മൃഗം 5 [Master] 543

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms` kn_¨p. Wn¶ Wn¸n f^n¨n^ps¶¦n F¶kÄ N^pSnt¸m]n.
“”””AkÄ F´nWm\v CknsX k¶Sv?”
“”””ASv..ASv..” ^Sogv– Wn¶p b^p§n.
kmhp tWs^ tcm¬ C^n¡p¶nX¯v sI¶p ko«nt`¡v knan¨p. ^pNvfn\n tcm¬ FXp¯p.
“”””As½ MmWm kmhp..Unky FknsXt¸m]n?”
“”””tfmsW AkapsX h-vNqan Wn¶pw tcm¬ k¶p Z]_n]pfm]n sIÃ\w F¶pw b_ªv..F´m Nm^yw? Wo F§sW A_nªp AkÄ tbm] knk^w?”
“”””G]v–..Mm³ Aksa t_mZn k¨p N*p…ASpsNm*v tImUn¨Sm..l^n As½”
kmhp tcm¬ k¨p. Aksâ tcm¬ hwhm^w tN« Unky]v¡v sI_n] Blzmhw tSm¶n; Ak³ A½t]mXv b_ªnà SmWnknsX Ds*¶v.
“”””CSv B^psX sFZn] B]n^ps¶Xm?”
kmhp ^Sognsâ fp³bns`¯n tImUn¨p.
“”””sbm..sbm_p¡\w…M….Mm³…” ^Sogv– e]w sNm*v hwhm^n¡mWmNmsS kn_¨p. kmhp AksW Sq¡ns]Xp¯v bp_t¯¡v k`ns¨_nªp. FknsXt]m tbm]n Ak³ ko\ lÐw tN« Unky b^n{em´]m]n bp_t¯¡v HmXnk¶p kmhpknsâ Nm`n ko\p sN«n¸nXn¨p N^ªp.
“”””kmhptk«m.Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w..Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w…MmWnWn H^p sSäpw sI¿nÃ..Fs¶ H¶pw sI¿tÃ..¹ohv..”
AkapsX fpOw Aksâ Nm¸mU¯n AfÀ¶n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. GSp hf]¯pw Aksâ Nm Ssâ bp_¯v bSntª¡mw Fs¶m^p e]w AkÄ¡p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ tks_ kjns]m¶pw S¡m`w AkÄ N*nÃ. AkapsX Ip*pNapsX WWkpw N®o^nsâ IqXpw kmhp Ssâ Nm`n A_nªp; H¸w Ss¶ KoknS¯n BUyfm]n AkÄ kmhptk«m F¶v knan¨Sv Aksâ fWhnsW Bj¯n¯s¶ hvbÀln¨n^p¶p. AÂbtW^w A§sW Ss¶ Wn¶ tlgw Ak³ Nm`p fmän.
“”””Fjpt¶Â¡v…” Ak³ shufyfm]n b_ªp. Unky Fjpt¶äv Aksâ fpO¯v tWm¡mWmNmsS Wn¶v G§`Xn¨p N^ªp.
“”””ko«n tbm….tbXn¡*..Mm³ AÑtWmtXm A½t]mtXm C¯k\]pw H¶pw b_]nÃ..bs£ CWn Wo CSptbms` kÃSpw BkÀ¯n¨mÂ….” Ak³ eog\n¨pkt]msX AÀt²màn]n WnÀ¯n.
Unky N^ªpsNm*v Csöp S`]m«n.
“”””l^n tbm..CknsX N*sSm¶pw fWÊn k]v¡*….” Ak³ bp_t¯¡v C_§ns¡m*v b_ªp.
Unky tkPw Ss¶ C_§n ssh¡nan ko«nt`¡v Sn^n¨p. tbmNpt¼mÄ AkÄ Sn^nªp kmhpknsW H¶v tWm¡n. AkapsX fWÊn WmanSpks^ AWpeks¸«n«nÃm¯ H^p knNm^w Aksâ tWs^ AknsX At¸mÄ DXs`Xp¡pN]m]n^p¶p; sNufm^¡m^n]m] fUw fpän] H^p sb®nWv FÃmw SnNª làWm] bp^pgtWmXv tSm¶p¶ FÃm knNm^§apw NqXnt¨À¶ H^p h½n{lknNm^w; ASn {b\]kpw B^mVW]pw Nmfkpw BU^kpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv