Njnª ^m{Sn Ft¸mÄ D_§ns]t¶m F§sW D_§ns]t¶m H^p HmÀ½]pw CÃ. tfma½ H^p Pvamhv Im]]pw sNm*v k¶v D\À¯n. Fjpt¶Â¡pt¼mÄ ko«n tf^n¡p«n]pw Wn½n]pw CÃ. AkÀ skap¸nsW Ss¶ tbms]¶v b_ªp. f\n H¼Smkp¶p. Mm³ sbs«¶v Im]]pw NpXn¨v Fsâ ko«nt`¡v tbm]n. Npan]pw tSkm^kpw Hs¡ Njnªp b©m]¯n tbmNmWm]n bp_t¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ emÀ¤k³ tI«³ Fsâ fpä¯p*v. Npan¨p tgkv Hs¡ sI]vSp Np«¸³ B]n«p*v. fpO¯p Wmjn bm`v NpXn¨ ht´mgw. ht´mgn¡m³ Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw Hmt^m Nm^\§Ä B\tÃm… fq¸nÂhnWv k]Êmw Nm`¯v Wn½ns] tbms`m^p Nnap´p I^¡nsâ bqän SnfrSv BXm³ Nn«n] Akh^w AsÃ. bpÅn Fsâm¸w b©m]¯nt`¡v tbmNm³ k¶Sm\v. C¶m\tÃm cmÀfnsâ b\n¡pÅ BUys¯ sI¡v Nn«p¶Sv. M§Ä ssd¡n b©m]¯nt`¡v tbm]n. D¨t]msX sI¡v Nn«n. H¶^ `£w. sSmjpSnsâ]pw Im\N Npjn]psX]pw Hs¡ b\n bqÀ¯n]mNpt¼mÄ AXp¯ sI¡v Nn«pw. Mm³ Ss¶ dm¦n bpÅnt]msXm¸w tbm]n sI¡v fm_n.
“”””ssbh hm_nsâ N¿n Ss¶ C^n¡s«” A]mÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp
“”””tI«³ Ss¶ hq£n¨m fSn.”
“”””Aà hmt_. hm_v skt¨t^. CWn]nt¸m b\ns]ms¡ hm_nsâ tfÂtWm«¯n AsÃ. ASpfÃ, M§sX koXnWv A{S AX¨p_s¸m¶pw CÃtÃm. tfma½]pw Ft¶mXv b_ªp ssbh hm_nsW G¸n¡m³.”
Mm³ b\w km§n Fsâ dmPn C«p. C¶v skÅn]mjvI]m\v. ^*p Unkhw AkVn. ASnWpÅn Nps_ Nm^y§Ä SoÀ¸m¡\w. bns¶ b©m]¯nt`¡v tbm]nÃ. hf]w Na]msS dm_n N]_n ^*p WnÂb³ AXn¨n«v M§Ä ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. tlme]pw eÀ¯mkpw k¶n«p*v. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ tlme]psX N®pNÄ Sna§n. tlme]psX eÀ¯mkv f\n]sW BUyfm]m\v Nm\p¶Sv. Np_¨p tW^w A]mtamXv hwhm^n¨n^p¶p. bpÅn¡v Cs¸m Ss¶ tbm\w. Sn^psWÂtk`n]nt`¡v sNm*p tbmNm³ DÅ I^¡v t`m_n t`mZv sI]vSn«m\v k^p¶Sv. Wmg\ sbÀfnäv H^p bm*n t`m_n ASm\v koXnWp bp_¯p t_mZn N*Sv. M§Ä cmfnsâ Nm^ysfms¡ b_ªt¸mÄ f\n]³ emÀ¤k³ tI«tWmXv b_ªp. “”””Aant]m… sSmjpSnsâ b\n WX¡s«… Aan]³ Ft¶msXm¸w k^pkms\¦n Wfp¡v Sn^psWÂtk`n fm«v I´]n Wn¶pw Wà D{P³ ^*p blp¡sa Nt¿msX km§n k^mw. Wà `mefm AknsX. FWn¡_n]mkp¶ N¨kX¡m^pw D*v. bns¶ t`m_n]pw Sn^nsN Nm`n]Xn¨tà k^p¶Sv”
AsSm^p Wà b^nbmXn B]n FWn¡pw tSm¶n. F´m]m`pw Wmt`m At©m blp¡sa km§\w. Ct¸mÄ b©m]¯n Wn¶p Nn«n] H¶^]pw Wm«n sI¶t¸mÄ Nrgv–t\«³ S¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv