CutimbpsSbpw Xncp¡pSpw_¯nsâbpw hymIpeamXmhnsâbpw cq]§Ä¡p ap¶n sagpIpXncn I¯n¨ tijw B\okv t]mÄ Hcp \nanjw [ym\\naKv\bmbn \n¶p. F¶n«v heXpIm h¨v ]´ente¡nd§n. kÀhm`cW hn`qjnXbmbn s\äpw apSnbpw h¨v Xnf¡apÅ ta¡¸Wnªv \n¡p¶ \thmVsb ]´en \n¶ _ÔpP\§Ä kmIqXw t\m¡n.
hoUntbm{Km^Àamcpw t^mt«m{Km^Àamcpw X¿msdSp¯p \n¶p. aWhm«n Hmtcmcp¯À¡mbn kvXpXn sNmÃn P\n¨p hoW hoSnt\mSp hnS]dbp¶ cwKw ]IÀ¯m³ AhcpsS Imad I®pIÄ sh¼n.
ae_mdnÂ\n¶p h¶ aq¯ t]c¸\mWv BZyw kvXpXn sNmtÃWvSXv. t]mÄk¬ h¡oensâ aq¯Xmbn aq¶p ktlmZc§Ä ae_mdnepw ku¯v Im\dbnepw Xmakn¡p¶pWvSv. t\cs¯ ae_mdn IpSntbdnb AhÀ aq¶p \mep Po¸pIfnembn a¡fpw `mcyamcpambn AXncmhnse F¯nbXmWv. H¯p IeymW¯n\v AhÀ F¯nbncp¶nÃ.
t]mÄk¬ h¡oensâ aq¯tN«³ sIm¨psXm½\p ap¶n Iq¸nb ssIIfpambn B\okv \n¡pIbmWv. ]n¶ntes¡mgpIn InS¡p¶ AhfpsS \of³ s\änsâ Xp¼v cWvSp sIm¨ps]¬Ip«nIÄ \ne¯ngbmsX DbÀ¯n¸nSn¨n«pWvSv.
sIm¨p sXm½³ tN«³ Dds¡ ]´en FÃmhÀ¡pw tIÄ¡ms\¶ a«n tNmZn¨p:
""tamtf! s\sâ A½mbn¸³ Hcp s]®ns\ ASnt¨mWvSp t]mbn FhvsStbm ]mÀ¸n¨ncn¡bmt¶m, AXnev cWvSp sIm¨p§fv HsWvSt¶m tI«tÃm. CsX´mSm t]mtf! Fhv¡v thsd sNdp¡t\sbm¶pw In«¯nÃmbvcpt¶m. C{X [rXns¸«v IeymWw \S¯m\v Fhsf´m hà sImgt¸mw ImWnt¨m?''.
]´en \n¶ _ÔpP\§fpw £Wn¨p h¶ \m«pImcpw Ab¡mcpw sIm¨psXm½sâ hm¡pIÄ tI«v kvX_v[cmbn \n¶p. t]mÄk¬ h¡o [rXns¸«v tN«sâ ASps¯¯n.
""tN«m, AsXms¡ ]ns¶ ]dbmw. tN«³ kvXpXn taSn¡v. \½fv ]Åote¡p s]mds¸Sm\pÅ kabambn''. t]mÄk¬ h¡oensâ DtZzKw \ndª hm¡pIÄ ]´en apg§n. AXptI«\n¶ cWvSmas¯ tN«³ Ipªpa¯mbn hmbnse apdp¡m³ ]´en\p shfnbnte¡p Xp¸n aq¯tN«sâ c£bvs¡¯n.
""tN«³ ]dbWXnepw sicnbntà t]mÄkm. \½sS s]®ns\ C¯csamcp IpSp½¯ns¡mWvSpt]mbn sI«nt¡WvS ImcysamtWvSm. Ah¡p \à hnZym`ymkantÃ. ImWm³ tNentÃ. ]ns¶´m... R§fnhnsS h¶t¸mgv \m«mcp ]dªtà IYsbms¡ AdnbWXv. B sNdp¡sâ A\nb\pw Hcp s]®nt\w sImWvSp \S¡phm¶mWtÃm R§fv tI«Xv...''. aq¶mas¯ tN«³ Nmt¡m¨\pw XnSp¡¯n ASpt¯¡p h¶p.
""tN«·mcv ]dbp¶Xtà sicn. H¯pIeymtWmw, IeymtWmw hnfn¨¸gv \obnsXms¡ R§tfmSp ]dtbtWvS. R§fv s\sâ tN«·mctÃ! H¯p IeymW¯n\v C{XZqc¯p¶p R§fv hc¯nÃm¶p ]dªncp¶tÃm. At¸m s\\¡v CsXms¡ R§tfmsSm¶p ]dbmancp¶p. R§sfms¡ aWvS·mcm¶m \o¿v IcpXoXv''.
""tN«m! Ct¸mgv \ymb§fv ]dbm\pÅ kabaÃ. \½fv Ct¸mÄ Xs¶ sshIn.''.
t]mÄk¬ h¡o FÃmhtcmSpambn ]dªp. ]´en IqSn \n¶hcpsS CSbn IpipIpip¸v DbÀ¶p. B\oknsâ IcnsbgpXnb I®pIÄ \ndªp. sIm¨psXm½sâ kzcw hoWvSpw DbÀ¶p.
""IÃp¦ÂImcv heyXdhmSnIfmsW¶mWtÃm tI«p tIgvhn. ]ns¶bnt¸m C§s\sbms¡. AbmsS s]®p¼nÅ {]m´p h¶m N¯sX¶pw Rm³ tI«p. F´mbnsZms¡. Fhfv C§s\ sI«m¨c¡mbv \n¡pIbÃmbncp¶tÃm. \½sS IpSp½¯nsâ A´Êp t\mt¡sWvS''.
""tN«m. Ct¸mgv \ymbhmZ§Äs¡m¶papÅ kabaÃ. Fsâ `mK¯p \n¶v sXäp h¶ns«msWvS¦nev £an¡v. \ap¡v NS§pIfv \S¯n thKw ]Åotem«p t]mIm³ t\m¡mw''.
sIm¨psXm½sâ `mcy A¶s¡m¨v apt¶m«p h¶v `À¯mhnsâ c£bvs¡¯n.
""Beokns\¦nepw R§tfmsSm¶p t^mWnev ]d¿mbncp¶v. CXnt¸m ChvsS h¶t¸mgv \m«mcp ]dªp tIt¡WvSn h¶ntÃ. R§sS ae_mdnev C§s\sbm¶pw tI«ptIgvhnbnÃ. tbmPn¡W _Ô¯nte sN¶p NmSq, AhvsSmtÅmcv''.
]´en \n¶hcn Hcp \m«p{]amWn apt¶m«p h¶v a²yØ\mbn.
""C\ot¸m C{Xbpamb ØnXn¡v \n§sfms¡ kvXpXntaSn¨v ]Åotem«p t]mIm³ t\m¡v. IeymtWmw Hd¸n¨v sI«m³ t]mW t\c¯Ã XSÊhmZ§fv ]dtbWvSXv. ]ns¶ Rm³ tNmZnIym, s]®nsâ A¸\pa½bpw CsXms¡ At\zjn¨p ImWntÃ. AhÀ¡pw s]®n\pw k½Xam. ]ns¶´n\m Ct¸mgv Cu t\c¯v XÀt¡mw hg¡pw...''.
\m«p {]amWnbpsS hm¡p tI«v sIm¨p sXm½\p Ien h¶p. AbmÄ \m«p {]amWntbmSmbn ]dªp:
""CXnev s\§fv FSs]tSWvS. R§fv ho«pImcv ]dªpXoÀt¯mfmw.''
sIm¨psXm½³ tXmfn InS¶ ]pfnbne¡cb³ SÀ¡n FSp¯p IpSªpsImWvSp ]dªp. AXptI«v \m«pImcpsS CSbn IpipIpip¸v DbÀ¶p. ]´en i_vZ tImemleapbÀ¶p.
t]mÄk¬ h¡o Dd¨ kzc¯n {]Jym]n¨p.
""tN«·mcv ae_mdo¶p h¶hcm. \msfb§v t]mIpw. F\n¡v \m«pImsc shdp¸n¡m³ ]änÃ. Rm³ Xocpam\n¨pd¸n¨ IeymWam CXv. Bscms¡ FXnÀ¯mepw ]Åoev h¶nsænepw Rm\o IeymWw \S¯pw. Cu \m«mcp apgph³ Fsâ IqsSsbmWvSmhpw. CjvSapÅhÀ¡v t]mcmw. AtX Rm\nt¸m ]dsbm¶pÅp''.
sIm¨psXm½sâ apJw tIm]w sImWvSp Pzen¨p. AbmÄ a¡tfmSpw A\nb·mtcmSpambn hnfn¨p ]dªp:
""FSm tXmatk, Po¸nd¡v. \½¡v t]mImw. Fhsâ tNmdv Xn¶tWm¶v \nÀ_ÔanÃ. £Wn¨n«v h¶p. Ct¸m tZ Ah³ \nµn¡Wv. Ipªpa¯mbo, Nmt¡m¨m \n§fv Fsâ IqsS hcsWmsWvS¦vev hm. R§fv t]mÆm. Fh\v \m«mcp aXn. Fh³ IeymWw \S¯«v. s]gs¨Sp¯v sImtWvSmbn sI«n¡WXn\v \½ps¡´m''.
sIm¨psXm½³ SÀ¡n FSp¯v i_vZ¯n IpSªv ]´en \n¶nd§n.
""tN«·mtc \n§fv s]W§nt¸mIm³ ]dªXÃ. FÃmhcpw Cu IeymWw awKfam¡n¯cWsa¶m Fsâ At]£. \ap¡v s]mds¸Sm³ kabambn.''. t]mÄk¬ h¡o tN«·mtcmSmbn £am]Ww \S¯n. AXp sNhns¡mÅmsX sIm¨psXm½\p ]n¶mse `mcy A¶s¡m¨v IqsS h¶ sIm¨p ]ntÅsc ssI]nSn¨v ]´enÂ\n¶nd§n. AhcpsS aq¯aI³ tXmakpIp«n Po¸v ÌmÀ«p sNbvXp\ndp¯n.
sIm¨psXm½\p ]n¶mse Ipªpa¯mbnbpw Nmt¡m¨\pw AhcpsS `mcyamcpw IqsS h¶ acpa¡fpw Ip«nIfpw ]´enÂ\n¶nd§n.
FÃmhcpw t\m¡n\nÂs¡ AhcpsS Po¸pIÄ s]mSn]d¯n apt¶m«p \o§n. t]mÄk¬ h¡o KZvKZ IWvT\mbn AXp t\m¡n \n¶p. Beokv kmcn¯e¸psImWvSp I®pXpS¨p. F´psNt¿WvSp F¶dnbmsX B\okv ]´en kvX_[bmbn \n¡pIbmWv.
\m«p{]amWnbpsS kzcw hoWvSpw DbÀ¶p: ""CSªp t]mbhÀ t]mhs« h¡ote. \ap¡v Imcy§fv \St¡sWvS. Hcp awKf IÀ½am. Ct¸mgv Xs¶ AcaWn¡qdne[nIw sshIn. \n§fv A¸\pw A½bpw kvXpXn taSn¡v. F¶n«v s]®ns\bpw Iq«n Imdnte¡p Ibdv. \ap¡v HSs\ s]mds¸SWw''.
IeymW¸´en A\¡ambn. hncp¶n\p t]mIm³ £Wn¨ph¶ BfpIÄ CfIn¯pS§n. s]®p§Ä apSnamSnsbmXp¡pIbpw kmcnbpsS sRmdnhpIÄ t\scbm¡pIbpw sNbvXp.
\m«p{]amWn FÃmhtcmSp ambn ]dªp: ""hncp¶n\v t]mWhcv thKw B SqdnÌp _kpIfntem«p sN¶p Ibdv. kabw IfbmsX. sImtdt¸cv ImdpIfnepw sN¶p Ibdv. thKamIs«''.
B\okv UmUn¡pw a½n¡pw kvXpXn sNmÃn. hoUntbm Imad AXp ]IÀ¯n. ImadIfpsS ^vfmjpIÄ an¶n.
Beokv aIsf sI«n¸nSn¨v B IhnfpIfn Npw_n¨p. AhcpsS I®pIÄ Cud\Wnªp. a\Êv hn§ns¸m«n. aIÄ X§sf hn«p ]ncnªp t]mhpIbmWv.
""F´m Beotk CXv. \sÃmcp Imcy¯n\p t]mIpt¼mgm Ic¨nepw _ltfmw. Ahsf kt´mjt¯msS ]dªbbv¡ms\mÅXn\v''.
Beoknsâ ASp¯ _ÔpXbnÂs¸« Hcp {]uV h\nX Ahsc Bizkn¸n¨p. Beokv I®pXpS¨psImWvSp Nncn¨p. thZ\ ]pcWvS Nncn.
At¸mÄ kzoIcWapdnbn \n¶pw t^m¬ i_vZn¨p. Btcm t^msWSp¯p. t]mÄk¬h¡oens\ t^msWSp¯ BÄ hnfn¨p.
""A¨mbm. A¨mb\m t^m¬. ]utemk¨\m hnfn¡p¶Xv''.t]mÄk¬ h¡o XnSp¡¯n AI¯p Ibdns¨¶v t^m¬ dnkohÀ ssIbnseSp¯p. ]utemk¨sâ kzcw t^mWn tI«p.
""R§fv s]mds¸SpIbm A¨m. ChvsS sNdnb Nne {]iv\§fv. Ct¸m Xs¶ ]pds¸Spw. ap¡m aWn¡qdn\Iw R§fv ]Ånbnse¯pw. Imcysams¡ AhnsS hcpt¼m hniZambn ]dbmw''.
""sicn, sicn. \n§fv IgnhXpw thKw ]pds¸Sm³ t\m¡v. C\n sshIn¡WvS''.
]utemk¨³ t^m¬ h¨p. F¶n«v ]ÅntaSbn \n¶nd§n hnImcnb¨\psam¯v aZv_lmbnte¡p \S¶p.
IpªphdoXv BImw£m]qÀÆw ]utemk¨sâ apJt¯¡p t\m¡n.
""{]iv\§sfm¶panÃ. AhÀ ]pds¸Sm³ teiw sshIn. ap¡m aWn¡qdn\Iw Cs§¯pw. sNdp¡³ Imdn Xs¶ Ccn¡s«. aäpÅhtcmSv sh¡w {Un¦vkv IpSn¨p \n¡m³ ]dbv''.
IpªphdoXnt\mSv A§s\ ]dsª¦nepw ]utemk¨³ ]Ånapät¯¡p sN¶p. AhnsS IqSn \n¶htcmSmbn Adnbn¨p: ""IeymWw sXmS§m³ AcaWn¡qÀ IqSn sshIpw. s]®nsâbpw Iq«cpsSbpw hWvSnIÄ hcm³ sshIn. AcaWn¡qdn\Iw Ahcns§¯pw. \n§Äs¡ms¡ AkuIcysamWvSmbXn Rm³ am¸p tNmZn¡p¶p''.
£Wn¡s¸«hÀ h[phnsâ kwLs¯ Im¯v ]Ånapä¯pw ]Ån¡I¯pambn kwLw tNÀ¶ncp¶p. Ip«nIÄ ]Ånapä¯v HmSn¡fn¨p. s]®p§Ä ]¿mcw ]dbm³ XpS§n. IeymW ¡pÀ_m\bv¡mbn h¶ KmbIkwLw H¶p cWvSp ]m«pIÄ ]mSm³ XpS§n.
tPm¬ hÀKokv kq«nsâ t]m¡än XncpInbncp¶ ssIteskSp¯v s\änbn s]mSnªph¶ hnbÀ¸p XpS¨p. IqsS Imdnencp¶ tPm¬ hÀKoknsâ ktlmZcnamÀ hmÕey]qÀÆw Ipªm§fbpsS tIm«v icnbm¡pIbpw Aekambn InS¶ apSnbngIÄ amSnsbmXp¡pIbpw sNbvXp. Ip«nIfpsS ssI ]nSn¨p \n¶ dmtl ImcyadnbmsX IpªphdoXnsâ apJt¯¡p t\m¡n.