മൃഗം 14 [Master] 435

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak^psX k*n HmXn¨n^p¶ ss{ZkÀ…gmKn Ft¶m ftäm B\v Aksâ tb^v. AkWpw Ak^psX knlzhvSWm\v..ASpsNm*v {bSo£]v¡v Sos^ kN]nÃ.. Wfp¡v F§sW SpX§\w F¶m\v Wnsâ Aen{bm]w?” tZm\ `mbvtXmbn Wn¶pw tWm«w fmän AktWmXp tImUn¨p.
“”””At¸mÄ Cu Wm`ptbÀ knIm^n¨m Aks^ K]n`n`m¡m³ bäpsf¶m\v Wo N^pSp¶Sv AsÃ?” kmhp tImUn¨p.
“”””AsS..dm¡n sSankpNÄ Hs¡ Mm³ hfmi^n¨p Njnªp. BßiSym t{b^\¡päw AÃ, sNm`bmSN¯nWv Sp`yfm] fmWhnN BQmSw AkÄ¡v Cu fqk^pw WÂNn F¶m\v tNmXSn]n FWn¡v sSan]nt¡*Sv. Wà fW¡^p¯v D*m]n^p¶ fpwSmhv sk_psfm^p bj´p\n]m]n fm_n]Sv Ak^psX {Nq^S sNm*m\v. NdoÀ F¶ tNmXolz^³ WÂNn] `£§Ä¡v tk*n AkÀ Aksa Wln¸n¨p. Aksa sNmÃmsS kn«Sv Ak^psX S{´fm]n^p¶p. Ndo_nsâ Np«n AkapsX k]än Wn¶pw KWn¡m³ bmXnà Fs¶ AkÀ¡v D*m]n^p¶pÅq..ASv AkÀ WnÊm^fm]n hmVn¨p. bs£ AtSmsX KoknSw SNÀ¶ fpwSmhv BÀ¡pw em^fmNmsS, H^mapsX]pw knjp¸mNm³ Wn¡msS Cu t`mNw kn«p tbmNpN]m]n^p¶p..Fsâ FÃmfm]n^p¶p AkÄ..” tZm\ knSp¼n.
“”””l^n..Wo b_..Ck^n B^psX sSankm\v BUyw tk*Sv?” kmhp tImUn¨p.
“”””BUyw gmKn F¶ Ak^psX ss{Zks_ Wfp¡v Nn«\w. Ak³ Ak^psX Pp*m tWSmkv NqXn]m\v. F´v sI¿mWpw fXn]nÃm¯ AVfWm\v Ak³. Ak³ Wfp¡v fpwSmhnsW S«ns¡m*v tbm]kÀ Ak^m\v F¶v sfmjn S¶mÂ, bns¶ d¡À C¡]pw {Xohm½]pw Wfp¡v Cuhn]m\v” tZm\ Bt`mIWt]msX b_ªp.
“”””Cu gmKn]psX koXv FknsX]m\v?”
“”””f«mt©^n]ns` H^p tNmaWn]n B\v Ak³. koXv FWn¡_n]mw”
“”””Bs^ms¡ D*v Aksâ ko«nÂ?”
“”””AkWpw Aksâ km¸]pw D½]pw bns¶ em^y, H^p fNÄ..”
“”””Aks^ms¡ F§sW? WÃ BapNÄ Bt\m?”
“”””G]v–..Aksâ km¸]pw H^p {NnfnW B\v. fpWvbv GtSm ^m{ão] bmÀ«n]psX HutUymPnN Pp* B]n^p¶p A]mÄ. tb^v h¡oÀ..f«mt©^n h¡oÀ bj] H^p hnwifm\v..Ct¸mjpw Bav e]¦^³ Ss¶..A¸sâ kjns] fNWpw tbm]n..AkÀ¡v ASv lo`fm\v…”
kmhp AÂbtW^w Bt`mIn¨p.
“”””Mm³ H^p Nm^yw sI¿mw. Cu b_ª gmKns] tbm]n H¶v Nm\mw. Asæn tk*..Aksâ ko«pNms^ N*p hwhm^n¡mw. f^n¨ptbm] sb¬Np«n]psX AkØ]pw Hs¡ b_ªp tWm¡mw. AkÀ¡v fWÊ`nkp tSm¶n AWpNq`fm]n f_pbXn S¶m W½Ä K]n¨p..F´v b_]p¶p?”
Ak³ tZm\s] tWm¡n tImUn¨p. AkÄ H^p Sfml tN«Sptbms` In^n¨p.
“”””kmhq..Mm³ Aks^ ^*pSk\ N*Sm\v CtS Nm^yw b_ªv. bs£ N¼nNp«³.sWäv