തുടക്കം 8 [ne-na] 1606

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWpekn¡m³ NnX¡p¶sS DÅp. bmâvhv Ajn¡p tfmsa.. Wns¶ Mm³ hzÀP¯n F¯n¡pw.””

AkÄ Ip^nUmÀ bmâvhv Du^n fmän, AkWpw Aksâ l^o^¯p Wn¶pw gÀ«pw bmâpw Ajn¨p fmän. Aksâ Np«³ C¶_nWpÅn koÀ¸pfp«n Wn¡pkm]n^p¶p.

AkapsX bmânhn Ak³ ssN k¨p. bmâohnsâ fp³emPw BsN WWªp C^n¡pkm]n^p¶p.

“”A¨p,, CSmsN WWªp CuNpjªtÃm.””

AkÄ Wm\t¯msX b_ªp.

“”Mm³ {ZÊv fm_p¶Sv tI«³ N*Sv fpSÂ Fsâ AkØ CSv Ss¶]m\v.””

“”AknsX t^mffpt*m?””

“” CÃm. Mm³ FÃmw ¢o³ sI]vSp.. tI«Wv fpXn DÅSmt\m CãvXw?””

“” A§sW H¶pw CÃ.””

Ak³ AkapsX bmânhv Smtj¡v Wo¡n. sbs«¶v Ss¶ H^p ssN sNm*v AkÄ Ssâ t]mWn sbm¯n bnXn¨p. bmânhv bqÀ\fm]pw Ak³ AkapsX Nm`n Wn¶pw Du^n fmän. bqÀ\ WPv–W]m] H^p ^Sn ln`vbw tbms` AkÄ Aksâ fp¶n NnX¶p.

“”A¨p.. ssN fmäv.. Mm³ H¶v Nm\s«.””

AkÄ ASv tNÄ¡¯Sm]v emkn¨p. Ak³ d`fm]n AkapsX ssN AknsX Wn¶p FXp¯p fmän. fäm^pw Nm\msS AkÄ hq£n¨p sNm*v WX¶ AkapsX NWn AkWp fp¶n {bSy£fm]n.

Npän t^mf§Ä fpa¨p Wn¶ AkapsX sI¸n Wn¶pw H^p No_ SpX CXp¡nt`¡p tbm]n^n¡p¶p.

Ak³ S` AkapsX SpX CXp¡nt`¡p AfÀ¯n. AknsX Wn¶pw Aksâ fq¡nt`¡v N]_n] PÔw AksW f¯p bnXn¸n¨p. Ak³ ^*p ssN]pw sNm*v AkapsX t]mWn]psX Ip*pNÄ AN¯n tWm¡n, At¸mÄ H^p b]_pf\n ASnWpÅn Han¨n^n¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p, Ak³ Wm¡p Wo«n ASnt`s¡m¶p W¡n.

“” Hmiv.. tI«m Ft¸mÄ F´m sI]vtS?.. ASptbms` H¶pw NqXn sI¿v.””

Ak³ km]n Wn¶pw sS¶nfm_n sNm*n^p¶ B b]_pf\n I¸n Wp\]m³ {lfn¨p.

AkÄ hpO¯nsâ tks_m^p t`mN¯p F¯n]n^p¶p.AkapsX t]mWn]n Wn¶pw fUWK`w HjpNns]¯n, ASnsâ bpan¸v ^hw Ak³ BhzUn¨p.

Ak³ Fjpt¶äp Aksâ C¶À Du^n fmän. hzS{´³ BNm³ Nm¯n^p¶ Aksâ Np«³ Wo*p WnkÀ¶p Wn¶p.

AkÄ H^p AÛpSt¯msX ASnsW Ss¶ tWm¡n. Ak³ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨psNm*p k¶p Aksâ Np«Wn bnXn¸n¨p.

AkÄ ssN bSps¡ fp¶nt`¡pw bn_Nnt`¡v Wo¡n. Ak³ ASv BhzUn¨p N®X¨v Wn¶p.

Aksâ Np«sâ Ip*n k¶p Wn¶n^p¶ H^näp tS³ SpÅns] AkÄ NuSpNt¯msX tWm¡n. F¶n«p Ssâ Wm¡p sNm*v AkÄ B tS³SpÅns] W¡n FXp¯p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv