മൃഗം 3 [Master] 575

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ]msSm^p b\n]pw sI¿^pSv tNt«m..” {bmSÂ Njn¨n«v bm{Sw NjpNns¡m*v Wn¶ Unkyt]mXv ^pNvfn\n b_ªp.

“”””Njnª fmthmw NjpNn]StÃ..F´nWm Ft¸mjpw C§sW NjpNp¶Sv?” tKm`n¡Ån B] Unky tImUn¨p.

“”””Wm\w Dt*mXn b_]m³? Njnª fmhfm\v NnX¡p¶ kn^n NjpNn C«sS¶v..Wo H^p sb®m\v–..H^mjvI]n H^n¡Â CsSms¡ NjpN\w..sIÃv..tkPw NjpNn CXv..” ^pNvfn\n hz^w NXp¸n¨p.

“”””ipw..”

Unky Cãs¸Xm¯ f«n fqan]n«v fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. AkÄ¡v CsSm¶pw CãfpÅ Nm^yfm]n^p¶nÃ. fWÊns` GNIn´ hpOn¡\w F¶Sv fm{Sfm\v. ^Sogpfm]pÅ ^SntNan fp_nªSnsâ NXp¯ AhzØS fWÊn D*m]n^p¶ AkÄ sf½_n NmÀZv N*pNn«n]m Bs^s]¦n`pw Ssâ B{Pi bqÀ¯oN^\¯nWp kntV]Wm¡\w F¶v So^pfmWn¨n^p¶p. fWhnWv– bnXn¨ GSp bp^pgWpw Unky]v¡v hzoNm^yfm]n^p¶p. A{S]v¡v NmfknNm^¯nWv Nojvs¸« sb®m]n^p¶p AkÄ.

“”””Wmlw..CWn NjpNn C«nsæn ASpfSn B SÅ S` Sn¶m³..”

F¶v bn_pbn_p¯psNm*v AkÄ N«n`n Wn¶pw sdZvgoäv k`ns¨Xp¯p. sbs«¶v Ft´m sI_n] hmVWw Wn`¯v ko\ lÐw tN«v AkÄ goäv fmän tWm¡n. Unky]psX N®pNÄ ht´mgw sNm*v knXÀ¶p knNhn¨p. AkÄ¡v H¶p_s¡ In^n¨p f_n]\w F¶v tSm¶n. A{Stf AkÄ¡v BËmUkpw Blzmhkpw WÂNn] NmjvI B]n^p¶p ASv. AkÄ C¶s`fpS tSXns¡m*n^p¶ sf½_n NmÀZv MmWnSm F¶ f«n AkapsX Nm¨pk«nÂ! Unky tkPw AsSXp¯v tWm¡n.

“”””ssUktf..^£sb«p..imkq ..Fs´m^mlzmhw..”

AkÄ sW©n ssN k¨psNm*v fWhn b_ªp. AkapsX ht´mg¯nWv ASn^pNÄ CÃm]n^p¶p. tkPw AkÄ Ssâ sfmssd FXp¯v ASnsâ NmÀZv fmän]n«v ASnt`¡v ^Sognsâ NmÀZv C«p. S§Ä sI]vSSnsâ Urly§Ä Nm\m³ AkapsX NmfmÀ¯n bq* fWhpw l^o^kpw ASn]m]n sk¼n. Ssâ l^o^w sI_pSm]n kn_]v¡p¶Sv Unky A_nªp.

“”””FXo Wo bnt¶w NnXt¶m? Sp\n NjpNn CsXXn Ahs¯”

^pNvfn\n tNmbt¯msX knan¨p b_ªSv tN«p Unky AhiySt]msX sfmssd fmänk¨p.

“”””Wmlw bnXn¨ SÅ..H^p hfmVmWkpw S^nÃ..”

tNmbt¯msX bn_pbn_p¯psNm*v– AkÄ Sp\nNÄ km^ns]Xp¯v bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.

kmhp ASn^mkns`]pw l¦^³ ASnWp tlgkpw tbm]n¡jnªSnWm ko«n ^pNvfn\n]pw Unky]pw fm{Stf D*m]n^p¶pÅq. ^pNvfn\n D¨]v¡t`¡pÅ tIm_nWv A^n]n« tlgw H^p tSm^³ D*m¡mWm]n k^m´]n k¶n^p¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv