മൃഗം 2 [Master] 893

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bÃpNÄ sM^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Cu tfmsa {bhkn¡m³ Mm³ tk\fm]n^p¶tÃm..F¶pfpS`m ASpw f_¶v tbm]Sv? Wn§Ä¡v tdmVw CÃmsS tbm]tÃm fWpgym..F´nWm\v Aksa Ck³ SÃn]Sv F¶v Wn§Ä AktamXv– tImUnt¨m? Nps_ tImUn¡pw.. B S`Sn^nª sb®v bt_¶ F´pw A§v fqtXmsX knjp§pw..FXn Unsky CknsX kmXn..”
^pNvfn\n tNmbt¯msX DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n Aksa knan¨p. Unky sfsà C_§nk¶p. kmhpknsW N*t¸mÄ AkapsX DÅn tNmbw Wp^¨psbm´n.
“”””F´nWm NnX¶p Nm_p¶Sv?” A½s] AkÚt]msX tWm¡n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””b_]Xn..F´nWm Ck³ Wns¶ SÃn]Sv?” ^pNvfn\n AkapsX N®nt`¡v ^q£fm]n tWm¡ns¡m*v– tImUn¨p.
“”””Mm³ b_ªm Wn§Ä¡v knlzmhw CÃtÃm..ASpsNm*v shuN^yfnà b_]m³”
AkÄ fpOw sk«n¨p Vn¡m^t¯msX b_ªp. kmhpknsâ DÅn In^n sbm«ns]¦n`pw AkWSv bp_tf Nm\n¨nÃ.
“”””tN«tÃm..Akav b_]nÃ..A{S]v¡v k`n] Ft´m sNmÅ^pSmjnN Ckav Nm\n¨n«p*v..ASm b_]m¯Sv..Wo AN¯p tbmXm kmhq..CkÄ¡v Nm^\w b_]m³ ks¿¦n Wo CknsX Wn¶pw F§pw tbmNmWpw tbmNp¶nÃ..Nm^\fnÃmsS Ak³ Cksa SÃns]¦nÂ..Mm³ Ss¶ AksW b_ªp knt«mamw” ^pNvfn\n SoÀ¸v N¸n¨p b_ªp.
“”””Wmlw bnXn¨ SÅ..Wn§av Pp\w bnXn¡¯nà tWm¡nt¡m..”
Unky AkapsX A½s] {bmNns¡m*v– ImXn¯pÅn DÅnt`¡v tbmNm³ SpX§p¶ hf]¯v H^p kmiW¯nsâ fp^Ĩ]psX AN¼Xnt]msX lànt]_n] skan¨w Ak^psX ko«p fpäs¯ {bNmlf]fm¡n. H^p tbm`ohv Ko¸v AknsX¯n t{d¡n«p. ASn Wn¶pw Fhv sF DÄs¸sX Nps_ tbm`ohpNmÀ C_§nk^p¶Sv l¦^Wpw fäpÅk^pw Bl¦t]msX N*p.
“”””kmhp?” kmhpknsâ fp³bn F¯n] Fhv sF Aksâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”””AsS hÀ..” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””k¶pk*n]n N]_v..”
A{bSo£nSfm]n hwekn¨ irU]im^n]m] B NmjvI N*t¸mÄ Unky]psX fpOw knXÀ¶p; H¸w l¦^sâ]pw. A]mÄ F§sW Ds*Xn ems^y F¶ AÀ°¯n ^pNvfn\ns] tWm¡n.
“”””F´m hÀ..F´m\v Nm^yw?” ^pNvfn\n sM«t`msX Fhv sF]psX A^nNns`¯n tImUn¨p.
“”””Wn§amt\m Cksâ A½?”
“”””AsS”
“”””F¶m tNt«m..tfm³ Cs¶m^p b¿sâ bÃXn¨p b_n¨p..Aksâ fq¶p bÃpNam\v Wãfm]Sv. tks_ B^psX]pfà Fsâ Smsj tKm`n sI¿p¶ Um C]mapsX tfmsâ]m\v..sNmXp¡tXm ^ko{µm Aksâ fpOw SoÀ¯v Hs^®w..” Fhv sF H¸w D*m]n^p¶ SXn]Wm] tbm`ohpNm^tWmXv– b_ªp.
“”””At¿m hmt_ AksW H¶pw sI¿tÔ ^pNvfn\n N¼nNp«³.sWäv