i¿Xm.. Cs¸m tWm¡nt¡m Wns¶.. C¶m..”” Mm³ ssN sk«n¡pw fp³tb ^*p N¿pw sNm*v F³s_ fpOw tIÀ¯p bnXn¨n«p F³s_ Ip*pNan AfÀ¯n H^p NXn..

F³s_ NojvIp*v fpjpkWpw tI¨n]psX DfnWo^p bXÀ¶p.

“”At¿ tI¨o..”” Mm³ ssNNÄ ^*pw knXpkn¨p tI¨n]psX fpOw bnXn¨p fmän.

“”ivivi kngw B\v DÅn tbm]Sv.. timhvbnä`n tbmkmw?”” tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n sbm«n¨n^n¨p.

“”tbmkmw tbmkmtf.. Wfp¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw H^pfn¨p Ss¶ tbmkmw..””

Mm³ ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw làn]m]n tI¨n]psX NknapNan AfÀ¯nbnXn¨p F³s_ fpO¯nt`¡v AXp¸n¨n«v B Ip*pNan Bªp NXn¨p sk¨v sNmXp¯p..

tI¨n sk«n fm_m³ tWm¡ns]¦n`pw Mm³ kn«nÃ.

tI¨n]psX tf¨p*v Mm³ NXn¨p k`n¨p bnXn¨p.. tI¨n]psX Wnlzmhw F³s_ Ip*pNan k¶p ko\p..

tI¨n bnt¶]pw H¶p NpS_n]t¸m Mm³ B Ip*pNÄ F³s_ km]n Wn¶pw kn«p sNmXp¯p..

“”iq.. Np«m.. FWn¡v lzmhw fp«n.. C§nsW]pt*m NXn.. WnW¡v AÂbw bSns] NXn¨qsX.. Mm³ Wns¶ tWmkn¡msS Asà NXn¨Sv”” tI¨n sbs«¶v b^nekn¨p..

tWm¡pt¼m tI¨n]psX Ip*pNÄ ^*pw kÃmsS Ipk¶p SpXp¯n^n¡p¶p..

“”At¿m tI¨o sl^n¡pw thm_n.. Mm³ sbs«¶v k`n¨p NXn¡p¶SnWnX]n HmÀ¯nÃ..”” Mm³ F³s_ kn^`pNÄ B Ip*n sk¨v SjpNn sNmXp¯p..

“”ASv ht^mÃXm..””

tI¨n]psX]pw F³s_]pw DfnWo^p fpjpkWpw S½n A`nªp bän]n^n¡p¶p tI¨n]psX Ip*pNanÂ.

Mm³ Wm¡v bp_t¯¡n«v F³s_ Ip*pNans` CuÀ¸w H¸ns]Xp¯p.

“”tI¨n]psX DfnWo^nWp tks_t´m tbms` H^p ^pIn..”” Mm³ ASv Wm¡n Wp\ªt¸m b_ªp.

“”in in.. ASnWp Wo CSnWp fp³bv F³s_ DfnWo^v NpXn¨n«pt*m..”” N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨n Fs¶ Nan]m¡n

“”tI¨n]psX Ip*pNÄ Nt*m Ipf¶p”” Mm³ tI¨n]psX fpOw ssNNan tIÀ¯p ko*pw F³s_ fpO¯nWv– AXpt¯¡v bnXn¨p.

“”Wo Fs¶ ko*pw A§nsW NXn¡tà Np«m.. tI¨n¡v l^n¡pw sWm´p”” tI¨n tIÀ¶v k¶ F³s_ N®pNan tWm¡n b_ªp.

“”Cà tI¨o.. Mm³ Ip*Sv DuSn S^m³ k¶StÔ” Mm³ AÂbw NqXn B Ip*Xpbn¨n«p bSns] km Sp_¶p ASnt`¡p DuSn sNmXp¯p.

NXn¡m³ Aà F¶p N*t¸m tI¨n tIÀ¶n^p¶p S¶n«v B ssNNÄ ^*pw F³s_ Njp¯n Ipän.

“”Np«Wp fXn tkUW FXp¡p¶pt*m Mm³ C§nsW N]_n C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*p?””

“”Cà tI¨o.. Mm³ Im^n Asà C^n¡ps¶.. tI¨n C^pt¶maq.. tI¨ns] C§nsW sN«n¸nXn¨n^n¡m³ Wà hpOw..”” Mm³ bp©n^n¨p Nm\n¨p.

“”Nm\pw Nm\pw WÃ hpOw..”” tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡n Nan]m¡n

“”bt£ Fs¶ NXn¡msS C^p¶m fSn..””

“”AsSWn¡p hvtWiw NqXn]t¸m A_n]msS NXn¨p tbm]StÃ.. iiv”” tI¨n Np`p§n In^n¨p

FWn¡v sbs«¶v Npª b_ªSv HmÀf k¶p. hnWnf]n A¶p Ip*¯v D½ sk¡p¶Sv N*t¸m AsSm^pbmXv hvtWiw DÅkÀ Bs\¶tà Npª b_ªSv.

“”F´m Np«m Bt`mIn¡ps¶..”” tI¨n F³s_ fpOw bnXn¨p]À¯n.

“”H¶qà tI¨o.. hnWnf]n N*t¸m A¶p Npª b_ªm]n^p¶p hvtWiw NqXpt¼mjm Ip*¯p D½ sk¡p¶sS¶v..””

“”i! Bt\m, Btkm FWn¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p”” tI¨n¡v AÛpSw.

“”As¸m ASv sNm*mkpw NXn¡p¶Spw AsÃ.. As¸m CWn NXn¡pt¼m tI¨n Fs¶ kj¡v b_]*.. hvtWiw sNm*m\v..inin..”” Mm³ In^n¨p.

“”ASv tk*.. Wo hvtWiw NqXpt¼m D½ sk¨ fSn.. F³s_ Ip*v NXn¨p Sn¶*..””

“”tI¨n]psX Ip*nt¸mjpw kÃmsS Ipk¶p Ss¶]m NnX¡ps¶..”” F³s_ hvtWit¯mXpÅ tWm«w N*v tI¨n sfsà F³s_ fpOt¯mXv fpOw tIÀ¯p sk¨p.

“”tI¨o.. ¹ohv NXn¡tÃ..””

“”CsÃXm”” tI¨n N®pNÄ AX¨p F³s_ fpO¯v fpOkpw tIÀ¯p A§nsW sN«n¸nXn¨n^p¶p.

bmkw tI¨n.. Mm³ HmÀ¯p..

Mm³ ssNNÄ ^*pw sfsà D]À¯n tI¨n]psX CXp¸nWp sshZn`qsX sN«n¸nXn¨p.

tI¨n AÂbw H¶v fpOw I^n¨n«p F³s_ Ip*pNan B Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n H^p½ S¶p.

Mm³ F³s_ Ip*pNÄ fmämsS sfsà km]v– Sp_¶v tI¨n]psX NojvIp*n frUpkm]n NXn¨p.

tI¨n N®p Sp_¶v- F³s_ N®pNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n.. Mm³ k`pSm]n NXn¡pw F¶p N^pSn]mkpw.

Mm³ H¶naNn]n^p¶n«p B Ip*pNÄ H^`vbw NqXn bSns] NXn¨p k`n¨p.

tI¨n sI_pSm]n H¶W§n. sfsà Ip*pNÄ Sp_¶p F³s_ Ip*n H^p½ S¶n«v B Ip*pNÄ FXp¯p.

Mm³ NXn knXmSn^p¶ Nm^\w B NojvIp*v H¶v k`nªp..

“”siu.. “” tI¨n sfsà H¨ sk¨t¸m Mm³ Ip*v kn«psNmXp¯p.

“”tkUWn¸nInÃtÃm tI¨o Mm³.. bSns] Asà NXn¨Sv.. bns¶´m..””

“”A_n]nsÃXm.. H^p kÃm¯ Ft´m tbms`.. “”

i! F´v tbms`.. Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n B N®pNan tWm¡n.. tI¨n]psX N®pNÄ sI_pSm]n H¶p N`§n NnX¡pw tbms`.. bnXn]pw k`n]pw sNm*mkpw FWn¡v tSm¶n.

Mm³ tWm¡pt¼m tI¨n]psX ssNNans`]pw tSmapNans`]pw Hs¡ t^mfw fpjpkWpw A¸msX Fjp¶p Wn¡p¶p..

“”iv tI¨n¡v C¡nans]XptSm?”” Mm³ tI¨ns] tWm¡n.

“”C¡nan tbms` Ss¶.. bt£ Ft´m.. H^p WÃSv tbms`..””

“”WÃ C¡nant]m FWn¡v tSm¶n]nÃtÃm..”” FWn¡v hwl]w.

“”ASnWp Mm³ Np«sW NXnInÃtÃm.. Np«Wtà F³s_ Ip*v NXn¨p k`n¨Sv.. C§p kt¶.. Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw””

tI¨n F³s_ fpOw k`n¨Xp¸n¨n«p B km] Sp_¶p F³s_ Ip*pNÄ ^*pw DÅn`m¡n H¶p NXn¨p.. Cs¸m FWn¡pw H^n¡nan.

tI¨n sfsà B tf¨p*v fpjpkWm]pw F³s_ km]nt`¡p SÅn sk¨v S¶n«v F³s_ Nojp¨p*n NXn¨p k`n¡m³ SpX§n.

tI¨n kas^ frUpkm]n B\v NXn¡p¶sS¦n`pw FWn¡v Ft´m tbms`.

tI¨n]psX DfnWo^v fpjpk³ F³s_ km]nt`¡p bXÀ¶p bnXn¨p.

sI_n] H^p Ft´m tbms`. Mm³ Mm³ F³s_ km]n Wn_ªn^p¶ B Ip*v sfsà Wm¡v sk¨v k`n¨p NpXn¡m³ SpX§n, tI¨n]pw..

^*p fq¶p fnWnäv A§nsW At§mXpw Ct§mXpw Ip*pNÄ k`n¨pNpXn¨Spw FWn¡v lzmhw fp«pw tbms` tSm¶n..

“”tI¨o.. iq..”” Mm³ bn¶m¡w k`nªp sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.

tI¨ns] tWm¡pt¼m B l^o^w fpjpk³ Npan^v tNm^n] tbms` tUiw fpjpkWpw t^mfw FjptWäp Wn¡p¶p..

“”Np«Wp sWm´nÃtÃm”” tI¨n sfsà F³s_ Ip*pNÄ SpX¨p S¶p.

“”CÃ tI¨n..””

“”tI¨n b_ªSv l^n]m.. FWn¡v Ft´m tbms`.. tI¨n A§nsW Ip*v k`n¨p NpXn¡pt¼m WÃ hpOw.. tI¨n]psX WmknWpw km]v¡pw WÃ IqXpw kjp¡kpw”” Mm³ tI¨ns] tWm¡n b_ªp.

FWn¡pw A§nsW Ss¶]m Np«m.. WÃ hpOw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np«³s_ Ip*pNÄ NpXn¡m³.. Np«³ F³s_ Ip*pNÄ km]v¡pÅn sk¨v NXn¨q_n NpXn¡pt¼m Ft´m H^nSp tSm¶p¶p.. N®Wp CWn tkt\m AknsX D½..””

“”it¿m.. tk* tI¨o.. WÃ hpOw Hs¡]m bt£ FWn¡v lzmhw fp«p¶p tI¨osX Ip*f^pt¼m ivi”” Mm³ In^n¨p.

bp©n^n¨pw sNm*v tI¨n F³s_ fXn]n Wn¶pw I^nªn_§n sdZn C^p¶p.

“”it¿m Np«m..””

“”F´m tI¨o..””

“”Um CSp Nt*m.. Np«³s_ hmVWSn`m Mm³ AfÀ¶n^p¶Sv F¶p tSm¶p¶p.. ASv tW^s¯ tbms` k`pSm]n Wn¡p¶p ko*pw””

Mm³ ASv N*n^p¶nÃ.. Smtj¡v– N®p bm]n¨t¸m tgm«vhnsâ fpNan`qsX W¶m]n Nm\m³ bäp¶ tbms` Ss¶ F³s_ hmVWw D]À¶p Wn¡p¶p.

“”bt£ tI¨n C^p¶t¸m FWn¡v H«pw tkUWnIn^p¶nà tI¨o..”” Mm³ H¶Xp¯p tWm¡n b_ªp

“”Um CknXw sI_pSm]n WWªn«pw D*v.. Nt*m”” F³s_ tgm«vhnsâ fp³emP¯v– tI¨n C{S]pw tW^w N]_n C^p¶ emP¯v– Ft´m H¶v ^*p SpÅn tbms` WWªn^n¡p¶p..

“”Np«³ H¶v sbm§ns], Mm³ tWm¡mw.. “” Mm³ F³s_ I´n]¸w sbm¡n sNmXp¯t¸m tI¨n tgm«vhv sfsà k`n¨p Smjv¯n F³s_ fp«nWp Smsj sNm*p sk¨p.

tI¨n b_ªSp tbms` F³s_ hmVWw Nps_ k`pSm]n kXn tbms` sk«n Wn¡p¶p.

“”N®m CsS´m C§nsW.. ^mkns` fm{Sw C§nsW Wn¡pw F¶p b_ªn«v.. Mm³ F§mWpw CWn CXn¨p Nm\ptkm CSn”” tI¨n F³s_ hmVW¯n hq£n¨p tWm¡n.

“”A_n]nà tI¨o.. In`t¸m D¨¡v tdmap sNm*nX¯mkpw tI¨n C{S]pw tW^w C^p¶Sv.. C¡nan sNm*v Mm³ A_n]msS tbm]Smkpw”” F³s_ hmVWw C§nsW k`pSm]n Wn¡p¶Sv N*p FWn¡v BsN H^p Ft´m tbms`..

ASv N*ns«¶ k®w tI¨n sfsà ssNNÄ Smjv¯n ASn N]_n bnXn¨p.

“”tkUW]pt*m Np«m..””

“”tkUWs]m¶pw k`pSm]n Cà tI¨o.. bt£ Ft´m tbms`.. tI¨n]psX N¿n C^p¶p C§nsW C_pNpt¼m Nt*m.. AknsX Ft´m tbms`””

Mm³ hmVWw kn_¡p¶Sp Iq*n Nm\n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”A_n]nsÃXm.. Ipf¶nt«m¶pw CÃ F¦n`pw At¸mjs¯ tbms` Ss¶ kÃm¯ IqXp.. WnW¡v A_n]m³ bäp¶pt*m””

“”D*v tI¨o.. IqsXXp¡p¶p*v.. ASp hmt^mÃ.. Wfp¡v NnX¡mw.. Nps_ tW^m]n Nan¨p NnX¡p¶p.. sskNn¡m\pw tI¨o.. Mm³ Ns¿¯n ss`äv Hmcv– sI]vSn«v tI¨n¡v NnX¡m³ Ø`w sNmXp¡m³ tk*n AÂbw NqXn sshXnt`¡p Wo§n NnX¶p..

tI¨n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ hmVW¯n Wn¶pw kn^`pNÄ knXmsS AÂbw F³s_ AXpt¯¡v Wo§n¡nX¶p.

“”tI¨o tgm«vhv Sn^nsN C«nÃ..””

“”CSn§nsW k`pSm]n Wn¡pt¼m tgm«vhn«m Np«Wp C_pNn tkUWn¡ntÃ.. AS§p Du^n Ct«¡mw”” tI¨n Smtj¡v– Wo§n]n_§n F³s_ tgmXvhv k`n¨p Na]m³ tWm¡n.

tI¨n¡v ssNNÄ F¯n tgm«vhn bnXn¡m³ Njn]m¯Sv sNm*v AÂbw NqXn W¶m]n Smtj¡v Cjªp Wo§n]n«v ssNNÄ ^*pw sNm*v tgm«vhv Du^n Smsj]n«p.

^*ptb^pw b^hvb^w tWm¡n I^nªp NnX¶n^p¶SnWm bNpSn]nt`s_ Smtj¡p Wo§n NnX¶n^p¶ tI¨n]psX fpOs¯ lzmhw F³s_ SpX]psX DÅn AXn¡m³ SpX§n.

“”tI¨n]psX IqXpÅ lzmhw FWn¡v AknsX Smsj AXn¡p¶p.. ivi””

Mm³ In^n¨pw sNm*v b_ªp.

“”Np«Wp Smsj CSns`s]ms¡ tkUW Cs¸m fm_nt]m”” tI¨n fpNant`¡v k^msS F³s_ A^s¡«nWp AXp¯v Ss¶ fpOkpw sk¨p NnX¶n«p F³s_ hmVW¯nsâ AXn]n ssNNÄ b^¯n B D*Nan N¿fÀ¯n tImUn¨p.

“”tkUW sI_pSm]ns« DÅq tI¨o.. tI¨n FWn¡v D¨¡v W¶m]n IqXp bnXn¨p S¶ntÃ, ASv sNm*mkpw tkUW Np_¨p Np_ªn«p*v””

“”tbms« Np«m.. “” Fs¶ Blzhn¸n¡pw tbms` b_ªn«p tI¨n NnX¶ NnX¸n Ss¶ F³s_ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v fpOw AXp¸n¨p

tI¨n sfsà H^p ssN F³s_ SpX¡pÅnt`¡v N]än kn^`pNÄ sNm*v F³s_ hmVW¯n b^Sn bnXn¨n«p ASn³s_ Sp¼¯pw fpNan`pw Hs¡ bSns] bSns] DuSn S^m³ SpX§n..

“”IqXXn¡pt¼m sI_n] hpOw.. “”Mm³ ssNNÄ sNm*v tI¨n]psX fpXn]n sfsà SjpNn.

tI¨n ssN FXp¯n«v, fpOw AÂbw HSp¡p¶SnWnX]n B fq¡v k¶v F³s_ sbm§n Wn¶ hmVW¯nsâ Sp¼n CXn¨p..

“”ivi.. i¿q tI¨o NXn¡tÃ.. FWn¡n C¡nan FXp¡p¶p..”” Mm³ A^s¡«v H¶v Np`p¡n.

“”in in.. FXm sbm«m F³s_ fq¡v A_n]msS k¶nXn¨Sm.. AÃmsS Mm³ NXns¨m¶pw CÃm.. Wnt¶mXv Bt^`pw ss`äv Hmcv– sI¿m³ b_tªm”” tI¨n sbm«n¨n^n¨p.

“”im.. ss`äv Hmcv– sI]vSSv Nm^ym]n CtÃÂ tI¨n A_nªpw sNm*v Ss¶ NXn¨p sk¨p St¶sW… ii..”” Mm³ Sn^n¨p Nan]m¡nsNm*v H¶naNn NnX¶p.

A^s¡«naNn]t¸m F³s_ hmVW¯nsâ Sp¼v ko*pw tI¨n]psX fpOs¯knsXt]m sI¶nXn¨p Wn¶ tbms`..

“”CSnt¸mjpw Fs´m^p IqXm Np«m.. NÃv– b..tbms` Wn¡p¶p”” tI¨n b_]m³ Ip*W¡n]t¸mjm\v F³s_ hmVWw CXn¨p Wn¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨n]psX Ip*n³s_ sshZn Bs\¶v Mm³ A_n]p¶Sv.

“”tI¨n]psX Ip*mt\m ASv.. B Sp¸Â fpjpkWpw F³s_ hmVW¯n Bkpw tI¨n Ip*v fmänt]..””

“”A¿Xm.. F³s_ Sp¸Â WnW¡v A{S Npj¸w Bt\m.. F¶m C¶m..”” tI¨n ASpw b_ªp tI¨n]psX Ip*n³s_ sshZn sbm§n AfÀ¶p Wn¶ F³s_ hmVW¯n Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n Hs^mä W¡Â..

Mm³ A^s¡«v sk«n¨p fmäm³ tWm¡ns]¦n`pw tI¨n N¿p]À¯n F³s_ hmVW¯n N]_n bnXn¨n«p tWs^ ASn³s_ Sp¼¯v Ss¶ B Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n..

“”io.. tI¨o.. Ip*p fmäp FWn¡n¡nan FXp¡p¶p..”” Mm³ H¶v NpS_n

FWn¡n¡nan FXp¡p¶p F¶_nªp F³s_ hmVW¯n B DfnWo^v bXÀ¯m³ tk*n km]v– Sp_¶p tI¨n Ip*pNÄ Nps_]pw NqXn Sp_¶p ASnt`¡p AXp¸n¨p.

FWn¡v l^n¡pw C¡nan]m]n Mm³ H¶v sk«n. Mm³ bnt¶m«v tbmkmSn^n¡m³ tk*n tI¨n H^p Ns¿Xp¯p F³s_ I´n]psX bn¶n N]_n sN«nbnXn¨p

Fs¶ fp³tbm«p SÅp¶Sv tbms` sN«n¸nXn¨Sp F³s_ A^s¡«v AÂbw fpt¶m«mªv– sbm§n Wn¶ hmVWw tI¨n]psX sI_pSm]n Sp_¶ km]n¡pÅnt`¡v A§v N]_nt¸m]n..

“”At¿m tI¨o.. NXn¨p S^tÃ.. AknsX H¶mftS FWn¡v tkUW]m..””

hmVWw tI¨n]psX km]v¡pÅnt`¡v N]_n]S_nªp Mm³ b_ªp.

tI¨n emPy¯nWp NXn¨nÃ.. B km]v¡pÅn sk¨v F³s_ hmVWs¯ H¶fÀ¯n]n«v km]n Wn¶pw ASnsW skan]ns`Xp¯p.

“”Wn³s_ hmVW¯nsâ Sp¼n H^p bpan¸v….”” tI¨n lzmhw FXp¯pw sNm*v b_ªp.

“”tI¨n tft`m«v N]_n km tI¨o.. tI¨n hmVWw bnXn¨p km]v¡pÅn sk¨t¸m FWn¡v tUiw fpjpk³ Npan^v tNm^p¶ tbms` As{S]pw C¡nan..””

“”CknsX fpjpkWpw WnW¡v t^mfm©w k¶ tbms` B\tÃm.. ivi”” tI¨n F³s_ SpX]n SXkns¡m*v b_ªp.

“”AStà MmWpw b_ªSv.. fSn.. tfmant`¡v tN_n km tI¨o.. tI¨osX km]v¡pÅn Bt\ kÃm¯ IqXpw Ft´m tbms`..””

Mm³ tI¨n]psX S`]n bnXn¨p tft`¡v N]äm³ tWm¡n..

tI¨n F\o¡m³ F¶ tbms` H^p ssN fp«v sdZn Du¶n fpOw D]À¯n AÂbw D]À¯n Wn¶p

bt£ ASp fpNant`¡v k^m³ tk*n B]n^p¶nÃ.

tI¨n ftä ssN sNm*v tWs^ F³s_ hmVW¯n ko*pw AfÀ¯n bnXn¨v B km]v– Sp_¶p F³s_ hmVWw km]v¡pÅn B¡n.

“”timH tI¨o.. “” Mm³ C¡nan sNms*m¶p sk«n..

tI¨n ^*p Ip*pNÄ sNm*pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ hmVWw Du^n tbmkmsS km]v¡pÅn sk¨fÀ¯n bnXn¨p.

“”iq.. tI¨o.. tI¨osX km]ns` IqXp fpjpkWpw S«p¶p FWn¡v””

Mm³ fpt¶m«mªp tI¨n]psX ^*p tSman`pw bnXn¨p tft`¡v k`n¨p.

Ip*pNÄ C_p¡n sk¨n^p¶SnWm F³s_ hmVWw B IqXpÅ km]n`qsX AfÀ¶p sM^nªp bp_t¯¡p tbm]n.. FWn¡v tUiw fpjpkWpw IqXpw Npan^pw tbms` tSm¶n..

H^p knVw Mm³ tI¨ns] k`n¨p fpNant`¡v NnX¯n.

“”F³s_ tI¨o.. CsSs´m^p C¡nan]m.. timH..”” Mm³ sk«n kn_¨pw sNm*v b_ªp..

“”ivivi Cs¸m Wns¶ FknsX F§nsW C¡nan B¡\w F¶p FWn¡v W¶m]n A_n]mw.. CWn Nan¡m³ k¶m WnW¡v ^£]nÃ..”” tI¨n In^n¨pw sNm*v Fs¶ tIÀ¯p k`n¨p sN«n¸nXn¨p.

“”tI¨n sI_pSm]n kn]À¯tÃm”” tI¨n]psX tUiw AXp¯v k¶p H«n]t¸m B kn]À¸p A_nªp Mm³ b_ªp.

“”A_n]nsÃXm.. FWn¡v Ft´m Hs¡ tbms` k¶p.. Np«³s_ hmVW¯nsâ IqXp km]v¡pÅn AXn¨t¸m Wà hpOw FWn¡pw.. ASm Mm³ sbs«¶v knXmªSp.. WnW¡v sWmt´m””

“”CÃ tI¨o.. FWn¡v Npan^v tN_n lzmhw fp«p¶ tbms`]m k¶Sv.. A_n]nÃ..”” Mm³ tI¨ns] sN«n¸nXn¨p

“”Np«Wp AknsX Wn_s] IqXp Nn«n]ntÔ” Npª B SpX sbm¡ns]Xp¯p F³s_ hmVW¯nsâ tft`¡v sk¨v sN«n¸nXn¨p.

“”fw..”” Mm³ fqan.. tI¨n]psX tUi¯nWp WÃ IqXp.

“”tkUW Np_tªm N®m”” tI¨n bpS¸p k`n¨p tft`¡n«p sNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”tkUWs]m¶pw A_n]mtW k¿ tI¨o.. FWn¡v BsN C¡nan fm{Stf A_n]m³ bäp¶pÅq.. bns¶ tI¨osX WÃ IqXpw””

tI¨n Fs¶ AÂbw Smjv¯n B sW©ns`¡v tIÀ¯p sk¨p tI¨n]psX sW©nXn¸v FWns¡sâ NknapNan A_n]m³ bäp¶ tbms`.

Mm³ ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw tI¨ns] Ipän A§nsW AfÀ¶p NnX¶p..

Zn]À {c*vhv, Cu emPw H^p hvsbgy sZZnt¡g³ bmÀ«v B\v. bm`¡mXv Wn¶pw DÅ H^p ^mtKgv– t{dm]psX _nNzÌv B\v Cu bmÀ«nWpÅ C³hvbnt^g³. F³s_ `mbv s_Zn B¡m³ Cu t{dm H^p sI_n] dnävtNm]n³ him]w sI]vSn^p¶p. Sm¦yq t{dm.

bns¶ Nps_t]s_t¸À A£^sSäpNÄ Nm\n¨p sftÊKv sI]vSn«p*v. t{dmhv, FWn¡p tfmtdmÀ DÅ H^p tim«`n _nhbvgWn B\v tKmdv–. `mbv l^n BNm¯ sNm*p, {co ssXfn CknXpÅ hnÌw ]qhv sI]vSm\v FjpSp¶Sv–. FjpSnNjnªp H^pbmXp FZnäv– sI¿m³ H¶pw ssXw fn¡km_pw Nn«nÃ.`mbvl^n]m¡nNn«p¶ks^,U]kpsI]vSpH¶vAXvKÌvsI¿\w..ASpNn«n]SpwsSäpNÄNp_¨pMm³FjpSm³{lfn¡mw.

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