മൃഗം 13 [Master] 551

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^\w…^m{Sn N*ksâs]ms¡¡qsX Du^v Ipän hpOn¡pN]m\v– AtÃXn Wm]nsâ tfmsa..”
“”””e..g«v Abv ]p Ìp¸nZv..Wnsâ ko«n Dbt]mPn¡p¶ emg AknsX fm{Sw Dbt]mPn¨m fSn tNt«mXm hvsNu{*Â..” tZm\ tNmbw sNm*v kn_¨p.
“”””Wo AknXn^p¶p Nm¸n NpXn..Cu A®·m^psX {blvWw CWn Mm³ tWm¡nt¡mamw..tI«m Mm³ H¶v ssN NjpNnt¡mt«?”
Aksa bnXn¨p sd©n C^p¯n] tlgw Njns¨jpt¶ä kmhp tImUn¨p.
“”””Rmim At¸mÄ Wo bp`n]m\v..Wm]N³ Wm]nNs] ^£n¡m³ tbmNp¶p..sIÃv..f¡av ssN NjpNo«p km…”
kmhp tbm]t¸mÄ tZm\ Akt^ hiSmbt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”””F´mXn tWm¡p¶Sv? tkPw Wnsâ St´w StÅw Ct§m«v knan..CknXp¶p tbm]n¡n«\w F¶ps*¦nÂ..” AkÄs¡Sns^ sd©v– Wo¡n]n«p sNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””FXm..kjns] tbmNp¶ b\n C^¶p km§msS tbmNm³ tWm¡v..CsSm^p Atb£]m\v..¹ohv..tbm..tkPw..” AkÄ lÐw Smjv¯n Atb£n¨p.
“”””iivi..CkÄ Bap sNmÅmftÃmXm..F´mXn k`y NX¯WmX³ Aeymhn Bs\¶mt\m B sSm`n]³ Wnt¶mXv b_ªp S¶n^n¡p¶Sv..FXn bptà sb¬bnÅmt^ ka]v¡m³ CksWms¡ CSpw CSnW¸p_kpw b_]pw..Wns¶ N*n«v GtSm Wà ko«ns` sb®m\v– F¶v tSm¶p¶p*v..hSyw b_ªm M§av Ss¶ Wns¶ ko«n sNm*pknXmw..Aksâ NqsX tbmNmw F¶v Wo N^pS*…b_..Ak³ Wnsâ NmfpNWtÃ?”
“”””Mm³ b_]m³ DÅSv b_ªp..knVns] BÀ¡pw SXp¡m³ bänÃtÃm…” tZm\ sfsà Nm¸n DuSn¡pXn¡m³ SpX§n.
“”””As¸m BUyw fyqhn¡v..” ssNNjpNn k¶ kmhp tWs^ sI¶v Ìo^nt]m Hmcv sI]vSp. k`n] H^p WnlÐS AknsX b^¶pbnXn¨p.
“”””Aan]m CkWmav sNmÅmw..sb®nsâ fp³bn ssg³ sI¿pN]m\v Wm]nsâ tfm³….” H^pk³ tWSmkntWmXv b_ªp. Ak³ sfsà Fjpt¶äp.
“”””tI«·ms^….M§Ä¡v tbmNmtfm..A§v sNm¨o F¯*Sm…” kmhp Aks^ tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”””FXm dnWotg….bm«v CXXm…hwhm^w ASv NjnªpfSn…”
“”””F´nWm tI«m sk_psS {blvWw D*m¡p¶Sv..M§Ä tbmt]¡mw..” tZm\ Nm¸n NpXn¡p¶SnsX knan¨p b_ªp. bs£ AkÀ Aksa {l²n¨nÃ.
dnWogv F¶ sI_p¸¡m^³ Ko¸nWp hfobt¯¡v sI¶p. ASnWXp¯v Ss¶ Wn¶n^p¶ kmhp AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”””tkt\m?” Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””fm_n Wn¡Xm Mmªqs`..” AksW SÅnfmän]n«v dnWogv fyqhnNv hnÌw Hm\m¡m]n ssN k*n]psX DÅnt`¡n«p. tZm\ sfmssd FXp¯v Nymf_ Hm\m¡n AkntX]v¡v tcm¡hv sI]vSp…