kvIqfn t]mIp¶ hgntbmc¯mWv tIih\p®n¯msâ hoSv. AbmfpsS hoSnsâ ap¶nse¯pt¼mÄ FÃm Ip«nIfpw H¶p \nev¡pw F´ns\t¶m?
D®n¯msâ hoSnsâ apä¯pÅ ]qt´m«w A{Xbv¡p at\mlcamWv. Djaecns¨SnapX HmÀ¡nkphsc \«phfÀ¯m³ AbmÄ {i²n¨ncp¶p. FÃm¯cw ]q¡fpw hnSÀ¶p ]cnafw ]c¯p¶ ]qt´m«¯nsâ ap¶n KatbmsS At§m«pw Ct§m«pw AbmÄ \S¡p¶Xp ImWmw Bsc¦nepw AXn{Ian¨p IS¶v ]q]dn¡m³ {ian¨mtem? Xsâ ap«³hSnsImWvSv Ahsc ASnt¨mSn¡pIbpw sN¿pw.
thWphpw tcWphpw Hcpan¨mWv kvIqfnÂt]mbncp¶Xv. AhÀ Hcn¡epw D®n¯msâ ]qt´m«¯nsâ `wKn BkzZn¡m³ ad¡mdnÃ.
""lmbv t\m¡nbms« B sN¼I¸qhnsâ hÀ®¸In«v! AXp In«nbncps¶¦n apSnbn NqSmambncp¶p.''
F¶n«v tcWp saSªn«, dn_¬ sI«nb Xsâ XeapSnbpsS AäsaSp¯v ap¶nte¡n«p.
""tM! AXns\´m? B `b¦csâ I®p sh«n¨v Rm\nt¸mÄ B sN¼I¸qhv ]dn¨pXcmatÃm...''thWp ]dªp.
""At¿m! thWvS. AbmÄ IWvSm ]pdw XÃns¸mfn¡pw...'' tcWp A¼ct¸msS Ahs\ XSªp.
"" l...l... IWvSn«pthtWvS? ImWmsX ]dn¡m³ F\n¡dnbmw.'' A{Xbpw ]dªn«v thWp aXn NmSn¡S¶v D®n¯msâ ]pt´m«¯nte¡p sN¶p. tcWp aXnen\Sp¯v izmkaS¡n¸nSn¨p\n¶p.
]t£, thWp ]qt´m«¯nte¡p \pgªpsN¶v sN¼I¸qhv ]dn¡m³ ssI\o«nbXpw ]n¶n D®n¯msâ AeÀ¨papg§n.
""lpw! Ių... HmsSSm... Asæn \o taSn¡pw k½m\w Fsâ ssIbn \n¶v.''
thWp kvXw`n¨pt]mbn ASps¯§m\pw D®n¯m\ptWvSmsb¶v Ah³ t\m¡nbXmWv. IWvSnÃ. F¶n«nt¸m FhnsS \n¶v {]Xy£s¸«p.
""`mKyw ASnIn«nbnÃtÃm...!
Xebpw Xmgv¯nthWp Xncn¨p h¶p. Ah\v hÃm¯ a\:{]bmkwtXm¶n.
""sO! } Rm³ ]dªXpsImWvStà thWpt]mbXpw hg¡v tIÄt¡WvSnh¶Xpw... thWvSmbncp¶p.'' tcWp ]dªp.
""AXpkmcanÃ. F´mbmepw tcWp Bin¨XtÃ? ]q]dn¨n«pXs¶ Imcyw.'' thWp ]dªp.
"" \ot]mhWvS. shdpsX XÃphm§WvS.''
"" GXmbmepw sN¶pt\m¡mw'' thWpNncn¨psImWvSv ]dªp. F¶n«v Ah³ t\sc sN¶v ]SnhmXn Xpd¶v AIt¯¡p IS¶p. ]SnhmXn Xpd¡p¶ i_vZw tI«v D®n¯m³ XebpbÀ¯n t\m¡n.
""\akvImcw D®n¯m³ kmtd... '' thWp ]dªp.
""tM? \akvImcw... F´pthWw?''
""kmdv henb ]qt´m«w Xs¶ DWvSm¡nbn«pWvStÃm. Fs´Ãmw ]q¡fm ChnsSbpÅXv'' thWptNmZn¨pw ]pt´m«s¯¸än tNmZn¨t¸mÄ D®n¯m\v kt´mjambn,
""l..l.. temI¯nepÅ an¡ ]qs¨SnIfpw Fsâ tXm«¯nepWvSv IWvSntÃ, F{X Xcw ]q¡fmWv hnSÀ¶p \nev¡p¶sX¶v..!''
thWp Xebm«n ""Atcmbt\ kpµc³ ]q¡Ä Xs¶!
""vt\m¡q, CXn \ns¶mcp ]qhv Rm³ Rm³ ]dnt¨ms«m?'' Ah³ tNmZn¨p.
""Hmtcm... AXns\´m, ]t£, \n\s¡´n\m]qhv?'' AbmÄ Xnc¡n .
""F\n¡Ã. Fsâ Iq«pImcn¡mWv. AhÄ¡v sN¼I¸q Xebn NqSm³ henb DjvSamWv''
""l... l.. l.. s]¬Ip«nIÄ ]q Xebn NqSp¶Xv \Ã`wKnXs¶.''Nncn¨psImWvSv D®n¯m³ ]dªp.
thWp Hcp \à sN¼I¸qhndps¯Sp¯p.F¶n«v D®n¯m\v \µn]dªv ]pdt¯¡nd§n.''
]pd¯v CsXÃmw{i²n¨psImWvSv tcWp \n¶ncp¶p AhÄ thKwsN¼I¸q hm§n Xebn NqSn. kvIpfnte¡pt]mIpt¼mÄ thWp tNmZn¨p. "" \½psS BZys¯ coXn \¶Ã. AXn{Ian¨p IS¶Xv AbmÄ¡v CjvSambnÃ. F¶m t\sc sN¶t¸mÄ AbmÄ ]qXcnIbpw sNbvXp.''
cWvSpt]cpw kt´mjt¯msS kvIqfnte¡v \S¶p.