A¸p_s¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pfpÅ hwemg\w A]mapsX {l²]mNÀgn¨p. sSm½³ sIknt]mÀ¯p; dm_ns` dia§apsX CX]v¡v fäpÅkÀ¡v tNÄ¡m³ bänsæn`pw sSm«Xp¯ fp_n]n C^n¡p¶ A]mÄ¡v Ak^psX hwemg\w kyàfm]n tNÄ¡m³ bäp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””AWnt` Akav bX¡aw N* NpSn^]m. ASnsW B`]¯n WnÀ¯m³ tWm¡n]m Wn¡¯nÃ; sSm½sâ bjp¯ tfmWv AkapsX Nj¸v SoÀ¡m³ Njnkpt*m? FksX? ASt`ym Akant«¨§p tbm]Sv; AknsXs¨¶m Ak¡v tNmam..ininin..”

fUy`i^n]n Imt¡m b_ªSv sSm½sW sM«n¨p. Ssâ ko«ns` Nm^yfm\v Ak³ b_]p¶Sv. Ca] tfm³ K]vhsâ em^y ssgWn ^*mjvI fp³bm\v bn\§n AkapsX ko«nt`¡v tbm]Sv. AkÄ Ai¦m^n]pw S` sS_n¨kapw Bs\¶pw tbm]m tbmNs« F¶pw em^y b_ªt¸mÄ fN³ Aksâ Cãw tbms` sI¿s« F¶ So^pfmW¯n`m]n^p¶p sSm½³. C^pbSv k]hp {bm]fpÅ ssgWns] B_pfmh§Ä¡v fp³bm\v K]vh³ knkmiw sI]vSSv. sb®nsâ shuµ^y¯n f]§n] Ak³ b\kpw fsäm¶pw tWm¡msS Akav fSn F¶ Hä bnXnkmln]n WX¯n] N`ym\fm\v. A©p S`fp_NÄ¡v Sn¶mWpÅ b\fpÅ sSm½³ F¦n`ksâ Cãfm]nt¡mt« F¶v N^pSpN]pw sI]vSp. Nm\m³ ASnhpµ^n]pw fmUN¯nX¼pfm]n^p¶p ssgWn; bmks¸« ko«ns` AwPfm]n^ps¶¦n`pw. N`ym\w Njn¨ tlgw AkWptk*n b\nS tks_ ko«n`m]n^p¶p AkÀ Smfhw.

“”””Aksas¶ kN k]v¡¯nà b¸m; Ai¦m^n]m; tkt\ Sn^n¨p k^s«” AkÄ tbm]SnsW¸än tImUn¨t¸mÄ ASm]n^p¶p K]vhsâ f_pbXn. Aksâ Cãw A§sW]ms\¦n A§sW B]nt¡ms« F¶v sSm½Wpw N^pSn.

“”””Akav Nj¸n]m¶v WnWs¡§sW A_n]msfXm Imt¡ms]?” AWn`nsâ Npjª lÐw tN« sSm½³ kÀ¯fmWNm`¯nt`¡v F¯n.

“”””FXm MmWo Wm«o tS^m¸m^m tbmanhn FXp¸n¡m³ sS*n WX¡p¶kWt`ym? FWn¡_n]m¯ NTNÄ Ht*m CknsX” Imt¡m In^n¨p.

“”””Mm¦^pSn Aksam^p bmkfm¶v; k`y Nmslm¶pw CÃm¯ ko«ns` sb®tÃ; bs£ Aksat¸ms`m^p I^¡o Wm«o CÃ; MmWksa HmÀ¯v kn«ns«mÅ km\§¡v N\¡nÔ B{Nm´t¯msX AWn b_ªp.

Nm\pt¼mÄ skaps¡ In^n¡p¶ Wm«pNm^psX SWnWn_w sSm½³ BUyfm]n tW^n A_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ fUyw Wp\ªpsNm*v NmtSmÀ¯p.

“”””FXm AkÄsX NpXpwd bm^¼^yw Cu f*³ sSm½W_n]¯nÃ. AkÄsX H_nKnW S´ bt* Aktaw StÅw Ct«¨p tbm]Sm. ^*mfSv sN«n]ksâ tfmWm AksX B§as]¶p bt_¶ sI_p¡³. Wm«pNm^psX knIm^w C¸js¯ St´sX tfmam Cksa¶m. MmW_ntª¡p¶Sv Ckav {bm]w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_n]n¨ Wmav sfmSÂ ^*mw S´ D¸ptWm¡p¶ps*¶m; ASt`ym sb®nsâ sfmt`w I´osfms¡ Caw {bm]¯ns` A§v ImXn]Sv”

sSm½Wv Ssâ fWÊn FknsXms¡t]m Fs´ms¡t]m hwekn¡p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. Ck³, Cu Imt¡m Fs´ms¡]m\o b_]p¶Sv? ssgWns] AkapsX ^*mWѳ kt¨m*n^n¡pN]m]n^ps¶t¶m?

“”””HÅSmt¶mXm Imt¡ms]? t¿m tN«n«v GSm*v tbms`” AWn`nWv C¡nan ks¶¶p tSm¶p¶p Imt¡m]psX skans¸Xp¯Â tN«t¸mÄ.

“”””CSv Mm³ sI`X¯p Wn¶pw tN«Sm. So CÃmsS sbmN H*mN¯nÃtÃm? bs£ A]`s¯ imKn]m^v Aksa Du¡p¶Sv Wm«n H«pfn¡ tb^pw A_nª Nm^yfm?”

“”””Fât½m B^v? B NŸ\¡m^³ Dhvfm³ imKnt]m?”

“”””AtS¶v; A]mapsX em^y]v¡v hpOfnÃm*m]n«p sNmt_ B]ntÃ? {bm]w A_pbSnWXp¯v Ds*¦n`pw sNjkWv Wà Bt^mPyfm. Cksat¸ms` H^p b¨¡^n¼v A]`¯pÅs¸m A]mav knXptfm? A]mav sb®p§sa hpOn¸n¡m³ bt* fnXp¡Wm¶m tNjzn”

“”””hSyfmt\mXm Imt¡m? Wo Ip½m DXm]n¸v b_]tÔ

“”””Asæo¸ns¶ Aksa´m bns¶ AksW Ct«¨p tbm]Sv? AknsX sI¶m H¶Ã, ^*p Np®Nap*v AkapsX bq_pw NqSow sbman¡m³. imKn NqSn{bn]³ Bs\¶m tNjzn. H_§ns¡X¶ Fta f^ptfmÄsX sNmSw ^m{So W¡m³ tbm]n A]mav tfmsâ AXn tfXn¨ knk^sfm¶pw Wo A_nªntÃ?”

“”””A§sWs]m^p hwekw D*mt]m?”

“”””D*m]n. AtSmXtà Ak³ tks_ Smfhw fm_n]Sv. emt^ysX NqSn sNmXp¡m¯ sN_pknWv imKn AkWv sg]À H¶pw sNmXp¯pfnÔ

“”””A]mav sNmÅmftÃm Bav” AWn S`]_ªp In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”””sNmÅmsft¶m? CX]v¡pw sbX]v¡pw AXn km§n Nq«p¶p*v F¦n`pw I^¡pNsa N*m Aks^ b®m³ F´v Wm_n] b\n]pw A]mav Nm\n¡pw. sSm½sâ f^ptfmsa A]mav Du¡p¶p*m^p¶p F¶Sv Wm«n bm«m; B sNj§³ sSm½sWs¡m*v sNmÅmªn«m; Asæo Aksat¸ms` H^p skaª sb®nsW kn«pNa]ptkm?”

Imt¡m]psX hwhm^w sSm½Wn BUyfm]n Ssâ f^ptfmsa¸än AVfIn´NÄ hrãn¨p. Ck³ b_]p¶Sv tbms` bt* bnj¨ sb®mt\m ssgWn? Bs\¦n Akapw ko«pNm^pw S§sa ISn¡pN]m]n^p¶ntÃ?

“”””Wo bt_s¶, sSm½W¨m]³ Aksa…” AWn BÀ¯nt]msX tImUn¨p.

“”””ASs¶; A]mÄ¡v tkt\`ksa bpÃptbms` Du¡^ptSm? FXm A]mÄsX tfmsWm^p sNj§Wm; Aksâ NqsX Bt^mPyfpÅ H^p sb®pw Wn¡¯nÃ. sNmt_ b\w Hs*¶p b_ªn«v Nm^yfnÃ. Np®hpOw A_nª sb®nWv ASv Nn«n]ntà b\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*v Du¡m³ H¡ptkm. ASpwtbms« Ak¡v {bm]w F{Sm? sk_pw C^pkSv! B {bm]¯ns`mÅ H^p sb®v ASpw Np®hpOw A_nªkav, AX§n Wn¡¯nÃ. Aksa sbman¨p No_n Du¡n hpOn¸n¡m³ bäp¶ B\ms\¦n AkaX§n HSp§n sNX¡pw. sSm½sâ ØmW¯v MmWm^pt¶Â Nm\m^p¶p”

sSm½³ sM«n. A]mapsX `nwPw D`¡tbms` NW¯p Njnªn^p¶p. fNsâ em^ys]¸än H^n¡`pw AWmklyfm]n A]mÄ In´n¨n«p*]n^p¶nÃ. Ct¸mjpw CX]vs¡ms¡ em^y t_mh½s] A]mav b\n]m_p*v. bs£ AkÄ¡v bj] B Sm`vb^yw CÃ. F¦n`pw b^hv{So dÔ¯nWv sSm½³ H^n¡`pw {lfn¨n«nÃ. bs£ Ct¸mÄ tN« Nm^y§Ä A]msa kÃmsS hzmVoWn¡m³ SpX§n¡jnªn^p¶p.

H^p sbPv NqXn Hjn¨psNm*v A]mÄ ssgWn]psX ^qbw fWhnt`mÀ¯p. knkmitlgw DX³Ss¶ AkÀ Ak^psX ko«nt`¡v Smfhw fm_n]n^p¶SpsNm*v AVnNsfm¶pw AktamXv– CXsbXm³ hmVn¨n«nÃ. CX]v¡v SmWknsX tbm] hf]¯v Aksa Nm\pt¼mÄ, fNWv C{S hpµ^n]m] H^p sb®nsW Nn«n]Snsâ AenfmWw tSm¶n]n«p*v. bs£ Aksam^p Nmf{em´n]m\v F¶v At¸msjm¶pw A_nªn^p¶nÃtÃm. Imt¡m b_ªsSms¡ hSyfms\¦nÂ, Ssâ fNsW ISn¨ Aksa sk_psS knXp¶Sv l^n]Ã. bs£ Ak³ b_ªsSms¡ l^n]mt\m F¶_n]\w; Imt¡ms] knlzhn¡m³ bänÃ. F¦n`pw So]nÃmsS bpN]p*mNnà F¶v b_]p¶Sv tbms` Fs´¦n`psfms¡ CÃmsS AkWn{S StâXt¯msX b_]ptfm. A]mÄ fWÊn In` N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¯n.

“”””sSm½Wv t]mPw Ht* AkapsX tS³bq_p Nn«pw; it½, AkÄsX bq_pw NqSow Sn¶p¶ imKosX HXp¡s¯ t]mPw..sNjksâ emPyw tbm`pw Wfs¡m¶pw CÃtÃm” Imt¡m fUy`i^n]n b_]p¶Sv tN« sSm½³ A_n]msS `nwP¯n SXkn.

ko«ns`¯n] sSm½³ hÔy]v¡v fNsW A^nNn knan¨p. H¸w Nm^yf_n]m³ em^y t_mh½]pw F¯n.

“”””FXm ssgWn tfmsa Wo knan¡m³ tbmNp¶pt*m?” sSm½³ fpOkp^ CXmsS tWs^ Nm^y¯nt`¡v NX¶p.

“”””F´nWm Aksa knan¡m³ tbmNp¶Sv? sbmNª sNmÅn sbm_¯v. Fsâ tfmWv tks_ sb¼nÅms^ Nn«pw. Akav tbmNm³ b_” t_mh½ ssgWn]psX tb^v tN«¸tj N`nSpÅn. Wm`pfp`NÄ S½n tI^nà F¶ sImÃv fWhnt`mÀ¯ sSm½³ AkÄ b_ªSv sPuWn¨nÃ.

“”””Wo]Ã, Ak³ b_]s«”

“”””b¸m F´v b_]p¶p?” K]vh³ tImUn¨p.

“”””Wo sN«n] sb®nsW knant¨m*v k^p¶ Nm^yw MmWmt\m So^pfmWnt¡*Sv?”

“”””Akav Mm³ knan¨m k^ptkm¶mÀ¡_n]mw; ASm..” b^p§t`msX Ak³ b_ªp.

“”””B*v tN«ntÃ, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Akav b_ªm tN¡m¯ Smt´m¶n]m; Akav tbms«¶v; knan¡mWpw b_n¡mWpw B^pw tbm* Nm^yfnÔ t_mh½ ko*pw CXsb«p.

“”””FXo, Ak^v S½n kà shuµ^y¸n\¡kpw Bs\¦n`Sv– b_ªp SoÀ¡t*. tks_ H^p¯ns] sN«n Wmsa Akapw C§sW tbm]m`Spw Wo CtStbms` Nm\ptfm? A§Wmt\ CkWv sb®v sN«msW tW^w Nm\q.” F¶n«]mÄ K]vhsW tWm¡n SpXÀ¶p:
“”””Akav k^p¶Sn WnW¡v knt^mVfps*¦n tk*; ASà k^\w F¶m\v B{Pisf¦n Mm³ tbm]n knant¨m*v k^mw”

“”””Wn§¡v F¶m¯nsâ hqt¡Xm; lN`w sSm`nskap¸pw sNmjp¸pw HÅSnsâ Nj¸m Ak¡v. FÔymWn¨n” t_mh½ N`nSpÅn. ssgWn]psX shuµ^y¯n AkÀ¡v NXp¯ Ahq] D*m]n^p¶p.

“”””CkWnãs¸«p sN«n]StÃ? AÃmsS Fsâ sh`£³ H¶pfÃtÃm? sN«n] sb®nsW NqsX WnÀt¯*Sv NpXpwd¯n bn_¶k^psX ^oSn]m\v. Wo F´v b_]ps¶Xm” f^pfNapsX sNmjp¯ l^o^w fWÊn hzbvWw N*v b²Sn Wo¡pN]m]n^p¶ sSm½³ t`lw tNmb¯n`m]n^p¶p.

“”””b¸m knant¨m*v k^ps¶¦n kt¶m; FWn¡v knt^mVfnÃ. bs£ Akav AX§ns]mSp§n Wn¡ptfm¶m”

K]vh³ S`sIm_nªp. sSm½Wv Nm^yw Gs_¡ps_ kyàfm]n. Imt¡m b_ªSv Ss¶]m\v hwPSn. CkWksa tbXn]m\v; hz´w NjnkptNXv sNm*pÅ tbXn. Aksa sf^p¡m³ CkWv bäp¶nÃ. sI_p¸w fpSt` tf`W§msS Kokn¨ AkWv Bt^mPyw Sos^]nÃ. bq\n¨ H^p l^o^w fm{Sfp*v. kym]mfw sI¿m³ b_ªm tNÄ¡nÃ. bns¶§sW N^p¯p*mNpw?

“”””AkÄ AX§n Wn¶nsænÂ, At¸mÄ Wfp¡v tk*Sptbms` sI¿mw. F´m]m`pw H^p Sk\ W½av kn«pkojvI sI¿\w. sSäv Wnsâ emP¯pWn¶pw D*m]n¡m\pftÃm” hmiI^y§Ä AWpNq`fm\v F¶v N* sSm½³ b_ªp. ssgWn H^p Nj¸n]m\v F¶_nªSv fpS A]mapsX fWÊv CaNn f_n]pN]m]n^p¶p.

sSm½sâ So^pfmW¯n tNmbkSn]m]n t_mh½ Fjpt¶äv ImXn¯pÅn DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. A]mÄ ASv Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. ssgWn H^p tbm¡v tNhms\¦nÂ, Imt¡m b_ªsSms¡ tW^ms\¦n Cu knkmiw sNm*v Fs´¦n`pw Pp\w D*mt] bäq; fmWkpw `mekpw CÃm¯ GÀ¸mXv l^n]ÃtÃm. Aksa sN«n]Snsâ Wãw B l^o^w AWpekn¨ns«¦n`pw b^ni^n¡\w. t_mh½s]t¸ms` IX¨ l^o^kpw kr¯nsN« sb^pfmäkpw Aà AkÄ¡v; l^n¡psfm^p fmUN_m\n Ss¶]m\v ssgWn. NqXmsS AkÄ bnj]mt\m F¶_n]pN]pw tk\w. A]mÄ fWhnt`mÀ¯p.

A§sW AXp¯ Unkhw sSm½³ tWs^ ssgWn]psX ko«nt`¡v tbm]n. Aksa Nm\p¶SnWv fp³bv Imt¡m b_ª imKn]m^psX sXu\n`pÅ NX]nt`¡m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mÄ sI¶Sv. sI¶t¸mÄ A]mÄ Hmcohv fp_n]n`p*m]n^p¶p. A_pbSp k]ÊnWXp¯v {bm]w Ds*¦n`pw imKn¡v WÃ Bt^mPyfp*v F¶v sSm½Wv fWhn`m]n. W^¨ fpXn]pw SmXn]pw Bs\¦n`pw B N®pNÄ¡v WÃ So£v\S.

“”””B^m? fWhn`m]nÃtÃm?” sSm½sW N*t¸mÄ imKn tImUn¨p.

“”””ssgWn]psX A½m]n]¸³ B\v”

ssgWn]psX tb^v tN«t¸mÄ A]mapsX fpOs¯ emkfmäw sSm½³ {l²n¨p.

“”””Hm C^n C^n; M½av Wn§sa fp¼v N*n«nÃtÃm; NpXn¡mWs¡m*v F´v tk\w? Im] bt_s«” imKn fpOs¯m^p In^n k^p¯ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.

“”””H¶pw tk*; Wn§sa SWn¨p Ns*m¶p hwhm^n¡mWm Mm³ k¶Sv”

“”””B]nt¡ms«; C§av C^n¡n³”

sSm½³ A]mÄs¡Sns^ NnX¶ Nth^]n C^p¶p.

“”””ssgWn tfmWpfm]n bn\§n ko«nt`¡v tbm]n^n¡pkm. Aksa tks*¶p k¨mt`m F¶ksWm^p B{Pifp*v. AkÄsX hzemkw l^n]Ãt{S. AsS¸än So^pfmWn¡p¶SnWv fp³bv A]¡mt^mXv H¶v Sn^¡msf¶v N^pSn. Ak³ b_ªSv NÅfm\v F¦n Sn^nsN knant¨m*v tbmNmWm\v b^nbmXn. ASsæn knkmiw Hjn]mWpw. Sm¦Ä¡v Aksa¸än Fs´¦n`pw A_n]mtfm?”

sSm½sâ tImUyw tN« imKn]psX DÅn Wq_p Pp*pNÄ H^pfn¨p sbm«n; Akav N`ym\w Njn¨ptbm]tSmsX A]mÄ Wà fW{b]mh¯n`m]n^p¶p. PK Nj¸n]m] ssgWn]psX Caw NqSn]n Np® tNän hpOn¨psNm*n^p¶Sm\v AtSmsX Wn¶ptbm]Sv. AkÄ bn\§n k¶tSmsX hwPSn ko*pw SpX§mWpÅ hmiI^yw H^p¡mWpÅ {lf¯n`m]n^p¶p A]mÄ. Ct¸mjnSm A½m]n]¸³ tW^n«v AkapsX hzemk hÀ«ncn¡äv tImUn¡m³ k¶n^n¡p¶p. ssgWn CWn Sn^n¨p tbmN^pSv F¶v WnÀdÔfp*m]n^p¶ imKn, DÅSv sbmXn¸pw sSm§`pw k¨p b_]m³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p.

“”””C§X tb^v tIm]v¡m³ f_¶p” imKn Can¨psNm*v– SmXn sIm_nªp.

“”””sSm½³”

“”””Rm sSm½³ hmt_, Aksa C§sX tfmsWs¡m*p sN«n¨Sv hSyw b_ªm k`y Ad²km]nt¸m]n. Wn§aksa tds*¶p d]v¡m³ So^pfmWn¨ ØnSn¡v bt_¶ sNm*v sNm]¸fnÃtÃm? ASà Sn^n¨p sNm*pbmWs¡m*m\v So^pfmWsk¦n M½Ä AsSm¶pw bt_¶Sv h^n]mknÔ imKn S{´bqÀÆw SpX§n.

“”””Wn§av DÅSv DÅtbms` b_]q. Fsâ tfmsW KoknSw ks¨Wn¡v Nan¡m³ bänÃtÃm” sSm½³ b_ªp.

“”””ASm\v– ASnsâ h^n. F¦o¸ns¶ M½av HÅSv HÅtbms` Ss¶ b_]mw; Hmav sb]]m fmtg; M½¡Sv tW^n«_n]mw” imKn lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.

sSm½sâ I¦nXn¸v NqXn. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv At¸mÄ Imt¡m b_ªSv l^nSs¶]m\v.

“”””F§sW?” A]mÄ BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.

“”””CdnXn^p¶p hwhm^n¡m³ bäqÃ; CdX Bt^`pw FX]vs¡sX tN_n d^pw; tfman H^p fp_o*v; M½¡v At§m«v– tbm]mt`m?”

“”””BNmw”

imKn NX]psX fmtWK^m] AW´n^ktWmXv b_ªn«v bp_¯n_§n fpNant`¡pÅ bXnNÄ N]_m³ SpX§n. sSm½Wpw imKn]psX NqsX bXnNÄ N]_n fpNans`¯n. AknsX]p*m]n^p¶ kn{lffp_n]n N]_n cm³ Hm¬ sI]vS tlgw imKn NSNX¨p sNmap¯n«p.

“”””ftäk³ C^ns¸m*v–. Hmt^m¶v Hjn¡t\m?” imKn tImUn¨p.

“”””imKn]m^v NpXn¡ptfm?”

“”””bns¶ NpXn¡m*v M½av sk_psS dm§n k¡ptfm; C§¡v tkt\m?”

“”””F¦ns`Xp¡v”

A§sW ^*p ¥mhpNan`m]n fUyw Wn_ªp. H^p Nlpk*n Xn¶pw imKn Xotbm]n k¨p. Npt_sÈ fUyw Wp\ª tlgw imKn H¶v fp^XW¡n; F¶n«v sfsà hwhm^n¡m³ B^wen¨p.

“”””Hmsa M½a_o¶Sv, sNm_¨p WmÄ¡v fp¼m. HmÄsX km¸ M½sX ssN]o¶v Nmlv NXw dm§o^p¶p; H^p `£w D_pby. HmWSv Sn^n¨p S^m*v fp§n WX¡m³ sSmX§n. A§Wm\v M½av H^ohw Hm^psX ko«o tbm]Sv”

SpXÀ¶p imKn b_ªSv sSm½³ tW^n Nm\m³ SpX§n.

ssgWn]ptXSv sI_n] H^p koXm]n^p¶p. A¶v AkapsX ^*mWѳ h®n AknsX]p*m]n^p¶p. AS_nªp sNm*m\v imKn At§m«v– sI¶Sv. Nps_ Unkh§am]n Ak³ A]mapsX fp³bn sk«s¸Xp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. NX]n tbmNp¶SpsNm*v bN SmWnknsX D*mNm_pfnÃ. ^m{Sn tKm`n¡ms^ Bs^s]¦n`pw b_ªp knXpt¼mÄ Ak³ Hm«w tbm]n^n¡pN]m\v F¶ Øn^w bÃkn]m\v em^y b_]pN. C¶v AW´n^ksW NX G¸n¨n«v D¨]v¡v k¶ hf]¯m\v Aksâ S`k«w N*Sptbms` tSm¶n]Sv. tIm_p*n«v H¶v tN_n tWm¡msf¶v N^pSn A]mÄ k¶Sm]n^p¶p.

koXnsâ fp³bns`¯n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ NSNv AXªp NnX¡p¶p. CWn AksW N*Sm]n SWn¡v tSm¶n]Smt\m F¶ l¦t]msX Wn¶t¸mÄ DÅn Wn¶pw AX¡n¸nXn¨ hwhm^kpw In^n]pw. imKn k^m´]nt`¡v N]_n NmtSmÀ¯p.

“”””sNm¨ns` W½av BW Nan¨n«ntÃ? tfmav bt¸sX sbm_¯v tN_n C^p¶v? AtStbms` Nan¡mw” h®n]psX lÐw imKn]psX NmSpNans`¯n.

“”””A½ k¶mt`m?” H^p sb®nsâ AX¡n¸nXn¨ lÐw.

“”””Akav sskNns« k^s¯mÅXn tfmsa; Wo tbXn¡msS” h®n NnS]v¡p¶p*]n^pWp.

“”””AksW§mWpw k¶mÂ?”

BW Nan¡p¶ Nm^yw b_]pt¼mÄ Cu sb®v F´nWm\v C§sWs]ms¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¡p¶Sv F¶v imKn Bt`mIn¨p. B^m\kÄ? At¸mjpw A]mÄ¡v ASv h®n]psX em^y]psX fNam\v F¶ In´ D*m]n^p¶nÃ.

“”””Ak³ A©pf\n BN¯ntÔ

“”””sÈm FWn¡v tbXn]m”

“”””BW Nan¡mtWm? As¸m b*v W½av Nan¨tSm?”

“”””A¶v Mm³ NpªÃm^pt¶m? Cs¸m k`pS]ntÔ

“”””k`pSm]n«v Nan¡mWm sbs® hpOw”

“”””Òw”

“”””km tN_n C^n¡v” h®n kÃmsS NnS]v¡p¶p.

“”””sÈm Bt^`pw k^pw” sb®nsâ In\p§Â.

“”””^*pf\n B]sS HÅp; B^pw k^p¯nà sbs®; km, tN_n C^n¡v” h®n A£fWm]n^p¶p. AkÄ In^n¡p¶Sv imKn tN«p. ASv A]mapsX
^àt]m«w Nq«n. Fs´m^p In^n]m\v bq_n]ptXSv; Bs^]m\k³ ka¨v sNm*pk¶n^n¡p¶Sv? StÅw f¡apw ko«n`nà F¶m\v tSm¶p¶Sv. A]mÄ Ak^psX hwhm^¯nsâ Unl N\¡pNq«n k^m´]n Wn¶pw C_§n koXnsâ kX¡pemPt¯¡v sI¶p. AknsX Wn¶t¸mÄ hwemg\w NqXpS kyàfm]n.

“”””km, tN_v”

“”””sÈm FWnt¡Sm*v tbms`”

“”””bmkmX sbm¡n I´n sbm_¯v fp«n¨p tk\w C^n¡m³ tNt«m”

sb®nsâ `i^nbnXn¸n¡p¶ In^n ko*pw. imKn]psX irU]w làfm]n fnXn¨p. A]mÄ Ipän`pw tWm¡n. Sm³ Wn¡p¶Snsâ bn¶n`m]n H^p k`n] fpawNmXm\v. CknsX Wn¡p¶Sv bp_¯v Wn¶v fämÀ¡pw Nm\m³ bänÃ. AXps¯§pw koXpfnÃ. AXªp NnX¶n^p¶ bj] KW`nsâ knÅ`n`qsX A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n. H¶p^*p knÅ`pNÄ b^o£n¨v Njnªt¸mÄ A]mapsX sUuSyw knK]w N*p. fp_n¡Nw Ct¸mÄ kyàfm]n Nm\mw.

imKn BÀ¯nt]msX DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n. h®n Wn`¯v ssNNp¯n Wn¡pN]m\v. AXp¯p Wm\n¨p bq¯p`ªp Wn¡p¶ ssgWn. Aksa
N*t¸mÄ A]mÄ sM«nt¸m]n! CSksâ tfmatÃ? hz´fsæn`pw em^y]psX fNÄ! Ckan{S]v¡v I^¡m]n fm_n]Sv SmsW§sW]m\v A_n]msS tbm]Sv F¶]mÄ AÛpSs¸«p! sb®v kaÀ¶p sNmjp¯v D^p¸Xn]m]n^n¡p¶p. F´m AkapsX fp`NapsX H^p fpjp¸v!

“”””tN_v” h®n A£ft]msX b_]p¶Sv imKn N*p. sb®v fXn¨pfXn¨v k¶v Aksâ fpNant`¡v N]_n]n^p¶p.

“”””bmkmX sbm¡n I´n fp«n¨v”

ssgWn In^n]X¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v Aksâ fpNan Nm`pNk¨p Wn¶p. F¶n«v bmkmX D]À¯n sNmjp¯ SpXNapw I´nNapw WPvWfm] Aksâ bp_t¯¡fÀ¯n C^p¶p.

“”””im..” AkapsX sNmjp¯ fmwh¯nsâ hbÀlWw WÂNn] Dt¯KW¯n h®n M^§n. Ak³ Aksa k¨psNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp_n]n WX¡m³ SpX§n. ssgWn C¡nan]m]Sv tbms` NpXpNpsX In^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. imKn]psX N®pNÄ AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* sk®¯pXNan BÀ¯nt]msX bSnªp.

“”””BW¡^Wm Wo, Fs¶ AXn¡v” WX¡p¶SnWnsX h®n b_ªp.

“”””BsW, CXt¯m«v” ssgWn Aksâ sIkn¡v bnXn¨psNm*p b_ªp.
AkÄ bq_p W¶m]n AfÀ¯n sfsà Wn^§p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””Wà hpOfpt*m” h®n tImUn¨p. ssgWn fqan. WWªp NpSnÀ¶ AkapsX bmâohn Wn¶pw Aksâ fpSpNt¯¡v– WWkv bXÀ¶p SpX§n]n^p¶p. hpOw fq¯ ssgWn bq_p W¶m]n AfÀ¯n fp³tbm«pw bn³tbm«pw Wn^§n.

“”””Fsâ sbm_w WW]p¶tÃm BW¡m^m” h®n In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”””WX¡v BsW” Ak³ b_ªSv tNÄ¡msS AkÄ bq_v AfÀ¯n.

“”””BW Nan¨Sv fSn; CWn CSntW¡mÄ hpOfpÅ tks_ H^p Nan Nan¡mw”

sb®nWv NXn fq¯v F¶v fWhn`m] h®n S{´bqÀÆw b_ªp. C_§m³ fWÊnÃm]n^p¶p F¦n`pw ssgWn Ak³ b_ªSv sNm*v C_§n. SmWn^p¶ CX¯v sNmjp¯ fUK`w bän]n^n¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Aka_n]msS `Öt]msX kn^ NXn¨p. h®n Fjpt¶äv bp_w SpX¨n«v AkÄ Nm¬sN ASv W¡n]n_¡n.

“”””sÈm” ssgWn Wm\n¨v bq¯p`ªp At§m«pfnt§m«pw l^o^w B«ns¡m*v kn^Â NXn¨p.

“”””Cu Nan l^n¡v hpOnt¨m WnW¡v” AkapsX sS_n¨ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n h®n tImUn¨p. ssgWn fqan.

“”””CWn AXp¯ Nan; ASv Nan¨m hpOw sNm*v WnW¡v {em´mNpw”

“”””AsS´v Nan]m”

“”””Wm] Nan” h®n Ip*pNÄ W¡ns¡m*v– b_ªp. ssgWn]psX sNmjp¯ tUi¯v Aksâ N®pNÄ BÀ¯nt]msX Djn]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””AsS§Wm?” ssgWn kn^Â Du¼ns¡m*v AksW tWm¡n.

“”””MmWm\v Wm]. Wo knan¡p¼w AXp¯p k¶p tfs¯ms¡ W¡n¯^pw; Wo bt_¶ CXs¯Ãmw”

“”””Èq…” ssgWn b^kl]m]n AksW tWm¡n.

bp_¯v Wn¶n^p¶ imKn sb®nsâ `Ö]pw NXnfq¯ emkkpw FÃmw N*p Ssâ Np® SXkm³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. h®n bj]tbms` Wn`¯v fp«n Wn¶v Wm]s]t¸ms` WmkpWo«n Aksa tWm¡n.

“”””F´m Wm]psX tb^v?” ssgWn NpXpNpsX In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”””CãfpÅSv tbms` knan..F¶n«v W¡n¡v” h®n BÀ¯nt]msX b_ªp.

“”””Kn½n, CknsX km” ssgWn b_ªp. h®n tkPw sI¶v AkapsX N\wNm`pNan fpOw D^p½n ASn W¡n.

“”””Dcvcv..” AkÄ N«n`nt`¡v N]_n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p. h®n Fjpt¶äv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX N\wNm`pNan`qsX fpOfp^p½n tft`¡v Wo§n. ssgWn NnS]v¡p¶Sv N* A]mÄ Aksa f`À¯n¡nX¯n. AkÄ Ip*v NXn¨v NmfmÀ¯nt]msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”””tfmsX FknsXms¡ W¡\w” AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨n«p h®n tImUn¨p.

AkÄ ]m{´nNfm]n ssN bq_nsâ tf k¨n«v A\¨psNm*v A]msa tWm¡n.

“”””F´m ASnsâ tb^v?”

“”””A_n]nÔ

“”””NÅw”

“”””A_n]nÔ

“”””bq_v; A§Wm M§av bt_¶Sv”

“”””sÈm..”

“”””CSv Nt*m” h®n `p¦n fmän Aksâ fq¯pNp`¨p Wn¶ Np® Aksa Nm\n¨p. ASnt`¡v tWm¡n] ssgWn Wm\t¯msX fpOw sbm¯n.

“”””CSnsâ tb^_n]mtfm tfm¡v”

AkÄ Csöp S`]m«n. h®n fpOw sbm¯n]n^p¶ AkapsX ssNNÄ bnXn¨p fmän] tlgw C§sW b_ªp:

“”””^*p tb^p*v AkWv; A*n, Np®”

ssgWn NpXpNpsX In^n¨p. h®n {em´fm]n AkapsX NknapNan fm_nfm_n Ipwdn¨n«p WnkÀ¶p.

“”””tfm¡v GSp tb^m Cãw? A*nt]m AtSm Np®s]m?” h®n]psX ssNNÄ AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v Wo§n]Sv imKn N*p. Aksâ ssN]n HSp§m¯{S fpjp¸m\v AkapsX fp`NÄ¡v. AkÄ bq¨¡p«ns]t¸ms` AX§n¡nX¡p¶Sv NqXn N*t¸mÄ imKn¡v hfWn` sSän.

“”””A*n” ssgWn kn^Â NXn¨psNm*v In^n¨p.

“”””t¿m..Wnsâ]o In^n..” h®n AkapsX fpOw bnXn¨v bÃpNan Ipwdn¨p. AtSmsX sb®v f]§n]Sptbms` N®pNÄ AX¨p. h®n AkapsX SpXp¯ ssN bnXn¨v Ssâ Np®]n bnXn¸n¨p. AkaSn sfsà sM¡m³ SpX§n.

“”””tfmÄsX bq_p Mm³ W¡n¯^s«”

Aksa {em´fm]n Ipwdn¨n«v Ak³ tImUn¨p. sb®v km] Sp_¶v Nmfmtklt¯msX AksW tWm¡n. h®n]psX BÀ¯nbnXn¨ Wmkv AkapsX km]nt`¡v N]_n. AkapsX SpXp¯p Ipk¶ Wmkv Ak³ NXn¨o¼n k`n¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ {em´pfq¯ imKn Np®]n AfÀ¯n Sn^p½m³ B^wen¨p.

gÀ«pw bmkmX]pw V^n¨n^p¶ ssgWn]psX gÀ«nsâ d«\pNÄ Hs¶m¶m]n h®n knXÀ¯n. AXn]n AkÄ {dm C«n^p¶nÃ. sW©p SnNªp kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX fp`NapsX fpjp¸v N* imKn¡v im`naNn H¶f_m³ tSm¶n]Sm\v; bs£ A]mÄ Wn]{´n¨p. h®n B sS_n¨p {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ I¸m³ SpX§n. Wà D^p*, NpSn¨p´n fpjp¯p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ. ASnsâ fp´n^n§m sM«pNÄ Aksâ Wmknsâ hvbÀlW¯n bp_t¯¡v Wo*p Njnªn^p¶p. ASnWp Ipäpw W¡ns¡m*v– h®n sM«pNÄ I¸n¡pXn¨p. ssgWn hpOw fq¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_pNn.. fp`NÄ fm_nfm_n I¸ns¡m*v AkWkapsX bmkmX¨^Xn bnXn¡p¶Sv imKn N*p. sb®v hpOn¨p bpaªv ssNNÄ tft`¡v kn^n¨pk¨v t^mfw kaÀ¶ N£§Ä {bUÀln¸n¨p. t^mfs¡mSn]Wm] imKn ASpN*v Np®]n làfm]n AfÀ¯n. fp`Nan Wn¶pw W¡n Smtj¡n_§n] h®n, AkapsX bmkmX Du^nfmän.

“”””At¼m, Fs´m^p sSmX]mXo WntâSv”

AkapsX SXn¨p sNmjp¯ Nm`pNant`¡v tWm¡n Ak³ N®v SÅn. imKn]pw sM«mSn^p¶nà AkapsX Abm^ k®fpÅ, sk®s¡mjp¸pÅ SpXNÄ N*v. AhmVy sNmjp¸pw AjNpfpÅ SpXNapw N\wNm`pNapw. Ak]psX WXpkn fpj¨p´n Wn¡p¶ bq_nsW sbmSnªv NnX¡p¶ Skn«pWn_fpÅ bmâohv. imKn]psX l^o^w AXnfpXn S^n¨p. b¨¡^n¼v tbms`]pÅ sb®nsW B Wm]nsâ tfm³ AWpekn¡pN]m\v Ssâ N×p¶n k¨v. h®n AkapsX bmâohv k`n¨q^n ASv f\¯ tlgw DÅn bän]n^p¶ sNmjp¯ fUK`w W¡ns]Xp¯n«v Naªp.

“”””it½, DuDuDcvcvcvcv”

AkapsX SpXNÄ AN¯n Nk¨pk¨v t^mfw NmXptbms` kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX bqänt`¡v tWm¡n h®n A´wkn«p. imKn¡v AkapsX bq_p l^n¡v Nm\m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. h®n bm¼nsWt¸ms` Ioäns¡m*v AkapsX bqän fpOw bqjv¯n. ssgWn knÃptbms` kaªp bpa]p¶Sv imKn N*p. Umin¨p k`ª Wm] skÅw NpXn¡p¶Sptbms`]m\v h®n Aksa W¡n]Sv; {em´fm] Btklt¯msX. ssgWn b^nh^w f_¶p ho¡m^§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. KoknS¯n`mUyfm]n bp^pghpOw A_n]pN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ. ASpw NXnfq¯ frUp`fm] t]mWn]n b^p¡³ Wmkn`qsX `en¨ fmhvf^nN hpOw. h®n k«pbnXn¨ksWt¸ms` AkapsX bqän sS^psSs^ Ipwdn¨p. AkWkapsX N´v NXn¨p _ºÀ tbms` k`n¡p¶Sv N* imKn làfm]n hz]w temPw sI]vSp. ssgWn hpOw Sm§mWmNmsS A^s¡«v tft`¡v ka¨p]À¯n. AkapsX Wn]{´\w sSän] lzmthmÑzmhkpw NnS¸pNapw imKn kyàfm]n¯s¶ tNÄ¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. h®n]psX km]nt`¡v k`ns¨Xp¡p¶ k`n] N´n tWm¡n fSnf_¶p Np®]n Sn^p½n] imKn¡v skÅw k¶p. A]mapsX A*Àsk]À WW¨v lp¢w NpXpNpsX HjpNn. skÅw tbm]tSmsX Nmfw H^p b^nVnks^ lfn¨ imKn tkPw koXnsâ fp³bns`¯n. H^p Wnfngw fp«t\m tk*t]m F¶v Bt`mIn¨n«v AkhmWw A]mÄ NSNn fp«n. f_pbXn sskNpsf¶v A_n]mfm]n^p¶ A]mÄ ko*pw SpXs^¯pXs^ fp«n. DÅn AX¡n¸nXn¨ lÐ§Ä A]mÄ tN«p. A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ h®n k¶p NSNv Sp_¶p. imKns] N* Ak³ sM«n. Aksâ `p¦n]psX fp³bns` NqXm^¯n`m\v imKn]psX N®pNÄ BUyw bSnªSv.

“”””F´mXm h®o, Öv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv M½ta]§v f_t¶m?” AksW AXnfpXn tWm¡ns¡m*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

fqÀ²Wy¯nt`¡v N]_n] NmfhpOw fp_nªSnsâ CuÀgy]n`pw B^m\v k¶sS¶ e]¯n`pw C_§n k¶ h®n¡v, imKns] N*tSmsX Pymhv tbm] ØnSn]m]n. Nps_ Wmam]n b^pks¸Xp¯n sb®nsW sfsÃsfsà ss`Wm¡n C¶m\v SWns¨m¶p Nn«n]Sv. ASnsâ B{Nm´¯n fSnf_¶p tbm] hpO¯nWnsX]m\v CXn¯o tbms` C]mapsX k^kv.

“”””F´mXm AW¡v sIkn tN«qsX?” imKn]psX lÐw AksW D\À¯n.

“”””ASv..imKn]ms^..Mm³” h®n km¡pNÄ¡v tk*n b^Sn.

“”””ANs¯´m^p¶p b^nbmXn”

fq¯v D´n Wn¡p¶ Aksâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n]m\v imKn]Sv tImUn¨Sv. h®n]pw At¸mjm\v– `p¦n]psX AXn]n Ssâ hmVWw fq¯v Wn¡p¶Sv {l²n¨Sv. Ak³ tkPw `p¦n fX¡n¡p¯n ASv f_]v¡msWm^p {lfw WX¯n. imKn]psX tWm«kpw tImUy¯ns` kywPykpw AksW hwl]`pkm¡n]n^p¶p.

“”””B^m b¸m”

DÅn Wn¶pw hpOw fp_nª CuÀgyt]msX ssgWn knan¨p tImUn¨p. B fVp^lÐw tN«tSmsX imKn]psX N®pNÄ Aksa Nm\mWm]n BÀ¯nt]msX DÅnt`¡v Wo*p. ssgWn bp_t¯s¡¯n. AkÄ gÀ«v V^n¨n^p¶p F¦n`pw VrSnt]msX sI]vSSnWm Smjs¯ d«\pNÄ C«n^p¶nÃ. B knXkn`qsX Nm\s¸« AkapsX SpXp¯p sNmjp¯ k]_pw k`n] sbm¡napw, NmfhpOw sNm*v SpXp¯n^p¶ fpOkpw imKn]psX `nwPw ko*pw fq¸n¨p. sb®nsâ kWyfm] shuµ^y¯n A]mÄ f]§nt¸m]n.

“”””tfmÄ H*m^pt¶m CdsX” Aksa AXnfpXn tWm¡n Ip*pNÄ W¡ns¡m*v– imKn tImUn¨p.

“”””Dw” fqan, SpXp¯ NojvIp*v f`À¯n A]msa AWnãt¯msX tWm¡n]n«v AkÄ B k`n] I´nNÄ Ca¡n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. imKn¡v {em´pbnXn¨ptbm]n AkapsX B tWm«¯nÂ. NXnfq¯ sb®nsâ {em´pbnXn¸n¡p¶ tWm«w.

“”””As¸m Fsâ Nm]nsâ Nm^yw F§WmXm h®ns]? Cs¶Wn¡v ^*ns`m¶v A_n]\w” imKn tWm«w h®n]psX fpOt¯¡v fmän.

h®n I½t`msX S` sIm_nªn«p bp_t¯¡n_§n. A]msa b_ªp WnÀ¯mWpÅ fmÀ¤§Ä B AkØ]n Aksâ fWhn sSanªnÃ. Wmkn ssgWn]psX SpXp¯ bq_nsâ hzmUm\v.

“”””imKn]ms^ HXsW S^msWm^p Wnkr¯ow CÃ. Mm³ {lfn¡ps¶m*v” Ak³ b_ªp.

“”””si¶p b_ªm F§WmXm? ^qe H¶pw ^*pfÃ, H^p `£fm M½av S¶Sv. BsN¸msX Wo bSnWm]n^w ^qk b`nl S¶ns«m*v; b`nl CW¯n¯s¶ CWn Wo Gjm]n^w S^mWpfp*v–, sfmS`v tkt_w”

“”””ASv, AXp¯mjvI sNm_¨p Nmlv Mm³ H¸n¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡mw”

ssgWn A£ft]msX kmSn¡ ko*psf¯n bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n. imKns] AkÄ fWhn {bmNp¶p*m]n^p¶p. F´v hpOfm]n^p¶p b¸m bq_p W¡n¯¶t¸mÄ. f½n]pw AkWpw k¶m¸ns¶ H¶pw WX¡¯nÃ. AkÄ NXn fq¯v Ip*v f`À¯n A]msa¯s¶ tWm¡n. tIm^ Wn_fpÅ AkapsX Ip*nsâ CWn¸v imKn]psX hfWn` sSän¨p. F´v hpOfm\v– CkapsX Ip*v Nm\m³ Ss¶! Cu Nj¸n¸q_ns] F§sW]pw Sn¶\w; CÃmsS CWn SWn¡v bänÃ. A]mapsX fWÊn N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¶p.

“”””h®n Asâ S^nNnX M½tamXv tk*; M½¡v HXsW Nm]v td\w; AtàAW¡_n]mktÃm M½X shmemkw”

imKn]psX hz^¯ns` eog\n h®n¡v fWhn`m]n. b\w sNmXp¡m³ H^p Wnkr¯n]pw CÃ. AsS¸än Bt`mIn¡m³ Ct¸mÄ bäp¶pfnÃ. ssgWn]psX bq_p Sn¶p hpOn¡\w; Akapw sI_p¡Wpw k¶m H¶pw WX¡nÃ. Cu Nm`fmXsW F§sW b_ªp knXpsf¶pw fWhn`mNp¶nÃ.

“”””Mm³ S^mw imKn]ms^; sNm_¨p hmkNmlw NqXn”

ssgWn ssNNÄ sbm¡n fpXn HSp¡n k]_nsâ knlm`S imKns] Nm\n¨p. A¸w fp³bv hvO`n¨ A]mapsX `nwPw D`¡ tbms` bqÀ® fpjp¸n ko*pw F¯n¡jnªn^p¶p. AkapsX sbm¡nan Wn¶pw Smtj¡v tbmNp¶ t^mfmWn^NÄ N*t¸mÄ imKn¡v Aksa bnXn¨v AknsX]n«v Du¡m³ tSm¶n.

“”””F´m]m`pw Wo A]`¯pNm^³ Bt]m*v Mm³ tks_ H^p d]n b_]mw.” AkapsX sbm¡nan tWm¡n skÅfn_¡ns¡m*v A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p:

“”””Asâ tfmav do«o sd_psS Wn¡pktÃ. HmtamXv FX]v¡v At§m«v– d¶v kosXms¡ H¶v Sq¯pw km^ow AÃ_ InÃ_ tKm`n sI]vSv S^m³ b_. MmW§sW H^msa Nn«mt½*n tWm¡ns¡m*n^n¡pkm. bm¯p½]v¡v Wà hpOknsöp WnW¡_n]mktÃm? Aks¡m^p sI_n] him]w. Wo S^m³ HÅ b`nl Npt_sÈ CkÄsX l¼a¯o¶p bnXn¡mw. sfmS`v Wo S¶p SoÀ¡ptkw tk\w”

AktWmX§sW b_ªn«v imKn ssgWns] tWm¡n. AkapsX fp`NapsX SÅÂ A]msa {em´pbnXn¸n¨p. h®n]pw Sn^nªv Aksa tWm¡n.

“”””Mmt¼mkmw” kà kntVW]pw imKns] b_ªp kn«n«v h®ns]s¡m*v bq_p Soän¡m³ sk¼n Wn¶n^p¶ ssgWn H«pw Bt`mIn¡msS b_ªp. b_ªn«v AWnãt¯msX imKns] tWm¡n fpOw koÀ¸n¨p; SWns¡m¶p sbm]v¡qsX F¶ emk¯nÂ.

“”””F¶m h^n, Wmsa sfmS`v Wo km; F´m”

“”””k^mw” l¼aw F{S]ms\¶v tbm`pw AkÄ¡v A_nt]*m]n^p¶p. F§sW]pw B fm^\w tbm]m fSns]¶ In´]m]n^p¶p AkÄ¡v.

“”””F¶m h^n”

b_ªn«v imKn bp_¯n_§n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BÀ¯n sb^p¯p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ ssgWn lÐw Smjv¯n h®ns] knan¨n«v DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. imKn bp_¯n_§n¡jnªt¸mÄ h®n tkPw AN¯v N]_n NSNX¨p. AkWN¯v N]_n F¶_nª ssgWn gÀ«pw bmkmX]pw Du^n]n«v N«n`n N]_n¡nX¶p Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p.

Akav NXnfq¯v Ss¶ Hjnkm¡mWm\v tkPw h½Sn¨Sv F¶v dp²nfmWm] imKn¡v fWhn`m]n^p¶p. h®n NSNX¨]pX³ Ss¶ A]mÄ ko*pw Ak^psX ko«pka¸nt`¡v N]_n KW`nsâ AXps¯¯n DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n. bqÀ® WPvW]m]n f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ ssgWns] N*v A]mÄ¡v {em´pbnXn¨p. HXp¡s¯ Nj¸n! Akav fp«n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p Sm³ tbmNm³ tk*n. imKn]psX ssN tkPw Np®]nt`¡v Wo*p.

“”””W¡v b¸m…B Wmlw bnXn¨ At§À¡v k^m³ N*tW^w”

ssgWn bqän SjpNns¡m*v BÀ¯nt]msX b_ªp. h®n Af_ns¡m*v AkapsX SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v fpOw bqjv¯n. hpOw fq¯ ssgWn NnS¨psNm*v D¨¯n M^§n. In` BÀ¯nsb^p¯ Wm]v¡Ä FÃn³ Ng\¯nWv NXnbnXn NqXp¶Sv tbms`]m]n^p¶p h®n]psX B{Nm´w. AkapsX bq_pw SpXNapw I´n]pw FÃmw fm_nfm_n Ak³ NXn¨p I¸n.

“”””Dcvcvcv..ANt¯m«p tNän W¡v..Òw..FWn¡v k^p¶p..DuDuDuDuDuDuDu” h®n]psX S` bnXn¨v bqän D^¨psNm*v ssgWn Af_n. bq_p kn^`pNÄ sNm*v k`n¨p bnaÀ¯n h®n DÄemPw AfÀ¯n]fÀ¯n W¡n.

“”””DuDuDuDuDuDuDuDuDu”

ssgWn A^s¡«v fpNant`¡v sbm´n¨p; AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw NpXpNpsX skÅw ImXp¶Sv N* imKn làfm]n Np`p¡n skÅw Naªn«v tkPw Ø`w Nm`n]m¡n.

sSm½³ AXp¯ sbPv NXp¸¯n Hjn¨v Hä k`n¡v NpXn¨p.

“”””hSyfmt\m Wn§ao bt_¶Sv?” fUyw C_¡n]n«v– A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

“”””M½av Cu N®psNm*v N* Nm^yfm; hwPSn AkntXw SoÀ¶nÃtÃm? M½sX ssN]o¶p fm§n] b\w CuXm¡m³ HmtamXv M½sX do«n k^m³ M½av b_ª {bNm^w AXp¯ Unkhw Akav d¶v. h®osX ssN]o¶p Nm]p tkPsfm¶pw Nn«qÃm¶v M½¡v A_n]m^p¶p. ASv Hmsâ tfmsX l^o^w N*v td*m¶p d]v¡m³ M½av S]m_m]n; Hmav M½¡Sv S¶m”

imKn l^o^w sfm¯w Np`p¡n In^n¨p. F¶n«v H^p sbPv Hjn¨v skÅw tIÀ¯v H^p k`n¡v SoÀ¯p.

“”””F¶n«v?” sSm½³ Nlpk*n FXp¡p¶SnWnsX tImUn¨p.

“”””Hmsat¸ms` H^p sb®nsW M½av KodnS¯o N*n«nÃ; Hm¡v td*n F´pw sl¿m³ M½av S]m_m^p¶p.”

fUyw S`]v¡v bnXn¨ imKn fWhv bqÀ®fm]n Sp_¶p. sSm½³ Aksa Sn^nsN sNm*ptbmN^pSvF¶In´t]msXWX¶Svsfm¯wA]msaA_n]n¡mWm]n^p¶pA]mapsXSo^pfmWw.Nm^\wssgWnF¶D^p¸Xns]AWpekn¨vA]mÄ¡vfSnk¶n^p¶nÃ.AWpekn¡pt´m_pwko*pwko*pwtk\sf¶vtSm¶p¶ko^ytf_n]koªm]n^p¶pA]mÄ¡kÄ.

“”””A§sWHmavd¶BUyUnkhwbm¯p½]v¡vhwl]wH¶pwtSm¶m*n^n¡m³M½avNtXÂtbm]n.AXp¯Unkhw..”

sSm½³AhzØSt]msXAXp¯sbPv¥mhnt`¡vbNÀ¶p.