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N¼nNp«³.sWäv knan¨p…Du¬ tfl]n N`ym\n]psX tWs^ B\v FWn¡v kna¼n]n^n¡p¶Sv… Mm³ bns¶ Njnt¨mamw F¶p A½s]mXp b_sªmjn]m³ tWm¡n… Akap kÃSpw N*pNm\psfm Fs¶m^p hwl]w sNm*v tWs^ tWm¡mWpÅ fXn]pw bns¶ ^m{Sn WX¡m³ sbmNp¶ hwek§sa Np_n¨v H^p A¦`m¸pw.. “”Wnsâ NqsX Njn¡m³ C^n¡pkm AkÄ. Np_¨v Unkhw Atà AkanknsX DÅq tfmsW…””H¸w C^n¡m³ A½ WnÀdÔn¨p. WnkÀ¯n]nÃmsS Mm³ C^p¶p… Du\p Njns¨¶p k^p¯n Fjpt¶äp. “”C{S tkPw Fjps¶täm… Wo H¶pw Njn¨nÃsÃm KnWq…”” A½ b^mSn b_ªSp tNÄ¡m¯ sbms` Mm³ tWs^ fpNans`¡v N]_n dm¡\n]ns`¡p WX¶p. Np_¨v Njnªs¸mÄ N`ym\n dm¡\n]ns`¡v k¶p. “”Mm³ DÅSp sNm*ms\m Njn¡msª… “” N`ym\n b^nekn¨p sNm*v b_ªp… ‘G]v A§sW H¶pw CÃ…”” ‘Njnª {bmklyw kj¡n«Sp Wo CWn]pw f_¶nsöv tSm¶p¶p. ASpw fWÊn skt¨m*n^n¡pkms\m?” “”G]v ASÃ… FWn¡v l^n¡pw knl¶nÃ… Mm³ A½s]mXv b_ªn^p¶p” “”½v…”” AkÄ¡{S knlzmhw k¶nsöv tSm¶p¶p “”Wo NnX¡p¶ntÃ…”” Mm³ sImUn¨p “”Rm Mm³ NnX¡m³ tbmkm… PpZv–ssWäv.” Sn^n¨v sbmNp¶ N`ym\ns]mXv MmWpw PpZv ssWäv b_ªp. Fsâ S`]n ko*pw C¶s¯ ^m{Sn F´v F¶ knIm^§Ä B]n… k]_n H^p BaÂ… hpWn`nsW H¶p knan¨ms`m? Asæn tk*… fp_n]n sbm]n NnX¶t`m… tk* F§mWpw D_§n tbm]mt`m… än.kn Ss¶ S¡m`w l^\w. än.kn fp_n]n F¯n]s¸mÄ emPy¯nWp A^pw CÃ… A½ bm{S§Â Hs¡ NjpNn fp_n]ns`¡v sbmNp¶Sp ks^ Mm³ b` ImW`pNan`pw fmäns¡m*n^p¶p… bns¶ Fw.Xn.kn ss{P³Zn dn¡nWo Vm^nNam] S^p\of\nNapsX fp`Napw Np*nNapw tWm¡n]n^p¶p…12 f\ns]msX fp_n]ns`¯n ss`äv A\¨v NnX¡]n C^p¶p.. tbmNt\m tk*s]m F¶v Np_¨v tW^w C^p¯n In´n¨p… Npa¡Xkn fn¶nf_ª ^tf¨n]psX fp`Napw bq_pw HmÀ¯t¸mÄ knNm^w kntkNs¯ NojX¡n. lÐfp*m¡sS Mm³ bSps¡ fp_n¡p bp_¯n_§n kmSn Im^n NmtSmÀ¯p. lÐw H¶pw Csöp D_¸pk^p¯n Mm³ bSps¡ dm¡\n kjn Smtj¡n_§n Wnj`pNapsX f_ bnXn¨v ^tf¨n]psX ko«ns`¡v WX¶p. ^tf¨n]psX koXXp¯s¸mÄ Mm³ AknsX Wn¶p Ipäpw tWm¡n… B^pw B Ipäpk«s¯m¶pw Csöp D_¸m¡n ^tf¨n]psX koXnWp bn¶nt`¡v WX¶p. sSmjp¯ns` Wmä¯nsâ Nm^yw HmÀ¯v Mm³ sSmjp¯nWp bp_Nns` sskt¡m sgZn N]_n koXnsâ AXp¡akmSn tWm¡n Wn¸m]n. sbs«¶p ^*p ssNNÄ bn¶n sNm ¨p bphvS Nw.tNmw Wn¶pw Fsâ N®pNÄ sbm¯n… N¼nNp«³.sWäv