N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm\n¡\w.”
AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Fs¶ si¸v sI]vS BÄ Wà Bt^mPyt¯mXpNqXn C^n¡\w F¶pÅSpsNm*v Mm³ CSv b_ªSv… FWn¡v hnP^äv F¶v b_]p¶Sv CãfÃ.. bns¶ Wo B]SpsNm*m Hs^®sf¦n`pw Mm³ h½Sn¨Sv.”
“”””h½Sn¨n^n¡p¶p.”
Ak³ AkapsX tWs^ ssN Wo«n. fm] H^p hnP^äpw ss`ä_pw Ak³s_ N¿n sNmXp¯p.
hnP^äv k`n¡p¶SnWnX]n Ak³ In´n¨p.
“”CSpks^ S³s_ Nm^y§an CXsbXm³ Bs^]pw h½Sn¨n«nÃ.. bt£ CkÄ Ss¶ Wn]{´n¡p¶Sv fWÊpsNms*¦n`pw Mm³ Cãs¸Xp¶pt*m.’
Ak³ Aksa Ss¶ tWm¡n.
Wà S\p¯ Nmäv kolp¶p*m]n^p¶p. B Nmän AkapsX fpXnNÄ sI_pSm]n bm_n¸_¡p¶p.
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””fm]¡v CknXw Cãfmt]m?”
Caw Nmäp sNm*pÅ S\p¸n ssNNÄ Nq«n¯n^p½n sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Cãfmt]mt¶m… FWn¡v H^pbmXv H^pbmXv Cãfm]n.. Wn³s_ Cu WmXv, t£{Sw, Wn³s_ ko«pNmÀ FÃmw..”
hnP^äv k`n¨p So^p¶ks^]pw AkÀ Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¨p sNm*v AknsX Wn¶p.
At¸msjÃmw Ak³s_ {l² C^p«n`pw Sna§nWn¡p¶ sFlz^yfpÅ AkapsX fpOs¯ huµ^y¯n Ss¶]m]n^p¶p.
hnP^äv k`n¨v SNÀ¶t¸mÄ AkÀ _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
fm] _qfn sI¶v N]_pt¼mÄ N«n`n C^n¡p¶ `£vfns] B\v N*Sv.
`£vfn tImUn¨p.
“”””FknsX]m]n^p¶p?”
“”””Wn³s_ tI«tWmXv Hmt^m¶v hwhm^n¨v sX_hn Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.”
“”””tI«³ AknsX hnP^äv k`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p AtÃ?”
fm] BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.
“”””ASv WnW¡v F§sW A_n]mw?”
`¨p In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”””ko«n F´p WX¶m`pw Mm³ A_n]pw.”
“”””Ak³ hnP^äv k`n¡p¶ Nm^yw WnW¡v A_n]msf¦n bns¶ WnW¡Sv SXªpsX?”
“”””bns¶… Mm³ b_ªm tNÄ¡p¶ H^mav.. CSnt¸mÄ FWn¡_nªpNqXm F¶v knIm^n¨m\v Han¨v Hs¡ tbm]n^p¶p k`n¡p¶Sv.. Mm³ A_nªp F¶v fWÊn`m¡n]m ASv bns¶ hzmS{´yw BNpw.. ASv tk*.”
ASv tN«v Mm³ In^n¨p.
`¨p tImUn¨p.
“”””Wmsa F´m\v Wn§apsX ¹m³?”
“””” tUkpkn³s_ ko«n tbmN\w F¶v Ak³ b_ªp.. Asæn bns¶ ASv b^mSn BNpsf¶v.”
`£vfn H¶v Bt`mIn¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“””” tUkpknWv tI«tWmXv Ft´m H^p CãfpÅ tbms` FWn¡v b`t¸mjpw tSm¶n]n«p*v.”
“”””Bt\m.. F¦n Wfp¡v AsSm¶p sbm¡\ftÃm.”
AknsX C^p¶p hwhm^n¨p hwhm^n¨p AkÀ D_¡¯nt`¡v Ft¸mtjm N¼nNp«³.sWäv
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