Pu^n bphvSN¯nÂWn¶pw Ns®Xp¯v Km`N¯n`qsX bp_t¯¡ptWm¡n.

“”CWn AWn kà f{´kmUkpw sI]v–tSm?””
AkÄ hz]w tImUn¨p.

Km`N¯n`qsX HjpNns]¯n] NmänWv bm`¸qknsâ PÔfp*m]n^p¶p.
sb«¶v bn¶ns`m^p ssN AkapsX ln^hnWphffm]n AÔNm^¯n Wn¶pw {bSy£s¸«p.

bSns] B ssNNÄ fpt¶m«v I`n¨p.
At¸mjpw Pu^n hoSs]jpSn] k^nNan`m]n^p¶p {l²n¨n^p¶Sv.

bSns] B N^§Ä AkapsX tSman bSnªp.

DXsW Pu^n Nth^]n Wn¶pw sM«ns]jpt¶äp.

“”fp¯ÈtWm… Mm³ tbXn¨ptbm]n.””

AkapsX e]t¯msX]pÅ hwhm^w Sn^ptfWns] hwl]¯nsâ km¡nÂsNms*¯n¨p.

“”´m Npt«y, ssN¿nÂ..””
A^* skan¨¯n Wn¶psNm*v Sn^ptfWn tImUn¨p.

“”H¶pÃym fp¯Èm, D_¡w k^m*m]t¸mÄ bj] bphvSN§Ä km]n¨n«§sW C^p¶p.””

ssN¿n`pÅ bphvSNw bn¶nt`¡v f_¨pbnXn¨psNm*v Pu^n b_ªp.

“”fv..””
Sn^ptfWn AkapsX k`s¯ ssN¿n sN«nsNmXp¯ ^£s] H¶ptWm¡n.

“”FWn¡v H^pNm^yw b_]mWp*v.
ASptN«v Wo e]s¸tX*SnÃ.””

“”F´m fp¯Èm..””

“”Wns¶ bn´pXÀ¶ B N_p¯^qbw H^mßmkm\v.””

ASpb_ªt¸mjp*m] Pu^n]psX N®pNans` Sna¡w Sn^ptfWns] kÃmsS AhzØWm¡n.

H¶pw b_]msS Sn^ptfWn A`vbtW^w Nnjt¡ Km`Ns¸man]n`qsX bp_t¯¡v tWm¡nWn¶p.

“”fp¯Èm, B^m ASv ?””
bn¶n`qsX k¶v Sn^ptfWn]psX k`SpssN¿n bnXn¨psNm*v Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”FÃmw sskNmsS fWhn`mNpw.
Cu ^£ Alp²nk^p¯msS hq£n¡\w. fWhn`mt]m…””

“”Cà fp¯Èm, Mm³ hq£n¡p¶p*v.
C{StW^]n«pw fp¯È³ D_§n]ntà ?..””

hwl]t¯msX Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”CÃ. fW¡`n bpSn] H^mapsX hmWnVyw A_n]p¶p*v
bs£ Ns*¯m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. GtSm làn]psX f_bän Wn¡p¶p Ct¸mjpw.””

Pu^n Ssâ k`SpssN¿n`pÅ bphvSNw bn¶nt`¡v f_¨pbnXn¨p.

“”tfmav NnXt¶m,…””

Sn^ptfWn Sn^nªpWX¶p

“”tUko, CWn hoS]mt\m B Bßmkv.””
AkÄ hz]w tImUn¨p.

Sn^ptfWn tbm]n F¶p_¸pk^p¯n]n«v Pu^n kmSn`X¨v Km`N¯nWm^nNns` Nth^]n`n^p¶psNm*p ssN¿n`pÅ bphvSNw ko*pw Sp_¶p.

AkhmWNp_n¸v ASn Sn¿Sns]m¶pw t^Os¸Xp¯n]n^p¶nÃ.

“”Wmsa Afmkmhn. fWÊnsW bnXn¨pWnÀ¯m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡pNjn]p¶nÃ. MmW_n]msS I`n¨ptbmNp¶p. l^o^w Sa^p¶tbms`
In`t¸mÄ Wmsa Fsâ f^\fmNmw..””

“”dm¡n…””

tlgfpÅ tbKpNÄ kas^ tkP¯n AkÄ f_n¨ptWm¡n.
bs£ Wn^ml]m]n^p¶p c`w.

“”^mkns` h¨nfmgnsW H¶ptbm]nNm\\w. In`t¸mÄ CSnsâ dm¡n A_n]m³ Njnªmt`m””

bphvSNw fX¡nk¡pt¼mÄ hf]w bp`À¨ 3 f\n.
bpS¸v S`kjnfqXn Pu^n N®pNaX¨p NnX¶p.

A^p\^lvfnNÄ Km`N¯n`qsX k¶pIpwdn¨t¸mjm]n^p¶p AkÄ D_¡¯nÂWn¶pfp\À¶Sv. ssNNÄNq¸n hq^yemPksW sSmjpSv WPvWbmU§Ä Wn`¯p Ikn«n N«n`nÂWn¶psfjpt¶äp.

At¸mtj¡pw A½p NpanNjnªv fp_n]nt`¡pk¶v
tSmÀ¯pfps*Xp¯v Pu^n¡v tWs^ C«psNmXp¯p.

“”tbm]nNpan¡v Put^y¨n. A¼`¯n tbm\w. C¶v AÀ¨W]p*v.””

NpanNjnªv Pu^n]pw A½pkpwNqXn t£{S¯nt`¡v tbm]n.
A¼`¡paw kjn t£{S¯nsâ bXnªms_ WX]nt`s¡¯n] AkÀ Npa¯nÂWn¡p¶ AWns]N*p.
^u{Uemk¯n Pu^n A]msa So£\fm]n tWm¡n.

“”UpãWm A]mÄ””
Pu^n b_ªp.

“”tR, Put^y¨ns] ´m sI]vtS.””
hwl]t¯msX A½p tImUn¨p.

“”Fs¶]Ã, B hoSs].””

“”fv, km Wfp¡v tbmNmw.””
A½p AkapsX ssN¯*]n bnXn¨psNm*v fpt¶m«v WX¶p.

AÀ¨WNjnªv AkÀ Sn^nsN fW]nt`¡v WX¡pt¼mjm]n^p¶p.
t£{S¯ns` sh{N«_n A½pknsW knan¨Sv.

Ft´m sf]n A]¡mWps*¶pb_ªv A½p A]mtamsXm¸w tbm]n.

Hä¡v Sn^nsN fW]nt`¡pfX§n] Pu^n]psX fWÊpfpjpkWpw hoS¡v F´m\v hwekn¨Sv F¶_n]mWpÅ BNmw£]m]n^p¶p.
h¨nUmWµsWN*v, tlgw hwekn¨ Nm^y§a_n]m³tk*n Pu^n tWs^ tbm]Sv A¸q¸³¡mknt`¡m]n^p¶p.

f¬bmS]n`qsX N^n]n`Nsa St`mXn AkÄ NmknWpÅnt`¡v NX¶p.

BÀ{Ufm] Caw¦mäv AkapsX fpXn]njNsa St`mXnsNm*v NX¶ptbm]n.

Nq«wsSän] A¸q¸³SmXnNÄ Bt^m^pw Nq«nWnÃmsS A´^o£¯n b_¶p WX¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”B^m?..””

sI_n] kW¯nWpÅnÂWn¶pwtN« Al^o^n Aksa A¸w e]s¸Xp¯n.

“”fmtg,…””

A`vbw D¨¯n AkÄ knan¨p.

kW¯nWpDÅn Wn¶pw
Njp¯n Sp\nh©n]pwSq¡n, Nknfp*pw, N_p¯ Kpd]pfn«v A`t¦m`fm]nNnX¡p¶ fpXn]njNsa Ssâ ssNNÄsNm*v HSp¡nk¨v A]man_§nk¶p.
h¨nUmWµ³.

“”F´m fmtg N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko«nt`s¡m¶pw tbmNp¶nÃ, CknsXSs¶]mt\m Du\pw D_¡kpw.””

“” AsS´mtXm SmW§sW b_tª ?..””
Njp¯n Wn¶pw Sp\nh©ns]Xp¯v– AXp¯pÅ bm_s¡«nsâ fpNan`n^p¶psNm*v A]mÄtImUn¨p.

“”G]v– H¶pÃym,Ip½m tNm`w N*n«v tImUn¨Sm..””

“”F´m bSnknÃmsS Cu kjn¡v ?..””

“”Mm³ fmgnsWNm\m³tk*nk¶Sm..””

“”Fs¶t]m, F´nWv..””
hwl]t¯msX A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

“”tImUn¡p¶Sn H¶pw tSm¶^pSv..
hoS¡v F´m hwekn¨Sv.?””
Pu^n Aksa¡p_n¨_n]m³ h¨nUmWµtWmXv tImUn¨p.

“”FWn¡_n]nÃ,..””

A]mÄ sb«¶v C^n¸nX¯nÂWn¶psfjpt¶äp.

“”At¿m, thm_n fmtg, Mm³ , ASv…bns¶…””

tImUn¨Sv Ad²fm]nt¸mt]ms]¶kÄ hwl]n¨p.
‘
“”¹ohv. `okv– fo Ft`m¬””

h¨nUmWµ³ Sn^nªpWX¶p.

“”fmtg, FWn¡_n]mw In`Nm^y§Ä. In`t¸mÄ FWn¡v Sm¦sa him]v¡mWmNpw.””

h¨nUmWµ³ H^p Wnfngw Wn¶p.

“”F§sW,?””

“” hoS]psX f^\¯nWv AWnt]«Wv b¦ps*Nn SoÀ¨]m]pw Wn]fhim]w Mm³ sI]vSpS^pw.””

“”BenIm^NÀ½§Äs¡Sns^ tNhv sNmXp¡m³ btäm SWn¡v.
CÃymtÃm, ASpSs¶.””

h¨nUmWµ³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”CSnsâ Wn]fw tks_, Wn]fbm`N·mÀ tks_.
FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p Wo Fs¶t¯Xn k^psf¶v.
Nr¯nNfm^psX AWp{PifpÅkatà Wo ASpw Afmkmhn]ns` KWWw.””

“”hoSs¡´phwekn¨p Fs¶Wn¡_n]\w. AS_n]m¯Nm`t¯maw Mm³ fmgnsW bn´pX^pw.””

“”Ct¸mÄ Fsâ kmhw Cu kW¯nWpÅn`m\v. bn´pXt^* BklyfnÃ.””
sI_n] kW¯nWpÅnt`¡v Iq*n¡m\n¨v A]mÄ b_ªp.

“”knkmiWnÝ]w Njnªp F¶_n]mw.
bs£ bns¶´phwekn¨p ?.
hoSs] N`ym\w Njnt¨m?..””

“”CÃym “” ln^hpSmjv¯n A]mÄ b_ªp

“”bns¶ ?..””

Pu^n ^*Xn fp¶nt`¡v Wn¶psNm*v tImUn¨p.
A]mÄ bSns] bm_s¡«nWp fpNan`n^p¶psNm*v Aksa tWm¡n.

“”knkmiWnÝ]w Njnªv kymjmjv¨ hoSs]s¶ Nm\m³ k¶n^p¶p.
A¶kÄ¡p*m] fmWhnNfm] bn^nfp_p¡w Ft¶mXv b_ªp.
ASpsk_pw tSm¶`mNpsf¶v b_ªpfWhn`m¡n MmWksa ko«nt`¡]¨p.

Hmt^m Unkhw Njn]pwtSm_pw AkapsX hzemk¯n fmä§Ä k^m³ SpX§n.Unkhw tcm\n knan¨n^p¶ Fs¶ bSns] Hjnkm¡m³ {lfn¡pN]mt\ms]¶v FWn¡ptSm¶n

HXpkn N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hoS Fs¶Nm\m³ k¶p.
bs£ Fsâ hwl]w sk_pw tSm¶`m]n^ps¶¶v As¶Wn¡v fWhn`m]n.
Nm^\w Ft¶mXpÅ hvtWi¯nWv H«pwNp_knÃ. AWn]psX H^pNm^ykpw Aksat¶mXpb_ªtS]nÃ.
A¶v Um CknsX]n^p¶m M§Ä hwhm^n¨Sv.””

Ssâ FSnÀUnl]n bmSn Aäptbm]ln`s] Iq*n¡m\n¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp.

“”bntä¶v ^mkns` t£{S¯nt`¡v tbm] Mm³ A¼`¡pa¯ns` NmjvIN*v S^n¨pWn¶p.
hoS]pw, AkÄ t`mN¯v Gäkpw NqXpS sk_p¡p¶ AWn]pw S½n hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^n¡p¶p. Ak³ CX¡v AkapsX Nknan Smt`mXp¶p*m]n^p¶p.
A^nlwfq¯Mm³ AknsX sI¶v Fs´¦n`pw AkntkNw Nm\n¡ptfm F¶ tbXn F¶n DUn¨p]À¶p.
bSns] Mm³ A¯_]psX bn¶nt`¡v f_ªp.””

“”As¸m fmgv tImUn¨ntÃ..
CX]n N]_n Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”DÆv… bn¶oXv. AtS¸än tImUn¨t¸mÄ AkÄs¡m¶pw HmÀ½]nÃt{S.
In`t¸mÄ FWn¡v tSm¶m_p*v AkÀ ^*ptb^pwNqsX Fs¶ knZv[n]m¡pN]mt\ms]¶v.

Mm³ tWs^ AWn]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v b_ªp

“”AWn, Wo]o sI¿p¶Sv sSä\v.
hoS, AkÄ Fsâ sb®m\v. CWn]ksa dp²nfp«n¡pN]ms\¦n Wo Wt¶ Nãs¸Xpw.””

DXsW Ak³ b_ª f_pbXntN«v Fsâ ssNNm`pNÄ SaÀ¶p,
sSm*]ns` K`mwlw kän. kn]À¸pSpÅnNÄ sWän]n Wn¶pw H`n¨n_§n. AWn]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡m³ tbm`pw FWn¡v Njn]msS k¶p.””

“”A]msa´m b_tª..””

BNmw£t]msX Pu^n tImUn¨p

“”AkapsX l^o^kpw, fWhpw Njnª Afmkmhn]ns` ^m{Sn]n PÔÀÆt£{S¯nÂk¨v Ak³ NkÀs¶Xp¯p ¶v.””

“”t¨… dmÌZv.””
Pu^n fpOw Sn^n¨psNm*v knan¨p.

“”bns¶ Aksa N*ntÃ…,””

“”DÆv . CtSNp_n¨pw MmWktamXv tImUn¨p. ko*pw bj] f_pbXn
At¸mjkÄ¡tSm¶pw HmÀ½]nÃyt{S..””

“”fv..””

“”hoS]psX ko«n Mm³ Cu knk^w b_ªp.
Np_¨pUnkhm]n hoS]psX hzmemk¯n In`fmä§Ä hwekn¨n«ps*¶v A½ b_ªn^p¶p
H^p Unkhw Bt^mXpw b_]msS ^m{Sn]n Ft§mt«m C_§nt¸ms]¶v.
AÀV^m{Sn bqÀ\WPvW]m]n ko«n k¶pN]_n] Aksa N*v A½ BsN e]s¸«p.
sW_pN]n fªapw Np¦pfkpw km^ns¸m¯n]n«p*m]n^p¶p. Ajnªpko\ tNlem^¯n Wn¶pw ^àw tbm`pÅ Ft´m {UmkNw Wn`¯v Cänko\v knNrS^qbsfXp¯p. B ^m{SnSs¶ A½s]¶knan¨v knk^w b_ªp.
Mm³ k¶pN]_pt¼mÄ fp_n]n bpS¸psNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX WPvWS f_¨v C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
Fs¶ N*Spw AkÄ Fsâ sW©nt`¡v Imªpko\p.

l^o^fmhN`w fªansâ ^q£PÔfm]n^p¶p.

A½ H^pfq`]n`n^p¶p CX_n] lЯn fNÄ bnj¨ptbm]ns]¶v b_]p¶Sv Mm³ tN«p.

SaÀ¶ptbm] FWn¡v Bßd`w S¶Sv ePkm³ ssN`mhWmTWm]n]p¶p. ASpsNm*pSs¶ ssV^ybqÀÆw MmWktamXv Nm^y§Ä tImUn¨_nªp.

“”A]msas¶ knan¨p Mm³ tbm]n, bns¶ AknsX F´phwekn¨p Fs¶Wn¡_n]nÃy fmtg…””s]¶v b_ªv Aksas¶ sN«nbnXn¨psNm*v tS§nN^ªp.

BUy]n«mt\m C§sW C_§ntbmNpt¶s]¶v MmWktamXv tImUn¨p.””

“”F¶n«v Aksa´p b_ªp.””
Pu^n A]mapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.

“”In`Nm^y§Ä AkÄt¡mÀs¯Xp¡m³ bäp¶nÃ. At©m Bt_m Sk\ tbm]n«ps*¶ sM«n¡p¶ knk^w AkanÂWn¶pw sskNmsS MmW_nªp.””

“”tUko, Ft§m«m AkÄ bmSn^m{Sn]n C_§ntbmNp¶Sv.
6 Sk\tbm]n«pw ko«n B^pw A_nªntÃ…?””

Pu^n]psX hwl]§Ä D]À¶p.

“”ko«pNmÀ A_n]msS AkÄ Fjpt¶Â¡pw, Cu_tWmsX C_§ntbmNpw, ASptbms` Sn^n¨pk^pw.
CSnsâ bn¶n AWn]psX ssNNams\¶v Mm³ D_¸n¨p.
bntä¶p Ss¶ AWns] Mm³ sI¶pN*p.””

h¨nUmWµ³ b_ªpWn_p¯n]Spw tQm^fm] CXnt]mXpNqsX NmÀtfQ§Ä C^p*pNqXn.
làfm]Nmäv Wn`¯pko\ N^n]n`Nsa Ipäns]Xp¯v b_¶p]À¶p
Ipän`pw C^p«pNp¯m³ SpX§n..

SpX^pw…