മൃഗം 4 [Master] 521

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ S¶n«nÔ l¦^³ b_ªp.
“”””CusXm¶pw CÃmSmt\m Ak³ b\w km§n]Sv?” kmhp tImUn¨p.
“”””CknXps¯ bmÀ«n tWSmkv làfm]n s_¡fâv sI]vSSnsâ tb^n`m\v Mm³ b\w W`vNn]Sv. Cu dnhnWhn Wfp¡v ^m{ão]¡m^pw tbm`ohpNm^pw Hs¡ tk*n k^p¶ Q«§Ä D*v. A]mapsX H^p dÔpkm\v Cu fphvSc. Aksâ koXv b«n\n Bs\¶pw N¨kXw sI]vSv SpX§n]m Fsâ b\w b`nl hinSw BUyw Ss¶ S¶p SoÀt¯mamw F¶pw A]mÄ D_¸v WÂNn]Snsâ tb^n`m\v Mm³ WÂNn]Sv. fphvSc Fsâ Nm`n ko\p N^ªp b_ªSpw H^p Nm^\fm\v. bs£ N¨kXw NqXn]tSmsX Aksâ f«pfm_n. Ct¸mÄ tWSmkpw ssNs]mjnªp. Nm^\w bmÀ«n¡v tk*n Pp*Nsa GÀ¸mXm¡n WÂNp¶Sv AkWm\v..AkWp sI_n] sNmt«g³ b\n]pw Ds*¶m\v Mm³ tN«n«pÅSv..CusXm¶pw CÃm¯Sv sNm*v Wfp¡v tNhnWv tbmNmWpw bänÃ….” l¦^³ AksW tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”””hmÀ..Im]” fp¯p ^*p ¥mhpNan Im] sNm*pk¶p k¨p.
“”””Wo ktÃmw Njnt¨mXm fp¯p..” kmhp tImUn¨p. AWmTsâ KoknSw Gs_ A_nªn«pÅ AkWv ASv tImUn¡mSn^n¡m³ bänÃm]n^p¶tÃm.
“”””hm¸n«v hÀ..” Ak³ Can¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Ak³ ^mkns`Ss¶ bj¦ªn H^p N`w AXn¨p tNäpw. ^m{Sn k]v¡p¶ tIm_v Ss¶ Aksâ {bmSÂ. D¨]v¡v Mm³ tim«`n Wn¶pw Du\v km§n WÂNpw” l¦^³ b_ªp.
“”””Cu fphvSc FknsX]m\Ñm DÅSv?” kmhp tImUn¨p.
“”””Wfp¡v At§m«v– tbmNmw..Mm³ AksW WnW¡v b^nI]s¸Xp¯mw”
kmhp fqan.
Cu hf]¯v Unky AkapsX sdZv_qfn¯s¶ B]n^p¶p. kmhpknsW Ssâ k^pSn]n`m¡mWpÅ fmÀ¤§Ä tSXn AkapsX fWhv knknV UnlNan h©^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. kas^ hq£n¨p tk\w Sm³ AktWmXv AXp¡m³ F¶kÄ¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. sb®nsW N*m im`naNn fq¡pw Np¯n kojp¶ Nnj§Wà Ak³. AhmfmWy fW¡^p¯pÅ, B{Pin¡p¶ S^¯n fWhnsW Wn]{´n¡m³ NjnkpÅ H^p AbqÀÆ K·w B\v AktâSv. bs£ GSp N^p¯Wpw hvtWi¯nsâ fp³bn kojpw F¶kÄ¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. hvtWi¯n`qsX AksW Nmf¯nt`¡v BNÀgn¡\w. ASn`k³ fq¡pw Np¯n koj\w! A§sW In´n¨psNm*v NnX¶t¸mÄ AkapsX sfmssd lÐn¨p. AkÄ tcms\Xp¯p tWm¡n; b^nI]fnÃm¯ W¼^m\v.
“”””it`m..” AkÄ tcm¬ NmtSmXp tIÀ¯p.
“”””FXn Unsky CSv MmWmXn..^Sogv–…Fsâ bpSn] W¼^m CSv”
f_pemP¯v Wn¶pw ^Sognsâ hz^w tN«t¸mÄ AkÄ¡v Fs´ms¡t]m tSm¶n. A¶v B koZnt]m N*t¸mÄ AktWmXv fWhn NXp¯ A_¸v tSm¶n]Sm\v. bs£ Cu Q«¯nÂ, GSm*v Häs¸« N¼nNp«³.sWäv