^mkns` Fsâ bSnkv hf]¯n`pw tW^s¯ Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. bSnkn`pw knb^oSfm]n HmXm³ tbm]n. tNmtaKnWN¯pÅ t_mZn`qsX]m\v Hm«w. A^ Nnt`mfoä^v HmXn]t¸mtj Mm³ £o\n¨p. ""Cs{Ss]ms¡]ptÅm ÌmfnW?"" tbm]tZ]v. FÃmw tbm]n. ""C§sW NnS¨m bns¶§sW sNms*s] Nan¡pw?"" kà fphv--`n bkÀ FN-vhv{X ftäm Nn«ptfm¶v tWm¡mw ""HmXn]Sv fSn"" fSn. Sn^n¨p sfsà WX¶p sfÊn tbm]n sbmi]pw Knt`dn]pw Njn¨p. Npan¨p Np«¸Wm]n Zn¸mÀXvsfânt`m«v WX¶p. lvfmlmW fqNS. B^pfnÃ. lWn kÀ¡nwPv Aà hv_pZâvhnWpw Xot¨jvhnWpw. Ìmcv sh³{X Pks×âv Fwt¹m]ohv Bt]m*v kÀ¡nwPv B\v. sNmt* k¶n«nÃ. sb®pwbnÅ Du¼n¨Smt\m? G]v D¨ks^ `mdn IXªpNqXn. C^n¡s¸m_pSn CÃmSm]t¸mÄ sfsà sNms*]psX NymdnWnt`¡v Dua]n«p. Ak^v k¶n«p*v. dmPv Nm\mw. Aks^ Nm\mWnÃ. S¸t\m? ""C{S]v¡pw B{NmÔw bmXnÃtZ]v"" bns¶? ""Ak^v S¶tà tNm*w sNm*v k^³ b_sª?"" ]m ]m ""As¸m Ak^v Ss¶ sWs¶ sS^¡n k^pw"" Rpw. Sn^nsN `mdnt`m«v. D¨¡v knl¶t¸m fn¨_pw Inbvhpw tNän. km] WtÃm\w NjpNn. ^*p ^*^ B]t¸mtj¡pw tcm\n sftÊKv. Nw äp Un tSÀZv cvt`mÀ. Zn¸mÀXvsfânsâ Gäkpw fpNan`s¯ Wn`]n sNfnhv{Xn `mdpNam\v.AknsXsk¨p F´p*m¡mWm? Mm³ sk¨v bnXn¨p At§mt«¡v. Hä _qfpw Sp_¶n«nÃ. Mm³ sS¡v kX¡v WX¶v b^Sn. tWm ^£. Aks^ knan¡m³ H^p fXn. AkhmWw kX¡v Nnjt¡ tNm\n DÅ fp_n]n Wn¶v tW^n] skan¨w bp_t¯¡v NX¡p¶Sm]n N*p. bs¿ NS¡v SÅn Sp_¶p AN¯p NX¶p Mm³. b\n So^m¯ `mdv B\v Ø`w. M§sX Zn¸mÀXvsfâpw sNfnhv{Xn Zn¸mÀXvsfâpw b¦v skt¡* b^o£\lm`. Ft´m CutPm {blvWw Nm^\w ^*p Nq«^pw b\n bmSn kjn]n B]t¸m c*nwPv ARv WnÀ¯nNaªp. A^en¯n sN«n C«n«p*v. Xm¸pw ssb¸psfms¡ Ds*¦n`pw skÅw k^nÃ. H¶v ^*p ss`äp*v. H^p FNvthmhv_v cmWpw bns¶ ^*p Nth^]pw. BUyw Fsâ N®n sb«Sv H^p Ipk¶ Wn_¯n`pÅ gmÄ B\v. hmVm^\ Ip^nUmÀ gmÄ AÃ. Cu hnWnfNans`ms¡ N*n«ntÃ, Du«n]n`pw sNmssXNWm`psfms¡ tbmNpt¼mÄ Wm]nN]pw Ak^psX A½q½]psfms¡ sbmS¡p¶ N«nNp_ª N¼nan? B hmVWw. Wà NXpw Ipk¸pÅ B gmÄ _qfnsâ H^ä¯p Smsj kn^n¨n«n^n¡p¶p. sNmt* ASnsâ tfman C^n¡p¶p. H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv