തുടക്കം 8 [ne-na] 1597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C¶v CknsX Wn¡]m tI«m.. ko«n b_ªn«m Mm³ k¶Sv.””

“”At¸mÄ Mm³ CWn]pw tim«`n tbmN\ftÃm… FWn¡pÅ cpZv fmt{S Mm³ km§n]n^p¶pÅp.””

ASnWpÅ f_pbXn b_ªSv t^gvf B\v.

“”CknsX Np¡v sI¿m³ Fs´¦n`pw C^n¸pWvsXNn Wo sk_psS tim«`n tbmN*.””

“”tUml¡pÅ fmkv C^n¸p*v””

“”F¦n Wfp¡v ^m{Sn tUml]pw I½´n]pw B¡n Na]mw.””

ASv tN« AlzSn b_ªp.

“”B^y tI¨n NqXn Ct¸mÄ CknsX D*m]n^ps¶¦n sNmÅmfm]n^p¶p.””

“”ASnsW´m.. Aksa Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ knan¨p k^p¯mt`m.””

NmÀ¯nNv At¸mÄ Ss¶ tcms\Xp¯p B^ys] knan¨p Nm^yw b_ªp. H^p A^ f\n¡qÀ Njnªt¸mtj¡pw B^y]pw AknsX F¯n.bns¶ AknsX H^p diaw Ss¶ B]n^p¶p.

B^y]m\v I½´n N_n D*m¡n]Sv. NmÀ¯nNv tUml IpXp¶SnWWph^nIv AkÀ tUml t¹än`m¡n IqtXmsX Njn¨psNm*n^p¶p.

AlzSn ko*pw ko*pw tUml t¹än`m¡p¶Sp N*p B^y tImUn¨p.

“”hq¸À S«m\tÃm.. WnW¡v CSv ktÃmw D*m¡mW_n]mtfm?””

ASnWpÅ f_pbXn t^gvf b_ªp.

“”sdhv__v, Cktam.. Njn¡mWÃmsS CkÄ AXp¡a]n N]_p¶Sp Mm³ N*n«nÃ.””

“”‘A½ Fs¶ AXp¡a]n N]_m³ h½Vn¡sS¶p Mm³ F´v sI¿mWm?””

NmÀ¯n¡nsâ km]n tUml I½´n]n fp¡n k¨v sNmXp¡p¶SnWnX]n t^gvf b_ªp.

“”Wo H^n¡Â Np¡v sI]v–tS* c`w AknXpÅkÀ B_nWv Nm\pw, ASpsNm*mNpw “”

B^y Nr{Snf tUgyw Nm\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”C¿mÄNv tUmls]ms¡ bn¨n km]n k¨v sNmXp¡m³ AÀKp³ tI«Wp*v. NmÀ¯nNv tI«Wv Mm³ sNmXpt¯maw.””

AlzSn tUml]pfm]n NmÀ¯n¡nsâ AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.

t^gvf b_ªp.

“”Bim.. F¦n AsSm¶p Nm\\ftÃm. Zm… Wo CkapsX ssN]n Wn¶pw km§n Njn¡ptfm?””

“”Fs¶ sN«m³ tbmNp¶ Bav Fsâ ssN]n Wn¶ÃmsS tks_ B^psX ssN]n Wn¶m\v km§n Njnt¡*Sv?””

“”Ck³ Bs^ Nn«\sf¶v So^pfmWn¡p¶Sv Mm³ B\v.””

NmÀ¯nNv U]Wo]fm]n B^y]psX tWÀ¡v tWm¡n… B^y AWpeknt¨m F¶pÅ AÀT¯n In^n¨p.

AlzSn NmÀ¯n¡nsâ tWs^ tUml Wo«nsNm*p b_ªp.

“”Fsâ¶p Ct¸mÄ km§n Njn¡p¶pt*m CÃt]m?””

t^gvf]pw Aksâ tWs^ tUml Wo«n.

“”Wo Ctâ\nt¸mÄ Njn¡\w.””

“”Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv