]co£¡mew ]co£WImeamWv F¶p ]dbmdpWvSv. ]t£, ]p¯³]d¼nse Ip«nIÄ AXohim´cmbmWv hmÀjnI¸co£sb t\cnSm³ Hcp§nbXv. Nn«bmb Hcp ]T\ioeapÅXpsImWvSv H«pw sS³j\nÃmsX ]co£IÄ FgpXm³ AhÀ¡p Ignªp. Hmtcm Znhks¯bpw ]mT§Ä A¶¶p ]Tn¨XpsImWvSv aSnb·mÀ ae Npa¡p¶Xpt]mse Ahkm\w FÃmwIqSn Dcp«n Xebn tItäWvSn h¶nÃhÀ¡v. ]Tn¡v, ]Tn¡v F¶p ]dªpsImWvSv Ip«nIfpsS ]ndsI \S¡p¶ ioew km_phn\pw ssj\n¡pw ]tWvSbnÃ.
]co£ Ignªv Ah[n¡mew h¶Wªt¸mÄ km_p Ip«nItfmSp ]dªp: ""Cu Ah[n¡mew F§s\ Gähpw {]tbmP\{]Zambn sNehgn¡mw F¶p \n§Ä BtemNn¡pI'' Ah[n¡mew ckIcam¡m³ km_p Nne ]cn]mSnIÄ a\Ên IWvSncp¶p. AXnsem¶v Ip«nItfmsSm¸w Hcp SqÀ t]mhpI F¶Xmbncp¶p. Ip«nIÄ H¶n¨ncp¶v BtemNn¨tijw ]dª sFUnbbpw "Hcp SqÀ t]mImw' F¶p Xs¶bmbncp¶p. tI«t¸mÄ km_phn\pw AÛpXw tXm¶n. Xm³ a\Ên IWvSXpXs¶ Ip«nIfpw a\Ên IWvSncn¡p¶p!
"At¸mÄ icn, Cu sht¡j\v Hcp SqÀ Xs¶bmIs«' F¶p km_p A\u¬kv sNbvXt¸mÄ Ip«nIÄ H¶S¦w B\µwsImWvSp XpÅn¨mSn. Sqdn\v Asænepw A§s\sbmcp Znhyiàn DWvStÃm. BfpIsf H¶n¸n¡m\pw ]pXnb krjvSnIfm¡n amäm\papÅ Znhyiàn! F´mbmepw A¶papX SqÀ t]mIm\pÅ Hcp¡§Ä [rXKXnbn AhÀ Bcw`n¨p.
km_p a\Ên IWvS Ah[n¡me]cn]mSnIfn asäm¶v {]`mXkhmcnbpsS Zqchpw kabhpw Iq«pIbmbncp¶p. kvIqÄ DÅt¸mÄ AcaWn¡qÀsImWvSv \S¶v HmSn¡nXs¨¯pIbmbncp¶p ]Xnhv. Ct¸mÄ Ah[nbmbXpsImWvSv CjvSwt]mse kabapWvStÃm. AXn\m Hcp aWn¡qsd¦nepw \S¡mw F¶p Ip«nIÄ¡pw A`n{]mbambn. km_phnsâ kvt\lnX\mb tPmkn\pw Cu \nÀt±iw CjvSambn. ImcWw cmhnse \S¯w Bcw`n¨tXmsS aSnbpw Bekyhpsams¡ amdnb tPmkv Hcp ]pXnb Bfmbn amdns¡mWvSncn¡pIbmWtÃm. "FIvkÀsskknsâ IpdhpsImWvSp Xs¶ PohnXw Hcn¡Â F\n¡p t_mdmbn tXm¶nbncp¶p. Ct¸msgÃmw amdn hcp¶p' F¶v tPmkv Hcn¡Â ]dªt¸mÄ km_p C§s\ {]XnIcn¨p: ""H¶pw sN¿m\nÃm¯t¸mÄ PohnXw hgnap«n \n¡p¶Xpt]mse tXm¶pw. Fs´¦nepw sNbvXpsImWvSncn¡pt¼mgmWv \mw bYmÀ°¯n Pohn¨pXpS§p¶Xv.''
Ip«nIÄ kzbw Bkq{XWw sNbvX Ah[n¡me]cn]mSnIfn asäm¶v Nn«bmb kwKoX]cnioe\ambncp¶p. X§Ä ]Tn¨ imkv{XobkwKoX]mT§Ä AhÀ H¶n¨ncp¶p ]mSn ]cnioen¨p. ]Ånbn ]mSm\mbn ]pXnb Nne Km\§fpw AhÀ ]mSn¸Tn¨p. X§fpsS Ip«nIÄ \msf GsX¦nepw ImcW¯m ]ckv]cw AI¶m Ahsc hoWvSpw H¶n¸n¡m³ ssZhw X¶ Hcp AÛpXhcZm\amWv kwKoXw F¶mWv km_phpw ssj\nbpw IcpXp¶Xv. AXn\m Ip«nIÄ kwKoXw ]cnioen¡pt¼mÄ Ahcpw H¸w tNcp¶p. IaâpIÄ ]dbp¶p. Bem]\ssien sa¨s¸Sp¯m³ klmbn¡p¶p.
ASp¯ SuWn {]hÀ¯n¨ncp¶ ]»nIv sse{_dnbn t]mbn ]pkvXI§Ä FSp¡pI km_phnsâbpw Ip«nIfpsSbpw ]Xnhmbncp¶p. Ah[n¡me¯v AhnsS IqS¡qsS t]mbn IqSpX ]pkvXI§sfSp¯p hmbn¡Wsa¶v Ip«nIÄ Xocpam\n¨p. A§s\ hmbn¡p¶ ]pkvXI§sf¡pdn¨p Ipdn¸pIÄ X¿mdm¡m\pw Xocpam\ambn. anI¨ Ipdn¸pIÄ¡p Nm¨³ k½m\§Ä X¶psImÅWsa¶mbncp¶p AhÀ apt¼m«p h¨ Htcsbmcp hyhØ! B hyhØ km_p kkt´mjw kzoIcn¨p. A§s\ Ah[n¡mew AhÀ¡v Gsd {]tbmP\Icambn amds« F¶v km_p B{Kln¨p.
Ip«nIÄ¡v Hmtcmcp¯À¡pw Ah[n¡me¯v X§Ä¡njvSapÅ _ÔphoSpIfn t]mbn ctWvSm aqt¶m Znhkw X§m\pÅ A\phmZhpw km_p sImSp¯p. Ct¸mÄ C¯cw ]XnhpIsfms¡ Csömbns¡mWvSncn¡pIbmWtÃm. Ah[n¡meambm sNdp¸¯n X§sfms¡ _ÔphoSpIfn t]mbn Znhk§tfmfw X§pambncp¶p. As¶s´mcp ckambncp¶p. C¯cw ck§sfms¡ Ct¸mgs¯ Ip«nIÄ¡p e`n¡p¶ptWvSm Bthm! Ct¸mÄ Ah[nbmbmepw Ip«nIÄ¡p Syqj\pw Iw]yq«À ¢mÊpIfpsams¡bmWv. Cu Xnc¡v Ip«nIfpsS am\knImtcmKys¯bpw ]IzXsbbpw _m[n¡pw F¶mWp km_phn\pw ssj\n¡pw tXm¶mdpÅXv. AXpsImWvSv AhÀ Ah[n¡me¯v Ip«nIsf _ÔphoSpIfnte¡bbv¡p¶p. Cu t]m¡pw hcpw Iq«pIqSepw Ahsc Gsd ]IzaXnIfm¡n amäp¶XpsImWvSv km_phpw ssj\nbpw B\µn¡p¶p.
Ah[n¡meamsW¦nepw km_p Hcp \njvT Ct¸mgpw sXän¡mdnÃ. Hmtcm Znhkhpw sNbvXpXoÀ¡m\pÅ Imcy§Ä Xte¶p Xs¶ ¹m³ sN¿pI F¶XmWXv. C§s\ Imcy§Ä ¹m³ sNbvXp apt¶m«p \o§nbm kabw ^e{]Zambn D]tbmKn¡m\mhpw. Aekambncp¶p kabw ]mgm¡m\pÅ {]tem`\w Xosc CÃmXmIpw. Nm¨³ {]tbmKn¡p¶ Cu kq{Xw X§Ä¡pw {]tbmKn¡m\mIpw F¶p Ip«nIÄ A\p`h¯n \n¶p a\Ênem¡n. A§s\ "^pÄ ssSw F³tKPvUv' Bbncn¡p¶Xnsâ {Xn AhÀ A\p`hn¨pXpS§n.