മൃഗം 5 [Master] 540

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ fWÊn b_ªp.
“”””F¶m l^n hmt_..sskNn«v Aksâ knk^w Sn^¡n A_nsª¡t\..bns¶ tbm`ohv tNthm ftäm B]m hm_v tWm¡nt¡m\w…” Ak³ tbmNmWn_§ns¡m*v b_ªp.
“”””ASv Wo tbXn¡*..Nm^yw ¢oWm]n sI]v–Sm fm{Sw fSn..”
“”””hm_v ssV^yfm]n C^n..A¼SnWv H¶nsâ b\n Cu fphvSc sI¿pw”
A]mÄ bp_t¯¡v C_§n; H¸w ^ko{µWpw. A]mÄ tbm]m`pX³ NSNX¨v DÅn N]_m³ sk¼pN]m]n^p¶p A]mapsX Nmfsk_n bq* fWhv. fphvSc ssd¡n N]_n Nn¡v AXn¨v ÌmÀ«v– B¡n Sn^nªt¸mÄ H^p h-vNq«À AkntX¡v N]_n k¶p. ^ko{µ³ sM«t`msX tWm¡n! kmhp! A]mapsX Ip*v f{´n¨p. AksW N*t¸mÄ Nm¸mUw fpSs`m^p S^n¸v tft`¡v bXÀ¶p bnXn¡p¶Sptbms` A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n.
“”””fphvScm..Um Wo tSXp¶ C^ Ct§m«v k¶n^n¡p¶p..AkWm kmhp..” ^ko{µ³ fphvSct]mXv b_ªp.
fphvSc S` sI^n¨p tWm¡n. Aksâ Ip*pNans`m^p knNrSfm] In^n knXÀ¶p. Ak³ S`]m«ns¡m*v ssd¡v Hmcm¡n Ìmân k¨p WnkÀ¶t¸mÄ kmhpknsâ h-vNq«À AknsX¯n Wn¶p. Ak³ ASn Wn¶pw C_§n C^pks^]pw tWm¡n.
“”””FXo tUm Ak³ CknsX]pw k¶n^n¡p¶p..ssUktf CWn F´v WX¡ptfm Ft´m?”
DÅn Wn¶pw kmhpknsW N* ^Sogv– eoSnt]msX Unkyt]mXv b_ªp. Akapw tWm¡n. AkapsX sM«Â fpO¯v {bNXfm]n^p¶p. SmWnknsX Ds*¶v AkW_nªm ASv AÑWpw A½]pw A_n]pw. ASm]n^p¶p AkapsX e]w. bs£ Ck³ F§sW CknsX¯n? F´m]m`pw H^pN\¡nWSv W¶m]n; AksW Ssâ N×p¶n C«p IS]v¡p¶Sv tW^n Nm\mftÃm…bs£ Ss¶ Ak³ Nm\m³ bmXnÃ; H^p Nm^\klm`pw.
“”””FXm ^Sotg Mm³ B fp_n]n Han¡m³ tbmkm..AksWs¶ N*m BsN {blvWfmNpw..” `nknwPv _qfntWmXv tIÀ¶pÅ fp_n]nt`¡v en¯n]n`qsX Wn^§n Wo§ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp. ^Sogv S`]m«n. AkÄ DÅn N]_n KW`nsâ NÀ«Wp hfobw sI¶v AS¸w Wo¡n bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”””Wo]mt\m fphvSc?” kmhp fp*v fX¡n¡p¯n]n«v fphvSct]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””AsS..Wo Fsâ NtX tN_n Nan¨p AsÃ..hm^fnÃ…b¿WtÃ..Mm³ £fnt¨¡mw..AknXps¶Xp¯ Nmlns§Xp¡v….” Aksâ b¡Â Wn¶pw b\w km§n] tlgw fSn b\n F¶mt`mIn¨psNm*v fphvSc b_ªp.
“”””Fsâ Aѳ, l¦^³, WnW¡v ^*pkÀgw fp³bv WÂNn] b\w tImUn¡mWm\v Mm³ k¶Sv..C^pbSv ^qb Wnsâ AWn]sâ ssN]n Wn¶pw km§n…dm¡n H¶v F¬bSv..Ft¸mÄ S^pw?” kmhp Ak³ b_ªSv sPuWn¡pN tbm`pw sI¿msS tImUn¨p.
“”””As¸m Wo Nmlv km§n¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv