lWn]mjvI B_pf\n]v¡v Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. F³s_ tUiw fpjpk³, {btSyNn¨v F³s_ Np® f½n]psX St`mX`nWp e]¦^fm]n sNmSn¨p. A¸ hf]w NqXn f½ns] {bSo£n¨v NnX¶SnWp tlgw Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. dÀfpZ]pw Xo gÀ«pfn«p. AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶t¸mÄ f½n AknsX Sn^¡n«v Ft´m D*m¡pN]m\v. H^p Ipk¶ Ip^nUmÀ tXm¸pw skap¯ s`¤n³hpfm\v f½n]psX tkgw. s`¤n³hnWN¯v f½n]psX AjNmÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ N*t¸mÄ dÀfpZ]v¡pÅn F³s_ Np® fsäm¶pw Bt`mIn¡m³ Wn¡msS S`]p]À¯n¸nXn¨v Wn¶p.
“”Bim””
F³s_ hm¶n²yf_nªv Sn^nªptWm¡msS f½n b_ªp.
“”NmÀt¶m^v Fjpt¶täm?””
Mm³ AXp¯v sI¶v f½n]psX tSman bnXn¨p.
“”Nt*m bp_¯v?””
KWm`]n`qsX bp_t¯¡v N®pNa]¨v f½n tImUn¨p.
“”F´v Wà hpOfpÅ sk]n`m! C¶v h¬ dm¯nwPv WX¯n]mt`m Ft¶mÀ¡p¶p””
f½n sk]n`v sNmÅm³ NnX¡m_p*v F¶v fp¼v b_ªSv FWnt¡mÀ½ k¶p.
“”NqXpt¶m C¶v- f½osX NqsX?””
F³s_ irU]w CaNn¯pXn¨p. f½n AknsX sk]n sNmÅm³ NnX¡p¶Sv In`t¸mÄ H^p dm¯nwPv XÆ fm{Sw V^n¨m]n^n¡pw. Asæn NqsX {dm]pw.ASn NqXpS khv{S§Ä H¶pw Nm\m³ Im³hv CÃ. F¶n«v Ft¶ knan¡pN]m\v–! NqXpt¶m F¶v! CSn¸^w F´v {SnÃm\v– DÅSv?
“”FXm NmÀt¶ms^””
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ f½n b_ªp.
“”CSv H^p sfZnhnW ^oSn]m\v.Wo tN«n«ntà bpSn] B]pgv Zn¸mÀ«vsfâv? Wà imÀZv Nms¼]n³ Hs¡]m Pks׳_v sI¿pt¶ ASn³s_ tbm¸p`m^nän¡v. t]mP, sfZnsäg³, hq^yWfhv¡m^w, hq^yhvWmWw…””
Mm³ f½n]psX km¡pNÄ tN«v Wn¶p.
“”]qt_m¸o¶pw Atf^nt¡¶pw Hs¡ hm]n¸pw fUmt½w sk]n sNmÅm³ tk*n tN^a¯n k^m_p*v. Sp\ow tNm\mWpw H¶pw CÃmsS b»nNv B]n Ak^v do¨n Hs¡ NnX¡p¶Sv N*n«ntÃ?””
“”N*n«nÃ.bs£ A_n]mw””
In^n¨psNm*v Mm³ f½n]psX tSman AfÀ¯n.
“”C¶v GSm]m`pw H^p fUm½ b»n¡v B]n Sp\ow tNm\mWpw CÃmsS b»nNv B]n sNX¡p¶Sv Nm\mw””
Mm³ b_ªp.
“”Nm\mw””
f½n In^n¨p.
“”bs£ fUm½ AÃ. Wn³s_ k]Ên f½n. b»nNv B]n«Ã. W½psX Npa¯n³s_ Nt^””
“”Sp\ow tNm\mWptkm?””
Mm³ hwl]n¨v tImUn¨p.
“”Hm! ASn¸w…””
f½n hwl]n¨p.
“”F{S Unkhfm Wo Ft¶ Sp\ow tNm\mWpw H¶pw CÃmsS Ns*¡ps¶?””
“”A¸w?””
At¸mw AtXw H¶pfnÔ”
f½n F³s_ S`fpXn]n SjpNn.
“”F¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv