Fsâ tb^v hpWnÂ. 27 k]Êm]n. B`bpj¡m^³. AknkminSWm\v. bn Fhv hn b^o£ FjpSn {PmfthkNWm]n tKm`n tWXn. Ct¸mÄ Sn^pkW´bp^¯nWXp¯p knSp^ F¶ {Pmf¯n tKm`n sI¿p¶p. Nn«p¶ l¼a¯n Wn¶p fn¨w bnXn¡m³ Hs¡ bäp¶p*v. H^p sI_n] koXv kmXN¡v FXp¯v Hä¡m\v Smfhw. AVnNkpw bmk§apw hmVm^\¡m^pw Smfhn¡p¶ H^p {btUlw.

{PmfthkN³ B]SnWm b` koXpNan`pw b©m]¯pfm]n dÔs¸« Nm^y§Ä¡p tbmNm_p*v Mm³. b` CX§an`pw NXn CaNn Wn¡p¶ tI¨nfms^ Nm\m_pw b^nI]s¸Xm_pw Ds*¦n`pw Mm³ CknsX CSpks^ NÅskXn sk]v¡m³ tbm]n«nÃ. hSyw. AenfmWkpw Up^enfmWkpw Ss¶ {blvWw.

NT]nt`¡p NX¡mw. Fsâ A] ko«n Smfhn¡p¶Sv emÀPk³ tI«Wpw em^y tfma½]pw B\v. ^*p f¡Ä D*v H^p tfmWpw H^p tfmapw ^*p tb^pw knkmiw Hs¡ Njnªp Uqs^ F§mt*m B\v Smfhw. AVnNw Nm^y§Ä A_n]nÃ. Nm^\w Mm³ Ak^psX NpXpwdkpfm]n A{S AXp¸w H¶pw CÃ. emÀPk³ tI«Wv 70 k]Êp*mkpw. tfma½¡p 55þ60 Hs¡ D*mkpw. Nnakn F¶p In´n¡m³ k^s«. tfma½ Cu {bm]¯n`pw H^p AhmfmWy fpS B\v. B_Xnt]maw D]^w D*v. SXn¨ {bNrSn. knlUfm]n kjnt] b_]mw.

Ftâ]pw Ak^psX]pw koXpNÄ¡v WXpkn AkÀ Vm^maw kmj W«p sk¨n«p*v ASpsNm*p CknsX Wn¶p At§m«p H¶pw Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ. C¶v Mm]_mjv¨ B\v. ^mkns` fpS Mm³ fpä¯v C_§n Wn¡p¶Sm\v. ko«n Wà tImÀ¨ D*v ko«pXfس tKm`n¡m^pfm]n HmXv fmäm³ k^mw F¶v b_ªn^p¶p.

H^p sb«n Hmt«m k^p¶p*v. Ak^m]n^n¡pw. Mm³ bp_t¯¡p sI¶p. DXfس tPmbn]mlm³ ^*p tKm`n¡ms^]pw Nq«n k¶Sm\v.

“”hm_v Nm¯p Wn¡pkmt\m?”” Blm³ tImUn¨p.

Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. In^n¨p F¶p k^p¯n.

“”hmt_, F´m]m`pw sI`km\v. As¸m bns¶ sfm¯¯n HmXv Hs¡ A§p fmämw F¶p Mm³ N^pSn. ^*p Unkhw sNm*v b\n So^pw. hm_v kngfn¡*. ^*p Unkhw hm_nWp Smfhn¡m³ DÅ huN^yw Mm³ s_Zn B¡n]n«p*v.””

Mm³ CsS´p Nq¯v F¶pw In´n¨p Wn¡pt¼mÄ, A]`s¯ emÀPk³ tI«³ In^n¨pw sNm*p Ct§m«p k¶p.

Blm³ b_ªp, “”emÀ¤ksâ ko«n H^p fp_n hm_nWp S^pw ^*p Unkhs¯¡p.””

“”AsSms¡ AkÀ¡v dp²nfp«mNpw. “” Mm³ b_ªp. “”F]v– F´p dp²nfp«v? hm_v Ip½m k^\w”” emÀPk³ tI«³ B\v “”AknsX huN^y§Ä Hs¡ Np_km]n^n¡pw. F¶m`pw S^t¡Xnà hmt_””

Blm³ bns¶]pw b_ªp ^*p Unkhw sNm*v b\n N¼nNp«³.sWäv