fª Ip^nUmÀ A\nªp fMvKp A¼`¯nWXp¯p Fs¶ Nm¯p Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ k*n WnÀ¯n AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.

'F´m tfmsa... Np_¨p Unkhfm]tÃm N*n«v... F´m kntlgw...' Mm³ tImUn¨p. 'i im... CSv sNmÅmt`m... CsSms¡ tImUn]v¡m³ S¶m MmWpw Cu ss{Zkt_mXv k^m³ b_ªSv.' 'ss{ZkÀ Wnsâ S´¸Xn emh-vN^³...' 'tU... Fsâ AÑsW¸_ªm`p*tÃm...' AkÄ kn^ Iq*n. 'b_ªm Wo Fs¶ F´v sI¿psfXn...' Mm³ A`vbw tUgyemk¯n tImUn¨p. AkÄ ssN Smjv¯n. 'Biv... ASv knXv... SWns¡´mtXm fmapkntWmXv {blvWw? tN_n s{bmt¸mhv sI]vtSm Aan]m? BsN¸msX Cs¸m H^p AkmÀZv cn`nw B\tÃm...' 'AkmÀZv cn`ntfm? Fs¶ N*m A{S Wn^mlm NmfpNWm]n«v tSm¶ptkm?' 'im im... As¸m Mm³ tImUn¨Sn`v Nm^yfnÃmSnà tÃ?' AkÄ H^p Nan]m¡`nsâ hz^¯n b_ªp. 'Hm... W½av bmk§ams¶... fmapknsWs]m¶pw Ipf¡mWpÅ BkSn W½¡ntÃ...' Mm³ b_ªp. 'SWn¡v Ipf¡m³ BkSn DÅ Bav CknXp*v... hm_v Aks^s]ms¡ ssf³Zv sI¿ptkm Btkm?' 'B^m\mtkm B Bav... Wnsâ Nm^ymt\m... Fsâ sbm¶p tfmsa Mm³ CÃ, FWn¡nWn]pw Kokn¨n^n¡\w...' Mm³ Aksa Nan]m¡n. CSpsNms*ms¡]m\v fMvKp FÃmkÀ¡pw {bn]s¸«kÄ Bkp¶Sv. H¶pw fn*mSn^n¡p¶k³ tbm`pw AkapsX fp¶n sb«m bns¶ km tSm^msS hwhm^n¨ptbmkpw. 'AsS´m fmtg... Mm³ A{S tfmlmt\m?' AkÄ H^p b^nekt¯msX tImUn¨p. 'Bt\mt¶m... fmaqsâ {c*v Bt]m*v Mm³ b_]mSn^p¶Sm... e]¦^ tdm_m\v...' 'Bt\m... F¶m bns¶ Mm³tNhzn«p. WsÃm^p Im³hv kn«p Naªp¶v HmÀ¯p hm_v bns¶ N^]pw At{S]pÅq... Biv ASv koXv... ftä tNhv b_...' 'GSp ftä tNhv...?' 'im... KmZ Na fmtg... Ft´m Np^p¯t¡Xv H¸n¨q¶p FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n... F´m¶v b_...' AkÄ H^p NÅsW bnXn¨ ht´mgt¯msX b_ªp. 'Fsâ fMvKp, Wo knIm^n¡p¶ tbms`m¶pÃ... FWn¡_nà F´m hwekw ¶p... Wnsâ I§mSnt]mXv-- Ss¶ tbm]n tImUn¡v' Mm³ b_ªp. 'Fsâ ^Kotg«m... Cu fMvKp AkÄsX H¸w N«]v¡p Wn¶n«pw Akav In^n¡p¶nÃm¶p b_ªm`v...bns¶ Ht^s]m^p _q«v fm{Sktà sSän«pÅp... AkÄsX NpXpwd bp^m\w sNm*pÅ B hmZnhw Hs¡ fm_n k^pkm]n^p¶p. AtSm*v... tfm³ b_...' 'Wo Bav eoN^n]m\tÃm.... ipw sl^n , CWn N¼nNp«³.sWäv