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.

“”fj, Sm³ sbm]vt¡maq Wfp¡v bns¶ Nm\mw””
At{S]pw b_ªv h¨nUmWµ³ Sn^nªp WX¶p.

“”fmtg, H¶pWn¡q, dm¡nNqsX b_ªn«v….””

Pu^n]psX km¡pNsa kNk¡msS A]mÄ kW¯nWpÅnt`¡v HmXn¡]_n.

“”tlm, C¿msa´v fWpgyWm, Ct¸mjpw hoS¡v F´p hwekn¨ps]¶_n]m³ NjnªnÃtÃm.””
Wn^mlt]msX AkÄ H^pWnfngw AknsX¯s¶ Wn¶p.
k`n]SpÅnNam]n fj f®nt`¡v sb]vSn_§n.

sW_pN]n ko\ fj¯pÅn Nknant`¡v Han¨n_§p¶SnWv fp³tb AkÄ ssNsNm*v SpX¨p Wo¡n]n«v.
fW]nt`¡v kas^ tkP¯n WX¶p.

“”sâ Npt«y, ´m]nSv. bWnbnXnNqt`m C§sW fjWWªmÂ.””

AksaN*v AwdnNInä D½_s¯ Sn®]nÂWn¶psfjptWäpsNm*v b_ªp.

DXsW AN¯ptbm]n tSmÀ¯pfps*Xp¯psNm*pk¶v Pu^n]psX sW_pN]n AfÀ¯n SpX¨p.

“”A½pk¶ntà Intä?.””

“”As¸m Ct¿m¶pw A_nªntÃy, “”

“”F´v ?..””
sWänIpan¨p sNm*v Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”sSt¡Xs¯ Npa¯n H^p lkw sbm§n]n^n¡n\p.””

“”B^psX, “”

“”B UpÀf{´kmUn fmÀ¯mÞsâ H^p him]n.””

“”B^v AWnt]«sWm..””
BNmwgt]msX AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”G]v–,AÃ. A]mÄ¡v bqK¡v him]§Ä sI]vSpsNmXp¡p¶ tPmbn.
bs£, Nps_]m]n«v A]mÄ B b\ns¡m¶pw tbmkm¯Sm]n^p¶p. CSnt¸m sb«¶v H^p UpÀf^\fm]nt¸m]n

“”fv,…””

“”A½p At§m«v tbm]Sm.. AÑsâ dÔWw teUn¨v hoS bp_¯pk¶qs]¶v H^p hwhm^fp*v.
AkÄ {bSnNm^w SpX§n¡m\pw.””

Inä]psX km¡pNÄ Pu^n]psX fWhn A`vbwe]w bp_s¸Xpkn¨p.

“”F´m]m`pw sskNmsS Aksa ko*pw Sa¡mWpÅ H^p¡¯n`m\v Aѳ””

“”MmsWm¶v At{SXw ks^ tbm]n«pk^mw.””

Im_nWn¡p¶ fj]nt`¡v Pu^n ImXn]n_§n tS¡Xs¯ Npa¯nt`¡v l^wtkP¯n HmXn.

Npa¯nsâ IpäpemPkpw bp^pgm^w Wn_ªpWn¶n^p¶p

BÄ¡q«¯nsâ CX]n`qsX AkÄ F¯nk`nªp tWm¡n.
bm]`pNÄsN«n¡nX¡p¶ Npa¯n skÅfp*pXp¯v H^mÄ Nfjv¶p NnX¡p¶p.

“”Put^y¨n..””
bn¶nÂWn¶pw A½pknan¨t¸mÄ AkÄ Sn^nªptWm¡n.

“”CsS¸j f^n¨Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A½p.
C§mWm hwekn¨Sv.””
Hälzmh¯n Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”Put^y¨n, km…””
A½p AkapsX k`SpssNS*]n bnXn¨psNm*v fW]nt`¡v WX¶p.

“”FWn¡v tbXym]mkp¶p Pu^nt]¨n.
FÃmk^pw b_]p¶p f^n¨ptbm] hoS {bSnNm^w sI]vSSms\¶v.””

“”ASnWv hoS]pw C¿mapw S½n F´p dÔw.””

“”AsSWn¡v A_n]n`ym. bs£ hoSs] hzmS{´fm¡n]Sv W½ams\s¶§mWpw fp¯ÈW_nªm bns¶, KokWp*mNnà l^o^¯nÂ.””

A½pknsâ irU]hvbµWw kÀ²n¡p¶Sv Pu^n A_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

Pu^n Aksa]pw sNm*v fW]nt`¡v WX¶p.

fjskÅw sN«nNnX¡p¶ fpä¯v
Sn^ptfWn]psX AwdmhnZÀNm_nsWm¸w bj]tfmZ Wo`NaÀ sfjv–hnZhv sd³hv NX¡p¶SpN* Pu^n A½pknsâ fpOt¯¡ptWm¡n.

“”IµW¡mkv Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn.””
CX_n] lЯn A½p b_ªp.

“”Put^y¨n, D_¸m]pw W½am\v Aksa hzmS{´fm¡n]sS¶v Sn^ptfWn¡v fWhn`mNpw.””

Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn]psX Nm_nsâ ss{Zk_ms\¶v tSm¶n¡p¶ H^p sI_p¸¡m^³ D½_s¯ Sn®]nÂSs¶ C^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

fW]psX bn¶m¼p_¯v ØnSnsI¿p¶ Npanfp_n]n sI¶v ^*ptb^pw Npan¨v lp²n]m]n.
tlgw ANt¯¡v N]_n] Akt^mXv Inäb_ªp.

“”Wn§sa Sn^ptfWn AtWzgn¡p¶p. H¶v At{SXw ks^ sIÃq.””

l¦^³Sn^ptfWn]psX Bsamjnª Nth^]n Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn C^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”Wfhv¡m^w Sn^ptfWn.””
ssNNÄNq¸nsNm*v AkÀ ^*ptb^pw Ht^ hz^¯n b_ªp.

“”fv , Wfh-vNm^w.””

km]n Du_nk¶ fp_p¡m³ skÅw At±iw AXp¯pÅ tNmam¼n]nt`¡v Wo«nbSp¸nsNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”Pt\lsâ tfmam tÃ..””

“”Aѳ, k¶ntÃy..””

“”CÃym {bSngvYmUnW¯nWv F¯psf¶v b_ªn«p*v.””

“”F´m A½p H^p e]w..””
fWh_nªtbms`]pÅ Sn^ptfWn]psX tImUyw A½pknsW NqXpSÂ AhzØ]m¡n.

“”G]v–, H¶pÃym Sn^ptfWn, M§Ä sSt¡X¯v ks^ tbm]nk¶p. ASm..””

At±i¯nsâ fpOt¯¡ptWm¡msS
A½pb_ªp.

“”fv, MmW_nªp. hoS…
dÔW¯n Wn¶pw ^£sb«n«ps*Nn AkapsX `£yw Wn_tkäns] fX§q]nWn.
Ct{SXw ks^ k¶t¸mÄ H¶pNm\mw F¶pN^pSn. ASm kt¶
bns¶ Pt\lsâ tfmsa MmWmUym]n«m Nm\p¶sS]v kÃyNp«ym]n. Nm`w tbm]tbms¡.””

UoÀQlzmhsfXp¯v– Sn^ptfWn Nth^]n WnkÀ¶pNnX¶p.

“”fv…sbm]vsNmÅq””

At±iw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSns] Ssâ fnjnNaX¨p.

“”tfmsam¶pWn¡..””
Sn^nªpWX¶ Pu^ns] Sn^ptfWn ko*pw knan¨p.

“”B ssNs¿m¶p Wo«q “”

Pu^n]psX k`s¯ssN¿n sN«n] ^£s] At±iw. hq£vffm]n tWm¡n.

“”CSv l¦^³ sN«n]Smt\m Npt«y “”

“”AsS..””

“”fv, AXps¯¯n]n^n¡p¶p. sskNmsS A_n]m³ Njn]pw.””

F¶n«v At±iw AkapsX k`SpssN]ns` sI_pkn^`nsâS`¸nsW Ssâ SÅkn^`pw, tfmSn^kn^`pw sNm*v AfÀ¯nbnXn¨p.

sskUypSn {bkin¡p¶tbms`]pÅ H^p DuÀÖw Pu^n]psX l^o^¯nt`¡v NX¶p.
DsÅm¶pNpXª Pu^n]psX t^mf§Ä tNm^n¯^n¨p.

“”Njnª 3 Unkh§an`m]n AhzmemknNfm] t´`pw hweknt¨m
H^pfn¶m]w tbms` ^qbtfm, skan¨tfm,
lÐtfm. Fs´¦n`pw. Ht¶mÀ¯p tWm¡q.””

“”DÆv, Njnª ^m{Sn]n Wo` Kz`tbms` H^p {bNmlw.
Hmt^m K·¯nWpw Hmt^m NÀ¯kyfp*v
Afmkmhn]ns` NmÀ¯nN WmanÂKWn¨ WnW¡v Wnsâ NÀ¯kywsI¿mWpÅ hf]fm]n. H^p§ns¡mÅpN. C{S]pw b_ªn«v A{bSy£fm]n.
F´m\v CSnWÀ°w. FWn¡v F´pNÀ¯kyfm\v sI¿mWpÅSv.
H¶pb_ªS^q Sn^ptfWn.””

“”Wfp¡v Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw Hmt^m NÀ½§Ä sI¿mWp*v Npt«y Wmf_n]msS ASp W½ÄSs¶ sI]vSpSoÀ¡p¶p.
B^pw tImUn¡p¶nÃy, b_]p¶nÃym.
In`Sn ePkmsâ N^§Ä bSn]p¶p.
At¸mÄ Wfp¡v In` AX]ma§Ä k¨pS^pw. ASpfm{Sfm\v tfma¶v N*Sv. fWhn`mt]m ?””

“”DÆv..””
Pu^n S`]m«n.

“”tbXn¡msWm¶pÃymt«m. ssV^y]n sbmt¡maq..””

A½pkpw Pu^n]pw ANt¯¡ptbm]DXsW hvWmWw Njnªv l¦^³ Sn^ptfWn D½_t¯¡pk¶p.

“”l¦^m , Afmkmhn]ns` NmÀ¯nN]tà B tbm]Sv. “”
l¦^³ Sn^ptfWns] tWm¡ns¡m*v At±iw tImUn¨p.

“”AsS..””

“”fv, hq£n¡\w.
hf]w tfmlm\v, H^pNs®t¸mjpw *mk\w. hoS]psX dÔW¯nWv tfmÄsX hmWnVyw WnÀdÔfm\v fWhn`mt]m. Cus]m^p Nm^yw b_]mWm Sn^p¶mkm]]n Wn¶pw MmWnt{Sw Uq^w k¶Sv.
At¸mÄ Nm^y¯nsâ Pu^kw fWhn`m]n^p¡pftÃm.””

“”DÆv Sn^ptfWn, fWhn`m]n.””

At±iw Im^pNth^]nÂWns¶jpt¶äv
Ikn«pbXnNan_§n Nm_nsâ AXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
Sn^nªv fW]psXfpNant`¡ptWm¡n] At±iw H¶pbp©n^nsbmjn¨p.

eoN^ ^qb¯n NmÀtfQw Ft´m AX]maw Sn^ptfWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm\n¨psNmXp¯p.

D¨¡pÅ e£\w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n`m\v Pu^n¡v N`lfm] k]_ptkUW AWpeks¸«Sv–.

e£\w bNpSnNjn¨n«v AkÄ Nth^]nÂWn¶psfjpt¶äp.

“”Njn¡p¶ntà Put^y¨n ?..””
fp^n§mNm] km]nÂk¨v NXn¨pk`n¡p¶SnWnX]n A½ptImUn¨p.

“”G]v–,fSn AXnk]À sNma¯n¸nXn¡p¶p.””

ssNNjpNn AkÄ fp_n]nt`¡ptbm]n.
bn¶ms` A½pkpw sI¶p.

N«n`n Ip^p*pNqXn NnX¡p¶ Pu^ns] A½p bSns] knan¨p.

“”Put^y¨n, F´m bäns]..””

“”G]v–, Npjs¸m¶pÃym½p. bo^nt]Zv–hvsâ]m.””

“”Mm³ Intäknan¡mw.””

A½p Sn^nªpWX¶]pXsW Pu^n bn¶nÂWn¶pw knan¨p.

“”A½q, Cu ^£s]m¶v Du^n¯m, F¶n«v b«n sbmSnªv bqKmfp_n]nÂsNm*psk¡v.

Pu^n]psX k`SpssN]n sN«n]^£
A½p bSns] Du^ns]Xp¯Spw k`n] lЯn Nnjt¡ KmN`s¸man k¶XªpSpw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p.
bs£ sb«¶v Ss¶ ASpSp_¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

Np_¨pNjnªt¸mÄ AwdnNInä k¶v– Aksa]pwNq«n AXp¡at]mXv Im^n]pÅ H^p fp_n]nt`¡psNm*ptbm]n.

“”Cu fp_n]n`m\v bp_¯m]ks^ 7 Unkhw bmÀ¸n¡pN.
bj]Nm`wfpSt` C§sW]m\v. A¶v fW]n H^pbmXptb^p*m]n^p¶p.In`t¸mÄ fqt¶m Wmt`m tb^p*mNpw Ft¸mjpw Cu fp_n]nÂ. B, bns¶ bp_¯n_§n WX¡^pSv tNt«m.
C¸p_¯v MmWp*v s´`pw Bklyw *v ¨m knan¡ym””

AwdnN Inä kmSn`X¨p.

Nmªn^¯n b\nbjn¸n¨ sFN«n`nsâ bp_¯v bpÃpsNm*v WnÀ½n¨ bm]]pw H^p S`]\]pw D*m]n^p¶p.
Km`N¯ntWmXv I^n]pÅ Nth^]n Pu^n bSns] C^p¶v CXSpssNsNm*v sWäns] St`mXn.

At¸mtj¡pw A½pNp_¨p bphvSN§apfm]n k¶p.
tfl¸p_¯v k¨ bphvSNsN«pNÄ AksatWm¡n bp©n^nsbmjns¨¦n`pw.
fWhpfpjpk³ hoS¡v F´phwekn¨p F¶m]n^p¶p.

Km`Ns¸man Sp_¶n«]pXsW ANt¯¡v sS¡³Nmäv HjpNns]¯n.
Ipf^n Sq¡n] N`*À Nmänsâ k^tkmsX sI_n] lЯn Pu^ns] fmXnknan¨p. Nth^]n Wn¶kÄ Fjpt¶äv N`*_nt`¡pNt®mXn¨p.

“”CWn]nt¸m GjpUnkhw Njnt]t*,
ASpNjnªm bns¶ AXp¯Sv Afmkmhn.
ASpNjnªm A¼`¯ns` {bSngvYmUnWw. ASnWnX¡v h¨nfmgv fpt§m ¶m sâ hwl]w.
hoSs]¡p_n¨v CWn kÃSpw A_n]mWps*Nn ASp h¨nfmgnsW ssN¿nÂWn¶pSs¶Nn«\w. CknsX]n^p¶m H¶pw WX¡nÃ. 5 Unkhw Njnªn«v h¨nfmgnsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶qsX Nm\m³ tbm\w.””

Pu^n hz]w b_ªv A½ps¡m*pk¶ bphvSNsfXp¯v– f_n¨ptWm¡n.

5 Unkh§Ä¡ptlgw bn_¶ bp`^n]n Pu^n AXp¡akmSn`n`qsX B^pw Nm\msS
A¸q¸³¡mknt`¡v h¨nUmWµsW Nm\m³ tbm]n.

bSnkptbms` bm_s¡«nWp fpNan`n^p¶v A]mÄ bphvSNw km]n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”fmtg…””

Pu^n ANs`Wn¶v Wo«nknan¨p.

bm_s¡«nWp fpNan`n^p¶]mÄ ssNkoln Nm\n¨p.

Pu^n HmXn¡nS¨psNm*v h¨nUmWµsâ AXp¯pk¶pWn¶p.

“”tim, fmgnsW Nm\m³bsäm¶v hwl]fp*m]n^p¶p.
Fât½m, Fs´m^p NnS¸m… k¿…””

A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v Pu^n tIÀ¶n^p¶p.

“”Ft´ C§sW HmXn¡nS¨pk^m³ ?..””

ssN]ns` bphvSNw fX¡nk¨psNm*v h¨nUmWµ³ tImUn¨p.

“”im WÃ]mam,
A¶v AWnt]«sW Nm\m³ tbm]n«v F´phwekns¨¶v b_ªnÃy..
AS_n]m³ tk*nk¶Sm Mm³..””

“”Hm, As¸m Sm³ knXmWpt±ln¡p¶nÃym AsÃ. Ct{Sw Unkhw FknX]n^p¶p ?..
Nm\m*m]t¸mÄ Mm³ N^pSn dmwPvaqÀ¡v tbm]ns]¶v.””

“”G]v– Np_¨p Sn^¡m]n^p¶p. ASm k^m³ bämtª.
bs£ CWns]Wn¡v A_ntªbäp.””

“”b_]mw””
h¨nUmWµ³ tSman¡nX¡p¶ Sp\nh©ns]Xp¯v– fX¡nk¨ bphv–SNw e{Ufm]n AXp¡nk¨p.

“”A¶v Mm³ AWns] PÔÀÆt£{S¯n k¨pN*p.

BUyw f^n]mU]psX emg]n hwhm^n¨p.
bns¶ km¡pNapsX em^w kÀ²n¨p.
£f Wln¨ Mm³ A]mapsXNjp¯nWv Np¯n¸nXn¨v ssNNÄ bnXns¨mXn¨p.
Ip^p¡wb_ªm H^psI_n] hwQ«WwSs¶ AknsX WX¶p.
AkhmWw d`n¡Ãn MmWksâ ln^hv k¨Xn¨p.
sWänbnaÀ¶v ^àw HjpNm³ SpX§n]t¸mjm\v Hmt^m M«n¸n¡p¶ knk^§Ä bp_¯pk^m³ SpX§n]Sv.””

“”F´v knk^w.””
BNmw£t]msX Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”hmftkU¯n`pÅ kas^ lànt]_n] NmftUkf{´¯n`qsX]m\v Ak³ hoS]psX fWhn N]_nNqXn]Sv.””

“”f{´§Ä¡v A§sW]pÅ lànNsams¡]pt*m?””

“”bns¶, Wmf_n]m¯ f{´§apw,bqKNapfX§n]n«pÅ H^p t`mNwSs¶]p*v eqfn]nÂ.
UpÀf{´kmUn]m] fmÀ¯mÞsâ him]t¯msX]m]n^p¶p A]mÄ Cu WoI{bkÀ¯n sI]vSSv.””

“”F¶n«v..?””

“”hoS b_ª N\¡v sSäm\v. 7 Sk\ AkÄ tbm]n«p*v.””

“”Ft§m«v ?..””

“”fmÀ¯mÞ³ k^¨ Na¯nt`¡v.””

“”F´nWv ?..””
hwl]t¯msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Pu^n tImUn¨p.

“”Aksak¨v NWyNbqKsI¿m³.
AWn b_ª{bNm^w Afmkmhn]psX A¶m\v BUyfm]n hoS Cu_tWmsX ko«nÂWn¶pw C_§nt¸mNp¶Sv.
f{´¯nsâ làn]nÂ^qbs¸« AWn]pfm]pÅ AXp¸¯nsâ Hä knlzmh¯nsâ bp_¯m]n^p¶p ASv.
bs£ AWn]psX`£yw hoS]psX l^o^w fm{Sfm]n^p¶p.
^m{Sn]psX fim]mf¯n AkapsX lo^¯n hvb^vln¡m³tbm`pw fmÀ¯mÞ³ AWpkUn¨n^p¶nÃ.””

“”AÃ fmtg, NWyNbqK ssUknNfm]n sI¿p¶SÃ bns¶s]´m {blvWw.””
Caw¦män bm_n¸_¶ AkapsX fpXn]njNÄ sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯pk¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”fv, 2 S^w bqKNap*v, ASns`m¶m\v Ct¸mÄ Sm³ b_ªSv. fsäm¶v NWyN]m], `£\sfm¯, Wà ewPn]pÅ lm^o^nN QXW]ns`m¯ sb¬Np«ns] BenIm^NÀ½§Ä¡v tk*n Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv.
ssUkoNfm]n NWyNbqK sI]vSm ASnWv Wà Pp\§Ä `en¡pw.
bs£ AVÀÆtkU¯n`qsX BenIm^NÀ½§Ä¡v tk*n Dbt]mPn¡pN]ms\¦nÂ; B^mt\m Cu NÀ½wsI¿p¶Sv A]mÄ¡v DbmhWm fqÀ¯nNanÂWn¶pw bqÀÆmVnNw làn {bSnUmWwsI¿pw.
NqXmsS Ssâ l{Spknsâ K·K·m´^w sk´psk®o_m¡mWpw Njn]pw.

“”AsS´pbqK, F§sW ASpsI¿p¶Sv . bqKNjnªt¸mÄ hoSs¡´p hwekn¨p.””

tImUy¯nWp bp_sf f_ptImUy§apfm]n Pu^n A_n]mWpÅ BNmw£]n ko*pw tImUn¨p.

SpX^pw…