മൃഗം 4 [Master] 519

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AtSmÀ¡m³ NqXn NjnªnÃ. A]mapsX N®pNan K`w k¶pfqXn.
“”””tfmsW kmhq..”
AksW tbs^Xp¯v KoknS¯n BUyfm]n knan¡pt¼mÄ A]mapsX N\vYw CX_n]n^p¶p. AX¡mWmNm¯ ht´mgt¯msX, ASnt`s_ AknlzhWo]St]msX ^pNvfn\n eÀ¯mknsW tWm¡n. kmhp Sm³ hzbvWw Nm\pN]mt\m F¶v H^p Wnfngw l¦n¨p. AÃ.hzbvWfÃ..Aѳ Ss¶ l^n¡pw tfmsW F¶v knan¨Sm\v. Ak³ ln`tbms` Wn¶ptbm]n. fp³tbm«v H^Xn WX¡m³ bäp¶nÃ. AWnÀkIWo]fm] hvtWi¯nsâ làfm] N^§Ä Ss¶ k^nªp fp_p¡n]n^n¡p¶p! Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªp Spap¼n.
“”””tfmsW..Cu AÑtWmXv Wo £fn¡Xm..Fsâ A_nknÃm]vf Wo sbm_p¡t\ tfmsW..” l¦^³ KoknS¯n BUyfm]n G§`Xn¨p N^]p¶Sv kmhp tN«p.
“”””t¿m tI«m..F´m]nSv..AkWp tI«tWmXv H^p knt^mVkpfnÃ..tfmsW kmhp..C§pkm..”
^pNvfn\n]pw N^ªpsNm*v–, bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶n^p¶ kmhpknsW knan¨p. Ak³ Wn_N®pNtamsX Ak^psX A^nNnt`¡v sI¶p. l¦^³ Aksâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n knSp¼n. bns¶ AksW tIÀ¯pbnXn¨v B`nwPWw sI]vSp. KoknS¯n SWns¡m^n¡`pw Nm\m³ hmVn¡nà F¶v ^pNvfn\n N^pSn]n^p¶Sv At¸mÄ AknsX hwekn¨p. kmhpknWv H¶pw hwhm^n¡m³ tbm`pw NjnªnÃ.
“”””tfm³ DÅn N]_n NnX¡v–..Wo k^m´]n D_t§*kWÃ….”
fWhnsâ em^w A`vbw Np_ªt¸mÄ l¦^³ b_ªp. kmhp AWph^\t]msX S`]m«n.
A¶s¯ B hwekt¯msX B ko«ns` A´^o£w bmsX fm_nf_nªp.
AXp¯ Unkhw fNsa knan¸n¨ l¦^³ Aksa C^p¯n H¶v tWm¡n] tlgw C{Sfm{Sw b_ªp:
“”””Wns¶ Mm³ Nps_t]s_ Smt`m`n¨p..ASm\v– Wns¶ kgam¡n]Sv. hm^fnÃ; CWn tf C¯^w Nm^y§Ä BkÀ¯n¡^pSv. kmhp Wnsâ G«Wm\v. AksW G«sWt¸ms`Ss¶ N*v AWph^n¨v f^ymU]v¡v Koknt¨m\w; fWhn`t]mXo?”
Unky A]msa tWm¡msS fpOw NpWn¨p Wn¶psNm*v fqan.
“”””Dw tbm”
AkÄ bN N¯p¶ N®pNtamsX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. AkapsX fWÊv fp_ntkä kWyfrPs¯t¸ms` bNt]msX fp^ap¶p*m]n^p¶p. AÑWpw B Du^psS*ns] Cãs¸«pSpX§n F¶_nªtSmsX Akans` bN {em´fm] H^p S`¯nt`¡v ka^pN]m]n^p¶p. H¸w AÑsâ fp³bn Sm³ tfml¡^n]m]n fm_n F¶ In´ AkapsX fWhnsâ Sp`WS Ss¶ sSän¨p. NXp¯ Wn^mlt]msX]pw bNt]msX]pw AX¡mWmNm¯ AfÀgt¯msX]pw hz]w lbn¨psNm*v Unky fp_n]n N]_n NSNX¨p.
“”””Wo b_ªSv l^n]m\v ^pNvfn\n..ePkm³ Wfp¡v WÂNn] UmWw B\v kmhp. Ak³ k¶ tlgfm\v W½psX KoknSw b¨ bnXn¨Spw Wfp¡v H^p fNÄ D*m]SpsfÃmw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv