e£\w Njn¨p Np_¨p tW^w Xn kn Nm\mw F¶p N^pSn Mm³ thmc]n k¶n^p¶p ASpw CSpw fmän Nan¨p sNm*n^p¶p.

AXp¡a]ns` tKm`nNÄ Hs¡ sbs«¶v- HSp¡n Npª F³s_ AXp¯p k¶p thmc]nt`¡v Im^n.

‘C{S]pw tkPw Njntªm FÃmw”” Npªs] N*p Mm³ Sn^¡n.

“”Cà Np«m, BsN H^p £o\w.. Wmsa ^mkns` gwhn k¶p tWm¡nt¡mapw.. Npª¡v C¶nWn H¶v NnX¶m fSn..””

“”Np«³ km Npª IqXp bnXn¨p S^mw.. Wo C¶p F³s_ fp_n]n NnX¡v””

Npª F³s_ N¿pw bnXn¨p _qfnt`¡v tbmkm³ tk*n F\oäp

“”Npªm.. “”

“”fw.. F´mXm..””

“”Npª¡v F³s_ NqsX fpNan tI¨osX _qfn NnX¶qsX?”” Mm³ Npª]psX N¿pw bnXn¨p tft`¡v k`n¨p.

“”l^n l^n.. AkWpw Ak³s_ H^p tI¨n]pw””

Npª In^n¨pw sNm*p IqXp skÅkpw ssS`kpw FXp¯p tft`¡v WX¶p.. bn¶ms` MmWpw.

“”Np«m, tkgw Hs¡ Ajn¨p AknsX im§_n C«n«p N]_n km, WW¡*. Npª IqXp skÅw bnXn¨p N®³s_ tf`v NjpNn S^mw.. tkPw km..””

Npª IqXp skÅw dm{Sqfn sk¨n«v gkÀ NÀ«³ H^p sshXnt`¡p Wo¡n]n«p.

Mm³ DXp¸pw tgmXvhpw Ajn¨p im§_n Sq¡n]n«v dm{Sqfns`¡v N]_n.

dm{Sqw tZmÀ Sp_¶p NnX¶SnWm F hn ]psX S\p¸v A^n¨p N]_p¶p.

“”S\p¡p¶p Npªm””

“”tkPw Njn]pw N®m.. Sn^nªp Wn¡v.””

Npª Xk IqXp skůn fp¡n F³s_ fpSpNn tkUW]pÅ emPw AfÀ¯n S¶p.

IqXp AXn¨t¸mÄ sI_n] Blzmhw. Mm³ en¯n]n N¿pw Np¯n Npª¡v bp_Np klw Sn^nªp Wn¶p sNmXp¯p.

“”Np_kp tSm¶pt¶m Np«m..”” Xk Sn^nsN fp¡n bnjnªv SpX]n IqXfmÀ¯n Npª Sn^¡n.

“”Np_]p¶p Npªm, IqXXn¡pt¼m WÃ hpOw””

“”sl^n Np«m, Sn^nªp Wn¡v CWn.. fp¶n NqsX SpX¨p FXp¡s«..””

Mm³ Sn^nªp Npªs] tWm¡n.

N¿nÃm¯ fª Wn_¯n DÅ H^p ssWän. fpXn WW]msS sN«n tfÂtbm«p sk¨n«p*v. tSman AknXknsX]m]n H¶v ^*p SpÅn skÅw.

“”Npª¡v fª Wn_w Wà tIÀ¨]m\tÃm.. Wà fnWphw Cu ssWän.”” Mm³ Npª]psX tUi¯nWp bp_¯p NqXn ASn³s_ fnWphw SXkn tWm¡n.

“”Sm¦yp Np«m.. Npª¡v CSn¨n^n sI_pSm, bns¶ ^m{Sn NnX¡m³ Asà F¶p N^pSn FXp¯p C«Sm..””

Npª b_ªSv l^n]m.. AÂbw C_pNn NnX¡p¶ ssWän. C_¡kpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_km\v, Npª]psX fp«nWp Smsj ks^t] DÅq C_¡w..

tSman ^*pw {dm]psX kÅn tbms` fm{Sw.. fpjpkWm]pw Éokv s`Êv.

Npª]psX tSmapNÄ¡v AÂbw SXn¸pÅSnWm ssWän]psX kÅn C_pNn]fÀ¶p NnX¡p¶p..

Njp¯n_¡w H^pbmXp NqXpSÂ.. NpWn]pt¼m Npª]psX sW©nsâ tfÂemPw FÃmw bp_¯mkpw..

Npª¡v CXmWpw fm_mWpw Cuhn C§nsW DÅ ssWän Bkpw Mm³ HmÀ¯p..

“”F¦n`pw Nm\m³ Wà ewPn]p*v Npªm..”” ssWän]psX sW©nWp Smsj DÅ {cnÃn tWm¡n sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp.

Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨n«v ssNNÄ ^*pw D]À¯n Ajnªp ko\ fpXn FXp¯p ko*pw tfÂtbm«p sN«n sk¨p.

Npª]psX ssWän]n SjpNn]n^p¶ F³s_ ssN B CXp¸n F¯n]Spw Npª H¶v Np_pNn kaªn«v Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

“”in in.. Np«m AW§msS Wn¡v.. Npª¡v C¡nan]mkp¶p..””

FWn¡v AÛpSw B]n!

“”Bim As¸m Npª¡pw C¡nan]p*v CtÃ..”” ASpw b_ªp Mm³ CXp¸n C^p¶ ssN sk¨v H^p bn¨p sk¨v sNmXp¯p..

Npª CXp¸p sk«n¨p Wn¶p In^n¨p.

“”tkUWs]Xp¯p Wn¶n«pw sI¡³s_ knNrSn N*ntÃ..”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

Npª]psX N®pNan bp©n^n]pw hvtWikpw..

“”skÅw tNm^n Hjn¨m NptªsX ssWän WW]pw, Mm³ IqXp fp¡n WW¨p SpX¨p S^mw”” Fs¶ tWs^ Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n]n«v Npª NpWnªp Wn¶v Xk fp¡n bnjnªv F³s_ sW©pw fpOkpw Hs¡ SpX¨p.

IqXp Np_ªt¸m ko*pw Xk WWsIXp¯p F³s_ k]_nWp Smsj SpX¡m³ SpX§n.

FWn¡v sI_n] H^p I½Â tbms`.. Mm³ H¶v bn¶m¡w tbm]n.

“”in in. Wm\n¡tà Np«m, Npª]tÃ..”” Npª NpWnªp SpX]nXp¡n SpX¡m³ SpX§n..

SpXs¨Xp¡m³ tk*n Npª F³s_ hmVW¯n bnXn¨Spw Mm³ sk«n Npª]psX tSman bnXn¨p.

“”Npªm.. iv C¡nan..””

Npª F³s_ hmVW¯n Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¡msS fpOfp]À¯n tft`¡v tWm¡n In^n¨p..

“”WnW¡v C¡nan FXp¡p¶ sNm*v CknsXm¶pw SpX¡t*.. in in..”” Npª Nan]m¡n.

“”Np«³ k`n] sI¡³ B]n.””

F³s_ hmVW¯n fp_psN bnXn¨p Smsj sI_pSm]n Sq§n Wn¶ D*NÄ SpX¡p¶SnWnX]n Npª b_ªp.

FWn¡v f¶hn B]nÃ. F¦n`pw Ip½m b_ªp.

“”B ASv Ss¶]m.. Mm³ k`n]Sm]Sv Ss¶]m.. f½nt]mXp Ft¸mjpw b_ªm`pw tNÄ¡nÃ.. ASv sI¿* CSp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI¿m³ bmXnÃ.. tim F{S b_ªm`pw tNÄ¡nÃ.. Npª]pw””

Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.

“”fSn Npªm, FWn¡v S\p¡p¶p..””

Npª tkPw F³s_ tUiw fpjpkWpw SpX¨n«v, D\§n] H^p Xk FXp¯p FWn¡v Ipän S¶n«v N«n`n bnXn¨n^p¯n.

“”Np«m DXp¸nX*.. ssS`¯n³s_ N_ s{ZÊn Hs¡ Bkpw.. Um Cu goäv N«n`nWp fpNan kn^nt¨”” Npª sgÂcv Sp_¶p H^p sdZv goäv NqXn FXp¯p S¶p.

Mm³ B goäpw kn^n¨n«p N«n`n N]_n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p.

AXp¯pÅ tXdnan ssS`w sk¨n«v Npª N«n`n N]_n F³s_ AXpt¯¡v Wo§n C^p¶p.

Npª]psX l^o^w k¶p bp_¯p sNm*t¸m WÃ IqXv.

Npª AÂbw ssS`w FXp¯v ^*p ssNskÅ]n`pw tS¨n«v sfsà F³s_ fpSpNn AfÀ¯n SXkn S¶p.

“”iq.. Npªm bSns].. AknsX tkUW]p*v..””

“”AfÀ¯n]ntàtkUW Np_]nà N®m.. Np_¨p tW^w H¶p hin¡v.. Npª tkPw WnÀ¯mw.””

Mm³ Nfnjv¶p N®pNÄ N«n`n bqjv¯n NnX¶p.

Npª]psX IqXp kn^`pNÄ bn¶n`pw fpSpNn`pw Hs¡ tkUW]pÅ FÃm]nX¯pw AfÀ¶p.

FWn¡v sI_n] tkUW FXps¯¦n`pw hin¨p NnX¶p

“”Xk Ajn¨p fmänt] Np«m, Npª SpX]n ssS`w CXs«..””

Mm³ ssNNÄ Nojvtbms«Xp¯p Xk Ajns¨Xp¯p N«n`n³s_ sshXnt`¡v sk¨p. sI_n] S\p¸v.

Npª F³s_ SpX]psX bn¶n FÃm]nX¯pw frUpkm]n AfÀ¯n, sfsà SXkn]pjnªp.

tkUW¡v AÂbw Blzmhw tbms`..

“”N®m sfsà Sn^nªp NnXs¶, Np«³s_ SpX]psX fp¶n NqXn AÂbw ssS`w CX\w..””

Npª bSns] Fs¶ Sn^n¨p NnX¯n. ssNNÄ fpjpk³ ssS`kpw B]n bnXn¨t¸m F³s_ bp_w fpjpkWpw B]n.

“”Npªm, At¿ Nt*m.. F³s_ bp_s¯ms¡ B¡p¶p””

Mm³ ssNNÄ sNm*v sW©n`pw bp_¯pw B] ssS`w SpXs¨Xp¯p. F³s_ N¿n`pw ssS`w B¡n.. Cu Npª]psX Nm^yw.. Mm³ WnkÀ¶p NnX¶p sNmXp¯p.

Npª Np_¨p NqXn ssS`w FXp¯v F³s_ SpX]psX tf`n C«p S¶p..

Npª]psX ssN AÂbw tfÂtbm«p N]_n]t¸m Mm³ H¶p CXp¸p ka¨p..

Npª sfsà F³s_ SpX]nXp¡n`pw tf`pw Hs¡ bSns] ssS`w SXkm³ SpX§n..

B ssN F³s_ hmVW¯n sSm«Spw Mm³ H¶p NpS_n.

Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p.

Mm³ NpS_n]t¸m Npª]psX k`Sp ssN F³s_ hmVW¯n`pw D*Nan`pw fpjpkWpw bnXn¨p ssS`w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B¡n.

“”in in.. “” Npª¡v Nm^yw fWÊn B]n.

“”C¡nan FXp¡msS AknsX NnX¡p sI¡m..”” ASpw b_ªp F³s_ sW©¯v ^*p N¿pw sk¨fÀ¯n Sn^nsN N«n`nt`¡v NnX¯n.

“”At¿ Cu Npª! tU Nt*m.. F³s_ tUiw fpjpkWpw ssS`w B¡n””

“”Hm bnt¶.. Np_¨p ssS`w B]m F´m Cs¸m Npj¸w.. tbm sI¡m.. in in..””

“”Bim As¸m ssS`w B]m H^p Npjt¸mw CÃm?”” Mm³ tUgyw tbms` In^n¨pw sNm*v Npªs] tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”F´p Npj¸w.. CSp Wà hpOw AtÃ, Wà f\kpw, sU tWm¡nt]”” ASpw b_ªp ssN sbm¡n sNm*v k¶p F³s_ Nknan Hs^mä tS¡Â.

“”in in.. H^p k`n] Bap k¶n^n¡p¶p.”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n Nan]m¡n In^n¨p..

“”Hmtim.. Cs¸m sl^n]m¡n S^mw”” Mm³ ASpw b_ªp ssN D]À¯n tXdnan ssS`w C^p¶ bm{S¯n ssN C«p N¿n Np_¨p ssS`w B¡n ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*v F³s_ tWÀ¡v Imªn^p¶p Npª]psX sW©¯v k¨v tS¨p sNmXp¯p..

“”ssS`w WÃStÃ.. Wà hpOftÃ.. As¸m Npª hpOnt¨m.. i i i.. “” Mm³ B Njp¯n`pw sW©¯pw BsN W¶m]n ssS`w km^n tS¨p..

{bSo£n¡msS B]SnWm Npª¡v sbs«¶v- fm_mWpw bän]nÃ..

“”it¿.. N®m.. tUiw fpjpkWpw B¡n]tÃm.. ivin..””

Npª sbm«n¨n^n¨pw sNm*v sbs«¶v bn¶m¡w k`nªp.. ASnWpÅn bt£ Npª]psX tSman`pw Njp¯nWv– Smsj]pw sW©n³ fpNan`pw Hs¡]pw ssS`w B]n NpSnÀ¶n^p¶p.

“”B A§nsW Ss¶ C^n¡pw Ft¶mXv SÃp bnXn¡m³ k¶n«tÃ..”” Mm³ Npªs] tWm¡n N®p^p«n In^n¨p Nm\n¨p.

“”Hmtim.. As¸m SÃp bnXn¡m³ k¶mÂ..””

FWn¡v Nm\m³ bäp¶SnWp fpt¶ Npª F³s_ ^*p N¿n`pw bnXn¨n«p ImXn N«n`n tN_n FWn¡v Np_psN C^p¶p.

ssS`w B] ssNNÄ B]n«pw FWn¡v ^£sbXm³ NjnªnÃ.

Npª fp_psN bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p.. Mm³ bnXnk`n WX¯n tWm¡n.

sbs«¶m\v.. Npª F³s_ ^*p N¿pw NqXn CXSp N¿n bnXn¨n«p k`Sp ssN sNm*v F³s_ CXp¸n C¡nan Nq«m³ SpX§n..

“”ii Npªm.. fSo..”” Mm³ b_ªp tWm¡n.. Npª knXp¶ `£\w CÃ..

Npª ssS`w Wn_ª B ssN tWs^ F³s_ Smtj¡v– sNm*p sI¶p ^*p SpX]psX]pw CX]n Hs^mä bnXn..

“”A¿q Npªm.. knXv..C..”” Mm³ C¡nan FXp¯p NnX¶p bnXªp..

Npª tN«nÃ.. F³s_ hmVW¯n`pw AknsX Smsj DÅ sI_n] D*Nan`pw fpjpkWpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨p ssS`w B¡n..

Mm³ C¡nan sNm*v kn_¨p..

“”Cs¸m b_.. CWn SÃp bnXn¡m³ k^ptkm..”” Npª In^n¨pw sNm*v Fs¶ tWm¡n Nan]m¡n tImUn¨p..

“”knXv Npªm ¹ohv.. FWn¡v C¡nan B]n«v bmXnÃ.”” Mm³ In^n¨pw sNm*v sN©n..

“”sl^n sl^n.. bmkw AsÃ.. bns¶ Bks«..”” F¶pw b_ªp Npª hmVW¯n Ipän bnXn¨n^p¶ ssN sfsà FXp¯p fmän.

“”imkq.. “” Mm³ H^p UoÀO Wnlzmhw kn«p..

“”H^p d`km³ k¶n^n¡p¶p.. iv in”” Npª F³s_ ssNNÄ fp_p¡n sk¨n^p¶ ssN sfsà A]¨n«v Fs¶ tWm¡n sbm«n¨n^n¨p..

Mm³ B S¡w tWm¡n C^n¡pkm^p¶p.. Npª ssN A]¨Spw Mm³ Hs^mä NpSn¸v.

Npª¡v Ft´`pw sI¿m³ bäpw fpt¶ Mm³ Npªs] N«n`n SÅn]n«p..

H«pw {bSo£n¡m¯ F³s_ D´n Npª tWs^ f`À¶p N«n`nt`¡v ko\p.

H^p Wnfngw tbm`pw Na]msS Mm³ ImXn Npª]psX bp_¯p N]_n C^p¶p ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*v Npª]psX ssNNÄ AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p..

“”in in in.. knXXm.. CtÃÂ WnW¡v CWn]pw Nn«pw tWm¡nt¡m..”” Npª sbm«n¨n^n¨p..

“”Hmtim, BÀ¡p B\v d`w F¶p Nm\mtÃm Cs¸m”” Mm³ skÃpknan¨p.

“”B Nm\mtÃm”” Npª Nqh`nÃmsS Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”A¼Xo…. Cs¸m sl^n]m¡n S^mw..”” Mm³ ^*p ssNNapw sNm*v Npª]psX ^*p ssNNapw Nps_]pw NqXn AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p.. Npª ^£sbXm³ tWm¡p¶ps*¦n`pw Mm³ fp_ps¡ Ss¶ bnXn¨p.

“”B Wo A§nsW F³s_ k]_n tN_n C^pt¶m FWns¡´m.. Mm³ C§nsW NnX¶p D_§n sNmÅmw..””

“”WnW¡v Fs¶ C¡nan Ft´`pw B¡\w F¦n Wn³s_ GsS¦n`pw H^p ssN F³s_ N¿n Wn¶pw FXp¡\ftÃm..””

“”Wo Ns¿Xp¡pt¼m Mm³ Wns¶ sl^n]m¡n S^mw.. in in.. Wn³s_ H^p d`w..”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n Nan]m¡n In^n¨pw sNm*v D_§pw tbms` N®X¨v Nm\n¨p..

FWn¡v Nm^yw fWÊn B]n.. GSp ssN kn«m`pw Npª Fs¶ SÅn fmän F³s_ bnXn]n Wn¶pw ^£sbXpw.. FWn¡mt\ tSmäp kn«p sNmXp¡mWpw tSm¶p¶nÃ.. F´v sI¿pw H^p sFZn] ]pw CÃ..

sbs«¶v FWn¡v H^p dp²n tSm¶n

“”Fs¶ A§nsW tSm¸n¡mw F¶p N^pS*.. Hmtim.. Cs¸m Nm\n¨p S^mw””

“”Hm bns¶, FWn¡v FÃmw Nm\mtÃm CWn F´m Nm\m³.. ip ip ip”” Npª Fs¶ AXnfpXn tWm¡p¶ tbms` Nm\n¨n«v sbm«n¨n^n¨p

“”tbmXm Np«m, f^ymU¡v Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv knt«m CtÃÂ Wns¶ Mm³ C¡nan sk¨v sl^n]m¡pw C¶p.. “”

“”C¶m bnXnt¨m.. “” ASpw b_ªp Mm³ F³s_ ssN Ca¡msS NptªsX tft`¡v Np_¨pw NqXn k`nªp tN_n]n«p B Njp¯nWpw tSmanWpw CX]n F³s_ fpOw sNm*fÀ¯n At§m«pw Ct§m«pw tS¨p sNmXp¯p..

F³s_ fpOs¯]pw Npª]psX tSmans`]pw Njp¯ns`]pw ssS`w FÃmw Nq«n Mm³ AknsX sfjpNn AfÀ¯n..

“”iq in iv”” Npª C¡nan B]n«v S`]pw tSm`pw sk«n¨p F³s_ fpOw SÅn kn«p..

Npª ssNNÄ ^*pw Smtj¡v Wo¡n NpS_n fm_m³ tWm¡n.. Npª]psX ssNNÄ fp_psN bnXn¨n^p¶ F³s_ ssNNapw Smtj¡v– tbm]n NqsX MmWpw.

“”B CWn C¡nan]m¡v tWm¡s«..”” Npª knK]n¨ emk¯n b_ªp.

FWn¡v Npª]psX tSmanWpw fpO¯nWpw CX]n F³s_ fpOw sNm*fÀ¯n C¡nan sk¡m³ F¯nà F¶p Npª¡nt¸m W¶m]n A_n]mw. ASm\v– ssV^yt¯msX Fs¶ skÃpknan¡p¶Sv.

F´p sI¿mw.. Mm³ H^p Wnfngw Bt`mIn¨p.. Mm³ sbs«¶v F³s_ fpOw tWs^ Npª]psX Njp¯nWv– Smsj B ssWän]n`qsX Nm\p¶ sW©nWp tfs` sNm*fÀ¯n sk¨n«v fpOw sk¨v tfÂt¸m«pw Smjvtbm«pw D^¨p.

“”iviviv Np«m.. “”

Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n Npªs] tWm¡n.. Npª¡v bnt¶]pw C¡nan FXp¯p SpX§n F¶p tSm¶p¶p.. F³s_ ssNNans` bnXnknXm³ tWm¡n.. AsSWn¡v fWÊn B]n..

Mm³ ko*pw fpOw B sW©n sNm*v tIÀ¯v f_n¨pw Sn^n¨pw AfÀ¯n C¡nan sk¨v sNmXp¯p.. F³s_ lzmhw SoÀ¶t¸m fpOw bn³k`n¨p Npªs] tWm¡n.

Npª]psX ssWän]psX tfÂemPw BsN ssS`w sNm*v WWªp NpSnÀ¶p..

“”As¸m C¡nan D*tÃm..””

“”in in in”” Npª NnX¶p In^n¨p..

C_pNn] ssWän]psX Sp_¶ fp³emPw Nps_]pw Smtj¡v– k¶p NnX¡p¶p..

ssWän BsN WWªp NpSnÀ¶p Npª]psX sW©nsâ fp¡m`pw ssWän]psX skan]n W¶m]n Nm\mw.

“”At¿ Nq Ss¶.. Npª]psX A½nª Hs¡ WWªp C§p Nm\mw.. i ip iv.”” Mm³ sbm«nIn^n¨pw sNm*v Npªs] tWm¡n Nan]m¡n..

“”i iimivii”” Mm³ A½nª F¶p knan¨p Nqkn]Sv tN«v Npª sbm«n¨n^n¨p..

Mm³ At¸mjm\v– N*Sv… Npª]psX A½nª fpjpkWpw C§nsW skan]n ImXn NnX¡m³ Nm^\w Npª {dm C«n«nÃ..

“”ip ip iv Cu Npª {dm C«n«nÃm.. At¿..””

Mm³ ASpw b_ªp Nan]m¡n k`n] D¨¯n sbm«n¨n^n¨p

“”FXm sbm«m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼m Bt^`pw FÃmw k`n¨p tNän k^ptfm. in in in”” Npª Mm³ Ft´m f*¯^w b_ª tbms` Fs¶ tWm¡n Sn^n¨p Nan]m¡n In^n¡p¶p..

“”Hmtim.. Ct¸mjpw Fs¶ Nan]m¡pt¶m..””

Mm³ fpjpk³ d`kpw bnXn¨p F³s_ fpOw Npª]psX ^*p A½nª]psX]pw CX]n sNm*v Sn^pNn¡]än At§mXpw Ct§mXpw D^p«n.

ssS`¯n NpSnÀ¶ Npª]psX ssWän, F³s_ fpOw B sWªnWnX]n sM^nªfÀ¶t¸mÄ kjpSn fpjpkWm]pw Smtj¡n_§n.

“”in iq.. N®m, tk*m…”” Npª C¡nans]Xp¯p knan¨p..

Mm³ kn«p sNmXp¯nÃ..

Npª]psX ^*p A½nª]pw fpjpkWpw Cs¸m B WWªp NpSnÀ¶ ssWän]psX C_p¡¯n Wn¶pw skan]n B]n F³s_ fpO¯nWp C^pklkpw AfÀ¶p kjp¡m³ SpX§n..

H¶p ^*p fnWnän NqXpS FWn¡v A§nsW C¡nan sk¡m³ bän]nÃ.. B sW©nWp CX]n AfÀ¶p FWn¡v lzmhw FXp¡m³ bämSm]t¸m Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n..

“”iiiv A¿q N®m.. C¡nan FXp¡p¶p..”” Npª NpXpNpsX sbm«n¨n^n¡m³ SpX§n..

“”Fs´ms¡ B]n^p¶p skÃpknan.. Cs¸m FknsX tbm]n Nan]m¡Â CWn tkt\m.. ip ip..”” Mm³ knK]n¨ f«n Npª]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.

“”At¿m fSnt].. Wo Ss¶ k`n] fnXp¡³.. Npª]psX tf¯p¶p C_§p Np«m, Npª¡v k]_p tkUWn¡p¶p..”” Npª tSmÂkn h½Sn¨Spw.. Mm³ B ssNNans` bnXn kn«v F\oäv Npª]psX sshXnt`¡v Imªp NnX¶p..

“”F³s_ sW©v fpjpkWpw ssS`w B¡n.. NÅ¡p«³””

Npª]psX fpOkpw sW©pw BsN ssS`Sn`pw kn]À¸n`pw NpSnÀ¶n^p¶p.

Npª bp©n^nt]msX sshZn Mm³ D^nªp sk¨n^p¶ Xk FXp¯p ssNNÄ SpX¡m³ SpX§n.

B sW©pw fpOkpw Njp¯pw FÃmw SpX¨n«v, NnX¶p sNm*v Ss¶ sI_pSm]n H¶p]À¶p Npª B sI_n] Xk sW©nWp Np_psN Ipän]n«p ssWän Nm`pNÄ kjn Du^n tXdnan C«p.

N¿p]À¯n ss`äv Hmcv– sI]vSn«p Ft¶mXv Wo§n k¶p tIÀ¶v NnX¶p.

_qw fpjpkWpw ssS`¯nsâ]pw Npª]psX sb^vcyqfnsâ]pw WWp¯ f\w.

“”S\p¡p¶p Npªm”” Mm³ AÂbw Npªt]mXp tIÀ¶v NnX¶p.

Npª H^p ssN sNm*v Fs¶ A\¨v bnXn¨n«p Nm`pNÄ sNm*v sdZn fX¡n C«n^p¶ »m¦äv FXp¯p ^*p tb^psX]pw bp_¯p fqXn.

“”WÃ IqXp.. F´v hpOw..”” Mm³ ASpw b_ªp Npªt]mXp Nps_]pw NqXn H«n NnX¶p.

“”D_§nt¡m Np«m.. ^mkns` Bkpt¼m tkUW FÃmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmkpw tNt«m..”” Npª F³s_ tSman S«n sfsà fpSpNn kn^t`mXn¨p.

“”Npªm ssS`w C«p Np_¨m]ntÃ, SpX¨p Naªmt`m, FWn¡p FÃm]nXkpw kÃmsS H«p¶p..”” fpSpNn BsN H^p knjpknjp¸v..

Npª¡pw N¿n S«n]n«p*mkpw.. Fs¶]pw tIÀ¯p bpS¨n^p¶ »m¦äv AÂbw NqXn tft`¡v k`n¨p Npª]psX sW©nWp fosS ks^ N]än]n«p bSns] H¶p]À¶p BsN DXp¯n^p¶ B Xk bSns] Ajns¨Xp¯p..

“”Sn^ntª Np«m, Npª ssS`w SpX¨p Na]mw..””

Mm³ H^p klw I^nªp Sn^nªp NnX¶p.

“”fw fSn km N®m.”” Npª Fs¶ Sn^n¨p NnX¯n]n«v F³s_ sW©pw fpOkpw FÃmw SpX¨p.

F³s_ ssNNÄ ^*pw bnXn¨p Xk`n Ipän SpX¨n«p sfsà F³s_ SpX]nXp¡n`pw hmVW¯n`pw Hs¡ bnXn¨p SpX¨p S¶p..

Xk fpjpk³ ssS`w B]n Nm\\w.. ASmkpw Npª ASp ko*pw DXp¡msS Sn^nsN tXdnant`¡v C«Sp.

Npª Sn^nªp Fs¶ sN«nbnXn¨p Npª]psX sWt©mXp tIÀ¯p NnX¯n..

“”D_§nt¡m N®m..”” F³s_ fpXn]n B kn^`pNÄ HmXn WX¶p.

Mm³ fpOw B sW©n tIÀ¯p k¨§nsW NnX¶p.

“”Npª]psX sW©ns` fnXn¸pw lzmhw knXp¶Spw FWn¡v tNÄ¡mw Npªm.”” Mm³ fpOw D]À¯n Npªs] tWm¡n b_ªp.

Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p, AÂbw fpt¶m«mªp Fs¶ Np_¨pw NqXn AfÀ¯n NnX¶p.

fp_n]ns` Znw ss`änsâ A^* skan¨¯n Mm³ Npª]psX sW©nt`¡v tWm¡n. ASknsX A§nsW I^nªp NnX¡p¶p.

Npª]psX A½nª Mm³ fp³bv b`t¸mjpw N*n«ps*¦n`pw Cs{S]pw AXp¯p C§nsW Nm\p¶Sv BUyw B]n B\v.

“”fw.. F´m N®m.. “”F³s_ AÛpSt¯msX DÅ tWm«w N*mk\w Npª Sn^¡n.

“”H¶qà Npªm.. NptªsX A½nª H¯n^n k`pSm..””

“”iii! Bt\m.. AsS´m Np«Wp A§nsW tSm¶m³..”” Npª Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨pw sNm*p Sn^¡n.

“”AÃ f½osX N*n«ns` Npª.. ASp NptªsX¡mÄ sI_pStÃ..””

Npª bnt¶]pw In^n¡p¶ tN«p.

“”ASp Np«³ f½osX bm Wn_s] NpXn¨p SoÀ¯Sv sNm*mXm..”” Fs¶ Ft´`pw b_ªp fWÊn`m¡m³ F¶ tbms` Npª b_ªp S¶p.

“”AsS´m Npªm tI¨n NptªsX A½nª NpXn¡ntÃ?”” FWn¡v bnt¶]pw hwl]w

“”Np«³ H^pbmXp kaÀ¶n«pw f½osX bm`p NpXn¡pw B]n^p¶p.. fmap H^pbmXp Npªns` Ss¶ AsSms¡ WnÀ¯n.. ASmXm..””

“”Hm.. ASmt\m.. fw..””

Mm³Hmt^m¶vHmÀ¯pNpª]psXsW©nWnX]nt`¡vfpOwNp_¨pwNqXnAXp¸n¨pNnX¶p.

NpªNm`pNÄAÂbwka¨pNp_¨pNqXnF¶nt`¡v–Wo§nNnX¶pFs¶BssNNÄ¡pÅnÂtIÀ¯pNnX¯n.

Bl^o^¯n³s_fpjpk³IqXpwsfsÃF³s_tUit¯¡vk^pwtbms`..WÃhpOwtSm¶n..Mm³^*pssNNÄsNm*vNpªs]sN«nbnXn¨v,H^pNms`Xp¯pNpª]psXSpX]psXtfÂN]änsk¨vAfÀ¶pNnX¶p.

SpX^pw..