fmZkpw ¢mÀ¡v hm_pw NqsX tim«`n sI`kjn¨ B Unkh¯nWv tlgw FWn¡v N¸`n hpO KoknSw Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. Wà e£\w, Bkly¯nWv hzmS{´w. Mm³ N¸Â tZm¡v sI]vS hf]s¯ms¡ bp_¯v tbm]n. b*v AsSms¡ dp²nfp«v Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. N¸`n Fsâ NqsX DÅ b`^pw b`Spw sI]vSv Ss¶]m\v Kokn¨n^p¶Sv. In`À sP B]n. In`À ASÃmsS Ss¶ b`Spw sI]vSv sNmXp¯p. Mm³ Fsâ KokS¯n SrbvSWm]n^p¶p.

bp_¯v tbmkm³ sbÀfng³ S^p¶Sv ¢mÀ¡v hÀ B\v. At±ifm\v Hm¸t_g³ HcoÊÀ. NzmÀ«À sX¡ntWmXv tIÀ¶v k`n] H^p fp_n]m\v At±i¯nWv. sbÀfng³ FXp¡m³ tbmkpt¼mÄ b`t¸mjpw hÀ Ft¶mXv km]n FXp¡m³ b_]pw. fmX¯n Wn¶v `en¡m¯ H¶m]n^p¶p ASv. Mm³ bSps¡ bSps¡ W¶m]n sI]vSv sNmXp¡m³ bYn¨p. ¢mÀ¡v hm_nWv Bkm³ SpX§pt¼mÄ WnÀ¯mWpw, bns¶ ko*pw bSns] SpX§mWpw Hs¡ Mm³ lo`n¨p. bs£ H^p {blvWw C§sW Hs¡ sI¿pt¼mÄ Aakn NqXpS bm Fsâ km]n Wn_]pw F¶Sm]n^p¶p. ASv km]n Wn¶v bp_t¯¡v tbmkp¶Sv hm_nWv Cãfà SmWpw. H^p knV¯n`m\v Mm³ fpjpkWpw NpXn¨v SoÀ¡pN. bs£ Fsâ hzmS{´y¯nWv sNmXp¡p¶ sI_n] kn` B]n^p¶p ASv.

H^p Unkhw Mm³ sNmamd F¶ Ø`¯v Wn¡pt¼mÄ Wm«n sk¨v FWn¡v b^nI]fpÅ H^p tI¨ns] N*p. Fsâ A½koXnWXp¯v Smfhfm]n^p¶p A¡m`¯v. bns¶ tdmwsd]v¡v tbm]n F¶_nªp. AknsX BÀ¡pw Wà Aen{bm]w CÃm]n^p¶p. N*t¸mÄ Mm³ AÛpSs¸«v tbm]n. Wà Wn_w sk¨n^n¡p¶p. W¶m]n sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ H^p C_p¡fpÅ Xo gÀ«n fp_p¡n sk¨n^n¡p¶p. bn³ klw H^p ^£]nÃm¯ ewPn. f_m¯nNÄ V^n¡p¶ k`n] k«fpÅ WSWn] F¶ fp¡p¯n. ssN]n IqXnNÄ fp«v ks^. Mm³ ^*pw N`vbn¨v AXp¯v sI¶p.

“””” tI¨n, knWn tI¨n.”

“””” D®n.. At¿m…. F{S Wmam]n.. Rm, Wo CknsX B\tÃm tÃ.. NX]n Ft´m..”

“””” AÃ tI¨n, MmWnt¸m N¸`n`m. H^p Atf^n¡³ N¼Wn]n`v”

tI¨n¡v ASnl]w tSm¶n. AkÀ Fs¶ WnÀdÔn¨v ko«nt`¡v sNm*v tbm]n. H^p k`n] cv`mäns` sI_n] fp_n. AVnNw hmVW§Ä H¶pfnÃ. DÅSv Wà kr¯n]m]n sk¨n^p¶p.

“””” Wm«n`v, Fs¶ bän b`Spw b_]p¶p*v F¶v FWn¡v A_n]mw. Wnt¶mXv Hant¡* Nm^yw H¶pfnÃ. Nps_ Hs¡ hSyw Ss¶]m. Cu b_]p¶k^v H¶pw km]n`v sk¨v S^nÃ. b\ns]Xp¯v Sn¶p¶p. W¶m]n Kokn¡p¶p.. Rm Wnsâ kntlg§Ä b_”

M§Ä Nps_ hwhm^n¨p. tI¨n bSntWjmw k]Ênt`m N¼nNp«³.sWäv