H¯n^n k«w b` SofpNapw Bt`mIn¨p fmän fmän Fjp¯ntWm¡n. ASpsNm*m\v sskNn]Sv… F¶n«pw FWn¡v SrbvSn]mkp¶nÃ. NT H«pw Wn`km^fnÃmSm]nt¸mNp¶p Fs¶m^p tSm¶Â. fmaq«ns] Cãs¸Xp¶kÀ Fs¶ sNmÃ^pSv… F´m]m`pw SpX§s«…

Wn_ª N®pNtamsX fmaq«n knan¨p: ‘^Kotg«m…’ Fsâ ssNNans`mSp§n] AkapsX hpµ^fm] fpOt¯]v¡p Mm³ fpOw tIÀ¯p. AkapsX IqXp Wnlzmhw Fs¶ tNm^n¯^n¸n¨p. B Ipk¶ bknjIp*pNan Mm³ Fsâ Ip*ptIÀ¯p… B Ip*pNapsX fmVp^yw fsäm^p bpgvb¯ns`]pw tSWnWv tbm`pw D*mknsÃs¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. Btklt¯msX Mm³ B tS³Ip*pNÄ Wp\sªXp¡pt¼mÄ ASnt`¡m]n Btklt¯msX AkÄ Fsâ Ip*p k`n¨p NpXn¡p¶p.

Mm³ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p. {Xoh Btklt¯msX Fsâ Ip*pNÄ Wp\sªXp¡pN]m\v.Mm³ D_¡¯n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äSms\¶p At¸mjm\v Mm³ tdmVkmWm]Sv. {Xoh]psX ko«n AkapsX sdZn`m]n^p¶p Mm³. Wà H^p Nan]v¡p tlgw tdmVw sN«p_§nt¸m]n. f`À¶p NnX¡p¶Fsâ fpNan NnX¶m\v {Xoh F¶ I^¡v Fsâ Ip*pNÄ I¸n k`n¡p¶Sv. Mm³AkapsX A^]n¸nXn¨p f_nªp.AkÄ Smsj]pwMm³ fpNan`pfm]n. Mm³ Smtjm«v k¶p AkapsX k`Sp fp` km]n`n«p Du¼n. AkÄ Ip*pNÄ NXn¨p.
‘Wnsâ A`N-vhv C¨m]³ Cs¸m k^ptfm?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.
‘G]v… CÃ… CWn k¶m`pw ^Kn F´nWm tbXn¡p¶Sv? Wnsâ fpS`man sI]vSSptbms`t] As`N-vhpw sI¿m³ tbmkp¶pÅp… tU tZm*v ssf³Zv…’ AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ H¶psX k`Sp fp`¡®vH¶v NXn¨p F¶n«p CXSpfp` H¶v Du¼n. ‘Hmt¡… AÃ FWn¡v tImUy¯nWv D¯^w Nn«n]nÃ…’ Mm³ b_ªp.
‘F´nWm ^Kn… Mm³ FÃm]nX¯pw H^p knïn]m\v… Wo]pw Fs¶ A§sW N^pSn]m tbms^?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.
Mm³ fpOsfXp¯p AkapsX Ip*nÂIpwdn¨p.
‘Fsâ Np®]v¡p fp³bn sk¨v Wnsâ N®v Wn_ªt¸mÄ fpS Wo]pw H^p bmkw sb®m\v…’ Mm³ {Xoh]psX Njp¯n Ipwdn¨p.
‘b_… FWn¡v hSyf_n]\w…’
{Xoh]psX N®pNÄ WWªp. AkÄ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p. H^p Nan Njnªp NnX¶p_§n] AkapsX kn]À¸p f\w Mm³ BhzUn¨p.
‘AsS ^Kn… t^Os] Mm³ tUk³ hm_nWv Nq«nsNmXp¯Sm\v… ASv tlO_pw A_nªpsNm*ms\¶p Aksa M§Ä knlzhn¸n¨p… CWn]pw Mm³ knïn Asöp Wo b_]ptfm?’
Mm³ Aksa H¶pNqXn C_p¡n sN«n¸nXn¨p… AkapsX Njp¯n W¡n.
‘CWn]pw b_]pw…Wo CSv Sp_¶p b_ªnÃm]n^ps¶¦n Mm³ b_]nÃm]n^p¶p… bs£, Ct¸mjpw Wo H^p bmkw sb®m\v…’ N¼nNp«³.sWäv