തുടക്കം 8 [ne-na] 1606

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_¨p Wmat¯s¡¦n`pw Mm³ AWpekn¨Sm\v.. KoknSNm`w fpjpk³ Wns¶ HmÀ¡m³ FWn¡Sp fSn.””

Wn_N®pNtamsX AkÄ AknsX Wn¶pw Sn^n¨p WX¶p. At¸mÄ AkÄs¡Sns^ t^gvf WX¶p k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p. B^ys] N*p t^gvf H¶v bp©n^n¨p. B^y b^mK]s¸« H^p In^n Wn`vNnsNm*p WX¶p tbm]n.

NmÀ¯n¡nsâ AXps¯¯n t^gvf b_ªp.

MmWpw C¶v Wnt¶msXm¸w ko«n k^p¶p*v.””

“” AsS´m?””

“” Np_¨p Unkhw B]ntà AknsX k¶n«v.””

AkÄ Aksâ bn¶n ssd¡n N]_n C^p¶p.

Ak³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.

‘AkhmWfm]n AlzSn ]m{S sI]vS tlgw H^p sb®pw Cu ssd¡n Ssâ bn¶n`n^p¶p ]m{S sI]vSn«nÃ.’

b*s¯ tbms` Ss¶ AkÄ Aksâ tSman S` tIÀ¯pk¨p AktWmXp tIÀ¶n^p¶psNm*p AkÄ tImUn¨p.””

“”B^y Wnt¶mXv F´v b_ªn«m tbm]Sv… AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp C^p¸p*m]n^p¶tÃm.””

“” AkÄ Wmas¯ FN-vhmw Njnªp Updm]nt`¡v tbmNpkmWv,, bns¶ Ct§ms«m^p Sn^n¨p k^kv D*mNnsöv.””

t^gvf Np_¨ptW^w Ft´m Bt`mIn¨p, ASnWp tlgw Aksâ SXn]n NqXn ssN HmXn¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.

“”F´v tNm`w Bs\Xm CSv.. SmXns]ms¡ kaÀ¯n.. tUkvUmhmNm³ tbmNpkmt\m Wo?””

AksWm¶pw fn*n]nÃ.ko«ns`¯n] t^gvf Hmt^m Sn^¡pNÄ Nm^\w bns¶ Aksâ AXp¡t`¡p tbm]nÃ.

^m{Sn Bim^w Njn¨p Njnªp NmÀ¯nNv ^*mfs¯ Wn`]ns` Ssâ ssNk^n]n Nmäp sNm*v C^n¶p.Np_¨p Njnªp AXp¡a]ns` tKm`ns]ms¡ HSp¡n t^gvf AkntX¡p k¶p. b*s¯ tbms` Ss¶ ssNk^n]n N]_n Nm`pw Wo«nk¨p Aksâ sW©nt`¡v Im^n]n^p¶p. Aksâ ssNNÄ A_n]msS Ss¶ AkapsX k]än IpänbnXn¨p.

AkÄ AktWmXp tImUn¨p.

“”F{S WmÄ B]tà W½Ä FknXn§sW C^p¶n«v?””

AksWm¶p In^n¨p.

Aksâ SmXn]n NqXn ssN HmXn¨psNm*kÄ b_ªp.

“”Cu SmXn WnW¡v tI^p¶nÃXm.. Wmsa Wfp¡nSv Na]\w.””

Ak³ FSnÀs¯m¶pw b_ªnÃ.. Aksa FSnÀ¯v b_]pkm³ AkWv Njn]nÃm]n^p¶p.

AkapsX B hmfoby¯n Sm³ bj] NmÀ¯nNv B]n fm_pkmsWm¶p AkWv tSm¶n.

AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”B^ys] Np_n¨v F´m Wnsâ Aen{bm]w?””

“” WsÃm^p sb®tà AkÄ.. WsÃm^p fWÊnWpXf.. hvtWin¡p¶kÀ F´m\v B{Pin¡p¶sS¶v AkÄ¡p W¶m]n fWhn`m¡mW_n]mw.’

“” ASv l^n]m.. AkÄ Wns¶ hvtWin¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv