Chapter Title : ചതി - 2 [ചാഞ്ചാട്ടം]

b_ªp H^p tg¡v im³Zpw sNmXp¯n«p tbm]n. dmPv--¤pw C½nt{PgWpw FÃmw Njnªp bp_s¯¯n] f³hqÀ Nmf Kz^w Nm^\w kn_¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. CWn]pw bnXn¨p Wn¡mWmknÃ. hpfns] F§nsWs]¦n`pw fäpÅk^n Wn¶pw fmän WnÀ¯n H^p I¸Â F¦n`pw WX¯n bm`v Na]\w. Csæn`pw Sm³ Wà ^oSn]n Wm«ns`¯nà F¶v f³hq_nWv tSm¶n. bs£ W½Ä tW^s¯ b_ª PpanNsW]pw lWns]]pw Hs¡ BÀ¡p SXp¡m³ Bkpw. F]ÀtbmÀXnWv skan]n F¯n] f³hqÀ H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS bN¨p Wn¶p. AksW Nq«mWm]n B^pw F¯n]n«nÃ. AksW F¶Ã, knfmW¯n k¶n_§n] Bs^]pw Nq«mWm]n fäm^pw k¶n«nÃ. hmVm^\]m]n PÄcn Wn¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^p¶ {bkmhns] Nq«m³ Wm«pNm^psX]pw dÔp¡apsX]pw SÃm\tÃm. Ak³ DXsW tcm¬ FXp¯p D¸s] knan¨p ""D¸m Wn§sa Bs^]pw Nm\p¶nÃtÃm þ F´v bän?"" "" Aà As¸m Wo H¶pw A_nªntÃ. M§Ä k^mWm]n Imk¡mXv Wn¶pw bp_s¸Xm³ SpX§n]Sm]n^p¶p. At¸mjtà H^p i`m¡nsâ iÀ¯mÂ. CSv hvt{Xm§v NqXn] CWw B\v tfmtW. e^\ bmÀ«n]psX KnÃm sh{N«_ns] Asà Nmkn¡mÀ sk«n sNm¶Sv. WoÀt¡m`nNsa Hs¡ sNm¶p Nan¨n^p¶ CkÀ ^*p tb^pw Ct¸mÄ fpÀO·ms^ Ss¶ sNmÃm³ SpX§n"". ""As¸m Mm³ F´v sI¿pw D¸m"" "" tfm³ C¶knsX FknsXs]§n`pw H^p _qw FXp¯p NqXp. H^p Nm^\klm`pw Ct§m«p k^m³ {lfn¡^pSv þ H«pw thcv AÃ. e^\ bmÀ«n¡mÀ {em´v bnXn¨p WX¡pN]m\v"" Ak³ tcm¬ N«v sI]vSp hpfn]psX W¼_n knan¨p. Aksâ it`m¡pÅ f_pbXn H^p UoÀQWnlzmhfm]n^p¶p ""F¶m`pw C¡, C¶v Ss¶ tk\fm]n^pt¶m Cu b¶·mÀ¡p sk«mWpw Np¯mWpw Hs¡...."" ""hm^fnà hpfn, W½Ä C{S]pw Unkhw Nm¯nsÃ. Cu iÀ¯m Njnªm DXsW Wmsa Mm³ b_s¶¯pw. F¶n«p Wfp¡v Wmsa fpS Ss¶ W½psX b^nbmXnNÄ SpX§\w"" ""C¡, Wmsa fn¡km_pw FWn¡v sb^n]Zv--hv