മൃഗം 4 [Master] 521

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNp¶ BUy Unkhw B]n^p¶p. ^mkns` Ss¶ ^pNvfn\n b_ªSWph^n¨v l¦^³ AksW]pw Nq«n A¼`¯n tbm]n sSmjpSv {bhmUkpw km§n ko«ns`¯n. AÑsâ H¸w h-vNq«_n Ak³ tbmNp¶Sv N* Unky AhiySt]msX bÃv sM^n¨p. AkapsX ^àw Sna]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p. kmhpknsW sNmÃmWpÅ tUgyw AkÄ b\ns¸«p Wn]{´n¨p. kmhp AÑsâ]pw A½]psX]pw H¸fn^p¶v BUyfm]n {bmS Njn¨p. Unky FknsX]m\v F¶ptbm`pw l¦^³ Sn^¡n]nÃ. A]mÄ¡v CãfmNnà F¶v N^pSn ^pNvfn\n]pw Aksa knan¨nÃ. Unky AkapsX fp_n]n¯s¶ B]n^p¶p. kmhpkpw l¦^Wpw tbm]n¡jnªt¸mÄ ^pNvfn\n Aksa sI¶p {bmS Njn¡m³ knan¨p. H¶pw fn*msS AkÄ k¶p Njn¨n«v tbm]n. ^pNvfn\n¡v fWÊn AktamXv– hiSmbw tSm¶p¶p*m]n^p¶p F¦n`pw AkÄ¡v Cu ln£ Bklyfm\v F¶kÄ N^pSn. {bm]¯nsâ Sna¸p sNm*v hwekn¨ sSäm\v; ASkÄ fWhn`m¡n Sn^p¯s« F¶v B A½ N^pSn. bs£ AkapsX fWhns` In´NÄ F´m]n^p¶p F¶kÀ¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶tÃm?
sXu\n l¦^Wv sI_n] H^p Hmcohp*v. AknsX A]mapw bns¶ Im] km§mWpw Hmcohv kr¯n]m¡mWpw Hs¡]m]n fp¯p F¶v tb^pÅ H^p Sfnj³ b¿Wpw fm{Sfm\v DÅSv. CXbmXpNm^n In`À Hmcohn F¯psf¦n`pw eq^nemPw tbs^]pw Ak^psX koXpNant`m ØmbW§ant`m sI¶p Nm\p¶ bSnkm]n^p¶p D*m]n^p¶Sv.
“”””FXm fp¯p..CSv Fsâ tfm³ kmhp..CWn CkWpw Fsâ NqsX D*mNpw…Wo tbm]n ^*p Im] km§n km” Hmcohn Ssâ hoän C^p¶psNm*v l¦^³ b_ªp.
“”””h^n hÀ..” fp¯p N_p¯ fpO¯v skap¯ bÃpNÄ Nm«n In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. bns¶ Ak³ tkPw bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.
“”””bmkw b¿Wm..knlzhn¡mw. AÑtWm A½t]m CÃ. CSnsâ bn¶ns` Im]v¸v B\v Aksâ koXv..” l¦^WksW b^nI]s¸Xp¯n.
“”ipw..Ss¶t¸ms` fsäm^p K·w’ kmhp fWÊn b_ªp.
“”””Dw..Um, tfmsâ BUys¯ tKm`n CSm\v”
sI_n] H^p c] FXp¯psNm*v l¦^³ kmhpkntWmXv b_ªp. A]mÄ ASnsâ BUys¯ tbKn D*m]n^p¶ tb¸À FXp¯v AksW Nm\n¨p. ASn H^mapsX tcmt«m]pw H¸w tfÂkn`mhkpw D*m]n^p¶p.
“”””CSv fphvSc; C_¨n sk«pNm^Wm\v. ^*p kÀgw fp³bv Ck³ Fsâ ssN]n Wn¶pw ^*p`£w ^qb km§n. CSpks^ sfm¯w FjpbSnWm]n^w ^qb S¶n«p*v. fpS`nsâ b`nl tbm`pw k^nà ASv. AkWv Ct¸mÄ Wm`v NXNÄ D*v. Wm`nX¯pw Wà N¨kXkpw. Fsâ ssN]n Wn¶pw b\w km§n]m\v Ak³ dnhnWhv B^wen¨Sv. fWhp k¨m AkWp b\w H^p Unkhw sNm*v S¶p SoÀ¡m³ bäpw. bs£ Njnª H^p kÀgfm]n Hs^mä ^qb tbm`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv