മൃഗം 13 [Master] 551

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tlgw Sm³ Ssâ sfmssd`n Wn¶pw sI]vS NmÄ B\v CSv..B^psX W¼^mtXm CSv?”
St`Unkhw ^m{Sn]ns` tNmÄ `nÌv FXp¸n¨v sbut`mhv ^ko{µsW tImUyw sI¿pN]m]n^p¶p tÌgWnÂ.
“”””A..ASv..fphvSc]psX W¼À..” ^ko{µ³ b_ªp.
“”””F´v kntlgw b_]mWm\v Sm³ AÀ²^m{Sn AksW knan¨Sv?”
“”””sk..sk_psS..” ^ko{µ³ kn¡n.
“”””ipw….” sbut`mhv sdÃn kn^`fÀ¯n. H^p tNm¬ÌdnÄ DÅn N]_n h`yq«v WÂNn.
“”””knans¡tXm AksW..”
“”””hÀ”
A`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ fphvScs] tbm`ohpNmÀ DÅnt`¡v sNm*pk¶p. AksW N*t¸mÄ ^ko{µsâ fpOw kna_n skap¯p.
“”””Dw..F´nWmXm C¶s` ^m{Sn Wns¶ C]mÄ knan¨Sv?” sbut`mhv tImUn¨p.
“”””ASv..sk_psS knan¨Sm\v..C¶v H¶v Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp..”
“”””PpZv..^m{Sn]n H^p Npl`mtWzg\w..ASpw H^p ko«n In`À ASn{Nfn¨p N]_n tbm`ohnsâ him]w Bklys¸«SnWv sSm«p bn¶ms`..WÃSv…Cu W¼À B^psX]m\v F¶v WnW¡_n]ptfm?”
sbut`mhv fsäm^p W¼À AksW Nm\n¨p. fphvSc sM«n.
“”””Wo sM«nt]m? Cu W¼À fpi½Uv– fm`n¡v F¶v tb^pÅ sNm¨n hztUln]psX W¼^m\v. Cu W¼À C¶s` Cu Xk_nsâ b^nVn]n D*m]n^p¶p…Wo CSnt`¡v C¶s` sI]vS tNmapNÄ F{Ss]®w Ds*¶v Cu `nÌn D*v…CWn S¯ b_]p¶Sv tbms` b_tªm..kÅnbpÅn knXmsS..B^m\v Cu fm`n¡v..AkWnknsX C¶s` F´nWp k¶p? Wo]pw AkWpw C]mapw S½n`pÅ dÔw F´m\v?” sbut`mhv Nth^]nt`¡v Imªn^p¶psNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”””hmt_ AksWsâ fmfsâ fNWm\v..C¶s` dÔpkm] Fs¶ Nm\m³ AkWnknsX k¶n^p¶p..Ct§m«v k^mWpÅ kjn A_n]m³ Fs¶ AkWpw Sn^nsN Mm³ AksW]pw knan¨p..ASns`´m hmt_ {blvWw?” fphvSc In^n¨psNm*m\v tImUn¨Sv.
Aksâ dp²n sbut`mhnWv fWhn`m]n. ^ko{µsâ fpO¯v N* Blzmh¯n Wn¶pw A]mÄ b`Spw fWhn`m¡n.
“”””Hmtim..At¸mÄ fm`n¡v Wnsâ dÔpkm\v…..B]nt¡ms«..C¶s` ^m{Sn Wnsâ Cu fmfsâ fN³ CknsX Fs´Xp¡pN]m]n^p¶p? Wns¶ Nm\m³ k¶ Ak³ Wnsâ ko«n¯s¶ D*m]n^pt¶m?”
“”””D*m]n^p¶p..^m{Sn]m\v– Sn^nsNt¸m]Sv”
“”””^m{Sn F{S f\n¡v?”
“”””HmÀ½]nÃ..bt¯m bSnsWmt¶m B]n¡m\pw”
“”””Wnsâ tcm\n Wn¶pw ^m{Sn bSnsWm¶v A¼SnWpw, bns¶ b{´*^]v¡pw tNmav tbm]n«p*v..CksW¸än NqXpS`_n]m³ Mm³ sNm¨n tbm`ohpfm]n dÔs¸«n^n¡pN]m\v…AksW Fsâ ssN]n Nn«pw..A¡m^y¯n WnW¡v hwl]sfm¶pw tk*…At¸mÄ Wo Cu b_ªSn N¼nNp«³.sWäv