_qw bq«n Smtj]v¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n Wµ³ In´n¨p.
“”F´nWm]n^n¡pw `nhn knan¨v ASymklyfm]n hwhm^n¡\w F¶v b_ªSv? C¶v sskNpt¶^w tKm`n Njnªp k¶t¸mjpw fm]s] Nm\mWm]n `nhn]psX _qfnt`¡v N]_n]Sm\tÃm F¶n«pw `nhn At¸mÄ H¶pw b_ªnÃ.’
fm]]v¡v BN-vhnZ³_v bän]n«v Ct¸mÄ H^mjvI ]mNp¶p.. A¶pfpSt` fm] `nhn]psX NqsX¯s¶]m\v, Aksa tWm¡mWm]n `nhn]pw `oskXp¯p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
Wµ³ F¶pw ^mkns` tKm`n¡v tbmNpt¼mjpw sskNpt¶^w tKm`n Njnªp k^pt¼mjpw fm]s] tbm]n Nm\pfm]n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ sI_pSm]n B^psX]pw him]fnÃmsS WX¶v SpX§n]n«p*v.. F¦n`pw Nm`n dm³tZKv Ipän]n^n¡pN]m\v, N¿ns` ¹mÌÀ fmäpkm³ CWn]pw H^p fmhw FXp¡pw F¶m\v tZmÎÀ b_ªn^n¡p¶Sv.
`nhn]psX cv`mänWp fp¶n F¯n] Wµ³ tZm_n fp«n.
`nhn Ss¶]m\v k¶v tZmÀ Sp_¶Sv, iman H^p thmc]n fm] C^n¸p*v.
Wµ³ fm]]v¡v FSns^ NnX¶ thmc]n sI¶v C^p¶p sNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”””F´m `nhn ASymklyfm]n Nm\\sf¶v b_ªSv?”
“”””sI_n] H^p t{bm»w D*v.. F³s_ ihvd³Zv Wmsa Wm«ns`¯pw. FWn¡v Wmsa Ss¶ Wm«n tbmtN*n k^pw.. bns¶ ^*p fmhw Njntª Sn^n¨p k^q.”
“””” At¸mÄ fm]]psX Nm^yw?”
“”””ASm\v t{bm»w Ds*¶v b_ªSv..”
Wµ³ fm]s] tWm¡n.
AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS FÃmw tN«psNm*n^n¡pN]m\v.
`nhn b_ªp.
“”””H^p Unkhw sNm*v timwWjvhnsW H¸n¡pN Fs¶ms¡ b_ªm WX¡p¶ Nm^yfÃ.. CkapsX A½s] A_n]n¨v CknsX k^p¯mw F¶v b_ªn«v AkÄ tNÄ¡p¶pfnÃ.”
ASptN«v fm] tUgy¯n b_ªp.
“”””Fs¶ tWm¡m³ A½ CknsX k¶v WnÂt¡* Nm^ysfm¶pfnÃ..”
`nhn b_ªp.
“”””fm]m Wo C§sW tUgys¸XmsS.. A¶s¯ hmiI^y¯n Wns¶ B N`ym\¯nWp WnÀdÔn¨p F¶pw b_ªv AkÀ Wn³s_ A½ Ss¶]tÃ?”
fm] WµtWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”””Zm.. FWn¡nt¸mÄ WX¡m³ bäpw.. Mm³ _qfn k¶p Wn¶m`pw FWn¡v Wns¶ sI_n] him]§Ä fSn]mNpw, WnW¡v AsSm^p dp²nfp«mNptfm?”
“”””FWn¡v dp²nfp«v H¶pfnÃ.. H¶pfntàMm³ Wn³s_ _qfn Asà Smfhn¡p¶Sv.. Ct¸mÄ Mm³ Wns¶ si¸v sI]vSnsæn bns¶ Ft¸mÄ sI¿mWm?”
fm] `nhnt]mXv b_ªp.
“”””tN«tÃm..Wo]nWn ssV^yfm]n Wm«nt`¡v sbm]vt¡m FWn¡nknsX H^p Npj¸fp*mNnÃ.”
bns¶]pw `nhn Hmt^m¶v b_ªp tWm¡ns]¦n`pw fm] AkapsX So^pfmW¯n Ss¶ D_¨p Wn¶p. WµWpw H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv