‘tUm go` tI¨n..’

bmXk^¼nsâ WXpkn`qsX, NSn^n«p SpX§n] sWÂs¨XnNapsX S`¸pNÄ ssNNÄ sNm*v kNªp fmän WX¡pt¼mÄ Uqt^¡v kn^ Iq*n AWpK³ tKmKn b_ªp. Mm³ tWm¡n; A§Ns` koXnsâ fp³bn Wn¶psNm*v M§sa tWm¡p¶ go`]psX fmUN ^qbw Fsâ Urãn]n sb«p. Aksa N*]pX³ Ss¶ Fsâ Wn¡_nsâ DÅn sI_n] H^p Ca¡w WX¶Sv MmW_nªp.

“”””tUm gnKp k^p¶p..”

tKmKn Btklt¯msX knan¨p b_]p¶Sv tN«p Mm³ tWm«w fmän. k^¼n`qsX M§apsX tWÀ¡v H^p NmämXn]pw b_¯n Nqkns¡m*v HmXnk^p¶ gnKp; go`]psX AWpK³.

“”””sI¡m sS¶n koj^pSv”

go` Aksâ A´w kn«pÅ Hm«w N*v D_s¡ knan¨p b_ªp. gnKpknsW N*tSmsX tKmKn Fs¶]pw NX¶p fp³tbm«v HmXn. ^*ptb^pw BËmUt¯msX b^hvb^w tWm¡n In^n¨ tlgw H^pfn¨v Sn^nsN ko«nt`¡v k¨pbnXn¡p¶Sv tWm¡ns¡m*v Mm³ WX¶p. go` At¸mjpw Fs¶ tWm¡ns¡m*v AknsX¯s¶ Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. H^p NXpw Ipk¸v Wn_¯n`pÅ gÀ«pw b¨ Wn_fpÅ A^¸mkmX]pw V^n¨n^p¶ AkapsX sW©nsâ fpjp¸v Njnª Sk\ N*SntW¡mÄ kas^]VnNw NqXn]n^n¡p¶Sv Uq^¯v Wn¶pSs¶ Mm³ fWhn`m¡n. D_¨, AhmfmWy fpjp¸pÅ fp`NÄ. Fsâ I¦nXn¸v AkapsX UÀlWfm{S]n¯s¶ NqXn¯pX§n]n^p¶p.

“”””bnXo¶m tI¨o sb®nsâ kaÀ¨..^*v fmhw fp³bv km§n¨ t{dhn]À AkÄ¡n¸w CXm³ H¡p¶nÃ..”

^*p fmh§Ä¡v fp³bv ko«n k¶t¸mÄ Npª½ A½t]mXv b_ªSv A¸p_s¯ fp_n]n C^p¶p Mm³ tNÄ¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ AknsX§pw Csöp N^pSn]m\v ^*ptb^pw NqXn fpSnÀ¶kÀ¡v fm{Sw dmVN§am] In` Nm^y§an fWhv Sp_¶Sv F¶v tSm¶p¶p.

“”””sI` sb¼nÅmÀ¡v sfm` H^pbmXp k`pSmNpw..F¶m`pw AkaptXSv– Np_¨p NqXpS`v S¶m..” A½ b_ªp.

“”””sfm` fm{Sfmt\m tI¨n..Ak¡v FÃmtXmw A§v ImXn sNX¡pkt`ym.. t{dhn]_nsâ NqsX km§n¨ gÍn AkÄsX sSmsX`qsX tN_p¶növ..sSmX fm{Smfmt\m..I´ow A§v ImXn]nt`ym…Aksa B^psXs]¦n`pw NqsX sN«n¨p knXm³ ]msSm^p b^pkkpw Ct¸mÄ CÃSmWpw…”

“”””C¸tj F´nWmXo sN«n¡p¶Sv…Ak¡v ASnWpÅ {bm]w H¶pw B]n«nÃtÃm…Np_¨qsX Njn]s«”

“”””sb®nsâ tUit¯m«p tWm¡n]m fWho So]m..FkntX`pw Aktaw sNm*p ktÃmX¯pw tbm]m B\p§av tWm¡p¶ tWm«w Nm\\w. AkÄXt{Sw sNmjp¸pw shuµt^ymw HÅ sb®nsW N*m tWm¡p¶ks^ Npäw b_]mWpw H¡¯nÃ. bs£ AkÄ¡v ASv Nm\pt¼m

e]¦^ Ctãmw Wmt\mfm..ASt`ym tI¨n Fsâ tbXn..Fa¡w NqXn ktÃmtâw NqsX sb®v Ft´`pw tk*mSotWmw Nm\n¡ptfm¶m..”

“”””Hm..AkÄ A§sW H¶pw sI¿¯nÃ. Wo sk_psS tbXn¡p¶Sm”

“”””FXo tI¨o Wo H¶pw A_n]msS kÀ¯mWw bt_tÃ..Mm³ At`ym AkÄsX SÅ..H¶pfnÃmsS MmWn§sW bs_tkm..H¶mfSv MmWpw Akapw B sI_p¡Wpw fm{Sfsà HÅp AknsX..ASm Fsâ H¶mfs¯ tbXn..FX]vs¡sX bntÅs^ SWn¨m¡n FWn¡v bp_¯v tbm*n k^m_p*v..At§^p Sfnjv Wm«o NnX¶v Nãs¸Xp¶Sv sNm*v fm{Sw ko«ns` Nm^yw WX¡ptkm..ASpsNm*v AÃ_ InÃ_ bp_w b\n¡v MmWpw tbmNpw..Aksa SWn¨m¡n tbmNm³ fWhp*m]n«Ã” Npª½ sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.

“”””ASnWp ko«n sNm¨Wpw D*tÃm..bns¶´nWm tbXn¡ps¶”

“”””Hm sNm¨³. AkWv Nan¨p f_n]\w F¶ Hä Ins´ HÅp..Mm³ tbm]m`pX³ Ak³ ktÃmX¯pw sbm]v¡a]pw..bns¶ Akav SWn¨tÃ..Akams\¦n ktÃmWpw tN_n FkntX`pw bnXn¨m`pw FSn^v bt_¯nÃ..ASt`ym Fsâ Gäkpw k`n] tbXn”

“”””tbmXo..AsSms¡ Wnsâ tSm¶`m”

“”””tSm¶`ÃXn tI¨n; HÅSm..As¶m^ns¡ M§am bÅn sb^p¶manWv tbm] knk^w Mm³ b_ªnt`ym? M§av tbm] dhn H¯n^ow sS^¡m^p¶p..sS^¡nsâ FtX H^p¯³ AkÄsX sfmt` bnXn¨p sM¡p¶Sv Mm³ Ns*Xn…Akav H¶pw A_n]m¯ f«n hpOn¨§p Wn¡pkm…ASqsX N*tSmsX FWns¡sâ sb^psk^t`¶p tN_n…Aksâ sIkn¡pän tWm¡n Mm³ H¶v sNmXp¯p..ko«n sI¶v F´mXn Wo Ak³ bnXn¨¸w fn*msS Wn¶sS¶v tImUn¨¸w Akav bt_km AkÄ A_nªp tbm`pw CÃm^p¶p F¶v..”

“”””l^n]m^n¡pw..AkÄ Sn^¡nsâ FtX A_nªp Nm\¯nÔ

“”””Mm³ Wns¶t¸ms` sbm«n]Ã..A§sW b_ªt¸m AktamXv– gÍn Du^n¡m\n¡m³ Mm³ b_ªp..Akap tN«nÃ.. HXpkn Io¯ b_ª¸w Akaq^n..FsâXn ASnsâ AXo SawsN«n Wn¡pkm^p¶nt`ym NnapNnam¶pÅ skÅw..CsS§sW WWsªXn F¶v tImUn¨¸w Akav I´ow Np`p¡n H^p tbm¡v..”

Npª½]psX hwhm^w tN«v A½ sbm«n¨n^n¨p. A`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ Npª½]pw.

“”””tI¨n¡v In^n¨m fSn..WnW¡v sb×¡Ä CÃtÃm..Ht* A_n]mw ASnsâ H^p BVn” In^n Njnªt¸mÄ Npª½ b_ªp.

“”””FXn Cu {bm]¯n bntÅÀ A§sW Hs¡]m..Wo Ct{Sw tbXn¡* Nm^yw H¶pfnÃ..lN`sfms¡ Akav hpOnt¨ms«..sN«n¡jnªm bns¶ FÃmw H^p IX§t`ym..”

“”””ASpw tW^m..F¶m`pw ktÃmWpw ISn¡Sn^p¶m fSn]m^p¶p”

“”””ASnsWm¶pw

Akap tbm¯nÃ. kà bnXow k`ow Ht¡ Nm\q..F´m]m`pw Akav Wnsâ tfmatÃ….”

“”””Fsâ tfmam..ASpS¶m Fsâ tbXow”

^*ptb^pw S`]_ªp In^n¡p¶Sv tN«pNnX¶ Fsâ Np«³ Wn¡_nsâ DÅn kXn tbms` Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”””Nų..tNmaKv AX¨m`pX³ k^mw F¶v b_ªn«v C¸jm k^p¶Sv At`ym”

go`]psX hz^w Fs¶ HmÀ½Nan Wn¶pw D\À¯n. Mm³ Npª½]psX koXnWXp¯v F¯n¡jnªn^p¶p. bmX¯v Wn¶pw fpNanÂ, AkapsX sNmjp¯, skÅn bmUh^§Ä A\nª N\wNm`pNant`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v– Mm³ b_¼nt`¡v N]_n. gnKpkpw tKmKn]pw NqXn N*pfp«n]tSmsX Fs´ms¡t]m b²SnNÄ S]m_m¡p¶ Sn^¡n`m]n^p¶p. ^*pw NqsX H^pfn¨m bns¶ Du\pfnà D_¡kpw CÃ; Nant]mXv NanSs¶. Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ tNmjnNÄ¡v Ft´m Soä sNmXp¡pN]m]n^p¶ Npª½ In^n¨psNm*v AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”””A§sW AkhmWw b_ªv b_ªv A½ Wn§sa kn«p At`ymXm hndn tfmsW”

Npª½ Fs¶ tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n kmÕ`yt¯msX tImUn¨p. Mm³ fqan. Npª½]v¡v Fs¶ k`n] Nm^yfm\v; Wà knlzmhkpw. bs£ Fsâ NjpN³ N®pNÄ go`]psX knaªp sNmjp¯ tUi¯m\v F¶v bmkw Npª½]v¡v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶tÃm.

“”””Ck³ btjSnsW¡mÄ SXn¨p Asà As½” Fsâ tUit¯¡v tWm¡n Ip*v W¡ns¡m*v– go` tImUn¨p.

“”””Wntâw Cksâw kaÀ¨ sNmt_ NqXpS`m..Ft´m Sn¶m`pw ASv tWs^ tN_n A§v l^o^t¯m«m bnXn¡ps¶ ^*nWpw”

Mm³ go`]psX SpXp¯ fpOt¯¡pw sW©n k¶p bnXns¡Xm F¶ f«n Wn¡p¶ sS_n¨ fp`Nan`pw Npª½ Nm\msS tWm¡n. AkapsX k]_nsâ kn^nkv bj]SntW¡mÄ NqXn]n^p¶p.

“”””^mkns` Ft´m Sn¶p ^*mapw?” Npª½ tImUn¨p.

“”””bp«pw NXt`w” Mm³ b_ªp.

“”””CÍ`n Njn¡pt¶m” go` tImUn¨p.

“”””Dw”

“”””F¶m sIÃv..AktWw knans¡Xn” Npª½ b_ªp.

MmWpw gnKpkpw NqXn CÍ`n]pw hm¼m_pw Njn¨p. bp«nsâ NqsX CÍ`n NqXn sI¶tSmsX k]_p d`q¬ tbms` koÀ¯v, S`]v¡v fmµyw dmVn¨Sv tbms`]m]n Fsâ AkØ.

“”””Wn§anWn H^mjvI Njnªp tbm]m fSn tNt«m”

Njn¨p ssN NjpNp¶ hf]¯v Npª½ b_ªp. Mm³ fqan. go`]psX NqsX H¶Ã, b¯mjvI Wn¡mWpw Mm³ S]m_m]n^p¶p.

“”””B N_n]m¨sâ dw¥mkn A½¨n fm{Ssf HÅp. dm¡n FÃm^pwNqsX H^mjvIt¯¡v F§m*v Xq_p tbmÆm.. AkÀ¡v ^m{Sn Nq«pNnX¡m³

sIÃ\w F¶v At§^v Fs¶ WnÀdÔn¨p h½Sn¸nt¨¡pkm. Cu bntÅs^ Ss¶ C«n«v ^m{So F§sW tbmw F¶v l¦n¨v C^n¡pkm^p¶p Mm³..b¯¿m]n^w ^qb H¶pf_n]msS Nn«p¶Sv Na]m³ H¡ptkm…Rm..F´m]`pw Wn§Ä kt¶m*v Cs¸m H^p hfmVmWfm]n”

Npª½ sk_psS]à H^mjvI Wn`v¡m³ b_ªSv Fs¶Wn¡v fWhn`m]n. C¶v Ss¶ k¶Sv F{S W¶m]n Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ Fsâ fWhv– BËmUw sNm*v SpÅn¨mXn. Npª½]psX `Nv–gyw hm¼¯nN tW«w B]n^ps¶¦nÂ, Fsâ `£yw go`s]¶ fUw fpän] I^¡nsâ l^o^w B]n^p¶p.

“”””sÈm A½ tbm]m¸ns¶ M§Ä SWn¨tÔ

go` fWhnÃmfWthmsXs]¶ tbms` Npª½s] tWm¡n tImUn¨p. AkapsX B b_¨n`n BßmÀTS Sos^]nà Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶mSn^p¶nÃ. Nm^\w AkapsX fpOs¯ SpXp¸v b`Spw b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””ASnsW´m..Ck^nknsX CÃnt]m…”

go` Fsâ N®nt`¡v AÀ°PÀefm]n tWm¡n. AkapsX N®pNÄ Fs´ms¡t]m NTNÄ b_]m³ sk¼p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. AkapsX tWm«kpw emkkpw H¶pw bj] f«n`Ã F¶v FWn¡v kyàfmNp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””FXn sbs® Wo tbm]n Npan¨v Sp\n fm_v..^mkns` sSm«p Mm³ bt_¶p Npan¡m³” hÔy AXp¯t¸mÄ Npª½ b_ªp.

“”””CWn Wmsa Npan¡mw As½” go` In\p§n.

“”””sbs® kn]À¸v Wm_p¶p..tbm]n Npan”

“”””FWn¡v k¿..” go` ko*pw In\p§n.

“”””FXm hndntfmsW..Cksa kn]À¸v Wm_p¶ntÃ..sb®v Npan¡¯nsöv k¨m F´v sI¿pw..kr¯ow sftWw CÃm¯ Np´w..”

hwhm^w tN«p Mm³ sI¶t¸mÄ go` A`hfm]n AkapsX Sj¨p kaÀ¶n^p¶ fpXn sN«n WnÀ¯n]n^p¶ I^Xv Du^n fpXn knXÀ¯pN]m]n^p¶p. kn]À¯v NpSnÀ¶ N£§Ä Nm\n¨v Fs¶ tWm¡ns¡m*v AkaSv ^*mfSv sN«m³ SpX§n. AkapsX kn]À¸nsâ sNmSn¸n¡p¶ fUPÔw fp_n]n Wn_ªn^p¶p.

“”””Ct`ymXm..kn]À¸v Wm_p¶ntÃ?” Npª½ tImUn¨p.

“”””H*v..F¶m`pw hm^fnÔ AkÄ Npan¨m B PÔw WãfmNpw F¶ e]t¯msX Mm³ b_ªp.

“”””Nt*m..C¸w F§Wp*v?..Cu A½]v¡v Unkthmw ^*ptW^w Npan¡\w. ^mkns` Mm³ tf`v NjpNn]Sm” A§sW b_ªv SpXp¯ Wmkp Wo«n Npª½s] tPmãn Nm\n¨n«v AkÄ Ssâ knXÀ¶ I´nNÄ Ca¡n AXp¯ fp_n]nt`¡v sbm]v¡aªp.

“”””ipw..tkt\Â Npan..AÃmsSbns¶..S` Sn^nª sb®v..”

Npª½ AkapsX tbm¡v tWm¡n]n«v b_ªp. At¸mtj¡pw tKmKn]pw gnKpkpw Nan Njnªp Sn^nsN F¯n.

“”””tbm]n

Npan¨p Sp\n fm_v bntÅs^..”

DÅnt`¡v k¶ Ak^psX Ajp¡pbn^* tUi§ant`¡v tWm¡n Npª½ b_ªp. Ak·mÀ S`]m«n]n«v Npan¡m³ tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ bp_¯n_§n k^m´]n C^p¶p bmXt¯¡v tWm¡n. Npª½ DXsW tbmNpw; bns¶ ^m{Sn]n S§Ä Wm`ptbÀ fm{Sw. BUyfm]m\v go`s] C¯^sfm^p ^oSn]n Nn«p¶Sv. Fsâ I¦nXn¸v ANm^\fm]n NqXm³ SpX§n]Sv FWn¡v Wn]{´n¡m³ hmVn¨nÃ.

“”””C^p«pt¶Wp fp³tb As§¯\w..FXm tfmsW NnX¡m³ tW^w NSsNÃmw AXt¨¡t\…B sb®nWv H^p tdmtVmw CÃ..Akav sI`t¸m f_¶ptbmNpw…tIm_pw N_ow FÃmw k¨p k¨n«p*v..tNt«m..hf]¯nWv Njnt¨m\w..Wmsa lN`w C_¨n tfXn¡\w…”

tkgw fm_n bp_t¯¡v k¶ Npª½ b_ªp. Mm³ S`]m«n. bn¶ms` go`]pw C_§n k¶p.

“”””tW^s¯ tIm_p*n«v NnX¶p_§v..^m{So Nan¨p f_nªp hf]w Na]^pSv F¶v B bnÅmt^mXv b_]t\..” Npª½ Ft¶mXpw AktamXpfm]n b_ªp.

koXnsâ bn¶nt`¡v, t_mZnt`¡v DÅ kjns] Npª½ tbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¶ tlgw go` DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ AknsX¯s¶ C^p¶p. Fsâ fWhv AfnSfm]n fnXn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. A§sW F{S tW^w C^p¶p Fs¶Wn¡v A_n]nÃ. go`]psX AwPshugvYkw AWpekn¡m³ sk¼Â sNm*n^p¶, ASpfm{Sw In´n¨psNm*n^p¶ FWn¡v sbs«¶m\v eqfns] C^p«v fqXn]sS¶v tSm¶n. C^pam³ Nm¯n^p¶Sv tbms` IokoXpNÄ hwPoSw SpX§n¡jnªn^p¶p. ASnsâ H¸w SkaNapsX N^¨n`pw AknXknsX Wn¶m]n tNÄ¡m³ SpX§n.

Bt^m dhn k¨v fp`]n bnXn¨n«pw fn*msS Wn¶ go`]psX ^qbw Fsâ fWÊnt`¡v F¯n. ASv Mm³ B]n^ps¶¦nÂ! Bt^`pw tN_n bnXn¨m`pw AkÄ H¶pw b_]nÃt{S. IqX³ In´NÄ fq`w Fsâ hn^Nan`qsX]pÅ IpXp^à¯nsâ {bkmiw NqXp¶p*m]n^p¶p. A§sWs]ms¡ bnXn¡p¶Sv AkÄ¡v Cãfm]n^n¡pw. Òw..AkapsX gÍn]n NnapNnam¶v skÅw bän]n^p¶t{S. Mm³ ssN Wo«n Wn¡_nsâ DÅn Fsâ `nwP¯n sSm«ptWm¡n. AkWpw Cu In´NÄ fq`w Hjp¡n SpX§n]n^p¶p. kn^`n tSm*n Mm³ ASv Nl¡n; bns¶ km]nt`¡v N]än ASv ^pIn¨p. CtStbms` sb®p§Ä¡pw NXn fq¡pt¼mÄ skÅw H`n¡pw. go`]psX bqän Wn¶pw A¶v A]mav fp`]v¡v bnXn¨t¸mÄ ASnsâ hpOw fq`fm^n¡pw skÅw H`n¨Sv. ASm\v Npª½ AkapsX bmâohn N*Spw. ASnWpw CtS ^pIn B]n^n¡ptfm AtSm CSnsW¡mÄ Wà ^pInt]m? bq_p sbma¶n^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v skÅw WÃtbms` H`n¡pfm^n¡pw. ASv ASn Wn¶v Ss¶ W¡n¡pXn¡m³ F´v hpOfm]n^n¡pw!

go`]psX bq_nsW Np_n¨pÅ In´NÄ Fs¶ sM^p¡n. A¶v fp`]v¡v bnXn¨]mÄ AkapsX bqän`pw kÃSpw sI]vSp Nm\ptfm? In´NÄ NmXpN]_n fWÊv k^pSn]n Wn¶pw tbm]n^p¶SnWm Mm³ sfsà Fjpt¶äv fpät¯¡v C_§n AknsX D`m¯m³ SpX§n. Fsâ fWhv Wn_s] go`s] Np_n¨pÅ knknV In´Nam]n^p¶p.

“”””Wo Fs´Xp¡pkm..D®m³ hf]fmt]m?”

go`]psX hz^w tN«p Mm³ tWm¡n. AkÄ k^m´]n Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p. k^m´]n`pw fpä¯pw skan¨w D*m]n^p¶nÃ. fp_n]psX DÅn Wn¶pw k¶ ss`änsâ skan¨¯nWv tWs^ Wn¶n^p¶ AkapsX bmkmX]psX DÅn Nm\s¸« sNmjp¯ SpXNapsX Wnj Fsâ I¦nXn¸v Nq«n. F´v k®fpÅ Nm`pNÄ! Ak]n¡qXn AkÄ¡v bmâohv k`n¨p N]äm³ bmXm\t{S!

“”””Gj^]m]n..M§Ä F«pf\n¡m F¶pw D®p¶Sv..Wn§tam?’ go` tImUn¨p.

“”””Wn§Ä D®p¼w fSn” Mm³ b_ªp.

Nps_ tW^t¯¡v M§Ä b^hvb^w fn*n]nÃ. dhn k¨p fp`]v¡v bnXn¨ Nm^yw AktamXv– tImUn¡t\m F¶v b`kp^p Mm³ hz]w tImUn¨p. tImUn¨m AkapsX f_pbXn F´m]n^n¡pw? fp`]v¡v bnXnt¨m Fs¶§sW tWÀ¡ptWs^ tImUn¡pw? fWÊn In´NapsX Gäpfp«`pNÄ WX¶p.

“”A½ CÃmsS BUyfm M§Ä..’ go` b_ªp.

“”ASnsW´m MmWntÃ’

“”””Dw..Wo HtÅm*m A½ tbm]Sv…F¶m`pw F¶pw At½sX fp_o`m Mm³ sNX¡ps¶..C¶v Hä]v¡v NnX¡\w” Bt^msX¶nÃmsS AkÄ b_ªp.

“”””tbXn]mt\Â Fsâ NqsX NnXt¶m”

“”””A¿X..WÃ bqSn” AkÄ In^n¨p.

“”””FWn¡v F´v bqSn”

“”””Dw Dw..Hs¡ FWn¡_n]mw” AkÄ ko*pw In^n¨p.

“”””tbmXo..tbXn Bt\ F¶tà Mm³ b_sª”

AkÄ fn*n]nÃ. DÅn gnKpkpw tKmKn]pw NqXn Fs´ms¡t]m SNÀ¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ^*nWpw F{S Nan¨m`pw SnN]nÃ.

“”””Wn§Ä C¶mav sb^p¶manWv tbm]m^pt¶m” Mm³ S{´bqÀÆw tImUn¨p.

“”””Dw..MmWpw At½w gnKqw..WÃ ^hfm^p¶p”

“”””dhn`mt\m tbms]”

“”””AÃmsS..At{Sw Uq^w WX¡m³ H¡ptfm”

“”””sb^p¶manWv dhns`ms¡ k`y sS^¡tÃ..F§sW tbmw” Mm³ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. C^pÄ Nm^\w ASns` emkw FWn¡v Nm\m³ hmVn¡nÃm]n^p¶p.

“”””ASnsW´m..”

“”””FWn¡v H¯n^n sS^¡v CãfÔ

“”””FWn¡v Cãfm” AkÄ b_ªp.

ipw..AtSXn. S«n]pw fp«n]pw tbmNmWpÅ Wnsâ bqSn FWn¡_n]mw; Mm³

fWÊn b_ªp. fp`]v¡v bnXn¨ Nm^yw tImUn¡m³ tSm¶n F¦n`pw ASnsâ ^qbw Mm³ fsäm^p knV¯nt`¡v fmän.

“”””Npª½ b_ªp A¶v Bt^mtXm dhn k¨v kj¡v D*ms]¶v.. F´nWm^p¶p?”

go` A¸tW^t¯¡v f_pbXn S¶nÃ. skan¨w bn¶n B]n^p¶SnWm AkapsX fpOemkw FWn¡v Nm\mWpw hmVn¨nÃ.

“”””A½]v¡v k«m..sk_psS H^p Nmt^ymw CÃmsS…”

bn_pbn_p¡p¶Sv tbms`]m\v AkaSv b_ªSv. ASv l^n. At¸mÄ Npª½ A¶v CXsb«Sv CkÄ¡v bnXn¨n«nÃ; Mm³ fWhn f{´n¨p.

“”””F¶m`pw F´m]n^p¶p {blvWw?” Mm³ AkapsX fWhv A_n]mWm]n tImUn¨p.

“”””H¶pfnÃ. k`y Sn^¡m^p¶p dhnÂ. B^ms*m^p¯m³ Fsâ tf¯v fp«n F¶pw b_ªm A½ tUgys¸«Sv..At{Sw sS^¡pÅ dhn A]mÄ bns¶ F´v sI¿pw..”

Mm³ C^p¯ns]m¶v fqan. FWn¡v Aksa¡p_n¨v kyàfm] H^p Vm^\ AtSmsX Nn«n¡jnªn^p¶p. Npª½ A½t]mXv b_ªSn H«pw ASnlt]màn CÃ. CkÄ eqt`mN Nj¸n]m\v. A¶v fp`]v¡v bnXn¨Sv AkÄ¡v W¶m]n hpOn¨n^n¡p¶p! H¯m AkÄ AkWv bq_pw sNmXpt¯sW F¶v In´n¨t¸mÄ Fsâ tUi¯v NqXn H^pS^w S^n¸v NX¶ptbm]n. AkÄ A]msa]m\v Wym]oN^n¡p¶Sv. bs£ GtSm emPyw sN«kWm\k³; Nm^\w sb®v F´nWpw S]m_m]n^p¶n«pw Npª½ Aksâ sI]vSn Nm\pN]pw AkWv SÃp Nn«pN]pw sI]vSntÃ.

“”fp«n]sS HtÅm AtSm A]mav tkt_w ktÃmw sI]vtSm?’ Mm³ B hwek¯nsâ bqÀ® knk^w A_n]mWpÅ Sz^t]msX tImUn¨p.

“”tks_ F´v sI¿mWm dhnÂ..ipw..’

AkÄ b_ªp. bns¶ B kn^nª I´nNÄ sS¶n¨v DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ Fsâ Np«sW AfÀ¯n Sn^p½n. dhn A{St] sI¿m³ bäq F¶Sm\v AkapsX kngfsf¶p tSm¶p¶p. fn¡km_pw fp`]v¡v bnXn¨ Nq«¯n Ak³ CkapsX bqän`pw kn^`v tNän¡m\pw; Nj¸n. Fsâ tUiw kÃmsS S^n¨p.

D®m³ hf]fm]t¸mÄ Mm³ DÅn N]_n.

“”D*n«p Wfp¡v IqSv Nan¡\w’ D*psNm*n^p¶t¸mÄ gnKp tKmKnt]mXp b_ªp.

“”Wn§apw Nan¡pt¶m’ tKmKn Fs¶]pw go`s]]pw tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”Dw H^p Nq\v Nan..Ss¶ A§v Nan¨m fSn ^*pw’ go` kn^`v W¡ns¡m*v– b_ªp.

Du\v Njnªv Ak·mÀ fp_n]n N]_n Nan SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ ko*pw bp_¯n_§n C^p«n Wn¶psNm*v bmXt¯¡v tWm¡n. AknsX Wn¶m bmX¯nsâ A¡s^]pÅ koXpNans` skan¨w A§v Uqs^ Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. IokoXpNapsX]pw SkaNapsX]pw N^¨n W¶m]n NqXn]n^n¡p¶p.

sWÃnsâ]pw sIan]psX]pw hpPÔw kin¨psNm*pÅ Nmäv Fs¶ SjpNn¯t`mXn. Mm³ C^pan`qsX AhzØfm] fWtÊmsX D`m¯n. go` F¶ b¨¡^n¼m\v fWw Wn_s]. Fs´m^p sb®m\v AkÄ! N`ym\w Njn¡p¶ksâ emPyw; FÃmw ssUkw Bkly¯nt`s_ sNmXp¯m\v Aksa D*m¡n]n^n¡p¶Sv. F´v AjNm]n^n¡pw AkapsX SpXNÄ¡pw I´nNÄ¡pw! B I´n sbma¯n AkapsX NqSn H¶v Nm\\w; B sI_n] Npjn. Fsâ lzmhPSn sbmXp¶sW D]À¶p. go`]psX WPvWSs]¡p_n¨pÅ Wn_w N`À¶ In´NÄ Fs¶ koÀ¸pfp«n¨p.

“”tim..tKm`n SoÀ¶p..Fs´m^mlzmhw’

go`]psX hz^w tN«v Mm³ tWm¡n. fpXn km^ns¡«ns¡m*v AkÄ fpät¯¡v C_§n. skan]n Sp_Êm] Ø`¯m]n^p¶n«pw AkapsX kn]À¸nsâ `i^n bnXn¸n¡p¶ PÔw FWn¡v Nn«p¶p*m]n^p¶p. hn^Nan So bXÀ¯p¶ hvss{S\PÔw.

“”Cu {bm´·mÀ¡v F{S Nan¨m`pw fSn]mk¯nÃ..’ In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp. Fsâ N®pNÄ C^p«n`qsX AkapsX tUikXnkn {em´fm]n h©^n¨p.

“”Ak·mÀ¡v ssXw bmhv tkt*’ AkÄ¡v f_pbXn]m]n Mm³ b_ªp.

“”bntÅÀ B^pt¶Â Wfp¡pw ktÃmw Nan¡mfm^p¶p At`ymXm’

“”F´m k`pSm]m Nan¨p NqsX’

go` f_pbXn WÂNn]nÃ. AkÄ C^p«n Uqt^¡v tWm¡n Wn¶p.

“”bNÂ NnXt¶m*v D_t¡mw k^p¶nÃ.ASm..’ AkÄ Bt^msX¶nÃmsS b_ªp.

“”FWn¡pw’

ko*pw M§Ä¡nX]n kmIm`fm] H^pS^w WnlÐS bXÀ¶p.

“”WnW¡v IqSv Nan CãftÃ’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”b*v Cãfm^p¶p..C¸w A¯^w Nan H¶pw CãfÃ’

“”bns¶ F¯^w Nan]m Cs¸m Cãw’

go` f_pbXn WÂNmsS lÐfp*m¡msS In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp. CkÄ¡v Nan¡\w F¶p*v; bs£ hmVm^\ Nan]à ASv F¶kÄ Ss¶ hqIW S¶n^n¡p¶p. AkapsX l^o^¯n bnXn¡mtWm k`n¡mtWm Hs¡ bäp¶ kà Nan]pw N*pbnXn¡\w. Fsâ fWÊn N\¡pNq«`pNÄ WX¶p.

“”M§apfp*v’

lÐw tN«p M§Ä ^*ptb^pw tWm¡n. gnKpkpw tKmKn]pfm\v.

“”F´nWv’ go` AWnãt¯msX tImUn¨p.

“”Nan¡m³’ tKmKn]m\v ASv b_ªSv.

“”ASnWp Wn§apsX NqsX M§av Nan¡p¶nsænt`m’

“”F´m tI¨n CSv..¹ohv’ gnKp sN©n.

“”IqsSm¶pw M§¡v CãfÃ..k`yk^v Nan¡p¶ Nan]m M§av Nan¡m³ tbms¶’ Mm³ b_ªp.

“”F´v Nan’ tKmKn tImUn¨p.

“”NdZn’ Mm³ H«pw Bt`mIn¡msS]m\v ASv b_ªSv. Wm«n M§Ä¡v

H^p NdZn Xow DÅSpsNm*v A_n]msS km]n k¶Sm\v–.

“”^m{Sot`m’ gnKp tImUn¨p.

“”F´m ^m{So Nan¨mÂ’

“”M§apw NqsX’ ^*ptb^pw Ht^ hz^¯n b_ªp.

“”Wn§av sI_n] bnÅm^m..tSm¡pw..tkt\Â Wn§av ^*pw NqsX tks_ Nan¡v’ Mm³ b_ªn«v go`s] tWm¡n.

“”^m{So NdZn Nan¨m tf¯v f®mN¯ntÃ’ go` Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.

“”ASnsW´m..^m{Sn D*n«p tf`W§\w F¶m bt_s¶..Nan¨n«v W½av tf`v NjpNn]m fSn’ Mm³ b_ªp.

go`]psX fpOw SpXp¡p¶Sv C^p«n`pw FWn¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.

“”M§taw Nan¸n¡\w’ gnKpkpw tKmKn]pw In\p§m³ SpX§n.

“”tbmXm..bN`v fpjpk³ NnX¶v f_nªn«p bt_¶ tN«ntÃ..CWow tUi¯v Ajp¡m¡*..’ go` fpXn Ajn¨v tft`¡v fp_psN sN«ns¡m*v b_ªp.

Ak·mÀ UpOt¯msX b^hvb^w tWm¡n]n«v {bSo£]v¡v kà kN]pfpt*m F¶ emkt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.

“”AsS..Wn§av tbm]n IqSv Nan¡v..’ Mm³ b_ªp.

“”F¶m M§av Nan Nt*ms«..B^m K]n¡pt¶¶v A_n]\ftÃm’ hwPSn M§Ä h½Sn¡nsöv N* gnKp AXkv fmän. fWhnÃmfWthmsX FWn¡pw go`]v¡pw ASv h½Snt¡*n k¶p.

“”Mm³ NdZn Nan¨n«nÃ..Fs¶ Wo bYn¸n¡v BUyw’ fpXn sN«n¡jnªp go` b_ªp.

Mm³ Nan]psX Wn]f§Ä AkÄ¡v b_ªpsNmXp¯p. ^*ptbÀ fm{Sw Nan¡p¶SnWm F§sW]pw FSn^mans] SXªn«m fm{Stf K]n¡q F¶pw bnXn¨m knX^pSv F¶pw Mm³ b_ªt¸mÄ AkÄ lÐfp*m¡msS In^n¨p. gnKpkpw tKmKn]pw k^m´]n Nan Nm\mWm]n C^p¶pNjnªn^p¶p. Mm³ WXpkn Np_psN k`n] H^p k^]n«p. fpä¯v skan¨fp*m]n^p¶nÃ. fmW¯v bNpSn k`n¸¯n Nm\s¸« I{µsâ Wn`mkv f^¨nÃNapsX CX]n`qsX Nn«n]n^p¶ f§n] skan¨¯n M§Ä¡v b^hvb^w Nm\mfm]n^p¶p F¶v fm{Sw. bX¡pSn^Nsat¸ms` Wn¡p¶ go`]psX fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Fsâ DÅn Nmfw C^¼n]mÀ¯p. Aksa tSm¶n]Sptbms` Hs¡ bnXn¡m³ bäp¶ NanSs¶ fWhnt`¡v k¶Snsâ N¼W¯n B]n^p¶p Mm³.

“”SpX§v–‘ A£ft]msX tKmKn]pw gnKpkpw b_ªp.

“”l^n..BUyw Mm³ k^pw..Wns¶ sSm«n«p Sn^nsN k^]psX C¸p_¯v Mm³ k¶m Wo tSm¡pw..f_¡^pSv’

A§sW b_ªn«v Mm³ NdZn NdZn F¶v b_ªpsNm*v AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. go`]v¡v In^n k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Aksa WnÊm^fm]n sSm«n«v Mm³ tkPw C¸p_s¯¯n.

“”tI¨n tSmsä’ Ak·mÀ BÀ¯pknan¨p.

“”ipw’

A§sW b_ªn«v go` Fs¶ sSmXmWm]n k¶p. Mm³ bnXn sNmXp¡msS fm_n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Nps_ {lfn¨n«v Sn^nsN tbm]n. Ak·mÀ C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v bnXnk`n SpX§m³ FWns¡m^p fXn D*m]n^p¶p. bs£ Wn¡_nsâ DÅn kXntbms` Wn¡p¶ Np«³ hfmVmWw S^p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Nps_ Sk\ Mm³ AkÄ¡v tk*n tSmäpsNmXp¯p. go`]v¡v ASv fWhn`mNp¶pfp*m]n^p¶p.

AXp¯ Sk\ AkÄ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Aksa k«w bnXn¨p. k]_n`qsX ssNNÄ Ipän AkapsX I´nNÄ Fsâ Np®]n fp«n¨v Mm³ tIÀ¯v bnXn¨t¸mÄ go` NnS¨p. Fsâ ssNNÄ s»uhnsâ DÅn`qsX WPvWfm] AkapsX k]än bSnªn^p¶p. sk® tbms` frUpkm] k]_nsâ hvbÀlWw ASok hpON^fm]n^p¶p.

“”tI¨n bnt¶w tSmäv tbms]’ Ak·mÀ Nqkn.

“”Wn§av tbm]n D_§p¶pt*m..^m{So Nqkn¡qkn BapNsa l`ys¸Xp¯pw ^*pwNqXn’ go` tNmbt¯msX Aks^ tWm¡n b_ªp. tf`W§n]pÅ Nan AkapsX l^o^s¯ kn]À¸n Npan¸n¨n^p¶p. Mm³ Wn¡À fm{Stf V^n¨n«pÅm]n^p¶p.

“”CWow M§av Nqk¯nÃ’ Ak·mÀ b_ªp. F¶m`pw ^*pw At¸mjpw tbmNm³ S]m_m]n^p¶nÃ.

AXp¯ Sk\ AkÄ¡v bnXnsNmXp¯v Mm³ tSmäSm]n AenW]n¨p. SpXÀ¶v Fs¶ sSmXm³ AkÄ N]_n k¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v bnXn¡m³ bmN¯n AkÄ AXps¯¯n. Aksa Mm³ sN«n¸nXn¨v SXªp.

“”tI¨n fp³tbm«p Wo§v–..kt^ sSmXv’ Ak·mÀ Btklt¯msX knan¨p b_ªp. go`]v¡v B{Piw CÃm]n^p¶p F¦n`pw AkÄ k^]n sSmXm³ fpWvtbm«mªp. AtSmsX A^s¡«n Wn¶pw Fsâ ssNNÄ AkapsX fp`Nan F¯n. sS_n¨p fpjp¯ AkapsX hvSW§Ä Mm³ DX¨p. go` bnXnknXpkn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Sv tbms` WXn¨v Ft¶mXv H«nt¨À¶p. Fsâ Np® AkapsX I´nknXkn Bjv¶n_§n.

“”Cu tI¨n Ft¸mjpw tSm¡pkm’ Wn^mlt]msX Ak·mÀ b_]p¶Sv tN«p MmWksa kn«p.

AXp¯ Sk\ Aksa K]n¸n¨ tlgw Mm³ C¸p_s¯¯n. go` k¶t¸mÄ Aksa bnXn¡mWm]n Mm³ ImXn. Hjnªpfm_n] AkapsX Nm`n`m\v FWn¡v bnXn Nn«n]Sv. Wn`t¯¡v ko\ go` fp³tbm«p Wo§m³ {lfn¨t¸mÄ Fsâ bnXp¯w AkapsX SpX]ns`¡v N]_n. sNmjp¯p^p* AkapsX SpX]n bnXn¨t¸mÄ Fsâ hfWn` sSän. bnXp¯w ASntkP¯n Mm³ fpNant`¡v Wo¡n ssN AkapsX bmâohn fp«n¨p. AXnklw WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^p¶ bmâohnsâ DÅn Wn¶pw AkapsX bq_nsâ IqXv Fsâ ssN]n`Xn¨p. bSpbSp¯ WWkn Mm³ SÅn. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ Sp\n hinSw bqän N]_n]t¸mÄ go` bpaªptbm]n. Mm³ FÃmw f_¶v

Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX bq_nsâ DÅnt`¡v SÅn¡]än.

“”Dcvcv..t¿m..Òv½w’ go` hpOmVnNy¯n hz]w f_¶p M^§n.

“”tI¨n tSmsä’ Ak·mÀ ko*pw Nqkn. hztdmVw Sn^nsN Nn«n] Mm³ tkPw ssN k`n¨q^n BÀ¯nt]msX f\¯ptWm¡n]n«v Fjpt¶äp. AkapsX bq_nsâ PÔw Fs¶ f¯pbnXn¸n¨p.

“”sÈm Fsâ Nm`v tkUWn¡p¶p’ Wn`¯v Wn¶pw Fjpt¶ä go` Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp.

“”CWn Nps_ Njnªp Nan¡mw..’ Nan¡mWpÅ fqZv– tbm]n Aksa f`À¯n¡nX¯n b\n]mWpÅ BÀ¯nt]msX Mm³ b_ªp. go` bmkmX sbm¡n sNmjp¯ SpX SXkns¡m*v Fsâ N®pNant`¡v Bj¯n tWm¡n.

“”Nan WnÀ¯nt]m’ tNm«pkm] C«psNm*v gnKp tImUn¨p.

“”WnÀ¯n..Fjpt¶äv tbm..b*m^§Ä¡v ^m{Sn D_t¡mw CÃ..’ go` ^*nsW]pw tWm¡n b_ªp.

“”ipw..M§Ä sNX¡m³ tbmkm..Wmsa A½ k^p¼w M§av bt_w Wn§av ^*pw NqsX ^m{So Nan B^ps¶¶v’ gnKp tbmNp¶ tbm¡n eog\n fpj¡n.

“”b_ªm M§Ä¡pw A_n]mw b_]m³. At½sX ssN]o¶p ^*nWpw AXn km§n¸n¨p S^pw tWm¡nt¡m’ go` Sn^n¨pw eog\n fpj¡n.

“”tbmXo tI¨n..’ A§sW b_ªn«v Ak³ tKmKns]]pw Nq«n HmXn DÅnt`¡v tbm]n.

Ak·mÀ tbm]n¡jnªt¸mÄ go` Fsâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n. AkapsX fp`NÄ AfnSfm]n D]À¶p Smjp¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”FknXm ssN C«Sv..Òvfw’ AkÄ f{´n¨p.

“”bnXn¨t¸mÄ A_n]msS..’

“”Ak^v tbm]n..Wfp¡v Nan¡mw’ AkÄ tImUn¨p. Mm³ fqan.

“”Nan Cãs¸«p AsÃ’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”WÃ hpOfp*v Nan¡m³..””CWow Nm`ns` bnXn¡mkq tNt«m..fp³tb bnXn¨Sv tbms`..’ AkÄ b_ªp.

ko*pw AkÄ N]_n k¶p. Mm³ AkapsX Nm`n bnXn¨t¸mÄ go` Nfnjv¶p ko\p SpXNÄ AN¯n. Mm³ tkPw ssN AkapsX SpXNapsX CX]nt`¡v N]än. tkPw Ss¶ Fsâ ssN AkapsX bqän fp«n. Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n. AkÄ bmâohv C«n^p¶nÃ; A{S]pw hf]¯nWnsX B^pw Nm\msS AkaSv F§sW Du^n¡aªp Fs¶Wn¡v H^p bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX WWª, t^mfw Wn_ª bnaÀ¸nt`¡v sS¶n¡]_nt¸m]n. go` hpOw fq¯v bpaªp. Fsâ Wm`v kn^`pNÄ AkapsX bq_nsâ DÅnt`¡v fpjpkWpw tN_n] Wn`]n`m]n^p¶p. kn^`pNÄ k`n¨q^n Du¼n]n«v ko*pw Mm³ tNän. {em´fm] Btklt¯msX AkapsX bqänt`¡v kn^`pNÄ k¨v Mm³ AXn¨psNmXp¯p. Wn`¯v f®n NnX¶psNm*v go`]v¡v ^SnfqÀÑ D*m]n. AkapsX bqän Wn¶pw skÅw

HjpNn C_§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Fsâ Np«sW bp_s¯Xp¯v làfm]n km\w kn«p skÅw Naªp.

Nmf{em´v– Sm¡m`nNfm]n AX§n] Akapw MmWpw Fjpt¶äv k^m´]n C^p¶p NnS¨p. Nps_ Gs_ tW^t¯¡v Aktam MmtWm fn*n]nÃ. ^m{Sn]psX C^papw S\p¯ A´^o£kpw kas^ tkPw Ss¶ M§an Nmfw D\À¯n.

“”kn^`à AknsX N]tä*Sv..’ go` sfsà b_ªp.

“”FWn¡_n]mw’

“”Fs´m^p B{Nm´w B^p¶p..sbs«¶m FWn¡v tbm]Sv’

“”F¸jm Wo gÍn Du^n]Sv’

“”Ak·mÀ ANt¯m«p tbm]¸w’

Nps_ tW^w ko*pw M§Ä fn*mSn^p¶p.

“”A¶v dhn k¨v A]mÄ AknsX kn^`v tNän..A½ bs£ ASv N*nÃm^p¶p’ go` f{´n¡p¶Sv tbms` b_ªp.

“”t¿m..F¶n«v Wo H¶pw b_ªntÃ’

“”WÃ hpOfmXm kn^`v tNäp¼w’

“”Òw..Wo Nan¨n«pt*m B^ptX`pw NqsX’

go` Csö AÀ°¯n Ip*v f`À¯n. Mm³ ssN Wo«n AkapsX f`À¶ Ip*n sSm«p; bns¶ ASv Smtj¡v f`À¯n. AkÄ {bSnN^n¨nÃ. k^m´]n Nm`pNÄ Wn`t¯¡v C«v C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ go` Mm³ Ip*n sSm«t¸mÄ SpXNÄ AN¯n.

“”tks_ Bt^`pw AknsX kn^`v tNän S¶n«pt*m’ Mm³ AkapsX Ip*n Nan¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”H^ns¡ thkyÀ A½mk³..’

“”Bt\m..A½mk³ AknsX kn^`v tNänt]m’ AÛpSt¯msX Mm³ tImUn¨p. go` fqan.

“”A½mk³ Wns¶ Nan¨ntÃ’

“”CÃ’

“”Nan¡m³ k¶m Wo h½Sn¡pfm^pt¶m’

go` f_pbXn WÂNmsS bmkmX tft`¡v Wo¡n sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ ^*pw WPvWfm¡n.

“”IqXv FXp¡p¶p’ Bt^msX¶nÃmsS AkÄ b_ªp. Mm³ AkapsX SpX]n ssNk¨p. go` Fsâ ssNbnXn¨v bqän fp«n¨p.

“”sIm_o¶p..ko\¸w f®v tN_n..’

“”bqänt`m’ {em´³ knNm^t¯msX Mm³ tImUn¨ptbm]n.

go` fqan]n«v SpXNÄ W¶m]n Nk¨p. Fsâ kn^`pNÄ AkapsX t^mf¡m«n b^Sn AknXw sIm_nªpsNmXp¯p. H^p Sk\ ^SnfqÀÑ k¶ bqän ko*pw fUK`{bkmiw B^wen¨n^p¶p. kjpkjp¯ fUK`w Fsâ kn^`pNan bSnªt¸mÄ Mm³ Ak Du^n AkÄ Nm¬sN I¸n.

“”WÃ hzmUmt\m’ go` tImUn¨p.

“”Dw..W¡s«’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”sÈm..f®m tf`v sfm¯w’ go` In^n¨p.

“”hm^fnÃ..Mm³ W¡mw..’ Mm³ Aksa f`À¯n¡nX¯m³ {lfn¨p. go` tkPw Fs¶ sk«n¨v Smsj C_§n.

“”FXm {bm´m Ak·mÀ k¶m F´v sI¿pw..Mm³

tbm]n Sp\n FXp¯n«p k^mw..tf`v NjpN\w’

Nmfsk_n bq*p Wn¶ Fs¶ kn«n«v AkÄ tbm]n. bn¶ms` MmWpw sI¶p fsäm^p Wn¡À FXp¯p. Nn\_nsâ N^]n F¯n]t¸mÄ go` Sp\nNÄ AXp¯pÅ H^p A]]n C«p.

“”Xm lÐw tNĸn¡msS skÅw tNm^v..A]`¯pNm^v tNÄ¡^pSv..tN«m B Wml§Ä Wmsa A½t]mXv tImUn¡pw’ go` f{´n¨p.

Mm³ N¸n Dbt]mPn¡msS sSm«n tWs^ C_¡n skÅw tNm^n d¡än Wn_¨p. go`]psX Wm\w Hs¡ b¼ NX¶n^p¶p. AkÄ Fsâ fp³bn Wn¶psNm*v Sp\nNÄ Du^n bqÀ® WPvW]m]n. Wn`mskan¨¯n AkapsX sNmjp¯v kXnskm¯ tUiw N* Fsâ l^o^w S^n¨p. fp`NÄ sW©n Wn¶v Spap¼pN]m\v. Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ sM«pNÄ.

“”Fs¶ H¶v Npan¸n¨p SmXm’ go` sN©n. MmWpw Fsâ Wn¡À Du^n AkapsX Sp\nNapsX fosS C« tlgw ^*ptb^psX]pw tUi¯v f¤p sNm*v skÅw Hjn¨p. bns¶ thms¸Xp¯v tS¨p. go`]psX sNmjp¯ Ak]k§Ä Mm³ W¶m]n NjpNn. Fsâ fq¯v fpjp¯p Wn¶ Np«³ AkapsX tUi¯v Np¯ns¡mÅp¶p*m]n^p¶p. Aksa fp³bn WnÀ¯n I´nNapsX CX]n`qsX Np® tNän WnÀ¯n Mm³ Aksa tS¨p Npan¸n¨p. go` SpXNÄ AXp¸n¨v Fsâ Np«sW sM^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Aksa sWt©mXv– Im^n WnÀ¯n fp`NÄ Mm³ sM^n¨pX¨p. AkÄ SpXNÄ AN¯n] tlgw AXn]n`qsX ssN]n«v Fsâ `nwPw AkapsX bqän Sn^pNm³ {lfn¨p. AkapsX t^mf§an`qsX D^hn ASv fp³tbm«pw bn³tbm«pw Wo§n. M§apsX ^SntNan N*p Wm\n¨ f«n I{µ³ H^p tfQ¯nsâ f_knt`¡v Wo§n.

“”bq_p NjpNn¯m..ASnWm¯v f®v tN_n..’ go` In\p§ns¡m*p b_ªp.

Mm³ thms¸Xp¯v AkapsX bqän`pw I´n]psX DÅn`pw tS¨p. bns¶ kn^`v tNän W¶m]n Ca¡n NjpNn. AkapsX N´pw SpX]nXp¡pw Mm³ W¶m]n NjpNn. bq_nWNw NqXn kn^`v tNän NjpNn] tlgw Mm³ AkapsX I´n bnaÀ¯n Iq*pkn^`n thm¸v tS¨n«v DÅnt`¡v N]än. ASv hpOfm]n AkapsX BhW¯nsâ ANt¯¡v N]_nt¸m]n.

“”sfm¯w tNäv..WÃ hpOw’ AkÄ M^§n. Mm³ kn^Â W¶m]n NX¯n ASnWNkpw NjpNn] tlgw dm¡n D*m]n^p¶ skÅw sNm*v ^*p tb^psX tUikpw NjpNn kr¯n]m¡n. Fsâ Np«³ At¸mjpw Np´w tbms` Wn¶v kn_]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”km AN¯v bmw’ go` tUiw tSmÀ¯n] tlgw Fsâ tWs^ tSmÀ¯v Wo«ns¡m*v b_ªp.

“”Cu Sp\nt]m’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”ASv Mm³ ^mkns` NjpNnt¡mamw..Wo km..”

AkÄ V^n¡m³ sNm*pk¶ Sp\nNÄ AtSbXn FXp¯v bqÀ® WPvW]m]n

DÅnt`¡v WX¶p. B kn^nª I´nNapsX SpÅ tWm¡ns¡m*v– MmWpw Wn¡À ssN]ns`Xp¯v AkapsX bn¶ms` DÅn N]_n. fp³fp_n]psX NSNX¨ tlgw go` fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. skan¨¯n BUyfm]n AkapsX sNmjp¯ tUi¯nsâ bqÀ® WPvWS N*t¸mÄ {em´pbnXn¨ptbm]n FWn¡v. fp_n]psX NSNv AkÄ AX]v¡p¶ hf]¯v Mm³ sI¶v AkapsX fp`NÄ bn¶n`qsX ssN NX¯n sM^n¨pX¨p. Fsâ Np«³ I´n knXkn`qsX SpXNapsX DÅnt`¡v Np¯n¡]_n. AÂbtW^w A§sW fp` DX]v¡m³ Wn¶v S¶ tlgw go` Sn^nªv Fsâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n. AkÄ ssNkn^ sNm*v hz´w NojvIp*v Smtj¡v f`À¯n Nm\n¨t¸mÄ Wn]{´\w Wãs¸« Mm³ B AV^bpX§Ä BÀ¯nt]msX km]n`m¡n D_p©n. fSn f_¶v D·¯Wm]n Nmf{em´nsâ Wn_pN]n AkapsX Ip*pNÄ Mm³ NXn¨p k`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. fpjp¯ fp`NÄ Fsâ sWt©mXv tIÀ¯pX¨v go` Fsâ km]nt`¡v NojvIp*v f`À¯n¡]än. ASnsâ fmwhaS Fs¶ H^p frPfm¡n fmän. F´v hpOfm\v Cu Ip*nWv! ASn Wn¶pw ^Sn^hw H`n¡pN]m\v. AkapsX sI¼pNpX§Ä tbms`]pÅ WnSwd§Ä k`n¨p No_n DX¨v NSNntWmXv tIÀ¯v WnÀ¯n AV^§Ä Mm³ I¸n¡pXn¨p.

BUys¯ Btklw sSsÃm¶v S\p¯t¸mÄ Mm³ AN¶p fm_n tWm¡n. go` Ipk¶p SpXp¯p tbm]n^p¶ Ip*pNÄ ssN sNm*v SpX¨n«v BÀ¯nt]msX Fsâ `nwP¯n bnXn¨p. Mm³ AkapsX S` bnXn¨v fpNant`¡m¡n Ip*pNÄ I¸n] tlgw frUpkm] A®m¡nt`¡v Wm¡v Wo«n¡]än Ipjäm³ B^wen¨p. M§apsX DfnWo^pNÄ b^hvb^w NqXn¡`À¶p. Nps_ Gs_ tW^w WmkpNÄ Du¼n]n«v WWª fpO§tamsX M§Ä ko*pw AN¶pfm_n.

“”CSptbms` bq_pw Sn¶ptfm’

AkÄ Fsâ ssN bnXn¨v SpXNapsX CX]nt`¡v k¨psNm*v b^tklt¯msX tImUn¨p. AknXw IqXv bnXn¨p WWªp Njnªn^p¶p. bp_t¯¡v SÅn Wn¶n^p¶ AkapsX N´n Fsâ kn^`pNÄ b^Sn.

“”Wnsâ FÃmw Mm³ Sn¶pw..FÃmw..’

A§sW b_ªn«v Aksa A^s¡«n sN«n¸nXn¨p sbm¡ns]Xp¯v Mm³ N«n`n f`À¯n]n«p. ko\ bmsX go` sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ AN¯n AkapsX hpOIgNw f`Às¡ Sp_¶p. sI_p t^mf§apsX WXpkn SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ¡v WXpkn AkapsX sI_n] knÅ Mm³ N*p. ASn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡v SÅn NnX¡p¶ N´v. bqän Wn¶pw fUK`w HjpNn AkapsX BhWw WW]v¡p¶ NmjvI i^w sNmÅn¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p.

“”Bt^`pw W¡o«pt*m Wns¶’ AkapsX SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v N]_p¶SnWnsX Mm³ tImUn¨p. go` Csö AÀ°¯n Ip*v f`À¯n.

“”F§sW A_n]mw CsSms¡ W¡psf¶v?’

“”Fsâ

H^p Nq«pNm^n b_ªSm’

“”Aksa Bt^`pw W¡nt]m’

“”Dw’

“”WnW¡v Cãfmt\m W¡p¶Sv’

“”HmÀ¯m Ss¶ {em´m..W¡v.Òw’ go` In\p§n.

Mm³ fpOw sfsà Smjv¯n AkapsX knÅ`n`qsX Fsâ Wmkv frUpkm]n Ht¶mXn¨p. go` hÀ¸s¯t¸ms` bpa]p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. H¸w AkÄ NpXpNpsX In^n¡mWpw SpX§n.

“”F´m In^n¡ps¶’

“”C¡nan k^p¶p..e]¦^ hptOmw’

“”Òw..’

Mm³ W¶m]n NpWnªv AkapsX bq_nsâ Gäkpw AXnemP¯v Wn¶pw tft`¡v Wmkv NqÀ¸n¨v W¡n. AkapsX sNmjp¯ fUK`w k]n`qsX Fsâ Bfml]¯nt`¡v C_§n]t¸mÄ Nmfw F¶n làfm]n N¯n¸XÀ¶p. sb®nsâ {hkw WÂNn] `i^n F¶n Nmfw Ban¸XÀ¯n. AkapsX ImXn Wn¶n^p¶ N´n AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p. go` F´v sI¿p¶p F¶_n]m³ Mm³ sfsà S`sbm¡n tWm¡n. AkÄ hpOw hin¡mWmNmsS ssNNÄ sNm*v sdZv goän AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨v NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p, Ip*pNÄ NXn¨psNm*v. Mm³ ko*pw fpOw Smjv¯n knÅ`n W¡n. bns¶ bq¨ b¨]n_¨n Sn¶p¶Sv tbms` AkapsX bq_p Sn¶m³ B^wen¨p.

“”im..Dcvcv….Òv½w…’

bÃpNapw Wmkpw Dbt]mPn¨pÅ Fsâ {bt]mP§Ä Akan Wn¶pw hpOho¡m^§Ä Dakm¡n. t^mfkpw fmwhkpw Fsâ km]n sS¶n¡an¨p. go` hpOw fq¯v A^s¡«v tft`¡v sbm´n¨v SpXNÄ AN¯kp¶{S Nk¨p. AkapsX I´nNapsX DÄemPkpw sI_pSm]n SpXn¡p¶, Mm³ kn^ N]än NjpNn] BhWkpw Mm³ N*p. ASnWp Ipäpw WWpWWp¯ t^mfkaÀ¨ D*m]n^p¶p. hzÀ®¡pX§Ä tbms`]pÅ I´nNÄ bnaÀ¯n Mm³ ASnWNw W¡n. bqän Wn¶pw HjpNn]n_§n] tS³ ASnsâ fosS]pw kjpkjp¸v SoÀ¯n^p¶p. BhWw AfÀ¯n W¡n Mm³ tft`¡v N]_n. go` AkapsX ssNNÄ sNm*v bq_nsâ CSapNÄ t`lw knXÀ¯n DÅns` Ipk¶ fmwhw Sp_¶v Nm«n Fsâ N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n.

“”W¡v’ N^]p¶ emk¯n AkÄ bp`¼n. B Caw Wn_kpw SpXp¸pw N*m W¡mSn^n¡m³ t`mN¯v H^mÄ¡pw hmVn¡nà Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. A{S hpON^fm]n^p¶p B bnaÀ¶ bq_nsâ Urlyw. Mm³ fpOw ASnt`¡v bqjv¯n]t¸mÄ go` bq_p W¶m]n bnaÀ¶pS¶p. AkapsX Caw b¨ fmwh¯n Fsâ Wmkv A^wtbms` Wo§n.

“”Biv..im..it½..iq….Biv…..’

WmkpsNm*pÅ Fsâ làfm] {bt]mPw Aksa hpO¯nsâ Pn^nlrwP¯nt`¡v D]À¯n. AkÄ ssNNÄ bn³k`n¨v fp`NÄ hz]w DX]v¡p¶Sv tWm¡ns¡m*v bq_nsâ CSapNÄ knXÀ¯n {em´sWt¸ms`]m\v Mm³ W¡n]Sv. F{S NpXn¨m`pw fSnk^m¯

AkapsX D^pNn]n_§n] sW¿v H«pw Na]msS Mm³ NpXn¨p. N´v H^mkÀ¯nNqXn I¸nk`n¨ tlgw Mm³ WnkÀ¶p. AkapsX fosS N]_n fp`NÄ I¸n¡pXn¨psNm*v Mm³ `nwPw bqän fp«n¨p.

go` ASv bnXn¨v AkapsX Uzm^¯n fp«n¨ tlgw Fs¶ C_psN bp\À¶p. AkapsX kjpkjp¯ bnaÀ¸n D^hn Fsâ Np«³ DÅnt`¡v N]_m³ {lfw B^wen¨p Njnªn^p¶p. AksW DÅnt`¡v FXp¡m³ tk*n go` A^s¡«v sk«n¨v tft`¡v SÅn tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p F¦n`pw B sI_n] knÅ AkWv tN_m³ S¡ k`n¸w DÅSm]n^p¶nÃ. fp`NpXn WnÀ¯n]n«v Mm³ fpOw go`]psX fpO¯v AfÀ¯n.

“”tNän SÅn¯m..¹ohv’ go` Fsâ NmSn f{´n¨p.

AkÄ ssNsNm*v `nwPw bnXn¨v bqän Sn^pNm³ {lfn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”AN¯v tNän]m Wo PÀen\n BNpw’ Mm³ l¦t]msX b_ªp.

“”CsÃXm..Wo skÅw k^p¼w skao Naªm fSn’

“”ATkm skao FXp¡m³ bän]nsænt`m’

“”ÂÊvÊvhv…tbmXm..H¶pw bä¯nÃ…Wo tNän¯m’

Nmfm{em´nsâ Wn_pN]n hz]w f_¶p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶ go`]v¡v GsS¦n`pw knV¯n Np® N]_\w F¶ GNIn´s] D*m]n^p¶pÅq. AkÄ ssN sNm*v Fsâ hmVWw ANt¯¡v NX¯m³ {lfw SpXÀ¶p.

Mm³ AkapsX ssNNÄ bnXn¨p tWs^ tft`¡v k¨n«v t^mfw Wn_ª ftWmi^§am] N£§an tWm¡n. fpOw Smjv¯n ASn W¡ns¡m*v– Mm³ `nwPw bSns] bqänt`¡v SÅn¡]äm³ {lfn¨p. `nwPm{Ps¯ sSm`n bn¶nt`¡v Wo§n ASnsâ fNpXw WPvWfm]n. sW©n AfÀ¶pX]p¶ fp`NapsX fpjp¸nsâ SÅ BhzUn¨v, N£ t^mf§Ä I¸nk`n¨v Mm³ Fsâ SXn¨ Np®¯` AkapsX C_pNn] knÅ`nt`¡v tNän.

“”BBBBBB….F´v hpOw…it½….DuDuDuDuDuDu…..’

bq_nsâ DÅn sM^nªv– Np® DÅnt`¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ go` knÃptbms` kaªp sbm´n M^§n. hpOw Sm§mWmNmsS AkÄ N®pNÄ SÅn km] hz]w Sp_¶ptbm] AkØ]n B]n^p¶p. Mm³ Fsâ fpOw AkapsX N£§an Wn¶pw fpOt¯¡v fmän. Sp_¶n^p¶ km]v¡pÅnt`¡v Fsâ Wmkv SÅn¡]_n. CSnWnsX bqän fpjpk³ N]_n¡jnªn^p¶ `nwPw Mm³ k`n¨q^n]n«v ko*pw tNäns¡mXp¯p. bqÀ en¯nNan AfÀ¶p^hn ASv hpPffm]n DÅnt`¡v sS¶n¡]_n]t¸mÄ hpO{em´n MmWpw M^§nt¸m]n.

“”Np¯n¡p¯nt¡äv’

Fsâ A^s¡«n bnXn¨p Smtj¡v SÅns¡m*v go` b_ªp. Mm³ Du^n]q^n b¯pb{´*p Sk\ làfm]n AXn¨psNmXp¯ tlgw Smtj¡v sS¶nfm_n bqän tWm¡n. ASv km]

Sp_¶n^n¡p¶ NmjvI fWwf]¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p. fSnf_¶p tbm] Mm³ skNnan bnXn¨Sptbms` ASn sS^psSs^ W¡n]n«v ko*pw AkapsX fosS N]_n Ip*pNÄ km]ns`Xp¯p. Smsj Fsâ `nwPw AkapsX bnaÀ¸n NXks^ N]än Mm³ Wn_¨p. Ip*pNÄ hzS{´fm¡n go`s] Mm³ tWm¡n.

“”WÃ hpOw..im..Du^*..’ AkÄ f{´n¨p.

“”H¶qsX W¡s«’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”sNmSn]³’ AkÄ In^n¨p.

Mm³ `nwPw Du^n]n«v ko*pw bq_p W¡n. ASv F{S Sn¶m`pw fSnk^nà Fs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. A{S]v¡v frUpSzkpw hzmUpfm\v–. Wmkp WÂNn] hpOw fq¯v {em´m] go` Fsâ fpOw bnXn¨v bqän sS^psSs^ D^¨p. A§sW sI]vSpsNm*v AkÄ b^nh^w f_¶ f«n D¨¯n M^§m³ B^wen¨tSmsX Mm³ ko*pw tft`¡v N]_n bqän `nwPw N]än. Sp_¶n^p¶ AkapsX km]v– Fsâ km] sNm*v bq«n, Mm³ AXn SpX§n. go` NmkXn FXp¯ks^t¸ms` NnX¶v SpÅp¶Sv Nm\m³ Wà ^hfm]n^p¶p. fp`NÄ SpÅn¯pap¼n Np`p¡n tft`¡pw Smtj¡pw AkapsX l^o^w I`n¨p. B I`Ww BhzUn¨psNm*v– Mm³ làfm]n Aksa temPn¨p. At¸msjÃmw AkapsX km] Sp_¶pSs¶ C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”Bªp tNäv..im..F´v hpOw..DuDuDuDuDu….’ AkÄ {em´fm]n bp`¼n.

AkapsX l^o^w bnaÀ¶v Fsâ B]pVw sS^psSs^ N]_n]n_§n. hpOw fq¯pfq¯v Fsâ hn^NÄ sfm¯w tbm«n¯^n¡p¶, D·mU¯nsâ Wn_pN]nt`¡v, ^SnfqÀÑ]psX làfm] k^k_nª B Wnfngw, D¨¯n M^§ns¡m*v Mm³ Fsâ `nwPw Dut¡msX k`n¨q^n. AsS hf]¯v Ss¶ go`]psX bqän Wn¶pw f`skÅw tbms` skÅw Ioäp¶Sv Mm³ N*p. AtS WnfngwSs¶ Fsâ Np«Wpw {hkn¨v Njnªn^p¶p. AkapsX WPvWfm] tUi¯pw N«n`n`pw Hs¡ ASv InS_ns¯_n¨p. go` fp`NapsX tf ko\ Fsâ sNmjp¯ bm sSm«p ^pIn¡p¶Sv tWm¡ns¡m*v Mm³ AkapsX SpXNapsX CX]n Wn¶pw Smtj¡v C_§n.

go` GtSm Sp\ns]Xp¯v AkapsX bq_p SpX¨p. bns¶ tUi¯v ko\n^p¶ lp¢kpw SpX¨pfmän. hwtemPw WÂNn] SaÀ¨]n Mm³ AkapsX kl¯v f`À¶p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p At¸mÄ..