BUyw Ss¶ H¯n^n Wµn b_]pN]m\v..Njnª A²ym]w km]n¨p Wà Aen{bm]w b_ªSnWv. CWn]pw ht¸mÀ«v {bSo£n¨psNm*v SpX^p¶p.

tKmhq«n tKm`n¡v tKm]n³ sI]vSn«v Cs¸m Wm`v Unkhw Njnªp. Aksâ hzemkkpw sb^pfmäkpsfÃmw sbs«¶pSs¶ FÃmks^]pw AkWnt`¡Xp¸n¨p. Hmcohns` tKm`nNapw fäpw sb«¶p Ss¶ Ak³ bXns¨Xp¯p. Ip^p¡wbm_ªm Cu Wm`v UnkhwsNm*pSs¶ tKmhq«n B Hmcohns` FÃmk^psX]pw fWÊn CXw tWXn. Cs¸m tKmhq«n dpÅän`m\v Hmcohnt`¡v k^p¶Spw tbmNp¶SpsfÃmw.

As¶m^p skÅn]mjvI]m]n^p¶p. bSnkptbms` tKmhq«n Hmcohns`¯n. FÃmk^pw k¶n«p*v. HmXnWX¶p b\ns]Xp¡pN]m\v FÃmk^pw. tKmhq«n tWs^ tbm]Sv ^mVnN]psX AXpt¯¡m\v. FÃmk^pfm]n N¼Wn Bt\`pw ^mVnN tI¨n]pfm]n Ak³ H¯n^n AXp¯n^p¶p. AÑtWm A½t]m htimU^§tam CÃm¯ tKmhq«n¡v ^mVnN H¯n^n AXp¯v CXbjpNm³ SpX§n]t¸m H¯n^n ht¯mgfm\p*m]Sv. b`t¸mjpw ^mVnN WÂNp¶ hvtWikpw sN]_n§pw Aksâ fWÊn AkÄs¡m^p tI¨n]psX b^ntkgw WÂNn. F¶pw sskNn«v ^mVnN AksW knan¡pfm]n^p¶p, Aksâ Nm^y§Ä AtWzgn¡pw.
CsSms¡]mt\`pw ^mVnN]psX NXsªXp¯ l^o^w, ASnsâ huµ^yw Aksâ fWÊn In`t¸msj¦n`pw fWpgyhiKfm] ss`wNoN In´Nant`¡pw ssW¨n^p¶p. F¶m AsSms¡]pw Ak³ Ssâ fWÊn AXn¨fÀ¯n k¨p.

^mVnN tKmhq«ns] N*t¸m H¶v In^n¨p.
“”F¶m tI¨n… FÃmk^pw C§sW Sn^¡n«p b\ns]Xp¡ps¶. F¶Sv hwekw..””Ak³ fWhn`mNm¯tbms` tImSn¨p.

“”C¶m bq`m³tUkn HmZnänwPnWv k^pw. B Z]mW ^mKNpfm^n. FÃmw Hms¡ Bt\¯s¶ Ip½m N`n¸n¡pw. CWn A§sW Asæn`pÅ Nm^yw b_]mtWm..ASpsNm*v FÃmw Hs¡ B¡pkm]n^p¶p. GNtUlw s_Zn B]n…””
^mVnN In` c]Âhv N¿ns`XnSpsNm* b_ªp.

“”ASnWp Wn§Äs¡Ãmw Aks^ A{S]v¡v tbXn]mt\m”” tKmhq«n NuSpNt¯msX tImSn¨p.

“”A§WÃm, F´m]m`pw W½psX fpS`man¨n AsÃ. W½sams¡ CSpsNm*v Kokn¡p¶k^m. As¸m sI_pSm]n tbXn¡\w. AsSm^p kr¯n ^m£hn]pw NqXn]. tKmhq«n]psX Nymdn³ FÃmw H¶v ¢o³ sI]vS skt¨m…””AkÀ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.

“”ASnWp f_pbXn]m]n AksWm¶p In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp. tKmhq«n]pw ASptbm`m]n^p¶p. Aksâ IpäpbmXpw FÃmw kas^ ¢o³ B]n^n¡pw. hzÀ¤¯ns` A½fmÀ sI_p¸w fpSt` AksW AsSms¡ lo`n¸n¨n^p¶p.

sbs«¶v ^mVnN tXdnan Smjs¯ c] FXp¡mWm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv