“”N®m.. Zm N®m..””

“”Zm.. N®m..”” làn]m]n Bt^m tSma¯p bnXn¨p Np`p¡p¶p.. H¨ tN«v Mm³ In½n N®p Sp_¶p.

Biv.. tI¨n]m\v.. tW^w bt£ skap¯n«nsöp tSm¶p¶p. _qfnWN¯p fpjpk³ Ct¸mjpw C^p«v Ss¶.

“”F´m tI¨o.. D_§p¶ntÃ.. bmSn^m{Sn Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p””

“”Zm sbm«m.. f\n GSm*v B_p B]n.. Wo Cu Nms`m¶p FXp¯p fmäv.. Cs{S]pw sM^n¨p sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¶m Mm³ F§nsW F\o¡pw in in””

ii As¸m ASm\v– Nm^yw.. tI¨n F\o¡p¶ ssXw B]n.. Mm³ Nm`pNÄ Ipän¸nXn¨p NnX¡p¶Sp sNm*v tI¨n¡v F\o¡m³ bämªn«p knan¡p¶Sv– B\v.

“”H^p NrSyWnãvX¡m^n.. C¨n^ow NqXn D_§n]m F´p hwekn¡pw.. F³s_ D_¡w Naªp..””

Mm³ bn_pbn_p¯p sNm*v sfsà F³s_ Nm`v tI¨n]psX CXp¸n Wn¶pw FXp¯p fmän sNmXp¯p.

“”Wo fm{Sw A§nsW Cs¸m NnX¶p hpOn¡*.. F\os¡Xm..”” tI¨n Fs¶ D_§m³ knXp¶ `£\w CÃ

“”CsSs´m^p Nplp¼m tI¨o.. H¶v tbm.. ¹ohv..””

“”Hm bnt¶, Wo b_ªm Mm³ Cs¸m A§v tbmkpw.. Wns¶ D\À¯m³ bäptkm¶p MmsWm¶p tWm¡s«..”” tI¨n F´ntWm DÅ bp_¸mXv B\v.

“”At¿m H¶pw tk*.. tI¨n F\otäm.. Mm³ Cs¸m Ss¶ F\oäp sNmÅmw..””

“”in in.. PpZv tdm]v–..”” tI¨n NnX¶p sNm*p Ss¶ B fpOw F³s_ fpOt¯mXv AXp¸n¨p

“”At¿ bÃv tS¡msS Fs¶ D½ H¶pw sk¡*.. ivi”” Mm³ fpOw bn¶nt`¡v– Wo¡n Nan]m¡n In^n¨p.

“”Hmtim.. bÃv tS¡msS Wns¶ D½ sk¨m Wo F´p sI¿pw””

FWns¡t´`pw sI¿m³ Njn]pw fp³tb tI¨n F³s_ Ip*n sNm*v B Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯n.

“”Iv..tI¨o.. At¿.. sU Nt*m.. bÃv tS¡msS.. B Sp¸Â FÃmw B]n F³s_ km]nÂ.. Cs¸m tWm¡nt¡m..””

Sn^nªp Ip*pNÄ FXp¯p fmäm³ SpX§n] tI¨osX fpOw Mm³ C^pssNNÄ sNm*pw k`n¨Xp¸n¨n«p B Ip*pNan AfÀ¯n NXn¨p sNmXp¯p.

“”siu.. hv”” tI¨n {bSo£n¡msS Nn«n] NXn]n tI¨n NpS_n.

Mm³ kn«nÃ.. AÂbw NqXn CjpNn AXpt¯¡v NnX¶n«p B tf¨p*v Mm³ NXn¨p k`n¨p..

H¶p ^*p Wnfngw Njnªp tI¨n¡v tkUW FXp¯mt`m F¶p N^pSn Mm³ F³s_ NXn bSns]]m¡n sNmXp¯p.

kas^ frUpkm]n B\v NXn¡p¶Sv F¦n`pw tI¨n]psX tf¨p*v fpjpkWpw F³s_ km]v¡pÅn Ss¶ B\v Ct¸mjpw.

F³s_ NXn]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NmYnWyw Np_ªSv– N*t¸m tI¨n N®pNÄ D]À¯n F³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.

Mm³ B Ip*n`pÅ NXn knXmsS Ss¶ N®pNÄ sNms*m¶p In^n¨p Nm\n¨p, tI¨n Sn^n¨pw.

^mkns` bÃptbm`pw tS]v¡msS tI¨n]psX DfnWo^v km]nt`m«v DSnÀ¶t¸m l^n¡pw FWn¡v H^p hpOw tSm¶n

tI¨n sfsà Ip*pNÄ bn³km§n Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

“”UpãvXm, F³s_ Ips*Ãmw ^mkns` Ss¶ NXn¨p Sn¶tÃm Wo..””

“”B, Mm³ AÃtÃm SpX§n k¨Sv, tI¨n Ss¶ AsÃ, bns¶, tI¨n]psX Ip*§nsW NXn¨q_n]t¸m Wà hpOw ASm Mm³ knXmtª”” Mm³ B Ip*pNan tWm¡n

“”Nm\pw Nm\pw.. Nn«n]m Fs¶ fpjpkWpw Cs¸m Sn¶p SoÀt¯sW Wo””

“”Zm, ^mkns` Ss¶ Wn³s_]nknXw Nt*m..”” tI¨n sbs«¶m\v F³s_ hmVW¯n {l²n¨Sv.

k`pSm]n D]À¶p Wn¡p¶p..

tI¨n ssN F³s_ hmVW¯n sSmXm³ tk*n sNm*v tbmkp¶Sv N*p Mm³ B N¿n tN_n bnXn¨p.

“”tk* tI¨o.. FWn¡v C¡nans]Xp¡pw””

“”in in, Bt\m.. FXpt¯ms«.. Wo Atà C¶s` b_ªSv Mm³ A§nsW fp_psN bnXn¨p sk¡pt¼m Wà hpOfpÅ C¡nan Bs\¶v.. F¶m Wo hpOnt¨m..”” tI¨n NpXpNpsX In^n¨pw sNm*v AÂbw NqXn F¶nt`¡v– tIÀ¶v NnX¶n«v F³s_ ssN knXpkn¨n«v kXntbms` sk«n Wn¡p¶ F³s_ hmVW¯n Ipän bnXn¨p.

“”Wà IqXv.. “” F³s_ hmVW¯n kn^`pNÄ sNm*v tbmSn]p¶SnWnX]n tI¨n b_ªp.

tI¨n b_ªSv tbms` Ss¶.. C¡nan Bs\¦n`pw hpOw.. H^p IqXpÅ C¡nan tbms`.. Mm³ F³s_ fpOw B fpOt¯mXv AXp¸n¨p. tI¨n sfsà kn^`pNÄ sNm*v F³s_ hmVW¯n AfÀ¯n]pw Djnªpw bnXn¨p.

“”tI¨o.. “” Mm³ C¡nan NqXn tI¨ns] H¶v sN«n¸nXn¨p..

F³s_ hvtWi¯n sbmSnª knan tN«v, Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨n«v F³s_ NXn]n Ipk¶p SpXp¯p tbm] B Ip*pNÄ F³s_ Ip*n sNm*fÀ¯n tI¨n FWns¡m^p½ S¶p.

Mm³ F³s_ Ip*pNÄ AÂbw NqXn AXp¸n¨v tI¨n]psX NojvIp*n sfsà NXn¨p.. tI¨n km]Âbw Sp_¶v- F³s_ tf¨p*v sfsà DÅnt`¡v k`ns¨Xp¯v– Du_n¡pXn¡pw tbms` NXn¨p.

hSyw b_ªm F´ms\¶v A_n]nsæn`pw Wà hpOw.. tI¨n¡pw A§nsW Ss¶ tSm¶n Nm\pw.. B Ip*pNÄ F³s_ Ip*nsW AÂbw NqXn AfÀ¯n NXn¨p.. tI¨n]psX lzmhw NqXpw tbms`.. F³s_ hmVW¯n bnXn¨p Ipän]n^n¡p¶ B kn^`pNÄ AknsX BsN AÂbw NqXn C_psN bnXn¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpX§n..

FWns¡t´m tbms`s]ms¡ k^m³ SpX§n.. Mm³ sbs«¶v Ip*pNÄ fmän tI¨n]psX ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨n«p Wo«n lzmhw k`n¡m³ SpX§n..

“”it¿m tI¨o fSn fSnt].. FWn¡v BsN C¡nan]pw lzmhw fp«`pw””

“”ivivi”” F³s_ fpOw N*n«v tI¨n sbm«n¨n^n¨p.

“”dm¡n WnW¡v bns¶… HmÀf skt¨m..”” tI¨n]psX N®pNÄ H^p kmÀ\nwPv tbms` Fs¶ tWm¡n ko*pw In^n¨n«v bSns] bpS¸p fmän sdZn Wn¶pw C_§n B ssWäns]ms¡ tWs^ bnXn¨n«p.

“”Np«m k^p¶ntÃ..”” tI¨n Sn^nªp tWm¡n

“”tI¨n tbm]n s{cgv B]n km, At¸mtj¡pw Mm³ F\o¡mw””

tI¨n dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n.. tI¨n tbm]Spw Mm³ bpS¸p k`n¨p fqXn bnt¶]pw Ip^p*p.. WÃ hpOw.

þ þ þ þ þ þ þ

hf]w sbsǦm\v tbm]Sv..

“”Wn³s_ H^p Xn kn Nm\Â.. Np«m fmapknWp C_§m³ tW^w B]n.. Wo sI¶v B Nms_m¶v kr¯n]m¡n Ct«..”” Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªn«v Npª Ft´m FXp¡m³ Nn¨Wnt`¡v N]_n.

Npª b_ªSv tbms`, D¨¡v cpZpw Njn¨p Xn kn Nm\m³ SpX§n]Sm.. Hmt^m¶v N*p N*p A§nsW C^p¶p.. Mm³ AtSmcvcv sI]vSp sk¨n«v thmc]n Wn¶pw F\oäv, NmÀ H¶p NjpNm³ tk*n bp_t¯¡n_§n..

þ þ þ þ þ þ þ

tI¨ns] kn«v Sn^nsN k^pt¼m hf]w GSm*v B_p f\n Njnªn^p¶p.

tZmÀ Sp_¶v koXnWpÅn N]_pt¼mjpw F³s_ fpOw kmXn]n^n¡p¶Sp N*v Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

“”Wo Ct¸mjpw Akap tbm]Spw Bt`mIn¨v C^n¡pkmt\m Np«m..”” tbm]n tfs`ms¡ NjpNn km, Mm³ Atbmsj¡pw Njn¡m³ Ft´`pw B¡s«.

Npª F³s_ Nknan sfsà S«n]n«v _qfnt`¡v N]_n, Mm³ fpNant`m«p WX¶p.

tI¨n¡v tbmkpt¼m WÃ h¦Xw B]n^p¶p. N*n«v FWn¡pw kngfw B]n. bmkw.

FWn¡v tUiw NjpNm³ H¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ.. Mm³ _qfn N]_n tWs^ dpN-vhpw FXp¯p Hmt^m¶v tWm¡m³ SpX§n.

þ þ þ þ þ þ þ

“”N®m, Wo CsSs´Xp¡pkm, tUiw H¶pw NjpNn]ntÃ..”” dp¡n Wn¶pw Ns®Xp¯p Sn^nsN tWm¡pt¼m kmSn¡ Npª.

F«pf\n Njnªn«pw Fs¶ Smtj¡v– Nm\msS bpÅn¡m^n F´m¶p tWm¡m³ N]_n k¶Sm\v.

“”Cà Npªm.. bYn¡mw F¶p N^pSn.. hf]w tbm]S_nªnÔ”

“”CsSs´m^p bYn¸m F³s_ N®m.. hf]kpw A_n]ntà WnW¡v, Njn¡t*, Npan¡t*”” Npª bn¶n k¶v F³s_ sI]_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Im^n

“”W¶m]n bYn¨m Atà tI¨ns]t¸ms` Wà tNmtaKn FWn¡pw AZvfng³ Nn«pÅq Npªm..”” Mm³ N®pNÄ ko*pw dp¡nt`¡v bm]n¨p.

“”inin.. ASnWp Wo W¶m]n bYn¡p¶p*tÃm bns¶´m.. CSp Nps_ HmkÀ B\v.. C§nsW Cs{S]pw H¶pw Np¯n]n^p¶p bYn¡*.. Wo Ctbmtj H^p dp²nKokn F¶m FÃm^pw b_]p¶Sv.. AX¨p sk¨n«v F\oäp km, C¶t¯¡v fSn”” Npª F³s_ N¿n bnXnsIjps¶Â¸n¨p.

Mm³ bphvSNw FÃmw AX¨p sk¨n«v Npª]psX N¿pw bnXn¨p Smtj¡n_§n.

“”Np«m, WnW¡v tI¨n]psX _qfn Ss¶ NnX¡t\m?”” Zn¶À Njn¨p F\o¡pt¼m Npª Sn^¡n.

“”AsS´m Npªm, C¶p Npª k^ntÃ..””

“”ASÃXm Np«m, Wo F³s_ _qfn NnX¡v–.. AStà WÃSv.. NptªsX _qsft´ WÃStÃ.. ivi..””

“”sl^n Npªm.. F¦n Mm³ Smsj Ss¶ NnX¡mw”” Mm³ ssN NjpNn Npª]psX sdZv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

“”Zm, Npan¡t*.. C¶p Wo Npan¨nÃtÃm.. tbm]n {ZÊv– FXp¯p kt¶..””

“”Npan¡m³ tSm¶p¶nà Npªm..”” Mm³ fXn¨p.

“”Hmtim.. tbm]n {ZÊv– FXp¯p km N®m.. Npan¡msS F³s_ NqXn NnXSnÃ.. ivi..”” Npª In^n¨p.

Mm³ _qfn tbm]n H^p imcv bm³_vhpw XogÀ«pw FXp¯p k¶p.

FWn¡v bt£ sl^n¡pw Npan¡m³ tSm¶pt¶ CÃ.. Mm³ sdZn fXn¨n^p¶p.

“”Bim, Wo CSpks^ Npan¡m³ tN_n]ntà Np«m..”” Nn¨\n FÃmw HSp¡n Npª NnX¡mWm]n _qfnt`¡v N]_n tZmÀ AX¨p.

“”{ZÊv– sdZn sk¨n«v dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_nt¡m N®m, Npª Npan¸n¨v S^mw”” F³s_ fXn N*n«v Npª b_ªp.

Mm³ F\oäv dm{Sqfns`¡v WX¶p.

“”C§nsW H^p fXn]³ ivi”” bn_Nn Wn¶pw Npª]psX In^n.. Mm³ Sn^nªp tWm¡n sNmªWw Nm\n¡p¶ tbms` sk¨v sNmXp¯p.

Npª fpXn tfs`s¡Xp¯p sk¨p sN«ns¡m*v ANt¯¡v N]_n k¶p.

Mm³ C«n^p¶ {ZsÊÃmw Ajn¨v AknsX N* d¡än C«n«v Npªs] tWm¡n.

ssNNÄ D]À¯n bnXn¨t¸m B N£§Ä fpjpkWpw W¶m]n Nm\mw. ¢o³ B]n^n¡p¶p.. AknXw BsN Caw b¨N`À¶ H^p skap¸v– Wn_w.. H^p fpXn tbm`pw Nm\p¶nÃ..

“”CsS´m Npªm NptªsX CknsX§pw fpXn]nÃms¯.. tI¨osX N¿psX AXn]n Hs¡ sI_pSm]n fpXn]p*tÃm””

“”ssN¿psX CX]n fpXn C^p¶m FWn¡v k`n] dp²nfp«m\v Np«m.. kn]À¸pw NqXpw.. ASv sNm*v Mm³ AsSms¡ Ft¸mjpw FXp¯p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Na]pw.. CXp¡n Hs¡ fpXn H^pbmXm]m kn]À¯p sIm_n]ntà ASm..””

“”As¸m F³s_ CknsX]pw Nps_ fpXn]p*tÃm.. ASmt\m FWn¡v A¸t¸m CknXw NXn¡p¶Sv..”” Mm³ F³s_ hmVW¯nWp Ipäpw kaÀ¶p Wn¡p¶ fpXn]ns`¡v tWm¡n b_ªp

“”Np«Wp AknXw NXn¡p¶pt*m.. sIm_n¨n D*m]n^pt¶Â b_]mSn^p¶Sv Ft´..”” Npª F³s_ Nm`pNapsX CX]nt`¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”k`pSm]n H¶pw CÃ Npªp.. C¶p Nps_ tW^w NXn¨p.. kn]À¡pt¼m fm{Sw Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p..””

“”Biv F¶n«m\v Npan¡msS N]_n¡nX¡m³ tWm¡n]Sv AsÔ”

Npª ssWän AÂbw sbm¡n fX¡n sk¨n«v F³s_ fp¶n NpWnªp C^p¶p.

“”Np«m CknXw Hs¡ Ft¸mjpw kr¯n]m]n hq£n¡\w..”” Npª sfsà Smtj¡v– ko\p NnX¶ F³s_ hmVWw sshZns`¡p bnXn¨p fmän ASnWp Ipäpw kaÀ¶p Wn¡p¶ fpXn]n tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp

“”FÃm^pw Nps_]pw NqXn Njnªp sI¿p¶ Nm^y§Ä Ss¶]m CsSms¡.. Np«³ H^Âbw tW^s¯ sI¿\w At{S]pÅq.. Np«³s_ hmVWw AÂbw k`pSm As¸m ASv tbms` Ss¶ Bkpw l^o^¯n³s_ _n]m£Wpw.. tNt«m..””

Npª F³s_ tf¯p skÅw tNm^ns]mjn¨pw sNm*v b_ªp.

“”_n]m£tWm.. F¶p sk¨m”” FWn¡v H^p kÅn]pw bpÅn]pw bnXn Nn«msS NptªsX fpO¯v tWm¡p¶Sv N*p Npª In^n¨p

“”ivivi FXm sbm«m, H¶qÃXm ^mkns` F\o¡pt¼m CSn§nsW k`pSm]n kXn]m]n Wn¡p¶ntÃ.. AsSms¡ Np«³s_ Cu hmVWw Np_¨VnNw k`pSmkp¶Sv sNm*m”” Npª Fs¶ Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n fpSpNn thm¸n«p.

“”At¿m Ft´`pw Npj¸w Dt*m Npªm””

“”CÃX Wo CsSms¡ kr¯n]m¡n sk¨m fSn.. Npan¡pt¼m Ft¸mjpw CknXkpw AXnemPkpw Hs¡ CSptbms` W¶m]n thm¸nX\w”” Npª F³s_ hmVW¯n`pw Smsj D*Nan`pw Hs¡ sl^n¡pw AfÀ¯n thm¸n«p.

“”bSns] Npªm C¡nan..””

“”ivivi.. Wn³s_ hmVWw C§nsW sSm«m DX³ k`pSm]n Wn¡p¶SnWp Mm³ F´v sI¿mWm..”” Npª F³s_ fpO¯v tWm¡n sbm«n¨n^n¨p.

“”CsS§nsW]m CWn sI_pSm¡ps¶ Npªm””

“”Zm f*m.. CSp k`pSm]n C§nsW C^n¡p¶Sv Ss¶]m Np«Wp WÃSv.. WnW¡Sp bns¶ fWÊn B]nsNmÅpw”” Npª ASpw b_ªn«v Fs¶ tWm¡n sbm«n¨n^n¨p

BÀ¡p WÃsS¶m Cu Npª b_]p¶Sv.. FWn¡v fWÊn B]nÃ, bt£ Npª ASn³s_ fpNan`pw Hs¡ bnXn¨fÀ¯n thm¸n«t¸m ^mkns` tI¨n bnXn¨t¸m tSm¶n]Sv tbms` H^p hpOw.

“”tUiw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpX¡p Np«m..”” Npª F³s_ tUiw fpjpkWpw NjpNn SoÀ¶t¸m Xk FXp¯p S¶n«v _qfns`¡n_§n tbm]n.

tf fpjpkWpw SpX¨v S`]n ko\ Np_¨p skÅw Xk sNm*fÀ¯n FXp¡pt¼mtj¡pw Npª H^p sI_n] tbjvhv tbm`pÅ dmPpw FXp¯n«p ko*pw N]_n k¶p.

“”F´m ASn Npªm?””

“”b_]mw Np«³ tWs^ Wns¶..”” Npª t¢mhänsâ AX¸v Smtj¡v– sk¨X¨n«v ASn tN_n C^p¶p Fs¶ AXpt¯¡v k`n¨p WnÀ¯n.

F¶n«v FXp¯n«p k¶ B Npªp dmPn Wn¶pw sc]À B³_v `kv`n tbm`pÅ H^p {Now FXp¯v, ASn Wn¶pw tbÌv tbms` sM¡n N¿n FXp¯p.

“”CsS´nWm Npªm”” FWn¡msN hwl]w B]n

“”Npª fpXn FXp¯p Na]p¶Sv CSp sk¨n«m\v Np«m.. CSp tS¨p SpX¨p Na]pt¼m Bklyw CÃm¯ fpXn FÃmw tbmkpw””

ASpw b_ªp Npª F³s_ hmVW¯n bnXn¨p sbm¡n]n«v ASnWp IpänWpw fpXn Wn¶ emPw fpjpkWpw B {Now tS]v¨p.

Wà S\p¸v.. Npª bnXn¡pt¼mÄ C¡nan]pw.. S\p¯p Ip^p*v Wn¶ F³s_ hmVWw Npª N¿n FXp¯Spw k®w sk¡m³ SpX§n.

Npª F³s_ hmVW¯nsâ AXn]n`pw B D*Nan`pw Hs¡ B {Now sS¡pt¼m Wà hpOw.. AknXw fpjpkWpw tS¨n«v H^p sI_n] Xk FXp¯p Npª AfÀ¯n SpX¨p..

l^n]m, fpXns]Ãmw A¸msX CaNn tbmkp¶p..

“”CSp sNmÅmtÃm Npªm.. “” FWn¡v AÛpSw tSm¶n..

“”B.. AsS.. Cs¸m N*ntÃ, fpXn Hs¡ tbm]n WÃ Woäv B]n CknsX fpjpkWpw..””

IpänWpw DÅ fpXn fpjpk³ FXp¡m³ tk*n Npª]psX ssN F³s_ hmVW¯n bnXn¨v At§m«pw Ct§m«pw B¡n]t¸m ASv kÃmsS k`pSmkpw tbms`.. C¡nan]pw IqXpw NqXp¶p.

Npª hmVW¯n fp_psN Ss¶ bnXn¨n«v Xk sNm*v FÃm]nXkpw SpX¨p.

Mm³ NpWnªp tWm¡pt¼m F³s_ hmVW¯nsâ Sp¼n Wn¶pw N®oÀ tbms` Ft´m H¶v ^*p SpÅn H`n¨n_§p¶p

“”At¿m Npªm CSp Nt*m..”” Mm³ sbs«¶v ASv Npªs] knan¨p Nm\n¨p.

“”in in.. AS§nWmXm.. Np«³s_ hmVWw C§nsW IqXp bnXn¨p k`pSm]n Wn¡p¶ntà ASv sNm*m””

“”bns¶ Mm³ F³s_ N¿n C§nsW IpänbnXnsI¡pktÃm ASn³s_ _n]m£³ B\v.. Np«³ k`n] sI¡³ B]n..””

sU bnt¶w _n]m£³ F¶p Mm³ BsN N\vcyqg³ B]n

Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨n«v im³Zv–gkÀ FXp¯p F³s_ SpX]psX CX]n Hs¡ W¶m]n NjpNn.

{Now tS¨ emPw FÃmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WÃ fpXns]Ãmw tbm]n WÃ ¢o³ B]n.. sI_n] IqXpw..

“”Np«³ _qfnt`¡v– sIÃv, W¶m]n SpX¡t\.. S`]n F§mWpw skÅw Dt*m F¶p tWm¡v.. Npª Um k^p¶p..””

Mm³ dm{Sqw tZmÀ Im^n]n«p FÃm]nXkpw SpX¨p {ZÊv– FXp¯n«p.

Npª sbs«¶v Ss¶ tf`v NjpNn k¶p. sgÂcv Sp_¶p ssWän FXp¡pt¼m Mm³ Npªs] tWm¡n tImUn¨p

“”tI¨nsX tbm`pÅ C_¡w Np_ª ssWäv {ZÊv– Npª¡ntÃ.. tI¨n ASnXpt¼m N*n«ntà F´v ewPn]m\v””

“”ivi Ds*Xm bt£ Mm³ ASn«m F³s_ FÃmw bp_¯p NnX¡pw”” Npª In^n¨p.

“”Npª Ct«.. sNmÅmtkm sNmÅntà F¶p Mm³ Atà b_t]*Sv..””

“”FXm Np«m FWn¡v Wn³s_ tI¨osX C^«n k]Êp*v.. AkÄsX ewPn Mm³ CXpt¼m k^nÃXm..””

“”C«p tWm¡v Npªm..”” Mm³ ko*pw b_ªp

Npª CXm³ B]n N¿n FXp¯ {Now NaÀ ssWän sgÂcn Sn^nsN sk¨n«v H^p ZmÀ¡v– »q ssWän FXp¯p.

N¿p]À¯n sW©nWp fosS Ipän sk¨n^p¶ Xk`nWp tfs` NqXn AsSXp¯n«v, bSns] AXn]n`qsX Xk k`n¨q^n FXp¯p NptªsX {ZÊnwPv tXdnan C«n«p FWn¡v tWs^ tWm¡n Sn^nªp Wn¶n«v Fs¶ tWm¡n

“”tim.. tkm Npªm-“” F³s_ AÛpSw sNm*v knNhn¨ N®pNÄ N*p Npª]psX Ip*pNan H^p fµhvfnSw kn^nªp.

“”F³s_ Npª! H¶pw b_]mWnÃ.. sl^n¡pw ewPn.. A{S]v¡pw sNmÅmw.. CsSs´m^p Na_m.. tI¨n b_]pw tbms` Ss¶.. Npª]psX shs`£³ Atf]vhnwPv!””

F³s_ tNm¼v`nsfâv tN«Spw Npª]psX fpOw ht´mgw sNm*p Ipk¶p.

NXpw Wo` Wn_w Npª¡v Wà tIÀ¨.. Npª b_ª tbms` H^pbmXp C_pNn NnX¡p¶ ssWäv {ZÊv.. Npª]psX fp«nWpw Nps_ C©pNÄ fpNan ks^t] AsS¯p¶p*m]n^p¶pÅq..

“”F¶m`pw Fs´m^p ewPn]m Npªm”” Mm³ N®nf sk«msS Npª]psX l^o^¯n tWm¡n b_ªp.

“”tbmXm Nan]m¡msS.. N*ntÃ.. F³s_ sW©v fp¡m`pw bp_¯m..””

Npª AÂbw NqXn fp¶nt`¡v– k¶p Wn¶t¸mjm\v Mm³ ASv sl^n¡pw W¶m]n Nm\p¶Sv.. Cs¸m N*m Npª]psX l^o^¯n³s_ BsN Nm emPw fm{Stf f_ªn«pÅq F¶p Ss¶ tSm¶pw.

“”ASv Npª]psX sW©v H^pbmXp k`pSm]Sv sNm*tà Npªm.. {ZÊnsW F´nWm Npäw b_]p¶Sv.. Nm\m³ W¶m]n«p*v..””

tSman`qsX Wq`v tbms` ssNNapsX kÅn NnX¡p¶p At{S DÅq.. dm¡n B tSmapw ssNNapw FÃmw fpjpkWpw WPvWw. Npª AN¯p {dm H¶pw C«n«nÃm¯Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*v {co B]n Wn¡p¶ Npª]psX k`n] sW©v fp¡m`pw bp_¯p Nm\mw.

ASn³s_ k`p¸kpw tg¸pw.. Mm³ tWm¡n Wn¶t¸m Npª¡v Wm\w tbms`..

“”F´m Np«m..””

“”NptªsX sW©v Nt*m.. Fs´m^p k`n¸fm.. ^*p sshZpw ssWän¡pÅn sM^p§n]m Wn¡ps¶ Nt*m..”” B fm_n ^*p sW©nWpw CX]n`m]n k`n] H^p sNmjp¯ Im`p tbms`.

“”ivi.. tbmXm.. Mm³ H^pbmXp Wmav Njnªm Np«m CSnXp¶Sv..”” Npª Sn^nªp Wn¶v N®mXn]n tWm¡n

“”D_§pt¼msj¦n`pw CWn CX\w Npªm A{S]v¡v tIÀ¨]p*v Npª¡v””

Mm³ Npª]psX bn³emPw tWm¡n.. A^s¡«pw CXp¸pw WÃ HSp§n]n^n¡p¶p.. F¦n`pw Npª]psX I´n¡v WÃ k`p¸w.. B SpXNÄ¡pw WÃ fpjp¸pw NWkpw..

“”Npª kaÀ¶p tbm]n Um Nt*m þ Mm³ SXn¨p, fp¡m`pw skan]n Nm\p¶ B SpX]n tWm¡n b_ªp””

“”Ft¶mXv CSv CXm³ b_ªn«v Nan]m¡msS tbmXm.. ivivi.”” Npª Wm\w Np\p§n In^n¨p.

sbs«¶v N_âv tbm]n.

“”Culz^m.. bnt¶]pw tbmt]m.. fj SpX§n]m bns¶ CsSs´m^p l`yw B\v..”” Npª sdZn tN_n C^p¶p..

“”km, km, tW^w Nps_ B]n NnX¡mw”” Npª C^p«n S¸n Hs¡]pw FXp¯p sk¨n«v H^p klt¯Nv fm_n I^nªp NnX¶p.

“”BsN C^p«v.. CWn N_âv Ft¸m k^ptkm Btkm..”” MmWpw Npª]psX AXpt¯¡v N]_n Wo§n NnX¶p.

Npª]psX WWp¯ sbÀcyqfnsâ f\w.. Mm³ fpOw Npª]psX tUi¯v B f\w k^p¶ emPt¯¡v AXp¸n¨p.. ASv Nps_]pw NqXn W¶m]n f\¸n¡m³ F¶ tbms`..

“”ivi F´mXm.. F´m sI¿pt¶..”” Npª C¡nans]Xp¡pw tbms` tUiw H¶na¡n Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”H¶qà Npªm.. Wà f\w Npªs].. AsSknXp¶p k^p¶q F¶p tWm¡n]Sm..”” Npª]psX tSmanWp Smsj B ssNNapsX knXkn AfÀ¶n^p¶ fpOw bn¶nt`¡v– fmämsS Mm³ b_ªp.

“”ASm]n^pt¶m.. ivi””

“”CSp »qt`Zn ]m N®m.. f\w sNmÅmtkm..””

“”fw Npªm.. Npª NnX¡pt¼mjpw sbÀcyqw AXn¡ptkm..””

“”CÃXm.. bp_¯p tbmkm³ tW^w AXn¨Sm.. Ct¸mjpw f\w tbm]n«nà tSm¶p¶p.””

“”N_âv k^p¶nÃtÃm Npªm, FWn¡v IqsXXp¡p¶p..”” Njp¯pw bp_kpw kn]À¯p SpX§n]Sv SpX¨pw sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp.

“”Wo B Xo gÀ«v Ajn¨p sk¨n«v NnX¡p Np«m.. AÂbw IqXp Np_]pw””

ASv l^n]m.. Mm³ NnX¶p Ss¶ XogÀ«v Ajn¨p tXdnansâ Unl]nt`¡v C«n«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶v WnkÀ¶p NnX¶p..

“”Npª¡v IqsXXp¡p¶ntÃ.””

“”k`pSm]n«v CÃ N®m.. Cu ssWän WÃ ssWhv AsÃ..””

Mm³ N®pNÄ AX¨p_§m³ tWm¡n.. SpX]nXp¡n Hs¡ kn]À¯p SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p..

Mm³ sfsà ssNNÄ Smtj¡v– sNm*v sI¶v F³s_ imcv bmâvhnsâ tfs` AknXw Hs¡ H¶v SpX¨p.

“”F´mXm.. “”

“”kn]À¡p¶Sm Npªm”” b_ªp So^pw fp³tb ss`äv Hm¬ B]n..

“”tim emPyw.. N_âv k¶tÃm..”” Npª Ns¿¯n ss`äv Hmcv– sI]vSn«p F³s_ tWs^ AXpt¯¡v tIÀ¶v I^nªp NnX¶p.

MmWpw H¶v I^nªn«p Nm`p sNm*v Smsj D*m]n^p¶ bpS¸p tft`¡v k`n¨p Wo¡n Npª]psX]pw F³s_]pw tft`¡v C«n«v Npª]psX tUit¯¡v AfÀ¶p NnX¶p.

Npª]psX sW©nsâ IqXv F³s_ fpO¯nW^nsN tbms`.. Mm³ sbs«¶m\v Npªs] N«p_p¼v NXn¨ Nm^yw HmÀ¯Sv–..

“”At¿m Npªm.. thm_n.. tImUn]v¡m³ Mm³ A§v f_¶p tbm]n.. Npª]psX sW©v Cs¸m F§nWp*v?””

“”D_p¼v NXn¨ tkUW tbmt]m”” Mm³ Npª]psX thmcväv– B]n«pÅ ssWän]psX bp_¯p NqXn B sW©n sfsà SXkn.

“”hmt^mà Np«m.. Np_kp*v.. F¦n`pw N«p_p¼tà H¶v ^*p Unkhw SXn¸pw Woä`pw Nm\pw””

At¿m, As¸m Npª¡v Ct¸mjpw tkUW]p*v.. Mm³ tImUn¨nÃtÃm.. NãvXw B]nt¸m]n.. bmkw Npª.

Mm³ F³s_ ssN AÂbw NqXn tft`¡v sk¨v Npª]psX sW©n sfà AfÀ¯n sNmXp¯p..

“”ivi FXm Np«m.. AknsX AÃtÃm F³s_ k`Sp sW©n Asà D_p¼v NXn¨Sv..””

Mm³ CXSp sW©v bnXn¨fÀ¯n]t¸m Npª b_ªp.

l^n]m\tÃm.. Mm³ sbs«¶v ssN k`n¨p Smsj Imªp NnX¶n^p¶ Npª]psX k`Sp sW©nWp fosS kn^`pNÄ sNm*v SXkn sNmXp¡m³ SpX§n.

“”Npª¡v Np_¨p F®s]¦n`pw CXmªSv Ft´..””

“”AS§v tbmkpw Np«m.. bN Mm³ HmÀ¯nÃ..””

FWn¡v l^n¡pw kngfw tSm¶n.. F³s_ FÃm Nm^y§apw H¶nX]nÃmsS Npª tWm¡p¶p*v.. F¶n«pw Mm³ f_¶p tbm]n.

C_pNn Wn¶ Npª]psX ssWän]n`qsX B sW©nsâ fp¡m`pw bp_¯p Ss¶ B]n^p¶p.

“”Npªm, sI_pSm]n H¶v I^ntª.. “” Mm³ AÂbw Smtj¡v Wo§n b_ªp.

Npª H¶naNn NnX¶t¸m Mm³ F³s_ CXSp ssN¸¯n sdZn bSnªp AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶ Npª]psX k`Sp sW©nsâ AXn]n sk¨v tIÀ¯n«p k`Sp ssN sNm*v Npª]psX sM«nsâ IpänWpw ssWän¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tf`qsX SXkn.

“”iw..”” Npª M^§p¶Sp tN«p.. tkUW]p*mkpw..

“”Mm³ F® FXp¯n«p k^s« Npªm”” F® bp^«n]m tkUW Np_ªmt`m, Mm³ N^pSn.

“”tk*Xm N®m..”” F³s_ hvtWiw N*p Npª AÂbw fpt¶m«p NpWnªv F³s_ Nknan H^p½ S¶p.

Mm³ Npª]psX sW©n bnXn¨n^p¶ F³s_ ssN sfsÃs]Xp¯v Npª]psX sWMvKnWnX]ns` B k`n] Im`n`qsX ssWän¡pÅnt`¡v N]än.. GSm*pw fpjpkWm]pw tbms` Ss¶ B sW©v ssWän]psX bp_¯m]n^p¶SnWm F³s_ ssN tkPw Ss¶ AN¯p NX¶p.

Mm³ ssN Smtj¡v N]än Npª]psX sW©nsâ SmjvemPw fpjpkWpw F³s_ kn^`pNÄ HmXn¨p b^Sn B sM«p N*p bnXn¨p.

“”in in.. C¡nan]m¡msS N®m..”” Npª WXptkm¶naNn In^n¨p.

Mm³ sfsà F³s_ ssNkn^`pNÄ sNm*v Npªp]psX sM«nWp Ipäpw SXkn tWm¡n.

Npª]psX sW©ns` B sM«v Nps_ k`pSm]n SXn¨p Wn¡p¶p.

“”Npªm, CSp Nt*m.. Npª]psX sM«v NÃp tbms` SXn¨p Np_pNn Wn¡p¶p..””

“”ASv Wo Fs¶ AknsX A§nsWs]ms¡ bnXn¨p C¡nan]m¡n]n«m\v..ivi”” Npª¡v In^n

Mm³ bSns] ASn bnXn¨p tWm¡n.. NÃp tbms` Ss¶.. D_p¼v NXn¨Sv bs£ ASn³s_ IpänWpw B]n^p¶Sv sNm*v Mm³ sfsà b^Sn tWm¡n..

sl^n]m\v bmXv SXn¨p NnX¸p*v.. Npª]psX sW©nsâ sSm`n¸p_¯v NqXn SXkn tWm¡pt¼m W¶m]n AS_n]mw..

“”Npªm D_p¼v NXn¨]nX¯v SXn¸p*tÃm.. Mm³ DuSn S^mw.. IqXp sNm*t¸m Npª¡v Blzmhw D*m]n^p¶tÃm”” Mm³ Npª]psX f_pbXn¡v Nm¯p Wn¡msS B k`n] sW©nsâ AXn emPw fpjpkWpfm]n F³s_ ssN¡pÅn sbmSnªp bnXn¨n«p CXSp ssN sNm*v ssWän]psX Njp¯v k`n¨p Smtj¡v Wo¡n Npª]psX k`Sp sW©v fpjpkWm]pw FXp¯p bp_¯p sk¨p.

“”Wo F´m bm`p NpXn¡m³ tbmkpkmt\m ko*pw..”” F³s_ {bkr¯n N*p Npª¡v bp©n^n.

“”ASnWp Npª]tà b_ªSv Npª¡nt¸m bm`nsöv..””

“”ivi As¸m D*m]n^ps¶¦nt`m..””

“”D*m]n^ps¶¦n ASp fpjpkWpw tI¨n¡v sNmXp¡msS Mm³ Ss¶ NpXn¨p SoÀt¯sW Npªm.. ii”” Mm³ In^n¨p.

Npª F¶nt`¡v fpOw AXp¸n¨n«v F³s_ sWän]n AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.

bmkw Npª.. Npª]psX DÅp Wn_s] hvtWiw fm{Sw.

Mm³ fpOw H^Âbw Smjv¯n bqÀ\fm]pw B ssWän]psX skan]n`m] B sW©nt`¡v fpOw AXp¸n¨v B NÃn¨p Wn¶ sM«nWp Ipäpw SXn¸v N* N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv emPw fpjpkWpw sfsà DuSn sNmXp¯p.

Npª H^p fµimht¯msX F³s_ {bkr¯n]pw tWm¡n A§nsW NnX¶p.

C¶s` sI]vS tbms` Ip*fÀ¯n sk¨v sNmXp¯m In`t¸m Npª¡v Wà IqXmkpw.. ASpw N^pSn Mm³ Ip*pNÄ B sM«nWp Ipän sNm*p tIÀ¯n«p AÂbw Sp_¶p AknsX sk¨fÀ¯n..

“”Np«m.. ivi.. C¡nan..”” Npª¡v sbs«¶v In^n]m\v k¶Sv.

“”Wo NpXn¨p tWm¡n]m`pw bms`m¶pw Nn«nsÃXm, Mm³ C¶s` b_ªntÃ..””

“”Npªm.. Ip*v tIÀ¯v A§nsW sk¨v S¶t¸m Wà IqXm¶p b_ªnt«m.. Cs¸m CtÃ?””

“”IqsXms¡]p*v Np«m.. bt£ Npª¡v sI_n] C¡nan]pw Bkp¶p..””

“”NptªsX H^p C¡nan..”” ASpw b_ªp Mm³ Ip*pNÄ ^*pw knXÀ¯n B SXn¨p NÃn¨p Wn¶ Npª]psX sW©ns` sM«v F³s_ km]v¡pÅns`¡v k`ns¨Xp¯p..

“”siu.. Np«m bSns].. Npª]psX sMs«ms¡ shWvhnXnkv B\v.. bSns] NpXn¡v””

Mm³ B sM«nWp IpänWpw B]n Wm¡v Ipjän bSns] k`n¨p NpXn¨p tWm¡n..

“”H¶pw k^p¶nÃ.. bt£ Npª]psX A½nª C§nsW NpXn¡m³ Wà hpOw.. “” Mm³ sM«v F³s_ Wm¡n Wn¶pw kn«p sNmXp¯n«v Npªs] tWm¡n b_ªp.

“”Np«Wp NpXn¡m³ Cãmt\Â NpXnt¨m..”” F³s_ fpO¯pw fpXn]n`pw St`mXns¡m*v Npª b_ªp.

Mm³ Npª]psX B SXn¨ sW©nt`¡v ko*pw km]fÀ¯n B sM«nsW Du_n¡pXn¨p..

Ft´m H^p skÅw tbms` H¶v ^*p SpÅnNÄ F³s_ km]nt`¡p k¶p.

“”Npªm Npª]psX A½nª]psX Cu sM«n Wn¶pw Ft´m tbms` F³s_ km]n Cs¸m k¶tÃm..””

“”ASv.. ASv.. H¶qÃX Np«m..”” Np«³ C§nsW AfÀ¯n ASnsW km]n sk¨v Cu¼n¡pXn¡p¶Sv sNm*m..

Mm³ C^p ssNNÄ sNm*pw Ipän bnXn¨n«pw F³s_ ssNNÄ¡pÅn Wn¡m¯ A{S]pw k`p¸w Npª]psX sW©nWp.

Bkp¶ tbms` ssNNÄ sNm*v sbm¡n tIÀ¯p bnXn¨n«v Mm³ ko*pw ko*pw Du_nNpXn¨p B k`n] H^p fp´n^n tbms` SXn¨p Wn¶ sM«nÂ.

“”iv..”” F³s_ bÃpNÄ Npª]psX sW©n H¶fÀ¶t¸m Npª H¶v Io_n.

“”thm_n Npªm..””

Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.. B N®pNÄ Sna§n Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶p.

“”Npªm Mm³ Cu sW©n`pw NpXn¡s«?””

“”Np«Wp tkt\m.. Wo F³s_]pw tfmWtà N®m.. fw.. NpXn¨p tWm¡v bm`p k^ptkm F¶p.. ivi.”” Npª Ss¶ ssWän]psX Njp¯v bnXn¨p Smjv¯n]n«p BsN f_ªn^p¶ B CXSp sW©v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXn ssWän]psX DÅn Wn¶pw FXp¯p bp_t¯¡v sk¨v S¶p.

Mm³ F³s_ ssNNÄ ^*pw ftä sW©n Wn¶pw FXp¯v AÂbw tft`m«v fpOw D]À¯n Npª]psX CXSp sW©nsâ kl§an sbmSnªp bnXn¨p]À¯n Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n F³s_ km]v¡pÅnt`¡v sk¨p.

“”hhv..”” C{bmklyw Npª]psX H¨ Mm³ sl^n¡pw tN«p.. Npª H¶p Np_pNn.

F³s_ bn¶n`qsX SjpNn WX¶ Npª]psX kn^`pNÄ Fs¶ H^`vbw AfÀ¯n sN«n¸nXn¨p.

ssN¡pÅn C^p¶p sM^nªf^p¶ B sW©nsâ sM«Â¸w D]À¯n Mm³ F³s_ km]v¡pÅn sk¨v, bSns] Du_m³ SpX§n..

Npª]psX sW©n C§nsW bnXn¨p B A½nª NpXn¡pt¼m Ft´m H^p hpOw tbms` FWn¡v.

Mm³ Ip*pNÄ W¶m]n Sp_¶p B sM«nWp IpänWpw DÅ Npª]psX sW©pw tIÀ¯p km]v¡pÅnt`¡v AfÀ¯n k`n¨p sk¨p NpXn¡m³ SpX§n.. ftä sW©n Wn¶pw k¶ tbms` Ft´m H^p skůpÅn Npª]psX sM«n Wn¶pw F³s_ Wm¡nt`¡v bXÀ¶p.

Mm³ ^*p ssNNapw AfÀ¯n A¸w NqXn làn]m]n B sM«pw sW©pw Du_nFXp¡m³ SpX§n.. F³s_ Wm¡v B sM«nWp Ipäpw Ipjän k`nIq_n]Spw Npª AÂbw NqXn D¨¯n H¨ sk¨p.

“”iv siu..””

Mm³ sbs«¶v F³s_ bn¶m¡w fm_n

“”Mm³ NXn¨nà Npªm.. F´m tkUWnt¨m..””

“”CÃXm Np«m.. Npª¡v sbs«¶v Wn_s] C¡nan k¶p.. ASm.. “”

Npªs] ko*pw C¡nan]m¡s*¶p N^pSn Mm³ bns¶ B A½nª NpXn¨nÃ.. H^p ssN Npª]psX Sp_¶p NnX¶n^p¶ B sW©nWp tfs` sNm*v sk¨v bnXn¨n«v Mm³ F³s_ fpOw ASnWp ^*nWpw CX]n AfÀ¯n sk¨v Npªs] tIÀ¶v NnX¶p.

Npª Fs¶]pw tIÀ¯v bnXn¨v B kn^`pNÄ sNm*v F³s_ tSman`pw fpSpNn`pw Hs¡ SjpNn.

Cu emPkpw H^p hvsbgy sZZnt¡g³ B\v. F³s_ ssl`n]pw Fjp¯pw Hs¡ Nps_ Cgyqhv sNm*p k^p¶SnWm Np_¨p Unkht¯¡v CWn bpSn] emP§Ä H¶pw FjpS* F¶p N^pSn]n^p¶Sv. bns¶ sNmïv Wn¶pÅ F³s_ H^p {bn] hpir¯v ‘hpf Wm]À’ sX Bkly{bNm^w B\v Mm³ Cu bmÀ«v FjpSp¶Sv–, sI_n] H^p him]kpw sI]vSp S¶n^p¶p. H^pbmXp Wµn]p*v. CãvXw B]n Nm\pw F¶p knIm^n¡p¶p. Fcv. dn. ]n ‘fWp `maW’ F¶p Sn^ªm Wn§Ä¡v Fs¶ Nm\mw. Wn§apsX FÃm Aen{bm]§Ä¡pw WnÀt±l§Ä¡pw H^pbmXp Wµn. FWn¡pÅ Cu ht¸mÀ«v CWn]pw Nm\pw F¶p {bSo£n¨p sNm*v, hvtWibqÀÆw, hz´w.. fWp.

SpX^pw..