kvIqÄ Xpd¶tXmsS ]p¯³]d¼nse ho«psNehpIÄ hÀ²n¨pXpS§n. FÃm sNehpIÄ¡pw Hcp IW¡pw Imcyhpw thWsa¶p km_phn\p \nÀ_ÔapWvSmbncp¶p. Hmtcm Znhks¯bpw hchpsNehpIÄ ssj\n IrXyambn FgpXnbnSpw. F¶n«v amkmhkm\w Ccphcpw IqSnbncp¶v IW¡pIÄ H¶v AhtemI\w sN¿pw. At¸mÄ hchpsNehpIfnse Gä¡pd¨nepIÄ I®nÂs¸Spw. AX\pkcn¨v ASp¯ amks¯ _Päv {IaoIcn¡pw. CXmbncp¶p ]Xnhv. C§s\ IW¡pIÄ kq£n¡pIbpw hnebncp¯pIbpw sNbvXncp¶XpsImWvSv km¼¯nIImcy§fn Akm[mcWamb Hc¨S¡w B IpSpw_¯n \ne\n¶ncp¶p.
Ip«nIÄs¡Ãmw km_p Bhiy¯n\v t]m¡äv aWn \ÂImdpWvSv. F{X sImSp¯mepw AhcXv kq£nt¨ sNehnSq. Cu KpWw AhÀ¡v AhcpsS Nm¨\nÂ\n¶pw A½bnÂ\n¶pw ]IÀ¶pIn«nbXmWv. Nne hoSpIfn B¬Ip«nIÄ sNehnSp¶ ]W¯nsâ IW¡ptI«m \mw A¼c¶p t]mIpw. CXdnbmhp¶ km_p Hcn¡Â ssj\ntbmSp ]dªp: ""ho«n Nnet¸mÄ Zmcn{Zyambncn¡pw. F¶mepw t]m¡äv aWn¡p IpdhnÃ. hbÀ \ndªnsænepw t]m¡äv \ndªncn¡Wsa¶msW¶p tXm¶p¶p Ct¸mgs¯ {]amWw!''
\mtSmSpt¼mÄ \Spsh HmSWsa¶mWsÃm ]dbmdv. ]t£, C¯cw {]tem`\§Äs¡m¶pw hgns¸Sp¶bmfà ]p¯³]d¼n km_p. km¼¯nIImcy§fn km_p amXrIbm¡p¶Xv a³taml³knwKns\bmWv. AXpsImWvSv C´y³ k¼ZvLS\ ASn¡Sn hfÀ¨ t\Sp¶Xpt]mse ]p¯³]d¼nse k¼ZvLS\bpw sasÃsasà A`nhr²n t\Sns¡mWvSncn¡pIbmWv.
amkmamkw hchpsNehpIÄ AhtemI\w sN¿p¶XpIqSmsX, aäp Nne Imcy§fn¡qSn km_p {i² ]Xn¸n¡mdpWvSv. F´n\pw GXn\pw ISsaSp¯p Imcyw \S¯pI F¶Xv Ct¸mÄ Hcp \m«p\S¸mbn«pWvSsÃm. IgnhpsWvS¦n ISw hm§msX Ign¡pI. CXmWp km_phnsâ coXn. ISw hm§Â ]et¸mgpw hyàn_Ô§sf tZmjIcambn _m[n¡p¶p. AXpsImWvSv _Ôp¡fpambpÅ ]WanS]mSpIÄ Ignbp¶nSt¯mfw Hgnhm¡Ww. CXmWp km_phnsâ km¼¯nI\bw. Bsc¦nepw ]Ww ISambn tNmZn¨m AXp sImSp¡m³ aSnsbm¶panÃ. km_p BÄ UokâmsW¶dnbmhp¶XpsImWvSv ISw taSn¨hÀ AXp XncnsI sImSp¯ncn¡pw. BÄ UokâtÃ. AXpsImWvSv kmcanà F¶ a«n NneÀ ]Ww XncnsI sImSp¯nsöpancn¡pw. cWvSp Iq«tcmSpw km_p Uokâmbn¯s¶ s]cpamdm³ {ian¡p¶papWvSv. "]WamsWÃmw' F¶ at\m`mhw ]pÅn¡mc\nà F¶p Npcp¡w.
_p²nam\mb B IpSpw_\mYsâ asämcp hyàamb [\Imcy\bw A\mhiyamb [qÀ¯v Hgnhm¡pI F¶XmWv. km¼¯nIapS¡pÅ Imcy§fnseÃmw km_phpw ssj\nbpwIqSn cWvSph«w BtemNn¨nt« Hcp Xocpam\saSp¡q. Bhiy¯n\pw AXymhiy¯n\pamWv ]Ww sNehgnt¡WvSXv. A\mhiyImcy§Ä¡pw BUw_c§Ä¡pw ]Ww sNehgn¡m³ B IpSpw_¯n BÀ¡pw a\ÊnÃ. C¡mcy¯n sIm¨p]n¨S¡w FÃmhcpw Häs¡«mWv. Cu \ne]mSv Hcp alm`mKyamsW¶mWv km_phnsâ Ab¡mÀ t]mepw ]dbp¶Xv. ImcWw, Ab¡mcn NneÀ hoSp tamSn]nSn¸n¡m\pw aäpambn h³XpIIÄ ISsaSp¯v AXp Xncn¨Sbv¡m³ IgnbmsX hnjan¨psImWvSncn¡pIbmWv.
Nnet¸mÄ Ip«nIÄ Hcmthi¯n\p ]dbpw, "\ap¡pw hosSm¶p t]mjm¡nbmtem Nm¨m' F¶v. ]ns¶ AhÀ Xs¶ ]dbpw "thWvSm' F¶v. ImcWw, Ip«nIÄ¡p hoWvSphnNmcapWvSmIp¶p. ]pdwtamSnsbm¶panÃm¯ Nne sIm¨phoSpIÄ ImWpt¼mÄ "Fs´mcp `wKn!' F¶v Ip«nIÄ AÛpXw Iqdp¶Xp ImWmw. At¸mÄ km_p ]dbpw: ]pdw tamSnbÃ, hr¯nbpw shSn¸pamWv hoSnsâ sFizcyw.
dnb FtÌäv, sjbÀ, t»Uv I¼\n þ CXnsem¶pw km_p `mKyw ]co£n¨n«nÃ. shdpsXbncp¶v F§s\ ]W¡mc\mImw F¶mWv C¶p ]ecpsSbpw Nn´. A²zm\n¡m³ BÄ¡mÀ¡p aSnbmbncn¡p¶p. Xq¼ ssIsImWvSp sXmSm³ aSn¡p¶ sNdp¸¡mtcsdbpÅt¸mgpw km_p Xq¼sbSp¯v ]IseÃmw A²zm\n¡p¶p. ]d¼nse ImSpw Ifbpw ]dn¡p¶p. I¸bv¡v CSInfbv¡p¶p. AXpsImWvSv Xq¼sbSp¯p Infbv¡m³ Ip«nIÄ¡pw hiambn¯pS§nbncn¡p¶p. AhÀ¡v IrjntbmSv AeÀPnbnÃ. CsXmcp \à Imcyambn¯s¶bmWv km_phpw ssj\nbpw IcpXp¶Xv.
Ip«nIÄ¡pthWvSn FÂ.sF.kn. bnepw tZiobk¼mZy]²Xnbnepw km_p Nne \nt£]§Ä \S¯nbn«pWvSv. AXhcpsS ]T\s¨ehn\pw aäpw `mhnbn D]Icn¡p¶Xn\mWv. AXymIÀjIamb Hm^dpIÄ h¨p\o«p¶ \nt£]]²XnIfpambn ]ecpw kao]n¨XmWv. Ahscsbms¡ _p²n]qÀÆw Hgnhm¡n. dnkv¡pÅ henb ]²XnIÄ Dt]£n¨v kpc£nXamb ]²XnIÄ sXcsªSp¯p. AXpsImWvSmhmw km¼¯nIamµyw F¶ ImänÂs¸«v ]e henb IpSpw_§fpw BSnbpebpt¼mgpw km_phnsâ CS¯cw IpSpw_w kpc£nXambn \nesImÅp¶Xv.
X§Ä¡p In«p¶ t]m¡äv aWnsbm¶pw Ip«nIÄ sNehm¡msX kq£n¨p hbv¡p¶Xp ImWpt¼mÄ ssj\n X{´]qÀÆw AhtcmSp tNmZn¡pw: ""\n§Ä CsXÃmwIqSn C§s\ kq£n¨phbv¡p¶sX´n\m? ]Ww sNehm¡m\pÅXtÃ?'' At¸mÄ hcpw Ip«nIfpsS adp]Sn: ""km¼¯nIamµyw hcpt¼mÄ \ap¡v Cu ]WsaSp¡mw At½!'' Chsct¸mse ]Ww kq£n¡p¶ ioeapÅ Ip«nIfpsWvS¦n Hcp IpSpw_¯n\pw km¼¯nIamµyw Hcp {]iv\amhnÃþssj\n a\Ên ]dªp.
km¼¯nIamb A¨S¡w thWvSpthmfapÅXpsImWvSv IpSpw__Päv A\mbmkw X¿mdm¡m\pw AXp ]mÊm¡m\pw km_phn\p Ignbp¶p. CsXms¡bmsW¦nepw [mcmfnIfpw [qÀ¯·mcpamb Nne am\y·mÀ km_phns\ "Dep´³' F¶p clkyambn hnfn¡mdpWvSv. AXdnbmhp¶ km_p Hcn¡Â ssj\ntbmSv C§s\ ]dªp: ""[qÀ¯·mcpsSbnSbnÂ, ]Ww kq£n¨p sNehm¡p¶h³ Ft¸mgpw Dep´\mbncn¡pw. ]t£ C¯cw Ipsd Dep´·mcneqsSbmIpw \½psS cmPyhpw \½psS k¼ZvLS\bpw c£s¸Sm³ t]mIp¶Xv!''
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