Kok³ WãvXs¸XmsS A]mÄ sI]vS WoI{bkÀ¯nNÄ¡v {loUpÀ¤mtUkn]psX ln£\¯m Hmt^m Wnfngkpw f^n¨p sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

tkUWsNm*v A]mÄ bpaªt¸mapw H^p U]tbm`pw APvWnNm\n¨nÃ.

“”At½, tUko, sbm_p¡\w..””
A]mÄ ssNNÄNq¸nsNm*v b_ªp
l^o^¯nsâ Hmt^m emP§apw AXÀ¶v kojm³ SpX§n.
sskNmsS fmÀ¯mÞ³ BUnb^mlàn]nÂWn¶p]À¶pk¶ APvWn¡v bqÀ®fm]pw C^]m]n.

WnfngtW^w sNm*v sk´psk®o_m] fmÀ¯mÞsW H^pWnfngw Pu^n tWm¡nWn¶p.

“”Pu^n, Hmt^m KWW¯nWpw H^p `£yfp*v. fmÀ¯mÞ³ BÀÖns¨Xp¯ làn APvWn]nt`¡v AÀ¸n¨psNm*v Wnsâ NÀ½w Wo Wn_tkän. CWn WnW¡v fX§mw.””

Wo`Kzm`]nÂWn¶pwtN« km¡pNapsX b^nlp²n AkapsX irU]¯nt`¡pbSn¨p. ssNNÄ Nq¸nsNm*v Pu^n sSmjp¯pWn¶p.

sskNmsS Kz`n¨pWn¶ {bNmlw A{bSy£fm]tSmsX Pu^n]psX fnjnNan C^p«pN]_n.
S`Ipäp¶tbms` tSm¶n] AkÄ Wn`¯n^p¶p. bs£ sb«¶v AWpeks¸« tdmV£]w
bSns] Aksa bn¶nt`¡v SÅn]n«p.

A¸q¸³¡mkpks^ Nm_n h©^n¨ Sn^ptfWn.
bn¶oXv Nm_ptb£n¨v kW¯n`qsX sWÃnNp¶nt`¡v WX¶p.

“”^mfm, H¶ptkPw km^ym””
C^p* skan¨¯n l¦^³ Sn^ptfWn fp³bn WX¶p.
bn¶nt`¡v tWm¡n] Sn^ptfWn ^mf³ Fs´mtWm¡n]n^n¡p¶Sm\pN*Sv.

“”´m ^mfm..?””
Sn^nªpWn¶v Sn^ptfWn tImUn¨p.

“”fWpgysâ Nm`v AäpNnX¡p¶p.””

“”C¿n§Xv km^ym, A§sW b`Spw CknsX Nm\m³ bäpw.””

AäpNnX¶ Nm`nsW f_nNX¶v ^mf³ fpt¶m«pWX¶p.

fmÀ¯mÞsâ NpXn N* l¦^³Sn^ptfWn At§m«v HmXns¨¶p.

làfm] Nmän D`ªmXn] NpXn`nsâ kmSn`pNÄ AXÀ¶pko\n^p¶p.

ANt¯¡pN]_n] Sn^ptfWn Ipän`pw Nt®mXn¨p.

sk´psk®o_m]n NnX¡p¶ fmÀ¯mÞsW N*Spw Sn^ptfWn bN¨pWn¶p.

bn¶ms` k¶ ^mf³ Ssâ fp*nsâ S`¸pNo_n kXn]n k¨psN«n H^p b´fp*m¡n.

Sq¡pkna¡n Wn¶pw b´¯nWv APvWnsIm^nªp.

Ipän`pw skan¨w b^¶]pXsW Sn^ptfWn ^mfsâ ssN¿nÂWn¶pw b´wkm§n Pu^ns] Sn^ªp.

“”Sn^ptfWn.””
^mf³ knan¨ emPt¯¡v Sn^ptfWn tWm¡n.

Wn`¯v, Pp^pSnskůn WWªpNnX¡p¶ Pu^ns] At±iw Nknan S«nknan¨p.

“”fv…””
Aksam¶pfqapN fm{Stf sI]vsSmÅq.

b´w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mfsâ ssN¿nÂsNmXp¯n«v Wn`¯pko\pNnX¡p¶ Pu^ns] Sn^ptfWn tNm^ns]Xp¯v tSmanÂNnX¯n.

bp_t¯¡v NX¶]pXsW ^mf³ ssN¿n`pÅb´w Hm`tfª NpXn`nsâ tfÂNq^]nt`¡v k`ns¨_nªp.

emPnNfm]n SNÀ¶Nq^, ^mf³ b´w k`ns¨_nªt¸mÄ APvWn¡n^]mNm³ SpX§n.

Np_¨pUq^w bn¶n«t¸mÄ l¦^³Sn^ptfWn Sn^nªptWm¡n.

Ban¡¯p¶ fmÀ¯mÞsâ NpXnÂ
bSns] Wn`wbSn¨p.

“”ssUkWnÝ]w””
Sn^ptfWn b_ªp.

A¸q¸³¡mkns`¯n] DXsW ^mf³ Nm_nsâ bn¶ns` tZmÀ Sp_¶psNmXp¯p.
Sn^ptfWn Pu^ns] bn³hoänt`¡pNnX¯n k`Spkls¯ tZmÀSp_¶v ANt¯¡v ANt¯¡v N]_n.

^mf³ NmÀ ÌmÀ«v sI]vSv siZvss`äv C«p.

sb«¶v H^p hv{So^qbw ss`änsâ skan¨¯n fn¶nfm]p¶Sv ^mfWpw Sn^ptfWn]pw H^pfn¨p N*p

Sn^ptfWn tZmÀ Sp_¶v bp_t¯¡n_§n.

“”C^p«nsâ f_kn Wn¡msS B^ms\¦n`pw CknsX, Um Fsâfp³bn k^\w.””
bn^n¨pk¨ fols] SXknsNm*v Sn^ptfWn b_ªv Wms¡Xp¯Spw.

Nm_nWpfp³bn tNmXk¶pWn_ªp.
bSns] H^p N^n¼q¨ WX¶pk¶v Sn^ptfWn¡v hfm´^fm]n H^p WnÝnS AN`wbm`n¨psNm*v Wn¶p.
ASnsâ N®pNÄ Ipk¶pSpXp¯n^p¶p
bSns] N^n¼q¨ ka^pkm³ SpX§n.
b¯mÄ D]^fpÅ N\ns¡m¶]psX At{S]pwkaÀ¶v H^p eoN^h¯zfm]n l¦^³ Sn^ptfWn]psX fp³bn Wn¶p.

N^n¼q¨]psX ^qbwN* Sn^ptfWn Ssâ sW©n bSnªpNnX¡p¶ ^£s] H¶pSXkn.

“”F´m Sn^ptfWn e]¶ptbmt]m..””

bSns] N^n¼q¨]psX ^qbw bp©n^n sbmjn¨pWn¡p¶ hoS]m]n fm_nsNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”im, FWnt¡m, H^pSk\ Wns¶ dÔn¨ FWn¡v Wns¶ e]tfm?””

“”DÆv Sn^ptfWn, fimfm{´nNWm] As§]psX sNm¨pfNsa fmÀ¯mÞ³, f{´§apsX lànsNm*v NX¯nsNm*pk¶Sv A§_nªnà F¶Sv knlzhn¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. ASv
A_n]msS tbm]Sv DÅn`pÅ e]w sNm*mt\m. iii ?””
hoS BÀ¯«ihn¨p.

“”WnÀ¯m, fSn Wnsâ A«imhw.
Cus]m^p ^m{SnNqsX WnW¡v B]pshmÅq. ASpNjnªm Wn¶n Sn^lo`kojpw.
l¦^Wm b_]pt¶..””
Sp_¶v NnX¶ tZmÀ BªX¨n«v Sn^ptfWn fp¶nt`¡v ^*Xnk¨pWn¶p.

“”Fsâ `£y§sa SX]mWpÅ {lffms\¦n tlgn¡p¶ UnW§an Sn^ptfWn Wt¶ Nãs¸Xpw.””

“”eo£\n]mt\m, WnW¡v sSän hotS, H^mapsX KoksWXp¯n«mN^pSv Wnsâ {bSnNm^w SoÀ¡Â
f^\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ssUkWnÝ]fm\v. Wo Np_n¨pkt¨m Ct¶¡v fq¶mw WmÄ Mm³ Wns¶ bnSrt`mNt¯¡v F¯n¨n^n¡pw.””

Sn^ptfWn]psX km¡pNÄtN« hoS tNmbwsNm*v Kz`n¨p.
N®pNanÂWn¶pw ^àw HjpNm³ SpX§n. A¸q¸³¡mknt`¡v làfm] Nmäv HjpNns]¯n.
tQm^fm] CXn]pw fn¶`pw H^pfn¨v eqfn]nt`¡v bSn¨p.

AkÄ ssNNÄ FXp¯p]À¯n]Spw. Wn`¯pNnX¶ N^n]n`NÄ Nmän D]À¶psbm§n.

D\§nNnX¶ kr£¯nsâ lnO^¯nWv APvWnt]äp.

AkÄ¡v Ipäpw c\fp]À¯n Wqäm¶v WmP§Ä ln¡m^w fo«n k¶pWn¶p.
sskNmsS B WmP§Ä AkÀ¡pIpäpw kr¯mNrSn]n k`]w k¨p.
WnfngtW^w sNm*v WmP§Ä k`ns]m^p kXfm]nfm_n tlgw kXw APvWn¡n^]m]n.
ASv Ban¡¯n.

“”iii, “”
hoS BÀ¯pIn^n¨p

tZmÀ Sp_¶v ^mf³ bp_t¯¡n_§n]Spw Sn^ptfWn So£\St]msX A]msa tWm¡n.

“”^mfm, tk*m..””

^mf³ Nm_nWpÅnt`¡pSs¶ N]_n.

“”ipw, hÀÆkpw Wnsâ Nojn`ms\¶ Ai¦m^fm\v WnW¡v. F¶nt«m
fmÀ¯mÞWv ln£ WÂNm³ WnW¡v Njntªm,?
AknsX]pw BUnb^mlànSs¶ tk*nk¶p.
ASksâ knVn. Wnsâ knVn””

Sn^ptfWn hoS¡ptWs^ kn^Â Iq*n.

“”ASv M§Ä WnÝ]n¡pw””

“”i i i.. Cà Sn^ptfWn Fsâ `£yw bqÀ¯nN^n¡msS FWn¡v fX¡fnÃ.
AWn, Aksâ ^à¯n FWn¡v Wo^mX\w. SX]m³ bäpsf¦n SXtªmaq””

BÀ¯«ihn¨psNm*v hoS b_ªp.
bSns] AkÄ A´^o£¯nt`¡v `]n¨ptIÀ¶v AknsXWn¶pw knXkm§n.

AkÀ¡pIpäpfp*m]n^p¶ APvWnbnXn¨ kXw Wn`¯pWn¶pw A´^o£¯nt`¡v D]À¶p k¶p.

“”Hmw {iow t^min\n t^min\n
UpÀt¤lz^n UpÀt¤lz^n…””

Sn^ptfWn A´^o£¯n bm_nWX¡p¶ H^n`s] ssN¡pan`m¡n.
tlgw Wn`¯pNnX¶ D\§n] IpÅnNs¼Xp¯pWXpfp_n¨v C`]psX fVyemP¯pk¨psNm*v f®nt`¡v Bjv¶n_¡n.

WnfngtW^wsNm*v Ban¡¯p¶ APvWn]pw, sbmXnbX`§apw, làfm] Nmäpw A{bSy£ftSmsX
{bNrSn lm´fm]n.

UoÀQlzmhsfXp¯ Sn^ptfWn Nm_nt`¡pN]än.

F³Kn³ ÌmÀ«v sI]vSv ^mf³ NmÀ NojvtÈ^n]nt`¡pkn«p.

D_¡sfmjn¨v D½_¯v Sn^ptfWnt]]pw N¯pWn¡pN]m]n^p¶p AwdnNInä.

Nm_nÂWn¶pw Sn^ptfWn Pu^ns] FXp¯v bp_t¯¡p k¶Spw Wn`knan¨psNm*v Inä HmXnk¶p.

“”AwdntN, tk*m. H^p kn^n¸v l^n]m¡q sb«¶v.””

N®pSpX¨psNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Inä k¶kjn Sn^n¨p WX¶p.

fp_n]n sNm*pNnX¯n] Pu^n]psX A^nNn C^p¶psNm*v sSanWos^mjn¨v Sn^ptfWn S«nknan¨p.

bSns] fnjnNÄ Sp_¶ AkÄ sb«¶v sM«ns]jpt¶äp.

“”tk*m, tfmav NnXt¶m,””
Sn^ptfWn Aksa sW_pN]n St`mXnsNm*v b_ªp.

“”^mfm, tW^w bp`À¶mÂ
A½qsW knant¨m*v k^q , tfmÄ¡v H^p Nq«m]nt¡ms«, Blpb{Sn]nt`¡v tks_ Bs^s]¦n`pw knXmw.
A½ptk\w CknsX.””

“”DÆv.””

Sn^ptfWn N«n`n Wn¶psfjpt¶äv tcms\Xp¯v D½_t¯¡v WX¶p.

Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn]psX W¼À sM¡nsNm*v D½_s¯ Im^pNth^]n Wo*pWnkÀ¶p NnX¶p.

“”´m]n l¦^m…””
f_pS`¡Â Wn¶pwtN« lÐw Sn^ptfWns] NqXpSÂ DuÀÖhz`Wm¡n.

“”F¯m³ sskNn, fmÀ¯mÞ³…””

“”fv, tUkn FXp¯p t`,””

“”DÆv.””

“”Wn¡_n]mw, AS§sW]m k^q.. CWns]´m..?””

f_pS`¡Â Wn¶pw Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn tImUn¨p

l¦^³Sn^ptfWn D*m] hwek§Ä `Qpkm]n knk^n¨p sNmXp¯p.

“”hoSm…””
l¦^³ Sn^ptfWn tImUn¨p.

“”Um, MmWn_§m]n D¨t]msX As§¯pw bqK¡pÅ H^p¡§Ä SpX§nt¡maq””

“”DÆv””

“”l¦^m…””

Sn^ptfWn tcm¬ k¡m³ SpWnªSpw Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn Wo«nknan¨p.

“”Sm³ b_ª B sI¡Wp*tÃm, A]msa bp_t¯¡v kntX*, fW¡`v WnÀ¯nt¡maq. AkWtà AXp¯ C^. hoS F§sW `£yw Wn_tkäpw ¶v Nm\\w. ¶m H^p¡§Ä
SpX§nt¡maq .””

“”^mfm..””
tcm¬ k¨n«v Sn^ptfWn ^mfsW Wo«nknan¨p.

“”fimhpUÀlWtimfw. H^p¡§Ä SpX§nt¡maq. bns¶ B sI¡³?””

“”DÆv Sn^ptfWn, b¯m]¸p^]n`p*v.””

fpät¯¡nC_§n] Sn^ptfWn kn®nt`¡ptWm¡n
DU]hq^ysW f_¨pbnXn¨psNm*v
NmÀtfQw S`]p]À¯n Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p
NnanNapsX]pw D^¼p¶ Nmänsâ lÐkpw Sn^ptfWn]psX NÀ®bX¯n sI¶p S«n.

b¯m]¸p^]psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶ Sn^ptfWn AXªpNnX¡p¶ kmSn bSns] Sp_¶p.

{Ukn¨ knKmNn^n]psX N^N^ lÐw B fp_n]n Wn_sªmjpNn.

kSnÂSp_¡p¶ lÐwtN«v AWn Wn`¯pWn¶pw Fjpt¶äp.

skÅfp*nsâ S`¸psNm*v fpOw SpX¨v Sn^ptfWn¡v tWs^Wn¶p

“”Fs¶s]´nWm bnXn¨pk¨n^n¡ps¶..””
t^mgt¯msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWntImUn¨p.

“”A_nªntÃ, hoS]psX AXp¯ C^ Wo]m\v.””

“” ipw, hoS. Aksas¶ H^p Ip¡pw sI¿nÃ. FWn¡v tbm\w.””

AWn bp_t¯¡v NX¡m³ {lfn¨p bs£ Sn^ptfWn SXªp.

“”Wnsâ KokWv WnW¡v kn`]p*mNnÃ. bs£ A_nªpsNm*v CWns]m^p f^\wNqsX hwekn¡m³ bmXnÃ.
fq¶v Unkhs¯ bqK¡v tlgw hoSs] dÔn¡pw.
bs£ Aksa CknsX k^p¯\sf¦n Wo]nknsX tk\w.
Fsâ Np«n]psX fWhpfmän fmÀ¯mÞWv bqKsI¿m³ H¯ml sI]vSpsNmXp¯Wns¶ sb«¶v f^\¯nWv kn«psNmXn¡nÃX Wm]s]..””

Sn^ptfWn AWn]psX sW©nt`¡v BªpIkn«n.
Iknt«ä AWn bn¶n AX¡nk¨ b{S§apsX fpNant`¡v f`À¶pko\p

“” WnW¡pÅ ln£ tNmXSn knVn¡pw.””

Sn^ptfWn kmSn AX¨v Smjn«pbq«n.

“”^mfm, H^msa CknsX WnÀ¯m³ GÀ¸mXv sI¿q.””

f_ps¯m¶pwb_]msS Sn^ptfWnWX¶p.

^mf³ bqK¡pÅ GÀ¸mXv sI]vSv A½pknsW]pw sNm*v kas^s¸«¶pS¶ NojvtÈ^n]nt`¡v fX§ns]¯n.

Nm_nsâ tZmÀSp_¶v A½p ANt¯¡v HmXn¡]_n.

Pu^n]psX fp_n]nt`¡v HmXn¡nS¨psI¶p.

AwdnNInä H¸fn^p¶p Nªnfp¡nsNmXp¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”´pbän Put^y¨n..””
A½pknsâ fnjnNÄ Wn_sªmjpNn.

“”G]v– H¶pÃym tfmta, tI¨n¡v H^p sSäpbän, AWnt]«sW N®X¨p knlzhn¨p.””

“”Mm³ b_ªn«ntà UpãvXWms\¶v.”” Wn_sªmjpNp¶ fnjnNÄ SpX¨psNm*v A½p b_ªp.

“”fv..””

A½p Pu^n]psX AXpt¯¡v tIÀ¶n^p¶p.

sskNmsS fpä¯v fq¶m`v BapNÄ k¶v fpa]pw fäp Nm`pNapw Wm«n Hm`sNm*v tfªv sI_n] b´`n«p.

Sn^ptfWn]psX him]n D®n]pw hpir¯p¡apw k¶v fpä¯v Im\NsfjpNn f®nsâ N«sNm*v timfNpÞw S¿m_m¡n.
NqXmsS kmjtNmasNm*v k`ns]m^p Naw WnÀ½n¨v ASnWpÅn 9 sI_pNa§apw, 9 Na§Ä¡pw 9 b´kpw ASn WXpkn`s¯ Na¯ns` b´w ftäSnsW¡mÄ k`n¸¯n`pw S¿m_m¡n.
fpäs¯ b´`nsâ Wm`pemPkpw Np^pt¯m`Sq¡n A`¦^n¨p.

“”FÃmNm^y§apw B]ntà ^mfm..””
D½_s¯ Nth^]n C^p¶psNm*v l¦^³ Sn^ptfWn tImUn¨p.

“”DÆv, CWn Nrgv\fqÀ¯nAt±iw k¶m SpX§mw.””

“”fv, FknsXs]¯n, knan¨n^pt¶m?””

“”DÆv, A^ f\n¡qÀ NqsX,””

“”AwdntN,..””
Sn^ptfWn ANt¯¡ptWm¡ns¡m*v Wo«nknan¨p.

“”Pu^ntfmtamXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Npan¨v Cu_tWmsX k^m³ b_]\w Sn^ptfWn k¶m””

D½_t¯¡pk¶ AwdnNInät]mXv l¦^³ Sn^ptfWn b_ªp.

l^ns]¶emk¯n S`]m«nsNm*v Inä ANt¯¡ptbm]n.

sskNmsS fpät¯¡v Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn]psX Wo` Wn_fpÅ sfjv–hnZhv sd³hv H^p ^mKmknsWt¸ms` NX¶pk¶p.

l¦^³Sn^ptfWn tkPw fpät¯¡n_§n
Nm_nsâ tZmÀ Sp_¶v Sn^ptfWn]psX ssNbnXn¨psNm*v BW]n¨p.

l¦³Sn^ptfWn]pw, D®n]pfX¡w 3 him]nNapw, Nrgv\fqÀ¯n Sn^ptfWn]pw 2 him]nNapw A§sW7 tb^v fimhpUÀlWtimfw WX¯pkm³ S¿m_m]n Wn¶p.

9 Nn*n]pw, 9 boYkpw,9 Wn`kna¡pw
Naekpw,skÅn¯NnXn WnÀ½n¨ hv{So^qbkpw bp^pg ^qbkpw.
H^p SanN]n bNpSn sS¨n¸qkpw, fsäm^p SanN fpjpk³ A^an¸qkpw S¿m_m¡n k¨p.

hoS]psX AÑWpw A½]pw, h¨nUmWµsâ A½]pw bqK]n bs¦Xp¡m³ tk*n k¶n«p*m]n^p¶p.

At¸mtj¡pw Pu^n NpanNjnªv Cu_tWmsX k¶v Wn`kna¡nWp Sn^n sNmap¯n.

‘lp¢mwd^V^w kngv\pw
llnkÀ®w ISpÀepKw
{bh¶kUWw Vymt]Sv
hÀÆknQvtWmblmwSt] “”

knQv–tWlzsW fWhn VymWn¨psNm*v.
Nrgv\fqÀ¯nSn^ptfWn timfNpÞ¯nWv APvWn sIm^nªpSpw
{dÒbp^w lnkt£{S¯nWXp¯pÅ A^]m`n bänbnXn¨n^p¶ kÆm`pNÄ N`bn` lÐfp*m¡n Nq«t¯msX b_¶p]À¶Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p.

N®pNaX¨pbnXn¨psNm*v Nrgv\fqÀ¯n]t±iw hoS]psX
fpOw fWhn h¦Â¸n¨p.

AÔNm^w Wn_ª At±i¯nsâ fnjn]n fpOw fpjpkWpw ^àwbXÀ¶v
^*p {UwgvYNapw kaÀ¶v, km]]n Wn¶pw IpXp ^àsfm`n¨v knNrS^qbfm]n Wn¡p¶ hoS]psX ^qbw sSanªpk¶p.

SpX^pw…