അങ്ങനെ തുടങ്ങി 2 [ആദി] 1715

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]Âkmhn B\v. Aet]mXv fn*p¶Sp F§mWpw N*m AtSmsX SoÀ¶p.
Ae]v Wfp¡v tbmNmw. sskNn]m ko«n kj¡v b_]pw.
“”At¸mÄ CkÄ¡v Fsâ NqX k^p¶Sn Cãt¡sXm¶pw Cà “”.Ak³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p
AkÀ sft{Xm tÌgWnt`Nv WX¶p.
tbmNp¶ kjn AkÄ km tSm^msS hwhm^n¨p sNm*n^p¶p. Ae]v AsSm¶pw tNÄ¡p¶sS CÃm^p¶p. Aksa Ss¶ tWm¡n GtSm fm] t`mN¯n BÀ¶p Ak³.

“”Ae]v Xn¡äv FXp¡m³ Cs¸m tI©v–Dt*m. “”AkÄ sImUn¨p
“”ssUktf CsSt¸m tÌgWn F¯n “” Ak³ BÝ^ys¸«p.
Ak³ :At§m«v– Xn¡äv– Mm³ FXpt¯mamw
AkÀ Xn¡äv FXp¯p sft{Xm]n N]_n.
AkÄ hwhm^w SpXÀ¶p.
AkWpw CX¡v Fs´ms¡t]m b_ªp.

bn¶oXpÅ FÃm FN-vhmw Unkhkpw CSp SpXÀ¶p. A§sW `mÌv Unkhs¯ FN-vhmw Njnªp Sn^n¨p B`pk tÌgWn AkÀ C_§n.AkÀ ss{bkäv dÌmânt`¡v WX¶p. Cu Unkh§an AkÀ Wà N¼Wn Bs]¦n`pw sfmssd W¼À fm{Sw Ae]v tImUn¨nÃ. ASk³ AkhmW Unkhw tImUn¡m³ C^n¡pkm^p¶p. bs£ Cs¸m tImUn¡m³ H^p fXn.
“”As¸m Ae]v CWn F¶m Nm\p¶Sv? “”AkÄ tImUn¨p
“”Ft¸m tkt\`pw Nm\mt`m “”Ak³ b_ªp
AkÄ :””CX¡v knan¡v
At¸mta¡pw AkÄ¡p tbmNmWpÅ dhv k¶p.
AkÄ tkPw dhn N]_m³ SpX§n.
“”As¸m W¼À “” Ak³ tImUn¨p
“”Mm³ S¶p Ae]v ASp tWm¡n CÃ As¸m “” AkÄ b_ªp
Ak³ :F¶p ?
AkÄ :A¶v A]`vb¡s¯ Bâns] N* A¶v. Xn¡änsâ bp_NnÂ.
Ae]psX fWÊn H^p CXn sk«n] tbms` tSm¶n. “”A¶v AkÄ H¶pw b_]msS tbm] tUgy¯n Mm³ ASp tWm¡n¡qsX CÃm^p¶p. “” tÌgWn Wn¶n_§n Xn¡äv– HmX]n C« Wnfngs¯ Ak³ fWÊn lbn¨p.
At¸mta¡pw AkÄ dhn N]_n sshZv hoän C^p¶p.
Ae]v dhnWp bp_¯qsX AkapsX AXp¯p sI¶p.
AkÄ :Ae]v CWn Mm³ W¼À S^nÃ.knVn Ds*¦n W½Ä CWn]pw Nm\pw. AsSm^p {Sn AsÃ? Asæn Ae]v Ss¶ W¼À N*p bnXn¨p Fs¶ knan¡v.
Ae]v :I`©v Bt\m? F¶m Wmsa Ss¶ Fsâ NmÄ k^pw
AkÄ : Mm³ Nm¯n^n¡pw….
At¸mta¡pw dhv FXp¯p.
H^p NŨn^nt]msX AkÄ AksW Sn^nªp tWm¡n….

Ak³ BsN kngf¯n dhv tbmNp¶Spw tWm¡n A§sW Wn¶p. ko«n F¯n] Ae]v BsN fqZv Hu«v– B]n^p¶p. F¸apw Fs´m¡t]m Bt`mIn¨p sNm*n^n¡p¶p.

“”FN-vhmw bmXm]n^pt¶m C¶v? “” AÑsâ tImUyw AksW In´Nan Wn¶p\À¯n
“”A§sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv