fpwSmhv Fs¶ sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n. ‘`kv ]p ^Kotg«m.’ ASv b_ªpsNm*v AkÄ Fsâ Ip*pNXn¨p. MmWpw AkapsX Ip*p NXn¨p. b^hvb^w H^p fÕ^t¯msX M§Ä b^hvb^w Ip*pNÄ Wp\ªpsNm*n^p¶p. Mm³ k`SpssNsNm*p AkapsX fp`NÄ bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. CXSp ssNsNm*p AkapsX Np*n]pw. F¶n«p Ip*p NXn¨p k`n¨psNm*n^p¶p.

Mm³ Aksa sbm¡ns]Xp¯p e£\w Njn¨ tXdnant`]v¡v sk¨p. F¶n«p Ip*p knXpkn¨p. AkapsX Ip*nt`]vs¡m¶p Bªp Sp¸n. fpwSmhv Fsâ Sp¸Â WmkpsNm*v Wp\sªXp¯p km]n`m¡n. F¶n«p ko*pw Fsâ Ip*nt`]v¡v Bªp. ko*pw M§Ä UoÀQ tW^w Ip*pNÄ Wp\ªpsNm*n^p¶p. bns¶ Mm³ AkapsX Njp¯n bnXn¨p. F¶n«p ko*pw B sfm©¯n]psX fpOt¯]v¡p Sp¸n. F¶n«p NpWnªp H^p fp` km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. fpwSmhnsâ fmhvf^nN lÐw Fs¶ fq¸n¨p. Mm³ AkapsX fp` Du¼n k`n¨p. Wn¸nan NXn¨p. Akan Wn¶pw ‘Biv’ Fs¶m^p lÐw bp_¯p k¶p. Mm³ NXn]psX làn Nq«n. AkÄ bpaªp…

‘ABiviviv’ AkÄ kÃm¯ lÐfp*m¡n. Mm³ km]v FXp¯p AkapsX fpO¯v BªXn¨p.

‘bq_ntfmsa A`_n knan¨p Bsa A_n]n¡msSXn bp*¨n’

B AXn]psX làn kÃmsS NqXpS`m]n^p¶p. AkapsX CXSpN®v– Ipk¶p N®pNan Wn¶pw skÅw HjpNm³ SpX§n.

F¶n Wn¶pw H«pw {bSo£n¡m¯ B Wo¡w Aksa BsN A¼^¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

Mm³ AkapsX fp` bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. F¶n«v ASn Sp¸n. Sp¸Â ASn tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. F¶n«v ASn BªXn¨p. AkapsX fp` Ipk¶p. fp` sM«v k`Sp fp`sM«nsW¡mÄ kÃmsS SpXn¨p Wn¡p¶p. NÃptbms`.

‘tkUWnt¨mXn bq_ntfmsa?’ AkÄ BsN tbXn¨p tbm]n^p¶p. H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.

Mm³ AkapsX bq_n H¶v AXn¨p F¶n«p N´p bnXn¨p sM^n¨p.

‘b_s]Xn ssft^… Wnsâ km]n Mm³ Np® Sn^pNn sk¨ tbm`n^n¡msS b_s]Xn bq_n’ AkÄ BsN bnXªp.

‘BB…’ AkÄ kÃmsS Wn`knan¨ptbm]n. Mm³ ssN FXp¯p.

‘^Kotg«m… Fs¶ F´nWm C§sW tkUWn¸n¡ps¶?’ AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNn.

Mm³ AkapsX Ip*n H¶v Ipwdn¨p.

‘Mm³ Asà sbs®? tbXn¨p tbmt]m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

AkÄ fn*n]nÃ. Mm³ fp«pNp¯n Wn`¯n^p¶p. F¶n«p B sW¿v bq_n H¶v Ipwdn¨p.

‘^Kotg«sâ Nm`nWnX]n Kokn¡mWm Cãw Fs¶ms¡ b_ª Cu sfm©¯n¡p«n¡v Fsâ sk¸m«n]m]n Kokn¡m³ Cãfms\¶p Mm³ knIm^n¨p.’

‘Biv. ^Kotg«m FWn¡nãfm… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv thm_n’ Mm³ b_ªp So^pw fp³tb AkÄ b_ªp.

fpwSmhnsâ bq_v Mm³ f\¯p F¶n«p H¶pNqsX D½sk¨p. Aksa tWm¡n. N^¨ns`ms¡ fm_n AkÄ bp©n^n¡p¶p.

Mm³ sfsà ASn H¶v W¡n. AkapsX bq_nSapNÄ Mm³ km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp. AkÄ

‘Biv’ Fs¶m^p lÐt¯msX Fsâ S`]n St`mXn. Mm³ Wm¡v Wo«n fpwSmhnsâ bq_nt`s¡m¶p Wm¡v N]än]n_¡n. fpwSmhv bnXªp. Mm³ AkapsX N´v sfsà NXn¨p. bns¶ ko*pw AkapsX sW¿v bq_v Sn¶m³ SpX§n.AkÄ BsN D`ªp. A`vbhf]w AkapsX bq_p Sn¶t¸mÄ AkÄ Fsâ S` bnXn¨p fmän.

‘^Knt]«m FWn¡v k^pw… sbs«¶v tbm]m l^n]mknÃ. km sdZv–_qfn tbmNmw?’ AkÄ b_ªp.

Mm³ AkapsX WWªp SpX§n] bq_n H¶pNqsX fp¯fn«n«p Fjpt¶äp. F¶n«p Aksa sbm¡ns]Xp¯p sdZv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

Aksa sdZnt`]v¡v NnX¯n.B^pw sNmSn¡p¶ sk®¡Â lnÂbw Fsâ fp³bn bqÀ\ WPvW]m]n. kXn¨p kr¯n]m¡n] N£kpw bq_pw B huµ^y¯nWp fmäp Nq«p¶p.

Mm³ AkapsX tf N]_n. AkapsX ssNNÄ¡nX]n N£¯nWXp¯p fp«pNp¯n Wn¶p. Fsâ N_p¯ N¼n¡p® fpwSmhnsâ fpO¯nWv fpNan AkÄ bp©n^n¨p. fpÃsfm«pNÄ tbm`pÅ AkapsX bÃpNÄ¡v fpNan Fsâ N_p¯ Np®. B NmjvI Fs¶ kÃmsS sNmSn¸n¨p.

AkÄ fpOw H¶p]À¯n Fsâ Np®]n Ipwdn¨p. Mm³ H¶v Smjv¶p Fsâ Np® AkapsX Ipk¶ Ip*n D^hn. `nbvÌnNv Ip*n D^hp¶ tbms` fpwSmhv Fsâ Np®]psX Sp¼v AkapsX Ip*n`msN D^hn. F¶n«p WmkpsNm*v B Ip*pNÄ WW¨p. Fsâ Np®]n ko*pw AkapsX Ip*v D^¨p. F¶n«p ko*pw NnX¶p. AkapsX DfnWo^pw Fsâ Np®]ns` tSWpw N`À¶ sNmjp¯ fn{lnSw Fsâ Np®]psX Sp¼pw fpwSmhnsâ Ip*pw S½n Wm^p tbms` H^p dÔWw D*m¡n.

Mm³ AkapsX k]_n C^p¶p. AkÄ ssN D]À¯n fp`NÄ H¶v tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. B sk® fp`NÄ¡nX]nt`]v¡v Fsâ Np®]v¡pÅ £\w B\sS¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ AkapsX fp`NÄ¡nX]n Fsâ Np® sk¨p. AkÄ B fp`NÄ H¶pNqsX tIÀ¯p. B fÀ±kfpÅ skap¯ fp`]psX IqXv Fsâ Np®s] kÃmsS hpOn¸n¨p. Mm³ sfsà AXn¨p. AkÄ km]v fp`NÄ¡nX]n`qsX bp_t¯]v¡p k^p¶ Fsâ Np®]v¡p tk*n tIÀ¯v sk¨p. Fsâ Np®]psX Sp¼p bSns] fpwSmhnsâ Ip*pNan fÀ±WtfÂbn¨psNm*p B fp`NapsX IqXv BhzUn¨p.

AÂbtW^w B fp`NÄ¡nX]ns` IqXv BhzUn¨ tlgw Mm³ ko*pw Fjpt¶äp. F¶n«p AkapsX fpOt¯]v¡p NnX¶p. Fsâ A^s¡«p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpwSmhnsâ fpO¯nWv fpNanÂ. Fsâ Np® AkÄ km]v Sp_¶p AN¯m¡n. AÂbtW^w fpwSmhnsâ km]psX IqXv BhzUn¨v Mm³ A§sW Ss¶ NnX¶p. bns¶ sfsà A^s¡«p sbm¡n ko*pw B IqXpÅ km]nt`]v¡v Smjv¯n.

fpwSmhnsâ Sp¸`n WWªp Wmkn D^ªp Fsâ Np® AkapsX sSm*]n fp«n. ko*pw Mm³ bSps¡ A^s¡«p sbm¡n.

sfsà sfsà B {bkr¯n SpXÀ¶p. AkapsX km]v IqXv Fsâ tkPS bSps¡ Nq«ns¡m*n^p¶p. AkapsX Ip*pNan`pw Wmkn`pw Fsâ Np®]psX sSm`n D^ªp ANt¯¡pw bp_t¯]v¡pw DÅ h©m^w Fsâ Np®s] D^p¡ptbm`m¡n.

Fsâ Np® IqXv BhzUn¨p fpwSmhv AkapsX km]nt`¡pÅ Fsâ N]än]n_¡Â hzoN^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AkapsX B BhzUn¨pÅ NnX¸p N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v ko*pw Nj¸v fq¯p.

Mm³ Bªp AkapsX km]nt`]v¡v W¶m]n Fsâ A^s¡«p A§v tIÀ¯psk¨p.

Fsâ Np® GSm*v fpjpkWm]pw fpwSmhnsâ km]n`m]n. Fsâ tdmÄhv AkapsX Ip*n tIÀ¶p. AkapsX fq¡nWv tWs^ Fsâ t^mffm\v D*mkpN Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. lzhn¡m³ AkÄ Wt¶ bmXpsbXpsf¶p fWÊn`m¡ns¡m*v Ss¶ Mm³ B NnX¸p NnX¶p. AÂb hf]¯nWv tlgw

‘iNv’ Fs¶m^p lÐt¯msXAkapsX km]n Wn¶pw Fsâ tdmÄhnt`]v¡pw t^mf§ant`]v¡pw AkapsX Sp¸Â sS_n¨p. Mm³ A^s¡«p sbm¡n.

B fpOw N*p FWn¡v In^n k¶p. Fsâ Np® bp_t¯]v¡p k^p¶SnsWm¸w ‘Pym’ Fs¶m^p lÐt¯msX AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw sNmjp¯ Sp¸Â bp_t¯]v¡p k¶p. fpOw Ipk¶p N®pNÄ Wn_ªn«p*v. NnS]v¡p¶p.

H«pw sskNmsS Mm³ B km]nt`]v¡v ko*pw BªpN]än. A`vbw hf]sfXp¯pÅ B N]än]n_¡`n b`t¸mjpw AkÄ bnXªp. At©m Bt_m AXnsNm*p Ss¶ fpwSmhv BsN SaÀ¶ AkØ]n`m]n. Mm³ Np® bqÀ\fm]pw Du^ns]Xp¯p. AkÄ H¶v Ipf¨p. km]n Wn¶pw AkapsX sNmjp¯ DfnWo^v Fsâ Np®]n tIÀ¶v In`´n k`tbms` Fsâ Np®s]]pw AkapsX kmt]]pw dÔn¨p.

Mm³ Np®s]Xp¯p.AkapsX sNmjp¯ Sp¸Â A`vbw AkapsX sW©n ko\p. Mm³ Np®sNm*v ASv AkapsX C^p fp`Nan`pw tS¨p. F¶n«p fp` sM«n Fsâ Np® sNm*v AXn¨p. Ak sfm«ptbms` D]À¶p k¶p. Mm³ fpwSmhnsâ fpO¯pw Njp¯n`psfms¡ Np® D^¨p AkapsX Sp¸Â tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. bns¶ Fjpt¶äp.

Wn`¯n_§n AkapsX Nm`pNÄ bnXn¨p k`n¨Xp¸n¨p.

‘tNäm³ tbmÆmt\m?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘Bs\¦nÂ?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘At¿m… Wn¡v.Mm³ tNm*w FXp¯p k^mw…’AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXsªjpt¶äp.

Mm³ Nm`pNÄ H¶pNqsX k`n¨p. AkÄ ASptbms` Ss¶ sdZnt`]v¡v ko\p.

‘NpªnsW tk\sf¶v b_ªp N^ªtÃm… Ct¸mÄ AkWnÃm¯t¸mjpw tNm*w CXt\m?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘ASv… ^Knt]«m… C¡ b_ªn«p*v. sskNo«v k^pt¼m… W½ap Nan¨ tNm*w C¡]v¡v tk\sf¶v.’ AkÄ A`vbw Wm\t¯msX b_ªp.

B b_¨n tN«v FWn¡pw In^n k¶p. gdoÀ C{S]pw Du¼Wm]n^pt¶m? F´m]m`pw Fs¶ A§v hzÀPw Nm\n¡pN]m\v ^*ptb^pw. sNmÅmw…

‘sl^n… tbm]v FXpt¯m*v km… tkPw tk\w’ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp Np*n]pw Np`p¡ns¡m*p HmXnt¸m]n.

AÂb tW^w Njnªn«pw Nm\mSm]t¸mÄ Mm³ At§m«v sI¶p. AkÄ sgÂcn Hs¡ b^Sns¡m*n^n¡pN]m\v. sIkn]n tcm\p*v.

‘F´mXn bq_ntfmsa Nn«n]ntÃ?’ Fsâ tImUyw tN«v AkÄ Sn^nªp.

‘CsÃtXm CknsX§pw Nm\p¶nÃ… C¡s] knan¨n«p FXp¡p¶pfnÃ.’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘F¶m C§p km… F¶n«v Du¼ns¡m*n^n¡v. B ssf^³ Ct§m«p knan¡s«.’ AkÄ In^n¨p.

F¶n«p tcm¬ sIkn]n sk¨psNm*v Ss¶ Fsâ fp³bn k¶p fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. F¶n«p Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶p. Nps_ _nRv sI]vSn«pw FXp¡mSm]t¸mÄ AkÄ tcm¬ Smsj sk¨p F¶n«p bqÀ\fm]pw Np®]q¼`n {l²n¨p. W¶m]n I¸n k`n¨p km]v F¯m¯ emP§an W¡n WW¨p tdmÄhv km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp AkÄ Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶p. sbs«¶v tcm¬ _nRv sI]vSp.

‘it`m C¡m… FknsX tbm]n^n¡pkm]n^p¶p F{S tW^fms]¶_nt]m knan¡p¶p.’ AkÄ Du¼ns¡m*n^p¶ km]v FXp¯p hwhm^n¨p.

‘Biv… sl^n, tNm*w bm]v¡v Hs¡ FknXm skt¨?Mm³ ASv Nps_ Sn^ªp. tU ^Knt]«³ CknsX tUgys¸«p Wn¡pkm… Mm³ tks_m¶pw sI¿mWnÃm¯SpsNm*v Du¼ns¡mXp¡pkm…’ AkÄ ASv b_ªp Fs¶ tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨psNm*v ko*pw Np® km]n`m¡n. Ak³ tNÄ¡m³ tk*n AkÄ Bªp I¸n. ASnsâ lÐw fpj§n.

Fsâ Np® km]n sk¨psNm*v Ss¶ AkÄ ^*pfq¶p k«w ‘Dw… Dw…’ F¶v fqan. fqapt¼mÄ Fsâ Np®]n B sskt{dg³ Fs¶ hpOn¸n¨p. Mm³ Nm`nsâ SÅkn^ sNm*v AkapsXbq_n St`mXn. sfsà ASpsNm*p bq_n H¶v AfÀ¯n. AkÄ Np® km]n Ss¶ sk¨psNm*v Fs¶ tWm¡n Fsâ NphrSn BhzUn¨tbms` Nmft¯msX In^n¨p.

CXSp ssN]n bnXn¨psNm*p km]nt`]v¡v sk¨ Fsâ Np®. k`SpssN]n sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯psk¨ sfmssdÂ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ Np®]q¼ns¡m*v– AkÄ tKm`nsI¿p¶ AkapsX eÀ¯mkntWmXv tcm\n hwhm^n¡p¶p. ASpw M§Ä¡v Nan¡mWpÅ tNm*w FknsX]m\v sk¨sS¶v… B NmjvI]pw, B hµÀekpw Fs¶ kÃmsS {em´v bnXn¸n¨p.

AkÄ Np® km]n Wn¶v Du^n FWn¡v ssN sNm*v AXn¨p S¶psNm*v ko*pw hwhm^n¨p.

‘Cà C¡m… M§Ä Cs¸m Fjpt¶tä DÅq.’ ASv b_ªp AkÄ Np® ko*pw Du¼n.

‘F¶m sl^n C¡m… sk¡s« sskNo«v Nm\mw. ^Knt]«³ Wà fqZn`m… D½…’ AkÄ ko*pw Fsâ Np®]q¼`nWnX]n km]v FXp¯p AktWmXp b_ªp. F¶n«v tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp.

H¶pNqXnFsâ Np® km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp bns¶ km]v FXp¯n«v b_ªp.

‘km… sdZv–_qfn Ss¶]m’ AkÄ Fjpt¶äp Fsâ Np®bnXn¨psNm*p fp¶n WX¶p.

sdZv_qfns` tXdnan Wn¶pw AkÄ H^p No FXp¯p. F¶n«p sdZnWp Smsj DÅ timÄZÀ Sp_¶p. ASn Nps_ hmVW§Ä D*v. ASn Wn¶pw AkÄ tNm*w bm]v¡äv FXp¯p. sbm«n¨p Hs¶Xp¯p. F¶n«v Fsâ fp³bn fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. F¶n«v Fsâ Np®¯p¼n ASv sk¨ tlgw AkÄ km]v sNm*v H^p FN-vhvsbÀ«nsWt¸ms` Fsâ Np®]n ASv tIÀ¯p. F¶n«p Fjpt¶äp.

‘CWn SpX§mw’ H^p Wm\t¯msX AkÄ ASv b_ªSpw Mm³ Aksa sbm¡ns]Xp¯p sdZn`n«p. Np® AkapsX bq_nWp fpNan D^¨p F¶n«p ASpsNm*p B sk®¸q_n ^*pfq¶p k«w AXn¨p. bns¶ bq_nt`¡v Sp¸n. CXSpssN]ns` ^*pkn^`pNÄ sNm*v ASn tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. bns¶ DÅnt`¡v ^*p kn^`pNapw SÅnt¡än. AkÄ bnXªp lÐfp*m¡n. Mm³ AkapsX bqän kn^`pNÄ tkP¯n N]än]n_¡n. AkÄ kÃmsS bnXªp. NnX¶psNm*n^p¶ AkÄ bnXsªjpt¶äp A`_n.

Mm³ AkapsX Njp¯n bnXn¨p. Fsâ ssNNÄ sNm*v Mm³ fpwSmhnsW b®n. AkÄ A`_p¶SnsWm¸w N®pNÄ Nq¼n]X¨p BhzUn¨p. Mm³ kn^`pNÄ FXp¯p AkapsX k]v¡pÅnt`¡v N]än. AkÄ ASv I¸n k`n¨psNm*v Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨p. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX bq_n WÂNn] hpOw AkhmWn¡mSn^n¡m³ AkÄ Fsâ Np® bqänt`¡v fp«n¨p.

Mm³ A^s¡s«m¶p I`n¸n¨p. Np® bq_nt`¡v Bjv¶n_§n.

‘Aiv’ Akan Wn¶pw H^p lÐw bp_t¯]v¡p k¶p.

bns¶ FWn¡v Wn]{´n¡mWm]nÃ. B sfm©¯n]psX IqXp Spa]nt`¡p Mm³ bmªpN]_m³ {lfn¨p.

‘Fsâ Nj¸n¡p«o… tS³ bq_n… F´v IqXms\Xn Wnsâ I¡^¸q_nWp. Biviviv…’ Mm³ BªXn¨p.

‘Bivim… ^.. Knt]… «m… Biviv… N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F.. sâ… bq_p sbman¡p… im… Biviviv…’ AkapsX lÐw AXn]psX D`¨`n fp_nªptbmNp¶p. Mm³ Aksa f`À¯n. Nm`pNÄ ^*pw AkapsX tSmapNant`¡p AfÀ¯n. bqÀ\fm]pw Fsâ Np®]v¡p Dbt]mPn¡mWpÅ H^p fmwhfm¡n Aksa fmäns¡m*v AXn SpXÀ¶p.

AkapsX kjpkjp¯ bqÀ en¯nNan tNm*w D^ªXn¡p¶ ¹Nv ¹Nv lÐw B fp_n]n Wn_ªp. Fsâ SpX AkapsX Np*n]n sI¶v fp«p¶ XNv XNv lÐkpw M§apsX A^§nWp fmäpNq«n. AkapsX bq_nsâ]pw Fsâ Np® tSWnsâ]pw PÔw AknsX HjpNn.

Mm³ I^nªp Wn¶vAkapsX fpOt¯]v¡v Bªp Sp¸ns¡m*v AXn SpXÀ¶p. BUys¯ Sp¸Â AkapsX fq¡nWv fpNan ko\p N®nt`¡p H`n¨p. ^*mfSv Mm³ Sp¸pt¼mÄ AkÄ km]v Sp_¶p Fsâ Sp¸Â km]n`m¡n C_¡n. Mm³ bq_n Wn¶v Np® Du^n. Aksa Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n. AkapsX sW¿v sk® Np*nNÄ N*t¸mÄ FWn¡v hin¨nÃ.

Mm³ B skap¯p bªntbm`pÅ Np*n]n Bsªm^Xn. AkÄ ‘AÅmiv’ F¶v knan¨ptbm]n. AXp¯ Np*n]n Mm³ ko*pw BªXn¨p…

‘Biv’ AkÄ tkUWn¨p bnXªp. Mm³ fm_n fm_n fpwSmhnsâ Np*nNan BªXn¨p. Hmt^m AXn]n`pw A`_ns¡m*pÅ AkapsX sM«Â Fs¶ i^w bnXn¸n¨p. AkÄ U]Wo]fm]n Sn^nªp tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶p. skap¯p sW¿v tbm`n^p¶ Np*nNÄ Ipk¶n^n¡p¶p.

Mm³ AkapsX Np*nNÄ kn^n¨p Fsâ Np® bq_nt`¡v SÅn¡]än. ko*pw fpwSmhnsW b®m³ SpX§n. CXSp ssNsNm*v AkapsXNp*n sM^n¨psNm*p Mm³ BªXn¨p. bns¶ Np*n kn^n¨p SÅkn^ sNm*v fpwSmhnsâ Np*nSpa]nÂH¶v sfsà N]äm³ tWm¡n. Wà C_p¡w. C¶v ks^ gdoÀ ASnÂH¶v sSm«n«p tbm`pfnsöv tSm¶p¶p. AsS hf]w Fsâ B hvbÀÈWw fpwSmhnsW H¶v sM«n¨p. AkÄ ssN bn¶nt`¡n«p.

‘^Knt]«m… AknsX tk… *… FWn¡nãfÃ…’ Np`p§ns¡m*p AkÄ b_ªp.

Mm³ k`SpssN sNm*v Np*n]n BªXn¨p.

‘AW§mSn^ns]Xn bq_ntfmsa… tkt\m tk*s]m¶v FWn¡_n]mw’ Mm³ ASv b_ªpsNm*v AkapsX fpXn bnXn¨p k`n¨p b®Â SpXÀ¶p. fpXn]n bnXn¨p k`n¨psNm*p fpwSmhnsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v Fsâ A^s¡«p tIÀ¯Xn¡p¶Sp H^p NpSn^t]m«w tbms` tSm¶n¨p.

Mm³ AkapsX Np*nSpa]n Sp¸n AknsX kn^ÂsNm*v tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. F¶n«p kn^ DÅn tNäm³ {lfn¨psNm*n^p¶p. bq_n`pw Np*n]n`pfpÅ {bt]mPw fpwSmhnWv hin¡mWm]nà AkÄ NnX¶p bnXªp. Mm³ fpXn kn«p AktamXv tIÀ¶v AkapsX I`Wt¯msXm¸w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CaNn]mXp¶ fp`NÄ bnXn¨p Nl¡n.

fpwSmhv kÃmsS lÐfp*m¡ns¡m*p bnXªp. AVnNw sskNmsS B bX¡pSn^ SaÀ¶p ko\p. AkapsX NnS¸ntWm¸w BªXn¨psNm*p MmWpw bm Ioän¨p.

AkapsX bp_t¯]v¡p ko\p.

kas^ tW^w M§Ä A§sW Ss¶ NnX¶p. bns¶ AkÄ bSns] Fjpt¶äp.

‘tNm*w Du^s« ^Knt]«m? H¶v Fjpt¶äp Wn¡mtfm?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. AkÄFsâ Np®]v¡p Nosj km]v Sp_¶p Wn¶p. F¶n«p bSns] Fsâ Np®]n Wn¶pw tNm*w Du^ns]Xp¯p. bp_t¯]v¡p Cäpko\ bm SpÅnNÄ AkapsX N®n`pw Ip*n`pw km]n`psfms¡]m]n.

AkÄ tNm*w tXdnan sk¨n«p fpO¯v B] Np®¸m kXns¨Xp¯p km]n`m¡n.

Wà D_¡¯nWnX]n`m\v Np®]n H^p IqXpÅ hvbÀÈWw AWpeks¸Xp¶Sv. fpwSmhv D_¡fp\Às¶¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ B IqXv BhzUn¨p ko*pw D_¡w bnXn¨p. Fsâ Np®]n WWkv bXÀ¶p. WmkpsNm*v Hmt^m emPkpw Wm¡pN]m\v. sfsà sfsà ASv Np®]psX Sp¼ns`¯n. bns¶ fq{S¯pa]n H¶v Wmkn«p kÃmsS AfÀ¯n. Mm³ bnXsªjpt¶äptbm]n. B NmjvI N*p Mm³ sM«n.

‘bq_ntfmsW… Wos]´p Np®¯^w Nm\n¡pkmXm bpjp¯ b«n…’ Mm³ A`_n.

fpwSmhnsâ Wmkp Bs\¶v N^pSn Mm³ BhzUn¨Sv gdo_nsâ Wmkp Fsâ Np®]n`qsX Cj]p¶Sm]n^p¶p.

diaw tN«v Fsâ A^s¡«n fpOw tIÀ¯v D_§pN]m]n^p¶ fpwSmhpw sM«n Fjpt¶äp.

‘FXn… Wnsâ eÀ¯mkp Du¼³ sI]vSSv F´m¶_nt]m… Cu Np*³…’ Mm³ tUgyw AX¡mWmkmsS Io_n.

AkÄ H¶pw fWhn`mNmsS AksW tWm¡n. gdoÀ BsN kÃmSm]n Fs¶ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m\v.

‘tImUns¡Xn bp*¨n B ssf^tWmXv. F´v Ak^Sf sI]v–sS¶v…’ Mm³ ko*pw A`_n.

‘F´m C¡ F´v bän?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘fp¯p Mm³ H¶v ^Kn]psX Np® W¡nt¸m]n… Wn§Ä Wà Nan Njnªp NnX¡pktà Wnsâ bq_nsâ tXÌv ^KnsX Np®]n`p*mkpsf¶v N^pSn’ Ak³ H^p hzmemknN Nm^ysf¶tbms` AktamXv b_]p¶Sv N*p FWn¡v A¼^¸m]n.

‘C¡ tbm]v {ZÊv fm_n km… ^Kns]«sW Mm³ fmtWKv sI]vtSmamw… C¡ F¯n]tS DtÅm?’AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘Aà fp¯p, Mm³ k¶p Wn§Ä Njn¨ bm{Ssfms¡ NjpNn F¶n«p {ZÊv fm_m³ k¶Sm]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ Wn§apsX NnX¸p N*v sNmSn]m]n. ^Kn… thm_n’ Ak³ b_ªp.

Mm³ Aks^ fm_n fm_n tWm¡n A¼^¶p Wn¡pN]m\v.

‘Biv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¡ tbm]n {ZÊv fm_p. ^Knt]«tWmXv Mm³ b_tªmamw’ AkÄ AktWmXp bp_t¯]v¡p tbmNm³ BwPyw Nm\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

Ak³ _qfn Wn¶n_§n kmSn`X¨p. AkÄ Fsâ tWs^ Sn^nªp. F¶n«p H^p ssNsNm*p Fsâ Np® bnXn¨p. kas^ frUp`fm] B bnXp¯w FWn¡v kÃmsS Cãfm]n. AkapsX N¿psX IqXv Fs¶ H¶pNqsX N¼n]m¡n.

‘F´m ^Knt]«m? C¡ sI]vSSv Cãm]ntÃ?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘tbmXo bq_ntfmsa Wnsâ Du¼³ sN«nt]msWt¸ms`Mm³ Np*WÃ. ssf^³… Fsâ Np® Du¼m³ kt¶¡p¶p.’ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ Fsâ Np®]ns` bnXp¯w H¶v Ur[fm¡n F¶n«p sfsà AkapsX ssN Smtjm«pw fpNant`m«pw I`n¸n¨p. FWn¡v B {bkr¯n kÃmsS Cãfm]n.

‘^Knt]«m… C¡ Np*³ H¶pfÃ. M§Ä H¯n^n NtNmÄZv koZnt]m Nm\m_p*v. ASns`ms¡ N*Sm C§sWms¡… sskcnsâ DÅn`n«p sI]vS hmVWw bp_s¯Xp¡pt¼mÄ ihvd³Zv ASv sNmSnt]msX km]n`m¡p¶p. M§Ä ^*ptb^pw B{Pin¨S AsSms¡… bs£ ^Knt]«Wv fm{Stf C¡ Fs¶ sg]À sI¿pÅq… FWn¡pw ^Knt]«Wv fp³bn fmt{S Sp\n Du^m³ Njn]pÅq… ^Knt]«³ k¶m CsSms¡ BhzUn¡psf¶ M§Ä N^pSns]… M§Ä¡p Cu Np_p¼³ fm{Sfsà DÅp? M§apsX dpÄ Asà Cu Nų’ ASv b_ªpAkÄFsâ Np®t]mXv fpOw tIÀ¯v H^p D½ S¶p.

Mm³ AkÄ Fsâ Np®]n bnXn¨ ssN]n St`mXn.

‘gdo_nsâ fp¯mt\m Wo?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘Dw… Fs¶ fp¯p F¶m knan¡ps¶’

‘At¸mÄ Wo Fsâ B^m?’ B tImUyw tN«vAkÄ H¶v In^n¨p F¶n«p Fsâ Np®]n fpOfp^¨psNm*p b_ªp.

‘sk¸m«n’

F¶n«p AkÄ bSps¡ Fsâ Np® km]n`m¡n.

M§Ä sIÃpt¼mÄ gdoÀ cpZv kna¼n sk¨n^p¶p. AkWpw bqÀ\ WPvWWm]n^p¶p.

fpwSmhvFsâ Np®]n bnXn¨psNm*pSs¶]m\v WX¡p¶Sv. AkÄ Fs¶ C^p¯n Fsâ fXn]n`n^p¶p.

‘^Kn… tUgyw fm_nt]m?’ gdoÀ tImUn¨p.

‘CÃ… H¶v Du¼ns¡mXp¯m fm_pw’ fpwSmhv B\v ASv b_ªSv.

Ak³ AXpt¯]v¡p k¶p.

Fsâ {bn]s¸« hpir¯v Aksâ em^y b_]p¶SWph^n¨p Fsâ Np® Du¼m³ k^p¶Sv FWn¡v kÃm¯ {SnÃv B]n^p¶p. Mm³ Nth^ bnt¶m«n«v C^p¶p. fpwSmhv Fjpt¶äp fm_n Wn¶p.

Ak³Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. F¶n«p fpOw Fsâ Np®t]mXXp¸n¨p. gdo_nsâ km]psX IqXpw Fsâ Np®s] N¼n]m¡n SpX§p¶p F¶Sm\v Fs¶ sM«n¨Sv. fpwSmhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Du¼p¶Sn`pw ftWmi^fm]n gdoÀ Fsâ Npj DuSn.

sbs«¶v fpwSmhnsâ IqXpÅ sNmjp¯ Sp¸Â Fsâ Np®]n`pw Aksâ fpO¯pfm]n ko\p. Ak³ H^p emk teUkpw CÃmsS B Sp¸`pw tIÀ¯v Fsâ Np®]q¼p¶p.

Mm³ fpwSmhnsW tWm¡n. AkÄ In^n¡p¶p.

Cu U¼SnNÄ Fs¶ A¼^s¸Xp¯m³ tbmNps¶ DÅpsk¶v B In^n]n Ds*s¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. Mm³ Aksa AXpt¯m«p tIÀ¯p.

‘Wo]pw Wnsâ sN«nt]mWpw sNmÅmsÃmXn’

‘F´m ^Knt]«m… BUys¯ tUgysfms¡ FknsX? Fsâ sN«nt]m³ A{S W¶m]n Np®]q¼n¯^p¶pt*m?’ AkÄ Fs¶ Nan]m¡ntImUn¨p.

‘Ds*Xn bq_n. Wns¶¡mÄ W¶m]n Du¼p¶p*v.’

‘Bim… Ban{S WÃ Du¼Wms\¶p Mm³ A_nªnÃ’ AkÄ gdo_nsWtWm¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.

gdoÀ Aksa tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v Du¼Â SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ fpwSmhnsâ H^p Nm sbm¡n Fsâ fXn]nt`¡v C^p¯n. ASv F´nWms\¶v fWÊn`m]Sptbms` gdoÀ Du¼Â WnÀ¯n. F¶n«p fpwSmhnsâ bq_p W¡n¯pX¨p F¶n«v Fsâ Np® AkapsX bqänt`¡v Sn^pNnsk¨p. fpwSmhvsfsà sfsà A^s¡«p D]À¯n Smjv¯n FWn¡v AXn¨p S^m³ SpX§n. gdoÀ AXn]n Wn¶vFsâ tdmÄhpw AkapsX bq_pw AXn¡nX]n bp_¯mkp¶ Fsâ Np®]psX emP§apw fm_n fm_n W¡n¯^m³ SpX§n. Akapw MmWpw hpO¯n B_mXn. AkÄ N®pNÄ bmSn]X¨p Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p FWn¡v sbmSn¨p S^p¶p. AkapsX shN-vhn FN-vhvs{bgWpNapw Akan Wn¶pw D]^p¶ fmhvf^nN lЧapw AXn]ns` gdo_nsâ {bkr¯nNapw fpwSmhnsâ bq_ns` IqXpw… Fs¶ hpO¯nsâ sNmXpfpXn]n F¯n¨p.

AVnN hf]w bnXn¨p Wn¡mWmNnsöp fpwSmhpw fWÊn`m¡n¡m\\w. AkÄ bs¿ AXn WnÀ¯n. Fsâ Np®]n fpjpkWm]n AfÀ¶n^p¶p AkÄ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p F¶n«v Fsâ Njp¯n`pw sW©n`pw W¡n. F¶n«p AkÄ H^p Nm sNm*v gdo_nsW S«n. gdoÀ M§apsX AXn]n Wn¶v fm_n H^p klt¯]v¡v C^p¶p.

‘C¡m…

sdZv–_qfn D*v M§Ä C¶v Nan¨ tNm*w. FXpt¯m*v km’ AkÄ b_ªp.

gdoÀ Fjpt¶äv tbm]n. Mm³ AkapsX fp`]n NXn¨p.

‘CWn]pw B bq_ntfmsW Wo F´nWmXn C¡m F¶v knan¡ps¶???’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘ASv bns¶… Mm³ F§Wm… Fsâ sN«nt]m³ AsÃ?’

‘sN«nt]mtWms¡¯s¶… F¶v sk¨v C§sWm^p Du¼sW C¡m¶p knan¡t\m? FWn¡nksW CWn gdoÀ ¶p tbm`pw knan¡m³ tSm¶nÃ’ ASv b_ªp Mm³ AkapsX ftä fp`]pw Du¼n k`n¨p.

gdoÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tW^s¯ M§Ä Nan¨ tNm*kpw sNms*¯n. Ak³ ASv fpwSmhnWv sNmXp¯p. fpwSmhv ASv km§n F¶n«p b_ªp.

‘CWn fp«pNp¯n C^ns¡Xm b«n’ B b_¨n Fs¶]pw gdo_nsW]pw sM«n¨p.

Mm³ AkapsX Np*n bnXn¨p sM^n¨p.

‘fnXp¡n’ Mm³ b_ªp.

gdoÀ fp«pNp¯n C^p¶p. fpwSmhv Fsâ lp¢w Wn_ª AkapsX fUK`w f\¡p¶ B tNm*w Aksâ fpOt¯]v¡p Smjv¯n. Ak³ km Sp_¶p AsSm¶p I¸n. AkÄ ko*pw ASv sbm¡n.ko*pw Aksâ km]nt`¡v sk¨p. Ak³ ASv ko*pw I¸n. B NmjvI Fs¶ ^hn¸n¨p. Fsâ fXn]n Fsâ Np®]n AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶ fpwSmhnsâ Np*n]nt`]v¡v Mm³ Fsâ CXSpssN]ns` Iq*pkn^ N]än.

AkÄ ‘Biv’ F¶v b_ªp bpaªp. bns¶ ko*pw gdo_n {l²n¨p. AkÄ B tNm*¯n Wn¶pw A`vbw lp¢w Aksâ km]nt`]v¡v Dän¨p. Ak³ sNmSnt]msXASv km]n`m¡n. Ak³ ASv Wp\¨n_¡p¶ NmjvI FWn¡v A_¸pakm¡n.

‘CWn cpZv Njn¡mw’ AkÄ b_ªp.

‘tbmXo bq_n. CWn Cksâ H¸w C^p¶p cpZv Njn¡mtWm…?’ Mm³ fpOw Ipan¨p. AkÄ In^n¨p.

‘Cksâ H¸w C^nt¡*. Ck³ Wn`¯n^p¶p W½psX tkÌv Sn¶s«… ^Knt]«Wv Mm³ km^n¯^mw’

AkÄ ASpb_ªp Fjpt¶äp. F¶n«p H^p t¹än gdoÀ sNm*pk¶ In¡Wpw Npºqhpw FXp¯p. ftä t¹äv gdo_nWv sNmXp¯p. Ak³ ASv Wn`¯p sk¨p. fpwSmhv H^p bohv NXns¨Xp¯p F¶n«v ASv gdo_nsâ t¹änt`¡v Sp¸n.

‘Snt¶m’ AkÄ b_ªp.

Ak³ Wn`¯p NnX¶ tNm*w FXp¯p. H^p SpÅn lp¢w t¹än Dän¨p.F¶n«v B bohv ASn H¶v Np¯n. F¶n«v Sn¶m³ SpX§n.

fpwSmhv FWn¡v km]n sk¨v S¶p. Mm³ BhzUn¨v Sn¶m³ SpX§n. MmWpw Akapw CX]v¡p gdo_nsâ t¹änt`¡v Sp¸ns¡mXp¡pw. In`t¸mÄ ASv Aksâ tUi¯mNpw. A§sW M§Ä e£\w Njn¨p. fpwSmhv Kyqhv FXp¯p k¶p. M§Ä ASv NpXn¨p. A`vbw Kyqhv AkÄ Aksâ t¹änt`¡v Sp¸nsNmXp¯p. Ak³ ASv FXp¡m³ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘Zm ssft^… Wo CWn fWpgyWÃ. M§apsX b«n]m\v. b«n NpXn¡pw tbms` W¡n¡pXns¡Xm…’

Ak³ Wm`p Nm`n Wn¶p F¶n«v fpOw Smjv¯n Kyqhv B t¹än Wn¶pw W¡m³ SpX§n.

‘Zm b«n… H¶v Np^]vs¡X… Wo b«n]ms\¶p M§Ä A_n]s«…’

Mm³ b_ªp. Ak³ ‘du du’ F¶v lÐfp*m¡n. ASv tWm¡n Wn¶ fpwSmhv In^n¨p.

‘F´mXn bq_n In^n¡qt¶? Nt*m Wnsâ sN«nt]m³ b«n¡v ^KognsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´v AWph^\]ms\¶v.’

‘^Knt]«sW fm{Sfà Fs¶]pw Wà AWph^\]m…’ AkÄ ASv b_ªpsNm*v B t¹änWv fpNan Np´p Nm`n C^p¶p ASnt`]v¡v fq{Ssfmjn¨p.

‘W¡n¡pXns¡Xm gdoÀ b«n.’ AkÄ b_ªp.

gdoÀ ASpw W¡n¡pXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. ASv tWm¡ns¡m*v fpwSmhvFsâ Nm`nWnX]n C^p¶p Fsâ Np® Du¼m³ SpX§n.

‘Zm b«n…’Mm³ knan¨p. gdoÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n.

‘tbm]v km]pw N¿pw NjpNn km’ Mm³ b_ªp.

Ak³ Fjpt¶äv tbm]n. Mm³ fpwSmhnsâ S`]n bnXn¨p Fsâ Np®]nt`¡v Bªp tIÀ¯psNm*n^p¶p. gdoÀ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ AktWmXp Fsâ Nm`nWXp¯p Wn`Sn^n¡m³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p. Ak³ AknXn^p¶p.

‘Wnsâ dokn Fsâ Np® Du¼p¶ Nt*mXm Np*m?’

‘Biv’

‘F¶m AkÄ¡p H^p D½ sNmXpt¯…NknanÂ.’ Ak³ AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p.

‘Zn bq_n. Fsâ Np® Wnsâ km]n`ps*¶p Ak³ A_n]s« D½ sk¡pt¼m… H¶psX D½ sk¸n¡v’

AkÄ Fsâ Np® k`Sv Nknan`qsX fpj¨p Wn¡p¶ ^oSn]n km]n`m¡n F¶n«v AknsX sSm«p Nm\n¨p. Ak³ AknsX Ipwdn¨p. Mm³ AkapsX fpXn]n bnXn¨p k`n¨pNp® bp_s¯Xp¯p.

‘Zm Fsâ Np® H¶v f\s¯’

Ak³ fpwSmhnsâ Sp¸`n NpSnÀ¶ Np® f\¯p.

‘Wnsâ doknsX Sp¸Â f\¡p¶pt*m’

‘Dw’ Ak³ S`]m«n.

Mm³ Aksas¡m*v ko*pw Du¼n¨p. F¶n«v Np® sSm`n¨p AkapsX Ip*n D^¨p tS¨p.

‘Zm CWn Wnsâ sNt«ymsa H¶v {c©v AXnt¨… Fsâ Np®]v¡p Wnsâ sfm©¯n]psX Ip*nsW¡mÄ tXÌv Dt*m¶v A_n]mtÃm.’

AkÀ b^hvb^w Ip*pNÄ tIÀ¯vWp\ªp. Ak³ AkapsX Ip*v W¶m]n BhzUn¨p Wp\ªp. Ip*pNÄ AXÀ¯n]t¸mÄ fpwSmhv Aksâ km]nt`]v¡v NmÀ¡n¨p Sp¸n. Ak³ ASv C_¡pw fp³tb AkÄ ko*pw Fsâ Np® W¶m]n I¸n]n«v ko*pw Aksâ km]nt`]v¡v Sp¸n. Mm³ Fjpt¶äp.

‘Wnsâ doknsX km]nÂMm³ b®p¶Sv Nm\t* Zm Wms] WnW¡v?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

Ak³ S`]m«n.

‘bp*¨ntfmsW… kmSp_¶v b_s]Xm… Fsâ fp¯qsâ km]n b®n¯m ^Kn F¶v’ Mm³ Aksâ fpO¯p Bªp Ikn«ns¡m*p b_ªp.

Ak³ H^p klt¯]v¡v I^nªptbm]n. ko*pw Fjpt¶äv Wm`pNm`n Wn¶v.

‘^Kn… Fsâ fpwSmhnsâ km]n Wnsâ C^p¼p Np®]n«p b®nS^ptfm Mm³ H¶v Nm\s«.’

‘Dw CSm Nm\p bq_ntfmsW…’

Mm³ AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv S` bnXn¨p Fsâ A^]nt`]v¡v AXp¸n¨p. AkÄ km Sp_¶p Fsâ Np®s] bqÀ\fm]pw DÅnt`]v¡v hzoN^n¨p.

Mm³ BªXn¡p¶SnsWm¸w AkapsX S`bnXn¨p Bªp Fsâ A^s¡«ntWmXv tIÀ¡pN]pw sI¿p¶p*v. AkÄ¡p lzmhw tbm`pw Nn«nsöv– FWn¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p.

bs£ B Nmf¡q¯n FWn¡v {em´v bnXn¨n^p¶p. Fsâ Hmt^m AXn]pw AkapsX sSm* sbman¡p¶Sp tbm`m]n^p¶p.

‘Pym…’ ‘iNv’ F¶o lЧtamsX AkÄ Hm¡mWn¡p¶tbms` DfnWoÀ bp_t¯s¡mjp¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AXn]n km Sp_¶p Wn¶ gdo_nsâ km]nt`¡m\v Fsâ Np®]nÂWn¶pw AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw H`n¡p¶ sNmjp¯ DfnWoÀ ko\psNm*n^p¶Sv. Ak³ ASv BÀ¯nt]msX km]n`m¡p¶p.

^*pfq¶p k«w NqXn BªXn¨p Mm³ WnÀ¯n. Mm³ Np® bp_s¯Xp¯t¸mÄ ASn H«nt¨À¶ AkapsX sNmjp¯ DfnWoÀ H`n¨p gdo_nsâ km]nt`¡v ko\p.

Mm³ fpwSmhnsW bnXns¨jpt¶`vbn¨p. lzmhw Nn«msS SaÀ¶ptbm] AkÄ BsN NnS]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Aksa Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n AkapsX Np*nNan Bªp ssN bSn¨p. H«pw kn{lffnÃmsS Nn«n] B AXn]n AkÄ bS_nt¸m]n. A`_n] AkÄ knSp¼n N^]m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. Mm³ AkapsX H^p Nm sbm¡n Nth^]n sk¸n¨p F¶n«p AkapsX Np*n kn^n¨p.

‘W¡n H^pt¡Xm Wnsâ doknsX Np*nFWn¡v Np® tNäm³’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘At¿m ^Kn… ASv tk*. AkÄ¡v CãfÃ. tkUWn¡pw.’ Ak³ b_ªp.

‘Jo b_ªSv tNÄt¡Xm bp*¨ntfmsW… Wnsâ emt^ysX Np*n FWn¡n¶v sbman¡\w’ Mm³ AkapsX fpXn Nq«n¸nXn¨p bp_Nnt`¡v k`n¨p ‘AkÄ¡v Cãs¸Xpw… CWn CtÃ`pw Cu bq_ntfmav¡v hpOn¡mWà Mm³ b®ps¶…

Fsâ Np®]v¡v hpOw Nn«mWm… tNt«m ^*p Ak^mSnNapw?’ Mm³ H¶psX AkapsX fpXn bnXn¨p k`n¨p. AkÄ ‘Biv’ F¶v lÐfp*m¡n. bns¶ ko*pw knSp¼m³ SpX§n. gdoÀ Fs¶tWm¡n C^n¡p¶p.

‘Zm bq_ntfmsW b_ªSv tN«nsÃXm ssft^… tWm¡n Wn¡msS Ws¡Xm…’

‘^Ko… ¹ohv Wo tkt\ Fsâ Np*n]n AXnt¨m… fp¯qsW kn«qsX?’ Ak³ tImUn¨p.

‘Zm Np*¨ntfmsW… Wntâw Wnsâ sNt«ymÄtXw Np*nMm³ sbman¨p S^mw ssft^…’ Mm³ AkapsX Np*n]nt`¡v Np® Bªp Np¯n. AkÄ A`_n¡^ªp. gdoÀ AkapsX tkUW fmämWm]n sbs«¶v AknsX W¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ Np®]q^n]t¸mÄ Ak³ Np®]pw Du¼n WW¨p. Mm³ Aksâ km]n Wn¶v k`n¨q^n ko*pw fpwSmhnsâ Np*n]nt`¡v Bªp SÅn. bNpSnt]maw N]_n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpwSmhv BsN knkl]m]n Fs¶ U]Wo]fm]n tWm¡n.

Mm³ BªXn¡m³ SpX§n. AkÄ N^ªp SaÀ¶psNm*p Fs¶ tWm¡n B PpUtemPw hzoN^n¨p. B C_pNn] Np*n]ns` IqXv BhzUn¨p Mm³ fpwSmhnsW BªXn¨p. AkÄ SaÀ¶p kojpsf¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Np®]q^n. F¶n«v AXn]n fpwSmhnsW W¡ns¡m*n^p¶ gdo_nsâ km]n N]än]Xn¨p.

A§sW Ss¶ Mm³ fpwSmhnsW Sn^n¨p WnÀ¯n H^p Nm Mm³ N¿n bnXn¨p sbm¡n. F¶n«p gdo_nsâ km]n Wn¶v Np®]q^n Mm³ fpwSmhnsâ bqän fp«n¨p.

‘At¿m… C¡m tNm*w…’ AkÄ SaÀ¶ hz^¯n b_ªp.

‘hm^fnà tfmsa Mm³ bnÂhv km§n]n«p*v’ gdoÀ b_ªp.

‘AtÃ`pw Ct¸mÄ tNm*w C«p Wns¶ b®m³ FWn¡v Dt±lfnÃ.’

Mm³ ASv b_ªpsNm*v Fsâ A^s¡«p AkapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v tIÀ¯p. WWªp NpSnÀ¶ B bq_nt`¡v Fsâ Np® ¹Nv F¶v N]_n.

Fsâ ^SnsskNrS¯n SaÀ¶ptbm] fpwSmhnsW bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n Mm³ Bªp b®n. AXn]n Fs¶]pw fpwSmhnsW]pw hpOn¸n¡mWm]n gdoÀ Aksâ Wm¡psNm*v Fsâ tdmÄhn`pw Np®]n`pw AkapsX bq_nSapNan`pw N´n`pw W¡pN]pw I¸pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*n^p¶p. Fsâ Hmt^m AXn]pw fpwSmhnsâ PÀe bm{Sw tbm`pw A_n]p¶ps*¶p AkapsX sM«`n Wn¶pw fWhn`m¡mw.

Fsâ A^s¡«nWp tkPS NqXn, Np® sk«n kn_¨p. fpwSmhnsâ At§]ät¯]v¡p Fsâ lp¢w Ioäns¯_n¨p. AkhmW SpÅn]pw Ioäns¯_n¡pw ks^ Mm³ AXn WnÀ¯n]nÃ. AkapsX bq_n`qsX H`n¨n_§n] Fsâ lp¢w gdo_nsâ km]nt`]v¡v Cäp ko\p. Mm³ Np® Du^n]Spw Ak³ Fsâ Np® I¸n kr¯n]m¡n. F¶n«p fpwSmhnsâ bq_pw I¸n kr¯n]m¡n. SaÀ¶p Akl]m] fpwSmhnsW Ak³ FXp¯p sdZv_qfnt`¡v sNm*ptbm]n.

dmSv–_qfn Wn¶n_§n sdZv_qfnt`¡v sI¶ Mm³ N* NmjvI FWn¡v A_¸pakm¡n. B tNm*¯n Wn¶pw Ssâ Np®]nt`¡v Fsâ lp¢w Dän¨p ASv tIÀ¯v fpwSmhnsW tWm¡n hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶ gdoÀ. Mm³ AVnNw AknsX Wn¡msS Npan¡mWm]n tbm]n.

A¶v bp_¯p tbms]¦n`pw fpwSmhv BsN SaÀ¨]n B]n^p¶p. AkÄ¡p WX¡m³ Ss¶ Wt¶ bmXpsb«p.

A¶v ^m{Sn fpwSmhnWv £o\w Nm^\w Nan H¶pw WX¶nÃ. F¶m bn¶oXpÅ Unkh§Ä ASn ftWmi^w B]n^p¶p.

Fsâ hpO¯nWp tk*n GSäw ks^]pw tbmNm³ B U¼SnNÄ S¿m_m]n. Ct¸mÄ PpUtemPw B\v fpwSmhnWv Gäkpw {bn]w.

fq¶p fmhw sbs«¶v NX¶ptbm]n. Mm³ Wm«nt`]v¡v fX§n. fpwSmhpw gdo_pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km¡v bm`n¨p. Mm³ fX§n]SnWp tlgw AkÀ hwtemPw WX¯n]nÃ.

Wn_k]_pfm]n Wm«ns`¯n] fpwSmhnsW Uqs^ Wn¶v BhzUn¡mtW FWn¡v NjnªpÅp. F¦n`pw N®psNm*pÅ M§apsX hwtemPw SpXÀ¶p.

Gs_ sskNmsS B ht´mg kmÀ¯]pw k¶p. Mm³ H^p B¬Np«n]psX A¨Wm]n^n¡p¶p.

timhvbnä`n F¯n] FWn¡v AktamXv H¶pw fn*m³ Njnªnsæn`pw Fsâ tfmsW Mm³ FXp¯p Smt`m`n¨p. At¸mjm\v gdo_nsâ tcm¬ k¶Sv…

‘Sm¦vhv… FWn¡pw fpwSmhnWpw ^ihy§Ä Han¸nt¡* Nm^yfnsöp WnW¡_n]mtÃm… F¦n`pw Fs´¦n`pw tk\sf¶v Mm³ B{Pin¨p, Akapw A§sW B]n^n¡pw. bs£ B ^ihykpw M§Ä Sp_¶p b_ªp… AkÄ¡pw FWn¡pw A_n]mw… bs£ CWn tks_ B^pw A_n]ntà Zm… hUmIm^w H¶pw CÃm¯ W½apw tbXn¡\w hfqis¯…’ Ak³ b_ªp.

Mm³ sNm¨nsW H¶pNqXn tWm¡n AknXp¶v C_§n.

‘fWÊn`ms]Xm…’ Mm³ ASpb_ªp tcm¬ sk¨p.

AkhmWn¨p.